#Also some of you are showing your whole ass by thinking that Cole would not consider the ninja as close family

[captain-space-kin]

I think the fandom at large really needs to think about their wording in posts talking about Cole’s relationship with the ninja vs. Cole’s relationship with the finders. Because whether intentionally or not y’all are getting dangerously close to a “Platonic relationships are not as meaningful as romantic or familial ones” mentality in the community discussions about this rn

[morlao]

Secret Admirer

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■ friends to lovers

■ Isaac Garcia x fem!reader

Valentine's Day or in other words: that real fun time of the year where boys buy roses for their crush and (since most of them give the roses anonymously) girls try to find out who the rose is from. It was always really funny, especially when it involved one of your friends. Last year Kiley was the lucky one. She was invited on a date, a blind date, and she came home super excited, telling you and your friends that it was a guy from the Football team.

This year you are sure it would be Jackie. You and Skylar have a bet about who would make the first move. He says Cole, you say Alex. Your chances of winning are quite high since you and Kiley are telling Alex for weeks that this would be the perfect opportunity for him.

Jackie herself doesn't seem so sure about getting a rose at all. When you meet up with her in school she and Grace are talking about it. "No Grace, Cole is with Erin, he for sure won't get me a rose!" "Bullshit." "Grace!"

"Oh, come on Jackie," you sigh, joining Grace's side, "I'm pretty sure you'll get at least one rose today." The blush that starts to rise to Jackie's face makes your grin even wider. "And you know that too", you tease her.

Jackie clears her throat, grabs her backpack and stands up. "Okay, time for class, we can talk later" You know exactly that she is just trying to avoid this topic but nevertheless you nod. "Yeah, classes", you murmur with absolutely no motivation.

Slowly you start walking into class. Of course there are already a bunch of roses lying on some of the desks. The girls stand around them and whisper excitedly, while sometimes stealing glances towards the boys. You walk to your place and... Wait, there is a rose on YOUR desk. For a moment you stand there, confused and in disbelief. You have never received a rose before. You also have no idea who might have put it there. Maybe the boy put it on the wrong desk by accident. It for sure isn't meant for you. You would have noticed if someone had a crush on you, wouldn't you? At least if the boy showed it as obvious as Cole and Alex did concering Jackie.

When you are finally able to break free of your paralysis you slowly start walking towards it. Only then do you notice the little note that was attached to it. Your heart starts to race as you see that your name is written on it. It is no accident, the rose is really for you! You take a look around, searching for any suspicious behaviour, but nobody seems to act strange. With your fingers trembling you unfold the paper and stare at the few lines that were written there by computer.

"Y/N, I've been in love with you for quite a while now. I hope you like the rose."

Of course you couldn't wait for the lessons to end. As soon as the bell rings, you storm out of the classroom, nearly bumping into one of your classmates, and run to the cafeteria to meet up with your friends.

"Guys, I got a rose and a note!"

Immediately they all gather around you, almost ripping the note out of your hands as each one of them wants to read it. "Do you have any idea who it could be?" Jackie sounds super excited. "Nope, sadly not. Could be anyone." You try to think about whether someone acted strange around you. Nothing unusual.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Isaac walks up behind you and tries to get a look at the note. Hastily you try to cover it with your hands. Yes, he was one of your closest friends and yes you trusted him with your life but you also knew that he could be a real pain in the ass especially when it came to boys.

The last time you mentioned that Cole was cute he complained so loudly that all the girls were crazy about Cole that the whole cafeteria heard it. You had never felt so embarrassed in your whole life. Also the next week Cole kept walking up to you with his arrogant grin, asking if you would like to come to his place that night. It took several weeks for him to stop.

Quickly you snatch the note away from him. "Nothing, just..." "You got a love letter!" "No that's not..." You sigh as you don't know what else to call it. It is right, it is a love letter. "Okay, yes I got a love letter and I also got a rose. Don't ask who it is, I don't know." Isaac looks at you, his dark eyes sparkeling as he teases you. "Who do you want it to be?"

You feel all your friends' eyes on you. A very good question. Who did you want it to be? A year ago you would have immediately answered Cole. But now... of course you still think that he is very attractive - nobody would deny that - but his behaviour and the rumors about him making out with numerous girls even though he seems to be with Erin, made you change your mind. You wouldn't want to be with someone who plays you like a toy and gives you mixed feelings or even a roller coaster of emotions.

If you were completely honest, lately you catch yourself often thinking about Isaac. Why didn't you notice before how handsome he actually is? Maybe because you knew him practically since kindergarten. He had always been one of your best friends, it would be weird to see him as more. Or wouldn't it?

You blush as you notice that your friends are still staring at you, waiting for your answer. What should you say? Your eyes dart across the room and the first one you see is... "Er... Dylan. Yeah... I think I might have a crush on Dylan."

Isaac's shoulders tense. "Dylan?!" He almost spits out the name, then he rolls his eyes murmuring something about bad taste in men before walking away.

Kiley looks at you, ignoring him completely. "Do you think the note could maybe be from Dylan?" You shrug, as you didn't really care if it was him or not. "That's the worst about it... I have absolutely no idea who it could be."

The following days you all do your best to find out more about your secret admirer but it seems to be impossible. He really did his best to stay anonymous. Isaac still seems to be upset. You don't really get it, because as far as you knew you did nothing to piss him off. Nevertheless he still avoids you during break and sometimes you catch him glaring at you or your friends from across the room.

On top of that you slowly start to regret calling Dylan your crush as Kiley tries her best to be a good friend and gives him little hints in order to find out if he likes you too. All you could do is watch and act like you were excited about it when in reality you couldn't care less.

Almost two weeks have passed and you still have no idea who your secret admirer is. Valentine's Day was over so no more notes and no more roses. What if he disappeared until Valentine's Day next year? You would have to wait the whole goddamn year and that only for another anonymous note? And what if he didn't like you anymore next year? You would probably never find out who it was!

Frustrated you bang your head against the kitchen table. Jackie had invited you to the Walters' house for a girls night. Probably she wants to distract you from racking your brains over who it could be. But as she is just as curious as you, the topic comes up again and again.

"I asked my classmates. Nobody saw who left the rose", you tell her. "Do you think it's someone you know? Maybe someone you're friends with?", Jackie asks. "Why do you think that?" "Well, it was written by computer. Maybe the person feared you would recognize the handwriting." Your eyes widen. Why didn't you think of that?

A quiet laughter makes you turn around. Isaac has entered the room. He grabs a glass of water and grins at you. "Are you still trying to find your secret lover?"

"Yes, I do and I won't stop until I know who it is." Your voice sounds determined even though you have no idea what else you could do.

"He could have at least left a hint", Jackie sighed, "Why send someone a rose without the intention to maybe go on a date together?" Isaac shrugs. "Maybe it was just a joke."

You glare at him across the table. "Thank you so much for encouraging me, idiot!" Again he shrugs and walks out of the kitchen again, murmuring just as loudly so you could hear it "Well, if you are into popular Football guys, you should get used to being played."

You don't know what to say. Why is he being such an idiot? Jackie takes your hand, smiling softly. "Hey, forget about him. Maybe he's just stressed." You nod and smile at her even though you don't think that being stressed gives him the right to let it out on others.

A few days later as you walk up to your locker with Jackie you see another note stuck there. Again it had your name written on it. Jackie squeaks excitedly as you take it and unfold it.

"Meet me at 8 on the Football field."

Your heart skips a beat. He wants to meet you! That is your chance of finding out who it is. But as you continue to think about it, also a feeling of nervousness starts to appear. Do you really want to know who it is? What if it is someone you don't like or aren't attracted to? Maybe it would be better not to destroy the illusion of your secret admirer.

Jacky looks at you in disbelief as you tell her your doubt. "No way, you're going!" Her voice allows no contradiction. "You were trying to find out who it is for weeks and now you don't want to take this opportunity? You go there, otherwise I'll drag you there! Your choice."

Okay, sounds like you had no other option. You will go there.

You can't wait for your classes to end. Your eyes are fixed upon the clock and you tap your foot nervously. When finally the bell rings, you are upon the first to storm out of the classroom.

Your friends are there to comfort you during waiting for it to finally be 8 o'clock. Grace lists tons and tons of names who she thinks it is, not noticing that she makes you even more nervous by doing so.

At 7:55 you stand up, gather all your courage and make your way to the football field. It's already getting dark and nobody's there. You stand there waiting, your eyes darting around in search of someone.

Times goes by, it's 8:05 then 8:10, 8:15. Your nervousness fades and instead you start to doubt. Are you maybe really getting fooled? What if it was really just a joke? You are just thinking about leaving when you finally notice a figure walking towards you. Your heart starts racing and as he comes closer you finally see who it is. You stand there in disbelief. "Isaac?!"

The boy smiles shyly at you. "Hi, Y/N." "You... are you... no that's not possible!" You don't know what to say. It seems like all the words had just disappeared from inside your head. Was this a joke? Isaac rubs the back of his neck nervously. He can barely look you in the eye. "Are you disappointed that it's me?"

You had never seen him this shy or nervous before. He always seemed so... relaxed and cool with everything. It had to be a joke, it had to be a joke! Every second that you remain silent is pure torture for the poor boy standing in front of you. He clearly seems to take your silence as a "yes". "I know I'm not the hot and charming Cole Walter or fucking Dylan!" His voice cracks and he tries desperately not to show how hurt he is.

You finally manage to get out more than just a stutter. "It was you? The rose was from you? This is not a joke?" Isaac looks at you, torn between sadness and confusion. "Why should this be a joke?" Your face burns with embarrassment. "You're one of my best friends... I never thought that you'd have feelings for me."

Isaac lowers his head and his dark hair falls into his eyes, covering them almost completely. "You're amazing, you're smart, beautiful and the best friend someone could wish for. How could I not fall in love with you?"

Would it feel weird to kiss him since you had known him for so long? You had thought about it before, never seriously though, he was only a friend after all. But now... the thought of it doesn't sound as weird as you thought it would. Slowly you walk towards him. "Why did you never tell me?"

Isaac bites his lip. "I wanted to, I really did, but then you stood there in front of me and I panicked. Also I didn't want to ruin our friendship."

With a small smile you grab his hand and he looks at you, clearly surprised. "I want to tell you a secret", you whisper and lean towards him, your heart racing in your chest. Just before his lips touch yours you confess: "I lied when I told you I hoped it was Dylan. Actually I hoped that it was you."

You can see from the look on his face that he didn't expect that. "Really?" "Really." A huge smile crosses his lips. He cups your face with his hands and pulls you towards him, smashing his lips onto yours. His kiss is passionate and warm, sending a tingling sensation through your body.

As you pull away from each other he looks at you with the brightest smile possible. "If I had known that, I would have confessed years ago!" You roll your eyes laughing and pull him in for another kiss.

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[cinematic-phosphenes]

HoTD S2x01: A Son for a Son (I have thoughts and I'm keeping them here)

The Stark theme and Cregan doing his best Sean Bean accent have me nostalgic.

If getting conscripted to the Wall is an honour, then why does budget Jon Snow look unhappy about it?

No Sara Snow, okay. I’ll live with it. No Jace/Cregan (b)romance, not okay. Tumblr made me want it, only to be so denied by the showrunners.

Not more Targ colonialism erasure. "We colonised an entire continent to save the world, no really. And look, even the noble Starks agree with it!" is such a shit take, even if it's canon. I like the Targ characters, but let's not erase the original Aegon's colonial crimes.

Jace looks so pretty! Major glow up.

Dragonstone has a dragon hangar! Yay for worldbuilding!

Daemon calling Vhagar a hoary old bitch reminds me of this absolutely amazing Vhagar POV fanfic I read. (Soon the god's hoar by eldritcher on AO3) (The fic is spoiler-y for the rest of the Dance, jsyk.)

