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tauforged · 2 years ago

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brooo do you have a laz lore master post i wanna see more about this guy . blorbo from my person i follow on tumblr

waaa im so glad u like him!!!!!! his lore is kinda.....scattered all over unfortunately hdsjnkfdjkfn im very unorganized. the main big posts that ive made about him in recent memory that i havent accidentally retconned are here (eternalism bullshit and how the his drifter and operator selves tie into the version we know and love) here (answering a bunch of questions about him) aaaaaaaaaand here (explaining a little bit about how his oculus and void echolocation works)

his tag is kinda sparsely populated cuz a lot of his character building has been happening behind the scenes and i havent shared much due to being forgetful as hell and for the longest time sorta just assuming nobody cared about him but me lmao BUT i can give you a rundown of everything ive got so far: (it's gonna be long, sorry in advance)

on the zariman, he was separated from the other kids and ended up hiding in a ventilation shaft to avoid the adults. he hid so well, in fact, that the orokin actually almost missed him entirely and nearly left him there when they were collecting the tenno after the void jump. he was so paralyzed by fear and pain that at first, they had assumed he was a corpse, and only realized otherwise when he freaked the hell out and blew a massive hole through the poor bastard they sent to go drag him out of the vents.

in the aftermath of the zariman and for most of the old war, he was sort of just... squirreled away and treated more like a feral animal than a kid. he was jumpy and uncooperative, his connection to the void was strong enough that he could do some serious damage when startled, and he didn't remember most of his life before the zariman incident at all, so he was difficult to reason with and in their eyes a waste of time. he didn't even remember his own name, so they called him 'Lazarus' as a reference to the fact that he was assumed to be dead when first recovered, and seemed to be pretty good at surviving against the odds. eventually he just accepted this as his name.

im not entirely sure if margulis knew about him or not... i feel as though she would want to help him, but he probably wouldn't trust her one bit. ive been tempted to go all in and say he couldve been the tenno who accidentally blinded her, which would lend credence to why the orokin felt the need to isolate him so thoroughly from everyone else, but i dont know if im gonna commit to that. as far as being a 'weaponized' tenno, he was treated as sort of a last resort.

he only had the one frame during the old war - he was paired off with a particularly uncooperative umbral ash that they weren't sure would even be able to be 'controlled', but despite most of the handlers assuming theyd tear eachother to shreds, they ended up sharing a really close bond. This ash is his primary frame, Styx! styx is like a father to him, really. they only ever had eachother for a very very long time.

he only ever saw combat once before the war ended. the orokin were getting desperate, and threw pretty much everyone they had at a particular area-- including laz. he had no idea what to do with himself, but he was suddenly outside of his 'room' (more of a holding cell, to be frank) for the first time in years, so he did what any sensible scared kid would do-- he ran for his fucking life. before his handlers realized where he'd gone and tried to interrupt his transference to his frame, he transferred out of his chair completely and essentially escaped for good. they assumed he wouldnt survive on his own and marked it down as a loss, but he was ultimately forgotten. one less little void demon to deal with, really.

he ran for a long time, just sorta trying to get as far away from anything and everything orokin as he possibly could, but too afraid of being recaptured to dare trust anyone he met along the way. at some point before the end of the war, he had a run-in with a lone sentient that cornered him, and he had no choice but to try and defend himself.

he lost this fight. the sentient very much killed him, but in his final moments, all of the void energy trapped inside his body was released like a bomb going off, which killed the sentient pretty much instantly. the implosion also created a weird little pocket void of sorts that pulled in his body and the bits and pieces of the sentient that were left behind. slowly, over the years, the void pieced him back together, replacing whatever was destroyed with pieces of sentient technology, essentially creating the first amalgam.

the entire time laz was in his void coma, styx was helpless to retrieve him. he knew he wasn't gone - he could still feel his presence - but he couldn't get through to him.... so he waited. and waited. and waited some more. eventually, the ruined old building they'd been in all but collapsed, plants began to grow through the foundation, his joints began to rust and his blades tarnished. grineer and corpus and infested alike discovered the place over the years and all were promptly slaughtered in fits of protective rage. by the time another tenno stumbled across his resting place, the old war was ancient history, and the lotus had already located and awakened most of her children-- but laz had never had a chance to form that connection with her. he barely knew margulis, let alone natah.

the tenno who eventually found him and woke him up was none other than @helmofhades' specialest boy Rigel! they have a very special relationship. i love them both deeply. by the time rigel had found him, he'd been mostly put back together-- but the somatic scars on his face had progressed to the point where his eyes were damaged beyond repair. rigel and the other tenno who eventually made up their little clan helped him get back on his feet and adjust to this strange new world he found himself in.

laz and rigel are basically married if it wasnt obvious already. they are boy best friends <3

he went through the main story quest more or less the same as happens in the game, although he never really had a very close connection with the lotus and was more wary of her and confused by her for than anything for a very long time-- at least until the new war, anyway

the drifter and the operator are two separate entities - but there's also a third, completely separate laz who is basically a conglomerate of all of his alternate selves. i call this special third guy 'laz prime' to make life easier for myself, but neither of them are any more 'real' than the others.

operator laz is him but in babymode. nothing much else to that. hes just a little guy, and its his birthday, hes a little birthday boy!!!

drifter laz i uh... kinda havent touched on much. im waiting for duviri to drop so i can really get into the nitty gritty of all the time loop bullshit. hes kinda a bitter asshole though. not that i blame him.

laz prime is the funny guy i post about so much!!!! after the cutscene in the new war where the drifter and operator meet, neither of those two actually LEAVE that dormizone, at least not in the version of reality we see-- their meeting causes laz prime to just sorta... start existing! he remembers being both of them, although only vaguely. it's him who finishes the quest, and it's him who eventually returns to the zariman for the angels update and all that fun stuff. im sure driftlaz and oplaz are still out there, doing their own thing, but i havent the slightest clue what that may be.

laz prime is more severely amalgamated than either of his counterparts-- while theyve got the horns, hooves, and claws, laz prime takes it up a notch with an extra set of arms and a tail! he's also absurdly huge.

he has a cane to help with the mobility issues caused by having to balance on those teeny tiny itty bitty stick legs-- it's actually a little sentient! he calls it a mobilyst. it's his little buddy. i really like it

laz prime can't really use amps in the traditional way, considering his sentient parts react very poorly to large concentrations of void energy. he pieces together makeshift weapons with cores and fragments he scavenges from other sentients or amalgams that he kills to make up for it. he can also breathe void-fire, but he doesn't do that very often because it singes his scruffy little beard :( love loses

his lack of ability to effectively channel amps makes him VERRRY very interested in traditional weaponry. he's especially fond of incarnons-- JUST because theyre cool weapons. no other reason. none at all. unrelated, but do you think cavalero likes men? asking for a friend.

#TUMBLR YELLED AT ME FOR MAKING THIS POST TOO LONG LMFAO SO I HAD TO CUT IT SHORT #OOPSIES!!!!!#anyway i hope this doesnt break i poured my heart and soul into it. thank you anon for caring about him #long post #ocs #laz

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jellicle-jemmy · 3 years ago

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So I wrote this a little over two years ago. They are my first thoughts in watching CATS (2019)

This was written basically as soon as I got home from the theatre in 2019. I truly hope you enjoy these, as they have been gathering dust in my drafts. Now, without further ado:

These are just some of my thoughts I had while watching and my initial reaction to the film I have just watched.

Okay, first of all, me and my pals thought we were in the wrong cinema for a couple minutes because there were faaaaar too many people in the cinema

Overture:

As we all know, the music slaps and me and my pals were straight vibing as the camera panned down.

And then the cats appeared. I legit was thinking, “wow they actually made them look like that, huh?”

I immediately identified Munk, Cass, Dem and Syllabub

SPIDER MUNK! SPIDER MUNK! DOES WHATEVER A SPIDER MUNK DOES!

fr tho why did he climb down that wall like that that’s not how cats work

Why are they surrounding her like that?? ARE THEY SUMMONING A DEMON WTF?? I’M SO DIZZY

[Victoria appears] Oh look it’s a babey

I took a forty, smashed in on the ground and yelled SCATTER

Jellicle Songs For Jellicle Cats

Laurie Davidson is babey

This isn’t too bad. I like the way that this number is being handled so far

AAaaaaaaaand now it’s funky town WTF

The music just went rachachacha on us

Munk really be out here straight vibing throughout the whole song

I do like how he’s kind of leading the whole numberits fun to watch

As always, there’s my babey Syllabub

We need to talk about the feet. Or maybe we shouldn’t. Yeah let’s not.

What is with the clapping in the music? Who is clapping? The cats aren’t. The audience certainly isnt. ( @whatsajinglebellcat said “It’s the clap of their ass cheeks as they’re dancing”)

The choreography is mediocre at best, I really dislike Andy’s choreography, why are they like that?????

Francesca Hayward is babey

How is Syllabub able to hang from that position wtf, surely that hurts

Robbie Fairchild as Munk is both daddy and babey (i’m said it I’m not sorry)

The jellicles seem to be having fun at least which is nice

Macavity Dialogue Bit

That Moriarty reference flashing into a wanted poster for Macavity is beautiful thank you so much to whoever pitched that and implemented that

Ooooo Macavity already sounds interesting

Once again, Laurie Davidson as Misto is babey

Demeter and Cassandra, why are you such bitches? Dear lord

The Naming of Cats // Invitation to the Jellicle Ball

Ngl I actually really like this bit

Deadass seems like a cult initiation but we’ve long ago established that the Jellicle tribe is a cult anyway

Munkustrap ur doing so good sweetie

Victoria darling u are one in the babey club

As always, there is Syllabub straight vibing

Mr Strap, Munk that is a child, why are you dancing with her like that?!

