#Fandom Asks

[ask-purgatory-tulpar]

Can anyone look at the cryopod and tell me if Curly’s properly frozen? Because I’m kinda worried.

(Also, Daisuke, do you know now who really crashed the ship?)

I'm not sure I want to see him right now. Cryopod? That's good, at least.

I can. I don't think anything else can go wrong. (What do you mean? I don't get it. Curly crashed the ship, right? Are you saying it was- That makes more sense.)

I'm goin' with you. You're still my intern, and if somethin' goes wrong it's still my fault.

...

He's fine. I made sure of that. I'm still in the room. And yes, I checked again. He's okay. If someone comes looking for us, then he'll be alive and well. Not well, but alive.

[epickiya722]

CHARACTER ASK GAME!!! 💫

Send a character + one or more of these question IN THE INBOX. Don't reply on the post!

1. Why do you like or dislike this character?

2. Favorite canon thing about this character?

3. Least favorite canon thing about this character?

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

5. What's the first song that comes to mind when you think about them?

6. What's something you have in common with this character?

7. What's something the fandom does when it comes to this character that you like?

8. What's something the fandom does when it comes to this character that you despise?

9. Could you be roommates with this character?

10. Could you be best friends with this character?

11. Would you date this character?

12. What's a headcanon you have for this character?

13. What's an emoji, an emoticon and/or any symbol that reminds you of this character or you think the character would use a lot?

14. Assign a fashion aesthetic to this character.

15. What's your favorite ship for this character? (Doesn't matter if it's canon or not.)

16. What's your least favorite ship for this character?

17. What's a ship for this character you don't hate but it's not your favorite that you're fine with?

18. How about a relationship they have in canon with another character that you admire?

19. How about a relationship they have in canon that you don't like?

20. Which other character is the ideal best friend for this character, the amount of screentime they share doesn't matter?

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

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

23. Favorite picture of this character?

24. What other character from another fandom of yours that reminds you of them?

25. What was your first impression of this character? How about now?

26. What's something the character has done you can't get over? Be it something funny, bad, good, serious, whatever?

27. FREEBIE QUESTION!!

[ask-games-from-a-weird-girl]

Send me a fic of mine and I'll answer...

My favorite scene

My favorite chapter (if it's a multichapter)

Hardest scene to write

Favorite character to write in the fic

Favorite dynamic to write in the fic

Why I chose that title

A fun fact about the fic

[andreal831]

Elijah antis: Elijah was so cruel to Jackson and never respected Hayley and his marriage

Elijah:

Saving Jackson's life

Being Jackson's wingman

Babysitting Klaus so he doesn't kill Jackson

Moving out of his home so everyone will be more comfortable

Renting Hayley and Jackson an apartment

Finding and returning Hayley and Jackson's wedding rings

Elijah's reaction to Jackson's death and grieving him with Hayley

Going to Jackson's funeral to show support

Understanding the desire to respect Jackson even after his death because he knew what it meant to lose loved ones

Helping Hayley enact her revenge on those who were responsible for Jackson's death

[naskaolgia]

How long ago did you guys get married??

Creek ask blog pt 6!

[Asks open]

[burst-of-iridescent]

love your fandom ask game: 5) something you see in fics a lot and love and 6) something you see in art a lot and love!

5) something you see in fics a lot and love

i love that there's so much consideration given to katara in zutara fics. she's always front and centre in the narrative, whether it's to do with her grief, her bloodbending, her fight against patriarchy, her postwar journey of healing and empowerment, her challenges and triumphs as ambassador and then fire lady... the exploration of katara in zutara fics is so nuanced and thoughtful bryke could never.

6) something you see in art a lot and love

idk how to explain it but there's so much tenderness in zutara art. zutara artists have this insane ability to capture the love and softness that exist between these two in a way that i've never seen anywhere else, and it turns me into a pile of mush.

also scar kisses. always scar kisses.

thanks for the ask air! <33

send me a fandom ask :)

[evilwriter37]

12 and 18 (hiccup) for the fandom ask game

12. What's the funniest or craziest AU idea you've ever come up with?

You know, I'm not sure. I've written so many AUs that I don't know which one seems craziest. There was one Kinktober where I think I made Viggo the Grim Reaper.

18. Type Hiccup's name and tell us what the autocomplete suggests as the next word

Decided on a full sentence because the next word was just "and".

"Hiccup and the rest are just a bunch more of a mess."

Yeah. Yeah, that's accurate, lol.

[black-ak9]

Dracula shapeshifter!!! Dracula shapeshifter!!!

Plsss

I liked these animals for him but I am open to suggestions

(he's in pajamas, idk hshehwh)

[spider-jaysart]

Starting a ship headcanon ask game of my own:

#1. First date?

#2. Their best day out together?

#3. Who's the one that most often does the shopping for food whenever they run out? Or do they always like going to the store together?