Yes, Rhaenys! Put Daemon in his place! Also, her dragon riding outfit!!!

Alyn, I see you doing an Egg by shaving your head.

Why in the hell does no one take Helaena’s visions seriously?! She’s right every time. (Can I blame ‘I had a dragon dream once’ Viserys for this? Because I want to blame Viserys for this. Look at the mess you left your kids in, Viserys! I hope Balerion bites your ass in the afterlife.)

And here we see the 'Our lives are in danger, so let's fuck about it' trope in action. I’ve heard a lot of Alicole hot takes. “Criston Cole is ‘unmanly’ for going down on a woman” is the absolute hottest of hot takes I’ve had the misfortune of encountering.

Otto giving Alicent and Criston Cole that look as they walk in. He knows what they’ve been doing.

Aegon grinning at his son like a fool. Aegon giving Jaehaerys attention and wanting him to learn how to rule even though he’s only six. Aegon trying to do better than deadbeat Viserys did. Aegon talking about pony rides in a way that suggests Jaehaerys often gets pony rides, possibly from Aegon himself. If you told me last season Aegon would somehow turn out to be the best father on this series ….. (Yes, I know that when it comes to being a dad the bar is in hell’s basement here. Yes, I know the way Aegon treats his illegitimate kids is horrific. I think there’s definitely been some retconning here and S2 Aegon is not the same character as S1 Aegon. They should have portrayed him this way from the start.)

Alicent wrote Rhaenyra letters to apologize for Luke's death and she's expecting a response?! Girl ....

My kingdom for a scene of the Greens finding out that Aemond killed Luke. My kingdom for a scene of Aemond deciding to just fully commit to the villain persona and lie to say he killed Luke intentionally. Such a missed opportunity.

Larys being an intimidating creep to Alicent again. He should go fall down some stairs.

Alicent scrubbing her skin raw. She is not okay. (I want to see Alicent cracking. Let Olivia Cooke act!)

Rhaenyra’s grief over Luke is heartbreaking. Emma D’Arcy is acting their heart out. And Syrax crying too, nooo.

Aegon walking in sync with his fratboy squad. You know they practised that entrance during one of their nightly seshes in the throne room.

Are they going to show the throne cutting Aegon?

“On further thought, I have decided ….” Aegon is hilarious.

It’s Hammer time!

Larys already angling for the Hand’s position. I know this guy is ambitious, but damn.

Just Alicent looking ethereal reading letters.

Mysaria’s accent has been toned down! (Why was Mysaria fleeing King’s Landing though? Maybe I’m missing something but I don’t get it?)

“We swore an oath to protect the whole of the royal family. So what were we to do when they turned against one another?” Jaime Lannister echoes.

"I want Aemond Targaryen." Chills. Rhaenyra only says four words all episode and it's these four words.

Jace trying to keep it together and be professional to give his report. Jace looking so much younger and more vulnerable when he’s back with his mother. I’m not crying, you’re crying.

Scenes with Rhaenyra at Luke’s funeral interspersed with scenes of Alicent paying tribute to the dead, including Luke. My heart. That empty space next to Alicent in the sept where Rhaenyra used to pray. They are an absence in each other’s lives.

Rhaena crying for her betrothed, nooo.

Why didn’t they have a dragon light Luke’s funeral pyre?

The return of the Daemon crime hoodie, now upgraded to a war crime hoodie.

Making it unclear if Daemon told B & C to go after another son if they can’t find Aemond or if B & C just went rogue – that’s a cop out by the writers. Unless it comes up again. EDIT: Daemon said 'a son for a son.' He was giving them carte blanche to go after another son if Aemond is MIA.

Daemon reluctantly admitting Aemond is a good fighter. I love to see it.

Why do I get the sense that Aemond also knows about Alicole?

“Rhaenyra is a cunning spider. Long ago she pulled Alicent into her web. Intoxicated her. It is not your mother’s fault.” “Her Grace speaks with two tongues. Alicent holds love for our enemy.” So they’re both obsessed and very much not over Rhaenyra. Do Alicent and Cole both think of Rhaenyra while being unholy together because it kinda seems like it?

Ewan Mitchell as Aemond is so mesmerizing. That man has presence.

Why the fuck has no one tried to map the secret tunnels into the Red Keep and close off the ones that allow randoms to sneak in/royal minors to sneak out?

The entire Kingsguard is in the throne room guarding Aegon? And they don’t stop the ‘rat catchers’ working at night? Even if the rat catchers were supposed to be there, I feel like it would still be protocol to stop and question them. Have none of these writers been pulled over by the cops for no reason/even slightly suspicious behaviour?

I think the build up to B & C should’ve focused on Helaena and her kids instead of B & C creeping around, arguing for no reason and committing gratuitous animal abuse. (That dog kicking scene looked so real, I watched the end credits for a disclaimer that no animals were harmed in the making of.) They could’ve shown Helaena getting the kids ready for bed, reading them a story, etc. They established a connection between Aegon and Jaehaerys pre B & C but none between Helaena and the kids before it happened. Lost opportunity.

B & C was very different than I expected before I was spoiled. I guess I see what the writers were going for with Helaena’s response to B & C. She’s dissociated rather than hysterical. She’s been painted as a character who’s distanced from the world around her in general, so perhaps this is an in-character trauma response for her. Plus you could see the absolute terror in Phia’s eyes. Helaena was terrified and traumatized. She was just quiet about it.

As for her just pointing out Jaehaerys instead of trying to bargain or plead more for his life … I guess it’s because they’re characterizing her as very literalist, straightforward and honest to a fault as part of her ‘strangeness’? So she just took B & C at their word and didn’t try to change their minds because after the necklace offer failed, she assumed they couldn’t be swayed and would definitely kill her and both kids like they threatened to if she didn’t point out Jaehaerys to them. As for not pointing to Jaehaera – that wouldn’t accomplish anything. If they didn’t check that they really had the boy, one of her kids would still be dead. If they checked and discovered she’d lied, they might kill both kids. She was a mother who didn’t want either of her kids to die but perceived she couldn’t do anything to save both of them, so she felt she had no choice but to point out Jaehaerys. And then she grabbed Jaehaera and got her to safety when she saw the chance. At least she could save one of them.

As for Helaena saying they killed ‘the boy’ instead of saying his name Jaehaerys – I don’t see that as her being insensitive and uncaring about her kid. I think she was just repeating B & C’s exact word use in her dissociated state. She was on auto pilot at that point.

I do get what the writers were going for … but it’s not going to translate well to most of the audience I don’t think. I see many people interpreting it as Helaena not caring about Jaehaerys and not trying hard enough to save him. “Why didn’t she offer up her own life like any mother would?” If a large part of the audience misinterprets or misunderstands a scene or a character’s intentions or motivations, then that’s a failure on the part of the writers IMO. I’m not upset they didn’t make B & C more graphic or violent in the physical or psychological sense. (In the book, their twisted mind games were just as horrific and brutal and every bit as violent as the physical violence). But I do think that scene could have been better executed in a different way. And including Maelor probably would have worked better to illustrate the horrific, inescapable situation Helaena found herself in between a rock and a hard place.

Where the fuck are the guards? In the throne room with Aegon? Sent away by Cole to hide the fact that he’s in the queen dowager’s bed? The Greens never considered infiltration or a stealth attack? They really got complacent because they have Vhagar guarding the city.

Alicent and Cole doing it in Rhaenyra’s old room, in Rhaenyra’s bed!! Are they both imagining they’re with Rhaenyra too?! Because this is giving … high levels of dysfunction. They’re both haunted by Rhaenyra

The only thing I’ll say about Alicole is that they really should have shown them getting together for the first time. When, how and why did that happen? Who instigated it? How did they both feel about it? Again the writers don’t show the motivations they had in mind for the characters, resulting in the viewers drawing different conclusions than they’re ‘supposed to’ and it works against the story. The interviews I’ve watched seem to say it’s consensual on both their parts. (I know there’s a power imbalance that makes it problematic, but I don’t think the writers see it that way.) Again, showing the start of their first sexual encounter would have been better writing (IMO) because it could have been used to illustrate consent.

The last thing I’ll say about Alicole (okay, so I wanted to say two things) is that showing it after B & C that way by having Helaena walk in on them cheapens B & C. The true shock and horror here is that a child was murdered in front of his mother. Why add the cheap shock value of someone walking in on their parent in flagarante?

All in all, okay episode, kind of weird. Looking forward to see what they do with the rest of the material.

[razzle-zazzle]

Ok but what happens next 😭😭😭 how do the show and movie ninja interact I NEED THEIR SHENANIGANS /lh

Okay okay so. basically. the movie ninja are temporarily stuck in showverse, so the show ninja just kind of (slightly awkwardly bc they weren't expecting this AT ALL) take them in for the time being while looking for a way to send them back. we get to see the similarities and differences between the show and movie ninja, we get to see both groups reacting to each others' lore/lives ("you all still go to school? ew" "you all live together like a permanent sleepover? so cool!").

But also. When Ghost possessed Movie Cole. Movie Cole got a whole bunch of Show Cole's memories. They're all jumbled up and discombobulated, though, so for all that M!Cole knows more about his counterpart than any of the other ninja it's usually expressed in Sudden Realizations as the disconnected pieces click into place. Meanwhile, Show Cole kind of has Ghost and Corpse' memories, kind of, and Ghost was pretty much present the entire time he was in movieverse even if he couldn't be seen or heard for most of it (and did have a few episodes where he couldn't see or hear either), so Show Cole also has a weird amount of insight to his counterpart that he doesn't really actively realize he has. This leads to great interactions such as:

S!Cole: i mean, i kind of remember? it's in bits and pieces S!Cole: your history essay was awful btw M!Cole: what would you know, you literally— M!Cole: wait M!Cole: YOU DROPPED OUT OF MARTY OPPENHEIMER'S?! S!Cole: i still know half-assing when i see it! M!Cole: MARTY. OPPENHEIMER'S!!! M!Cole to S!Cole:

and

S!Jay: soooo are those memories making any sense yet? M!Cole: no S!Jay, thinking about the love triangle: oh thank fsm M!Cole: you two fight a lot, huh? S!Cole: i dunno what you're talking about, we're best friends S!Jay, opening the fridge: yep! we're—COLE DID YOU TAKE MY FUCKING PUDDING CUP AGAIN S!Cole: the best of friends 😌😊🌸✨

and

M!Cole, to S!Kai: so what's "human pinata" supposed to be M!Kai: the WHAT S!Kai: ...some things are better left forgotten S!Cole, from across the bounty: HE WAS AN ENTERTAINER AT KIDS PARTIES A FEW YEARS BACK M!Cole: oh M!Kai: oh? OH???? M!Kai:

There's more that I can't recall off the top of my head rn, too. But yeah once the slightly morbid twist is resolved Cleaved gets back to regular crossover shenanigans and impromptu cross-dimensional group therapy. Of course, there's also that fact that M!Cole's indentity was revealed back home, but surely that's not going to cause any problems when they finally figure out how to reliably travel through realms...

right?

[colekinnie-4life]

Part two of my rant cause I’m not done yet

I’m gonna take a hiatus from talking about the show however, and turn to the movie for a minute

I know, everyone hates the movie

But I don’t care and you can express your opinions towards it here 👉🏼🗑️

Anyways, the whole “being pushed to the side” thing isn’t just a Cole problem, this time, it’s everyone’s problem

All of them except for green bean are planks of wood with basic personalities written on them

Kai- loud

Nya- badass

Jay- shy

Zane- robot

Cole- music

Cole has the least amount of lines in the movie. I counted. He has 45 lines of his own, then a few extra with the other ninja

I like him in the movie too. Not more than og Cole obviously but the movie version is kind of relatable to me because of the whole music thing (I’m obsessed with music)

The song in the end credits says he’s “sarcastic”, but he has no sarcastic lines that I can remember throughout the whole movie

The only mildly sarcastic line I can think of is

“All I know is we really need a ninja master. And you are not a ninja master.”

