#((Axel gets no bitches arc))

[cryogonalsmelody]

>can learn attract

>it doesn't work on anyone

you and your cryogonal have so much in common

RAI @team-skull-unova This smells like you sent it >:(

[polestargios]

don’t mind me i’m just gonna yell about axel greylark in the tags

[funkyyusername]

mcsm headcanons cuz im actually mental rn get it out of my head (btw these headcanons are with red clip jesse in mind hello)

- olivia and axel have been friends since like actual birth

- i like to believe jesse became friends with those two later in life, like either middle school or high school age

- in my head jesse was friends with rueben first

- like rueben was jesse’s first friend

- also in my head shes like actually terrible when it comes to talking to people

- like she has no idea how

- and rueben was her first friend bc she felt it was easier talking to a pig than people

- and also also in my head she was completely overwhelmed when she had become the towns hero

- bro had to thug out the fame

- i love my autistic queen jesse minecraft (im not projecting trust)

- oh oh also jesse’s full name is jessica but she always hated how feminine it sounded so she has just always gone by jesse

- anyway back to treehouse trio (olivia axel and jesse)

- sometime in their teen years they TRIED to make a band together

- axel could play drums and olivia could play piano

- jesse couldn’t play an instrument though so they all decided she would sing and do tambourine

- and rueben would play the damn triangle

- see it wasn’t that jesse wasn’t a bad singer she’s like pretty decent at singing

- it’s just they didn’t keep in mine that jesse and axel were both playing instruments that are supposed to keep the beat of a song (and also technically rueben too)

- i swear there are real names to those types of instruments i’m just blanking out on what they’re called

- so they ended up drowning olivia’s piano playing

- and it just sounded awful

- it lasted a week

- petra plays guitar

- she taught jesse how to play guitar which worked like slightly

- jesse can now successfully play three cords on the guitar!

- i think the treehouse trio met petra late teenage years

- this is also around the time they met the ocelots

- jesse and aiden are bitter exes HELLO

- i like to think jesse and aiden dated for a year before jesse broke things off bc aiden was lowkey highkey controlling

- aiden went from being like “omg no i need u pls” to “WHATEVER FINE I HATE U U STUPID BITCH” real quick

- also i like to think maya had a tiny crush on olivia but is so bad at flirting that olivia thought maya was bullying her

- so olivia lowkey beefing with maya

- lukas use to do mayas hair a LOT so now lukas is like the master of styling hair

- very quick on the ocelots i think all of them have also been friends since like actual childhood

- their teenage rebellion phase was wildd they should have been put behind bars

- “alright ocelots let’s absolutely grief this house” type shit

- anyway back on treehouse trio i care for them deeply

- axel. haha. he had tiny crush. on jesse

- bro was NOT happy when jesse and aiden started dated

- he gotten over jesse by the time she broke it off with aiden but omg bro was CHEERING

- i really really like to think that the treehouse trio have like this friendship necklace they all wear

- nothing fancy just some scrapes of iron on a chain wrapped around their neck

- rueben has one too :)

- jesse was like “i don’t wanna do that without rueben” and they were like “i support u queen”

- i think jeese and olivia have the same hair type

- well actually i think olivia’s curls are tighter but they are almost identical

- so olivia and jesse always did each others hair :)

- um some small stuff on the order of the stone rq

- ellegaard and soren HAD to have had SOMETHING

- wether it was like they were a thing or soren had a thing for her SOMETHING

- there’s actually a mcsm ost called “redstone baby” which i THINK plays when u first go into sorens enderman prep room

- it actually has some lyrics too its kinda sweet

- anyway enough about them lets go into main game events

- i like to think the main gang are all around 20-21 years old during the witherstorm arc

- order of oldest to youngest: petra, olivia, axel, jesse, lukas

- petra and olivia are both 21 and axel is about to turn 21

- have i made it clear jesse kinda a dork

- its not just male jesse guys like girls be dorky have you guys even READ dork diaries

- uh anyway so jesse prob never actually went out to fight monsters until that night she went out looking for rueben

- which is why she has the wooden sword

- i feel like she also prob used that wooden sword to fight off false alarms

- you cannot tell me jesse had not at least hit axel once with that sword when he would jumpscare her

- so ya jesse a weak fighter

- funny she goes from never fighting to the goddamn witherstorm

- she copied a lot of her fighting style from petra when she first had to go fight mobs

- throughout the game and also definitely after the witherstorm jesse develops her own form of fighting

- olivia DEFINITELY had a thing for ellegaard

- my girl was LEZZING out

- maybe not like actual full blown crush but she definitely had like this celebrity “do anything for u” crush on ellegaard

- soren is weak in my heart

- like emotionally yeah but also physically he weak as shit

- jesse only passed out from sorens punch cuz one, soren put his whole into that punch and two, jesse too is also weak as balls

- wind could blow her away

- did i mention shes vegan

- not that that has anything to do with her strength

- that f-bomb jesse threw at the witherstorm definitely effed her up

- in my run she used magnus’ armor which i am convinced saved her ass from some actual physical damage from the bomb

- but the bomb definitely did something to her

- she had tinnitus for weeks

- also i think she went deaf in one ear after that

- she kinda just raw dogged it for the witherstorm arc but i think olivia definitely made her earrings aids after

- or at least whatever earring aids would be in that universe idk if minecraft is different whatever

- rueben.

- my sweet baby boy rueben

- before we talk about the impacts of rueben’s death i wanna talk about how i believed jesse met rueben

- jesse was probs pretty young she met rueben

- it was confirmed that jesse found rueben near a waterfall so lets build on that

- i mentioned earlier that jesse pre-witherstorm never went out at night

- i lied she went out this one time and had gotten herself lost

- scared and confused jesse decided to wait out the night in a small cave with a waterfall nearby

- maybe even a cave behind a waterfall

- lucky mcsm came out pre-drowns so i don’t have to worry about that!

- jesse got lowkey highkey jumpscared by rueben

- rueben prob sneaked his way in the waterfall after losting his parents (rueben is a literal child guys where his pig parents at)

- rueben and jesse bonded over both being lost and scared and they waited out the night together

- and so now they besties

- were besties

- reuben’s death hit jesse, hard

- i don’t think she full blown cried when rueben first despawned, but she def was silently crying

- the night the witherstorm had died the whole town had thrown a party

- jesse didn’t show up to the party

- she made her way back to the treehouse and just laid down there

- thats when she started to cry

- like full blown crying

- she was found by axel and olivia later that night

- they all stayed in the treehouse that night

- jesse cried herself to sleep

- she never really got over rueben’s death

- for awhile she’d break down just looking at a pig

- that’s actually why she started going on adventure in the first place

- to distract herself from rueben

- i think the treehouse trio were the main contributors to rueben’s memorial

- jesse never wanted to be a hero guys

- anywayyy uh not much on the portal arc sorry guys

- portal takes a year after the witherstorm

- ivor and jesse have definitely bonded a lot since then

- i know damn well jesse and ivor yap buddies

- they yap under the stars about literally nothing and everything at the same time it’s crazy

- let it be know DAMN well when pama mentioned rueben something in jesse snapped

- like not obviously but it definitely repeated in jesse’s mine repeatedly

- i don’t even know if jesse had time to fully recover from pama’s remark

- if i remember correctly it was like pama’s world IMMEDIATELY to goddamn hypixel land

- but jesse def was fumbling a bit bc of like pama’s remark

- but then whats-his-face brought human rueben to taunt jesse and failed and that made jesse giggle for a bit

- but yeah after jesse got home jesse broke down again

- really thinking about pama’s remark on rueben

- “failed to save rueben” goddamn

- jesse was comforted by petra though

- wow i did not talk much about lukas sorry lukas fans

- anyway enough about lukas season 2 admin arc

- fuckass admins i haven’t gotten to replay it yet so my memories on this are fuzzy

- hi did i ever re-mention the friendship necklaces the treehouse trio had

- they NEVER took it off even after every single thing

- they tucked in behind their armor but it was always still there

- rueben’s necklace is at his memorial too don’t worry its not JUST the pork chop

- jesse is so vegan..

