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.·:*¨ 𝑮𝒆𝒕 𝑻𝒐 𝑲𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒚 ¨*:·.
20 Questions for my fellow Stays!
Making a little tag game because I love them and I’m nosy tbh. I also just love interacting with yall!
1: What’s your current bias line?
2: Who’s the one that made you Stan?
3: What song was your first?
4: What’s your current favorite song?
5: What members personally resembles yours the most?
6: If you had to pick a specific racha which would you choose?
7: What’s one attribute of the members do you like the most? (Example: Chans dimples)
8: What’s your favorite album?
9: Do you have any albums?
10: Have you been to a concert?
11: Who’s your favorite duo?
12: Favorite cover/solo songs:
13: Favorite SKZOO?
14: If you had a day with one member what would you wanna do with them?
15: Who’s your favorite singing voice?
16: Who’s your favorite to watch dance?
17: Do you have a favorite SKZ Code?
18: Favorite MV?
19: Who do you think you’d be best friends with?
20: Let’s feed those delusions, Who are you picking for a date and what are you doing?
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your golden arrow went through my heart.
dancing together at a wedding.. he can’t help but think about your own !⠀⸻⠀na jaemin x gnr ⠀ fluff he’s soooo downbad ⠀ wc 1.5k ⠀ now playing . . ☆
생각⠀FFFFFFUCKKKKK I NEED HIMMM. plagiarising myself sorry yeonjun
the smell of champagne, perfume, cake, and smoke was rife in the large hall, multicoloured lights bouncing off every wall and poking into every crevice of the high ceiling. you knew jaemin’s family was fairly large, of course, but for every guest they must’ve extended an invite to at least three of their friends as well—everywhere you looked there was another person: a niece there, a work friend of his father’s here, an uncle there.
but you supposed the extravagance and the sheer size was necessary for a wedding—jaemin’s cousin’s, to be specific, who looked gorgeous in a gold-accented gown with the train and jewels to match, and who was currently being spun around on the dance floor by her newly wedded husband. the ceremony was beautiful, the reception was beautiful, and perhaps the most beautiful of all was the who-knows-how-many-tiers of wedding cake that you’d already helped yourself to three slices of, as well as reluctantly feeding jaemin bites of when he’d pouted and tugged at your hand until you’d given in.
he looked satisfied now, nestled into your side in the quietest corner of the almost-pitch-black hall while the music played and people danced, his younger relatives twirling each other in circles or skidding along the smooth flooring with balloons tied around their wrists and confetti stars glittering whenever they caught the lights from where they were tangled within their hair. other guests had chosen to hang back, settling at the tables nearer the other end of the venue (and nearer the food) with glasses in their hands and smiles on their faces.
the pair of you hadn’t spoken in a while, content to sway gently to the music, and you assumed he’d fallen quiet because he was tired; worn out from the job that was trailing around the hall and saying hello to all the people he knew and a few he didn’t. and while that had taken a little out of him, the reality was that jaemin was only silent because he was biting his tongue—out of fear he’d do something stupid like get on one knee and propose to you right there and then, with nothing except his pocket square as a makeshift ring and the burning urge to ask you to be his for as long as you’d have him.
he wouldn’t do that, of course. it’d get him kicked out for stealing his cousin’s thunder, for starters. it’d be like his aunt standing up on a table and announcing that she was pregnant. the second reason was simply that he didn’t know what you’d say.
well. actually, not really. he would bet fairly confidently that you’d say yes—but you’d say it eventually. now was.. too soon. he’d need to have drawn up a down-to-the-last-detail plan, secure approval from all of your friends and family, and asked renjun for the best place to get the rings before he could even think of asking. it was just—how could he be standing here with you, in amongst all the love and the glitter and the music, and not think of dropping to one knee? he was holding on, but just barely. it would’ve taken nothing more than seeing the disco lights reflecting in your eyes for all his resolve to deplete, and so he focused on melding himself into your side and staring out onto the dance floor.
that was, until you slid a hand from out of his hold and around his waist, tugging him to face you and gesturing towards the place you’d both just been watching, asking without saying a word. he could do nothing except nod and let himself be led, teeth pressing into his bottom lip. “marry me,” he wanted to scream, but instead he slung his arms over your shoulders and leaned in to rest his head too close to yours, breaths intermingling as you began an easy sway to the music.
the slow dancing had long been left behind, so your relaxed pace was slightly out of place compared to everyone else, but neither of you could really bring yourselves to care. jaemin would’ve been content to stay like that until the lights turned on again, but was startled by your sudden whispering: “you okay?”
he recovered quickly, easy grin on his lips as he replied, “of course. why wouldn’t i be?” but then he was looking into your eyes as he said it, and the song was just right, and your touch was so gentle—he was tripping over himself into his next words, head crashing down onto your shoulder as he pulled you closer. “i was just.. thinking about the day it’s us doing this, is all.”
when jaemin felt you still for a moment under his palms, his heart dropped to his feet—worried he’d overstepped by even bringing it up, head whipping back up again to laugh it off. but what he found in your face wasn’t disgust or discomfort, it was more gentle surprise, mouth opened with nothing to say. his hands slowly rose to cup your cheeks, and the warmth that met his palms made it impossible to hide the jaw-aching smile his mouth stretched into.
you shied away from his touch, shoulders hunching up in embarrassment at his smile, and jaemin was going to die. his heart was going to burst all over you in a shower of golden confetti and multicoloured stars, he was sure of it. he pressed as close as he possibly could, determined to leave absolutely no space between you, and brought his hands to rest lightly on either side of your neck, fingertips almost touching at the nape. your lips moved to speak, and your voice was quiet, shy. he fell in love all over again.
“jaem. you can’t.. you can’t say that here. it’s too—i’ll get—you just can’t. really.”
“why?” and he had no shame in his whiny tone, pout already on his face. your slow movements turned a little frantic when he twisted the both of you side to side in protest, ignoring a few looks from others on the dance floor. “i’m excited! just—just imagine. me and you. married. it’s gonna be the best.”
eyes locked with yours, he could see the exact moment you decided to indulge him. “oh really? what colour’s your suit gonna be?”
“your favourite colour.” and jaemin knew he was being over-the-top, knew you’d only scoff and roll your eyes back at him, and he didn’t care. it was true. his suit your favourite colour, the cake your favourite flavour, the music your favourite playlist. he’d do it all for you.
“so sappy, jaem,” you teased, head leaning forward until your foreheads rested against one another. “keep it up and i might start to think you’ve got a ring box at home.”
not yet. but soon. after a talk with renjun. after a little more time. some part of jaemin wished he did have one stashed away in an unused draw, though. so he could spring it on you as soon as next week, get all the words he wanted to propose to you with out of his head, to hold your hand and feel the cool metal of an engagement band against his skin. not yet. soon. he repeated the words aloud to you, delighted at how the skin of your nape flushed hotter under his touch.
