#…poor ness jfc

[mvrdermeharder]

I’m still very much fucked up over ch 284… in a good way and in a bad way. I have a lot of contradictory feelings and thoughts regarding Isagi x Kaiser.

Bc on one hand: I’ve always wanted to see a team-up between them. It has been teased for a looong time, them being extremely similar to one another has been stated by multiple characters, and it has been the focal point of the NEL arc in general. And we KNOW just how well Isagi can work with someone who thinks in a similar way and who gets his plans (Isagi x Rin in U20, Isagi x Hiori in Ubers, Isagi x Noa in Manshine).

So we could only imagine how well someone who is a perfect mirror to Isagi (regarding playmaking, positioning, play style, comprehension of the field, psychological skills, … ) would play together with him. I think what a good Kaisagi team-up would look like is a continuous “no-look-chemical-reaction” as we’d seen with Isagi x Hiori. (But the requirements of a chemical reaction are not met just yet… and i’ll get back to this)

Both Kaiser and Isagi had learned to understand each others’ abilities and mirrored their own evolution off of them (Isagi with metavision + throwing his pride away for the sake of winning, Kaiser learning not to settle + offering up everything to improve) so now they are even more similar thanks to observing each other…

And in previous games there had been problems bc of the similarities: how they were always at the same place at the same time, resulting in dire mistakes by getting in each other’s way intentionally or unintentionally. But now, as they actually respect each other, they can use one another as “an additional me” on the field.

They understand themselves just as well as they understand each other bc of their similarities, so they could (hypothetically) visualize a play constructed around this. They could rely on each others abilities, thought processes and playmaking because they’re both capable of visualizing the same thing.

What i’m trying to get at is this: nobody knows your thoughts better than yourself. But now, there are 2 Isagis or 2 Kaisers on the field, for them to use as objects for their plans, relying on shared image and understanding, leaving no room for mistakes.

However. A chemical reaction requires their protagonistic goals to align. And there is no way in hell that either of them would give up their desire to score… that would be horrible writing for Kaiser at least, as he’s just found his true originality (to score for love), so he can’t compromise this development that quick… it doesn’t make sense narratively.

And regarding Isagi’s “new discovery” abt how he wants to just… win. We could interpret it as he wants to win no matter what he has to sacrifice, but I think he’d still want to be the one scoring at the end.

So, with the next ch name “Contract” it’s possible that it will be about Kaiser and Isagi establishing a contract that benefits them both: they will work together to get to the penalty area/get through the defense, and from then on they’ll both try to position themselves to score without the other interfering (or something like this… still competing in their own way to score, but helping each other until the last steps). This would make a “temporary-goal-in-common”, which could suffice the basis of a chemical reaction.

But…

On the other hand… it would be sooooooo good to see Kaiser reject Isagi’s offer. And not just bc “woo plottwist!!”, but because it would actually make sense for Kaiser to do that. Right now he is dead set on “living in restriction” so i don’t know if he’d be willing to team-up with Isagi to make things easier for himself.

And also, based on his reactions (or lack there of) this chapter, it’s clear that he wasn’t considering a team-up until Isagi had requested it. He looks surprised by it, in fact.

Additionally, his reaction to being used by Noa was to rebel against it: he does not want to stay in BM to dethrone Noa, he wants to forge his own path instead. And in this chapter, we could see that his reaction to Isagi saying he “exploited” or “used” Kaiser to his plans… well, he certainly isn’t thrilled by this either imo. To my understanding, he’s always been in a “use and/or be used” situation: with his father, Ray Dark, Ness, Noa… So it would make total sense for him to reject Isagi’s offer to team-up and use each other, as he’s quite possibly sick and tired of this.

So well… i don’t know. I REALLY, TRULY, GENUINELY want to see Isagi and Kaiser team-up.

Eventually.

But I feel like right now is just not the perfect time for it (mainly bc of Isagi’s weird character writing tbh).

But since this is the last match they’re playing on the same team… I doubt that we’d get a Football Club arc before the World cup, so even if they sign with the same club, it’s unlikely that we’d see them play together after the NEL… bc cmon, there are already 284 chapters, there is no way Kaneshiro would stretch the story out even more. The World cup arc’ll be long enough anyways.

So yeah. It’s basically now or never for a Kaisagi team-up.

Which is kinda unfortunate.

And while I’m hyped for it bc i LOVE THEM, the circumstances are unsatisfying, which is the thing that annoys me lol

Jfc this got so long

[thsc-stuffs]

*slowly holds up Damen* Agressive, angst boy for the InKings?

Ohhh boy. See, "aggressive angsty" describes the entire Petrov family and every single one of them has been Smothered In Love. It's a matter of which one gets to him first. (There's actually a character in their source, Dorn, who has a similar adoration for the forest he lived in and the animals he shared it with!)

Kristin absolutely understands his love for his home. She'd likely show that she means to harm to him by offering to help any part of the forest that might be dying off! Her plant magic would definitely be the bonding point she offers, along with her general motherly personality and caring.

Ash may not be able to help the forest, but she's a blacksmither's daughter and has fire magic. She'd see his interest in smithing and immediately want to talk with him about it, show what she knows and learn anything he knows. Would probably start as mentor/mentee who bicker All The Time and end mother/son :)

Reinhold admittedly would have a hard time forming an initial bond with little to talk about, but he would absolutely look at Damen's aggression and angsty-ness and see himself and want to help.

And last but not least, Samir himself, ofc! I can see it now, Samir deciding to roam into some woods (most likely with and for Dorn. Poor shadow-kid only really feels at home in a dark forest.) and wind up finding A Child (again. this would be the SECOND time jfc). His primary bonding point would probably be seeing Damen, looking over at Dorn, and deciding "yeah I'm not making the same mistake twice". I'm not sure how much of a threat Damen would see him as, being a blind old man whose first impression in this case would be "very weird and definitely haunted by the ghost of a shadow-wolf-child-thing".

Samir and Kristin would absolutely try to befriend the deer. The deer might have an inclination to befriend Reinhold, depending on how well they'd notice that his soul is a little funky and partially Dragon-flavored. (that is mostly a joke)

[just-a-creep-babe]

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~Requests are closed but commissions are open~

Masterlist: x

Slenderman

Jfc—why?

He’s already worried about litcherally everyone else in the mansion, now you too?

He is Quite Concerned™️

Lowkey more concerned for you over the others but that’s a given tbh

Honestly questions how tf you’ve manage to make it this far without dying

He makes it his personal mission to keep you safe at all costs—no matter what

So on the bright side, you sort of inherit this ancient eldritch being as a personal bodyguard!

But on the not-so bright side, said being just doesn’t let ya have any fun around here >:/

Will physically restrain you from doing something stupid so you don’t get caught up in anything dangerous

Starts considering giving you a curfew or smthg because even he can’t keep up with the stuff you get pulled into

But he respects you too much for that, ofc, so he just begrudgingly accepts that you’ll keep doing you—no matter how irresponsible or dangerous it might be :”)

Still loves you despite the heart attacks you nearly put him through every other day :)

Jeff the Killer

This 👏mans 👏will 👏love 👏you 👏forever 👏

At first, admittedly, he’s a teensy bit put off by your nonchalance because how can someone actually be that laid back all the time??

But once he adjusts to it & realizes that you aren’t, in fact, faking it for whatever reason, he’ll be completely & utterly enamored with you

Like,, he can do a bunch of stupid shit & drag you along into it & you won’t freak out??

Sign 👏him 👏up 👏

Loves not having to worry about you sanity tbh—there’s no need to hide all the dangerous crap he does because he knows you won’t worry ^^

And homeboy most definitely will take advantage of your go-with-the-flow nature

He’s got a taste for danger & doing stupid shit—how could he not bring you along with him?

If/when y’all get caught & put in trouble tho, he’ll take the blame so that you don’t suffer for something that was most likely his idea

Jeff? Doing the right thing? It may be more likely than you think 🤔

It still sometimes unnerves him just how chill you are with everything, but hey, he can’t let you outdo him in badass-ness, so he’s guaranteed to incite plenty of chaos to prove himself; it’s bound to be an exciting time uwu

BEN Drowned

Oh he is sO down

One of the perks of being dead? He probably can’t die again

So there are absolutely no limits to the insane shenanigans he’s willing to pull off

The fact that you’re just as down to clown makes thing so much better

It gets to the point where someone constantly needs to keep an eye on the both of you so you don’t accidentally end up dying

Cause BEN (and bless his soggy soul) as much as he loves you, tends to forget how fragile human beings can be

So it’s up to the others to make sure your lack of self-preservation doesn’t get you killed

But your fearlessness & nonchalance is like a breath of fresh air!

Things can get a teensy bit boring when you’re immortal, so he’s more than happy to have a badass s/o by his side who’s down for pretty much anything uwu

Y’all get into a bunch of stupid, dangerous & probably illegal shit—but he wouldn’t want it any other way 😘

Eyeless Jack

Similar to Slendaddy, this mans is Concerned™️

He will constantly check you over to see if you need to get patched up because he knows you’re a danger magnet

But at the same time, he doesn’t wanna be too overbearing

Like he definitely has this live & let live mentally (prolly in part due to his diet) so he‘ll try not to bring up too often how nervous he is about your safety & well-being

You’ve accepted him as he is, part demon and all, so he feels like he owes you the same

Even if it does scare the shit out of him because my god what have you gotten yourself into this time??

