#I can’t wait to see how he becomes more insane over the season teehee

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3x12 “review” (aka whining)

Okay so 3x12! First the things I liked, so this doesn’t come off as a gigantic whining list of things I hated. (I feel kind of bad I didn’t do a 3x11 review because I actually really liked that one, but I guess I have more motivation to whine than anything else).

readmore for length and sanity.

So things I liked:

Luke and Jace interaction! Though the pacing was absolutely insane and I absolutely refuse to believe that the Clave has the infrastructure in place to take detailed barometric readings in the MIDDLE OF NOWHERE SIBERIA, so detailed that Jace can easily pinpoint exactly where the apartment was. Like I wouldn’t believe they have that kind of detail in rural Iowa, let alone a place that’s colder than balls.

That last point was all whining.The Morgenstern sword!! Y’all have NO idea how long I spent being mad that Valentine didn’t have it in the first two seasons. It now seems a bit odd to introduce it now considering Valentine didn’t in fact ever have it, but whatever. Also Clary being like “fuck Morgenstern weapons” was kind of funny considering her kindjals are waiting at home.

Magnus’ storyline. Though it’s kind of weird and rushed and confused, I’m just glad my man is getting some real focus on him as a person rather than a love interest or idk some overblown “son of Edom” thing.

Cain was, I admit, a really cool and interesting concept, and I already really like Pasha!! I hope he’s continuing to get better after his surgery. Don’t love as much how they’re mainlining Lilith as the Biggest Bad Ever and a Whole Evil B*tch (more on that lovely term of endearment later).

Mirek was really cool, kind of had to laugh at the “demon middle class.” Can’t help but wonder if the “status quo” thing was a deliberate political joke or not. Either way, Jonathan has never met a structure he doesn’t want to overthrow. Does the Clave spark joy? Apparently not.

MELIORN IS BACK!!!!! And wants a threesome, apparently.

Jonathan peevishly being like “I forgive you for trying to kill me, btw” and Clary just rolling her eyes and ignoring him.

Jonathan’s fucking GAAAY. (Or bi. pan. whatever. You do you. All I’m saying is THIS BITCH RAINBOW). I do not care what the intention was, that’s what I’m choosing to get out of it.

Things I didn’t like:

the plot of this episode is pretty much enough material for an entire season. They compressed it so much people are calling it a filler episode. Jace and Luke figure out the secret of the apartment (which is untraceable), go to Siberia, figure out Jonathan is alive, find Clary and rescue her and that’s only about 15 minutes of footage overall. That could be spread out over 15 episodes.

On the Simon side: they find the first fucking vampire, become his new bestie, get the only thing in the world that could rid him of the mark without any sort of price or even really having to ask, they get back into Faerie without any problems, Meliorn takes them right to the Queen despite knowing Simon has a weapon of death on his face, she agrees without argument to unmark him not even knowing if he’ll explode or what, the mark is off in about 14 seconds, the FUCKING DRUG PLOTLINE IS BACK AG A. I N. And then rose petals. That could have been the entire SEASON.

No Maia. (I know she’s in the next ep I just want to complain).

It’s also weird because it seems like Malec is progressing on normal time and the other two story strands are progressing on some extreme kind of fast-forward. It gives you all kinds of whiplash. If there was any kind of thematic overlap or even an attempt to connect the strands thematically it might work to ground the other storylines but it. Does not.

I hate that the apartment is Lilith’s and not Valentine’s, and that apparently it can only go to a few select spots now. NOT. THE. POINT. Point = missed.

And onto the things that bothered me the most: the whole treatment of Jonathan and Clary, and the Sizzy. For which I need an entire section to bitch.

Jonathan and Clary: why god have you abandoned me

* Ok so honestly, I had to go and check to see who wrote 3x11 and 3x12, because  it had to be different people. 3x11 was by Todd and Darren, and 3x12 was by Alex Schemmer. Schemmer has only written one other episode in 3a (3x03), which explains to me why he seems to have missed a fair bit of lore. To me, the huge difference between 3x11 and 12, which basically deal with the same plot line (Clary kidnapped by Jonathan, wary of him, trying to escape) but in hugely different ways and different focus.

