#I'd love for it to end as a throuple but that's just me lmao

[ahhhsami]

Why have I not seen anything about the bisexual flag colors littering this scene with Taigen and Mizu?!?!

[jasongracestan12]

Unpopular HoO ships I enjoy

Note: As always, these are all just my opinions. Please feel free to sound off in the comments or reblogs, but be nice, I'm sensitive 😢 Spoilers obvs

Also I mention Hazel in ships. Just know I'm not fond of the age gap she has with the rest of the seven in the books, and personally like to think of her in these ships as closer in age to these people. Anyways;

1. Leo/Frank - So so underrated. Maybe because I love enemies to lovers, idk. I just think these two have mad chemistry. They get each other the way others in the series don't get them, with the losses of their mom's and being dunked on constantly. They could be cringe fail losers together and it hurts!! That no one sees my vision. Tbh I feel like this should be more popular than Valgrace, but alas.

2. Leo/Frank/Hazel - I've been in the fandom since 2011, and at the time MoA came out, multiple people complained about this love triangle. They hated it as a plot point, and that's understandable, but listen to this. Solve it via throuple situation. Frank and Hazel have chemistry. Leo and Hazel have chemistry. So much opportunity for tension and yearning. What is cuter than Hazel going to Rome with her two boyfriends in that one scene from Mark of Athena? Nothing!

3. Piper/Reyna - Way before Piper was canonically sapphic, the tension in the scene with her and Reyna at the end of BoO was PALPABLE. When she took Reyna's face in her hands, I fully thought they were going to kiss even though Piper was with Jason LMAO. I love Jason, but I actually think it would be so iconic and low-key funny if they spent those books both wanting to be with Jason and at the end Piper was like "I don't want you to be in love with Reyna, because I'M in love with her 😢." And then she just started dating Jason's kind-of ex, leaving him out of the triangle completely, lol.

4. Reyna/Annabeth - This one I've seen a little bit more support for. I just think they'd be iconic. Annabeth's low-key sapphic tendencies did really jump out in their bonding scene in MoA. I like the idea of them being a baddie power couple, though I do feel it could result in a power struggle.

5. Drew/Jason - I have literally never seen this ship, but I actually think it may be so fun, especially if you are a big believer in the head canon that Drew should be redeemed in some way or was only really demonized because of her overt femininity, like I am. Jason makes a lot of comments about finding her attractive at the beginning of TLH, which I feel like most people ignore. A situation I think would be so interesting, because I'd love the drama lmao, would be if, after dating Piper, Jason actually gave dating Drew a try. I feel like chaos would ensue low-key lmfao, but it would be such a delightful little plot point.

Anyways, that's all I can think of at the moment. Let me know your thoughts.

[misc-obeyme]

idk about anyone else but i always love crack ships and ships in general, i can always appreciate other ships, even if they're not my otp. It just means more content to enjoy!

Luci and Solomon would be fun as a pairing i think. If I had a crack ship, it'd be Solomon and Mammon. I don't know if they've had any moments at all together. Maybe one.

But Solomon has been steadily climbing up my favorites list on the ladder since nightbringer. Though he'll never take Mammon's place for number one lol. But I like to imagine them both with my mc.

I can imagine Mammon accidentally getting his hands on a really rare spell book and instead of selling it, gifting it to the two of them with the excuse that he couldn't get any offers for it (he is lying and it's obvious from his blush)

Or Solomon coming across a rare item he forgot about and gifting it to Mammon because he thinks he'd like it. Or digging through his collection for something he's willing to part with to help Mammon with debt, saying something about needing to get rid of it is all.

and after writing these little blurbs i will be thinking about these dummies a lot more, it is no longer an 'if' i think. new ship and new ot3 ig akskfj

okay I'm done rambling LMAO thank you for your time

- ✨ anon

Okay, yes, I absolutely love crackships. I can also appreciate other ships, I have no problem with any of that at all. I say people should ship whoever they like.

While I always write x reader, I actually have quite a few Obey Me ships that I like. DiaLuci of course which I actually did write a little story for per a request I received. Those two are just so obvious, how can you not ship it, right? I'm also fond of SoloSim because I think those two have an interesting dynamic. And of course there's SimeBarb which is also just really cute. I'm down with BarBeel and Solodeus too though to a lesser extent. And while I never really considered it before, apparently there is also Diavolo/Belphie (sorry I don't know their ship name lol), which is not something I thought of, but I don't dislike it!

My favorite crackship is absolutely SoloLuci. I love their relationship already, it's so funny to me, and I just can't help but enjoy the idea of them actually ending up together because it would be even funnier to me. Like I could write whole stories about them.

My other big crackship is Mammon/Barbatos. (BarbMam??) Again, I just find this to be absolutely hilarious. I could write whole stories about them, too, and I'd be laughing the whole time lol.

Okay one last crackship from me that I think would be fun is Diavolo/Asmodeus. Because listen, Asmo would be so into being queen lololol. And I just think it'd make Lucifer so mad, too. I'm sorry I just think it's so funny I can't help myself.

Of course, any and all of these become a little less crazy if MC is involved, but I generally consider these ships without MC. I did write that little blurb about a Solomon/MC/Lucifer threesome, but I generally like to think of them without MC because that just makes it so much funnier to me.

I love your description of a Solomon/MC/Mammon throuple situation, though. I always felt like Mammon didn't like Solomon lol but yo neither does Lucifer so. But I think with an MC that they both love and care for to kind of initiate the necessity of them being in close proximity and getting along... yeah, I could see all of the things you describe happening.