He’s kinda like a worried mom tbh—he’ll pack you up a lunch & send you off with a “be safe, don’t do anything dangerous, say no to drugs,” and stuff, even despite knowing you probably won’t listen

Homeboy just wants you to grow & experience the world for yourself :”)

Still, he’ll ask the others to keep an eye out for you & to not put you in too much danger

And he’ll totally sometimes follow you from the shadows just to make sure you’re staying safe skdjsjdlsjl

He’s a protective demon boi, what can I say? :)

Masky

He’s,,,, pretty impressed actually

Thinks your nonchalant attitude is kinda badass

Of course he still gets worried, but he’s also prone to forgetting how fragile most people are

His pain tolerance is pretty dang high, so he doesn’t always realize certain things can hurt normal people. Badly

He’ll feel super bad if you get injured with him, but at least homeboy will try to make it up by giving you plenty of sweets & cuddles uwu

He might try to give you a stern talking-to so that you’re more careful, but he knows it won’t stop you from being you

Still, overall, he thinks it’s pretty sweet that you’re down for, like, anything

Will probably wanna take you with him for jobs sometimes—just cause he can & it probably won’t traumatize you too bad :>

Just don’t tell slender

Thinks his bold little s/o is damn cool & lowkey brags abt you all the time uwu

Hoodie

He thinks it’s pretty funny lmfaoo

Is torn between being worried & wanting you safe while also desperately wanting to just be like “fuck it” and do a bunch of stupid shit with you :”)

Will probably take advantage of how you don’t worry much to tag you along in his shenanigans

But at least he’ll make your safety & comfort his utmost top priority uwu

Honestly, he admires how chill you are with shit that’s pretty traumatizing—it’s almost funny that you’re just as brave as he is, considering his line of work and all

It’s,, kinda intriguing to him; homeboy will maybe wanna psychoanalyze you a lil 👀👉👈

You’re just so interesting, he can’t help but be a smidge fascinated 👁👄👁

Really wants to be able to make some good, wild memories with you <3

He’s honestly the perfect balance of protective & adventurous at the same time

Just wants to please his little s/o and keep them safe & happy while fulfilling their need for wild shenanigans :>

Ticci Toby

Oh boy

He is the same

Together, y’all are chaotic af

The creeps know not to leave you unsupervised because shit will go down

The utmost chaotic duo in need of constant watching over & patching up ngl 😅

Seriously, the others are damn near always worried about babysitting you two because you’re both danger magnets

And it doesn’t help that Toby has no concept of danger and/or pain

He’ll try to be super sympathetic if/when you do get injured, but poor boy will be clueless af as to how to help

So more often than not, he’ll end up using himself as a human shield to protect you from danger to make up for it

Either way, y’all get into so much shit, it’s unbelievable

Kinda perfect together but like,, in the worst of ways lmfaooo

[aquariusshadow]

Liveblogging! Legacies s3x10

Oh boy oh boy oh boy, it's that time of the week. We back at it again with the Legacies live!blog! Last week's episode gave me my favorite legacies ship......I have high expectations for this episode.

Plz don't let me down.

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METHAN

FIRST SCENE

..........guys

STOP

omfg methan are stopping crimes together

we love a crime-fighting romantic duo

there's a fanfic trope about this i swear

IS THAT DEATON

TEENWOLF DEATON?!

or am i stupid

Hope is so gorgeous i cant

Hope/cleo scene yaaaaaay

guys let hope be happy

she's allowed to be happy

josie's hairstyle is beautiful im in love

is lizzie really giving josie romance advice?

....when was the last time we saw Finch? i genuinely can't remember...

........noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo i dont want a mizzie scene i really dont want a mizzie scene

LET ME HAVE METHAN

thank god

why are they so cute

"blursome" jfc hahaha

I hope ethan doesnt get too caught up in the supernatural-ness of it all

"you wanna skip P.E. with me *wink wink*"

there she is, there's finch

awww josie she's so cute

okay there better be a good finch/josie lunch scene for that good ole development

omfg invisi!lizzie....InvisiLizzie is my new nickname for her TM me lmao

HFKLSHDFLGJGLHJDFGLHSDFJGH

HOPE AND CLEO

PICNIC

GUYS

listen ik i said i ship handon again

but yall expect me to ignore this i swear

i like happy hope, happy hope is very cute and she has a pretty smile

is that a banshee? what was that screetch?

okay this is genuinely creepy im impressed

maybe we can learn about cleo's past more this episode?

OMFG I WAS RIGHT

I NEVER GUESS THE MONSTERS RIGHT

IM THE NEW LANDON HAHAHAH

"Rules of the Rom-Com" oh my god lizzie...im really not sure she's the best one to be giving romantic advice ehehe but i love that she's really trying to help josie :D

was that reverse psychology? yup, good job lizzie!

cleo and jed...this'll be interesting

why is everyone obsessed with wendigo's?

look at this development

i like that we're getting more stuff with jed

METHAN BACK METHAN BACK

"we can just hang out"

ethan...honey...there's more than just the supernatural

I do understand being very excited though

ETHAN GO WITH HIM

awwwwwww "it's just nice to have something to care about"

you know...just replace 'something' with 'someone'

ok i'll stop the shippy

alaric death happens nearly every episode the stakes are low

this jed development though im happy

omg the acting range!!!!!

im so intrigued holy shit

god he's such a good actor

dont say landon

do not say landon will die

OH COME ON

GUYS

STOP WITH THE LANDON DYING PLOT PLEASE

stop putting hope through the same thing over and over and over

one step forward two steps back

look i understand landon's more or less human status obvi puts him in the most risk

but

we've seen this same thing over and over

the banshee did say there were many possible roads so maybe this is just a misdirect

JOSIE awwwwwwww shes so brave confessing to finch infront of all her friends

this is cute

shes gonna say no isnt she

yup

hmmmmmm

idk guys im really not vibin well with this pairing

hope.....that broke my heart poor cleo

lizzie no

no "stealing back"

just

advise josie to move on

or find out who finch is seeing i guess

maybe that'll bring josie closure?

wouldn't it be cool if this 'banshee drawn to inconsolable grief' thing was a foreshadow for hope confronting her grief

man banshee!jed was so cool i hope we see more acting from him

awww mg was trying to protect ethan from the full moon i think

finch is a werewolf

oh

"tomorrow's no good" duh okay that makes more sense now

so finch does like josie but theres the supernatural thing

boy does josie have news for you finch

oh boy mizzie scene...woo...

wouldn't it be funny if there was another methan twilight parallel

we got the werewolf aspect now

it could happen

ETHAN SAVED MG

YES GOD IM SO HAPPY

BOTH OF THEM SAVED EACH OTHER

this is what i mean when i say i love balanced relationships ajflhsdjfsdf

ah is the monster thing from the end of the last episode...

werewolf hope :D

awwwwwwwwwwww god i really do like hope and cleo

"no one's dying today" damn straight

"the truth is you're kind and brilliant and badass"-hope to cleo <3

are they...do methan have their own hideout...

ETHAN MADE A HERO BASE FOR THEM

GOD

DID

did mg

call ethan

"eeth"

they

they have nicknames

oh my god

elena's old room

the nostalgia

LIZZIE

WHAT ARE YOU DOING

WHY WHY WOULD YOU LIE ABOUT FINCH

like i understand josie not wanting to be apart of the supernaturalness anymore

but like

hgnnnnnnnnn

ik lizzie has good intentions but good lord

awww this is a cute handon scene

ANOTHER PICNIC thats so sweet

idk why im getting an odd vibe with this cleo and jed scene

oh

it's supposed to be strange

"i've never had a genius monster idea until standing next to you" hmmm

cleo's a muse

that doesn't mean she's evil which is hopeful

oh god why does the monster want handon hair

what type of voodoo shit are we gonna deal with next episode

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I really liked that episode too! I guess what’s really making the past few episodes stand out is the character developments? So, I’m not really feeling josiexfinch BUT I like how it’s helping Josie’s character grow to try and be more confident with herself? I’m not cool with Lizzie lying to Josie about Finch. I understand it, I guess, but I don’t like it.

Methan. Nuff said. I’m not apologizing for my constant gushing over them lmao.

I wanna know more about Cleo.

[knowledgequeenabc]

Day 4: Helpless (Kai)

@ninjago-angst-week (wildly incorrect character analysis time! Kai, baby, you’ve ... got a lot going on.) (Content warnings for poverty/food shortage mentions, Kai’s ... Kai-ness, Zane’s death, self-hating and self-sacrificial ideation, implied alcoholism ... jfc)

Kai is just a boy, but already his shoulders hang heavy with the weight of responsibility. No amount of resolutely squaring them when potential customers walk in can hide that fact. Today, he feels it like an oppressive cloak, no matter how much he tries to go about business as usual.

The rice fields in Ignacia yielded a poor harvest this year, the air too frigid to let the crop thrive. More seasoned villagers are already reassuring the other denizens that such misfortunes come and go, grimly preparing to hold out on the food they do have until the next harvest season. Kai listens to the store owners as they mill about anxiously and wring their hands about the cold season, and the small bag of rice digs into his hands. 

The entire treacherous walk home, through the rocky paths, rice sack pulling his arms out of his sockets, is spent thinking. Ruminating, fretting. If the harvest is bad this year, there won’t be much food for the market vendors to sell, let alone left over to eat. The villagers are going to be frugal this winter; the same cold spell that hurt the plants means they won’t be stepping away from their huts outside of work and necessities, and they’ll pinch pennies to save food and clothes. 

Meaning customers will be scarce this winter. 

He’s already noticed business drying up in the past days, and so has Nya, no matter how hard he tries to comfort her otherwise. But Kai’s thinking what she probably hasn’t realized yet—less customers means less money flowing into their pockets. Less money means … 

Kai thinks of the drafts that breeze through their house at night, the dwindling packets of grains and vegetables stashed into the corners of crumb-dusted cabinets, the tears on their thinning clothes, and whimpers. 

That night, he uses the rice and makes a quick stew with leftover broth, throwing in old, soft veggies. It’s barely enough for half a person; Nya eats the whole thing down to the dregs and cries for more because they haven’t eaten a filling meal in days, so he digs around until he finds some stale bread slices. He takes out two and puts the rest away; she gets one, and—his stomach growls loudly as if in desperate, groveling thanks—so does he.

Nya giggles at the sound. He playfully elbows her and it becomes squealing, loud enough that she can barely get through a bite of chewed-up bread.

Kai takes a bite of his own slice, hard against his teeth and bland compared to the spicy stew, and doesn’t mention that it’s the first thing he’s eaten all day. 

He doesn’t want to skip meals, but the winter looming overhead promises hard times ahead, and … he can’t make Nya starve for him. She’s his little sister, he’s gotta look out for her. No one else will, after all. He’d rather starve himself than let them end up back with their horrible uncle. It’s a small price to pay for their freedom, their safety, Nya’s happiness. 

Lying in bed, his stomach aching and threatening to fold in on itself, he reminds himself: it’s worth it for Nya, the days of taking in nothing but crumbs and water, sweating it out in the forge, heaving heavy metals and hammering them into shape, getting himself cut up on his tools, desperately sprucing up Four Weapons to attract passerby. Anything to avoid Nya walking around with that distracted furrow to her brow because she’s too hungry to think, anything to keep them clothed and in business and afloat. 

Anything to avoid feeling so helpless at their lot in life. 

After all, Kai can't change, no matter how much he wants to, the fact their parents vanished into thin air all those years ago. For all their love and warmth, they’re gone now. It’s just him and Nya. 

