#(But don't exagerate (this is the word I guess))

[kristhecoxinha]

Yall know when you make an good art, but it is for the group of characters your RP character belongs and they're alternate/fused versions of popular media characters so you don't post it to people who dont are part of the rp? Only me?1!1?

(if any of yall wanna see it just ask)

[borderlinereminders]

Genuinely hope not to bother you with this question but I'm legitemately curious as I struggle with this.

Do you have a post rleated to being in abusive relationships or being able to tell if the other person is legimemately in the wrong and you are not exagerating/allowed to feel upset etc? For example being able to set boundaries or recognizing some behavior is NOT okay and the other person should ALSO take accountability and/or communicate? Specially one catered to those with BPD?

It's known that people with BPD tend to/can be abusive or hurtful to those around them, which is why ot's important to learn emotional skills. but it's also common for people with BPD to end up or grow up in abusive situations too as they tend to people pls and have unclear boundaries etc! So they don't know what's okay behavior wuth how they treat others but also what's okay to receive if that makes sense?

So like, how do you distinguish between the two?

I know you keep getting asks about disclaimers about specific situations, I was just asking for a general post SPECIFICALLY catered to that :3 /gen

Hi anon,

I don't have a post about this.

I do have a post about manipulation and signs of it though. It's here. People might manipulate unintentionally, and this post talks about some warning signs.

The best way I figure out if I'm being reasonable (I can't think of a better word, sorry) or not is that after something happens, I write down what I can word for word. Including (especially) what was said. And then I bring it to a neutral third party for them to help me figure it out.

I'd also pay attention for things like "It's just your BPD!" Because while some people may say this without bad intentions, it does downplay your emotions and sometimes people do use someone's disorder as a way to get away from accountability by making them think it's all them. Even if someone does genuinely think something is caused by your BPD, they shouldn't say it like that. My best friend and I both have BPD, and if something is her BPD, I validate her feelings, offer her support and when she's up to it, talk about whether this might be her BPD making things seem bigger than they are. But if you're getting upset and talking to someone about something they did that hurt you and they say 'it's just your BPD!' I don't think it's okay. Even if it was you misinterpreting something, this could be approached so much better.

I'm sorry I don't have a longer post on this. If I'm being honest, I haven't made one because I know no matter how I word it, I'm going to end up getting a lot of aggressive responses to it and I really am at a loss at how to handle such a post. But you are absolutely right that people with BPD can so often be victims of abusive behaviour as well because, especially when we're trying to recover, we may second guess our feelings and dismiss very real concerns we have.

[the-crow-binary]

Top 5 favorite and top 5 most hated NFCV moments? :)

>:( Fine. But just FYI I ain't bothering to re-watch the scenes so I'm just going to base it all on my (poor) memory

Top 5 favorite:

5. Isaac fighting alongside Abel. Although Abel is much more important than the show portrays him to be and he should have, imo, appeared much earlier, I remember I really liked his dynamic with Isaac. And the way he protected him before Carmilla explodes all over the place....... me WEAK

4. That Trepha moment where they're like "I'm not looking at you, Sypha." "But you're going to~". They're cute sometimes <3 (the little crack in Trevor's voice as he goes "yes" is- GAH. I want smth like this with the game versions :< (imagine it with Trevor's japanese VA.....))

3. Trevor fighting with two whips was visually cool <3

2. Trevor's first "I love you" to Sypha. ;-; Just when he accepted he was going to die for the good cause ;-; Knowing Sypha was with child and he won't be there for them but at least what he's going to do is going to allow them to live and Sypha will know how much he cared and will remember his last words as a little joke that meant "i know and i am sorry i can't be there for the new adventure" and ;-; THAT SHIT BE GETTING ME EMOTIONAL, MAN. I'm glad they never said those words to each other before, it makes it even more impactful when the times actually come <3 (one of the rare things NFCV does right lol) Though I wasn't as impacted by Sypha's own "i love you", don't know why. :<

1. When it ended. :) disclaimer guys, i literally took the joke from Bee, she deserves the credit for her own peak humour Eh otherwise there's this scene in S4 where Trevor makes Sypha sit down on a bed with him to talk calmly about things instead of rushing in for the first time in weeks, and I saw someone say once that it was his way to try and make Sypha tell him she was pregnant without having to push it, and it's a very sweet idea and I very much like it even if idk if it was the intent. It was a nice Trepha moment anyway. <3

Now to the... ERK. Top 5 most hated moments.

5. The moment Trevor found the Morning Star + The moment where he found that one cross thingy. I put them together because of one concept that links the two and annoys me to death: No one gives a shit about Trevor's findings, not even the show itself. By Trevor's reaction when finding the MS, we know it's like, a big deal. But he's the ONLY ONE to treat it as a big deal, Sypha just goes "lmao what's that ugly thing" and clearly doesn't care about what Trevor explains after. It's like he found a random object on the ground. The show doesn't bother to make us really feel how big of a deal this is. As if Trevor was just exagerating. Then in S4, Trevor find the cross thingy and excitedly shows it to Sypha, who still doesn't care (but at least pretends to this time, i guess, with not much conviction). And I guess the cross isn't as important as the morning star... but I get really annoyed at Sypha just seeing Trevor getting passionnate and going "bruh he found another toy". I would have had less problem with it if Sypha was shown to have interest in Trevor's findings (starting by the MS) before, and because Trevor keeps finding things, she gradually become less and less impress but still pretends to be because well she likes him and he's passionnate and it's kinda cute. But she literally never cared. It's yet another way to ridicule Trevor for me. :/

4. Everytime someone gets snarky/rude or swears. It's like the show is trying to convince itself of how much of an adult it is. "Oh but it's more realistic-" WHERE DO YOU LIVE TO HAVE EVERY SINGLE PERSON EVER SAYS "SHIT" AND "FUCK" EVERY TWO SENTENCE?? I AM BAREY EXAGGERATING. And it makes the joke that Trevor is having a bad influence on Sypha (the "i could piss in a glass and tell him it's beer after he just saved my life" girl) and Alucard (the "yes fuck you" boy) fall flat. Every one is rude in this world. Even DEATH ITSELF LIKE FOR FUCKING HELL'S SAKE

3. Carmilla's #girlboss first appearance. :) Dracula being unable to make his own court shut up is already stupid and horribly irritating (the fact he is actually whispering is more ridiculous than intimidating) but Carmilla appearing like a BOSS, making everyone shut up for SOME reason, and then insulting Dracula's wife, the whole REASON WHY THERE'S A WAR, right to his face with NO CONSEQUENCES FOR HER... URGH I HATE IT I HATE IT SO MUCH (and I am being generous because it is a top FIVE but there is not a single Carmilla moment i liked)