That'd be super adorable, now I'm just imagining them starting a little trio band and calling it MC and the Mons. (I'm so sorry.)

Anyway, I love your new ot3 I hope they bring you much joy!!

[ginsoakedgirl80]

Costume Cdramas I watched in 2023

My 2nd year with Chinese dramas as my love for costume drama continues.

The title links to where you can watch it (tried to find free legal watches where available)

The Blood of Youth (40 x 45min, filming started in Oct 2021, released Dec 2022) fun action drama with a good dose of comedy, not for people who want lots of romance because they are too busy (and the canon couples don't have enough chemistry, there I said it) to be making out. Good for bromance, ghost ships and/or ace character head canons. Xiao Se's fur collar wins fur collar of the year, Tang Lian is my blorbo of early 2023.

My Uncanny Destiny (24 x 30min, filmed in autumn 2021, released Jan 2023) My favorite comedy of the year. Don't get turned off by the toilet jokes, it's a gem that spoofs drama tropes, gives you a coherent plot, silliness, fun side characters, a ML that is not afraid of being silly and a FL that plays capable and silly well. This might be a low budget production but they put that money to work. Politics, cross-dressing, found family, sisterhood, enemies to lovers, third wheel bisexual who reminds me of Wen Kexing, over the top villain, himbo villain who works out shirtless all the time, it got it all.

Wulin Heroes (22 x 45min, filming started Nov 2020, released Jan 2023) I watched this for Li Hongyi and he is incredibly beautiful in this so props to his stylist and cinematographer. BUT it is a badly written and edited low budget romp. If you are not watching for any actor then do not bother. FL is bearable once you realize she is very much of a lets see where this goes kind of character. 2nd ML is a suffering captive prince turned whiny regent played by Zhu Zanjin. So if you want to see Jin GuangYao suffer, you might like his scenes?? It can totally be read as a throuple especially with the New Tales of Wulin Heroes mini series add on. The choppiness might also be a result of the dangai ban??

No Doubt in us (24 x 14min, 2021, donghua) saw this on netflix and it roped me in with the body switch trope. It's sufficiently entertaining. Though I didn't enjoy the animation style apart from the chibi scenes.)

Heaven Official's Blessing (season 1, 11 x 26min, 2020, Donghua) It's THAT story and the art style is so pretty. I haven't read the books yet but still got what was going on most of the time. Liked it a lot. Haven't watched the 2nd season yet)

The Journey of Chong Zi (40 x 45min, filming started in June 2021, released Feb 2023) This xianxia is a mess! But it gave Scorpion King Li Daikun another memorable role with being the FL's protector. Watching Wang Zhoucheng having a ball with his role was fun. Immortal turned demon Wan Jie is so handsome and tragic. It did draw me in but the main couple is just ick so every time they were apart it immediately got better. ML's refusal to take the antidote to ease his obsession was lmao, FL is naive but charming and her demon styling rocks (do not get the hate on the actress, she is selfmade and there are many bad pretty face actresses around but I guess antis attract antis). Oh and there is a bromance between two of Chong Zi's harem members

Till the End of the Moon (40 x 55min, started filming in Nov 2021, released April 2023) aka my brain rot drama of the year. Drawn in from episode 1 on. Bai Li and Luo Yunxi <3 Pian Ran, Ye Qingyu, Nian Baiyu and Si Ying. <3 I was spamming tumblr with my screenshots, it was a jolly good time to watch this epic tale of love and suffering and saving the world dilemma with a great cast, characters, costumes, sets and soundtrack with the cdrama ppl of tumblr. If this weren't too complicated for cdrama newbies I'd recommend it to all my friends. Do not skip the dream arc (I ended up liking it) or later stuff will make less sense. I'm still annoyed that we didn't get a good extra episode that wraps up some lose ends for the main side characters and that reunion of the main characters but Youku really went nah we better play it safe with censors not liking happy ends for morally grey characters.

My Queen (24 x 45min, filmed in 2020, released Jul 2021) An FL enters a romance adventure VR game drama that I watched because I needed some fluff between TtEotM episodes. Why pick this among any other sufficiently entertaining dramas that are probably better written and not as forgetable? Because I wanted to watch Hu Wei (rich nepo baby in The Blood of Youth) in another comedy role >_> and ridiculous overacting he did deliver

The Trust (30 x 45min, filmed early 2021, released Apr 2023) The life action adaptation of the manhua No doubt in us is based on. I dunno why I finished this, I guess I'm not a quitter and needed silly stuff to balance TtEotM angst. For some reason the director thought it would be a good idea to film this like a donghua and it is causing 2nd hand embarrassment. The ML cannot pull off being a woman in a man's body, not even a martial arts nerd like Xu Yu. Like Wulin Heroes it was filmed before the dangai ban but that didn't stop them from having at least two bromances.

Wanru's Journey (24 x 35min, filming started in Jun 2021, released May 2023) A mess. So IQIYI released this simply to ride on the wave of Ao Ruipeng's The Blood of Youth popularity. Because this got so chopped down because of the dangai ban and it probably wasn't good to begin with. Basically an actress transmigrates into a dangai screenplay and gets between the leads while also making money by writing fic about them (ok this is my reading but she DID release fic and drawings of them). Of course it takes an unnecessarily dramatic turn, instead of staying on the comedy side, cannot remember more of the plot, oops.

