#(honestly it feels weird talking about these two ships in the same post but the parrallels are uncanny šŸ˜¤)
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demigods-posts Ā· 9 months ago
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poseidon answering sally's prayer in under ten seconds in season one has the same energy as percy emerging from the water with annabeth dagger in moa. both of these men are whipped as hell and will gladly admit it lmao
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felassan Ā· 3 months ago
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Users report that pre-orders they made to TFAW of the DA:TV artbook The Art of Dragon Age: The Veilguard have been cancelled (since its listings were taken down like Dark Horse's were)
Blair: "The Shadow Dragons have some great black leather combos, less feathers though." [source]. shrl: "The Mourn Watch have leather and skulls." [source]
John: "it's been a pleasure and an honor working on this with you Brian" [source]. Brian: "The feeling is mutual." [source]. Trick: "It's been amazing watching it all come together, and I am so grateful for everything you've done to make that happen." [source]
John: "the day this game ships is the day i will finally retire the sleeved blanket i bought back in 2019" [source]
John: "the wildest thing about being creative director is that about once every two weeks someone says 'hey this bizarre thing here is part of your job can you do it'. and it is a thing that you KNEW someone did but you never thought about which someone. congratulations, you are that someone" [source]
User: "The Evanuris are banished forever, he says. šŸ‘€". Trick: "Forever-ish" [source]
John: "me: itā€™s weird how a lot of fans think I hate Solas, itā€™s absolutely wild. also me: I should photoshop Solas into the ā€˜we demand to be taken seriouslyā€™ picture" [source]
Carly: "i can see the light at the end of the tunnel, everyone,,,, s o o n šŸ„“" [source]. / "I honestly canā€™t wait til we share more !" [source]. / User: "do you ever look at peopleā€™s reactions and theories on here like šŸ™‚ā€ā†”ļø you people have no idea whatā€™s coming". Carly: "Oh absolutely lmaooo" [source]
Carly: "I deleted it but I posted in our slack like ā€œpls just tell them smtg, the clowns make me sad ):ā€ lolol" [source]. (note: fans have been joking around and calling themselves clowns hhh, in the age-old tradition of DA clowning) "this is me empathizing and feeling bad we arenā€™t giving as much info (altho epler be goin off), rereading it sounds like Iā€™m going *points* look at how pathetic those clowns are lol" [source]. / "its like we can finally yell about our work but only in limited quantities and basically at the same time fans find out things lolol oh ya and the ea snipers" [source]
Violet: "I might be screaming into the wind, but there's nothing underhanded going on. Release date is coming in August like we already said (so very soon)" / "roadmap will be very soon with some nuggets of what will be coming in August." [source: the official BioWare Discord]
Violet: "I made the announcement [in the Discord about Edge magazine's article], and it's kinda damned if you do, damned if you dont. If you do, people that ONLY want the biggest beats get mad. If you don't, people that want any scrap of news get mad. Personally, I think going towards the latter is better overall. But I'm sorry it wasn't what you expected. I am also a DA fan and care enormously about this project." [source: the official BioWare Discord]
User: "How do we all think the companions for Veilguard flirt?". Violet: "depends on the companion fsfs" [source: the official BioWare Discord]
Violet: "soonā„¢ļø" / "(not trying to be a shit, it will be soon! its a holdover joke from my last studio, i have to put the ā„¢ļø every time, its a sickness)" / "real talk, im just as feral as you guys when it comes to DA" / "[re: John being aware of a meme] that doesnt surprise me, [John] gets around šŸ‘€" [source: the official BioWare Discord]
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pearlescent-poppies Ā· 5 months ago
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Iā€™m sick and tired of the Flower Husbands discourse. Like really truly it is just making me so upset now. They are my comfort ship. They are. My first tattoo is a poppy with the ESMP1 quote. I want to hold them in my hands and give them all of the good things in the world. When I see people calling them toxic and abusive, it really hurts me. And thereā€™s not a tag to filter out all of it, not all of them tag ā€œtoxic flower husbandsā€. I get it, okay? I do. I get why you might see them like that. But if anything? If weā€™re going to see Flower Husbands as the most toxic duo, take a look at every other relationship Jimmy has in the Life Series (with the exception of Tango) and youā€™ll find the same thing. Heā€™s the butt of the joke. Heā€™s the canary they all poke fun of in his cage. He doesnā€™t care. But Scott does care. If Desert Duo never left the desert, Scott never stopped crying at Jimmyā€™s grave. Did you watch his series all the way through? Did you see his ideal afterlife? That Jimmy welcomed him home because that is what they had together? Did you hear the way Scottā€™s voice got sad talking about how quiet and weird it was not to have Jimmy with him? Have you not watched as Scott uses every single opportunity possible to bring up Flower Husbands? He misses Jimmy with every fiber of his being. Jimmy misses Scott too. Did you watch Last Life? Do you know what Martyn did to make Jimmy give him back the life? He promised a life together, Martyn says it himself! That it was all romantic promising to run away just the two of them. How Jimmy was so hopeful. So naive because this was the beginning, heā€™s not got all of the hope anymore. Jimmy has had to move on. Jimmy made himself move on. 30 seconds. Do you not imagine him turning away from that interaction resigned to his choice a single tear rolling down his face before he rejoins his boys in their shenanigans? Cause I do. That was a man he had devoted his life to. And yeah, maybe it was because of a joke and a silly a poppy. But do you know what a poppy means? Remembrance, dreams, death, and hope for a peaceful future. Do you know what the white daisy, blue cornflower, and red tulip meant at Jimmyā€™s grave? Purity, life, reanimation, hope, and true feelings. Do you think a character who conveys a message like that capable of the abuse you accuse him of? Scottā€™s general air of cattiness is just his character. Hard edges that once youā€™ve chipped away at, reveal someone who is extremely dedicated and fiercely loyal even and especially to his own detriment. Scott will make jokes about finally being free once his husband dies to the war, but I really think thatā€™s just him preparing for the inevitable. Jimmy was going to die. Canary or not. They all were. So why not make a joke out of being lambs in a slaughterhouse. Isnā€™t that one of the main ways people cope? Scott loved his husband. Still does and will continue too. Jimmy is the same. But he let go. Had to. He would never have forgiven himself for dragging Scott down with him. How many times do you think that man apologised to Tango for dying first. How many times do you think that man apologised to Tango for dying first before they even lost their third life in the first place? I honestly think Scott himself sums this up best: ā€œI donā€™t always put myself first and sure Iā€™ve made plenty of mistakes and Iā€™ve hurt people. But Iā€™ve always done my best.ā€
So next time you wanna call them toxic, rewatch the series and think about this post.
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imagination-overreaction Ā· 9 months ago
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More tf2 ships lets go
Soldier x Demoman / Boots n Bombs
Starting off with a Demoman ship cause this man does not get enough love I think. These two enable each other's stupidity to an incredible degree. They're both geniuses in the art of reckless stupidity, and with their brains and hearts combined they could be making new inventions like "ultra turbo sticky-nade launcherator" and it flings them 8 miles in the air and they die instantly (but they both cheer and think it's awesome once they're revived and they do it again. Medic doesn't care, but he's getting a bit bored of piecing together the same two bodies over and over again). These two would become masters of destruction. I also can imagine them passed out on the couch on top of each other, or Soldier waking up to do drills at 4 am and Demo telling him to fuck off (Soldier can't help it, his love language is explosives and boot camp </3). I like them a lot.
Scout x Sniper / Speeding Bullet
I will admit, I am a bit of a Scout hater when it comes to ships... Actually I'm just a Scout hater in general. However, I do think the dynamic of "annoying little shit" plus "gruff weird guy" works. Scout is the type to press his partner's buttons for the funnies (although he does this with his friends as well) but given how he was in Expiration Date as well as the Cold Day In Hell comic (if I remember right), then he would be genuinely caring and considerate toward his partner's feelings. Scout would push his buttons, but an hour later he'd be splayed out on top of Sniper and rambling about his day. Sniper is more blunt and to-the-point with affection, I think. He'd bother Scout right back, of course, and he'd just as happily sit there and nod along to whatever the hell Scout is talking about. These two would stay up until 5 am together several nights in a row.
Heavy x Pyro / Bear Grill
Since it's such a rare pair, there's some debate on what the ship name actually is. "Russian Wildfire," and "Heavy Fire" are the alternatives I've seen after scouring the tags. I'd like to toss my own suggestion in with "Firing Squad," although that could probably work for other ships too. I personally really like the hc that Pyro is (maybe aro?)ace, and I think that works well with Heavy (I also hc it/they Pyro but any pronouns work for this lil guy tbh). Heavy would support his little maniac's vested interest in fiery homicide just ignore the fact that he says he's scared of them in Meet The Pyro that's not important right now, and I think Pyro would really like watching Heavy use Sasha (the muzzle flash would be really neat in Pyro Vision). Outside of battle, I can imagine Heavy taking care of his guns while Pyro talks to him and tells a (very muffled) story. Heavy would listen to it when it talks about all the wonderful things it sees during their battles, and Heavy would maybe defend it when the other mercs start talking about how terrifying it is... Maybe. They're still very concerning.
Engineer x Heavy
There is no damn posts about this. "Heavy Metal" is a slightly popular one but "More Gun" has been suggested a lot, as well as "Mechanical Literature." I personally like More Gun(s), and I honestly really like this ship, and I feel like it works really well for the same reason that they both work well with Medic--they're both relatively calm and amicable compared to the rest of the team. I feel like Engie and Heavy would be the parents of the team, telling people to go to bed before 3 am and not to explode things in the house (it doesn't work but they can try) (and Engie probably has been the source of one or two fires but not necessarily on purpose). These two would be sickly together. Engie'd be going "good morning Misha šŸ„°āœØ" and tap Heavy's shoulder until he leans down far enough to let Engie kiss him on the cheek, and Heavy would give a quiet happy hum as Engie whistles away and they make me sick. I love them so much.
I also think that Engineer would give Heavy some absolutely monstrous artillery as a gift. They absolutely enable each other's horrific acts of bloodshed. More Gun <3
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epiphainie Ā· 5 months ago
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Hey, I know you said you don't wanna get into fandom discourse so feel free to ignore this but I wanted to add something to you metioning yesterday how people talk about Bucktommy always bringing in bvddie/eddie somehow. I feel like a lot of people also expect this from canon including Bucktommy fans? like all the posts about which one will feel like the third wheel or which one's gonna get jealous over the other two spending time together and I find that kind of weird. I don't know if I got my point across but you know what I mean?