And that’s not even sarcasm

Anyways, that’s about it for the movie since he does literally nothing

He does way more in the video game version of the movie, but I’m not gonna count that since it’s apparently not canon (booo)

Ok, now time for season 11

HALLELUJAH HE DOES SOMETHING!!

AND WITH KAI SOMETIMES!

Y’all probably know I love lava. It’s so stinking cute and I would be infinitely happy if they turned canon

I mean I think the writers are leaning more towards geode becoming canon, which I am totally not against, I think they’re also super adorable (and I’m not being sarcastic)

For season 11 he doesn’t do much in the fire chapter besides get a new vehicle (with Kai~)

But holy shit, in the ice chapter? He gets lots of stuff to do!

He has the cute-ass interaction with Kai during Fire Maker (insert squealing here)

He loses the travelers tea

He has the dream where everyone hates him

He goes out to find the travelers tree

And he becomes a dad again, this time to Krag

Then he finds out Zane is the ice emperor and he does nothing again :(

To be fair no one does anything besides Lloyd and Zane in this part of the season but oh well

Next season

Prime Empire

Hmmm…

Well he just does whatever the other ninjas do until he blows up

(With Kai~)

Season 13

HALLELUJAH HE GETS A SEASON INSTEAD OF A BADLY MADE 40 MINUTE SPECIAL THATS BASICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO WATCH IN ENGLISH (I watched it on Tubi, you’re welcome)

So I’m not gonna say all the stuff he does this time, but he gets the most amount of attention because- it’s his season

Just go watch Tom Critic’s review of MOTM on YouTube, even though he calls it overrated it’s still a good review and it says everything I need to say

The Island

He’s hungry throughout the whole thing and that’s it :(

But he does trap ronin in a corner

(With Kai~)

Seabound…

Once again, lord have mercy

He does legit nothing and has like 4 lines

To be fair this was the season after Kirby Morrow passed away (rest in peace) so I can respect that

He does do some stuff in that one episode based in ninjago (with Kai~)

Anyways yeah. He gives Queen Vania the fake amulet thingy and that’s it

:(

Season 15, he’s the one who finally gets everyone together. Then a whole lot of nothing happens to him specifically, he’s just doing what everyone else is doing

Until he (and Kai~) get into a car crash and he acts all loopy in save haven (greatest episode of crystallized for obvious reasons)

Then he powers up, takes care of Vangelis through the dumbest “defeat” of all time, then turns into a crystal zombie for 2 seconds and loses his powers

Ughhhhh not again…

They keep losing their powers and it’s getting annoying

Anyways, dragon’s rising

Just a note that this will have MASSIVE spoilers for part two of season two. You have been warned

Anyways, he’s not reintroduced until season 1 part 2

And like clockwork, he has adopted children again!

And he got himself a boyfriend in Geo

Like I said I’m a hardcore lava shipper. But hey, Cole has two hands, and both ships are adorable in their own ways, so I’m a multi shipper

Anyways, he’s in one episode then dips when he starts chasing after Wu’s ghost

Ughhh

Next season he actually kinda does stuff. He just goes along with Zane to find the sorceress or whatever they were doing (kinda forgot- haven’t watched part 1 in a while)

But hey, their duo is always awesome

Part 2 (once again MASSIVE SPOILERS)

He gets kicked off the tournament as soon as he fights off his opponent :(

But hey at least he isn’t shoved into a Chinese sweatshop like last time

Then he follows Wu’s ghost again and finds the new monastery

Then he finds the elemental mech and uses that to help Arin, then he just hangs out in that while fighting the bad guys

Then he- does nothing once again :(

And that’s where we end!

Well, at least with these seasons he, for the majority, got something to do. Sure he ends up mostly just going with what everyone else is doing but he does get his own thing to do sometimes

So these seasons were much better at giving him something to do :)

Anyways- there’s not much else for me to say besides give Cole more to do in season 3 whenever that comes out, and make Geode canon please they’re so cute

I mean I would be happier with lava but-

Ok bye

[sunflowerandstrawberryspice]

Before we begin as always: This is all for fun and is not meant to be taken to seriously everyone please be nice or at least civil. Okay? Awesome read on!

Alrighty I'm feeling a little irritated after a not so lovely comment on one of my fics (that has literally NOTHING to do with Jay) about how I don't often write about him if at all. Now I just kinda ignored the comment cause this was the same person who said I couldn't ship Zane with human characters cause he's a robot to say the least I took what they said with a grain of salt so yeahhhhhh (like seriously I had to mention that cause it's just such a weird thing to say since Ninjago has said multiple times that Zane is just as human as the others so???)

But anyways I want to start by saying yeah that's true I don't write about Jay very often, in fact I have never written a fic centered around him BUT I will never go out of my way to vilify him outside of the actions he takes IN CANNON because I try to stay in character when writing unless it's an AU that might shift their personalities a bit but not by much. But this brings me to an issue I've come across more than once and it sort of bothers me and its: the erasure of Jay's more negative qualities.

Now I'm not saying that Jay is an irredeemable villain here I'm just saying that he has said/done things that aren't good that a lot of people seem very keen on just ignoring or in some cases outright denying, and I get it it sucks when our favorite characters are flawed trust me my favorite character is GARMADON so I have plenty of experience in liking characters with flaws lol. BUT just because we like them doesn't mean they don't HAVE those flaws.

Like Jay (since he's who we're suppose to be focusing on rn) is kind of an ass multiple times especially early in the series. Now I hate the love triangle because it fucked up literally all people involved and I found it super annoying but I think Jay was painted in a particularly bad light. For example Jay straight up attacking Cole even though Cole had ZERO clue about the whole perfect match thing, like imagine if out of no where your best friend ATTACKED YOU saying you were trying to "steal" (I hate that phrase btw so dumb cause Nya's a person) the person they liked? Probably would feel really crummy.

Now I do understand that Jay probably has some form of anxiety but that doesn't mitigate the fact throughout the series Jay has a tendency to get freaked out and then lose his temper, in more recent seasons it's happened less frequently which I'm going to chose to interpret as him growing up but is likely just because in later season the writing tends to muddy the waters on most characters (we don't even talk about crystalized because it doesn't exist, like seriously Lloyd talks about Harumi in Dragons Rising like Crystalized never happened which I'm a big fan of) but yeah. I've never been a huge Jay fan myself but his cannon character is interesting and I'd understand why people would like him since again he's not an irredeemable monster he's a person.

But yeah, I love Ninjago and I love being a part of the fandom but I don't love how sometimes people overlook the charcters negative traits and that really bothers me since more than one of the characters go through arcs (some more subtle than others) to become better people. Like I also think people underplay Nya's anger issues, Kai's can be as well but to a lesser extent SOMETIMES, which is unfortunate because that's part of their arcs of growing into new more mature people. All of the characters have their problems it's what makes them interesting to follow, I'm a huge fan of Garmadon and he is EXTREMLY flawed but that's what makes him an interesting character especially since he's trying to be better (again lol).

In conclusion I love over analyzing this Lego show cause even if its shit sometimes the characters it created are super fun to play with much like actual Legos! I don't hate any characters (except for Nadakahn and The Mechanic fuck those two they're creepy as shit) I love getting to talk about them and am totally open for conversations about them because as you can tell from this post I am a natural born yapper and I love to hear other peoples thoughts/views so feel free to say something as long as you're willing to keep it civil!

I hope y'all have a great day/night PEACE OUT!

[codenamehazard]

Cole MacGrath SFW Alphabet

Hello! This took me a long time, but here is my headcanons SFW alphabet for what I think Cole MacGrath would be like as a boyfriend.

Here's the link to the alphabet if you want to make your own!

Now, here's the SFW alphabet (with a little hint of spice.) Hope you brought some popcorn, it's a long read.

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A = Affection (How affectionate are they? How do they show affection?)

When it comes to affection, Cole MacGrath is a very affectionate man, though how he shows it and where depends on his karmatic mindset. Good Cole is more open to the more traditional cutesy-wootsy PDAs. Forehead kisses, holding hands, being a playful tease, that kind of stuff. Evil Cole’s brand of PDA is less cute and wholesome. Don’t get me wrong, he’ll be more tender in public if he senses that’s what you need, but the way he does PDA is very flirty and meant to fluster. Arm around the shoulder, teasing whispers in the ear, grabbing your ass, things like that. He likes to see your face burn and listen to you stutter.

Behind closed doors, it’s a whole ‘nother animal.

It is away from prying eyes that Cole lowers his guard and lets himself shower you in affection. Kisses, cuddles, words of love and adoration, the man has a lot of love to give. Especially since he thought he’d never have someone to love after the loss of Trish. One of his love languages is physical touch, and he’s a believer in “actions speak louder than words.” All he wants to do is hold you close to him, to feel you, to know you are real and to have the peace of mind that while in his arms, you’re safe from danger. Good or Evil, Cole wants you to give you his love.

B = Best friend (What would they be like as a best friend? How would the friendship start?)

Befriending Cole in the beginning would be a bit tricky, he’s slow to trust thanks to the hell he went through back in Empire City. There’s also the fact that people might want to get close to him for the simple fact his has powers and nothing more, seeing him as a status symbol of sorts. Karma also plays a role too. Good Cole is a little more polite while Evil Cole… Not so much. Evil Cole would be the tougher nut to crack as he knows he has a lot of enemies and they could be desperate enough to send somebody to befriend him so they can get close and hurt him. You want to befriend him? Gotta do a couple of things,

Treat him like a person. This goes without saying, but a lot of people just see Cole for his powers and his reputation, be they starstruck fans or people stricken with fear. Even Kuo and Nix to an extent kinda view him like this, though not as bad. The only one who really sees the man behind the powers is Zeke. So try to not let the colored sparks blind you and see the man behind the storm. See him as Cole MacGrath. Just treat him like a normal person because at the end of the day, he still is human. Even a small effort to get to know him will mean a lot to him.

Get Zeke’s seal of approval. Speaking of Zeke, another thing you want to do is to win Zeke over. Don’t do it exclusively as Cole might see it as you using Zeke to get to him, but do try and get along with Zeke. Zeke knows Cole like the back of his hand and so his opinion will hold a bit of weight. If you're lucky, Zeke might even help you get your foot in the door and introduce you to Cole. So hang out with the two and see what happens.

As for how the Electric Man is as a best friend? You need not look further than the dynamic between him and Zeke. Playful, joking, mischievous and is just as happy laying back and relaxing with a couple of beers and a movie as he is running around on the roof or causing mayhem. Juuuust watch your back if Cole and Zeke decide to team up, the two are pranksters and together they are double trouble, though Cole will be more than happy to help you pull a prank on Zeke from time to time.

Basically, Cole’s a mischievous lil shit and you wouldn’t want him any other way.

C = Cuddles (Do they like to cuddle? How would they cuddle?)

I hope you like cuddles, because this man, regardless of karma, is a fucking octopus. To say he’s touch-starved is an understatement. Any time it’s just you and him (maybe if Zeke’s around too), you two are gonna be hogging the couch in a hard-core cuddle session. It’s one of the few times you’ll get to see a genuine gentle smile from him as he holds you close or you hold him close. If you’re on him, your head is on his chest so you can hear his heartbeat and his breathing, if you lay him on your chest, he grips you close and listens to yours. It’s physical, irrefutable proof that you’re here, you’re real. That he isn’t in some dream that he’ll wake up from and see that he’s alone. Hearing your heart might even make him tear up a little as he feels the pain and the weight lift off his shoulders.

Cole prefers to be the big spoon, so he can hold you close, but he won’t object to being the little spoon from time to time.

D = Domestic (Do they want to settle down? How are they at cooking and cleaning?)