“i wanna kiss you.” his gaze was unwavering, hands desperate around your neck, cheeks red and grin gleaming at you through the dark.
you flustered again, hands dipping in and out of his back pockets just for something to do, somewhere to put them. “not—not here. everyone can see.”
jaemin was still unbothered, knowing, annoying. “don’t care. i’ve been showing you off all night, they know you’re mine. and it’s dark!”
your shoulders heaved in a put-upon sigh, and he knew he’d won, leaning in and smiling into it. no matter how many times he’d done this, it always felt like the first time for jaemin—colours exploding behind his closed eyes, his whole body feeling golden. he chased you every time you tried to pull away, coaxing you back in, not letting you up for air until both of you were desperate for breath.
“one day,” he mouthed into your jaw, voice no louder than a whisper. “it’ll be us. it will. i’ll be so—i’ll make it—just. i promise.”
“okay, jaem,” you whispered back, hands now fully settled wrapped around his waist. “okay.”
the song shifted into another, and it was one you both knew; both loved. he couldn’t stop smiling even when you halted your soft swaying in place of more energetic, fitting movements, and instead joined in with you—fingers interlocked, his eyes on you the whole time. talks of weddings and proposals and suit colours could easily be discussed another time. tomorrow, if he wanted. it’d been fun entertaining ideas for a while, but tonight, now, he was going to enjoy himself. with you. the only reason he was having those dreams at all.
#⠀⠀⏖ works ⊹ ᶻ ⁺⠀⠀#⠀⠀재민 ⠀ ✿⠀⠀#jaemin#na jaemin#jaemin x reader#na jaemin x reader#nct dream x reader#nct dream fluff#this was originally for chenle but#then he came out as straight#🤷♂️🙅♂️
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Heard you’re taking requests and I really like your style! here’s a bunch of ideas (Feel free to take or leave what you like):
any of the nicktoons for scale with Spongebob who is as smol as a dish sponge because that’s semi-canonical to the show even if he’s more proportional to his friends in the games.
Jimmy x Timmy
Tootie and Vicky being actually sisterly. Maybe them playing DDR (Dance Dance Revolution) or arguing in a way that bother both of them equally or something else
AJ and Mr. Crocker (cus it’s interesting/weird that a teacher that loves to give out Fs still has a student that gets all As. I like to think that they might have a bit of a mentor/apprentice dynamic or at least they bonded over their shared interest in engineering)
Whin Harper (with any headcanons you have for them)
Hazel with a rock she modeled after Antony
Where you think Trixie is in ANW
Jas from ANW and Jazz from DP
Danny splayed against a wall hiding from a villain
Spongebob being a dad to the rest of Nicktoons team
Cookie and Blonda
Trixie in the boy disguise (perhaps with Timmy going to Comix as himself)
Timmy hugging his little brother(Peri)
Timmy looking at his children and resolving to protect them no matter what
Where you think Tootie was during A Wishful Life (she didn’t show up to my knowledge)
sleepy Jimmy (optional to add/out swap for your fave Nicktoons)
Sheen and Libby and/or Cosmo and Wanda
The makeup meme but it’s AJ tricking out Chester’s braces
Hazel having a panic attack
Let yourself be inspired by a poem or song
Trans Danny
Asexual Spongebob giving Timmy a thumbs up or pin for admitting he’s ace too (this is a personal headcanon, but it’d be nice to see)
Vicky (and your thoughts on what she’d look like “redeemed” and if that’d interested you)
ok i did a few of these BUT i will be returning to them once i get the motivation to!! thank you so much for so many suggestions!
if youre interested in requesting me to draw something check out this post first!
sponge-sized spongebob
i feel like they probably had something go wrong with jimmys shrink ray, maybe timmy accidentally shrunk spongebob but didnt wanna get in trouble or something so he left him tiny LMAO
2. jimmy x timmy
couldnt think of anything for 3 and 4 right now so i skipped ahead to
5. winn harper
ok my headcanons for them... i think they would definitely love fnaf (based off of the patty possum episode) and probably roxy would be their favorite!! they probably think all the game theory fnaf videos are true and are the factual fnaf lore. probably also only watches markiplier's fnaf vids. besides that i think theyd love sour candy (specifically sour gummy worms)
thats all for now but i will come back to these i swear (unless i forget which is highly likely BUT--)
#nicktoons unite#nicktoonsunite#fairly oddparents#nicktoons#timmy turner#jimmy neutron#fop#spongebob#danny phantom#jimmy timmy#winn harper#fopanw fanart#fopanw#a new wish#fairly oddparents a new wish#jimmytimmy#jimmy timmy power hour#sbsp#spongebob fanart#spongebob squarepants#danny phantom fanart#nicktoons requests
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So, this week's episode...
[spoilers below cut]
WOW, a Mario Reacts! It's been a long time, hasn't it? Hell yeah, I can work with this!
(no bc seriously, I just finished watching ep. 7 of Arcane before this and I need an emotional break, yeah I know the rest of Act 3 is gonna kill me)
(the following is my live reaction:)
oh hey, Mario! Wassup?
jigsaw, is that you?
oh nvm, hello Swag! nice to see you again since last episode
I'm about to commit a crime [*strikes a pose then walks away*]
I'm willing to work in a government office just so I can come up with an acronym like, gee idk, Y.U.R.I. or something (I should've been a worker in NASA)
NO STOP STOP WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! WHAT. ARE. YOU. DOING?!
At this point, Mario, I would just give up
[*clears throat*] mejor me muero, ni modo que sigo con estos porquerías. bueno como dice Mario, bye bye [*drinks some water*] alright I'm back
TADC? ah, just a normal Saturday
no thoughts, head empty
honestly, mood
well, in his own way, yeah
[*echoes announcer voice*] VR, the new era of entertainment
...mr puzzles? nah jk jk
oh, Four's theory may not be wrong here (omg it's jesus)
still can't believe christianity is canon in the SMG4 universe
oh, so I was right! [*jigsaw voice*] "I wanna play a game."
That's actually kinda sweet that he immediately chooses his brother
OH SHIT OOOOH that's gotta hurt
NO MARIO, THAT SHOULD'VE BEEN ME
[*other me pops in*] emo girlfriend, omg it's smg3
no, we're NOT gonna look too much into this, shut up other me
PPFFFTTT that caught me so off guard
say it with me now: YOU CAN'T CONTROL MARIO [*applause*]
I mean, we've been through simulations before, we can take this one too
unironically, I wouldn't mind a 10-hour video of just Mario (and/or the rest of the Crew) just dancing :)
it doesn't even need to have music, I can just put my playlist on and I would totally join in
ooooh, you want to scan that QR code so badly
but also, how did they get a screenshot of my computer?