Hi anon,
Yeah, I think I get what you mean. Gotta say what I saw in my little corner of the BuckTommy fandom, people are usually having fun with those situations/headcanons than actually expecting something out of canon. But I can guess how a certain part of the fandom really thinks how Buck's relationship with Eddie in the context of BuckTommy must be addressed by the show. And I agree with you in that I find this expectation odd because why must they?
Is it because Buck is into men now that his significant other must address how he is/isn't okay with his friendship with another man? This was never an issue or even a topic of conversation in the narrative for Taylor so I cannot think of any other reason for why it would be for Tommy. Or on the flip side, is it because Buck is dating a man now that Eddie will feel like his time with Buck is being limited? Buck has been in a relationship for the most part of their friendship, why would this one be different that the narrative would need to address it?
I think in general in the fandom, regardless of whether people ship them or not, there's this sentiment that Bvddie has such a special relationship that needs to be addressed by their romantic partners / lampshaded by the narrative which strikes me as odd. Not because they don't have a special relationship - they have a very special relationship - but because the perception and related expectations over how the canon should treat this relationship is very different from something like say Hen and Chim. For every very intense Buck and Eddie story beat in this show, you have an equally insane Hen and Chim one. But you don't see anyone reading that relationship as something that needs to be acknowledged (as a threat or something they're okay with) by their spouses. It's an emotionally codependent friendship between a straight man and a lesbian. Not that sexual compatibility matters but they are not interested in each other that way and their partners don't even think about that.
So why would this be any different for Buck (a bi man) and Eddie (a straight man)? Like, even the idea that it must be acknowledged differently by the narrative kinda brings me back to negative stereotypes about queer men and their straight friends even though I know most people don't mean it that way.
Honestly, I kinda think it just comes back to fandoms' urge to read the intensity of relationships as romantic when it comes to two attractive men in a way we don't do with other characters. I say we because I've had my share of fandoms and almost exclusively shipped the two guys who were not canon; we just read more into these relationships regardless of whether we actively ship it or not. Like I said, Hen and Chim have some of the insanest relationship moments in this show. Like, can you imagine if something like Jonah happened to Buck and he thinks he's gonna hurt Tommy to get to him but he actually has Eddie and tortures him in front of Buck? Or if Eddie opposes Buck and Tommy getting married like Hen did with Maddie, for example. They would most certainly be read as romantic even if we had the same textual explanation as we did with Hen and Chim.
But the truth is, there is no relationship hierarchy. Platonic relationships can be as deep as romantic ones, what sets them apart is not the degree to how intense they can be, it's the flavor. And as it stands, I don't think the show treats Buck and Eddie's relationship with any different flavor than it does Hen and Chim despite how we treat it in the fandom. And sure, this does not mean realistically no love interest would be weirded out by their friendship (and negative stereotypes about bi people exist in the lgbtq community as well so that could happen too) but I don't see why the narrative would need to go there with Tommy. Like, what would be the purpose of it in-story? The acknowledgment of it would just further perpetuate the queer man in love with his bff thing that we know they said they don't wanna do. They should (and imo will) treat it as they do treat the other platonic relationships on the show.
I'm sorry, this got derailed at one point but whatever, send.
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heloflor Ā· 3 months ago
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So this was supposed to be part of my other fop post but it got way too long (both posts did tbh) and is a different topic than the other one. So yeah hereā€™s a bunch of random thoughts about the show in general from what Iā€™ve seen of it. For context Iā€™ve only seen the first 4-5 episodes + ā€œBattle of the Dimmsonianā€ + the Cosmo-Wanda-Peri scenes in ā€œLost in Fairy Worldā€ and ā€œOperation: Birthday Takebackā€.
SPOILERS for ā€œOperation: Birthday Takebackā€ for the last three dashes (2.4k words below):
- Putting it in first since itā€™s still related to Peri but Iā€™m pretty amused by the whole ā€œTumblr sexymanā€ situation. I mean, less than two weeks ago all canon pics we had of him were baby pics. Itā€™s the same deal when I see people call him a father figure to Dev, I canā€™t help but be like ā€œwdym father figure? Heā€™s barely an adult! Heā€™s too young!ā€
Itā€™s like imagine you have a neighbor who have a baby when youā€™re 9-10, then they move out and 20 years later you meet their kid as an adult. You can clearly tell theyā€™re an adult and treat them as such but also itā€™s a bit weird bc your last and only memories of them were of a baby. Idk, I see Periā€™s character as an adult but also heā€™s still a bit of a kid, you know? I feel like I explain this better in the other post tbh.
- In retrospect itā€™s also very funny to see how, when people talk about the decline of fop, they point at the inclusion of the new characters, including Poof. Yet look where we are now! If you thought the baby was the problem, apologize to him, now! /j
But yeah more seriously, personally I never minded Poof. He was definitely a useless addition, like outside of the handful of episodes focused on him he mostly just stands there looking at the other characters, but he was also a cute baby, so Iā€™ve always been fine with him being around. Heā€™s a useless but inoffensive addition, and I think the decline of the show around that time had less to do with him and more to do with the writing as a whole.
- Last thing about Peri before moving on to the show in general, which tbh I could've put in the other post: I've seen people talk about the idea of Hazel and Dev switching fairies and I kind of agree with it.
Not only because Cosmo and Wanda have the experience needed to help a kid like Dev (though it wouldn't be all sunshine and rainbows) while Hazel's situation is easier for Peri, but also it's worth noting that Dev needs a parental figure, which Cosmo and Wanda can be, while Hazel misses her older brother, who Peri is around the same age of. Idk, I feel like this could work, or at least make things easier for everyone involved (but also especially for Dev).
- Something I originally wanted to put in the tags of the other post but fuck it: Iā€™m really not a fan of them releasing the episodes so soon one after the other. With serialized shows, Iā€™m always been more of a fan of having an episode a week you can chew on and theorize about, rather than being given everything at once. Also it takes a while for the cargo to get on the ships if you catch my drift.
Iā€™d also complain about seeing all those plot-related episodes one after the other with none of the more casual stories in-between that give us more character moments, but honestly thatā€™s on me for looking up spoilers.
- Going to the early show, I think the first episode is such a good introduction! I especially like the amount of focus on Cosmo and Wanda, itā€™s good to have them reintroduced given how flanderized they became in the og show. Iā€™m especially happy with Cosmo! He arguably had it worse than Wanda in the og and itā€™s so good to see him shine this much in this first episode (also I love his human form having a bit of a gut)! On that note, they did a fantastic job having them around a lot while still giving Hazel enough time to be introduced properly and get us to care about her as the MC!
But yeah I really like this first episode, fantastic beginning to the show! The only issue I ā€œreallyā€ have with it is the way Cosmo and Wanda go back to being godparents just because Hazel made a strong enough wish or something, it felt a bit arbitrary rather than them just telling her who they are.
And on that note, big fan of that one scene where they immediately notice her trying to run away and try to talk her out of it. I love the contrast between them starting off as disasters being barely capable of passing off as humans at the beginning of the episode, and them being perfectly in their element the second they start talking to Hazel about her running away in this scene. Itā€™s such a good way to see how much experience they have with taking care of kids!
- Iā€™m not going to go episode by episode but one thing that bothers me a lot in the second one is that rule of ā€œkids should get whatever they wish forā€. Doesnā€™t that...go against the whole concept of having rules in the first place???
They shouldā€™ve replaced it with something along the lines of ā€œa kid should always get the fairy that fits them the bestā€, not only bc it would work perfectly well for the episode, but also from what Iā€™ve heard Foop (now Irep) is coming back and I could 100% see him use that rule to his advantage given Peri and Dev were such a bad match (Iā€™m guessing anti-fairies donā€™t actually follow Da Rules but maybe they could still use it as an excuse regardless since fairies do have to follow them or something?)
- Call we talk about the fact Hazel is clearly autistic? Like is this a canon thing in the show? Are there people out there talking about it? No because seriously:
The fidget toys (Cosmo and Wandaā€™s disguises), her special interest for rocks, her anxiety over making new friends which is reinforced as uncommon when that one girl she befriends comments on how easy and not scary it is to approach other people (also Hazelā€™s ā€œwhat am I supposed to talk about with them? School lunches?ā€ comment in the teachers friend episode), her liking for fries which could be seen as her being potentially picky (bit of a stretch tho), her comment about liking the DMV if only for the reaction she gets that makes her seem ā€œdifferentā€, her struggles to come up with a wish on the fly with minimal/vague instructions (episode 2), her character arc throughout the show apparently having to do with her not wanting things to change (me too girl), her being considered mature for her age, the angry outbursts when things donā€™t go how she hoped, pretty sure thereā€™s also a lot of stimming that I have yet to pick up on (see if any of them repeat often). Like, thereā€™s no way ALL of that was a coincidence!
Iā€™d also like to mention at the beginning of the Dino episode, when her dad is explaining things to her, he starts talking louder and louder in excitement until his wife tells him to quiet down. Makes me think her dadā€™s likely neurodivergent as well. Also this moment hurts my soul a bit, as someone whoā€™s both been on the receiving end of it and done it to someone else, in both cases it sucks.: /
- Took me until like episode 4 to realize the town she lives in is named after the Dimmadomes, with the hat in it (the very first shot of the intro). Also you can see their infinite house in the background, both in that shot and the show in general, and I absolutely adore that they committed so hard to this joke! That giant ambiguously-shaped-like-a-hat skyscraper that we never see the top of is just *chief kiss*.
- On that note Devā€™s introduction in the first episode made me laugh, if only for the references. I also find it kinda funny he has such a big speaking role considering he doesnā€™t do anything for the rest of the pilot and the next few episodes. Then again I guess itā€™s in character for him to make such a show of introducing himself.
- Still on general stuff, Iā€™m a bit curious about how the timeline went in regards to Cosmo and Wanda retiring and going on vacation ā€œright afterā€ Timmy (iirc they donā€™t voice it like that in the show). Like Iā€™m having a hard time believing they would just ditch their then-child son to go on vacation, and then come back when heā€™s an adult. So I ended up having a bunch of headcanons.
Basically, after leaving Timmy they do take what was supposed to be a short leave to think of their future since it feels strange to get a new kid after so long with the same one + I like the idea that Cosmo and Wandaā€™s marriage did suffer while living with Timmy and they want to work on it before getting a new kid (the whole thing about them feeling confined, made worse if the ā€œstopping time for 50 yearsā€ wish is canon) + Poof/Peri is struggling with the reality of having to leave Timmy behind and is nervous about his parents having a new godkid because of it.