- uh admin arc is like 3 years after portal arc

- so everyone would be 25-26ish?? idk count my math

- radar is 21 though

- this means rader was 16 years old during the witherstorm arc

- do u guys remember his bitchass tattoo

- he def got a tattoo of the witherstorm on a drunken whim one day that he definitely regretted until he became thug

- jesse likes radar

- to jesse radar reminds her of who she used to be, which is sweet to jesse

- if not a little bit jealous-ing

- guys stella has the biggest fattest crush on jesse no one even lie to me

- “oh jesse my RIVAL my ARCH NEMESIS oh how i HATE her so much hehehehe time to start roleplaying as her teehee!”

- stella definitely wanted jesse

- did jesse want her back..maybe

- jesse has two hands and they’re for petra and stella

- maybe though i need to replay the games and see

- this will definitely get updated once i replay season 2

- sweet god there is something wrong with me

[cornfields-td-nonsense]

here are my random speculations/hopes for the TDI reboot season 2

Emma and Chase break up and stay that way. please. please god please break them up for good Emma deserves so much better

characters like Nichelle, Axel, Damien, Lauren etc. (the early boots) get more development. this is (hopefully) a given, but please please please can we get more Axel content she's too cool to be booted in the second ep

I genuinely don't know what they're going to do with Caleb. like, the subversion in ep.1 was funny and made sense, but like. what do they do with him now

If I had to guess, I think he'll either be another Justin or another Ezekiel. By which I mean either he'll finally fill out his role as the Hot Guy Character, maybe manipulate some people, possibly have a villain arc. or maybe he'll just be a nice guy but still be hot. OR he'll get booted in the first ep Again, and probably something horrible will happen to him.

speaking of which. I know there's no way this is going to happen because the reboot seems allergic to referencing the previous seasons. but can we get a Zeke cameo? pretty please? literally just closure so we know he's okay? please?

leading from that. more references to the previous seasons in general would be nice! I didn't mind the lack of them, and I don't think it's like a flaw or anything, but. idk a couple of callbacks would be fun. I don't mind if not though.

rajbow. please for the love of all that is holy can we not fuck up rajbow. they're literally so cute please don't ruin them

we've had a canon mlm ship and it's immaculate, as I've just said, so could we have a canon wlw ship? pretty please? and can it be axelle?

MORE. SCARY. GIRL. CONTENT.

Ripper is an early boot. I don't hate him as much as some people but he's very quickly outgrowing his welcome, please either give him something interesting to do or boot him early

Maybe some exploration of Priya's trauma? Like, Millie acknowledged that what her parents did was messed up but it was kind of swept under the rug. this probably won't happen but. meh. that's what fanfiction is for babeyyy

MORE RAJ AND WAYNE PLEASE

ZEE TOO, LET HIM BE AWESOME PLEASE DON'T BOOT HIM EARLY

(psst. you should boot Chase early and let Emma explore who she is away from him. that'd be cool.)

Raj and Bowie are the fireside couple. Wayne is the interrupter.

Julia tries to go on a revenge spree against Bowie. her interference during the finale was just the tip of the iceberg, bitch

👏MK👏VILLAIN👏ARC👏

and to cap it off... the season should be another take on Total Drama Action. they already did Island, now they should do Action but with this cast. it'd be so cool promise promise

[real-total-drama-takes]

alriiiiight season 2 is over and im high off my ass so its time for me to give my updated extremely unnecessary opinions on the reboot cast woo (they did these guys so bad omg 💀)

scary girl - yea she's an acquired taste but idgaf i love this stupid bitch so much and the fact that she had a storyline with potential that ended up being a throwaway was so tragic

chase - he's there ig. i don't hate him as much as i did before but like he's so useless 😭 he was only there for comedic relief but it never landed. he had a few friendships and things that couldve been developed but otherwise he's literally nothing without emma. rip ig

millie - i cant stand this hoe omg. first ur lazy and useless asf in the challenge then you try to push your own teammate to basically his death like girl. cartoon or not ur foul for that. she got so lucky that damien forgave her bc me personally i would've pushed her ass off a bridge. she should be thanking bowie for making her time on screen in season one interesting enough that i could resist scratching out my eyes every time she showed up

emma - she was amazing in the first half of season 1 and made a comically steep decline in the second half of episode 7. season 2 obliterated this girl (we seeing a pattern here?) instead of, idk, rekindling her friendship with bowie or developing some sort of actual storyline for her since she was a fairly strong competitor, the writers drew straws and gave her the most horseshit episode arc they could think of 😭 and i mISS HER STUPID LITTLE WHITE GIRL DANCE WHY DID THEY GET RID OF IT

nichelle - lemme just say yall's expectation for her was way too high 🤭 her storyline peaked in episode 2 of the second season. like yeaa she came back and is suddenly really good at challenges as if we all wouldn't see it coming 😃 just like everyone else, she had potential but she somehow ended up being the most underwhelming character to come out of the reboot. watching her go down as soon as she did along with the hopes of virtually the entire fandom was quite comedic. and side note i wish her friendship with damien had more substance to it bc those two were great together

bowie - my everything. he was destined to be an early boot so he came and served cunt for 6 episodes instead and i love that for him. was i expecting him to get far? no. was i expecting him to leave so soon? no and i was thoroughly upset about it. but i love that he did the little gay wrist limp thing when he left. whats it called again. limp wrist?? fag hand?? idk i'll remember in the morning. him acting as a coach for wayne and raj in the finale was so perfect. i love that he knows that his bf and his bf's best friend are hilariously stupid and just rolls with it. and might i add that his comment to raj before he left about him telling everyone that his boyfriend was gonna be a millionaire was the PERFECT SETUP for raj to win the season but NAH the gays can never win sadly

axel - undeniably a disappointment. dont get me wrong i love her crazy ass and i love that they gave her a soft side to her with her liking art and poetry and stuff like that but the fact that her entire character past that is her sucking face with ripper for uncomfortable periods of time kinda sucked. like ripaxel wasn't terrible and i really like how they got together but from there it was just hard to watch. and somehow, out of the three canon het ships in the reboot, these two are the most functional, so that's something

ripper - he's tolerable to watch now, still quite disgusting, but tolerable. watching him desperately go after this girl was amusing and i won't even lie i was happy for him when he and axel finally got together, but it when downhill from there real quick 💀 and his elimination was such a lame ass cop-out by the writers. the double elim couldve been like a twist or smth but ig not 😭 by ep 7 i wanted them split apart just as much as everyone else but ripper's elim was so lazy

zee - not much to say here. funny soda man. he stayed longer than i expected but im not mad about it. he stayed long enough to make a storyline but not too long that he made me mad. and the fact that pretty much everyone on the island trusted him with a secret of some sort is kinda funny to me. funny soda man

mk - booooo tomato tomato tomato. ik yall will not admit it but she was nothing without her alliance/situationship with julia. i don't dislike her at all but all the potential she had after her elim in season 1 fizzled out halfway through season 2. her dynamic w julia was pretty cool but what else did she have besides that and theodore? nothing.