Now this is something that will differ GREATLY depending on karma, but the beginning is the same. At first, Cole is hesitant to settle down. After what happened with Trish, he’s got some scars that run deep and with so many enemies and so few friends, settling down is the last thing on his mind. Over time, things do change.

Good Cole is more likely to settle down, being the more responsible of the two. Once he feels that he has some form of normalcy back in his life, he feels he can try again to have the American dream of having a home, a family, the lot. It’s what he originally wanted in life after all.

Evil Cole is less interested in settling down, he’s a wild spirit and I hope you can keep up with that. Always on the move and always causing chaos, there is no white picket fence for him. He's a hellraiser through and through and he wants you to be riding shotgun with him. Though that doesn't mean he doesn't want some simple pleasures, just know that you two will probably be semi-nomadic.

Regardless of karma, domestic life is… Interesting. Cole's relationship with electronics is dicey to say the least, so expect to either A. be the one handling the electronics or B. visits from Zeke to either repair what Cole accidentally broke or modify it so that he can use it. You'll most likely be the one doing most of the cooking as electricity and stoves don't often mix, unless you have a gas stove, but don't think that Cole isn't gonna help out. He'll make sure things are prepped so all you have  to do is cook it and if there's something that doesn't involve putting the house at risk of a fire, he's all over that. He's actually a decent cook! Cleaning is where he makes up for having slight issues with the cooking appliances, while he's not a neat freak, he will do the heavy load of cleaning responsibilities, even though he has to do it the analog way. Even in domestic life, there's never a dull moment with Cole MacGrath. 

E = Ending (If they had to break up with their partner, how would they do it?)

Oof, one of two things must have happened to make Cole want to break up with you. Either A. You and he just aren't compatible or B. You screwed the pooch and betrayed him. Karma plays a big role here too.

If you two are simply incompatible, Good Cole will be polite about it, but he won't sugar-coat it either. He's straight to the point. Rip the bandage off so that both of you can get to healing. No point in dancing around an issue. Evil Cole is just as straight-forward, but a lot more blunt and brutal. You're not what he was wanting and that's that. Serious owch.

However… If you make the mistake of betraying Cole, there's no turning back. The Demon's heart will harden and turn cold and he'll leave you in the dust. Good Cole might tell you how much you hurt him, Evil Cole will simply spit out a venom filled "we're done" and walk away if he’s feeling merciful. Either way, Cole won't be able to even look at you. He has to walk away, because with one fell swoop, you just made him hate your guts and he's not sure he'll be able to control himself if he sees you again. Don't even try to win him back. Best to walk away.

F = Fiance(e) (How do they feel about commitment? How quick would they want to get married?)

When it comes to commitment in general, the Electric Man's eyes are for you and only you. Once you have his heart, even the sexually deviant Evil Cole hungers only for you. He's very loyal and expects the same from you.

As for marriage? Things get a little… Dicey. The trauma Kessler left in his wake has left Cole a bit gun-shy about tying the knot, fearing that Kessler will somehow come back and kill you, just as he did Trish, but once his fears are called, the idea isn't as scary.

Good Cole would definitely be daydreaming about the day he puts a ring on your finger and says his "I do's." It puts the goofiest damn smile on his face and you know he's gonna give you the biggest kiss when you say yes. At night, he'll worship your body and present to you a day collar to wear to.

Evil Cole is less keen on marriage because in a world gone to hell, is there really a point to getting a dumb piece of paper or getting officiated by a priest? That doesn't mean he won't spouse you up in his own special way. He's the king of the world, so of course he needs a queen. Once he asks you to be his forever and you say yes, he'll walk up behind you, rub your hips and kiss your neck before you feel a weight around your neck and hear a click. His mark of commitment? A collar for you and a necklace for him that has the key.

Regardless of karma, regardless of the state of the world. To the Demon of Empire City, you are his as he is yours and there will be a symbol that both of you will wear that symbolizes that.

G = Gentle (How gentle are they, both physically and emotionally?)

Gentleness is a bit of an interesting thing for Cole. Both versions of the Demon of Empire City can be quite gentle when it comes to you, it might be a struggle for his Evil self, but either way… You're precious to him and if you're hurting, he's there. Kissing you and holding you tenderly, whispering the words you need to hear to chase away the demons that plague you just as you chase away his. Evil Cole might have a little less tact than his good counterpart when it comes to his bluntness and words, a bit of a bull and china shop, but he always says what you need to hear. He loves you and he never wants you to doubt that.

H = Hugs (Do they like hugs? How often do they do it? What are their hugs like?)

Please. For the love of God, give this man a hug. He needs it. Good Cole is more likely to give you a hug in public, but both karmas love hugs.

Behind closed doors and out of sight from all but his closest friends. Hugs are never in short supply. He'll hug you as much as you let him and he loves every second. His hugs are strong and protective. His arms are pretty much like a weighted blanket. Your head on his chest, his lips kissing the top of your head, his arms either caging your arms and wrapped around your waist. He'll gently sway as you can feel the gentle buzz of his electricity humming in his arms as your body completes a circuit. A quiet sigh escapes his lungs.

If only he could stay like this forever. 

I = I love you (How fast do they say the L-word?)

Just as Cole is slow to trust, he's slow to say the L-word as well. Even when he full well knows he's in love with you and he knows he loves you. It's because there's a deep scar in his heart. He's scared that even if he so much as whispers the L-word, something will happen and you'll be taken from him. As soon as word leaves his lips, he'll lose you, just as he lost Trish. The man's heart just can't bare the thought of losing someone again like that, but God does it eat him up. He wants to tell you he loves you sooner than he does, it's like a ticking time bomb in his chest. So he first shows you his love, you can feel it in his protective embraces, the tender kisses, the way he looks at you, he loves you so much and it's torture that he just can't say it because of that fear. Once he does say it, probably during an intimate moment and he just couldn't help but to blurt it out, it's like a dam has broken. The three words are whispered in your ear so tenderly and when he has to leave to tend to something or he ends a call, he makes sure to say "I love you" before leaving or ending a call, so should something happen to him, those are his last words to you. 

J = Jealousy (How jealous do they get? What do they do when they’re jealous?)

I'd say when it comes to the green eyed monster, Cole can get a little jealous. It's nothing too crazy, just the normal amounts. He's got no issues if you have male friends or pets. With pets he'll get "playful jealous" but it's all in good fun, it's just him being a playful little git. He will start to get a bit iffy if he starts to feel like another man is starting to get a little too close for his liking or if he feels like you're starting to pull away, but the responses to these are honest and frank conversations and what's bothering him. Communication is key in any relationship and he knows it. So he can get a tiny bit jealous, but it's no more than what is normal. 

K = Kisses (What are their kisses like? Where do they like to kiss you? Where do they like to be kissed?)

This man LOVES kisses. Day or night, rain or shine,good or evil, in public or behind closed doors, Cole wants to give you so many kisses. They can range from gentle and sweet to deep and breath-stealing, but regardless of how, he will pour love into every single one.

On you, he loves to kiss your lips, your neck (sometimes paired with a nibble), your forehead and your chest, but let's be real here, he'll leave kisses anywhere on you.

Where he likes to be kissed? His lips, his neck, his arms, his hands (they get sore from time to time), his chest (specifically over his heart) and his scars. (I headcanon he has a lichtenberg scar over his heart he got from the blast.)

Just… Please, give this man kisses.

L = Little ones (How are they around children?)

This one's a bit of a sore topic for Cole. Ever since the revelation with learning that Kessler was his future self, learning about how he has gotten married to Trish and even had a little family with two beautiful daughters before the beast destroyed everything… How Kessler robbed him of all that by killing Trish and turning his life upside down… Children aren't something he wants to think about at this current moment, it's still very painful and he would want to simply enjoy his time with you and heal that part of his heart first before he even entertains the thought of children. Though I will say Good Cole will be the one who would possibly want children down the road, but he won't be bent out of shape if you don't. Evil Cole has no interest in having kids, the chaotic world he thrives in is no place for children so it's for the best.

As for how he is with children? It depends. If they're his kids, he'd be the best dad he can be, he's a playful father, but a stern one as well. If it's someone's kid who he's close to (like Zeke), he's pretty much the fun uncle who is always getting into mischief with his niblings. If they're a random kid, he'll help them if they need it (Yes, even Evil Cole, he's not completely heartless.) But overall, he doesn't mind them. 

M = Morning (How are mornings spent with them?)

This depends on if he's gotten to sleep last night or not. Seeing as he has a very high energy power and most likely has PTSD, Cole has trouble falling asleep and staying asleep, so seeing him up before you wouldn’t be an uncommon sight, that and he tends to be an early-riser too. He’s usually seen doing his morning routine to get ready for the day. If you need to get up too, he’ll whisper in your ear to wake up and kiss and nibble you awake. If he got a proper sleep however… He’s not as keen to leave the bed. His arms will be wrapped around you, holding you close to him and just basking in the warmth. If you try to leave the bed, you’ll find the Demon’s arms tightening and a sleep groan of protest emanating from his chest. Needless to say, you’re not getting out of bed unless you wake him.

Once you and he are up and about, it’s a surprisingly sweet affair. Lots of hugs and kisses while you two prepare for the day, talk of plans, the occasional derailment of plans if Cole’s feeling amorous. It’s very “free for all” in the mornings unless there’s a pressing matter.

N = Night (How are nights spent with them?)

Nights can vary, some nights, he’s down to relax and cuddle you while you two just sit and enjoy, some nights, he’s wanting to pamper you, maybe massage you if you let him, but there is no shortage of kisses and sweet words from his mouth and most likely, a slow and deep love-making session to follow. Maybe he’s all kinds of fired up, hands all over you, kisses on every part and him whispering some naughty things in your ear, you won’t be getting sleep those nights either.

Regardless of how you get into bed, sleeping can be a bit tricky. If you wore him out before or if it’s storming out, he’ll sleep like a baby, but some nights, sleep eludes him. He just can’t seem to get to sleep for whatever reason. Sometimes the sound of the Ray Sphere blast causes his ears to ring, sometimes the nightmares become too much and he spooks awake, other times, he just can’t sleep at all. He’ll apologize if he woke you with his restlessness. If you are in a deep sleep and not awoken by his fits of sleeplessness, he will hold you to his chest and cuddle you, never leaving your side unless to use the restroom or to get a drink of water. If you are having a nightmare, he will hold you tight and murmur words in your ear to help stave off the demons plaguing your mind, if you find yourself unable to sleep yourself, he’ll be happy just to hold you in comfortable silence.

He’s just happy to have someone to hold in the night.

O = Open (When would they start revealing things about themselves? Do they say everything all at once or wait a while to reveal things slowly?)

Cole has a lot of pain and trauma buried away in his heart and he views it as his burden to carry, so outside of the typical stuff, it will take a long time for him to open up about the deep wounds he holds, from his past to everything that happened in Empire City. He won’t say everything at once, but he will talk about his pain when he’s alone with you. Especially if you stay up with him during the nights he can’t sleep. It’s cathartic to him to have someone else to talk to about what happened outside of Zeke. Even if you can’t understand the pain he’s suffered, he’s happy that you’re giving him a listening ear and you try to understand. Good Cole will be more apt to pour his heart out soon than Evil Cole, but either way, sometimes it’s nice to be heard.

P = Patience (How easily angered are they?)

This one varies WILDLY depending on Cole’s karmatic leaning. Overall, Cole’s a level-headed guy for the most part, but his fuse lengthens or shortens depending on the path he walks. Good Cole has the patience of a saint, calm and level-headed even when Kuo and Nix are firing off at each-other. Evil Cole has a shorter fuse, more apt to go off when he’s getting agitated, though he would make an effort to reign it in around you. But don’t think Good Cole is a doormat, far from it. If you push Good Cole too much, he will not back down and will argue too. Best thing to deal with an angry Cole is to give him space to cool down, let him calm himself and collect his thoughts before coming back and communicating the issue. There is one thing that Cole, good or evil, practices when it comes to arguments, it’s the only piece of good advice his dad ever gave him. “Never go to bed angry.” Before the day is done, Cole will make sure that you know that he loves you deeply and how precious you are to him, so you never go to bed with an aching heart.