King is not Easy (20ep x 30min, released Aug 2017) I watched this for the body switch trope and Bai Lu. Nice to see her actual face before the fair skin filter got her, entertaining enough, badly written silly comedy with mind mindbogglingly contrived final 4 episodes. It's Bai Lu's drama debut so it's nice to see how far she got

Destined (40ep x 45min, filming started in Jun 2022, released June 2023) Highly enjoyable. Fell in love with Bai Jingting. What's not to love about a playboy getting put on his path by his wife and them becoming friends, sworn siblings and then lovers in the process? No this is actually about FL finding her thing (trade) and being wildly successful at it, then it's also political, revenge and more. The leads are extremely charming and have great chemistry (the drama suffers every time they are apart lbr) and the writing is good, though people are too perfect and I wasn't into the whole palace stuff.

My Journey to You (24 ep x 60min, filming started Dec 2022, released Sep 2023) Had me from episode 1 on. Made me buy IQIYI VIP so I can watch it in good quality. Fell in love with Zhang Linghe. Yu Shuxin needs to do all the wuxia while she is still fit. Why waste being able to do the splits on some modern drama? The director sent her mud wrestling and she went for it. Everyone knows she is pretty no need for her to be beautifully put together on screen 24/7. Love the style, the character introductions, the characters, the cast, the chemistry, the story, the way you expect something and something else is going on. While it started out gloomy and remained so for the most part, it surprised me with throwing in more comedy than I expected. The good old idle manchild gets thrown into a position of power story but it's a murderous martial arts clan against another murderous martial arts clan. It's giving you some information but often just enough for getting what's going on just to play with your expectations later, FUN! And I didn't even mention all the other characters because surprise! this is actually an ensemble drama with several intriguing characters. Do not expect for the two leads to be on screen all the time.

Hilarious Family (24ep x 45min, started filming in June 2022 (?), released Sept 2023) A fun ensemble comedy I watched for Jackie Li. A widow moves to another city to marry off her 4 daughters (a silly man-crazy one, a homely one, a scholar one and a tomboy one). No it's not Pride and Prejudice but yes of course this is a romcom and all women have a love interest. It kind of drops off later on tbh, but still good for the characters and side characters. The success of this in China hopefully means that Jackie Li will get to be getting more comedies to work in after the Queen Lau disaster and people having a problem with her artist alias in 2022.

Hello There (20ep x 30min, released Jan 2023) I stumbled on this on IQIYI while looking for a light fast watch that will let my brain relax. The ML's best acting moment is when he plays a wooden robot. FL is fun. There are some questionable scenes, standard low budget action comedy fare.

An Ancient Love Song (14ep x 30 min, released June 2023) A wonderfully written and executed grown up time traveling story, that shows once again that you don't need a big budget to tell a story that draws you in. Ended my palace politics blockade. All this time traveling and no reincarnation in sight. ;_;

Story of Kunning Palace (38ep x 45min, filming started in May 2022, released Nov 2023) Tieing 2nd with My Journey to You for brainrot drama of the year. The cinematography is questionable, the story is not for teaching perfect courting behavior but those two are just such a good cp in their awkward messy way. Their friends/sidekicks are fun too and bring some comedy to that story though crazy in love ML is serving some comedy too. Props to ZLH for actually trying to grasp the basics of playing qin and not just waving over the strings like other dramas deem it sufficient. Bai Lu is Bai Lu-ing, gathering her harem. Coming into this right after An Ancient Love Song the idea to defeat destiny this time around seemed hopeless to me but this is one of those they are good at making plans and they turn out mostly alright dramas. I hope those two's material for the next years is as good as the two dramas with them I watched in 2023, fingers crossed!

Currently watching: A Journey to Love and Taoism Grandmaster as well as 2/3 through a LbFaD rewatch that I started in summer.

I also watched a handful of modern dramas (made in Korea and Japan) and some mini-dramas, but that is for another post.

And yes my most watched actors are probably those uncles stuck in Hengdian, might look that up another day.

If I got the time to blog about a drama I usually do it with screenshots so my tag for those posts is excuse my bad quality screenshots. In other cases I just reblog and put my thoughts in the tags.

[bragganhyl]

Can you do kana for the character thing please? And Eder if you want 😘

I sure could, thank you :D

How I feel about this character: Sweet angel boy, too good for the world, I learned so much about different chanter builds just so I can keep him around along with my chanter Watcher lmao but also his arc hits harder with every replay

All the people I ship romantically with this character: As I recall, he only ever shows interest in Maneha and well she's obviously not interested. So... idk at most the Watcher, I bet a romance would have been very cute and very - for the lack of better word - romantic with him.

My non-romantic OTP for this character: Hiravias, I'm probably repeating myself but I do very much like how Kana brings out his more scholarly side. Hell, I'm pretty sure Kana is one of the very few people if not the only one (aside from the Watcher potentially I mean) who sees and treats him as an intellectual. So yeah I like their nerd dynamic a lot.

But also Maia, ofc, just... give me all the Rua family interactions, it's fun, it's tense but the love between them is undeniable still.

