#AND FIXER BEING FIXER

[shiraoyagi]

hot take ??

the only reason people say that "mafuyu and tsukasa have nothing in common" when presented with mafukasa parallels is because they equate mafuyu and tsukasa being similar to "tsukasa has depression" because the fandom equates mafuyu's personality to being depressed and nothing else.

it doesn't help that people (primarily younger people in the fandom) who DO believe in mafukasa parallels end up making the mistake of portraying tsukasa as depressed because as of right now he is not (although it's possible he was in past because of his Very Unclear Middle School Backstory but that's irrelevant)

anyways, mafuyu and tsukasa are narrative foils because their core personalities are built off of the concept of wanting to make the people around them— especially their families— happy.

they both developed personalities at a young age based on someone they looked up to. for tsukasa, it was seiichi amami's performance that inspired him to be a star— a hero that could cheer anyone up. for mafuyu, it was her mother taking care of her that inspired her to be a nurse— and you can see the similarities from there.

for mafuyu, her identity would first come into conflict when her mother expressed her want for mafuyu to be a doctor— suddenly, "everyone's" happiness didn't match what she wanted to do, leaving her in a state of disorder and eventual depression.

for tsukasa, his identity was something he nearly forgot in its entirety at the start of the main story— becoming arrogant and fully absorbed in a hero persona, forgetting the kind person he truly is. furthermore, his current character arc seems to be foreshadowing that what "being a star" to him is going to be called into question— maybe it is something more than just being the main character that saves everyone.

their insecurities are incredibly similar.

in mafuyu's first mixed, mafuyu feels insecure towards ichika because unlike ichika, she feels as if her lyrics have no genuine meaning to be expressed to other people— despite them being her very real feelings. this is brought up again in her second mixed as well.

in tsukasa's third focus event, something similar happens. when watching seiichi's performance, he thinks that his acting is "real" and feels inferior towards him, which is ironic because tsukasa has been method acting this whole time. when tsukasa is acting out rio or bartlett or really anyone at this point in the story, it's not just those characters— it's a reflection of his traumas.

just like mafuyu, tsukasa undermines his passions he's poured his feelings into because someone else's work is more genuine in his eyes.

now, then, foils have many similarities and parallels (and i could honestly list a lot more), but how i define them is that they usually have some kind of major branching difference that MAKES them foils.

for mafuyu and tsukasa it's pretty straightforward.

mafuyu's people pleasing behavior comes from external expectations and pressures— her mother's demands.

tsukasa's people pleasing behavior comes internally, from himself— if he can't meet his own standards, if he can't be the perfect big brother or the perfect star, then he is nothing.

and even then, there's some overlap.

tsukasa's behavior was indirectly encouraged by his mother praising him for being a "good big brother" over the phone instead of asking him if he was okay while home alone.

mafuyu's terrified to be herself around other people because she doesn't want to worry or bother them— she doesn't want to be a burden— and projects her mother's expectations onto them, not realizing that they would prefer the real mafuyu if they knew the truth.

and the concept of mafukasa being foils is most perfectly and blatantly portrayed in these two cards.

mafuyu, the marionette, sitting limp on the floor— puppeteered by her mother's demands and donning a mask to hide her true self.

tsukasa, the jester, standing above everything else— puppeteering silenced plushies— his feelings. he's not being completely honest with himself, and he doesn't even realize it.

mafuyu has cut her strings and ripped her mask in half. she has acknowledged her true feelings and expressed them to her mother, even if she had to run away in the end.

tsukasa has not yet cut his.

[hyperblue]

you know how tim never actually wanted or planned to become robin? and how for a long time he was sure that he's not going to do this for the rest of his life and how once he'd gotten a chance he would put down the mantle immediately? so about that

i know that a lot of things changed as he got older and shit hit the fan multiple times, but i can't help but think that cloning a child would finally give him just enough of a reason to finally let go of being a vigilante. because as much as he learned to love being a hero, being robin, the moment he has this child is the moment when he decides yep guess that's it for me. and one of the main reasons is, deep down inside he still waited for this excuse. for something to force him into making this choice for himself. and nothing could've forced it better than realizing that there's plenty of vigilantes in gotham right now, but his child only has him, and his child needs him much more than gotham or even batman has ever had.

[maddie-grove]

I know it’s been eleven years and it’s a movie for children, but I do think it’s very funny that one of the messages of Frozen is “love at first sight isn’t real and believing in it will get you almost killed! Love after three days, however…”

[cienie-isengardu]

FIXER IS BACK?! HELL YEAH, FIXER!!!!! This really made my day, thanks Delkios for sharing! ❤

Hahahaha I can't believe I'm back on this shit. More Hunter/Fixer goodness for the possible two people on the entire internet that cares with 50x more trauma.

[demodraws0606]

I love these two sets being right next to each other in the WxS rotation, WxS tonal wiplash my beloved

[chromiumhater]

OFFICIAL SoBH BILL CONCEPT ART!!! (Triangle version because ↓↓↓)

Keep in mind, I'm not a visual artist, this is concept art, and therefore I cannot be judged.

[ruenii]

Okay but “Fixer Upper” from Frozen can actually make a banger klance animatic??

Like the team is trying to set both Keith and Lance up while also simultaneously clowning them because you think that with all the goo goo eyes made to each other they still arent dating yet.

IF ONLY I HAD MORE FREE TIME I WOULD DO IT MYSELF DAMMIT !!!!!

[blorbologist]

Sorry there wasn't much in the way of liveblogging this morning; I had a hunch they weren't going to... really stick the landing, so I watched it through first then went back to grab caps of moments I had Thoughts on.

