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     @onexbadday​     ♦     re​ *just barks right back at her*

BARK. BARK BARK.

[lovelytayforce]

Random character ask; TF Prime Soundwave!!

1. Canon I outright reject The boring face they gave him in the comics, idk it always felt so boring for a mech as mysterious as Soundwave. And I've entertained a silly thought if you take his visor off, he has his OG red visor underneath; no optic reveal baby! 3. Obscure headcanon That he's one of the oldest Cybertronians upon the Nemesis; he'd seen the great war with the Quintessons and depending on my moods; met Alchemist Prime. Listen I just love old man Soundwave. Need more "I'm so old; I saw the sun burn alight" type vibes from him. I'm gonna add a couple more cause I never get to talk about these hcs lol He loves Vaporwave and has listened to every sample of the original as well; my boy is cultured. He's just as much of a nerd as Megs; it's why they get along so damn well one likes cartoons and SW is the old head who is stanning idols from the 80s. I've used Akina Nakamori for a few RP muses for him before. He joined the Cons first for his hatred of the Prime(s) and how they allowed their world to fall into the hands of functionism. All Loyalists have to start somewhere. 😎 6. Worst personality trait His silence, as cool as it is I feel like it'd net him a lot of trouble in terms of communication because using someone else's words can go so far. I guess it's less his worst personality trait and more a double-edged sword. 9. Scene that first made me love (or hate) the character I'm easily pleased as a Soundwave fan so like the first time I saw him, I JUST KNEW HE WAS ICONIC; I didn't enjoy TFA's Soundwave at all at the time. Just wanted my cool bro back and TFP delivered and he only grew on me more as time went on! 13. Dumbest thing they’ve ever done Let Starscream go about his tomfoolery but outside canon and in my own roleplay I had bro running a whole new planet of a revived Cybertron like looking back. Dang bro go take a vacation!!

[iris-sistibly]

The Targ Talk: House of the Dragon S2

Episode 4 commentary

HOLY SHIT, that's all I've been saying all throughout this episode.

I just find it amusing at how the greens keep calling Rhaenyra a "whore of dragonstone" when their righteous queen dowager not only fucks her shitty guard dog, but also gets rid of the product of her own indulgence. And please don't be pulling that "Oh but she's a victim in all this, she's innocent blah, blah, blah." Honey, no...she knows exactly what she's doing so that argument doesn't apply in this scene. I also find it cringey at how some people find the affair between Crispy and Alicent romantic like...????

Hail Aegon, the useless, lame, and stupid Targaryen. I do love Tom Glynn-Carney but this is the dumbest Aegon has ever been. I swear to the gods I was laughing the whole time when Aemond read him to filth in High Valyrian, and he only realized that no one takes him seriously as king now? Even his own mother admits that he's not half of the king Viserys was, and him [finally] realizing that he's nothing without Otto is fucking priceless (as much as I hate that old bitch, he did the job). Speaking of which, when Alicent told Aegon about the "sacrifices that has been made" to put him to the throne tells me that she knew exactly what she was doing, I don't accept and will never accept that bullshit that she misunderstood what Viserys said.

Aegon going to that war with him not having the skills and tactics Aemond has is bold of him, but crazy in a really stupid way. I've said it a couple of times at how pathetic he was, but this is next level. Rhaenys would have effortlessly shredded him and his dragon into pieces if it weren't for Aemond and Vhagar, although I feel bad for Sunfyre because this beautiful boy do not deserve it.

I knew Rhaenys was gonna die, but watching it unfold breaks my heart. She knew it was impossible to fight Vhagar on her own, but she fought like a true dragon rider. I'm gonna miss seeing Eve Best in the show, but her performance as Rhaenys Targaryen will always be iconic.

Daemon still being haunted by the young Rhaenyra, questioning his true intentions, his mirrored path with Aemond, his dead ex-wife appearing before him, perhaps a reflection of his guilt for moving on so quickly and not even processing his grief before marrying Rhaenyra. Alys Rivers taunting him about his wife--damn, that castle is fucking his mind. I also sense that Alys was trying to seduce Daemon which I don't think ever happened in the book (Alys and Aemond did have a thing though) but maybe it's just me. But also felt like [hopefully] it will push him to get his shit together, and fight for his wife's cause.

Aemond obviously hates his brother for not only tormenting him since childhood, but also having everything he does not deserve. He's smart, skilled, and a damn good warrior. It shows, he shoved it right to Aegon's face that he would make a better king than him. We all know Aegon is not gonna die...yet, but he would be performing his duties and responsibilities as Prince Regent, and possibly...an affair with Helaena? The latter never happened in the book but what if?

I actually thought that Rhaenyra was gonna confess to Jace that his real dad is Crispy Cole hahahahaha!

I dread the upcoming episodes.

[alister312]

do i even have to ask..... the character ask with gregory. Yes. All of them (if you can think of something)

THERE ARE. 50 OF THESE THINGS.

i honest to god tried but its midnight and im tired so i didn't get to all of them. maybe i will another time. here's the ask game for anyone maybe wanting to see certain ones i skipped answered.

1. Canon I outright reject

There is so little canon to him to even embrace but uhhhhhh. Him being so shit at drawing a directional compass. He's a smart boy I don't think he would fuck up a compass as badly as he did on his map in the movie.

2. A canon or headcanon hill I will die on

He has led a rich boy life. While I do love the idea of his parents as professors, it makes so much more sense if they're wealthy social elites and he's got all these immense expectations placed on his shoulders from a young age. He develops crippling imposter syndrome and anxiety due to this but is extremely good at masking it and accomplishing things so no one knows (except ofc Christophe).

3. Obscure headcanon

Big big fan of the "Gregory can play an instrument" headcanon, though I don't always see it implemented. Like, yes he sings but what if he also played the piano or violin? I think he does.

4. Favorite line

I kinda really like his little "O-ho..." after meeting Stan for the first time. It's just a solid line read and further solidifies the headcanon of him as a wealthy upperclass kid. He's clearly uninterested but he's learned he can't say that... he's gotta cage it. Maintain a good public image.

5. Best personality trait

The fact that he's so quick to stand up for others and put himself on the line for them!! Whether it's acting as Wendy's voice against Garrison or volunteering to go to the dangerous USO show, Gregory is willing to put in the work! Doesn't fall into that rich kid cliche.

6. Worst personality trait

Of course it's the flipside of his best trait: the fact that he thinks he has to do everything for everyone. He's gonna exhaust himself as well as come across as extremely controlling!!

7. Age/height/weight headcanon

Age depends on what sort of AU I have going on... though by default I tend to image him in his late twenties, early thirties? Usually makes the most sense.

