#Eugene Ling

[mariocki]

Between Midnight and Dawn (Prowl Car, 1950)

"Your girlfriend seems kinda worried about something."

"So she's afraid of cops. So what's that prove?"

"I'll tell ya later."

[movie-titlecards]

Port of New York (1949)

My rating: 4/10

Somewhat remarkable for being Yul Brynner's movie debut (with hair, even!), but otherwise pretty stodgy and dull.

[rubyxjames]

[valentinbelleyh505]

honorable mentions

i believe in... Blue × Purple ships supremacy 🛐💙💜✨

[miyamiwu]

I’m loving this novel because it’s still not clear who the male lead is. Usually in danmei, the ML is established right away. But in This Player Must be Using Plug-ins! (alt. title: This Character is Suspected of Cheating!), there are multiple men who can possibly be the ML.

I’m gonna have to double check later if this is actually a harem—which is unlikely since I don’t bookmark harem. But even if it were, I don’t think I'll mind coz their relationship with He Yu, the main character, have been built up so naturally.

Anyways, the ML candidates so far:

Wanrenzhan (a title, not actually his name. Literally means Ten Thousand Kills) - first one that MC met. He's been subjected to many of He Yu's schemes that for the entire second arc he keeps yapping about how he'll definitely exact his revenge on him one day. I thought he was just gonna be that stupid, annoying cannon fodder who exists simply for the MC to face-slap, but surprise, surprise, he’s the first among the candidates to have his romantic awakening haha

Zhen Xing - second one who met MC. The most powerful and popular player in this competition. He Yu once stole his equipment while riding on a giant monster fish, and this impressed Zhen Xing so much that he's been bugging him for a fight so he can compare their skills. Possible ML candidate because this is an unlimited flow, and in such genre, the ML is usually the most impressive one. And among the candidates, it was through his POV that He Yu was first described to be both fragile and beautiful. Also rushed to save He Yu and catch him as he fell. Typical ML saving the MC behavior

Eugene - the cyborg guy. Was also impressed by MC during their first meeting (He Yu had driven the giant monster fish to the island then made a dramatic and graceful landing, which was in stark contrast to Eugene’s haggard state). Second in strength to Zhen Xing, and like Zhen Xing, he joined the Dawn Training School copy just to meet He Yu again. Generally friendly towards He Yu, but in the beginning he didn’t care if Wanrenzhan managed to kill him. Now, however, he and Zhen Xing are like He Yu’s most loyal followers.

Ling Buchen - Hasn't met He Yu yet, but he’s currently watching the live broadcast of him. They’re both from Blue Star, so they may cooperate in the future. He Yu has also heard a lot about him because he’s been making a name for himself in this competition.

[fatherramiro]

So today I was watching part of the Making 1899 documentary on Netflix for some fuckall reason, and there's a part very early on, around the 6 minute 35 seconds mark, where they're talking about casting! And what really caught my eye was around that moment, there were a few shots of how casting had taped up two rows of photos on the wall of the characters in the ensemble and who was playing them (though some were represented by just blank grey silhouettes so I'm guessing not everyone had been cast by the time this was filmed). So what was interesting to me is the order in which the characters were arranged, because if it was by importance to the ensemble/narrative then there's some interesting choices being made. It also isn't in the same order as the opening credits, though there are some similarities, so take that as you will

Anyways the line up was as follows,

Maura

Daniel

Eyk

Ramiro

Ángel

Ling Yi

Olek

Jérôme

Elliot

Clémence

Lucien

Virginia

Yuk Je

wasn't shown on camera during this shot

also not shown on camera during this shot

Krester

Iben

Anker

Ada

Sebastian

Wilhelm

Eugen

The other characters shown start at #25 and are just recurring characters, so there's obviously a couple missing

The rational part of my brain is like "this is completely irrelevant" but given the order in which the characters are arranged I am just making the eyes emoji because it does feel like this is listed in order of importance in the ensemble? So now I need to know the forbidden Olek lore. Also I am just smiling about where Ramiro and Ángel were placed in that lineup as well.

[joethetoonfanandoutcast]

Offspring Rating List: Disney characters

Now, time for Disney, the leading New World Order company. Keep in mind that this is only half done because there are so many characters (especially male-female pairs) that Disney has, I'll have to re-edit this, adding more.

Mickey/Minnie: yes (why hasn't the company ever given them one)

Donald/Daisy: ???

Goofy/whichever girl: ??? (he's been granted Max already)

Pete/Peg: granted two

Gadget/Zipper: granted 42, I think

Max/Roxanne: ???

Max/Mona: ???

PJ/Beret Girl: ???

Bobby/Stacy: ???

Snow White/Florian: ???

Bambi/Faline: granted two

Thumper/Miss Bunny: granted a few

Flower/Miss Skunk: granted one

Cinderella/Prince Charming: ???

Anastasia/Baker: ???

Jaq/Mary: ???

Lady/Tramp: granted four

Scamp/Angel: ???

Ruby/Buster: ???