This is all he can do.

—————— 

Skulkin attack their home and take Nya with them, and he drives himself wild with fear.  

His incredible, strong, stubborn sister. Gone to some far-off underworld no mortal can reach, if he believes the crazy old man that’s taken him in.Every second he’s not training, he flagellates himself for letting Nya stay in that fight. She’s the only family he’s got left in the world and Kai, model protector that he is, let her get kidnapped. A real bang-up job he’s doing, fending for them. 

His failure buzzes under his skin like the hornets that made nests in the village’s trees, louder and more frantic with each passing moment. It pushes him until Sensei and the others grow impatient with his reckless strikes alone. 

Kai stands there as they scold him, face hot, fists clenched. The other boys protest everything he does. Sensei Wu demands to know if he thinks he’s “better than the team”.

What do they know? That’s not their sister in the hands of pure evil, suffering who knows what kind of torture because they failed to protect her, while he’s stuck waiting to collect some important weapons because he’s totally useless without them. 

Nya’s gone, and he’s helpless to do a thing about it. 

—————— 

Spinjitzu is an incredible force. The entire world blurs to a whirl of blazing flames, unlocked from somewhere deep within. Skeletons and snakes alike fall to his wall of fire. 

It’s powerful, and that feeling is a heady rush of confidence. 

So obviously, when they unearth the Green Ninja prophecy from Sensei’s bag, Kai hungers. He’s never been one for believing tales and prophecies, but something from Sensei Wu, the First Spinjitzu Master’s son himself, and hidden away like this … has gotta be important, right?

The name sings sweetly in his mind, each new thing he hears about it fuel to his fire. It comes with incredible strength and a handle over more power than any being could imagine, if Zane’s to be believed. If Spinjitzu is incredible, then the power the Green Ninja must have in his veins must be like elixir. Who doesn’t want that kind of power in their hands? 

Kai fantasizes greedily when the others aren’t around, and frankly, even when they are. One after the other, Zane, then Jay, then Cole unlock True Potentials, making peace with the turmoil sealing their hearts off, and Kai is left in the dust. Far from giving up, he revels in the promised eventuality of power, of strength, of prophecy. It eats at him viciously until he’s irrevocably obsessed, boiling his blood like he’s been thrown into an iron cauldron. Just imagining the possibilities of what kind of power the Green Ninja holds sends a hot tingle through his fingers. If he’s prophesied to defeat evil incarnate himself, Lord Garmadon … he’ll be invincible. 

For so long, it’s just been him and Nya. Being a ninja is a calling he’s never realized he needed, something greater than just being a blacksmith scraping by for a living. Naturally, this is the next step, the culmination of all the work, all the training, all the blood and sweat. A ninja’s lifestyle means he’ll need the firepower to match, right? And he’s already had loss dangled in front of his nose—Nya got captured by Skulkin, now Lloyd’s in the hands of those blasted Serpentine. Kai wants nothing more than to go in, fists ablaze, and deck the noses of everyone who’s ever dared touch his family, but he’s not strong enough for that on his own. He needs the other ninja, and Sensei, and Garmadon. But with the power of the Green Ninja … 

There’ll be nothing that can stand in his way with that kinda power, if he can just prove that he’s worthy of getting it. 

He could do anything.

He’ll never be helpless again.

—————— 

He’s not the Green Ninja. 

It’s Lloyd. 

Kai realizes as he’s surrounded by searing-hot lava, with the kid clinging for dear life to his pant leg, and he resigns himself to it. 

It’s okay, though. He’s lost a chance for glory, but he’s gained something to protect with his life. Nya, strong, capable Samurai X, doesn’t really need him anymore, but young, vulnerable Lloyd? The runt will need all the care and protection he can get, especially now that he’s learned it’s on the books for him to fight his own father for Ninjago. He aches for Lloyd; it’s never easy to give up everything you want to do the right thing. 

Kai likes to think he knows a thing or two about that. 

Even though it’s much more unfair for Lloyd to fight Garmadon than it would be for him, who’s got no such qualms, Kai is as fine as he can be with how things turned out. He is. Which is why he lies in his bed that night, above a soundly-resting Zane, stares at the ceiling, and burns with what he could have—should have—had.   

—————— 

Time passes. Kai learns to push down the resentment burning in his core until it dies down to smoldering embers, and he walks them barefoot, out of everyone’s sight, to remind himself of his position. His purpose on the team is to function as a part of it, because these dorks are his family now, and he knows that he would give his life for them unflinchingly. When Lloyd wins out against darkness, and shines his golden light over Ninjago, Kai swells with pride for his little brother. 

They’re a team of six, imperfect and strained, but they’re still determined enough to fight the Digital Overlord. Even with Jay and Cole at each other’s throats, even with Lloyd drained of his power, he knows they’ll make it out victorious. 

He never in a billion years anticipates it’ll come at the cost of cutting them down to five. 

Zane echoes Kai’s words to the Overlord—”This isn’t about numbers! It’s about family.”—and they’re like a knife through his ribs. With a dawning sense of horror mirrored on his brothers’ faces, he realizes Zane has no intention of letting go, no matter how much Kai screams himself hoarse begging him to. It’s like watching Nya get kidnapped all over again, like realizing Lloyd was missing, like seeing his Sensei with robotic parts and blank red eyes as he raises his staff to crack down on Kai’s skull, except it’s so much worse. At least the other times he could fight, kicking and screaming, until they were safe again, but now? Now, Zane clings to the armor and implores them to go, and there isn’t a thing in the world Kai can do except get yanked back by Wu as a shard of ice shatters in front of them. 

It’s a miracle Kai’s legs don’t give out, or that he doesn’t break free and charge ahead in a burst of flames. First master, he wants to, but his Sensei’s hand pins him back, and he has no choice but to watch from the safety of a manhole cover as Zane’s heart flatlines in an explosion of ice, beautiful and frigid and deadly. 

It doesn’t register to Kai. He already feels like he’s been doused in ice water. 

When the ones left behind start to fragment, he isn’t surprised; he can’t even bring himself to care. A more hopeful Kai would have appealed to their better natures and given an impassioned speech about the need to carry on in Zane’s stead like he would’ve wanted, but that’s not him anymore. He wore that all out on the day of the funeral, pouring his heart out about brotherhood while realizing how fragile it was to a backdrop of delicate flurries. Now, he does the unspeakable. 

He quits.

The Slither Pit is a den of lowlifes and thugs, people he once wouldn’t have been caught dead fraternizing with, but their scumminess is refreshing now. No pretenses of honor necessary when he’s punching someone’s lights out, after all. It feels better than it should, to bleed and sweat and take his disgusting existence out on other people; at any rate it’s the closest thing he’s getting to ever feeling good again. 

Kind, good-hearted Zane threw himself away for them, and they don’t even slightly deserve it. It’s petulant to be upset that it’s unfair, because nothing is fair anymore, but it’s a twisted world that kills Zane so ruthlessly and keeps him alive. 

Kai stoops to making money through underground fights, trying and failing to get away from the agonizing unfairness of it, and he festers in himself until the only thing getting him awake in the mornings is the black thrill of getting to beat someone into the concrete floor of the ring. 

He’s the one that’s supposed to protect them. That was what unlocked his power, what ignited the flame of his fighting spirit. Yet when it comes down to it, he always fails. He’s not even good for that, is he? He’s consistently thrown his soul into fighting for them, but it never manifests as more than a pale shadow of usefulness in the end. Kai’s never had real power, nothing worth brandishing. He was just grasping for straws. 

(He blows up when a ref calls him the Flaming Shogun.) 

It should’ve been him, he thinks, ducking a flailing kick and hurling his body into a mean-spirited hook that sends the Fangpyre before him flying. Not that he should’ve been the Green Ninja, no, clearly he’s never deserved that. He should’ve been in Zane’s place. At least then he could claim he’d actually saved them, done something of use. 

The snake bares his fangs and lunges for his throat, but Kai just scowls deeper and hurls the scaly meatsack onto the floor, hard enough to send spidering cracks out from where he lands. It should’ve been him, but it wasn’t, so he gets to stand here in his shady little corner of society and fume about the loss, trying to beat the pain out. It doesn’t work. It never does. But he’s not about to admit that to himself. 

He doesn’t remember when he stopped refusing the suspicious green drink mix they throw his way as an offering. The sting as it slides down his throat is a welcome distraction, the buzz of his mind that was so discouraged as a ninja now taking the worst of the edge holding itself to his throat with every waking moment. He shouldn’t go down this road, he’s well aware it’s risky, but he’s already here. There’s no going back. If he’s a good-for-nothing, might as well go big or go home. 

Kai spirals deeper. 

Every night, when he lies on the tatters of a bed, fresh-forming bruises aching, he’s back under that manhole cover, screaming as Zane freezes hell over to save their lives. And clinging to Jay, skin cold from the ice crystallizing above him, he’s completely helpless to stop it. 

—————— 

Zane is alive, and the idea of it sends his heart flying before he crushes it under his heel and scolds himself for being careless. There’s caution that needs to be exercised, and Kai knows better than to entertain hope. 

His eyes catch on the reserved, secretive Skylor, and the tournament crawls by in a twisted circus with Chen as its ringmaster. Cole and Jay make up, but it costs them Cole’s participation in the coming rounds. Restrained, strategic action like this is unfamiliar after so long doing otherwise, and falling back into the habit, having a purpose to work for, reignites some of the old warmth and drive he lost for so long. Even with the wrenching betrayal roiling in his gut when he finds out who Skylor is, even when they’re all captured, he starts remembering who he is again; he’s Kai, red ninja, master of fire, and it burns bright with loyalty and the need to protect. 

The thing about fire, though, is that it is always burning, always hungry. 

And Kai, as he finds out the hard way, never really stopped starving.

His hands tighten around the staff. His face flushes with heat. 

What is he saying?! Lloyd’s eyes are wide and hurt, but entirely too resigned—he’s used to being seen as a walking ball of power in a green gi, Kai knows this, why can’t he control the words coming out of his mouth?

He does know why he shrieks at Lloyd, “I should’ve been the Green Ninja!” and he hates himself for it more violently than he has since he stepped foot on Chen’s island. 

Being the Green Ninja, if anything, has only made Lloyd’s life harder. The same undying hope and goodwill that Lloyd carries in the face of danger makes the wounds dig that much deeper every time he’s targeted for his power. Kai’s seen it, seen him grapple with his destiny pitting him against his father, and he’s still a horrible, selfish enough person that he wants the power anyway. 