Gregory maxes out at about 5'10" to me (with Christophe being more 6'1", 2"). Gregory carries himself very well though and may even wear shoes with a bit of height, so people usually believe he's a bit taller than he actually is. He's never slouched once in his life and he won't start now.

Weight I'm honestly not sure? He's fit and slim (swimmer's body type), well balanced. I know that much.

8. Unpopular opinion about them

He would never grow his hair out long. I know the Les Mis stans love to give him a ponytail and the Hell/park fans love to give him a ponytail but I absolutely don't understand. I get him maybe caring deeply about his hair, but that's why he'd keep it short. Much easier to style and manage.

9. Scene that first made me love (or hate) the character

I don't remember but it was probably the line about everyone being rogues. It's just such an iconic line.

10. Best moment on screen (or in the book)

La Resistance. Howard McGillin killed it as his singing voice and the sequence in general is just an absolute highlight of the whole film.

11. Faceclaim for the role

I don't actually have one?? Like I have a very clear image in my mind whenever I draw him but I've never sat down and found real life people who look like that. I'd know if I saw though.

12. Crack headcanon

Gregory really likes fish. Not like in the sea exactly, but big tank aquariums. He knows all about proper tank and fish care and has a beautiful one in his office. His pride and joy.

13. Dumbest thing they’ve ever done

Trusting his bestest friend Christophe to Stan and crew was a pretty dumb move. Especially when he knew how unequipped they were to handle everything.

14. Most heroic moment

Again. La Resistance. He's so good at rallying and motivating people <3

15. Worst thing they’ve ever done

Trusting his bes-- nah. Joking. Worst thing he did was what he DIDN'T do, which is run off to go find Christophe after not seeing him with Stan.

16. Deepest darkest secret they won’t even admit to themselves

Not a secret so much as a fear that all his activism and fighting will be for nothing ultimately and he'll leave the world having not changed it for the better at all. He knows on some level he will, what with the friends he's made, but he wants to do something on a grander scale.

17. Quotes, songs, poems, etc. that I associate with them

A bunch definitely but I am trying so hard to get all these questions done so I cannot dwell.

18. What they’d go to see a therapist about

what WOULDN'T he see a therapist about it. um. parental expectation issues. aforementioned terrible imposter syndrome and anxiety. probably war trauma and mercenary trauma.

19. Vices/bad habits

He can go for days without sleep and very little food. He's just too focused on being busy to really bother. Christophe has had to force him to take a nap many times before.

20. Scars

Ella had such a gorgeous way of putting it in the one gregstophe fic she wrote, with Gregory having some thin snicks of scars from sword blades? Something like that. It's good. He doesn't have scars he can't hide. He's got a public image to maintain.

21. Drink of choice (not just alcoholic)

I do see him as a tea drinker. No sugar, maybe a splash of milk depending on the kind of tea. For alcohol, he's a gin drinker. I'm only projecting a little bit there.

22. Best physical feature

His smile! He was born with perfect teeth... never needed braces and brushes and flosses after every meal. Uses whitening stripes on a regular basis. Flashes it proudly whenever he meets someone new.

23. If they were a scented candle, what would they smell like?

Pamplemousse. It's got a bit of citrus kick but it's on the sweeter side. Also it just sounds the way I imagine he comes off as.

24. Most annoying habit

Spins pens/pencils between his fingers while he's trying to concentrate. The frustrating thing is he always does this perfectly, never drops it. It's just a thing he does and doesn't get it when others ask him how he does it.

25. 3 things they’d want to take with them if they were dropped off in the middle of nowhere

Water bottle with filtration in it, multitool, and his favorite book. He's practical.

26. What they would do if stuck in an elevator with Stan (looking at his keychain rn)

Wait patiently while Stan exhausted himself panicking about being stuck and doing stuff like trying the doors in vain. Once he was done, Gregory would call the fire marshal to come get them out. Stan would hate him for how nonplussed he was the whole time.

[matan4il]

OK stop you guys just made me spit my drink out laughing so hard. Ok so college drop and the line are you even a parent if your kid isn't embarrassed by you.

Here is the funny thing to me. Buddie will always be iconic and sexy. Like they could be wearing shirts saying "I am gay for him" pointing at each other and the straight women will still swoon. The straight guys will wonder, am I a little gay for them, I wonder what their workout schedule is, and it must be fun being in a relationship with your best friend. The gays will just turn them into gay icons and crush on them. All the students will be the same, like Chris, your dads are cool. And our Christopher will roll his eyes and say "you know they made me watch Toy Story 3 last night and cried the whole time".

Only Christopher and the lesbians will be like every calm down about these 2!!

XD Nonnie, I am so not funny, I just sometimes say stuff that makes me laugh, not expecting anyone else to laugh as well. (I sincerely wrote all of 'first day as a los angeles firefighter' just going, "This is so dumb, no one's even gonna read this, but who cares? My dumb ass is choking with laughter...") So you don't know how delighted I am that my silly line about 'are you even a parent...' made you laugh. *hugs*

This is so true! The idea that gay men are somehow less attractive to women is the dumbest shit I've ever heard, and LBR here, it only holds true for homophobic women. Every other kind of woman attracted to men is gonna look at these handsome, young, muscular, brave firefighters and lust on. I'm just gonna point this out, because I am still disgusted by the notion that celebs, even the most gorgeous ones, must stay in the closet lest they be less marketable. TPTB underestimate the power of a good lady boner. So allow me just to take a second to applaud any actor, musician and other celeb who came out in spite of this dumbass, homophobic notion.

And now that I'm done digressing, yes to this. I studied in a class where half the kids lived on an Air Force base, and came to our school because it was the nearest one to where they lived. All of us non-AF kids looked up to the dads of the AF kids! There was NOTHING these dads could do to stop them from being cool in our very young eyes... So it wouldn't even matter what Chris would say. "They made you watch Toy Story 3? God, I wish my cool firefighter dad would watch Toy Story 3 with me!" Poor Chris would feel so misunderstood. But it's fine, it would just make him closer to the other firefam kids. THEY get him. Together they'd spend entire afternoons arguing which one of their first responder parents is the least cool. Chris almost always wins, although Harry gives him a run for his money every time he mentions how Athena still calls him on occasion her baby boy...

Thank you and have a great day! As always, my ask tag. xoxox

[annaizscribbling]

The dumbest rant I may ever post, but do you know what the notorious dress from the Wednesday Show is made from? Vote here then keep reading my dumb complaints

Have your answer? Lovely.