Jim Dear/Darling: granted one

Aurora/Phillip: ???

Pongo/Perdita: granted 15 (though adopted 84 more)

Roger/Anita: ???

Baloo/Rebecca: Beckers has Molly but I'm not sure about further

Kit/Molly: ???

Hathi/Winifred: granted one

Thomas/Duchess: three plus how many kittens originally planned for a follow-up

Robin/Marian: yes; either six or a dozen

Father Saxton/Little Sister: ???

Bernard/Bianca: ???

Tod/Vixey: yes (six should be just fine, at least that's what Vixey thinks)

Taran/Eilonwy: ???

Basil/Miss Kitty: maybe

Dodger/Rita: yes

Tito/Georgette: ???

Ariel/Eric: granted one

Belle/Adam: ???

Lumiere/Fifi: ???

Cogsworth/Wardrobe: ???

Angelique/Fife: ???

Aladdin/Jasmine: ???

Iago/Thundra: ???

Simba/Nala: granted three

Timon/Tatiana: ???

Pocahontas/John Rolfe: ???

Nakoma/her husband: ???

Nakoma/Thomas (in some sequel-less AU): ???

Centipede/Miss Spider: ???

Earthworm/Glowworm: ???

Quasimodo/Madelleine: ???

Phoebus/Esmeralda: granted one

Hercules/Meg: ???

Mulan/Li Shang: ???

Yao/Mei: ???

Ling/Ting-Ting: ???

Chien-Po/Su: ???

Flik/Atta: ???

Rosie/Slim (if they became one): ???

Tarzan/Jane: ???

Aladar/Neera: most likely

Kuzco/Malina: ???

Kronk/Miss Birdwell: maybe

Milo/Kida: yes

Mike/Celia: yes

Tylor/Val: ??? (if they want to be more than friends)

Nani/David: maybe

Stitch/Angel: ??? (I don't know if they should, considering they were both created by Jumbaa)

Dr. Doppler/Captain Amelia: granted four

Kenai/Nita: yes

Rutt/Anda: yes

Tuke/Kata: yes

Maggie/Bob: no

Grace/Barry: no

Mrs. Calloway/Junior: no

Lucius/Honey: ???

Violet/Tony: ???

Chicken Little/Abby: maybe

Runt/Foxy Loxy: no

Linguini/Colette: ???

Edward/Nancy: ???

John/Mary: ???

Bolt/Mittens: no (I'd rather it was in a human-free anthropomorphic world)

Tiana/Naveen: maybe

Charlotte/Travis: maybe

Rapunzel/Eugene: maybe

Felix/Calhoun: maybe

Anna/Kristoff: ???

Hiro/Gogo: ???

Riley/Jordan: no (I'm not sure if any thing between them would last)

Judy/Nick: ???

Flash/Priscilla: ???

Luca/Giulia: ???

Mariano/Dolores: ???

Meilin/Carter: no

Meilin/Tyler: no

Wade/Ember: yes

Clod/his girlfriend: ???

Gale/Fern: ???

[everettemontgomery]

Theres a lot to go over here so bear with the word vomit and. image vomit.

The Vanderblum family is ling standing wizarding family. Theyve been around for centuries, much like many pureblood families. The difference is, they stopped being regarded as a pureblood lineage. From the founder(term being used loosely) of the Vanderblum family; Wiley Vanderblum, the family was totally pureblooded. However, like the Malfoy family they were strictly against inbreeding. However unlike the Malfoy family they never became regarded as a Sacred 28 family, nor do they have any relation to the Sacred 28 families.

Ira Vanderblum was the defecter of the family who married a Part Veela and subsequently has two Part Veela sons. His father Eugene, the tradtional man that he was, was openly disaproving of their marriage. Ira's mother sided with Eugene and eventually Ira moved him and Maizey to the British Isles, where he family was originally from further inland. Idris, the other of Iras sons looked more like his mother, as hed inherited her red hair and green eyes, whereas Hayward was almost a carbon copy of his father. The only difference being the stark white parts of his hair.

The other side of the family, the Eilanders were a family of mostly Irish wizards. From what is known about them, their line always had traces of Veela blood, as Oisìn Eilander had had two Half Veela sons with an unknown, or multiple, unknown Veela. Both Married halfblooded witches. Penka Eilanders mother, however is half Veela as well, making her 1/4 veela whereas her cousins are all 1/8 veela.

Ira, was not a good father. Despite the mandate by the Ministry against Underage magic use, Ira pushed his sons to learn magic faster to be better than their peers. If they ever made a mistake, he would spell them. Most of the spells they boys sport are from their father. Ira pit his sons against eachothwr for a long time, having then use eachother as test dummies for spells. That was until he died. The offical story was that his age had clouded his mind, and he happened to walk into a dementor on the grounds of their estate. The real story was that Hayward had finally snapped and an unfortunatetly timed spell put his father in the path of a dementor.

