#I would love to introduce another person to wrestling

[are-we-really-doing-this]

I want to start watching wrestling but I have absolutely no idea where to start. Do you have any advice perchance?

Ohoho, lemme tell you anon.

Honestly, if you started watching AEW Dynamite next Wednesday on TBS at 8pm EST (shameless plug) you’d be starting out with a hell of a show, but a lot of plot to catch up on. Everyone who jumps right in starts out completely clueless (including me) but you catch up eventually, they do lots of backtracking. A good thing to do would be to scroll through the aew tags on here to catch up and get a feel for what it’s about, and put a few names to faces so you won’t be confused.

There are some excellent old ROH matches on YouTube (lots of matches from people in AEW when they were younger) but if you want to watch more, there’s endless content on Honor Club (it’s about 10 dollars a month but it’s so worth it).

There is a lot of good wrestling on YouTube and it’s a good place to start. AEW has a channel where they post smaller shows on Mondays and Tuesdays and sometimes Sundays most weeks.

If you want to watch old WWE, WCW, or ECW (which I would recommend just because it’s fun and very dated), all of that’s on Peacock. Not sure how much you get without the paid version, but I know there is a lot. They also have new WWE and PPVs but I don’t watch them very often.

If you’re not in the US, AEW shows and PPVs (including the archive if you wanna catch up) is also available through subscription on fite.tv. You can probably still get this if you have a VPN.

There’s honestly no real place to start, you kinda just throw yourself in and keep your favs close.

Happy Wrestling!

[idolomantises]

Wasn't sure when it would be the best time to discuss this, but since the ending is drawing near... yes, Bugtopia is ending.

It was a decision I really wrestled with myself for months over it, before finally concluding that letting it end after 40 episodes was the better option. Just to be clear, webtoons did not force me to end the series. They even offered to give me a pay raise to continue the series. It was my decision due to a multitude of personal factors. I'll just repeat what I said on my patreon:

I just want to say, first of all, thank you all so much for patiently waiting for my series to release and for supporting my work as I began developing the series. Bugtopia was a series I genuinely loved and adored and it made me feel so incredibly happy that people were turning their heads towards a series about weird bugs and their natural lives.

However, as you can probably guess, it pains me to say that I am concluding the series after season 1. I had 4 seasons planned with new characters to introduce, but unfortunately, I cannot see myself continuing to work with Webtoons and I want to pursue other projects.

This decision was due to a compiling number of issues with the company, the final straw was when they had a mass layoff, fired my editor that I've been working with for two years, and did not inform me for a week, leaving me in the dark until they randomly assigned me with someone else. My new editor is great and I'm glad I'm working with someone so patient and understanding, but this decision to fire my previous editor, the one who got me the job to begin with, without prior warning made me feel disrespected and disregarded, and it killed all motivation I had for properly completing the series.

I also felt incredibly overworked, I was spending vacation days working on comics and avoiding time with family just so I could get something done for webtoons once I come home. I feel like so much time was being wasted away for a company that paid me so little that I had to work twice as hard building up funds on my patreon. Bugtopia just ate up so much of my time. The pay also didn't make up for it. It's commonly assumed that webtoons authors make about $800 for the episodes they do, but that's not true. In fact, you can make far less depending on the amount of panels expected for your contract. It doesn't help that the artwork i did for banners and promotions were all things I had to draw and didn't get paid for, and the work I gave was either tampered with or scrapped, making me feel like I spent more hours of my day wasting time. There were also comics I had to censor and scrap, likely due to another series being in hot water for its racially insensitive content. But it was just extra work I wasn't being paid for. It also frustrated me because I was seeing other series with far more explicit content getting away with a slap on the wrist (turns out you can't say "fuck" anymore without it being hit with a mature rating, disappointing!)

In all honesty, it just felt like webtoons needed me more than I needed them. I was making more money from patreon in a week than I was making from webtoons in a month.

Personally, while I don't really regret my time with Webtoons and met some great people along the way, I honestly don't think any artist should work with them. You will be severely overworked and underpaid, and will barely be featured in ads unless your series becomes an instant hit immediately. It doesn't really matter how successful you are, you're just a product to Webtoons, put yourself above the corporation.

I have tried my best to provide you all with a satisfying conclusion to Bugtopia, even if some episodes may feel rushed or incomplete, but I completely understand if the conclusion isn't to your liking and I do apologize, but I could not continue working on this series if this was the mistreatment I was going to continuously get. I owe a massive thank you to my editor and assistants for helping me complete the series, I truly don't think I could have ever finished it without them.

Though I am done with Bugtopia, that does not mean I want to stop projects entirely, so please don't feel bad for me. I have a lot of upcoming projects and ideas in the works, and I'm still continuing the Monsters and Girls series.

Will Bugtopia ever return... possibly. I retain complete ownership of the series after a few years, and I wouldn't mind continuing the canvas series (or possibly starting over). Unfortunately I don't think I can continue the Webtoon Original as it belongs to webtoons now, but never say never I suppose!

[ranticore]

some more horse guy fashions, specifically historical

erased the mandolin for this one goodbye mandolin i couldn't be bothered drawing you

so my thought process for this is like what would a society of, lbr, british ppl who are horses value and how would that translate into what they wear if they specifically don't have a taboo against nudity. these fashions are pre-florian conversion (florian was the guy who gave them all government-mandated shame) and considered traditional (the full coverage dresses are also traditional but to a post-florian period so those would be called like. idk. classical). they were still in use in the enclaves north of ironwall for quite a while. anyway returning to the point, the answer to 'what they value' is movement. in actual horses, herd hierarchy and social function is based off movement - free movement for animals for whom the flight response is so strong is an incredibly important thing. dominance in horses is expressed and reinforced by controlling and curtailing the movement of subordinates. for these people, free movement was enhanced by kinetic fashion - free-flowing garments like capes, loosely-pinned headgear with feathers and floaty cloth, and noise-generating devices like bells and chimes were all used to elaborate and enhance the appearance of somebody's gait. the overall look was mostly based off of morris dancers (pheasant feathers, bells on the legs, handkerchiefs) because i like the tie-in to suppression of folk dance by puritans. i think these guys would have some great folk dances

in much the same way trainers are just normal everyday footwear now, game kerchiefs/flags were worn in non-sports contexts because it suffused into the mainstream and became Cool. the flags were used in a game similar to tag rugby if you've ever seen that played (where snatching people's flags is used instead of full contact tackling, forcing someone who's been 'tagged' to stand still until the flags are returned). as i said before somewhere, centaur team sports go incredibly hard.

the tail ornaments were status symbols and in appearance a bit like the traditional show turnout of shire horses. woven grass and straw could be used for a temporary ornament like these, but metal or carved wood were really impressive, and very common gifts of favour between romantic partners. more flags could be hung there if you wanted to be really cool

variations of this style of mane décor were also employed (they loved their ribbons)

in the same time period, Ironwall fashion was a little bit different. These expensive caparisons were usually purchased secondhand after a real horse was done wearing them, with distinct front and back halves of different length. The garments would usually have the original liveries removed and replaced by generic religious iconography as few centaurs would ever have their own heraldry. Later, in the Georgian and Victorian eras, full coverage to the pasterns with a single undergarment was the only acceptable option (that's the classical style now) The rest of the picture is self-evident, but centaurs at the time wore additional... equipment on the withers which were called a variety of very colourful names but mostly referred to as gelding bars (as in, they will geld you if you sit on them). they were metal and spiked. these were introduced by the florian government to discourage the grossly inappropriate contact of one person's legs around another. previously there was no great taboo against riding on a centaur's back, it wasn't super common but nobody was like "this is basically public sex" until our pal centaur cromwell i mean florian came along and decided this was the work of the devil. young people were also made to wear these to discourage the homosocial behaviour very common to the mid-20s age groups of both sexes, and they also had a place in preventing stallions from wrestling (ironically increasing the danger of their fights because well now all we can do is stand back and kick). the wearing of these devices was mandatory. headcoverings were not strictly necessary, and neither were fully-wrapped tails, but some especially devout citizens took to it quite well.

[descendant-of-truth]

That said, I do think that Shadow Generations being such a more carefully cultivated exploration of Shadow's past compared to what the original Generations was for Sonic is... not doing Sonic himself any favors

General audiences are already kind of under the impression that Sonic as a character is fundamentally not that deep or interesting, and Generations was written during a time that really, really wanted to prove that notion right. Sonic "being deep" was what, seemingly, caused so much critical backlash, so to counteract that, they gave us the blandest cutscenes Sonic has ever had the displeasure of being in.

But that's not really what Sega is trying to push for, now. Frontiers wanted to be more serious, with a mature, down-to-earth Sonic. The movies gave him an origin story that inherently makes him a lot more complicated than usual. Prime put the focus on his emotions and gave him a character arc that lasted the whole show. The IDW comics can get extremely serious, and we're treated to Sonic's inner monologue as he wrestles with difficult choices. They clearly want Sonic as a character to be interesting to people, not just a vehicle for action and quips.

But putting the old Sonic Generations in the same package as the new Shadow Generations is inherently portraying them as equivalent experiences. When Sonic explores his past, it's no big deal - just another day on the hero job! Absolutely nothing worth exploring on his end when it comes to meeting his past self and revisiting his memories! Nope! No need to use time travel as a way to explore his core values as a person who prefers to live in the moment and not be bound by his past, no siree!

