#ACTUAL legitimate looks like a cinnamon roll who could kill you and looks like they could kill you but is a cinnamon roll dynamic
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hwashitape · 6 months ago
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Chihiro starting every day with fresh hatred in his heart and a kill count in the hundreds who falters at the slightest hint of humanity in his enemies, and Hakuri who has never known love and thus won't hesitate... they really kagura my bachis...
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hussyknee · 10 months ago
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hi, i hope i am not crossing a line, please ignore if this is bad question. i am just curious
in one of your posts u said your caste is karava. this is the first time i am hearing a sinhalese talk about caste (i speak tamil and never really felt confident in my sinhala to make sinhalese friends)
can you explain about the castes or tell me where find information about it
Caste is a fucked up concept across the board, obviously, but Sinhalese castes are different from Tamil Hindu in that they involve the cultural and socio-political organisation of the Sinhalese community, and has no connection to religious scripture.
There are thirteen castes that still exist today. We used to be a chiefly agrarian society, so the majority of Sinhalese are Govigama ("Govi" means farming) and they're the kind of "bourgeoisie" of the social order in that few are above them and anyone else is below them. Those that rank below them are castes like Bathgama and Kinnara (who are meant to be agricultural labourers) Vahampura (something to do with making cinnamon or treacle) Navadanna (artisans, especially makers of jewelry) and Rada (launderers). Radala is the caste of the nobility, and afaik the only one above Govigama. They're all from highlands of Kandy, the last Sinhalese holdout against the Europeans for about 200 years. There's no nobility among the lowlanders (between the Portuguese, Dutch and British, they were either killed, assimilated or fled to Kandy) so the Govigama caste is the highest one everywhere else. This means Govigama used to be the only one that was qualified to join the Theravada Buddhist priesthood* and also receive education and job opportunities as government servants—right up until the mid-20th century, when the karava gentry turned into robber barons under the British Empire's demand for cash crops.
Karava people are the majority inhabitants in the Southern coastal lands, which are predominantly Sinhalese Buddhist, as opposed to the Tamil lands of the Northern coast (Eelam really) and the proliferation of sparsely-populated Muslim communities in the rest of the coastal belt. Karava is called the fisherfolk caste by the rest of country, despite their own strong objections. Caste is reckoned patrilineally. I'm Karava through my Dad and I married into a Karava family. Nearly every Karava person I know insists that we're actually the warrior caste and were given the coastal lands as reward for our service to the king. I'm sure there's a legitimate case to be made for this, (this site keeps being referred to me) but I don't care enough to find out because the Karava insistence that being called fisherfolk is a Govigama conspiracy is incredibly funny. I mean, it could be true, what do I know, but so much of the cope and seethe stem from our lingering inferiority complex and resentment at having been treated as inferior until a few decades ago. After being ground under the Radala and Govigama feet along with the rest for ages beyond record, suddenly us lowlanders were rolling in money from our toddy, coconut and rubber plantations, matching or surpassing the wealth of the nobility. We were chasing off Tamil and Muslim minorities to establish our own lost cultural capitals in Anuradhapura and Pollonnaruwa that predated the Kandyan kingdom and making our own sect of the Buddhist priesthood (Amarapura Nikaya) that would ordain Karava people. The robber baron types also got very chummy with the British colonial administration and were awarded cushy jobs in government over the Govigama, who still disdained industrialization and commerce. (To this day my mother's family looks down on business people no matter how rich. Merchants are considered grasping and untrustworthy.) By the time of Sri Lanka's independence from the British in 1948, we had two varieties of equally rich, snooty, virulently ethnonationalist Sinhalese elites who had gotten ahead by selling us out to the British, but with the highland Radala still believing they were too pure-blooded to mix with the hoi polloi and the lowland Karava resentful at being considered the polloi no matter how hoi they'd become. Post-independence, Sri Lanka's adoption of free education and free state universities saw masses of lowlanders, Karava, Durava and Salagama all, sending their kids to university to attain upwardly mobile careers in engineering, medicine and teaching. "If the boy is Karava he's probably in engineering" is a common joke. It's a clear shift away from our rural agrarian roots into urban sprawl and high socio-economic competition in place of social stratification.
We also have a caste of Untouchables called the Rodiya. In ancient times, you and all your family being stripped of their lands and titles and banished into the Rodi Rahaya was one of the punishments reserved for the noble houses that ran afoul of the monarchy. It condemned your entire lineage forever. This was such a dire fate that some would have favoured execution.
Rodiyas were not permitted to cross a ferry, to draw water at a well, to enter a village, to till land, or learn a trade, as no recognised caste could deal or hold intercourse with a Rodiya [...] They were forced to subsist on alms or such gifts as they might receive for protecting the fields from wild beasts or burying the carcasses of dead cattle; but they were not allowed to come within a fenced field even to beg [...] They were prohibited from wearing a cloth on their heads, and neither men nor women were allowed to cover their bodies above the waist or below the knee. If benighted they dare not lie down in a shed appropriated to other travellers, but hid themselves in caves or deserted watch-huts. Though nominally Buddhists, they were not allowed to go into a temple, and could only pray "standing afar off"
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Allegations of witchcraft and cannibalism aside, the Rodiyas themselves were known to be a proud folk that considered themselves the pure-blooded descendants of the royalty that were punished this way. Here's a Reddit post that expounds on them more, along with photographs. It seems that the strictures against covering up had fallen away between the turn of the 20th century and the '70s. Not much is known about their current living conditions, but I believe that, like India's own Untouchables and the low caste of Eelam's Tamil Hindus, they must have converted to Christianity to escape the stigma.
Casteism is still somewhat of a problem in the Sinhalese community, but it's lessening every generation. My maternal grandparents weren't entirely happy about my mother marrying my Karava father but conceded because he was an engineer with a stable career. My older cousin had to fight his Karava family to marry his school sweetheart because she was both poor and Bathgama caste (I think "Padu" might be a derogatory name for it). The fact that he succeeded is noteworthy because it would have been a huge scandal in my parents' time. The Radalas are still a bunch of insular dipshits who try to keel over and die if one of them tries to marry out. But many of them are also migrating abroad so Idk if it's too much to hope that they leave the caste shit behind when they assimilate into Western society. It certainly hasn't worked for the Brahmin Indians. But the outlook is better for the rest of us.
*There is no caste system in Buddhism. The Buddha in fact was an egalitarian social reformer who advocated against the Vedic caste system and ordained Untouchables as well as women. So obviously the Theravadin priesthood of Sri Lanka, that bastion of the Buddha's Word, would make sure that only high caste men could ever be ordained. Love the fact that the Karava social revolution just made sure they had their own sect instead of, y'know, pushing for anything more equitable. I always say that if we really want to protect Buddhism we have to abolish the Sinhalese.
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luke-shywalker · 2 months ago
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Why do you like Luke Skywalker? (feel free to ramble or write a lot :D)
Oohoohooo! Digging back into my 2015 brain…before Kylo Ren ruined my life…
I like Luke Skywalker because of how much he develops as a character over the course of the original trilogy. I mean!! Compare the antsy farmboy who wanted so badly to join the Imperial Academy because he was bored of his life, to the calm Jedi who stood before the Emperor and was prepared to die rather than kill his father, even to avenge his friends.
I love Luke’s story. Going from living his own life, a very small life, pursuing his own whims and focusing on all he doesn’t have, to suddenly being thrust into something much bigger than himself, realizing he’s part of something much bigger than himself, that he can make a difference in something much bigger than himself.
I love his bond with Leia and Han. I love thinking about all the meaningful relationships Luke had, with Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru, with his buddies on Tatooine, with the droids, with fellow Rebels, with his father for that brief amount of time.
I love that Luke chooses to love his father and see Anakin. Luke said, “No, you’re not more machine now than man. You’re a person and your name is Anakin.” Luke was the OG Anakin stan!!
Other people have posted much more thoughtfully about this but it really is easy to stereotype/oversimplify who Luke is. We meme about him being super whiny (“power converters”) or being a pure cinnamon roll hot cocoa sunshine boy. And like yea I think those are freaking hilarious extrapolations of elements of Luke’s personality but he really is complex. Luke has darkness inside of him in Empire and in Jedi (I think when he rolls up in all black in Jedi we’re supposed to be kind of like “…oh???”). He hates Vader as much as Leia does when he says “I’ll never join you.” There’s the joke about “boohoo you lost your martial arts instructor I lost a planet” but Luke has experienced a lot of legitimate loss in his life.
Luke gets way overshadowed by Han when it comes to popularity of Star Wars characters, and I get that, Han Solo is cool (even though when you actually, like, look at Han he’s such a dork and a dumbbutt and, affectionately, not cool at all). I think it’s because Han is like, the hot one, the ladies’ man, the shooty-shoot-pew-pew guy. Luke is a different kind of guy, more sensitive, in tune with what’s inside of him and the people around him (especially as he matures), and I love that about him. My husband is kinda like that actually.
I’m sure I could write even more but. Yeah that’s why I like Luke ^-^
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krakensdottir · 2 years ago
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An earlier reblog reminded me that my least favorite GO fandom take (besides ‘they have raunchy sex’ because like, no thanks, but I know that was inevitable) is that Aziraphale is a stone-cold badass.
‘He’s not a cinnamon roll’ yes he IS. Yeah, he’s a master of passive aggression and malicious compliance, and most of his bastardry takes one of these forms. But like. He is legitimately sweet and good-hearted and kind. He is genuinely forgiving and easily swayed by compassion. He is soft. The actor and director have made clear this is 100% intentional in his characterization.
And I don’t understand the reluctance to accept this. Because like, it’s not a flaw. It’s totally fine that Aziraphale is a marshmallow whose naughtiness mostly amounts to enjoying things like... eating food and dancing. For real. He’s not perfect, obviously - the whole point is that angels aren’t perfect, and Aziraphale is one of the few non-Fallen who realizes this - but 90% of the time he is exactly as soft as he seems. Why aren’t we all okay with that?