damien - my. fucking. god. THEY DID MY MAN SO OUTRAGEOUSLY BAD. like it pisses me off so bad 😭 damien should've been a finalist. no questions asked, but instead they decided to boot him in favor for two heteros whose storyline lasted THE ENTIRE SEASON. highway fucking robbery. he had a storyline. he had character relationships. he had a rivalry. he had it all. but the writers thought it would be fun to keep PRIYA over him. again, highway fucking robbery.

raj - my amazing baby son who can do no wrong. i was so upset that he just barely missed out on being a finalist but omg he was so great his entire run. he and wayne are just the right amount of stupid to be tolerable, even when the jokes dont land. and oh my god his little speech before he left had me so SAD. "we won't reach the end together, but we'll always be together in the end." IM SO UPSET i love he so much

priya - the fact that this paragraph wasn't 8 paragraphs ago pretty much sums up how i feel about her. she's fine. i like her a lot. bowie still should've won season 1, but if anyone im glad it was her. still, this was the perfect opportunity to priya to realize how her parents have been policing her life since birth but instead, they turn her into an indecisive lovestruck moron that basically took up the entire season. i was bored of the priyaleb storyline after maybe 3 or 4 episodes. but lucky me, i got to see 13 episodes of it instead 😃😃😃

julia - honestly not much to say here either. she is arguably the best player the show's ever had, but idk, my only gripe about her is that her entire thing is that she's a bitch to everyone except mk. maybe it's just me but i got bored after a while. maybe its bc the only storyline we had left by the end was priyaleb but the whole time i was like "congrats, you're a terrible person, can you do something else now?" 😭 idk maybe my expectations were too high. im just not feeling her as much as i did during season 1. the mullet will eat tho. she will make it work.

caleb - booooooooorrrrrrriiiiiiiiinnnngggg. if a vanilla ice cream cone was a td character it would be caleb. he's super nice and hot asf but also annoyingly indecisive and way too easily manipulated. how are you gonna say that you know not to team up with julia then immediately do just that 😭 can we make it make sense plz. caleb is so extremely unremarkable that my thoughts for him have barely changed compared to season 1. glad he has a girl tho ig

wayne - i am so glad he won bc going into the final 4 things were looking grim 💀 but omg his little "overcoming his fears and growing as a person thing" in episode 12 was so good. and his whole team actually being there for him and not just to oppose someone else was incredible. watching them cheer for him while he had the stupid little smile on his face made my heart happy. love him so much

take this w a grain of salt bc i probably won't remember any of what i wrote in the next like two hours ok bye

[aro-sora]

A Question Without an Answer

“Do you know what love is?”

So today was for big questions. How to trim down something complex so a two-month-old teenager Nobody would understand? But Roxas said he knew love was powerful, so he understood some parts.

It is. But I’ll never get to experience it.

Axel tried his best to explain what he’d been told all his life. Something special between two people, but not quite best friends. (No space for polyamory or platonic love. Amatonormativity’s a bitch like that.)

But what did an aromantic Nobody know?

Maybe when Axel got his heart back, he’d find out for himself.

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Arc of an Arrow 4/?

@aggressivelyarospec

[mangora]

Ok episode 2 time sorry spoiler post again:

•Bowie and Emma are soooo slay I love them they’re such friendship goals

•Also Emma is so cute :,)

• “WHAT ARE YOU WRITING NERD? WORDS?” God he’s so fucking lame mwah

•Nvm he’s farting

•Millie 🤝 Damien

•SHES PSYCHOANALYZING HIM LMAO

•I actually like Damien way more than I expected

•I like Ripper about as much as I thought I would but i did not expect him to be this funny and chaotic

•Axel my beloved omg <3

•Chase is such a douche and Axel is such a bitch and they are so real for that

• “Here’s the dealio for realio” my god. They’re such a dork. Love MK

•Wait why is this shot of the boats so nice

•It gave him a hickey…

• WAYNE AND RAJ ARE SO CUTE

• “Cabbage isn’t a fruit. That’s all I came here to say”

• Lesbians!!

•GET HIS ASS

•PRIYA BABY SWEETIE HONEY ITS OKAY

•”why do I ALWAYS forget to release the Sharks” Chris is killing it this season. “Because I put them there” god /pos

•Lauren you’re my weird autistic angel

•”your team is getting outsmarted by WAYNE”

•why does scary girl stand like that

•leafy balls. Okay Raj

•Zee my babygirl

•LETS GO BOY

•Oooo Nichelle’s side profile is so pretty

•Why are they just screaming

•NO. IF HE GETS OUT FOR THIS IM GONNA SHART

•Raj and Wayne doing the confessional together >>>>

•Beekeepers!!!

• “BEES DONT MAKE SYRUP THATS ALL I CAME HERE TO SAY”

•WHERE DID IT GO

•”This is a bummer, I really liked that leg too”

•Oh I love him I love himmmm

•It’s gonna be axel right. It’s gotta be. Man :(

•”I hurt him :3”

•God Zee is so cool

•WAIT IS IT ACTUALLY GONNA BE AXEL nonononono

•FUCK

•NOOOOOO SHE HAD SO MUCH POTENTIAL

•She better get farther next season :( I already miss her she deserved an arc

•She really did nothing wrong <3 /hj

[semiconducting]

more bitching about td23 season 2 lol

i think the thing that bothers me the most about the recent total drama season is just that there was absolutely zero desire for characters to grow or have a complete arc of any kind. emma got to do nothing, just started the season broken up with chase but didn't really get to form any new relationships (or make up w her bestie from last season.......bowie and emma i miss u) before she left. the cheating in challenges arc between bowie and raj never got solved. priya's entire storyline revolved around caleb and there is no conclusion to be had from their plot, they got together even though caleb is a shitty spineless noncomittal boyfriend to her. caleb Has this issue and nothing comes of it except for like cheap "tension" in the ep where priya gets eliminated. julia has Nothing going for her except that she's Mean and she's Good At The Game and is the reason behind HALF of ALL THE ELIMINATIONS and it all happens OFF!!! SCREEN!!! like heather had mad plot armour in her seasons but god at least she was fun to watch. zee did nothing, not nearly as entertaining as he was last season. they set up a GREAT opportunity for scary girl to come back for Vengeance after being eliminated in the first ep and then do Nothing to follow up. mk is literally glued to julia at the hip and gets no time to shine on her own. BOWIE gets eliminated IMMEDIATELY when the teams merge???? axel and ripper having nothing going for them after they get together and overstay their welcome. DAMIEN! DOESN'T! GET! TO! KEEP! HIS! IMMUNITY! IDOL! and we don't fucking see julia actually take it from him!!!!!!!!!! it's just like they didn't bother with Any interesting plot decisions for any character just to prop up julia who herself doesn't even get to be entertaining. she has some funny lines, sure, but she takes up so much gaddamn screentime and for WHAT.