Q = Quizzes (How much would they remember about you? Do they remember every little detail you mention in passing, or do they kind of forget everything?)

Cole is a very intelligent and observant man, able to look at any situation and work out all consequences for specific actions. Needless to say, he remembers a lot and he uses that to his advantage. Favorite foods? Don’t be surprised to see him come up to your door with the meal in hand. Favorite color? Kept in the back of his mind so that he can get you little trinkets when the mood strikes him. Asshole Ex giving you issues and not taking the hint that you're not interested? Either said ex is gonna get a… “Talking to” or when you and he are out and about and he sees that ex? Cole will make sure he sees his arm around your hip and his lips kissing yours. Just to make sure the message sticks. Anything he notices makes your eyes light up with glee, he remembers. He especially remembers special dates like anniversaries and birthdays.

R = Remember (What is their favorite moment in your relationship?)

So many moments worth remembering for Cole, but I think the one that would be burned into his mind would be when he finally says “I love you” to you for the first time. It’s truly a powerful moment for him, saying those three words. Words he thought he’d never say again outside of a quiet, mournful whisper for a love taken too soon. Words that now filled him with dread, cursed by Kessler who took Trish away. Those words already hold so much weight and power, but for the Electric Man, the weight felt crushing. All the moments before, there were so many times he wanted to tell you that. To say those three words in hopes of seeing your eyes light up with love, to hear you say it back, but whenever he tried, the words got caught in his throat, the fears welling up and stinging his tongue. Kessler’s curse mocking him.

Then one day, in one beautiful moment, the curse was broken.

Maybe it was in the throws of passion, heart connected to heart and the three words spilled from his mouth like a roar of thunder. Maybe it was a sweet moment, spoken under the lamplight after stealing your breath away with a kiss. Or maybe it was a quiet moment, where you and he were sitting on a roof, Cole holding you close to his body, keeping you warm with his heat and his jacket as you rested your head on his chest. The words slipping out in the softest of honeyed whispers.

With the words spoken, his heart would skip a beat. He finally said it, the fear of Kessler’s return clawing at his stomach, but when he saw your face when you heard those words, how it lit up, and when you said “I love you too.” The fear washed away and for the first time in a long time, the crushing weight of everything lifted. For the first time, it felt like everything was right in the world. That all was as it should be. The elation from that moment made tears prick at his eyes as he pulled you into the deepest kiss he could muster. Pouring every single ounce of love in his body into you. That moment will never leave him and he wants to sear it into your memory too. The day the Demon of Empire City said “I love you.” The first that will pave the path for many more.

Kessler’s Curse was broken, for now Cole wasn’t afraid. He won’t take you from him.

S = Security (How protective are they? How would they protect you? How would they like to be protected?)

Hooooooooooooooh boy. You want protection? You got protection. Cole is a hurricane and you are safely nestled in the eye of the storm. Cole is a very protective boyfriend and with all the shit that’s happened to him back in Empire City. It’s understandable! Whenever you’re with him, you know you’re safe. Holding his arm, you can feel a soft hum of the electricity stored within. If the two of you travel in areas known to be quite dodgy, his eyes are on the lookout for any trouble, ready for anything. Scared of being jumped as you head to work, all you need to do is ask Cole and he’ll escort you, be it personally walking hand in hand or by following you up high on the rooftops, making sure you get to where you need to go safely. Fear bites at the back of his mind when he’s away from you, but he knows you’re an adult and can handle yourself if need be. He will let you know that if he’s away doing something and something goes awry, he’s a phone-call away and he’ll get to you as soon as he can. Are the woes mental in nature? All you need to do is to let him know what you need and he’ll do it. Evil Cole might struggle a little bit when it comes to the mental stuff, but dammit, no-one messes with his love, not even the demons that plague your mind. Both Good and Evil Cole are highly protective, but Evil Cole is more apt to go to more extreme measures sooner, he’s more possessive than Good Cole, but he has more enemies so it’s to be expected.

As for him needing protection? Physically, no. He doesn’t want you to try and protect him. He doesn’t want you getting hurt, especially with the dangers he has to deal with on the regular.To the Demon of Empire City, what he needs is a protector of the heart. Be there when he’s feeling low. Hold him close when his own demons torment him, chase them off with kisses and words of love, be by his side when he wakes in the morning. Be his asylum. His peace.

When Cole MacGrath gives you his scarred heart, protect it, as he will protect yours.

T = Try (How much effort would they put into dates, anniversaries, gifts, everyday tasks?)

Honestly, it varies. While he is a conduit, he’s still human. When it comes to big things like anniversaries, birthdays and milestones, he’s making it his mission to make your face light up with joy. It won’t be anything lavish or over the top, but Cole will make sure it’s special for you, be it a nice dinner out or a romantic night at home, the Electric Man will make you feel like royalty. Dates he plays by ear a little bit, seeing how both you and he are feeling. Feeling like a night downtown? Get dressed and let’s go. Outdoor bonfire? He’s grabbing the blankets and firewood! Feeling lazy? Prepare for a cuddlefest. Gifts can range from big or small, but they’re always with you in mind. Everyday tasks he’d help as best as he can, but as noted before, sometimes his powers can make certain things more hazard than help, but he really does try.

U = Ugly (What would be some bad habits of theirs?)

He has a few, but I’ll name two.

Two words. BED. HOG. Cole is so used to sleeping in a sprawl somewhere that he kinda doesn’t know what personal space is when it comes to sleeping (when he can sleep). He’s like a twister in sleep too. Constantly tossing and turning unless you’ve worn him out before bedtime and are now in a cuddle. So be prepared before that.

He’s so used to sparking up his hands to relieve some of the pent up energy that it’s become a habit. So be ready for the accidental zap from him from time to time. Also, massage his hands, it helps alleviate the pins and needles in them.

V = Vanity (How concerned are they with their looks?)

Cole is no more concerned about his looks than any other man is. He keeps in shape thanks to all the parkour and fighting he does, he keeps himself clean the best he can and he washes his clothes whenever he can. If it’s a date night, he’ll gussy up extra. Gotta look good for you after all.

W = Whole (Would they feel incomplete without you?)

Dear god… Cole has lost so much. His home, his family, his girlfriend… Pretty much his whole life ripped apart and shattered. He was starting to pick up the pieces when you came into his life. You helped him start to rebuild, gave him hope that maybe, just maybe… There’s still some chance of having that happiness that Kessler stole from him. Having someone by his side to love and cherish. To maybe someday start a family with (if Good Cole) or rule the world with you by his side (if Evil Cole.) If he lost you? It would utterly destroy him. This won’t stop him from living his life, but most likely he won’t try his luck again when it comes to love.

X = Xtra (A random headcanon for them.)

Have two!

I don’t know why, but I keep having this thought of Cole being a decent singer and casually playing guitar. Maybe he has this musical hobby because when he was young, the guitar gave him something in his life that was his to control fully. He could change anything about the song he wanted, the pitch, the tempo, the energy, it was also a great outlet for his emotions as well, probably help him a lot in his high-school days.

Remember his comment of “And I thought I was a pyro?” He wasn’t lying about that. It was something he and Zeke bonded over. Those to loved to set fire to things and whenever they could, they’d make big bonfires and boy is the 4th of July a grand ol’ time for the Demon of Empire City, especially now since he is both his own lighter and his own fireworks.

Y = Yuck (What are some things they wouldn’t like, either in general or in a partner?)

Please, do not try to interrogate him. If you want to talk to him about something, just talk to him. Trying to pull things out of him will just remind him of how his parents would interrogate him when he was young and all it will do is fire up that rebellious streak he has.

Also, pleeeeease do not get into fights like Kuo and Nix do. He already has enough to deal with when it comes to those two, he doesn’t want to deal with it at home too.

Z = Zzz (What is a sleep habits of theirs?)

Let’s see… We covered being a sleep cuddler, a bedhog, a tornado and a slight insomniac…. Oh! Sometimes his hands wander around on you while he sleeps. Seriously though, SLEEP CUDDLER. Cole really needs cuddles.

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Sorry it was long, but I hope you enjoyed it!

[unohanabbygirl]

In the novels it explained Aemond held no love for the strong house, but to massacre all of them was just wtf? The children were completely innocent? What are your theories as to why Aemond took this is extreme measure against House Strong?

Aemond’s hatred for house Strong is…complicated to say the least.

For starters it all sort of circles back to the feelings Aemond has for Rhaenyra. He’s made several comments pertaining to her sex life which I feel is a little too overboard to be a mere coincidence. I mean, asking if he should ‘kiss her cunny’ is an odd thought to have in the first place.

Also, he likes his women older. Most ppl think its some sort of underlying attraction to Alicent, which is possible and makes sense if you think about it. However I feel Rhaenyra is the reason as well. That is if the whole bewitching rumors were bs and he was genuinely attracted to Alys who was like 25 years his senior.

But that an entirely different topic.

Ofc there’s hate he’s learned from Alicent and Cole saying heinous things because of her ‘wanton ways’ giving birth to multiple bastard sons with Harwin. Not to mention that Its more than normal for Targs to be attracted to their siblings, and Rhaenyra is a beautiful woman (realms delight and all that) So I think somewhere along the way that hatred for his sister that’s been pushed into his head got mixed up with lust. Seeing and knowing of her affair with Harwin from a young age on top of Luke taking his eye led him to develop a distain for Strongs.

Seeing all three of Rhaenyras sons hatch their egg in the cradle while he was left without didn’t do much to help the situation either. He’s real Targaryen, blessed with the features of old Valyria to prove it while they’re nothing more than Strong bastards. So why did their eggs hatch while his remained like stone? Thoughts similar to this may have only served to increase his hatred for Strongs in general.

Mad at the wrong people, yes I know.

Another reason may be because he wants to make a name for himself other than “Aemond one-eye”

Though Aemond didn’t show any outright signs of desiring the throne that I remember, it still must’ve hit hard that he had nothing to his name. No betrothed (before Storms End) no lands, titles, or nighthood to speak of.

He desired to make his mark, show himself as a warrior that would spare no one in the war he started. What better way to do it than take Harrenhall and wipe of the house of his ire for in the process. Show the blacks he means business.

However, this makes the theory that Alys bewitched him even more soild. He despised Strongs, made a goal to completely wipe their line and basically succeeded. So why would he take in a Strong bastard as his bed mate AND get her pregnant (probably out of wedlock as well)

Overall Aemond’s act of genocide on House Strong is nothing more than a crybaby ass temper tantrum/ act of pure hate. Theres no ‘good’ reason for him to have done it, but it is what it is.

[hollowflight-propaganda]

Unpopular opinion, but I genuinely think that March of the Oni is one of the worst Ninjago seasons, (That is if you even count it as a season.) and it's all because of that last episode. The fact that the title is even "Endings" and yet is one of the worst season finales I've seen in this whole show just makes my blood boil.

Because when you think about it, this episode is supposed to act as the ending not only for itself and the two seasons before it, but the first ten seasons and the Wilfilm era as a whole. But, to me at least, it just feels like it dropped the ball. (If you wanna read my long ass rant, be my guest.)

The most egregious thing this episode does is what they did with Cole. Literally what was the reason for this fake out death if he's just gonna show up completely fine afterwards. And yes, I know that it sparked some of the most tear jerking moments in this show and furthered what Lloyd and Garmadon had going on, but doesn't that just make it worse that it feels like this whole thing went nowhere? And I don't want to hear anything like, "Well, bad and unexpected things happen in life all the time! It's just being realistic!" If this show was going for that type of realism everyone in the main cast should be dead by now. And I'm not saying that that's not a true statement about the world, but this is a lego ninja show aimed at eight year olds.

