#I could just talk abt this quote all day but not for the same reasons I always see it talked about š
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now I Know I've said this before but what I think is so interesting about that quote about paul waking up from gay dreams is that it isn't the full quote. the full quote goes:
"[...] Itās probably an accident, but also what I like about that is the inner content, that I have no idea what my dreams are about. Iāve no idea, yet theyāre every bit as real as sitting here with you. But my interior world, I think itās not a bad idea to try and tap it."
My view is that these things are there whether you want them or not, in your interior. You donāt call up dreams, they happen, often the exact opposite of what you want. You can be heterosexual and be having a homosexual dream and wake up, and think, 'Shit, am I gay?' I like that you donāt have control over it. But there is some control ā it is you dreaming, it is your mind itās all happening in. In a way my equation would be that my computer is fully loaded by now. Maybe in younger people thereās a little bit of loading to go, but mineās loaded pretty much, so what I try and do is allow it to print out unbeknown to me. And Iām interested to hear what itās got in there."
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but I just find it interesting bc this quote is often used to point to like. how "stupid"/"clueless" he is about his own sexuality. which I mean I Get on the surface it's a very funny thing for an allegedly straight man to be saying
to me though it's infinitely more fascinating that he says several times over that it is him. he's talking about how dreaming is just as real as reality, how you do still have control in your dreams and it's YOU that came up with those things, and how he's interested in seeing what come out in dreams/songs/paintings that's fully loaded in his brain without conscious thought
there's never even a denial moment here like. he could've easily followed up from that with "'Shit, am I gay?' But then you remember it's just a dream, of course you're not actually gay-" or whatever. instead he just follows it up by saying "nah but it is me dreaming so it's still a reflection of me and my thoughts š¤·āāļø" which is like. so much more self-aware than people give him credit for.
#I could just talk abt this quote all day but not for the same reasons I always see it talked about š#bc to me it reads as him saying yeah I have gay dreams/thoughts.... and they're a part of me and I want to see how those play out!#rather than. haha I'm a silly straight person who has silly gay dreams sometimes
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anyways heres some misc jamba cult info from the japanese version of star allies the official translation removed/changed the meaning of i found a couple days back (fan translations can be found here)
-this is implied but misworded in english, the jamba cult worships dark matter rather than be masters of it (this is prob why gooey gets positive nickname privileges from zan on twitter)
-the magic n science ancients old relationship prior to the magic clans ban is explicitly positive in japanese
-english hyness says magic overcame science n reached prosperity, japanese says science n magic could only reach prosperity when together
-for wtv reason, english replaced one of the mentions of the "book of legends" (the book abt void hyness has) w talking abt ambiguous ancient scrolls instead...?
-theres some references to a paradise void will destroy in the japanese screens w that one cult prayer that were cut from english (the second n fourth ones specifically iirc), the sisters guest star screens make references to paradise as well, make of that what you will regarding the religious side of the cult
-most if not all instances of void being called dark lord r used to censor out void being called god/god of destruction in the original version
-pon & cons japanese title (a-un guardian beasts) is a reference to a buddhist concept of beginning n ending, the pause screen states they surrendered to the enemy n thats why theyre doing guard work there, rather than they became cultists off screen between games like one might assume
-japanese hyness uses ~ when talking a lot, while most ppl associate that w a character having a sweet cute voice tone, for him it likely just indicates he tends to drag out the end of words a lot
-fully removed from english, hyness has a complex abt his face, which is why its so well covered
-zans second boss screen in english credits her loyalty to hyness' intoxicating charisma n her sense of duty, while japanese later does canonize she has a strong sense of duty in a different screen, it instead says for the second boss she feels indebted he took her in n is also "enamoured" by his charisma n "admires him from within the heart", quoting the used wording bc i think shes both adorable n so deeply worrisome
-weve all heard the english translation censored zan being heavily implied to have attempted suicide n being saved by hyness after it fails (succeeds?) after shes struck by lightning n nearly dies/gets bought back by him.wtv take on hyness saving the mages you prefer
-zan is never called the eldest of the sisters in the original, just the chief of the trio
-hyness misremembers zans name as zan paruru, a pun on the japanese word for forgotten (wasuraruru), that same pun is used for her boss themes title
-one of zans attacks in japanese is named after the "thunder candies" (type of wagashi) found in kaminarimon, where a statue of the shinto thunder god raijin is found, zans drums used during that same attack r literally based on raijins own drums
-zans first boss screen claims she toys w her enemies through her quick attacks rather than render them helpless like prey.just mentioning bc thats silly n has a slightly new show of her personality that line up w her depiction on the official twitter in a way
-flamberge wasnt taking a break in her second boss fight she was just slacking off n picked a nice star/planet on purpose for that.thats funny of her so its justified
-flamberge calls francisca kiss-chan in japanese, this is the same nickname zan gives her in japanese thats officially translated as franny
-this isnt mentioned in the documents but im bringing it up bc its funny.that part of HIAD where francisca calls flamberge "miss flamberge" was just flamberge-san in jp, -san is just a polite honorific to use that isnt immediately translated to miss/mister, specially if the characters know each other.why did they make it that lmao
-japanese explicitly says too much heat might straight up make francisca melt (english also implies that tbf)
-francisca dislikes "pointless murder", but is fine freezing ppl n keeping them for her collection if she deems them an enemy
-hyness' japanese title can be read as both mage priest n devil priest
-the sisters titles all have a reoccurring use of ice blossom, hellfire n thunder fang respectively, n theyre called the demon generals instead of mage sisters
-HIAD hyness' title fell priest has a reference to fallen angels.i feel thats giving pre corruption hyness too much personality credit but alright
-void is refered to both as devil n angel in different forms titles.this is awesome
-theres a kanji for hope thats associated w the jamba cult throughout the whole game
-the japanese guest star screens for the mages say theyre no longer praying n r seeking a new paradise together, for whatever reason, english completely removes the no longer praying part, completely losing the meaning of the sentence n development the sisters have (interestingly, hyness is mentioned in those n still called their master, n zans description straight up states she wants him to watch her triumph (translated officially as her wanting to make him proud), so its not actually explained if they disbanded the cult or theyre just.some kind of normal religion now? but theyre atleast touching grass now)
todays conclusion is the KSA translators just hate us š check the linked fan translation for more examples of that
#analiceoriginal.txt#i avoided anything regarding if theyre family or not bc kumazaki openly stated in the artbook final interview section#its intended as ambiguous.personally tho im a sucker for dysfunctional family stories lmao#as a bonus ! same interview he mentions they were originally gonna be animated weapons that would die at the end#but that was written out bc it made him too sad#jealous he let MY favorite live n yours not hmmm? smug smug#sorry abt the random pon n con bit btw thought itd be interesting to mention bc of the religious title#n the clarification they dont go there#KSA was fucked over by equal amounts of irresponsible translation lack of text interpretation skills#n priority of censorship (both for religious n violence reasons)
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on that note had also been thinking about the hilarious classic maneuver of taking things i go "smh always doing that weird/wrong" & instead putting it in the context of like oh i dunno my life experiences. like going "smh once again in one millisecond i noticed something was about to fall & just sort of Tensed instead of instantly going to catch it & in the next milliseconds hash out like 'oh but could i catch it. oh but now it's in progress am i too late' etc" but like well hang on. first of all the Tense Up / Brace For Impact approach can have its strengths too. second of all like why just kick myself when Of Course the vastly more frequent & relevant experiences of having to stifle reactions & tense up to Brace For Impact / Weather The Situation means that's the standard approach. sure tends to be the case that like "okay test your reflex time :)" type things when i Know It's Coming, i.e. preemptively Tense Up, i turn out quite slow. throwback to a true classic [my roommate that said my cat was performative while their cat did things out of true emotion] at my doctor's appointment at like age thirteen when the ol Knee Bonk Reflex Test would make me Tense/Seize That Knee Up and Then kick. and then afterwards my "big fan of unprompted criticisms / declarations about your internal experiences or true intentions" mom was like you were faking those reflexes. i'm like well i wasn't. she was like yes you were. consider the camera jimmed
secondly i was also thinking like, always been the case that when Talking, often even if in writing format, i can't really avoid mirroring the characteristics of the other person's Style / Patterns lol. was thinking about it in my Relative ease of adopting pronunciations for different language's phonemes when it's like, i guess i do have experience in Doing Voices not b/c i really often Did Voices (sometimes lol, as like, direct quotes or whatever. echoing....) but b/c like i'll just be picking up all kinds of mannerisms / tendencies / ways of speaking, including accents slightly (my default accent being disney channel) not b/c i'm messing with anyone or trying to do anything, in fact trying Not to do this is generally unsuccessfully & This Is What Happens Naturally & always has & it's like yknow what i think it might have to do with the fact that i don't think Talking in general is oh so "natural" for me / a matter of "just being myself" (things virtually never are lol) like. i think that time i had that friend in second grade where i'm like ummm i'm not sure we spoke the same language b/c i'm not sure we spoke hardly ever? but we had fun & played & amused ourselves etc til the teacher as usual went Biggest Time Sicko Mode on our "not paying attention" like nobody else's got & then didn't give a fuck abt "intervening" again when we didn't feel like we were Allowed(tm) to interact at all. & like i'm pretty sure i'd be "supposed" to feel like omg we don't talk (almost) at all?? that's SO weirrrd i remember that soooo welllll
and when i Do talk most "naturally" / "just being myself" it's all at once, wordy, and Theatrical, and even then. i did it some the other day and was Sweating, literally, less so figuratively but it does still feel demanding, and of course even when it doesn't Feel thusly, doing a Lot a lot of verbalizing can really still be draining to Taxing. and i've noticed better like yeah sometimes i'm markedly struggling to speak when i'm already extra wearied. and another thing i put into context better was like "when i'm being put tf through it why do i tend to cry through interactions. b/c i'm being a PUSSY????" like lol just on principle was like okay well who cares, i'm sure you, by which i mean i, have my reasons b/c so too would i think someone else does, like. and i remember like, i tend to Not "directly" cry of stress or sadness virtually ever. while i Do tend to be simply keeping that shit contained but Exactly When i have to try to speak? is when i happen to start crying. hmm. Hmmmm. talking Always this performance that i may often not be up for. similar to [personal visual style / Look / clothes] like my default is "basic outfit i'd want to wear every day" & my ideal is "i do not want to be perceived" & (this &) everything else is performance / drag to me, Would That that always be on my terms
another banger is my till oh so recently kicking myself like "aah [pathologization time] i'm sooo slow to be at ease / comfortable around people even when they're surely being nice, what a hassle for others" like well it can be viewed as a hassle for me but it's also like, wait, i end up having stayed uncomfortable around people who weren't being That nice by putting in That much [any effort from any Consideration] and often turn out like. ultimately not that Safe. and i look at "oh right yeah and also i sure Can be like instantly quite comfortable / at ease around people, including people i literally just met. so" &/or my not being at ease either is still way less of a deal than having to literally/figuratively sweat it while i'd feel so much more Okay avoiding detection much less interaction
#speaking of b/c like ''um just talk to someone'' There May Not Be Any ''Just'' Abt Any Mode Of Communication#ableism everywhere? lack of consideration? there's no ''Just'' being in public or around Anyone or in Any kind of interaction??#shit about the ''''work'''' of Hard(tm) Conversations With Friends like that's oh you know; literally personal. it Needs Specific Context#saying contextless shit about ''ohh nobody wants to Work for marriages i mean dating i mean family i mean friendships anymoreee''#like that is Meaninglessly vague & removed from context as mentioned#& my god will that result in the Sample Provided: Ambient Ableism / Abuse Culture#these godforsaken Pathologized [experiences of abuse] [experiences of being disabled] havers Ruining My Life / being bad people....#anyway as always. i will talk A Ton more than most are willing to process much less acknowledge. i will also Not Talk more than most#will tolerate either. ppl think I Never Talk or that b/c i'm not talking hardly ever this is the only way that i can be. lol#other things ''parent who makes things up about you And loves to drop unsolicited criticisms / boundary issues'' like a favorite one#was that when i was learning to write i ''drew'' letters initially. as opposed to doing True Writing. like#also of course that i was always ''shy'' vs keeping to myself / not liking 'Unstructured' Play b/c like#yeah no shit i know there's Secret Structures/Rules i don't do ''right.'' i know it's not safe to just do whatever around adults or peers.#yes even when the peers are three or four. learning shit speedrun From Birth; old enough to ostracize & reproduce ''norms'' no prob lol
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gosh.. omi.. jisung brainrots r so real.. on my way home i was thinking abt this one comment i saw on tiktok about him? and it was something about how Jisung admitted to crushing on people easily..? not sure if thats true!! but! ill pretend it is!!
WHICH HAD ME THINKING. jisung reads webtoon & watches a bit of anime.. and we all know anime openings r SO GOOD. SO SO GOOD. and one day hes watching this show, and when he hears the opening hes like š¤š¤©. So of course he adds it to his playlist.. a few days later he finds himself listening to the whole discography.. which leads him into googling the artist. (spoiler alert: its u!)
a few days later, he decides to go live.. while reading the comments he gets asked for a song recommendation. and hes like.. āactually iāve been listening to these songs often..ā and he ends up just going on a little rant abt the readers songs ><
his fans find that he has nearly every single song the reader made added to his playlist.. a certified stan!
one day mark and him were at the gym, and mark could heard jisungs music blasting out of his headphones. so naturally mark asks about it, googles the artists name and teases him. āoooh you guys are the same ageā
āstop being weird..ā
a week or two later nctdream has been invited to an event with many other artists in japan. and as they prep for it, mark realizes that jisungs lil celebrity crush (you) was performing the day before their performance. mark lets jisung know about this, and jisung goes, š²š²š¤©š¤©š¤©.
when they all arrive at japan, jisung immediately asks the staff to visit the venue the day before their performance; in hopes of witnessing his favorite songs (and you..) live. once he gets the OK he couldnt be more excited. purchases VIP tickets and makes sure hes able to arrive so he can stay by the barricades.
Finally, the day comes and when you step on the stage he instantly becomes enamored. (u cant tell me idols never have idol crushes because who could resist any of them..) the singing, your stage presence, your charm is just irresistible to him. and he SWEARS he goes insane once you make eyecontact with him and wink. IDOLS ARE THE BEST! quoted by jisung himself.
after that event, he clearly gets why the audience goes insane every time an idol just breathes.