In 3x11, the focus is all on Clary. Her initial confusion, her fear, anger, the attempt to escape, the attempt to kill Jonathan. All shot from her point of view. She takes more action than he does—she runs away, she grabs the knife, she stabs him. He is mostly reacting to her, running after her, offering her soup and tea and trying to win her over. Even when he does talk, the scenes where he talks about himself are brief and she shares equal part in the conversation.

This makes sense, as she is the main character.

In 3x12, everything is about Jonathan. From the first shot everything is about him, the camera focusing on him even when Clary is the focus of the scene (i.e., when she’s finding new clothes—and was a shirtless scene necessary? Like we get it, you nearly killed poor Luke in a gym somewhere, thanks for the update). Every time he and Clary talk, it’s just him talking at her. “I forgive you for killing me.” Telling her she’s good at art. Telling her there’s an Institute nearby. Telling her he likes art. She can barely get a word in edgewise from the get-go, and it only gets worse on the hot chocolate “date.”

He says the whole point is to get to know each other better, but he LITERALLY talks about himself the whole time. Clary barely even reacts, just makes eyes at a phone. He doesn’t even seem to notice she’s not listening. Like guys, this is every bad tinder date ever. Then they go to to the antiques store, and even then she’s shuffled off—shoo! Get out of the scene!! Even the French guy interrupts her at every turn and she gets shuffled off like a sack of potatoes *again*.

Like don’t tell me Clary couldn’t kick his ass and then explain things to him when he’s pinned to the ground. It would be faster, safer, and if Jonathan shows up again she can be like “ohh he was threatening us!! Look, I beat him up to keep us safe!” and Jonathan would buy it hook, line, and sinker. Since killing people in broad daylight is ok, clearly the show isn’t worried about the realism of fighting in the streets.

And then she’s shuffled off AGAIN, and although the show clearly understands that being kidnapped and controlled by your dangerously unhappy brother who seriously has the creepy hots for you is a pretty freakin SCARY situation, it still shows all this from Jonathan’s point of view, teasing the “romance” of it all and giving us hehe teehee little slips of it (like the shirtless scene). And then when she finally is able to break free and actually do something, he yells “BITCH” at her and runs off, and she falls into Jace’s arms, completely forgetting to act like a real human being.

The reason why 3x11 works so much more for me is that Clary is at least an equal partner, and is given space to react and actually do things; in 3x12 they seem to take any excuse to bundle her off, keep her out of frame, mute her reactions. Jonathan and his feelings take center stage and suddenly Clary is a side character in her own story. 3x11 is more compelling because Jonathan is legitimately trying to win her over, trying to connect with her, personally. It’s obvious he cares about her opinions as a person and her as a person—you couldn’t replace her with a cardboard cutout and the scene would read the same. They actually interact. In 3x12 he’s just ranting at her about himself while she sits there. On no narrative level is there any sort of connection or interaction.

Like imagine the situation differently. They’re in art store, because lbr the real museums prolly wouldn’t let them shoot there, and Clary is talking to Jonathan about her favorite prints and artists. He’s listening, maybe a little too intently, maybe talks about a piece he likes and what it means to him. She looks unnerved. As they talk, the camera follows her gaze, and we realize she is trying to find someone’s phone to take it. She’s pretending, of course, but there is something charming about Paris. Jonathan keeps offering to buy her souvenirs, very awkwardly, trying to find something to please her. She picks something to make him happy. He returns from the register just before she can make a grab for someone’s phone and bolt for the door. He suggests they go to the cafe across the square. We cut to where they’re sitting down, she’s tearing into a croissant. Jonathan is wearing a “I <3 PARIS” cap, which is a bit jarring and distracting. Clary tells him it looks silly and he takes it off. He mentions in a forcedly offhand way that this is where he met Sebastian Verlac, and seeing her expression, quickly adds that he knows what he did is wrong. She says something along the lines of “do you, tho” and he launches into his monologue. She tells him that she liked Sebastian Verlac, even though she never met the real him. He looks happy at first, then seems to understand what she means, and his expression darkens. He tells her that that’s exactly what Valentine said she would say—that she likes Sebastian, not him. She looks disturbed at the mention of Valentine, and he takes the opportunity to tell her the whole thing about not wanting to hurt anyone and the whole thing being about killing Valentine.