And then there's the second fake out death in this four episode season. And I'm also aware that the scene where Lloyd meets the FSM is cool. I also think that the scene is really cool! But my problem lies in the fact that Lloyd dying and then being fine minutes later doesn't serve anything. At least Cole falling caused some interesting scenes, but what happened to Lloyd doesn't cause anything! And yes, he met god, but then god told him that he won't remember any of this anyway. Oh well.

And then Garmadon just walks away??? Like, I get why HE would do that, but Wu just let's him leave????? Isn't this guy literally only the evil parts of who he was before? And not to mention that he forcibly became a dictator like three weeks ago.

And there's so many other things that piss me off, like how Kai has kind of a full circle moment with his smithing abilities, and as a longtime Kai fan I really like this idea! But then it was only a 20 second montage. Like, you aren't even going to give us a reason as to how he became so good at being a blacksmith that he can reforge the fucking GOLDEN WEAPONS? NO??? Ok then! *explodes with rage*

And my next complaint is moreso targeted at the whole season, but am I the only one who thinks that the Oni where really underwhelming? Like, these are supposed to be demons hellbent on the total destruction of the universe, but they're also the most forgettable villains in this entire show. The only reason why I even remember Omega's name is because that name in this context is kickass, but other than that he has nothing going for him. He's just here to destroy and kill everybody, that's it. What makes him and say, Kalmaar so different, is that Kalmaar has an actual personality. They have the same fundamental plan, but Kalmaar feels more like a classic disney villain while Omega is an extremely watered down version of the Christian take on Satan. This could've been the chance to make some absolutely epic lore about the Oni, where they've been, what they're like, or literally anything. But no, they're just here to kill.

And then they where defeated by the power of spinning really fast with your fam. The whole Tornado of Creation coming back just to serve as a callback and a convenient Oni killswitch has always bugged me. It just feels really cheap, especially with how everything faded to white and we didn't even get to see what actually happened.

But the real reason why I hate this final episode so damn much is that, I really liked the episodes before it! When it was coming out I thought that this would be really good, and I was legitimately excited to see how it ended! But then it crushed my dreams by having the worst ending possible and I haven't been able to trust since.

Okay, I think I'm done now, these aren't all of the reasons why I hate it so much, but I've rambled enough so I'm done.

[kiri-cuts]

Dawson Leery’s middle horizon in “The Fabelmans”

Over the years I’ve cultivated an obsession for speculating over whether particular teen TV shows have provided great inspiration and foresight toward the development of particular movies.  Did Kevin Feige feel moved to throw together the MCU after taking pity on Seth Cohen’s lonely comic book fancy in “The O.C.”? Has Takashi Miike ever made the connections between the glitzy bloodshed of his various Yakuza movies and the equally glitzy bloodshed exhibited among Manhattan's elite in “Gossip Girl”? And did Greta Gerwig seriously think she could sneak “Ladybird” out without anyone noting the obvious similarities between many of the films beats and those of “Gilmore Girls”?

Watching “The Fabelmans,” I likewise pondered whether Steven Spielberg had ever watched “Dawson’s Creek.” Did he, like most viewers, find himself utterly repelled by the show’s titular character? And did he, like many others, likely also see a lot of himself in Dawson Leery? Of course, Spielberg isn’t like other viewers -- and to him, Dawson isn’t just any other character. That’s because the pedantic teenager just so happens to be obsessed with the World’s Greatest Filmmaker© — Spielberg himself. 

During the course of “The Fabelmans,” the trajectory of the filmmaker’s life is played out under the keen guise of fictional characters and narratives. But it also is, for the most part, true. That trajectory also looks a whole lot similar to that of the young weeping virgin, Dawson. So much so that I’ve began to ponder just how much the show’s creator, Kevin Williamson, knew about the director’s life and how much he inserted into the teen show. Was this all just a coincidence?

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Williamson revealed that, like Sammy Fabelman for Spielberg, Dawson was something of a self-insert for who he was as a teenager. Like Dawson, Williamson also grew up obsessed with Spielberg. “I had an 8-mm camera because I heard Spielberg had an 8-mm camera,” he said. “And then I started filming horror movies in my backyard, and I’d have all of my friends star in them, and then I would splice it together in my grandmother’s bathroom.”

Interestingly, he also revealed that he wrote Spielberg a letter in order to obtain the rights with which to reference his work in the show. “He wrote back and he wrote the loveliest response. He was like, ‘You can use everything.' He gave one condition: No mention of his wife or children. ‘Just keep it to me, and you can do whatever you want.’”

And so he did. “Dawson’s Creek” is as much about the struggles of growing up as it is about the dangers of treating your virginity like some precious jewel that shouldn’t be plucked from the deep by any of the hot babes in your life. But it’s also about Spielberg and his influence on this teenage boy who got way more ass than he had any right to. 

Both “The Fabelmans” and “Dawson’s Creek” pivot around the idea that cinema offers a safe, snug shelter from the constant torments of life. But, whether you’re a voyeur or a creator, cinema is always best enjoyed with experience. None of us can simply sit in the dark all our lives. To make and appreciate art -- even something as asinine as “Dawson’s Creek” -- you have to endure life’s high and lows. Slap a Paula Cole track over the top of that line and it could almost be a piece of dialogue from the show! 

Those highs and lows tread similar jagged paths in both “The Fabelmans” and “Dawson’s Creek.” They each focus on a suburban film nerd with aspirations behind the camera. Both boys encounter a life altering epiphany that their respective moms are cheating on their dads after surveying footage that appears to indicate that mama is scooping some sugar outside of the household. 

Both also star Michelle Williams and feature scenes in which both Sammy and Dawson absolutely demolish her for using her vagina recreationally. The film and the show each share sequences in which the jocks who bully these filmmaking geniuses are cast as golden gods in their respective films. And both Dawson and Sammy learn the harshest lesson going -- that life ain’t no movie, kid.

In the cinema, I kept looking around for other Creek-heads who might understand my plight. “This also happened in ‘Dawson’s Creek’” we’d silently telegraph to each other with our eyes. “I’m so glad I’m not the only one.” But alas, the four elderly couples in the theater evidently did not share my keen knowledge of ‘90s teen melodrama.  Spielberg has stated that he’s always wanted to make this movie. That he had to wait until his parents were dead in order to tell their story fully, honestly, and painfully. And possibly also in ways they may not have recognised, such is the problem of memory. However, a part of me can’t help but want to believe that he was also confronted with having to watch “Dawson’s Creek” at some point in the past couple of decades and didn’t like what he saw. “Who the fuck is this Dawson kid?” he’d think, sneering at his television. “What’s his problem? And is he -- is he wearing one of my goddamn shirts? Nancy, get Kevin on the line.” 

For all intents and purposes, Dawson is about as middle of the road as heterosexual teenage white boys get (fun fact: his real life counterpart, Williamson, is actually openly gay in real life -- but the ‘90s evidently wasn’t ready for that kind of lead character yet). While everyone else he knows in Capeside is seemingly dealing with gargantuan problems — addiction, parental abuse, sexual assault, homophobia, borderline poverty, severe mental illness, and every now and then the dire problem of drunkenly falling into the creek and DYING — Dawson makes it clear that he suffers the most. In his middle class household, with his mid-life crisis parents, and his middle parted hair, nobody takes his filmmaking seriously. But worst of all, every last woman in his life isn’t as chaste as he wishes — including his long-suffering mom, his best friend, his girlfriend, his other girlfriend, her grandma, and probably even the women who serve his lunch to him every day. In the weeks following this screening, I’ve often thought about Spielberg watching “Dawsons Creek” and fuming about this little prick. How dare he even think he’s at the same level as The Spileberg! And so he made “The Fabelmans” to prove what true suffering looked like: The isolation, the heartache, the struggle, the violence ... the complications of dating a girl who wants to fuck Jesus. You know, real life stuff. That Spielberg has a secret grudge against this classic teen show is a fantasy you’ll just have to indulge me on. Which brings us to the curtain call of this piece. 

In the finale of “Dawson’s Creek,” Dawson eventually gets to meet his hero. Unfortunately for everyone, the meeting occurs off screen -- however, I’m sure they made an official inquiry to Spielberg and he told them to go fuck themselves. In “The Fabelmans,” Sammy likewise gets to meet his own hero — the worlds greatest filmmaker, John Ford, played by the worlds greatest filmmaker, David Lynch. In his rousing post-strip club speech to the boy, Ford points to three paintings and asks Sammy to tell him what he sees. After stupidly taking the question at face value, Ford corrects him, by asking, “No, where is the horizon?!” Sammy gets wise and realizes he’s basically Goldilocks testing the temperature of three cinematic bowls of very confusing oats. One painting has a high horizon, one painting has a low horizon, and the third has one in the middle — a point that Dawson would likely pronounce just right. “Now remember this,” Ford tells him. “When the horizon’s at the bottom, it’s interesting. When the horizon’s at the top, it’s interesting. When the horizon’s in the middle, it’s boring as shit.”

And with that, middle horizon Dawson Leery —who is probably a filmmaker in some horrific alternative timeline that I hope to fucking god I never get sucked into — got served his final insult. And by the man he loved most of all, no less. Because you know as well as I do that if Dawson were real and making actual movies that he would have just released an Oscar-bait semi-autobiographical film called “The Leerys” — and it would have been absolutely fucking full of middle horizons.

[laismoura-art]

Lmao! All part of Cole's plan!👀

Cole: Lmao! You two are short!

Hanzo & Bi-Han: *Stop arguing immediately and glare at Cole*

Bi-Han, a 400+ years old man: Uh, why is this infant making fun of us??

Hanzo, feeling betrayed by his own grand-grand-grandchild: Cole, how dare you??

Bi-Han: Have you got no respect for your elders??

Hanzo: I thought my bloodline was raised better than that!

Bi-Han, fully on Hanzo’s side now: You can ground his ass, you know? Ground his ass! Ground his ass! Ground his ass!

Hanzo: You know what? I'm grounding your ass!

Bi-Han: Yeah! You show him, Hasashi!

Hanzo & Bi-Han: *Fist bump while still glaring angrily at Cole*

Cole, grounded sitting on a corner: Well... at least they stopped fighting each other.

Kuai: Told you it would work. Now Harumi will unground you, and we'll get you some ice cream as compensation for your sacrifice.

Cole: Thanks, Gramps!

Also, Harumi is definitely the scariest of the bunch!

I am brainstorming for a MK 2021 Movie AU where she returns as a specter with Hanzo (in which Bi-Han only killed her, Satoshi was hidden with his baby sister and they were both rescued by Raiden)

And if you think Bi-Han was shocked by Hanzo's return, he was TERRIFIED by Harumi's! Cause the woman did NOT go down without a fight and if he was scary then, now she's on a whole new level!

And though he never managed to hurt her kids, he still threatened, and for a mother, hoho, that's more than enough!💀

Huge thanks to the Mortal Kombat 2021 movie for making Short King Hanzo canon!😌💅🏾✨️

You BET this universe's Bi-Han has LOADS of fun with his Hanzo, and it's up to Hanzo's grandkid to come to his defence!😂

Please, Cole, save your short grandpa, he'll commit murder✊️😔

And to all my Andrew Koji Kuai Liang believers:

TALL KING KUAI!

You bet he would make fun of Bi-Han for this one (1) centimetre, lol!

Bi-Han: Of course I'm in charge, I'm older!

Kuai: But I'm taller.

Bi-Han: FOR ONE CENTIMETRE!

Kuai: What, gonna cry, shortie?

Bi-Han, already crying: I hate you...