YOU! on the other hand are performing until a pretty masked face with dark blue hair catches your attention. all of a sudden ur stealing glances and approaching his section more often. after the performance theres a sendoff! and when jisung is face to face with u, he cant help but get all shy and nervous. he gets a selfie and your signature and best believe thats gonna be his wallpaper.
the day after, reader decides to spend their day off watching the other performances in the venue, and notices how theres a familiar, blue haired performer. jisung swears he sees a familiar silhouette in the crowd but believes his eyes are playing tricks on him..
though after the performance, he opens his phone to find you following him back on insta.
(extra!! reader finds little clips of jisung swooning over their music. very cute!!)
GRGRGRHRHR JISUNG BRAINROTS R INVADING ME RN.. gosh i love little tropes of mutual pinning and soft launching relationships. IDK WHY BUT EXPOSURE JUST DOES IT FOR ME! like yes talk abt me to ur friends!!!
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OMG YOU WENT CRAZY WITH THIS IMAGINE ITS SUCH A CUTE IDEA!!!
jisung getting all giddy about idol reader is so cute, and especially him buying vip and getting barricade 3: idols doing stuff that their fanbases usually do is just so funny to me like imagining him with a lightstick and a picket has me rolling on the floor LMAOOOO
THEN READER WATCHING HIM THE NEXT DAY AND FINDING OUT ABOUT HIM :( THEN FOLLOWING HIM AND STUFF :( ALL THOSE INTERACTIONS ARE SO SWEET
normally i'm not the biggest on idol reader for some reason, i have no idea why BUT THIS ONE IS JUST THE CUTEST
omg and yes you're so right about exposure, like if your partner isn't talking about you every second of the day are they really your partner ?!?!
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I hope I'm not overstepping - ignore me if so - but based on your post, those people sound like some shitty friends??
itās a teeny bit complicated. basically yes but theyāre not intentionally doing so? i think theyāre just used to me molding my life around them without question. itās very hard to explain w/o fully recounting college and explaining the dynamics of me w/in our team lol but iāll try
the 21st birthday thing was Bad. it was REALLY bad. one of my friends apologized for that one like a month later even tho it wasnāt really her fault (and the cake she got me was the best part of my birthday) so that was nice of her. half of it is on me bc im really bad at asking for stuff for myself (especially w birthdays and whatnot bc i have not had a good birthday since i was 11 and so i get weird and tetchy abt my birthday) and i have a tendency to just wait for people to like. realize what i want. and then get upset when they donāt. and im trying to be better abt that but also thereās this weird inherent guilt for me in trying to ask for what i want bc ive been talked over a Lot in this group. and outside of the birthday stuff also theyāre definitely not my favorite people anymore cuz they all live in the suburbs and have cars but refuse to like. remotely accommodate the fact that i donāt have a car lol. they donāt come into the city and i canāt reasonably make it into the suburbs (if it takes me 2.5hrs to get to your apartment iām just. not going unless itās your birthday.) so itās tough. i still invite them to the stuff i do but. shrug.
but also half of the 21st birthday stuff is on them bc . well what happened was instead of going out for my birthday like for some reason that wasnāt even on the table?? it was just assumed we wouldnāt go out even tho Everyone Elseās 21sts were spent in bars?? we watched a movie. but nobody could decide on a movie so i suggested ferris buellerās day off bc like big crowd pleaser and also literally my birthday only two guys were like ugh no. so instead somehow we ended up watching this horrific 80s movie that was just. an hour and a half straight of rape jokes. which for anyone is ugly and not fun but for me was like my personal hell. so i pretended i had laundry and snuck out the side door to cry in the street for the rest of the night. did a shot in the street w a more distant friend of mine who lived down the way even tho he had a 6am EMT shift the next day bc quote ānobody should turn 21 without doing birthday shotsā (he was like i would literally call an uber for us to go out Right Now if i didnāt have to go drive an ambulance in 7hrs). when i came back in they were like oh we thought you went to bed? (tbf that was from a guy im not actually friends w. the worst of the stuff was from him all around. but the vibe was the same across the board)
tldr they arenāt purposefully shitty and iāve gotta be better at communicating my wants/needs. but thereās a distinct distance nowadays that i donāt particularly feel like putting all the effort into closing when they arenāt putting it in either. especially w the other stuff where hanging out w them feels like . stagnancy. why does nobody want to make new friends. why do we just watch movies weāve all seen before over and over. why donāt we go do something new?
#sometimes u live w people for four years and theyāre your everything#and then you donāt and theyāre not. even tho you live in the same place#spent four years literally designing my life around accommodating them#w/o any reciprocation even on the rare occasion i asked for it#so now iām just like. pre-disappointed.#and i felt like i needed to say something abt my birthday ahead of time to get ppl to do#what weāve done for other birthdays. but now iām like actually i donāt really want to do anything w you guys. lol.
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13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 20. (enchantedchocolatebars)
hi!! i know its taken me a bit to answer this but here we go!!
(Here is the original ask game for those who want to see it or reblog it themselves. It is super fun!)
I have also already answered these questions as follows: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 16, 19, 20
To those questions that are duplicates, I'll substitute with unanswered ones so I can still get through the questions I haven't yet!
13.) Which season do you like best?
That's a tough question!! In hindsight I really enjoy S1 for the nostalgia factor just because of how much it meant to me and helped traverse me into the rabbit hole of this entire fandom- I will admit that it's not as plot driven as S2. However while I do think S2 is better than S1 in that aspect... I'm going to have to say S3 for right now. I know it's short, and my favorite season changes a lot but I think just how everything ended... It's not bad, it's got lumity, and it's super plot driven.
I do admit though Kings Tide and Clouds on The Horizon though!! If they were in S3 it'd easily tip S3 over into being by far the best but also I just forget about the chokehold Enchanting Grom Fright had too!!! S3 for now.
14.) Do you like aus? Any aus by someone else that are a favorite of yours? Do you have any of your own?
I love aus!! They're so fun to both write and read. I always find them interesting to see how others portray the characters and in what roles they play. Of course I almost always lean toward reading Lumity-centered fics because I love seeing those two fall in love.
It's giving "I will love you in every timeline" energy, and as someone whos favorite trope is reincarnated soulmates/lovers it checks out.
In terms to some of my favorite aus? I have a few I'll link below, but I have a few of my own that I've came up with (more so specifically my vampire one that was created out of sort of spite for not seeing something I wanted to see- I'll give a brief thing but in 2020 it was uncommon to find vampire toh fics where Amity was the vampire and not Luz. Me being me wanted to see if I could turn that idea into something and well.. Here I am.
When I get more aus done, I'll come back with more for that but here are some of my favorites and I highly recommend and LOVE to hear or have talks about them (no one ever talks about them with me and grrr!!! I love talking abt lumity fanfiction)
1.) learning how to be (with you by my side)- uniqueusernamegenerator [A COLLEGE LUMITY AU THAT I WILL NEVER SHUT UP ABOUT BECAUSE I ABSOLUTELY WILL NEVER SHUT UP ABOUT THIS FIC. READ THIS PLEASE ARGHHH!!!!! I AM BLASTING THIS AUTHOR WITH SO MUCH LOVE BECAUSE I LOVE THIS ONE SM.]
2.) I'll Catch You - Black_Cat_Autumn - [A soulmark band au where Luz and Amity have matching words but neither know apart from the fact that Luz wrote a song about hers in hopes to find her soulmate. Beautifully written!! I absolutely loved this when I read it, I cannot give it enough praise for having such a sweet ending. I literally devoured this fic in a day or so because I was so hooked. So invested. The ending!! I have the last little quote screenshotted in my phone somewhere because I love it sm!! This au was awesome.]
3.) all I've got is my heart (and pride) [Mechanic Luz, that also has an EXTREMELY amazing description of autisim and ADHD. I love the analogy that the author has about the bees. Everything about this fic was amazing and I guarentee that you will not be able to put it down once you start it. Everyone I show this fic to always tells me they literally stay up reading it. Everything about it, I love. INCLUDING the implication of NONBINARY LUZ!!!! My heart, this fic is awesome and not to be overlooked even if the summary isn't the best at capturing its contents <3]
15.) Favorite antagonist? Why?
AMITY!!! For many reasons but her character development shows a lot throughout the changes she goes through. Also Lilith for the same reason, but I wish we had more time to properly explore that growth because I love Lilith, but dear titan that arc was rushed.
Amity because while it MAY be an easy answer, her entire character changes, but not in the way that fits Luz but in a way that grows with her. Luz sees Amity for who she is and throughout her development we see her changing into finding her own voice and finding/being who she wants to be.
16.) Common theory that you disagree with?
I have already answered this question here.
I will substitute this question with 18 I won't answer them out of order lengthwise because it'll annoy me.
17.) Character you want to like, but don't? Why?
This is going to be such a hot take but Hunter. I get the love people have for him, but I just feel like the fandom glamorizes him in spaces that make it almost feel toxic in a way. I get the whole character arc of wanting to love and appreciate his development but some people in this fandom (NOT ON HERE!!) that I've came into contact within passing have just taken liking him way too far. I don't see people appreciating Gus enough or Vee. Instead, its Hunter- Which IS TOTALLY UNDERSTANDABLE, and everyone is allowed to have opinions, I just feel like some people take it too far. Thankfully everyone here is pretty chill and like Hunter isn't down my throat as hard. Plus his fanart is really cool too.
I'm indifferent to him more so now but hes just not my FAVORITE character but I do see his appeal. I'm just not diehard kin. Hunter kins scare me too, like are yall okay over there?? Get some sleep with those eyebags.
Like hes cool!! I just don't love him enough to be obsessed over him, but complete props to those who are, and I appreciate all the talent yall give for creating art about him. I know that even if hes not my favorite, he doesn't have to be because there are people who understand and relate and love him and that's a good thing. He deserves to be loved, I hope that makes sense??? I promise I'm not trying to bash him.
18.) Character you used to dislike, and now like? What changed your mind?
Lilith??? I just think her growth (even if small in comparison to Hunter's and Amitys) through the time we saw her helped to shift the story in a more interesting light (pun intended). I think while yeah, I did really REALLY hate her in the beginning because she was a complete bitch-- We really grew to see her in a different way and how she overall turned the tide of things. I really wonder things about the curse still though.
Also cannon aroace character?? HELLO??? SO SLAY. I love that representation.
20.) Which character do you relate to most?
I have already answered that question here.
Thank you for the ask again. I know it was a bit lengthy but yeah!!
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thinking incredibly earnestly about like why i unironically love bite me (a google slides social media au) as much as i do and why itās so fucking funny and i think a huge part of it is that it lays bare the process of total decontextualisation that generally is at work within the self-contained world of like, fic in general. like, in many ways most fic is the same fic. i think we can generally agree on this. obviously there are like fics that transform the way you view the source text, or fics that generate their own world and fandom (down to agincourt), or fics with profound complex thematic engagement (so says the sword) or fics that have their own specific cult status (my immortal, twist and shout). but like the reason the fic ecosystem chugs along, the reason bajillions of fics are posted to ao3 every day, is because of the kind of fic that is so clearly based off other fic, maybe just shifted 2 degrees to the left.
like fanfiction IS by and large a repetitive medium that is often primarily interested in working off and re-articulating very widely accepted tropes. think of all the largely identical 15x20 fix-it codas you may have read. or this harry potter au i wrote when i was fourteen years old that could not have ANYTHING less to do with the actual characters dean, cas, or charlie as written in-show, or even like, anything to do with hogwarts as a setting. there was NO reason it needed to be a harry potter au. why the hell were the x-men there? there was no characterisation. the presence of potions homework, and gryffindor dean, and ācharlie ships it,ā were all just empty signifiers towards a narrative that i knew better from reading other fics than from watching the show itself. actually, i think at this point i hadnāt even watched any charlie episodes, but you wouldnāt be able to tell! because i lifted my concept of charlie wholesale from other fics that asserted that this was her ācharacterisationā and her place in the story. like it Was a 1600-word exercise in copy-paste, which is what large amounts of fanfiction are and historically have been. and is so fundamental to why we keep coming back to them
and iām not saying this as like. a normative or ājudgmentalā statement in any way! i think thereās no point in insisting that all fic be like. deeply grounded in discrete characterisation or a sincere engagement with the complex themes of the original text, or whatever. firstly because a) most people writing fic ARE young teens/young adults who do so as a kind of participatory gesture, a low-effort way to signal their earnest investment in a particular ship or imagined narrative, and b) decontextualisation is likeā¦ at the beating heart of what fanfiction is. like most fanfiction is not āliteraryā (in huge skeptical quotes bc of how contested that very term even is) but it also feels like itās a mistake toā¦ ask it to be? iām thinking along the lines of this post, where gothhabiba asks that we āarticulate an actual theory of how and why fanfiction is created, its relationship to other kinds of media and writing, and what it does for the people who write and read it,ā rather than āarguing about whether or not itās āgoodāā . because that is truly a moot point!
i think as most of us return for the renaissance, some 6-7 years older, weāre now at the point where weāre able to engage (more) critically with the substantive text of the show, the actual themes it engages and (mis)handles, the cultural context in which it was produced, the texts it builds off of, intentionally or unintentionally, and the critical frameworks we can apply to it. and all of that is like overall a very good and interesting thing!! but itās also so interesting when paired alongside the decontextualising impulse that drives a LOT of fandom engagement
ANYWAYS. all this to say that like 95% percent of the joy of bite me is how unapologetically ooc it is. like this is the continuous thing iāve been talking about other people with. you could copy-paste any characters from any broadly popular media into this situation and the characterisation/speech would be no more or less jarring; it would still make the same amount of āsenseā from an in-universe perspective. nothing about this au is really about dean and cas so much as itās about decontextualised figures LABELLED dean and cas (and again, this is not some literary condemnation or smth, the majority of fic does this in some way! iām just using bite me as an example). we are told to believe that sam winchester, a grown white man & published author, says āyall wildinā unprompted and that kaia nieves tweets things like āoomf famooseā and itās fucking hilarious. itās so good. because intentionally or not, it DOES reveal how much of fic, as a genre, is utterly separated from the characters they propose to be telling a story about.
i said earlier today that bite me is a social media au written in a riverdalian fashion, and i donāt just mean that in a general āitās bad but good but outrageousā way, but more specifically that both bite me and riverdale decide on something objectively absurd and instead of shying away from it or trying to cover up the writerās lack of knowledge, it faces it head on. like we ARE told unapologetically and continuously that actors live in their trailers when theyāre filming a movie, that a hashtag trending for one day is enough to get a magazine writer that hasnāt been accused of sexual misconduct fired, that dean and cas are starring in a gay romantic comedy called fucking trainspotting. and the writer doesnāt/wonāt/shouldnāt apologise for a word of that. in the same way that riverdale will look you dead in the eye and say āarchie is going to war and world war ii-era combat aesthetics never ended even though itās 2020ā or ājughead got into the iowa writerās workshop despite never having been an undergradā and like what are you supposed to do? make fun of it?? the text doesnāt CARE if you make fun of it! itās light years ahead of you! itās so totally unconcerned with this ārealismā youāre supposedly chasing that the joke doubles back on you.
so like tldr: bite me is emblematic of the decontextualising urge at the heart of your average fanfiction, lays bare its own ridiculousness, and raises genuinely fascinating questions abt what fanfiction as a text is meant to be or do. also kaia and claire fall in love on stan twt. UNPARALLELED media experience
#and that's not even GETTING INTO the way it really uses the smau medium. and like the FASCINATING questions circulating around that. oh my g#anyways congrats if u made it this far and sorry for this but like#i truly am not posting about this fic in a haha let's make fun of this stupid au way#like do i think it is hilarious and is it perhaps unintentionally hilarious YES#but i genuinely think it is fascinating and a great reading experience#sasha.txt#spn#fan studies#NOT sure how to tag this but like yeah. yeah#bite me
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hey rose! (can i call you that?? sorry if that's not your preference) i may or may not have caught a case of crazy phat mad feelings for a boy and i was wondering if you had any cute headcanons about some of the MHA boys pining for a pretty fem reader?? i can't imagine this guy liking me back but i figure hey, if nobody got me ik pretty superhero boys got me AMEN lmbo no pressure on this request. hope you're doing well and things are okay in your world!! thanks love you!! first anon OUT šāļøāØš
omg ya thatās totally cool!! i actually like that!!!! but omg, pls! iām sure itāll work out if not... hopefully these headcanons will help u out!!! LOVE U FIRST ANON!!!!!!!!