And yada yada yada you get the idea.

Honestly the whole rescue felt very contrived—how convenient Clary has been posthumously pardoned one day before her rescue! And then Jonathan calling her a bitch—haha no thanks. The entitlement is uhh Not Great.

Anyway tldr @ Alex schemmer Clary is not a sofa pls give her some human emotion pls and thanks

Sizzy: why god have you abandoned me, the sequel

Honestly writing that entire wall of text wiped me out but ill try

The drug arc is the bane of my existence

Im so tired

I thought we’d be done in season 2 yet here we are at the end. Drug arc: 1. Actual character development: 0.

Why is this the ONLY plot line the show can remember or keep running for more than 2 episodes. WHY

Why does she even like Simon. They never interact. They don’t even know each other. Everything is just an excuse to get them together. it’s forced and leaden.

Playing her and Raph off as badwrong and her and Simon as rose petal romantic is weird af dude. Izzy has just been the tail end of male characters’ storylines for so long and I’m tired.

If they’d played it off as a sacrifice on her part I might be less mad, like paint her as a hero but it just felt like this was expected of her. It was romantic because there was nothing else to do and OF COURSE she couldn’t refuse!!! Please be realistic, she’s a woman. Think of herself even a little? Impossible!

Never mind she could have easily used her medical training to open a larger artery, pour the blood into his mouth, and iratze herself as soon as Simon was cogent enough to be out of danger. He was already woken up enough to drink the blood she poured from her hand. No biting/venom necessary. Lmao.

Stop treating Izzy like shit just to force a romantic storyline seriously lmao

Aaaaanyway lol that was like 20000000 words but those are my thoughts if you made it to the end you deserve a trophy or smth

[yatsuhara-mizuka-almira]

That Love Comes {Chapter. 1} ||SLBP School AU

Rating: General Games: Samurai Love Ballad Party. Title Chapters: The Beginning. Post Date: 31 July 2017 Author’s note: Sorry for the long wait and my bad English in this story DX. Hope you like it ~ ! ^_^

You can see the Prologue {Here}

“No! Wait! Don’t go!”

Stimultaneous with the snapping, I opened my eyes and sat up on the bed, breathing heavily. I blinked a few times and noticed that a cold tears sliding down to my cheeks. I swept away the tears before I gave a heavy sigh, realizing that it was just a dream. Though, that dream is feel so real. I look down to my hand as I remember the man in my dream.

(That man… Who is he? Why I get the feeling that he was very important to me…)

Later, I heard the sound of beeping from somewhere. I turned around and realized that was alarm from my smartphone. I swipe it off and get myself out of the bed, and start getting ready.

“Well, let’s get to it…” I sighed as get up from the bed.

Once I finished getting ready and ate breakfast with my mom and my little brother, Yahiko. I bit them farewell and went to school after then. As I step out from my home, the Spring breeze greeted me. The pink petals danced in the air as the wind stirred the trees branches and falling on the ground.

When I was a little, my late father told me that he loves this season. He love the meaning of life behind them. It defined as the season of the new begining and it never fails give him a new outlook of life. That was my father told me. A faint smile escape from my lips as I remembering his words.

(Finally spring has arrived again, Father.)

I thought as look up to the blue sky.

On my way to the school, I happen to see a group of deliquent bullying an elementary school boy. The boy sprawled on the ground, his face streaked with tears. I feel an anger building up inside me and without a second thought, I step out between them and that boy. I spread my arms to the side to protect him.