Oh, but Shadow? Now that's the actually interesting character! Revisiting Shadow's past is such an exciting event that it requires the whole year to hype up, and Sonic's just so boring in comparison, isn't he? Who really cares about Sonic beyond his surface-level characteristics anyway, right? The Sonic Generations remaster is more of an accessory to what's essentially Shadow the Hedgehog 2 at this point, and that bothers me.

Sure, Sonic doesn't have "a backstory" like Shadow does. But the past that we explore in Sonic Generations isn't his literal origins, but all the adventures we went on with him. Imagine how much depth you could wring out of him if you just took those events as being legitimate parts of his life that he has feelings on! Feelings we could explore!

But because it's a remaster instead of a full-blown remake, all of this effort they're putting into Shadow's campaign is nowhere to be seen in Sonic's. Can you imagine how good of a package deal this would be if Sonic's character was given this much care and respect, too? Like, we have two Sonics, but Shadow is getting more than double the favoritism.

And the fact that this is only going to continue to push the idea that Sonic is just. incapable of being interesting, or even really affected by what happens around him is really frustrating. We already have the movies and Prime drastically changing his demeanor and core traits for the sake of making him "able" to have character development, and as much as I love those versions as characters, it's really doing a disservice to who Sonic is supposed to be.

The last thing we need is for Generations to come out again and make the Sonic from the games seem like the least interesting version of him. Bringing Shadow up should not involve dragging Sonic down - they're supposed to be equals. But this game doesn't seem to be showcasing that very well, on account of essentially being two games written by different people haphazardly mashed together.

People being introduced to the series through this game are going to have such a skewed perception of what Sonic is like as a person, as well as what he's like compared to Shadow, and that just. makes me kinda upset not gonna lie

[compressedrage]

Okay so im going slightly feral at the moment and have nowhere to direct it so y'all get to hear my disconnected ramblings about Chosen and Orange

(put it under a cut because gosh im autistic)

YALL I LOVE THEM SO MUCH YOU DONT EVEN KNOW

I NEED THEM TO CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER OR I WILL BE ILL

*ahem*

(for real guys I feel like im wrestling my brain into submission)

(this autism got hands)

Guys they're brothers

They're reflections of one another, parallels and foils at the same time

they are connected– one a rebellious demigod and the other a copy that the universe created to fill his place

They've been connected this entire time and they didn't even know!!

While Orange was fighting spiders and protecting his friends, his predecessor was burning websites to the ground

While Chosen was learning how to live a normal life with someone create to kill him, Orange was giving someone who betrayed them a second chance

I need Chosen to take Orange under his wing, I need him to show Orange how his powers work.

Orange is gonna have an existential crisis but it's okay because he has a big brother who's been through a lot and can at least be there for him (because we know how awkward Chosen would be about that, he's fine don't worry) (he's trying his best)

And in the same way I need Orange to introduce Chosen to a life worth living. If Dark truly is dead (Alan forbid) than Chosen has lost the one person he ever cared about. He's going to need people to help him heal.

GOOD THING ORANGE IS GOOD AT THAT

DO I HEAR RECONCILIATION

I need Chosen to meet the RYGB and realize he cares about them just as much as he does Orange

(I need Orange to talk to Chosen about Dark– you blacked out with powers you never knew you had and killed the terrorist who killed your friends and later realize that the terrorist was your brother and now have your older brother around who knew your other brother before he tried to conquer the world and he sounds so nice what happened why what why what did you do– can anyone hear me)

[monstercampus]

What kind of relationship does Priam and Antón have? Antón is a high ranking noble vampire and Priam is a fairly ordinary werewolf. Did they click immediately or did their friendship take some time to develop. What is the general attitude between werewolves and vampires? Would vampires gossip about Antóns roommate. Did Priams pack have any concerns?

I absolutely love your writing and the wonderful world you’ve created. I’m enamored with the lore especially. It’s just so good!!

TY!!! hehe i love writing it just as much <3

The general consensus between vampires and werewolves is that, despite a long history of conflict between the two species, there's only some residual grudges lingering about rather than full-blown hatred. If anything, it's more likely that humans will perpetuate the notion of werewolves vs. vampires from popular idioms to porn categories, but it's a bit out of style to pretend there's a big feud especially when there are so many monster types roaming around nowadays. It's definitely-mostly-considered a "grampa you're getting dementia" kind of conflict rather than anything wholly profound.

Which directly contradicts the relationship Priam and Antón have. They get into it a lot. For as often as they get along they have twice as many instances of arguing or fighting outright, which usually turns into a wrestling match on the living room floor until somebody shouts 'uncle'. It's generally considered somewhat snobbish to judge another monster by their species (with exceptions, of course) so only Antón's more noble, well-bred vampire peers have anything to say about his roommate, thinly veiled by criticisms of his brutishness or lazy nature to cover it up.

On the other hand, the werewolves knew Antón somewhat around the same time Priam met him, because they met on the first day of school--when Priam was trying out for the football team, and accidentally launched the ball right into the back of Antón's head as he walked by. As you can imagine, it made for a rather awkward introduction later when they were introduced to each other as dormmates by the R.A, an icepack held to the vampire's skull and a glare piercing through his new roommate's forehead. Since then they've had a kind of evolving rivalry, where sometimes they're cool and sometimes they get into it like siblings. They're kind of like an old married couple, or at least squabble like they are. In truth they actually like each other a lot and enjoy spending time together, even if their personalities clash more often than not. In fact, up until the human came along, Priam's fellow werewolves often made jokes about Antón being "the ol' ball and chain" just to tease him--but now he's got a new cutie to share with too!

[hannah-h-pleb]

So I’m a silly goose and forgot to make a post, but it was @h-harleybaby’s birthday the other day! Happy belated birthday girlie girl! I hope your day was just as special as you 😁❤️ (that was painfully cliché oml)

Harley introduced myself and many others to the concept of “Wrestler” Cartman. I for one, LOVE the concept, so here’s my take on it 🤪

This one’s for you Harles!

Wrestler Cartman: General NSFW Headcanons

Content Advisory: NSFW content, smut (18+), minors DNI, aged up characters (late teens, high school AU), female bodied reader

For one I can absolutely see Cartman as a wrestler. I like to imagine that he would 100% enjoy wrestling because he gets to fight people for sport (with some boundaries that he has, probably crossed at some point in time). If he wins, he’ll be cocky as hell about it, hyping up the crowd to cheer louder for him and probably mocking his opponent

To everyone’s surprise, he’s actually really good at it. Despite losing multiple fights as a child, he shows himself to be a talented wrestler and probably winds up being one of the top wrestlers in school

But every champion needs his lucky charm…and right now he’s only got his eyes set on one person: You

He’s had eyes on you for a while, so what better way to show off and impress you by inviting you to one of his wrestling matches? This way he can show you how strong he is. Show you how much of a champion he truly is

To his delight, it works. You watch him as he wrestles with his opponent, admiring his figure, his strength, the way his body looks all sweaty…yep you’ve got a crush now

It didn’t help that whenever Cartman would pin someone down on the floor and he just so happened to be facing your direction, he’d look over and give you a cheeky grin as if to say “You wish this was you huh?” (Yes, yes you did)

You kept going to his matches. Of course you were there to support him, but you just couldn’t get enough of how good his body looked in that tight singlet. The look on his face whenever he’d throw someone down, the determination in his eyes, his cockiness, you couldn’t get enough. So you decided to do something about it. You asked him to show you some of his wrestling moves with you

He was hesitant at first, not wanting to actually hurt you, but when you reassured him that you would be fine, he happily obliged but was still careful. He would throw you down, hold you down on the floor, the whole nine yards. It wasn’t until you two got this close to each other that you both realized just how attracted you were to one another, and that’s when it all changed.

Wrestler Cartman is rough, and I mean, rough. He uses his strength to his advantage and absolutely manhandles you. Holding you down while he fucks you, putting you in positions that you didn’t even know you could be put in, wrapping his strong hands around your neck, the list goes on

He has a “sleeper” build, still chubby but he’s got more muscle in his arms than before. This dude is STRONG. And he uses his strength to his advantage

He also uses his weight to his advantage as well. He’ll use his body to pin you down while he slides himself inside of you. Two words: Mating press.

If he loses a match? Be prepared to be ruined after the match is over. He’ll be so angry that he’ll just use you to relieve himself of his “high strung” emotions. For example, instead of just letting you suck him off, this time he’ll just fuck your face. He doesn’t care if you can’t take it either, he wants to push you beyond your limits and use all of your holes for his own pleasure

He’s a rough guy in general, but if you two do it after he loses a match? That’s when his power hungry/sadistic side comes out full force. He wants to remind you of how strong he is and how much power he has over you even if he lost a match with you watching. He’s still in control, and he’s going to do whatever he wants to you and you don’t get a say otherwise

Face fucking, mating press, manhandling, Wrestler! Cartman can check every box. Oh and not to mention, he loves pulling you off to fuck you in the change rooms. He covers your mouth with his hand as he takes you from behind up against the wall. This dude gets so horny for you so easily sometimes he just can’t help himself

Can’t keep his hands off of you either. Whenever you you two are together, he’s always got an arm around you. He wants everyone to know that you belong to him and you are his lucky charm

I believe Harley said this one in her headcanons but I’m going to echo it: Sometimes when you guys fuck, he’ll be wearing his medals while he fucks you. He’ll whisper in your ears exactly how he got this medals. “Remember when I held that one loser down on the floor? That’s where this came from sweetheart. Oh what, you like hearing about what I do to people when I’m up there? Now I know just how filthy how you are……”

Oh. And if you just so happen to be a manager for his wrestling team?…. Best believe that man is going to be all over you whenever he can

Pulling you off to the side to make out with you, teasing your pussy while no one’s watching, calling you a “dirty fucking slut” if you start whimpering, making you suck his cock quickly in the restroom before his match, you can never fully predict what this dude is going to do to you next. And you just love it

[highlordofkrypton]

TALK TO ME ABOUT CASSIAN X TAMLIN BROTP PLEASE?