He got a taste of it, in the Digiverse, what felt like eons ago, and the power is akin to being drenched in the sun after spending your life cold and lethargic. It whispered to him of glory, of strength, of power, and blast him and the whole world, Kai still wants it.

Bless Cole a million times over, he knocks through the wall with his giant new toy and snaps Kai out of his power trip. After that, they're all too caught up fighting Chen, then grieving Garmadon. 

In the end it doesn’t matter that Kai never actually hit Lloyd with the staff. The look of pained acceptance in his eyes as Kai towered over him, helpless to stop himself from traumatizing this poor kid any further, sears itself into his mind and doesn’t fade. It's proof that he's done enough to shatter that trust. 

—————— 

Kai doesn’t forgive himself for slipping up. Instead, he falls into what he knows best: promising to look after Lloyd in Garmadon’s stead, promising protection and the unforgiving singe of his brightest flames towards anything that tries to hurt him. 

Morro barges into their lives like an unpleasant shock, on par with the sensation of being knocked by a gust from a three story apartment and slamming into concrete. Just like that, Lloyd’s gone, yet again being abused by someone who sees the power in him before anything else, and Kai’s left yelling desperately and clawing for him as the other ninja hook him back onto the Bounty. 

Wu’s ghost story sends chills running down his spine, and he’s both endlessly glad and guilty that no one draws the parallel he does. Morro is arrogant, vindictive, envious to a fault. 

Envious over the same thing Kai was. 

It’s an ugly thing, to see yourself in the villain ruining lives. Knowing how he feels makes him all too keenly aware that Morro will not stop until he raises the dead, because anyone who keeps going after being spurned by destiny itself is a force to reckon with. 

This is one mission he cannot fail. Fail and Lloyd is lost. 

But … 

Kai thinks of the look in Lloyd’s eyes as he swung a staff up, over his head, ready to throw away everything good in his life for the taste of power, just because it makes him feel strong enough to stand up to the world. Thinks of Morro, who begged and screamed and refused to accept that he wasn’t the Green Ninja. 

Even if the ninja triumph, there will be no real victory to be had. 

Whatever pieces are left of the relationship he has with his little brother, Morro is bound to smash into smithereens. Morro is angry at destiny, and Lloyd is his punching bag, and there's no telling what condition the Green Ninja will come back in.  

And once again, like a sick running joke, Kai is helpless to do a single thing about it.

[groundramon]

Bnha (like who do you legit dislike will all of your being?)

So the obvious answer is, well, obvious - Mineta, of course.  I dont trust anyone whose least favorite BNHA character isn’t Mineta //sHOT  Mineta is a boring answer so im gonna talk about my second least favorite character, but I wanna talk about Mineta for a second because I do have a lot to say about him.

The problem with Mineta isn’t really Mineta; it’s that he’s indistinguishable from every other child-like annoying pervert character out there.  I dont watch a whole lot of anime and what I have watched was either 1. recommended to me by someone who I know hates this kind of shit too, or 2. was written/dubbed for kids.  Having said that, I already know he’s indistinguishable from other perverts because I cant even distinguish him from the one other child-like pervert I’ve had the misfortune of coming across in an anime.  He’s a tired trope and nothing more; it’s just unfortunate that he had to be such an uncomfortable trope to begin with.  In a way he’s fundamentally broken, but it’s less that he’s broken and more that he’s uninspired.

Like, Hagakure is arguably in the same “role” as Mineta (and I know that seems like an insult but bear with me its not I sWEAR, I LOVE HER) because they’re both entirely comedy reliefs.  Hagakure may have a serious moment later in the manga, I wouldn’t know.  But Hagakure is a well-rounded character that doesn’t fall into a clear trope (albeit her jokes are somewhat predictable since, yknow, invisibility isnt an uncommon super power) and has a multi-faceted personality.  As a fairly minor character, she’s more than developed enough for her role, however if they made her more central to the story she would have to get more development.  But she’s quirky, she’s shy, she can be feisty when she wants to be, and she has known relationships with other characters.  We know which characters are her friends and which she doesnt interact with much.  And because there’s so much to her, she’s 100000x better than Mineta on a fundamental (ie not factoring how much better she is because mineta is a pervert and i love hagakure) level because she’s a comic relief who isn’t just a tired trope.

The other part of Mineta is that the thing about pervert characters is that the “humor” in them kind of follows the same rules as grossout humor, from my understanding.  Unfortunately I’m not a fan of either so even if he did this right I wouldnt like him.  With gross-out humor, the goal is not to gross out your audience.  The goal is to gross out your characters and have your audience laugh at their misery.  Kinda like how slapstick is supposed to be funny; you enjoy watching characters get hurt, but you dont want to be hit with a frying pan yourself.  In mineta’s defense, he actually….kind of does this well.  I cant believe I’m about to defend mineta, but fuck.  A lot of the humor in his jokes tends to come from punishment coming to him for his advances and punishment just coming to him in general.  You’re supposed to laugh AT him, not with him.  His advances are the setup to the joke, and Tsuyu or Jirou killing him or him having to clean up a house when he went on a heroing internship with a beautiful woman instead of actually hanging out with said woman are the punchlines.  This isn’t the case in all of his jokes though, just the majority of them.  And that doesn’t override the initial uncomfortable-ness of pervert characters.  Like I dont like seeing characters throw up because something is gross, that just makes me uncomfortable.  Even if I dont see the vomit it’s still not comfortable.  Neither type of joke is my style of humor and I cant imagine that ever changing. (slapstick is tho, love me some slapstick)

BUT because Mineta is an obvious, boring answer, I’ll give you my second answer too - which is Bakugo.

I dont have some big wild tangent to go off on on the fundamental badness of Bakugo, because Bakugo is actually a really well-crafted character.  Probably not BNHA’s best since BNHA has so many good characters, but Bakugo is above most shows’ and stories’ characters by a sizable margin.  He’s well crafted to be a dick with a motivation/inspiration that also isn’t sympathized with by the narrative.  The narrative isn’t like “aww poor Bakugo” even though he has a reason for why he acts the way he does, it’s like “haha fuck Bakugo” and I really appreciate that.  His bad behavior is properly punished.

But as much as I respect him and his treatment on a fundamental level, HE MAKES ME ANGRY.  I’ve never been a fan of angry anime characters, ever.  They almost always piss me off and the only ones I can sort of tolerate are emos with tempers.  If a character’s first reaction to something is “punch it/blow it up/whatever” I’m going to dislike them on a personal level.  I dont know why, but I just cant stand angry characters.  I guess I’m just such an opposite to them that they make me mad.  They’re the kind of people I would loathe meeting in real life, because I HATE yelling and loud people and angry people and UGH.  Like calm down, eat some bread, and just fucking talk about your issues jfc.  I’m the kind of person who, well first of all I rarely get angry, but when I do get seriously angry, I either go completely quiet or I talk very seriously.  As in, story-level serious writing, no jokes, no emojis or internet talk, none of that.  If I’m only a little upset or angry I might try to diffuse a conversation by calmly calling someone out and saying “its okay!” or just completely ignoring it and being friendly anyways, but my point is that I dont yell.  I have no idea how people can write in caps and be seriously angry like…dont you feel ridiculous.  And yelling irl hurts my throat and my ears so

But obviously I hate Mineta way more than Bakugo on every single level.  Bakugo might arguably make me angrier but also I underestimate how angry Mineta makes me unless he says something right in front of me so

thanks for the ask!!!

[bettysnooze]

9, 13, 16, 8, 10 !

10. which muse is the most fun to write for?

already answered here !!

16. which muse is most willing to fight another muse?

depends on what they do tbh but like if this is ‘fighting for no reason’ than definitely makaria, and if it’s bc they’re an isle kid or like half-animal then it’s otto

and ofc makaria and otto would just 100% fight each other

~*~*~*~*~*~ okay so somehow i got all the long ones kjhbfevkhe so READMORE for otps/notps and How I Met My Muse (also since this got so long i’ll answer 13 on another ask!!

8. what is each of your muses otps? notps?

so this is gonna be like ‘i once shipped them’ and ‘so many crushes’ (I’LL USE THE SLASH)and it could have been for like five minutes or five weeks so pls welcome to my mind

betty otps: betty/ranon, betty/happiness, betty/feeling-protected, betty/melissabetty notps: like romantically every other guardian kid bc she is literally their mother/sister

veronika otps: VERONIKA/NOELLE, also veronika/a-good-loving-familyveronika notps: veronika/not-good-loving-families

makaria otps: MAK/BAIN, mak/talon JHBCVKDJHFEBJ A MESSmak notps: mak/stress

hershey otps: hershey/ophelia, hershey/self-care, hershey/self-confidence omfghershey notps: hershey/self-destructive tendencies

cestrum otps: cestrum/misty, cestrum/relaxationcestrum notps: cestrum/lola (i stg this was a crackship idea once and lord almighty)

aiwei otps: aiwei/juniper, aiwei/happiness, aiwei/finding-out-more-about-his-family, aiwei/BECOMING-A-REAL-BOY-BC-HE-WAS-ONLY-A-BABY-WHEN-HE-DIEDaiwei notps: aiwei/confrontation :(

otto otps: otto/common-sense, otto/open-mindednessotto notps: otto/any-of-his-dreams-coming-true, otto/winning

illyria otps: ROLLY POLLY OLLY (illyria/ronan), illyria/the-sea, illyria/comfortillyria notp: illyria/not-being-near-the-sea (this is happening rn jfc), illyria/discomfort

kirsa otps: uM KIRSA/SHEN (SHIRSA???? SHIH TZU???), kirsa/talking-about-her-emotions-instead-of-passive-aggresively-making-them-into-playskirsa notps: kirsa/not-being-honest its an issue

dignan otps: dignan/being-himself, dignan/darcy CAN I LET THE POOR BOY LIVE ? NO ?, dignan/FUTURE BOYFRIEND WHERE ART THOU, dignan/baseball the real otp thodignan notps: dignan/closeted

helen otps: helen/swords, helen/coranza, helen/angel, helen/shae, I GOT SO MANY, helen/being-herself, helen/no-responsibilitieshelen notps: helen/keeping-things-to-herself :(

penelope otps: penelope/money, penelope/being-soft, penelope/coming-to-terms-with-her-horrible-upbringingpenelope notps: penelope/being-selfish jcvnfklrfjvbwr

9. why were you drawn to each one of your characters?

