#I wish this wasn't the funniest thing I've ever seen

[mcwexlerscigarette]

this quote is so sick coming from him considering he has an illegitimate daughter that he completely ignores 😭😭

[septembersghost]

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me looking at my reflection when i first wake up

[mydarllinglover]

Stars Collided || Four

Previous

It was late, Lovisa was staring out of her balcony, dressed in an pale pink nightgown, wearing a matching sheer robe, with a fluffy hem and cuffs.

She missed her parents, she had regrets, and truthfully, she was scared.

Was there really someone out there who wanted to kill her? She didn't want to die, especially for politics.

A knock at the door interrupted her thoughts.

"Come in!" She called, from outside, she was surprised why Ahsoka would be knocking, normally, she just walked in as she pleases.

But who she wasn't expecting, was to see Anakin Skywalker walking in.

She turned around to face him, her elbows leant on the balcony as she stared, taking him in.

Seeing Anakin again, after all those years, it did something to her, something she didn't like.

He was incredibly good looking, which made things a lot more complicated, she knew for sure she was attracted to him, but he was a Jedi, and they follow a very strict code, it's why she didn't like him, she hated wanting things she couldn't have, and yet, it was always the things she desired the most.

He was also funny, and charming, and actually had an personality, unlike the other men she was forced to spend her time around.

"Hi, Princess." He greeted, walking towards her. "I wanted to check on you, make sure you weren't murdered, or at least still in your room."

"How did you know where my room is?" She asked him, her brows furrowing in curiosity.

"Padme showed me, my rooms just down the hall." He met her outside, and she turned back around, as he also lent on the railing.

"Oh..." She looked down, obviously his room would be near hers.

Silence surrounded them for a bit longer.

"Uh... I- I wanted to uhm, thank you.." She started, picking at her fingers, why did she feel nervous, Princess Lovisa Amidala was never nervous. "...For saving my life, a lot, today."

"Your highness, it is my duty to protect your life with my own, nothing will happen to you, as long as I can help it." He studied her face, as he licked his bottom lip.

"Oh, right." She looked away from him again.

"Princess, did I say something wrong?" He asked.

"No, you've done nothing wrong." She sighed.

"Then what is the matter?"

She weighed the question in her mind, but eventually, in normal Lovisa fashion, she dove in head first, not caring for consequences.

"Is my life only important to your job?" She asked, and she wanted to kick herself, as soon as the words left her mouth, but she looked back, keeping her eyes on his.

It took Anakin a few seconds to remember that he could speak, but he still could not find the words.

"Of course not." He said, shaking his head as he tried to think of what she said, and then what she meant. "I- Princess-"

"Don't" She held her hand up to him. "Talk to me without my title."

She wanted, no, needed him to care for her as a person, not as an Monarch, not the way as everyone else.

"Lovisa, I do value your life, regardless of who you are, and I do not wish to see harm brought to you, no matter how cruel or exhausting you have been to me, today." He said, truthfully.

She laughed, thinking of what she had really spent the day doing to him, how he had carried her through the village on his shoulder, how he had carried her so effortlessly.

"You have a beautiful smile." Anakin said, enjoying the sound of her laughter, it made him want to become the funniest person in the world, just to hear it.

"What?" She asked, even though she heard what he said, she just wanted to hear it again.

"You're the most beautiful person I've ever seen." He corrected himself.

"Please don't say things like that to me." She rolled her eyes, remembering herself.

"Why not?" He bent his head, as he looked at her.

"Because..... I don't like the way it makes me feel." She blushed.

"It makes you feel bad? Me calling you beautiful?" He was growing more confused.

"No." She whispered, as she looked up at him, her eyes darting to his lips, before back up to his eyes. "The opposite."

She saw how his own cheeks reddened, and so she turned her head from him, looking towards the horizon, at the waterfall, the large span of grass.

"How did you become a Jedi?" She asked, changing the conversation.

"I was discovered, in my home town." He answered. 

"By who?" 

"Master Qui-Gon."

"I met him before." Lovisa nodded. "Where are you from?"

"Tatooine. It's not well known."

"I've heard of it, my father told me about that place, it's very far from the Kingdom." She said, as if he wouldn't already know that.

"Yes, it's a very sandy place. I don't like sand. It’s coarse, it’s rough, and irritating, and it gets everywhere." He said, with disgust.

"Well, I can imagine." She laughed, "But your family, they are here, yes?"

"No, princess." He shook his head. "My mother is still back home, and I never had a father, I haven't seen her since joining the force, ten years ago."

"Oh..." She looked at him, sympathy swimming in her eyes. She loved her mother dearly, she couldn't even think about being so far away from her, for so long. "I presume you miss her terribly."

"Everyday, but the Jedi way, is to have no attachments, no fears, it can cause weakness, but the Jedi code, it's very outdated."

"Yes, I think it is." She nodded.

"So are the rules of being royal, I'm beginning to see."

"Very outdated." She pouted, as she looked away, an annoyed look on her face. "I have no role in life, no job, except to make the King and Queen look good, to be a back up for the throne, in case anything were to happen to the heir, or to marry wisely."

"Marry wisely?" He asked.

"Unlike you, I'm not forbidden from love, but, slim pickings. I can either marry to further my wealth and power, or I can marry for alliance, and neither of them interest me, very much."

"How come?"

"I don't care much for politicians" She waved away. "It's all rather stupid, and so are they, mostly. I'd like to marry someone who I got to know, someone who see's me as someone they can love, not just a step closer to a throne they will never get to sit on. I want to be married to a husband who wakes up everyday and thanks the universe that he was placed on the same planet as Lovisa Amidala, not Princess Lovisa, of Naboo, and the idea that one day my father will ship me off to some foreign land to marry a king, for the sake of the kingdom, terrifies me."

Since he was a child, Anakin had been thanking the universe, everyday, that he was placed on the same planet as the girl who had came to the temple, and told him how bored she was, that her father was in meetings, who had beat him in a spar, and laughed at the fact that she was a few inches taller than him, who had told the other Padawans and younglings to leave them, as they were having lunch together.

Anakin placed a hand on her cheek, his thumb swiping at her soft skin, his blue eyes locked on her hazel ones.

She was staring at his lips again, and he involuntarily licked them.

Every warning in their heads were going off, loud, but they both shut it off, no one was here now, telling them that this was wrong.

Anakin bent his head, grazing his lips across Lovisa's.

She gasped at the touch, and she nodded her head, making it happen again.

“Anyone would be lucky to have your love and devotion, I know I would.” He whispered. “You’ve been on my mind every single day since I’ve met you, Lovisa.”

And then they did it again.

“I missed you, incredibly much, Anakin.” She whispered back to him.

Anakin finally kissed her sweet lips, it was a taste he wanted on his own lips, forever.

The hand on her cheek moved to intertwine in her hair, and the other moved to hold her waist, under the robe.

Lovisa pulled away, leaning her forehead against his.

"Ani..."

But he lifted her head, and she fell, again, closing the gap between them.

Once again, realisation had kicked in, and she hated herself more and more.

"Ani, we can't." She whispered. "You’re a Jedi, and I'm a princess, we have our codes."

"Who cares about that?" He told her, the hand in her hair slightly tightened, before he let go, running his fingers through the dark curls.

"Everyone does. It's- this is forbidden."

"You always break the rules."