I WAS IN BED WHEN YOU SENT ME THIS I HAD TO WAIT UNTIL I COULD GET TO A COMPUTER AHHHHH I love talking about this himbroship I'm buzzing where do I even start omg omg

This is 10000000% fanon, but it's good, happy, soft and silly!

Cassian and Tamlin met during the First Hybern War; Rhysand was like 'hey ya'll meet my new friend' and like any normal person Cassian was like OH YEAH, TAMLIN'S NOSE MEET MY FOREHEAD

They ended up wrestling bc the broness called to one another, so obviously they had to test each other

It's now a normal greeting for them for Cassian to barrel into Tamlin and tussle with him; Tamlin loves it because it's the relationship he never had with his brothers

Cassian is THE shorter older brother, he's at least 30 years older than Tamlin, but Tamlin is 6'5"+ and Cassian is built like a BAKED BEAN

Tamlin is definitely the more introverted one because he's insecure, but Cassian will double down on ANYTHING Tamlin says or wants. OH UR VEGETARIAN BRO??? BEANS ARE THE SHIT AND GRASS TOO

Cassian doesn't know what exactly vegetarians eat except grass and beans, he tried once and cried he did not like whatever the hell a 'bean patty' is

Having a friend outside of the Night Court is a really fascinating experience to Cassian because even though they both had different upbringings, they have similar... vibes? Tamlin is quiet and curious, Cassian and loud and will put his hands/mouth on anything to figure out what the hell this new thing is. They both had 2 brothers with a MEH dad, warrior training, they punch first and ask questions later, it's just really cool to connect with someone on that level

It's also nice for Cassian to be able to chill w/ someone else and get an outside POV when he's going through something w/ his brothers

Cassian 10000% percent vibes with Tamlin's let's just fuck off and live in nature, it's very peaceful

Tamlin's great great great great great grandmother is a willow tree who has the hots for Cassian, lots of shh shhh and stroking his face with her vines when he's being so dumb

Cassian is seemingly more hot-headed than Tamlin, but Tamlin is the one with rage issues; it actually helps Tamlin a lot to have a friend who will BLURT OUT the first thing that comes to mind especially when confronted with something shitty like 'YO DUDE THAT'S A FUCKED UP THING TO SAY' and 'OK U WANNA GO?? MET ME IN THE PRYTHIAN PARKING LOT 1V1 ME'

Cassian's bluntness also helps drag Tamlin out of depressive slumps. Trauma can really re-wire someone's brain and make you act out, but Cassian also turns his loud honesty on Tamlin like 'FIRST DON'T TALK ABOUT MY BEST FRIEND LIKE THAT' and 'YOU'RE BEING A DICK is this how you feel or is this a reaction my broski' -- his heavy hand is an excellent contrast to Tamlin's other best friend LUCIEN

The humour shared between Tamlin and Cassian makes zero sense to anyone. At all. They will die laughing at a bag of 70% cacao and Cassian will over the 'o' and they've been laughing at 'caca' for the last 10 minutes. It's very freeing for them.

Tamlin loves fruit, Cassian general does not eat fruit or vegetables. Tamlin introduced Cassian to a giant fruit bat and lied to say 'he's very disappointed u don't eat ur greens' and CASSIAN TOOK THAT PERSONALLY??? he eats mangoes now and other tropical fruits to honour his batcestors bat-ancestors???

Yes, they can have an entire conversation in 'bruh's

IF we transpose this friendship that started in the canon 'Tamlin trained with the Illyrians in the war' to TODAY, Cassian never recovered from the falling out between Rhysand and Tamlin. It's really difficult for him to reconcile what happened to HIS family with his friend he knew, loved and trusted. When Rhysand vanished, his first instinct would have been to go see Tamlin for help (but there's a lot of guilt for not checking on him either since Cassian knew Tamlin didn't have.... a support system like him).

In Modern AU, Cassian and Tamlin have DEFINITELY those ugly shirts wit each other's face on them and their names in ✨GLITTER✨

Fuck it, Cassian gets really into shirt printing and just prints shirts for them for every occasion, they're ugly on purpose -- he also has swim shorts that are just Tamlin's face going 8D all over them

Cassian started the 'BIG STRETCHY' trend whenever Tamlin stretches and it's law EVERYONE DOES IT NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE

Anyway, I love them a lot and ummmm I absolutely not normal about them I will DIE on their bestie hill

THANK YOU FOR THIS ASK I HOPE U LIKED READING IT AS MUCH AS I LIKED RAMBLING ABOUT IT

[hanasnx]

anakin's kinks headcanons.

MINORS DNI 18+ NOTES: dead dove do not eat, i can’t possibly warn for every kink listed here so please use caution when reading the following. there is a wide array of kinks listed that involve things that might make you uncomfortable or personally you don’t have, these are merely a list format of what i think anakin’s kinks are and are not. not what i’m into specifically or what you’re into. i hope you enjoy regardless! or helps you explore something new for you! i love introducing you to things WARNINGS: dead dove do not eat | sexually explicit content | please use caution if you are triggered by certain kinks.

his green lights:

! ── bdsm

! ── bondage: m receiving mostly. but he does wanna put a collar and chain on you so he can pull you to him, act like a king with a hopeless servant. make you do things for him.

! ── hosiery: he likes it when you wear tights and sheer stockings (also heels but that’s another thing), he likes ripping it apart to make room for him. likes seeing how his nails have left holes

! ── voyeurism: wants to watch you masturbate. likes pretending he’s a perv watching when he shouldn’t be

! ── exhibitionism: you watching him fuck his fist or a toy

! ── roleplay: playing pretend,,, especially if you’ve got a kidnapping kink,,, yum. he wants to abuse you in all the ways you could desire. and the other way around too

! ── kidnapping rp: he wants to be tied up, duct taped mouth, slapped, spat on, treated like your prisoner only good for a fuck

! ── DIRTY TALK: the kind of shit that’ll make you question yourself. he’d say the foulest shit in order to get himself off, stuff that makes you go “why did that just work on me??”

! ── urophilia: he’d ask you to piss on him. asks if he can do it to you while you two are sharing a shower 🥵🥵 he absolutely loves making you squirt, loves rubbing it all over your body and his, so you slip and slide together while he fucks you in a puddle of it. even loves tasting it.

! ── lactation: my god. he’d take full advantage of this if you’re pregnant. jack himself off while he’s sucking you dry

! ── humiliation; falls under s&m: m+f receiving

! ── daddy: being called that word gets him feeling so big and superior, an excellent way to butter him up for something.

! ── edging: m+f receiving. he’s cruel to you, and expects the same treatment.

! ── breathplay: m+f receiving. he loves being choked. holding his breath to edge himself. he loves choking you, and he also loves covering your nose and mouth to restrict your breathing as he sees fit. get you lightheaded, make you swallow his load after a bj, etc

! ── impact play: m+f receiving. he loves pain, and he loves inflicting pain. face smacking, ass smacking, pussy smacking, using a belt or flogger to whip. he likes it when you grab and squeeze or hit his balls. all within reason.

! ── wax: he wants you to drip it on him, he likes the way it stings and burns and the hiss of pleasure he emits when you let him jack himself off for being such a good boy for you

! ── praise: he wants you to build him up—

! ── degradation: and tear him down. both praise & degradation is m+f receiving for him

! ── noncon: 😔✊ he’s got this one bad. only if you two consent to it beforehand tho, but he likes the rush of overpowering you and listens to your safe word. but you love the rush of the fight, and how once he’s wrestled you down, he’s still so mean while he makes your pussy slobber all over him. also ! m receiving as well. he likes it done to him too.

! ── gags: m receiving

! ── facefucking: he wants you to gag, slobber, and deep throat his cock. fuck your mouth like he would your pussy. hard, fast, without mercy. grab your hair, your chin and head. fuck your mouth while you’re laying down on your back so he can finger you or eat you out or see how your tits bounce and pinch your nipples. rub his balls on your face. in turn, he wants you to shove his face in your pussy and suffocate him. sit on his face and don’t let up. he’ll hold his breath if he has to it’s so hot. grind down onto him like it’s a thigh or a dick instead of a face.

! ── titfucking: oh yea. he loves this one. especially if you’ve been a bad girl and don’t deserve any pleasure at all, use your tits to get himself off, and you’re forced to watch. might get back on his good side if you stick out your tongue for him and lick at his head every thrust.