(Remember that paragraph in the book about how he does his taxes exactly correctly and THAT’S what makes tax auditors suspicious? And how some people read that and missed the point completely and instead took ‘getting away with murder’ literally and concluded he has bodies stashed somewhere? That’s exactly what I’m talking about.)
Anyway, if you want someone who looks like a cinnamon roll but could actually kill you, there’s plenty out there. You can find them in other fandoms. Aziraphale ain’t it.
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icy-book · 25 days ago
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No one asked but I'm talking about it anyway
Kiddads play Smash or Pass with the Termina Contestants
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From left to right, starting with the top row
Daan - sopping wet pathetic meow meow, in tumblr terms. Orphan at 13, negligent parents, married the daughter of his employer (a baron), got sent to the trenches as a war doctor, came back to find his wife and father-in-law killed themselves in ritual sacrifice. Straight up not having a good time, ever. Can materialise cigarettes from nowhere, wears a silk vest
Terry: Smash Nicky: Smash Lark: Smash Sparrow: Smash (I can fix him) Grant: Smash
Abella - secret agent for an underground resistance program, and a mechanic, caring
Terry: Smash Nicky: Smash (has mommy issues) Lark: Smash Sparrow: Smash Grant: Pass (gay)
O'saa - my favourite character. He studies overworldly magic but refuses to serve gods, he pretends to be a priest in a confession booth and tell you lust is not inherently sinful, then reveals he was using you for information. He carries around the head of a god that insults everyone, he tells you to fuck off even when mortally wounded, and one of his endings is throwing the god's head into a lake and fucking off
Terry: Smash, possibly literally, possibly in a psychological magical psuedo-sex way, possibly both Nicky: Smash Lark: Pass, would desend into arguing and forget they're having sex Sparrow: Pass, he'd get annoyed Grant: Smash
Olivia - actual ray of sunshine, constantly overshadowed by her more outgoing twin, botanist, looks like a cinnamon roll but could kill you, she's really sweet and could absolutely poison you or shoot you with a gun. Very very passionate about plants
Terry: Smash Nicky: Smash Lark: Cute but Pass Sparrow: Smash (or just go on a date to a flower garden with) Grant: Pass (still gay)
Karin - she's covered wars you know. War journalist, has been arrested several times at protests, was kidnapped by her nursemaid who told her she wasn't being kidnapped. Determined, argumentative, stubborn, wonderful. Trapped in a murder festival by a god and continues to insist it's hallucinogens even after travelling to an alternate dimension and seeing her companions use magic. Love her
Terry: Smash Nicky: Smash Lark: Pass (would also argue with her) Sparrow: Smash Grant: Pass (gay but maybe)
Pav - a member of the Bremen army (Germany equivalent, in 1942, but sans racism. Still horrific undisclosed war crimes, but no evidence for extreme racism), only joined the army to rise in the ranks and kill the Kaiser (Hitler but not racist, and also a medival knight who tried and failed to ascend to godhood) after his family was slaughtered by him. Constantly has his tits out for some reason, definitely a womaniser, would cheat at poker but also said even if his family hadn't been killed, attempting to kill the Kaiser would've been worth it to make sure no one else goes through it
Terry: Pass, and extremely concerned by all smashes Nicky: Smash Lark: Smash Sparrow: Pass Grant: Smash
(let it be known that Nicky, Lark, and Grant were judged heavily for this)
Marcoh (no, not Grant's husband) - boxer, accidently started working for the Mafia and is currently on the run from them after killing a guy, trying to make money to raise his little sister, pretty quiet guy, sweet, great friendship with Olivia
Terry: Smash Nicky: Smash Lark: Smash Sparrow: maybe Grant: Smash
Levi, Marina, and Samarie - I was going to answer from the perspective of the kiddads also being 18 but like, honestly, I have no idea. I just cannot tell. These are 3 of my favourite characters though, we have, in order: child soldier with a heroin addiction; trans punk magic user; extremely unstable goth who was used for blood sacrifices, has a crush on Marina who legitimately has no idea who she is, stalked her all the way to the events of Termina, and kills her transphobic dad before Moonscorching (basically becoming Doodlerised)
Tanaka - literally just an office worker. There's like 5 different ways for him to die, he plays sudoku, and he was mostly concerned about getting to his meeting on time
Terry: Pass Nicky: Pass Lark: Pass Sparrow: Pass Grant: Smash (he was judged for his poor taste in men)
Henryk - he gets killed in most playthroughs because it's him or Abella and Abella is way better. Idk there's nothing to say about this guy really. He's a chef, and he makes objectifying comments about women
Terry: Smash (he gets judged for this one, though his answer is based purely on looks) Nicky: Pass Lark: Smash, but in a "oh will you shut the fuck up" way Sparrow: Pass Grant: Smash (he still has bad taste)
Calligura - Mafia boss, design was originally based on Marilyn Manson, turns out that's very fitting (yikes). Coward, Moonscorches into literally a set of balls, unpleasant dick head. Tries to kill Levi, also attempts to assult Abella if you play as her and sleep in a certain bed (you can cut his dick off in this fight)
Terry: Pass Nicky: Pass Lark: Pass Sparrow: Pass Grant: Pass
August - literally a dnd ranger. He does parkour across the rooftops, uses a bow, has two kids, survivalist guy. If you kill him, you get the option to canibalise corpses, which doesn't work because of a bug. Has a giant wolf as a family friend
Terry: Pass Nicky: Smash (has daddy issues) Lark: Smash (has daddy issues) Sparrow: Smash (has daddy issues) Grant: Smash (has daddy issues)
I'm bored, who wants to hear about Fear and Hunger: Termina
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bangtaninink · 3 years ago
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“holy s– do you not feel pain? that’s so hot.” + shy!kook who wants to impress his crush
DRABBLE NUMBER......... 004 MEMBER............................. jeon jeongguk (jungkook) AU......................................... barista
"who is that? why does he look so angry?"
"hmm? oh, that's just his face, don't worry. he's that one meme that's like, 'looks like he could kill you; is actually a cinnamon roll'," hoseok says, swirling his tea bag around his cup.
"huh. he's kinda cute actually," you say, the tip of your tongue fidgeting with your lip ring.
"and you are the, 'looks like she could kill you; actually could kill you' meme."
unimpressed, you look at hoseok across the table as he takes a careful sip of his tea, not surprisingly scalding his lips in the process. you're hardly phased when he whimpers and sets his cup down, reaching for his glass of water on the side, eyes eventually wandering back to the front counter of the café to watch jeongguk make more coffees, eyes slightly squinted as he focuses on the espresso machine, while his co-worker cheerfully takes orders from customers.
"which one's the one you have a crush on again?" you ask, taking a sip of your coffee (hot, black, no sugar, extra shot).
"wh-- i don't have a crush on anyo--" you cut hoseok off with a glare over your mug; he sighs, defeated. "the one at the register."
"wow. you definitely have a type."
"he's doing his masters in art history, volunteers at the art gallery, and pets every dog he sees on the street. so sue me."
you chuckle when hoseok huffs, reaching for his cup of tea again before thinking twice, crossing his arms across his chest and staring out the window instead.
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namjoon sighs wistfully, leaning up against the bench by the espresso machine.
"he's here again, guk," he says, smiling.
"who is?" jeongguk asks, eyebrows furrowed as he tampers down freshly ground coffee beans into the portafilter.
"that cute guy. the dancer."
"hyung, why don't you just go ask him out already? seeing you guys make googly eyes at each other every time he comes in is getting kinda old now, you know."
"i can't just ask him out! what if he says no?"
"what if he says yes?"
namjoon sighs quietly, gnawing at his bottom lip as he thinks, crossing his arms over his chest.
"i dunno," he says after a moment of hesitation. "he seems like he'd be out of my league."
jeongguk shoots namjoon a look.
"you're a six-foot tall bisexual café attendant that gets hit on every time you take your dog out for a walk, and stop at the bookstore once a week to pick up whatever new literature book just came in. i think you're the one out of his league," he says, eyebrow arched.
"i feel like you somehow just insulted the guy. but also, thanks. wait, but what about you? are you gonna ask out his friend any time soon?"
"hell no, hyung."
"why not?" namjoon asks, chuckling at the younger's reaction.
"maybe 'cause i know she's out of my league? there is no way she'd ever say yes to me if i ever asked her out," jeongguk says, frowning.
"hey, you don't know that. what if she says yes?"
"she's gonna say no."
"tell you what. i'll ask out the cute dancer when you ask out his friend," namjoon proposes, grinning.
"so you're okay with being single for the rest of your life? that's cool, hyung. i'm glad we're on the same page," jeongguk replies, extracting shots of coffee and preparing two new mugs.
"c'mon, guk. you can do this -- we can do this."
jeongguk sighs, picking up one of the mugs, and one of the shots of coffee.
"hey. sorry to interrupt."
jeongguk and namjoon look up, surprised to see you and hoseok standing in front of them, smiling.
"uh..." namjoon says. "h-hey. hi! how can we help you?"
"sorry, this might seem really forward," hoseok says, chuckling. "but... i was just wondering, um..."
"namjoon!"
"namjoon. hey. hi. uh, yeah. i was just wondering if you'd like to grab lunch sometime?"
"he really means brunch, by the way," you correct, laughing. "i don't know why asking you out to brunch seems to intimidate him."
"yeah, what _____ said," hoseok says, quickly glaring at you before turning back to namjoon. "um, totally no pressure if you're not interested or don't even swing that way, so..."
"no, i... i'd love to," namjoon replies, smiling and rubbing the back of his neck. "it's kind of funny. jeongguk and i were actually just talking about mustering up the courage to ask you guys out."
"oh! what a coincidence! jeongguk, right? _____ was just telling me before how she thinks you're cute."
completely shocked, jeongguk suddenly drops both the mug and the shot, piping hot coffee pouring out onto the back of his hand.