If you chose tulle? Congrats, you are correct. If you chose black lace, you're wrong. Don't know what tulle is? It's like the sheer stuff tutus and wedding veils are made up of

Why am I annoyed by it? Because Wednesday dresses extremely modern for the vast majority of the show. It's mostly very modern teenage clothes but in black and white. No black lace or historical inspiration to be found. There are variations of her traditional black dress with the white collar, but all in all, she doesn't feel especially vintage wardrobe wise.

Now maybe I just know slightly too much about textiles, but I know she never wears lace. Jenna Ortega did wear a teensy bit for the premier, but Wednesday herself doesn't wear black lace at all.

Somehow the internet decided otherwise. For awhile my Instagram fyp was nothing but Wednesday inspired looks that were filled with far more lace and historical inspiration, but she never wore that. I think it would have been way cooler and would have fit her better, but she didn't.

Now for the part about me ofc. I adore black lace. I have six or seven gorgeous tops made from different black laces. I love historically inspired jewelry, messy Edwardian inspired hair, and my combat boots. It's a style I've grown into over the last four years or so and I've really embraced it. Somehow the internet pavloved itself into thinking that's what Wednesday dressed like cuz I can't go anywhere without comments.

Not that I particularly dislike being compared to Wednesday, but perhaps I'm a little (a lot) salty about the fact she doesn't actually dress like me, but I can't escape the comparison anymore, especially as a Latina with dark hair. It's a style I developed on my own over a long time, and a lot of care went into it, now I'm being compared to a character that doesn't even wear lace.

End of rant, thank you

[ourflagmeansgayrights]

i voted no because it comes across like you want to argue about it, not like you don’t want to be bothered by people like that

yeah that's fair. i definitely don't actually want to argue, but at the same time my inbox is open my anon is on and my DMs are set so anyone can message me if they want, so it's not like i'm actively trying to avoid being bothered by people like that?

i guess the poisonous frog metaphor is more like, in this scenario where izzy fans are the predators and i am a poisonous frog, if the predator does try to eat the poisonous frog anyway the frog is like, mildly annoyed at worst, but probably finds the predator kinda funny. the frog is mostly unbothered. so that image as my header is more of a warning for izzy fans than it is an effective defense for me

the thing is that one of my biggest joys on tumblr dot com is making my blog title into some kind of stupid joke. for a while it was "Worthless Idiot Loser" because an anon called me that for stanning izzy (a thing i am notorious for Not Doing). and i think my most iconic header was What If King George Was Demisexual.

currently my blog title is based on that time when i accidentally made people think i thought izzy was straight, which is already something izzy fans (and i think just ofmd twitter as a whole) think of as a time when i was trying to start a fight or whatever. and the joke there is that izzy being straight is the dumbest and also funniest concept to me, and it's funny that i got yelled at for not even saying that.

so like, someone saying "so many ppl with ourflagmeansgay[X] as their url are suicide-baiting antis" is right up my alley in terms of shit i find funny, bc i absolutely do not do that and it's funny how the things i've said have been taken out of context and read in bad faith and now that's how people perceive me. that sounds bitter lol but genuinely i find it funny, like it's literally tumblr. everybody calm down.

and if someone does want to try and argue with me abt it tho i don't mind explaining that no, i've never told anyone to jump off a cliff or anything along those lines, and i'm only an "izzy anti" in that i personally hate izzy and love to dunk on him, and that i (and other ofmd fans) have noticed problematic trends in a lot of izzy content. and yes, i will make posts about those trends and i discuss that stuff on my blog, but by no means have i ever sent harassing messages, nor do i condone harassment. i don't want to tell people what to do!! like even when i say "izzy's popularity in the ofmd fandom is yet another example of the pervasive trend across every fandom ever of fan content prioritizing a shitty white masc antagonist, even in media with a diverse cast," noticing that trend is not the same thing as saying "so if YOU are an izzy fan, i think YOU SPECIFICALLY need to stop posting about izzy now!!"

anyway currently "yes" is winning by a landslide so it looks like i’m going to be choosing violence (/j)

[number1villainstan]

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[sio07pauu19]

Author REALIZATION

I started off writing on Wattpad for absolutely for fun and writing the most cringe and unplanned story ever and that story is almost at 50k reads and I also gained followers because of that said story.

That story is sooooo messed up, I didn't even know what to include in that story where I also made the FL do the dumbest sh*t ever, made the readers confused to who is really the ML and for absolutely putting useless characters in the story.

But, I found this YouTube video that actually struck me so hard that it almost felt as if I was stabbed! The most iconic line I've heard was "Your first book will suck, there's nothing you can do but to just keep WRITING." I can't! I know that story sucks but the way she explained and slapped it right to myself made me realize a lot of things.

That Story I wrote may have the dumbest plot ever, but the thing is I am a beginner. I am learning along the way as I write and so I hope that my readers could also notice the improvements I have put into. Now, I want to create more stories (that would probably suck), BUT it doesn't matter anymore as there is no perfect author. I am the author of my own f*cked-up story. So don't ever doubt what you can do, if you wish to write–write something you want and would enjoy reading.

[professorsparklepants]

Extremely niche party game: choose the six celebrities you would use as a visual template for your Winx club cast. Must be as cursed as possible. Bonus nerdier version: do it from a specific decade/time period.

Originals, early 2000s: Brittany Spears (Bloom), Cameron Diaz (Stella), Jennifer Lopez (Flora), Pink (Techna), Lucy Liu (Musa), and Beyonce (Layla/Aisha).

Mine: Taylor Swift (Bloom), Ariana Grande (Stella), Gina Torres (Flora), Billie Eilish (Techna), Gemma Chan (Musa), and Lupita Nyong'o (Layla/Aisha).

50s/60s version: Doris Day (Bloom), Elizabeth Taylor (Stella), Rita Moreno (Flora), Julie Andrews (Techna), Li Li-Hua (Musa), Dorothy Dandridge (Layla/Aisha).