2. The moment Hector trapped Lenore to PROTECT HER. It was the moment I've been waiting for the whole season. The moment where Hector was going to reveal how he manipulated Lenore. The moment where he was finally going to give her a taste of her own medicine. The moment where he was finally going to go "I won't be a victim anymore, I am breaking free, fuck you. I can't believe you actually thought I could feel any kind of affection for a monster". But noooo, because Lenore was made soooo sympathetic, he HAD to actually fall for her! My heart and hopes and dreams literally shattered the moment Isaac arrived and Hector went "don't hurt her!" :)

1. When it started lolllll The two rape scenes. (they were mixed in one so it counts idc) Not because they exist. But because of what they led to. :) AKA, for Lenector: Rape apologism (it's okay because Hector's a man and he enjoyed it :)), romanticism of abuse (Lenore literally humiliated Hector in front of her sisters, talked about how she was going to use him for sex, went "i made you into my pet just like you always needed :)" while Hector was on his knees having a breakdown, then next season without any warning or development he's all fine with her again), the show shitting on the very idea of Hector getting any agency ever, Hector falling for Lenore with NO DEVELOPMENT, out of NOWHERE, because WHY would we need to show and explain why the abused man would fall for his abuser that he seemingly hated and planned on plotting against at the end of the last season?? There's so many things wrong with this ship and you and other people already explained it before. And for the non-twins twins x Alucard: Poor handling of trauma. We see Alucard crying afterward, cool, NFCV likes to make him cry, visibly. Then he PISS on their CORPSES (what a mature show, so well written compared to those shitty games :)). And though I can relate a bit to the "oversharing with a stranger" part, the fact said stranger literally goes "okay...?" when Alucard reveals his trauma to her like HE'S WEIRD FOR HAVING BEEN ABUSED and makes a JOKE OUT OF IT. WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK. And then we ever talk about it again or see any consequences of it either. Almost as if the sex scene was useless from the start. :)

Uuuurgh it's finally OVER. There's so much more scenes I could rant about, but hey, it's a top 5, not a top "however much number you need" :) (and thank the LORD it is because it was already complicated and long to make as it is lmao)

[millermenapologist]

I've just came from ao3 heyy i have to tell you here since I'm too shy to say there

1- I spent the whole day dedicated to read your chapter, I'm not exagerating. Your chapters are so extraordinarily big omg. And I'm not complaining, I wish fic writers wrote chapters like that.

2-Ellie's relationship with joel is so good❤️even though you write on ellie's pov, the way you show to us every aspect of joel is like we're seeing his pov too!! And I love how she really sees ellie as his baby daughter, like she's really his youngest. And I love how patient he is too her even when she's all over the place, like when she was trying to convince him she's a bad person and has bad thoughts, and he just sits there with her and very calmly asks her to tell him what are this bad thoughts. It reminds me of a fic I loved on ao3 about the last of us called "what dads do" (sadly never had an ending🤧). Also, have I already said that is really cute this habit of his when he puts her in his lap or cradles her most of the time? Or when she does it herself like it's the most normal thing on this world? It's so cute and such an innocent way of showing affection❤️

2- i don't know how to feel about sarah and her. Part of me is still getting used to the idea of girlfriends that live in the same house because they have the same dad, but other part of me enjoys the whole dynamic. Also, I have to admit It's very tempting to ship them both when they have such a chemistry like that, i mean, goody-two-shoes predator killer and her cute little girlfriend?? Idk if you're planning to weite dina and ellie as a couple in the future, but I guess you will have a lot of work to convince us that they have more chemistry as sarah and ellie🤭 can't wait to see what happens next

3- did ellie had a psychotic attack or something like that? Joel and sarah are not the only ones who were like "wtf" when reading that, and although the scene of joel carrying her like a toddler why she was screaming "traitooorr!!!" on the stairs was a bit funny, I'm worried about her.

4- I got sad for tommy boy :( he seemed so genuinely bothered about the fact that maria considered even for a moment that he would cover up his brother for supposedly hurting a little girl. Hope he gets his happy ending, whether with Maria, or someone else... Me... Heard something? Me neither

5- can you at least tell me something about next chapter?🫠

Aw, thank you for coming here, then! ଘ(੭ˊᵕˋ)੭* ੈ✩‧˚

I swear that they don't start off this long, when i plan them in my notebook, I'm just the definition of unrepentant yapper (⁄ ⁄•⁄ω⁄•⁄ ⁄)

Ok, listen: canonically speaking, Joel always keeps Sarah very close (she leans on him while they watch the movie and then falls asleep on him, he lifts her up and carries her around rather than waking her up), and then he keeps touching her face to make sure she's okay; and as soon as Ellie gets comfortable with Joel, she starts touching him too, like when they're on the horse or when she almost ends him by giving him that huge ass dose of penicillin (pls don't inject penicillin like that, you're gonna die). It's not my fault if they're touchy people in the most literal sense of the word. Ellie saw that man and decided he's free real estate, and Joel was just born to be a girl dad, so any girl that enters his hope is at least half-adopted by him. I am only keeping the characters true to their original essences uwu

For this fic, no Dina/Ellie, but they're definitely gonna be friends in the epilogue. Shenanigans might ensue (they will definitely ensue. Joel's gonna end up with so much more white hair). If we're talking about "future" fics, then... idk yet? For my birthday I plan to post a one shot that's set between the farm chapter and the Santa Barbara one of TLOU2, so the Ellie/Dina relationship is gonna be talked about for sure, and the other long I have planned, Anklebiter, has 14yo Ellie grow a massive crush for Sarah (who, sadly, is ~30, so definitely not interested in pursuing a relationship with her), but some other story idea that's right for them might arise ღゝ◡╹ )ノ♡

Not really. It's more what happens when you don't sleep for extended periods of time: you start losing your mind. You can start hallucinating, seeing distorted things, etc. At my first big girl job, I was in the office at 10am and wouldn't go home until 10pm, if not 11 or even later (and then I still had to get home, which required about an hour). By the end of the first week I was so overworked and exhausted that I'd wake up in the middle of the night, standing, half-hallucinating half-dreaming that I was back in the office. Sometimes I'd wander in other rooms too, and at some point I started seeing "things" in the edges of my vision and other things like that. It was terrifying. It's pretty much why sleep deprivation can be used as a torture method.

Well, in her defense, Maria sees a lot of bad people too, and has to deal with their families. Plenty of people think that keeping it within the family is the best option, so that's what she went for. Hehe, don't worry about his ending ┬┴┬┴┤ʕ•ᴥ├┬┴┬┴

Uhmm... Ellie and Danica are going to have a one-on-one conversation, Dina's gonna be freed from being grounded, aaaaand some honesty is gonna grace the Miller House. Not once, but twice! Crazy, I know!

[moddymoon]

Really, let's do this:

Toxic behavior, harassment, false accusations, false claims about "severity" of other people's behaviour, etc.

OK, here's something that crosses the line to harassment...

I got:

Today, this includes a link to a call to harass me, which yeah, that's great, and if you want, since you are obviously following me if you're reading this.