Also, also, also cause they are too important to let slide:

Look at my perfect staircase trouple!! 🩷💛💙

And in line to make a pan flag, they are MEANT👏🏾 TO👏🏾 BE!👏🏾

[carothehotmess]

GENERAL THOUGHTS AFTER HOTD EPISODE 5

Rip Rhea Royce I just know that you were not hetero and tbh you showed up, insulted daemon’s virility, and immediately died and that was a pretty iconic character arc if you ask me

Laenor and Rhaenyra agreeing to have an open relationship and becoming friends and allies! We love to see it!

Joffrey talking about seeing the tournaments when Rhaenyra becomes Queen… oh my sweet summer child you shall never see them for so many reasons

But also I love that we got a little of his and Laenor’s relationship before his death

Ser Criston- bro?!?! Did you really think she was going to marry you?! What drug is this man on and where can I get some

Allicent sweetheart wtf was that skirting around the question? Just ask if Rhaenyra fucks!

But also I was very confused like did she understand that Criston and not Daemon slept with Rhaenyra? Because if so, why was she so pissed?? Like either its just a miscommunication situation, which is so dumb, or she understood that Rhaenyra didn’t lie to her so like… is she just jealous that Rhae slept with anyone?! So many questions.

The entrances. Good GOD they all slayed. The Velaryons win for having a whole ass routine and theme going on, Daemon wins for never listening to his weak ass brother and just showing up to cause chaos, and Alicent wins for badass moment and prettiest dress (well tied with Laena) because I just love that color green okay??

Rhaenyra and Laenor would definitely come across like they are a little in love to anyone who doesn’t realize because their shared excitement over their agreement and future plans was so cute. Like they seemed genuinely excited to be partners in secrets.

The dancing was SO FUN and Harwin just very subtly being the one dancing with Rhaenyra the most was great. She always seemed to be smiling or laughing in the brief scenes of them dancing together, and I’m just so glad she has him!!

The set up for Daemon and Laena was also great! Him clearly still prioritizing Rhaenyra but also noticing and being very much interested in Laena is fantastic development imo

THAT GRIP THOUGH. Like my Queen really taunted him and basically begged him to whisk her away and marry her and the way he gripped her face did not need to be so hot. I said it and I meant it.

HARWIN STRONG I LOVE YOU ugh him literally fighting his way over to Rhaenyra then throwing her over her shoulder like it was nothing was just chefs kiss

Rip Joffrey, you deserved to get to live your dreams of being in tournaments and fucking the king consort. Gone too soon

Fuck Ser Criston Cole. I do like that they made it about his “honor” or whatever as well, but it really mostly gave off the vibes of him throwing a temper tantrum just because he didn’t get what he wanted

I did love that Laena was also fighting to get to Laenor. Their bond is great and I hope we get to see them and Rhaenyra and Daemon grow closer!

Poor Laenor. The gays did not do well this episode methinks

Viserys bro why are you even still alive at this point

[low-budget-korra]

Comments on House of The Dragon s01e06

Alicent Hightower

I saw a tweet saying that Alicent is like those girls that have a kid right after high school so she had to marry the father of their kid so their youth, and grew resentful because their high school friends go on to college and live their best lives. Basically "you got to live everything I wanted to but Couldn't, so now I hate u" kinda of stuff and now I can't thing otherwise

Otto started te job and Alicent continue, If it wasn't for her and her resent towards Rhaenyra everything would be different. A lot of people wouldn't died.

And what's worst is that until this point or until they start to take a son for a son, Rhaenyra didn't hate Alicent or her kids, all by contrary.

In fact, I believe all this episode was about the construction of Alicent as the villain of the show for now. But she ain't the only villain...

I already hate her hypocrite and resentful ass.

Rhaenyra and Laenor

I like their relationship after all. Rhaenyra continue to be the hero of the story and Emma did such a amazing job portraying Rhaenyra feelings only with her gaze. She didn't needed much to show the power and dominance of the princess, something that we could see in the council scene where Rhaenyra dominates.

Something that was good to see after her humiliating scene where she had to drag herself so Alicent could judge the baby.

Poor Laenor, we saw he still resentful towards Criston in one lil scene in the beginning of the episode, rightfully so, and by the promo of next episode I think he will fight against Criston after all and maybe Criston will be the one to murder or severally injury him. I would be surprised if the show goes nuts again the Criston murder the king with consequences for his actions

Laena and Daemon

I like how they give Daemon the same choice they gave Viserys in the first episode. And it seems that different than Viserys, Daemon didn't choose the child over his wife or he simple refused to choose.

I really enjoy Vhagar and Laena little moment before the final Dracarys. It was like Vhagar wanted to know for sure that that's was what Laena really wanted and than did what her master command.

But I don't know, it feels of Laena died like that, It didn't seems to be some "you die or your die" situation, or she dying asking to go out in flames instead of go out in a bed. Like Bjorn did in Vikings.

The Strongs

Lyonel Strong was such a honorable man. He really is like Ned Stark but smarter.

I still don't get Larys, like plotting against his whole family? He is the reason why the Strong House no longer exists after the Dance. He really shows to be just a egoistic man who doesn't care about his own family and House legacy

I will watch Sor Harwin beating the shit outta Criston everytime I feel sad. Also, he would make a far better fight instructor than Criston

Criston Cole

What a cunt! What a asshole! Piece of shit excuse of a man. It's been 10 fucking years. Get over your incel freak. Can wait to see you die, and I hope the show give us this cathartic moment soon enough

The Kids

No much to say here other than Aegon II being a asshole and will become evil because of his mother. The same goes to Aemond.

The kids didn't hate each other, Alicent made them hate each other

Final Critic

I thought they were doing things fast because this all we've saw until episode 5 was really just a prequel to the dance but now that we already change actresses and all, yet they are still running.

Nothing big or something, is just that even tho the actors did a amazing job portraying a 10year story in 10 minutes, I really would like to see more of Rhaenyra and Harwin or Laena and Daemon, or even Laena with Rhaenyra

[surpriserose]

Chris can u please please fancast part 8 I need to know how bad it would be

God.......these keep making me realize idk like any of the big actors now or at least the ones under fucking 40 now who the fuck are any of the 25 year olds playing high schoolers now and why do they have rabid fanbases the second they come out of the factory

Anyways major jojolion spoilers ahead 🥰🥰🥰

Josuke is dylan sprouse because they wanted to cast cole sprouse to get the jughead vibes but they fucked up. It works way better though because dylan is extremely confused the whole time because people wont stop calling him cole and referencing riverdale and it transfers to his acting <3

Yasuho is hunter Schafer because i can and will make trans yasuho canon idc also i get closer to googling euphoria cast more and more each time i do these and im sure she would do a good job playing yasuho because yasuho is gonna be an angsty manic pixie dream girl now :)

Rai is adam driver which is bad casting because adam driver has no ass and hes gonna play rai as very serious but like a broody sexy serious way so its even more inaccurate........reylos become railos

Joshu is ben platt who still thinks hes playing evan hansen if only because he can also pull off the lmm shitting his pants pose. Joshu becomes a misunderstood soft boy UwU 🥺

Norisuke is willem dabestie and he is losing it every scene especially compared to all the bland actors hes surrounded with like just imagine what would happen if he guest starred on riverdale and also had to be one of the 50 dilfs

Daiya is OBVIOUSLY katherine langford from 13 reason why because shes your new favorite actress from your new favorite show :)

Hato is scarlett Johansson because it would make me cry hato is gorgeous and im sorry scarlett Johansson is one of the ugliest women Hollywood tries to sell to me shes nothing

Jobin....who is the least dilfy actor...hmmm...david harbour the fucker from stranger things sorry he was a dilf in season 1 but 2 and 3 were very 🤨🤨🤨 i dont like the way youre interacting with your love interest mister and thats exactly what happens with jobin he is no longer peak wifeguy

Mitsuba is like...so im trying to get someone to capture the vibes of leonardo DiCaprio ditching his girlfriends once theyre like 26 but with jobin and mitsuba so im thinking like omg lili Reinhart the bestie the icon betty from riverdale herself <3 im actually not being sarcastic for once i think lili reinhart is really good but mitsuba is going to be a total ditzy trophy wife so like riverdale lili Reinhart is stuck making the best out of a role she's too good for idc

Omg i almost forgot kaato im so sorry kaato i want real milf hours so sigourney weaver idc shes hot as shit kaatos hot as shit listen i think we deserve ONE good casting and this is it

Tsurugi is like okay i know hes 9 but theyve got like a cgi reneesme baby thing going on and you can clearly see the actors just holding a doll in half the scenes

Kei is taissa farmiga you know the lady from like American horror story season one/three and like nothing else? The one whos like peak go girl give us nothing most of the time? Yeah shes kei because kei was also given nothing 😔😔😔

Kira is im sorry for going for low hanging fruit again but its timothee chalamet they have the same swoopy hair thats enough for me and i think he can probably pull of total asshole bad boy but women love him anyways because who fucking knows and kira is no longer just some weirdo hes a heartthrob 😔😔😔 i think for the flashbacks they make kira the popular bad boy and josefumi the nerdy nice boy fighting over karera

Josefumi is holy shit does anyone remember ansel elgort he used to be so big he was the hot young marketable man for a while despite his last name sounding like off brand gogurt but anyways hes mr the fault in our stars so you know hes got the right vibes of ya love interest for fanon josefumi

Karera is like fuck it shes Jennifer Lawrence she started acting again just in time UwU and they strip karera of all her actual weird girl tendencies and make her an omg so relatable quirky woman who somehow still has no personality

Tooru is the reigning king of fluffy hair andrew Garfield because everyone loves him but he doesnt get to have his cinnamon roll hair thats TOO fluffy and theyre not gonna pay makeup and hair ppl jack shit. I think mx. Garfield is totally down to play tooru and he can definitely do it like just do whatever he did in the social network i guess but the director is like no....be a nerdy awkward uwu man until the big twist that youre a villain 😮😮😮 and it doesnt work at all so tooru becomes a jumbled mess </3

Other notes

Yasugap canon....but at what cost...

Tooru x josuke is the reigning mlm ship and rai x yasuho becomes the reigning woman ends up with a man she detests ship because omg she can fix him even tho rais like fine and also every interaction they have is an argument

Kaato now only committed a little bit of accidental murder because we cant have women with flaws and actually doing awful shit also she and norisuke get back together

Daiya doesnt like prog rock now shes on stan twitter instead and thats half her personality just like it is for meeeee <3

I think the writers are really torn between making joshu purely a misunderstood nice guy or making him the incel that he is and making jokes about that so they do both and it ends up really gross but its not treated like that

I probably should have casted holly but im like 95 sure this becomes a total romcom with the main struggle being like josuke being torn between yasuho and karera since hes now the perfect man for her since kira and josefumi died and combined dvshjsjs meanwhile yasuho is torn between josuke and tooru

Kei is now a closeted lesbian with a crush on hato who is cishet 😔 and thats her conflict honestly wouldnt be surprised if they completely erase her being kiras sister

.....dance party ending

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note: redid these cause they’re cringe. but yeah lol reblogs are greatly appreciated <3

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• he lets you play with his hair obviously!! anything you want to do, he’ll let you! braid it, buns, pigtails, anything! he finds it so relaxing and loves how concentrated you look when doing it.

•when your sad, if you don’t straight out tell him, he won’t notice at first but he doesn’t mean it! but he will eventually. he’ll try to get you to talk about it cause he thinks talking about it makes it better, then he’ll cuddle up to you for as long as he can. you want to go to sleep? that’s fine he’s the perfect pillow, you want to watch funny videos or your favourite show? he’s already getting the laptop!, you want to just sit in silence? he’s not the best but he’ll do it for you.