My unpopular opinion about this character: I feel very ambivalent about his post-Crookspur cameo in Deafire, because on the one hand I'm always very happy about more Kana but why did he have to join the navy 😭😭😭 That's not what I meant when I told him that Rauatai should seek common cultural links with other nations, babyboy nooo 😭😭😭

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: This might be obvious but he should've been in Deadfire more. Tbh I think the faction companions could've worked better if we had 2/faction and we could see their different attitudes and maybe see them play off one another but that may be just me I definitely would have liked if I had both the Rua siblings on board and see their friction more. And ofc see how the last 5 years changed Kana - aside from him joining the navy I mean

I'm putting Edér under the cut bc it's getting long

How I feel about this character: Do you need to ask, Anon? I love himst, I love him so much it's not even funny at this point 😭

All the people I ship romantically with this character: The Watcher, like... a lot. His devotion for them is through the roof, the Watcher is in some ways the light of his life who pulls him out of the dark and apathetic mental space where the Saint's War and its aftermath placed him. Like how am I supposed to be normal about them? Especially if you throw in lines like "I wish [the gods] knew you like I did" or the personal +5 to deflection line seriously who's idea was that and why does it sound like that

also if you've been around this household then you might know that I also like the Team Gilded Vale throuple but like a) i'm not ready to submit that 5 page long essay rn and b) I kinda can't separate the dynamic from my Watcher in specific rn so yeah ask me about that some other time I'm very sorry my brain is a mush

My non-romantic OTP for this character: Tbh he's got good chemistry with like most of the companions in either games, but ngl I do like the idea of him befriending Grieving Mother a lot. They only interact once but even then Edér calls her a "nice, stranger lady" - despite GM's aura of unpleasantness - and GM seems really heartbroken over being unable to help him during his personal quest. And they both end up in Dyrford potentially, I'd like to think they end up bonding between games.

My unpopular opinion about this character: He's not a himbo, he's not dumb enough for that tho deadfire does dumb him down ngl and he can be very mean at times too so... yeah.

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: Elafa should not have died. It does her dirty because obviously. It does Edér dirty because he ends his story still holding onto a version of Elafa that hasn't existed since the Saint's War. In some ways it even does Bearn dirty because the only way to establish a substantial link between him and Edér is to navigate the boat scenario in a very specific way that most players won't even think to aim for (you need to run out of convo options with Bearn while he's still undecided to push Edér to talk him down himself)

[stellarspecter]

20 questions for writers

i was tagged by @devondespresso and @spicysix! thanks guys!!

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

68! oh shit my next fic is my 69th i gotta finish that smut fic STAT

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

191,966. crazy

3. What fandoms do you write for?

most recently, stranger things, but i've also written a lot for julie and the phantoms and be more chill. and then various other oneshots for random stuff

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Befriend the Bully - Nerdy Prudes Must Die, 868 kudos (and 3rd most kudos'ed fic in the hatchetfield fandom???)

Saint Frost - Rise of the Guardians, 593 kudos

Me Too - Percy Jackson & the Olympians, 392 kudos

Hopefully - Be More Chill, 286 kudos

All This Feeling Second Best, It's Got Me by the Throat - Julie and the Phantoms, 249 kudos

most of those are pretty old so it makes sense that they've had the time to accumulate kudos, but that means they were also written when i was in high school so it's kind of like 😬

5. Do you respond to comments?

i used to more, now i don't really unless they said something that i specifically want to comment on. i just kind of forget or don't have anything to say lmao

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

probably my troped round 1 fic, you look like you've just seen a monster (is that what i look like to you?). usually i like to have a happy ending but i wrote this in like two days the week of my first breakup. so uh yeah couldn't really think of happy ending for that one.

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

pretty much anything else lmao. i love to write fluff and cuddles and shit like that so just go read any other of my fics

8. Do you get hate on fics?

the only hate on fics i can remember ever getting was back in my bmc days when i wrote meremine and someone was mad bc michael is gay and didn't like that i put him in a throuple with a woman. but like other than that clown behavior no not really lmao

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

i have one (1) smut fic published and it is on a different account because i was so scared of jatp fandom being mean lmao. luckily i only got nice comments on it so i will share that you can go read it here. i mean it was probably kind of obvious that it was me because there are only so many ppl into that rarepair? but idk jatp mutuals lmk who you thought it was lsdfksjf

i have been trying to write steddie smut recently, i have a wip that i'm working on that i will hopefully finish soon. if anyone would like to beta that lmk lol 👀 it is pretty kinky i will say lol but like. that's steddie for ya

10. Do you write crossovers?

not really. i'm more likely to just make an au of something for whichever fandom i'm currently obsessed with

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

not to my knowledge

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

i don't think so? ppl would be welcome to do so tho

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

no. co-brainstormed and went crazy in the dms about it tho? oh yeah

14. What's your all-time favorite ship?

evidence shows it to be steddie, at least for now. i'm a big multishipper so a better question would more be "what do i find myself most often in the mood for?" and the answer would still be steddie sldkfjs

15. What's a WIP you want to finish but doubt you will?

vampire chrissy fic i want to do right by you i fear i may not.... i signed it up for the wip big bang tho so hopefully i do actually get it done

16. What are your writing strengths?

dialogue! i love writing dialogue. screenwriting is awesome because it's just dialogue.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

hrmm action scenes. repetitive prose. actually sitting down and plotting something cohesively

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

nothing against it but i'm only fluent in english so i'd consult someone else who actually speaks that language

19. First fandom you wrote for?

doctor who in middle school :) i wrote my fics in my little writing notebook and some of them are even on ao3 lol

20. Favorite fic you've written?

like i said earlier with the favorite ship question, this is tough to answer because i feel like it comes down to more what am i in the mood for most often. i'm pretty proud of my trans steve fic as well as aro bi reggie, both of them because i spent a long time trying to make sure i doing the representation right and i think i did a good job. also that sad bobby polycurve fic from the kudos question, i put a lot of myself in it and i feel very proud of how it came out.

no-pressure tagging: @wr0temyway0ut @zazujoy @sunsetcurvecuddles @chickwiththepurpleguitar @weneedglitter

@queenofthequillandink @jughead-is-canonically-aroace @innytoes @floating-in-the-blue @invisibleraven

and anyone else who wants to do it!