Here's some of the posts:

Interesting that it says, "contains agere" because there is *nothing* that claims agere which I've posted (I'm sure they'll claim otherwise, and they are wanting to equate two different things here, but hey...

They aren't toxic, by calling people to harass someone, I am, for *not* being OK with them calling to harass me.

They *were* blocked at this point. Please note that is important to understand. I blocked them *before* they posted this.

This was under screenshots of two posts of mine About DNIs and Are you 18+?

Screenshots so that if you *are* blocked you can look around it... I guess that's what I'm doing here, but you can also follow the link.

As a word of note, in my Bio, it says:

If you looked at my blog, and didn't like it... Don't interact. IE. DNI if you don't like this.

So, they looked at my blog, didn't like it, and rather than doing what it said *directly contacted me*.

I don't have the entirety of their contact, only what they've screenshotted.

They copied this after the above (apparently), because they knew they may need to have it... And their post was *intended* to draw fire to me.

"Admitteddly I cam in a bit hotter than I remembered." Bull fucking shit. You came in hot, and you fucking knew it. Did you look at my blog to find the things you complained about? Did you read my bio.

Since you're so big at insisting that people read your bio, it would be terribly bad faith to come in and interact (send a message to someone directly) who has said, "if you don't like what you see here then don't interact."

I haven't "made a kink blog." There is content that is kink related here. That's *largely* because Tumblr is so fucking full of kinksters. Though a lot of them are either terribly toxic, or scammers.

I'm not going to claim that I was "hotter than I remembered..." Because it's not true. I fully am not surprised about this.

I actually am not even saying that there is anything wrong about this, no "convincing" would have been effective. At best I would have just reported and blocked them.

I know full well that about 1% of the reports of content which is toxic and in clear violation of the ToS get acted on positively.

Every single instance that I've seen something acted on, has been a "body image post." Oh, wait... One was an explicate ask sent to me.

This was the point I blocked them. The one thing which "could" be argued to be "out of line," is that last line. It's hyperbolic, and hyperbole and Tumblr don't seem to jive.

Hyperbole, is the use of exageration to make a point. See Wikipedia article on Hyperbole

It's not meant to be taken literally, and unless you're not aware of the use, (which someone claiming anything about anyone else, better bloody well be), to consider hyperbole "literal" is a bad faith argument.

This is a major fault of a large portion of people who *claim* that their boundaries are "not hidden," they believe that people read the bio. In a lot of cases people don't *see* the bio.

Also, a follow is "not an interaction." I think if you're walking down the street, and someone looks at you, and you claim that their "looking at you," is an "interaction" I think you're going to have a hard time with that.

And then here, you're also claiming that person looking at you *must* have read that thing you keep in your pocket, which states that they shouldn't look at you.

Here's the really weird thing, "makes you uncomfortable," indicates to me, that this person doesn't fucking have a clue about boundaries.

Being punched in the face makes a person uncomfortable, by this sort of example. The person stating "if it makes you uncomfortable," read the sign which said, "don't do this thing," and did it anyway.

They use the term, "makes you uncomfortable," as if this is something like a "lumpy chair."

How should you know? If you're posting content on Tumbr which *requires* you to know, then that means that you are posting content on Tumblr which is *clearly* in violation of the Tumblr ToS.

If it's a "preference" then, you see, it shouldn't be a "big deal" if someone doesn't meet your preferences. Heck, even if someone *follows* you who doesn't meet your preferences.

If someone follows you, and it makes you uncomfortable, then block them?

If you *claim* to have read someone's blog (because they followed you) and you *message* them, when they state, "if you don't like what you see here, don't interact" then you are *actively* engaging in toxic behaviour.

I have *no* idea what content I followed based on, but it the post is tagged, "tickle community," "tickling community,"

You didn't "react to it," You "came to my home," and "broke down my door," when you saw the sign that said, "Please don't break down my door." If your blog is *legitimately* 18+ (ie contains content that it's required that you make that claim), it is *definitively* a violation of the Tumblr Terms of Service.

Oh, so going into someone's private messages, telling them, "go fuck yourself," then them vague posting about you doing that (if you're talking about that, you *were* blocked, and and are not doing it because it's something you're actively dealing with).

Then getting upset that the person was upset about your delibarate violation of their boundaries is, fine...

But when someone is upset with you deliberately violating their boundaries, and getting upset about you doing that it's *not* fine?

I did not state what they say I did. I made a hyperbolic comment, which you decided to interpret literally, and I am having a hard time invoking Hanlon's Razor (It's better to assume that a harmful action is done out of ignorance, than to assume that it is done out of malice) as there's very little evidence to suggest that this person *might* be ignorant of basic things like this.

Also, the malice is very clear.

I think this is *probably* fucking bullshit. This was *intentionally* done to cause harm. They seem to have taken an attitude of, "I violated someone's boundary deliberately, they called me out privately for it, and I'm just not OK with reality hitting me in the face, so I'm going to fucking lie about everything."

"end up in a similar situation." You mean, end up in a situation where someone violates a person's boundaries deliberately, and gets called about it?

You think being called out about you deliberately violating a person's boundaries is "a situation."?

I rarely get situations where someone is so blatantly toxic... That I feel that it's worth doing things like this. I *honestly* wouldn't have known about this had someone not decided that they were going to deliberately violate my boundaries and share this post about me.

Here's the tags... Weirdly, putting TWs in tags, really doesn't address anything. This entire post is not behind *any* kind of spoiler/trigger warning.

They are using language in ways that people *of* the communities who *do* need to be aware of things such as "trigger warning" and "suicide" very much *need* to be aware of, would really appreciate the "read more" link above.

Did they use it? No, they probably didn't care to.

I don't *like* making posts like this. I'm not conflicted about it. People who post like this... Are worth staying well away from.

But that said, I may end up staying well away from Tumblr period. I've got another space that I can post all of what I'm doing here (though something like this, with a little difficulty) where there is *not* at all common (like 5 times in about 8 years, rather than about once a week here).

But I probably wouldn't *normally* care about the comments, but there's something interesting there:

So, you've blocked the person who deliberately crossed my boundaries? I never deliberately crossed anyone's boundaries.

That's the thing. I *never* claimed to have known about the boundaries, I stated that I was *not* aware of them. So to say, when someone says, "I was not aware of your boundaries," that they are deliberately crossing someone's boundaries, is definitely a bad faith argument.

Fair to be honest. That's what healthy boundaries look like. You have a boundary, you see that someone (quite likely unknowingly, as is the case here) crossed them, you *might* state what they are, and let them make a decision, but to go and look, and see, "I don't do this thing," and, "if you don't like it then don't interact with me" and then *go and interact directly* with the person, is maliciously toxic.

This is disturbing on so many different fronts. I do not believe that I *am* following any minor. I don't know that I am. The, "They are 50" seems very strange indeed. That sounds dangerously close to criminal behaviour was involved in that.

The stating "he" is also concerning too. Considering the level of toxicty here, and there's zero reason that someone would say that's definitive...