Of them, Idris is the oldest followed by Deckard by about two years, and then Hayward and Penka by another five. (When Idris was in his seventh year, Deckard was in his fifth and Hayward and Penka werent even in school). Idris was in fact present for the battle of Hogwarts, he suffered a disabling injury that happened to sever a nerve in Idris's leg as well as shatter the bones, rendering it unusable for years. Now in his 30's he has partial mobility with and without a cane, however that was only after years of physical therapy. Hayward and Penka started school seven years after. (In canon terms they would be third years when MC starts school)

Just before his sixth year of hogwarts, Hayward killed her father. He finally snapped during an argument and pushed his father into the path of a dementor that got into the grounds of their manor. Idris was present for this, but was unable to stop what happened. Hayward, understsble went a bit mad. Hed just killed his father, by proxy, but still. He was seventeen and he was a murderer. Surely he'd be thrown in Azkaban for the rest of the life, hed never finish school, hed never work in the ministry, Hed never amount to anything. But of course, not wanting to lose any more of his family, Idris helped Hayward cover up the accident. To this day they are the only two that know the truth.

Deckard Vanderblum was Dorothy's way if competing with her brother. While they didnt attend the same schools, Deckard and Idris were actually quite close. Despite the rivalry between their parents. Deckard was very quick to become the scapegoat of the family, he absolutely refused to be a tool for his mother and openly despises the way she raised him. He moved out as soon as he graduated from Beuxbatons. Where Idris went on to become an Auror, Deckard practiced less wizarding aligned careers. For a time though, he was in quite a dark place, alone with a mind that was just a little too loud for him. With help, he got himself together and hes doing much better, but its quite evident that Deckard isnt, and frankly never was, all the way there.

Penka Eilander attended Durmstrang. It wouldnt be wrong to say that she seems too soft to handle it, but she holds her own much better than most expect her to. Thats mostly because she, unlike many, knows how to pick her battles. She knows what she can afford to say and do, and when to simply shut up. Shes the oldest in her side of the family, and outside of school often gets saddled with looking after her baby cousins. She doesnt mind too terribly, she understands her aunt needs a break sometimes, but she wishes her cousins werent such nightmares.

[sisiofthemultifandom]

My Massive SHIP LIST

The following is a LONG list of all the ships I enjoy from a moderate to an extreme amount and have probably looked at fanfiction for at some point. Keep in mind this doesn't include every movie and/or show I've ever watched and I may make edits to this at a later time. Godspeed you unfortunate witness.

Agents of SHIELD

Coulson X May

Daisy X Lincoln

Fitz X Simmons

Bobbi X Hunter

Mack X YoYo

Arcane

Caitlyn X Vi

Arrowverse

Oliver X Laurel

Roy X Thea

Diggle X Lyla

Barry X Patty

Wally X Jesse

Caitlin X Ronnie

Kara X Mon-El

Alex X Maggie

Brainy X Nia

Attack on Titan

Eren X Mikasa

Falco X Gabi

Bertdholt X Annie

Ymir X Krista

Levi X Hange

Avatar the Last Airbender/Legend of Korra

Katara X Zuko

Aang X Toph

Sokka X Suki

Aang X Katara

Bolin X Korra

Avengers (MCU)