"wh-- jeongguk! are you okay?" namjoon cries, frantically scrambling to find napkins or a towel.
"holy sh-- do you not feel pain?" you ask, gasping and leaning forward on the counter, wide-eyed. "that's so hot."
"oh my god, is your hand okay?!" hoseok asks, handing namjoon a pile of napkins from the other end of the counter.
"you... think i'm cute?" jeongguk asks quietly, dumbfounded and barely registering namjoon patting his hand down with napkins.
"um... yeah?" you reply, fighting back a smile. "although, if you legitimately can't feel anything from that spilled coffee, i might change that to 'hot'."
"woah. um... uh... would you, maybe, wanna... go out sometime?"
you can't help but laugh, reaching for one of the loyalty cards in the small card holder and a pen, writing down your number and handing it to jeongguk.
"let me know when you're free," you say, winking at him before turning to walk out of the café, hoseok quickly doing the same before following behind you with a wave goodbye over his shoulder.
it's quiet for a beat -- or at least, as quiet as it can be in a café -- the two of them taking a moment to accept that that really did happen.
"hyung," jeongguk eventually says, holding the loyalty card with your number on it with a smile.
"hmm?" namjoon replies, staring in awe at the loyalty card with hoseok's number on it in his grasp.
"i think you need to take me to the emergency room."
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antiloreolympus · 3 years ago
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6 Anti LO Asks
1. wasnt there a myth where ares dates demeter? (sometims erinyes instead) and they have a CHILD together? i know RS doesn't really research so it wont come up, but ... how awkward would that family reunion be? "hello, barely-legal version of the teenage girl i tried to mack on, i knocked up your mother"?
2. (Bit of a rant so be warned) I wish that RS had characterized everyone better, I mean I still can’t get over how Apollo was characterized (I got into LO before I fully delved into mythology and once I read on how Apollo really was I didn’t know how to feel about the story). It would’ve been so amazing if she portrayed them differently than they were in the myths in a way that made sense, like Aphrodite given a fully developed personality outside of being a bitch with a pretty face (she was a very loving mother in the myths and very much loved Ares, who adored her as well). And let’s be honest, persephone being a “cinnamon roll that can secretly kill you” trope is kind of getting boring, RS could have had some more fun with her character by portraying her much differently. Another trope that’s getting old is Demeter being an overprotective, controlling mess of a mother towards persephone which sucks once you really think about it (I mean the poor woman lost her daughter in an instant and didn’t know what was going on until she had to go to Helios to find out, she deserves a better portrayal than what RS gave her). Heck my favorite portrayal of Demeter that feels accurate to how she is mother-wise in the myths is from Mythic the Musical (“Mother’s Do What Mother’s Have to Do”). Also don’t get me started on how dirty she did Thetis (I love her design but my god was she done wrong personality and even role wise). I remember when I first started reading this and read through the majority of the comic and I genuinely loved it, not thinking about how weird it was until I read through this blog and it kind of just hit me. Hades is a creep in LO and he could’ve just not been written that way, she didn’t have to write Persephone as a literal 19 year old (even 119 is young for gods but at least that would’ve been a more comfortable number) the baby shower gift thing was gross once I thought about it again. If I had to put my main frustrations with this series I would put these as the main problems: Gods/Goddesses being done dirty in terms of personality and role in the story, Hades being a high key creep, I heard that Chiron is being portrayed as female which defeats one of the purposes of his character (he’s a genuinely kind man which is rare to find in Greek Mythology, he’s awesome), not utilizing other Greek mythological figures to help move the story along or even help persephone (for example, Ganymede who’s story starts off very much like hers or even other figures who were SA by gods), and Persephone not only being a self insert but a major Mary Sue which is a massive yikes when it comes to a serious storyline. Oh and her “erasing” the incest factor of Greek Mythology is hysterical because even with how she changes it up, Hades and Persephone are STILL technically related because Demeter is Hera’s sister, who is married to Zeus (Hades’ brother) still making Hades her uncle by marriage smh. Demeter considers Persephone her daughter so that doesn’t erase the incest completely. At least Percy Jackson made it clear that it was a thing, and they handled it very easily: they’re divine beings that don’t have blood and they’re not mortals, despite that Percy and the other demigods express obvious disgust at the topic. Done and done. At the end of the day I’m still not sure how I feel about LO and maybe I’ll continue reading it for the hell of it or just give it up since from what I’ve heard, the story has gone off the rails
3. i like how just off that timeline, we're supposed to feel like "aw look both hades and persephone had traumatic childhoods and important life changes at 19!" instead of being like yooooo this seven year beat the shit out of his dad and took him out? why would i care about hades' teen angst and then late 20s man pain whi lusts after a 9 year old when a goddamn second grader can kick ass? also yeah depending on this timeline theyre all pedos and zeus is actually a vicim 🤷🏼‍♀️
4. Okay, I could be misremembering things but, didn't Hera have a file on Persephone (which listed her under the TGOEM program) that she made for "possible suitors" purposes? And she included Hermes and Ares and Hades?
Again, I could be misremembering this but doesnt the TGOEM require the goddesses to, not be in relationships? Romantic or otherwise? And if thats the case, then why the f*ck was Hera making a "compatibility chart" of possible husbands for Persephone?
Was it because she noticed that Persephone and Hades had a thing for each other? Even though she was potentially still having an affair with Hades at the time And knowing he was having an off and on again relationship with Minthe?
Also isnt Persephone in college on the TGOEM scholarship? So wouldn't Hera want to like, talk to Athena + Hestia about that? And be like "Hey so I know Kore is in your program, but.... I want her to marry Hades" And I know Hera is technically Queen of the gods but wouldn't she still check with them?
Also, I had a seperate thought. So I know Hades says something like "I thought we agreed not to (see each other) back in the 80's" - now it feels like because Hera is/was having an off-and-on againa affair with her brother in law that her putting Hades and Persephone together and setting them up as a couple is an excuse for her to cover up her affair.
(Like if Zeus ever got wind of Hera's affair with Hades and he was upset she could just try to side sweep it by being like "oh, no thats not what was happening. I was really checking to see if Hades is a good match for Persephone and he is!" So she doesnt get in trouble for having an affair).
5. okay, legitimate question: if artemis having a ton of uber-devoted female followers is enough to make her a lesbian ... why is ares not gay? because like ... not only were soldiers/male athletes famously homosexual, a lot of them basically ritually gave themselves to ares. it's heavily implied that this means that they considered themselves spiritually his eromenos'. the whole practice's bad implics aside ... ares should be SUPER gay? oiled up gym-rats wrestling nude levels of gay.
6. Okay so normally I don't care and or don't want to know, but - in this case I am a bit curious - is Persephone just RS's self insert character / Mary sue? Because if she is then that means that all the other male characters simping over Persephone (Hades, Hermes, Ares, Apollo, etc) gets a lot more concerning.
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fandom-meanderer · 5 years ago
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Hello! May I request a one-shot with a best friend Claude who keeps teasing the reader with her crush with Dimitri please?
Fuck I love Claude. I just got to the timeskip on my GD route and I’m just? Wow, I’m really gonna marry this mf aren’t I? Yes. Yes I am.
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You and Claude were practicing your archery together, go figure. No shenanigans or schemes today. Strangely enough, despite your relationship with Claude, you weren’t in the Golden Deer house. You actually hailed from Faerghus, living in the Galatea region, but coming from a merchant family, you made various trips across the Leicester Alliance and thus met the one and only Claude. Imagine your surprise when you ran into him at the Officer’s Academy! Claude dearly wanted you to transfer into the Golden Deer, but something was holding you back, and he knew that for sure. And he was definitely going to find out what it was. Hence today’s archery practice, he asked you to accompany him so the two of you could “catch up” so to say. But he was genuinely astounded when he saw your work with a bow and arrow. With three arrows, you perfectly hit three bullseyes. You hear Claude whistle next to you.
“Good shot, (Nickname),” he applauds. “But can you do it upside down?” He taunts.
“Not everyone can hold themselves upside down midair, Claude,” you laugh.
“Fair enough. Okay, how about this? Can you do that thing where you hit the arrow at just the right angle and split it in half perfectly?”
“Uh, duh. Watch and learn, von Riegan.” You pull the arrow back whilst taking a deep breath. Then, as you exhale, you begin to release the arrow when,
“(Name)! Hi!”
“AH! Dimitri!” You prematurely release the arrow and it just barely skims the side of Claude’s head. Your face heated up from a mixture of ‘Holy shit I almost killed the legitimate heir to the von Riegan house’ to ‘Holy shit Dimitri knows my name.’ Claude’s eyes widen in shock, an albeit slightly late reaction, but you were a bit busy gawking at the Prince at the moment. “H-H-H-Hi... Um... do you need anything, Dimitri?”
“Nothing in particular, I just happened to see you practicing and I got curious,” Dimitri says.
‘Ah, he was just curious,’ you nod to yourself. ‘WAIT. HE WAS CURIOUS ABOUT SEEING ME PRACTICE?!’
Your puppy crush on the Prince was more or less... distracting. Okay, it was really distracting. You almost hit Claude in the eye with an arrow because of it! You didn’t, but it almost happened. Either way! You just couldn’t focus with those blue eyes looking at you, or with those broad shoulders at the corner of your eye, or that beautiful blond hair that reflected the sunlight, or those strong arms you may or may not have fantasized about. Dimitri could choke you and you’d say thank you tbh. Oh no, you’re staring aren’t you? Okay, play it cool, (Name). Go pick up the arrow before you make this more awkward. Oh wait, Claude’s getting it for you. Cool cool.
This exchange was completely documented by the one and only Claude von Riegan. Of course, with this information, the only option was to tease you, right? Of course it was! He handed you another arrow while staring at the Prince, who was watching you in pure curiosity, surely. Then, the puzzle pieces fell together in his head. So this was the reason why you wouldn’t transfer to his house, huh? Well, well, well, looks like the Monastery’s resident schemer has a new scheme on his hands. Claude placed a hand on your shoulder and leaned down to your ear.