This appears to be serious evidence of criminal level of harassment. But these are "the good guys."

[caniasfire]

oh, he's going to be thinking about that chuckle and that smile for a while. somehow, amay made him laugh. he records it all to his memory, and gives astarion a small smile of his own. it grows wider as astarion leans in closer, his gaze flickering away for a moment before finding his way back to astarion's. the world around him fades away until it's just them sitting by the fire, the silhouettes of his companions get lost in the dark and the crackling of the fire isn't tormenting him anymore. there's no one else, nothing else. just them. just them and his heart, that won't slow down no matter how hard he tries. it's like anything astarion does make it go faster, louder.

amay fixates on how the next chuckle sounds different from the last one, and he stays atent to astarion's movements and words. a magistrate? if astarion had told him to guess, he would've failed miserably, but maybe that explains why he's so good with words. dozens of lawmen were always lining up to talk to his lord father, and amay does wonder briefly if astarion is like that . . . but he wouldn't be in this situation if he was in his father's pocket, right? losing track of amay was one thing, but losing track of his pawns . . . normally he'd be more curious, but he decides he doesn't want to know. not right now. his patron is the last thing he wants to think about, even if it's impossible to not see him everywhere he goes. amay refuses to make this about him when he finally has time for himself.

astarion calling him darling again helps amay leave those thoughts behind and fall right back into his palm. "i think . . ." he bites his lip, considering his next words carefully. "i don't know what i'm doing," he repeats, "usually i know what i'm supposed to say. now i don't, so i'm nervous." nervous about messing things up and ruining the moment, because who knows when something like this will happen to him again. the odds are already against him now that he knows he had to wait until he got kidnapped by an illithid colony for someone to look at him the way astarion does.

"what? noooo." he looks away as he drags out the word, then smiles and nudges astarion with his elbow, taking advantage of the motion to move closer to astarion. "but would you really not judge if you found out i was reading scandalous things while sittin'--" he gestures between them, "--right next to you?" he frowns and pouts, the gesture is a little exagerated so it's clear he's not seriously angry. "i would wait 'til you're gone because i'm not a creep." he was raised by creeps, yes, but now that he is on his own he had decided he'd try to be a decent adventurer. unless he ended up in a situation where it was more convenient to follow in their steps, but that's not the point. "i just got nervous and ruined the cover, so i wanted to hide that. probably should cut my nails." it's not a lie, he did ruin the cover because he got nervous, and he should probably cut his nails. they've gotten quite long, after all. there is the implication his nails and the ruined cover are connected, but he never really said that. he holds up his hands to redirect astarion's attention, showing off his nails. the fire shines behind them, but with all the joking around and admitting that he's clueless to what he should do, he does feel a little less tense.

Astarion notes the way the tiefling leans in ever so slightly, as if mirroring his movements but unsure of how to follow through. It's not rejection——not the cold, dismissive kind he's known, anyway——but something softer, more elusive. There’s a strange innocence to his reactions, as though he hasn’t quite grasped the game Astarion is playing, or perhaps doesn’t understand it in the way most people do. Normally, this would frustrate Astarion, but in Amay, it stirs something closer to curiosity. The tiefling’s earnest responses are unlike anything he’s encountered before, and that in itself is enough to keep him intrigued.

The way Amay stumbles through a joke about calligraphy makes Astarion chuckle softly, his lips curling into a more genuine smile. The poor thing clearly doesn’t know what to do with himself, but Astarion finds it rather charming in its own way. He leans in just a touch more, letting the warmth of the fire and the closeness between them draw a deeper connection, one he’s content to let simmer for now. There’s no need to rush this.

The question about his skills with daggers and bows, however, sends Astarion’s thoughts spiraling for a moment——unbidden memories of blood and violence flicker at the edges of his mind, the weight of two centuries pressing down on him. A bitter chuckle escapes his lips before he can stop it. Of course Amay doesn’t know. How could he? No one in this little party knows the truth about where he came from, the things he’s done, or what he had to become to survive Cazador’s twisted games. Astarion schools his expression quickly, covering the brief slip with a casual shrug, his voice light but tinged with irony. ❛ Oh, I was a magistrate back in the city, ❜ he says with a smirk. ❛ Though I suppose I didn’t live life as… legally as one might expect. The skills I picked up were out of necessity rather than choice. ❜

He leaves it at that, unwilling to delve into the darker truths of his past. This conversation is meant to be light, playful——flirting, after all, is supposed to be fun. He has no interest in dragging Amay into the shadows of his history, at least not tonight. Instead, he lets his gaze soften, tilting his head as he watches Amay try to steady himself, the nervous energy still lingering in the air between them.

❛ There’s no need to be nervous, darling. I don’t bite… well, not without permission, at least. ❜ His lips curl into a sly smile, the familiar flirtation back in his voice, but tempered now with a lighter touch. He’s not trying to overwhelm Amay, just to coax him into relaxing, to see where this game can go if played a little more slowly.

Astarion’s eyes flick to the book that Amay quickly places beside him, pressing it against his leg in a feeble attempt to hide it. His curiosity piques again, and he arches an eyebrow, his tone turning mock-serious, though still laced with humor. ❛ Hiding scandalous reading material, are we? ❜ He smirks, leaning just enough to make it clear he’s teasing, though the glint in his eyes shows his interest is genuine. ❛ I won’t judge. ❜ He leans back again, his expression softening, letting the moment breathe.

[enderexplorer1212]

Post Writing Thoughts cont.

Ok, so lets talk about the other songs.

Don't Worry, It's All Right, based off of Don't Think Twice, It's All Right, mainly talks about how I approach stuff in life. Shit's fucked, I'm fucked, but you shouldn't worry about that, I'm doing fine. Of course, it's more likely to be interpreted me as failing my classes. I'm not actually failing them, or at least I hope not, but this is one of those "exagerations" I talked about in the previous post. So if you want, you can interpret it as the narrator brushing off people's attempts to help, or you can interpret it the way I do, I'm doing just fine!

End's Dream, based off Bob Dylan's Dream, talks about my introversion and hardship with getting friends. It talks about how I spend a large amount of time inside, and only hang out with my friends on rare occasions. I think if I didn't write it at like 3 am, I probably would have included something about how I'm actually pretty well off being alone, but not every song has to carry that message.

Also does anyone want to be friends? Haha just a joke jk jk, unless?

Home Town Bound, based off Oxford Town, is a song I actually like a lot how it came out. The simple lyrical nature made it more easy to get words in, and once I came up with the similar rhyme of "Home Town", it kind of fell into place. As always, its very much exageration, my family and town is pretty good, although my family sometimes gets into arguments. Fun fact, this is the only song here that I showed my parents, since it's the only one I feel comfortable.

Talkin' Finals Season Blues, based off Talkin' World War III Blues. I didn't particularly like how this one came out. It was the second to last one I finished, since there's so many lyrics that I would have to fit in with the syllables. As for what it is, I wanted to talk about how fucked up I felt this morning when I hadn't slept last night (from when I'm typing this), so that's why the doctor and meta aspects are there. I feel that the theme was kind of wasted on this song, and in the future, I'll probably apply the theme to another song.

