#//Haha poor Richard

[impactrueno]

if there's a continuation of the movies/cartoon, is there anything you'd like to see more of? or something they havent really touched so far? i think, maybe besides another musical, everyone's pretty content how the movie sequel wrapped things up but personally i would love to see how lydia's afterlife turns out to be. i'd imagine she'd want to wait for astrid to join her & richard before they board the soul train. they're cute, i want them to have a happy ending :-) poor lydz most likely wont be able to catch a break though, haha. the guy obsessed with her, his ex and both of her exes? yeesh.

that sounds EXceptionally awkward (ba dum tss)

maybe boarding the soul train would be a good ending for them...i never thought about it before. i rarely think of lydia in the afterlife tbh, since her thing is basically being a living person who sees ghosts. but she has to become a ghost herself someday, doesn't she? HMMM...

the good thing is that she won't run into rory in the afterlife, because according to the handbook if a sandworm eats a fleshbag they become "a million tiny particles" and that sounds...permanent LMAO

i just wanna see more richard, man. he seemed like a pretty cool and level headed guy, which is a rarity in these movies. it's easy to see why astrid was always more attached to him than to lydia. i keep thinking about those three and why their marriage fell apart and how it affected astrid...i'm a child of divorce so i can kinda relate (she has it way worse than i ever did though)

then again, BJBJ leaves a lot of room for theorizing as it is, and that can be fun. it's open ended too. a third movie would take that away (but can just as easily bring it back by the end of it) kinda like how some people didn't like that we saw too much of beetlejuice's backstory so he doesn't feel as scary and mysterious anymore. idk. sometimes i want to see more and sometimes i don't, so i can come up with my own theories

i'd hoped BJBJ had more stuff with beetlejuice and lydia teaming up, or like some kind of confrontation or something, but you can only do so much with keaton's "no more than 15 minutes" rule and everything else that was going on in the movie. so i get it, i guess.......besides it doesn't feel like it'd be burton's style to do something like what i would've liked to see (and that's why i have some stuff cooking)

sorry i rambled lmao, a lot of this was just me thinking out loud HAHA

[greeeengoblin]

BATFAMİLY NO!CAPE AU

Jason broke free from Selina's hand and slapped Tim hard. As his frail body suggested, Timothy fell to the ground. His bangs covered his face. He hid behind his hair. Diana and Bruce watched the events from behind, unable to make sense of it.

Selina shouted, "Jason, that's enough!" She could never allow a child to be treated like this just because he won. "Are you okay, child?" she asked, approaching Tim, but as Jason was about to slap the boy again, Bruce stopped him and pushed him back.

Jason froze in response to Bruce's action. Seeing Bruce made him tremble with fear, but Bruce ignored Jason and went over to Richard. "What happened?" he asked.

Richard moved towards where Tim had fallen and pressed his foot harshly on Tim's back. "This brat thinks this competition, meant only for the elite, is some kind of dog's breakfast." he said, his voice dripping with mockery.

"Richard!" Selina shouted. Richard, owing to his allegiance to Selina, lifted his foot after one last hard press. He looked at Tim with a neutral expression.

"How disgraceful," Bruce said, looking at Tim. Who did this boy think he was to make his son so angry? "So, who are you? Do you have parents?" he asked.

Richard didn't let Tim speak. "He's Timothy, Dad. The orphan we took in as a servant," he answered. "He's quickly forgotten the times he spent loitering around those poor orphanages."

Cassandra watched Tim sadly from behind. Selina hadn't known Tim was an orphan, and she felt deeply sorry. She should have treated the child better; after all, he was only 14 years old and carrying a heavy burden. Bruce, on the other hand, didn't care much. How good could this brat possibly be?

"Haha... So, what place did he get?" Bruce asked. Instead of replying, Richard pointed with his head to the screen behind Bruce. As soon as Bruce turned around, he felt like he was about to vomit. Jason was too scared to move.

"Oh my God."

-

Do you want me to continue my long Au about how Tim is Selina's lost son years ago but no one knows it and Tim gets a scholarship to the school where the richest people in Gotham go? When a kid like Tim comes to the high school where Jason and Cassandra Wayne go and lowers Jason's popularity, Jason decides to bully the kid.

[bp-zb1fics]

hello !! i just binge watched the bridgerton and i was wondering if you could write something with lee jeonghyeon ! like the reader (it would be a girl but you can change it as nonbinary if you prefer) is secretly dating jeonghyeon, they have a dance/bal and someone is flirting with the reader, you can add whatever you want for the following part like smut or fluff or wtv haha !! btw could the reader be really kind and a bit blunt

Fill your heart with me

pairing: leejeong x fem reader ft. twin brother ricky

genre: regency/bridgerton era au, fluff, suggestive themes

tw/tags: regency etiquette, gossiping aunties, ricky is lowkey unbothered i guess, except when you call his full christian name, gyuvin is a gorgeous mess as usual, dancing, unwanted attention from some unnamed man, leejeong ex machina, banter, many "improper" kisses, leejeong simp lives on

wc: 1825

summary: your favoured suitor and soon-to-be fiance comes to the ball unexpectedly.

a/n ty anon for this! this is really so late but I really do love this req and i wanted to do it justice so I hope you enjoy~ also! there's a lot of like etiquette at play so this is the source i based it off if anyone's interested! also also xiǎo mèi means little sister (reader is the younger twin lol)

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“Miss Shen is indeed one of the jewels of the season”

“Certainly, she is of fair face and has many virtues.”