Eventually they decide to retire, got to marriage counseling, possibly get Poof/Peri into therapy, and raise their son until heā€™s an older teen/young adult, at which point they leave for their vacation. And while the vacation is 10 thousand years for them, itā€™s like, 5 years at max in their present. And in that meantime, Peri starts his godparents studies (or however it works), leaves the house and changes his name.
Btw Cosmo and Wanda would 100% invite him to the vacation, heā€™d just refuse in a mix between wanting to be away from his parents for once, wanting to maybe surprise them a bit with his work and/or just get started with work, and not knowing how long the vacation would be. Heā€™d also probably tell them to just use this time as some new honeymoon to finish rebuilding their marriage (though by that point it mustā€™ve gone back to being strong). Oh and Cosmo and Wanda would send Peri postcards every so often, which would also let him know how long theyā€™ve been gone.
Once they come back from vacation, Iā€™d imagine thereā€™s like less than a month between them ā€œmoving to the human worldā€ and meeting Hazel, hence why they didnā€™t reconnect with Peri. They didnā€™t really know how to contact him and were busy with the move, and afterwards they had a godkid to take care of so they couldnā€™t exactly go back to Fairyworld.
As for Peri, he hears through the gravepine that his parents are back, and would be happy until he realizes theyā€™ve been gone for 10 thousand years, hence him freaking out about meeting them again (he doesnā€™t know how much they mightā€™ve changed with how long itā€™s been). Also he canā€™t contact them bc heā€™d hear about them coming back due to them taking in Hazel, meaning theyā€™re in the human world and he doesnā€™t know where. Also he might be intimidated to contact them, which doesnā€™t help his decision-making.
So yeah, thatā€™s all for how I could imagine this whole vacation thing going and how it fits with them having a child.
- Since Iā€™m talking about Cosmo and Wandaā€™s marriage, Iā€™ve heard about the whole ā€œthey fixed their marriageā€ before watching the show and oh my god I canā€™t get over how fucking adorable those two are in this show!!! I fucking love them.
- And on that note Iā€™m incredibly amused that this show had the balls to reference the mpreg. Twice. Especially since it doesnā€™t even specify the whole ā€œthatā€™s just how fairies workā€! In the eyes of people who never watched the og show, ā€œA New Wishā€ just casually dropped the fact that Cosmoā€™s a trans man (bc letā€™s be real, how else are you supposed to interpret those lines if you havenā€™t watched the og show?) or you get the vibe that the writers wanted to make him trans (+ Wanda by proxy since sheā€™s Periā€™s bio mom) but werenā€™t allowed so thatā€™s how they got past the censors.
And I love this because you just know Hartman would be furious about it! With our current society more aware of trans people and how men can in fact get pregnant, I could definitely see him sweep the whole mpreg thing under the rug, hoping people would forget about his ā€œā€accidentally-progressiveā€ā€ (and also very sexist šŸ˜’) episode, but nope! New show said Cosmo was pregnant and gave birth! And better yet it didnā€™t even elaborate further! It just goes ā€œbtw this guy has an uterus and was once pregnant, hereā€™s his bio child if you need more proofā€ and then walks on like nothing happened, I love it!
- Going back to the episodes talk for the last three dashes, thereā€™s that shot at the very end of ā€œOperation: Birthday Takebackā€ that I really dislike. Itā€™s the one when Dev lashes out on Peri, with him hovering over Peri whoā€™s laying on the ground in fear.
Really not a big fan of this shot bc 1. It makes Dev look way too much like a villain, especially with the way Periā€™s laying like a servant that gets beaten up, and 2. Peri, honey, youā€™re a grown ass man; why are you so scared of that 10 years old scarred kid thatā€™s lashing out while in a very vulnerable mental state? What are you doing on the ground buddy? Iā€™m not asking for him to fight back but at least stand up! Donā€™t act like that kid can actually hurt you! Btw Iā€™m completely fine with Peri afterwards looking like a dejected puppy (after Dev makes his wish), itā€™s just that one shot with him on the ground that I dislike.
- Obviously Iā€™m genuinely curious to see how things are going to go in the next episodes (which apparently air tonight?). Like obviously Dev is going to spiral but if you have a scene at school how will it go? How will Hazel feel about the whole thing? What about Peri? Is he going to be gone for a few episodes? Be a temporary third fairy to Hazel? Crash at Cosmo and Wandaā€™s for a while?
(Personally Iā€™m hoping for the third option, it would be a good way to still give him appearances to show the main plotā€™s still going without giving him to much screentime, which could take away from Hazel. Also given how much he wants to appear independent, I donā€™t see him being a third fairy to her, though I think heā€™d be ok with staying at his parents for a bit, if only for emotional support (though tbh I doubt theyā€™ll do that, most likely heā€™ll be doing his own thing off-screen for an episode or two). Also I want to see a ā€œhumanā€ design for him)
OK so I wrote this yesterday before the Irep episode came out, so on one hand nevermind all that but on the other hand Iā€™m letting it in bc I AM curious as to how things are going to evolve with our main cast, especially with Dev spiraling and pushing both his bestie and fairy away.
- Btw is nobody going to talk about how Vickyā€™s dress might be a reference to one of the ā€œOh Yeahā€ shorts?
- VERY LAST SECOND ADDITION, SPOILERS FOR IREP: So yesterday before I finished both this and the other post the new episodes dropped, with a few clips shared on Tumblr. And OH MY GOD IREPā€™S DESIGN!!! The fact that they kept him as a cube makes me so happy!!! I was HOPING at least ONE part of him would be a cube and they delivered!!! He looks like absolulte dogshit I love it!!! Bc yeah for some reason I remember Foop as a character youā€™re not supposed to take seriously at all? And as a result I really like how stupid Irep looks. A+ design right there! /gen
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roadhogsbigbelly Ā· 10 months ago
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ok i didn't really want to do this because i deleted the original posts when it had only 70 notes because i was under the assumption noone would see it but t/xttletale ended up reblogging it anyway and now i have people telling me to kill myself in my inbox so i guess i might as well give details
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honestly did not know she was trans until people accused me of pedojacking her, for some reason it never registered because i guess i only see her blog when her posts pop up on my feed but you know my bad i guess
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2)yes it's true the term "loliporn" never shows up but someone does say "don't say you're pro-kink and nasty gay sex if you're not supportive of ageplay, cnc, or incest shipping" and than she said "yes, and" which like. seems slightly like an endorsement? but i assume that loliporn was just kind of included with the package, because i do have evidence that toonimal would not be against that
3) i never directly called her a pedophile just that it's really fucking bizzare to have that hot take about "wholesome games" when you agreed with a take that said not liking incest porn or ageplay is "anti-kink or whatever
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now did initially censor the names in the post because of reasons i'll explain later but i did realize with no context it looks like both posts were from the same person so i did end up mentioning in the tags that there were two different people before later deleting it all together. but i honestly don't feel THAT bad attributing it to her because she did both reblog the post and than also add on to it, which kind of negates the possibility she didn't fully read the post? still i did censor it again for reasons i'll explain later.
4) i kind of went out of my way to not attribute anything to her. when i talked about her weird stardew valley take i still censored them, because after being told to kill myself for having a lukewarm hot take on sex work last year i usually always censor posts when criticizng/making fun of them. i'm honestly surprised she managed to find it because i deleted it when it only had like 60 notes, and the only reason i found out she found it is because one of her followers sent be an ask telling me to kill myself. and out of curiousity i checked her blog.
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i deleted this post before i post this just so her follower doesn't get harassed or whatever. but you know. not fun.
and 5) while i insist i didn't directly accuse her of being a pedophile i DID in fact accuse the person she was agreeing with of being a pedohpile. cause they are.
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i'm not going to post the entire callout post cause it's honestly really fucking gross but tldr they run a "contact positive paraphilia forum" which is a basicly code for "actually fucking pedophiles" which kind of recontextualizes they entire post right? that's also why i went out of my way to censor txttletale's name and than later specify there were two different people before deleting it. because i assumed she didn't know the person she was agreeing with was an actual pedophile, but accidently agreeing with a pedophile is uh. not good. i think, someone actually informed her that toonimals was a pedophilia and she said this.
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now i'm not saying you have to do a background check on every person you reblog from but if that post talks about "how pro-sex freak people need to be more supportive of people who are into incest" than actually yeah you do sort of have an obligation to make sure they aren't an actual fucking pedophile. the entire basis of that post is "people should stop being mean to actual sex freaks" and you not only reblog it but add onto that yeah that's a fucking issue because 99 percent of time the people who make those posts ARE actual fucking pedophiles, so yeah you probably should be a bit wary. because like.
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this is my issue, i don't think you're a pedophile because you don't think there's anything wrong with fiction/sex acts that depict immoral things, my issue is that that logic is used and agreed upon by actual pedophiles. pedophiles are agreeing with you! that's not great! there's my issue with your logic!
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onebizarrekai Ā· 2 months ago
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Fic Author Interview
I've been tagged by @unmaskedcardinal! been a while since I talked about any of this stuff, particularly as a very inconsistent fic poster haha
1. How many works do you have on AO3?
the visible number linked to my account is currently 60, no idea if this is counting the bizarre saga from my archive account or not. technically I've posted more, but they aren't part of that number.
2. Whatā€™s your total AO3 word count?
567,314.
3. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?
ibvs season 1 & season 2 are (thankfully) the top two on my account, considering they'reā€¦Ā well. ibvs.
number 3 is formal humiliation, a utmv fic back in 2019 where I wrote 3 oneshots all with different pairs surrounding the same idea. it's uh, it's something.
4 is behave, a saiouma despair disease fic I wrote sort of ironically in 2020. I did not realize this weird oneshot would be the thing that jumpstarted my kage obsession.
5, for some reason, is glow, a ds fic I wrote in 2019. I do not know why this is the ds fic with the most kudos. I am just really glad that it's not one of the ones I wrote in 2018.
4. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?
lately I have been trying to respond to more comments, if they're on a recent enough story and I can think of a way to answer.
5. Whatā€™s the fic youā€™ve written with the angstiest ending?
most of the fics I've written right now have been Random Spot In Time fics with no articulate ending, but game over is pretty edgy. I think. I've written a similarly edgy ending but it's in an anonymous fic. it occurs to me that edgy doesn't necessarily mean angst, but it can.