#4. Do they always share their food with eachother? If so, do they both also have a favorite food that they like to share with eachother as well? (Bonus points if they do it in lovey dovey couple style too)

#5. Who's usually the big spoon and the small spoon in the relationship?

#6. Who usually likes to cook most of the food? Or do they always take turns with eachother in that part?

#7. Is there a dessert or meal that one of them sometimes makes that the other partner really loves and is always craving to eat because of how delicious it always is?

#8. Who's the early bird and who likes to sleep in longer?

#9. Who is usually always requesting for more cuddling sessions?

#10. What's an au you have for them?

#11. How was their first kiss like?

#12. Who's always stealing the blanket at night while asleep?

#13. Do one of them get annoyed when the other snores at night or are they fine with it?

#14. Are they so attached that they're always by eachothers side wherever they go?

#15. Who always falls asleep while leaning on the other?

#16. Do they steal eachothers clothes and does it sometimes end with them also claiming some of them as their own after a long while of "borrowing" it already?

#17. Do they always hold hands with eachother everywhere they go?

#18. What place did they choose to live in when moving in together for the first time?

#19. Do they love going out with eachother more in the summer or the winter?

#20. Who would be the type to walk out of the bedroom all sleepy and tired and wrap their arms around their partner who's making coffee/tea or breakfast for them both?

#21. How do they always cheer eachother up during sad times?

#22 Would they be the type to dress up in those funny/cute/hot matching couple costumes during Halloween or dress up parties?

#23. Do they love playing board games or video games together?

#24. What are their pet names for eachother?

#25. Do they like binge watching shows together?

#26. Who's much more affectionate?

#27. Do they take turns in doing chores or do they just split them and claim which ever one they're more comfortable with doing? (example for that last one: Partner A hates doing the laundry because it annoys them, while partner B hates taking out the trash, so partner B will do the laundry while partner A always takes out the trash instead)

#28. Who loves planning out their romantic dates the most?

#29. Do they have a special old song that always brings back a lot of wonderful memories from a special day of theirs together?

#30. What was their wedding day like?

(Feel free to reblog for fun or add more onto this post)

[thisweekinfandomhistory]

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MINISODE #004 QUESTION:

If you could save one TV show from cancellation, what would it be — and what would you send to the network to save it?

[ask-purgatory-tulpar]

what do you guys look like?

We're all very much covered in blood. Makes me sick, honestly. It'd be unsanitary if we were alive.

Yeah, very covered in blood... Got cuts all around from the vent Isn't great. I also can't see out of my right eye... since in I kinda got axed in the face.

Not as covered in blood. I've got some rope burns, too. After Jimmy tied me to that chair.

...

I've got blood out the side of my head. It's fucking awful. I still can't see or hear the others. Maybe I can. I don't know. It's hard to trust my own mind.

[epickiya722]

Send Me a Character & I'll Tell You✨️

My first impression

My impression now

Favorite thing about that character

Least favorite thing

Favorite line/scene

Favorite interaction that character has with another

A character that I wish that character would interact with more

Another character from another fandom that reminds me of that character

A headcanon about that character

A song that reminds of that character

An unpopular opinion about that character

Favorite picture

[ask-games-from-a-weird-girl]

Send me a character and I’ll tell something I like about them, as well as something I dislike about them

[andreal831]

Do you see Klaus as an unreliable narrator in TO?

1000% yes.

He's a textbook narcissist so we have to remember everything he says comes from a place of being unable to look outside himself or to empathize with others. Which makes the entire narration of TO unreliable.

One example I can think of is when Elijah and Klaus are talking about Tatia (Elijah is also an unreliable narrator because he centers everything on Klaus. In my opinion due to guilt). We hear, and in TO see, how much Elijah cares for Tatia. But not really Klaus. We hear him and Elijah say Klaus loved Tatia, however, in the scenes in TO, Klaus essentially assaults Tatia by kissing her without even being concerned if she wants him to. Even when she pulls away from him, he just moves on. This isn't the actions of someone who is in love. And then when we see Tatia and Elijah interact, there is clearly some history. They have an ongoing flirtation. Yet, when Elijah and Klaus tell the story, it essentially focuses on their brotherly bond and less on Tatia. We don't hear how devastated Elijah was from her death, but how loving Tatia nearly broke their bond apart. Even when Elijah learns he was responsible for Tatia's death, instead of allowing him to feel that pain and grieve, he has to apologize to Klaus (and also deal with Klaus murdering his own father). Klaus doesn't react the way he did when he learned of what Elijah did to Aurora because he truly didn't care about Tatia. But he continues to push the narrative to center Elijah's past love interest around himself.

We see him do the same with Stefan in TVD, to the point where a large majority of the fandom believes Stefan and Klaus were romantically invovled despite being explicitly told that Rebekah and Stefan were invovled at the time. I'm not saying yes or no to either, but pointing out how the narrative impacts the viewers.