Steve X Natasha

Tony X Pepper

Thor X Jane

Wanda X Vision

Peter Q X Gamora

Scott X Hope

T’Challa X Nakia

Matt X Karen

Luke X Jessica

Peter P X MJ

Bucky X Sarah

Ben 10

Ben X Julie

Kevin X Gwen

Berserk

Guts X Casca

Bleach

Ichigo X Rukia

Uryu X Orihime

Tatsuki X Orihime

Gin X Rangiku

Toshiro X Momo

Boku no Hero Academia

Izuku X Occhako

Todoroki X Momo

Bakugou X Kirishima

Eraserhead X Present Mic

Castlevania

Trevor X Sypha

Alucard X Greta

Class of the Titans

Jay X Theresa

Atlanta X Archie

Critical Role

Percival X Vex’ahlia

Vax’ildan X Keyleth

Scanlan X Pike

Sylas X Delilah

Fjord X Jester

Beau X Yasha

Caleb X Essek

Imogen X Laudna

DC Comics

Clark X Lois

Bruce X Selina

Diana X Steve

Barry X Iris

Wally X Linda

Hal X Carol

Carter X Shiera

Oliver X Laurel

Arthur X Mera

Constantine X Zatanna

Dick X Barbara

Tim X Stephanie

Garfield X Rachel

Conner X Cassie

Kate X Maggie

Hank X Dawn

Garth Ranzz X Imra Arden

Nura Nal X Thom Kallor

Jo Nah X Tinya Wazzo

Val Armorr X Princess Projectra

Kara Zor-El X Querl Dox

Lar Gand X Tasmia Mallor

Demon Slayer

Tanjiro X Kanao

Zenitsu X Nezuko

Giyu X Shinobu

Digimon

Taichi X Sora

Koushiro X Mimi

Takeru X Hikari

Takato X Jeri

Rika X Ryo

Izumi X Junpei

Disney Animation

Mulan X Shang

Eric X Ariel

Simba X Nala

Tiana X Naveen

Tarzan X Jane

Rapunzel X Eugene

Hercules X Meg

Aladdin X Jasmine

Doctor Who

11 X Clara

Dota - Dragon's Blood

Davion X Mirana

Evangelion

Shinji X Kaworu

Fairy Tail

Natsu X Lucy

Erza X Jellal

Gray X Juvia

Wendy X Romeo

Final Fantasy

Zack X Aerith

Cloud X Tifa

Squall X Rinoa

Tidus X Luna

Lightning X Snow

Noel X Serah

Noctis X Luna

Fire Emblem

Byleth X Dimitri

Fullmetal Alchemist

Ed X Winry

Roy X Riza

Ling X Lan Fan

GI Joe

Snake Eyes X Scarlett

Garo

Kouga X Kaoru

Ryuga X Rian

Raiga X Mayuri

Gatchaman

Ken X Jun

Gundam

Domon X Rain

Shinn X Stella

He-Man (OG Continuity)

Adam X Teela

Adora X Sea-Hawk

Duncan X Sorceress

InuYasha

InuYasha X Kagome

Sango X Miroku

Sesshomaru X Kagura

Kohaku X Rin

Invincible

Mark X Eve

Kamen Rider

Hongo X Ruriko

Godai X Ichijo

Shoichi X Hikawa

Shinji X Miho

Takumi X Mari

Kenzaki X Hajime

Yuuto X Airi

Wataru X Mio

Tsukasa X Natsumi

Shotaro X Tokime

Ryo X Akiko

Eiji X Hina

Gentaro X Nadeshiko

Ryusei X Tomoko

Haruto X Koyomi

Kouta X Mai

Kaitou X Yoko

Shinnosuke X Kiriko

Gou X Reiko

Takeru X Akari

Alain X Kanon

Emu X Poppy

Sento X Banjo

Kazumin X Misora

Gentoku X Sawa

Sougo X Tsukuyomi

Aruto X Izu

Fuwa X Yua

Touma X Kento

Rintaro X Mei

Keiwa X Neon

Kingdom Hearts

Kairi X Sora X Riku

Aqua X Terra

Lea X Isa

Roxas X Xion

Riku X Namine

Lucifer

Lucifer X Chloe

Maze X Eve

Magic Knight Rayearth

Hikaru X Lantis

Umi X Clef

Fu X Ferio

Marvel Comics

Steve X Sharon

Tony X Pepper

Thor X Sif

Hank X Janet

Reed X Sue

Peter X MJ

Wanda X Vision

Jean X Scott

Kitty X Colossus

Rogue X Gambit

Rachel X Kurt

Black Bolt X Medusa

Clint X Bobbi

Bucky X Natasha

Matt X Elektra

Luke X Jessica

Warren X Psylocke

Miraculous Ladybug

Adrien X Marinette

Alya X Nino

Naruto

Naruto X Hinata

Sasuke X Karin

Sakura X Rock Lee

Neji X TenTen

Shikamaru X Temari

Ino X Sai

Choji X Karui

Gaara X Matsuri

Kakashi X Might Guy

Asuna X Kurenai

Tsunade X Dan

Yahiko X Konan

Ouran HighSchool Host Club

Haruhi X Tamaki

Persona

Yu X Rise

Chie X Yukiko

Kanji X Naoto

Ren X Makoto (or Kasumi if we're going with Royal canon)

Power Rangers

Tommy X Katherine

Jason X Trini

Adam X Tanya

TJ X Cassie

Andros X Ashley

Karone X Zhane

Leo X Kendrix

Carter X Dana

Wes X Jen

Cole X Alyssa

Taylor X Eric

Tori X Blake

Trent X Kira

Sky X Z

Doggie X Kat

Nick X Madison

Mack X Rose

Casey X Lily

Dillon X Summer

Ziggy X Dr. K

Kevin X Mia

Mike X Emily

Troy X Gia

Tyler X Shelby

Eddie X Vesper

Marv X Chloe

Amelia X Ollie

Ranma ½

Ranma X Akane

Revolutionary Girl Utena

Utena X Anthy

Rurouni Kenshin

Kenshin X Kaoru

RWBY

Ruby X Penny

Blake X Sun

Weiss X Marrow

Yang X Weiss

Jaune X Pyrrha

Ren X Nora

Qrow X Summer

Sailor Moon

Usagi X Mamoru

Ami X Zoisite

Rei X Jadeite

Minako X Rei

Makoto X Nephrite

Minako X Kunzite

Saint Seiya

Seiya X Shaina

Hyoga X Eri

Shiryu X Shunrei

Shun X June

Ikki X Esmeralda

Deathmask X Aphrodite

Aiolia X Lyfia

Yato X Yuzuriha

Sasha X Tenma

Koga X Yuna

Souma X Sonia

She-Ra (Netflix Version)