[leasboyfriend]

hi :3 4 of the questions you really want to answer

thank u! @kittyandco i had to hold back from writing a whole ass fic for the first one 😅

Djinn and Tariff: Uh oh! You, as you are right now, just got randomly transported to your F/O’s world, right in front of them! Luckily, you get to choose the point in the story when it happens. Which moment do you choose? How do the two of you react?

i think the moment that would work out best would be sometime while he and kairi are training in the secret forest, less chance of dying/trauma there. this means everyone sees me pop up, not just axel so ive got fairies all over me and i hate all this attention. meanwhile axel just stares in confusion

but the most fun point storytelling wise would be to show up in his room in the the Castle That Never Was shortly after he comes back from Castle Oblivion the first time. he's super, super curious but he hasnt had his redemption arc so im more like an object he wants to study, but im snarky enough to match him and thats kinda fun, but i keep randomly getting sad for no reason that he can tell? he's got the very beginnings of a heart and its just enough to make him keep me around. the longer im there, the more fond he gets, but there's no way this ends well, the narrative is doomed.

Bloody Gary: What “incorrect quotes”-type conversation best describes you and your F/O?

Space: You know, when I first met you I thought you were a real bitch.

Lea: What changed your mind?

Space: Oh, I still think you're a bitch. I've just grown to like that about you.

Heat Death of the Universe Iced Coffee: What’s a small quirk or behavior your F/O has that you go absolutely hog wild over every time?

he kind of exclusively does it with roxas and xion, but its so so so so cute to me when he basically bends in half so he can look them in the eye to make his point

Sugar and Spice: What three items/concepts would you say “make up” your F/O, metaphorically speaking?

ice cream/hair gel/eyeliner, roxas/xion/space

okay but more seriously schemes/friendship/loss

[theliterateape]

We Killed Jason Todd

By Matt Markman

In 1988 my friends and I killed a kid.

He was just a boy really. We had help it wasn’t just me and my pals. there were adults involved, lots of them. I mean we were young we were just thirteen and really couldn’t comprehend the ramification of our actions, the adults knew what they were doing. I’m painting it to sound way more sinister than it was, and in today’s society, wouldn’t trend on Twitter but maybe in the ’80s, it was probably considered quite ominous.

To set your mind at ease, it was Jason Todd. You know, Batman's sidekick, The Boy Wonder, Robin—well, the second Robin anyways. And I helped kill him.

I was big into comic books but my favorite was, The Dark Knight, The Caped Crusader, The Batman… He donned the best costume, he had all the money and was the most intelligent of all the superheroes. That last trait right there, the fact that he was considered a superhero and he had no actual super powers made him cooler than the other side of the pillow. You know how The Big Bang Theory has convinced the world it’s an Emmy-winning sitcom worth watching? I think it’s the fact that Batman was someone any one of us could actually be. Sure we needed to start with a base coat of genius followed by a splash of handsome billionaire playboy then train overseas in martial arts for several years, but if you had those things you, too, could be a vigilante. You ask me today and I'd stand by the fact that Batman would beat Superman in a fight, say ten out of ten times. This is not debatable because super beings from another planet are not real.

My favorite thing about Batman, though, is his ability to balance out good and evil. He spawned one of the greatest comic book villains and fictional characters ever created, The Joker. They have tried and tried again but in my opinion never got close to the Clown Prince of Crime—maybe Negan from The Walking Dead, he's pretty ruthless. The Joker is what would happen if a stand-up comedian became a criminal mastermind, so basically the plot of the 2019 film Joker.

My love for Joker made sense because growing up I was always more into the bad guys than the good guys. Watching and playing with G.I.Joe, I was always on the side of Cobra Commander, the twins Tomax and Xamot, and Zartan because they were always more glamorous and eye-catching than the boring ass Joes. Just once, I’d like that “knowing is half the battle” part at the end of the cartoon to have been Storm Shadow giving us kids a tip on how to fuck up Shipwreck and his stupid Parrot. Megatron, Skeletor, Shredder, Mumm-ra…

The list goes on, but the antagonists always resonated with me. they had a much better and more intriguing agenda than the good guys did. I know that wasn't the purpose, we were supposed to cheer on the good guys, like the idea of saving the world and all, but the mayhem… It’s like Alfred Pennyworth said, “Some men just want to watch the world burn.” It’s odd because the bad guys in my life were real, the bullies and I didn't like them at all. They tormented me daily unprovoked because I was short and had big ears. Perhaps my love for the dark side stemmed for my desire to be on that side because in real life there was no Superman swooping in to rescue me from the clutches of Lex Luthor. 

There were two sides, and good had a lack of champions looking out for the weaker, smaller good guys. The bad guys in my neighborhood, well, they were real and never really foiled and more importantly, they always got the girl in the end. Fuck the good guys!

My admiration for evildoers achieving their agenda was tested in 1988, Batman was running a four-part series called A Death in the Family. It was your typical Batman arc. Somehow, The Joker was going to get the upper hand on The World’s Greatest Detective only to be bested in the end by Batman. But this time, the third comic decided to do something nobody had never seen in the industry. The writers were going to give the fans the opportunity to decide where they were going to go with the story, only it was an option between two different roads, one quite unconventional. Apparently a few years earlier, one of the writers, Dennis O'Neil, had seen a sketch they did on SNL where Eddie Murphy held up a Lobster—Larry the Lobster—and was asking viewers to decide whether Larry was boiled and eaten or was to be set free. The choices were offered in the form of two phone numbers both costing fifty cents a call. One number was a vote for him to be freed and the other number was a vote for Larry to be murdered, smothered in butter, and devoured by Axel Foley. Ultimately, after nearly 500,000 calls, the people voted for Larry the lovable lobster to be pardoned with a 12,000 call margin. The popularity of this bit intrigued O'Neil and A few years later he decided to implement it in his Death in The Family storyline.

In the third book, The Joker had taken Batman's sidekick, the Boy Wonder, hostage. He’d beaten him bloody with a crowbar leaving a cliffhanger to be wrapped up in the fourth book. The last page of the comic was full page and at the top read in true ’80s Do the Right Thing fashion: “Robin will die because The Joker wants revenge, but you can prevent it with a telephone call!” They even phrased it to steer you down the hero’s path, like you can literally be Batman with one phone call. Underneath the imploring verbiage were two numbers, dial one number; The Joker fails and Robin lives, Batman would once somehow saves the day. However, call this other number and The Joker succeeds and Robin dies. Gruesomely.

Wow! They were going to let the fans decide the fate of Robin, really this was one of my earliest introductions to a reality voting competition type show. In my opinion, it was a bad idea. Robin was always the worst. Go back and read through an adventure or two involving Jason Todd and tell me he wasn't always whiney and bellyaching. He was never going to be iconic or cool like Bruce Wayne or even his predecessor Dick Grayson—the first Robin. See, Dick got pissed off, decided he was tired of being in Batman's shadow, ditched the Robin costume, threw on a black blue and gold costume, moved to another city and became Nightwing. Dick was a go getter, ambitious. Grayson’s Robin was a winner, Todd's Robin was an irritating little bitch; he was not an innocent lobster.