6. Whatā€™s the fic youā€™ve written with the happiest ending?
somehow everyone lived happily ever after in the bizarre saga, no f'ing idea how they managed that
7. Do you write crossovers?
I have. I have as comedies. I tend to take a bunch of guys and put them in a new setting that they definitely shouldn't be in. poopenster high is an example of this, but none of that has ever touched the internet and I haven't touched it in like 2 years.
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8. Have you ever received hate on a fic?
oh my god like. maybe once? maybe? I don't even think it counted as hate. I think like several years ago some rando complained that season 2 of ibvs was trying too hard to be funny. I barely remember what it actually said, I just remember it being annoying.
9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?
when I was in my v3 phase I wrote some, I think "feelings with smut" describes most of it decently. the nature of the kcu meant it was like, almost all trippy.
10. Have you ever had a fic stolen?
I dunno. I hope not. I think I've had people repost stuff without permission.
11. Have you ever had a fic translated?
probably?? when I was a teen I had people say they wanted to translate my utmv fics, I don't know which ones actually followed through anymore.
12. Have you ever co-written a fic before?
(sigh) yes.
13. Whatā€™s your all-time favorite ship?
oh god, I think I honestly just phase around stuff. I don't think I've ever permanently latched onto a pair, it's just that I've had fandoms and I have pairs that I've ended up liking in them and they just sort of stay that way even if stop paying attention to the fandom. I like most ships that happens to fit into my favorite criteria (that being protagonist/morally ambiguous deuteragonist or antagonist). if you asked me what my favorite series is, it would be an easier question. it's zelda. but I don't really have any permanent favorite ships in zelda.
14. Whatā€™s a WIP that you want to finish but donā€™t think you ever will?
this is a scary question because I have a number of major wips that I want to get back into once I get back into writing and I refuse to accept that they may not get finished. I don't know. moose hill? for a little while I wanted to see if I could come up with a whole side story, but it is extremely unlikely that will happen. maybe a better example is a continuation of shuichi and kage's blackout adventure, which is pretty low on the priority list for if my brain every gets infected by danganronpa again.
15. What are your writing strengths?
the jokes are very important. I put my heart and soul into them. I hope that people can see my vision when I tell them.
16. What are your writing weaknesses?
actually doing the writing getting from point A to point B. I come up with this whole outline and realize there's 2000 words of empty space that needs to happen. and it's like dull shit, too. just plain old events. like look at them, it's the lunching hours again. because lunch is a thing that happens every day. is it redundant to have lunch too many times? it can't possibly! it's the only time they can talk to each other! do I need to pan the camera again because this 3 sentence exchange has dragged on for too long? help
17. What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic?
makes sense to me. or like, depends on the context. if the POV is a character who can speak the language, the reader should probably get to know what they're saying (think like, subtitled sections of a movie), unless it's really easy to decipher. but if the POV can't understand it, the reader shouldn't necessarily know. it gets more complicated if it takes place in a setting where they should logically be speaking a language that is not english for example. like, if they're in a country where they are not speaking english but the fic is in english. it wouldn't really make sense to insert interjections in their home language because they're not speaking english in the first place. I guess it all depends on what you're trying to convey.
18. What was the first fandom you wrote for?
sonic. does it count. I started writing once I was old enough to type. but I think the first story I ever put online was zelda.
19. Whatā€™s a fandom/ship you havenā€™t written for yet but want to?
on occasion I entertain the idea of writing for corpse party, but that's probably not going to happen.
20. Whatā€™s your favorite fic youā€™ve written?
I'm going to not include that one anonymous fic and my pile of unfinished longfic wips that I've been proud of in past years is way too big soā€¦Ā maybe game over?? it's complicated. I have a ton of comedy pieces that I love but they're justā€¦Ā not completed!!
[ feel free to fill this out yourself if you're a fic writer! ]
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am-i-the-asshole-official Ā· 11 months ago
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AITA for arguing with someone over ships?
šŸ§€ā›µ so i can find this later
Yes, this is ship discourse AITA #294729472 you can scroll away, english isn't my first language, my apologies.
So I (16M (But 13-14 at the time)) am in a very niche fandom. As in, we didn't have any new content for the past 5 years and media is old af (2013), very few fans, most of us know each other already.
I used to have these mutuals Cheese (Not their real name) (around my age i think?? I can't remember) and Breadstick (Not his real name) (18M).
We all had our little ships, ok? I like the little (dumbass golden retriever boy) x (badass traumatized man) ship, Cheese liked the little (badass traumatized man) x (literally the same thing but evil and abusive) and Breadstick liked both ships.
I met Breadstick before meeting Cheese so we were already friends before i met Cheese. I thought "Cool, another person likes this little niche thing i'm hyperfixated on!" So we became mutuals.
I didn't anticipate that we would argue about ships, but oh well. So, i'm a very chill person regarding ships, literally any, although i do have NOTPs, i'm not really toxic about my hatred, i just go "Ah, not my thing" and scroll away not without blocking the person, but really nothing personal and no hard feelings, i can perfectly be friends with someone who loves my notp.
In fact, that was the case with Cheese. They shipped my NOTP, like A LOT. But I was okay with it, i mean these are just characters and all we're doing is being silly. I didn't take this THAT seriously. However, when I seemed to talk about my ship, Cheese seemed uncomfortable in some way.
When I was talking about my fankid (call me cringe idc) of my OTP, Cheese got very confused and asked who was i talking about. Breadstick came in and introduced my fankid to them, since he knew about it before. Cheese just started being rude, literally saying swear words (Not against them but, the context didn't really call for it? No one was being mean or mad), saying, and i quote as best as i can, "I don't know what the fuck made you think i knew who the hell [Fankid] was".
I got very mad about it, so i privately dm'ed Breadstick about Cheese's attitude. We began trash talking about them, which, i admit was a very trashy thing to do and definitely asshole materialā„¢.
Reason why may i be the asshole: over time, Breadstick just started complaining a lot about Cheese, and I could honestly agree, it came to the point of us disliking them to some degree but not telling them and not breaking the mutual, that could be considered two faced behavior.
This was partly influenced because of another incident. So Cheese and Breadstick where rambling about an OT3 (3 person ship) they had in common, basically sharing ideas and stuff. I thought it would be fun and went "Hey, I have an OT3 too, maybe i should post about it too". So I went and posted about it, but Cheese felt very uncomfortable with that, since basically my OT3 was exactly like Cheese's OT3 but one character is different, "basically".
They said "You have your thing, let US have ours". Felt bad and honestly, maybe i shouldn't have intruded their ot3 rambling. I didn't expect such negative reaction out of them.
In other occasions they complained about me posting a little too much about my ship, even though they did the same thing with theirs. And they also had a mutual that said "If you ship [this character] you suck and i fucking hate you. [character] is too abusive to be shipped with anyone and you can't just make an AU, that would just change him as a character completely" which, dear god, that language wasn't needed, right?. And despite that crazy person saying that, Cheese agreed with their take, despite literally shipping the character in question with another one. And abusively too, which like you do you, lord knows i do that too, but agreeing with a take like that while doing exactly what it is complaining about is weird. On the other side, that person wasn't my mutual, so it's unrealistic of me to expect Cheese to control their mutuals over me, Cheese can mutual whoever they want, but i can still be weirded out right?
That is without including them telling other people to kill themselves over shipping, so it was clear that Cheese took this shipping thing seriously while me and Breadstick to some degree didn't. Honestly another reason why i might be an asshole, clearly they felt their otp was personal and me not liking it + ignoring it caused a bad environment, mala mĆ­a, but what else could i have done?
So, clearly Cheese is kind of an asshole to some degree. But i think what makes ME an asshole too is when I trash talked behind their back and cut them off way later than i should've. And also, i guess i shoved my ship down their throat taking by how mad they were about it? I didn't do it intentionally though and i could definitely say they did the same thing too when 80% of the fandom and character tags was them posting about their ship. Again, small niche fandom for old unpopular media, we are keeping it alive ourselves.
What are these acronyms?
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justheretoposttrash Ā· 3 months ago
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day 8 of me ignoring how long a week is so i can keep talking about endhawks:
i find it hilarious how, once i'd put the shipping goggles on and strapped in for the ride, the endhawks rabbithole just got ever-so-gayer by increasing increments. the promotional materials, the official art--
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like, sure, i know hawks facing the same way as the interns in image 1 is supposed to give "looking towards the light of the future" and that the over-the-shoulder in image 2 is supposed to give "ambiguous feelings, double-agent-ness, and being cool alongside teamwork/rebirth", but...why is it also giving wistful-soul-bond in the first and femme fatale in the second. who is responsible for this
"oh biiiig deaaaal two 2D characters exist in 2D space relative to each other congratu-fuckin-lations" and honestly,,,,, yeah!!! so true! lmao
i'm also including the image below bc i only stumbled upon it the other day and it's pretty darn cute. (this kinda makes hawks appear more essential to the interns/that particular arc than he actually is...? he and endeavor really are a set)
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and these are just the tip of the iceberg--it really does just keep going. "oh they have merch? šŸ˜Š --oh there's a LOT of merch--whattaya mean there's a RING???"
also tumblr didn't let me post multiple vids yesterday and is weird about audio so here's a tacked-on spotlight of another voice acting moment i liked from the anime. i just really got a sense of the devastation hawks feels for endeavor's sake in the AFO fight:
the whole onlooker-who-cares-for-person-now-upset-over-said-person-receiving-horrible-knowledge is such a very specific trope (it's giving riza hawkeye grimacing right before roy mustang goes ballistic and roasts envy in fma) and i love it, even when it necessarily gets less time to breathe in the middle of a shonen fight.