I don't think I even wanna list my Issues with this as I did for episodes 7-9. It feels like too much but also too little (because it feels so little happened in these three episodes, and it was mostly stretched out sequences only focusing on 1-3 characters of the same groups the party's already been split into).

The idea of a show-constraint rewrite (keeping the same goals they had, limiting number of scenes / internal POV thoughts and episode numbers) coincidentally sounds like a fun challenge now, though... there's so much good in this season, so much love, and I can see where the team wanted to go. But I can also see better ways of getting there, and want to prove it's possible - that this story can be told in television. That it's not Campaign 1's fault, but a lack of clear direction, setup and good pacing.

[gaminegay]

never give your 100% at work, people will remember and ask for it again

[elvenbeard]

Spending some quality time each doing their own thing :3

[khaopybara]

i don't usually notice this type of thing bc well, brain, but there's something about ray's body language that got my attention a little and i wonder if it's on purpose (it probably is).

unless he's drinking/drunk...

ray keeps his arms crossed most of the times when holding conversations with people.

it doesn't happen all the time, though, like when the F4 are presenting their project to their teacher.

but even when he's only with them, ray keeps his hands to himself.

when he's alone, he doesn't have them crossed.

but the moment there's someone else with him, he crosses them again.

and only uncrosses when being confrontational/rude (about the possibility of sand stealing from him).

during the montage, he's either sleeping, posing, eating or being filthy jealous, so i won't count that.

during the do you have a lighter scene, ray has his arms crossed most of the time.

and only uncrosses them when he's about to be sincere about his apology to sand and thank him for saving his life.

and when he asks again for the lighter, his hands are clasped behind his back.

the behavior comes back in the preview of this week's episode, too, which was what caught my attention the most tbh, and made me go back and watch his scenes again.

what is the point i'm trying to make? i have no idea. it was just interesting to me to see how a character that was described as a playboy/player for most of the promotional stuff can make himself look small whenever there isn't enough alcohol in his system.

[nekrosmos]

character ask game!!!!

John Price + 4, 21, and 22

((also I hope you have a good day ahead! :3))

Thank you so much Gomz !!! <3 Hope you have a good day as well !!

4. If you could put this character in any other media, be it a book, a movie, anything, what would you put them in?

I've actually been thinking about a little Cyberpunk 2077 AU for him and Nik so that probably :3c It's still just random thoughts, but Nik being a fixer and Price maybe in Max-Tac or something ?? I had it on my list to draw them in a cyberpunk AU so hey

21. If you're a fic writer and have written for this character, what's your favorite thing to do when you're writing for this character? What's something you don't like?

I looooove writing Captain John Price acting so awkward and flustered around Nik because that man knows how to make him weak :3c I also adore writing his internal struggle with his sexuality and stuff, I think it makes him a very interesting character. His love for Nik VS the bullshit toxic masculinity he has been raised on, that sort of thing.

As for things I don't like writing about him, idk, maybe anything too technical? I keep it vague usually

22. If you're a fic reader, what's something you like in fics when it comes to this character? Something you don't like?

Looooove when people get his way of speaking + his accent right (like Rawr), always adds so much to the fic imo, and it's not easy to do. Also love him being a mess when flirted with but also him being a strict army captain is always mwah mwah mwah chef kiss. I love a good contrast so yes, all of this 🤌​

Nothing I don't like really comes to mind since the fics I end up reading don't really have anything I don't like in them. Guess I don't like when he's written as a daddy dom top but again, not the kind of stuff I read anyway !

Send me a Character + questions from this ask game

[mojaves]

got tagged by @ruvviks and @roseeway to make some ocs in this picrew [:

tagging @lestatlioncunt @ncytiri @dickytwister @velocitic aaaand whoever else would want to do this [:

elza taylor / rafe taylor delaney foster / noah talavera xavier mason / gabriel mason

[helluvatired]

"here, i *fixed* this design, i'm so much better than the original creator uwu"

[daisysmalia]

If Buck is Midge it’s very interesting cuz the key difference is Midge was single and Buck is taken. So when Midge walks away from Scottie at the end and moves on she walks alone down a dark corridor and isn’t seen again. Where as for once Buck actually has someone he can turn to, if we’re right in assuming he and Eddie fall out/he realises he can’t help. And I love this because Buck has never really had a partner actually be there for him and stay with him when he’s going through something or needs it. So I’m interested to see if they do show him maybe turning to Tommy in the aftermath and Tommy just being there for him.

[raayllum]

Thinking about how Callum typically handles / responds to Rayla being in pain and

1x06 / 1x07

3x03

3x04

3x08

TTM

4x06

in which his repeated tendencies are to comfort, yes, but also to Fix the situation as much as he can. Whether that means coming up with a possible solution, an alternative to her catastrophizing (and subsequent self blame), or by well, looking for the Truth of whatever’s ailing her. 

Jack De Sena, pre-S4: Yeah, I think that—that is a key aspect of Callum that will be tested is he, he has such a—there’s, it’s such a positive aspect to him via intense search for knowledge, but also like the flipside is yeah, he’s a completionist, he wants to learn everything, he wants to figure out all of this magic stuff, he wants to just discover each of these arcanums and will he, you know, be tempted to keep—to learn a little bit more about dark magic, which we’ve already seen him—never want to touch again, but can he resist just knowledge for knowledge’s sake?

Protecting his loved ones - perhaps believing the Key of Aaravos could be a powerful weapon of its own, or keeping Rayla from having to free her parents (and it’s been said in interviews that only dark magic could undo the spell - but we’ll see if that belief holds out) - pre or post Aaravos’ release would be one hell of a motivation. But no matter what happens, I think Callum will try to help free the moon fam now (even if he doesn’t succeed) because well, Rayla’s in pain over it, and he can’t have that