[bellysoupset]

alrighty hiii 🦦 it’s been so long but i’m back!!!! i stopped reading for a bit bc life got busy but also bc i had to literally put myself on restriction from your blog bc i was fr obsessed and constantly checking to see if you had updated when you were on your break and so one day i was just kinda like “wow let’s be a lil more normal abt this i think i need a break too” HAHAHAHAH so i kinda just forced myself to stop checking for a bit 💀 but then i was back reading and simply not commenting bc i couldn’t find the time hahahahah!

ANYWAYS im not super sure what the last shtuff i commented on was but i do know it was around the time you were introducing max!!! so first off i wanted to say that I LOVE HIM <333 i was a lil weary at first but he grew on me and omg the fic where we get to hear his thoughts as/after vin takes care of him???? SOB

NOW. while i do love max, i don’t know how i feel abt the idea of a vin/wen/max throuple🤠 so i’ve been STRESSED LMAO💀 i think im just super protective of wen and i absolutely LOVE wen and vin together so so so much that the thought of anything changing SCARES ME sm😭 and like,, what if things dont work out and vin and wen end up breaking up bc of it???? i’d sob for days. i think more than anything though it’s that thing you/someone mentioned abt the throuple trope needing to be super careful in terms of not just making it wen+vin and max+vin separately, but actually them all liking one another romantically and sexually, and it’s just hard for me to visualise that happening between max and wen? but also,, we haven’t seen them interact too much yet which is super exciting bc there’s so much to explore!!! so while i’m scared abt it, im also super intrigued and i simple CANNOT WAIT FOR THE MIGRAINE FIC YOU TEASED!!!!! pls make it long and maybe a lil angsty 🤭😌🫶🏽 i’m super excited to see how their dynamic turns out to be in this situation!!!!

🦦

Oh my god, OTTER!! How are you babe?!!

JHsahfdsakj you described me exactly when I was on break, I had to uninstall tumblr from my phone because I couldn't stop lurking. I hope life is treating you well, darling!

Max has the super power of growing on people like mold <3 I know the trouple won't be everyone's cup of tea, but I hope you guys will trust me on this journey and hang in there.

I'm not entirely sold either, I'm just letting these characters take the wheel and I have made a promise to myself of not forcing anything on this blog. It's my "sparks joy self indulgent" corner, I mean, I'm writing sickness porn, I think if there's one place I need to be self indulgent it's here.

In my real life I'm a very planned author, I have outlines and I'm actually taking care with pace and wording and always checking with beta readers.... Here I want it to be relaxed and to just happen naturally.

So no, Vince/Wendy are NOT breaking up, no matter how the trouple pans out or don't, there's no world where I'd do that, I really enjoy my pairings!! And I'm very excited to hear your thoughts in the recent fics and the interactions between Wen/Max, oh ye of little faith 😂😂

[mermaidsirennikita]

i feel a strong need to ask you AGAIN........ what are your top 10 favorite movies of 2023?

LOL OFF TO UR LETTERBOXD

(We really do need to watch Killers of the Flower Moon soon because I kind of wonder if that would be on there or if I'd just want to jump into a black hole of despair too much to appreciate the craft.)

In no particular order:

Bottoms--hilarious, romantic, everyone had chemistry (PJ and Brittany are gonna hook up in college for real) Josie and Isabel had my heeeeart, I just. Loved it.

They Cloned Tyrone--So funny, so devastating (when he went into the room oh my god???), we got a lovely little trio (maybe a throuple someday) out of it. I was so into it.

Sanctuary--Such a surprise! Arguably the hottest movie of the year! Dude, the scene where she looks him dead in the eye and goes "I'm ovulating" lmao I WAS. DEAD. Yet it's incredibly romantic too?

Fair Play--Dude. This was SHOCKINGLY good. I really didn't expect anything (a lot of the movies have surprised me, I think). It was weirdly funny at points, we began with such a high of accidental period cunnilingus being laughed at and followed by a proposal, and then we hit such incredible lows, yet it was so powerful in the end? Also, I didn't feel anything about either lead beforehand but they were so good??? I'm still thinking about the final shot of the movie, man.

Joy Ride--Fucking hysterical, I haven't laughed this hard with a movie in FOREVER. Yet also, it had a lot of heart? And a lot of hot guys? And that threesome scene lives rent free in my brain? And Stephanie Hsu is a fucking STAAAR? And the moment when Dead Eye says they don't have any friends I always tear up?

Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse--I am really starting to loathe superhero movies, as you know lol, but these movies stay golden and this one was arguably better than the first. Also, Miguel. I am free. Any day. Any week. I am here. I am ready. My heart is open. Other things are open. We are GOOD, little cartoon man.

Red, White, and Royal Blue--Such a fun romcom, man. I miss fun romcoms. Remember whe fun romcoms were fun and we had fun with fun romcoms? Such a quintessential one, and it gives me such light and free joy.

Nimona--OMG I LOVED THIS. I saw it with my little sibling, who identifies with Nimona in a lot of ways, so it holds a special place in my heart. The animation is beautiful. It makes my heart warm.

Past Lives--I think this could definitely be a contender for some Oscars, and well deserved imo. The scene where they just start hashing out all their memories and her husband just sits there, getting emotionally cucked before our eyes? Lmao. Dude.