( BETTY ): i knew tasha and rhi from a previous rp we were all in, and they’d played guardian characters too and i aLWAYS wanted to play a guardian character but i didn’t have any ideas back then, but then they were like “hey you should join us” and i was like “BOY OH BOY”. sandy was always my favourite guardian, and i had just finished rping a daughter-of-morpheus character so dream powers were like my thing and boom, betty mansnoozie was born aka the sweetest, most good character i’ve ever written. ALSO i’ve always had sibling-ish relationships with rhi so like the betty/jake relationship goes back a LOOONG way

( VERONIKA ): after betty i knew i wanted a darker character, and i was like “okay so who is like completely unforgivable” and i immediately thought of rasputin. there was also another rasputin child around at the time, and they had gotten rasputin’s powers so i was like!! what if i made a kid that wanted those powers, who wanted to be a villain and to be like their parent?? veronika’s gone a long way since then and really like i’m so proud of her and i love her so much, she’s just gone through a lot i lOVE HER

( MAKARIA ): SO OKAY LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT ME AND HADES BECAUSE HONESTLY, THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS. i first played a character based on panic (hades’ sidekick) like aaaaages ago, and then i played actual disney hades in another rp. needless to say i really fucking love hades as a character. and betty was too nice, and veronika was too cynical and kept to herself, and i really wanted another mean-spirited CHATTERBOX (because i myself am such a chatterbox i mean look at this). i lowkey had a child of hades in a closed rp sort of situation, his name was macario (because i’d wanted a son) but the original is makaria, and i love my girls sO makaria was born. i also love zendaya, and previously hades had always been white but so much art on tumblr depicts persephone as this beautiful black woman so !! BOOM. i also wanted to try a different villain-kid-parent dynamic, because veronika ends up hating her dad but mak like 100% defends hades still like even to this day

( HERSHEY ): I WANTED A BOY LMAO and i was really into bts at the time so i’m like okay hmm where would yoongi fit in?? i re-watched wreck-it-ralph randomly and i remembered that i always wanted to try a sugar rush child so i was like heeeeeeeeeyyyy :)))). and it kinda just all fell into place because i’d also been interested in making a character that loved cars and racing (fast and the furious got me so bad). and i liked the idea of having another character with some sort of ability, and it was so interesting figuring out how hershey was going to fit into the auradon world bc he was originally virtual sO YEAH. and also the name came like in a second. FUN FACT, hershey von schweetz’s fc (in a different time before BTS took over my life) was going to be hailee steinfeld and now look at wHO USES HAILEE STEINFELD

( CESTRUM ): so after the craziness and Extra-ness of makaria and hershey i know i wanted someone more chill. i had always loved alice in wonderland i knew i wanted a son of the caterpillar because 1) alan rickman’s voice is God and 2) i always wanted to rp the caterpillar in like so many disney rps but i never got the chance lmao. so the idea for cestrum actually came even before i found the perfect fc (kibum), and it took me ages to find the perfect fc. i knew he was going to be weird and quiet but also talkative but also nOT? and just a different moral compass and way of thinking from everyone else. i was so sure about applying for cestrum and it was only after that i was like “ok but am i going to be smart enough to play this like 5000 IQ person wtf did i get into” and yEAH. also i always like making new characters with types that (during that time of the rp) aren’t so common yet, so having this stoic character was like yEAAAAAHHHH

( AIWEI ): so hershey and cestrum are my first boys and this is basically the start of my “one boy after another” streak and then i got AIWEI. the real babe. everyone’s been pretty mature so far, or like dealing with a lot of responsibility etc. and now i wanted someone who would be like a real teenager (more or less) and just have that childlike wonder and be rly innocent tbh. so aiwei is all of this, and he’s young and inexperienced but the twist was that he’s actually this boy who died in a fire when he was a baby and his father, in the underworld, resurrected him and performed some magic frankenstein stuff to make him grow older. and he’s the oldest out of all the kids but he’s been a baby 60% of this life until elder gutknecht finally got all the tools necessary to make him old and i jUST !! also i really loved that tin-man song from the wizard of oz. my actual baby, aiwei gutknecht i love him and will die for him

( OTTO ): AND AFTER ALL THE NICE, SEMI-NICE PEOPLE i was like “so what’s happening with the isle thing right now do ppl not like them like is there active resentment or what” and then i was like “what if i had a character that did the active resentment!!” and otto white was born. i knew he was going to be a jackass. i knew he was going to be anti-isle. and i knew he had to be a prince and a kid of one of the ‘original’ disney princesses. and i ended up choosing snow white because she’s technically the ‘oldest’ and there was evie and vera and i was like aayyyyy conflict. but yeah so otto was going to be the personification of fear and bias against isle kids, and i thought it’d be fun to play with that politics and society thing that i’ve never really done before. otto’s my first character that is actually irredeemably an asshole. i wanted to see how far i could go and where i could go with a character that was actively trying to not change. i was super nervous about applying for him tho bc like i knew he was going to insult a lot of people and i didn’t want to be like hated rip bUT it turned out well so YEH

( ILLYRIA ): i’ll be honest i watched pirates of the carribean and like calypso/davy jones is still the otp of otps for me. and i once had my fortune-telling phase and i saw valentine was there anD ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO USE A FILIPINO FC !! HECK YEAH !! and at this point i wanted to like branch out from my usual characters and try something different, to add new things about characters so i thought about illyria’s aversion to touch. and i knew she was going to be stoic and weird like cestrum, but she was also going to be charming and i wanted to see how that would go and it’s hard getting into illyria’s head sometimes but she’s like a Fave

( KIRSA ): so i watched this movie called “the darjeeling limited” and it’s basically about this dysfunctional set of siblings – one of them feels super responsible for the other two but is a big mess, the other sort is more put together but has problems he actively avoids, and then the last is this playwright who’s been in love with the same girl for like 10 years and falls in love easily. and i was like “who does that remind me of???” SO TBH the idea for kirsa first started out as a brother for the stahlbaums but then i realised there were no more spaces and i was like “tHE SUGAR PLUM FAIRY!!” and the rest is history. so kirsa is the dramatic playwright who falls in love too easily but also doesn’t know how to love properly, and she drinks and smokes and has all these vices and she’s still 17 so like what a hot mess. she’s as talkative as mak and as flirty as hershey but kirsa is less put-together and although she thinks she knows herself, she really doesn’t. she needs guidance pls

( DIGNAN ): so this really just began as a “i wanna get in on this waters family drama” business LMAO. and i love sarah’s misty so i wanted to see how it would go if she had a little brother. it also made a bit of a change because most of my characters are like the ‘older’ siblings or friends and i wanted more young people so i thought of dignan!! i also wanted a character that would be more pro-authority than other characters i’ve had before (dig’s always going to think highly of the auradon royalty bc he understands them and knows they don’t rly have much choice sometimes and that they try their best). and i chose joe keery (aka steve harrington, love of my life) as an fc bc i JUST FINISHED WATCHING STRANGER THINGS and charlie heaton was darcy, and natalia dyer was being used too and i was like hEYYY FC CONNECTIONS. 

               FUN FACT: dignan’s two defining things right now (baseball and being gay) weren’t even in the cards at the start, he was literally supposed to be more john watson, i’m-gonna-be-a-serious-doctor and like be fun but a guy who loved to study. but now he’s sporty and he’s figuring out this new part of himself and he’s literally my actual favourite character right now i love dig so much. also i needed a character that would 100% share my love for the 80s (hershey loves 80s music but only sings to annoy ppl so its not the sAME). and now dig has the hair and the fashion sense and he loves 80s music too man.

( HELEN ): the idea for helen really began with like this ‘bodyguard’ idea. i wanted a character that was like 100% protective. they were going to be this warrior, trained-as-a-child kind of person, and they were gonna be connected to royalty. i first tried this with kirsa but that didn’t work out, and then i tried it with dignan but he was too soft and easily persuaded tbh he can never be mad at his royals. and then i thought of tangled (and the mess the hoods and the greenes were in at the time LMAO). 

helen was first gonna be max’s child (for the full guard effect) but then i saw a space opening for rapunzel and eugene’s child and !! and then she became princess warrior, who wanted to protect her people rather than rule them and LIKE WHO DOES THAT REMIND ME OF??? PRINCESS LEIA ORGANA THAT’S WHO so seriously fun fact, a lot of the inspriation for helen is leia. and i chose the name ‘helen’ because of helen of sparta, a beautiful woman who started the longest war, and together with the fact that helen is very much a fighter of wars rather than the starter (and she has low self-esteem rip) its so fun i love helen, my sword princess child

( PENELOPE ): so i have an asshole auradonian, and mak is like simmering down, i knew i wanted an asshole isle person. and mak/blythe have such an awesome friendship and i loved blythe’s character and all the people in the cinderella family and world and i knew i wanted to get some of that action ;)))) so i rewatched the 2015 movie (I LOVE CATE BLANCHETT SO MUCH) and then i rewatched ‘ever after’ which is this 90s cinderella movie with drew barrymore. after watching ever after, i knew exactly how i wanted this daughter of drizella to be like. she’s going to be the worst parts of mak and kirsa (they’re bitches but like nice ones) and just be this snooty sugar baby gold-digger. she knows exactly what she wants, she knows she’s going to get it. she’s part daisy buchanan, jordan baker, very much this hedonistic character who understands life as being good if you have money and status. such an old idea but it’s what she learned from her fAMILY. 

a lot of penelope’s character came from me wanting to explore what i’d found with otto, the unapologetic asshole, but now she had reasons to be. otto’s rich and gets ltierally everything he wants so he sucks even more because he’s still mean-spirited – but now we have penny, who grew up with nothing but wanted everything, and her grandmother and mother put all their hopes and dreams on her, told her not to associate with her nicer aunt and cousin and even her little sister – and she’s an asshole. literally guys penelope is going to change and become better i just dunno how yet but shE WILL

13. what’s a weird headcanon you have for each of your muses?