“You like Dimitri, don’t you?” You felt a slight chill run down your spine.
“W-W-What do you mean, Claude? I don’t like him! Wait wait... It’s not that I don’t like him, in fact I do I like him! Just not like that. That’s absurd, he’s a prince, I’m the daughter of a merchant family. It’d never happen. Nope. That only works in Ashe’s books. Yeah, no, it’s not going to happen. Why would you even think that, Claude?”
“Oh you’ve got it bad, (Name),” he laughs. Claude pats your shoulder this time. “Okay, come on. Show me that amazing archery skill you gloated about.”
“Okay, okay...”
“I’m sure you’d want to impress Mr. Crown Prince over there, right?” Claude continues.
“Claude!”
“I’m gonna be honest, (Name),” he’s whispering again, stealing another glance at Dimitri to make sure he couldn’t hear, “I didn’t think you were into the whole... looks like a cinnamon roll but could actually kill you type.”
“Claude, stop!” If Dimitri saw your face right now... “Claude if you continue I will aim the arrow so that it will ricochet and pierce me in the heart.”
“Make sure you get Dimitri too, cupid.”
“Please stop!” You shook your head furiously.
“I mean, I’ll support you 100%, my friend, but I’m just saying he may be a perfect angel in the streets but he’s got to be a wild animal in the sheets, you know?”
“Claude, if he hears you-”
“Oh, come on, it’s obvious he’s got the hots for you too, I don’t know if you’ve noticed but he’s staring holes into your head.”
“That’s not true.”
“Okay, watch,” Claude steps behind you and places his hands on top of yours, fixing your stance. Once again, he leans over to your ear. “Check out the Prince.” You look back and saw a rather unsavory pout on Dimitri.
“Okay... and?”
“I’m pretty sure if I made a move right now he’d lose his mind.” Claude released his hands and watched you release. The arrow did as you said it would, it split the existing one in half.
“Ha! Take that, von Riegan!” You place a confident smile on and sling the bow across your back.
“Good job, (Name)!” Dimitri claps behind you.
‘AHHH I FORGOT HE WAS HERE FOR A SECOND!’ You pivot on your foot and smile at Dimitri. 
“Thanks, Dimitri,” your voice is a bit shaky but it’s fine. Claude shakes your shoulder.
“You’ve got a good one, Dimitri, careful, I might recruit little (Nickname) here into the Golden Deer.”
“Um, no. That’s not happening.” You lay it out straight.
“I guess you’re right, you’ve got weird tastes, (Name),” Claude says, the underlying truth lying beneath it. “I’m just saying, if you want someone more classy, the Golden Deers will always keep a desk open for you.”
“She said she’s not interested, Claude,” Dimitri frowns. Claude puts his hands up.
“Okay, okay, alright. She’s all yours, your highness.” Right as Claude turned to leave, he said one last thing to you.
“Don’t forget, (Nickname), cats love to scratch.”
“CLAUDE SHUT UP!”
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GIFTENING Bonus Rounds
For each category, I included a “bonus round” question. YOU GUYS KILLED IT. I loved all the answers, but listed below are some of my particular favourites.
Haruka Tenoh is trapped in the wrong anime! Which would you have her visit next?
I want her to earth shake Kyubey out of existence, please and thank you
My bride is a mermaid. She can relate. :P
i think she would THRIVE in bodacious space pirates. gay teenage space pirates whose job is to dress up, be Dramatic, and rob the wealthy??? that shit is RIGHT up her alley
Hamtaro
Princess Tutu - where the world is finally as dramatic as her
PGSM (and Michiru is trapped with her, for REASONS)
Pokemon because everyone deserves to be happy
Any moe-style series so hijinks can ensue at her being baffled by everyone's ages
1960's Speed Racer
is is this a captcha or something i missed oh god
Free! so she can be indifferent to all the hot men and slightly uncomfortable because she still can't swim. 
Stick Haruka in a Gundam!
Dump her in Pretear or one of the Precures! It would be hilarious! She's never in the genre she wants to be!
Revolutionary Girl Utena, so she can be offended by misuse of roses.
Initial D, she will out-drive and out-drift all those guys and steal all their girls.
Evangelion. I would feel bad to watch her suffer, but it would be so, so funny for her to be the comparatively most normal person around.
Yakitake Japan! SO SHE CAN HAVE A SNACK OF DELICIOUS RIDICULOUS BREAD BEFORE THE NEXT INTERDIMENSIONAL ANIME STORM WHISKS HER AWAY.
The Holograms or the Misfits? DISCUSS
Holograms
both? both. BOTH IS GOOD
misfits bc Evil Ladies Hot
Steven and the stevens
Misfits.  How dare you make us try to think about anything in our lives.
Both, you mad fool. Those combined songs were the best.
The Misfits, their songs are better
The Misgrams: A group of girls who form a singing telegram start up company, but constantly deliver the telegrams to the wrong people.
kimber & stormer
Neither. Limp Lizards all the way. BROKEN GLASS.
I do not know what these things are
Misfits because guitar motorcycle
The Isle of Misfit Holograms
Holograms is just arguably better
I mean, I’m told the Misfits’ songs are better, but my true answer is the band Kimber and Stormer made in that big gay episode you liveblogged (checks) almost four years ago.
I've no idea what these words mean and I hope this does not make me TOO uncool.
this is about jem, right? right?? im hip i swear
Misfits, because Jasper is a member apparently
I don't know from Jem, but I mean...I certainly prefer holographic material to Glenn Danzig? So I guess there's your answer ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The Stingers
LIMP LIZARDS FOREVER
Senshi Band
You can make me liveblog a full series of any show you want! You also hate me. What do you have me watch?
Pick a GoT rip-off, any GoT rip-off
The Bachelor?
The Bachelor :(
depends on how much i hate you, but....probably the bachelor. quantity AND lack of quality
Critical role, it would take forever
If I were a horrible person who sought only malice?  Big Bang Theory.  Entire series.
Toddlers and Tiaras
The Mandalorian - Disney would come after you and kill keyofjetwolf just as dead as keyofnik.  We would all be very sad, you would have to go through a second round of restoring things to a new tumblr account, and your organizational heart would weep over adding yet another hosting site out of chronological order.
You are liveblogging Eva, and must discuss in full detail Shinji's emotional state at all times.
Hannity & Colmes
The Kardashians. And all of their spin offs. *kisses*
The price is right
the bachelor
Probably something with lots of romance and no friendships. Soap operas are like that, right? My college roommate used to watch General Young Light Restless Hospital of Our Lives (which one had Like and Laura?) And it was torture.
One Piece, because it's over 900 episodes so you could maybe do 10% before you die, also you will hate how the women are treated most of the time.
Fushigi Yuugi. Not only do you hate it but it also comes with you squirming when you admit to watching the whole thing. ;) 
Plus belle la vie. It's an ongoing French soap opera that has been airing five days a week since 2004, they're nearing their 4000th episode and there's no end in sight. Imagine all those hours upon hours submerged in French drama, mwahahaha!!
The Bachelor.  Or the Bachelorette, maybe - more straight dudes in that.
The Young and the Restless - IT IS THE LIVEBLOG THAT NEVER ENDS. IT WOULD OUTLAST THE INTERNET.
The entirety of the Bachelor franchise.
You can only play one game for the rest of your life. Which game would it be and why?
Kingdom Hearts Complete Collection. A) I love them. B) I beat the system and get like 10 games instead of one.
Gemcraft. This game actually takes a lifetime to finish.
Hatoful Boyfriend. It is the best game ever created. Feel it in your heart.
that's a mean question and you can't make me answer it
Pathfinder, which you could play for the rest of your life and still never finish.
Civ VI , so I can rule the world without leaving my house.
I am legitimately perturbed by this question and refuse to answer it.
Pokemon Go. I would have nothing else, but I would catch them all.
The Elder Scrolls Skyrim: I'll never run out of side-quests.
Mass Effect--it's the only way I'll get full completion. 
The dinosaur game on Chrome when the internet doesn't connect because my life is monotonous and it's a welcome relief. 
Stardew Valley. Peaceful farmer life and turning my children into doves when I'm bored with them.
Crabs Adjust Humidity
Oh my! A number of things come to mind, not one of them fit for print. Just, you know...*gestures vaguely* sex shit. 
I can't even stick to the ones I play now.
This is the worst of all possible things and I refuse to answer. 
Monopoly, I hate myself :(
Probably Minecraft! I haven't gotten into it because I know if I start I will NEVER STOP. Who would do things like build a hundred foot tall statue of Mako-chan? A-THAT'D BE ME.
the game. Of LIFE! *shrug emoji*
I don't believe I'll tell you, because I AM a salty little fish and it was HARD to cut that 11th choice off my vote.
Holligay and I are going to be the leads in a new buddy film. What's the premise? How does it end?
Be gay do crimes. Thelma and Louise. Duh. :P
I have no idea but only just surviving disaster is how it ends.
You break down in a small town during a roadtrip- your stay is full of hijinks and ends with you teaching the townsfolk the true meaning of friendship.
Doctor Holligay, Esquire, PhD, renowned Jewish femme of many talents, is assigned one Operative Jet Wolf as her bodyguard on a foreign diplomatic mission/vacation/culinary tour of the world ("same difference, shut up, narrator"). One problem: Operative Wolf needs a bodyguard herself, as the good doctor discovers when in one night her toilet is destroyed ("IT WAS A SECURITY THREAT") and Operative Wolf nearly breaks a leg falling down a small set of stairs ("THEY PUT A CLIFF OUTSIDE THE DOOR"). Worldwide shenanigans ensue as Holligay and Operative Wolf learn the true meaning of friendship, and also how to take care of themselves... by taking care of each other.
I’m not sure about the premise, but DEFINITELY it ends in murder.
Someone posted a major spoiler during one of your liveblogs. The two of you track them down seeking revenge. It turns out it was the original creator of the series trying to stop you. For some reason Holligay is a CGI badger.