M3gan--Yeah dude I don't give a fuck this movie gave me everything I wanted and when she started singing Titanium I laughed until I cried and my throat hurt.

[tuxedokit]

lizzie/gisu/dion

THE CMAR POWER THROUPLE <3 (but were gonna answer for them in canon, not cmar hehe)

when i started shipping it, if i did:

cmar did it for me ngl

my thoughts:

i like them in cmar better than in canon lawl. generally i cant decide if i like them more platonic or romantic, i just really like them all hanging out w the other jr agents and just. being friends

what makes me happy about them:

theyre cute together !!!! i mostly ship them with cmar, but im talking canon, and canon i mostly just think i enjoy the dynamic of silly friends who you cant tell if theyre dating or just really, really close. and frankly? what if they dont even know either? does it matter? theyre happy, and theyre free. together

what makes me sad about them:

i dunno! i dont really have much that i can think of that makes me sad ab this ship.

things done in fanfic that annoy me:

ive never read fanfic ab them

things i look for in fanfic:

i would look for them being dumb teens together. i love them being dumb together !!!! watching a horror movie or pranking people or daring each other to do dumb stunts, just. shenanigans.

who i'd be comfortable with them ending up with, if not each other:

gisu i can see with norma cause ive seen that before and i think its cute/silly. lizzie? i dunno. i dont ship lizzie too much lmao. and ive talked ab my thoughts w dion a bunch, but with this? i dunno! i dunno. im kinda down with whatever lol

my happily ever after for them:

generally, i dont know. i have the mental image of the three of them living together in an apartment, and its activating my braincells. just. dion makong eggs in the morning. the three of them crowded together on the couch. gisu and lizzie go to psychonauts hq and do agent stuff, either dion joins them or dion's a street performer. either way, its comfortable. cozy. nice

big spoon/little spoon:

lizzie and gisu fight over big spoon. dion is always in the middle

favourite activity:

watching horror movies (dion always gets so scared but refuses to admit it and gisu and lizzie think its hilarious). alternatively they like daring each other to do increasingly stupid shit

[bisluthq]

Are you still giving auntie advice? Lmao

If you are please help I am so utterly confused. I went on a date with this guy from college right and he just asked for a hug at the end and didn’t kiss me? But then he was planning the next one? Idk why didn’t he kiss me? We have another date set up but I’m still very confused as to why he didn’t kiss me

also the lore between us is hilarious so during college he was in a relationship with this girl and they were all like “yeah we’re gonna get married and live together after we graduate” and I was always all like “wow they’re so hot together I would love to be their third” but that was just intrusive thoughts and I shoved them down lol bc I am not the type to try and initiate a threesome/throuple arrangement lol we weren’t close like that back then. Anyway… she is gay and left him for a woman 💀 I am just here for the story, this is like a bad fanfic plot like literally I wrote this years ago with the opposite genders (M/M/F) instead and one of the guys was obsessed with the M/F couple and they broke up and he swooped in to be with the girl but was always a tad upset he never got the throuple arrangement LOL

ok so there's a lot going on here so I'd say him not kissing you isn't a big deal ar all so long as you like him. I'd also say ask yourself if you like him tho because this is a lot of stuff to deal with for a dude you don't care about. Personally, I stay away from stuff that's got the potential to be serious if I'm just fucking around and if I'm willing to get hurt and shit then I go for it because it'll be a cool story but I go in knowing I'm probably going to get hurt.

[allgoldenelite]

翻訳はお疲れさまでした！

i'd be happy to contribute what i can from taichi's livestreams.

both before and after all together he essentially said that he isn't too interested to personally appear at these crossover shows because he believes it diminishes the special feeling of the individual promotions. he thinks the charity aspect of it is of course extremely good, but the crossover element doesn't feel to him like it will get people excited the way single promotion cards will (i'm not adding this to ramble or drag or praise him, form your own opinions however you wish; this is just relevant to the next point).

so even when the company asked him to jump in in sanada's stead he was reluctant to do it. he cares about sanayan of course (he also made sure to tell his chat it wasn't anything grave, but he has been carrying some health stuff (prior injuries count as well here) around with him for a while so even if it sucks that he will miss all these shows taking a break is better for him, in taichi's opinion), but it wasn't enough to push him to be on the all together card because, once again, it's not something he usually wants to be on (this is what he means by pinch-hitter in the comments). however, the biggest factor in his decision was easily that zack would be on the other team. so, in other words, he decided to wrestle at all together because of zack. it felt like fate to him, like it was destined to be, so he had to do be there, after all.

on the stream after the show he elaborated a bit on his feelings and talked again about how much it meant to him to have shared the ring again with zack after such a long time (this was the first time since the disbanding of suzuki gun, and the first time they were on opposite sides of the ring in almost 10 years; last time was all the way back when suzuki gun invaded NOAH). in typical taichi fashion he talked about how cool zack was and how he himself scraped along like a loser but even then it was fun to wrestle him, it always is (and my god could you tell. did you see their smiles? they're disgusting i want them arrested /j).