That she did, which is why she let him kiss her in the first place, but it was too good to stop, and she didn't want to break her own heart by following her rebellious tendencies, loving something she could never truly have.

"We can't do this." She sighed, "We would both be in incredible amounts of trouble."

"No one has to know, it'll be our secret."

"I don't want to have to hide you, we could never go past just this, secret kisses in the dark, there's nothing else for us, but this."

"And it's not enough?"

"Not from what is expected from me."

“I won’t give up on us.” He promised, his jaw clenched, as his eyes held hers, “I won’t throw what we have away, for stupid rules made hundreds of years ago.”

“Ani, there is no point clinging on to wishes and desires, it won’t change the trajectory of what is real.”

“But this is real, you can feel it, Vis, you know something is there, and I can too, there’s a reason we were brought together again, after all this time.”

“Because someone wants me dead, Anakin, and you are a Jedi, I don’t see that as fate.” She snapped.

“But I do, this is my first solo mission, there are lots of Jedi to choose from, much that are far older and wiser than I, and yet, I was picked for this, that doesn’t feel like a coincidence.”

“The more we lean into this, the harder it will be to come back from it.” She huffed, fed up with his stubbornness.

“Then I will leave the order.” He said.

“Anakin! You cannot! Do not say such foolish things.” She waved him off.

“It is not foolish, Princess.”

“It is, you are the chosen one, you are meant to bring balance to the force, to exceed expectations, you can not be so selfish as to leave for me, besides, you hold no other title, and I doubt you have much wealth, my father would never accept you.” She was being blunt, she knew it was harsh, but he needed to hear it, to come out of his delusions.

“I suppose you are right, your highness” The muscles in his jaw tightened, and she could see how his eyes swam with anger, but he remained steady, presenting himself as calm. “But nevertheless, that does not change how I feel for you, which is deep.”

“You hardly know me.” She scoffed.

“I’ve known you since we were children, and from the moment you pointed me out, you have held my heart in your hands, my heart beats for you, and I didn’t even know your name. I woke up every morning, your face being the first thing I saw in my mind, I waited and hoped that I would be greeted with your presence, once more, and now that I have had the chance to be this close to you, that I have you back in my life, I will not throw away this chance. The universe has finally answered my prayers, and I will not waste the opportunity. I won’t give you up, Lovisa, and I beg that you don’t disregard what I know you feel for me. My very soul yearns for you, and I hope that the kiss we shared will not be the last, that it will not become a scar on my lips.”

Lovisa felt dizzy with his confession, no one had ever spoke to her like that, bared themselves so raw, like this, it was all so new, and so sudden, and she never expected the first boy to properly confess his love for her, to be Anakin Skywalker.

But he was right, she did harbour strong feelings for him, she had never felt this way, it made her nauseous, she quite frankly hated it.

She placed a hand on his cheek, and he leaned into it, and his eyes fluttered shut, he was beautiful, how could anyone possibly compare to him, how was she ever going to move on from this boy, to someone who would never match to any of his qualities?

“I wish things were different, Ani, I wish that there was a life for us, out there, but we live in a reality where it is not, nothing we can do will change that, and it’s time you face it, I’m sorry.”

Then she walked back inside, to hide in her bathroom, for him to leave, as she willed for her own heart to stop racing.

Next

[icarusredwings]

i’ve already expressed how much your agere! headcanon means to me in the tags lol, but i also wanna add that you just write it really well. i stopped reading age regression fics a LONG time ago because they felt really cringey or unrealistic, but the way you’ve written it feels natural but over the top in just the right ways for Wade. It doesn’t feel fetishized at all or like that’s all he is, and it’s really nice to see it to be taken seriously in a fic setting. So thank you 😅🙏🏻

Thank you, and I did read all of that by the way, I didn't want to upset you by responding but wasn't sure if ti would be creepy to inbox you or not about it. I fully understand though and Honestly am semi in the same boat? The first step is definitely taking care of yourself and I think you have something to be proud of because you did it :)

I don't think there's anything to worry about and that's the great thing is being able to do it at your own pace and when its time, label it. if you don't want too then don't. What ever you are comfortable with because at the end of the day its for YOU.

I have two more request slots open by the way!

Yes, I found it unrealistic too especially when everything is perfect and its barley ever related back to the characters trauma rather then "Lol I'm baby, goo goo ga ga, Nothing I do has consequences apparently because 'im daddy's favorite baby girl' also I just ripped off my nappy and wet the carpet" ????? Im not kidding There is genuine things written like this. And its not satire? It feels unserious and more of a mocking or joking thing then actually helping the Charater?? if that makes sense?

Anyway- Yeah I've gotten this comment a lot that most of the stuff written is flat out fetishization or is cringy in the sense of being not thought out so it sounds soooo weird. (Again- more fetishization, Especially with the excessive ageplay ones where they're literally pretending they cant walk yet.. sexual stuff.. it's definitely not for me.)

Ive said it before but Ill say it again. What people do in their bedroom with consent is not my buisness, maybe that stuff does help some people? maybe they are just inexperienced writers and I'm misunderstanding something? Either way- Im not judging, I just wish there wasn't so many sexual innuendos in the SFW ones. like.. huh? That's the point of SFW right?

Another thing I do when writing these is I think of actual littles reading these and I think about what is going to make them happy/ feel understood and seen as someone trying to heal rather then as a massive joke.

Look- As my therapists funniest patient- Truama can be hella funny but I feel having Agere as the butt of a joke is just.. wrong.

[mays-corner]

(This post is a bit random so if you get it you get it if you don't get it it's fine)

It's 2024. I should be going to the disco, which I dislike.

Instead, I decided to hyperfixate on a Welshman.

One thing that baffles me to this day, and trust me it has happened more than once, is has anyone ever tried to protest at least a bit to still have Matt as John? Did no one try hard enough? Or have the attempts failed?

I mean-

I'm a newer fan (even with content crumbs I am a fan) still, so I can't be sure, but I'm amazed that in all these years that have passed, no one ever did anything, and now he can't even play Constantine (I think).

And now, the only role I've seen is him dubbing John 💀

Ignoring this discourse about John, I've decided to search for other roles, movies, and series, and what I've found was interesting, to say the least.

I am becoming passionate about him for various reasons. Other than wanting to revive pre-pandemic activities, I have noticed a pattern: I enjoy searching for things that I only watch. These are some thoughts I had about some things I could not find in Italy:

Hard to find (for example, I'm still searching for "The Halcyon," and the funniest thing about this is that in Italy, it was shown on TV (on an RAI channel, RAI is an Italian broadcaster) during 2017 and it's not available on their platform.

Region-locked content (the DCAU being region-locked is such a crime; we only have House of Mystery, and that's it) or even trying to watch a simple cameo when the entire series is region-locked (the Harley Quinn one). However (and this is good news), while searching for Away (one of his movies to watch), I found Tubi and used a free VPN. It was slow, but it worked, and I watched it.

Expensive (I paid Assassin's Creed Black Flag in installments, so that wasn't expensive, but still...)

It was a play, so they haven't recorded it, but to see and better understand the role he played (in this case, read), I read Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola, and it was still effective.

Not even available on Chili (an Italian streaming platform on which you can rent or buy movies), the title only appears but is not available for streaming (lol).

Using Vinted or secondhand shops in general (it’s not the best time for me to go fully secondhand, but I suppose I could find some things there).