My Life, My Life, based off Corrine, Corrina. This was the last song I finished, and honestly, it's kind of a nothing song. So the lyrics seem all profound about losing track of my life, but in reality, I just typed them out because My Life fit with Corrine. Not much else to say about this song particularly.

Teacher, Just Allow Me One More Chance, based on Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance. I kind of wrote this because I realized it would make sense to replace honey with teacher and have it pertain to my situation. The song talks about how I blew all the chances I had, and now I'm trying to fix everything.

I Shall Freelance, based off I Shall Be Free. This I liked a bit more than the other long songs because I had more freedom with what I could depict. As always, this song is is almost entirely fictional, I haven't had any commissions yet (although that could change once I set up a paypal), and I haven't gotten any art done yet (but if you want to change that, be my guest). But still, I like how descriptive it is, and it's not the most painful song, so I'm fine with it.

I'd love to play these songs with my guitar, but I'm not a particularly good guitar player, and not a great singer, and don't have a harmonnica, so I could maybe only do Masters of Hate. If you want to play these be my guest.

Also I guess the title of this album would be The Freeloading End

When this posts, most of my finals will be done, so I will either be in a really good mood, or in a really bad mood. Expect a little more delays, but trust me, I'll get back into it.

[ourthrxne]

( I have times when I wonder if it’d be easier to say the Diamond System is more a different verse for Steven. Since the alters aren’t like...OCs, necessarily, but taken from the series. Wither as different parts of him (Like Keeper being Gem!Steven essentially) or more like other characters (like Dia being like the Diamonds).

I dunno, sometimes I wonder if they’re different enough to warrent another muse slot. )

[laskyy]

5th time's the charm

Tw: kissing, mentions of a dog

Genre: fluff

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You and Keeho had been friends since high school, but you had only taken interest in each other a couple of months ago, so in order to get to know more about you, Keeho has asked you on 4 dates and all of them went smoothly, but nothing changed in terms of your relationship, meaning you were still not dating.

Keeho was currently walking you home from your 5th date and you hoped tonight was the night that developments would be made.

"So we're here!" Said Keeho smiling with a hint of sadness in his eyes that the date had come to an end.

"We are..." you said in a quiet voice to mask your sadness.

"Well i guess I'll see you tomorrow!" Said Keeho while going in to wrap his arms around your waist in order to hug you softly and in response you wrapped your arms around his neck pulling him closer to you. The hug went on for at least 5 minutes until Keeho pulled away and all you felt was empty, because you didn't want to leave his embrace, and well, let's say you had a great idea!

"Wait Keeho, do you wanna come in for a little while?" You asked in hopes that you didn't sound creepy or even too desperate.

"Sure, I'd love to! And I'll finally get to meet your dog!" He said while laughing and you couldn't help but smile because 1) Your crush had just accepted your offer and 2) he looks so good while laughing!

You opened the door quietly and let Keeho come in and as soon as you both were inside your humble flat you closed the door and your dog Nillo (that was the only name that came up in my head lmao) came running to the both of you and took an interest in sniffing Keeho (this sound so weird).

"Oh someone's eager! " Keeho said giggling while he kneeled down to scratch Nillo's tummy.

"Who's a good boy? Who's a good boy? Yes, you are little baby!" Keeho said in the most exagerated baby voice.

You were surprised to see that Nillo opened up to Keeho so well, considering the fact that when you brought new people to your house he would try to rip their hands off!

"Aww Keeho he doesn't do that with new people! He must really like you!" You said as you couldn't stop smiling at your dog trying to lick Keeho.

"I really like him too! And I really like his owner too" Keeho muttered the last part but you still heard him and couldn't help but blush at his sweet words.

You guys eventually moved to the couch, and obviously Nillo followed you guys and got cozy in Keeho's lap. You guys were talking about everything that came to your guys' minds until Mother nature called.

"Hey Keeho, I'm gonna go to the bathroom really quick I'll be right back!" You said as you got up from the couch to go to the bathroom as quick as you could so you wouldn't waste time away from Keeho, yes you were that whipped.

When you exited the bathroom you wanted to scare Keeho so you made sure you walked slowly so your footsteps wouldn't be heard. But while walking to him you heard him talking to your dog Nillo.

"You're so lucky bud, You have a great owner! I bet you can't imagine your life without them and honestly I can't either. They're amazing and I can't believe I didn't notice that I had feelings for them. I really want to date them, but I just don't know how to ask them. Do you think that if I were to ask them to date me they would accept?" Well the small dog in his lap just leaned its head to the side as it couldn't really get what was going on but you understood exactly what was happening, so you hugged Keeho from behind the couch and softly said "I think that they would be thrilled to date you."

Keeho was shocked that you heard him, but at least you now know his intentions were the same as yours. "How much of that did you hear?" He said as he carefully put Nillo on the couch and stood up from it to hug you properly.

"I heard enough to know that we both want the same thing." You said as your arms were now loosely hanging from his neck and his hands were softly rubbing circles on your hips.

"Wow uhm I didn't think that It would take you hearing me talk to your dog for me to have the guts to ask you to be my partner." He said in a joking manner and you both laughed because of what Keeho said and due to the happiness you were both feeling.

Keeho cleared his throat and said "Well, Y/n I would love to date you, but would you like to date me?" He asked as he looked at you with a loving expression.

"Of course I'd love to date you Keeho!" I said and he hugged me very tight and I reciprocated the hug.

"YOU SEE THAT NILLO THEY SAID YES!" Keeho yelled as Nillo got down from the couch and started barking in response as you both laughed in each other's arms.

From that moment you guys went back to the couch and decided to watch a movie while cuddling. You laid your head on Keeho's chest as he played with your hair and Nillo was sleeping on your lap.

"Hey Y/n?"

"Yes Keeho?"

"Would you mind if I kissed you? But you don't have to say yes if it would make you unconfortable or anything it's just that-"

"Hey calm down you're rambling again, calm down it's just me." You said reassuringly while rubbing his arm softly.

"You're right, you're right. I'm going to try again" He said as he took a deep breath "Y/n can I kiss you?" He asked in a sweet manner that just made you fall for him all over again.

"Yes, you can." You said while smiling at his overjoyed expression and you're sure you mimicked his expression.

He moved one of his hands that was in your hair to your cheek and softly rubbed it while leaning in, but he stopped a couple of millimeters before your lips.

"Are you sure you want this?"

"Bub I'm sure!"

"Sorry I just don't wanna mess this up." He said very quietly.

"It's fine, you're fine. It's just me and you'll never mess this up! Just do what feels good and It'll go well I promise." You answered just as quietly while moving one of your hands to his hand that was on your cheek and rubbing it in hopes to calm him down.