Mario 🤝 Mario Buddy from the last episode → destroying PCs for the LOLs
AKLDHLKSAFB;KL just the way Mario goes for a fighting stance just so he could run away will never not be funny to me
LET ME IN LET ME INNNNNNNNN
10 hours, welp I got my wish lmao
Mario morphing his face... hmmmm..... [*flashback noises*]
[SMG4: MAR10 Day]
....
don't think about it don't think about it don't think about it
KIRBO NOOOOOOOOO
NO NO NO SWAG NO
same vibes
meme factory? youtube arc? is that you? /j
(yeah I know that the Team uses the same assets ik)
LET'S DO THISSSS oh welp time to vibe
FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT
what would that be, Swag? Try not to Laugh challenge? I might win tbh
LET'S GO GAMBLING
laughing because of early victory call? very in character for Swag
oooh that's some good animation (y'know, as always)
HOLD UP WAIT A MINUTE
am i thinking too much into this or is this the same military base from last episode?
Alright, my little headcanon: the events of this episode and the last one took place on the exact same day
that's just for me specifically
oh hey, more TADC ref
Also, nice PINGAS STUCK IN A DOOR ref
man Mario can't catch a break dude
Congrats to CMorseu for your art being featured at the end credits 🎉
.・-: ✧ :--: ✧ :-・.
Such a good episode! Not plot-heavy, just a silly episode. I'll gladly take it as my late birthday present. And it's great to have Swag back, kinda was half-expecting Chris to just pop out.
I've said this once and I'll say it again: I wouldn't mind if the rest of the year is just filled with goofy episodes. After all, we just came from WOTFI and we do need a bit of a break so the Team could work on the next arc. (From the looks of things, we might get goop!4 *cough cough*)
Loved the bits of animation and Mario's expressions as always.
Now, I know there is some talk about the SMG4 Crew/Mario Does Things being on hiatus and merging with the Saturday videos. If you can even call it that. Personally, I don't mind it. I completely understand if doing 2 episodes per week is a lot for the Team to handle, though I do wish they would give an explanation for it. I think the best solution would be for the Team making an announcement of the change, the reasons behind it, and how it may be different from the regular Saturday episodes. Also make it clear that "hey, the title says this so it doesn't impact the main storyline".
Anyway, it has been overall a pretty funny episode and I quite enjoyed it! Now, if you excuse me, I'm gonna cry my eyes out watching the rest of Arcane Act 3 and bring that angst to the next episode concept :)
OH THE MISERY EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE MY ENEMYYYYYYY
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𝐴𝑁 𝐴𝐶𝑇𝑈𝐴𝐿𝐿𝑌 𝐻𝐸𝐿𝑃𝐹𝑈𝐿 𝐿𝑂𝐴 𝐺𝑈𝐼𝐷𝐸
everyone wants to talk about how the law is effortless, manifestation is effortless, but it seems to me nobody wants to talk about the effort one has to put in before being able to effortlessly apply it. manifesting is tied to general well-being, mindset and energy, and it is not the same for everybody. i've seen one too many people getting asks from others with genuine questions and giving them no guidance, no compassion, just buzz words, mantras and snark; so, here: an actually helpful guide to loa and manifestation, where i actually tell you things
─── ִֶ�� ๑˙ 🎀 ̟ !! step 1 : self concept
self concept is the way you perceive and treat yourself.
here is a video explaining it in depth:
youtube
now that we know what it is and what makes a good, high self concept, here are some specific ideas on how to boost it:
first, it is important to develop a sense of self and identity. get to know yourself, find out who you are and what you really want, what fulfills you. i like to use journaling for this
here are some prompts for you to use:
and some subliminals, if you'd like to use them:
1. 432Hz frequency + self-concept by iwiigi: 🌸
2. mindset + self-concept by moza morph: 🍨
3. self concept by Alice's Enchanted Cottage: 💕
➙ you do not have to use subliminals, but i personally love to
some other ways to boost your self concept:
᯽ practice self care. physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually
᯽ discipline your thoughts. don't let your inner bully run their mouth
᯽ validate yourself, praise yourself, celebrate yourself
᯽ work on healing your inner child
᯽ do things that make you feel confident - wear your makeup, hair and clothes how you like it, dance sexily in your room, pretend to be a celebrity, whatever it takes to feel like you are it
᯽ spend quality time with yourself, doing things that make you happy
᯽ do nice things for others. simple things like smiling at people, or complimenting someone do wonders both for them, and yourself
REMEMBER: you don't need to do any of this, these are just ideas; do what feels right for you
─── ִֶָ ๑˙ 🎀 ̟ !! step 2 : align with receiving
this is what hinders most people in receiving their manifestations, and it is not your fault. it can be hard to receive effortlessly, especially if you are used to only giving, or having to work hard to receive. that is what the world has taught you.
work on becoming comfortable with receiving without endeavor, and on not feeling indebted or inadequate. this is why self concept is important. you will not receive what you do not feel worthy of. you will not receive if you don't feel comfortable accepting.
to become more comfortable with receiving, all you have to do is treat yourself! not just materially, but spiritually and emotionally. lavish yourself with care, compliments, little treats, rest, partaking in things that bring you enjoyment, etc. keep reminding yourself you deserve only the best, both by affirming, and actually giving yourself the good things. even if you feel you haven't been "productive", choose to spoil yourself. choose to live deliciously.
─── ִֶָ ๑˙ 🎀 ̟ !! step 3 : really embrace the simplicity
please, stop reading posts that use huge, abstract words and tell you to "just do" something. stop engaging with blogs that put people down or refuse to explain. they are bringing down your vibration, and they are complicating the law beyond all recognition. just do what feels right
you wanna use methods? use them!
feel drawn to practicing spells? go ahead!
subliminals look cool to you? wonderful!
you feel right just deciding and carrying on? hell yeah!
whatever you do to manifest your desires, be it affirming, making a vision board, scripting, SATS, or whatever else, as long as it feels good, it will work.
follow your happiness and your intuition. trust yourself. stop seeking validation from the outside, just do what you think is best
─── ִֶָ ๑˙ 🎀 ̟ !! step 4 : coping with perceived lack
now, we all know you aren't actually lacking. if you have decided to manifest something, it is yours. but what if you don't see it in your perceived reality? you don't have to ignore the illusion of lack. in fact, i would say it is self-limiting to attempt that
instead, make peace with waiting
understand that the moment you decide something is yours, movement starts, even if not visible to you in your surroundings yet. the moment you decide, you begin to align with your desire, and the universe starts to work on getting it to you. it is like online shopping. placing your order is instant, but it takes a little bit of time for it to actually get into your hands. and just like with a package, while you wait for your manifestation to get to you, you don't need to stress about it. just do what feels good and live your best life, do what makes you happy. you don't need to pretend you already have it. you just need to live in the knowing that you will. persist in the knowing.