“I’ve been told that she is quite skilled in the art of languages, she plays the pianoforte quite well and her deportment is incomparable.”

“And the Shen family is quite wealthy, any gentleman would consider himself lucky to have her as his bride.”

You pointedly ignore the aunties whispering among themselves as you make your way across the floor. Your mother has taken ill this evening, leaving your brother to escort you around. It wasn’t too bad. If an overeager suitor was not to your liking, all Ricky had to do was stand tall and look down his nose at them. Unfortunately, that also went for the suitors that weren’t too bad as well.

“I didn’t like him, Xiǎo Mèi” He says to you as you both watch the poor man make his way back into the crowd, proverbial tail between his legs.

“Richard,” You hiss, drawing yourself to your full height which doesn’t really do anything since your brother is disgustingly vertically gifted. “You need to stop calling me that.”

“I’ll stop calling you that when you stop calling me Richard.”

“It’s what’s proper.”

“And I care because?”

“Ugh, you are infuriating.”

“And you have feathers in your hair.”

If you weren’t wearing one of your best gowns, low cut, splendidly embroidered white satin, trimmed with hideously expensive silver thread, you would have lunged at him already. Instead you settle for squeezing the arm you’re holding a little too hard, glad that your gloves would conceal how your knuckles strain. To your chagrin, you get nothing more than a slight wince.

Fortunately, someone else decides to barrel into him and if your brother was any less steady, he would have been knocked clean off his feet. Meanwhile, you’re fighting the urge to laugh hysterically. Kim Gyuvin may have half the ladies in the room falling over themselves for him but he possessed the grace of a newborn foal and the personality of a rambunctious puppy.

“Ricky-ah!” He greets your brother effusively before turning to you and playfully dipping his head into a pseudo-bow. “Miss Shen.”

“Mr. Kim.” You reply with your own little curtsey. 

There’s nothing more enjoyable than the look on your brother’s face right now. All the eligible ladies on your side of the room are giggling and whispering among themselves, definitely charmed by two of the season��s most eligible bachelors. You would be too, except one of them’s your brother and the other one is just as good as that in everything but name. None of them know about the time Kim Gyuvin threw a fit after your brother called his beloved lapdog something he probably shouldn’t have. You do. It sort of ruined any semblance of his image for you.

“As much as I know your brother makes delightful company,” Gyuvin begins. 

You stifle a giggle beneath your gloved hand. If the whole of polite society wasn’t watching, Ricky would’ve definitely punched him by now. You resist the urge to make an unladylike snort as Gyuvin extends his unnervingly large hand towards you. 

“May I have this dance, Miss Shen?”

“You may.”

You let Gyuvin lead you across the floor. For all of his awkward deportment, you know he has proven time and time again that he is an excellent dancer.

“Is there any lucky gentleman that you have your eye on tonight, Miss Shen?” He asks as you make smooth circles around the room.

“Not particularly, Mr. Kim.” You spin once, the light fabric of your skirt almost floating. “And you? Is there any lucky lady that has caught your attention?”

If Gyuvin had not been a childhood playmate and old friend, then perhaps you would not be so improper. But alas, you’ve known each other from the moment you could toddle. He graces you with a secretive smile.

“Perhaps, we shall see.”

The dance comes to an end a moment later and you give each other a courtesy bow. Gyuvin means to escort you back to your brother but some nosey mother pulls him away, likely to try and introduce her daughter to him. Thus, you are left alone, searching for your brother’s blond head. Unfortunately for you, it seems that your lonesome state has caught the attention of some gentlemen on the hunt.

“Miss Shen, what a pleasure.” A particularly bold one comes up to you. You greet him in kind, although you are well aware that his eyes have fixated themselves on your chest, ogling the low cut of your dress. Still, you must make conversation although you curse the rules of propriety in your head.

“My mother has taken ill this evening unfortunately.” You say trying your best to angle yourself away from his uncomfortable stare and excuse yourself. “So it is my brother who is escorting me this evening. I need to get back to him actually.” 

“Oh well he seems to have stepped out, might I keep you company in his stead?”

You’re about to outrightly tell him to leave you be when a familiar voice speaks up first.

“My apologies but I will be accompanying Miss Shen in the meantime.”

Both you and the man turn. You can’t help the smile that blooms on your face when you see your soon-to-be betrothed.

“Mr. Lee, I didn’t know you were joining us tonight.”

“I’m glad that Miss Shen is delighted to see me.” You move forward and take the arm he offers as he turns to the other man who has quite a sour look on his face. “Excuse me, good sir.”

Both of you watch as he leaves with a huff. The ladies and their mamas whisper but you pay them no mind. Soon they would all know anyway. 

Lee Jeonghyeon has been courting you since the season started. He was 2 years your senior, good friends with Ricky and from a family that your parents approved of. Everything had been very private up until now as both your families finally began to talk about a public engagement and an even more public wedding. It was to be expected with both of you coming from aristocracy.