“Hey! What do you think you’re doing?! Bullying a child like that, are you insane?!��

“Tch! What’s up with this chick?!” one of deliquent hissed as I retorted that to them but his friend stopped him and walking to me with lecherous grin.

He grab suddenly my chin and bring my face to look his digusting face “Aren’t you cutie one~ Hey, why don’t you ditch your school and come with us~”

“I refuse!” I harshly smack his hand away from me.

When I start yelling at him, the others passerby start to looking at our way. The deliquent stares at me for a moment, wide-eyed and finally they burst into laugh. My anger seems to have done the exact opposite of what I want to. The more get angry I am, the more get excited they are.

“Ohh, you’re even cuter when you’re angry, you know that~?” he grinned disgustingly and reached his hand to grab my arms.

And before he could grab my arms someone grabs his wrist first from behind “Hands off, you bastard!”

I look up and then I found Inuchiyo behind of them. He grabbing the deliquent wrist. His face growled in anger as he look at them. I stare at him wide-eyed, startled.

“Inuchiyo!”

Inuchiyo wrenches the deliquent’s arms behind his back and flipping him spectacularly into the dirt. Watching one of his friend get hold up, the other deliquent starts to get his shoes and try to attack Inuchiyo.

However, a sound of claps hands suddenly interrupt them, make them stop. I turns to the source of sound and found a highschooler boy walking towards us while smiling. He was wearing the uniform from our school. His hazelnut hairs slightly swayed becuse of the wind as he walking towards us.

“You there, you need to stop it, before you got into trouble, you know.” the boy said while smiling. Then, his smile vanished and sends a glare with his hazelnut eyes at the deliquent which made them shivers. He pull out his phone and wave it side to side “… Ah, or should I called the police for you?” he said menacingly to the deliquent.

“Tch! Come on let’s go!”

Feeling that they can’t win againts him, the deliquent scrambles out from there. A clap and cheers came out from the passerby as they watched us. I let out a breath of relief and spunned around to the crying boy and offer my hand to him.

“Are you hurt?”

“I-I’m fine.” he nodded as I ask him that if he’s fine. Then he stand up and smiled to me and the other “Thank you for saving me! nee-chan, nii-chan~! You’re my hero! ”

I giggled and give him a little pat on his head “Please, be careful next time, okay?”

“Un!” the boy nodded happily.

After the boy left, Inuchiyo eyesbrows frowned as I turn at him. He suddenly grab my shoulders, I can see he was worried about me “Are you stupid or something?! Why are you trying picking a fight with them?! What will happen if I was not there?!”

“I’m sorry but I can’t stand them bullying a kid like that.” I gave him an apologizetic look and then smiles at him “But, thank you for saving me Inuchiyo!”

His eyes widen slightly and then turned away from me, scratches his head “W-well, it’s my job as your childhood friend!”

Inuchiyo is my childhood friend, he has always cared for me like a dependable brother. We’re grew up together since our house is adjacent. Even though he sometime made me angry, but I’m really happy he always be there for me.

Then, I heard a sniffle of laughter escape from the highschooler boy that help us stops the deliquent “It’s my first time to see you so worked up like that, puppy!”

He glared at him “Shut up, you monkey!”

“Do you knew each other?” I asked as look at them both.

“Ah, that’s right! My name Toyotomi Hideyoshi, a third year. Nice to meet you!” He winked at me.

“Ah, nice to meet you too, my name is--” before I could introduce myself, Hideyoshi cut me off.

“I know, your name is _____, right?” his smile softened.

(How did he know my name? We never met each other before.)

I tilted my head, quizzcally.

Before I could ask him where he knew my name, Hideyoshi added “Inuchiyo always tell me about you and how much he said that lov--”

"OI! You idiot!" Inuchiyo quickly shut Hideyoshi's mouth before he could continue, there's a hint of blush on Inuchiyo's cheeks.