Francesca is a stunning wonderful dancer but she should’ve been dancing by herself more

Mr Mistofelees you are such babey ur so cute darling, he’s doing so good

Munk why did you have to sing your bit and then restate it while talking we’re not stupid!

oh wait.

a lot of people still don’t get the plot

carry on, and maybe say it again

The Old Gumbie Cat (Coming from someone who has played Jennyanydots)

no no

no no no

no no nope not happening no

no way

don’t like that at all

why is she doing that

why does she sound like that

Munk ur doing so good but why

Why is she spreading eagle like that

why do the mice look like that

why do the roaches look like that

WHY DID SHE UNZIP HERSELF DEAR GOD MY EYES

NO FUNNY FAT CAT BOING BOING

The Rum Tum Tugger

ooooo... this... is alright

actually

hold up

wait

why is this actually good

awww Jenny and Munk are so cute i’m glad they did munk and jenny’s friendship

Damn Tugger is fun

Okay, why is he reacting to Vic that way

Who cares this slaps

Jason Derulo was a good Rum Tum Tugger choice there I said it

Oh my god i actually love his voice

Syllabub = babey

dear god Jenny that comment about Tugger and being neutered isn’t very in character but I cackled

Jenny sweetie pls don’t try and breakdance

Okay the milk is fucking weird

this is weird

okay nvmind it’s good again

Tugger really be feeling himself in those riffs. and so he should

Grizabella The Glamour Cat

This is well handled

I really like how Griz sang her bit to the curious Victoria

I love that not everyone realised Griz was there right away

Of course, that is

oooo Cass and Dem are feisty

Deadass Cass seems like Grizabella’s child??!!!

Oh my god they look like the Jets or the Sharks are they about to start clicking????!!!!

Gang gang

Once again - syllabub, i see you and i love you

Dialogue Interlude

Griz went of with Maccy Boi huh?

Macavity you fuckin’ bitch

I barely remember what happened but that transition into Bustopher Jones really doesn’t fit

I think Bustopher and Jenny had a fight? Umm? Why?

Bustopher Jones

I had a real trouble keeping an eye on whats going on in this number

Why are all his ‘clubs’ just dumpsters? Like no. That’s-

That’s not really

JESUS CHRIST JENNY REALLY JUST WENT POOF HUH

THANOS SNAPPED THAT QUEEN

HOLY SHIT

I LITERALLY JUMPED OUT OF MY CHAIR

After that I was just watching my friend who played Bustopher to see his reaction to everything

Also why is he singing this entire number by himself

Maitre’D (or however the fuck that name is spelled) is married to Bustopher and no one can change my mind

Why is “the cat in spats” so funny, Macavity? Huh? I did like that Mac poked fun at his fashion sense rather than his weight tho

Also why did Bustopher fucking flyyyy??????

Aaaaaaaaand down the slide Veruca Salt style

Growltiger Interlude

Could’ve raised a lot of red flags with this number, but just establishing the character where all the kidnapped characters ended up, I liked

Also what did Growltiger actually do to Bustopher

And that gag about the rhyming of “aims” and “thames” ran a little too long ngl

But I liked the mauled ear on Growltiger - nice nod and detail

Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer

These two really said “Be gay, do crimes”

I love them

I fucking love them

And this rendition

10/10 I love this whole number

They’re a little more evil than playful but I literally don’t care because they’re awesome

The jewels on Victoria? Stan

Mungojerrie is such a cute dumb bitch and I love him so much

Their accents are so cute

The house is stunning

Victoria? Babey.

Mungojerrie? Babey.

Rumpleteazer? Babey.

This number was so much fun and is probably my favourite

And their fur designs are so cute too!

I love this song. I love the version. I love everything about it.

Mistofelees X Victoria Interlude

Once again, the twins are babey

You know who else is babey? My clumsy and adorable boy Misto

Clumsy sweetie

Wow they’re going for Mistoria huh?

Why didn’t they play up Mungo and Teazer knowing Vic before the ball? Why is there just a nod to it in when Munk asks about the jewel Vic wears

Old Deuteronomy

I adore Robbie Fairchild

Why does Old Doot appear like a new rival in a video game?

The rendering was so bad in that moment

But Munk is so sweet when Doot appears

They are mother and son, and no one can change my mind

Judi Dench really can’t sing huh...

It’s so raspy and yick

Also her coat is so odd and I hate it

Deadass she looks like an albino

Song of the Jellicles

I genuinely couldn’t tell if I liked or disliked the fact that everyone sang everything

“Meow meow meow meow” Gus dear god why

Again, we’re back into the whole cult thing

Jellicle Ball

The whole cinema lost their minds laughing through this whole choreography and I hated it

But Syllabub got some dance moves

Tugger saying “With your permission” ummm??? He is Doot’s other more feral son

The choreography was good at some points but for the most part it was eh

The music is bangin’ tho

And then they all died lmao

Memory

WHY DOES GRIZ HAVE SO MUCH SNOT

that is all

PART 2 COMING SOON

#cats the musical #jellicle cats #cats musical #cats 2019

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lolathepeacocklord · 4 years ago

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Some lil’ HCs for for ma fren uwu

hRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR @queenofarachnidz made a hunter pup named Jay- And I have finally decided to settle down and make my Ocs’ reactions to Aaron bringing over a tiny ball of fuzz that bleps. Here u go uwu Alright- So Aaron comes by and shows the group a little hunter pup hiding in the collar of his hoodie. Aaron says the parents didn’t come back for a long time, so he decided to take the baby so him and the other survivors could help raise it. Alex, Smith and Trisha absolutely adore this little guy and will often ask to hold it. They’re both surprisingly good with taking care of Jay, and Romeo will sometimes just poke it. He likes the noises and faces it makes! The Farmer is proud that Aaron decided to save the child, but he isn’t very confident in his parental skills with very young children and babies. He mainly makes sure Corey doesn’t get too close or is left alone with the baby because he will... Go berserk-

Brutus just sees Jay and is like ‘What is this creature you have presented to us. WHY IS IT SO SMALL.’ Jay is allowed to lay atop Brutus’ Head, shoulders, and hands and he will not move an inch for the safety of the child. And Blance- She was never ready to have a child, and always thought she’d be a horrible mother. Now- If this baby boy is to ever just curl up in her arm, smile at her, or even just approach her, she will break down crying. The wholesomeness is too much for her. Aaaaaaaaaand Hunter. I have feeling that Jay may or may not be slightly more bonded to him since he’s also a hunter. The entire time he is with the pup he has one thing on his mind the entire time: ‘do not look adoring do not look adoring do NOT look like you adore the child because you are a MAN-’ Then Jay bleps and Hunter just-

#of course i had to meme the last one #i am sorry #but i hope you like this!#l4d #l4d2 #left 4 dead #left 4 dead 2 #l4d hunter pup #au #l4d oc #reaction

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aelinbitch-archive · 5 years ago

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unpopular opinion: i don’t like rowan/rowaelin. i’m not here to convince u to unstan lol ppl are allowed to like/dislike things w/o feeling bad about it omg but i hate that some rowan stans are so insensitive when it comes to those who don’t like him! they’re so thirsty for him that they condemn anyone who doesn’t stan him & then excuse his problematic/lowkey triggering actions bc he’s hot and it’s gross. AGAIN not saying ppl can’t like rowan it’s ok lol but it’s more about some stan’s behavior

That’s totally fair my angel. I dislike the vibe that some people are locked out of the fandom for not being a cheerleader for every aspect of the series, and I hope that my followers/mutuals know that if they dislike stuff I like, or like stuff I dislike, expressing their opinions regarding that won’t ever cause me to cut them off (unless it’s like, some truly gross shit, which disliking rowaelin isn’t).

Also I have to say, even tho I do like rowaelin, I understand where you’re coming from about people excusing his actions because he’s hot. I’ve toooooootally seen that. And I’ll just be 100% honest - no shade to anyone, but some of the rowaelin content on this website disturbs me a little bit, in terms what’s considered hot/romantic/acceptable when writing or depicting them in art. I’ve seen some weird stuff defended as hot or even just “not that bad.” Which isn’t necessarily a problem with canon, but your ask was more about stans anyway, so yeah.

A while ago I actually wrote rowaelin meta in response to some other peeps (which was more about Aelin in relation to Rowaelin and how she’s included or not included in discussions of the ship, but it has some thoughts relevant to this ask) so I’m gonna just copy and paste what I wrote below and feel free to read if u want. (It’s like very overdramatic and fiery lmao but anyway).

I agree with a lot of this, but (at risk of derailing ms aelinapologist’s amazing post) I do have a few things to say, which are

1. OP took two whole paragraphs at the beginning of her post to say that the point wasn’t to discourse about rowaelin being abuse or not abuse, it was to talk about how the conversations centering around said abuse consistently display a disturbing lack of empathy for the character who should be the main concern of the debate. So I just find it a bit funny/odd that the replies (including a portion of the one I’m about to make, I admit that) have been like “Yeah great post! And now to discourse about Rowaelin-” but I digress.

2. I have consistently loved reading about Rowan and Aelin and they’re one of my favorite fictional couples. So nothing I’m about to say is intended to be like “GOTCHA they suck and you suck for liking them!!!” Because I like them as well. A lot. And in addition, nothing about this reblog is intended to be shady or confrontational in any way shape or form. I just think this is a great and very needed discussion I’d like to contribute to, so here goes.

3. Even if we look at HoF alone and ignore how things play out later: yes, they are both mean to one another, yes, they are both in a dark place and end up having a mutually positive effect on one another (so I definitely agree that, at least for HoF alone, it’s not a “douchey guy changes for the heroine story”) but. There IS still a power imbalance. I don’t think it’s entirely accurate to say “they were both bad The End” without also bringing up the fact that Rowan is 300 years old and Aelin is 18, and that Rowan is training Aelin and is in a position that gives him a massive amount of control over her, and that he is stronger and more powerful than her physically, magically, and socially (he is a prince and legendary warrior, she is a AWOL teenage princess currently working as a scullery maid).

Maybe I’m reading into it too much, but I really just don’t think that Aelin, a 17 y/o girl going through an unimaginably shitty time, being like “fuck you!!” to this 300 y/o jerk who doesn’t know shit about her is on the same level as aforementioned 300 y/o jerk hitting her, biting her, and telling her she would have been of more use to the world if she’d died when she was eight.