At the moment, I've watched just what I could easily find without resorting to piracy (which is ironic, since in Assassin's Creed Black Flag, Matt voices Edward Kenway, a pirate.).

In this list of things I could easily find, we have:

Constantine (thanks to another fan)

Criminal Minds/Criminal Minds Suspect Behavior (I had Disney Plus for a month, so I've watched it from there)

Flypaper, Adverse (Prime Video)

Arrow (Prime video)

Legends of Tomorrow (Netflix and Mediaset infinity)

House Of Mystery (Amazon prime, you have to rent it but still)

While writing this I found that "Layer cake" is on Sky, which I have and Now TV too.

Pocket Money (While watching it I just understood two words out of an entire short and I'm a c2 in English 💀)

Away, Wild Decembers, Armistice, Blood Monkey

So, you might have been asking yourself... Have I gone mad? To search and find for stuff not even available in my own country? In my own continent, too?

But I thought this is what comes with being a fan of someone, even if the career is what it is.

Considering me being unlucky, I was never able to see Matt when he acted and then had premieres at the same time.

Asssassin’s Creed Black Flag? I was 10, a child, lol.

Legends Of Tomorrow? I liked anime, manga and everything japanese.

And the list goes on...

It's nice to see what was like and what I couldn't live, gosh, I'm praying hard that we get to see him act again, I want and I wish to be present, live or not.

I wanted to make a really nice speech but nothing comes to mind, when I get it maybe I'll post it 💀

[xjustonemoremiraclex]

rwrb thoughts from someone who hasn't read the book (yet)

The good/general thoughts:

pleasantly surprised by the acting! which I know sounds mean, but listen, I saw these guys in other things and I wasn't suuuper into them, so it was a nice surprise lol

THE CHEMISTRY BETWEEN THE TWO again, pleasantly surprised by that lol they played off each other SO well

10/10 soundtrack, it definitely took inspiration from older rom-coms and I loved it <3

PS I really liked all the side characters! I wish we'd gotten to spend a little more time with some of them, but everyone was pretty great <3 also, all the women were awesome, and I am very gay and very in love <3

Ok, I really, REALLY liked how they showed the two of them texting each other, and the whole editing around it. It was pretty cute

I was living for all the latine songs at the new year's party, that was a nice touch

ok, when everyone was getting down at the party and alex and henry stayed up and stared at each other and time slowed down, I know it was supposed to be romantic, but I have to say it: it was also the funniest shit I've ever seen lol

henry at the party is giving both 'i have social anxiety and my only friend here is a social butterfly and keeps leaving to be with other people send help' and 'i thought you invited me here as a first date kind of thing but you're dancing and making out with other people and i'm feeling so betrayed rn :('

'christ you're as thick as it gets *kiss*' LMAO

Listen, I'm not usually into rom-coms (I say, like a liar), but I was pretty happy with the writing, in general. I laughed at all the funny parts, got emotional over all the dramatic ones and swooned at the romance bits. Great job, everyone

'I just can't afford for you to fall in love with me' LMAO babe, we're WAY past that. On both sides

ok, full disclosure: I don't really like sex scenes all that much (there's nothing wrong with them, I'm just very ace lol), so I usually just use my phone while they're happening, and while I did that a little bit here too, I was still paying attention, and honestly, they were pretty sweet. They did a good job. And, like, I have no idea why the film was R-rated lol you literally don't see anything

again, love the little montages that show the passing of time, while also showing they're keeping in touch and getting to know each other better and stuff. It makes the relationship between the two and the way it's developing feel a bit less rushed, which is nice

ZAHRA MY MOST BELOVED

YES PLEASE I WANT TO SEE THAT POWERPOINT PRESENTATION THANK YOU

KARAOKEEEE

alex giving an impassioned romantic speech to henry, about to confess his love: // henry:

'I didn't want to break his heart' - oh, honey, you already did :(

'to tell you that I love you, knowing that you wouldn't say it back' brb sobbing

NOT CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE 😭😭😭

'because when they write the history of my life, I want it to include you and my love for you' help i'm dying 😭😭😭😭😭😭

MIGUEL DON'T THINK I DON'T KNOW IT WAS YOU please die in a fire <3

alex's speech was really good by the way 🥺

LOVESICK HOMOSEXUALS LMAO ZAHRA MY BELOVED

'baby' screaming crying throwing up jgdkfk

I FORGOT THE KING WAS STEPHEN FRY why is this so funny to me

SEQUEL WHEN

The... less good?/general questions:

Kinda wish there'd been a bit more enemies in my enemies-to-lovers film

'he just grabbed my hair in a way that made me understand the difference between rugby and footbal'' - please, I beg you, someone smarter than me - what the fuck does this mean 😭 ppl are LIVING for this quote and I'm like ??????

this is probably me being stupid and ignorant lol but why would alex's relationship cost his mum the election? like, from what I've seen, her government has been very pro-queer, that's not really a secret, so her son being queer and in a relationship with a man shouldn't lose her any voters..? the people who are against 'the queers' were not going to vote for her in the first place, soooo..? me is confused

honestly, this is probably an unpopular opinion, but... the king was not that bad? like, i'm not saying he's not kind of homphobic and kind of a dick lol but i get the impression that everything stems from the whole thing about sticking to tradition and public image and bla bla. Like, again, obviously, part of that involves homophobia, but I think that on a personal level, he... doesn't really care? Even at the end, he's like 'ok, are you absolutely sure about this, cause there's no going back. Yes? Really? Well, go off I guess *long-suffering sigh*'. Like, I got way more homophobic vibes from phillip than the king idk 🤷‍♀️ (I really hope I don't have to clarify that this only applies to the film, and not like, the real life crown lol)

Sooo, as I said, I haven't read the book yet, but I've seen some posts about it, and I think after watching the film I've realized that it's biggest flaw is that it's that - a film. It's a great film, don't get me wrong! And it's pretty obvious I really liked it. But damn, I'm a firm believer that book adaptations only work as series. They don't have to be super long or anything, but there is just no way to fit everything in a book in a two hour film. And yeah, when you're adapting something you have to make some changes, but Idk, it's kind of a shame that you lose so much (and even without reading the book, I can tell there's a lot of stuff missing). In any case, I can't talk too much about it until I read the book, but yeah 🤷‍♀️ It does seem like they did a good job, though - like, it genuinely can stand on its own really well, but I guess I'll have to find out for myself

Also, tagging @silassstingy bc I promised her my thoughts on the film and she might give me some interesting insights on some of the stuff I mentioned, cause she's a queen like that <3

[feline-evil]

It wasn't funny at the time but looking back on it man it is genuinely hilarious how my first attempt at getting diagnosed and getting help with my mental illnessess went.

So imagine if you will the skinniest, most unwell, sleepless looking 18 year old, just real Victorian orphan vibes with permanent shakes and a penchant for passing out in fear if he so much as thinks of leaving the house. I need you to know that's the kind of state i was in when i walked into a doctors office to see one of the oldest men i've ever seen in an employed field. He sits me down and asks me what's wrong, he's the GP at my local doctors; that's a general practitioner, if you're outside of the UK maybe that's not a familiar term. Anyway he's not a psychologist, you don't get to see a psychologist unless your GP refers you! Anyway he asks me whats wrong and i explain to him my long list of debilitating anxiety symptoms, i tell him about not being able to eat or sleep or leave the house; i'm in a bad way at this point in my life, it's not a good time for young jay! Lad doesn't even know he's a man yet! Pretty bad time all round!