“May you do me a favour of having your next dance, Miss Shen?” He asks you as the quartet hints at the beginning of a waltz.

“You always have my favour, Mr. Lee.” 

You’re already facing him, one of his large hands wrapping around your waist and pulling you towards him, perhaps a bit closer than the dance called for but with enough space between you to keep it appropriate for the many discerning eyes on you. His other hand holds yours, almost hiding it completely in his grasp. And he looks nowhere but at your face and you would almost feel shy as if his eyes hadn’t traced over your features so many times before. Still, you can’t help but blush at how brazen he is in such a public space.

“In the upcoming events this season,” he murmurs quietly, almost intimate in such a crowded room. “I hope that you could give me the privilege of having your first dance.”

He can have all of them, you would have told him plainly but you need not scandalise the ladies even more. So instead, you say.

“Then that privilege is yours.” The way he looks at you definitely holds almost too much passion for others to look upon.

Later, when you’ve found your brother and Gyuvin again, sharing a drink by the refreshments table, he asks another favour that makes you go completely and unattractively red.

“I heard that the garden is lovely at night, would Miss Shen like to accompany me for a walk outside?”

It’s a bold request. And you’re glad he spoke quietly enough that only your brother and Gyuvin are within earshot. Nevermind that the latter very nearly chokes on his drink. It’s surprising that he’s this shocked considering both of them had the misfortune of walking in on you in the back parlour doing things that were at the height of impropriety (you were just kissing…rather passionately).

Still, you’re suddenly glad your mother is not here but perhaps that is exactly the reason why Jeonghyeon asked. Ricky exchanges glances with you before he speaks.

“If my sister desires it.”

You weigh out the consequences before producing a beatific smile.

“It’s a little stuffy in here, perhaps some air would do us all some good.”

So as the crowd falls into another dance, you slip out, your brother and Gyuvin trailing behind you as a semblance of a chaperone. The garden is indeed beautiful at night. Even better, the foliage is grown enough for both of you to slip behind it, creating a little corner of your own. Meanwhile, your supposed chaperones linger a respectable distance, conversing quietly and letting you have your privacy. Finally, Jeonghyeon’s hands slide to your waist, holding you as closer than earlier. You allow yourself a little impropriety, pouting at him, just a bit.

“You should have informed that you would be attending, Mr. Lee.”

“If it pleases my Lady, I shall give her prior notice on the next occasion.”

Boldly, you stand on your toes and give him the lightest peck, your lips barely brushing his. This time, he flushes, ducking his head like a bashful schoolboy.

“It would please me very much.” You beam up at him. He leans down and catches you in a longer kiss, leaving you breathless as you shove at him gently. “We shouldn’t be so hasty here with so many around.”

“Very well,” he says, looking at you so intimately as if you were the only star in the vast dark sky. “Grant me one last favour this evening then, Miss Shen.”

“And what is it that you desire, Mr. Lee?” His face is still so close to yours that you feel faint.

“My name,” he whispers. “If you could call me by my name this evening, just once, I would be most happy.”

You can’t help the way your breath catches in your throat. It feels almost illicit to utter something that you’ve only ever addressed him in writing, have murmured in the most quiet of moments. Here, in the garden, where your willingly oblivious chaperones chat among themselves, with the crowd but a doorway apart, with the stars hanging above you to witness. Still you grant him his favour.

“Jeonghyeon.”

It is but an almost silent breath. Yet the way his eyes slowly shut, as if relishing in the moment, makes it feel like so much more. And oh, your heart flutters as he looks at you again, breathes your name into the air between you because it is for you and you alone.

His hands grasp yours gently and everything fades into the background. It’s only him.

“My darling.”

And you let him kiss you again.

[auntiewhiz]

"Alright," Whiz says when Richard repeats that he doesn't want him talking to Cora. Maybe it was a stupid suggestion, since Cora is the person Richard is worried Grant is sleeping with, and she's also the most likely person to know that Grant and Richard are hooking up, if Grant has told anyone. If he is hooking up with Cora, Whiz hopes he's not hiding the Richard hookups from her. Even if it's an open sort of thing that would feel a little iffy, as would Grant not being forthcoming with Richard about the fact he's sleeping with someone else. He's a little taken aback again that Richard seems to think Whiz doesn't believe him, and maybe a tiny bit hurt that Richard thinks he's being dismissive. But clearly this is a sensitive topic, which is already a very red flag in terms of how this is all going to end for his mate. But Richard has also very clearly taken that red flag and attached it to his sailboat as the main sail, so they're just going to have to follow the course it sets. "I believe you," Whiz tells him honestly. "I would agree there's at least attraction there if they snogged. I'm not trying to say your worries are invalid, mate. They're not. There could absolutely be something going on there. I was just trying to be optimistic, suggest some alternate reasons for the snog that maybe you hadn't considered yet." Usually Whiz is pretty good at seeing the difference between 'I want some helpful feedback' situations and 'I just want to vent my feelings' situations, especially with his best mate, but this whole Grant thing is a new situation with a lot of complicated feelings. He and Richard have talked through a lot of bloke stuff, but Richard had never been in love with any of those blokes, let alone in love with them and pretending to just be friends with benefits because that's all it can be. It's clearly going to take some navigating to figure out how to be supportive in this situation.