It's clearly a buddy cop movie, and like all good buddy cop movies, it ends with Doc almost dying, and you saving her, and slapping her wound in the hospital as the credits roll.
It ends as it began: with Holligay roasting you.
A straight detective and her lesbian partner have to solve the case of the missing cinnamon buns.  It ends with nobody getting the guy OR the girl and you drive off into the sunset together, perps behind bars sans cinnamon buns.
I don't know what it's about but I know it will be the only movie that ever existed. 
Holligay is the lesbian chief of staff to you somehow being elected President and she's basically running the country while you're the charming face of the administration
Nerd and cowgirl meet at a bar, justifyingly murder some gross dude, go on the run from the law and have a life-changing road trip, on the way Nazis are punched
carrying a delicate object through a forest after your helicopter goes down
Thelma and Louise, but instead of dying, your deaths are clearly faked and you live on a ranch in Montana with your respective spouses and animals. One time a cop comes by the restaurant/bar you joint own with Doc and says, "You look familiar." Doc, in perfect lesbian, answers, "Jet's just got that criminal look, on account of how much she'd love to steal my cheesecake recipe. More pie?"
Queer Eye with a Straight Goy. The two of you do the show but in your own special ways.
Doc Holligay is the wild-west no-nonsense sheriff. Jet Wolf is the all-fun cyberpunk cop from the future. They punch nazis and argue about food. It ends as a tv series ala B99.
Your lives are already a buddy film, don’t get greedy.
Hands and socks.  You know how it ends.
See Grumpy Old Men for details.  How does it end?  Badly.
I can't imagine the premise, but I'm pretty sure the planet explodes.
A Coen Bros film. It ends poorly.
Wait? You're not already living this now? 
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Sure. Why not?
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REI HINO!
Rei who? ;)
REI HINOOOOOOOOO
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MINAKO AINO
MAKOTO KINO
The best
SOCKS
MICHIRU KAIOH
It's time tooo.... REI! THAT! HINO!
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THE REAL ONE™
obviously
IS NOT A RHINO
In conclusion: Rei Hino
Rei Hino is giving this Giftening finger guns
BEAUTIFUL, STUNNING, SHOW-STOPPING, TALENTED, AMAZING, WONDERFUL
Hot stuff, lights my fire, blazes it regularly. I am out of fire jokes.
PASSION FLAME, SAILOR MARS
These hot feelings are C'EEEEEST LAAAAA VIIIIIIE c'mon rei-chan why aren't you singing along
IS THE BEST (I know who I'm talking to)
Ara!
DID DOCTOR HOLLIGAY PHD NOMINATE THE OPTION OF TALKING ABOUT MICHIRU KAIOH FOR 6 HOURS!!
If Hot Pocket were to plan One Last Heist, what do you think would be his objective? What would be Mina's role in his master plan?
Master Hot Pocket seeks BREAD. His friend and loyal companion, Mina-pup, acts as a distraction, as he has learned the humans are easily distracted by cute. While she does her sworn duty as Best Friend and Cutest Goodest Girl, probably with lolling tongue and glee at all the pets she receives, he picks the locks on the newly childproofed pantry, and Master Howard H. Pocket FEASTS AS NO CAT HAS BEFORE.
Every bag of flour in Montana; Mina runs distraction with her adorable puppy eyes
Open every container, leave none unmarked. Mina is the lookout who greets whoever comes and is completely ineffective at her job.
TAKE ALL THE FLOUR. Do it straight from the source: FlourCo Inc. What does a 10-pound cat do with eighty thousand tons of flour? If you can't figure that out, there's a reason he's the brains of this outfit. Mina would obviously be the bumbling lovable distraction to security or other people.
Bread.  Mina is The Face who provides distraction to the Keepers of the Bread by walking up to them and being herself.  Mina has absolutely no idea that Hot Pocket is using her in this manner because Hot Pocket is that Machiavellian, but Mina is a pocket full of sunshine in canine form and probably would just be happy to help out.
Hot Pocket knows that no mammal of the floor believes in flour anymore. It went away a long time ago. It doesn't exist. But what he also knows is that they're wrong. A lack of opposable thumbs won't hide the truth from him. He'll find the stash, and when he does, he'll stick his paw in it. Mina, with her limited climbing skills, will lick its remains from his claw and prove his discovery. As well as provide a warm place to curl up on for the aftermath of their adventure.
His goal is to sample every edible thing he can get his teeth on. Mina pulls triple duty as step stool, distraction, and scape goat
The Silver Crystal. Mina would play the role of Sailor V.
He is getting ALL THE FLOUR. Mina is a lovable distraction.
Looting all the carbs in the pantry. mina is distraction.
mina's role would be the "dopey" but talented best friend who it looks like HP is going to betray for the sake of the plan but then it all comes together when HP mounts a dramatic rescue. i dunno i'm still in film mode from that last one.
The Holy Bread Locked Within the Cupboard.  Mina would be the distraction, but she'd forget what she was supposed to be distracting from and end up leading you to him.
I am the Void. I am the Night. I am the Darkness with no hope of dawn. The Flour trembles before me in it's bleached fluffiness. It shall not escape my chaos, which will descend upon it like the Terrors of the Deep, claws and teeth and gnashing. It will howl at my claws. It will scream for my teeth, sharp and white, stars in the night of my fur. I shall tend and tear and -- Dammit, Dog-thing! How am I supposed to be terrible and terrifying with you wagging your tail and panting at me!? Oh, you found a good warm sunbeam? I guess I can stalk stuff later. I am the Void. I shall absorb the Sun's light and warmth and bring it into my Darkness where it cannot escape...
I'm new here and don't know all the complex lore of Jetwolf(fairly sure Mina is dog), so I'm going to assume that Hot Pocket is an actual hot pocket and his heist is robbing Fort Knox using Mina as his loyal stead/get away car. Then he explodes a microwave or something.
i lik the bred
Mina as the distraction while he takes one last tastes of EVERYTHING 
objective--stealing more chips; Mina--surprise betrayal 
The scene: Mama Jet's pantry The Objective: the bag of cake flour Aunt Doc made Mama Jet buy but she's never used Mina: confused but excited escape vehicle and/or scapegoat
RAIDING THE KING ARTHUR FLOUR FACTORY. Mina is of course adorable and keeps everyone's attention while Hot Pocket swan dives into the flour like Uncle Scrooge
Hot Pocket would definitely try to steal a monument, Carmen SanDiego style. Mina, of course, is the multi-talented and super cute face of the operation.
I have no idea who Hot Pocket is
HP would try to scale the tallest building in the world. Not to steal anything, just to be up there. Mina would be the adorable diversion.
It would be to get whatever food you've left on the counter. Preferably bread. He would tell Mina that he'll give her some of she acts as a distraction. She's a good dog so she does. He's a cat so she gets no food.
Truly, truly, THE GIFTENING winner is us all.
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renewedmotionforjudgment · 6 years ago
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I’m on episode 42 of Minglan right now and I have some thoughts:
Minglan is the personification of “looks like a cinnamon roll but can probably kill you.” The way she enacted revenge on 林小娘? damnnnnnnn girl.
Tbh I blame a lot of Minglan’s situation with her family on her dad. Like dude you could actually do more to make sure your concubines and children are not mistreated and actually show some remorse for the woman who died giving birth to your child?
Minglan and her grand mother’s relationship is my favorite thing in this drama. Probably because 老太太 reminds me of my grandmother and i legitimately bawled at Minglan’s wedding scene.
I think they did the whole Yanruo-Minglan-Gu Tingye love triangle really well. My historical romance reading heart loves the potential of Yanruo/Minglan, but I think Minglan made the right choice in choosing to not look back.
It took me a while to be sold on the whole Gu Tingye/Minglan ship, but I think I’m on it? One of the thing that did make me think Yanruo and Minglan wouldn’t have worked out is that in some ways, I don’t know if he actually really knew her. I love the fact that Gu Tingye is like “yeah she’s amazingly brilliant and slightly terrifying underneath that filial and gentle facade.”
The show is gorgeous in a really understated way. One of the things that bothered at first was how dark it was, and then I realized (after a windstorm knocked out power in my area) that yeah, those rooms were probably that dark and all those shows with those bright interiors were really for the viewer.
I want to add that I really appreciate how women-centric this show is, and the plot actually trying to give depth to each female character.
Also also Zhu Yilong was born to act in period cdramas and someone pls cast him as male lead #1 in some angsty palace drama.
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smite-headcanons · 6 years ago
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Terra Headcanons
At long last I have risen from the grave to write about everyone's favorite mom!
-Terra fits quite snuggly in the "Looks like they could kill you, could actually kill you, but is actually a cinnamon roll" category. The most life endangering thing she can do to someone is give them a hug that's a bit too strong.
- In some tellings, Terra and Nox are sisters, so you better believe that Aunty Terra be spoiling her edgy little nieces and nephew! Nox is just grateful not to have to deal with their bullshit for a while.
- Speaking of spoiling, Scylla is actually considered to be a daughter of Typhon, Terra's last son. She's always felt guilty about creating a child to literally kill Zeus and nothing else and wants to give his children as great a life she can as a form of penance for never giving him a life.
- Scylla loves her grandmother Terra and is always happy to see her. Their time spent together usually involves visiting Typhon in his Volcano prison (though he can't really say much), shopping for toys and clothes, or just playing together at the beach.
- Terra has tried to bring her Olympian grandchildren together with her monster grandchildren so they can all be a big happy family. No one but Artemis, Athena, and Scylla showed up.
- Sidenote: Artemis is actually getting along really well with Scylla to everyone's surprise. They bonded over being red heads at first, but then Artemis started taking Scylla on hunts to bond more. At first it was just to please Terra, but now Artemis is practically on the verge of legitimately adopting Scylla and Scylla won't stop calling Artemis her "Big Sister".
- Terra is very happy about this.