And so after i explain to him the situation we get our first of the many funny 'i'm not sure this man is qualified to have this conversation' red flags.

"Do you have a boyfriend?"

Uh oh.

Well no, sir, on account of the not leaving the house socialisation has been tricky, see?

"Oh you need a boyfriend and some friends, that'll help love :)"

Uh oh.

It is at this point in the appointment we are winding down towards the end of my time here at the doctors, and our next big ol' waving red flag hits like a jet liner. And this ones the big one, the one that gives me reason to tell this story and watch people look a mite aghast.

The GP laughs, claps a hand on my shoulder and says "well don't you worry, we won't be locking you up for this one!"

I freeze in shock.

What did this man just say.

Now, i don't wish to imply that this wouldn't be a horrifying thing to say to a different teen riddled with severe mental illness who didn't have a family history of relatives being admitted to psychiatric institutes, but i am suggesting that MAYHAPS. JUST POTENTIALLY. That was a slightly more horrifying sentence to come out of a medical professionals mouth to someone who has that as a family history in his own living memory! So i lock up in horror, alarms blaring in my mind, wondering how the fuck i'm going to politely and finitely end this conversation and meeting and leave vowing never to cross this mans path again in my life; but i don't get much time to ponder what to do, because here comes the final red flag, that second jet liner crashing right in, the final can of petrol being poured on the burning wreck that is the first appointment i have ever made to talk about my mental health.

This man, a complete stranger, i had never met this GP before in my life, hugs me. It is so uncomfortable, i would not say i am the most comfortable with physical contact from strangers even now nearly ten years later, but then? At age eighteen? This is just about the worst thing that could've happened in my eyes! I do not come from a family that hugs, i didn't not know how to hug back then, in that moment it's awkward and weird and i just freeze and wait for it to end, and then i leave the room with the GP beaming and waving after me like he's just performed a miracle and i'll forever be cured from this point on.

I walk to my mom waiting for me in the waiting room, she smiles and gives me a thumbs up.

GENUINELY it couldn't have gone worse, objectively the funniest awful situation i have ever been in.

[bylightofdawn]

Are ya'll ready for: El seriously overthinks video games + minor FF7 Rebirth spoilers hour?

I'm finishing up the mission on Junon where Cloud and Co go undercover and just watching Cloud lose himself in the role, genuinely getting ATTACHED to the Seventh Infantry and me then having to escort my baby infantry ducklings around as they murder other Shinra troops out of the mistaken belief they are on the other side made me FEEL A LOT OF THINGS. Like holy shit that’s insane even typing it out. And kinda dark and a little twisted. And potentially fucks those poor Infantry troops over yet they are STILL rode or die for Cloud. I wasn't expecting to get socked in the feels as much as I did.

Because Cloud is so detached and emotionally standoffish, watching him seriously get into the role of playing at the Captain of the Seventh Infantry is hella significant.

And I think it's because it's so familiar and something he is missing. He misses the camaraderie and brotherhood of serving. Sure, he moved onto becoming a SOLDIER and who was his damn role model/sempai? Zack Fair who is one of the most big-hearted, best big brother energy dude ever. So of course he would subconsciously internalize that's what a good leader should do. Sure, there was also Sephiroth but he's clearly the worst and reflects what bad leadership skills would be.

So yeah, I think there's a part of Cloud that misses serving, or at least misses that sense of brotherhood. He's been a lone wolf for so long, I can't imagine he's not starved for that kind of connection. It's also prolly easier and less complicated than the relationships he has with the main party.

Okay so that's me being all philosophical. Now let me be a degenerate and horny on main for a second.

Holy fuck nuggets Rufus is so hot. He's ALWAYS been hot but he's especially hot and v. Ice Prince-y and I fucking love it. I am laughing at the absurdity of his clothing and how it continually gets more complicated and ridiculous. He legitimately looks like he's wearing a fucking farthingale with that ridiculous belt collection he's wearing. Or yanno....bdsm gear. XD

Somehow they have managed to take Roche who was already at Maito Gai levels of over the time 100% energy and made him even MORE ridiculously and over the top. I lowkey wish he would stop talking. I have an excellent solution on how to do that and that is for Cloud to shut him up by fucking him until his brains bleed out of his ears over his stupid bike. Or yanno, there are other ways to shut him up varying from gag and other creative things to occupy his mouth with.

Even though it's clear Cloud is pretty hetero-coded but after like 25 years of soooooo much Sephiroth/Cloud, Zack/Cloud fan content, I don't think that's going to stop the internet (or myself) from shipping him like a fandom bike. Hell I actually love Cloud/Tifa cause I am a disgusting multi-shipper.

Ahem. Anyway I hope Cloud gets to reunite with his Seventh Infantry people at some point. I think I'm like.....1/3 of the way through the game and holy shit. I've discovered I detest minigames. I love side-missions in games but fuck DDR minigames or that damn in real time strategy game Fort Condor. There's a reason I've never been interested in FF Tactics.

EDIT: OMG Red XIII going full on Karen Mode and demanding to speak to the bartender/employee who won’t let him play in the Queen’s Blood tournament because he’s an ‘animal’ is the funniest shit I’ve seen so far in this game. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

EDIT 2: never mind, Red going full on Chester Cheetah/Michael Jackson absolutely takes the cake. I’m ded.  I also stayed up way too late beaten this freaking queens blood tournament mini game and I really gotta go to bed now.

[sho-minamimoto]

6 20 23 Sho

1 7 8 23 Shiba!

Sho

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

Hmm.... hard to say since Sho is just. completely batshit. I guess the easiest and most obvious answer would be that we're both artists and like to find beauty in aesthetically strange things. But I dont think i have a single thing in common with him personality wise LOL

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

I think susukichi and sho have extremely similar temperaments + quirks and if they weren't on opposite sides of The Conflict they'd get along great. I said once before that Susukichi would be the Sho Minamimoto of NEO if sho literally wasn't also already in the game. Their vibes are super similar and they both want to have a fun time.

23. Favorite picture of this character?

This one marketing image from when the anime was airing is the funniest thing in the world to me. like. why the fuck is sho even here. he is in no way buddies with anyone in the hachiko gang (during this specific timeframe anyways) there is literally NO logical reason for him to be posed alongside this specific group of characters here. This image from sho's pov is just him + guy hes actively trying to kill + guy he's stalking only bc he's joined at the hip with the guy he's trying to kill + guy he met twice and beat the shit out of one of those times + 2 people he's never met or interacted with before ever. On a marketing level its clear they just wanted to include him with the main characters simply bc hes a super popular character among fans but it's makes for the most unintentionally hilarious image ever.

Shiba

1. Why do you like or dislike this character?

First. he's extremely funny and dresses like a harlot. Second THE LAYERSSSS Shiba's primary motivation is like a puzzle that the narrative gives you all the pieces to and then invites you to solve. Not in that the game doesn't tell you what it is At All, it says as much that he's on a powertrip towards ascension, but it's difficult to wrap your head around Why until you deliberately examine and unravel each of his relationships with the other shinjuku reapers: how they affected him, what their side of the story is, why they're emotionally estranged but still sticking together, etc. I enjoy that you have to take the time to put it together yourself, but also the full picture you get once that puzzle is complete is one that i enjoy immensely. The fact that the core of shiba's plight is rooted in his relationships (or lack thereof) is very true to the spirit of twewy and I greatly appreciate that they applied all this to the game's main villain AND gave him a chance for redemption on top of it. His final scene is one of my favourites in the game and really sticks with me.