! ── hair pulling: m+f receiving

! ── marking: your scratch marks on his back practically red and bleeding. bruises. hickeys. bite marks and indentations. maybe even getting branded,,, um— m+f receiving

! ── dacryphilia: he wants to cry from pain & pleasure and orgasm denial frustration. he’d do it for you too if you wanted. dom shit like “beg. cry for me. show me you want me.” and he’s gotta get on his knees and worship the ground you walk on and cry because he’s so hard and nowhere to put it and he needs you right now and you’re doing nothing for him. he also wants to make you cry for the same reason, his favorite is when you cry from your orgasm or from pleasure and overstimulation. sobbing in rapture while he’s fucking you. lick up your tears, kiss them away. make fun of you for it, or ease you. he loves it all.

! ── overstimulation: m+f receiving

! ── feet: not fetish, but he wouldn’t care about sucking some toes every once in a while. part of his worship for you. kissing the top of your foot when he takes off your shoes for you.

! ── anal anything: fucking, fingering, fisting yours is so fun for him. especially if he’s occupying your pussy with something else like his dick, hand, or toy. butt plugs with a little pink jewel for you. he definitely eats ass too. jacks himself off while you eat his. he wants you to peg him, finger him, whatever.

! ── strap ons: as said before, he wants you to peg him. but he seriously has considered trying to figure out if he can wear a strap to fuck your pussy and ass at the same time

! ── mechanophilia/technophilia: they definitely have like sex doll androids in GFFA and he saw one and didn’t know why he liked that idea so much. has masturbated to the thought of owning one. gets off to the humiliation when he tells you that secret and you make fun of him for it by doing shit like “i got this new ship, she needs some work but she’s gorgeous. look at her.” and you’re like 👀 “are you trying to fuck it or something??” and then he does you inside the ship.

! ── knife play: more so m receiving tbh he wants you to put a knife at his throat.

! ── gun play: blaster play? he likes the adrenaline of you holding one to him even if it’s set to stun. he’s been in so many life threatening situations, it’s fun to bring stuff like this to the bedroom rather than scary.

! ── breeding: f receiving. this has been explored before and it’s just so delicious. he’s got it so bad.

! ── size: he Loves being reminded how big he is compared to you in any sense. height, hand size, how big his dick is in your tight little hole. he knows you love it too.

! ── foodplay: he’d eat a full course meal off of you if you’d let him. make you lick stuff off your fingers with you. body shots off you. slid your bodies together covered in edible substances so when he licks and sucks your skin he gets to taste it while he’s balls deep inside of you. means a steamy shower afterwards.

! ── stigmatophilia: if your tongue, nipples, clit, pussy folds are pierced ,,,,, oh my god. he’d go crazy. he’d get you all kinds of cute jewelry pieces. especially ones fun for sexy time. tug on your nip piercings while you’re riding on him, set your pace bouncing on him by the way he pulls you up and down by your little nipples ahshshdddb

! ── underwear— mysophilia: smell and keep your used panties and store ‘em in his pocket while he’s at the temple bcos it thrills him that no one knows what he’s got. likes the way your pussy smells, your squirt, your cum. how the bed smell soaked in it and your sweat. yea.

! ── period: sex while on your period doesn’t bother him, getting covered in it, eating you out. in fact he likes the way it looks, and how easy it is to lube you up. it’s so intimate and so personal. “it’s all you, isn’t it?” djskfnkdcnmdbfk

! ── age difference: he’s got a nasty thing for older women. a huge milf lover.

! ── tits: tits/ass?? he loves both. loves thighs. but he’s a tits man. it’s the mommy issues.

! ── tricked/coercion: part of his noncon/kidnapping enjoyment. m+f receiving.

! ── infidelity: purely hypothetical fantasy roleplay sense. m + f receiving

! ── pregnancy: ://// it’s true.

! ── cum swap: you didn’t swallow? he’s sucking his essence off your tongue. lapping up his seed oozing out of you, stuffing it back inside of you with his tongue, and swallowing the remnants. if you finish all over his face, anything he catches with his mouth he pinches open your jaw and spits it into your open mouth and pushes your chin shut, pats your cheek to tell you to swallow.

! ── somnophilia: m+f receiving. he rly likes it when he can fuck you entirely while you’re sleeping, fill you up. something about it just makes him so crazy.

! ── corruption: m+f receiving. especially if you or him lost your virginity to the other.

! ── agoraphilia: oh yea. he’s fucking you outside.

! ── if this wasn’t already obvious he probably got a vasectomy just so he can bareback (always test for stds before going no condom) bcos he just likes it that much and it’s a kink for him. let’s him play out the fantasy like “oh no babe i came in you on accident!! what if you get pregnant😏😏”

! ── creampiesssss

! ── thigh fucking: f receiving

! ── thigh riding: he loves watching you get off on his thigh omgg

! ── sensory deprivation: m+f receiving

and his red lights:

! ── cuckholding: if he’s the one on the side watching. otherwise he might consider fucking you in front of someone else. under extremely meticulous circumstances and lot of sweet talking

! ── threesome: regardless of the gender of the additional person, he’d get jealous even seeing you two kiss let alone touching each other or fucking each other. jealous

! ── financial domination: the man doesn’t know what to do with money from the war,,,, but demanding it from him only means he gets to fuck the brat out of you.

! ── tentacles: he doesn’t understand hentai porn. not in a judgmental way, but in a way that’s like,,,, he gets ropes bcos those things don’t undulate. he’s got a problem with how tentacles move. rathtars are not his favorite.

! ── he can’t get off unless he knows and romantically likes the person. so anonymous sex, one night stands, etc just don’t work. his body doesn’t react.

[babyindeath]

I just rewatched DP&W for the first time and I'm so bummed out about the last scene where Logan takes the dog from Wade and tells him "talk to the girl" kinda kills the whole build up of their (Logan and Wade's) progressing relationship :((( it was all cute when I first saw it but after all this time it kinda ruins the gay vibe from the rest of the movie

I totally get it, anon. The first two times I saw this movie I thought that neither of these romantic storylines worked narratively. Like at all. I’m still confused by the writing of it. I was really furious about it for a long time.

After my, say, third time watching it, I realised Vanessa did not necessarily “take” Wade back. First, we have the obvious fact she’s still seeing that aforementioned German guy from work (it’s only been two days), and second she does not respond to Wade’s confession - “I did it for you, even if you don’t want me” - verbally. Just held his hand seemingly platonically. Because why would they break up and get back together? They’re really going to fucking write this arc again? Seriously? So, after thinking about it, I decided to have at least a bit of faith in Ryan Reynolds et al.. They’re friends

Logan knows Wade still loves Vanessa. Even if Logan is starting to maybe fall in love with Wade, he knows that Vanessa is the love of Wade’s life and all he wanted to do for the entire mission was save Vanessa and his universe. It makes sense why he’d encourage him to talk to her. We know he truly cares about him thanks to the Time Ripper/Subway scene. (Genuinely can’t believe they didn’t kiss, instead he playfully hit Wade. ‘kay.). As a bi+ person myself I understand that he’s still not quite over Vanessa 6 years into their break-up while simultaneously crushing on Logan. Especially as she is still part of his found family.

When I first watched that scene, I was flabbergasted just like you. ‘What? What do you mean? But they. What? I.’ It’s another clip that the Deadpool-Wolverine fandom seems to either skim over or just pretend didn’t happen to protect the ship. But let’s be honest. These writers have heterosexual brains. Or so it seems. Debatable about Ryan’s brain. I don’t know how heterosexual brains work but from some of the choices in the movie re: Poolverine, I’m guessing not the best.

As for it taking away the gay vibes, Wade is still pansexual. He talks graphically about how he’d like to get fucked by male ‘dancers’. He says he doesn’t have a lot of vaginal sex. He has a sex dream about Thor. And another one. He’s very obviously aroused by Logan. He’s always talking about ass play. But I hate the fact his queerness is only discussed in jokes either among his character or for the audience and his love for Vanessa is always treated very seriously. Even 8 years after the first instalment. I hate it. And I can’t think about it or I’ll want to die.

Wade and Logan’s relationship changed completely in two days. They wanted to kill eachother. They had wrestle sex for 12 hours. They saved the world. Logan moved in with Wade. Wade introduced him to Al like a boyfriend. Again, I don’t know what heterosexuals think when they watch this movie, and I wish I did. So I still don’t know if the queerness in this film is intentional. My soul tells me it is. Everything I know about Ryan tells me this too. But when I think about Disney, Marvel, Ryan’s thinly-veiled desperation to be liked by the general public, the fact he’s for some reason become a business mogul, and that queer people will always be viewed as an accessory to our forever heteronormative society, my heart does sink. A bit heavy for a blockbuster discussion but representation is ALWAYS a big fucking deal. And I totally understand you.

I don’t even know what the hell my point is to be honest. Hope you can take something from all that though. Thank you for the message, I don’t get a lot of interaction on here so it means a lot! I don’t know if I helped. I haven’t written anything in an essay format in so long

[fanficshiddles]

The Redbridge Hunts, Chapter 31

Claire spent a big part of the evening on the phone to Louise. She explained about Ray being killed, though didn’t go into too much detail over the phone, she wanted to see her personally to tell her about the vampires.