We also see this with how little emphasis the show puts on anyone that is not directly related to Klaus. Klaus is not the sole narrator of the show, but we can safely say it revolves around him. So characters like Aya, Celeste, Gia, Emil, etc. Their flashbacks are quick and just serve to explain how they know the Mikaelsons. Whereas, Klaus' love interest in the past, Aurora, gets exposition and depth through flashbacks.

The narration is told in a way that continues to victimize Klaus and brush aside his crimes. For example, when he lets Cami into his head to "scare her" and show her what a beast he is. He could show her endless slaughters, and that's just in the past year. He could show himself sacrificing a teenage girl or killing Jenna, stabbing his siblings, killing his mother, etc. But instead he shows himself turning for the first time and his family chaining him up to suppress his werewolf side. He doesn't even show the plethora of village people he just murdered which even scared Elijah. He only shows her what will create sympathy for him. We see this throughout their "talks." Even Cami calls him out on it multiple times for phrasing the story in a way that undermines how his siblings were feeling.

Contrast this to how Elijah's story is told. We already talked about Tatia and a lot of his exes. They are either explained very quickly and then moved on without allowing him/the audience time to grieve, or he they are handled through Klaus' POV so that their death's are justified/excused. But more than that, simply how his backstory is told, or Kol for that matter, is done in a less sympathetic light than Klaus.

We don't really see Elijah feed from people or murder without cause. That is up until the show decided to introduce the Red Door. This entire storyline is used to retcon Elijah as "the worse brother." But lets be honest, they've all killed so many people, why is Elijah killing seen as worse? Because they make it scary and bloody and it scares even the main characters. Whereas Klaus' trial is made to be humorous. The audience is supposed to laugh at Klaus forcing a girl to watch her mother burn alive because she was coughing too much. Even Klaus killing main characters like Carol are made to be humorous. They make Kol seem like this unhinged killer, but Klaus is the one who goes off and kills with him. When Kol does it, it's out of control. When Klaus does it, it's funny so their lives don't matter.

We see this with how the show treats Rebekah and her suitors. Rebekah is seen as naive because she keeps falling for the wrong people who take advantage of her. But Klaus is seen as compelling when he allows Caroline to manipulate him, to the point that it gets his brother killed. Or Aurora manipulate him to the point that it gets Rebekah kidnaped. Or Genevieve manipulate him to the point it gets Hayley killed and almost Hope. But when Klaus is manipulated, it's because he cares too much and the women took advantage of him. When it happens to Rebekah, it's because she's stupid and needs Klaus to make her decisions.

We see it in how Cami's transition is told. Cami is struggling throughout Season 3 but all Klaus sees is himself. To the point that when Cami snaps at him for pushing too far, the next scene is him killing a random art critic, essentially implying that it was her fault. She shouldn't have prioritized her own emotions and snapped at a grown man because he can't be responsible for his own actions.

TO thrives on Klaus being an unreliable narrator because it allows his misdeeds to be pushed to the back of the audience's mind and his victimization brought to the front. Even how he speaks about himself is unreliable. Initially, he blames Mikael for making him a monster. But then he learns his mother made him weak and blames her. But then he later blames Elijah for what he did to Aurora a year later. And throughout the show he blames all of his siblings for "abandoning" him when we never see a moment of them attempting to abandon him. Yes, I'm sure all of these things contributed, but the main point is that at no point does he blame himself. He never once takes accountability for his actions and no one ever makes him. Elijah and Rebekah attempt to several times, and lord knows Cami tried, but they are seen as unsympathetic in those moments through Klaus' eyes.

Thanks for the ask! I answered this one so quickly because I don't think I've talked about this individually and it is so fascinating to me. Let me know if you agree or disagree <3

[xmen-xtraordinary-daycare]

⊗ We're still active!!! (And other announcements!!!) ⊗

Hey gang, Jubilee here coming at ya to say "sorry we've been inactive for months"!!! So yeah- Sorry we've been inactive for months... But we're back I promise!!!!! And I've got some ideas on how to make this blog even more fun and interesting and cool!!! (At least I hope it'll be fun and interesting and cool... ^_^)

First off, drawings!!! I think this blog needs some drawings- Let me explain!!! Sure, responding to your asks through text is fine and all... But wouldn't it be fun to actually see what we're doing/saying??? Because I think it would be!!! I'm no artist, so they'd probably just be quick doodles... But it's pictures and I love pictures and you probably love pictures and yayyy everyone loves pictures!!!! I think!!!

Second, games!!! Like, fun activities and such like word searches, some "choose your own adventure" games, some fun quizzes/trivia, etc etc!!! Just like fun little games y'know??? If anyone else has some ideas for activities like these, let us know!!! Me and the other X-Men wanna make this blog a fun space for everyone!!!

And uh... That's it!!! I thought I had more ideas but it's just those two!!! We're always open to more ideas, so if you've got one, send it our way!!! This is Jubilee, signing off, and telling you to have an Xtraordinary day/night!!! (See what I did there?? XD)