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lookinghalfacorpse Ā· 11 months ago
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You don't have to respond to this one, but @ your last tags on the found family trope post, I can't say I haven't been curious if anything like that was ever the case. You've been so careful in painting everyone's relationship to be on trust and healthy reliance on one another in times of need, and Techno + Dream definitely have something more intimate and close going on (which I deeply appreciate btw- I couldn't bear it if someone tried to stick itwall!Dream as a brother to Techno, or put him in alongside Wilbur as a son figure to Phil :shudders:), so I'm VERY curious how detailed those thoughts have gotten at any point in time /lh /but genuine
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(talking about my semi-cursed tags on this post)
yes i can talk about this all day !! i think the dynamic that doomsday trio brings is fascinating, and i don't blame those who see it as a nuclear family dynamic because i think the comparison does work in some places, but it's more complicated than that. i touched on it (in vaguely poetic terms) in this post, but i can give more detail here.
c!philza is an old man and an experienced father, and his instinct as a guardian is strong. this is the closest we get to a nuclear family format in itwall; phil definitely calls on some of his skills as a father when he helps dream, but it's a bit more complex than that. phil recognizes that dream is an adult in human years and doesn't need to be babied (hell, he doesn't even baby Wilbur, his own son who's around the same age!). dream needs care, he needs a mentor, and he needs a better self-preservation instinct before he kills himself. i think their relationship is closer to ancient grecian mentorship than fatherhood/sonhood, the only difference is that the mentee is on death's door for a while and needs some extra attention. phil sees himself in dream, dream sees phil as someone he might like to be, and there's a level of mutual respect there.
i also think that techno and dream have a sense of brotherhood, but in the same way that two athletic teammates have a brotherhood. they have a long history of trust between them, with room for playfulness and teasing. there's a lack of touch aversion (which is HUGE for dream), and dream initiates more of their touches (as opposed to phil, where he tends to be more submissive) (i'm thinkin about ch 12 & ch 19).
and, of course, techno & phil have a complicated relationship of their own. i'm always annoyed by headcanons that techno is phil's son-- we see plenty of interactions where they mutually worry over each other and care for each other. the will is Not written like a boy talking to his father. these two are lifelong partners, and that letter is written to someone who techno knows will understand him and trusts to carry out the more sentimental, intangible tasks, like talking to niki and ranboo, with very little instruction.
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highly oversimplified but this is the idea. Techno and dream have similar relationships with phil but it's not really sonhood. all built on trust. they've proven to each other that they will keep each other safe.
and honestly.. none of those relationships would have to exclude sex or intimacy. equals/partners can have sex. comrades can have sex. mentors/mentees can have sex (i think people feel weird about this one, but again: think Ancient Grecian). i have Quite A Few scenes in my head about how their sexual relationships might work (especially in the early days when dream isn't feeling good...). i guess in light of everyone being more open about shipping i would consider writing them, i'd just keep them here instead of ao3.
i think both phil and techno consider dream to be heartstoppingly lovely. i think dream would love to be loved. i think phil&techno and techno&dream may have had some encounters Before the start of itwall, so it would just be a matter of tying it all together.
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ryuichirou Ā· 11 months ago
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Since you have some headcanons on fem Floyd/Riddle, do you have any other genderswap ship headcanons for say Rook/Vil, Ace/Deuce and Idia/Azul? Sorry if thatā€™s a bit too much
Anon, thank you for this ask! Iā€™m always happy for the opportunity to talk about them, so I was actually excited to write this reply lol Since there are three ships there, it ended up being a bit lengthy, but I hope you enjoy the headcanons.
Just like in the FloRid post, the majority of the headcanons are more or less sexual, because the general dynamic between the characters wouldnā€™t change much.
Ace/Deuce:
They are pretty much ā€œthese two girls who always mess around with each other and itā€™s obvious that there is some sexual tension between them but they canā€™t acknowledge itā€ā€¦ yeah, just like the regular Ace and Deuce lol But with more boob grabbingā€¦ Well, usually from Aceā€™s side. Deuce also grabbed Aceā€™s boob one or two times but only as a revenge, and felt super weird about it. In general, sometimes it feels like they just try to come up with excuses to touch each other.
Which means they are also ā€œthese two girls who secretly kiss each other and say itā€™s some kind of practiceā€. This was also Aceā€™s initiative: Deuce only agreed because she didnā€™t want Ace to think that she chickened out. Or maybe there were other reasons hmmm? But yeah, they ā€œpracticeā€ kissing every night, sometimes with Ace telling Deuce to imagine that sheā€™s kissing her future husband or something, but it kind of makes Deuceā€™s kisses more stiff and awkward, which Ace finds hilarious.
Their kissing sessions would definitely lead to them touching themselves under the same blanket first, and then to them just touching each other. And theyā€™re really a bit dumb and honestly think that their roommates donā€™t know what they doā€¦ but in all fairness, they really try to be secretive about it. Sometimes they even bite each other not to make any sounds.
One night they had a whole room to themselves, and got so excited that wanted to try something other than touching each other sneakily under the blankets. In short, they tried to do the scissoring thingā€¦ and didnā€™t really do it right, couldnā€™t find the balance, long story short they ended up falling off the bed.
Like I mentioned in another post, both of them wear sports bras, but own other sets too. And thereā€™s been a couple of times when Deuce had to wear a regular bra, and just couldnā€™t make the little hook thingy in the back work. So yeah Ace helps her to put it on sometimes.
Rook/Vil
Like I already said in another post, Vil (just like the regular Vil) wears whatever she wants, and Rook prefers something functional (albeit stylish), so itā€™s not unusual to see Vil in a beautiful dress accompanied by Rook in a pantsuit. But if they were to get married, both of them would probably wear suits.
Not necessarily a headcanon, but a thought: with these two being girlies, Vil forcing Rook to take care of her hands and fingernails makes even more sense lol The first time was kind of rough for them. It wasnā€™t bad at all, but Rook was never allowed to touch Vil with her hands unkempt anymore.
Rook is skilled enough and knows Vilā€™s body well enough to make her orgasm in less than a minute, but she also likes to take her time and torment Vil a little bit. She likes it when Vil is having a hard time keeping it together and is getting impatient. Vil, however, sometimes just needs Rook to grab her, make her cum and then be free to do whatever she was doing before that. So whenever they sneak out, and instead of hitting all the right buttons at once Rook starts to tease her through her underwear, Vil gives her this very angry yet aroused look that Rook adores.
They are one of the couples who know everything about their own preferences, but also experiment from time to time. The catalogue of positions they like is quite vast, mostly due to both of them being flexible + Rook being very inventive. These are also the reasons why these two have absolutely mastered the art of scissoring lol
Rook is also very skilled with her tongue, because Vil is kiiind of hard to please, so one has to learn and improve to be able to satisfy her. One of Rookā€™s most absolute favourite indicators that sheā€™s doing a good job is the fact that she can feel her head and neck being squeezed by Vilā€™s merciless thighs.
Azul/Idia
Azul is a bit of a touch-me-not: she likes being complimented on her looks, but is very uncomfortable with people touching her. Which is why Idia is a perfect partner for her: Idia is a bit intimidated by Azulā€™s natural sex appeal, so she never touches her and just lies on her back and accepts her fate.
That being said, sometimes Idia is allowed to rest her head on Azulā€™s lap. ā€œNo no, Iā€™m goodā€ Idia says at first, because this position is way too romantic and awkward, but then Azul forces her down and Idia just drowns in just how comfy Azulā€™s thighs are and how sweetly her perfume smellsā€¦ if only Azul stopped squeezing her shoulder so hard to keep her downā€¦
Sometimes they have sex a couple of times per day, sometimes they donā€™t have sex for a long period of time, and itā€™s because of Azul. She is a mermaid and doesnā€™t get human periods, but she must have some sort of cycle going on, because in general itā€™s like she doesnā€™t think about sex at all. Sometimes Idia looks at her and thinks ā€œI wonder if Azul-shi knows how sexual this pose/gesture isā€, and chances are, she doesnā€™t, because sheā€™s too busy thinking about the lounge. But the next day Azul suddenly gets into the mood, tosses Idia, mounts her, kisses her, almost purring like a cat.
Azul (wo)manhandles Idia a lot in general. She tosses her, moves her around, throws Idiaā€™s legs on her shoulders and stuff. Idia finds it both way too intense (not a bad thing lol) and a bit funny, because Azul tries so hard to look like a lady, but her actions are almost like of a hentai manga mob. Azul doesnā€™t fully understand what Idia means, but slaps her butt for that. It sounds offensive.
Azul is scarily good at cunnilingus for someone who doesnā€™t have much experience with sex. Or maybe itā€™s only good for Idia because she likes it when itā€™s strong and intense?? In any way, it doesnā€™t happen too often, but when it does, Idia isnā€™t sure if she is going to die faster because sheā€™s overwhelmed or because sheā€™s embarrassed.
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serial-serializednovelreader Ā· 3 months ago
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Do you think a Dracula MBS AU would work? If so, in what way? Hope you are doing well!!!
Sophie, I love this question!! Itā€™s actually something I have thought of, but wasnā€™t sure if I wanted to make into a post on its own. And Iā€™m doing well, hope you are too :DDDD
Yes, Dracula MBS AU could be a thing, but I would definitely need to make a few tweaks. Us Dracula book fans arenā€™t a huge fan of ā€œtweaksā€ forā€¦certain reasons (*side eyes adaptations*), but this one would still be faithful to the spirit of the book. :)
Note: Heavy spoilers for Dracula, and the Mysterious Benedict Society. Also, Iā€™m basing this AU on the MBS books, not the series (Curtain is not really redeemable in this one, though he is the gremlin man you know and enjoy!). As a disclaimer, all of the MBS characters that are kids are adults in this AU ā€” in their 20s to be precise. Everyone else retains their original ages (except for the one who is playing Dracula, of course).
Jonathan Harker -> Reynie Muldoon
You know I had to start off with my one of my favorite blorbos and honestly, this just works. These two characters are a lot alike, more than you might assume. Both are considered ā€œaverageā€ by others, and are constantly underestimated, which they shake off in different ways (Reynie with his abilities, Jonathan through the power of Tumblrā€™s book club). They have a kind heart and love helping others. They are meticulous and can be bold when needed, sometimes using clever words to talk themselves out of a situation (Jonathan several times in Draculaā€™s castle, Reynie when Curtain catches him looking at the Executiveā€™s list). Jonathan and Reynie are also leadership material, though you probably wouldnā€™t think it by looking at them.
Mina Murray -> Kate Wetherall
Yeah, so those who know I ship these Reynie and Kate may have expected this one. I canā€™t help it! Still, I think these two work as well. Mina is very much an extrovert and will talk to everyone she meets, just like Kate. Mina may not carry a bucket, but she does carry her journals and writing around with her! Kate and Mina are both silly at times, adding their own personal flair to situations. I would see Kate embodying Minaā€™s bolder side and being excited about journalism for the chance to meet people. She is fine with studying and typing (especially to help/bond with Reynie), but itā€™s not her favorite thing, if that makes sense. Or, alternatively, she could have more of Minaā€™s affinity for typing and thoroughly love it! Up to you. Those who have read Dracula all the way through also know that Mina and Kate are also alike in their need to be *in the action*, not sidelined. And theyā€™re absolutely correct.