#milkiie's#loablr#loa#loa tips#loa guidance#loassumption#law of assumption#law of attraction#manifesting is easy#manifesting tips#manifesting#manifestation#manifesting guidance#robotic affirming#loa guide#self improvement#becoming her#self love#becoming that girl#made of sugar#it girl#ideal reality#loassblr#loass#girlblogging#dollette#coquette#affirm and persist#self concept
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kpop sampler
my dear @auriette was asking about my non-skz kpop feelings, and i have so many of them, so i thought it would be fun to make a little playlist.
i'm sticking with the 10 link limit (which is v hard) but if you also have a lot of kpop feelings, please rb with a song/group rec of your own!
in no particular order:
The Rose (k-rock)
youtube
i love them. They are super funny on social media, and their music is incredible. Screaming this song at the top of my lungs fixes me a little every time. Woosung is also a soloist and he's amazing.
WOODZ
youtube
This song gives me the shivers.
He also has a cover of Hype Boy that is A+
The duality of man.
I think WOODZ is vastly underappreciated, and i wish more people were as into him as i am.
Ateez
youtube
i know i already talked about them a little bit, but i have to do it again because i love them. just a bunch of insanely talented, stupidly hot weirdos. i love that they're all nerds who make legos together and that everyone but hongjoong and jongho have zero concept of personal space. wooyoung and san are medalists in the kiss your homie olympics. (woo is also bffs with changbin and also yeonjun from txt)
i'm still obsessed with this song and this MV. the ateez lore is very intricate and this is basically cinema.
TXT
youtube
insane dance skills, super talented, great music. it was hard to pick which song of theirs to include here, but this is defintely a favorite. def check out devil by the window" also.
they collabed with the jonas brothers and anitta and both songs were incredible. yeonjun just released a solo album. more talented goofballs. i love them.
OnlyOneOf
youtube
i am obsessed with OOO. they are incredible. they do most of their own choreo, they committed to making their MVs queer af and include messages of acceptance and support for the lgbtq community in the notes for all their videos. they paired themselves up and talk about kissing each other casually.
and they back it all up with high concept MVs, insane choreo, and great music that will absolutley get stuck in your head. picking a song was hard, but this choreo is too iconic
Hwasa
youtube
i am obsessed with her. she is also in mamamoo, who are great, but i am currently absolutely obsessed with her cover of lunch. but this song which is a pretty direct call out of the rampant body shaming in the industry is so much fun.
KARD
youtube
kard is the only mixed gender kpop group i know of, and we need more.
they are all adults, and their music and MVs are, too. killer dancey tracks. their friendship is a lot of fun.
BM is also a soloist, and has some very explicit horny songs that don't bother with the (barely) innuendo that kard plays with. he's also hilarious on SM, and on the daebak show
Enhypen
youtube
they're just good. i love a concept album, and they killed it with this.
Evnne
youtube
i love them.
they were all on boys planet, and i love all the groups that formed from that show (i was going to cheat and make a whole playlist of bp groups, but i'm just going to share this one and i'll make a whole separate bp post)
this video and song are just so fun, and they're so good, and i wanted to yell about them.
(all the boys planet boys are also stray kids levels of obsessed with each other, which i appreciate --zb1 is probably the worst-best about this, but they're all super close)
oh gosh only space for one more... ahhhh who to choooose
Blitzers
youtube
this is just so much fun
no one really sounds like blitzers. the horns and big band elements are wholly unique and fit surprisingly well. they are super talented and clearly having a good time with what they do, and it's just a good time.
I hope you like at least some of these songs/groups!
(Now, to play by my own rules and not add another ten in a reblog unless specifically asked to do more!)
Please add your favorite kpop/krock groups to share the joy of good music that we can all be super normal about together!
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What do you think of Corlys Velaryon and Rhaenys Targaryen? I specifically ask about their political attitudes toward Daemon, Rhaenyra, Rhaenyra's children, their own children (Laenor and Laena), etc.
Corlys is a character I like; but I see him acting out of ambition rather than love. But I wonder how far his ambition has gone: did he suspect that Daemon killed Laenor? Did he really like Rhaenyra's children? Did he just support Rhaenyra in power or was he also afraid of her and what she could do to him?
These questions I also extend to Rhaenys. I feel like we got little from her (And she wasn't the only one, as F&B has a lot of issues), so it's hard to say to what extent she supported Rhaenyra because she was also a woman who had her rights taken away, or if it was just out of ambition (or both).
As I know that Fire and Blood has a lot of problems (even more in the Dance), I understand if I can't do a great analysis on these two. But I would love to know what do you think about them and their attitudes!
Sorry for any grammatical errors and thanks in advance for your response!
First off, and the ask somewhat identifies this issue, one of the major problems in relying on Fire and Blood to understand the personal feelings of any of the characters within that book is that the very nature of Fire and Blood severely limits such analysis. Because we are reading about Corlys and Rhaenys (and everyone else in the roughly century and a half of history the book covers) from the ostensibly objective historian perspective of Gyldayn, a figure who lived and wrote more than a century after Corlys and Rhaenys died, we can only experience these characters at arm’s length. We are not in their heads, nor are we in the heads of any individuals directly interacting with these figures; we can only glean elements of their personality via those historical anecdotes Gyldayn chooses to share, quite the difficult prospect. Although GRRM, via Gyldayn, does sometimes invent more personal moments for his characters despite the absence of in-universe sources for such moments or the practical implausibility of Gyldayn knowing about them - think of, for example, Cregan Stark’s conversation with Alysanne Blackwood - many figures are left frustratingly vague in terms of their internal characterization.
Consequently, Corlys and Rhaenys are, along with (albeit to varying extents) every other character in F&B, something of an enigma, at least in terms of personal thoughts and feelings. Just as I once discussed with Daemon Targaryen (in the question of his love for Rhaenyra as well as his feelings toward her “Velaryon” sons), there is very little to extrapolate from the (themselves limited) actions we have taken by Corlys and Rhaenys to determine how they personally felt about many of the people and events around them. Corlys, so far as we know, never reacted to the rumor (I think true rumor) that Daemon had his son Laenor murdered (and indeed, given his open bounty on Qarl Correy, I don’t know that Corlys ever knew or suspected as much); moreover, even if Corlys and/or Rhaenys were part of the “court and commons” outraged by the news of Daemon and Rhaenyra’s hasty marriage, this anger could well have been simply the expression of grieving parents shocked at the indecently quick remarriages (to one another) of their sometime children-in-law, and not necessarily also a reflection of any particular suspicion of Daemon. Likewise, both Corlys and Rhaenys obviously acknowledged Rhaenyra as queen following the death of Viserys I - but whether they did so solely because either or both wanted to see their “Velaryon” grandchildren on the Iron Throne, or also (and not mutually exclusively) because either or both wanted to support the claims of a female ruler in lieu of Rhaenys not becoming queen in her own right, is unanswerable.