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

The memes. Shiba's so easy to meme on its great. I have a folder of shiba memes on my desktop whenever i see a new shitpost or edit i Have to save it. im glad he gets clowned on so hard. Shi Basuks Cok lives in my head rent free. I wish shiba's va did small comms like I've seen other voice actors do sometimes bc i would pay him money to hear him voice act that post as Shiba for real. But i can dream

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

I know i like Just finished talking abt how much i love the shiba memes but i also dislike how Majority of what i see of shiba is Just the memes and jokes. I wouldn't go as far as say i despise them at all (or i wouldn't have a folder of shiba memes) but I think its disappointing that i hardly see anyone actually take him seriously as a character or give him any consideration for analysis. Or not as much as I'd like to see, anyways (when i do see it it fucks hard though.) I also get the impression sometimes that some people take delight in the memes + clowning on shiba specifically bc they think he's just Not well written or interesting which bums me out a little.

23. Favorite picture of this character?

this clown shiba edit i made a yearish ago. i hold it close to my heart.

[vixenscratch]

Wrapped template by @bubblegum-blackwood - I know it makes less sense from me since the fandom I've been writing for is so small the wranglers synned it to Original Work. (It's the Wolf's Bane askblog on Tumblr and Aethy and I maintain that it is a fandom. There's a canon and I'd be Nate's biggest fan even if I wasn't friends with Tox.) But I wanted to. In part because Now Comes the Time for Flowers is a fic I'm incredibly proud of and possibly the best work I've ever written.

I only started writing again like... mid-2023? so I was still shaking off the rust in early 2024. I don't think it particularly shows, but it and the fact that I was writing a dysphoric trans male through most of it (which is not personal experience I have) was certainly something I was self-conscious about as I was writing.

Can't take full credit for the funniest tag, as it's pretty much paraphrasing the tag (seen through the Unhinged AO3 Tags account on Twitter) that IIRC inspired the fic/situation in the first place.

Research rabbit holes are most relevant to fic that's not yet finished but by god did I dive down them.

Noticing now that I screwed up the alignment on one bit of text and forgot to hide a layer before saving the flat PNG out but I'm too tired to care.

For fun, a list of what's currently in my Scrivener WIP folder, ordered alphabetically by file name:

Several fics that are varying degrees of unlikely to get posted to AO3 (original/spinoff work - this includes some stuff that shares continuity with the Nate/Ferret stuff but doesn't majorly feature the askblog characters)

Beach Trip (placeholder title) - Nate/Ferret, G or T

Bind-Aid (placeholder title I thought was funny at the time and now cringe at) - Nate/Ferret, G or T unless it isn't

Boy Things (WIP title) - Nate & Ferret, G or T

Cabin Fever - Nate/Johnny, E

A secret project >.>

Crash (placeholder title) - Nate/Ferret, E (multiple POVs)

Detour (WIP title) - Chilchuck/Laios, probably E (chapter 1 was finished but may get a major revision/rewrite to clarify canon deviation)

Eighteen (placeholder title) - Nate/Ferret, probably E

Garage Band (WIP title) - Nate & Ferret, G or T (Nate POV)

Gentle Touch (placeholder title) - Nate/Ferret, E (may get merged with one of the unlisted WIPs if I can get a cohesive plot together)

Glyphid Queen (placeholder title) - DRG gen, M? (also have a WIP in a different program establishing the characters/premise of my interpretation)

Fall Rain - Nate/Ferret, E (revising/rewriting ch 2, chapter 3 will need continuity revision, final chapter like… 75-80% done and will likely also need some continuity revision?)

#Wolf's Bane - Nate/Ferret, no idea where the rating will go

Picture Perfect - original Omegaverse fic, E (first couple of chapters completed in 2023 and posted to AO3 then)

Minor Issue (WIP title, punny enough to keep though; undecided) - Nate/Ferret, E (was finished, then my dumb ass decided to add smut XD)

Part of Me (WIP title) - Nate & Ferret, T?

Sister Izutsumi (placeholder not-even-title) - Chilchuck/Laios, no idea where the rating will go (modern w/ magic AU-ish)

Wish That I Could Love You Less - Nate/Ferret, T (basically finished; awaiting beta)

Stuffy (placeholder title) - Nate/Ferret, E? (Nate POV)

[akehoshimystar]

Chapter 8

Mao: Here’s your coffee. Kazuki: Thank you.

Behind the hidden door of the painting. Kazuki Soneto's soft voice echoed in the quiet private room.

Mao: I've heard about Mari-san. I'm sorry for your loss. Kazuki: It’s okay. Thank you for treating my mother kindly when she was alive. Mao: What brings you here today? Kazuki: There’s a will…or should I say…. a final letter that my mother wrote to me. According to that, it seems like she had left a memento with Mao-san. Mao: ………. Kazuki: You have it, right? Mao: ……Yes. Kazuki: Alright! …No, I mean…Ahaha. I'm glad I finally found it. It's a very precious keepsake. Thank you for looking after it. Where can I get it? Maybe it’s here today? Mao: ………I heard Mari-san had been suffered a very serious illness. Kazuki: Eh? Ah, yes… She had been diagnosed with a malignant tumor. Mao: So that's why she hadn’t come to request us for the past six months or so? Kazuki: Ah….. I guess. No, that’s right. She's been in and out of the hospital since then.

Soneto Kazuki looked a little unsettled as he sipped his coffee right after saying that.

The thing is….. Mari-san was doing just fine a month ago.

Mao: (It's true that I haven’t received any request from her for a while, but she had been showing up at the cafe and the bar until a month ago.) (… Lying through his teeth like that…. He must be really in a tight spot.) (I wish he wasn't her real son, just an impostor. But that face says otherwise.) (I've seen him in photos many times, that nose and those eyes are the exact same as hers. There's no doubt about it.)

The occasional sweat wiping from the forehead, the restless gaze….. Those are the typical behaviors of a liar.

Mao: .…….Mari-san often talked about her son. She loved her child very much, but he left in his mid-20s and she couldn’t contact him at all. Kazuki: Oh… I see. So you did know… Ukyo: Since when did you come back? Kazuki: Um.….. Actually, it was about three weeks ago. I heard from a friend back home that she’s not feeling well, so I came back for the first time in ten years Mao: Mari-san must have been happy to see you after such a long time. Kazuki: .…..I wonder.

A bitter, sarcastic smile flashed across Soneto Kazuki's cheeks for only a moment.

Mao: ………. Why did you leave? Mari-san said that she tried everything to hold you back. Kazuki: ………..Excuse me? That’s the funniest thing I have heard today. Don’t you know that it’s her that kicked me out? Mao: (Found a landmine.)

Everything was just as she said, there's no doubt he’s her son. But he's definitely hiding something.

Kazuki: Ah… Sorry. My voice was too loud. Mao: It's okay, this is a private room. It hasn’t been long since her passing, so you must still feel unsettled. Kazuki: ……..Yes. That must be it. Mao: But why did she say that it’s her son that left? Kazuki: I absolutely have no idea. I was suddenly thrown out, and I've been living in such pain that I could die ever since. Mao: (Suddenly thrown out, huh…..)