[atlasdoe]

Hello my name is Ace and I'm rewatching Lab Rats and cant stop thinking of an R rated version of the show so here's what I would do if I was in charge

Everyone will be lgbt

I meant have you seen how they dress?? Every episode at least someone is wearing two shirts there's not one cishet person in that family

Bree is a lesbian

Chase is non binary

Adam is aro/ace

Leo is unlabeled

Actual Relationships with people outside of the family

Bree would fall in love with a female Villain

They meet during a mission without knowing who each other is

They find out who each other is but try to make it work

until the villain betrays Bree entirely

strangers to lovers to enemies excellence

Bree will have trust issues after this

Bree will in the end get with Skylar (more on her later)

LEO AND JANELLE WILL ACTUALLY GET SOME DEVELOPMENT

yknow and actual interactions beyond Leo causing chaos and Janelle rethinking her life decisions

Marcus

way more of Marcus

the first seasons main villain will be Marcus and Douglas

Marcus will be introduced way earlier on

His hatred for Leo won't be as obvious in the beginning

He'll try to tolerate him but as time goes on he gets frustrated and become more aggressive before eventually telling Leo he's bionic

We're keeping his evil eyebrows they're iconic and hilarious

Bionic Showdown will be the season finale

Mighty Med

Mighty Med will be introduced in like season three or something

One of the lab rats will get injured and taken to the hospital where they'd meet Kaz Olivier and Skylar

Idek how i feel about making superheroes cannon in this world i just want Kaz Oliver and Skylar there

And Skylar and Bree have so much potential since Skylar is someone without powers who wants them (back) and Bree is someone with powers who doesn't want them

Mighty Med will become a recurring location

Bree

I love the storylines of Bree wanting to just be a normal girl but i wish they were more consistent with it

Like she'll be blowing off missions one episode but then be telling Adam they have to train the next only to go back to not caring in another

She'll start off loving her Hannah Montana double life

But as time goes on it starts to become irritating

When she destroys her chip it'll be a lot longer until she gets it back

Similar to how it went in the show with her absent putting her brothers in danger being what made her want to rejoin the team

but it takes a while to get there. Also a lot more arguing between her Chase and Adam because of it

Cause although i get where she was coming from she did abandon the team

Adam

Adam clearly uses comedy as a coping mechanism

Which is fine and all but upon my rewatch I've noticed that during really serious scenes he hardly ever talks unless it's for a joke

idk like Leo was a funny character also but he was serious when he needed to be

I just wish Adam was the same especially when him and his siblings are about to be killed

because whenever Adam does have a line that isn't a joke it seems so out of place

Also i'd focus a bit more on Adams insecurities a little bit

This is me self projecting as an eldest sibling who has a very intelligent younger sibling

I'm telling you it's not fun when you're the dumbest in your family and everyone knows and reminds you of it

They touch on it on a few episodes but it's completely forgotten about

Chase

They'll be less fucking naive

For the most intelligent guy ever THEY GET SCREWED OVER BY HALF OF THE PEOPLE THEY BEFRIEND

Also the family will be nicer to them

and as time goes on their ego will deflate

Maybe in fear of ending up like Donald???

Leo

early seasons Leo is a gem and deserves the world

similar to Chase the family will start to actually appreciate Leo

I'm just imagining an episode where Adam Bree and Chase realise that Leo has also been through shit and that he's not their funny carless little brother anymore

Other random things

It'll be mentioned that there's only a few months between Adam and Brees age but since they're bionic it's less then 9 months so they tell the school they're twins

More interactions with Douglas Adam and Bree

Terry Cherry Perry is perfect and will remain the exact same

Adam Bree and Chase will actually be taken away during You Posted What?

Because I'm a sucker for a reunion scene

Also how they'd be treated after that episode will actually change

I was originally on board with them during the first seasons being the cool rich kids but once they get exposed they're known as freaks

But then I remembered that for the first 15 of their lives they didn't interact with anyone

And then I remembered that they once literally held a concert in school and all of the other shit they did such as Bree literally being principle for an episode and figured that then being popular doesn't actually seem that odd

Maybe something like the school just pretending that they like the Davenports just because they're rich and everyone just bails once their secrets out

But like seriously their popularity status changes more then their clothes

There will be no island

Or if there is it won't be the focus of an entire season

The lab rats will actually get injured during missions beyond just being unconscious for an episode

It'll be mentioned that originally Adam Bree and Chase were known as "Subject A B and C" until given actual names (idk if this is cannon or just a theory)

TRUMA WILL BE ADDRESSED

Spike will be used during a mission

They'll be flashbacks of the trios life growing up in the lab

MORE TASHA AND THE KIDS!!!!!

MORE GRAMAR ROSE!!!!!!

Eddy will swear

More domestic family moments

More family moments overall

This feels like an unpopular opinion but I genuinely think that the show got sibling relationships right

Like they tease and bicker and argue but they still obviously care for each other and when it matters show it

I wanna say Donald being a good father but then I realised that a good father wouldn't send his teenage kids in dangerous missions and without that there's little to no show so.... let's say that he at least tries

Also at some point one of the trio will call Donald "Dad" and he'll cry

that's all i've got for now if you hate it pls don't yell at me. I'm only on season two tho so I may continue to annoy if I come up with more

[crimsonxe]

I can say that I will not be putting a single cent into DE, instead I'll watch select LP's on YT to see just how bad the trashfire is. So far:

Chloe is utterly character assassinated. Between the her leaving Max which she wouldn't do to her "joking" about a threesome with some rando ass dude that would be stretch for pre-LiS1 ending Chloe once she was serious about Max (cause I know some would point to certain jokes she made in LiS1, but key detail is it being before they were together). But its equally not accurate and actually disgusting to be put towards post-LiS1 ending Chloe. On top of that the notion that she blames Max at all for what happened to Joyce is again disgusting. In absolutely no world would she ever do that. Then there's suddenly she's debatably flirting with Victoria, like WTF. Someone mentioned how they think that the writers are writing Rachel not Chloe and its exactly how it feels.

Amanda is completely lacking any chemistry with Max and comes across as a more femme, more sanitized, more mainstream appealing knockoff Chloe LGBT+ option. Worse is from what I've heard her trash ass actually insults Chloe and fuck her for that. Also from what I've heard you're forced to either pursue romance with her or Vinh who comes across as damn Nathan Prescott type, which is SOOOOOOOOOOOO damn disgusting. Like if I were playing this game I would want NEITHER of these, either give me my blue haired punk option or leave my Max single.

This is kind of a sub-bullet to the above but tumblr doesn't have that sort of thing mixed with Pricefield. But it majorly feels like they shoved out Chloe to shove in new shiny romance options and disgustingly think that LGBT+ is interchangeable. LGBT+ fans ofc are going to love Amanda and Max cause they're LGBT+, completely ignoring that no LGBT+ fans love Pricefield because of their chemistry and story shown in LiS1,2, and True Colors in the Bae route. 10 years of loving the iconic DontNod flagship LGBT+ pairing and Decknine seems to think they know best to the point of rejecting/erasing player's choice that went romantic Chloe + Bae. In fact they seem very much anti-Pricefield and anti-DontNod, which should've been a dis-qualifier to have them writing an LiS1 follow-up since that pair is at the center of LiS1 & Max's story. Decknine seemingly decided that they weren't onboard with Pricefield and then filled in the gaps to break them up in the dumbest most character assassinating way possible. Disrespecting player choice, disrespecting DontNod, and even fucking daring to touch DontNod's gift to fucking Pricefielders in LiS2-Bae by trying to tie the picture to Pricefield fighting and ultimately breaking up cause Decknine can't stop themselves from shitting on Pricefield, Chloe, and DontNod.