On top of this, I think it’s important to note that for Westerosi aristocratic society, love and political ambition aren’t necessarily mutually exclusive. This is a point I made when talking about whether Ned and Catelyn would have allowed their children to marry for love alone, and it bears repeating here; even the parents (like Ned and Catelyn) who most clearly care for and love their children are operating in a socio-political system that mandates marriages be made for the advantage of their dynasties, not simply the dictates of their hearts. Rhaenys and/or Corlys can well have loved their children while also using their marriage arrangements for political advantage - and indeed, may well have seen the latter as an expression of the former, with either or both parents working for the advancement of their children as a way of showing their care for their children. To be clear, I don’t want to say every politically ambitious parent in Westeros is necessarily a loving one - Randyll Tarly had clear ambitions with both of his sons’ would-be or actualized marriage arrangements and is simultaneously a horrible human being, and that goes even more so for Tywin Lannister - only that I don’t think we as readers should automatically equate “ambitious” with “unloving”.
In that context, I think Corlys and Rhaenys are a bit of a mixed bag. The Velaryons certainly seem to have been willing to betroth Laena at a very young age, first to King Viserys and then to the son of the Sealord of Braavos - and in at least the former case, the apparent expectation that Laena would give birth to children sooner rather than later. I’m not saying that I consider Corlys or Rhaenys equivalent to, say, Unwin Peake (and his (unnamed!) daughter) - but just as I criticized that mega-creep Rodrik Arryn for not looking after his own daughter Aemma’s welfare in marrying her off at eleven to Prince Viserys himself, I think there is room for criticism of any Westerosi parent, Corlys and Rhaenys included, who participates in the disturbing pattern of shoving their daughter into marriage and childbirth at an extremely young age. Likewise, that Corlys and Rhaenys wished to have Laenor marry Rhaenyra despite Laenor’s own, almost certainly apparent unwillingness to do so is a reflection of their participation in that same socio-political system of dynastic continuity, and the unfairness inherent to that system; Laenor was no Loras Tyrell-esque third son whose elder brothers could wed and breed (or, indeed, a Daeron I-esque eldest son who could outsource the production of an heir to a younger brother), but the only male heir of a couple whose royal ambitions predated Laenor’s own birth. Still, while I hesitate to give Corlys and Rhaenys real praise for not marrying Laena to the Sealord’s son, given that the match seemed to be as politically hollow as it was personally disastrous, but I would like to imagine that Laena was more pleased to marry Daemon than she would have been that wastrel Sealord’s son (as indeed, her marriage to Daemon does not seem to have been facially unhappy); in that light, perhaps we can give a crumb of credit to the Velaryons for matching Laena with a more personally suitable husband. Too, I do think it’s worth noting a certain sense of fondness Corlys seems to have had, perhaps less to Rhaenyra’s elder sons as individuals as much as toward their identities as specifically Velaryons: when Jacaerys loftily declared that “[o]nly Targaryens ride dragons" (emphasis in original), Corlys supposedly “grumbled at this, insisting that the three boys were Velaryons, yet he smiled as he said it, with pride in his voice”.
Ultimately, and frustratingly, so much of Corlys and Rhaenys as characters is left to the imaginations of readers. Unless (and probably not until) GRRM writes a novella in their POV or interacting directly with them, they remain at arm’s length, sketched rather than fleshed out as personalities.
(Once again, this is not about That Other Show and please do not use this post to talk about That Other Show.)
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ARCANE SEASON 2 ARC 3 SPOILERS‼️‼️
I noticed this while watching episode 7: “Pretend like its the first time”, not that small of a detail but:
(I’m sorry if it is incoherent i just really needed to get this out.)
During the innovative party scene where Ekko dances with Powder, the song that plays is ”ma meilleure ennemie” by Stromae & Pomme, which translates to ”my best (female) enemy” which clearly refers to Powder, or Jinx.
In the intro begins a small chant where they say
Je t’aime, je t’attends […]
Meaning “ i love you, i am waiting for you” which clearly explains Ekko before coming to terms that Jinx no longer is Powder, since he fell inlove with Powder he keeps waiting for Powder to come back. This mental dilemma of having to accept that even if its the same body, same face its not the same person anymore, which is later supported by the first chorus where Stromae sings
La pire des bénédiction, La plus belle des malédictions
“The worse of all blessings, the best of all curses”, Powder was the best thing that happened to him while Jinx was the worse thing which makes this relationship with her- this connection, both a blessing and a curse.
But what made the scene more interesting was when they danced and the part
Mais ma meilleure ennemie, c'est toi [but my best enemy, that is you.]
Fuis-moi, le pire, c'est toi et moi [flee from me, the worse is you and i]
Mais si tu cherches encore ma voix [but if you keep searching for my voice]
Oublie-moi, le pire, c'est toi et moi [forget me, the worse is you and i]
I know we all wanted Ekko to stay in that timeline and be happy with Powder but remember season 1 where- whilst every Jinx or Vi centric episodes always began with a flashback, the Ekko centric one started from the present. Indicating that Ekko forces himself to always look forward than trying to let the past get to him. For exempel in - please correct me if i’m wrong, season 1 episode 5 when Vi said that she should’ve been there to help Ekko, he only says ”that’s is a good way to drive yourself crazy”. He immidiantly shut down any thought of what could’ve been, indirectly forcing Vi to think about the present. Especially afterwards when Vi talks about getting Powder back when Ekko has already fully acknowledge that there is only Jinx. All of this makes him being in that timeline more difficult for him since it is exactly what he wanted to avoid, being stuck in what could’ve been.
Dancing with Powder just engraves this furthee into him, this is unhealthy for Ekko since it’s the relation ship between him and Jinx. As to reiterate ”if you keep searching for Powder’s, voice, stop, it will just drive you crazy”
Also to refer to the pre-chorus!
First one:
Tu sais c'qu'on dit [you know what they say]
Sois près d'tes amis les plus chers [stay close to your dearest friends]
Mais aussi [but even]
Encore plus près d'tes adversaires [even closer to your adversaries (i.e antagonists, villains)
And the second one
Je t'avais dit : "Ne regarde pas en arrière" [i have told you : “dont look back]
Le passé qui te suit te fait la guerre [the past will follow you and take you to war]
(This is pretty self explanatory)
Additionally, before the kiss scene where Ekko says “can we pretend like it’s the first the first time”, further insinuates the whole, “this is my present even thought it’s a part of your past”.
TL:DR
This scene hurts
(Authors note:
I know it is not a small detail and not that significant but i really wanna acknowledge how every part of the Arcane series have a significance into the story. And honestly i needed to vent. It was so fun last night watching the scene and hearing ”le pire, c’est toi et moi” and just go ”oh, word?”. I am not French but i studied it so it just felt good from that POV too.