Mari: Maybe I spoiled him too much. Mao: You gave him a lot of love, didn't you? Mari: He’s my only son, so I gave him plenty of it. But that might be a bad idea…… Even in his mid-20s, all he ever does is ask for money, money, and money without doing much work. That's why I wanted him to stand on his own two feet. I thought I could knock some sense into him by saying, "Live on your own!" Mao: Isn’t that what you want then? Mari: But… He seemed to take a pretty big grudge against me, and never contacted me again. It's been 10 years already. He is the most precious treasure I could ever have had….. I really wonder what I should have done…

Mari-san who always drinks heartily and laughs off anything, let out her complaints for the first time that night.

Mao: .…..Was Mari-san’s last letter a normal one?

I listened while silently praying that my prediction would be off the mark. Soneto Kazuki looked around and spoke quietly.

Kazuki: .….No. It's just one strange card… Mao: (…Bingo?) Kazuki: Do you know the horror game "Find me!"? Mao: Find me. I trust you. Kazuki: Yes, exactly. I thought that my mother had left me an inheritance because apparently at the end of the game you get a jewel. I noticed some clue in the game and searched the whole house, and found out that it was sent to you. That's why I came to retrieve it!

Soneto Kazuki gave me a fawning smile.

Mao: (If I’m going to respect Mari-san’s wish…) (I don't think I can give the jewel to him.) Unfortunately, I can’t comply with that. Kazuki: Eh?

His complexion changed almost immediately.

Kazuki: H-Hey… Hold on a sec. Why not? You’re just keeping it under your care, right? If you don't give it back, that’s no different from stealing. Mao: Have you ever stopped and thought for a moment why she would do this? Kazuki: Huh? I don't know anything about that… Mao: Have you even thought about it at all? Kazuki: I said I don’t know, are you deaf? It doesn't matter. Mao: What I've been entrusted with is Mari-san’s will. Kazuki: Will? Mao: "Find me.” Kazuki: !

Mao: What did Mari-san want you to find? I'll take good care of it until you reach the answer by yourself. I have no intention of betraying Mari-san who trusted me to do the job. You’re not getting anything with the way you are now. Kazuki: What's the big deal here…? I heard she had been feeling unwell, so I came back in a hurry. But as soon as she saw me she started her lecture and said she had a plan to donate most of the inheritance to an institution… And now you’re saying that she won't give me the jewel she made me go through all the trouble to find? What kind of bullcrap is that? Mao: Mari-san must have decided not to give anything to her son, who only sees her as money dispenser. That's why she set up this game. Kazuki: Excuse me? Mao: After you received the message card, have you searched every nook and cranny of your house? Kazuki: I did! And as a result, I found evidence that it was sent to you! Isn’t that a jackpot already!? Mao: Not yet. You're still missing the most important point. Kazuki: !? So what is it? I don't give a damn anymore! Spit it out!

The dark eyes that had completely lost the human likability glared at me.

Chapter 9

[scarletsaphire]

✨🎀🎈💞💥🎙️💌💌💌

No those three at the end aren't a mistake, I know you have lots of WIPs and I wanna hear about them (insert activethreat emote)

✨-What's a fic you've posted you wish you could breathe life into again and have people talking about it? (or simply a fic you wish got more credit):

Hmm. I'd say Ten Lives (The One Worth Living) but I think I might be biased and just want to talk about my Johnny, Kitty, and Shadow ideas more. I like them a Very Normal Amount I prommy.

🎀-give yourself a compliment about your own writing

There's a post that I've seen plenty times before that I think about all the time that goes something along the lines of "I'm having creative ideas above my skill level!" or something like that, for when you have a great idea but just don't know how to execute it the way you want. I legitimately feel where I am at a point where that isn't an issue for me with my writing? I think most ideas I can execute within the general sphere of what I want them to be; I might not always like them, and they might not always be what I consider "good," but they are comparable to the original idea.

🎈-describe your style as a writer; is it fixed? does it change?

It tends to change based on the type of thing I'm writing. And how much sleep I get. I like a lot of shorter sentences, followed by one long rambling one for most kinds of prose, since most of my prose is an ooo ouch my bones type of prose. It does change all the time though, so that might be different in a few months. It certainly wasn't what I preferred until like, August.

💞-what's the most important part of a story for you? the plot, the characters, the worldbuilding, the technical stuff (grammar etc), the figurative language

hm. augh. mm. thats a toughy! I'm going to say worldbuilding, because I often find myself more interested in the worldbuilding that the Actual Story I'm Trying To Write (its why a 30k first draft of a novel is fitting, completely unfinished, in my google drive. The current guys suck. I want the old ones. But the old ones only work as history for the new guys. Its sad.)

💥-find your least kudos'd fic - say something wonderful about it.

I'm ngl I completely thought it was gun safe but First Concert! It's a pretty short one, but it does what I sought out to accomplish; combine Dora and Ember's interests in a way that illustrates their differences but also shows that they're much more similar than you'd think.

🎙️-which one of your fics would you like someone to make a pod-fic of?

I have literally never put thought into that ever. If I had to choose, probably All In The Name Of Love or Strength of the Past And Weights of The Present, mostly because they're my favorites.

Welcome to WIP hell! See, you'd think that it would be a problem, having two of my WIPS be EI so I can't talk about them, and one being one you know so much about already. You might think that would hinder me somehow, in being able to tell you about them. YOU'D THINK!!

💌- share something with us about an up-and-coming work (WIP) that has you excited!

Chapter 2 Of Cover Blown: I love pitch pearl man, I really do, and with what I'm planning for this one I think it is going to be about as good as my pitch pearl can get (Dreamwalker excluded dw). I love putting guys in situations, especially when those situations involve bad injuries and babbled confessions.

Speaking of Dreamwalker, I'll add this here too, because while you might know a lot, I always have more. I love how I'm writing the ghosts, just across the board. They are all pieces of shit in the Funniest Way, especially since Danny is a whole ass child right now. You're scheming about a nine year old babes, calm down. He hasn't even lost all his baby teeth yet.

As for the last one, I'm going to put it under a read more. TW for bugs and Danny rotting, but its ok he's fine with it.

Bug Boi (title to be changed later) has been shelved indefinitely for. Many reasons! I have. So much to write. Bug Boi is, for those who do not know. Where I put as many bugs into the boy as possible. He loses organ privileges and instead becomes the landlord for a hoard of different bugs. He loves them, and they love him, and when they die (as bugs often do) they give him their little bug souls as a thank you so he because More Bug.

Anyway, I recently learned about the scorpion fly, who looks like this:

It is so cool, and has recently (idk how recently) been seen in forensic entomology, meaning that I can put these fuckers into Danny's eye sockets or esophagus or wherever else and be. Not technically wrong!! I have no idea if Bug Boi will ever be taken off of my list of to be written, but if nothing else it gives for me a place to put bugs.