Safi seems interesting and so far probably my most liked new character, Moses is cool too.

I love the concept of the world shifting but again haven't played it so no clue on how it actually feels

Last thing cause its getting long: It truly feels like someone at Dontnod scratched a Decknine writer's damn car, leading to them trying to single-handledly tear apart every single piece of their canon and legacy. From their core characters to their core flagship LGBT+ pair to their core canon continuance for them. Its exactly why I refuse this trashfire game as mainline canon (a term I'm using akin to "the sacred timeline" in Loki), instead its just an AU branch within the multiverse of LiS. Not only is it not from Dontnod that already puts it in murky territory, but also Dontnod had stated that Max's story was done after LiS1. They then did a cameo in LiS2-Bae that showed they gave a shit about and supported Pricefield continuing forward together and happy. But Decknine also they betrayed everything of Dontnods including their core tenet of respecting player choices and "respect both endings" my damn ass. Funnily enough Decknine themselves in their efforts to fuck over Dontnod and Pricefield managed to add to DE being kicked out of the main canon due to their changing the LiS2-Bae picture to Blue haired Chloe. So Green haired Chloe is main canon and is continuing on with Max happily ever after as per DONTNOD's canon; blue hair Chloe is part of this trashfire AU branch under Decknine's inept hands.

Life is Strange: Double Exposure- Initial thoughts

So. I bought the early access version and want to give my initial thoughts on this game, having played Chapter 1 and some of Chapter 2.

PLEASE DO NOT READ AHEAD IF YOU DON'T WANT TO GET SPOILED!! YOU'VE BEEN WARNED!

First of all, the biggy. The huge issue everyone on social media and who has seen spoilers/played the game is ranting about right now. Some people (actually, a lot of people) are even choosing to refund their purchase, or to not interact with the game at all anymore due to this...

Deck Nine have seemed to dismiss the player's major choice from the ending of LIS 1, where we either chose to sacrifice Chloe or Arcadia Bay. The way they chose to (pretty lazily) write in how Max and Chloe broke up- (via a letter from Chloe, if we chose the 'we broke up' dialogue option at the start of this game)?.....a pretty shitty decision, and, for the majority of fans, seemingly a deal-breaker. A lot of fans are also disappointed in Chloe seemingly not being in this game at all...but I'll write more on that in a sec.

As for my opinions so far...I'm not gonna lie, yes I was a little disappointed and I can fully appreciate why so many people are hating, but it was something I could personally look past (even though I chose bae over bay). Firstly, the trailers and teasers leading up to this early access release pretty much set my expectations for this going in- that Chloe would likely not be a main part of the storyline at all, and that the major choice made at the end of LIS 1 wouldn't be, either. Okay, yes, the writing connecting this game to LIS 1 could have been a lot better. But...

Max is much older, and the story is centred on her time at Caledon, with new friends, a new setting and a new storyline. I went into this game really excited about all of these new things, instead of having my heart set on a game centred around the continuation of LIS 1.

LIS 1- related things aside for a sec... I LOVE the new setting, it's really gorgeous, I love the design of the university and all the new characters we get to meet, the soundtrack is amazing, and I'm just having such a blast playing this game. It's so cosy. And it certainly keeps the charming, cringe-at-times but hilarious dialogue and vibe we get in every other Life is Strange game, and I love it so much. The characters are all pretty unique, too, and I am quickly growing attached to some (and already hating others...lmao). Max's new ability to switch between universes is really well-done. I love using it and seeing all the, often subtle, little differences that really add to the atmosphere and the story-telling of the game imo.

So...personally I am really enjoying Double Exposure so far!

Back to the whole 'Max and Chloe' thing... it feels as though the game could (take this with a pinch of salt) go a certain way in regards to Chloe. I have a theory (a VERY far-fetched one, but a theory, nonetheless). If there is a chance of them actually having Chloe be in this game in Chapters 3, 4 or 5, it might just redeem a bit of respect back from the fandom. I don't think they will, but something in the back of my mind, a slither of hope, if you will, is saying that they might just do this...

So, in Chapters 1 and 2, Max finds polaroids that neither her in the 'Dead World' or her in the 'Living World' have taken. Suggesting that there aren't only two alternate universes. Now, all of these other alternate universes may have only 'opened' to Max in the present, but surely they aren't only influenced by what has happened to Safi. What if an alternate universe, perhaps the one that these mysterious polaroids are from, had Max and Chloe's relationship (or breakup) happen differently? Who's to say that we won't get a sudden, unexpected change in a future chapter where Max and Chloe meet in an alternate reality, where they didn't break up, or where they did break up but differently, or something like that?...I don't fucking know. I'm rambling lmao. I don't want to give false hope. Maybe I'm clutching at straws atp. But in LIS 1, remember when they (Don'tNod) completely baffled us with the whole, sudden 'polaroid time-travel, William being alive and Chloe ending up disabled' reality? If Deck Nine really wanted to take that kind of route with this game, this would be a hell of a way to do it. Take a sudden turn in a non- early access chapter, have people fooled, and all that. But this is Deck Nine- they have a 'reputation', and maybe they just fucked up.

Unless I've missed a crucial point of LIS 1 or LIS: DE where this just would not be possible (?), I just can't help but think that there could still be a little bit of hope for the people who wanted to see Chloe, or who are immensely effected and disappointed by how her and Max's relationship played out according to this game.

Probably not gonna happen, though. Just food for thought. If nothing close to this happens then I'm still going to fully appreciate and love this game either way, as I already currently am.

This is a hell of a waffle, but I just wanted to get all my thoughts down. Would love to hear anyone else's opinions on this whole thing. Do you like this game? Are you avoiding it now after hearing 'the news'? Do you hate Deck Nine? Are my thoughts on a potential turn-around completely wacko? lol. Any and all opinions welcome!