Dracula -> Ledroptha Curtain
Yeah, this one is pretty obvious. Both are cackling villains, both like their cat-and-mouse games: it just fits! Plus, if you compare Curtainā€™s weird lecture/manipulative speeches to Reynie in the first book to Draculaā€™s speeches to Jonathanā€¦itā€™s almost uncanny how similar they are!!! Dracula and Curtain honestly use a lot of the same tactics to draw their victims in (making them feel special/isolated, puffing his own ego, etc.).
Renfield -> Crawlings
Iā€™ll be honest, Crawlings is my favorite Ten Man and I can just see him as Renfield. Heā€™s soooooo weird and I love him for it!!! Bro has one eyebrow and was constantly being quirky. Can I see this man eating a fly and being locked in an asylum in 1800s England? Yes, yes I can. Plus, his name is Crawlings and he follows Curtain. ā€˜Nuff said.
Van Helsing -> Nicholas Benedict
You probably also saw this one coming after I paired Dracula with Curtain. This Dracula AU fits a lot better than one first assumes and here is another example. Van Helsing in the novel is very much a quirky professor, befuddling his former student (Seward) with his metaphors and laughing far too much to be in the horror novel Dracula, letā€™s be honest. In the same way, Nicholas Benedict is a jovial, unassuming man, who one wouldnā€™t think to be a genius instrumental to saving the world, yet heā€™s in the very name of the book series! In the same way, Van Helsing has garnered a name for himself that has far outlived his first appearance in the novel: as much as Dracula lives on in the public sphere, Van Helsing is right beside him. I think this fits Nicholas to a tee. Plus, Nicholas and Van Helsing are capable of great seriousness and emotional depth when the situation calls for it.
Aaaaaaand this is where things get switched around. Iā€™m going to list the characters first, then describe how exactly their arcs would be changed, but I want to make it clear that this Suitor Squad would not be a Suitor Squad anymore in my AU. I do not ship these characters!!!!! Just want to make that clear upfront.
Lucy Westerna -> Constance Contraire
This one is a bit of a stretch personality-wise, but itā€™s the clearest fit in terms of leading/supporting characters. Lucy is obviously a very sweet person and Constance isā€¦wellā€¦the society says it best: ā€œConstance is Constanceā€. However, in RoA, we do get a glimpse of a sweeter Constance and I do believe this is how Constance will be once she matures: still her feisty self, just able to let her empathetic side show more. And really, thatā€™s who Lucy is. She has a defiant and bold streak within her: this is just held back by the confines of Victorian society (though not in the way adaptations want to portray her ā€” I just mean she could be more sassy if she wanted to). Whether Constance adapts more of Lucyā€™s bubbly and sweet personality or retains her sassy and grumpy self is up to you. Either way, her and Kate (Mina) would definitely still be best friends and have a similar relationship they have in MBS, perhaps with a dash of maturity (LOL). Lucy/Constance is also the youngest, clocking in at 19, to everyone elseā€™s mid- to late- 20s.
Quincey Morris -> Milligan
You can probably see why I emphasized the importance of not shipping these characters. So yes, Milligan now takes the role of an American cowboy and I think he would adopt this role with gusto! Of course, in this AU heā€™s never lost his memories so he is his cheerful self. He is a lot like Quincey in being perpetually cheerful, compassionate and a good friend to the rest of the Crew of Light (plus, earnestly cheering them up when needed and kicking Dracula/Curtainā€™s butt ā€” both of these characters excel at their job). Quincey is known as the oathmaker of Dracula, always keeping the promises he makes. Readers of MBS know that Milligan also takes his promises seriously, so much so that his last promise became his very name (how his name is still Milligan when he didnā€™t lose his memories doesnā€™t make sense, butā€¦you knowā€¦uhā€¦.*magic*). Is he Kateā€™s father in this AU? Perhaps. šŸ˜ I once commented to @nobodysdaydreams that these two would be father/daughter in every universe, so I think even if theyā€™re not biologically related, they would certainly fit that dynamic and adopt each other as such.
Jack Seward -> George ā€œStickyā€ Washington
Seward is definitely on the darker side of what Sticky is capable of, but I donā€™t think this is out of the realm of possibilities for Sticky. I honestly think he couldā€™ve become something like this, had he not been exposed to Mr. Benedict and his friends at a young age. Not that Sticky is ā€œbadā€ or ā€œevilā€ in this AU ā€” Jack isnā€™t either!!!!!! I would just say he has bad coping mechanisms and needs therapy for depressionā€¦so just hand that over to Sticky without the strongest support system and I think these two meld together well.
Arthur Holmwood -> SQ Pedalian
For all my SQ lovers, this oneā€™s for you!!! SQ and Arthur are both sweet guys who really shouldnā€™t be in traumatic situations, but, unfortunately, are. Fun to be around and a beacon of light to those they meet, SQ and Arthur always try to make the best of a bad situation! I think SQ would fit right into Arthurā€™s role, though it wonā€™t be easy for him as the book goes alongā€¦
Three Vampire Sisters -> Martina, Jillson and Jackson
I believe it makes sense for Curtainā€™s most trusted executives to also be in his castle as his vampires in this AU. Oh, and Jacksonā€™s here too ā€” for the vibes. :D yes, they do try to ā€œseduceā€ Reynie. Yes, it is weird (though, as a reminder, minus the vampire thing theyā€™re similar in age ā€” Reynie is in his 20s and the vampire siblings got turned into vampires around the same age). No, I donā€™t want to dwell on it.
Mr. Hawkins - Miss. Perumal
While it wouldnā€™t make any sense for Jonathan/Reynieā€™s boss to be a woman in this time period, I am making Mr. Hawkins Miss Perumal anyway because I do not care. Jonathan basically calls Mr. Hawkins his adopted father and that is what Miss. Perumal is to Reynie. Whether you want to make Miss Perumal a guy or just make Victorian England less sexist in this AU is up to you (Iā€™m rooting for the latter).
Captain of the Demeter -> Captain Noland
I think this one explains itself. Noble captain of The Shortcut becomes the noble (and, unfortunately, doomed) captain of the Demeter. šŸ«”šŸ«”
First Mate of the Demeter -> McCracken
My choice here might seem strange ā€” and it is ā€” but I honestly think this first mate that gets more and more desperate is better filled by McCracken the Ten Man than anyone else. I truly believe if something supernatural happened to him, he would not believe it and would scoff at anyone who did ā€” until it was too late. Then, he would try to fight the monster (as the First Mate does), and if he had no option leftā€¦flee. Thatā€™s my interpretation of McCrackenā€™s true character anyways ā€” just give him less weapons and less self-confidence. Plus, I wanted McCracken to be a part of this and had no good place for him (lol). šŸ¤·ā€ā™€ļø
Second Mate of the Demeter -> Canonball
The bravest ā€œmateā€ on the crew, I chose Canonball as Second Mate instead of First Mate because he would be exactly the type of man to volunteer to keep watch and let everyone else get some sleep; unfortunately, that kind of selflessness is not rewarded by Dracula. :( RIP Canonball in this AU, you will be missed. šŸ«”
Mrs. Westerna -> Number Two
Iā€™m envisioning a different kind of relationship than mother/daughter for Lucy/Constance and Mrs. Westerna/Number Two. Iā€™ll explain it more when we get to my ā€œchangesā€, but suffice it to say, Mrs. Westerna/Number Two is an aunt or mentor figure to Lucy/Constance rather than a biological mother. I picked Number Two for this role because she has Mrs. Westernaā€™s strict adherence to rules down and an anxious streak, though to a lesser extent of course. These qualities would be dialed up to 11 for the AU.
ā€œCorrespondentā€ -> Rhonda Kazembe
According to a number of posts Iā€™ve seen on here (though I havenā€™t been able to find anything when I looked it up ā€” doesnā€™t mean itā€™s not true, just means my research skills needs work!), Stoker originally envisioned a woman reporter who ended up working with the Crew of Light to take down Dracula. Whether due to time constraints or too many characters to keep track of, he dialed this character back to a ā€œCorrespondentā€ (gender unidentified) who reports on the Demeterā€™s landing, and what has become of the ship. While we donā€™t get much from this Correspondent, they show a lot of personality in just two entries: boasting about their running abilities and reporting about villagers wanting to be friends with a dog. I would definitely select Rhonda for this role because, while she may seem quiet and ordinary, she hides a ton of inner personality! I think I would give this Rhonda a little bit of her energy from the show because her actress just did such a good job of embodying her character and giving her an even more distinct personality that I think would go great with the Correspondent. Other than that, I do think she would work with the Crew of Light in this one, as Stoker originally intended, though how much and in what capacity, Iā€™m not sure of.
Mr. Swales -> Risker
I was honestly thinking of picking one of the Ten Men for this one, but I think ā€œkooky old man who you canā€™t tell what heā€™s saying half the timeā€ fits Risker perfectly. šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚
Now that we have all the chess pieces into place (yes, that was an MBS reference), how do they move around the chessboard? Most Dracula fans by now will probably be shouting at me ā€œBut Nova, if thereā€™s no Suitor Squad, how will you fulfill Lucyā€™s arc?ā€ Well you see, thereā€™s one relationship we need to consider here: that of Van Helsing/Mr. Benedict and Lucy/Constance.
So for those who may not know (on both sides of the fandom), Van Helsing considers Lucy to be his daughter in a sense. In MBS, Mr. Benedict ends up adopting Constance, though this is not an easy process, as her papers are lost to time. I intend to merge these two story arcs.
So to start, Lucy/Constance would be an orphan, not being born from a wealthy family like in the original book. She would meet Jonathan/Reynie and Mina/Kate and they would all be childhood friends, as in the original book, though perhaps Lucy/Constance understands the other two on a deeper level ā€” as they all three know what itā€™s like to be orphans and to want for friendship and parents.