[skythefantasywriter]

I'm very happy that being LGBTQ, everyone says it's okay for your sexuality to change and adapt. I went through so many changes and denied for so long a part of myself that I'm now realizing I am. The best thing is not feeling bad that it changed. The sad thing is feeling bad for everyone I've ever dated (With the exception of a few people). I'm slowly coming to terms that I'm cupioromantic. I've always had the thought of maybe I'm on the ace scale due to feeling nothing but busts of energy every once in a while. I had a partner who was so confused when I just couldn't do anything with them even though for the first week it was almost nonstop. I've had partners be confused about how closed off I was and my ex confused about how I could just jump to a new person. Realizing now that I can't picture myself in a romantic relationship shakes me to the core. I've always seen myself as a romantic but really that only came to other people and characters. Personally, I can't imagine myself with someone romantically. It doesn't change the fact that I crave cuddling and hanging out with someone. Even now, I wonder if I'm just touch-starved and just want friends. Kissing has always been weird to me. Making out sounds like hell and I've never understood that people enjoy it. The few times I've kissed people, I remember thinking I must have done it wrong because I felt nothing. I miss friends over exes. I think I grew up with so many people telling me you can't just love someone without loving them romantically. The truth is you can. I miss the friends I loved. I wouldn't ever kiss or date them, but I still loved them. Still enjoyed and loved everything they did and who they were. It's a lot and the emotions I feel are a lot. I feel heartbroken (Ironic) to those I've hurt with not realizing and complete at the same time. I've finally found myself. The funniest part is I struggled with my identity for quite a while and I always joked my sexuality was the easy thing. Turns out it wasn't lol. I'm happy, still a bit sad, but so f*king happy and content.

If you read all of that, I'm impressed. Thank you for reading my story/rant/coming to terms. I wish you to be yourself and remember that it's okay to not know who you are. It's okay to realize a different label works for you. It's okay to never have a label. Don't let other people tell you what you should be. Only you know you. If you don't like something, it's okay to say that. It's okay to just exist and be in the moment. To not know where you're going but know you'll get there someday. That's all I want to say really. Have a good day and keep being you. :) -From Emi the cupioromantic demi boy

[ravasz]

"Things that aren't meant for the ears of the queen of love and beauty." Of course Martyn would never write anything explicit, not unless he was asked to, but joking about it brought a chuckle out of him. He could feel eyes on the two of them, but when his cousin's seemed to land on him, he suddenly felt as if his reaction to her words was going to have to be an appropriate one, as well as a quiet one. Though he wasn't sure why, given the fact that every time he saw his friend and his cousin interacting he could practically see sparks flying off the two of them as if they were going to burst into flames at any second. Nevertheless, he smiled softly, and locked eyes with her. "I promise I won't tell him. Not a word." And he would keep that promise. "...So, I suppose making him practice dancing with me tirelessly paid off. The face he pulls when focusing on not looking down is the funniest thing I've ever seen." The mere memory of the expression had Martyn looking away with a big smile. "Too bad for the scheming mamas that I am what one would call difficult. And very picky. I'm just glad Theon doesn't wish to push any unwanted betrothal upon me, nor Arya."

"What  else  did  you  write?"  She  asked,  pulling  him  back  towards  her  domain,  the  shadows  at  the  edges,  blue  eyes  darting  across  the  room,  to  check  if  anyone  was  watching  them.  Because,  as  much  as  she  hated  to  admit  it,  it  did  catch  her  attention  more  than  the  dance  card  around  her  wrist.  "Of  course.  I  must  admit,  he  is  a  better  dancer  than  I  may  have  first  assumed.  Don't  tell  him  I  said  that,  though."  Eyes  snap  to  Martyn  as  soon  as  the  words  pass  her  lips.  A  dangerous  game,  any  time  she  spoke  of  their  shared  friend,  a  knife's  edge.  She  trusted  Martyn  with  anything  and  everything,  but  not  that.  Not  when  she  was  so  worried  about  any  news  of  it  reaching  home.  "Or,  in  another  view,  someone  sees  how  valuable  you  are,  and  want  you  all  for  their  house.  Perhaps  some  of  these  scheming  mamas  wish  to  push  their  progeny  on  you."

[thecarnivorousmuffinmeta]

What do you think of the phantom of the opera sequel? I think it’s kinda weird it’s called Love Never dies given the plot.....

It is one of the funniest things I've ever seen in my life. I watched it twice within a week, I was utterly enraptured and falling out of my seat with laughter.

Every single piece of it is a delight.

The utter pettiness of Raoul having become a drunken gambler, awful husband, and terrible excuse for a father who spends the entire play in a pub wishing he wasn't in the play. Then even leaves the play early because it kept trying to involve him in the plot.

The delightful creepiness of the son. Who is a beautiful child. But. So. Fucking. Weird. To the point where Erik can meet with Raoul once and say, "Isn't your child a little... different?" as evidence that it's not Raoul's and all Raoul can say is "FUCK" because we all know he's right. Just, I will never forget this kid twirling around with a look of rapturous delight on his face in what is Ripley's Believe it or Not's underground basement with this creepy dude he's barely met screaming about "THE BEAUTY UNDERNEATH!"

Speaking of: the delightful pedophelia duet Erik has with his son (who he realizes is his son) starting off with "TEN YEARS OLD!" then the... frankly very disturbing answer to "Music of the Night" except the boy says "Yes!" every other line. And that "Yes!" is... uh... it's a sexy kind of "Yes!" is all I'm saying.

The conception of the child: that we get in a number that's tragically long and so very boring that you almost miss it. But just slammed in there awkwardly as we hear how Erik came out of the woodworks just in time for Christine's wedding 10 YEARS AGO, THIS IS IS IMPORTANT AUDIENCE, banged her then like Dennis from It's Always Sunny disappeared into the night to "Separate Entirely".

Christine just having the worst time in the entire fucking play as nobody listens to her from her husband, to her son, to her creepy stalker who now owns a boardwalk and they all just sort of decide without her that she's going to end up with Erik now. Why? She sang a song. Did anyone tell Christine she was making any sort of decision singing this? No. She just gets a letter from Raoul, "I see the choice you've made." And she gets to stare. Because this is her life now.

Then Meg, ah, Meg you poor creature. Mme Giry has turned into a flat, moneygrubbing, villain who seems to believe their entire future resides in Erik who is... yes. We get the awful story of Meg being prostituted out, constantly, and Erik never notices nor cares then her best returns and her life is ruined and she has a complete mental breakdown that ends in Christine dying tragically.

Because when Erik tried to comfort her he started blathering on about Christine.

I highly recommend, even the songs that are boring and awful (which is every single one of them, god, even the title number "Love Never Dies" is just so long and so bad), it's just so damn funny.

God, I kind of want to watch it again now.

[lancerious]

Well, yesterday I said I would create a tier list for Deltarune Chapter 1 characters, so here we are!

Before I begin going over every character, there are a few things I want to lay out first. I'll put a "keep reading" bit here, because this post will be quite long:

Rule #1: This tier list consists of all the MAJOR Deltarune characters in Chapter 1. My rule is if a character is in a battle and has actual DIALOGUE outside of a battle, they're in the list. The exceptions to this rule are Hathy, Head Hathy, and Seam. Oh, and K. Round and C. Round. Almost forgot about those two, lol.

Rule #2: Besides the primary four Lightners (Kris, Susie, Berdly, and Noelle), there ARE NO LIGHTNERS in my tier lists. Kris and Susie are in this tier list, and Berdly and Noelle will be in the Chapter 2 tier list.

Rule #3: I will likely miss a few characters who fit the criteria from Rule #1. Expect it. I'm not good at remembering specifics of all the characters :P.