And in addition to that, we see that his behavior effects her a lot more than it effects him. When he verbally tears her down, we see her experience genuine and devastating despair and shame, whereas everything she does and says to him, no matter how snarky or outright cruel, is not having that same effect on him. People always seem to think they’re giving Aelin credit for being a Strong Woman™ by saying “she’s tough! she can handle it!” when in reality… we have evidence for the fact that she kinda can’t handle it. That the way he treats her in the beginning is slowly wearing her down and sending her deeper into a depressive state. And I don’t understand how it somehow reflects poorly on Aelin (or is even misogynist) to acknowledge this. Women, especially literal teenage girls, should not be measured by their tolerance for mistreatment.

All I really wish is that somewhere along the line we’d gotten a genuine apology from Rowan for this besides a throwaway line in KoA about regretting their “brawling.” And again, none of this is to say “see!! it IS abuse!!” it’s just to suggest that, even as an enemies to friends to lovers story, the “enemies” part was not exactly on a level playing field.

4. But with that being said, I could probably forgive the imbalance in their early relationship, mostly because their later relationship, as both friends and lovers, is so amazing and supportive in pretty much every way. And the great thing about enemies to FRIENDS to lovers, like you said, is that 1) none of the assholery occurred during any kind of romantic or sexual relationship or a transition into one, so it was sort of “fair and square” in that way, and 2) they had the opportunity form a solid, platonic foundation of trust and caring before they crossed into the lover territory.

Aaaaaaaaaand then Sarah did a retcon job on HoF which negated… pretty much all of that. I can totally be down with “good old fashioned mutual hatred thaws into caring which grows into love” but once we start hearing shit like “‘Sometimes, you’d be sleeping beside me at Mistward, and it’d take all my concentration not to lean over and bite them. Bite you all over’” and “‘That was the first time I really lost control around you, you know. I wanted to chuck you off a cliff, yet I bit you before I knew what I was doing. I think my body knew, my magic knew. And you tasted… So good. I hated you for it’”……. hhhhhhhhhhh.

I can’t think of many arguments for this NOT contributing at least a little to the “he’s mean because he loves you (and stick it out because someday he’ll figure it out)” trope. And while it might be a bit different because Aelin was quite mean as well, her behavior was just… meanness. Not some sort of weird outlet for repressed sexual attraction/love. I guess I just get flashbacks of “No sweetie, that boy in your class kicks your desk, pulls your hair, and calls you names because he likes you and doesn’t know how to express it.”

And I think this decision on Sarah’s part to go back and say he was into her all along is 1) a result of the mating bond thing she’s so fond of and 2) kind of a panicked backpedalling to the backlash she might have gotten over Rowan’s behavior in HoF? Which is…. so ironic because she made it SO much worse. In my humble opinion, she should have just doubled down on what she originally wrote as enemies-friends-lovers (and had Rowan bring up his early behavior and apologize in some way), and the problem would have been solved. And while I personally feel that I can recognize this for what it is - a shitty retcon - and enjoy the relationship despite it, I don’t think we should talk over people for whom this is a deal-breaker for the ship.

5. I don’t think about all of this and have the reaction that so many “anti tog” people seem to have of “FUCK Rowan he’s ABUSIVE and PREDATORY and I wish he was DEAD!!!” I think there are things to criticize about his behavior and about the way Sarah decided to spin their relationship, but they have had many great moments, especially in the later books, and I don’t think I or anyone else is “shipping abuse” by enjoying that. All of this is just to emphasize how, in OP’s very succinct words, “your inalienable right to enjoy two characters’ dynamic does not outweigh the right to criticise it.” Because there ARE valid things to criticize, and we as Rowaelin shippers (lol.) need to be careful not to conflate ugly hatred with valid criticism when we speak over it.

And because there IS so much ugly hatred for Aelin and her relationship with Rowan on this website, I completely understand why there’s a kind of knee-jerk reaction of jumping to defense of this ship we love. But that impulse, quite frankly, means nothing to me if defense of Rowaelin includes the erasure of Aelin’s canonical experiences. And maybe this is wacky and controversial, but I’m pretty sure we can express our enjoyment of Rowaelin AND keep Aelin as an individual from being swept under the rug.

6. More than saying any of that what I really really want to do (and have been trying to do in the previous paragraphs, but maybe unsuccessfully) is bring the conversation back to OP’s original point which was not “abuse!” or “not abuse!” but about how the ways in which we discuss “abuse or not abuse” often includes a stomach-turning lack of concern for Aelin and some frustratingly reductive arguments. And somehow I have the sneaking suspicion that Rowaelin shippers are reading this post and missing the point, which that this is happening on BOTH sides of the argument.

Everyone is perfectly entitled to ship Rowaelin and argue their opinion about its merits or lack thereof, but when we cover our ears and say “she was mean too she was mean too she was mean too she was mean too la la la la la la la” that’s completely ignoring the genuine pain that she did experience in HoF and the power imbalance that she was subjected to, no matter whether or not we personally feel that it was sufficiently rectified in later books.

And I see this ALL THE TIME, in both the fandom and “anti-fandom”, and I’m honest to god quite sick of it. I’m sick of the willful ignorance of a teenage girl’s pain in order to further an agenda. Yes, it’s more stomach-turning when the agenda is to prove what an evil bitch she is or whatever, but it’s not excusable if your agenda is to prove Rowaelin is great, either! And I don’t understand why we have to throw all nuance out the window and ignore how Dorian hurt her, ignore how Chaol hurt her, ignore how Rowan hurt her, fucking hell, ignore how SAM hurt her, just so we can make our arguments! Because as much as the antis love to scream about “WHAT MESSAGE IS THIS TERRIBLE SHIP SENDING THE TINY GIRL-CHILDREN WHO READ THE BOOKS???” it’s also like, what kind of message is our ongoing discussion of it sending by sweeping a teenage girl’s experiences under the rug when we argue about her relationships?

And like OP said, what have we even got to show for it? No conclusion has been reached, nothing has been achieved besides valuing a romance (or the hatred of that romance and preference for a different romance) over individual characters, namely an individual character who happens to be a teenage girl that has suffered an ungoldy amount - suffered, sometimes, at the hands of male characters we like.

In conclusion, the mass allergy everyone seems to have to giving a shit about Aelin unless its to further their agenda is sickening. If I had a dollar for every time I’ve had to hear about how poor Manon’s character was “ruined” by Manorian (although not directly by DORIAN, of course, because apparently Saint Haviliard can do no wrong) I’d have enough money to buy a lamborghini and drive it off a cliff like I wish I could every time I hear someone’s terrible hot take about how Aelin is complicit in her own alleged abuse. Yet somehow I’ve never heard anyone complain about the damage done to Aelin’s character by any of the male characters, including Rowan. It’s never “Rowan ruined Aelin’s character!!” it’s “Rowaelin sucks and so does Aelin.” In fact, one of the REASONS Aelin sucks in the first place IS Rowan/Rowaelin! What a great implicit message to send to people reading your “critiques”: if you are annoying and #problematic enough, your suffering will be used against you and you will receive no sympathy for it. Cool!

And for other ships, too: it’s never “Chaol and Dorian, while at points a very good for Aelin, also caused her a lot of pain” it’s either “Chaol was right about Aelin in QoS and both he and Dorian are ruined because of her #chaorian” OR, from the fans, who, again, are not off the hook, “Chaol and Dorian and Aelin are BFFs forever #originaltrio.” And as a teenage girl myself, who loves and identifies with Aelin, who is more invested in her story than anyone else’s… I’m just tired. And more than a little appalled. And I wish we could do better.

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crowblackdream · 5 years ago

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yoooooooo it’s g, back with yet another muse~ (you’d think with me working nearly 60 hours a week i’d be reasonable with how many muses i have but you thought wrong). but anyway!! say hello to woojin~ under the cute you’ll find a memey breakdown of his bio (because idk how to do intros without taking the piss out of my muses soz), and hmu if you have any plots or connections you want this dude to fill out!!

now this is a story all about how an incubus’ life got flipped turned upside down (i hate myself)

but nah it might as well have been flipped turned upside down

ya boi was chilling in hell with his incubus friends when suddenly, dun dun dun

found himself on earth

feel sorry for him he thought he was free from humans for a bit

but plot twist he doesn’t remember a damn thing, he just knows his name and where he comes from

good luck expecting anything else from him lmao he has the memory of a gold fish

doesn’t even remember if he’s wearing underwear half the time lmao

but ya boi was like

“i wanna be a copper”

and the coppers were like

“but can u run”

so he ran a bit and they basically gave him the job

like think of those meme panels of like, people applying for mcdonalds, and the interviewee is like “the ice cream machine is broken” and the interviewer is like “you’re hired” it’s that situation

ANYWAY he discovered he was power hungry in the force

BOI WANTED THOSE PROMOTIONS AMIRITE LADS

and he got them bc he pretended he was good at his job

TURNS OUT he’s just a really good lay

and can manipulate people through sex, so he got mad information on targets of cases from giving that good good you know

and it got him pretty far

UNTIL :O

he got sacked lmao it was bound to happen bye bye demon you’re got adios

nah he was sleeping with a gang members to get information on gangs bc why the fuck not

and it worked

until it didn’t

he got caught post-lay aaaaaaaaaand got the boot

like imagine the interaction bc i’m laughing

“so you were caught at this time, at this location, looking like you’d survived ten orgies. what say you in your defence?”

“why you mad? bc my dick pops severely? and yours don’t?”