IZUKU MIDORIYA,Ā
will definitely stare at the back of your head during class and imagine 700 different scenarios that couldĀ āpossiblyā happen if the two of you ever have a conversation that doesnāt involve school.
keeps note of your quirks and tries to give you pointers on how to use ur quirk via crumpled paper airplanes in the courtyard or slipped into ur locker.
will always, always, alwaysĀ keep an eye out for you to make sure youāre okay - if he sees you crying heās gonna embarrass himself and be like,Ā āyou think thatās bad? kachan almost blew me to bits.ā and now the both of you are crying.
daydreams about u.
whenever the class is training at the USJ or anywhere really, heās bouncing. like. literally bouncing on his heels in case something goes wrong, he wants to be able to intervene. not because he thinks youāre not capable of fending for urself but itās because he literally can not bare the thought of u getting hurt.
he definitely draws ur names with a heart and arrow through it!!!!!!!
really admires u and tries to be really nonchalant about how fond heās become of u so when the two of you do have a conversation itās just like... gibberish. you know when he goes on those little rants and the words cloud around him and everyone is like??? midoriya wtf. yeah like that.
BAKUGOUĀ KATSUKI,
explosive boy definitely doesnāt know he likes you until he goes to recovery girl and recovery girl has to explain him theĀ āweirdā feeling in his stomach, the rise of temperature in his face and the quickening of his pulse is literally because he has a crush. on you.
and boy does this raging blonde flip his shit. him?? have a crush??? when heās trying to be number one hero??? a distraction???Ā not in this lobby.
easier said than done.
tries to avoid you at all costs. like even moves his seat permanently so he doesnāt have to breathe the same air as you.
no because during a training the two of you are teamed up and this man literally holds his breath like heās five because he doesnāt want to inhale yourĀ āgermsā. but he grows up a bit and realizes that youāre actually pretty strong and can handle your own. heavy emphasis on the pretty.Ā
so not only is he pinning for you but now he sees you as competition. so the initial plan to avoid you goes out of the window because he wants to one up you.
bakugouās face is tomato red everytime the two of you spar and you think itās because heās mad but jokes on u.
takes a HOT minute but heāll suffer in silence and just yāknow open the door and wait five minutes for you to walk through it and then complain after.Ā
sees you in the hallway and flicks you in the forehead and reminds you that heās going to be number one. but later beats himself up because wtf? why didnāt he say something else.
will go out of his way to fix your fighting stances and then have a coughing fit. so heās going to push through his feelings but itās really obvious to everyone else that he isnāt being lowkey, yknow?
IIDA TENYA,
my favorite class rep. heās going to be so obvious about it. like. heās an open book.
will offer to help you study. makes sure your chair is pulled out every morning so you donāt have to do it.
will also let you board the bus first.
will also tense up whenever you look at him. holds an emergency class meeting (excluding you) to figure out how to handle thisĀ āsituationā and everyone is like... dude
he takes kirishimaāsĀ āshow her youāre a manly manā to serious and tries to show off. with his grades, quirk and his class rep status which you know isnāt working so heās back to square one.Ā
as bad as it sounds he makes a copy of all of his notes and color codes them based off of his you knowĀ ācodingā system and has it handy in case you donāt come to class one day or fall behind.
everyone knows but you. everyone also thinks that you wouldāve found out by now since iida holds you on your own pedestal but! LOLKDSAJ
DENKI KAMINARI,
okay so.... this man... is so drama. heās a clutz and obvious but he isnāt going to be direct. whether itās because heās scared of being rejected or because heās not confident enough like bakugou and todoroki is unknown but anywayz
leans on the locker and tries to woo you with some words and falls. literally falls over. itās okay though (in his eyes) because you immediately get eye level with him and try to check on him. itās a win in his eyes.
is totally okay with the nicknameĀ ācalamariā but only likes it when you call him that. he tries to tell everyone that itās aĀ āyou and himā thing and gets teased abt it.
tries to include you in every conversation possible. he wants you to feel included in everything.
thinks ur like a walking goddess and that u should be treated as such.
he gets a little to excited around you so whenever the two of you touch he gives off some electricity and immediately goes on a thirty minute rant on how sorry he is.
makes you... a fucking... mixtape... with scribbled out hearts on the cover.
also... sends you songs to listen to but itāll be like some random edm song and ur likeāoh wow... love that...ā and heās likeĀ āok cross that out she doesnāt like EDM.ā and is DETERMINED to find out your favorite genre so the two of you have something to bond over.
changes your ringtone on his phone to the pokemon theme song because and i quote,Ā āsheās the ash to my pikachu.ā
isnāt so lowkey about his crush but??? everyone thinks heās like?? just being himself?? so???Ā
EIJIRO KIRISHIMA,
Ā bro. this man... THIS LOVELY SHARK BOY.Ā
is literally textbook definition of GENTLEMAN.
will not act on his feelings until YOU act on them because heās scared heāll overstep so heās going to be like..... suffering in silence. but he doesnāt mind!!!!!!
holds the door 4 u. :)
checks on u 24/7.
stares at you in class and drools.Ā
walks with you like everywhere. literally. like to class, to the dorms, back to ur parents, to the mall. everywhere.
this is totally a best friend to lovers trope.
whenever heās got doubt he will turn to u immediately because he trusts u and ur guidance.Ā
will even ask if u could spar with him (so you can a, spend time with him but b, because he wants u to be able to be the best version of urself u can be).Ā
whenever something goes south he will put his hand out in front of u. always. and youāll wrap your fingers around his bicep and he will melt.
i think he knows heās like... fucked because you explain to him that although hisĀ āhardeningā quirk makes his skin... rough, heās still pretty soft. and smells nice.
man... that gets him THROUGH THE DAYS.
TODOROKI SHOTO,
another clueless boy.Ā
is very confused at first but after some hours of research heās like oh.Ā
and then shit hits the fan.
like kirishima, really values your input and actually goes to you for advice for two reasons: one because youāre sensible and honest but itās more for the simple reason that heās trying to see what you like and donāt like.
you start to notice some changes in his behavior. not drastic ones but enough to raise an eyebrow.
is more vocal in his conversations with you.
tries his best to improve his body language (ie: will face you with undivided attention and arms unfolded to look more receptive)Ā
just stares at you in general to see what your reactions to things are.
like, in the hallway when ur talking to mina and the lowerclassmen says something stupid and the two of you scowl? well, guess what? now he doesnāt like that guy either and will give him a piece of his mind.
has your coffee order memorized so when ur staying up all night studying u have the energy to do so.
will sneak a protein bar and a water bottle in ur locker the day after those binge studying sessions to ensure that youāre you know okay.
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What your fave SCM god says about you
I read one psychology article and now Iām all knowing. Hope at least one of these points apply to you simps
If your favourite is Leon, you are one of the following:
Youngest child
Outcast or theĀ āpopularā kid
Daddy issues
Your childhood dream was either to be royalty or be rich
You hyperfixate to many things
You might say ur not charismatic but youāve had at least more than 1 person you rejected a love confession to
āYouāre wrong, Iām right, shut up.ā
You donāt fall in love easily but once you do, you fall hard
You like smug bastards or you have a bondage fantasy
Your favourite voltage game is one of the following: Kissed by the Baddest Bidder, Court of Darkness, Masqueradeās Kiss, or Kings of Paradise
You have fairy lights in your room filled with pictures or posters
You had a massive friend group but at least 5 people have left from then to now
You cling onto memories like theyāre a lifeline
You have the latest phone or more than 3 leisure electronics
If your favourite is Scorpio:
You canāt be any taller than 5ā²6
You probably listen to bands and canāt go anywhere without your headphones
Really creative
Your favourite Shakespeare play was Hamlet or Macbeth
Have had or is going through an emo phase
Hates writing essays
Have 3 best friends max
You have definitely bought albums, posters, or merch of your faves
ur probably a weeb
youāve broken a bone or youāre very knowledgeable in the medical field/how to harm the human body for some reason
dark humour is the best humour
Your friends are very concerned for you because of said humour
You like watching people play Monopoly bc of the chaos
into so many fandoms that you know the lore of your faves more than you know the material you learn at school
If your favourite is Teorus:
You are an only or youngest child
Spoiled
Daddy/Mommy issues
Abandonment issues
You feel like you fade into the background/donāt contribute much to the group
You feel like you are often forgotten
Youāre close with your cousins
You probably have a pet
Taylor Swift or 1D for life
Have definitely threatened to kill or beat someone up despite you intimidating no one
You want to play an important role but you are so not the leader type
You like Ouran Host Club
You like the outdoors
You probably like To All The Boys Iāve Loved Before
Your favourite disney princess is Rapunzel or Cinderella
If your favourite is Huedhaut:
You are definitely a romantic
Youāre not an air sign (Gemini, Aquarius, or Libra)
Youāre a moron or you make bad decisions and Hue is there to help balance that out
Chances are you read more fanfic than actual books
Your system is 70% caffeine
For some reason you have lots of random trivia
Have you considered therapy for your suppressed trauma?
Dungeons and Dragons fan
Youāre really into alcohol or you despise it
Loyalty is the trait you admire most
You want to feel like a sassy and classy bitch but you gave up after 2 days
Your favourite ship trope is enemies to lovers or slow burn
A lot of pent up angst but you hide itĀ
you put other people > yourself bc you donāt want them to make the same mistakes you did
Why do you have so many memes saved?
Why do you have reaction pictures for everything?
If your favourite is Dui:
Youāre probably not into guys
FAKE IT TILL YOU MAKE IT
Either youāre a precious sunshine child or you are the most fucked up human in your friend circle
You have a choking kink
You either take sides in fights or youāre the middle ground
You make lots of threats but no one is acc taking them seriously
You probably are a massive manipulator
Youāre psychotic and have violent tendenciesĀ
Your best friend lives far away from you/ you have an internet friend that gets you more than your IRL ones
You say honesty is the best policy but you lie the most
Everyone comes to you for advice but you think youāre the most mentally unstable
You have identity issues and u change ur mind all the timeĀ
Whatever you were as a kid, youāre probably the opposite of that now
If your favourite is Ichthys:
You are attached to the characters with the most trauma
You must not be a clean freak or your room is equally as messy as Ikkyās
Oldest or middle child (either way u have siblings)Ā
Never got to go to an amusement park as a kidĀ
Want attention/didn't get enough attention as a kid
You want Ichthysā parents to adopt u bc they are the family stability you crave
Unresolved trauma and definitely not mentally stableĀ
You liked dinosaurs as a kid
You had pet fish as a kid and they all died bc you overfed them
Using anything else to escape ur realityĀ
Cartoons > real life actors
Probably hate seafood or afraid of the sea (ironic as it is)
Nostalgia is your best friend
Hurt/Comfort is your favourite AO3 tag
You collect random shit or you have a memory box
You are the reason child leashes were invented
You got into real dangerous situations as a kid and youāre wondering how you lived through that
Your comfort characters all got it the worst or are dead
If your favourite is Zyglavis:
How are those high expectations treatin ya?Ā
You either want to get into medical, sciences, or law
When you were younger you got enrolled in extra classes (swimming, piano, ballet, etc)
Your parents encouraged creativity until you got older and they told you to choose a moreĀ ārealisticā goal
Good grades = everything and youāll pull all-nighters to finish tasks or assignments
Former gifted studentĀ
The actual smart kid in classĀ
YOU HAVE SELF ESTEEM/CONFIDENCE ISSUES
80s are not good enough for you or your parents
Overachiever for any reasonĀ
Sleep? What is sleep?
A dom or a brat
You have strict parents or you have had pretty loose rules growing up
You had a lot of friends in grade school and now you have like 4 friends
You are no longer human, youāre just a walking husk of stress
If your favourite is Krioff:
You want to fuck one of Krioffās family members
You have siblings
A pyromaniac or deathly afraid of fire
Commitment issues
You watch or ur a sports fan
You own an iPhone 6
Youāve ate forbidden items or youāve thought about it (the fish tank pebbles, erasers, glass, slime, etc)
Everyone thinks youāre the awkward kid but no youāre just shy
You actually like the ocean waves
Once people get to know you, they got a whole thing coming for them
You either suck at driving or canāt drive
A great listener but you donāt feel like you give good advice
Conflict is a no no for you
You definitely had a glow up
Youāve befriended the seniors growing up
You either donāt like kids or you love them
You have a sweet tooth and everyone questions how you are not diabetic with the amount of sweets youāve consumed
If your favourite is Aigonorus:
Youāre either an insomniac or a hypersomniac. Whichever one, you donāt know how much sleep is enough sleep
Youāre probably a sub
Commitment or abandonment issues
Desperate for validation and appreciation
touch/love/attention starved
You have a stuffed animal collection or you still have those childhood stuffed animals
You love the idea of love but you are not ready to deal with breakups
You wish you didnāt care but you care too much
Your aesthetic is cutecore
Probably into maid cat boys
Studio Ghibli or Sanrio stan
Comfort > style anyday
You only own sneakers nothing else
If your favourite is Partheno:
Youāre definitely not into just guysĀ
Youāre a drama kid and you are here for the tea whether it involves you or not
you have the receipts for everything
You were the one kid that playedĀ āfamilyā orĀ āhouseā every recess
no one knows where you get all your cute shit but it serves
have been suspected of witchcraft or considered the dark arts
Stole makeup from your fam as a kid and played with it
HIDE THE TRAUMA. HIDE THE PAST.