Somewhere along the way, Van Helsing/Mr. Benedict meets Lucy/Constance (sheā€™s in her teens at this point) and he starts to see her as the daughter he wants to have. Unfortunately in Victorian England, thereā€™s no legal adoption process. So basically, Lucy/Constance can only have the feeling of having a father, no papers to prove it. And just like in the MBS series, this causes her to feel frustrated and insecure (though with a bit more maturely, since sheā€™s older lol). Another issue is that she rarely sees Van Helsing/ Mr. Benedict since heā€™s working on research in Germany. He doesnā€™t want to take her with him, since he presumes she should be out living her life and learning how to be a lady (more out of a desire for her to fit in with other girls and make friends than him sticking to the confines of society). Which is why heā€™s entrusted her with Mrs. Westerna/Number Two, providing her a permanent place to live. We can also work something in there about Milligan/Quincey (a family friend of his) adopting Mina/Kate along the way or them being father/daughter (you could swap Mina and Lucyā€™s roles here). I personally like the former option, but the latter works as well!
Living with Mrs. Westerna/Number Two is nice, but not what Lucy/Constance wants. She only wants to be with her father :(. At this point, sheā€™s an adult and can make her own choices, so she asks her father if she can go on a trip with him. Surprisingly, he says yes!
Rather than the three iconic proposals here, I envision Lucy/Constance telling her three family friends (because Van Helsing has a LOT of those) about her impending trip instead, which they all take in different ways. Seward/Sticky does not take this well. Van Helsing is kind of a father figure to him as well and having him be away has been difficult for him to handle. Now, hearing that heā€™s going to ā€œloseā€ someone he considers to be his sister as well is just too overwhelming for him to hear. He accepts it, but doesnā€™t like it. Milligan/Quincey is excited for her, but sad to see her go. He feels a ā€œlossā€ as well, since he considers Lucy/Constance to be his daughter, though heā€™s never said it. Arthur/SQ is the only one truly excited for her, giving her travel tips, as heā€™s traveled himself and wants her to have only the best experience. It may not be as dramatic or exciting as proposals, but I do think this works with hitting similar emotions from the three men (grief, bittersweet, and joy).
Then we come to the sad part of our story. Lucy/Constance begins experiencing symptoms of a vampire bite and while Sticky/Seward tries to care for her himself, his last resort is to call in Van Helsing/Mr. Benedict (which he doesnā€™t want to do, because he doesnā€™t want him to see her like this and it feels too much like the endā€¦). When Van Helsing/Mr. Benedict arrives, he understands very clearly what is going on, and it pains him to see his daughter in this condition. However, for her sake, he keeps to his jovial self (and he retains his narcolepsy, so you can play a lot with him trying not to give in to this emotional turmoil).
At first, it seems like things are working in their favor: they put up garlic and it seems to keep the evil bat away. Unfortunately, Mrs. Westerna/Number Two doesnā€™t get the memo and takes the garlic down, leaving poor Lucy/Constance exposed. Thatā€™s when the bad turns to the worse.
If you want maximum angst here, you can go with the canon endingā€¦which is that Lucy/Constance dies. And if you thought Van Helsingā€™s reaction to Lucyā€™s death was bad (which is a full on mental breakdown, by the way), this is oh-so much worse. Van Helsing/Mr. Benedict is inconsolable. He wonā€™t talk to anyone. He keeps waking up and passing out for a full day, he is SO full of emotion. He mourns that he was never able to take her on a trip or able to legally adopt her. Not to mention, Dracula/Curtain took Mrs. Westerna/Number Two from him too, so heā€™s mourning THAT death as well. So yeah, needless to say, heā€™s not in a good place. And heā€™s determined to avenge the people heā€™s lost at any price. Also, he would have to be the one to stake Lucy/Constance when she eventually turns into the Bloofer Lady (which he would be in denial about at first, though he would see all the signs). Because I need this to be more heartbreaking, apparently. By the end of this AU, him and Jonathan/Reynie are very much silently sharpening a knife, waiting for their moment to strike at Dracula/Curtain (who looks eerily similar to Van Helsing/Mr. Benedict, thatā€™s strangeā€¦).
Since MBS is included in this, though, I donā€™t know if this would be what happens. I kind of believe Lucy/Constance would make it through in this AU. So either Mrs. Westerna/Number Two actually listens to Van Helsing/Mr. Benedict (which is likely, letā€™s be honest) or theyā€™re able to save her in some other way. Bottom line: Lucy/Constance makes it, and sheā€™s infinitely grateful! Van Helsing/Mr. Benedict vows to take her on a trip very soon and makes her a little adoption certificate thing. Itā€™s not real, but to them it is! On the inside, however, Van Helsing/Mr. Benedict is very angry at Dracula/Curtain for almost killing his daughter and thatā€™s not something he takes lightlyā€¦
So yeah, those are my ideas for a Dracula MBS AU. Hope you like it! :D
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mlobsters Ā· 8 months ago
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saw a post yesterday (3 months ago now) that was like finale reactions from not-wincest shippers saying wincest won - but wincest shippers said it wasn't even wincest. which brings me around to my pondering how there's this divide of the ship into wincest / weirdcest / gencest which I'm still not totally sure the difference between the last two. but like, if I'm talking about wincest, I'm not talking about them with fucking required? it's just the dudes in a not-strictly-familial-platonic relationship. which to me, canonically, even in the most literal reading they've got a queerplatonic situation, so that qualifies
i think what i'm boggling over is that (sometimes?) the ship isn't the ship (the key is the key, man) it's like, ship+what they're doing with their dicks.
which led me to reading fanlore's gen and slash and smarm etc articles -> looked for a gencest article, reading the gen sam & dean one and the sam/dean one which is understandably packed with the related shipwar-ish stuff and i'm reminded i just. shouldn't read what anyone has to say about ships and this show. I feel like I'm rarely on the same page as anyone else, which is impressive in a fandom this large. i still don't really understand how the lines between them get drawn. but after all that i read, it sounds like people aren't really in agreement out there on the internet either.
so, this has been in my drafts since december and another post/reply got me to open it back up, someone saying if you want to tag the non-sexual situation it's gencest or weirdcest, not wincest. but I think now my personal understanding/interpretation is that those are just a subset of wincest, not standalone. I think another component of why it gets under my skin too is the inherent devaluation of queerplatonic relationships. a definition borne of the aromatic and asexual communities
and who's to say it isn't romantic? if the lines and beats are romantic, does it stop being so because they're brothers? would we have the same splitting up of the ship if they weren't related? (can guess what my answer would be)
ANYWAY. this was supposed to be how one ship has been split in a way I haven't seen before and find really weird. I can see how say, on tumblr, it's nice to have a tag that's just the qpr relationship, but not to the exclusion of the main ship.
I thought on AO3 it would be more clear cut, but of the 282 tagged with "Gencest | Emotionally Incestuous but Non-Sexual Dean Winchester and Sam Winchester" only 118 are tagged with Dean/Sam. and in the 79 works tagged "Weirdcest | Dean Winchester and Sam Winchester Appear Incestuous to Others Due to Lack of Boundaries", 40 are Dean/Sam.
and while I like the expansion of the tag name to include a definition, what even is emotionally incestuous :p and if there's incest in your definition, how does that not fall under the ship rubric
but being that there's 34,387 works tagged with Dean/Sam, and while there's more things tagged with gencest pre-2020, the majority is 2019+. and weirdcest is nearly exclusively 2021+. so, large consumer of fic that I am, I am sure things that would fall under those labels weren't tagged as such in the main tag.
going back to fanlore, the article about qprs:
Queerplatonic relationship tags are canonized in freeform tags on AO3, but uses in relationship tags are synned to the / tag.[4]
and the reference is:
Cisco Ramon/Caitlin Snow (Queerplatonic) has been made a synonym of Cisco Ramon/Caitlin Snow. Works and bookmarks tagged with Cisco Ramon/Caitlin Snow (Queerplatonic) will show up in Cisco Ramon/Caitlin Snow's filter.
which honestly made me laugh. that's a very specific situation!
but I think a lot of this, for me, circles back to what is a ship even, and why doesn't love for each other above all else+life partners qualify
and yet, look at me the hypocrite, because I tag stuff with "sam and dean" that are the canonical qpr things, but I wouldn't tag wincest because I know a lot of people would have it filtered. whereas anything remotely shippy in xfiles canon, I tag with msr. *facepalm*
and the advice/explanation I've received about tagging other people's posts, canon gifs, what have you; as wincest - that you might be putting their personal squick right in their notifications. so, don't do that! and I've internalized those rules.
and I guess there's plenty of people that watch the show and think they're just regular brothers ĀÆā \ā _ā (ā ćƒ„ā )ā _ā /ā ĀÆ
spn fandom is a minefield even with my skirting at the edges of it.
I don't know what anything means anymore
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ghoooooooooooooooost Ā· 8 months ago
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i only shared it w a friend before but can i tell you all my death mark 2 au/rewrite... here (spoilers obvi, also body horror + insects warning)
(edited so theres more details smile)
most things r the same except for the departed (and no naked girl cgs OFCOURSE)
making it so that the departed pretends to be daimon instead of the two high school girls
normal daimon is around but heā€™ll gradually get sick n every now n then something weeeeird happens (as in yashiki accidentally talks to fake daimon. also maybe you see the weird bug ghost that hovers above everyone near endgame with him first)
crowbar scene happens w fake daimon while real daimon is actually passed out somewhere. mashita comforts yashiki n then they both realize its a fake
(that's what these doodles were referencing)
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my dearest friend chip suggested the departed could also be konoe so n that would make sense n make him more present in the plot so byeah
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we both agreed that they didn't push the bug + mold horror theme far enough so i tried my hand at it. mold can be really gross irl ewwww
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my design for departed daimon is actually toned down from the og tho, just bc i thought the weird spider face was more goofy than scary. personally bugs are scary to me when they're crawling on you n burrowing into your skin n making holes n laying eggs in there - like the bees in death mark 1. there was some real-stories tv show abt that specific thing happening that aired when i was a kid n it freaked me out a lot
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why was hime's mold just ourple swirls boooriiiiiiiiiiiing
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edit july 15th 2024 adding this into the main og post since wonderful chippard linked it (basically a neater rewrite of everything i just said + what i said in the reblog addition. i rewrote it for a solo zine hence the proper capitalization lol)
Instead of Himeko and Michiho being The Departed, itā€™s Daimon and Konoe. Normal Daimon is still there but every now and then heā€™ll start acting strange or feeling sick due to The Departedā€™s possession. The ā€œloveā€ aspect would be shown through Daimon specifically too so Doctor Duo ship is canon in this. Konoe basically uses Daimon to try to get to his Dear Husband. In place of going into a coma like in the original, his behavior intensifies and condition worsens until he suddenly runs to the bathroom. When he comes backā€¦ dun dun dunā€¦ thatā€™s The Departed ā€“ Yashiki doesnā€™t knowā€¦! Crowbar scene ensues. But!? After Yashiki tells Mashita, they see Daimon perfectly alive in the infirmary. Yasuoka found him collapsed in the hallway at some point.