With this being said Keeho closed the gap between the both of you and started moving his lips against yours very tenderly as you reciprocated the soft motion. Eventually one of your hands moved to his hair and the other one moved to his neck while both of his hands were located in the small of your back. Your lips moved in sync as the movie Contact played in the background (Don't come for me I love that movie lmao) and all of a sudden you got this boost of confidence and swiped your tongue on his bottom lip and he opened his mouth gladly. You guys kept on making out for some time but you had to pull away to breathe and you put your forehead against Keeho's and you both opened you eyes and smiled at each other blissfully.

"5th time's the charm! " Keeho said and you both laughed sweetly at each other.

The end

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Interesting.

The way I was taught it was - I think 90%-ish from Orson Scott Card and Mary Robinette Kowal. I know it more from Card since I actually took a class from him and haven't from Kowal but I believe she is pushing this more than he is at this point. So she may have it "better" by this point. I've got a guest lecture from her given at one of Brandon Sanderson's 318R Creative Writing classes at BYU waiting in my to be watched list about it. I just haven't yet so I'll be using Card's take as I remember it.

He has/had this idea as the MICE Quotient. Standing for Milieu (Setting), Idea, Character, and Event (Plot-ish). He put it that every story has to have ALL of them BUT at different ratios of importance. Because you are selling one particular category to the reader as the primary incentive to pick up and not put down the book.

For instance, because of the way I read and enjoy fiction, I'm going to self select books that have a fair amount of concentration on problems and action and worrying about how the characters are going to get out of all those sticky situations. I have a lot more patience for time spent on the Events of the plot than I do on the other factors. A writer has to work harder (for lack of a better term) to earn my attention if something else is emphasized in the scene. If they spend a lot of time describing the intricacies of their character's psyche, I get bored and tune out. Unless they've already lead me by the hand through lots of events that make me want to know those details in a pause moment. The book I'm reading now, which devotes a majority of its words to how people feel and the sort of general Milieu of parenthood in an affluent area, leaves me cold enough that I wanted to quit by chapter 4 (of 99, they're short chapters) and would have if I wasn't reading it for a group.

So, the advantage of thinking about your own MICE Quotient as a writer was that you could get audiences to self select for you. If you are more interested in a particular element, lean into it, because you can then make better guesses about what your reader likes because of that self selection you've encouraged.

There's not one that is actually "better" or anything compared to the others. It's simply knowing what you're selling. I am selling an Event style story because I enjoy Event styled fiction, so it is what feels most natural to me and what I'll end up writing better. So it's worth it for me to purposefully tailor the story to lead and exagerate the ratio I'm actually writing so I'm promising the audience what they're going to get, get them to intuit what I'm up to, and then deliver the promise I'm making.

For another writer, the entire ratio, let alone the most important element, may be entirely different because of the same reasons. Because it's what they enjoy, what they do best, and what they know they can get the audience to respond to. There can't be an objectively right answer because it is purely based on taste. There's just the right answer for the particular piece of fiction being written in order to satisfy the audience being written for.

I've certainly found it personally useful for getting my work to work as well as it does.

My biggest disagreement with him at this point is mostly that I think there are too few major elements.

I particularly feel like "Language Use" is a primary sell for certain audiences while it is also a major turn off for others. I've just run into too many people who won't even consider dealing with a story if the rhythms, sentence constructions, metaphors, and word choices aren't beautiful. While I can see just as many people who will refuse to pick up a book with beautiful language without a lot of reassurance because they simply don't trust that it isn't going to bore them or just be too full of itself.

So, in that sense, the butterfly effect idea makes sense to me. That it is simply all the factors and you're just kind of selling a certain arrangement of attention to them.

The terms Plot-driven v. Character-driven need to die the death they deserve.

As usual, rolling out the origin story for the many terms you use in writing without questioning or knowing where they came from, and maybe dumping on them a bit. OK, dumping on them a lot, and then giving you a better theory to work from. Introduction

Basics go like this, you can either have “Plot-driven” or “Character-driven” stories, thus cutting out the 98% of the other terms used around building stories. And if it’s so-called “character-driven” then the characters create the plot. If it’s so-called “Plot-driven” then it’s plot shaping the characters. But I can defeat this quickly by asing you: What plot doesn’t include characters? In what imagination do you have that a story is all verbs? falls, does, makes In what imagination you have that it’s only characters and no events? Is it all nouns? If a tree in a forest, it sound? If a square is a rectangle, and you say, but all rectangles are invalid, that means you’ve thrown out the square. If the plot includes character, and you’re saying character is part of plot, then saying plot is irrelevant to shaping story, then you’re telling me, flat out, characters don’t matter. You can’t have it both ways. The thing is that plot is the larger circle, but not the entirety of a story. https://www.kimyoonmiauthor.com/post/630079034534035456/definition-of-story There are more things to making a story than only the characters and events. Makes absolutely no sense, like much of the 1980′s writing advice which was poorly cited, but absolutely repeated wrongly. 

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[severin-eudes-dorian]

Say whatever you want about Tumblr, it's outdated format, its general lack of purpose, I love the place.

Not least of all, because I owe this place my life.

I may be exagerating, I may be using the locution with an emphasis that has, overall, little bearing with what eventually transpired, but I don't care, this is how I feel about it, and so I will say.

(TW; Suicidal Ideations +/- Trauma in general I guess)

Maybe it's about the kindness of strangers, repeated and echoed here ad infinitum, even so it's nothing but raw, messy feelings distilled into a few good words and akward attempts at humor to make it more palatable, but the sheer number of visibility pushes for struggling individual, and random people trying their hardest to let other know they in fact -do- matter, and life is worth living, all of it, it kept me from harming myself.

This hodge-podge of good feelings and popular education attempts, or self-organized suicide hotline, it made the difference, all the difference, to me.

I'm depressed. Been so since 2014, or the better part of a decade.

I hit rock bottom in 2020: but Covid was actually -good- to me. Lockdowns upon lockdowns made me feel like the world actually slowed down, and that I could keep up the pace again.

But prior to that, it was HELL.

I had suicidal ideation almost every day for eight years, but it was rarely more than a buzz, often times more so a whisper, like a constant leak you can't find nor fix somewhere in your flat: you eventually decide that your broke ass will deal with it when a fucking wall crumble or something.

But it wasn't a trickle anymore. It was fucking NIAGARA-FALLS, CONSTANTLY, ALL DAY, EVERYDAY. Even at night, I dreamt mostly of very traumatic stuff, that made me -wish- to end it all.

It didn't stop overnight. I didn't wake up one day, "Normal" : I guess I'll never feel that way ever again, but that's okay. Because at least, I feel good again sometimes: and more than that, nowadays I feel FUCKING FINE, MOST DAYS, ALL DAY.

To me this is huge.

And my stupid emotional anchor, my dumb lifeboat in this sea of garbage, during the worst of it, it as been this post that get reblogged Xthousands times, a tweet that reads "There is no dumb reason to stay alive" with half a dozen dumb reasons under it.