>.>

enough of that, he got sacked we get it

so he was all like :( got a solid minute

before he sparked the master plan of joining one of the gangs he was trying to bring down, and trying to act all power hungry there :o

so now he’s an enforcer and con-man in geomeun son

I REALLY DIDN’T THINK THIS THROUGH BC THIS GUYS OUT HERE TRYNA BE THE BEST OF THE BEST OF GEOMEUN SON

my other baby’s the leader shit

ANYWAY THAT’S THE END OF MY TED TALK I’M GONNA GO SCOLD MYSELF :)

#intro #i mean idk what happened was this even an intro do i even tag it as that #it's just a mess and i rambled about fuck all #but enjoy anyway

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hereforlukescruff · 6 years ago

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Okay here’s a CONCEPT FOR U MIRIAM MY LOVE you are drowning in homework (which I know you are) and you’re so stressed out and Luke can just tell so one day after school you drag yourself through the front door of your home and fling your book bag across the floor with a loud sigh and look up and there’s LU with dinner made and candles lit and a cheesy ass grin on his dumb gorgeous face and he’s like “let me take care of you tonight babe” aaaaaaaaaand goodbye

allie im going to cry this is the cutest thing ever,,,,,im so frustrated with all the work i have to do and finals coming up so id do anYthing to come home to luke.

but like it’s been a particularly bad day at school and you have so much work piling up that you’re about to go crazy. walking into the house and you see Luke in his sweats and he’s putting dinner on the table and he’s pouty cause you’re home early and he was just about to light candles and get a bit more dressed up for his girl. but it is what it is so he tells you to go put on your pjs and come down. before you sit down, he gives you the warmest hug and he kisses your forehead while telling you that you can get through this and then he pulls you to sit down. so there you two are, with a fancy dinner in front of you and candles all the while youre both wearing pjs cause what is your relationship more than just being completely comfortable with each other. it’s easy to relax when you’re sitting with him cause he has that smile on his face and you see what he did for you and you know that he’ll always support you just like you would with him.

#this is literally my dream #i just want to sit in my pajamas with him and relax #lh #luke hemmings #5sos #lh sfw concepts

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bosstoaster · 6 years ago

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End of Year Writing Meme: B, N, P, R, T, U, aaaaaaaaaand Z

I’m going to do the first four on this one, because this is So Many

B. Who’s your favorite side-character from something you wrote?

Atlas in everything she appeared in, but especially Here it Goes Again. In general, I enjoy writing the very Blue and Orange morality that I can get away with when it comes to the lions. Atlas is that, but only a few months old. And I get to make her an unapologetic Shiro Stan because heck yeah.

N. Anything you were planning to write that never got written?

Fun fact, I spent twenty minutes trying to find my old bullet journal to better answer this question, and I utterly failed. Uh oh.

Aside from the previously mentioned clone saga fic, I had more sequels to the werewolf Shunk fic and the Dresden Files fics that never got written.

And... all the 3k follower specials -sweats-

P. What are your pet peeves in other people’s work?

Above all, lack of paragraph breaks. I’ll be reading an otherwise good fic that has a paragraph half a page long and I’ll bounce right there.

In fandom specifically, I really hate how often Shiro is just a convenient stud for the actual main focus of the story to pine after and swoon on his broad chest. There are an astonishing number of fics in which Shiro is the second principle character and yet he has no personality.

R. If you had to rewrite one of your stories from scratch, which one would it be? What would you do to it?

Oh frick.

All the early stuff? Like, all of it needs such an update. If something is older than 6 months I probably don’t touch it anymore out of mortification.

More specifically, I’d take down Take these Broken Wings and make it so it has an actual cohesive plot other than ‘Shiro ends up back in the arena and is scary and objectified and this fic has problems’

#BT Writes #BT Memes #Voltron #phoenixyfriend

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devintrinidad · 6 years ago

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10 GIFs of Anime that You Love, Then Tag 10 People

Just got tagged by @chemicalflashes.

Durarara

One of the first few anime I watched. I adored how the intricate stories were intertwined with others; how a bystander in one scene could be a hero or a villain in another. A choice that one makes can easily have devestaring consequences. And of course, the mastermind himself: Orihara Izaya.

Death Note

Oldie, yes. Overrated, probably. Completely worth watching and still able to discuss a decade after completion? Along with a few movies, musical adaptations, and a live action remake? Oh, yes!

Favorite characters are Near and Misa. The former for his cool nature that resembles L’s, but ultimately serves as a better allegory for Justice because he doesn’t find Kira for fun. No, he captures and probably would have him imprisoned for life because it’s his duty as L’s successor. He’s also heavily under-appreciated by the fandom. The latter for her adaptability and unpredictability in situations. Did you guys watch the Yorsuba arc? The girl was calculating how cute she was going to be. Plus, she’s not mentally well (her parents were murdered in front of her), but she still managed to handle herself SO WELL during her time as a prisoner under L’s inhuman methods to seek out the Second Kira. Again, she’s under-appreciated.

Death Parade

Brilliant idea. Has a possible tie in to Death Note. The opening was laughably so misleading!

There are some flaws, like plot holes and unfinished storylines, but it held up pretty well. We learned about the characters through how they interact with one another—especially when put under pressure. The Arbiters are amazing in that they can’t question the system, and yet, in the end, Decim tries to understand and formulate how Chiyuki is going to be finally put to rest.

If nothing else, just watch for the skating scene and the opening sequence.

Cells at Work (Hataraku Saibou)

How could I not add this show??? I’m not that great science, but I have been intimately acquainted with how the body works (I’m frankly disappointed no one has called 1146 a granulocyte yet and we haven’t seen any neurons in the manga 😞). Also...3803 is basically me: I’m terrible at directions, I’m continuously learning new things because I moved away, and the way she met 1146...is kind of how I met my best friend, hehehe.

That said, I’m really in love with this anime/manga fandom and hope to continue writing for it. (Insert self promotion: please read my fanfics on my main platform which is ffnet!)

Another reason why I love CAW...

The neutrophil squad.

...and wbc x rbc...and by that, I mean any or all of those wbc squad can get paired with 3803. Because I have a soft spot for reverse harems. *cough Ouran High School Host Club*

Hetalia: Axis Powers

This show made me love geography and my country so much. It’s funny, it’s hilarious, and it’s so heartwarming how the fandom likes to make all sorts of fanmade stuff to expand on what Hima-papa gives us. (YES, IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 2018, I SHALL REFER TO HIMARYU-SENSEI AS HIMA-PAPA. FIGHT ME.)

Is Hetalia dead? I don’t know, but the fandom and one particular FanFiction by @cultureandseptember really helped me out a few years back.

Bungou Stray Dogs

I love literature, good looking animation, and smarmy little know-it-alls who like to play the fool. Hehehe, I’m planning on reading No Longer Human when I get the time. Does that mean Osamu Dazai is my favorite character? Well...

Can you blame me if I said yes? He’s so charming and enigmatic that you can’t help but love him. However, I think I really love him because I struggle with dark thoughts and suicidal ideation from time to time. I haven’t actively sought it out quite like he has in the past, but well... hehehe! I can also relate because he’s kind of like an outsider in the Agency due to his past—he’s different because he can’t actively cancel out your abilities, which always makes him a threat.

Anywhoozles, I’m still waiting to see the movie...Le sigh.

K Project

This. This is not the best anime out there. Seriously.

The animation gets wonky here and there, they do the women in here a huge disservice, and they put too much emphasis on how great Mikoto Suoh. Like, he’s great and all, but the dude has no effect on the story except for the last season.

With that said, I think the main selling point here isn’t the anime, but the side materials like the manga/novels. You get to appreciate the backstories of so many of the characters and you get to feel for them because some of them have suffered so much! (Read: Fushimi Saruhiko).

I think you can get the same amount of enjoyment if you stick to the novels/manga.

Favorite characters: Scepter 4 Alphabet Squad. They are the best boys. Also, Lieutenant Awashima Seri. And Fushimi Saruhiko. You know what? Just put down Blue Clan here. They’re all nerds and they enjoy it.

Also: Domyoiji Andy reminds me of U-4989 from CAW. So...

Violet Evergarden

Remember how I said that I liked literature? This entire anime is about the power of not only the written word, but of also the act of writing, sending, and receiving those words. The anime may be episodic in nature, but you can really connect with the character through her terrible backstory and really feel for her when she realizes that she needs to face her past. PTSD is real and I think the anime really handled the post war aspect of this torn down world really well.

I’m also a sucker for typewriters, steam punk, and characters that don’t really know how to function in society (but learn over the course of the story).

Watch this if you want feels...and get ready for episode ten.

Samurai Champloo

This takes place in feudal era Japan.

But there’s rapping.

And breakdancing.

And guys spraying paint everywhere.

Also, there’s a sunflower samurai we gotta look for???

Hahahah, while episodic in nature, this was a joy to watch. You never get to know the characters really well and when we reach our mission’s end, it seems to fall short, but it’s not about that. The journey is what makes this anime worth it simply because the characters interactions are rife with hilarity and all three mains balance each other out. There’s a fanfic out there that describes them in detail, but in a succinct manner that had me melting. (https://m.fanfiction.net/s/2351750/1/The-Order-of-Things) check it out when you have the time.

Anyway, for those of you who have watched it, I sincerely hope that they meet again in the future.

(But, let’s be real. They probably didn’t).

Tokyo Mew Mew

Guys.

This isn’t a joke.

I have a soft spot for this anime because this was my first ever anime I watched where I realized that this was anime. This was like my gateway anime. Not Sailor Moon. Not Naruto.

This.

Looking back on this, it wasn’t the best—it’s your typical monster of the week deal with some environmental activism involved but for what it’s worth...it’s good??? Like, even the 4Kids dub (DONT CRUCIFY ME) even added some songs that were really great??? Bree Sharp’s Don’t Wake Me Up was my jam??? It fit better than the original Japanese counterpart???

TMM also introduced me to shipping, FanFiction, and amvs. That’s right, without this little gem, I would be writing/writing/thinking about FanFiction. I probably wouldn’t have been an anime watcher without this magical girl anime from the early 2000s.

So, yeah. This anime will always have a place in my heart because without it, I probably wouldn’t have become the person I am today. Thank you, Tokyo Mew Mew.

(This was also the birth of my first OTP before I knew what OTPs were: Kisshu/Ichigo...although nowadays, people are calling them Quiche/Strawberry? Hehehe, there’s so many things wrong here, I only like interactions, not the implications. That’s why I’m completely okay with Aoyama/Ichigo being endgame—and they’re actually really cute in the sequel manga???)

Honorable mentions (because I only thought of these now after I wrote analyses and gifs):

Five Centimeters Per Second

Ouran High School Host Club

Kimi no Nawa

Wolf Children

Psycho Pass

Trigun

(There’s like a dozen more, but nah. I’m good).

Aaaaaaaaaand that’s a wrap!!!