You already have a senior quote picked out
Youāre either really horny or you just want to cry over how much you love so and so
āWhy do men-ā
You really want to own that Partheno doll in that one CG
Your most used social media app is Instagram or Snapchat
Your favourite demon brother from Obey Me is most likely AsmodeusĀ
If your favourite is Tauxolouve:
Your favourite KBTBB guy is either Baba or Mamo
Youāre into music or theatre
Your ideal date is to go to an opera or a museum
You say you like/dislike something but end up changing ur mind later or when you try it out
In your opinion, the music nowadays is just not it
You recently found a receipt from Walmart for something you bought 5 months ago
Anniversaries are important
When making decisions, you pick the worst possible one
Your most expensive clothing items are your shoes or jewelry
You wish you could attend a ball and marry into royalty, like Cinderella
You like the idea of soulmates or string of fateĀ
Obviously or secretly insecure/self deprecating but youāll raise all hell if your loved ones talk shit abt themselves
You want your partner to propose first
You like the underrated characters or your favourite characters are unappreciated
If your favourite is Karno you are:
You have childhood trauma, some of you are just not aware of it
Youāre the parent of the group
You enjoy ships that have a mom/dad dynamic
Either youāre banned from the kitchen or youāre the one banning people from the kitchen
You were threated with the slipper or you threaten with the slipper
As a kid, you enjoyed Dora or Ni Hao Kai Lan
Your favourite trope is the found family trope
Either youāre an example to your family or you keep getting compared to other kids
An angel around the family but a chaotic bastard with others
Youāre probably into some really kinky shit
You like Dangonronpa
Spiritual or religious
Probably had an imaginary friendĀ
You decided you were gonna turn your life around after reading/watching something and went back to the hot mess you were in 3 days
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analyzing tw personality types number 1: corey bryant - ISTP 5w6 sx/sp
hey thats his lacrosse number
so yea he was underdeveloped but iām gonna try to explain my reasoning. i will probably also do liam, mason, theo and stiles and then maybe some other lads if i donāt give up at that point
also if you dont know what these numbers and letters mean: ISTP is mbti, ti/ne/se whatever is mbti theory, 5w6 is enneagram, and sx/sp is the enneagram subtypes. this post assumes you know more abt it so this is more intended for tw fans experienced with personality theories/personality theory tumblrs that happen to know about tw. cool? cool.
side note: trust me when i say i know what iām talking about, i used to video edit & i have made so many scenepacks of this invisible fuck that i can quote MANY lines & tell you exactly what he does from start to finish. doubt my mbti knowledge, not my knowledge on side character lore >:)
auxiliary se
weāre starting with se because i can explain ti/fe in the same section & struggled to explain one without the other.
so people generally tend to characterize se as being physically active and aware of your surroundings which uhh isnāt it??? at all??? itās just being straight to the point and surface level. of course ni helps istps with underlying themes, but their first instinct is gonna be to perceive reality without underlying themes. itās just plain old vanilla reality.
despite corey consistently defying the se related stereotypes and playing right into the INxP inattentive canāt see shit in front of himself stereotype, he thinks like an auxiliary se user. when mason talks to him about the good guys vs bad guys dichotomy, he just mentions that he wants to stay alive and theoās side seems to be the best way to do that. intuitives might pick up on underlying themes and patterns more, but corey literally does not give that a second thought. this could also be because of death ādarkening his soulā or whatever the show tried to explain half-assed though.
so letās look at more examples:
>genuinely getting absolutely nothing out of the schrƶdingerās cat lesson multiple times. usually not being able to keep up with masonās rants about things until mason directly explains what they mean. this mightāve been throwaway if it happened once, but it happens a lot. i know not being good at school has nothing to do with cognitive functions, but everything being explained to him are FIGURATIVE concepts, ones not based in concrete reality; xSxPs can find figurative stuff tedious or a waste of time.
>being able to 20/20 see how screwed up beacon hills is and wanting to leave immediately, not even remotely excited about the possibilities of the supernatural. like i know he got his ass kicked multiple times before he could even register that maybe the supernatural would be cool, but i think an ne user might be like āwoah what else is thereā or smth, even in a morbidly curious way. corey does not give a shit about that. he wants to leave because shitās demonstrably dangerous as hell.
>āyour friends arenāt my friendsā is pretty surface level. like dude liam has been masonās best friend for their entire childhood presumably, or at least since 6th grade. (to be fair liam was also being a douche. they were both douches. douche solidarity.)
>he literally disappears immediately with mason in 5x18. he isnāt taking any chances with scott after, i donāt know, scott claws him in the neck and generally doesnāt give him any help despite helping hayden loads. iāll come back to this topic one day bc while i like scott as a character (but not a protagonist) this WAS a fucked situation in general. basically se>ne for this too bc for all he knew scott couldāve killed mason & he wasnāt taking his chances like an ne user might.
(please donāt attack me iām not a scott anti)
>āi just wish i could help her, you know, to-ā ā ābe alone?ā mason is clearly ignoring that lydia told him and corey to shut the fuck up MANY times when he was still there helping, and corey quickly brings him back to reality by saying she literally would do better without their help.
so basically tldr he thinks more literally and concrete than about possibilities than an INxP, even if he has stereotypical INxP energy lol
tertiary ni
so ni users have this thing called āni tunnel visionā where they canāt see possibilities around them that might be actually viable. the same way si users are so stuck in what worked before that they canāt see what COULDāVE worked. etc etc etc. i have the most rusty idea of ni so if this doesnāt make any sense i will not be even remotely surprised.
but basically you NEVER see corey consider multiple perspectives or ideas. he narrows things down, and thatās the difference between ne and ni. ne expands and can get carried away with all the possibilities, ni narrows and focuses too hard sometimes. it ājust knowsā things and often doesnāt have concrete reasoning.
so some swaggy ni examples (forewarning, i am kinda grasping at straws. while ti-se seemed obvious to me, ni is pretty hidden & barebones.)
>being hellbent on leaving until he actually needs to stay to help at the lacrosse game, and even that took convincing from mason
>i know āhunchesā are one of the dumbest ni stereotypes, but ne/si users might not even be able to catch onto hunches they have, and might think āoh well it just couldāve been this lol.ā the fact that heās sure some shit went down at the library in 6x2 & doesnt consider another possibility seems kinda ni to me??
>honestly the best point i can use to prove the existence of ni is that he uses se. keep in mind that iām using like 30 minutes of screentime to justify what iām saying here and ni is the least obvious function for him (and generally a really weird/hard function to spot anyways)
dominant ti/inferior fe
so while i waffle a bit with the n vs s dichotomy for corey, i know DAMN well heās an IxTP at the very least because of the glaring dominant ti and inferior fe.
at the beginning of the show he tries as hard as he can to stay away from the supernatural. he doesnāt consider the fact that the others might need his help, and he doesnāt ask them for help either. he DOES come to book club, but states that heās only on chapter 1, and after scott claws him in the neck heās just about done with helping.
up until 5x10 he pretty much only shares stuff he discovers with mason. in 5x7 (i think) he does look into how the sting he got mysteriously healed, but it takes masonās intervention for him to even open up about it, and it takes masonās intervention again for him to try out weights before he subsequently dies. so heās a generally uninvolved person.
he even tries to go off on his own from the PACK THAT RESURRECTED HIM & asks mason out, and is only thrwarted from this when theo threatens him with sort of a āi brought you back, i can just as easily kill you againā type shtick and then yeah i mean iād help too. dying doesnāt seem ideal.
basically ti dom/fe inferiors stay pretty uninvolved and personally autonomous. they donāt need a lot of interaction, come off pretty introverted, and usually prefer to be left alone. they can actually come off mean/cold unintentionally, since fe is literally based in group values.
which brings me to my next point. he definitely does come off mean/cold unintentionally.
>āyou like me, go out with me.ā corey says as the guy heās allied with literally almost got masonās best friend to MURDER his alpha
>explaining why him and the others have to āleaveā in 5x15 to mason very matter of fact. heās sad, and he does throw in the let me protect you line, but anyone without feeling in the inferior position would approach that conversation with more tact yk
>ātheyāre just rumours. they donāt know anything.āā āthey know everything.ā liam literally asks corey why he only shows up when thereās bad news because heās so blunt about the situation throughout 6x14.
>6x2 is a good ti vs fi conflict (with masonās fe on the side since heās inbetween liam and corey.) liam gets mad at corey in kind of a moralistic way, angry that he didnāt try to help hayden and mason more during the fight against the beast, when corey just remarks that he literally wasnāt physically capable of doing anything useful. & liam doesnāt take that for an answer at first bc he tries to do the right thing & heās kinda stubborn yk. liamās definitely more idealistic in that way, and i think it shows how matter of fact corey is by contrast and why he doesnāt really comment on liamās feelings at all.
another interesting thing to note in the difference between INTPs and ISTPs: ISTPs are (stereo)typically colder. INTPs can actually end up seeming a little nicer/softer than ISTPs, because INTPs can use their ne to sense underlying social patterns, even if they end up awkward and scattered. ISTPs have the double whammy of inferior fe and se seeing everything as just the way it is. this is why āyour friends arenāt my friendsā and āyou like me, go out with meā are very se/inferior fe examples. corey doesnāt see underlying themes as easily, and the inferior fe makes that even worse.
(also if any of this came out harsh, i literally have inferior fe too. this is me personally attacking myself. i will also roast the other characters about their inferior functions so dont you worry)
enneagram 5w6
iām still considering 9w8 as a valid option for his ennea too, but there are a few reasons why i lean a bit more into 5.
first of all: triads!! remember that they actually do mean things.
what triads do 9 belong to? positive outlook, attachment, and withdrawn.
withdrawn totally checks out. heās an introverted guy. he literally turns invisible when confronted. if that isnāt the most withdrawn triad shit idk what is.
but things get a bit muddy when we move into the other 2. attachment triad types struggle to separate themselves from others, and after what i discussed before, i think corey has the opposite problem. positive outlook types have a positive outlook. enough said. heās pretty far from optimstic.
what triads do 5 belong to? competency, rejection, and withdrawn again. iām damn near certain heās withdrawn.
competency fits. reactive could kinda work too, but i think competency works the best. when stressed competency types kinda just work as hard as they can & focus on what they can do. corey doesnāt seem to fall into his emotions like a reactive type would, nor does he literally ignore reality like a positive outlook type. he also visibly worries about his ability to do things, like in 6x3 when he had to fight for the first time, and in 6x15 when heās upset about having stood by while liam āgot his ass kicked.ā
and rejection is what sold it for me. his family seems neglectful, judging by the fact that they didnāt notice him literally dying. even if that was an exaggeration on coreyās part, you donāt say stuff like that about parents lightly, so they obviously lack some sort of care that parents generally provide. rejection types basically learn at some point in their childhoods that they have to fend for themselves and need to learn how to do that yk. 2s generally try to help everyone else & resist help from others (even if they secretly want affection back,) 8s refuse help because vulnerability feels like weakness and weakness leads to being controlled, and 5s observe the world around them and donāt know how to ask for help or reach out.
so about 5s in general and why i think coreyās a 5: despite lacking in the stereotypically intellectual area of 5s, corey is basically a stereotypical 5. theyāre called observers for a reason. when 5s donāt think they know what theyāre doing, they retreat. this is literally what corey did for the entirety of season 5 because he thought just being able to turn invisible wouldnāt exactly fare well against werewolves & chimeras and the fucking beast of gevaudan (who turned out to be his boyfriend poor thing) so he retreated. when he realizes he probably has to fight in 6x3, heās openly insecure about this and needs a ton of reassurance before he can even try.
itās why 5s sorta stay in their caves and donāt initiate things, theyāre afraid of incompetence and stuff. he has no idea how to navigate this world that is already terrifying as all hell for him. 5s are also in the fear triad, and from what i can tell, heās a 5w6, which is literally DOUBLE fear center!! we love to see it
i also donāt think heās a 9 because he isnāt scared of conflict. physical conflict sure, but he has every right to be, and that ties into the competency thing. emotional conflict is completely different, and heās never seen sugarcoating anything or avoiding conflicts to please people, which are hallmark 9 symptoms.
side note that may or may not be canon: so on the tw wiki i found a transcript for superposition (https://teen-wolf-pack.fandom.com/wiki/Superposition/Transcript) and itās REALLY descriptive. like as an aspiring screenwriter myself iāve looked for screenplays past 3A and been generally unsuccessful, but some of the descriptions in here are like more descriptive than the actual ACTING in the show, so i wanted to share a couple of them that definitely support my theory:
COREY: I didn't even know it went that high... I'm stuck at a 2.7.
[Mason immediately tries to comfort his boyfriend when he realizes how insecure he is about his academic life]
MASON: Liam, look-- it's not like chameleons are the apex predator of the animal kingdom. All Corey can do is disappear.