Despite Whiz's words Richard still doesn't feel like Whiz does believe him. Not completely. "I don't want you to," he says as if he hasn't made that very obvious already. "You wouldn't have had to mention me, she's not dumb. Even if Grant hasn't told her we're hooking up she'll know you asking has something to do with me." Maybe he's just being paranoid here but Cora just seems like she'd know. Know and find it funny probably. He likes Grant. Okay, he loves Grant. But sometimes he doesn't really like the things Grant and Cora find funny. He certainly doesn't want to be one of those things. "I know they're weird. But I don't know why your'e so dead set against believing me about this stupid snog. I know you say you do, but you clearly don't. I'm not saying they have some romantic feelings towards each other. He wouldn't be getting blow jobs from me if that was the case. I'm just saying you don't snog someone like that if you aren't attracted to them. There's clearly something still there. It wasn't fake. You can't even use the it's just for show excuse because if that was it they'd have snogged earlier when people were paying attention. Everyones snogging at midnight." The only person paying attention was him. And by god he wishes he hadn't been. He can't forget the look on Grant's face after or the feeling like he'd been punched in the gut. But the worst part now of the snog is that it's felt like from the moment he told Whiz about it Whiz had tried to downplay it. It feels like Whiz thinks he's being an idiot about it. And yeah, he probably is, but he knows what he saw. That was not a fake snog.

[picnokinesis]

Hello! I decided to choose one song from each playlist that I’d like to know more about if it’s not too spoilery :) It took me a while to narrow down which ones I want info on the most haha, these three are ones I have less specific speculation about.

July Bones from the main playlist

Delilah from the teen playlist

The Funeral from the anterograde playlist

Thanks!!!! :D

HELLO!! This is lowkey so funny, because of all the songs on the teenage Koschei playlist, Delilah was precisely the one I was hoping someone would ask me about - but on the other hand, I had to stand and stare at The Funeral and July Bones for a long moment because for a while I just COMPLETELY FORGOT that I'd even put them on there, let alone why. However, you'll be pleased to know that I've now figured it out hahha

I know this is gonna get long, so under the cut she goes, but if anyone wants links to the playlists in this ask, they're right here!

The Campervan AU playlist

The Teenage Campervan Koschei playlist

The Anterograde AU playlist

July Bones by Richard Walters is a song that I actually found whilst building a playlist for one of my original script projects, and so I primarily associate it with my oc, Jules. However, I actually realised that it was only the vibes that worked for Jules, and that the lyrics weren't relevant to her at all. But campervan au...now that's interesting. As with many of the songs on every playlist I make, but especially campervan au playlists, not every line is necessarily relevant or taken literally. The same is true for some of this one. That said, the opening line hits the nail on the head:

In July, in July, in July I burned all your things And they glow, and they glow, and they glow and the fire still sings

For me, this song is really about the Doctor and Koschei's childhood, and the immediate aftermath of The Thing That Happened on 13/06/1999. Pre-amnesia, the Doctor had a habit of burning her things when she wants to cut ties and make a new start on life. This is my poor man's version of regeneration in a human au. Of course, we also know that the Doctor burnt the curtains at Gallifrey Road, which is what led to her being put into temporary respite care and ending up being fostered by Brax's family. I think in this case, the 'burning' was a lot to do with the fact that, after what happened, Koschei was in prison and the Doctor was basically left alone. And, due to her life in foster care, being passed from one family or group home to another, the only way she's ever learnt to deal with things going awfully wrong is to cut ties, burn bridges, and start completely afresh. With Koschei rubbing off on her, that 'burning bridges' part starts to come rather literal. But no matter what she tries to do, however she tries to remake herself, she still stays the same and makes the same mistakes - and Koschei does too, in his own way. Which works perfectly with this later line of lyrics:

Is it right, is it right, is it right that we can't change? Do we make, do we make, do we make the same mistakes?

The Doctor can't change - she's still defined by everything that happened to her, she's still defined by the things she doesn't remember, the things she tries to forget. She's still defined by Koschei. She tries to burn it all, and it glows and it glows but the fire still sings.

Also, the line 'if only your bones would lie with mine' makes my heart hurt in a very thoschei way, since with regards to the show, I very strongly believe that the Master is mainly motivated by wanting the Doctor to die with him. So, whilst that's not exactly what Koschei wants in campervan au, the vibes are there.

Delilah by The Dresden Dolls is the entire reason I even made a teenage Koschei playlist, and it's so funny to me that you picked it out, because I can just imagine you listening to it, reading the lyrics and going 'what' HAHAH - because, for anyone who doesn't know, this song is pretty specific. The precise scenario described in the lyrics is not accurate to what happens in campervan au at all, but emotionally the song is so perfect for young Koschei. Delilah is sung from the point of view of a young woman, Amanda, who is watching her close friend Delilah (or, as the song writer as confirmed, her own younger self) who keeps getting sucked into abusive relationships. It's quite an angry song of the frustration of watching someone you love dearly being self-destructive and not wanting to be saved, being angry at them and berating them (or yourself) for this, and how much you want to just drag them into a car, get the hell out of the situation and drive into the sunset. It's probably a difficult song for some folks because it's got a lot of victim blaming in it, but it's actually really interesting when you consider that the singer is actually berating her younger self. When I first listened to it, before I knew that, I actually imagined that the singing pov character was in love with her best friend, which added a whole other layer to the thing. You ever been so angry with someone that you love more than anything because they won't let you save them from intentionally walking into things that hurt them?