I’m tagging everyone who reads this! MWUAJAHAHAH!

I’m kidding; I don’t have that many friends here (if any) who are into anime so, umm...try it!

Thanks to @chemicalflashes for this amazing opportunity to find out why I love anime so much!

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tellywoodtrash · 6 years ago

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ishqbaaz 03.09.18 lb

wow, anika gets the bed? where’s shivaay? still on the floor?

oh guess he took the sofa tonight.

THANK GOD SHE DOESN’T SLEEP WITH DUPATTA ON. I REMEMBER HER DOING THAT A FEW TIMES IN THE OU.

... these days whose first instinct isn’t to just take their phone and call the person??? no one goes anywhere without their phone.

of course he’s in the kitchen.

... uh shivaay? u ok bro? whatcha got going on there buddy?

ok none of the dishes he prepared seem to be sweet. why are there 4 million boxes of dark brown sugar here then????

huh??? that’s not what “organic” means???/ and how would he know if it’s been touched by anyone???

ok firstly he has a friend who’s not a brother????? how???? secondly, ohhhh boyyy, mohit is his best friend and he’s gonna fuck him over goooooood. just like daksh did in the OU. oh shivaay, why can’t you pick better friends????

aw man he looks so happy. this poor boy.

“ek baar kisi ne uske khaane mein kuch milaa diya tha... aur woh marr gaya tha.”

LMAO WHAT????!?!?!!??????????? AND WHY ARE YOU SAYING THAT SO CASUALLY???????????

“phir woh waapas aa gaya.”

all hail the immortal mohit. i’m already super intrigued by him.

mohit’s a magician. like... LITERALLY.

oh apparently shivaay’s an oxford man in this universe. (as opposed to cambridge in the OU.)

also, mohit went to oxford and now is a magician???? what a waste of those tuition fees. (or does oxford offer courses in magic and that’s what his degree’s in???)

also yeah we definitely know how mohit is going to fuck up everything here. through his illusions and shit. they shouldn’t have revealed this right at the get go.

ok this mohit/taj is definitely a weirdo with the whole sugar bs. aur ek TEJ kya kam tha, ki ab yeh TAJ bhi aa gaya jeena haraam karne?

also again, this brown sugar is ainvayi ka exposition, so that anika will have clues to link mohit to whatever fuckery goes down in the coming days.

shivaay seems verrrrrrry excited to introduce his ‘sirf dost’ to his best dost.

but i still don’t get why he’s prepared like, 50 meals for him???????

ok idk what kinda high maintenance weirdass “friendship” this is, that shivaay is redecorating a whole damn room for him. i barely manage to run the vacuum cleaner and dust around a little bit before my bff visits.

JUST TELL THE TRUTH SHIVAAY, MOHIT’S AN EX BOYFRIEND ISN’T HE? LIKE, COME ON. HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT HE DOES THE FIRST SECOND HE WAKES UP OTHERWISE????

headcanon: mohit is in the redux what advay was in the OU. cute college roomie who shivaay experimented with.

GAURI IS ME. I AM GAURI.

“best friend ka pata nahi, par ajeeb zaroor hain.”

SEE????? GAURI IS ME.

lol i love how prinku sees aniri and instantly is like YES WHO AND WHAT ARE WE GOSSIPING ABOUT TODAY????

god how many fucking times has shivaay almost died in this universe????

also jaan toh khanna ne bhi bachaayi hai uski. koi usko kyun nahi maanta????? #RespectKhanna2k18

PRINKU CASUALLY HOLDING HANDS WITH GAURI AS THEY WALK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DANG DUDES I THINK I SHIP RIKU????? PRINKU’S CERTAINLY MAKING MORE OF A MOVE THAN OMKARA HAS IN ALL THESE DAYS. #theOberoiThatDeservesRi

literalllllllllllllly die in a fire, dadi.

ok thank god at least for a few days this old battleax will calm the f down with the hate.

the fuck you mean khud fly karke aa raha hai???? like... LITERALLY? FLAPPING HIS OWN WINGS, AS OPPOSED TO IN AN AIRCRAFT?

idk man, in this show anything’s possible. also he’s a magician so who the fuck knows??????????

uhhhhhh is it necessary to take the call out here in the storm than in the car where it’s quieter????

mohit sounds hella irresponsible if he’s on the phone while piloting a chopper.

yeah mohit don’t give a fuckkkkkkkkkkkkk about the weather.

WHY ARE THESE MEN YELLING AT SHIVAAY???? LIKE, ISN’T THERE SOME AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER WHERE THEY CAN COMMUNICATE WITH MOHIT DIRECTLY AND NOT GIVE HIM CLEARANCE TO LAND?

lmao all of them yelling and waving this is just the dumbest fucking bullshit everrrrrrrrrrrr.

he landed just fine, you idiots.

aaaaaaaaaand the chopper just blew up. not that safe a landing i suppose.

for sure an “illusion” by mohit.

itna toh shivaay anika ke liye bhi nahi chillaaya tha kal. more faraq here, definitely.

yup, there he is, striding out coolly. why would you even doubt otherwise? looks like i have more faith in mohit and his jadoo than you do, shivaay.

ohhhhhhhh boy. what a terrible hammy entry under the guise of swag.

lmao where did SHE appear from?

man, just... the amount of trauma this poor boy has undergone in the last 24 hours. yesterday this time, he was mid-fall from the 30th floor. and now this bullshit. everyone around him is wearing on his last damn nerve.

lol what is this ridiculous chammiya music that’s the theme to mohit and his gal pal???????????

yeah this is how you already know that mohit is a fucking TERRIBLE friend, that he pranks his “best friend” with this kinda garbage, and is nonchalantly asking him “kya hua? darr gaya?”

“tera jadoo kisi ki jaan lega ek din.” “kisi ki nahi, teri.”

yeah, toxic friend alert. literally fuck off mohit. you’re cute and all but i don’t like you.

also what on the nose foreshadowing. kuch toh fucking subtlety rakho????????

“zinda hoon main, CHOO KE DEKH LE.”

mohit, not in front of the wife!

oh yikes, her accent is terrible. why not just have her speak in english?

some friendship this is, he didn’t even invite him to his wedding.

lmao ok shivaay also got married without telling him, so i suppose they’re even in this case.

ahaa. mohit already knows.

man tej is a damn gossip. now we know where rudra gets his non-ability to keep a secret from.

yeah you two shady fuckers and your jadoo aren’t fooling me oneeeeeeee bit.

ohohohohoooooo namaste and all. waah bhai, kya sanskaar hain.

literally 3 minutes into this and i’m already tired of mohit and his magic. god how am i going to tolerate this bs over the coming weeks???

god shivaay could you stop gushing over him like this????????// MAN HOW CAN YOU NOT TELL THAT HE’S SHADY AF????? YOU HAVE THE INSTINCTS OF SOMEONE BORN YESTERDAY.

god aadhe se zyaada episode toh in saalo ke entry par chala gaya.

now i suppose we’ll have to see aniri gush over him?//

oh so shivaay’s perfectly fine introducing anika to his best friend as “biwi” huh?????

dang anika, i’ve never seen you this excited in this universe ever.

is it this sari? i think it’s this sari. she gets very hyper whenever she wears it.

gauri is internally screaming DI CAN YOU CHILL PLZ YOU’RE COMING ACROSS AS SO EMBARRASSING (same as me.)

mohit calling anika “so cute” is a big fucking mood.

when the fuck will shivaay appreciate????????

yeaaaaaaaah mohit. wait till you find out the real story. you should get a reallllllll kick outta it.

... is there a reason nancy had to be a foreigner? other than the fact that she’s played by one?

“kuch zyaada hi ganda hai” lmaooooooooooooo mohit you savage SHE’S TRYING YOU BITCH

oh goddddddddddd nancy you literally just walked in, can you settle down a little before you start interrogating people on their “love story”???

...... so they’re just avoiding that direct question and are having this conversation about mohit’s jadoo instead???

also shivaay is like pls no more jadoo today.

IS ANYTHING EVEN GONNA HAPPEN IN TODAY’S EP? AINVAYI MERA TIME WASTE KARE JAA RAHE HO TUM LOG. GIVE ME MORE PRIYANKA AND GAURI HOLDING HANDS IF YOU PPL HAVE NO PLOT TO SHOW ME.

god anika is being pushy and weird as fuck.

“gauri, psssst.”

“sambhaalo apni behen ko.”

lmao gauri is suchhhhhhhh a farmabardaar saali. instantly pulling anika up to her and glaring, on orders from jiju. #shivRi4ever

adorable girls!!!!!!!!!!!!

“hopefully YEH waala jhoomar na gayab kar de, warna bade papa bade naraaz ho jayenge.”

“kyun? unko jadoo pasand nahi?”

“nahi unhe jhoomar zyaada pasand hai.”

man i loveeeeeee prinku.

god anika you’re such an idiotttttt. aur un dono ko bhi pagal bana rahi ho.

“ab kabootar niklega!”

lmaoooo i’d like to see shivaay’s reaction to that, after finding out he hates alllllllll animals.

why does nancy put up with this man????? he seems highly annoying.

shivaay is as sick of anika’s bullshit as i am.

is dadi warming up a little to anika or just smirking at her being annoying (proving that she’s wrong for her precious billuuuuuuu???)

god anika you’re literally the worst today.

great more 2 rs waala jadoo tomorrow ughhhhhhhh.

OK WHAT PLOT I WANTED FOR RIKARA, RIKU ARE EXECUTING INSTEAD. THAT’S IT, I OFFICIALLY SHIP RIKU THIS UNIVERSE, SINCE THAT’S WHAT THEY’RE GIVING ME.