THIS ASK GOT WAY TOO LONG ALREADY, BUT I GOT THIS NUMBER IN ANOTHER QUESTION SO I’LL ANSWER IT THEEEEERE

[askifwehaveavocados-a]

captaindashingrapscallion replied to your post

Pls this tho Killian just shrugging because Harry's a chip off the old block. Proud his son has inherited the extraness. Omg yes Granny forever done but forever loving

          ( harry is killian 2.0, to the max. and ruby’s just like ... he inherited your everything and my werewolf-ness. FUCKING HELL. )

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can James pls be the cool 'uncle' who encourages all the ridiculous behaviour (this is bringing back my AU where Carlos is his and Cru's son gdi

          ( OMFG JAMES WOULD BE THE WORST FUCKING INFLUENCE EVER. the three of them take bro pics all the time. james finds a hook and pirate hat. now there’s three of them, jfc. and poor ruby is just like ... why. why me. )

[lilietsblog]

one punch man 10-12: the aliens

huh its episode 10 already man this anime is so short is it flashback time yet?

hi terrible Godzilla oh yeah its the S class introduction time

gotta love that theres actually competent military in this anime why is it such a rare thing jfc

seriously tho Saitama's superpower is NOT superstrength, that's just now how physics works I think he has sped up perception, and I suspect he had that to a degree even before he started his training, judging from how easily he managed to take on the crab guy, if not all of it but what his strength training gave him (awakened in him?) was basically reality warping no wonder he's bored: he ACTUALLY REALLY doesn't have to put any kind of effort into his punches, as it's not his physical strength that's doing any work there, it's literally reality bending to accomodate him that has got to suck reality warping ennui I love my egg son

I love how all of these monsters demand acknowledgement and don't just try and step on pesky human distractions that ignore them

okay yeah this dude did end up just trying to step on her

man Tornado is freakishly powerful and that's amazing

HI OLD MAN DUDE OMG SAITAMA AND GENOS ARE HERE

Genos oh come on you really should learn some self-defense actually

this sounds like an anime reference I'm not getting

I love that Silverfang at least appreciates Saitama's actual power

and Genos is just inviting Saitama to tag along this is adorable

I love how completely fucking extra all the heroes are and how ridiculous Saitama's low key normalcy looks by contrast

poor Tornado she's amazing but since she's only summoned for appropriate level threats it's not even interesting to be amazing

Watchdog Man is amazing

man you are so dramatic maybe start with explanations jfc there is no logic to this order of operations SAITAMA GOT HIS TEA IT'S FROM STARBUCKS IT'S HILARIOUS awww I love this cute lil bad boy who skipped his lil sis's piano recital )=

madame Shibabawa CHOKED ON A COUGHING PILL

poor Saitama not knowing anything I love how casual he is about asking what he doesn't know I wouldn't have managed >_>

you call it right Child Emperor this is very ridiculous granted the meeting holder dude is probably right but he's being very ineffectual about it

Saitama jfc why

IM REALLY GLAD HE GOT INTERRUPTED

oh yeah this is a completely irrelevant bunch of baddies isnt it

OH YEAH THESE ARE THE ACTUAL BAD GUYS GEE 'IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS' SURE DID TURN OUT TO BE SOON so yeah thats why the meeting holder dude was right

I love how much attention this anime cares to pay to civilians in trouble

man guys you should have hidden in that rut together instead of getting out

the knight guy is awesome

man thats... not all of city A that was destroyed

ahaha Saitama didn't wait for everyone my socially awkward egg acts on his own out of sync with anything <3 i can relate so much

man my favorite thing about this final fight is that it's going to involve collaboration it's not just 'Saitama saves the day' because he's just one person like with the fish king, Saitama was only able to save anyone because other heroes were there first and here there are multiple battles to be fought these dudes are important too

wow his stump sure isn't bleeding out

hey the swords at least slow the monster down that's not nothing

man this samurai dude is hella cool this entire squad is hella cool footsoldiers are important and I love this anime

I love that the kids are in front here it's a terrible idea and yet in context who's going to say no

jfc King you are way too fast to give up

sorry Genos this is a child

I love the peacemaker dude tho

ahaha Saitama is already inside I love him

oh dude you sure are confident in yourself

SAITAMA IS SPREADING DESTRUCTION a thing he's good at

man this guy's design is SO TOTALLY A REFERENCE

...so the flashback stuff is probably side material that I haven't downloaded isn't it

whatever, I'll just continue the liveblog

man this ending is nice it's just pure aesthetic, and it's such a nice grounding one the Earth that Saitama lives on, which is the same one we all do

hi humanization of the enemy to them, Saitama is the kaiju and yeah he kinda is reality warping powers do that

aww Saitama is not very good at finding vital parts of the ship to destroy eh

Saitama makes for an awesome creepypasta really an unstoppable juggernaut

...I really want OPM to become an endless shounen series it's worth it and it has political setup enough for SO MUCH to happen it features a cast FULL of people very ready for exploration and convoluted plots the first season feels like BARELY A PROLOGUE in what could be the grand scheme of thing

GUYS THE FUCK YOU DOING THERE PLEASE EVACUATE

hi Hammerhead!!! I love you!!! omfg is that your actual first name oooomg

omfg THIS GUY I LOVE YOU TOO I REMEMBER AND LOVE YOU

this show's unwillingness to kill anyone off IS AWESOME

hi Sonic <3 I still love your oni face

I love that the knight guy looks middle aged with wrinkles and all

YOO NICE OJI-SAN

GOOD JOB DISRUPTING COMMUNICATIONS BOI

GO SAITAMA WRECK SHIT

I LOVE THE BAD BOY HERO SO MUCH REALLY I LOVE THIS ENTIRE SQUAD AND THE MUSIC IS EPIC AND THE KNIGHT KEEPS WORRYING I LOVE HIM

sorry coordinator dude that's S class heroes for you

welp bye bye dude that's the batter figuring shit out <3

man poor coordinator dude he's trying his best

I love Saitama and his low key shit I love how the navigator TRIES HIS BEST Saitama is ONE SMART COOKIE oh man this dude can actually look hella intimidating

yeah the downside of telekinesis as a combat power is that you still need to have something to telekinesis unless you can just straight up telekinesis your foes i guess

oh hey gravity manipulation nice

sorry due Saitama's power is basically no sell of any other powers its kinda sad

ahaha hes breaking his own ship now

man this supreme telekinetic power sure isn't used to actual direct combat ....yeah he's ridiculously weak kidna

awww cute lil aliens

awww Child Emperor! <3

ah yes! this is what Tornado is for!

and Mumen Rider on the ground you is good job!!! i love that they give him spotlight so fucking much you have no idea this really is an anime exploring the idea of heroes

AW YIS MY GIRL FUCKING WRECK EM THIS IS EFFICIENT COOPERATION

AND TORNADO TRASH TALKS THEM YOU TELL EM GIRL YOU DESERVE THIS GLOAT

guys with indirect powers wait for guys with direct powers to give them a chance

AW YIS SMALL FRY HEROES COMING TO SEARCH&RESCUE THIS IS HOW IT SHOULD BE

I'm still amazed the Knight is still alive guess his power is some sort of invulnerability/healing

dude if you forget the defense and focus on attack they still outnumber you this would have worked better when you still had many heads

AW YEAH BOSS ENCOUNTER (SUCH A REFERENCE)

SAITAMA LOOKING DANGEROUS AS FUCK GOD JOB YOU IS

Saitama is like a white hole infinite energy he just makes his own

I love how Saitama is still not used to the change of his status from hobbyist to professional it's the small details that make it <3

ahh and this is the kind of fight Saitama wanted isn't it?

haha twenty years yeah strength training had fuckall to do with it Saitama had this potential since babyhood

I LOVE SAITAMA'S COMMON SENSE YOU CAN'T JUST GO AROUND ATTACKING SHIT TO ALLEVIATE BOREDOM HE'S FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROBLEM VERY MUCH

I LOVE THE EGG SHOT JFC <33333333

man Saitama's low key-ness looks really badass here best egg

I love that Saitama's movement isn't even running particularly well, it's just walking really really fast

awww Saitama's come to not expect much by now <3

haha sorry dude you're now match for Tornado's firepower hope she's got some way to watch out for civilians would be invaluable for search&rescue if she were free for it rn

oh hey Drive Knight there sure are lots of knights here huh

oh and it was Metal Knight who destroyed the town huh was he the dude who came in to test his weaponry against the meteor?

yup dude sorry outnumbered

so guys you might want to get the fuck out from under the ship now

I love the badass opening music this is Saitama's true potential too bad the plot isn't about it

lol I love how they both have pretty low expectations for each other

this dude is about to bring down his own ship heh

OMG SAITAMA DIDN'T NO SELL THAT THAT'S PRETTY AMAZING sorry dude Saitama has power beyond his own conception too

yeah you can heal yourself but Saitama wasn't hurt

man his pants are baggy and look hilarious

wow holy fuck and Saitama's method of surviving is ragdoll roll with it as much as possible I do that in the car to avoid motion sickness on bumpy roads

AND YEP HERE IT IS SAITAMA IS ON THE MOON HAHAHAHA HE IS NOT BREATHING AND THERE IS NO SOUND SAITAMA ARE YOU GOING TO PUSH MOON OUT OF ITS ORBIT NOPE JUST DESTROY A CHUNK OF SURFACE

aww hey dude vulnerable after all where Saitama just isn't

sorry Tornado you're awesome but that wasn't you

this dude is strong but he isn't Saitama fast he's not even Sonic fast just very strong

CONSECUTIVE NORMAL PUNCHES NICE NOT ENOUGH STILL SAITAMA MUST BE SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW (and yet vaguely dissatisfied still because something in his brain chemistry still isn't making this as awesome as it should have been)

I love Saitama's creative names Serious Punch

I love that Saitama never taunts, never doesn't talk to his foes he doesn't dehumanize them, ever

well yeah okay that was pretty curb stomp sorry dude but you still entertained Saitama more than anyone else ever managed to

I hope poor little alien crew members survive alright ^^;

aww and the master picks up his knight

TORNADO CAN'T YOU HOLD THE SHIP A LITTLE well whatever

oh hey Amai Mask who the fuck even are you dude what the fuck shut up? I love the bad boy he's saying it like it is dude they literally saved the Earth and everything that wasn't wiped out in a single strike???