(a lickle nsfw not really but hey)

• this man is an ass, and tit man!! he doesn’t care if your thick with two c’s, got a little bun back there, if you have absolute bazongas or if you got nothing at all or in between! he loves you for you and your personality.<3

•i may be wrong but to me eren looks like the kind of guy that listens to many different types of music genres. like his playlist is so random, you got some artic monkeys, oasis, j. cole, eminem, megan thee stallion. literally he’ll listen to anything that makes him feel good! but he isn’t a fan of too much upbeat and fast ravey type music.

• this man will compare hand sizes constantly!! i can only imagine how pretty his hands are djsbdjdnnd.

• he literally has such a good fashion sense try prove me wrong.

• if you want to do a tiktok with him you’ll literally have to explain 12 times over and do 16 takes cause he has no idea what’s going on. his tiktok is kind of random but theres videos on there will have him running laps wheezing with tears rolling down his face💀.

• he will show you off on social media!!! not over the top, but he has a few posts of just you, some cute one of you and him and he has a whole highlights story dedicated to you named ‘(y/n) <3’.

• if you guys want a pet together he’d want a big dog like a german shepherd just cause he doesn’t want jean and connie slandering him for bringing a yorkshire terrier on a walk with it’s sparkling pink lead.

• speaking of jean and connie and the rest of the guys. i see them having a ‘boys night’ every friday or saturday. if you stay home when they’re there, the others will tell you join them but get interrupted by eren yelling no, he thinks they’d just ‘steal you from him’ or try chat you up.

• he’s either such a heavyweight or a complete lightweight when it comes to drinking. like you could be out on the weekend and your only out for and hour and a half and he’s already slurring his words and stumbling.

•imagine taking care of drunk eren. andjsbdjsbsnsnndnw of would be the cutest thing everrrr. trying to strip him of his clothes. so he can finally get into bed but he grabs your wrist before you can finish unbuttoning his shirt. “woah! hey hey stop right there! i’ll let you know ive a got myself a girlfriend so hands off missy” you look at him dumbfounded and try to convince it’s you, your his girlfriend, but he keeps huffing and falls into the mattress. you try to pull him up only to hear loud snors already falling from his open mouth.

•yes this man snores. and your convinced he sleeps right next to your ear just to annoy you.

• he also is sooo bad at waking up in the morning like a tornado could be outside and he’ll ask for 5 more minutes.

• he surprisingly likes cleaning and is really good at it. like every sunday you both deep clean your house and sing along to the music

• definitely doesn’t like going out EVERY weekend but likes going at least 3-4 times a month. so every saturday you don’t go out, you both order food in and after you have a few drinks( only if u drink obvs) and just cuddle on the couch together and watch either your favourite show or a movie that’s on.

• he likes to be the big spoon cause, i mean it’s eren cmon. he just likes holding you and keeping you safe and warm in his arms.

•omggg holidays to a hot contry. sidnjend imagine going during the summer and just chilling for a week with him by the pool or the beach, exploring during the day then seeing the nightlife later.

•overall this man adores you and everything you do. 100000/10 boyfie and husband material.

[lavellander]

hello im feeling extra “touch the stove”-y today so. i was looking for any dialogue where solas just straight up lies and (of what i could find online/transcribed, obv) i didnt find anything that was 100% untrue. he’ll completely avoid the question, change the subject, give part of the truth, etc etc etc, but nothing was just Entirely A Lie

what really gets me is that there’s a handful of convos where someone infers something from what solas says, and he will even point out that he didn’t directly say that. like, he tells people how to see through his shit, lmao

here is an embarrassingly long ass list of examples, all sorted by what kind of not-lying he’s doing lol, just bc i am unhinged<3

*note that some of these are cut from longer bits of dialogue or have been split up from one conversation into different categories*

literally just Not Answering The Question lol

Dorian: How much “will” do they have? They’re amorphous constructs of the Fade. Solas: Hmm.

Dorian: Solas, have I offended you? Solas: If you have, why would it concern you?

Dorian: Solas, what is this whole look of yours about? Solas: I’m sorry? Dorian: No, that outfit is sorry. What are you supposed to be, some kind of woodsman? Dorian: Is it a Dalish thing? Don’t you dislike the Dalish? Or is it some kind of statement? Solas: No.

Dorian: Let me get this straight, Solas. Dorian: You’re an apostate – neither Dalish nor city elf – who lived alone in the woods studying spirits. Solas: Is that a problem for you?

Solas: [has a whole tactical moment about the red jennies lmao] Sera: Where d’you get all this, then? Solas: Do you wish to be unnerved by another tale of my explorations of the Fade? Or do you wish to learn something?

Vivienne: You must be pleased with what was revealed at the Temple of Mythal, Solas. Solas: Why should those ruins please me, Enchanter?

changing the subject before he backs himself into a corner

Gatt: I don’t see any tattoos, but you’re carrying a staff. Are you from a Chantry Circle? Solas: No. And I would prefer not to discuss it.

Solas: I find the fall of the dwarven lands confusing. Varric: What’s so confusing about endless darkspawn? Solas: A great deal, although that is a different matter.

giving the truth, but not the whole truth

Blackwall: Skyhold. How did you find it? Solas: I looked. Blackwall: Now you sound like Cole. You looked? Solas: This world is full of wonders for those who seek them.

Blackwall: You spoke of seeing death and destruction. Did you fight in a war? Solas: There are struggles across Thedas at any given time. I doubt you would have heard of it. Blackwall: An elven skirmish? Solas: In a manner of speaking, yes.

Cassandra: Solas, have you always lived alone? Out in the wilderness, as an apostate? Solas: For the most part.

Cassandra: Have you ever encountered templars before? Solas: Only at a distance. I am an apostate, after all. Cassandra: And they never caught you even once? Solas: I am a very careful apostate.

Dorian: We found elves, living ancient elves, at the Temple of Mythal. Does that bother you, Solas? If Inquisitor allied with the Sentinels: Solas: I am pleased we were not forced to kill them, if that’s what you mean.

Iron Bull: You’ve got an odd style, Solas. Your spells are a bit different from the Circle mages or the Vints. Solas: That comes from being self-taught. Solas: I discovered most of my magic on my own, or learned it from my journeys in the Fade.

Vivienne: So, an apostate? Solas: That is correct, Enchanter. I did not train in your Circle.

Solas: You are a man who made a choice... possibly the first of your life. Iron Bull: I’ve always liked fighting. What if I turn savage, like the other Tal-Vashoth? Solas: You have the Inquisition, you have the Inquisitor... and you have me.

from cutscene at beginning Inquisitor: [mentions the anchor closing a rift] Solas: Whatever magic opened the Breach in the sky also placed that mark upon your hand. I theorized the mark might be able to close the rifts that have opened in the Breach's wake – and it seems I was correct.

from cutscene at beginning Solas: [to a Dalish Inq] You are Dalish, but clearly away from the rest of your clan. Did they send you here? Inquisitor: What do you know of the Dalish? Solas: I have wandered many roads in my time, and crossed paths with your people on more than one occasion. Inquisitor: [Crossed paths? dialogue choice] Solas: I mean that I offered to share knowledge, only to be attacked for no greater reason than their superstition.

from “I’d like to know more about you” convo in Haven Inquisitor: What made you start studying the Fade? Solas: I grew up in a village to the north. There was little to interest a young man, especially one gifted with magic. But as I slept, spirits of the Fade showed me glimpses of wonders I had never imagined. I treasured my dreams. Being awake, out of the Fade, became troublesome.

actually telling the truth but no one picks up on the gravity of it

Solas: [...] I believe the elven gods existed, as did the old gods of Tevinter. But I do not think any of them were gods, unless you expand the definition of the word to the point of absurdity. I appreciate the idea of your Maker, a god that does not need to prove his power. I wish more such gods felt the same. Cassandra: You have seen much sadness in your journeys, Solas. Following the Maker might offer some hope. Solas: I have people, Seeker. The greatest triumphs and tragedies this world has known can all be traced to people.

Cole: No, inside. I don’t hear your hurt as much. Your song is softer, subtler, not silent but still. Solas: How small the pain of one man seems when weighted against the endless depths of memory, of feeling, of existence. That ocean carries everyone. And those of us who learn to see its currents move through life with their fewer ripples.

Cole: You didn’t do it to be right. You did it to save them. Inquisitor: Solas, what is Cole talking about? Solas: A mistake. One of many made by a much younger elf who was certain he knew everything.

Solas: Empires rise and fall. Arlathan was no more “innocent” than your own Tevinter in its time. Solas: Your nostalgia for the ancient elves, however romanticized, is pointless.

Solas: Our people used to be here. Sera: Pfft, you say that everywhere. Solas: It is more true than you want to believe.

Vivienne: You must be pleased, apostate. With the Templars dissolved, your rebels will be most difficult to pacify. Solas: My rebels? Am I an agent for their cause, whispering poison into the Inquisition’s ears? Solas: How comforting. Vivienne: You enjoy seeing yourself as a villain? Solas: No more than any other clever man who wonders what he could do if pushed.

Vivienne: [about the Temple of Mythal] Now you know the elves were once a mighty nation. Solas: I always knew, Enchanter. The Temple of Mythal is just another reminder of what was lost.

(in the Emerald Graves): These forests have changed much since I was last here.

during the Fade!Haven cutscene Solas: It seems you hold the key to our salvation. You had sealed it with a gesture... and right then, I felt the whole world change. Inquisitor: [romance option] “Felt the whole world change?” Solas: A figure of speech. Inquisitor: I’m aware of the metaphor. I’m more interested in felt. Solas: You change... everything.

pointing out that people assume he means things he did not directly say

Cole: There is pain though, still within you. Solas: And I never said there was not.

Solas: You may well become fully human, after all. I never thought to see it. Cole: When did you see it before? Solas: I did not say that I had.

Iron Bull: We’ve got the alliance with my people. Given how much you love the Qun, I figured... Solas: I might scold you? Berate you for your decisions? Iron Bull: Hey. The Chargers died as heroes for the good of the mission. Solas: I never said otherwise.

Sera: Don’t you start. Solas: I’m reasonably certain I said nothing.

Vivienne: [talking shit about grey warden mages] Solas: I never claimed mages should be above the law, Enchanter. Vivienne: No, darling. You merely implied it, while offering no viable suggestions for improvement.

after infamous “side benefits” dialogue Warrior Inquisitor: You find my muscles enjoyable? Solas: I meant that you enjoyed having them, presumably. Warrior Inquisitor: Ah. Solas: But yes... since you asked.

diminishing things he does actually know by saying he he “believes” or “thinks,” or that things were vaguely “said” or “told”

Solas: I say what I believe to be true, even if it gives offense to those who prefer the lie.

Dorian: That orb Corypheus carries... are you certain it’s of elven origin, Solas? Solas: I believe so. Why do you ask?

Solas: It is said that we lived at a pace that sustained us for... ages.

making it sound like he’s talking about something/someone else, but it’s just him lmao

Cole: Do you know a lot about wolves? Solas: I know that they are intelligent, practical creatures that small-minded fools think of as terrible beasts.

Solas: No man can kill so many people without breaking inside. To survive... those you fight must become monsters. Iron Bull: The ones that kill innocent people, yeah. The rest... I don’t know. Solas: The mind does marvelous things to protect itself.

during In Hushed Whispers Inquisitor: I’m glad you understood what he just said because I’m not sure I did. Solas: You would think such understanding would stop me from making such terrible mistakes. You would be wrong.

misc

this one i wanted to include because it’s the only circumstance (that i came across) where someone directly asks solas to lie and he literally says he can’t

during the fucking crestwood breakup scene Inquisitor: [angry option] Tell me you don’t care. Solas: I can’t do that. Inquisitor: Tell me I was some casual dalliance so I can call you a cold-hearted son of a bitch and move on! Solas: I’m sorry.

*also note that most of these are banter transcriptions from the wiki; some are cutscene / other dialogue posted by either @/daitranscripts or u/karinini on reddit; it’s not all his cutscenes obv, but I’m not about to look up every single one individually sdlkfj*