#ishqbaaz #ishqbaaaz #ib episode liveblogs #episode liveblogs

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aaaaaaaaaand i finished it newdrv3!! with a massive delay but.... honestly i’m surprised by how much i enjoyed it i had fairly low expectations for the game overall and the reality tv show but murder plot twist was the only thing of interest for me bc i live for that meta bullshit, and i loved the way they pulled it off here. but while there were both low points and high points it was actually a perfectly good game and more than a worthy entry into the franchise. some aspects were weaker than the previous but some aspects were stronger too. speaking as someone who never actually really touched anything outside of the main games anyway. after finishing sdr2 i found myself thinking about how there’s no way there can even be a third game because how can you even top that fuckin bout of insanity, but they did. they did and imho they more then succeeded by like... not making it just a sequel to sdr2 or a continuation but making it entirely its own new thing.

i can def see why the reveal and ch6 in general rubbed some people the wrong way but

a) apparently ppl think the game was fine until then and that the reveal ruined it and they should have continued with the story-line until then as the real one but............... really?? honestly???? it makes so much more sense with everything up til now, like there’s no way anything of the stories/secrets that they were presented/led to believe could have really been the endgame. like if they did actually play all that straight instead of just pulling our leg i would have been all the more disappointed, the way all these flashbacks and reveals were dropped on them up til then just milked how cliche and bland and contrived all of it was, it was so clearly set up as fake and made by someone really unimaginative

b) i don’t... personally really think that it was written with the specific intent to give a ‘fuck you’ to the audience. i just don’t get that sort of feeling from it? it does come off that way in places but i don’t feel that’s the main intent. and really, everything about how that played out is just a hardcore fave for me. i agree it was a little gratuitous and veered just this side of being Too Much, but it just worked very well, imho, in that context.

it’s the one and only logical progression, thematically, to reject the themes and dichotomy and philosophy of the previous games not because they’re bad (within the context of the previous games themselves) but because they’re not what this one is about, because that battle and dichotomy has never been relevant to these people and this story or it themes. it was thematically the most interesting to me for the supreme meta themes of the blend between lies and truth and reality/fiction and so on. it established itself well as just... an entirely different story, and not a sequel to any of the previous games.

also hot take: saihara is the best protag we had so far. like listen i love the naegg with my entire heart and hinata was excellent for sdr2 and what it was doing, but saihara has like. an actual character arc. actual development. a personality. he’s not defined by being Normal(tm), he’s defined by being Weak(tm), an actual personality trait specific to him, which is to say gentle and sensitive, but he also more than pulls his own weight and performs fantastically as a detective, and he’s proactive and quick thinking and clever at the right moment. he does his job excellently. both the protagonist and the detective job.

i’m still miffed about kaede but not as mad bc the way it actually played out wasn’t.... too overly frigdey, by virtue of it being a consequences of her own actions in a way that preserves her agency. i think the bait/fake out was a little much but it’s not a blatant Innocent Pure Angel Gets Tragically Murdered For No Good Reason, which is much closer to what fridging actually is. i

ANYWAY, my faves at the start were kurumi and rantaro, even though i knew they won’t last, but now my faves are....... himiko and ouma..... and also maki......... so i went from pretty green to gremliny midgets...... tho kurumi’s still totally a wife and i’m interested in rantaro and want to know more about him. but i struggle to think of anyone i don’t like tbh maybe one i dislike and one or two i’m ambivalent towards. once again i’m in love with the entire cast u did it again dangan ronpa. u always do this. anyway i hope saihara maki and himiko are doing well wherever they are after all that bullshit they were put through and am probably going to go drown myself in Nobody Dies au content to cope with my emotions bc yeah dr Did It Again

#textpost #thinky thoughts

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agentdammers · 6 years ago

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Grand Torchwood Rewatch 1x12 & 13

IF YOU FALL I WILL CATCH U I’LL BE WAITING........ T I M E A F T E R T I M E

One season down...... It’s a Finale Double Whammy, just as it aired back in 2007! Crumbs of Jack Lore drop into our laps, some absolute plot bullshit takes place, an old man is there!!! fuck it let’s get this over with

content warn: pisstaking, fun having, oh! plot bullshit!, i absolutely lose my fucking mind, Owen Harper!!! I Won’t Hesitate Bitch

1x12 “captain jack harkness”

- a thought before we dive in, but man owen gets A LOT of story stuff over the course of the 2 seasons he’s in right??? like more story stuff than ianto and tosh combined. interesting

- AH FUCK!!! A VOTE SAXON POSTER. REMEMBER WHEN?

- so..... here’s a thing. “Ohhh people have heard music from a derelict building! better send torchwood in!” how... does that come about? Could it be squatters or something??? fuck it, let’s send in a Secret Government Agency! they’ll sort it out. i mean we don’t know what they do exactly but i imagine at least one of them is a ghostbuster or something lmao, whatever

- OH NO THIS CREEPY OLD BITCH!!! i forgot how scary he looked!! god, this dude must be a million, or a vampire, or likely both

- tosh’s eyes get SO BIG WHEN THAT GUY ASKS HER TO DANCE I LOVE HER SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!! she’s the best one!!!!!!

- wish i could wipe this episode entirely from my memory because that fucking reveal when the Real jack harkness introduces himself? F U C K

- speaking of tosh, finding it extremely unconvincing that she, a tech nerd, would go out with a laptop with an almost completely flat battery... like, c’mon. she would be prepared

- Gwen cooper, a fully adult woman: haha me and my friends;;;; came here 4 a dare;;; cos its spooky lol....

- the camera on this show has me fucking SCREEEAMING “He wears a cravat.” THERE’S A DRAMATIC SLOW MOTION ZOOM IN ON THIS GUYS FUCKING CRAVAT AND THEN ON IANTO’S FACE LOOKING AT IT AND ITS ALL IN FUCKING EARNEST LET ME DIE!!!!!!!!!

- the dance they’re at is called “KISS THE BOYS GOODBYE DANCE”, which is what my finishing move would be called if i was a character in a fighting game

- ianto and owen slapfighting over their shit girlfriend experiences fucking owns genuinely lmao

- tosh pops the top off a tin and then cuts her hand open on the obviously blunt fucking lid?????? jesus christ

- “I’m tired of living in awe of the rift!!!” .....................first i’ve heard of it. I love that owen is talking as though the rift has been a major fucking factor throughout the entire series up until this point, rather than a thing that’s just been vaguely fucking referenced as the reason why a bunch of weird shit just seems to happen in cardiff. no, im not standing for this. You can’t pull out the rift at the eleventh hour and then talk about it as though it’s a Hugely Important plot device when the biggest role it’s had over the stretch of the entire 11 Whole Ass episodes prefacing this was to allow the plane to come through in “out of time”. y’all have barely mentioned the rift this entire time and now you want to act like its the hellmouth??? eat my ass!!!!!!

- and continuing on that note: apparently they’ve had a machine that can manipulate the rift in the hub......... the entire goddamn time. but no one thought to MENTION it i guess!!!!!!!! pfft, why would THAT be important??? right???? right?????

this plot bullshit almost makes me feel bad for how harsh i was about “cyberwoman” but, i will admit.... despite this Absolute Fucking Nonsense, i do find the jack and tosh storyline in this episode really fun and interesting. its just unfortunate that all the stuff arrrrround that is some kind of fic scrawled in the back of a kid’s math book.

- also the size of owen’s fucking NADS in this episode!!!!!!!! “Don’t compare yourself to me.” SAYS MAN CRYING OVER THE GIRL HE KNEW FOR ONE (1!) (SINGULAR) WEEK!!!! as opposed to ianto’s longterm girlfriend being turned into a monster and eventually murdered by his own team!!!! Like, i understand that’s owen’s problem actually goes beyond that, and its not so much about diane herself but about the fact that he let himself feel close to someone again after his fiancee died but for us, The Audience, watching this as it airs... we haven’t unlocked owen’s tragic backstory yet. and without knowing all that it just makes owen look really bad and like a huge fucking tool lmfao.

- NEVERMIND THE END IS GAY AND SAD AND Y’KNOW!!!!!! i am a man of simple pleasures, at heart, and so... i’ll let it slide. jack meeting his namesake knowing that he’s going to die and them having a moment is more of the kind of emotional content we would get in episodes of doctor who, and its Just Right

- in honesty, theres a bunch of stuff about this ep that i DO like. that tosh gets a prominant role for a change, while gwen gets to do fuck all. the whole Real Jack story. owen gets shot and pops a tit out at the end. its just unfortunate thats its all wrapped up in this rift thing thats been wheeled out last minute for a Big Season Finale with no real foreshadowing or build up to it at all lmao. but, moving on...............................................................................................

1x13 “end of days”

- RHYS BUNS DETECTED, A SOUND WAY TO KICK OFF ANY EPISODE

- lovely reading voice ianto’s got..... i also like owen acting up to make sure we know that they remember him being shot in the shoulder last episode lol.

- “owen, if you open the rift you’ll break it” (owen opens the rift anyway) “owen, you opening the rift broke it” (owen GASPS IN DISMAY, ME??? REALLY?) yes bitch open your ears

- “So are we going to sit around crying into our lattes or are we gonna do something about it?” OWEN..... IS THIS. SUPPOSED TO SOUND BADASS I.... GENUINELY CANT TELL? IT SOUNDS BAD, OWEN

- jack was so likeable last ep now he’s a DICK. gwen calls him out on how he talked to owen and he’s really fucking catty at HER for no reason at all????

- i haaaaaaaaate this scene in the hospital where a Mystery Illness has all the fucking symptoms of the bubonic plague but apparently every doctor in the entire hospital never did high school level history and are all incapable of recognising it. if fucking *i* know what symptoms of the bubonic plague are im sure they didn’t need Absolute Brain Genius Owen Harper who is seemingly the only person with any sense in cardiff to come in and diagnose it. i also hate how owen just like casually mentions to the doctor yep, this is caused by people falling through time dude yknow!!! like they do!! expect more of this to keep happening probably idk!!

- “I CAN’T BELIEVE YOU OPENED THE RIFT WITH THIS MACHINE WE HAVE THAT’S FOR UHHHHHHHH UHHHHHHH OPENING THE RIFT *big fuck off galaxy brain*” thats basically this episode.

- i love that owen has followed jack all this time but NOW in a crisis is the time to actually lose it and start questioning his authority bc they dont Actually know who jack is like???? you’ve been fine not knowing this entire time before??? thats not to say that jack isn’t an entire dumbass himself. he expects them all to follow him blindly and its so creepy. he’s like a cult leader, and as they all have Torchwood Stockholm Syndrome that ive mentioned in previous episode run downs they’ve all just gone along with it.