- Terra loves all her grandchildren and great grandchildren unconditionally, except for Zeus and Poseidon. She's still trying to mend the relationship with Zeus (even though he locked away all her children and she tried to murder him with another child). However, the story with her and Poseidon is a bit more... Complicated.
- *Heads up, this is a pretty messed up story.*
- Poseidon raped Terra while she was in her century long sleep. Yeah no not even joking. Nobody really even knows how this was possible, but because of this unholy union, the monster Charybdis was born. Terra has never and probably will never forgive him for this.
- On a lighter note, Terra has been getting along very well with the other pantheons. She'll often be found having tea parties with Geb whenever she's in Egypt, gushing with Artio and the Celts about how cute and precious her granddaughter Artemis is, learning about humans and how they work from the Chinese and Hindu, and taste testing Hel's latest batch of cookies whenever she's up North.
- Terra has adopted Pele. Pele is really confused about this. Terra loves her lava daughter with all her heart. It's nice.
- Does not appreciate Hercules literally picking up and launching a chunk of her body as an Ultimate.
- Anyone who says they dislike Terra is either lying to seem cool, being paid to say it, or is truly a cold hearted bastard. Not even Chernobog can physically will himself to say he dislikes Terra.
- When they first met, Nu Wa clung to Terra. Just went into her snake form and wrapped herself around Terra and refused to let go. She loves Terra to an almost unhealthy degree. Terra appreciates the love and attention. I mean, Nu Wa did everything in her power to save Terra from being destroyed after the initial war of the Gods. Of course she'll cling to her beloved Earth Mom!
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dimples-of-discontent · 6 years ago
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Love, Necromancy, Cocks, and the Reanimated Corpse of Compulsory Heterosexuality: Watching Notes for 14x06
Oh my goodness this episode was pure fucking delight!! Is there a member of the NextGen writers’ room who isn’t binging wall-to-wall fanfic as inspiration? I mean, this even began as a library AU for crying out loud! I love these people and I love what they’re doing and they managed to do something I thought was impossible...not mind that this is our third episode in a row without Cas. We even got a nice lil’ shoutout to meta writers as Sam illustrated for Charlie why she was like the flyman and she gently insisted that, although Sam did have a point, she was not, to be clear, actually the same as flyman. (This will not stop me from proceeding with my flyman-type readings though. But thanks, Yockey!)
So obviously this was an episode about love and....love as we could tell from the tagline, “the things we do for love” and the title, “Optimism.” I’m sorry to say, though, that I ended up feeling that both those things were a setup for some very dark times indeed that are a-comin’! *rocks chair* *sips moonshine* We just learned from the PR that 14x08 will be an episode in which Cas makes an “enormous sacrifice.” And, well, there are only a few options for that at this point. I’ll talk more about it in a sec, but I think “the things we do for love” is pretty clear foreshadowing of not precisely what he’ll do but why he’ll do it. 
So anyway, here are some bullet-point-type rambles about things I noticed immediately post-episode. If I have time I might get to expand on them but, the way my time has been lately, it’s a lot more likely that they’ll stay rambly and informal. Still, feel free to pick up and toss around/expand on whatever appeals!
Necromancers - it’s not real love if it’s dead: I reblogged the lovely @mittensmorgul already being smart as usual about the connection between this and last season’s Yockey treat “Various and Sundry Villains” but I thought of it the moment I saw Harper because she looked so very much like the Plum sisters--you remember, the codependent ladies who put a love spell on Dean to steal a book and then tried to raise their mom from the dead only to have it lead to their demise at each other’s hands. Harper mentions that she’s from a long line of necromancers and, well, seems pretty plausible to me. Where the Plum sisters brought back their mom, though, Harper is looking to bring back her man (or men, if Jack is her next target) to stay with her forever. 
Just as the Plum sisters showed an unhealthy model of parent-child and sibling-sibling relationships that was allegorically appropriate to the Winchesters, Harper shows an unhealthy model of what a relationship is or could be. The Plums were unwilling to let their dead mother (or each other) go, clinging with slavish devotion to the idea of getting her, and their normal life, back. Instead of having real relationships, they cast love spells and sacrificed men (read: any possibility of a non-familial partner) to sustain it. Harper may have had a good enough relationship with Vance to start, who knows?, but she was unwilling to let him go in much the same way the Plums couldn’t let their mother die. He wanted to leave the town that she was tied to because of her family and her family business (necromancy). And instead of adhering to the idea that if you love something you should let it go she killed him and brought him back to participate in a kind of love that literally fed on other people to keep it going. Harper kept him against his will, forcing him to fit into her life in a way that required sacrificing innocent lives and kept her from being able to move on.
In both cases? It’s not love if it’s dead. Let it go.
My boyfriend’s back and you’re gonna be in trouble: Anyone else remember that uber-terrible 90s movie where a girl’s boyfriend came back as a zombie? No? I didn’t see it, but I recall seeing the preview in a theater and that it had a scene where they were making out and his ear fell off and it HORRIFIED me since I’d barely even heard of making out at that point. Anyway, I bet you anything Steve Yockey saw that movie which was called “my boyfriend’s back.” Harper has too many interested men, actually, which is the source of her “terrible luck” and being “perpetually single.” So, just to be clear, someone who says she’s “perpetually single” (and ready to mingle?) and has “terrible luck” with relationships is actually in a secret long-term relationship with her first love who she killed (all relationships have their issues!) and brought back from the dead as a supernatural creature who is terribly possessive of her. She wasn’t just single with terrible luck she actually had her boyfriend back!
Now, it’s not a 1-to-1 Destiel parallel and I’m not saying it is. This isn’t a flyman situation. But it’s suggestive of it anyway because all Harper’s “bad luck” with romance actually has a pretty simple explanation. She’s already in a relationship. So, uh, Dean you having some trouble there? Not finding any relationships that will stick? People you show affection for maybe keep dying? Try this explanation on for size. 
Like a romance novel: Again, I’m not suggesting this is all 1-to-1. But following up on these other two points I’d like to point out how Harper and Vance are stereotypical of a certain kind of “first love”. They met in high school. He was a football player she was the prom queen everything was going great. Then he wanted to leave and expand their lives and she wanted to keep everything the same. So she killed him. To keep everything the same. To combat change and the unfamiliar. So that instead what she got was the familiar, reanimated and always consuming everyone around her, living when it manifestly shouldn’t. They’re a romance novel gone wrong. A heterosexual romance novel gone wrong. Because Vance, “Archie,” is a certain kind of all-American guy. 
And if you think there wasn’t some kind of symbolic resonance to the reanimated corpse of All-American masculinity beating Dean up after he got clobbered with a shelf full or romance novels, well, think again. And then Vance just...decided Dean wasn’t a threat. He just walks off and leaves him and we’re left going ??? until we learn that he’s after Jack and that, because he sees Jack as a more viable romantic threat than Dean, he needs to pursue him. Dean was judged by the specter of toxic masculinity (or compulsory heterosexuality) and found wanting. That’s kind of big, guys.
Dick’s diner (love them, uh, Roosters): You guys, the monster knew that even sweet lil’ cinnamon roll Jack is more heterosexual than Dean is right now. Jack’s the one asking (repeatedly) about sex and Dean’s the one (repeatedly) not talking about it. He’s all business with the waitress, even when she tells Jack that “sometimes you just have the sex,” and even though he’s spouting a lot of wisdom about love (as someone who has obviously read one billion romance novels for “research purposes”) he’s not saying anything about what women want in the bedroom (or wherever else they want it). Even the diner, canonically the site of all Dean’s hookups with a no-bullshit waitress who explicitly mentions sex is filled with cocks. Just...cocks everywhere. And, yeah, Dean’s going to touch some of those cocks. He can’t really help it when they’re just everywhere. And he’s NOT going to make any time for a classic diner hookup. He’s just...gonna keep staring at those cocks. (I know they are about Richard Speight directing--and certainly the diner name is a reference to that--but there is no way it’s not also about cocks. And also I make no apologies for my sense of humor here. Cocks are funny and they’ll always be funny. The end.)
Let’s give ‘em something to talk about....how about love? Whew! You know who wants to talk about love? Dean Winchester. Kudos to Jensen because I felt that any conversation that had the L-word going on was heavy with Things Unsaid. Dean distracting Zombie Archie by trying to talk to him about what love really is but stopping short just after saying “that’s not what love is...c’mon, think about it” but before saying what it was instead? Dean saying that people do a lot crazier things for love (see my long crack rant about just what those kind of things might be DEAN)? I was legitimately kind of prepared for Jack to ask Dean a question about love and Dean to give a revealing answer that allowed Jack to serve as a GA proxy and go “Holy shit! You love Castiel!”. 
But hey, next week they’re apparently going to road trip to Vegas and Jack is going to drive the Impala (BEFORE CAS??? BLASPHEMY!!) so maybe there’s still going to be some time to callback to Sam’s Vegas wedding and how you know you want to marry someone. 
My apologies to Sam and Charlie, whose plotline I did very much enjoy, but I’ve tired myself out. This was pure joy and I feel happy and well fed and, well, optimistic...which can only mean dark times to come because nothing good ever happens on SPN. Take care, lovelies, and stay away from necromancy!
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mutantenfisch · 6 years ago
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A, B, H for as many characters as you'd like! (I don't know your toons in much detail yet so, curious about your perspective on them)
Hello there! Thanks a lot for asking. :)Hmmm in that point you’re right. Except for some portraits I barely share stuff about my toons and you stopping by here reminds me that i wanted to make a masterpost for quite a while now^^
Anyway - here we go! I’ll do this for my favourite children, Ilargian, Eguzkia, Milan and Lindis.  
A) Why are you excited about this character?To be honest, all of my characters are in some way or another comfort characters for me and I love exploring different characterr types and backgrounds with them, no matter if they’re gritty adventurers with a soft spot for children like Nargol, hobby-bards and legitimate Disney-princesses like Lindis or home-sick family fathers with crippling depression like Ilargian.