[Corey's expression darkens, visibly hurt by Mason's comment, and when Mason realizes what he has just said, he starts to feel guilty for his unintended rudeness. Liam, however, continues to reject their attempts to argue Corey's case]
like??? who wrote this and why is it so descriptive???
anyways if that was what was intended then uhh 10 points for gryffindor
and my w6 explanation. he seems a lot more security oriented and dependent than a 5w4. thatās the only reason. i also donāt really see much 4, although it also seems like the only possible heart fix, so even though i dont really believe in tritypes heād be a 594 probably. merry christmas tritype fans
sx/sp
letās look at what the 5 subtypes are so weāre all kinda on the same page because enneagram info on the instinctual variants are so painfully inconsistent that sometimes arguing with other people about them is like arguing with a brick wall because weāre literally going off different definitions.
sp 5: Very protective of personal space and privacy, this type sets clear limits and boundaries and is very comfortable living a relatively solitary life with just a few close friends. They would much rather observe social life than participate in it. Often truly introverted, they prefer not to reveal much of their inner self, finding it difficult to lower their guard for fear of losing their privacy or sense of safety.
sx 5: The typically cool, analytical Five connects to passion in this subtype, focusing that passion on one or two people in an otherwise reserved life. They experience strong āchemistryā with another person, enjoying the connection and trust and openness this permits. They risk depending on this other person to make them feel vibrant and alive, leading them to ātestā their partnerās loyalty or resist sharing them with others.
so 5: The SO Five searches for the essence or meaning of situations, with a focus on the big questions as they pursue wisdom and knowledge. They connect with groups or experts who share their brilliance and high ideals, often disconnected from everyday issues or emotions. While sharing values and ideals with energy and enthusiasm, they may resist sharing space, time or inner resources, disconnecting from the people around them
so uhh yeah i think heās sx/sp/so in that order. he is generally indifferent to having friends throughout the show but seems to really care about mason, and iām sure if the show went on or we got a spinoff heād eventually open up to liam and maybe even theo too. 5s are just guarded like that. i donāt see any so 5 so i mean yuh thats about it, itās pretty self explanatory
conclusion
anyways this ended up way more rambly and long than i intended but if you enjoyed then hope you look forward to the other ones i may or may not write!!
#corey my beloved#i have adhd and i made this in 2 hours#my eyes are burning#corey bryant#teen wolf#mbti#enneagram#instinctual variants#personality theory#personality typing#character typing#fictional typing#typing characters#teen wolf mbti#myers briggs type indicator#ISTP#5w6#sx/sp#goblincave666 personality typing
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Fruits Basket, Se03, ep10 (part 1)
ā What to do? & how to do it? the answer & the method are so simple, so simple but difficult as hell. it was hard for me to get them, & thatās exactly why I treasure them/ makes them valuableā. kyo~ This is my favorite quote in all anime.
How many times a domestic abuse victim was told just leave this abusive partner? report them? easy. just make a call. Report your abusive parents? tell someone. easy. Just speak up. It is true. It is easy but difficult as hell. To believe it is your right to fight. No, to believe you deserve to fight. to Live. This abuse is not a punishment you must endure. Hope is not dead. How simple yet so difficult to do that. ugh! my heart!
- Seeing Death vs Facing Death: ( The abuser who was stopped):
Abuse is a form of slow death. An actual intentional murder of an innocent soul. Abusers suck the life out of their victims & kyoās biological dad is the poster monster for that. His appearance:
thin deathly demeanor, lack of nourishment, excessive drinking, lack of desire get out of the abyss, wide eyes, tiny pupils, manic laughter. shaky body movement. pathetic outlook at things.
heavy breathing, lack of logic & distorted facts, blurry speech, bizarre mentality, toxic behavior, tendency to hurt, injure, both physically & verbally.
inability to grasp reality, desire for inflecting pain on others, finding joy in that as it justifies his entire toxic mentality.
Fear of being hurt like he hurt others & being paranoid since he KNOWS he should receive punishment.
Kyo stood watching this man spit, rage, shake, scream. The man from his past, the authoritative figure in his early tender years, the person who must always be right: a parent. Facing his dad, Kyoās entire gradual change was fantastic:
Kyo went from feeling utter fear from this man, hatred towards him, grief at the loss of a father & a mother, to force himself to stand his ground & not leaveā easy but difficult as hellā , to talk ā easy but difficult as hellā , to announce that isnt gonna die ā easy but difficult as hellā to say Iām loved & I want to to be with someone ā easy but difficult as hellā
to then realize the source of his momās misery isnt him after all, but this jerk! & not crumble at this realization ā easy but difficult as hellā to grief over his momās tragic life & still announce again that heās anit throwing his life away ā easy but difficult as hellā to still look at his dad with pity rather than immense hate & anger ā easy but difficult as hellā to remove his hand & leave him behind in the past while he moves forward ā easy but difficult as hellā to say ā iāll come visit again, cuz I anit afraid of you anymore, Iām not running, but Iāll try to extend a hand if you wanna do the same one day. It is your choice to be the abuser who must be stopped or the one who is atoned! you can choose, dad! We heard his choice as kyo was leaving, didnāt we? locking himself in an eternal cage that he made for himself. After all, he is the monster in his own story by his own choice.
-Seeing death (1): Kyo watching his momās suicide is a traumatic experience especially considering she chose such a graphic way to exist this world. Kyo once said to tohru ā mom went flyingā, he now saidā mom threw her life awayā very graphic ways to explain her death both literally & figuratively. This alone coupled with his father accusing him, resulted in a 4 year old screamingā Iāmma yuki & kill myself, this would make you happy, dadā. This explains kyoās 2 meetings with yuki as kidsā I hate youā at the sohma estate, the 2nd meeting ā I hate youā at the street. Mimicking the toxic behavior of the dad. Why didnāt kyo mimic kazuma? cuz trauma doesn't work like that. Kids can live safely for time then one traumatic experience shatter their self-worth into an endless cycle of self-hurt, low self worth & anger issues or withdrawal. The writing that set kyo/yuki against each other is perfect.
-Seeing death (2): Kyo watching kyokoās death hammers all the insecurities of child kyo deep down into teenage kyo. Kyoko too, went flying, blood everywhere. too much pain happening again, crashing hope & killing his fighting spirit over & over. Be with tohru? why? to kill her, too?
-Seeing death (3): Kyo watching tohruās injured body. Yup. You caused this. not by pushing her or failing to catch her. No. but by hurting her with harsh words. by forcing her away from you.
-Facing death (1): Kyo facing his dad, the symbol of deadly-abuse. To stand & announce to live is huge. -Facing death (2): refuse death: being caged till death, -Facing death (3): To say, I wanna be loved & love someone, life is not just being outside, heck! kyo was outside for 17 years! life is abt being with those who give it meaning! -Facing death (4): To not demand others to die as a punishment. Walking away from his dad without igniting the cycle of revenge & hate. ahhhhhhhhhh~~~Ā Chefās kiss!
-Seeing eye to eye: ( I donāt need to be you, but I appreciate you):
Kyo & yuki toxic relationship has been ongoing since their birth. The moment kyoās dad was dismayed that he got the cat of all zodiac & the moment yukiās mom was delighted she got the rat of all zodiacs. From that moment it became: look how lucky the rat parents? You shamed me? Look how pitiful that cat? eww! stay away from his filth. The explosive nature of kyoās tragic fate tainted him with the blood of his mom & the daggers of his fatherās hateful words, while the nature of yukiās sheltered & locked fate tainted him with fear & isolation. They meet & both carry out the feelings of rejection & hate all while envying the other. The toxic nature of their relationship consist of fights & condensing words. Tohru connected both. Through her, they became civil. Even talking abt perverted shigure. Now that she is hurt, they are lost without her. Their lives are empty.
Yukiās ā kyo has his own pain & reasonsāĀ (to not see tohru) is my fave line! even better than all the epic lines after they confess their feelings. cuz this like happened before they connect. it shows that, I see his pain, I get he has his reasons. But whatever issues he have shouldnāt hurt tohru. this is when yuki interferes in kyoās choices. For tohru. This is also when kyo really allows him to. For tohru. Had tohru nor be part of the fight, kyo wouldnāt even engage in it & yuki wouldnāt initiate it.
-āI wanted to be you!ā : Kyo said it first. I loved this so much! Cuz kyo said I hate you first! it is so fulfilling that the truth is now out. From kyo first. Cuz really... that hate was all toxic inheritance from a toxic father & a toxic system.
- āWhy do you have to say it firs!ā Yuki was mad, cuz he was struggling with it for the longest time. to be kyo. He even mused on how kyo interacted with ppl in school, got himself his own mini kyo. lol. studied how kyo filled tohruās world just by existing. yuki can't do that for tohru. he looked for someone whom he could do that for! yuki/machi scene at her house paralleled kyo/tohru scene at her room when she was sick (se01, e023) & when they eating the somen together (se02, e02), yuki/machi chalk scene paralleled kyo/tohru scene at the beach where he coaxed tohru to tell her momās story (se02, e07). Yuki really was having a hard time finding his true self & accepting it without needing to learn from kyo. It is hard to say ā i admired youā after being rejected by you! so kyo saying it first helped yuki say his after. Also, both boys were hella shocked they admire each other. Like both were deeply shocked! stupid boys! XD
Side Notes:
Kyoās confrontation with his dad is furubaās most powerful scene & most well-written one! From the fear of facing him, to talking to him with low voice, to physically stopping him, to the exposed last piece of locked memory abt the mother, to the freedom gained by walking forward! Heck, even how it was weaved psychologically to perfectly mimic childrenās self-defense mechanisms & children copying their parents theme. The realistic depiction of abusers both in their most powerfully menacing moment & in their weakest cowardly moment. Top-tier writing! Hands down my fave furuba scene! Canāt ask for better! Canāt even imagine better! genius- writing Takaya-san!
The boys had a necessary fight & confrontation & the yukiās entire speech was valid & perfect speech. However, as usual, Iām not a fan of how violence is depicted in furuba. I was actually āwarned/ orderedā by an anon to notĀ ā sh*tā on the boys fight scene. I donāt know why someone whoād read my reviews would think iād have anything but love for both boys. I criticize the writing not the characters. Also, furuba fans have always been good to me, I state my opinion frankly & they talk to me!Ā ā talk!ā. You donāt have to throw virtual fists over different perspectives on fiction. Talking kindly does magic, also having different opinions is natural & normal for humans.
I love yuki so much, heās one of my top faves in furuba & I get why the boys would quarrel & throw fists. I get the history between them, the current state of mind, their emotions & mentality & I get itās fiction & drama that needs its ā OMGā moment. However, I cringe when I see violence used as a bonding moment in fiction in general. Thatās just me. I wish the fight was done in a more artistic style without showing that scene where yuki corned kyo & punched him in full view of the screen. (again not hating on yuki nor the fact that they needed to fight). Iām jus saying I didn't need to see a one-sided beat up from a character I love to another one I love. Thatās just me again~ feel free to enjoy this moment to its fullest. Itās fiction & Iām not judging anyone at all, nor hating anyone from real life or fiction <3<3<3.
Yukiās last piece of character development is in my part 2 review! Along with machi. Also, yukiās Japanese VA was awesome!!
Also, let yuki have deep various facial expressions!!!! ugh! In the fight scene they did yuki so dirty with his hair covering his eyes all the time! then followed by low quality shots of him breathing! Why?! The voice acting sold the entire excellent emotional rage more than the animation! Yuki can look pretty even when mad, heck! screw looking pretty! just give him deep facial expressions to mach his feelings! boy was hella mad like he never was his entire life! always forced to wear a mask or be diplomatic! now heās screaming his lungs out, you hide his face??? really?? Sigh~ the anime always do this wit yuki, replace facial expressions with hair on eyes or having his eyes without light. I wanna see them expressive eyebrows so bad!!!
Another powerful VA performance was both kyoās dad VAs! both the Japanese (with his excessive breathing) & the English VA (with his range). They sold the mad abusive character! they gave me chills!
Also, I sound like a broken record, but kyoās both VAs did phenomenon in the dadās scene & tohruās scene. Honestly, I only watch the dub to hear Jerry! I learned his name & would watch the dub for him!
Akito, Arisa, Kureno in part 2 of my review as well.
Shigure/yuki returning home scene is call back to ep1. Ok, everybody loves a call back scene & the full circle thingy. but Cāmon! you dont have to copy everything! the walk, the scenery, its purpose, dialogue & all! The anime really took advantage of kyo being missing. XD
Tohruās dress/top color matches the color of kyoās old hat (The hat). symbolic of him finding her? As if he did find her when they were children? cool. I love this detail. But i do NOT love this color on tohru at all !! lol. it is so dull on her. The dress style/ design mimics her same dress in se01, ep26 as she was talking to kazuma & kyo fought him. Their first intimate moment after nearly loosing the other. Heck! tohru was even hurt on her hand as well. but the color was a nice pastel yellow. It suited tohru. The hatās bluish-greenish color matches tohruās own pajama at home!!!! & kurenoās hospital pajama! T_T... why couldn't the hat be red!!!! a color that both represent kyo & yuki! both were compared to red before~ oh well~~ minor issue~
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fanfic recommendations
for @kittensocute bc i heard āatsukitaā and āiwaoiā in reference to fanfiction and i am There
i took yourĀ āi love slow burn or slow build fics... so i like relatively shorter burn fics (20-30k). If its a 10k oneshot slow burn hELL SIGN ME UPā and absolutely ran with it.
i listed my fav iwaoi fics (17) with a longer word count (longest is 80k) that are all mostly either canon compliant or divergent with only two straight up AUs. none of them feature heavy nsfw content and most if not all are tagged as friends to lovers lmao. feel free to read the my thoughts or just go into them blind!! and theyāre all in order of how much I absolutely adore them :^)
now atsukita is not a big ship *sobs* but here are some of my favorite fics (7) of them! a lot of them are shorter bc i guess thatās just. what happens when itās a small ship LOL.Ā
the formatting in this is fucked if you open it from ur dash but if itās on my actual blog it should be fine!
Iwaoi
the courtship ritual of the hercules beetle
Word count: 66k
thoughts: my absolute absolute absolute favorite iwaoi fic. the characterization, the fact that oikawaās a bastard but because he and iwaizumi are older (late 20s i believe), it feels more realistic and sad rather than oikawa being a bitch for the sake of it. spoiler alert itās slow burn and pining and mostly oikawa not realizing his feelings. this world building is pretty cool bc iwaizumi is the professional player while oikawa is an entomology professor! also i love non-linear narratives bc of This fic. thereās mutual pining in this fic but itās really really really subtle to the point where you dont even know if oikawa likes iwa. this made me cry like twice.
sunset towns
Word count: 33k
Summary: In the summer of 2020, Oikawa Tooru returns home from his first successful stint as captain of Japanās national volleyball team. In one hand, he holds the undisputed weight of an Olympic medal, and in the other, his unresolved feelings for a childhood best friend.
thoughts: the tone in this is So similar to the courtship ritual that I liken this as an alternate story even though itās still oikawaās pov. professional player oikawa and regular guy iwaizumi and oikawa is just. bumming around at iwaizumiās place and naturally he messes up but things happen.
told before and told again
word count: 4k
thoughts: i looked through literally all the tags i couldāve thought of for this and nearly cried when i found it agian. outsider POV!!