Edit: i was not aware that Arcane gets critizied over how litteral the songs are to the scene but i still stand by my point about why i really liked the song and this scene specifically)
#arcane powder#arcane spoilers#arcane#spoilers#arcane arc 3#arcane arc 3 spoilers#ekko arcane#mysweetboyekkoilovehimsomuch#didimentionthatiloveekko#i started watching arcane because i saw an edit of ekko and then the bridge scene clip so i appreciate the more Ekko we got this season#the third arc was my favorite#music analysis#soundtrack#riotmusic#riot games#stromae#pomme#netflix#timebomb
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YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO DO BOTH MY BABIES BUT YOU DID ANYWAY IM BAWLINF. AND THE DETAILS AGHHH I KNOW ALL THE GIFT BOXES ALL HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON BUT THE WAY THEY ARE ALL ALSO PERSONALIZED WITH SPECIFIC THINGS TO THEIR CHARACTERS AND RELATIONSHIP DYNAMICS IM GHSDLFNDLKJCKLNDF
THE PURPLES THE MUSIC MOTIFS- THE VIOLIN,,,, THE COUPLE DANCING COOKIE SHBSHSJWKAAKJA
also KALIM OMG. the scara dynamic with yuusha i dont talk about often it’s so cool that you included it that makes me so happy 🥹🥹🥹💖💖💕
CACKLING WITH THE EEL TOO HELPSNSKA yuusha will have a little unsuspecting surprise it seems 😭
THE PINKS. THE BOWS. AND MY HEARTSHACKLE GANG 🫵🫵🫵 RIDDLE. STRAWBERRY FONDUE 🌹🌹🌹🌹
I LOVE THEM SO MUCH I MISS YUUNA + RIDDLE AND HEARTSHACKLE 💥💥💥😭💕💕💖
AND THE CAN OF TUNA, THE GHOST,,,, YUUNA AND RAMSHACKLE YOU ARE MY EVERYTHTINGGGG 🫶🫶🫶
THANK YOU SO MUCH THIS REALLY MADE MY DAY WHEN I READ IT 😭😭💖💕💕
Happy Holidays, From Treydia ♡
♡ Header art by @fell-e ♡
For the holidays, Trey and Lydia bake gingerbread men together, decorating them to look like their friends (and each other ♡). With the gingerbread men they also bake sugar cookies, decorating them with different frostings and designs. The cookies will be given as gifts, boxing and wrapping them to suit each person. Once Christmas gets closer, they begin passing them out, surprising their friends with a visit ♡
For Yuusha (@crystallizsch), her cookies are wrapped in a purple box, with music notes decorating each side. Inside the box was a gingerbread version of herself and Jamil, along with a sugar cookie Grim. Other sugar cookies in the box include: a violin, a snake (that resembles Jamil), a silhouette of a couple dancing, Kalim, and a... eel? (and why does it resemble Jade...)
For Yuuna (@crystallizsch), their cookies are wrapped in a light and dark pink striped box, with bows decorating each side. Inside the box was a gingerbread version of themselves, Riddle, Ace, and Deuce, along with a sugar cookie Grim. Other sugar cookies in the box include: a can of tuna, a ghost, and Ramshackle Dorm.
For Daisy (@midnightmah07), her cookies are wrapped in a light blue box, with sparkly white tulle decorating each side. Inside the box was a gingerbread version of herself and Ruggie, along with a sugar cookie Grim. Other sugar cookies in the box include: a pumpkin, a hyena (that resembles Ruggie), a glass slipper, a mouse, and a castle (with a shooting star next to it)
For Oz (@viperbunnies), their cookies are wrapped in dark blue box, with white pompoms decorating each side (to resemble bunny tails ♡). Inside the box was a gingerbread version of himself, Yuudai, and Jamil, along with a sugar cookie Grim. Other sugar cookies in the box include: a bunny, a snake (that resembles Jamil), stargazy pie, mushrooms (that resemble Oz, Yuusha, and a few others), and... Silver?!
For Kiyuu (@skriblee-ksk), her cookies are wrapped in a purple and white striped box, with stickers decorating each side. Inside the box was a gingerbread version of herself, Jack, and Ryoko, along with a sugar cookie Grim. Other sugar cookies in the box include: a wolf (that resembles Jack), a creampuff, a ribbon (that resembles the one Kiyuu wears), a can of tuna, and Ramshackle dorm.
For Yuya (@cheerleaderman), their cookies are wrapped in a black box, with yellow shooting stars decorating each side. Inside the box was a gingerbread version of themselves, Yolanda, Ortho, and Idia, along with a sugar cookie Grim. Other sugar cookies in the box include: a cat (that resembles Idia), a camera, a phone (that has the home screen of a rhythm game on it), a star, and crochet needles.
For Astrid (@cheerleaderman), his cookies are wrapped in a green box, with red roses decorating each side. Inside the box was a gingerbread version of himself and Jamil, along with a sugar cookie Jamil dressed as a princess. Other sugar cookies in the box include: a rose, a snake (that resembles Jamil), a book (that looked like a fairy tale), and... a sword? (and why it does resemble the one Silver has...)
For Mayu (@/anbaisai), her cookies are wrapped in a white box, with different colored pieces of origami paper decorating each side. Inside the box was a gingerbread version of herself and Jamil, along with a sugar cookie Grim. Other sugar cookies in the box include: a snake (that resembles Jamil), a onigiri, a plate of curry, a fox (that resembles Jamil), and a can of tuna.
For Lysander (@offorestsongs), his cookies are wrapped in a brown box, with wild flowers decorating each side. Inside the box was a gingerbread version of himself, Józefina, Silver, and Rook, along with a sugar cookie Grim. Other sugar cookies in the box include: a hare, a bird of prey (that resembles Rook), a needle and thread, flowers, and a frying pan.
For Rebecca (@0honeybones0), her cookies are wrapped in a light pink box, with white ruffles decorating each side. Inside the box was a gingerbread version of herself and Jamil, along with a sugar cookie Grim. Other sugar cookies in the box include: a snake (that resembles Jamil), a can of tuna, a ghost, a chibi Rebecca flexing, and Ramshackle Dorm.
For Shuu (@oya-oya-okay), her cookies are wrapped in a orange box, with different colored candy wrappers decorating each side. Inside the box was a gingerbread version of herself, Hagi, Jade, and Azul, along with a sugar cookie Grim. Other sugar cookies in the box include: a octopus (that resembles Azul), a squirrel, a purple and orange heart, two eels (that resemble Jade and Floyd), and... a rose? (and why does it resemble Riddle...)
For Fayrouz (@fell-e), her cookies are wrapped in a sky blue box, with lilies decorating each side. Inside the box was a gingerbread version of herself, Jamil, and Kalim, along with a sugar cookie Grim. Other sugar cookies in the box include: a snake (that resembles Jamil), a basketball, a can of tuna, a plate of shawarma, and Ramshackle Dorm.