I went to my mother and asked if I could make a call that was going to cost just fifty cents and I would pay her back or she could just take it out of my allowance. She wanted to know what it was for and mostly wanted to confirm it wasn't for an adult sex line, which costs more than fifty cents a minute, but that’s a different story. It was nothing as tawdry as phontercourse, I just wanted to help murder an annoying teenage sidekick. My mother response was “Oh, yeah, that’s fine.”

I think after it was exposed that it wasn't phone sex anything else I said went in one ear and out the other, surely she didn't think I was actually voting for a plucky comic book sidepiece to be murdered by The Joker. So that’s what I did. I cast my vote along with a majority of DC comic book fans that shared my detest for the boy wonder. Ten thousand votes were recorded with a narrow margin going to Robin dying. I think the writers never suspected that fans would go that route.

O’Neal himself voted for Robin’s stay of execution. A man of his word, Batman issue #429 was released and Robin was killed by The Joker in an explosion and we were to blame for it. Sad to say but you give a bunch of comic book nerds the power I think it would go bad every time. That day we were all proud to be The Joker's henchmen. I felt like a soldier at the end of Star Wars cheering madly while The Joker received his metal shouting, “I helped that happen!”

So many shows these days embrace our fascination with the anti-hero with the success of The Sopranos, The Shield, Breaking Bad, hell Narcos had me rooting for Pablo Escobar—Pablo fucking Escobar. I wouldn't say I was a bad person growing up. Quite the contrary, I was a shy nerd with no power to do anything but pick my books up after they were smacked to the ground. What I’m saying is don't give me the power to make important life or death decisions with your franchise because myself and the other dorks will have the bodies of Orko, Snarf, and Jimmy Olson lying in a shallow grave, just tell me what number to dial… or text.

Matt started performing standup comedy in 2004 in Las Vegas and is now a regular at every major comedy club on the Las Vegas strip. He released his first comedy album in 2016 titled Uncut available on iTunes. More about Matt and his upcoming appearances can be found on MattMarkman.com.

[fearless-flower]

Oh also my knowledge of ygo is so extremely limited but go off with your blorbos for that too, queen!

Thanks so much for indulging me like this Janne 💗😘 sorry that it took me so long

Duel Monsters

blorbo (favorite character, character I think about the most) → Ishizu scrunkly (my “baby”, character that gives me cuteness aggression, character that is So Shaped) → Kuriboh scrimblo himblo (underrated/underappreciated fave) → Mai 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) → Mahad poor little meow meow (“problematic”/unpopular/controversial/otherwise pathetic fave) → Atem?? He doesn't technically kill people in DM but mindcrushing is kinda problematic right dfsudifhsi horse plinko (character I would torment for fun, for whatever reason) → Kaiba LOL eeby deeby (character I would send to superhell) → whatshisname Zorc

GX

blorbo (favorite character, character I think about the most) → Chazz/Manjoume, Aster/Edo scrunkly (my “baby”, character that gives me cuteness aggression, character that is So Shaped) → Jaden/Judai, Ruby Carbuncle scrimblo himblo (underrated/underappreciated fave) → Axel/Austin 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) → Kaibaman poor little meow meow (“problematic”/unpopular/controversial/otherwise pathetic fave) → Yubel, the Supreme King horse plinko (character I would torment for fun, for whatever reason) → Chazz/Manjoume sdadasdsa eeby deeby (character I would send to superhell) → hmm, the D I guess??

5Ds

blorbo (favorite character, character I think about the most) → Crow scrunkly (my “baby”, character that gives me cuteness aggression, character that is So Shaped) → Gale the Whirlwind, Yusei scrimblo himblo (underrated/underappreciated fave) → Bruno/Antinomy 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) → meaningful character development for someone other than Yusei poor little meow meow (“problematic”/unpopular/controversial/otherwise pathetic fave) → Jack maybe??? I don't even like Jack wtf (he is funny tho, I'll give him that) horse plinko (character I would torment for fun, for whatever reason) → Jack LOL eeby deeby (character I would send to superhell) → whoever killed off Bruno/Antinomy where ya at bitch

Zexal

blorbo (favorite character, character I think about the most) → Shark scrunkly (my “baby”, character that gives me cuteness aggression, character that is So Shaped) → Astral scrimblo himblo (underrated/underappreciated fave) → Yuma 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) → Yuma's grandma and sister (they're funny ok) poor little meow meow (“problematic”/unpopular/controversial/otherwise pathetic fave) → Kite/Kaito I guess horse plinko (character I would torment for fun, for whatever reason) → Yuma (haha sorry bby) eeby deeby (character I would send to superhell) → Dr. Faker?? I actually haven't finished Zexal so there might be someone worse who knows

Arc-V

blorbo (favorite character, character I think about the most) → Serena scrunkly (my “baby”, character that gives me cuteness aggression, character that is So Shaped) → Yuya scrimblo himblo (underrated/underappreciated fave) → that ninja guy you know who 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) → YUTO poor little meow meow (“problematic”/unpopular/controversial/otherwise pathetic fave) → every time the dragon bois go berserk (no, Zarc himself can fuck off) horse plinko (character I would torment for fun, for whatever reason) → the guy who gets punched by Serena in one of the openings/endings idk his name rn eeby deeby (character I would send to superhell) → whoever thought it was a good idea to kill off everyone but Yuya and Yuzu at the end like hello stop being so lazy with your writing

Vrains

blorbo (favorite character, character I think about the most) → Revolver scrunkly (my “baby”, character that gives me cuteness aggression, character that is So Shaped) → Yusaku scrimblo himblo (underrated/underappreciated fave) → Kusanagi 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) → Flame poor little meow meow (“problematic”/unpopular/controversial/otherwise pathetic fave) → Emma horse plinko (character I would torment for fun, for whatever reason) → Ai eeby deeby (character I would send to superhell) → Season 3 bc wtf was that

[ajdrawshq]

For the niche ask game: Terra, Repliku, and Namine

FUCK YEAH THANK U OK

I'm gonna skip the smell question bc I literally do not know what to say abt that for anyone

Terra my beloved

• Song that reminds me of them: the only song I've ever associated with him is.. apparently Apocalypse by Sleeperstar according to my spotify playlist for him

• An otp: tbh,, I dont actually ship Terra with anyone

• A notp: anything w the minors and also,,, lowkey Terraqua,,, just bc I dont see them like that but since there's So Much of it its just. Yknow. I'm v sorry Terraqua enjoyers u do u

• Favorite platonic/familial relationships: I enjoy his relationships w Aqua and Ven so much....... AND WITH RIKU their interactions are so good