(also, I stream on twitch occasionally. I've been streaming some LIS:DE early access, but I play all sorts of games. if thats your thing and you wanna check out my twitch, my channel is 'splritwolf') :)

[bookshelfdreams]

10 characters, 10 fandoms, 10 tags

I got tagged for this by the loveliest @awordwasthebeginning - thank you! "Fandom" here is a word that means "media I enjoy a lot/are important to me" without necessarily being active in the fandom per se, otherwise I could never have made it a full 10 :)

Stede Bonnet (Our Flag Means Death): I can't pretend this was a hard choice. Of course it's him. Sweet darling baby boy. Pathetic wet muppet of a man. Take the phrase "well meant is the opposite of well done" and make it a whole character. He needs to be kicked in the head. He has never done anything wrong in his life. The dumbest bitch I've ever seen. Someone who was hurt a lot but is still eager to place his heart in the hands of anyone who reaches out to him. An idiot who needs to get his shit together. I would gladly die for him.

Farha Black (Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency): Imagine a character. Make her a hypercompetent BAMF, proficient with firearms and at hand-to-hand. A professional bodyguard. Unwavering loyalty. Strong morals. Takes no shit, from no one. Got her? Okay. Now nerf her by giving her 27 anxiety disorders at once. Great. She's played by Jade Eshete, clearly having the time of her life. Truly the most character.

The Stepmother (Aschenbrödel): The hat alone makes her an icon.

Sophia (The Brothers Lionheart, Astrid Lindgren): Honestly life goals

Yennefer of Vengerburg (The Witcher Netflix): A great character, tragically stuck in a terrible show. Anya Chalotra is outperforming everyone, even with the shitty scripts she got, and she knows it. Somehow manages to make the horrible excuses for costumes look good. This show doesn't deserve her.

The wolf (Summer in Orbit, Ursula Vernon): I honestly - can't explain it. He's kind and protective, a fatherly figure to our heroine. A literal wolf, except for when he's a house. That's not even close to being the weirdest thing in this story. It's the most bonkers "young girl stumbles into a fairy tale world" I have ever encountered and you should definitely read it.

Carlos the Scientist (Welcome to Night Vale): Self-explanatory.

Martin Schelling (Charité season 2): He's doing the best he can, and he deserves everything.

Maedhros (extended Tolkien universe): I have a Type when it comes to characters (traumatized badass, dramatic rescue from imprisonment, amputation) and it's all this guy's fault

The irony of putting these last two right next to each other is not lost on me

Oh no the count is off. Anyway. Magnus Bane (Shadowhunters): Another brilliant actor, somehow managing to breathe life into an approximation of a character (actually just 15 stereotypes barely glued together), trapped in a godawful show. He's the only reason this trainwreck is halfway watchable (and I love him).

Okay that's it! Tagging (only if you want to do it, no pressure): @jamdoughnutmagician @mikimeiko @swords-n-spindles @soryualeksi @cakeeatingwingedcat @cuddlytogas @moth-ra @throwing-roses-into-the-abyss @khargaotte @speckled-jim

[defaultjane]

So, I watched Netflix's live action titled "Resident evil", and I've got things to say.

Short version: if you can ignore while watching that it's called Resident Evil (which shouldn't be a challenge since there is literally nothing "Resident Evil" about it aside from a few characters' names and the company's name) and fast forward past all the dumb teen drama, it's not a terrible show. But if you expect it to be RE, oh, you're gonna have a bad time.

Okay, so, first off: spoilers, obviously.

Let's start with Wesker. He has been race-swapped and turned into a family man (well, one of the Weskers is a family man anyway, we later find out they're clones and the real one died in a volcano, at least something was kept from the canon). This is the dumbest thing they could've done. We're talking about a character who has decades worth of canon, why bring him in at all if you're just gonna turn him into someone unrecognizable? They could've chosen any other character, they could've WRITTEN A WHOLE NEW CHARACTER, they could've easily even named the character Wesker because it's canon that there were a lot of Wesker-kids. But no, they had to take the iconic bad guy and ruin him, which is a good and quick way to piss off RE-fans. What really, really grinds my gears about it is the fact that the character is actually a good character. He's not a Wesker, but he would've made an excellent original character, which brings us to what I said in the beginning; had this show been called anything other than "Resident Evil", it would've had a chance of being a decent enough zombie-apocalypse-show (those are never very good so the bar is rather low but still), now it's just going to be hated by anyone who has ever enjoyed Resident Evil.

Then there's the main character, Jade. Everything that goes wrong in the show goes wrong because she is selfish and stupid. At least she gets called out on it in the final episode, so I presume the writers were aware of the character's flaws. And that kinda works, she's an unlikeable selfish moron, but her being that way serves a purpose and shows that hey, in the apocalypse, it's probably only those types who survive. HOWEVER, if you're a selfish moron, you should bring something positive to the table as the main character. She does not. She just gets people killed and survives with the power of dumb luck. If they'd made her a skilled survivalist, if they'd made her a little evil (like she survives because she feeds someone slower than herself to a zombie), if they'd given any actual reason WHY she's still alive when those more skilled than her keep dying around her, if they’d tied in her selfishness with her surviving, I could've let it slide, I could've said "this is who she is and why she's still alive". But no, she's just selfish and annoying and brings nothing to the table beyond the drama that stems from her idiocy (like that time she brought a zombie home and did a shitty job of tying it up and it ended up getting loose and killed a pregnant woman -this is a prime example of her idiocy and a prime example of horrible, terrible, bad writing in this show because that's what it was, just terrible writing).

And finally...and this annoys me more than it probably should...WHY IS THE BOSS-LADY'S WIFE'S HAIR LIKE THAT??? If this was a conscious decision made by the hair and make up department, whoever decided it should be fired, out of a cannon and into a volcano. If it's the actress's actual haircut, same thing, because the person in charge of hair and make up should've told her to wear a wig or something, because my God, I could give myself a better haircut with a butterknife. Overall, there is nothing in this show that makes it Resident Evil. If you change the names of the characters, the company, and the location, and erase a few really terrible and awkward RE-references (that were clearly desperately shoved in to give the fans SOMETHING even remotely related to the RE-franchise), it could be any generic zombie apocalypse-show. AND THAT'S WHAT IT SHOULD'VE BEEN TO BEGIN WITH! But no, Netflix had to once again shoot itself in the kneecap by fucking up a beloved franchise and the RE-fans once again get nothing but the middle finger.

I did have a good laugh in the episode where the mentally unstable Wesker-clone escapes and pretends to be the daughters’ dad. That was funny. But two minutes of funny doesn’t make up for 8 episodes of bullshit.

If you like zombie apocalypse shows and don't know anything about Resident Evil, you might enjoy this, but if you're an RE-fan, you're gonna have a bad time.