And another one, that reads "You wouldn't X to outlive you would you?" X being some rando A-Lister Arsehole on the US far right.

And YES. EVERYTHING WAS VALID. EVERYTHING WAS GOOD. EVEN SPITE. PARTICULARLY SPITE.

Because even at my lowest, when I felt like a burden to half the working world, and irrelevant to the rest, I -knew- at least I wasn't a worthless piece of trash -actively- trying to make life worse for untold number of others: if I didn't matter, at least I didn't matter in a way that was causinf sufferinf to thousands, millions, or even billion of people.

And it mattered. To me. In the end.

I'm deeply materialist. I don't believe in magic, the supernatural, or any force in the universe that would influence the destiny of humankind, let alone the universe, in any way whatsoever.

To me, we're in it deep, and we're in it alone people: but we're alone with ourselves, all of humanity.

And even the kind words of strangers, given a fulcrum, and a long enough stick, can lift the world.

Tumblr was fulcrum enough to lift me up at least.

I love this dumpster fire of a site, this perpetually happening train-wreck, and it gave back.

I'm deeply grateful for the kindness of strangers, and I guess I'm deeply grateful for all of you.

Just, thank you for existing: one of us, me, made it through a rough patch, and if I wasn't for nothing in this endeavor, I don't know if I would have made it at all on the other side alone.

The beast ain't dead. Guess this shit never ends, and like Camus said, Sisyphus may need to learn to love pushing this fucking boulder.

Good: I love rocks.

And I can say, I love you all.

Thank you.

[hamliet]

Hi! Quick question: some people on Twitter are afraid that Sero Is going to be K worded in the final battle because in the latest manga chapter he said:

And also Horikoshi confirmed that he Is going to get this "Epic moment" very soon

What do you think about this? Is this actually some kind of hidden spoilers that Hori Is giving us or people are just exagerating the thing?

I doubt any of the kids will die honestly, but it isn't impossible. My initial reaction was "of course not, everyone always predicts death for everyone" but in all honesty: that line does look ominous. However, my guess is he'll just have a close call. You never know though.

I honestly am kind of like... idk. I am very sorry to Sero fans for saying this, but the reality is that Sero has no characterization at anything deeper than surface level, and no real role in the manga besides being part of the mass of kids (most of the kids don't). But, the good news about this for Sero fans is that there's absolutely no point to killing him. It would just be for the Sads, and as Midnight's death already really hit the kids with what death means and what the stakes are, I don't see any narrative value. My guess is he'll get a cool sacrificial moment but he'll actually be fine.

I honestly wish Hori wouldn't spend limited time/panels left on adding to characters who really just are not relevant at this point, though, unless it is somehow super impactful. Which he could do, because he's the writer and not me, but I currently don't see how it would be important to the story's overall message and conclusion compared to the Shigaraki-Deku, Touya-Shouto-Enji-Hawks-Twice, Toga-Twice-Ochaco, and Aizawa-Kurogiri conflicts. Maybe Sero will help out with these?

[skzsoft]

first encounters.

stray kids 9th/10th member au,, m.list

it is finally time for kirei to meet the boys. with not a hint of nervousness, it is an understatement to say she was excited to make new friends, but will the boys feel the same about her?

⊱ ────── {.⋅ ✯ ⋅.} ────── ⊰

meeting the rest of the team is something kirei would have expected to be nervous about, but surprisingly wasn't. she was more happy than anxious, almost as if she had used up all the nervousness in her body when she was in jyp's office.

if chan wasn't next to her, kirei would have likely skipped to the practice room because of how excited she was. and knowing felix was there only made her happier.

however, as the two reached the practice room door, kirei realised that she had no idea who else was in the group. nor did she know how many boys there would be. she knew felix would be there, as chan had told her, and she assumed woojin might be there too considering he was with chan earlier outside jyp's office. but other than that she had no clue.

kirei thought chan would open the door immediately, but to her surprise he didn't. instead he held the handle and looked at her.

"you nervous?"

kirei made a stank face, recieving a chuckle on chan's part.

"are you kidding? not one bit."

chan smiled and nodded at her, signaling that he was going to open the door. okay, kirei might have exagerated when she said not one bit, because she did feel a little anxious as she stepped into the room behind chan.

however, upon hear the countless heys and hellos, kirei could only smile at how kind these boys seemed. she greeted them back with a simple hi, completly forgetting to introduce herself. but thankfully chan noticed and did it for her.

"so guys, this is kirei. and she's gonna be apart of our team so be nice to her."

the group of boys responded with a yes, which wasn't very synchronised but that didn't matter. as chan introduced her, kirei scanned the boys' faces. there were some that she knew, some who's faces she recognised, and some she had never seen before.

kirei looked at chan, who was looking back at her. he raises his eyebrows, as if he was telling her to say something.

"right! sorry, um well you guys know me now but i don't know everyone here so, would you guys mind telling me your names?"

some of them smiled and laughed at her request, but introduced themselves neverthless.

"well, i'm seungmin. if you need any help or have any questions you can ask us. please feel comfortable around us."

he said with a smile. kirei immediately smiled back, she was thankful that he was so accepting and kind to her.

"yah seungmin, you sound like a tour guide saying that."

kirei couldn't help but laugh at the comment that was made. the boy who roasted seungmin was unfamiliar to kirei, she had never seen him before. thankfully, he introduced himself next.

"i'm changbin, and i'm cool i guess"

a lot of the boys let out no's and other words of protests as changbin spoke. sitting next to chanbin was a face that kirei knew very well. the australian boy smiled at her.

"well i'm felix, but you know me already"

kirei nodded, earning some confused looks from the other members.

"noona helps me out a lot"

he said, clearing up the confusion. the others nodded in understanding. kirei couldn't help but cringe when she heard felix call her noona, she was only a year older than him.

"oh, noona! what age are you then?"

kirei looked at the boy who asked. he looked quite young and had the biggest smile on his face. she couldn't help but smile too, his smile was quite contagious.

"i'm 17, born in 1999"

she saw changbin, the boy dressed in all black, raise his arms.

"wahh! me too! we're same aged friends now"

kirei laughed at him and nodded, hold her fist out for a fistbump. the boy gladly bumped his fist against hers.

"oh, well i'm jeongin. i'm born in 2001 so i'm the youngest here."

the girl could already feel herself going soft for this kid, he seemed so kind and innocent. she could tell she'd be babying him a whole lot.

"uhm, i'm han jisung."

kirei looked at the brunette wearing a beanie, she recognised him. he had heard about him from other trainees and she had remembered seeing his monthly evaluations. he was really talented.

"oh yeah! i know you, you're super talented."

jisung awkwardly smiled, as if he was shocked that she knew him.

"thanks, i think you're very talented too."

kirei was also shocked, she didn't think that anyone outside her friends and fellow female trainees really noticed her. but apparently they did, and kirei couldn't help but smile.