B) What inspired you to create them?Ilargian: This is absolutely no joke, I promise (and @norroendyrd can confirm this), but he indeed came to me in a dream I had a few weeks after starting to play Dragon Age Inquisition. In that dream, he and his future wife - the seemingly human hedge-mage and healer Maeve Ameslari - ran away from a Tevinter slave hunter company that had captured him and indentured her. Before I started with Dragon Age, I had only played the Elder Scrolls games and Bethesda’s unique design for meric facial features somewhat reflects on how Ilargian looks. I didn’t manage to fully achieve this in the DAI CC, but were he living in Tamriel instead of Thedas, he would be a dunmeric Ashlander.Eguzkia: She was my first female Dragon Age character and the chance to play a dwarf was something new for me, so at first I really didn’t know what to expect of the CC. When I played around with it, I had no real concept for her in mind. I just went for a design that was adorable and easy to draw. When I got Dragon Age Origins for Christmas in 2016, I learned more about dwarven lore and history and used this new insight to flesh out her character more. Before that, I only knew that she was kind-hearted and gentle and her name literrally translates to Sunshine from Euskara/Basque.I was intrigued by the caste system and how it affects the people differently, depending on which part of society they were coming from, so the idea of making her the lovechild of a Merchant caste baker and a minor noble of House Helmi who decided to leave for the surface to be together.Milan: I am not sure how cliché he turned out, but my main idea for him was “adorable cinnamon roll that would actually kill you”. I also thought it would be interesting to explore the Circle Mage origin with a male character instead of the many many female Suranas and Amells I’ve seen. The lad went through some huge character development since then ahowever.Lindis: Thanks to a bunch of mods, I could finally make a Dovahkiin that looks mixed-race (because screw that “every mixed child takes completely after their mother” bullshit) and thanks to another mod I could pick an origin that is not the default one. She basically does what I enjoy most about Skyrim - wandering the lands, helping people and gathering herbs and mushrooms for alchemy. She and Nargol and basically all my other Skyrim characters are also part of a larger fanfic project I’m still writing and probably never publishH) What trait do you admire most?Ilargian: No matter how down he feels or how much he hates his responsibilities as Inquisitor and the dealings with shemlen people he neihter likes nor respects (nobles and the like), he always stays compassionate around his friends and gives them the support they need in their own troubles.Eguzkia: She always sees the positive in everything and manages to cheer even the saddest, most broody fellas up. Be it with her radiating personality or some freshly baked cookies. Milan: He adapted to his new lifestyle on the open road surprisingly quick and later became a talented strategic and leader.
Lindis: I don’t even know where to start. I love her unconditionally. 
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cards-onthetable · 6 years ago
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Happy Friday
I’m going to eat this cinnamon roll that’s the size of my head and complain about the last BB episode from two weeks ago, because those both seem like productive uses of my time right now. 👍
FrAnK
Lol I didn’t pay attention the first time I watched this episode but.... what? Some cop robbed a liquor store...? Okay, okay, I’m listening... when he was 15? Why couldn’t Sid lead with that? I’m already bored of this.
Shoutout to Baker. That’s all.
Danny
This is a sad situation and everything but mostly I’m much more interested in Danny in a scrub top than I ever thought I’d be. 👀
I still don’t care much about this storyline but I will say for Aussie: paying closer attention than I did the first time I watched it, I’m not bothered whatsoever by the mother of the kid Danny killed. Actually, she’s one of the better guest actresses I remember (how about that show of emotion? Light years ahead of all the loser guest actors who can barely fake cry, like they all need to take a lesson from the Joey Tribbiani School Of Acting and poke some tweezers through a hole in their pants pocket). Because her child just died. Who cares how horrible of a person he was, robbing a store to probably fund some addiction or whatever, and then trying to kill a cop. That mom sure as fuck doesn’t care. That’s her baby and her love for him isn’t going to fade because he didn’t turn out how she no doubt wanted.
Was she right, going up to Danny at the precinct and telling him he was wrong to shoot her kid? I mean, yes and no. She wasn’t there, she didn’t watch her kid try to murder Danny, she didn’t see that Danny was legitimately defending his life, and dude she doesn’t give a fuck. Her kid got shot and you could tell her a million times it was a justified shooting but that’ll mean nothing to her. At the end of the day Danny needs to recognize that he acted appropriately, and this mom is experiencing the worst grief you could imagine, and none of it’s personal. It was a hard case but he needs to move on. And no, I do not blame that mother whatsoever for what she said to Danny.
Jamko
Please give me another close shot of Eddie’s eyes through the slot in the closet door. Riveting cinematic mastery.
GOD why did Eddie and Maya have to jump out screaming at this poor turnstile jumper chick? Until they have other info, this is like, the equivalent of a speeding ticket. Tone down the intensity, girlfriend. 😂
OKAY THIS PRECINCT SCENE. I saw a whole lot of positive feedback and tHe BaNtEr iS BaCk!!1 reactions but NOPE I HATE IT HERE’S WHY
“Sure, come 😒 on 😒 in 😒, Officer Janko” shut up Jamie, the little dig at Eddie’s ~manners~ was cute when it was you reminding her to knock before barging into the men’s locker room, but ugh @ this.
“Jamie—” “JaMiE?” “I mean Sarge...” I HATE IT him correcting her like that. 🙄🙄🙄 I understand a need to maintain professional decorum when other people are around, but come on, it’s his private office and nobody else around, don’t be a dick Jamie. (Also don’t even re: the overall whole Issue of him being her superior at work, I hate it, it’s fine)
Side note: DON’T EVEN with Eddie calling Jamie Sarge in bed, which is a thing I saw multiple people post/tweet about after the episode. AFTER THAT SCENE? I’d rather watch Erin and Anthony fuck than hear Eddie call Jamie “Sarge” in bed.
UGH overall Jamie’s just not cute. So he just corrected Eddie to have her call him Sarge... but now he’s being all goofy and gloaty and 😏😜 @ her? Which is it Jamie? Are you her boss or her fiancé?
“Yes. You were right, I was wrong.” OF COURSE because when is a ReAgAn ever wrong? Spare me.
“I love these stripes” I’m about to throw this damn cinnamon roll across the room yo I can’t. The whole vibe in this scene is just WEIRD and I’m getting all these weird mixed signals re: their dynamic/the boundaries they may or may not have at work. I hate everything.
Alright moving on before I get too annoyed @ JAMIE’S DUMBASS FINGER and correcting Eddie on the Sarge thing again. I’LL TELL YOU WHERE YOU CAN PUT THAT FINGER, SaRgE
Eddie/Anthony
THIS IS THE DUMBEST STORYLINE EVER. Okay now that that’s out of the way—
Why is Eddie all flustered in the DA’s office like she’s some rookie who’s never met a lawyer before? She’s in what, her sixth year of being a cop? She’s dealt with lawyers, she’s been a witness in court before, she should be an old pro at this. Not to mention Erin’s her family now. Why the weird anxiety bordering on ineptitude?
I’m quite impressed @ how quickly Anthony went from “HoW’S tHe DaMn PriNtEr TuRn oN?!” to “Sit down and shut your yap”
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Eddie’s still all “I’m confused!!!!” and I’m still all sad about it
The blocking in this scene is dumb. Who decided to have Anthony sit for one second to deliver one line about blowing time and then get up and get his coat? 🙄
“I’ll crap” might be one of the dumbest things poor Vanessa Ray has ever been subjected to on this show.
OH COOL WE’RE BACK in some alley (???) where Anthony screams at the turnstile jumper and Eddie in a sweet blue sweater (???) stands there looking awkward and fidgety. God someone save me there’s 24 minutes left in this thing
OH NICE NOW WE’RE EATING PIZZA. I still don’t understand why Eddie is acting like her little field trip with Anthony (which, this is at least their 3rd day together based on outfit count... why are we still here?) is all New Information? She’s not some naive rookie yo. She’s a fairly experienced and (previously) badass cop, she’s been around detectives before, she’s talked to/questioned witnesses before... I’m so not a fan of this deer in the headlights act.
Also, if this is supposed to be some Transitional Moment where Eddie decides she wants to be a detective, um... 1. What happened to the sergeants exam she took? 2. AGAIN she shouldn’t be acting this goofy and green. Remember season 6 when she seemed like she really wanted to pursue her gold shield? Pepperidge Farm remembers but apparently the Blue Bloods folks don’t.
DAY FOUR? God I hate this.
Cool @ Eddie for showing a ~different tactic~ from Anthony to get this dude to talk. I‘m legit happy to see her succeed but also ugh @ this whole damn thing.
PRECINCT WRAP-UP: Ugh @ Jamie, again. And his whole “Oh 🙄 okay 🙄 you’ll tell me 🙄 when 🙄 you’re 🙄 ready🙄”
I really do think a lot of these lines are meant to come off as cute or whatever or literally anything other than UGH. I mean, I’m already in a bad mood @ Jamko lately so maybe I’m just biased against every dumb thing Jamie does but like, he’s basically insufferable and I’m sad for Eddie having to spend the rest of her life tied to this loser.
“If I’m going to do this job...” 👀👀👀 So this WAS some kind of intro to the idea of Eddie as a detective. I need to think about this development for a while.
Family Dinner
Lol @ Eddie calling him Jameson
I’ve had half this cinnamon roll and I’m full and I don’t care about this at all. ✌️
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otomeshistarlight-blog · 7 years ago
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Trucking right along, guys! We’ll be done before you know it! 
51: If you were given a chance to make a request to Horikoshi, what would it be? I would request a full blown Todoroki centric arc. Like, Deku can fuck off for 100 chapters for all I care, I want to know this family’s history from front to back. What kind of environment was Endeavor raised in? Does that explain why he has such an obsessive goal of being number 1 or is it literally just a rivalry with All Might? Speaking of, did they go to school together? Tell me more. Was it an arranged marriage or did he meet his wife in a normal situation and fall in love with her? How was their relationship before the kids? Whats the deal with Dabi? Please just give me the Todoroki backstory in its entirety so I can die in peace.