In damp earth my body
Word count: 15k
Summary: Onscreen, the nationās favorite setter has arranged himself so that heās bowing, forehead pressed to the court, like heās thanking everyone for their kindness thus far, like heās asking for forgiveness. Hajime thinks: shit, itās really happening
thoughts: oikawa retires and moves in with iwaizumi and they blur the line between roommates/best friends and being fwb. this is an iwaizumi pov and the pining is obvious on his end. as a iwa stan the tone made me feel weird bc it makes it seem like iwa cares more abt oikawa than he cares abt himself but. its a good fic
i grew up, you grew down
word count: 19k
thoughts: this is also SO funny bc basically oikawa retires and moves in with iwaizumi and becomes his stay at home wife and a bunch of shit happens like people think that oikawa is dating ushijima and oikawa basically loses it every time. hereās one of my favorite quotes:
āOikawa also bought a new ultra-strength vacuum cleaner heād decided to name Ushiwaka out of sheer spite, because it sucked all the air right out of the room. Iwa-chan didnāt think the joke was that funny when Tooru told him, which was frankly very hurtful and insensitive.ā
Mint
Word count: 19k
thoughts: iwaizumi is moving and oikawa planned a perfect last hangout and it goes to shit featuring matsuhana. oikawa pov where he pines more than iwa which is something i can get behind!! and this was written in 2015 and iwaās moving bc of a sports medicine program so iwaizumi stans know and love him sm ;;
Almost a Stranger
Word count: 16k
thoughts: same premise as mint LOL except theyāre on a trip together and thereās more non-linear narrative!! this one is a little more mature in tone than mint i would say (funny how people just like splitting them up and throwing them in different countries huh)
with every second that you could give
Word count: 9k
Summary: The journey of Iwaizumi and Oikawa going for gold.
Quote: He knows theyāre too close. Iwaizumi knows it too, and they both decided to move in together anyway.
thoughts: iwaoi roommates and theyāre both obviously and really pine-y for each other and everyone sees it but them. srsly. theyāre sleeping in the same bed. like my god
Lost in Translation
Word count: 9k
Summary: Because misfortune come in threes, Iwaizumi Hajime starts his Thursday having a screaming fight with Shittykawa, spends his lunch break listening to the UCI womenās volleyball team gossiping about how Ushijima Wakatoshi had gone public about his longtime love affair with Oikawa Tooru, and closes out the day by drunkenly dropping his phone into a sewer grate.
thoughts: so funny. so sososoosso genuinely funny. the tone is so snappy and iwaizumi honestly just sounds like a confused teenager (which he is in this) and it gets extra points for including a lot of american culture that a lot of the other iwaoi college au ones donāt include for like. obvious reasons lol.
Something Borrowed
Word count: 16k
Summary: In which Oikawa and Iwaizumi have always been a foregone conclusion to everyone else, but a massive, unanswered question to one another.
thoughts: iwaoi roommates thats abo but itās like. mentioned twice. whiny and possessive oikawa makes an appearance in this but itās done really well
things that change, things that stay the same
Word count: 8k
Summary: Oikawa realizes heās in love with his best friend; it sucks for a while. (But only for a little while.)
thoughts: high school getting together!! my second iwaoi fic ever and this one is just. so sweet. just an unsure oikawa realizing iwaizumi might be more than someone he wants as a best friend. this fic is honestly really really lovely.
galaxies, within you
Word count: 21k
Summary: Hajime and Tooru move in together at the start of university. Too bad theyāre stuck with the two gremlins that haunt their apartment.
thoughts: ok this fic was so funny. theyre uni roommates and matsuhana just come fuck shit up and they all act like idiots together even though they go to different schools. and this really throws me back to university days.
Thirty Years and Change (the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad)
Word count: 19k
thoughts: pro! oikawa and iwaizumi havenāt been close for a while until oikawa invites iwaizumi to go to the games with him. thereās a lot of frustration and pining and actually talking about feelings (aka iwaizumi losing his mind and getting advice from people like akaashi)
when it starts to rain, they go inside
Word count: 33k
Summary: āWhere?ā starts Iwaizumi.ā My parentās old lakehouse, silly, didnāt you hear me the first time?ā OR: Oikawa takes Iwaizumi to his lakehouse for two weeks, post-graduation.
thoughts: this was actually my first iwaoi fic which is funny bc the author doesnāt even like oikawa much and i didnt even ship anything in haikyuu before i read this fic and now im in iwaoi hell. oikawa is really frustrating in this in that itās basically a really good character analysis on how oikawa comes off as a Mean person all the time bc heās manipulative and thereās some explicit content
shiver
Word count: 16k
Summary: Oikawa was always the brave one. Hajime just followed two paces behind.
thoughts: iwaoi roommates with oikawa admitting his feelings first back when they were in middle school and iwaizumi putting that thought on the backburner until. obviously. things happen.
Desperado
word count: 80k
thoughts: one of my favorite aus. itās all from kyoutaniās perspective and itās almost so au that theyāre original characters (if that makes sense). basically iwaoi matsuhana are ex-grifters except iwaoi are estranged and daishou somehow brings everyone back together. excellent world building and reading the pov from someone not involved with the iwaoi drama was refreshing
sing with me a song of conquest and fate
word count: 26k
thoughts: a mythical kings au thatās just. so pretty. iwaizumi ends up becoming oikawaās servant for some reason and the world building is a+ because you can feel the trust and frustration from both of them build
Atsukita
dreams of me and you
word count: 10k (incomplete)
my second atsukita fic that rly sent me down atskt hell ;; what is essentially post-break up when atsumu gets signed to msby and heās just Pining and sad for the most part. but the established relationship pre-break up was written really nicely because it just fits my hc of them just being domestic and atsumu being blatantly head over heels
take me home
word count: 4k
i read this this morning and it wrecked me. domestic relationship atsukita?? sign me up
No time like the rest of my life
word count: 19k
mythology au with kita as a regular person and rest of inarizaki as fox spirits! itās cute and the world building is absolutely lovely but it is an au so they might seem ooc but their core character values are still there
wild blue yonder
word count: 6k
literally full of similes and metaphors and itās more of an abstract read i guess? but itās so beautiful and soft and this is exactly how i imagine their relationship
reap and sow
word count: 8k
atsumu confesses and kita ignores him and itās a couple years after the fact and itās mostly just weirdly domestic almost roommate like except for the fact that atsumu makes it clear he likes kita LOL. theyāre really in character for this!
weightless souls
word count: 2k
pillow talk before atsumuās first game! the atsumu pov and voice is amazing
if we were both alone
word count: 7k
now this was actually my first atskt fic that sent me down this rare pair hell. itās an explicit chat fic (both tropes i usually try to avoid) but atsumu types like me (except for the nsfw parts alksfjd) so i guess i like. feel appreciation LMAO.
if you do read like any of these fics pls let me know so we can discuss
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Well, here it is - a lengthy explanation of each card in my mdzs major arcana deck and what I meant to convey/what i would have changed in retrospect/what alternatives i considered! Itās a bit messy and my typing style is lazy but hopefully it will be an interesting read to some of you :)
And so you donāt say I didnāt warn you - jiang chengās section (11 justice) is absurdly long lmao
0 the foolĀ I elaborated on this in the post itself but yeah basically jin ling is kind of representative of all the damage and trauma caused by the past, and thereās a kind of danger there of him falling victim to the same vices as the older characters and repeating the same mistakes and perpetuating the cycle of war and misery (the cycle that we already see with how the jin sect became the new wen sect, and later with how jgy became the new wwx) and he has a lot of room to grow! He grows so much over the course of the novel, comes to realise the complexities of the past and gets a harsh life lesson in how nothing is as black and white as it seems. But ill save talking about his progress for the end, for now whats important is that he has room to grow and also a dog. I donāt really have a justification for the sun, i mostly just thought it looked sick? It made its way to the next card as well, where it makes a bit more sense, but then i realised it was a dumb motif to include 1 the magician I still very much like wwx for the role, and that illustration would have probably had him raising a corpse on his left and pointing threateningly to the sun on his right. I considered including the table as well, with some mdzs relevant items replacing the card suits. Anyway, like i said wwx got a few cards to himself already so i went with the alternative wq design, since i think she fits the card as well. Both she and wwx are highly skilled people, extremely driven once they set their mind to something. The card to me symbolises the creative mind as well as a general drive for action, which fits them both - wwx was famously a prolific inventor, and wq came up with a previously unheard of surgery, after all. This card strays pretty far from the rider-waite deck design, largely because i was still figuring out how i wanted to approach this series, but you can still see the influence. 2 the high priestess I was actually going to skip this card at first because I couldnāt think of a fitting character, but once i considered a qings character post death, it all fit pretty well. She was already a highly intuitive person in life, and in sharing her memories with wwx she is, in a way, relaying a kind of secret knowledge. Anyway sheās one of my fav characters so im glad i got a chance to include her. The coffins could be interpreted to be xxc and sl or xxc and xy 3 the empress Theres other mother figures in mdzs who got to be mothers for a longer time, but jyl definitely embodies the positive aspects of this card the best. Sheās nurturing, kind, emotionally supportive, she already mothered wwx and jc quite a bit when she was young. Plus i liked that the rw card had both water and flowers, making an easy lotus connection. In retrospect the stars look kind of out of place and i should have replaced them with something more relevant... Also, i should have had her hold a lotus seed pod instead of a flower, haha 4 the emperor Like i said I considered jc for the role but hoching bullied me into admitting that nmj was betterā¦ theyāre both more of an inverted emperor than an upright one but then again theres hardly any character in mdzs who would fit upright emperor so. Jgs was also considered but heās even uglier than nmj so i couldnāt bear to draw him 5 the hierophant It was pointed out to me that lqr would have fit this card better and the truth if that statement haunts me to this day. Unfortunately I have no space in my brain for lqr so lxc got the role instead. My main reason was his role during the wen destruction of gusu lan, when he ran away with the contents of the library - this is why thereās bookshelves behind him. The keys, take, from the rider-waite deck, are meant to represent the gusu pendants that allow you to enter 6 the lovers Im sure many people would have chosen wangxian here but I uhh donāt really care abt wangxian personally? And also their love story is so convoluted that jyl and jzx seem idyllic by comparison lol. Also i didnt really have an idea for who to put in the angelās place for wangxianā¦ mme jin certainly did not get these two together in the end but undeniably she and mme yu did initially give them a chance to fall for each other so. Thats something i guess. Anyway the trees became their sectsā flowers and the mountain became the burial grounds - an omen of their tragic fate, basically 7 the chariot There might have been other characters who fit this card better but i couldnāt really think of another card for lwj and i thought it would be weird to not include himā¦ anyway i donāt really care for current timeline lwj BUT i do like that he was clearly influenced by wwx to walk his own path in life based on his moral convictions rather than follow his sectās rules blindly. The chariot is to me a card of self control, self determination and focused action, so it seemed fitting. The composition felt kind of empty without the actual chariot so i padded it out with the guqin, the cloud recess in the bg (it doesnāt look great but i tried to replicate the drama designā¦.) and the bunnies which conveniently fit the colour scheme of the sphinxes in the rider-waite design 8 strength Like i said before, my interpretation of this card is moreā¦ morally ambiguous than the quote unquote official meaning, so i thought about manipulative or duplicitous characters more than kind characters whose strength is expressed through gentleness (though i did consider jyl briefly for the latter interpretation). As such, i considered both jgy and nhs, but ended up going with jgy largely because i couldnāt pass up the opportunity to put the nie sectās beast as the lion. 9 the hermit My thoughts immediately went to bssr lol. It may be an overly literal interpretation but whatever, i like it just fine. And i like that i managed to echo the rider-waite silhouette in the mountain and the tree (and even in bssr herself) 10 wheel of fortune God i love the parallels between these 2ā¦ this card to me is about how you cant trust your current situation, good or bad, to last forever, and these 2 embody that perfectly imo. Wwx went from son of a well off servant and a powerful cultivator, to street rat orphan, to adopted son of sect leader jiang, to double orphan, to MIA, to terrifying but admired warrior, to terrifying and despised traitor, to dead, to, at the very end, suddenly respected and trusted again. The dishonesty and cheapness of whatever the publicās current opinion of him is is portrayed beautifully as far as im concerned. And jgy of course claws his way up to power only to instantaneously become public enemy number one, to the point that heās probably blamed for stuff thereās no reason to believe he had a hand in. Wei wuxianās silent astonishment at how quickly the cultivation world turns against jgy and towards him again is a delicious moment of thematic resonance.Ā 11 justice I settled on this card for jc after he got booted from the emperor seat but i do think it fits, in a somewhat convoluted way. I turned both the sword and the scales into visual representations of the golden core transfer (can you tell im obsessed with it). According to biddy tarot, the justice card is partly about searching for the truth, and the scene where jc finds out about the transfer is of course a big deal. I was also very influenced by the reversed meaning again - which is about being reluctant or unwilling to face or accept the consequences of your actions. I feel on an intuitive level that this fits jc but Iām not sure how well i can explain it - itās something about how heās a little too comfortable scapegoating wwx for things that were also, if much less so, influenced by his actions, and also something about the way he keeps wwx at an armās length emotionally but still leans on him and accepts his support when he really needs it, and somewhat hypocritically expects wwx to put the needs of him and the jiang sect before the needs of others. And also something about the core exchange is the consequence and proof of wwxās deep - terrifyingly deep, even - love and care for him, which is something jc doesnāt seem to let himself acknowledge. Maybe even something about how you could argue that the way all of the jiangs acted around wwx - jfmās favouritism that left him with the feeling of a debt he needs to repay, mme yus insistence that he be a servant more than a brother to jc, prepared to give his life for jc, and jcās own unwillingness - or inability, he was a child after all - to clearly acknowledge wwx as an equal to himself, enabling wwxās self sacrificial and protective tendencies - that all of this was what caused wwxās complete and unquestioning willingness to do whatever it took to protect jc, and therefore paved the way to the golden core transfer. And i donāt mean this to be scapegoating jc - especially considering how young he was when this all went down, it wouldnāt be fair to expect this level of emotional perceptiveness, awareness and maturity of him - but i think adult jc has to grapple with the fact that the chain of cause and effect was not as simple as wwx fucking everyoneās lives up to be a martyr, and that both jc and his parents had a role in that story as well. I donāt even necessarily think this is something that jc only realised in the current timeline - i think itās something he felt on some level this whole time, and it probably led to a lot of feelings of guilt - but the suibian reveal definitely puts it in sharp focus, and i think heās now better equipped to handle this introspection than he was as a recently orphaned, traumatised