- owen having a little cry on the way out is such a Good scene bc he puts on such a brave and defiant front tho 💕💖💘💕

- i dont know why the really quick flashback to diane flying off in the plane made me lose my fucking mind, its just like “LMAO IN CASE U FORGOT: SHE WAS THE PLANE LADY. I KNOW SHE WAS ONLY IN FOR LIKE TWO MINUTES, BUT DONT WORRY ABOUT IT.”

- gwen for fucks sake!!!!!!!! not again!!!!! after all the cryptic shit and lies she’s told rhys up until this point, she now knocks him out and locks him in a cell and STILL offers no explanation. this poor fucking dude!!!!!!!!! and it’s about to get even worse for him...

- the way gwen screams “RHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEUUUUUUUURRRRRSSSSS”

- YES EVERYONE REBEL AGAINST JACK!!!!!!! FUCK THIS DUDE!!!! you’re doing what a creepy old dude who is Absolutely Definitely evil wants, but still

- why does gwen start doing shit on the computer when toshiko, the computer expert, is standing right there, like.............

- JACK TRYING TO SMACKTALK TO ENTIRE GANG LIKE HIS OWN CLOSET ISN’T CHOCKFUL OF FUCKING SKELETONS

- i forget, does anyone know jack’s immortal apart from gwen? or was it just the shock of owen actually Shooting Their Boss? the only onscreen death i can recall of his after suzie shot him was in “cyberwoman”

- god, minutes ago they were all like FUCK JACK!!!! JACK DOESN’T KNOW HOW TO SAVE US AFTER ALL!!! and now theyre all crawling back asking jack to save them all from cgi pig Ganon and its just..... a lot to happen, over the space of about half an hour.

- the ending is so anticlimatic and also why does sucking all the Yummy Life Energy out of jack make abaddon die?????????? Though in its defence... after like 3 bowls of cereal, i too am like OUCH OOF MY BONES

- aaaaaaaaaand rhys is back! will he get treated any better from here on out? i dont remember!!! guess we’ll see.

- bit much of gwen who’s actually known jack the shortest time of them all to be like NO, let ME be with him uwuwuwuuw

- ahhh!!! ianto smelling jack’s coat ;_;

- aaaand jack’s back too. AND HE GETS TO HOLD A CRYING OWEN? FOR ME? oh you shouldn’t have! this Almost makes up for all that rift plot bullshit (almost. i still know what u did.)

- ANDDDDD OH SHIT. FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE GOOD ENDING. HERE COMES THE TARDIS. FUCKING YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

...............................and there it goes. one season down. sorry this one was so long!!! i love and appreciate anyone to takes the time to read these posts. thank u!!!!

#grand torchwood rewatch 2018 #LONG POST #i got mad abt plot shit A Lot during this finale

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pan0ramy · 8 years ago

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analysing darkiplier

wow, didn’t think i'd ever get around to making this, but hey! i had some ideas, so why not? :D

in case i haven't said it before, darkiplier is fucking AWESOME to me - unlike anti, who scares the ever living shit out out of me ;_;

i know he's supposed to be scary and freak you out (and he definitely does, in some ways) but he's just so fascinating to watch. yet, for some reason, even after going back and watching a date with markiplier a few more times, i couldn't really put my finger on why. what i ended up deciding on was going back, taking into account what mark has said about dark and applying it to what we see in a date with markiplier to try and "figure him out" a bit better.

just a heads up: all of this is purely my own opinion, and you're in no way inclined to believe everything in this post. this is just my own ramblings and observations about dark. <3 i'll be putting some comments from the st. jude’s livestream in here as well, from the parts where mark talked about darkiplier and broke him down - they'll all be in quotations & italics.

(i’m sorry in advance if dark’s quotes don’t display properly - i’d prefer to have his writing stylised and have it stand out than have it work perfectly tbh ^^”)

and yes, this will be long. prepare yourself. >:D

to start this train wreck, i want to mention someting that mark said about darkiplier before "a date with markiplier" even existed:

"And then, what happened was, over time, Darkiplier became less and less about the scary figure and more about this... romantic figure?"

this might not seem so important now, but definitely remember it for later. ;)

onto the man (demon???) himself! :D :D

most of us have seen a date with markiplier already (of course), but for those of you who haven't had the chance, there are three possible scenarios in which darkiplier actually appears.

HORROR

you are, as the title of this whole project indicates, on a date with markiplier. after a bit of a problem with paying for your meal, you eventually make it to the theatre and have a choice between two plays to watch - a romance play and a horror play - to get dark to show up, you choose the horror (which, can i just mention, is called "the dark mark"... WHOEVER CAME UP WITH THAT PUN, I LOVE YOU FOREVER). you sit down in the theatre, you're ready to watch the play, you look back around to see mark sitting beside you aaaaaaaaaaaand he's gone. that's when dark shows up.

straight off the bat, one of the first things you notice about dark is how he's dressed - full suit and tie. this is the first of many aspects that links up with mark's comment about dark being "seductive" - on the surface, he doesn't look crazy or dangerous at all; he's just a well-dressed, gentlemanly-looking guy in a suit.

there's also the fact that there is this ungodly ringing throughout the whole thing. seriously, you might not notice it at first (like me), but it is downright PAINFUL. mark did say it was intentional, though:

"But nailing the audio, that high-pitched ringing that a lot of people were like “wow, that really hurts my ears” – that was by design. That was supposed to hurt."

aaaaaaaaaand dark opens his mouth and starts talking, which defintely makes him seem a little less trustworthy - he's got a very muted sense of anger in his voice. not sure anyone would trust that straight away.

"I ' v e b e e n p u s h e d a s i d e . R e p l a c e d . M o c k e d . "

this may seem a bit meta, but i'm pretty sure we all know who dark's jealous of!

(...it's anti, in case you couldn't tell. :D)

ever since anti came back at halloween, we've all had our attention focused on him. no-one ever thought dark would come back; we all thought he was just a "thing" from mark's old videos. but dark's been watching us this whole time; he's angry and quite jealous that we forgot about him. making dark angry is not a good idea. D:

the "mockery" part isn't related to anti, though - it's more likely related to how mark himself portrayed darkiplier previously:

"I joked about Darkiplier because it didn’t seem like something people wanted to take seriously. And I’m okay with that on certain aspects, but it – it had diverged into multiple different facets and multiple different personalities, and everyone had their own version of Darkiplier, and I thought it was hilarious that – “Hey, here’s my version of Darkiplier, he’s an idiot!” Like, he’s just this weird emo kid – and then I stepped back from that."

moving on, i want to focus for a second on how dark is standing. yep, body language plays a part in this too! after doing a bit of research, i found this:

arms held behind body with hands clasped - confidence, authority

even though he hasn't said anything huge yet, dark is already showing us who is in control in this conversation. he's the one in charge here - dark's got a goal, and you are nothing else to him than a method of achieving that goal.

ANYWAY, we'll come back to body language later.

"I ' v e b e e n w a i t i n g p a t i e n t l y . H e p r o m i s e d h e w o u l d l e t m e i n a g a i n !"

now this is something i'm having a bit of trouble understanding: how exactly do you "let him in"? i'm guessing it's a matter of coming to trust dark fully. if you trust him, then you won't expect him to turn on you, right?

regardless of this, this moment is where we see one of dark's main traits - impatience. he doesn't have time to mess around. he's here for one thing, and one thing only, and you're just an obstacle standing in his way. if he has to use you to get what he wants (which he's fucking FANTASTIC at doing), then he may as well enjoy himself while he does so. 'cause killing people outright is no fun. >:D

"I ' m t i r e d o f g i v i n g p e o p l e a c h o i c e . . . b u t I s u p p o s e I c o u l d g i v e y o u o n e l a s t o p t i o n .

T a k e y o u r p i c k - a n y t h i n g o f f o u r d i f f e r e n t c h o i c e s , m o r e t h a n h e h a d e v e r g i v e n y o u .

A n d l e t ' s s e e h o w f a r d o w n t h i s r a b b i t h o l e r e a l l y g o e s ."

firstly, when dark says this, he (quite agressively) fixes his suit and tie a bit. when i was doing some research, i saw that fidgeting/fixing your clothes was a sign of nerves; i don't think that's the case here at all. in this case, it's more of a way for dark to cope with his own anger - to ground himself and stop him from lashing out too quickly. if he gives up his calm façade too early on, you'll end up figuring out what he's really trying to do (even though you'll probably have no way of escaping regardless).

when he gives you this choice between the four videos, it's really not a choice at all - it's an illusion of one. you get your hopes up thinking that there's some way you might be able to work around dark, and then you realise that isn't an option. the "choice" you have is between three of mark's old darkiplier videos, and then the actual correct option. (fun fact - this screen was actually supposed to be four links to the same video! ...just makes the situation worse, to be honest.)

"[TYLER] The other thing...

[MARK] Yeah, the other thing...

[TYLER] This was supposed to all be the same video.

[MARK] Yeah, but YouTube annotations – this new version doesn’t allow you to link the same video multiple times, so these are literally the old videos that I first did when “Darkiplier” first came about. Like, these are the ones."

all of this should be where alarm bells start ringing in our heads; regardless of how calm and suave he may have seemed so far, dark is NOT to be trusted. even though it seems like he's giving you a choice, the sheer mockery in his voice clearly shows this isn't the case. at all.

"A n d m a y b e . . . W e ' l l h a v e a g o o d d a t e a f t e r a l l."

there's one main thing that stands out to me about this line: just after he pauses, dark's eyes flicker towards the ground, and he smiles very briefly. to me, this is his moment of realisation; even though he didn't think so at first, he might actually be able to use you in his little plan after all. (his little wry smile at the end shows this too.)

(before i go on with this post i feel obliged to say one thing and one thing only:

i know how manipulative this man may be

but this literally makes me squeal every time i see it)

(okay, fangirl rant over moving on)

FREEDOM!

once you choose the right option from the four "choices" dark gives you, you're lead into a new scenario.