Koschei has.

I'll have to be careful not to go too much into spoiler territory here. But. In the backstory in campervan au, there is definitely an element of abuse involved with regards to what is going on with John. There is also an element of Koschei trying to save him from that situation, and John refusing to leave. Obviously, it's not so easy to just get up and go, but Koschei is an angry and desperate teenager who is horrifically in love with his best friend, and not necessarily thinking in a way that's nice or kind or understanding or 'right'. He's exactly like Amanda. He's so angry at the situation, but he's also angry at JOHN for not letting him save him. Also, if you remember in the last chapter of part 6, we saw the childhood promise that these two made to each other: that they'd age out together at 18 and would get a van and just drive off so no one could bother them again. So then you've got to imagine Koschei having this fantasy of rescuing John, of John letting him, and the two of them racing off in this van together. That's what the last minute and a half of the song is. This glorious, rising crescendo of this dream of the both of them getting out, the both of them being alive, being okay, being happy - you need a ride, delilah? let's see how fast this thing can go

It's like, SO painfully perfect for Koschei in that emotional moment, and it lowkey makes me want to tear up, just thinking about him envisaging getting John away from it all. The tragedy, of course, is that he never manages it. EXCEPT IN AU5!! Which is the verse were John actually escapes with him and they run away together (they just don't get the van until they're eighteen lol). There's also a line in Delilah that works perfectly for au5, but because of the pronouns, it's actually got a completely different meaning out of context for au5 compared to what it means in the Actual Song, because it becomes about Kosch's violent protectiveness rather than victim-blaming Delilah haha. And it's this line:

And if you take him home You get what you deserve

There's also this line too which works perfectly for Koschei having genderfluid transfemme dysphoria moments:

You might be flat, but you're breathing

The Funeral by Band of Horses is such a classic, and it's funny because I genuinely had to wrack my brains for SO long on this one and why the hell it's on the anterograde playlist, because I made that one such a long time ago now. But then suddenly it hit me, and it's like a kick to the shins.

Really too late to call, so we wait for Morning to wake you, is all we got And to know me as hardly golden Is to know me all wrong, they warn At every occasion, I'll be ready for the funeral At every occasion, once more, it's called the funeral At every occasion, oh, I'm ready for the funeral At every occasion, oh, one billion day funeral

I think the common interpretation of this song is that it's about something that is inevitably going to die - whether that's another person, or a relationship, or whatever - and being constantly braced for that ending to come. This is very reminiscent of how Koschei (and the Doc, to some extent) feels in anterograde. He is constantly waiting for the Doctor's memory to reset - for that small 'death' to occur, and for him to start over again. Every occasion, he knows that the Doctor will not remember anything that she's experiencing by the next day. Every moment will die as a memory she's failed to retain. Every occasion, he's bracing himself for that death. His entire life, from that point on, is a one billion day funeral. And he doesn't know exactly when it'll happen, he just has to wait for morning to wake her and they start all over again. That's all he has.

Also, because it wouldn't be thoschei without a little bit of toxicity:

I'm coming up only to hold you under I'm coming up only to show you wrong

This isn't just them being a bit mutually awful, though. These two both believe things about the other that are incorrect. Koschei, for example, firmly believes that the Doctor would have vanished from him by now if her memory wasn't resetting every day. He also believes that the Doctor will never trust him fully. And, I mean, fundamentally he's not wrong about both of those things - but over time, as they become the only solid rock in each other's lives, the Doctor does change. She doesn't really realise it, but the brain can learn in ways outside of episodic memory, and she learns to feel that he's meant to be there, that she's safe with him (this was a complicated one, but the root of it has always been there) and that she doesn't want to run away any more. It takes a while for both of them to REALISE THIS though, and so they kind of end up just proving each other wrong by existing in each's others space.

Hope this all made sense!! :D

[backpackingspace]

so I'm rereading the sword of truth series

shout out to wizards first rule kahlan and Richard who are scared of the underworld.

Richard wondered what a wizards rage looked like: the irony

Forgot how slow this book is

Richard: there's no way my brother is a fanatic him outlawing fire isn't a red flag at all. And neither is the fact that he's awful to me. Here's a story about how manipulative and awful he is as proof. Kahlan: ....I'm sure your right.

richard: so this great one has the power to stop darken rahl? Kahlan: who now knows Richard is the seeker: .....no.

That funky fairy: no no he's trying to kill you. You have to seek the truth with in you. It's all about you. Kahlan: shut the fuck up??

I fucking forgot about the weird fucking breeding confessors do.

Kahlan: swinging from 0 oh yes to were just friends definitely not falling in love to 100 I'm going to kill you right here and now over a misunderstanding richard: ....haha Kay cool I'm in love

Forgot zedd is a nudist

Richard: don't be ridiculous zedd isn't magic he's just old and weird and forces me to learn the same stuff. Zedd: very obviously teaching him magic, kahlan zedd every older person who remembers magic : no no he's definitely teaching you magic

Spiderman meme: zedd and Kahlan pointing at each other you're a fucking important dangerous person what are you doing with this person

Listen Richard is pathetic poor little mew mew he spends so much time in this series sick or dying or kidnapped or all of the above

Richard being trained as the chosen one for his entire childhood. His father apologizing every day for the burden he is forcing him to carry. Richard: I don't mind this is fun childhood bonding that will not be relevant at all later :) anyway I'm now convinced that every elder in that town knew who Richard was and were all like ....yes well pretend he's a simple woodsman.