teenager, lol. ANYWAY the window with the fabric is both a nod to the rider-waite design and a reference to the destruction of lanling - i actually did some basic ass research for this, and it seems that in ancient china fabric would indeed be hanged in a window if the normally used paper was damaged. The design of the window, as well as the very idea to use it to imply the reconstruction of lanling, was taken from this great piece of jc angst by my pal moroll1! Oh yeah also the covered window kind of works as a denial of forgiveness for jc because itās like a halo but covered up... Also I completely forgot to put a blindfold over his eyes which would be perfectttt because blind justice and the core exchange......... ok moving on 12 the hanged man I always have issues with this card because i cant find a satisfactory summary of what itās really about. Best i can tell it symbolises a need to hit pause, surrender or let go of somethingā¦ ive also seen it tied to sacrifice? So mo xuanyu doesnāt fit perfectly, but sacrifice is definitely there in a surface level reading kind of way, and the idea that you have to surrender or let go in order to achieve your goal does fit the whole deal of getting revenge but giving up your life in exchange and not being there to see it 13 death This is probably one of my favourite cards, definitely not because I have huge issues with change or anythingā¦. I see this card as signalling the necessity of change or putting an end to something / leaving something in the past in order to start anew? At first i considered putting past wwx, mxy and current wwx here as a kind of transformation and one cycle flowing into the next... But firstly, Iād already used mxy in the very previous card, so putting him in again would feel like overkill, and secondly, the longer I thought about it the less convinced I was that this would even fit with the cardās meaning? Because coming back from the dead doesnāt like... trigger an internal transformation within wwx or anything? Anyway, fun fact: the design I ended up going with was actually originally intended for judgement! I thought I was being very clever with the wholeĀ āfigure plays an instrument and the dead riseā parallel, but apparently Iād just completely forgotten that the judgement card had a completely different composition... Truly I was boo boo the fool... But yeah anyway at the end of the day I figured the design would kind of work for death as well, with Wen Ning and the theme of transformation, (since in his case coming back as a fierce corpse does actually mark a certain transformation in behaviour) and Wei Wuxianās protection of the Wen people essentially signifying an attempt to break the cycle of oppression if that makes any sense? Like, wwx is trying to revolutionise the way the world works a bit, if you catch my drift 14 temperanceĀ The centrist card! Again this is probably going off track from the āofficialā interpretation, but to me this card has a certain ādonāt commit fully; do everything in moderation; donāt take either sideā flavour to it that i personally find infuriating irl and that i very much assign to lxc. Itās entirely possible that Iām misinterpreting his character because i didnāt really pay him (and the 3zun in general) much mind while reading, but hell, Iām allowed to pick favourites and choose who i want to interpret deeply vs shallowly. Again, i wish id chosen lqr for hierophant because its so annoying for a character i donāt care about to get two cardsā¦. But oh well 15 the devil My alternative idea for this was jgy as the devil and lxc plus nmj as the figures, but since all three had been featured already (multiple times, even!) i figured Iād go with xy instead, especially since heās among my faves lol. I think the devil signifies something along the lines of unhealthy attachment, obsession or addiction, which isnāt 100% accurate in the case of xxc and a-qing, but if i stretch it a bit to cover toxic relationships in general, and especially manipulation or negative influence, i donāt think itās half bad. My main struggle here was to choose who amongst the xxc/sl/aq trio to choose for the human figures. 16 the tower Arguably jin zixuans death and the following massacre of nightless city were the final and most direct reason for the siege of burial mounds, and the tiger seal is good shorthand for wwxās loss of control over his powers, which led to the deaths of jzx and jyl. When reimagining major arcana i like to feature some kind of building in this card (spoilers for a possible future project but in my rose of versailles major arcana set the tower is bastille) and even if itās not a tower, the image of wwx looming over the gathered crowd from atop a rooftop is so good i couldnāt resist 17 the star Struggled with this one - considered both jin ling and lsz for it, as symbolising a hope for the future, but that was kind of covered by the world so it wouldnāt make sense to include here as well... As usual when I struggle with interpreting a card (as opposed to understanding it but struggling with matching a character to it, like with death or moon) I went to biddy tarot and read all the details about its meaning. What i got was that this card signifies an incoming period of introspection and inner peace following a time of turmoil, as well as a general moving on into a new, better phase of oneās life or finding new meaning and purpose. The figure also suggests someone vulnerable, but possessing a keen sense of intuition as well as a good degree of practicality and common sense. Given all those, I settled for mianmian because IM LOVE HER..... I also kind of see her as a prelude to theĀ ājust one person is enoughā theme present in tgcf!! And i think her decision to abandon her sect because she saw the toxicity and corruption in it is a very inspiring action - even if it didnāt make a large visible impact, i think the appearance of her and her idyllic family at the very end of the novel - paralleling and mirroring wangxian - implies that at the end of the day, it was a meaningful one 18 the moon Another card i ALWAYS fuxking struggle with - this time less because i canāt grasp its meaning and more because I can never find a character that fits it well. I usually get fixated on the ādreams and subconsciousā part, but if i lean more on the ādisguise, deceit, anxiety and fearā part, i eventually figured the whole yi city arc wouldnāt be a bad fit. I say the entire arc because it really does encompass all those themes if you include both the past and the present - xue yangās disguise, his tricks with the villagers, a-qingās lies and even xxcās reluctance to talk about his past as well as xue yang pretending to be xxc all fit the disguise and deceit angle, and the general mystery and creepiness of the current timeline yi city work well with the anxiety and fear - the mist, the slow uncovering of the past, even a-qing being revealed to be an ally after scaring the shit out of the protags. I definitely struggled with including all the elements and characters, and even moreso with making them vaguely fit the rider-waite composition, but i think it ended up okay ish. OH and i completely forgot to draw mist swirling around them :( 19 the sun I was considering mianmianās family for this one, but since I used her for star, I ended up with wwx and his parents instead. Once again Iām reinterpreting the card a bit - normally I think it symbolises incoming times of pure happiness and abundance, as well as a connection with the inner child, but I gave it more of a nostalgic or sentimental twist - wwx looking back at the brief glimpse of his happy childhood. 20 judgement another card that i struggle to interpret a bit... Here i actually used the tgcf tarot zine as a reference! In it judgement is summarised asĀ ārebirth, following duty, absolutionā SO i figured that nhs, mxy and wwx all together would fit pretty neatly... wwx achieving (public) absolution through clearing his own name after being reborn, and nhs sort of calling on wwx to expose jgyās crimes... Itās a bit messy but not bad I think! 21 the world This ties very closely to my read on mdzs as a story - which is that itās, at the end of the day, largely about cycles, and about how hard it is to break them, but how we gotta keep trying and have hope anyway. Or maybe more precisely, that the people directly involved with and influenced by the trauma of the past might not be able to get over said trauma and that the hope for healing from it will be shouldered by the new generation. Or something like thatā¦ Basically what i mean is that jc and wwx and lwj and lxc and nhs and jgy and all these people who were in the thick of the sunshot campaign and the siege are so profoundly affected by it that it genuinely feels by the end of the story like there is little hope for them to ever truly overcome that trauma and build a better future without repeating the same old mistakes - but there is a glimmer of hope in the new generation, specifically in jl and lsz. And itās a bit paradoxical, because they have also been directly impacted by the past tragedies - lsz having his entire clan wiped out after wwx failed to protect them, jl losing both his parents to wwxās mistakes - but despite that loss, and despite coming from arguably the two opposing sides of the past conflicts, they are both, in the end, capable of moving past that tragedy, of recognising the complicated nature of those conflicts (jlās moment of clarity at the end is both heartbreaking and hopeful) and forging friendships between clans in the process. I honestly think that the extra where jl is struggling to assert his authority as sect leader, to treat his subjects well and to cooperate with other sects in a truly amicable way is the single hopeful ending note for the larger themes of the novel - it allows us to imagine that maybe these kids can learn from the mistakes of their elders rather than getting sucked in by resentment at those mistakes, and actually build a brighter future for the cultivation world. And sidenote, this is also why i have a soft spot for jin ling and lan sizhui as a ship... speaking of which their poses were directly referenced from the lovers card ehehe
Looking back, Iād like to add some symbol of jin lingās trauma so that it mirrors baby wen yuan in the tree stump... maybe his fatherās sword?Ā
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I am lovingly infecting you with Death Takes a Holiday disease <333
DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY IS SO EVERYTHING OHH MY GOD OKAY THIS MIGHT GET LONG AND MAYBE INCOHERENT (I DID NOT TAKE NOTES AS I WAS WATCHING EXCEPT FOR WRITING DOWN SOME QUOTES THAT GOT ME NEAR THE END)
okay ohh my GOD first of all from a purely visual standpoint i ADORE it... old films already look so šā„ļøšššā„ļøš i LOVEEE them i love how everyone has a faint otherworldly glow to them its so ššš and i LOVEEE death's umm Death Form hehehe LOVE how he's either a literal shadow or a sort of formless cloak (AND THE WAY HE'S SEE THROUGH IN HIS FIRST APPEARANCE? HELLO? HOW DID THEY DO THAT like ik how they did the invisible man effects but this is like. different and idk how they did it im so enamored!!!) and i love the other costumes in the film!!! all of grazia's dresses, death's uniforms as prince sirki, love the costumes SO much!!!
next thing i really really super big love is just... death going through the mortal world and reacting to and learning about everything. i mentioned in another post abt how that part of this movie tickles the part of my brain that loves the day the earth stood still and i stand by that!!! there's just something i love so much about an otherworldly being coming to earth/the mortal world to learn about humans, and doing it specifically by staying with a human/mortal family while keeping their otherworldliness secret. and death talking about war, how it's just fighting over flags or pieces of land neither side wants, DEFINITELY reminded me of klaatu and how he comes to earth to learn if humans would be a threat to the rest of the universe and what his thoughts are on war. day the earth stood still x death takes a holiday crossover when!!! but also the humor bits wrt REALLY GOT ME HELP i laughed SO loud at death's reaction to hearing himself be called The Old Man it made me lose my mind hkfkhk
AND OKAY. I NEED TO TALK ABOUT DEATH AND GRAZIA. BECAUSE THEY MAKE ME SO!!!!!!! LITERALLY HELP the way death sees her and is Immediately so struck by her is very endearing but what really got me was the next morning in the garden when grazia is like "haha here you should take a rose for your jacket :)" and death is like "oh um no i cant šš roses wither on me! there are people like that you know who make roses wither its totally a normal thing" (but also the way he phrases it, "there are people like that who make roses wither" (not an exact quote bc i didnt write it down š but you know!!) makes me so sad for some reason tht i cant quite articulate) and grazia is just like "haha don't worry!! it's not even opened yet, it'll last a looong time! šš" before putting the rose on his jacket... and death's reaction? GODDD HELP ME!!! ITS SUCH A SWEET SCENE!!!
and then. ohhh my god. on death's last night of his holiday. HELP!!! the juxtaposition between the one lady (AGAIN I CANT REMEMBER HER NAME APOLOGIES) looking into his eyes and going from "yes i would do anything for you, i'd give you my soul, i don't care as long as it's you you hottie!!" to "GET AWAY FROM ME PLEASE DON'T HURT ME" vs. grazia telling him "when i'm with you, i see depths in your eyes that are like the worlds i visit in sleep" THAT GOT ME! when grazia says "i think you've been holding life in your hands, as i do sometimes. i think you've been a little afraid of its beauty." THAT GOT ME TOO!! and the way death says "oh, you DO know!" do that last quote? like he's so surprised but also relieved bc she does know, she does understand at least some part of him? WELL, THAT GOT ME TOO!! same w the way he says "oh, grazia, grazia, don't be afraid of me!" jesus christ!!! + the way he like. flips between "no i want to take grazia with me i love her!" to "NO i cant take grazia with me, i can't kill her i can't do that to her" made me SO. GOD. "to go with me now, in love, would be triumph!" vs. his panicked "i cannot tell her!!" this is a movie TRYING to kill me!! AND THE WAY GRAZIA DOES KNOW? the way everyone assumes she has no idea, even death, bc how could someone ever love death? how could someone love death so deeply and genuinely and sincerely? "but you ā you don't know who i am!" "you are my love. my love." SHE KNOWS! SHE KNOWS WHO YOU ARE SHE SEES YOU SHE HAS LOOKED IN YOUR EYES AND SEEN HER DREAMS SHE SEES YOU AND LOVES YOU STILL! "now you see me as i am." "but i've always seen you like that. you haven't changed." "you have seen me... like this?" "yes. always." I AM GOING TO CURL INTO A BALL AND ROLL INTO A SMALL CAVE!!! literally its so everything to me its about death going from "i love her so much i want to be with her forever" to "no i couldnt do thay to her" it's about grazia seeing him for what he is EFFORTLESSLY it's about grazia seeing him for what he is and still loving him and choosing to go with him even though it means her death ohh my GODDD films of ALL! FUCKING! TIME!!!
#LITERALLY IF ONE OF MY FOLLOWERS READING THIS HASNT SEEN DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY WATCH IT RIGHT NOW PLEASE!!#asks#carouselcometh#long post
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i lowkey found astrid's "you're getting in the way of her happiness" and "don't you want to settle down with a wife?" comments pretty amanormative and heteronormative. i'm a loveless aroace so seeing her somewhat antagonise tuffnut abt the way he acted (when i'd act in a similar way) rubbed me weirdly
Totes donāt remember precisely where this was in the HTTYD franchise... extremely rusty and havenāt watched RTTE and other materials in years... but I do remember getting to these lines and feeling uncomfortable as an aroace myself.
Like. The HTTYD television series has never beenĀ ācutting edgeā regarding representational matters, and Iāve never expected it to cut any edges, though we also see a learning curve. Early jokes from ROB/DOB days where calling someone a girl was an insultĀ got dropped by RTTE. But there was always an amatonormative edge to the DreamWorks Dragons RTTE episodes, too. Itās why I sighed over such things as hooking Mala and Dagur up, Fishlegs and Heather up, Snotlout getting his own quick romance plot with the Wingmaidens... plot moves that ultimately didnāt make much sense regarding their personalities, but let us swim in a world where everyoneās gotta try romance sometime, right? GOTTA HOOK THEM CHARACTERS UP. [sighghghg]
It is to my biggest, most immense relief that throughout the entire series, Tuffnut neverĀ entered a real romantic fling. At least you guys kept that for me. Itās one reason Tuffās special to me... his values are in his family, and he doesnāt need romance to enjoy his life. Thatās important. And while I appreciate the concept of writing a story where a character who isnāt romantic butts heads with someone whose values are romantic, peeps gotta be careful about how thatās written, in case it accidentally turns into an amatonormative world where the aromantic individual is expected to reduce their love for the sake of the romantic person being swept away by a romance-only focus that isnāt exactly the model of healthy social dynamics (we shouldnāt be dropping all our friends and family and treating one human as all emotional fulfillment once we enter something romantic, and Iām tired of that treated as normal and desirable happiness).