he also used a lot of the same verbiage as in the backstage comments: chris is zack's boyfriend right now and he can't help but feel jealous, even if they want to see each other thrive. it's not like they broke up after a bad fight. taichi doesn't have a boyfriend right so he's lonely. i love that all of those are words said in the story LMAO like. it's not that deep you say? well canon says otherwise 🤷

he highly praised chris. like he said in the backstage comments he remembered him from their match in the UK forever ago (which chat told taichi he won; he was in disbelief lol). he remembered him as a wrestler who was really really good and who was a good friend of zack's (historians will say...), even before he made a name for himself in japan if he recalls correctly. he felt that when they shook hands in the ring they all came to a mutual (throuple?) understanding and he wouldn't be against doing something as a group wrestling-wise. he would love to see chris in njpw, like having a double ddt and njpw contract (my inner trauma child: haha let's noooooooooot /hj).

i'm also grateful he said "the thing between me and zack, it's a story at the end of the day" (i took this to be meant in a good sense, like: there's still things to come from here). especially when i started out as a wrestling fan i was extremely bothered by ppl who went "it's just a story 🤪 it's not real 🤪 why does it mean so much to you" etc. but it doesn't matter if it's real or fake. who gives a shit? as long as it makes you feel something it's very much real. that's all that matters. so i'm happy he is both giving us lore juice and keeping it real if that makes sense.

anyway, sorry for the long addition. 迷惑かけたら消します。

I don't usually translate NJPW backstage comments, since NJPW posts their own official translations, but I decided to translate Zack, Chris, and Taichi's comments from All Together anyway, or at least, the sections relevant to Dangerous Tekkers. Especially since DDT doesn't translate backstage comments in full, and NJPW doesn't seem to be posting the comment videos anywhere as they usually do?

I translated this part from this video

(My translation starts after a discussion about how Chris forgot to bring Zack's special tag team gear, and about where they might team up next - Zack suggests NJPW)

Chris: Also, hey, why'd you kiss Taichi at the end there?

Zack: I fell in love with him first...

Chris: Eh?

Zack (In English): Yeah. Before you.

Chris: You playboy.

Zack: No way! (laughs) Just a tag partner.

Chris: I understand.

Zack: Hey. Right now, you're my tag partner. Right?

Chris: I guess, I guess

Zack: Ah, you guess? Why's that?

Chris: My words aren't really coming out right. It's fine, it's fine.

I translated these other two from NJPW's Note account, because NJPW hasn't uploaded videos of them yet. I only translated the parts that are relevant to Dangerous Tekkers.

Zack: Suzuki Gun is over. That was very emotional. But, it was fun. It was fun. It's been a while since me and Taichi-san had a singles match. Once, in Noah. Well, shall we have one in New Japan? It'd be best if we were in the same G1 block, I think. New Japan, please make it happen.

Taichi: Well, a whole lot happened today. Of course, I'd had no intention of becoming Sanayan's pitch hitter. I don't particularly like being in that kind of position, but because of it, my opponent was Zack. And that must be his current boyfriend? I don't really know his current boyfriend, "Giant Chris" or something like that. But the fact is, me and him had a singles match in England before. So I do remember him.

I don't even remember who won it, but the singles match I had with him was a good one, so he remained in my memory. Thanks to those two, I was able to show up here, and now my time as Sanayan's mere pitch hitter has come to an end. Well, I can't be ashamed to get results for Just 5 Guys, in whatever form that takes. I will diligently report the results back to Sanayan.

(Taichi goes on a slight tangent to claim that Sanada taught him the Gedo clutch, which can't possibly be true?)

I'm glad I got to wrestle Zack today, and that I got to know his current boyfriend better. So next time, Zack... Of course, I love Zack, so I want to get to know him better. So next time, let's have a singles match together. In whatever form that takes.

If Zack was a champion and held a belt, I'd challenge for it. But he doesn't have one right now so, let's definitely have a singles match somewhere, when the timing works out. That was fun. You've made this middle-aged guy's heart flutter for the first time in a long while. Thanks, Zack. And thanks to you too, Chris. It was fun.

[mariemarieohcontrary]

I agree, one play-through w nik and play-through w cal so u can have both and double fun to play Nightbound. Glad u enjoyed the book. I personally can't wait for the game sequel project cuz that book really deserves to continue. Hopefully it will happen cuz they need volenteers. Want to continue the adventure and see what happens next. Will MC become royalty now.. like sitting on a throne now? N how are Nik, MC connected w Fate?

Honestly i liked my own first-playthrough of that book but didn't spend diamonds. On my second play-through i soend diamonds an the book got much better cuz u get to learn things that u didn't knew before which was waaaaaay cooler before. Example: The dragon riding, fighting the shapeshifter, the pegasi rescue or Nik's reaction when he saw a kitten which made me: awwww, he likes kittens. Cute.

I like the fae, fairy, magic and Lamrian stuff. Diwa is now royalty too just like TRR MC. I bet both would get along well, have some royal tea time and chat about their gowns and tiara collection. LOL. This makes them cute. Both are like having their own Disney Princess stories. While TRR MC romanced the royalty Prince Liam and didn't know at first that he was a prince. Nik/Cal romance MC royalty too, but no one knew she was royalty before (she didn't knew either).

Question: What other choices books u like? Is TRR ur number 1 fave?

Yeah plus two playthroughs with both romances would help me figure out how the throuple dynamics would work out! Thankfully I'm getting some inkling on how that will happen! I'm hoping the NB sequel pushes through too cause I bet it would be so much fun to explore that! I'm curious if MC will ever get to make a choice between the throne or if they get to just choose a simple life despite their noble Fae blood!

I loved discovering the tears and knowing the stories of each of the characters, it was fun and also made it clear not everything is in black and white which is always a delight.