52: Sing you to sleep? Jiro, no questions asked. I can’t wait for the anime to get to the culture festival so we can hear her angelic voice in action.
53: Cuddle with? Fat Gum! He looks super comfy! 
54: Too pure/innocent character? Probably Nejire tbh. Her curious naivety is cute but I worry for what the life of a pro hero would do to someone with that kind of personality.
55: Deserve better? Endeavor deserves better than to be judged armchair psychiatrists whose PHd was printed off from the same website where you can become an ordained minister. 
56: Wish to have a no tragic background? Dabi, probably. It remains to be seen what exactly the canon explanation is but I have a feeling its not gonna’ be pretty even if he’s not a Todoroki. 
57: Most likely to be a gentleman? My instincts tell me that Fat Gum is probably quite the gentleman in an almost backwoods kind of way. That is to say, he’s a hot blooded country bumpkin samurai with a heart of gold. Now, I’m basing that bit of characterization on the fan-translated manga which gave him some interesting verbal tics that seemed to imply he doesn’t speak the same way the kids from the big city do SO I’m quite interested to hear how he talks in the anime when we get to it in 2019.
58: Fave old/middle-aged character (30+)? I’m not saying Endeavor is old but he is approaching silver fox territory and I’m more than okay with that.
59: Fav Opening song? Odd Future, hands down. Gonna’ listen to it right now, thanks. 
60: Fave ending theme? The fantasy setting one. 
61: Fave voice actor? I’ve really gotta’ give Bakugou’s seiyuu credit for his performance. Not only all that growling and screaming, no doubt straining his vocal chords every week no matter how much training he’s had, but also for really selling that line when he was abducted by the villains.
62: Fave Character song? *sweats nervously* I ... I haven’t listened to any of the character songs ... Do they actually exist? 
63: Fave OST? Uh, what? 
64: Fave battle(s)? Without spoiling too much, I’ll just say that Deku vs. Bakugou round 2 is gonna’ be a great episode and I’m really looking forward to the hero vs. villain fight we’re ramping up to in the current episode. 
65: Most shocking plot twist/unexpected scene? Me subscribing to the Dabi-is-a-Todoroki theme. Ummm, not to get too spoilery but I think almost everything at the end of the Yakuza arc was pretty unexpected based on all that had happened up until that point.
66: Selfie with? I would love nothing more than to take a selfie with Bakugou’s grumpy ass. I know that might sound a little weird but I’m actually being completely serious. 
67: Study in a library with? I would like to make some lewd, sex-in-the-library related joke but knowing who I am as a person, I probably legitimately need the help so I’d probably be best off with Momo or Shoto.
68: Most underrated character? Probably Tokoyami. I’m damn close to stanning him and I demand more content of his edgy bird boy immediately.
69: Most overrated character? Present Mic. He’s really not all that and I don’t get this fascination with him.
70: If you desire to see one’s ending? Who would it be? I’m not entirely sure what this is asking but if you mean who do I want to see die, it’d be either Mineta or Aoyama.
71: Change Character design? I wouldn’t change any design because Horikoshi worked hard on these characters and it would be downright foolish of me to think that I knew better than him.
72: Looks like a cinnamon roll, but it is a cinnamon roll? Nejire tbh.
73: Cinnamon roll but would actually kill you? Toga.
74: Looks like would actually kill you, but it is a cinnamon roll? Bakugou.
75: Looks like would actually kill you, and would actually kill you. Endeavor lol
76: Over sexualized character? In canon or by the fandom? Because overall, I’d say that Horikoshi doesn’t sexualize his girls very often but as per usual the fandom goes hog wild on everything and there is absolutely nothing wrong with doing that to fictional characters.
77: Cook with? I bet Fat Gum knows how to cook and he could show me some pointers. It’d be fun to cook with Tamaki too, so he could show off his quirk at every turn. 
78: Funniest character? Honestly there is no character that sounds out to me as being particularly funny but my sense of humor is also severely warped so take that with a grain of salt. 
79: Best hardening quirk: Tetsutetsu/Kirishima? I’m gonna’ side with Kirishima on this one.
80: Whose penis would be painful to be fucked? (LOL) Am I answering questions written by a 12 year old? Just asking. So, I headcanon that Endeavor is pretty well endowed and the haters will have to literally tear that fat cock out of my cold, unresponsive hands.I also think Fat Gum is packing because the kanji in his name mean ‘thick’ and ‘full’ which, yeah, if you’re an unimaginative prude that just means they’re talking about his fat body but to me, an intellectual, all I’m seeing is dick. Incidentally, I think All Might is pretty big too (essentially all of the bara’s)  
81: Best Goth character? Tokoyami is the closest we’ve got.
82: Shop with? Endeavor because he has plenty of money to spend on me and he seems like the type who wouldn’t even spare the cheap shit a second glance which is a sentiment I appreciate as a boujee bitch. 
83: Fave OVA? There were only two so this isn’t even much of a choice, but I liked the zombie one.
84: Would you let Momo spoil you with her quirk? I would let literally anyone spoil me because I’m an attention starved materialist. 
85: Villain that you’d wish to be a hero? Eh, probably Gentle. Maybe if he’d been able to become a hero we could’ve avoided that shoehorned appearance of his in the middle of the culture festival. 
86: Needs to calm down? Honestly probably Inasa. He’s gonna’ be so damn loud in the anime ... but I can’t wait to see him anyway! 
And with that my friends, we have reached the end! Apparently we just weren’t able to come up with a few more questions to round us out at an even 100 which I’m quite thankful for which means that I can finally go to bed! orz Thanks for sticking around with me through these trying times, your patience is much appreciated! 
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pearlescentbirdmom · 7 years ago
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I don’t know how it happened or why, but like the “friendliest” deities tend to scare me a bit and the “scariest” ones are the ones I feel comfortable approaching??? Like for instance, Thor. All I hear about Thor from followers is how supportive, fatherly, companionable, humorous and dedicated He is. Like a big Papa Bear. But I don’t interact with Thor because when I lay down my feelers I’m intimidated as fuck. Thor is like an 8.0 on my Oh Shit!-o-Meter even when He’s chill and happy and I’m chill and happy. On the other hand, Loki and Odin, who are “scary” and avoided by some for 100% legitimate concerns, I’m A-Okay with.
Loki is my numero uno, ok? When I first thought to myself a year and half ago, “polytheism feels right, who should I talk to” Loki was the only deity on my mind from absolutely out of left field. And because I wanted to “do things right” out of weird southern states social etiquette I sort of cozied up to Odin and (timidly) Thor before approaching Loki, because making good impressions with friends/family is important when establishing a relationship. And I won’t lie, Odin is shady as fuck, but for some odd reason in the back of my head I’m more comfortable waltzing up to Him and sharing drinks than I am with Thor, even though Thor has more warm Papa Bear vibes. Odin registers as the crazy con-man uncle, who I know is frighteningly capable, but is very good at making others comfortable and extremely charming when He wants to be, so I’m ok sitting next to Him at the table. Loki has always registered as intimately close to me, not like a parent, but definitely a safe haven. When He’s near, I sort of just want to fold myself into Him and take a nap. I can breathe when Loki is with me and He settles me in a way not even my parents can anymore. And He’s always registered as “home” even though I know He’s a wickedly lethal being. Thor registers as an enforcer, which given He’s the defender of Asgard and humans, that makes sense, but it’s different than feeling like I’m standing next to a bodyguard. Being in Thor’s presence makes me feel like I have to walk the straight and narrow and mind my manners. Like being around a real old school cowboy dad who won’t stand for bad behavior from his kids or any others. Basically, I can’t relax as easily around the Thor I know. Like I gotta sit up straight and be on the guard for a slap to the head like He’s NCIS Special Agent Gibbs or something.
*throws hands up*  I’m weird!
But I just feel like my basis for what “approachable” is is very different from the norm. And on the surface it is odd, because looking at me you wouldn’t think “that person totally follows bamf chaotic deities.” My best friends were even surprised the first time I told them the god closest to my heart was Loki, because I am not adventurous by any means and I hate confrontation. They were expecting a hearth/home deity I think, like Hestia, or someone bookish like Thoth because I’m a nerd. I’m quiet and introverted, I hate loud intense situations like concerts and parties, but I love small intimate gatherings. I like cooking and feeding people and taking care of them. I’m a sucker for cutesy pastels and plushy toys and purring cats. I’m slow to warm to people, but fiercely loyal once I’m connected and protective af. (Birdmom is not my calling for nothing. I will cut a bitch for hurting my precious people.) I mean, I’m kind of the poster child for Hufflepuff, basically. So when I showed up with my cart hitched to Loki’s everyone in my circle was a bit thrown.
I’m the “looks a cinnamon roll/could actually kill you” human who likes the “looks like they could kill you/would actually kill you” deities lol.
 (As an added bonus I’ll tell you about how Hermes and Dionysus register.) Hermes has always registered as a massive flirt who moves faster than the speed of light, but in a literal sense, like a  sugar-high hummingbird. He’s a party boy, but under all that personality there’s the feeling of being extremely on point and busy as hell. Bumble bees always come to mind when I think of Hermes because they work work work until exhaustion, which seems to be what Hermes does. I don’t think I’ll ever not want to be around Hermes either. He’s my first love. The #Light of My Life.
Dionysus, or as I call ‘em Big D, registers as a big hunk of love. Like, made of honey, warm and sweet, gives the Best Hugs Ever, actual cinnamon roll, hunk of love. Big D is amazing to be around. I just like to bask in the glow that radiates off of ‘em. It’s like Dionysus is the embodiment of sunshine on a sandy beach with a choice drink in hand. Gods, I love Big D’s vibes.
In a way, Hermes and Dionysus are also slighty scary gods which I’m fine being around, because Hermes has a prankster streak a mile long and Big D can get hella scary when in a frenzy.
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