Adora X Glimmer

Catra X Scorpia

Star Wars

Obi-Wan X Satine

Anakin X Padme

Ahsoka X Lux

Luke X Mara Jade

Han X Leia

Finn X Rey X Poe

Din Djarin X Bo-Katan

Super Sentai

Ryu X Kaori

Sasuke X Tsuruhime

Chisato X Kouichirou

Shun X Miku

Yuri X Tatsuya

Yosuke X Ikkou

Isshu X Nanami

Mari X Ban

Sen X Umeko

Doggie X Swan

Sakura X Akashi

Masume X Natsuhi

Rio X Mele

Sosuke X Miu

Chiaki X Kotoha

Takeru X Mako

Alata X Eri

Hyde X Moune

Marvelous X Luka

Joe X Ahim

Daigo X Mikoto

Tokatti X Mio

Hikari X Kagura

Yamato X Sela

Amu X Tusk

Lucky X Hammie

Balance X Naga

Keiichiro X Tsukasa

Sakuya X Umika

Koh X Asuna

Bamba X Asuna

Shigeru X Sayo

Tarou X Sonoi

Sword Art Online

Kirito X Asuna

The Dragon Prince

Callum X Rayla

Amaya X Janai

ThunderCats

Lion-O X Cheetara

Bengali X Pumyra

Transformers

Optimus X Elita-One

Arcee X Hot Rod

Bulkhead X Wheeljack

Silverbolt X Blackarachnia

Ultraman

Ken X Mari

Voltron

Shiro X Matt

Keith X Allura

Lance X Pidge

Hunk X Shay

Winx Club

Bloom X Sky

Musa X Riven

Flora X Helia

Stella X Brandon

Tecna X Timmy

Layla X Nabu

[whollyjoly]

10 Characters, 10 Fandoms

I was tagged by the amazing @mutantmanifesto!! Thank you so much, I had a blast doing this!

Eugene 'Doc' Roe - Band of Brothers "Oh Lord, grant that I shall never seek so much to be consoled as to console, to be understood as to understand, or to be loved as to love with all my heart."

Obi-Wan Kenobi - Star Wars “And you, Master. What does your heart tell you you’re meant for?” “Infinite sadness,” Obi-Wan said, even while smiling.

Bucky Barnes - MCU "I am no longer the Winter Soldier. I am James 'Bucky' Barnes, and you're part of my efforts to make amends."

Grantaire - Les Misérables “Gentlemen of the human race, I say to hell with the lot of you.” 

Riley Blue - Sense8 “Death doesn’t let you say goodbye. It just carves holes in your life, in your future, in your heart.”

Spock - Star Trek (TOS + AOS) "Logic is the beginning of wisdom...not the end."

Allison Blake - Eureka "Momentous, isn't it?"

Greed(Ling) - Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood "You humans think greed is just for money and power. But everyone wants something they don't have."

Duck Newton - The Adventure Zone: Amnesty “If we ever fight a monster that could control the power of heart, we’re all fucked, because that is the most powerful element imaginable. I mean, I’ll fucking stab love, I don’t care.”

The Professor - Watcher Entertainment "Woah, we got a couple of sea dogs out there! B̴A̸R̶K̸ ̴W̸I̶T̴H̷ ̸M̵E̴!"

Tagging @blood-mocha-latte @footprintsinthesxnd @ronsparky @everything-or-anything and of course any one else who ~feels the vibe~ 🥰

[movie-titlecards]

Shock (1946)

My rating: 5/10

Solid plot idea, executed rather blandly.

[anxiouspotatorants]

1899 modern village AU thoughts because I want to:

Elliot is alive and recovering from a serious illness that nearly destroyed the family and became the catalyst for Maura breaking free from not just Henry but Ciaran. Basically Ciaran brought the worst of Maura out during the hospitalization process and it broke their relationship. 

Maura and Daniel decided as a unit to move far away and start fresh. They both got lecturing jobs at an up-and coming university on the coast, and went house hunting in the neighbouring villages. They fell in love with a cottage in a tiny fishing town and bought it.

The town is called Kerberos. Its official population is a little under 2,000. Their main source of employment is the fishing industry, with a predominant French research group and a small fishing company run by migrated Germans. There’s a dominating immigrant population in town due to the fishing jobs, mostly from Germany but also Denmark, Hong Kong, Spain, Poland and more.

Maura and Daniel work at Prometheus University. Maura takes a break from experiments in favour of teaching neuroscience, but soon enough she gets into research again and works on projects with her colleagues. 

Daniel works with computer science and insists that all of his students enroll in one ethics-themed subject.

There aren’t enough kids in town for there to be a school, so Elliot has to commute to an elementary in a nearby town. There’s a school bus that ends up collecting him and Ada every morning and drops them off every afternoon.

The Franklin-Solace family (no way Maura kept the Singleton name), live side by side with Eyk, who’s in charge of the largest (and only) fishing company in town. He’s in therapy and recovery after the aftermath of a tragic family incident, and bonds quickly with his neighbours. Maura and him talk a lot about loss. He’s on endearing grunt-terms with Daniel. Elliot thinks he’s a bit weird, but likes asking him about nautical facts and showing him pictures of bugs.