‘What a day.’ Claire sighed as she crawled into Loki’s bed with him.

‘Indeed.’ Loki chuckled as he put his arm out for her to snuggle in against him. ‘How did she take it?’

‘Pretty well. She asked multiple times if I was sure it was really him, she’s bound to be nervous about it. I think the thought that she’s free now is going to take some time to sink in.’

‘It’s bound to be a bit of a shock for her. Are you going to go visit?’ Loki asked as he trailed his fingers up and down her arm.

‘Yeah, I was thinking of heading over there tomorrow for the day. I really want to introduce you both, but I think the first visit should be just me.’ Claire said sadly.

‘Didn’t even cross my mind to intrude, love. You need to be there for your sister, make sure she’s ok. There’s plenty of time for us to meet.’ Loki smiled.

‘I’m so excited to see her. I can’t believe it’s been so long. He really did have a hold over the whole family, really.’

‘Have you told your parents?’ Loki asked.

‘No, not yet. I’ll see what Louise says tomorrow about telling them. She might want to go and visit them, since it’s been so long.’ Claire tilted her head to look at Loki. ‘I’m going to tell her about you being a vampire, if that’s ok? So she knows the truth about how he died.’

Loki raised an eyebrow and trailed his fingers through her hair. ‘It’s ok with me. How do you think she will she take it, though?’

‘Well… put it this way. If you think I took the news pretty well, wait till you meet her. She’s totally obsessed with vampires. When we were younger, we uh, used to talk about how vampires would fall in love with us. That we’d run off together with our vampire lovers.’ Claire blushed and hid her face against Loki’s neck.

‘Oh really? I think I need to hear more about these chats you two had?’ Loki grinned and slid his hand under Claire’s chin to lift her head back up.

‘No, trust me, you really don’t.’ Claire giggled and tried hiding again. Though Loki rolled over the top of her and they had a little wrestle till he captured her hands together and pinned them above her head in one hand.

‘Trust me, I really do want to hear more.’ Loki growled. ‘I’ll tickle you till you tell me.’ He warned, then proved his point as he started to tickle her sides.

She burst out laughing and squirmed around under him for a few seconds before caving in. ‘Ok, ok! I’ll tell!’

‘That was fast… knowing your weakness is a wonderful piece of knowledge.’ Loki laughed wickedly. ‘Come on, spill.’ He stopped tickling her, but kept her hands restrained and kept his fingers against her side, under her pajama top.

‘There’s not much more to spill, really…’ Claire said with another laugh, feeling rather vulnerable with his fingers still at her side, ready to attack again at a moment’s notice. ‘We were young and would just talk about if we had vampire boyfriends. That they’d protect us and we’d provide blood, just silly little conversations and scenarios.’

‘And now, you’re living your childhood fantasy.’ Loki grinned widely and dipped his head down to kiss her. He tickled her side again for a few seconds, just for the sake of it, making her giggle against his lips.

Their kiss quickly grew heated, Loki’s free hand slowly began wandering down her body.

‘Speaking of providing blood…’ Claire trailed off when Loki removed his lips from hers. ‘Are you… hungry?’ She asked with a flutter of her eyelashes.

Loki slid a hand to the side of her neck and grinned. ‘I’m always hungry, darling… but with you driving tomorrow, it wouldn’t be a wise idea to feed from you tonight.’ He said regretfully.

‘Aww.’ Claire pouted.

Loki chuckled and kissed her pouty lips a few times, making her giggle. ‘It should be me that’s pouting about not getting to feed from you!’

Claire continued giggling. ‘True… I guess.’

‘Though there are other ways I can eat you.’ He growled at her before making his way down her body.

-

The following day, Claire left mid-morning to go visit her sister. She was going to hire a car or take the bus, but Loki let her borrow his car, since she didn’t have her own one but did have a license. She felt honoured that he trusted her enough with it.

Loki just lounged around his home for the day, chilling with Bat and catching up on some marking he needed to do. He’d just sat down to eat dinner in the early evening when Claire messaged him.

C: Hey. Sis wants to have a few drinks tonight, so I’m going to stay over and head back tomorrow. She’s very emotional, as expected. Relieved, happy, confused, angry. Overall, glad he’s gone and wants to have a little ‘celebration’. Xxx

L: Enjoy your time with your sister, darling. I’m sure you’ve both got lots to catch up on. I’m glad she’s ok, though am sure it will take some time to fully sink in. xxx

C: I should be back in time tomorrow for the pub lunch with the others. If I’m pushing it I’ll message you and meet you there. Xxx

L: If you’re too hungover to make it back that early, don’t worry. ;)

C: Oi. I’m never hungover. Xxx

L: Whatever you say, love. Enjoy your evening. xxx

C: Thanks vampy Xxx

Loki laughed out loud at her last message.

He just finished eating when there was a knock on the door. With a frown, he made his way through to see who it was as he wasn’t expecting anyone. Though as he reached the front door, he could smell it was his dad and Chris before he opened the door.

‘Hey, Dad… Chris… What’s wrong?’ Loki felt his stomach drop. It wasn’t like his dad to turn up unannounced.

‘Nothing’s wrong, don’t worry. Chris was just informing me about what happened earlier with this Ray.’ Lucius said calmly.

‘Ah. Right.’ Loki nodded.

‘Can we come in?’ Lucius asked.

Loki glared over his dad’s shoulder at his brother, then nodded again and stepped to the side to let them in.

Of course, Bat came flying through from the kitchen to see who the visitors were. She jumped up straight into Lucius’ arms, making him chuckle as she began purring and rubbed her head against his chin.

They made their way through to the living room. On the way there, Bat clambered onto Lucius shoulder and spotted Chris behind him. She leapt from Lucius’ shoulder and straight at Chris. Who, if he didn’t have quick reflexes to catch her, would’ve ended up with a face full of fur.

‘Hi, Bat.’ He said quietly as carried the furball over to the single seat and let her sit on his lap when he sat down.

‘Traitor.’ Loki hissed under his breath, though of course the other two vampires heard it clear as day.

Loki knew that deep down Bat just loved everyone and anything that would give her attention, so he didn’t really take it to heart.

‘Is Claire not here?’ Lucius asked.

‘No, she’s away visiting her sister. Telling her the news.’ Loki replied.

‘Ah. That’s what I’ve come to find out. Are we going to get any backlash for this guy going missing? He’s not from around here, it won’t be as easy to just sweep his missing presence under the carpet.’ Lucius said, worriedly.

‘Well, I know her sister is relieved. Amongst other emotions. She wanted Claire to stay tonight so they can have some drinks and celebrate her freedom. I don’t think any of Claire’s family will be putting any thought into him going missing. She never mentioned if Ray has family himself.’ Loki shrugged.

‘If he’s been in prison, I suppose it would give the possibility of enemies from in there. Depending on his character with other inmates.’ Lucius hummed as he rubbed his chin.

‘Did he say much before you killed him?’ Loki asked Chris as he looked over at him.

Chris had been rather quiet, just stroking Bat and his eyes were locked on her, too. Till he was addressed, his eyes flitted up to Loki. ‘No. I didn’t give him the chance to say anything after he said he was looking for Claire.’

Loki rolled his eyes. ‘Why kill him though? I mean, yeah, it seems best all round now, but you didn’t know who it was!’

‘I was bored.’ Was all Chris responded with.

Loki clenched his jaw. He knew he wasn’t going to get a decent response out of him at the best of times, but more so when he was in one of his moods like this.

‘When Claire gets back, can you ask her if she thinks we need to be concerned about anyone coming to look for him?’ Lucius asked Loki.

‘Of course.’ Loki nodded.

-

‘I can’t fucking believe you’re dating a vampire! An actual, real life, vampire! They’re real!’ Louise laughed.

‘I know, I can’t believe it either.’ Claire laughed with her.

They were surrounded by junk food and were sharing a bottle of wine at Louise’s home.

‘It’s just like our childhood fantasies.’ Louise said fondly as she sank back into the sofa.

‘But so much better.’ Claire giggled.

‘I’m so glad that they exist. Or Ray would still be on the go… Who killed him? Was it a vampire relation of Loki’s?’ Louise asked.

‘Yeah, his brother.’ Claire said as she grabbed the wine bottle to top up both of their glasses. She noticed at that moment that they were almost finished the bottle already. Perhaps Loki would be proving right at this rate in regards to a hangover…

‘He has a brother?’ Louise sat forward again suddenly, almost spilling her drink, her eyes wide and intrigued.

‘Don’t even go there.’ Claire laughed. ‘It’s a bit complicated between them. Chris is a bit of a dick, although I do think there’s good in him somewhere that Loki just refuses to see for some reason.’ Claire shrugged.

‘Ah. That’s a shame…’ Louise sagged back against the sofa.

‘When you come to visit, I’m sure there will be a handsome vampire to sweep you off your feet somewhere in Demsdale.’ Claire assured her.

‘That would be an utter dream.’ Louise grinned. ‘I still can’t believe you’re here… That we can actually hang out again. God, I can’t wait to tell our parents.’

‘I know, me too. You’ve got your freedom back, sis. You can do whatever you want without looking over your shoulder constantly.’

‘I really do.’ Louise said as she began tearing up.

Claire shuffled closer to her and wrapped her arm around her, she tugged her in close and they hugged for a while, both with tears of relief and happiness.