[stop-breaking-my-heart-telltale]

Which do u think has been ur most iconic anon ask akakqjqk

my most iconic anon ask...? Damn, I dunno sksks

Y'know how many anon asks I've answered since starting this blog? with all the themed nights I had? When you go to my blog and go to the #asks tag, there's over 200 pages soooo I honestly don't know if I can give you *the* definitive iconic anon ask.

Also, what do you mean when you say iconic? Are we talkin' the most memorable? and is it in a positive or negative light? because not gonna lie, anon, the anons that I remember the most are negative. Isn't that how it always goes? You could get 10 asks, 9 positive experiences and 1 negative and it's that one negative that's gonna stick with ya. Awesome, right?

I do think I have an experience with a certain set of anons from the same person that I suppose you could say is "iconic" or memorable in a shitty way? In fact, they're a set of anons that I never even publicly answered.

I believe I shared some of the story once before when I was promoting The Writer's Guild? But not the whole story, just the part that explained why people had to directly message me if they wanted to join.

I dunno, maybe it'll be good to fully share this, get it off my chest and all that. It's probably the most bizarre thing to happen to me in this fandom, and not a good bizarre.

Y'know how I used to do T5F on this blog? They were a lot of fun, I loved making them! But, the very first one I ever did about the top 5 dumbest things about TFS not only got me yelled at by an anon, but they kinda sorta spied on me in an old discord chat. It's a wild story, most of the chat was present for it and it was an overall uncomfortable and unbelievable night.

I wish I had taken screenshots but it didn't occur to me at the time, and I'm not apart of that chat anymore for this reason, but you can even ask @pi-creates or anyone else who was present.

So, the reason this anon was upset with me and this T5F I posted was a joke I made about Violet.... because of course this all happened because of Violet sksksk. I don't exactly have a happy history when it comes to interacting with hardcore Violet stans, they don't really care for my takes on her character or her relationships.

The 4th entry on that post was about Abel's shotgun and how it doesn't make sense that Louis was the only one hit by it. I said the following:

"Soooo…. I guess the buckshot swerves around and above Violet to ONLY hit Louis? Like, I know she ducks a bit but I still feel like something should’ve nicked her as well?? At least?? Like, are lesbians immune to shotguns and that’s why nothing hit Violet?? Am I only learning this now??"

I made this joke as a way to show how absurd the whole thing with Abel's gun was, I was being hyperbolic, didn't think twice about it, right? I post the T5F, it's well received, I'm already planning for the next week's T5F.... but then I got the first anon. It was mostly in all caps yelling at me for being lesbophic, hating Violet, telling me to shut the fuck up and get out, etc.

Here's the deal, if this person was genuinely upset with my bad throwaway joke about Violet, then that's fair. If they had sent me an ask that was like "Hey, that joke you made about Violet made me uncomfortable, you shouldn't make jokes about lesbians like that, especially if you're not a lesbian." then I would've responded with an apology and a promise to do better. Because yeah, I am truly sorry if that did rub some the wrong way, and I've tried to watch myself, make sure I'm not making jokes like that after this whole thing happened, getting second opinions, doing what I can to not make anyone else feel uncomfortable.

That person didn't do that, they were aggressive and I've learned that aggressive anons are not worth responding to, so I didn't. But back in that old discord server, I used to share those anons with the group and we would talk about them. This person sent me another ask that was super passive aggressive, I remember it going something like, "hey bestie when are you going to respond to my ask calling you out for being lesbophic?" which I shared with the group to get their take on the joke and this anon.

As we discussed this, more anons kept coming in from the same person, all about the same thing, written the same way, all aggressive.

It stopped being all fun and games when the asks started responding to the things I was saying in the chat. We figured out that either this person was in our chat, or someone in chat was sending them everything I was saying.

What's funny is we all had a clear guess on who it was- someone joined the server under the most generic name of like "Anna Smith," they had clouis fanart as their picture, and they were never online... until that night. That night was the first time they have ever shown up as online, they were online the entire time we were talking about this, and when Pi messaged them, they responded but then went offline and the asks stopped coming in.

Like... cut and dry, right? They got caught. It was clearly this random person who was never online, who never interacted with us, who randomly joined and was in the server for I dunno... weeks?

Maybe it was them. I don't actually know and I never will, and it made me so paranoid to be in the group that I eventually left.

But the part that gets me the most? This anon made me feel like I had to explain myself to the chat about my sexuality, something I never shared here on tumblr or with the group for personal reasons.

The ask that kickstarted the realization that this anon was spying on our chat simply asked "are you wlw?"

which again, I didn't publicly answer, but brought to chat because I was pretty sure this person was expecting/hoping for me to say I'm straight so they could have their "GOTCHA" moment, y'know? or they got ahead of themselves and had an "oh shit, what if she's not straight?" moment after calling me lesbophobic, a bitch, whatever other insults they called me that I can't remember.

After I shared that, I felt like I had to justify my sexuality? in a way? I don't know how to describe it, it felt a little bit like I was in a corner with ample room to get out but I had to decide which direction to go but once I went, there was no going back. I was worried that my friends would end up thinking that I was just some straight person making jokes about lesbians, that I didn't respect queer women because I wasn't giving the anon what they wanted... So I told the truth that yeah, I am wlw, I'm bisexual.

Then I got an ask that was something like "and being bi isn't the same as being lesbian, you can't talk about lesbians" so on, they said something about how no one jokes about Clementine's bisexuality [which isn't true, people joke about Clementine being bi all the time and if I had made the same exact joke about Clem instead of Violet, then I bet that anon wouldn't have said anything to me] so don't make them about Violet, same stuff they've said before... which set off alarm bells because it was almost like they saw exactly what I typed in chat.

It's just not something I put on display, y'know? My bisexuality is mine, it's personal, and that was definitely not the way I wanted to tell my friends in chat but it's how it went, it's how people found out, and now here we are.

I'm pretty sure all of us were weirded out, uncomfortable, it was.... an experience, lemme tell you.

....so does this count as iconic? sksksks

I know this probably wasn't the answer you were looking for but hey, if I have to give my most memorable anon[s], then that one takes it.

[maxwell-grant]

Any thoughts on the big three Slashers? Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers, and Freddy Krueger.

(TW: discussion of SA when talking about Freddy Krueger)

I'm more used to seeing Leatherface or Chucky counted as the other part of this trifecta but, yeah I got a few.

Despite being both a horror and a John Carpenter aficionado, I've actually never watched Halloween or any of it's sequels, for no real reason other than I just never got around to it, so I don't really have much to say about Michael Myers.