Rule #4: This is less of a rule and more of a heads-up. Once I post my tier lists for Chapter 1 & Chapter 2 characters, I will combine both tier lists so you have a more accurate representation of where any character stands based on how much I PERSONALLY like them.

Without further ado, let's begin!

You...should have seen this coming, lol.

Character #1: Lancer. If you've been paying close attention to my more recent posts, you may have noticed I've been leaning towards Lancer a bit more than I usually do. This is because Lancer has recently become my absolute favorite Deltarune character as of yet. Lancer and King were tied for a long time, but somebody had to win, and Lancer beats King by a SLIVER. I'm not going to go into a full explanation as to why. I'll save that for the essay I'll write later on. Just know that, for now, Lancer is at the top in my personal opinion.

Character #2: King. Ah, King...what can I say about him that I haven't said already? King is underrated and misunderstood, not the worst character morally, yada yada yada...you likely know this already. If you don't, you can always check out these two posts HERE and HERE, where I go into this more in-depth. I will say that I don't like King any less than I used to. I simply prefer Lancer by the slightest amount. King is still an amazing character though! I doubt any other Deltarune character besides Lancer will top him for a great while.

Moving on to the "A" tier...this is likely where you'll begin to be surprised, lol.

Character #1: Rouxls Kaard. Okay, I'm going to be honest: I fricken' love Rouxls Kaard. He is one of the funniest Deltarune characters I have ever come across. Seriously, I laugh so much every time he's on screen. I have zero complaints regarding him. I've personally loved this character for quite a while as well, so there's that too. I highly considered putting Rouxls Kaard on the bottom of the "S" tier, but I love Lancer and King on another level, so Rouxls is gonna have to settle for the top of "A" tier. I would love to write an essay on this guy as well.

Character #2: Jevil. I...love Jevil too. His potential backstory is very intriguing to me, and I've always liked characters who represent clowns/jesters. One major reason Jevil is this high on my list is because he was the very first Deltarune character I learned about. Not only that, he is also the very first Deltarune character I greatly liked. This was LONG before I discovered the Deltarune game. Jevil gets major respect points from me because of this.

Character #3: Susie. If you saw this post HERE, you would have learned that I became a major Susie fan fairly recently compared to the previous four characters I mentioned. And honestly, I don't know why I wasn't a Susie fan earlier. She's an amazing character. Now, do I like Susie on the same level as some others? No. I definitely respect her and am fairly interested in her, but I don't think about her 24/7. Again, she is an astounding character, and definitely my favorite Lightner. I wish I had gotten invested in her sooner.

Character #4: Rudinn. All right, before you begin protesting, let me explain. Rudinn is an amazing character all-around. They're funny, have the perfect amount of screen time, and I can honestly relate to them sometimes. Almost every line of dialogue Rudinn has gets a chuckle out of me. They're just poor fellas who are forced to babysit Lancer all the time. Love this character, Rudinn deserves more love, the end.

Character #5: Rudinn Ranger. Okay, since I've likely had some of you silently protesting the last character, I'll give you another reason to protest. I love Rudinn Ranger too, though not on the same level as Rudinn. I'm really interested in Rudinn Ranger's loyalty to King in Chapter 1, and by extension Lancer as well, but mostly King. While the Rudinns never really want to attack you, the Rudinn Rangers are a different story. It really makes me wonder...but besides that, Rudinn Ranger as a whole is pretty solid in my opinion. Not as solid as Rudinn, but definitely a decent character.

Character #6: Kris. Oh my God, I put Kris at the bottom of "A" tier?! Yes, I did. I'll appease the masses by saying Kris is one of my personal favorite protagonists in all media, whether it be video games, movies, or books. The duality of Kris and the player is so darn interesting. They're both fighting for control over the same body, and I love it. Besides this, Kris is generally interesting as a whole. Their interactions and relationships with various characters is super fun to see, and I love the subtle hints of Kris's feelings and opinions through dialogue choices. Kris as a character is extremely solid, and I see why so many people are fans of them. However, this is my own tier list, not the Deltarune communities' tier list, so that is why Kris is this low.

Now I'm really just trying to drive you all insane.

Character #1: Seam. Seam is cool! I don't have any complaints about Seam. Their backstory with Jevil is sick, their personality fits them extremely well, and their warning about not wandering around the Dark World at night is...foreboding. Good character overall! I just don't like Seam as much as other characters.

Character #2: Ralsei. Now, this...this is going to start some fires. I want to make it clear that I do not dislike Ralsei. The reason Ralsei is so low is because a) I like all the higher-listed characters more, and b) I do not like Ralsei on the same level most people do. I see so many Ralsei-related posts and theories every day, and there is nothing wrong with that. However, because Ralsei is so popular amongst the Deltarune community, it makes me like him less. This is a frankly bad habit of mine that I am trying to improve on. A certain Chapter 2 character falls under the same trap, but I have learned to like and respect him a fair amount, and I am trying to do the same with Ralsei. I like everything about Ralsei, though I will admit I prefer his Chapter 1 appearance over his Chapter 2 appearance.

Character #3: Hathy. Hathy is...an interesting one. I'm not sure if their pronouns are she/her or they/them, but the Deltarune wiki uses they/them, so that's what I'll use here. I like the idea of Hathy never speaking using words, and only using gestures or symbols to communicate. Their personality is neat, and I like spam-buying the Hearts Donut at the bake sale area. Decent character, though I don't have a lot to say about them.

Character #4: Head Hathy. Unlike the Rudinn Ranger who is distinctly different from the Rudinn, to me Head Hathys are just a regular Hathy but...blue. They are more aggressive than a regular Hathy, so there is that, but besides that one difference, they're both the same character to me. I'm likely missing something, but until I find out more information about them, I'll just see them as a recolor of a Hathy.

Please help me I'm running out of colors.

Character #1: Clover. Clover is...okay. I don't dislike her, but I'm not a major fan of her either. She's certainly unique, I'll give her that. The idea of having heads represent personalities is very creative. Not a bad character by any means, but Clover isn't my type of character.

Character #2: Jigsawry. Okay, I'll be honest...Jigsawry annoys me. I do not know why, but they do. However, they are a fairly minor character, so they don't get on my nerves too much. I wish I could tell you in words why I do not like the Jigsawry, but I unfortunately can't. The reason Jigsawry is on the "C" tier and not the "D" tier is because they don't get on my nerves quite as much as the next two characters...

We can't sink any lower than this.

K. Round and C. Round. Okay, to anyone, ANYONE who likes these two characters, I greatly apologize for putting these two this low. I just...severely dislike these two characters. Like Jigsawry, I for the life of me cannot put into words why this is. They are not bad characters by any means, and I completely respect your opinion. I just straight-up don't like them. I see them as only existing for the memes and funnies. Again, they are not bad characters, but I personally never liked these two, and likely never will.

Well, that's everyone on my list! This...took some time to type out, so hopefully you enjoyed being constantly blasted with my opinions! The Chapter 2 tier list will likely be posted tomorrow, and I'll post the combined tier list on Wednesday. I'm sure I baffled quite a few of you with my controversial opinions, lol. Let's see if the Chapter 2 tier list will do the same, hehe >:).

Anyway, have a fantastic week :D!

Oh! One more thing: If you feel like I'm using the wrong pronouns for any character, I am using the pronouns described in the Deltarune wiki. I checked every single character's wiki to make certain I was using the correct pronouns, so if I used the wrong pronouns, I sincerely apologize.