Ada’s family owns a pub that they’ve styled in their home country fashion. Iben is a strict matriarch and both of the older children work at the pub at least part time. Tove has complete control over the German fishers (often pretending to cut off Franz) while Krester is a little clumsy with orders. 

A lot of the fishers live in a larger apartment block or in smaller groups in smaller houses. Franz, Wilhelm and Eugen live together, while Olek bunks with Darrel and Landon, as well as Jérôme when he moves to town.

Jérôme works on the French side of the docks and applied to get transferred over because he has a bone to pick with Lucien. Him and Clémence grow close quickly, and frankly the French trio becomes a mess on all sides and directions.

Lucien scammed his way into becoming the top representative for the French research team, but the real leader on this side is Virginia Wilson, who is also the town’s collector of gossip. She knows everything about everyone and cannot stand being left in the dark.

Ling Yi and Yuk Je moved to town a couple of years ago when Yuk Je got a managerial job for the docks. Ling Yi is enrolled to Prometheus and decides to take Maura’s class out of curiosity. She often spends hours at the campus library reading syllabus next to Olek, who is taking computer science part-time alongside his job on the docks.

Olek and Krester both take computer science, but Krester is on full-time. Krester also gets into an affair with a Spanish art history lecturer, which gets super awkward when said lecturer takes his Portuguese boyfriend for lunch at Krester’s family restaurant.

When Sebastian comes back from sea, Maura and Daniel tense up because they recognize him as a former colleague at Henry Singleton’s company. They might never get along, but the three get used to living in the same town.

Clémence joined Lucien when he was moved to Kerberos but doesn’t really have much to do so she tries to make projects for herself. She befriends Tove and starts taking random classes at Prometheus in search of a passion.

Ramiro has an explosive on-again-off-again relationship with Ángel and picks up work at the German docks to get some space. He also finds a weird companionship by discussing religion with Anker at the pub.

The amount of cultural exchange and multilingual antics in town is hilarious. The pub has Danish titles for their meals. The Germans sing sea shanties on late nights there and teach them to Tove. Daniel and Elliot gossip in Welsh when they don’t want anyone else to understand. Ling Yi and Olek are learning each other’s birth languages behind each other’s backs as a surprise. Ángel tries to convince Krester to get boquerones on the menu. As one of her antics, Clémence organizes a French New Wave screening festival. Virginia insists on trying to make the national holidays of every represented country in town official days off in Kerberos.

Eyk tries to take the kids fishing once, but Elliot finds the other fishermen scary and prefers the look of shellfish anyway. 

Ada steals Maura’s research notes while she’s eating dinner at the pub once and begs to be taken under her wing immediately.

Maura and Daniel have a fascination with late 60′s-early 70s music and style, which is reflected in the interior of their new home. There are a lot of jokes at the expense of their wallpaper.

Maura and Daniel have lunch together every day on campus and become the it-couple for students who are craving gossip out of boredom and procrastination. One time Eyk visits and sits down for lunch with Maura alone, causing all of the students to theorize that there’s a split or a love triangle. When he visits again and Daniel joins them for lunch, some of the same students jump from being ‘team Solace’ or ‘team Captain’ to shipping them as a trio. Daniel’s the first to find out because Olek snitches, and he laughs so hard he loses his breath.

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Auradon Royal Families

United States of Auradon - King Adam Lyon - Queen Belle Lyon - Prince Benjamin Florian Lyon

- Lady Snow White Nolan - Lord Florian Nolan -- Ambrose Nolan -- Blossom Nolan -- Conner Nolan -- Darien Nolan -- Therese Nolan -- Winter Nolan -- Ghost Nolan - Lady Rose Red

- Lady Ella Charming - Lord Christopher Charming -- Chance Charming -- Chadwick Charming -- Chloe Charming

- Lady Aurora Rose - Lord Phillip Rose -- Audrey Rose -- Ariana Rose

- Lady Alice Wonderland -- Ally Wonderland

- Lord Arthur Pendragon - Lady Guinevere Pendragon -- Arturius Pendragon -- Alexander Pendragon

- Lord Eric Delphis - Lady Ariel Delphis -- Melody Delphis -- Elspeth "Elle" Delphis

- Lord Naveen Rogers - Lady Tiana Rogers -- Bhavin Rogers -- Harshit Rogers -- Namasya Rogers -- Tavasya Rogers (adopted) -- Devika Rogers (adopted)

Queendom of Corona - Queen Rapunzel Fitzherbert - King Eugene Fitzherbert -- Princess Anxelin Fitzherbert -- Princess Gineva Fitzherbert (exiled) -- Princess Ruby Fitzherbert

Agrabah - Sultana Jasmine - Consort Aladdin -- Aziz -- Malika -- Neisha -- Nura

- Jabari (Genie) - Dalia -- Lian -- Omar -- Qadira (Jordan)