"and how is what you do now any different?" Fucking brutal

Richard felt rather stupid. Girlie pop get fucking use to it you are stupid

I fucking forgot that that Richard's sword has truth carved into the hilt and so Richard has truth carved into his palms

Everybody: it's not our problem you're the seeker you'll find the answer richard: I'm???? A godsdamn??? Woodsman??? Show me the qualifications I have

okay but the quick tone change richard has after he becomes seeker

"There is no secrets here" lmaooooo

Hey yo did Richard know how to use a sword before this??? People want to know

Richard just exciting: helps saves a girl everyone's now pledging to give their life for him

[majorbaby]

Haha, not it's not you my phones UI just sucks, but I'm on laptop now *takes deep breath*. When it comes to shows like MASH that have a focus on a war in the Asian theatre, it irks me too how the Korean POV takes a back seat. I'm mostly thinking about how what /really/ takes place in war is suppressed in the media/news/etc back then and now. And how art is one of the few mediums we have to tell that truth (see:Guernica and other art that I'm forgetting right now).

And yes, in some ways streaming platforms are showing somethings in more graphic detail, but also routinely cancel shows with LGBT leads or just outright not market them. We also have the MCU which was as we know partially influenced by the US military which says a lot. The recruiting commercials for Captain Marvel alone are mind boggling. (Ranting slightly sorry)

Anyway I feel like we could go back and forth with this in circles. because ultimately MASH centers the American perspective and will always fall short in that regard. And I think at least in GFA they have the one moment with the mother and her child, a pure un-distilled moment of horror that illustrates just a fraction of what the military did to Korea.

Oh yeah that's a good point re: the truth-telling power of art. I wonder about how Richard Hooker's novel including "A novel about three army doctors" might've actually given a readers a more accurate impression of what to expect.

I hardly ever watch shows as they air and I haven't looked into it either so I can't personally attest to how/why and how often certain shows get cancelled but I have no reason to doubt you and like, just considering how the media landscape looks in general there's no doubt certain stories face barriers to being told that other stories do not.

Yeah I do agree that MASH completely misses the mark in many ways wrt to race almost every single time. My issue with the bus scene now is how it's further decontextualized by contemporary audiences like, I am personally very uncomfortable with Hawkeye-chicken-dead-baby jokes/memes and I think those jokes are easily made and people don't blink because the baby is denied personhood and that's the way the show intends it to be. I'm not saying "don't make jokes" but I am allowed to find certain jokes to be in very poor taste, just like how we probably all agree that setting Margaret up to be assaulted or think she's being assaulted is pretty crass and unfunny.

Like to me the point of the baby there isn't "babies died during the war and often parents were forced to make terrible and impossible choices" it's "Hawkeye has been deeply traumatized by what's witnessed" and yeah you're right, we probably could go back and forth on that because certainly some people did watch it and did see the former, but I haven't witnessed much evidence of that, and I'm including my own reaction to the scene in that. Here I likened what happens to the baby and their mother as fridging.

[slimylayne]

Omg I’m gonna do this with rik fuck it

Blorbo (favourite character, character I think about the most) probably Marty starr honestly!

Scrunkly (my baby, character that gives me cuteness aggression, character that is So Shaped) Rick or Kevin turvey :)

Scrimblo bimblo (underrated/underappreciated fave) Richard dangerous

Glup shitto (obscure fave, character that can appear in the background for 0.2 seconds and I won’t shut up about it for a week) his fucking mayor character in glc

Poor little meow meow (problematic/unpopular/controversial/otherwise pathetic fave) tarquin from summer school HAHA

Horse plinko (character I would torment for fun, for whatever reason) Richard Richard

Eeby deeby (character I would send to superhell) Alan b’stard, obviously

[ladynynaeve]

Poor richard rider. Being in The Mood but it takes 45mins just to get rid of Pete’s stupid buckles (love the blog btw✨)

haha pfft lucky for them both he wears a different outfit now (gotg2023 do NOT interact). master of the sun hairy chest tits OUT. i’m sure it’s v much appreciated

[castlebyersafterdark]

omgggg i had no idea richard armitage was gay (nor luke evans?! gaston omggg) and i used to love him in the BBC robin hood miniseries drama when i was a teen! i remember i had maths tutor when the show was on and i was soooo angry lmaoooooo

ok this is kinda cool. damn vinny you have experienceeee with this shit lol!

i always remember that clip of lee pace kissing evangeline lily full on the mouth on the red carpet and it was something that was so gay cos what straight man does that to a bestie in public, it was so familial and platonic but ofc there were people who no way could imagine a kiss like that being platonic and here we are again it seems! ahhh complicated humans. why are people so quick to uncomplicate others when they surely know that they themselves are complex?!