‘So… Loki’s brother. Is he handsome?’ Louise asked after a pause.

‘Stop it!’ Claire laughed and playfully punched her in the arm. ‘I’ll introduce you to Matt, he’s a nice vampire and he’s good looking. I think he’s single.’

‘Ooo, deal. I’ll hold you to that.’

[aki-appeared-and]

Listen, I didn't realize it at the time but Chobits was so meaningful to me as a teenager who was ace but wouldn't be introduced to the concept for several more years.

Chi is so cute, and so pretty, and so allowed to be sexy and learn about sex, but she's still never going to fuck. And that's okay. She's still completely worthy of love and being loved and having a soulmate.

Our protagonist gets to grapple with not only learning to see Chi as a person, but wrestle his feelings all over again to decide if he loves that person, if his romantic love can exist for someone who's functionally asexual.

Also besides Chi, pretty much every female character in Chobits is there to demonstrate that women are not interchangeable, and objectifying women is wrong, sexually or otherwise. CLAMP are really hammering it in by using it so many times, like yes, when we say no woman is interchangeable, we mean it. Not just our main girl. Every. Woman.

We've got Chi who will not have sex because erasing who she is would be the same as replacing her with a different woman. Everytime someone tries to touch her sexually without her permission she shuts down the city. But even when they're objectifying her in a non-sexual way and just treating her like a machine, those people are still in the wrong because they never get any answers, just broken PCs.

We've got the boy genius trying to replace his sister with a persocom but goes on a parallel journey to our protagonist where he realizes his sister can't be replaced! Even with a persocom, because that persocom is her own person.

We've got the baker who fell in love with a persocom enough to marry her and when everyone objectified her and treated their relationship like some kind of kink that he could replace with another model he said Stop talking about her being an object! THAT'S MY WIFE! And then he was able to fall in love again! And he makes sure she knows that he never wanted to love another persocom, but he would have fallen for her anyway because persocom or not doesn't matter, he's fallen in love with the person.

We've got the teacher who was straight up forgotten by her husband and replaced by a persocom, and what happens to that guy? Never seen. Never really spoken about after the reveal. The man who dared to replace his wife is not worth talking about or giving a redemption arc to. He gets less pagetime and consideration than the actual criminal characters who kidnap or attack Chi, he's that low. He's not even worth being seen or ever thinking about.

[bokettochild]

Opera house AU

Telma's has a group of old regulars that have been coming to her bar since it opened 27 years ago. Theyre pretty much the cast of Cheers with how familiar they are with her and each other;

Rusl: ex-army, current Ordon rancher. Started visiting when he was in the Reserves, always comes by whenever he's in town. Introduced Twilight to the place and delivers Telma Ordon Cider

Renado: a general practice doctor, currently lives in Kakariko. Usually hitches a ride with Rusl to the city

Auru: university professor and Dusk's old high school teacher. Visits the most and has an endless well of amusing anecdotes about his students. Also an amazing piano player, Telma's has one that he loves playing

Shad: aspiring historian, currently works at the museum. Helped Twilight settle in due to being about his age

Ashei: wildlife ranger that works in Hebra (Wild has seen her a few times). Dresses like she's a 1760s pioneer with all the animal furs for keeping warm, has wrestled bears and tamed Tundra Rhinos

Grandpa: One of the oldest regulars and recommended Telma's to his gang. Has such a strong liver that out-drinking him has become a popular wager (his winning streak spans 15+ years)

When all of them get together, they belt out this:

Absolutally!

I love the idea of Rusl being an ex-military man, even if it was the reserves and not active duty. I feel like the moment he learned Twi intended to head up Crown City side once he outgrew the foster system, he totally decided to help him by introducing him to some folks up there, and what better place than at his favorite bar/diner?

I see Renado being a GP from Kakariko, sure! I can see him being a quieter presence at the bar, but plays along when someone inevitably makes a joke about "is there a doctor in the house" whenever someone insults another person. he get's a kick out of that, but mostly just enjoys hanging out with people closer to his own age.

Auru being Dusk's highschool teacher though means he probably knew about all the drama going on there. He knows about Midna (when she and Twi started dating i think he probably would have been trying so hard to hold his tongue and mind his own business) but finding out that Rusl's "grandson" is actually the kid of two of his old students would blow this man's mind LOL

Shad is totally a museum worker, and trying to get a research grant. I'm seeing him like Milo from Disney's Atlantis though, and no one wants to support his research into a lost and forgotten civilization (actually, check that, why is Shad literally just Milo?!?!?!?!?!) Shad has shared his research with Twi (and thus lil Ledge) for years. I'm injecting my history nerd Legend agenda in here to say they get along like a house on fire, and Shad drags both of them (and anyone else he can) on "research missions" around Crown City. He wants to explore around the old opera house, but Lullaby won't let him LOL.

Asheii and Twilight are hiking buddies I think. For fun. I want them to be hiking buddies. Sometimes they go with Shad when he wants to look at old ruins, but most of the time they go alone because he's kinda slow/has horrid stamina. They don't do much talking, but she totally takes him along to work sometimes and they go on camping adventures every summer.

Grandpa is a new member of their group, but has been coming to the bar since before Telma acquired it. It just so happens that his biker group comes in on the same days that the others do, so they intermingle quite a bit. He and Telma joke and bicker at each other like an old married couple (they have no interest in each other) and it humors the rest of the regular crowd to no end.

[deke-rivers-1957]

Kissin Cousins Review

After Viva Las Vegas went over budget, Colonel Parker as the technical advisor pushed the panic button. The next immediate film had its budget slashed and everything was rushed just to make back any money lost. The production was very cheap despite a somewhat ambitious story of having Elvis play 2 characters.

Despite being made after Viva Las Vegas, Kissin Cousins came out first making for a very jarring experience if seen back to back. A lot of people HATE this movie because of the concept and cheap production, indicating that Colonel's plan didn't work as he expected. After all, if you only spend a grand total of a $1 million dollars on a movie, you only need $1,000,001 to make a profit. Does Kissin Cousins have some good parts to it or is it all bad and should never be mentioned again? Let's find out.

Kissin Cousins is a pleasant opening song. It's not something that blows you away but it's a nice little ditty with cute art. It makes me wonder why we never had an animated film as those were usually way cheaper than a regular movie. Yes animation in the 60s wasn't as big of an industry as it is now, but if Colonel wanted to value cheap production, animation would've been the way to go.

We get introduced to the conflict of the movie: The military wants a military base on the Tatums mountain land in the Smokey Mountains. The Tatums don't want to sell as they don't trust the government. As stereotypical as this sounds, this was a pretty common experience. The only issue I have with this element is that they want to show this as the Air Force, but everyone is dressed in Army uniforms. Josh starts off wearing a more accurate uniform but we quickly do away with that. A sign already that no one cared enough to make things accurate.

We also see very quickly that this movie is so cheap they can't even film b-roll footage of the real Appalachian Mountains. Instead we get Southern California mountains and Hollywood sets. As much as it sounds like a nitpick, the mountains are a mega important part of the movie. Depicting the real mountains would add more immersion into the story by showcasing how these people live. Smokey Mountain Boy as a song doesn't stand out on its own. It does sound lovely in the context of the movie. It sounds like the type of song a military man would sing. We get a dumb joke about mountaineers not knowing how to spell and the girls not knowing what Jodie looks like. If you look very closely we get another sign that the movie is cheap in the form of a faint yellow line in the middle of the screen. That's meant to be the filter that allows Elvis to play both Josh and Josh at once. More on that later.

We find out that Jodie actually isn't their brother. He's a cousin too and my whole world just blew up. This whole time I thought they were all siblings because he lived with them like he's their brother. There's Gold in the Mountains is bad. The lip-synching is non-existent. It's very apparent that neither Azalea or Selena's actress are actually singing. They sound nothing like they're speaking voices. I don't think this song was really necessary and could've been cut if it wasn't for a quota. Ma calls Jodie her nephew and man I want to know this man's story. There's so many ways you can go about this and show how this could significantly impact his character and his decisions.

Pappy is an amazing character. Arthur O'Connell really shows his range as he sounds nothing like Pop Kwimper from Follow That Dream. Despite being the same character of the government disdaining patriarch on paper, you really get the idea that this is a completely different person. Pappy and Pop are similar but are not the same. What I don't like is that his clothes are seen as dirty and full of holes. Jodie and the sisters don't have that problem so unless Pappy just got done wrestling some pigs, this is purely for laughing at dirty uncivilized Southerners. While it is unfortunate that some of them lived that way, this isn't the Tatums' situation.

Ma's an amazing character too and it only highlights my point that she wouldn't accept anyone in the family to be walking around in unkempt clothing. She would've immediately patched up any holes she found. You get the idea that she isn't someone to push around. She respects Pappy's authority but she also has her own authority. Ma is willing to flip Jodie right on his butt if he disrespects her despite Jodie easily being bigger than her. In real life, an average sized woman being able to flip over what I consider to be a 200 lb man would be super impressive. We clearly get the idea that Pappy loves it. He wants his wife to be a strong woman who doesn't take disrespect from anyone.