• Popular headcanon I disagree with: HES NOT THAT DUMB. PLEASE I know its just a fandom joke but I could go on and on abt how the way he was raised and how the total lack of proper guidance fucked him over so so bad but also there was no fucking way for Terra to figure out the stuff happening behind the scenes. Not once does he actually assist the villains without rightfully believing hes doing the right thing, the closest exception I can think of being when he helps Hook bc yeah that dude is pretty shady but he was asked to protect the chest, and only attacked in defense of it - something that is a defining trait of Terra, and his whole job is to protect the light which is vague as fuck so can u really blame him for thinking some of it was in a chest for some reason, plus Peter Pan is kind of a bitch so u can't really fault him for that fight anyway. And don't talk to me abt the sleeping beauty incident bc that wasn't his fault (although I admit its kind of funny that he just,, left) AND the entire Xehanort arc. Dont even get me started if Eraqus just let Terra know that Xehanort is up to shit instead of telling Aqua to spy on him and TELLING TERRA TO FIND XEHANORT WITHOUT ANY CONTEXT WHATSOEVER ALLOWING XEHANORT TO MANIPULATE HIM WITHOUT ANY TRUE HINTS ABOUT HIS MOTIVES we could've avoided like at least half the shit that went down in this game I swear I would've killed this old man with my bare hands. Anyway what was the question

• The position they sleep in: he takes up like 3/4s of any bed without trying i just know it.. and he seems like he'd be very warm. Sleeping next to him is absolute hell in the summer

• A crossover I'd love to see them in: does kingdom hearts itself count as a crossover considering all the d*sney and ff characters.. I just wanna see more Terra

• My favorite outfit theyve worn: how DARE u make me choose between his glorious flowy pants that I desperately want for myself and one of the best armor sets in all of kh.. but I'm going with his keyblade armor purely bc of that one shot thats just like. Terrass. Yknow the one

Repliku

• Song that reminds me of them: oh god I feel so strongly about this. I have a whole (very self indulgent and incomprehensible) playlist for them but I'm gonna say specifically Last Of Me by CircusP

• An otp: ok I wanna say Replinami. But. I've grown so attached to the idea of Repliku n Roxas being together its ridiculous

• A notp: w any adults obviously, and Riku and Replitwo. They're Siblings

• Favorite platonic/familial relationships: on that note I'm very very soft for their sibling relationships w those two. Whenever I think abt the kh3 Riku n Repli scenes I cry. Also love the idea of them being friends w Xion and Vanitas. And Sora..

• Popular headcanon I disagree with: are there,,, really any popular headcanons abt Repliku? I can barely find any for them to begin with lmao but I CAN say they're not cishet. Bi transfem Repliku my beloved

• The position they sleep in: considering how their life has been plus how touch starved they are, they usually curl up into a ball and/or hold something close to them

• A crossover I'd love to see them in: does my idea of showing them Pokemon The First Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back as a form of therapy and/or enlightenment count. Ok but i actually wanna see them interact with Mewtwo for better or worse i think it'd be fun

• My favorite outfit theyve worn: I've talked enough abt the darksuit for this one to be obvious I think

Naminé

• Song that reminds me of them: ooooh this is a hard one...... I'm gonna say Worlds Apart by Seven Lions

• An otp: Namixi and Replinami are both very very good

• A notp: any adults, n im not rly a fan of her being w any of the destiny trio or Roxas

• Favorite platonic/familial relationships: on that note again i Do enjoy her general relationships with the above four.. and I like her dynamic with Axel/Lea tbh. And the idea of her and Terra being friends is vv neat. And I think she'd have a funky friendship w Vani. She has so many friends!! good for her, good for her

• Popular headcanon I disagree with: I cant think of anything in particular I disagree with I just think she should be allowed to kill people (read: Ansem TW)

• The position they sleep in: similar to Repliku, but she prefers being surrounded by something (whether it be pillows, weighted blanket, etc)

• A crossover I'd love to see them in: I think Naminé, Lunafreya from ffxv and Lillie from pkmn should meet.. they're sisters now

• My favorite outfit theyve worn: theres uh. Not a lot of options here (but all the fan made outfits ppl make for her are so epic and cool i love em)

[the-nubiest]

If I was a Love Interest in Sweet Elite

In the game, I’ll be a highly fictionalised version of myself, my personality stays the same. Also, I am a WOC (woman of colour), so I am going to reveal my ethnicity. Also im rich as fu-

(following the student file format)

Student File

(General Information)

Name: Amara Olalia (my scholar’s name, so im using it here)

Gender: Female

Department: Fine Arts 

Concentration: Screenwriting and Filmmaking

Height: 5′6/167 cm/1.67 meters 

Ethnicity: Filipino

Nationality: Filipino/American (dual-citizen)

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(Skills)

Creativity: ⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ /5

Academics: ⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ /5

Teamwork: ⬛️⬛️ /5

Extracurricular: ⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ /5

Technique: ⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ /5

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(General Comments)

“Amara is a highly creative storyteller with intricate characters and symbolic cinematography. Her witty and very relatable dialouge in her scripts makes it feel real. Despite that, she is quiet, asocial, and hates working with people. Her concentrating in filming and writing is a weakness, if she doesn’t tell those her ideas. As I know it will be better than everyone else’s. What I have seen in the classroom, she is empathetic and emotional, which is one of her best traits. If she learns how to trust others with those exact qualities; where she can comfortably open up and reveal her plans, she can win awards with her future work.” - Prof. Robert Boss

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(Academic Record)

Strengths: Humanities, Fine Arts, Performing Arts, History

Weaknesses: Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry

Notes: “Amara knows how to tell a story through different perspectives, more talented than other aspiring filmmakers. Thanks to that, she knows how to build off the ground well. But she daydreams often.” - Prof. Robert Boss

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(Health Record)

Highly prone to mental burnouts

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(Awards & Honors)

Won in National Film Festival for Talented Youth

See comprehensive list of won short story competitions

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(Disciplinary Action)

Detention for not wearing uniform 

Special permission: Can wear own version of uniform (as long is wearing pin or emblem)

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(Extras)

Works with the Fine Arts Department student led newsletter (Arlington News)

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My Character Arc (insert dramatic anime music)

   I’d mention that I have a strong attachment to my family, especially my extended family (its true). It started when I became closed off and prone to crying, scholar and the 10 will become increasingly concerned, but Ellie was the first to find out. Scholar know that I never reveal too much about myself, but I know too much of others (like Neha’s status). When I finally open up that a close relative of mine passed away, the 10 finally saw how I actually feel for once. My emotions cannot be handled in a healthy way, so I just lash out. Eventually getting in a fight with Karolina. She said that seeing me geniunely angry was one of the scariest things she had ever seen. Scholar will soon confront me, and I’d let it out. On how I can’t go back home to hug my family and properly mourn. The 10 help set up with a virtual funeral, so I can still be there. My arc being resolved. Learning to open up about my issues and saying my actual opinions.

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My relationships with the Main 10/Other things

Besties!!!: Tyler, Ellie, Tegan (TENT BITCH)

Besties, but won’t say anything about it to Karolina until later: Neha

Close; Karolina, Raquel

Good terms: Alistair, Claire, Axel (mixed)

Its confusing, but we like each other: Tadashi

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Notes from relationships

Tegan and I play Smash Bros a lot to settle our arguements (i main byleth and roy)

Tyler, Ellie, and I dramatically act out my stories 

Neha and Karol often invite me to go shopping with them

Karol actually tolerates and likes me, because of my relationship with Neha

Axel doesn’t like it when I criticise his new music, but he takes it as constructive

Raquel and Alistair watches sports anime with me (both get hyped while watching Haikyuu)

Claire gives me some plants she grew so I can send it to my mom as a gift

Tadashi and I have a brother and sister relationship (but he attacks me for not wearing my uniform at all)

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Uniform (but I actually despise uniforms)

   I wear black boyfriend jeans, with an oversized college sweatshirt with the school’s emblem over the collared shirt. Wears white high top converse with shin high wool socks. Sometimes I would wear the skirt with black thigh highs, but its very uncommon. (in my first year, Tadashi and I had a fight about it. It’s where I first called him Nakahoe)

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Yeah, I'm rich as fu-

My family would own a software engineering company. Both parents would promote my creativity. I was born in America, but parents from the Philippines.