China - High Princess Tingting - Lord Ling - Empress Mei - Emporer Yao -- Princess Yi-min - Princess Su - Lord Chein Po

- Ambassador Fa Mulan - Ambassador Li Shang -- Li Liang (Lonnie) -- Li Susu (Li'l Shang) - Fa Munan - Fa Fang -- Fa Kai-Ming

Arandelle - Queen Anna - King Kristoff -- Princess Nora -- Prince Noah -- Prince Isak

- Queen Elsa

Kingdom of Atlantica - King Triton -- Princess Aquata -- Princess Andriana -- Princess Arista -- Princess Attina -- Princess Adella -- Princess Alana --- Arabella

- Ursula - Doctor Facilier -- Uma Facilier -- Freddie Facilier -- Celia Facilier -- Oceana Facilier -- Riptide Facilier

- Morganna -- Squeaky Smee -- Squirmy Smee -- Sammy Smee -- Desiree

Atlantis - Queen Kida - King Milo -- Kyan -- Kaldur -- Kelaino

Court of Olympus - King Zeus - Queen Hera -- Aphrodite -- Apollo -- Athena -- Demeter -- Hephaestus -- Hermes - Poseidon

Court of the Underworld - King Hades (exiled) - Queen Persephone (exiled) - Lord Thanatos - Lord Cerberus - Lady Megara -- Lord Nico di Angelo -- Lady Hazel Levesque -- Lady Cora -- Lady Selah -- Lord Harabolos (exiled)

[silverloreley]

Who would be best dad(or dads) in Descendants and why you'd think so?

First of all, belated Happy New Year. I know you sent the question back at the end of December but I needed time to answer because there are a lot of characters and things to take into account.

I’d start to say that I don’t consider the live-action movies too much, but there are things in those that could help us better understand/extend the perception of the characters. King Beast, for instance, could have fallen victim of his past when raising Ben, if his father was like depicted in the L-A movie, Adam had no good father figure to reference and inevitably fell into his own father’s patterns from time to time (but Descendants is still guilty of character assassination for both him and Belle, they are very much not how I’d imagine them being as parents). Kit, on the contrary, can’t possibly be how Chad’s father must be read of, because Kit had an excellent father of his own and I don’t think he’d stray too much from that line. Philip... well, Queen Ingrith was a terrible person in the Maleficent 2 movie while his father was pretty much a doormat but, really, the Maleficent movies have nothing to do with Descendants (aside from the obvious, Leah is very much dead in those, isn’t she?) so that surely doesn’t count. I can’t even remember the Mulan L-A so that doesn’t count either.

So I mostly stick to the canon from the cartoons.

That’s long.

That said, I’d start: none of the royals would win the “best dad” award. Not out of a malicious intent or character traits (I mean, what exactly do we know of Snow White’s prince? Not even his name! So how could I estabilish what kind of father could he be?) but simply because they would be too busy to be actively in their kids’ lives. Ruling is lousy, busy and a full time job with no real free time, I don’t think Philip, Henry-Christophe, Frederick (Cinderella and Snow’s princes respectively) and Eric would have much time to spend with their kids, although we can argue we saw Eric being a father in TLM2 and he isn’t too bad, save for a few understandable mistakes. In fact, I guess Eric may be the best father of this group.

Naveen, as he was disowned before the movie and ended up working with Tiana to make a living, could have had a better chance to be a parent and with all the growth he underwent, plus with Tiana telling him stories of her own father, he’d be a rather good one.

About the ones married into royalty like Aladdin and Eugene, they must have had to strive to keep a standard and aid their wives in their ruling, which would leave little chance to parent well, althought they, as orphans, would try a lot harder to be present for their kids than the born-royals would, but could also make more mistakes since they had no example to follow as they grew up. Yao, Ling and Chien Po would be in a similar predicament, but there are three of them married to sisters so it’s possible they would have time to be fathers by alternating duties so they’d handle it better. A case aside is Kristoff because we know Anna and Elsa’s parents did raise their daughters personally, so it’s possible Arendelle is low maintainance as a kingdom and/or Anna would and could handle things on her own with Elsa’s help, so Kristoff could be a dad as much as he’d like and I think he’d be the awkward, weird dad his kids love and are embarrassed of at the same time, a good kind anyway.

I think it’s pretty much estabilished Shang would be a good enough parent, both because he used to have a great relationship with his own dad, and because he’d have Mulan and her whole family with him, and simply because Lonnie and Li’l Shang (I hate those names, but that’s another matter) seem very good kids, as well-adjusted as AKs could be.

Phoebus is a good dad by canon, this is inconfutable. Quasimodo would try his best, especially because he’d try to be the opposite of his own father-figure, provided Madeleine wasn’t sent to the Isle for her past as a thief, otherwise I don’t think he’d have children at all, he’d be too heartbroken by losing love twice to try again (here, I made myself sad, sorry).

The Genie would be great too! Jordan seems pretty well-adjusted and if we also believe in the theory Coach Jenkins is actually the Genie, hey, we know he gives great life advice to kids. In fact, I think he’d win for Best Dad, hands down.