"right, i'm minho, and born in 98' so you better be calling me oppa"

the girl laughed, she didn't mind having to call him oppa. he was older afterall. besides, kirei was pretty sure that she was older than most of them so having to call one or two of them oppa wasn't so bad.

"okay sure, oppa"

minho gave her a thumbs up, as well as a sneaky wink that only she noticed. kirei laughed and directed her eyesight towards woojin, another face she recognised.

"well you know me too, but i'm woojin."

kirei smiled thankfully at him. she knew him through chan, as she would often see them together during lunch breaks which she would sometimes join.

she noticed that there was only one person who hadn't introduced himself yet, but kirei already knew him.

"i'm hyunjin, welcome i guess"

he made an awkward face as he spoke. kirei smiled, hoping to get him to be more comfortable around him. she met hyunjin through a monthly evaluation where the trainers paired them up together. he didn't talk a whole lot and he seemed quite shy so kirei didn't really know much about him.

"okay! well now that everyone knows each other, let's have our first training as a team. it doesn't have to be anything serious, we just need to get used to practicing as a team."

chan stated. kirei couldn't help but smile at him, she could tell he was a natural born leader. she also couldn't help but smile as the boys would help her and talk to her throughout the practice. the only two people who didn't really approach her were hyunjin and changbin.

she could understand hyunjin, but kirei couldn't help but wonder why changbin was staying so far away from her. maybe it was his personality, but it bothered her a little bit. kirei brushed it off, and continued to focus on the practice. whatever it was, she would deal with it later.

kirei felt happier than she had felt in a while. the boys were being so nice to her and it made her feel so welcome.

she could tell that they were going to make a great team. that they would become a family, and kirei could only look forward to what the future had in store.

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[safitheartist]

So because of a discussion I had just now I looked into this whole Ben 10 Hero Generations thing Toonzone spread in 2007.

And from what I can tell what most likely happened back then was that the person who attended that CN Upfront panel misinterpreted a lot of stuff.

Basically what actually *was* announced back then was that there would be a sequel where Ben and Gwen would recruit other kids together with a reformed Kevin. Which actually did happen in alien force, it's bassically the set up for the first season if you remove most of the spoilers from it.

However Toonzone apparently misunderstood something there and instead claimed the show would be focussing on Ben and Gwen teaching younger kids. This apparently then spread a huge rumor mile people took for fact. Because it was the 2007 internet era.

Toonzone apparently also claimed this was MOA's original vision for the sequel of the show. There are no actual accounts of this being the case and no real source is avilable that could verrify this. Futhormore Toonzone's sites to these topics are mostly dead. The only thing you really still got access to is the forum pages.

So I looked at other sources covering that particular upfront and it becomes very apparent that Toonzone exagerated their take quiet a bit. The other sources I found just mention this announcement very brifly or not at all, showing how little actually was revealed back them.

I don't think Toonzone had actually ill intention but the fact is they are not a very reliable source at all. Their site is a mess. A lot of their links are broken and their about site hasn't been updated since 2003. Futher more it only was founded in 1998 meaning it was 9 years old when they covered that story and for a news outlet at the begining of the internet becoming what we are accustumed to nowadays is like nothing. Combine that with the fact that they describe themselfes as "animation fans" you can probably guess the amount of professional training these guys had.

So that's the actual story behind this whole thing probably. Just a bunch of misunderstandings and rumors being taken at face value. What actually was announced probably was Ben 10 Alien Force (potentially with a diffrent titel) and people put too much faith into the words of one singular news articel that wasn't even published by actually professional jurnalists.

Anyway if there was one thing that really made me smile while looking into this situation it's the innitial reactions to Alien Force's announcement:

God the irony.

[millennium-puzzle]

Ok so overral review:

All voices are EXCELLENT, as i said no one's voice is exagerated and everyone sound really natural unlike 4kids

Sadly maybe too much natural as most male characters' voices are kinda unrecognizable from eachother (except Bakura who desperatly needs cough syrup)

As for females, they are incredibly nostalgic, SPECIALLY TEA! her VA pretty much voiced almost every female anime lead from the 90s/00s, Mai and Serenity were also popular choices, even tho this kinda made me realize probably there weren't many female VA back then 🤔

This is 100% a comedy show now btw

YM calls EVERYONE "buddy" and "dear friend" with the smuggest intonation humanly possible

"When you see my father, bring me this message from myself, say to him i will never thank him enough for generating me! AHAHAH"

HOLY SHIT I LOVE THIS DUB

YM and Mai just said "good luck!" and "you too, ladies first though" with the most sincere tone i can't even

Mai's cleveage and boobs are 100% uncensored

Mask Des Bondage Woman isn't censored either despite being VERY FAR from family-friendly....

Also just FYI italian YM is the fusion of a trollface and Lava Golem because he is snarky as hell and everything he says is a burn

Mai: Ok Marik you had a couple of lucky hands, but now you are done, things are about to change

YM: Exactly 😏, more than you could ever image 😏

Trash son

Occasionally YM says something really badass tho.... i love him

YY immediatly realized that Tea was eraesed from Mai's memory somehow?

They always call him Seto, never Kaiba, i guess it makes the dialogue more natural

Yami's voice has amazing Cool Big Bro vibes and i'm HERE FOR IT

The dub is way less shippy abt polar and it still makes Mai's struggles and friendless angst feel so real

THE DUB REMEMBERS AND MAKES YM CALL OUT YY FOR USING HIS MP POWERS JUST LIKE YM AND YB

I stan whoever wrote his dialogue

Crosses and religious symbols aren't censored either

Rewatching this duel made me realize that Mai really hold herself well, YM still stands out for having a real strategy rather than everyone's else "i mixed some cards i really like and that's now my deck" but Mai still has strong cards and multiple tricks up her sleeves

Mai briefly hyping up her beloved harpie sisters 🥺

I wish the anime recognized that Mai could have won if she used them and said something like "she was like Icarus..... she wanted to touch the sun but she got burned" but i don't think they even realized it ensjwneiwiwj

"You can't read the text on Ra's card? Oh well i will gladly read it for you"

YOU ASS

They upgraded middle-class icon Yami Marik to "nobilty" buuuuuuuuu

Also he is just straight-up SPOILING the story by saying not only Seto but "many people" here are connected to Ancient Egypt

"Instead i rebelled! I couldn't stand anymore being the servant of someone that was never present! Why should i renunce my life to continue serving a royal that died (yes they use those words) 5000 years ago?!"

Oh shit, thanks the dub for spelling out YM's motivation

Also rewatching this reminded me that YM does wants to destroy the world to "rebuild a new one" too, a world where everything is destroyed and dark, his personal utopia, cool stuff

Joey...Mai... you are about to die it's not time to be sassy...

YM: now i will go to control the damage, and provoke some more~

HE IS THE DEFINITION OF "I WILL CAUSE PROBLEMS ON PURPOSE

I'm going to see the italian dub of YM and Mai so i can discover a new emotion again