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Favourite/Least Favourite things

Likes: TV shows, movies, writing, family

Dislikes: Entitled people, hierarchies, science class

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Would Scholar like me as a friend or love interest?????

   They would like me because I often make jokes that fits any kind of scenario (I actually do that). I would often rant about my stories, so they might find me endearing or cute because I love my characters from it. I’m also emotionally intelligent, so I often comfort Scholar, and know how they feel (I’d do that for my friends).

   Why they would not like me, is because I never reveal anything personal. Compared to the others, who casually mention it sometimes (ie: Tadashi saying he is part of the Nakano family). I wouldn’t say about how I’m actually feeling or issues, but after my arc; I’d slowly open up.

[oveliagirlhaditright]

I don’t get what people’s issue with Kairi is. 

I feel there’s just something about her that ruffles people’s feathers, for some reason. So that things that don’t bother them about other characters, bothers them about her.

Like, tbh, no one in this series is a good character besides Riku (though he’s boring now), Roxas, and sometimes Sora. Many people would say Axel, but his character arc is all over the place and a mess. Naminé used to be, but she’s not anymore. Because when she’s actually allowed to be there, she only exists to be sad or explain the plot. Oh, and Aqua. Almost forgot about her. But I still maintain that she wasn’t a good character until 0.2, and that KHIII treated her badly (like it did most people who aren’t Sora). And I’d say Xion is a good character--just in that we actually get to explore all of her emotions, unlike most characters--but she still doesn’t do much, and a lot of people would disagree with that.

But people think Kairi’s boring and has no personality, and yet they’re okay with the Organization members who are one personality trait. You also can’t hate Kairi for having “no stake in the story”--or even being a plot device--if you like any of the Organization XIII characters.

But at the same time, those people used to think Kairi was a bitch.

I think this is another reason people don’t like her, too, and are more okay with characters like Naminé. Because I think most fans are shy, introverts--who have perhaps been bullied--and Kairi, for some reason, reminds them of the mean girls they’ve met in real life, and subconsciously hold it against her. Or they can’t relate to her as much since she’s arguably popular and bright and energetic (or at least used to be).

People call her a damsel in distress... but Namine. And you know what? I’d say most the girls, sad to say, are a damsel in distress. Strelitzia pretty much just existed to be murdered... And why people like this girl more than Kairi--when she just existed to be murdered--and we know little about her beyond that, baffles me. Skuld had to have Ephemer join her party in order to get people to join--and to make sure she’d be okay... and what has this character really done? She didn’t fight in the war... was chosen to be a Dandelion Leader, but since then she mostly passively agrees with stuff or reacts to things going on. Riveting. Skuld broke up one fight, I feel that’s a bit it. Olette doesn’t really do anything... Larxene’s a villain (and so far, Elrena’s done nothing), Invi basically has done nothing, Nameless Star is a nothing as of now (as is Urd and Vor, basically). And Ava is arguably good for the little we’ve seen her, but only after Nomura gave her her agency back after robbing her of it in Back Cover. But this character--for as much as she talked about wanting to think for herself and be friends with those of the other Unions--still didn’t do much to defy the Master (so far). And like all the Foretellers, mostly had the Idiot Ball when it came to him. And while I’d never call Aqua a damsel in distress, she still had a few damsel moments in KHIII. Edit: And as for Xion, I’ve seen people say that she was a burden to Roxas and Axel as a friend, the times they had to help cover up that she didn’t have her Keyblade. Which I don’t agree with... But the point is, even with her people try to make the dumb argument that she’s a damsel and doesn’t do anything.

Though I hate saying any of this, because I hate putting the girl’s against each other, because they deserve much more. And there are guys who have been damsels too, of course, like your gods Sora and Riku.

And if you hate Kairi for being Sora’s love interest... Naminé was in CoM. And you all want Riku to be, so...

I think the real issue is, to be honest... if you really sat down and thought about it, most of these characters aren’t that well written. Or we don’t really know anything about who they are (outside of Keyblades, personality traits, and things they’ve done), because at least in KH I don’t think Nomura’s that much of a--or a very good--character writer, but everyone just takes it out on Kairi for some reason. Even when other characters have done the things they complain about, or she actually has done the things they want her to (even if it’s only a little bit, and we could stand for more. But still, there are other characters who have it even worse), and I don’t get it.

I think it’s also because she’s a teenage girl, who is now girly and likes pink--and is in love--and don’t you know, there’s nothing more evil in the world?!

Like, I’ll be the first to admit that there are writing issues with her character and I want them fixed. But I don’t think she’s the Absolute WorstTM, that so many others in the fandom seem too.

People also think Kairi’s all about Sora... but so is Riku at this point. Really, all the trios in this series are “about their friends”.

[tetrakys]

Sweet Elite - chapter 10

I finally played the episode on both my active accounts, review below the cut.

The episode starts with Scholar reminiscing the Halloween party and finally openly admitting to themselves they have a crush on the person chosen in the previous episode. As you probably remember I’m currently on Tegan’s and Axel’s routes.

Tegan:

Axel:

I... am destined to suffer with this game.

After this realisation we decide that the most important thing is to focus on our studies to be sure we’ll be able to remain at the academy. After studying we go to the cafeteria to have dinner and we find there the person we are in love with, we have a lovely dinner together 

Axel:

They talk about school for a bit

(Babe I forgive you only because you are cute, and also because you are teasing, your file says that math is one of your strengths, so cut the crap. )

Then he talks about him leaving school to go on tour.

(LMAO his face)

(!!!!!!! YES PLEASE!!!! but admit you’d do it because YOU want to see ME day and night 😏)

[...]

Ah! Someone who understands that scholarship students are brighter than the average Arligton student. It doesn’t take a genius to figure it out... I mean... someone would have to be veeeeery stupid and close minded to think the opposite... wouldn’t they...  🙄

Funny but... I’m sure we can come up with another form of punishment 😊😏

Tegan:

There’s not much to show about the dinner with Tegan, as I said multiple times until we literally jump on him we’re going to get nowhere with him.

SCHOLAR SHOULD I REMIND YOU THAT YOU’RE IN THE MATH DEPARTMENT TOO?? 

Then he makes his back crack and Scholar gets spooked and they talk about being weird and true to themselves.

I’m a bit sad that in all the cute moments with Tegan you can rarely tell if they are flirty or just friendly. I know they reflect his personality, but it’s disappointing.

At the end of the dinner we agree that we had fun and we should do this again after the exams.

And this is where the episode ends.

......

Okay, no, I’m jooooooooking

This is where most interactions with our crush end and Karol/Neha’s arc begins (still not sure if the arc is only about Karol or both, I’d say both). 