"Haha! I'm kidding!" He laughed “Hey, since we’re here, Let’s go to school together!” Hideyoshi suggest with a bright smile on his face.

“No, definitely not!” Inuchiyo exclaimed.

“Oh, don’t be like that! Come on. Let’s go puppy!” Hideyoshi hummed as he dragged Inuchiyo by colar.

“Don’t call me puppy! Oi! Damnit! let go of me monkey!”

(They seems get along together.)

I can’t help help but gigled as I watched them together. It’s the first time to see Inuchiyo make that expression to someone other than me. Everyone said he was scary and hot tempered. Many people thought it’s be better to stay away from him. However, watching Inuchiyo getting along with him, somehow it’s made me happy. 

“Oi ___! What are you doing? Come on, Let’s go!” Hideyoshi call out to me.

“Coming!“

With a happy feeling, I walking with them together to the school.

“____!!“

When we get to school, I hearda pitch voice suddenly called my name. Before I could spun around they leaped on me from the side, made me almost fall to the ground. I turn to that person and find a girl with ponytail smiling brightly in there.

“Umeko! You’re startled me!”

Umeko was my close friend at  the school. She was very cheerfull and kind girl. We’ve been stick around together at the school.

“Teehee~ Sorry, Sorry!“ she grined happily at me.

“What this? You seemed very happy today.”

“Hehe! You knew?” she beaming with smile. Then, she beckons me to come closer to her “To tell the truth, I just get a boyfriend!” she whispered.

My eyes sparkles to be told by her that. I claps her hand and jump happily with her “Really?! I’m so glad for you!”

“Thank you!!”

“Haa… You girls sure are so louds.” Inuchiyo suddenly grumbled.

“Don’t be like that, Inuchiyo. I thought it was cute though.” Hideyoshi added then he sighed “Now, I’m understand that why many girl is being afraid of you.”

“Wha-?!” Inuchiyo snapped but being cut off with Umeko surprise voice. 

“Hi-Hideyoshi-senpai?!” startled by Hideyoshi presence, Umeko her eyes widen in surprise, and start to fumbles over her words.

Noticing Umeko looking at him, he greeted her “Good Morning!” Hideyoshi smiled to Umeko, leaving her face become red.

As if realized something, Umeko suddenly turn back at me and then pulled me away and distancing ourselves from him “____! Do you came together with Hideyoshi-senpai?!”

“Huh? Yes, we accidentally met on the way here and decided to came to school together. Why?”

“That’s—!”

When Umeko trying to answer, suddenly a bunch of high pitch voice echoed at the school yard, which made us startled. As I twist around, Hideyoshi is already surrounding by a bunch of the girls. Meanwhile, Inuchiyo who beside him a while ago, is not found in everywhere. Umeko sighed and point at their directions.

“You see, this is the reason. He was very popular with the girls, you know that.” she mumbled and then continue “Aaah… I’m jealous of you. I wish I could came with him together!”

“You don’t need to be jealous of me.” I sweatdroped as I see the crowd of girls surrounding him and turned at her “But, why you are so jealous though? You already have a boyfriend, you know.”

“Ugh! You don’t understand! THAT matter and THIS matter it’s different!” she grumbled.

(Well, I’m sorry, but I can’t see the diference though.)

“That damn Hideyoshi! Why I should be the one who always get through of this when I’m with him!” Inuchiyo suddenly appears, his hair is messes up and I can see a several foot printed on his uniform.

“Pfft! Inuchiyo what the hell happen to you?!” I manage to says as I and Umeko trying to hold back to laugh because how the mess he’s look.

“Don’t laugh! It’s his fault!” he send us a glare “Goddammit! I definitely will kill him!”

“Now, now. Come on, let's forget about that now. You need to clean up or we’ll be late for the opening ceremony otherwise.” you tap his shoulder, trying to calm him down.

After that, the sound of the school bell rang through the ground signaling the school is starting. At that time I never knew, I will meet with him.

Again.

{Prologue} || {Chapter 2}

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