"G o o d c h o i c e , b u t . . . w h y d o w e n e e d t o c h o o s e i n l i f e ?"

i guess this kinda links back to the original of all four videos being the same choice - if you still have any sense of trust towards darkiplier by this point, this should dispel that entirely. regardless of what choice you made, you still end up in the same place - which is why he's saying that choosing isn't necessary. no matter what decision you make here, you're (more likely than not) not gonna be able to get away from this him, whether you like it or not.

"I f d i n n e r i s w h a t y o u w a n t , t h e n I c a n p r o v i d e ."

once again, we're coming back to dark's seductive side. like i said above, you probably don't have any trust left in darkiplier by this point, and that's the opposite of what he wants. he understands that we need to be "reeled back in", so maybe a bit of romance will do the trick?

"A n d I c a n t a k e y o u w h e r e v e r y o u ' d l i k e t o g o . I c a n e s p e c i a l l y t a k e y o u t o p l a c e s t h a t y o u d o n ' t w a n t t o g o ."

the first line, i'm pretty sure, is purely seductive. pretty sure you don't have to think too hard with that one. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

the second line is a lot more ambiguous. i'm not entirely sure we'd want to know the answer to it, though... it'd probably end veeeeeeeeery badly for us.

maybe it's the persuasion room???? ya never know ;D

there is a contrast in emotion between these two sentences, though. the first sentence is very soft and well-spoken, the way dark normally tends to come across. the second is more solemn, and with a much more sinister tone and expression. again, pretty sure dark's right when he says it's a place we don't want to go to. D:

"I t ' s e x c i t i n g - k n o w i n g t h a t t h e r e a r e e n d l e s s p o s s i b i l i t i e s w a i t i n g f o r y o u."

we're REALLY starting to veer into uncanny valley levels of eerie here. like before, dark has this malicious expression, but he's also speaking much slower; it's as if he's emphasizing what he's saying, making it seem important and - like he says - exciting. these "possibilities" are exciting for him, definitely; for us...? yeah, pretty sure you know where i'm headed. >_<

"I C A N G I V E Y O U A N Y T H I N G"

dark's starting to run out of patience and reach his breaking point. there's this undeniable sense of frustration - why the hell haven't you cracked yet? he's done everything he can to get you to trust him, so why the fuck are you taking so long? he's allowed you to mess around long enough; basically, this means no more mr. nice guy. (if you can even consider his demeanour to be nice as it is!)

mark's comment might help make things a little clearer:

"From the surface – like, especially in this first bit, where he says: “If dinner is what you want, then I can provide”. Like, in this – and I wanted this to come across in a seductive way, while also masking this, like, burning rage inside that – that breaks through the suave nature of it. That was my clue to reveal him – he’s NOT your friend! He is NOT here to help you! He is here to use you."

"I ' v e b e e n w a i t i n g a l o n g t i m e t o g e t s o m e . . . " p e r s o n a l " t i m e b e t w e e n u s ."

the impatience carries over into this line, along with a small bit of frustration - but by the end of this sentence, dark's slipped back into his more seductive tone. maybe he's trying his best to keep it together? i think mark described it best tbh:

"And that – that also came across when I was thinking about, like, the effects. Like, he – his image shatters. Like, he separates, because he’s not – he’s not entirely “kept together”, you know what I mean? So, like, I wanted, like, the drastic impacts of the rage, pulling back suddenly to the calm nature, and the demeanour."

"T H E R E ' S N O T H I N G Y O U - O R H E - C A N D O T O S T O P M E

S o . . . n o w t h a t w e a r e h e r e t o g e t h e r , w e c a n r e a l l y g e t t o k n o w e a c h o t h e r ."

LOOK AT THE EMOTION ON HIS FACE WITH THIS LINE. it's intially what seems to be an almost warm, welcoming smile, but by the end, it's pure anticipation. he's got you exaaaaaaactly where he wants you, and he's ready to pounce. he's ready to take what he came for. also, he fixes his suit once again, but it's different to how he did it before - previously, it was a way of controlling his anger; here, it comes across as expectancy. like i said, he's ready to put his plan into action. strangely enough, though, this is where his shell completely cracks:

"And this last one, I was thinking, was especially telling – it’s not me trying to break through. It’s his shell cracking."

"Y o u j u s t n e e d t o l e t m e i n . I t ' s a s s i m p l e a s t h a t ."

both dark's tone of voice (which gets verrrrrry gentle and hushed towards the end of this sentence) and his expression show that his plan hinges on whether or not you say yes; i mean, you've fallen for his facade so far, you've got to say yes, right? say no, and he'll probably flip that table and break your nose... and then probably proceed to either kill you or torture you until you die. i mean, we've seen how angry he is until this point... do you really want to try and test that? ^^"

AGAIN, ESCAPE ROOM Y'ALL

"He’s very much – people picked up on this, and people thought that it was really creepy, because this is what I wanted – he’s a social manipulator. He is – he is literally 100% manipulative. He leads you into this false sense of security, and he wants you to trust him, because he wants to take advantage of you. That is literally what I wanted for Darkiplier, and how creepy and scary that actually is."

"Y o u ' r e n e v e r , e v e r g o i n g t o e s c a p e m e . N o t n o w , n o t - "

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND CUE TYLER WITH A MASK ON.

BEST TRANSITION 11/10 WOULD WATCH AGAIN

but seriously, are we going to mention that DARK'S the one that pulls the gun out of his pocket here?! he has a fucking gun for some reason?! jeez. and i thought anti was bad with the knives. O_o

i want to focus on dark's manipulative qualities for a second. here are some descriptions i found that really show just how much of a social manipulator dark really is:

Notice if the person uses charm to accomplish things. Some people are naturally charming, but a manipulator uses charm to get something.

This type of manipulator seems to have two faces: one angelic one for when they want you to like them, and one awful one for when they want you to fear them. Everything seems fine until you fail their expectations.

You may be walking on eggshells, afraid to make them angry.

A manipulator has a personal agenda and intentionally tries to exploit another person for power, control, and privileges at the other person's expense.

When you are being manipulated, your rights or interests are often compromised and are not important to the other person.

Listen to how they speak to you. Controlling people may try to control you by making you feel like you’re their “everything.” They may flatter you, even when these compliments are shallow or inaccurate. Often, though, controlling people will turn belittling or cruel at the drop of a hat, especially if they think you’ve done something wrong.

Be wary of any person who seems incapable of understanding or accepting the word "no." This person will tend to insist until they wear you down and make you give in, changing your firm no to a weak yes, and leaving you feeling guilt-ridden and ashamed of yourself.

just wanted to add those in before going any further - they really suit dark well and might make him a little easier to understand. :3 (and yes, i used wikihow articles, but their contents were actually quite good and informative for once. who'd have known?)

ALSO, to add to the creepiness, go back and watch the videos again (if you want to, of course) and take note of this: dark doesn't blink very much, huh? i mean, yeah, he blinks, but it's not often. then take this into consideration:

Prolonged, unblinking eye contact acts like overplaying the handshake -- it says 'I am powerful, I can break the rules.”

...freaky, huh? :D

LEFT

there isn't much left to go through here, but it's still worth a look. again, for those of you who haven't watched it, at the end of "FREEDOM!", darkiplier and mark (who's secretly tyler in disguise shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh don't tell anyone) get into a fight. this ends up with dark dropping a gun onto the ground, and you have to pick which mark to shoot. (if you're curious, pay attention to their shadows... should help you figure out who's who. ;D) in this scenario, you shoot the mark on the left - which, SPOILERS - ends up being the real mark. so real mark's dead. that's not concerning at all! D:

i've made a comparison post between these two routes before, so i think i'll just be lazy and quote from that :

"If you shoot the Mark on the right (Dark), Mark approaches you with a hug and tells you that “you made the right call”. When you get to the ice cream place, he says:

“Oh man, I am so sorry about that. You literally had to kill somebody! But I’m glad you’re taking it in your stride, so let’s get back to the date, and relax with some nice ice cream.”

Y'know, the drama’s over, let’s get back to the date I had originally planned. HOWEVER, if you shoot the Mark on the left, (the real Mark), Dark approaches you with a hug, reassuring you that “it’s okay”. Once you get to the ice cream place, he says:

“Oh man, I am so sorry. Are you okay? You had to kill somebody! I feel so bad… But, hey, it’s okay, we’re here now, we can continue the date with some ice cream.”

Dark wants to make sure you feel completely calm and relaxed before he takes full advantage of you to get what he wants."

that's all well and good (and quite creepy, may i add), but we do actually get to see dark at the very end of this video - sitting opposite you on the other end of the table. he doesn't say much, but it's still worth a look:

"O o p s . L o o k s l i k e y o u m a d e t h e w r o n g c h o i c e . B u t n o w w e ' r e g o i n g t o b e t o g e t h e r . F o r e v e r ."

the sinister tone of voice returns, as expected. what i really want to focus on here, though, is how he's sitting - both hands on the table, fists clenched. i'd say that's a pretty dominant position. you're trapped with him now - he's the one with all the power. the grin on his face shows that he knows this, clear as day.

clenched fist(s) - resistance, aggression, determination

am i the only one who gets yandere vibes from this though? D:

as far as this post goes, that's it! holy HELL this took a long time to write. it's something i've wantd to do for a while, though, and i loved every minute of it. seriously, fucking huge well done to @markiplier, tyler, ethan, amy and kathryn (as well as everyone else behind the scenes) who made this project - the amount of work and effort put in here really comes through with its quality, and darkiplier was just the cherry on top. phenomenal job guys! :D

(...if you've made it all the way to the end of this post, i'm proud of you. good job. <3)

UPDATE:

i’m not the only one that’s been doing darkiplier analyses recently. ohhhhhh no.

@tiny-septic-box-sam made this phenomenal post about dark (and anti, because why not! :D), and they’ve picked up on things i COMPLETELY missed!

there’s also the little fact that they bLEW MY MIND HOLY SHIT.

seriously, if you care at all about darkiplier, read this post. you won’t regret it. <3

#IT'S DONE #FINALLY #fun fact: i stayed up till 3am working on this last night haha #but i'm really happy with how it all came out #hope everyone likes it! :D #markiplier #darkiplier #a date with markiplier

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