Richard was secretive for a very very long time, but he's out now I believe? And I was desperately smitten with Lee Pace, lordy he was the dream to me back then (still like him but i haven't been following his career for years). This was my first online fandom!! I was very obsessed with all the actors during high school haha and there was a corner much like this (different site) where we wrote wild stories and speculated about actors and people called us crazy but hey. Years later it turned out to have been true! But all the kings in that movie were gay, and Gandalf too! It was so fun. Poor Martin. I doubt he had a clue 🤣

I recall we found out about a lot of it through tracking clothing in photos and premieres and Rich and Lee shared soooo many clothes and we were obnoxious little sleuths 👀 It was. A lot. But I was young!! I literally haven't cared about celeb couples like this since so that's what's funny to me - going 2 for 2.

[starzzyeyed]

Hello!

I'm so intrigued by that Hotch crying in secret 5 + 1 wip! Could you please talk a little about that one? I live for poor Hotch angst.

Also, just wanted to say: you're one of my fav CM authors on ao3! All your fics are simply amazing, I am slowly trying to go back through my favs and leave more comprehensive comments on them :)

Hi!

First of all, thank you so so much! What an incredible compliment to receive <3 I love writing for the CM fandom, (especially hotchreid), and anytime someone enjoys reading something I've enjoyed writing is just the best feeling ever!

Moving on, I would absolutely love to talk about this fic! I also love piling on angst to poor old Hotch - although I usually give him a happy ending, or at least a hopeful one.

This idea came to me when I was running on about 4 hours of sleep and feeling very emotional myself haha, because although we do see him cry a fair amount in the show (especially for a lead, stoic male character) there's still a great deal of his life, especially his earlier life, that we don't see.

I don't have a huge amount of this fic written yet, and I'm still undecided on which of the scenarios I've considered are going to actually be included, but I want it to follow his life from early childhood all the way through to something happy at the end for the +1, where he cries openly with no shame. I'm considering a +1 and a +2, because I have two endings that I can't decide between right now, so this might end up being a two-chapter with the second +1 in chapter two, but who knows!

I also want to look predominantly at things that aren't included in the show itself (ie, nothing to do with Haley).

That said, here's a bit that I do have written, that's probably going to be the first of the five! No warnings, just below the cut because this post is already quite long!

He’s hidden himself away in his bedroom, tucked behind the wardrobe that stands just slightly proud from the wall; creating the perfect sized gap for Aaron to squeeze behind when he needs to escape from the world.

It leaves him almost completely hidden, with only his feet showing underneath, and someone would have to be actively looking to see that, bending down or crawling on hands and knees to spot his small black school socks contrasting sharply against the cream of his bedroom carpet.

Aaron knows he won’t be able to stay up here forever, that eventually his mother will come looking for him, no doubt asking him to watch Sean for her while she starts preparing the evening’s meal, but for right now, it provides the solace he so desperately needs.

The solace that provides him with the ability to finally let the tears flow, the ones that he’d felt first gathering in the corners of his eyes almost two hours ago.

Crying isn’t acceptable when you’re a young man, according to Richard Hotchner, no matter what the circumstances are.

Even if you’re only an eleven-year-old boy.

Even if your grandmother has just died.

Aaron sniffles, wiping his running nose on the sleeve of his shirt before he remembers the last time his mother had found the dried remnants of teary-eyed snot there, and the threat that he’d receive a punishment if it happened again, if he continued to disregard his father by dirtying his clothes this way.

He wishes his grandmother was here now.

Not only would she not care about him wiping his snotty nose on his shirt sleeve, she always seemed to have tissues on her; a feat that Aaron doesn’t even know the possibility of given the noticeable lack of pockets on her skirts. He always figured she must have kept them tucked inside her sleeves, but a small part of him still wondered if she didn’t have secret pockets inside her blouses.

[the-weeping-birch]

Reading "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt has left me in awe, in pain, and with a plethora of questions that will forever remain unanswered.

[ Spoiler Alert. ]

I need to talk to Henry Winter you guys. I have gone nuts because of this book. Henry is so enigmatic, so charismatic and so interesting, I truly would never recover if the last thing he did before he shot himself was tell me "I love you". I need him back to life (or back to life on paper, at least.) I want a better outcome for Camilla and Charles, their plot was sooo weird. And poor Francis. Oh my God and Julian. That man not going to Henry's funeral was diabolical, unforgivable. I am disgusted with his character. I also wonder if Richard's gonna be fine, or at least financially well-off. The book doesn't make it seem survivable without generational wealth, which I guess is kind of true honestly haha.

Donna Tartt's writing was impeccable. I binge read the second half of the book in one night, and I'm looking forward to rereading it. The style, the picturesque scenery and plot, everything about this book is perfect. It was a delicious read. I highly recommend it, and am definitely glad I decided to read it.

If you have any book recommendations, feel free to submit them :)

Χαλεπά τά καλά.

[stephantom]

Hey!! For the ask game 8, 19, 20 :)

Hi, anon!

8. (movies that have made me mad) answered

19. What part of filmmaking do you find most interesting (ie. sound design, costuming, set design, etc)?

It’s all cool and I don’t know much about any of it! Cinematography? like the general composition of a shot, the framing and blocking and lighting and camera angles/movement and all that. Also post-production editing, and scoring/music. Props and costumes. Acting. (Haha sorry this is a dumb answer but I just don’t have a focus.)