Honestly, I think Evangeline would be a bit jarred by Diwa cause Evangeline ended up being very reserved at the start of the TRR story while Diwa had always confidently stood by her principles, beliefs and everything despite it pissing off people. Diwa tho would definitely just have her big sister instincts activate with Evangeline since she sees anyone helpless and scared and she'll swoop right in lmao xD

Though now it's tempting to sketch them having tea or a chat together xD Queen Evangeline and a Fae noble woman vibing

What's funny to think of is how Diwa was fine with and fond of her life prior. She was a teacher and she loved it, she has two younger siblings, a doting mother raised with precolonial customs and a loving stepfather who knew of the supernatural and Diwa grew up all the better for it. So her finding out she's royalty among fae? Nope. She's teaching 12 year olds, she can't rule a whole settlement when her own students are enough to keep hsr busy for a year! Needless to say she tried to tell Tialo she's not after the throne but he had his issues that not even her Ate Vibes��� can fix.

I've only just finished TRR AND TRH 1 along with NB so I'd actually rank NB first cause I have biases haha but I'll be trying out Nanny Affair next. If you have suggestions, I'll add it to my reading list!

[samtrapani]

since we're playing it that way–do all the odd numbers :)

i can't even say you're a menace bc i did the exact same to you >:(

mafia trilogy ask game [prompts from here]

1: what is your favorite game from the whole trilogy?

i answered this here :)

3: which character do you connect with the most?

i also answered this here :)

5: which characters do you dislike and why?

as everyone says, remy duvall. he deserved exactly what he got, maybe more.

7: your favorite ship and why? (OCs can be included.)

from my sick twisted mind, the oc ships i like best are probably my awful throuple of cherry/henry/vito (aka. vito is their boyfriend) and nicky/leo (aka. years of pining and then the realization that leo knew all along)

from the canon-only standpoint, salieri/morello, henry/vito, sam/paulie, henry/eddie, henry/luca, and eddie/falcone (most of these are @meme-streets YOU YES YOU fault, even though like. it's probably my fault i brought them up mostly oops sorry harry <3)

9: the last Mafia game you played/watched, you so happened to get trapped in. how would you react and what would be the first thing you did?

the last one i played was 2! and i would probably freak out because i'm pretty sure as much as i'd like it to not be so, everyone in-game would be casually r*cist to me (including the boys. let's be real. i'm not white and not cis. i'm going to be in for a hard time lmao.) honestly, i'd probably go and bother vito first, because he seems the least likely to be like ah, what the fuck? and i'd steal all his clothes because they'd smell really good.

11: which character do you think is underrated?

joe. i don't know, despite being the secondary protagonist, joe does not get as much love as he should in terms of shipping and as a character. also, eddie, because i just know that judging by all the promotional material, he was supposed to be a part of the core group of vito, joe and henry.

13: Which character(s) do you think you would NOT get along with?

donovan. i don't know why, i just feel like we wouldn't gel, oops.

also, probably luca. you don't put people who act together in the same room, they'd probably rip each other's throats out, and as much as i love him, i'd hate him for it.

15: your favorite head-canon(s).

i answered this here :)

17: favorite quote(s) from the Mafia trilogy.

IT'S ABOUT DAMN TIME YOU CAME OUT OF THE CLOSET

when leo picks vito up on the street corner, the one that sticks out at me is: "i've forgotten more about this business than you'll ever learn."

that + tommy's ending speech (both from the original game and the definitive edition. i prefer the original one, but the newer speech is also pretty good.)

19: which character(s) do you think deserved more cutscenes/missions?

luca! he was a good villain, and i think that they should've expanded a little more on how much of a slimeball (affectionate) he was. also, i just really, really want more luca content. he's my little weasel man.

also sergio morello, for the same reasons! idk. i like them mustached, trans, and the most sadistic people on earth.

21: who is the first character that comes to mind when you think of Mafia?

h,,,henry. i'm sorry like half of my answers are henry. yes i am THAT "oh god not this guy again" person when it comes to it.

23: what’s your favorite Mafia DLC?

sign of the times! it was such a shift in tone from the main game, and it genuinely scared me playing it. also, it showed a softer side of lincoln, and i have many, many feelings about anna, thanks.

25: this one is a bit silly. who is a character you would not mind dating?

i say henry, and the crowd boos and pelts me with tomatoes

okay, the problem with dating henry is that he's too closed off, and i think after betty's death, he'd have even more barriers up, which would eventually drive me insane because i desperately need physical and emotional affection and henry is the last person on earth for it. (but i'd still date him, we'd just have a messy breakup.)

honestly, from a realistic point of view, every last one of them would be horrible to date, except maybe frank colletti.

i'd take my chances with vito, though. he seems like he'd know how to treat me right <3 and vito's a genuinely sweet person beneath it all, even if he's damaged goods, but like. in this game? who isn't :")

27: a cool idea for a DLC.

shut up about henry shut up about henry a henry dlc, i'm so so sorry. i'm still bitter we got whatever the hell jimmy's adventures was rather than an actual look into the miserable life of one mr tomasino :(

also a dlc to bridge the gap between what was vito doing before he went to new bordeaux. i think the promotional materials for mafia 3 cover the base of it (the postcards), but there are a few years before he actually enters the city, and just going to different cities and doing "errands" for leo would be kind of cool.

29: how did you come across the Mafia Trilogy?

i've always had a thing for anything related to american organized crime, specifically the mob (and like, it's my special interest), so when i found out there was a video game about the mafia? i wanted it. and now about almost thirty OCs later, look at me. ruined by this franchise :)