This whole scene insults Southerners by having them own a Confederate Flag in the house, eat possums and other stereotypical "white trash" food like this is a regular occasion. Like it's something they take pride in eating and wouldn't want to eat anything else. Note: people only eat that when there's nothing else available. It would only make sense if they were proud of Ma being able to make do with what little they had but again this isn't what they're going through. They have pigs so it makes no sense why they still eat possums outside of stereotyping.

We get a visual gag of the captain turning green. This is such a cheap special effect. It looks like they just shined a green light over his face like we're in a cartoon. So bizarre and only exists because "haha isn't mountain food so disgusting." Totally unnecessary especially with how long they drag the joke of no one knowing what an ICBM is. In real life, if this family was as ignorant as the movie makes them out to be, they would not survive.

One Boy, Two Little Girls is a very boring ballad. It adds nothing to the movie and is just filler. We already got a song with him singing to the sisters and learn nothing new. You can just cut to Josh talking to Azalea and Selena about how to convince Pappy. This whole interaction between Josh with Azalea and Selena is weird. We're supposed to think he digs both of them.

Catchin On Fast which is just as shallow. The song itself isn't bad, but in the context of the movie it comes out of nowhere. Josh just randomly picks Azalea over Selena. Yes we get the drama that Selena has to get married first, but outside of that there's no reason for him to pick Azalea. Yes it could be a matter of Josh preferring brunettes but it's never established to be the reason why he likes Azalea more. Admittedly I love that Selena isn't jealous of Azalea or mad that Josh picked her sister over her. In a different Elvis movie we know that would've been a conflict that lasted throughout the whole movie.

We get introduced to Midge and Jodie completely looks smitten. This is a completely different side of him. It's implied that he's had relations with more than one Kittyhawk woman but becomes such a different man around Midge. In that moment, none of the other women matter anymore. Midge is the only woman on his mind and you have to wonder what about her captures his attention. Maybe it's because she's not immediately throwing herself at him or seems interested in him at all. Just by this scene alone, Midge does not give a single care that he's staring at her. If anything she straights up ignores him after they're introduced.

Watching Azalea interact with the Kittyhawks when they give them their own bikinis is the only difference we get. Azalea actively stands up to them and puts them in their place. She doesn't tolerate their actions. Ma puts her foot down when she sees that this turned everything upside down and I can understand where she's coming from. If Azalea and Selena are disrespecting her and the Kittyhawks are causing nothing but trouble, of course she would be upset.

The reporter exposes their plan to get the mountain base and the plan is all coming apart when the general contacts the captain about going up to the mountain. The captain orders Midge to go to Ma and try to smooth things over. Despite this being the 60s, the captain treats Midge like any other subordinate. He's not overly harsh or lenient with her just because she's a woman. Now that's gender equality. She runs into Jodie and at first we think Jodie's going to act like a pig and a wolf. And he does act like that, but what makes this movie better than most is that he gets his comeuppance. Yes it's meant to be a source of comedy but given the 60s, Midge being allowed to push back against horny men is incredible. She grins and bears it when it's the other military men because a lot of them may outrank her and pushing back would be horrific. But since Jodie has no authority over her, she pushes back. In other movies Jodie would be a creep who escalates his advancements after every rejection. But he doesn't. He saw the look on Midge's face when she thought he got hurt. She doesn't actually hate him, she just hates how forward and physical he is.

Based on their social situations, you can clearly see how it influences these women's reactions to male attention. Midge is just so used to men seeing her for her body and nothing else that when in a situation where she can push back against that behavior she will do it, while the Kittyhawks hardly ever see men so any attention or interaction with men would be like giving kids candy after denying them that for so long. And whether he fully realizes it or not, Jodie has to acknowledge that Midge really isn't like other girls but her own person. So he changes his approach to serenading Midge with Tender Feeling. Easily the best song in the movie and actually adds depth to Jodie's character. Even though he's a cocky jock, this song actually matters by showing that he's capable of being more than that. It still fails but even when it fails the only thing on Jodie's mind isn't a notch on his bed post it's WEDDING BELLS. He had full choice of any Kittyhawk out there to marry. He could've married any one of them at any time. But he doesn't want to be with any of them. He wants Midge. You can make an argument that as soon as he saw Midge for the first time, he wanted to marry her. Unbelieveable how this side character in a cheap Elvis production actually has some type of character arc.

Meanwhile, Azalea tries to convince Ma about changing her mind. I know the movie wants to make us feel bad about it, but we don't have any reason to feel bad. I don't feel anything for this relationship. Outside of Josh being different than the other mountain men, there's no real reason for her to like him. I care more about Hezekiah missing Pappy and he's a dog.

So they go to find Pappy and all of the men except for the captain and Jodie get captured by the Kittyhawk women. For once an Elvis character doesn't like being appreciated by multiple women. I guess it's meant to show how Josh is more "civilized" than Jodie. We get another Joe Esposito appearance in this movie and he actually gets a line.

Ma actually gets a song lamenting the loss of her husband. Pappy, Won't You Please Come Home is actually a pretty appropriate song. It shows just how much she loves him. The vocals could be better but it doesn't have to be professional because within the context of the movie, Ma isn't a professional singer. Pitch doesn't matter when you're sad.

We find out Pappy got chased by a bear and got stuck in a tree. The wide shot of him being stuck in a tree is so bad. You can tell this is a stunt double since Arthur O'Connell is too old to be doing stuff like this. Even when you can see his face you can tell he's only dangling on a wire and it's not even clear how he's caught. I get we needed something to get Josh on the family's good side but they could've done this a bit better. You would think this would be when Josh and Jodie would have to work together to save Pappy, but I guess that would've just been too hard to film. Again if Jodie had a real character arc this would be the moment when he realizes "hey Josh just isn't doing this because he's told to. He genuinely cares about us. He acts like he's kin."

We get a good old fashioned hoedown and hi where did all these people come from? Up until now we've had the Tatums and the Kittyhawks as the only people who live on this mountain. So why is there a whole village of people here? It completely changes the Kittyhawk women's reason to exist. If you imply that there's literally no other man on this mountain outside of Jodie, then these women being boy crazy make perfect sense. Now that we know Jodie isn't the only young man, they just look like a stereotype that women are promiscuous.

Barefoot Ballad fits so well with Jodie's character but watch out foot phobic people because it's exactly as it says on the tin. The dancing however, isn't that great. It shows just how rushed this movie's production wise. I guess it could work in that in universe these aren't professionals but as a movie it could be better. This is where the song quota kicks in as we get yet another song in the span of not even five minutes. Once Is Enough is fine but it's still filler. The dancing is still bad as one of them actually falls down and it stayed in the final cut. Based on Pappy's little speech I would've thought he would start singing. Heck even the captain who would later play Grandpa Joe showed he could sing in Willy Wonka so it's not like we couldn't have had a Pappy song.

After all this time, Jodie finally gets a character moment where he warms up to Josh. While Jodie internally realizes that Josh was alright when he saved Pappy, this would've been the perfect moment to showcase that he's willing to compliment Josh. If only he had more of a role in the movie because what little we get shows a pretty engaging character arc. Midge coming around would've been a natural reason for him to warm up to city folk. I could make a whole post about how I would write his character since there's so much potential.

The Kittyhawk women actually play an important role by sending the general in circles. That's what makes this movie great. Everyone has a part to play even if they start off as a joke. Pappy gets in a drinking contest with the captain. I have to laugh that Jodie managed to snap Pappy's suspenders when Pappy tries to run away. It actually adds to Jodie's claim that he's the champion and therefore strongest man in the mountains. Ma makes it clear that they have to talk things over so Josh and Pappy try to make a deal over a game of checkers. Jodie actually tries to help Josh out by getting the captain sober. If only they took advantage of them looking alike and had Jodie disguise himself as Josh. Jodie would have to swallow his pride because he knows if this deal fails, he would lose Midge as she's a WAC.

It isn't until Josh comes up with a deal allowing Pappy to continue selling his moonshine without "revenoor" interference. They also get protection and $1000 a month for the land. The deal goes through and everyone ends up happy. The one thing I wish was better explained is how despite all these people being on the mountain, Pappy is somehow the leader. I think if we had so much as a line about how these people came from distant villages would be enough as it's not like the military intended on buying the entire mountain.

Kissin Cousins (Number 2) is a banger of a song and I really like Jodie's twang when he sings but wow the production is cheap. They don't even bother cropping the shot above where you can actually see Lance LeGault (Elvis' body double) in the background. This isn't the first nor only time either. Throughout the movie and during the song when they switch back and forth between Josh and Jodie, we can see his face by accident. Elizabeth Montgomery in Bewitched had to do something similar when she had to play Samantha and her identical cousin Serena. That episode came out in 1966 and managed to do a better job. A TV show somehow did the same concept better than an actual Hollywood produced film. It's so sad that production was rushed to the point of basic editing mistakes and mistakes in general are left in. Even the ending where the characters hold up "The End" signs feels like this is a cheap high school production instead of a Hollywood movie.

This movie has several problems. As I've said the production is cheap with songs that are nothing but filler and at times have noticeable mistakes, Josh is a very boring character with an uninteresting romance in Azalea, Jodie makes you wonder why they wanted Elvis to play two characters when one of them doesn't even do that much, and they outright insult Southerners by using very cliched stereotypes.