From my vaaaaaaaaaague recollection of how this conversation went down that you mentioned, it pinged so amatonormative it hurt. It pinged me as bad. I didnāt just feel weird, I cringed. It didnāt ping me as surprising because society talks that way so often, but I was like,Ā āHm yeah, NO.ā
If you love someone and are close to them, and youāve been their happiness for years and years and years, you are not by natureĀ interfering in someoneās āhappinessā because one person entered a romance. Nor are we automatically in the pinnacle of happiness once we start a romance, and suddenly all other relationships become an automatic interference of it. Are there ways in which you could sabotage someoneās romantic relationship? Yes. But are there plenty of ways in which people in romantic relationships intentionally or unintentionally sabotage their connections with other people uncomfortably, cutting them off and devaluing them? Also yes. And are there plenty of ways in which weāre happier when we have familial and romantic and platonic relationships all balancing our lives instead of one cutting out the other? Yes.Ā
A real solution isnāt like what Astrid implicitly suggests, where you should back off on someone elseāsĀ āhappinessā (because youāre an innate interference) and go seek your own romance to be happy. Because whatās she suggesting? Clearly hooking up is what you should actually be doing to quit feeling lonesome... instead of working it outĀ with the person whose relationship you are struggling with.Ā
Thereās a miscommunication going down. And itās not saying that someone like Tuffnut reacted perfectly. But. We need to endorse communicating with people we feel arenāt giving us attention anymore. We need to talk through about where we feel hurt and why. We need to talk things through until everyoneās on the same page and at least understands where everyone wants to spend their time and love.
Sorry Iām not talking very specifically about it, and hope my memories donāt serve me wrong. At this point in time, I donāt have the canon so snugly memorized that I can immediately pinpoint a quote into an exact episode anymore. Iād need reference of where it happened.
#hopefully this wordy response makes SOME sense#httyd#How to Train Your Dragon#Ruffnut and Tuffnut#Ruffnut#Tuffnut#Astrid#rtte#Race to the Edge#long post#analysis#my analysis#awesome anonymous friend#amatonormativity#Anonymous
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cries think I made my ask too long so like half of it got deleted bc I typed it right into the askbox. anyways. I come bearing a3 thoughts! at first i was gonna watch the spring/summer and autumn/winter ones and then give my thoughts on both but. turns out i had too many thoughts lol? which i shouldve expected but i actually kind of... got bored by the first two chapters of this event! so i skipped and went to the stranger. and then went back. (1/?)
and then i got to like "tsuzuru and kazunari are having a fight?" and jumped on that like a starving wolf bc helllll yeah! i rly adored kazunari in sardine search, i think he was great! hes just so nice and has good vibes. he and taichi are kind of similar i feel? but i think their respective ages contribute to a lot of difference in their characters. why does it feel like this askbox limit personally wants me dead. (2/?)
anyways! i rly enjoyed the improv scene devolving to a real fight. admittedly i was kinda surprised that the content of that improv wasnt rly too similar to their actual fight? like normally a3 has the story of the play run parallel to like the actual real character drama so i thought the improv might function as the play in this event... it was still good tho. the scene i mean. (3/?)
also i rly liked tenma ragging on them afterwards. like he was mean but. first i adore tenma. second he just felt like. a different meddling type to muku lol? like the vibes he gave me were always like... im going to be a considerate leader and watch out for the ppl under me! therefore im gonna make sure theyre doing fine! aggressively. i think tenmas also just like a friendly person who likes to take care of others in general? like im not saying hes omi or anything but just like. (4/?)
that time he offers his car ride to juza so they can go to school together like hes surprisingly open compared to his initial prickliness. also ive got thoughts abt the tenma juza SSR conversation thing i read. one day ill make a tenma and juza fic and complete a trifecta haha... but thats something for another day! back to the actual story. the way tsuzuru dives right in after kazunari! that was so nice. like its easy to see how much they care abt each other. (5/?)
to the point where like even while theyre fighting theyre like angry but still like fairly quiet bc i think theyre both at least trying to be considerate of each other. ah the moment kazunari didnt respond to tsuzuru trying to talk to him i KNEW he was sick tho. felt proud of myself for calling that one but also the reason i knew is bc i have used the "character being sick during an argument causing them both to make up with each other" trope myself before so uh. like recognizes like haha. (6/?)
anyways the cg there was fuckin beautiful like kazunari looks so sad in the middle bit but then u see his shy smile? like hes sick but hes also like. happy to be there. idk. lovely. i adore kazu i think hes just deeply sweet to other people. tsuzuru telling him "you make everyone around you feel as bright and cheery as the things you designā is so wonderful too (7/?)
now im thinking. ah tsuzuru probably feels quite drained after a script and such (i know i am when i finish any piece--its like the emotions just rush out of me) so i like to think that like yknow. kazunari dropping by his room or whatever helps him set himself back to normal! but also when tsuzurus like oh u left ur magazines here! i suddenly remembered. wait shit kazunari and tsuzuru arent even roommates. wonder how much they bother masumi lmaooo. anyways overall very good story! (8/?)
some more thoughts: itaru and citron were so cute in this event! just like. citron saying itaru winking makes his heart skip a beat and itaru quoting citrons wrong sayings (which. i am also guilty of today i told my brother "we'll jump that bridge when we cross it" so) also i love how yuki is like "thank god i wasnt partnered with that hack" but like. yuki. u could literally just not talk about him. like its so funny to me yuki is like wow i hate tenma but he wont shut up abt him haha (9/?)
i also was a lil taken aback at hearing itaru go "for the lulz" tbh... like it fits him. but im mad it fits him? anywaysss thats all i had for this one! im gonna watch autumn/winter and go say my thoughts on that soon. sorry the ask was so broken up, idk what happened!
OLA FRIEND! Glad to see your thoughts again omg :3c
tho omg the fact tumblr deleted it all + the ask limit was all so evil D: poor friend.
I'm putting my answer under a read more because. Well. *waves hand* it got long.
The non-play events can be perhaps a little harder to get into because unlike the plays events that you start with a clear idea of at least the main plot (re: "they are preparing a play, i know the leads so i know who it will focus on"), non-plays events take a little longer to first set up what event they're participating in, how to prepare for it, and then bring up the conflict and which characters are going to have something to do with said conflict. So i can understand that they're a little harder to get into when we know the plays awaits.
On top of that, the first few events still were a bit tame because since it was early when the app released, i think they didn't go too heavy at once in case some people were still stuck on earlier chapters (esp since especially Winter is hard to unlock)
ANYWAY glad that it sucked you in on the second read :3c
So glad you were invested in that conflict!
Totally agreeing with you about Kazunari, and very good point about Taichi as well! they aren't the Puppy Pair for nothing :'D (Yuki took one look at both of them together and just Knew. His suffering knows no end (lovingly)). But yeah i think they have a lot in common, they both are the really bright and friendly figure, both also started in overcompensating a bit because both wanted to be popular in some ways.
But we do have, on one hand, Kazunari who wanted that rather late in his life while Taichi always thrived for that, the fact Kazunari made friends easily and it's just that he was scared of getting to the next level, while Taichi always struggled with this quest for popularity. In a way too both of them were at least scared to share a part of them, Kazunari worrying to show his thoughts, and Taichi being a spy and all of that... which impacts them really differently considering the guilt it puts on Taichi. And then you add their age into the mix, especially the fact Kazu is the oldest of his troupe and Taichi the youngest of his, it makes them fairly similar all while being fairly different.
both are so interesting to me and i love them bothhh, so it's always nice to see them have focus.
admittedly i was kinda surprised that the content of that improv wasnt rly too similar to their actual fight? like normally a3 has the story of the play run parallel to like the actual real character drama so i thought the improv might function as the play in this event
i love how you are seeing the patterns a3 tends to do it's so neat!
It's true the fight isn't really similar to their actual fight, though i do love that they had "swapped" their personality for the act and ended up insulting each other for theirr swapped personality. Like, Kazunari insulted part of himself in Tsuzuru's character and Tsuzuru did the same?? and then the fight escalated and the way Kazunari broke character hurts bc it's really that Tsuzuru hit where it hurts. But yeah it still wasn't too relevent to their actual fight, though i think the thing is that their fight was as such mostly because they tend to clash often due to their personalities rather than just this singular reason why, so to have the play go more "it's their personalities the problem" kinda hurt lol. But yeah still agreed that it didn't reflect much on the plot itself
I was rereading the improv bit to answer correctly and man since we're going to talk about Tenma next, i just. Love that when Kazunari, breaking character, his eyes sad, tells Tsuzuru "you have no rights talking to me like that..." it then cuts on Tenma being upset. Bc like. Exactly like you say, he wants to look out for the people under him. and like. Kazunari is his friend. A friend he also snapped at once and insulted for being who he was, so he probably could have relived a bit of his fight with Kazunari seeing those two fights; Except that now Kazunari is one of his closest friend and he doesn't like that.
Also like. It was also because he could still hide under the plot of the improv but it's so rare, and it never happened before that point, that Kazunari stands for himself in a "the way you treat me is unfair"? Like again re: his fight with Tenma, when Tenma snapped at him, while Tenma was unfair with him, Kazunari took the blame, called himself annoying and all yaknow?
The fact Kazunari is starting to accept that he can take more place for himself is something the whole Summer Troupe have been trying to help him work on, but especially Tenma. Tenma is always there trying to push Kazunari to say what he means, to express his feelings, to stop hiding.
And for once, Kazunari does that in front of everyone... and it's because he's breaking because of his fight with Tsuzuru.
I think Tenma probably felt it was even more of a reason to get involved like, this is the thing he's been working on with Kazunari about, and now he's being all hurt about it, not on Tenma's watch!
And i totally agree with your take on Tenma! (and would LOVE to read the Tenma and Juza fic once you get to it :3c). I think, Tenma is really caring and is trying to take a place as a caretaker and all, but unlike Omi, he has absolutely no reference for it.
Omi is the eldest of multiple brothers and everything indicates his parents have always been lovely to him. Add to it how he ended up leader of a delinquent crew he was clearly looking after, Omi has a history of taking care of people, of nurturing them, and he knows what he's doing. Meanwhile Tenma grew up on TV sets, mostly surrounded by adults and not by people his age, mostly getting advice from being ordered around by directors i think. And his parents are distant, hyperfocused on their job, not really nursing with him. So Tenma meanwhile really didn't have a family emotional support and was in situation where he couldn't befriend other kids his age. His only reference was probably Igawa (his agent) and i think for a long time he didn't exactly see it, and Igawa remained mostly professional so there was probably the idea of it not being sincere? That Tenma had to grow out of.
So like, they're both extremely nurturing and caring, but my point is that Omi has experiences in it and is at ease with it, while Tenma has been so alone and in places were he had no support system that even if he wants to support others, he still struggles with how to do it because he has no set exemple. And that's his development in the main story arc, to learn from how Izumi shows she cares in order to care back at them all.
Like i mean the way Tenma yelled at them about their mistakes at first feel like he would have picked it up from some directors on TV set yaknow? Probably hearing them say that with no consequences on others actors, seeing it worked, didn't think "that's an abuse of power and the actors probably all think badly of their director for that" but "wow that works", tried it on his troupesmates and realized this is... not how that works. And it's spending time watching how Izumi encourages them that have him fix his way to approach it.
So yeah i got lost too into it but like. I feel you on Tenma i love him so much and i love his development so to see him get pissed and involved there? was really nice. even if he was aggressive about it. He's still learning.
ANYWAY back to Tsuzuru and Kazunari, totally agree with what you say next. They still care a lot about each other and yeah they're at a point where this consideration they have for each other make their anger more quiet than trying to attack one another (Banri could NEVER-). so yeah totally agree with you!
DLKFJDLKF i LOVE the reasoning on "recognizing that Kazunari was sick". Your writer's powers making you see through... *coughs* unlike Tsuzuru....
AND YEAH ALL YOU SAY ABOUT THE CG.. YEAH. Kinda crying thinking about it again now LDKJFLKDJF It's just. Everything about it is so soft and tender. The things Tsuzuru tells Kazunari are soo so sweet sobs. They're just adorable i love those kids. and also i feel you for Kazu he's just that great huh?
The whole set up about Kazu dropping by his room is so so cute! I love it! Like probably the very first time Tsuzuru braces himself because "oh no i'm not in the mood to stand mister hyperenergy himself" but Kazunari quickly adjust his energy so that Tsuzuru can just recharge without being overwhelmed. Yes it would drive Masumi completely nuts. Which i think is a plus for Tsuzuru like, hey, if Masumi gets annoyed once in a while it's a win. But yeah also i think that Tsuzuru and Kazunari should really have the Artistic Soldiarity of Students in Art school Probably Working Until Very Late To Complete Their Projects. Would love if at the end Tsuzuru gave it back yaknow?
but yeah their story was really nice i'm so glad you liked it! :D
oh god yeah Itaru and Citron were SO cute in it too, i also love the comments Citron makes about Itaru's winks. Just there flirting in front of everyone like those two embarrassing friends huh. (probably with Muku being all starry eyes considering he greatly admires both Itaru and Citron and, well, Romance.). And yeah i love how Itaru ends up so much into Citron's rhythm (and this idiom you said? is glorious actually, 10 points for you)
DLKFJDLKF what a call out toward Yuki. "yes i hate Tenma,no i won't shut up about him, also if YOU say you hate Tenma i'm going to stab you with my needles, have a nice fucking day.". I love their dynamics so much aha
And yeah Itaru is there cursing us the whole time with the fact he's the greatest nerd ever and it fits him perfectly. It makes me laugh so hard.
Thank you so much for having shared your thoughts there! it's always a blast to read through them and i dearly enjoyed it! (+ it makes me relive the event a little and it makes me soft!)
I'm so glad you enjoyed it! So glad you had so many thoughts about all of this, what a blast.
thank you for sharing, and looking forward the Autumn/Winter reactions :3c
Take care!
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