For Poppy (@justm3di0cr3), her cookies are wrapped in a brown box, with red and white checkered fabric decorating each side (to make it resemble a picnic basket). Inside the box was a gingerbead version of herself and Epel, along with a sugar cookie Isabelle (@midnightmah07's OC). Other sugar cookies in the box include: a apple, a picnic basket, a apple tree, a stuffed animal, and a rose.
Each box comes with a Christmas card and some hot chocolate, along with a picture Cater took while Trey and Lydia were unaware. The picture was of the two of them in the kitchen, powdered sugar covering their faces and clothes. They were mid-laugh, their faces inches apart. In the background was a counter holding various ingredients and cookie cutters, a mixing bowl filled with cookie dough off to the side. Happy Holidays! was written in the corner of the picture, Trey and Lydia signing their names on the back of it.
While most of the cookies were gifted to friends, they made more than enough for everyone, offering the extras to anyone who wanted some.
Of the gingerbread men, there was Ace, Deuce (with a cauldron sugar cookie), Cater (with a phone sugar cookie), Trey (who Lydia gave a toothbrush sugar cookie to as a joke), Riddle (with a hedgehog sugar cookie), Leona, Ruggie (with a thaumark sugar cookie), Jack, Azul (with a contract sugar cookie), Floyd, Jade (with a mushroom sugar cookie), Kalim (with a magic carpet sugar cookie), Jamil, Vil, Rook (with a bow and arrow sugar cookie), Epel (with a apple sugar cookie), Idia (with a sugar cookie of his tablet), Ortho, Malleus, Lilia (with a bat sugar cookie), Silver (with a sword sugar cookie), and Sebek (with a lightning bolt sugar cookie).
There were even gingerbread men of those that didn't attend Night Raven, such a Che'nya, Neige, Najma, Rollo, and Ernesto (with a sugar cookie Gino).
The extra cookies can be found at Heartslabyul (with Trey) or the Mostro Lounge (with Lydia), so feel free to ask them for one the next time you see them ♡
Thank you! ♡
#[—✦ reblogs#-✧ lovely writing#(🐑) lydia#(💜) yuusha#(💝) yuuna#(💕) visitors#(🍙) mayu#(💔) astrid#(⛅) fayrouz#(🐰) oz#-✦—]#i WNAT TO DRAW THE COOKEIISJSJS#TREYDIA ILY#THEY’RE SO CUTE#i love how cater took a photo of them 😭#SUCH a cute bonus to the gift boxes#it’d be such a shame to eat everything ;;;#it’s also hilarious it’s thanks to the octatrio + cater that treydia knows Everything about everyone
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"I Just Want To Dance With You" is an Queer Country Anathem hello?????
#day musings#I don't care what other lovers do??? Big Ace Energy#Heart like mine#If that aint coded by a queer#also slow dancing is inherently gay im sorry#I also just find the song incredibly romantic and it does make me want to dance with my partner#So#o damn that urge just grabbed me#Aw man#anyways gay country music my beloved#Okay one last thought#Kinda like Sleeping at Last's Saturn#I loove the connotation#That dancing was invented for that moment#For this specific person to dance with their love#Love love love that#Thinking about that medivel group yearn post#That post just like me fr
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"rhaenys could have ended the war by dracarysing all the greens right there" yes because a distant relation to the throne deciding to barbecue an anointed and publicly positively hailed king and his entire family who is well loved within the city and in multiple other parts of the country for the sake of the succession of a far-away princess no one was ever on board with who hasn't been seen by the populace in literal years, her psycho husband, her three obvious bastards, and two toddlers from the psycho husband would go over super well with westeros and especially in king's landing where scores of the still-cheering population were killed for no reason by that same dragon who would do the barbecuing, because when targaryens act unilaterally without thinking of how the people would react there's never any problem, which is why the storming of the dragonpit and robert's rebellion were actually just collective delusions dreamed up by readers who hate rhaenyra and not key parts of the story and house targaryen's history that directly contributed to their demise and are intrinsic to the plot
truly team black stans are made up of only the most genius and media literate amongst us
#personal#house of the dragon#anti team black#i mean i guess??#like the crowd was cheering for aegon HARD#and they were always on board with aegon#and the hightowers are a powerful house with a lot of allies#and alicent and helaena specifically were well loved by the people in king's landing and the realm at large#and none of them ever liked rhaenyra or daemon who again have been MIA for basically a decade already#and again targaryens overreaching their power and not taking the people into account#is the reason why their house fell into oblivion and now rests entirely on a FIFTEEN YEAR OLD GIRL WHO IS THE ONLY ONE LEFT#if she roasted the dais the mob wouldn't have even let her leave they'd have killed her and meleys both in a heartbeat#storming of the dragonpit but a couple months earlier#the thing to remember is that i think a lot of team black stans are just kinda stupid#and do not care about the story at all or the actual intricacies of the world and its politics that is so important to the dance#(remember the rumors of rhaenyra mistreating helaena and alicent literally led to rhaenyra's death)#(because it led to the mobs and the storming of the dragonpit and the death of joffrey and her being driven out)#(and thus having to go to dragonstone where sunfyre got a little meal out of the whole debacle good for him)#(along with all of her ten million other shitty political decisions)#how do you profess to be pro-targaryen without even knowing targaryen history and where they erred and how that ended them#like *i* like the targaryens you guys have heard me talk about the conquerors all the livelong day#but i am also smart and i understand the world george created and the concept of repercussions#anyway yeah i am Annoyed at that new daemon clip (wow what a shock something annoyed me and had daemon in it)#(my least favorite character who could have foreseen this)
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yeah no that's an intentional sign that i condone real life incest. i also didn't write "in private" and "not in the presence of a minor" so that obviously means i support public indecency and child sexual abuse. you fucking idiot.
#i hit tag character limit and thought hm well i think two are enough to get the gist of it#but apparently not <3 glad to know this site is never living down the piss on the poor allegations#so yeah! flash news. you're fucking stupid. not just stupid you're a particularly nasty brand of stupid#where if someone doesn't dance around and uses the exact specific words you want you immediately jump to assume they're a horrible person#instead of using your human brain and compassion. you kinda suck! please grow and change as a person#answered asks#incest mention#biscia hater moment#but uh. as a reference for next time since you obviously don't know how to behave around normal human beings#yeah. you should always assume as a baseline that someone knows incest is fucking bad. peace and love
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I love you enstars choreographers I love you cosplayers who try to follow those dancers I love you people who love a thing so much you had to bring to life
#I'm like on the verge of tears mwah mwah mwah enstars I'm sorry I could never hate you#GODDDDDDD#Eccentric Party Night got me like!!!!!!#OUGHHHHH#I'm going insane all these people doing the dance like I started with Fallin in Love it's Wonderland cause the SPP got#IT GOT MEEEE#Like it's totally Ra*bits' sexy song and it SHOWSSSS GODDD#And then I just went down a 3 hour rabbit hole (no pun intended) of just dance covers#Y'know. As one does#I watch it and I just feel the need to MOOOOVE like I would learn to dance specifically for Enstars I'm not kidding#Rei. Rei in Eccentric Party Night. Truly amazing. Leader of the Oddballs for a reason#His cunty ass black boots too godbless Shu and whoever the irl person who designed them is#sweetmountainseeds#Ensemble stars#Enstars
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LMAO YELLING!!! this is from diana wynne jones to her editor—
Dear Miriam, I have been on the phone to Terry Pratchett who sent me a rough draft of a story which is going to be very good, but he is very anxious to know at what stage in the process he actually gets the money.