Amai is an actual supervillain here isn't he

mm he could be S rank I see

oh hey Metal Knight there sure are a lot of supervillains holed up at the top of the Hero Organization huh well I mean it makes as much sense as anything to recruit anyone sane enough to come in

ALIEN SURVIVORS <3

WHAT THE FUCK AMAI WHY LOCAL LIGHT YAGAMI OR WHAT

awww Genos really has found balance with Saitama

so is Saitama already home or what ah nope there he is <3

Tornado you naive muffin

OMFG SAITAMA IS ABSOLUTELY HELPLESS IN SOCIAL SITUATIONS AND CALLS GENOS IN FOR HELP THEY ARE SUCH GREAT PARTNERS

'history-making events, the top stories for days' yeah i guess in this kind of world there's nothing to do but keep reconstructing and ignore the losses )=

OPTION TO LIVE AT HEADQUARTERS YEAH THAT REALLY NEEDED TO BE A THING ALREADY

anyway I love this anime

[signutai]

Okay so my copy of the English version of OPM Vol. 10 got here today and here are some of my thoughts: - Bang signing Charanko’s cast on the characters page. - I wonder if Charanko even knows because he seems to still be unconscious and it’s on the bottom of his foot. jfc bang - Spring Moustachio and Golden Ball on the characters page also, how sweet. - It looks like Spring Moustachio has a side job washing dishes or something? Unexpectedly wholesome, and he looks like he’d work in a fancy restaurant. - And the freaking Tanktoppers on the characters page. They’re such a bizarre family and I love it. - Of course Garou pops up out of nowhere when people are talking about him, he can probably hear his name being said from miles away because he’s such a needy, attention-starved child. - “I can’t believe you came to visit. I’m so happy, Saitama.” Mumen continues to be the single most pure person in the history of the universe. - Can I offer you a nice banana in these trying times? - “Silver Fang has trained an evil demon.” I’m sorry but this makes me laugh so hard for some reason. Maybe it’s the bitter, sullen look on his face as he says it. - Saitama hears that Tanktop Master defeats his opponents with a single punch and immediately offers him a banana too. - BUSAIKU - King’s picture in his guidebook is so precious. - Also he has Lightning Genji’s autograph? How sweet. ;~; - Smelly, beat-up weirdo shows up and asks to be taken to Busaiku’s neighborhood. Busaiku sees nothing wrong with this. - He will, however, draw the line at said smelly, beat-up weirdo asking to borrow his book. His priorities are clearly in order. - Garou’s dorky-ass little smile as he reads about the monsters. That is all. - “Chumpo” - Charanko is having precisely none of Saitama’s shit. - Saitama looks actually upset when he says, “Poor you...a side casualty of the Hero Hunter...” - It’s interesting that even though Saitama can’t remember Charanko’s name or who he is most of the time, he did remember when Charanko told him that he faced Garou head-on, even if he seemed disinterested and changed the subject immediately after. - Dammit, Charanko, leave your bandages alone. - I always love shots of Charanko cleaning the dojo floors because he seems super into it. You do you, charred ankle. - “I doubt you would do it...but no taking my place!” you had ONE job, saitama - Garou chopping a pint glass in half, because that’s not extra at all. - Golden Ball faking out Garou by acting drunk and catching him off-guard is BEAUTIFUL. - And he actually manages to do some damage! - Garou: -dodges a powerful volley of attacks with no effort whatsoever- “My eyes have adjusted.” EXTRA EXTRA READ ALL ABOUT IT - SPRING MOUSTACHIO TO THE RESCUE - “You weren’t at the bar so I went looking for you.” I’m not saying they’re boyfriend but...boyfriends. - Also, on the subject of him, since we know now that he’s a disciple of Nichirin from the Council of Swordsmasters, is the...handkerchief-turning-into-a-sword thing something he learned there or did he just...pick it up along the way? “Yes this next technique I will teach you is a little something called ‘I lost my scabbard one day and wondered if it was strictly necessary.’” - Actually pretty damn impressive swordwork there. - Sure, Garou, impale your hand on his sword, because that’s not extra either. - Garou “I’m Gonna Kill Every One Of You” walks away from a fight because his opponent’s out of ammo. I totally buy that you’re a merciless hero killer, dude. - His face when he wakes up after Saitama knocks him out is kind of precious. - Also doesn’t seem overly concerned about waking up in a pile of garbage, surrounded by crows. Also somewhat concerning that no one thought to call someone about the bloody, beaten-up dude lying unconscious in trash. - Genos: still dedicated to getting Saitama some hair. - Garou’s shack makes me sad. Someone find this stupid murderpuppy a real home. Does that place even have running water? When’s the last time he bathed? There’s a lightbulb hanging from the ceiling, though it’s not on now, so the place must have had power at some point. Did he just stumble across this decrepit old hovel and go, “Ah yes perfect, this is mine now.” And he sleeps under a wall of hero pictures, that’s not creepy at all... - Did he not learn basic first-aid at any point? Sure, just wrap your wounds up, it’s fine. - METAL BAT - “What the--?! Is this hell?” i’m fucking snorting, mbat is #relatable - Wanna slap that HA guy and his kid. - Good job you losers, you made Zenko cry. UNFORGIVABLE - “I’m the one who should be crying!” me too, bat, me too - Honestly I want to make fun of Saitama for not remembering the name of the Fist of Flowing Water, Crushed Rock, but I can barely remember what order the words go in either most of the time. - “Ha ha, you think you’re big enough for this super fight? I’ll just use you for choke hold practice again!” In other news, I hate Sour Face with a burning passion. I am amazed that Charanko stuck with his training for a year before Garou went on his rampage, since it’s obvious he was treated like absolute shit at the dojo. - Still unsure why so many people imagine Garou as being all big and beefy when he is a literal noodle. - Saitama actually sticks up for Charanko because Charanko faced Garou head-on and was brave! Good! Someone treating the fuzzy kumquat with a little kindness for a change! - Metal Bat, lounging casually on a dead monster, shoving sushi in his face. Amazing. - Centisenpai. If that’s what we’re going with, okay. - Garou: doesn’t remember much of the night before, still remembers to swing by the park to see if the kid with the book is there again. - Their budding friendship is adorable, especially knowing where it ends up. - I mean. Beating yourself repeatedly in the head with an unbreakable metal bat works, I guess. In other news, that is not related in any way shape or form, his intelligence is a three. - He is incredibly badass, though. God I love my terrifying son. - Only Metal Bat would see a giant fucking centipede that towers over buildings and get excited. - Onto the bonuses: glad that the one that was left out of the last volume is here now. - Tatsumaki: hates being called in to fight monsters, hates having nothing to do. Just hates everything in general, I guess. - Her pajamas are cute. - King is the OPM-verse equivalent of a brony and I love him. - He’s so upset that Saitama ditches him for the costume contest, aww. - DARKNESS BLADE, legit one of my faves - Darkness Blade...slicing his head open with his own shoulder armor...legit one of my faves... - Darkness Blade, getting his armor destroyed so we can see his nice abs. - Isn’t it a general rule to wear something under your armor? - Can’t remember the name of his own attack. Though, in his defense, he is bleeding profusely from the side of his head. - A SINGLE PANEL OF ATOMIC SAMURAI AND THE KIDS MY LIFE IS SAVED - Bushidrill’s hair is so poofy here, I want to touch it. ;~; - AND HIS DRILL. AND BURRITO-NESS. - What are you shaming yourself for, Bushido drill? I am so curious. - Fubuki being Fubuki is charming in its own way, I will admit. - “I’ll make them join my dojo as grunts! Charanko will be happy to have junior members!” you expelled him remember jfc bang, again - RED MUFFLER - DARKNESS BLADE (again) - STINGERRRRRRRRR - In which Stinger learns that Class-S is certifiably and batshit insane. - Darkness Blade’s hair just looks more and more messy every time I see it. Wonderful. A+. I approve. - Red Muffler’s Class-C friends probably don’t believe him when he tells them how many higher-ranking heroes he’s met and fought alongside. Little guy is everywhere. - Fubuki being badass! Yes! All in all, a very good volume, I love it, I’m incredibly happy with this one.

[kashyyyyk]

The Fellowship of the Ring (I) - Chapter 1: A Long-expected Party

I already feel like coming back on what I said last week about Hobbits not being greedy :’) they positively raided Bag End after Bilbo left, poor Frodo having to deal with them. then again, I suppose it’s not the kind of greed that causes wars, so I’m okay. btw, I read this week’s chapter listening to @shiremaiden‘s playlist :) thanks again for putting that together!

since I’m sort of in a rush this weekend, I’m not going to go into much, except maybe Bilbo’s sass (the half as well as you deserve quote is still genius) and jfc he didn’t tone down the lil’ shit-ness when leaving the various “presents” did he. it’s amazing how Tolkien actually makes you feel both the general Hobbits’ annoyance with Bilbo and his “queerness” (i cry) and Bilbo’s annoyance with the general Hobbits’ smallmindedness. I understand them both.

in the things I’d forgotten department: Frodo’s dad was called Drogo!, and there were Dwarves going with Bilbo - I wonder who they were! 

also, this paragraph made me smile cause it’s so pure and real:

“Then the weather clouded over. That was on Wednesday the eve of the Party. Anxiety was intense. Then Thursday, September the 22th, actually dawned. The sun got up, the clouds vanished, flags were unfurled and the fun began.”

[tellywoodtrash]

kasautii zindagii kay 25.09.18 lb

don’t expect these regularly. pehli ep dekh rahi hoon toh kar rahi hoon. first impressions and all. will be watching this show veryyyyy sporadically.

also, i went and watched the first ep of the original before this to revive memories and do an accurate comparison.

lmaoooooo i’d forgotten and kinda missed ekta’s predilection to start every show with SUCHHHHHHH gratuitous shots of bhagwan.

show kolkata mein based hai toh mumbai ka siddhivinayak mandir kyun dikha rahe ho?

but also some durga maa shots and the bengali ululation to reassure us ki haan haan, kolkata mein hi hai.

lol just look at the sizeeeeeeee of that “middle class” house.

watching an ekta show after agessssss and discovering all the little balaji quirks are still intact is a trip and a half.

waah re, exaaact same aarti as the original they’re using. nice.

oh i realllllly appreciate the little captions telling us the name of each character. coz this show has tooo fucking many. and i could never keep track of them in the original.

idhar already attempt to establish anurag as hero. ki dekho dad takkkkk is late to aarti, but bhai apna has already started.