My only two thoughts when it comes to him is that, 1: I can't take his name seriously. And 2: To most people, learning that they made his design just by defacing a William Shatner mask is pretty hilarious, but it's one of those things I consider genuinely important knowledge. I tend to be a perfectionist who puts off projects over minute details much to my detriment, including a couple I'm working on right now, and it's always good to remember that perfection is both unattainable as well as unnecessary, because I've learned often it's the dumbest or most random or cheapest solutions that can pay off some of the biggest reasons.

And the fact that they were able to create one of the most iconic movie villains of all time, just by dressing a guy in coveralls and a painted-over Captain Kirk mask, that they were able to craft a character out of just recontextualized props and garbage, is something I try to keep in mind, when the fear of failure and the stress over the lack of resources and etc loom in.

I gotta admit it's even a trick I've used for a couple of characters of mine, to results I'm currently very happy with. I think some of you may recognize it when you see them.

Out of these three, the one I watched the most when I was getting into horror in my teens was Freddy as I made my way through a lot of the films, and I think you can tell by my choice of image that I lean more on the campier side when it comes to how I like Freddy Krueger as a character specifically. I really like Wes Craven and Robert Englund, and Dream Warriors is one of my favorite films even if one far more tragic to watch now than it was at first. I used to like Krueger personally more, but nowadays I think my feelings on him are much more mixed, and I think I like Krueger less the more they try to explain him (definitely don't care for his backstory, and hard pass on any demonic angle they added later)

Not that I don't like Freddy as a more serious horror character, I remember really liking New Nightmare for the ways it was able to make Krueger unsettling even in light of acknowledging the sillyness of him. My favorite of the Elm Street films is Dream Warriors, partially because I think it does the best job at balancing engaging human drama out of a cast of characters we want to see survive, and the wacky creative murders that are the main reason the franchise's popular. It's not a secret that part of the appeal in slasher films is the inventive ways people can get killed, and it's pretty damn hard to top Freddy Krueger in terms of creative ways to murder. Even sticking just to the first movie, Freddy is an incredibly well-designed boogeyman.

But we all have our limits when it comes to how much we can tolerate in fiction, and I have pretty much zero tolerance towards villains with a pedophiliac or rapist angle, and it's undeniable that this was kind of baked into Freddy's concept at first, although never confirmed in-canon (or at least, in the films I watched) until the remake, which I'm not touching ever. I've also heard that Freddy vs Jason plays up the old pervert angle, though I haven't seen it.

I guess to me Freddy is at times sort of like the Xenomorph and Dracula in the sense that, despite them having "fantasy analogue for sexual predator" in their composition, they also remain just that, a fantasy analogue, and there are plenty other ways to engage with their characters that don't revolve around sexually threatening scenarios at all. Or to try and put it more simply, I don't have a problem with liking Freddy Krueger as a villain despite him being an irredeemable child murderer, child murderers with magic wacky dream powers who crack one-liners to the camera don't exist, no children are actually being harmed by Krueger, he's just a fake movie villain killing and being killed by fake movie people for our fake fantasy amusement, etc. But anything past that, even if never depicted doing so on screen, I just can't deal with, takes me out of the story completely.

I enjoy Freddy Krueger a lot as the slasher film equivalent of Bugs Bunny and as an effective boogeyman in a narrative centered around those he's trying to kill, and I enjoy the balance of Freddy being both a really silly character as well as a deeply horrifying force of creative horror murders, and nothing past that.

Also, it kinda bothers me a lot now going back on these that they had to pitch Robert Englund's voice down, because having seen more of his other appearences, his voice can be incredibly effectively creepy with zero effect required. Seriously, his performance as Scarecrow in Injustice 2 is maybe the best Freddy Krueger voice he never used for the character. It's like putting Willem Dafoe in a plastic toy mask for Green Goblin, you get why they did it but it feels like such a waste of their talents.

Jason was one of those characters I didn't quite get into until recently, and I guess he's sort of the opposite of Freddy for me in the sense that I really like the Elm Street films and like them mainly as films in their own right, but have far mixed opinions on Krueger, where as with Jason, I kind of disliked most of the Friday the 13th films I've watched other than 6 (which was the film where they really stopped caring and just embraced making Jason an unkillable zombie, and coincidently, it's also the film that actually gets to be fun), but I unabashedly love Jason Voorhees to the point I don't care that most of his films really suck.

I suspect neither do most Jason fans, because maybe more so than any other horror icon, Jason has really taken off in recent years as a darkly heroic figure. It's hardly that surprising considering Jason had a sympathetic and tragic backstory right from the start, was imbued with a similar lurching likeability to that of Karloff's Frankenstein, albeit dumber and more vicious, and the formula his franchise was built on was "here's a bunch of unlikable and nasty people just like the ones who may have tormented you in real life, you're gonna stomach these assholes for a bit, and then here's the cool monstrous force of vengeance who's going to shred these assholes for your amusement". The movies care so little for Jason's victims and make them so repellent and nasty in such basic and annoying ways, that we are put in a position of eagerly awaiting Jason to show up so interesting things can start happen and all the assholes can get got, so to speak.

Does it not sound like it's only a couple steps removed from the standard superhero fantasy? Really, it's hardly surprising that Jason is the slasher that kids took to the most, to the point you have stories about children wanting Jason to walk them home from school or Jason impersonators visiting kids with cancer.

People really underestimate the potential monsters have to appeal to children and childhood fantasies. I'll never forget the day when I was shooting a scene for a (currently unfinished) film of mine that involved The Grim Reaper, and how after the shooting was finished, this group of kids who were watching the shoot nearby all wanted to take pictures with the actor who was playing Death, an old man in creepy corpse makeup wielding a giant scythe, who told me he'd he wasn't used to getting that kind of reception from anyone following a performance.

Kids are doing all the hard work keeping monsters and horror alive and thriving in pop culture, and of course it's going to be Jason, the overgrown and mistreated child who now gets to be the big and tough bully hunter, who's going to appeal so strongly to them. The more Jason grew as a character and was afforded more and more likeability, the thinner became the separation between him and a superhero.

Your mileage may vary of course on just how heroic Jason should be, but I'm personally very glad that the idea of Jason as a hero has started to catch on quite popularly in recent years. I think it's given the character a whole new life separate from his position as THE horror icon of an entire decade and one that should be poised for longetivity. I definitely think it's a sign of how people's tastes in horror and heroics have changed.

I hardly have to tell you guys that a great horrifying archetypal boogeyman being turned into a hero amid turbulent times is a new phenomenon

Also, I deeply adore Janie Lee's Camp Counselor Jason comics and I would watch an entire film series of those.