#lmaooooooooooooo#dwj tag#dw tag#not really discworld specific but still#i KNEW they either loved each other or hated each other#i really could see them disliking each other. jones was prickly and pratchett was principled#jones would have maybe hated pratchetts hard lines (they have similar ethics but jones is Prickly about nuance)#and pratchett might have thought jones wasnt... hm. was too old school? thats not quite right. idk how to explain it.#but i assume he simply Devoured the tough guide to fantasyland#jones couldnt have written monstrous regiment#and pratchett couldnt have written witch week#i just think that they each might have been skeptical at the things the other was irreverent about.#now realistically talent appreciates talent. theyre both writing ~fantasy that isnt quite fantasy#and theyre both like yo fuck genre#its just that jones sits inside the atmosphere and is drily devastating about it#and pratchett dances outside of it taking potshots#very different vibes#you can also very much feel--imo--dwjs pain in her writing. im not saying pratchett didnt have trauma but you cant feel his as much.#his anger is just as personal but its not as Hurt.#also you can tell pratchett is an only child from his books and that dwj had Hella Siblings#thats minor but important
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has anybody else thought about how jk could easily manage sofia's parts of slow dance or is it just me?
#jikook#bts#everybody is working to insert jk in who where i just don't see it (other than the seven parallels)#and not talking much about what i see as WAY more obvious nods most especially in rebirth#like jm sings about wanting to be worthy of someone - maybe someone who just became a huge SOLO global popstar?#and mentions 'real love' - what was the name of that chapter in the bangtan book again?#and the feminine pronouns not present it's just the nebulous 'you' that in jimin songs often stands in for 'army'#(and one very specific 'fan' who has said he is ALSO army)#it's the 'i wanna be with you'#the answer for jk's 'i am still' with its unspoken additional 'still with you' layer#and then we get slow dance and we're back to the nebulous 'you' - on an island he-#oh wait what was that about a pair that traveled to an island? and filmed some stuff there that we'll see soon? hm#the reason this set me off though is the lines about 'cancelling my plans' to live to 'the tempo of our favorite song'#the falling deep into lines etc etc#because we know what happens when those two get together - they lose track of time everything else fades away#it's why they haven't done lives. why 'you and me' are 'up all night' why jm knows that as soon as jk is around#his self-discipline will crack and he'll fall into the pattern he tried to head off by separating from jk while making face#and we *know* jimin wrote on this song#frankly if he *hadn't* gotten a female feature everybody would be JUMPING on this song as a jikook anthem#the inclusion of sofia works perfectly - like hammering the pin back in a grenade#but i was reading those lines and thinking how high she went and going who else could sing this ...?#huh. who do we know of who can sing *anything*? and who has a range that can hit and blend with jimin's perfectly?#so. i dunno. y'all do your delulu the way that works for you and i will do my delulu my way lol#personally i think the eyes in the mv look like a screenshot from the love wins all mv but that's only me#i think the parallels with seven work more#and speaking of parallels (there are so many) i think this album was built to ensure jm is on equal footing with a certain someone#it's the commerciality of it - as though jm was like we will be together in this as well#when he seems not to be super interested in global domination but still 'special' enough to be on the same level with his love
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We ought to write more Pokemon fic some time. We want to recreate the Pokemon Manners/Human Manners cheat sheet that we made a few years ago we think that this site would like the Sliding Scale Of Politeness When Greeting A New Pokemon You've Never Met Before.
#we speak#writing#we grew up with pmd games and we feel like the way that pmd pokemon's dialogue tends to be excessively... direct?#should be a feature and not a bug when any pokemon that you meet might be totally unfamiliar with your species and biology#it's probably very polite to start up front with some basic facts about yourself so they know how to act going forward#the very upfront feel to dialogue also very much helps with keeping the dialogue feel more... pokemon#people mock the series for weird npc dialogue a lot but we think that taking these things literally makes for more fun society building#it doesn't all have to fit with socially acceptable for our world we think. polite in our world isn't even consistent by household.#sometimes a polite interaction sounds like “hello! i'm poochyena! i like to chase people and bite!”#name and immediately socially useful information. now you know about the chasing people and biting so you don't assume it's rude#of course poochyena bites and chases people. it likes to do that. you can say you don't like that and it might stop doing that to You#but it will not stop biting and chasing people because that's what it likes to do and it will probably only befriend people okay with that#it makes a very specific dialogue feel that's very fun to do. we like how the pokemon world tends to treat any sort of like#disability or “weird” things as something that you just say out the gate and everyones like “oh okay”#and then treat that as Part Of Interactions going forwards. there are a surprising amount of parts of the pokemon manga#that are dedicated to working around a character's disability after one or all of their means of dealing with it get taken out#admittedly we aren't that caught up on newer content but we find the way that it tends to be just Accepted as very refreshing#making the dialogue this direct does also tend to make it read as more “childish” in english and particular because a lot of Maturity's jus#learning how to dance around what you're saying or phrase it in different ways to get your idea across differently#whereas here everything is just as direct as possible. “i don't like charmander”. “i like roasting berries”. “i want to dig things up”.#all pokemon dialogue tends to go towards being exceedingly simple and it makes for some very distinct writing#especially when you have to tackle complex situations with characters who probably dont employ that sort of vocabulary#though we personally enjoy doing this sort of stuff your mileage may vary ofc#we are biased towards this sort of thins because we find it MUCH more fun to build up what we're talking about from blocks#than to like. try and use more indirect wording that may lose things in translation#unfortunately this is not fun in irl conversation. everyone has to be on the same page and you need to use the same playbook to communicate#we REALLY wish people said what they meant though. we're really tired of being asked shit like “is this accessible”#when what they mean is “can you climb these stairs” a question which depends on the day our energy level and how things have been going#there are a lot of things we could say that would make us feel like some sort of anti sjw type guy and a lot of em boil down to just#"for the love of god dont dance around a Sensitive Topic just get to the point and ask us about it this just makes things harder for everyo
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