So why do I like this movie in spite of these problems? Because the story has enough good elements that you can actually fix the problems without having to completely change the movie. It's like a Clambake in that I would consider the highlights to be enough to cover the glaring errors in it. If this movie had a different production team or a better budget I would say this story is one of the better ones for an Elvis movie. Therefore I would give this movie a 7/10. This is a movie that best exemplifies how Colonel's interference directly hurt a movie that otherwise would've been great. I highly recommend watching it so you get the perspective of how poorly Hollywood thought of Southerners, yet still have the Tatum family feel like real people.

AN: Shout out to the discord besties for providing commentary about how the Tatum family showcased the bad light Hollywood painted the South in. Especially @grizelda71-blog. Your notes in particular helped me see both the good and the bad in this movie. Also shout out to @smokeymountainboy for your work as Jodie inspiring me to review this movie this month.

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I would like to read the diluc elaboration personally...🙏

i’ve got you ❤️❤️ sorry for the wait this was sitting in my drafts!

cw: issues with control, probably not the healthiest way to get into d/s dynamics, lifestyle dom, possessive behavior, mention of collaring. slight yandere if you tilt your head and squint.

i think diluc has problems with control. he likes everything to be in his hands, on his shoulders; perhaps not to burden anyone. or perhaps because he doesn’t trust anyone to do it right. to do it how he would.

it manifests in all sorts of prickly ways. it causes him anxiety, to not have control, to watch it unspool from his fingers. it isn’t fair, maybe, for him to not allow anyone the chance of trying, but to do it himself. it’s a bit of an insult—to think they’re incapable.

it causes problems with the knights, with kaeya, with the city, with you.

at first it’s a little rocky, your relationship with him. there’s a lot of push and pull, both of you sinking your teeth down into the other and trying to wrestle them still. he’s a little brash, you’re quite stubborn, he thinks he knows what’s best for you—

perhaps because he just. loves you. more than he can say. and he wants you safe and healthy and cared for.

maybe you’re a troublemaker, a little rough on yourself. an expert in self sabotage. undomesticated. wild little thing.

and in another argument, where he’s berating you about being reckless, about not taking care of yourself, it just sort of…clicks for you.

he’s not angry, he’s scared.

keenly, you become aware of his desperate need for control. and you start to give it to him a little more. small things at first; what you eat for breakfast, which dress to wear for the day, how he wants you. or needs you, maybe.

it takes some coaxing, you think.

but you realize one night, when he admits, almost raggedly, like it’s eaten him up inside, that he half wants to possess you;

maybe it was not just you who was coaxing.

suddenly, you seek his council and his guidance and his care. suddenly you want to know what dress he wants you in, you want to make him proud, you want to—

follow his rules, you realize.

they are good for you. getting enough sleep. eating well. expressing yourself—your wants and needs and anxieties and feelings. being responsible. not dashing into danger.

he settles and calms, when you give up the control to him. happily, he takes it. content to know you are safe and healthy and well taken care of.

and when he feels out of control (with the knights, with the city, with kaeya), he knows he has you, within it. you to return to. you to soothe him.

you to call willingly into his control, you who craves it now, whose never been happier. healthier.

he’s patient, too. so tender about it. loves spoiling you for being good—for listening to him. punishments are fair and only used when he believes absolutely necessary; he’s not much of a sadist. he doesn’t like hurting you. he doesn’t like when you’re mad or resentful over a punishment, hates to see you pout.

(but he does love when you cling to him and cry afterwards—)

and when he introduces a collar to you, it’s subtle, tasteful. beautiful. it could almost just be a necklace.

you know better, though. and it feels a little inevitable, like perhaps this was always on his mind.

(you’d be horrified astonished if you knew how long ago he’d picked it out for you—)

you’re shy about it at first and he doesn’t push it. slips it on you when you’ll allow him, takes it off when you’re finished. how often you have it on becomes more frequent, longer, you begin to crave the weight on your neck, your chest.

and then one day he goes to remove it but you stop him. and there’s so much heat in your face when you ask, but you have to ask, if diluc has taught you anything it’s so say what you want—

“can i keep it on? please?”

oh, it’s what he’s always wanted.

“of course,” he soothes, kissing your cheeks, your chin, your mouth. “of course.” he hushes.

and you can’t help but feel like it was what he was coaxing you to all along.

[hobiebrownismygod]

I think you have talked about this before, if so, i’m sorry for ask, but what about a more in deep analysis on Pavitr’s personality and why he’s not some emasculated uwu boy, especially for the ones who wants to write about him

I actually haven't talked about this before, so thanks for the idea! Hopefully what I wrote answers your ask properly, and if not pls let me know! <3

I made two posts to answer your question, the first being this post and another being an analysis on Pavitr's personality which I'll post as soon as I finish it. Let me know if you'd like to be added to the tag list or if you would like a specific place for me to post it! I'll link it here once I've written it <3

Stop Writing Pavitr As An Emasculated uwu Boy

He's not.

So why do people write Pavitr Prabhakar this way in the first place? The main reason is:

Internalized Toxic Masculinity

We as a society have become so used to seeing men being aggressive and brooding, ESPECIALLY male superheroes. We see a lot of superheroes like Batman who're extremely broody, don't talk a lot, and are overall the strong silent type. We have superheroes like Captain America who never cry, rarely get angry, and rarely show vulnerability. In general, celebrated male characters in the media tend to be dominant and aggressive, because those are the traits that society has decided make men men.

Note: I'm not saying that these characters never show emotion and I'm not saying every celebrated male character is like this, I'm just explaining the connections between what I've noticed and the research I've done on the symptoms of toxic masculinity

Gender norms have corrupted our understanding of what it is to be masculine. Women are expected to be polite, calm, accommodating, and take good care of the way they look. Men are expected to be bold, aggressive and strong. Women are supposed to spend a lot of time on their hair and clothes, while men don't care about those things. Men are supposed to spend their days watching sports and wrestling, but women aren't interested in those things.

Because of these celebrated norms, when people see a character that cares about the way they look, is optimistic, calm, caring, sweet, they immediately think that that character is feminine. Why? Because we've been told that women are all those qualities and men are not. We've been told that women are kind and sweet while men are bold and strong.

So how does this connect to Pavitr's characterization in the media?

Note: This does not apply to headcanons. If you want to headcanon him as trans, as a femboy, or some other OOC thing, feel free to do so. This is specifically for people trying to write him accurately.

Pavitr was introduced as an excited, carefree young boy who's optimistic, kind, funny, etc. He talks about his hair, he openly talks about his relationship with his girlfriend, Gayatri, he swings around by dancing and doing poses, and has a love for street dogs.

He is not portrayed as bold, aggressive, dominant, competitive or stoic. He is not effortlessly attractive and he cares about the way he looks, and he cares about how he presents himself. He is not self-sufficient and he talks about living with his aunt, having friends, having a girlfriend, and the Spider Society.

These are all traits which traditionally masculine men portray, but Pavitr does not.

But does this make him feminine?

NO.

Having feminine qualities does not make you completely feminine. Having masculine qualities does not make you completely masculine. Just because you have one or two feminine qualities, it doesn't mean your entire personality and actions are all going to be feminine.

Pavitr portrays some feminine qualities. However, he also proves that he is strong, quick-thinking, tough, and sarcastic. Are these are traditionally feminine traits? No. But, people are ignoring all these qualities and switching them to turn him into an emasculated femboy, which just isn't accurate.

Note: The same thing happens vice versa where a female character will show a couple of masculine traits and people will say she's trans, or just call her a bitch because she's "aggressive" which is extremely sexist and a product of years worth of internalized misogyny.

Just because he likes the way he looks, doesn't mean he's gay.

Just because he dances when he swings, doesn't mean he's a femboy.

Just because he has a colorful suit doesn't mean he's an uwu boy.

Stop feeding into gender norms and write characters properly. Write him like the 13/14 year old Indian boy he is, and integrate the qualities he has in the movie to make him accurate! If you don't know how to write him, ask an Indian writer how to make him accurate to his character! Ask an Indian fan how they believe Pavitr would act and I promise you, it'll be twice as accurate as whatever random headcanons people are placing onto him right now.

Why is this harmful?

Lets talk about SOUTH ASIAN REPRESENTATION.

For the longest time, South Asians have been portrayed on screen as nerdy techies, comedians, cabbies or corner-store owners. These inauthentic portrayals of South Asians, especially Indians are harmful to the South Asian narrative and help further negative stereotypes about our race and our culture.

South Asian culture has been portrayed by Hollywood as dirty, overly traditional, and movies representing South Asian culture ten to be Oscar-baiting movies made by white men that border on poverty porn.

There are few and I mean FEW well-made and well-researched South Asian characters in the media. I'd say two of the only well-written Indian characters in western media right now are Kingo from Eternals and Ali from Squid Game and even they have kinks they need to work out.

PAVITR IS IMPORTANT TO US!!

We finally got a South Asian character who speaks Hindi, lives in India, eats and drinks South Asian cuisine, has a South Asian girlfriend and a suit that screams cultural representation! His character was written by Indian writers and contained elements of India that aren't poking fun at our culture and our traditions!

He is REPRESENTATION.

So represent him properly.

Write him properly

For the brown kids that never got to see a superhero that looked like them when they were growing up.

As always, sources under the cut <3