The plot would play out basically the same with some changes (no fanservice girl cgs; more Konoe screen-time; Michiho + Himeko act differently; Saki or Abe partner? more school-related ghosts...).
Maybe the game could be longer to give the new characters more time to shine while not removing the returning ones. Not sure how that would work exactlyā€¦ One possible solution would be to have day segments where we get to play as Yashiki while he's actively teaching (which would also address the "why'd they even pick a school setting" problem bc damn they barely did any school specific plot shit outside of Hanako & Kashima). Would be awesome and in-line with how the first game brought up war if they kept addressing problems with the education system. Also I think I wouldnā€™t have any unavoidable human casualties after Hanakoā€™s chapter? All the unavoidable deaths made my friends confused about if they were doing something wrong or not and it honestly felt off to me too. It would be compelling if after failing to protect the first student(s), Yashiki actually successfully protects the rest of them in the good route. Making him feel like heā€™s become more steadfast after the first game and staying true to his word. Especially if Naomi survives in my opinion - ā€˜she almost dies but is spared if you make the right choicesā€™ or something like that. She could even be in the room when Yashiki sings the school song.
Not sure how I'd make The Departed feel even more connected to the school... Maybe there's a romantic superstition popular among the students that's based off their "wedding ceremony" -- but it's innocent enough to not give away how they died.
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sarah-cam Ā· 1 year ago
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This is the same anon that just messaged about Jeremiah/Conrad! I forgot to add sort of in the analysis Jelly/Bonrad and why you think one is "better" analysis-wise or even personal-preference-wise šŸ˜Š
alright iā€™m going to start this with just my personal preference and then get into an analytical side. a lot of my opinions on the ships revolve around my opinions of conrad vs jeremiah, because a lot of the reasons i don't like jere have to do with jelly (that post is here)
again, i want to start this by saying that if you ship jelly thatā€™s awesome for you but to be blunt lbr yā€™all are delulu if you genuinely believe that bonrad wonā€™t be endgame šŸ˜‚
jenny han spent several years and three books building the relationship between belly and conrad, and now two seasons of a show where not only are belly and conrad ALWAYS the underlying relationship, but conrad is imo clearly the lead male over jeremiah. he continuously has storylines outside of his relationship with belly, vs jere's focus pretty much only revolving around that so far. sheā€™s not going to change the endgameā€¦ sheā€™s just not šŸ¤·šŸ»ā€ā™€ļø
first things first ā€” i donā€™t choose the ship, the ships choose me šŸ™šŸ¼ itā€™s pretty simple and probably is for a lot of people, i just get all the tingly feelings and thatā€™s that
from that first slow motion walk up, the chemistry was CHEMšŸ‘šŸ¼ISšŸ‘šŸ¼TRYšŸ‘šŸ¼INGšŸ‘šŸ¼!!! lola and chris have such amazing chemistry in every single scene, even when they donā€™t even say anything, and that chemistry is romantic straight from that very first scene
and i will admit, lola and gavin have good chemistry too!! (lola honestly has such great, unique chemistry with every other actor) even though i have my issues with it, the scene between belly and jeremiah on the side of the road DID hit me in the feels. the issue for me though is that the vibes i get are just not romantic in the same way as it is with conrad, its bestie vibes. at the very least, they start the show with bestie vibes and romantic vibes "develop". it just feels forced in a way, especially since belly and conrad is just always there.
i should be able to see it - you shouldn't have to tell me. most notably, when trusky goes on that weird rant about their "vibes" when they were literally just standing next to each other, worrying about conrad, and jere was rolling his eyes about conrad being depressed over belly. they constantly talk about their "ESP" but when it comes time to show how well he knows her, it's not even just that he doesn't know her favorite candy is sour patch kids - he literally doesn't know that she hates swedish fish
taking some points from my conrad/jeremiah analysis, i don't like the way jeremiah is manipulative and constantly makes belly feel guilty for being happy or simply just existing next to conrad. rolling his eyes when she seems a little jealous of sophie and when she has a little smile when she learns conrad was staring at pictures of her, constantly eyeing them when belly worries about conrad in "love fool", interrupts them with an angry look when they talk in the store in "love fest", brings her up in his fight with conrad also in "love fest", keeps giving nasty looks in "love triangle" when conrad gives her his sweatshirt, the stuff with the candy, and when their hands BARELY touch at the motel. in that same lane, i just feel like he invalidates her feelings a lot, shames her for loving conrad, and dismisses/shuts her down when she tries to talk about it (which was funny when lola said in an interview that jere made belly feel more heard šŸ˜‚ she's fighting for her life out there)
the episode with his narration was PAINFUL. i'm sorry but he gave off the biggest incel vibes. everything he said revolved around hating on conrad or victimizing himself, like "doesn't she know i would treat her so much better?? doesn't she know how much i want to be sitting next to her?? conrad had no right to date her after ignoring her for years." IT WAS GROSS. and also, not true. jere said himself that he started liking her after she 'turned pretty' which... i don't even believe. he only started liking her after he saw her almost kiss conrad. he is supportive of cam cameron and encourages their relationship. he's only jealous of conrad.
to conrad, this isn't a competition or a game. and if it was, he would voluntarily lose if it meant belly would be happy.
and in case you were still doubting the iconic soulmatism that only occurs in the ultimate endgames - here ya go!!
tropes: i found an amazing list laid out here and picked out some of the best ones
all girls want bad boys
anguished declaration of love (more so the 3rd book so it hasn't happened yet)
childhood friends/best friends to lovers (yes because conrad is ALSO her best friend)
childhood crush
everyone can see it
first love/first guy wins
i want my beloved to be happy
settle for sibling
single-target sexuality (conrad only ever loves belly and lbr she only ever truly loves him)
unrequited/secretly-requited love
music: like... come on... it's pretty clear (and before you bring up delicate, don't: "this ain't for the best" "we can't make any promises")
lover, "can we always be this close forever and ever?"
the way i loved you, "and i never knew i could feel that much"
this love, "these hands had to let it go free and this love came back to me"
false god, "we'd still worship this love"
august, "for me, it was enough to live for the hope of it all"
back to december, "it turns out freedom ainā€™t nothing but missing you"
last kiss, "i never thought we'd have a last kiss"
invisible string, "all along there was some invisible string tying you to me"
sweet nothing, "i find myself running home to your sweet nothings"
snow on the beach, "time can't stop me quite like you did"
exile, "we always walked a very thin line"
when the party's over, "i've learned to lose you, can't afford to"
drivers license, "how could i ever love someone else?
deja vu, "she thinks it's special but it's all reused"
never really over, "just because it's over doesn't mean it's really over"
steal my girl, "we want the same things we dream the same dreams"
i'm kissing you, "but watching stars without you my soul cried"
little things:
conrad was the only one growing up that ever included her
they have their own handshake in the volleyball game (vs belly teaching jere her and taylorā€™s)
he gets her meaningful presents (junior mint, glass unicorn, infinity necklace, bouquet of candy)
he always knows and gets her favorite things (muffins, candy)
they call each other all the time
he gives her his sweaters even when she says she's not cold, because he knows she doesn't mind the cold but likes being cozy
pictures of the two of them are constantly showed (belly's phone, her room, the polaroid)
conrad is the leader but they also look to belly as a leader too (deciding to throw the party, boardwalk, team belly/team conrad)
conrad cheers for steven to fight milo but breaks it up as soon as belly tells him to
always worrying about each other (conrad jumps in to defend laurel from adam when belly gets upset, she always looks to him first when something bad happens)
he can tell that she's awake in the motel because she isn't snoring
they have the same dream of the future (coming back to cousins)
and most of all, susannah, laurel, AND steven ship it šŸ‘‘
parallels:
first off, the flashbacks typically mirror what's going on in present day and almost every flashback is of something important with conrad
the pool scenes with belly swimming while conrad has his feet in
she dreams of him kissing her in the beginning of s2 in the same way he kisses her when they are in front of the fireplace
they continuously have important scenes on the beach
he picks her up the same way the last time they were on the beach as a couple and the first time since their breakup
her wearing his cousins rowing shirt and then still having it, wearing his sweater/sweatshirt, wearing his t-shirt even when broken up
she brings up how he helped her with trig during 'shoot your shot'
he always plays with her hair/brushes it from her face
the infinity necklace and junior mint always being there
constant parallels to staylor (i made a post about them here), jenny has literally said that steven is taylor's conrad
quotes:
conrad - "i'm glad that it was me" "i do want you" "you're it for me" "my chest physically hurts to not be able to tell her that i'm in love with her" "i don't think i could ever get over you" "[you're cold-hearted] for everyone else maybe, not for you"
belly - "you were great" "being with you is all i'ver ever wanted" "i want it to be with you" "there's only you, there's only ever been you" "i was in love, steven, like, out of my mind in love" "he made it so hard not to love him" "i loved conrad longer and truer than anyone in my whole life" "i'll probably never love anyone like that again" "i would've fought for you" "i don't regret any of the times we were together"
laurel - "for belly, conrad is the sun, and when the sun comes out, the stars disappear", saying that a cozy campfire (jeremiah) is not enough compared to fireworks (conrad)
steven - "conrad's her soulmate"
susannah - "i knew it" "take care of him", the letters she's writing in her last scene
foreshadowing:
most obviously, infinity - like it's pretty hard to argue with. also, when conrad explains infinity he compares it to a racetrack, and at the boardwalk him and belly cross the finish line of the racetrack together
dancing - all of the times belly dances, it's with conrad. the deb ball dance especially foreshadows a first dance at a wedding
venus - it is an evening star before it disappears, and then it returns as a morning star. conrad disappears from her life before returning
belly flops - conrad is always holding her under the arms, by her heart
rollerblades - belly talks about her feelings for conrad being tucked away like her rollerblades, which came out of storage in s2
staylor - belly and taylor's conversation about forgetting first loves and then taylor immediately ignoring that and getting with steven... she's so real
deja vu - belly constantly sees things that remind her of conrad, especially when she is with jeremiah. the song literally plays while she's in the car with him. like again... "it's all reused" šŸ˜‚
names- isabel susannah conklin and conrad beck fisher... talk about fate amirite
lighting - the motel scene... enough said
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