You know who’d be a fun dad? Lumière! Not sure if in the top 3, but a good one for sure. I think all the dwarves would be good fathers too, they are good people and would care a lot for sure.

Roger would be a rather normal father, super busy with all those dogs, sure, but he’d have plenty of bonding time with his kid/s, teaching them to sing and play different instruments, anything about dog care, he’s a funny man with lots of good traits, I see no reason for him not to be a good dad.

Hercules... oh, dear, here comes my mythology knowledge, and he was a dreadful father in the myths. Aside from the fact he killed his kids and his first wife (but that was because of a godly curse), he isn’t shown to ever interact with his other progeny, actively abandoning them when he ascended to Olympus and married Hebe. BUUUT! This is the Disney version we’re talking about, and this Hercules had two very great set of parents, the biological and adoptive, so he must have learned a lot from both Amphitryon and Zeus. Let’s just say a good enough one. (we do ignore the name Herkie for his son, yes? I have totally to put myself to finish writing that post about the real names of the Desc Kids).

Still about myths, Arthur is a wild card, either we ignore the arthurian lore in its entirety, say he married a regular girl and he balanced between being a king and a good enough dad, or we go down the rabbit hole so he’s a cheated-on bitter man who is unsure whose child he’s raising, his or Lancelot’s, or even pull in the whole Mordred affair, but that’s very much too dark for Disney. A balance could be he had an amicable divorce with Gwenevere, Artie (yes, a stupid name again) is far too similar to him to have doubts so he’s fine, but they have a bit of a strained relationship because Artie doesn’t really know why his parents split up and Arthur refuses to speak about it. In fact, due to the divorce, Artie was raised more by Merlin than by his own parents.

Uuuh, who’s left? There are so many characters! Well, let’s say for the good guys I’ve said enough.

About the Villains, though...

Facilier is canonically one very good dad, no one will be able to take that out of my head. In fact, I suspect he may be the best father of the Isle of the Lost.

Smee seems like a loving dad, at the very least. I also headcanon he helped a lot in raising Harriet, Harry and CJ and they see him as the good uncle who will help them as much as he can, with the only exception of putting himself against Captain Hook (but he’d still try to placate his rage fits, and the Hook children know this very well).

In this regard, I think all the ones who fall in the minions category (Le Fou, Smee, Jasper and Horace,...) could be decent enough dads. With this I mean: normal parents, with ups and downs, who try to provide for their kids and teach them stuff, although they may not be good enough to be defined excellent. About the same could be said of the “minor offenders“, so the ones who committed not incredibly nefarious crimes, usually that kind of people aren’t that bad with their own.

Okay, this was long enough.

To sum up, I’d say my top 3 is:

Genie

Facilier

Shang and Phoebus (on par)

Plus, honorable mentions for Roger, Smee and Eric.

[queerhawkeyes]

2023 reading recap

in reviewing my year in books, it seems like most everything was kind of so-so, with far less stand outs than previous years. I also read less than I wanted, mostly because graduating law school, taking the bar exam, and starting a full time job as a staff attorney was rather time consuming. that said, my top five books this year:

The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz (contains an extremely accurate depiction of Vermont's beloved/beloathed RutVegas, and was one of three mystery/suspense novels about novels I read this year, the other two being Who is Maud Dixon? and The Writing Retreat)

Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang (funny, gross, self optimization but make it body horror and racism)

Sisters of the Vast Black by Lina Rather (queer space nuns against imperialism)

The Children on the Hill by Jennifer McMahon (frankenstein but the horror is actually the history of eugenics in Vermont and also psychiatry, not the monsters)

Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots (Nimona but with even more villains and more queerness and more disability)

interestingly, the last three were all December reads. Hench was possibly my favorite book this year--highly highly recommend.

my goal for 2024 is to read more weird creepy queer horror. if you have any recs, please share--the creepier the better.

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list of characters and their powers (the characters with no powers aren’t enrolled at the school but still show up maybe probably)

Jack Arendelle (prefers the last name Frost): ice powers

Elsa Arendelle: ice powers

Anna Arendelle: no powers

Rapunzel Corona: healing hair

Eugene Fitzherbert: no powers

Merida Macdonald: bear shapeshifting

Hiccup Horrendous Haddock: dragon shapeshifting

Toothless Horrendous Haddock: dragon shapeshifting

Miguel Rivera: communication with the dead

Mei Ling: red panda shapeshifting

Hiro Hamada: technokinesis

Mirabel Madrigal: no powers

Luisa Madrigal: super strength

Isabela Madrigal: spawning flowers

Bruno Madrigal: future vision (he’s a teacher)

Helen Parr: stretchy body (also a teacher)

Megs A. Mind (idk bro): alien ig (another teacher)

Dracula Transylvania: vampire (teacher)

Mavis Transylvania: vampire

North Nicholas: unknown (he’s the president of the university)

also Bolt is the school mascot

this list is incomplete i just. idk