20. What movies do you have on your current to-watch list?

There are 113 movies on my watchlist on Letterboxd right now… 😅 I feel like they fall into these 4 categories: critically acclaimed films I’ve never seen, recent films that look intriguing that I’d like to be in the loop about, lesbians??? etc, and random movies with the actors I’m weirdly fixated on. Here’s uhh 25 of them:

Pather Panchali

The Seventh Seal

Sherlock Jr

The Passion of Joan of Arc

Red River

Groundhog Day

The Fall

The Farewell

Poor Things

All Of Us Strangers

Portrait Of A Lady On Fire

The Whale

Shoplifters

Society of Snow

Bottoms

Bound

Blue Jean

Billie and Emma

Johnny Guitar

Mulholland Drive

Barbarella Queen of the Galaxy

Funny Girl (for Omar Sharif)

Night Of The Iguana (Richard Burton and Liz Taylor)

Villain (Richard Burton and Ian McShane)

The Stuntman (Peter O’Toole)

[crossover-enthusiast]

soooooooo like-

it's not like a zombie apocalypse or nuclear fallout, instead its a full collapse of society and law and a basic forever purge. basically half the town went on a murder rampage and the few that survived have to fend for themselves.

the for sure survivors are hanna (oc), rick, meerkat (oc), patty, kevin, skid, pump, lila, ross, robert, john, jack, carmen, richard, jaune's husband, frank, and whoever else. and the for sure deaths are jaune, dexter, streber, suzie, radford, roy, mayor evermore, ignacio (haha poor eat shit) and whoever else. most of these people got seperated from eachother in the chaos and a lot of them are just trying to survive or find eachother again.

as for specific character lore? thats where it gets interesting..

kevin is actually only of the guys who went wild killing people, hes a part of a gang called the Romers (purposfully spelt wrong) and is violent as shit. now that society basically collapsed he finally lost it and let out all his pent up rage in the worst way possible- he actually killed radford and ACCIDENTALLY killed streber (the bob incident didnt happen in this au). i dont think kevin would go to this point in canon honestly, but its for the sake of this au having some known enemies that he does.

rick? rick entered his doomguy phase. he saw radford's death and he wrongfully thinks that patty and hanna are also dead, so he basically snapped and became an utter badass out of spite. he's still got his main personality at his roots but hes definentally way more openly angry and violent but not outwardly murderous or evil like kevin is- hes on the right side of things and only kills people if he has to but yeah. hes surprisingly self preserving and puts up a good fight for his survivial.

patty and hanna found eachother and are bunking out with eachother as a team, both trying to reunite with rick as to constrast rick's pessimistic assumption that they were both dead hanna believes intently that hes alive.

ANYWAYS YEAH

OOOOOOOO

This sounds rad as hell!

And yeahhhh I get Kevin. I don't think he'd snap to this extent in canon, but they're in an apocalypse after all, if anyone would be driven to their breaking point by this it'd be Kevin

Rick as Doomguy is honestly a wild comparison but I dig it

Also tbh Carmen and Richard being alive is interesting to me -- they lost everything I'm assuming, including their own son. Lots of character potential there

[cartoonfangirl1218]

Don’t leave all the good things in the tag but also YEEES!

#Galavant#Ugly Betty#Oh my gosh yes#I think you shared this idea with me and it’s freaking genius#Just imagine Gal’s face when he finds out Madalena works with someone like Marc XD#And then!#It’s revealed that The Dark Evil Lord is not alone and he serves someone even more evil#and it’s Wilhelmina#Madalena and Wilhelmina are too powerful together and they have to work together#And it also will create so many conflicts between them because they’re just so similar XD#And poor Marc will have to deal with it haha

Wilhelmina and Madalena would be fighting so much, like they have the same goal but Madalena is so much more aggressive while Wilhelmina is more manipulative and long term. Plus the fashion cattiness. To the point that Marc would probably go to Gal and Garett for help for the sake of the kingdom. I feel like Amanda would be there too simply because Marc and Amanda are inseparably besties. But Gal facing off against the newest and most fashionable threats he has ever faced. And Gareth rescuing Mad from herself. And Marc helping Richard and Roberta with their wedding.

Rewatching Galavant I had the most random thought. Or big brain idea depending on what you think. But remember that Madalena left to learn more dark dark evil way from someone new. And they said that he was a fan of accessorizing?

Marc! The Marc St. James!

Unless I’m forgetting that there were no pronouns mentioned. If so, I also suggest. . .

[yjhgvf]

Okie then. Speedrick, are you aware of the hatred you are receiving by the fandom?

*“I’m well aware that I’m not the most well received character in this show.” Since when did Speedrick know how to break the forth wall? Such things probably shouldn’t be questioned, to be honest.

*“I don’t mind however. There’s always going to be that one overhated character in a fandom. And if that one overhated character just so happens to be me, then so be it.” Despite Speedrick’s tone of voice sounding unbothered, his facial expression shows a hint of anger.

*“There are worse characters than me though! Like, uh…” Oh, Speedrick seems to be having trouble coming up with a worse character than himself. I think you accidentally broke some of his confidence, anon.