Someone took a picture of scholar hugging Tadashi to console him during his arc and it got viral for some reason, so now Arlington’s sweetheart is again getting attention and the school board has decided to use the free publicity to raise the school’s profile in people’s eyes, so scholar is going to be one of Faxion’s judges. Scholar and Tadashi are called in Lady A’s office to talk about this, but they have to keep the secret until it’s publicly announced.

There is a very funny group chat scene where people try to get information out of Scholar and Tadashi, the picture comes out and we get no reaction from Tegan (he is the one who shares the link, so he might have at least brooded about it for a bit I hope), but we get a small cute scene with Axel

(Also, apparently he’s a dog person. Nice.)

Scholar, my child, could you try to use a bit of this sass with Tegan? You’re gonna die alone if you don’t.

After this, Faxion is announced and Scholar’s role too. You would guess that the smart thing to do is to treat well ALL the people who are going to to judge your work, right? Right? With respect, like any other human being deserves at the very least. But noooo of course not.

I’ve tried really hard to like you Karolina. I really did.

But you are a bitch.

Someone who defines people’s worth by how much money their parents own is even less than stupid. 

She even tries to show she has some higher moral ground respect to another model who is just as an asshole as she is. I can’t see much of a difference between the two.

What’s the difference with Karolina? I see none.

Scholar tries to make peace with Karol and be an impartial judge. We meet the other judges, among them there is a Luis Vuitton knock-off who is apparently friend with lady A and knows things about both Scholar and Neha. They are really fishy. In fact they out Neha as a scholarship student in front of the whole school. This is where things go to shit. Up until this point Neha and Karol where a great team and way ahead of everyone else, but now Karol can barely stand Neha’s sight.

I see how Karol can be hurt that Neha has lied to her all this time, but it doesn’t justify the shitty way she treats her at this point. Also, try at least to be smart and civil until the competition is over instead of actively sabotaging everything because now that you know Neha is not rich her ideas are worth less in your eyes. But no, why be smart when you can be completely stupid.

In all this we also find out that Karol is anorexic, which we suspected since episode 2, and that Neha is in love with her, which we knew since episode 1. We talk to Raquel, Claire, Tegan and Neha about Karol’s eating disorder and the episode ends with the winners about to be announced (Karol and Neha of course) but Karol faints in front of the entire school.

A few comments:

- I appreciate when the writing is solid enough to make the reader see where the plot is going, instead of pulling things out of nowhere for pure shock value. Surprises are good only when they are well planned.

- I also liked that Scholar had an active role. I didn’t expect them being a judge and even if it’s a bit of a stretch I liked seeing that we are not a secondary character in our story. However I’m still turned off by the fact that scholar’s department makes no difference in the story. A scholar in the fashion department can’t be considered the “general population” vote. I know that the excuse for them not being in the competition is that they don’t have a ranking yet, but it makes no sense in my opinion. Even blaming it on the school board is a stretch. But this is not the only instance something like this has happened, a scholar in science needing someone to explain them the science lecture. A scholar in math teaming up with Tegan and Ellie to only end up shopping for computer parts online. I wish these things were better thought.

- I’m calling out whoever in the dev/art/writing team has a CLEAR preference for Neha. She is the only one we can raise the meter this episode. In my gameplays the only one we got a romantic interaction in one of the past episodes. The only one we have an extra solo illustration with. And I assume we have a 1-1 illustration with her here because this is her arc (same as what happened with Tadashi), so I’m expecting a 1-1 illustration with Karol next episode. However I feel the bias for Neha, same as what I felt the last episode with Axel, and no one can change my mind.

- This episode made me dislike Karolina a lot. I assume I should be nicer with her because she has an eating disorder, but her being a bitch has nothing to do with her anorexia. The two things may come from the same issue, her needing to be perfect for whatever reason, and I’m sure we will get a teary explanation at some point that will make me forgive her, but still... she deserves take accountability for her own actions. I hope she looses the award.

- Neha doesn’t deserve to loose, she is talented and works hard, she deserves to find another partner. Don’t worry Neha, there are lots of people who can walk in a straight line in the world, there’s no need to attend an elite school for this. However she is also quite spineless, but there’s still hope for her, I understand why she has been lying all this time if she was trying to build a business in such an elitist world. I hope this serves her as a lecture and she learns to stand up for herself and others when such things happen.

All in all I liked the episode. It’s not perfect but as a character arc episode is thousands times better than Tadashi’s was. I just hope we’ll be done with Karol quickly and move on to better things.

[juniaships]

How bad would canon screw up my OCs?😊

Lani's only personality trait would be The Love Interest. She'd be more of a damsel in distress than Amy and Elise.

Paige would have zero character traits and be the Girl Nobody Likes because she doesn't worships the ground Mal walks on. Her role in reading and translating runes&being a peacekeeper between the AKs & VKs are given to Mal. Also she's related to a Disney Character making her a watered down copycat of Emma Swan

Soraya would just be Strong Female Character #263813, she would look down on Audrey, Evie, literally every feminine character

Jora is Hinata 2.0 but given even less character development. She looses weight & lightened skin. Also she'll turn evil/have anger issues (when anger is Kendrix's thing) because Ben rejects her

Patti and Ginger (who are in their 20s AT LEAST) has a crush on 16 year old Ben. They would also have no agency

Kendrix is Bitch Duck Girl with none of her sympathetic traits. She's also wear a skimpy design because she's an antagonist. Did i mention she commits genocide?

Rosslyn loses her agency as she and Axel starts dating to the point where she's simply a prompt for him to rescue her. Also the victim of a love triangle where Axel & his Mu-Team Tilian fight over her. Also because she is smart she is mean to people not smarter then her. Basically Felicity Smoak.

Nicola would be fridged for Bruce's manpain and none of her accomplishments matter. Also in Justice League she reveals she cannot bear children and considers herself incomplete or even a monster. Also Hal Jordan falls into her boobs and SOMEHOW doesn't get pawned by her.

Ruth Destane is revealed to have left Luke many years ago because it turns out she only married him for his status. Or, she's the seductive femme fatale who likes working with Vader and is so totally apathetic towards the Rebels when in reality she's a frightened young woman who wants to be taken seriously, desires freedom, and despises Vader for being a major factor in the erasure of her Jedi Heritage. Or she gets the Karen Traviss treatment (aka murdered by her own nephew in the stupidest fucking way possible).

Niya would become a potential love interest for Ben because of course a teenage girl has to be in lobe with the franchise protag, and also hates Gwen for being a white she-devil.

Marion is a caricature of autistic people and have no arc of their own. Everyone constantly misgenders them as a joke. Also they have a codename: SNOWFLAKE!

Vesta is thrown off a bridge (see where I'm going with this)

Beatrix, Aerin, non of them having unique traits. They are boring and dull because they're not typically playable in a Sonic Game. Also Aerin is a dumb stupid hooman

Vanessa no longer has her own storylines and becomes a baby factory for Jason Whittaker

Aster Roi secretly works for the plumbers, ignoring their canon distrust of them. Otherwise see Marion

Kaysha is even more of a token girl, lacking her own arc and graphically killed off to forward Leo's development

Edith is subservient to Sherlock and hates corsets because corsets are antifeminist.