MAN THESE FAMILIES ARE TOO BIG. HOW MANY DAMN KIDS YOU PPL BE HAVING??????????????

oh ho ho shekhar has a cuteeeeeeeee smile.

mohini ji toh abhi bhi 2002 paro waale hangover mein hain.

i really love this actress (shubhavi chouksey) tho. she plays balance of bitchhhhh and weepy bits quite well.

also lol i still remember her “mihirrrrrrrjiiiiiiii” from kyunki.

really relate with her being 1000% done with her husband. excuse me sir, aap bhi late hi aayein hain. you get no moral superiority points.

this chick is still asleep????????

there’s no fucking way you ppl (prerna, and whoever this jogging chick is) can get ready in time before aarti ends. 

oh no. jogger girl does notttttttttttttt look good. waaaaaaaaayyyy too OTT. like not in a fun way like mohini or komolika. in a fire your stylist way.

oh it’s nivedita.

wtfffffffffffff is anupam wearing my god. it’s like one of those silver rescue blankets but in florescent orange. jesus.

anupam still a dgaf cartoon here also. cool. 

tapur’s just rolling innnnnnnnn. also lol at her passive aggressive snark smile.

MY GOD THIS AARTI IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO LONGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG. IT’S CLOCKED IN AT OVER 6 MINUTES ALREADY. MATLAB BHAGWAAN KO AUR BHI KAAM HAI MY DUDES, POORE DIN TUMHARI IS AARTI MEIN HI BAITHE RAHEIN KYA??????

also what kinda fucking upper body strength does anurag have to keep going like this????? need no arm workout for the rest of the week.

um prerna, wearing paayal jhumka and all that is not the priority rn. JUST GET YOUR ASS DOWN THERE SO THIS NEVER-ENDING AARTI CAN FINISHHHHHH.

poooore suit se zyaada kapda iske dupatte mein lagta hai.

yeah these two are just toooooooo bland looking for my taste.

blah blah blah waqt issues.

ok so these guys don’t even have to do any work in writing the show. literallly just taking alllllllllll the dialogues from the original, huh.

anurag is a real stick in the mud, taking the ladoo back from his dad. asshole.

yeah i can already tell shubhavi is gonna act circles around the rest of this cast. multiple times.

this show is just maaaaaaade for the negative characters to shine, over the boring goody-goodies.

ok i’d forgotten how irritating erica’s voice is. she sounds like she’s perpetually phlegmy.

CHEATER PRERNAAAAAAAAAAA. original mein phool apne aap gira tha. chal jhooti. koi khaas dosti nahi hai teri bappa ke saath.

weird how they didn’t bother covering up erica’s cross tattoo. prerna sharma would never have a tattoo.

props to daddy sharma for being progressive papa and not seeing beti as bhoj.

blah blah blah humaari beti kitniiiiii pyaaari hai nonsense.

pft moloy and his dumbassery.

lmao “classes. business management.” who talks like this? who says the name of their degree/major when their mom asks where they’re going?

............ which parent in this day and age would resist their kid going to fucking college????? lol get real. a business family like this would push their kid to get an mba for fucking sure.

ok his voice is just as, if not even more, annoying than erica’s.

i won’t be surprised if mohini spits in moloy’s chai every now and then. he’s kinda asking for it.

bhaaaaaaaaaari cgi on college building. achcha hai, anyway script likhne mein paise ki bachat hui hai, toh ispe hi kharch kardo.

prerna’s friend is a horndog.

lol “JERSEY mein dikhta hai” as if it’s something great. kabhi aarti ke time jao uske ghar pe. tab shirtless hota hai.

ok this is creeeeeepy as fuck how all the girls are peeping into the boys’ locker room. just think how it’d look if it was reversed.

pehchaan waala hai toh why is she looking at him like it’s the first time??? yaa pehli baar “jersey mein” dekha hai?

jeeeeee bhar ke taadne ke baad, bol rahi hai “mujhse nahi hoga” lol, ok.

prerna’s friend has acquired another suitably horndog companion.

oh greatttttttttttttttt, casual homophobic statement. first of many, no doubt.

why is this chick getting SOOOOOOOO hyper about prerna/anurag talking? calm thy tits, madam.

OH GOD THEY’RE EVEN RECREATING THIS NONSENSE SCENE FROM THE ORIGINAL, WHERE THIS RANDOM DUDE PREDICTS THE CONVERSATION. IT’S SOOOOOOOOO DATED AND LAME AS A STORY-TELLING DEVICE. CRINGE!MAXXXX

wow, bothhhhh their annoying voices together is truly mind-numbingly grating.

ALSO MY GOD THIS IS THE MOST BORING CONVERSATION EVER.

prerna has the same oh god kahan phas gaye face that i have rn watching this.

ouff random expository dialogue on aane waala toofaaan.

this random bystander needs to shut up with his commentary and predictions. mostly coz he’s so wrong.

annoying horndog’s name is saloni. and she’s being annoying some more, this time towards prerna.

my god who the fuck is like ‘omg don’t tell me you DIDN’T fuck him’ to a total random stranger, in the very first convo they have with them??????? saloni needs to learn how to interact with ppl in polite society.

prerna like sorry, i don’t like rational men. lol good luck with that. it should reallllllly serve you well in life.

AND NOW SALONI’S LIKE CAN YOU FIND OUT IF ANURAG’S STRAIGHT?????? OMFG THIS CHICK IS REALLY ASKING FOR A JHAPPAD. 

AND PRERNA’S LIKE OK I’LL TRY. JFC.

seems like papa sharma has seen band baaja baarat too many times, ki anushka ki “vyaapaar aur pyaar” waali baat kuch zyaada hi dil pe le li.

15 lakh ka loan for what exactly?

ouff khudddaari dialogue. itniiiiiiii khuddaari hai toh loan bhi mat liya karo?

yeah mohini is srslyyyyyy just taking all her styling inspiration straight from 2002 devdas.

moloy is getting on my last damn nerve. 

the dubbing of this show is really bad. at some points the mouths are just moving completeeeeeeely outta sync with the sound.

i really like prerna’s mom. 

yes yes we got it, sabse bada pandaal yahi hai. you have convinced us.

i don’t get ppl who live in india and have zero patience for random things like roadblocks. like.... this is just how life IS here????? stop being a dick. itni jaldi hai, toh fucking get out and walk the 3 extra steps.

ouff prerna and her manic pixie-ness. i’m so tired of this HAR WAQT PHUDAKTI MACHALTI type heroines, who are unable to keep the ~~~excitement of lifeeeeeeeee~~~~ inside themselves and are constantly squirming.

lol the way mohini’s face instantly changed on having to interact with middle class person.

lmaooooooooo i’ve read a lot about erica and her weird way of saying “auntyji” and i finally get it.

.... why is she interrupting mohini’s conversation with her friends with her random tippani on anurag? unka beta hai, jo chaahe kahe; kissi ne tumse raaiii maangi?

damn, that was cold how she just abruptly walked away tho.

chandrika looks like SHE’s the one who came here in the back of a tempo, instead of prerna, who has not oneeeee hair outta place.

lol prerna’s mom is like hmph my daughter is soooo much better.

some more time waste on establishing just how big pandaal is.

pregnancy ki complications ki wajaah se mummy is STILL babying onuuuu, like 25 years later. waah bhai. jai ho aisi moms ki. inka bas chale toh umbilical cord kaate hi na.

nivideta waali actress’s hair and makeup is really doing nothing for her. esp. the hair. it’s making her forehead look bizarre. like i get she’s supp to be OTT, poonam was too in the original, but it suited her. this here is just not working.

some more casualllllll misogyny from moloy.

foreshadowing regarding prerna being anurag’s own personal toofaan.

mohini cannot stand a middle class girl even being within a 10 ft radius of precious baby boiiii. kahin uske exhalation par middle class waale co2 molecules na pad jaaye mere onuuuuuu pe!

they really need to put a flashing images warning on this show.

lmao tapur’s sheeeeeeer discomfort at being made to do aarti. #relatable

mohini’s not happpppppy ki prerna kahin se ghus aayi hai to do aarti. aadat daal lo AuNTyJiiiiiiiii. ab toh yeh har jagah ghusne waali hai.

ppl pray for peace of mind and this dumbass here is asking for a toofaan in her life. well i hope you’re ready, miss thang. coz this is going to be the last peaceful day of your godforsaken life. good luck.

thank god mohini didn’t see raja beta touching the hand of a mere commoner.

ANJALI IS STILL CAUGHT UP ON THIS BS.

AND OMG PRERNA ARE YOU SRSLY GONNA DO THIS???????

prerna, are you trying to find out if he’s straight, or signal to him ki you’re gay???? coz your opening line on how many cute girls there are here sounds like the latter.

.... i can’t believe she just asked him that. srsly. how the fuckkkkkkk is it any of your business?

god her verbal diarrhea. girl please stop.

yeah i really won’t be able to watch this show because her voice is just.... intolerable.

“haan mujhe ladke pasand hai. i like boys.”

pls. i wish. this would be an infinitely interesting show then. those would be some real kasautiiis. trying to navigate indian society in every way as a non-hetero.

“gooooood choice. baaaad luck.”

lol at least he has a sense of humour.

pffffffffffffffft.

i don’t like these nonsense gay jokes but this kinda felt like a befitting reply to her dumbass intrusive question.

mohini really rude af. but i also kinda admire her attitude of not dealing with ppl she doesn’t want to. i wish i had it.

LE YEH PHIR AA GAYI ISKE PAAS.

at least she’s apologizing.

WHAT IS WITH THESE TWO AND ONLY TALKING ABOUT THE WEATHER. JFC. SO BORING.

some pretty heavyyyyyyyyyyy handed exposition re: mahishasura.

who dis character tho??????

ouff too much dramatics with the sharaab ki bottal phodna and pandit ki commentary and the chunari over those two. it’s alll TOO MUCH.

lo shahrukh bhi aa gaya gyaan dene.

MY GOD WHY IS HE AGING LIKE THIS JFC IT’S LIKE WITNESSING MY CHILDHOOD DECOMPOSE IN FRONT OF MY VERY EYES.

overall impression

production values and all are amazing, as expected. the two actresses playing the moms are the best. the fathers are that special desi dad brand of benevolently annoying. the leads have zeroooooooooooo personality and appeal for me though. they’re just too bland and boring (like, that ~*SPARK*~ shweta tiwari had???? sorely missing.) too early to tell about chemistry right now, but they both really need to work on their dialogue delivery, because my god, it’s truly the worst (esp. erica’s.) the only draw of this show for me personally is mohini and komolika’s bitchery, and that isn’t a good enough reason for me to watch it regularly and put up with the rest of these characters. like i’ve said before, maybe someone who hasn’t watched the original would enjoy this, but i’m mostly meh. i’ll keep up with updates and like, check in and watch an ep or two occasionally but overall, naaah.