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sunnysviolin · 4 years ago

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au where kel shatters (i use shatter instead of snap bc snap implies anger) and just. stops trying. like completely fading into the background, giving up on everything except his visits to sunny and maybe basketball. - ⚜️

A wild nonnie appeared! Hahaha lol my stupid jokes only make me laugh. BUT! Welcome to the club fleur de lis <3 I saw you and immediately gasped and began to work on this. I saved it and scheduled this to go out after Mari’s birthday so uhhh Happy Tuesday! I’ve gotta catch em all LMAO. Also what an ask to start off with I love it so much! I feel bad because it’s clear who my favorite characters are and which ones I neglect, but alas. People who say they don’t have favorite children….liars...all of em. Anyways here take some headcanons for this nonnie.

ALSO Honestly this isn’t even really an AU, It’s like a soft sort of canon shift that butterfly effects outward. I’m also going with the suicide ending where both Basil and Sunny end up dying so trigger/spoiler warning. Usually I put this kind of thing under a read more if I put a trigger warning, but I don’t think I will because it’s not like explicitly discussed here. I will put it in the tags though…. Haha I lied! I’m putting this under a read more because it got long as fuck and also it’s actually really sad….geez

I think that there’s a lot in canon that supports this au idea. Honestly it’s crazy to think that somehow he held onto his positivity and that’s what saved everyone. If Kel hadn’t continued to reach out to Sunny for all of those years and continued to treat all of his friends with love and determination...they might’ve all ended up being consumed by their grief

So what if….he didn’t continue to reach out

After Mari dies Kel does his best to try and hold together a rapidly sinking ship. He does his best to be there for Hero, to check on Sunny, to defend Basil from Aubrey even though Basil is increasingly pulling away.

It’s hard work and he has no support system, but he knows that his people need him. He still has his optimism and it gives him strength

But what would be enough to shatter that? What would be enough to push Kel into giving up?

Hero

Hero was able to make a shift after the night that he and Kel argued. In canon he says terrible things to Kel, but almost immediately apologizes and comes back into being himself somewhat. His parents tried to take him away, but Hero persevered past that and probably saved himself and Kel that night.

Everyone was alone after Mari died, but after that night Hero and Kel at least somewhat had each other. I think it’s because of that that Kel is able to keep up his hope in canon.

So this is the one shift in this AU. Hero lets his parents take him away. He didn't come back that night. Kel was left alone after their argument.

That night is Kel’s formative experience. His brother and his parents leaving him and letting him be all by himself drowning in his grief and his pain. It’s a terrible night, but he’s still alive the next day. Still alive, but he’s different now. Hero still makes him breakfast and still apologizes, but the damage is already done.

Kel takes the plate and picks at the food, but he doesn’t tell his brother it’s okay. He doesn’t forgive him. Hero thinks that Kel is angry with him and needs time, but Kel isn’t angry. Kel is just tired and he has given in to what the rest of them already gave into

Kel goes to school that day and he doesn’t look to see if Basil came today. When Aubrey and her group try to provoke him, Kel doesn’t take the bait. After school he goes to the park and plays basketball by himself. He doesn’t go home until late in the night. Practicing basketball is the first thing that has felt good to him in a long time. Sinking shots is a simple motion that brings success over and over.

He gets home after dark, long past curfew.

Hero was worried sick and his parents are angry, and Kel just...doesn’t care. His brother is shaking him and his parents are yelling, and all of it just bounces off of Kel. He isn’t scared by their reactions, isn’t annoyed or irritated. He’s just...mute.

And that’s how it continues. Hero keeps trying to reach him, but Kel won’t be reached. He heard exactly what Hero thought of him that night, and he’s done with trying. It’s not even a spiteful or angry thing. He just doesn’t have any hope that things will get better anymore.

Kel stops knocking on Sunny’s door everyday afterschool. He stops looking for Basil in the halls. Aubrey’s insults and taunts roll off of him and she slowly stops trying to get his attention. Kel focuses in on the few things he knows he still understands. The feeling of dribbling a ball. The faint heart race of running across a court.

Kel makes it onto the varsity team when he’s 14. Freshman normally don’t, but he’s good. He’s really good, but there’s one key thing that holds him from being the best. Kel is not a team player. It’s not that he hogs the ball or has some negative energy, he just has no interest in bonding with the rest of the team.

((He had people. He had people and he lost people. Kel doesn’t want any new people))

There is only one thing that gives him a tiny amount of hope. When he’s 16, he finds out Sunny is moving. He takes the last meagre amount of will he has and knocks on Sunny’s door. For the first time...Sunny answers.

Those three days bring Kel back to who he used to be. Running around town with Sunny, solving problems, even fighting feels good. It’s like a dream. First he gets Sunny back, then Hero, and then even Aubrey. Falling asleep in Basil’s house that last night is the first time Kel sleeps soundly. Everything is going to be okay now, he’s sure of it.

Then he wakes up in the middle of the night.

He hears someone crying. His heart drops. He moves out of the living room and sees Aubrey collapsed on the floor and Hero standing in the doorway of Basil’s room. Kel peeks around him.

Basil is dead in his room. Kel looked inside, and he had to go into the bathroom and throw up afterward. That night is long, but the morning is worse. Kel and Hero walk back home together, and as they round the corner to their house, they see a familiar sight

Ambulances and police cars surround the house next to theirs. When Mari died they created a blue and red halo around the house. The same halo is around it now. Hero goes to talk to one of the officers milling about, but Kel goes into the house. He doesn’t need any confirmation to know Sunny killed himself. Of course Sunny killed himself.

After that any part of Kel that still had hope is permanently snuffed out.

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okawiko · 3 years ago

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grabbing you by the throat ( lovingly )

anyway! 5, 13, 14, 18, and 24 for the omori ask game! it's cool if you don't wish to answer for a certain one <3

no way!!! its my gf omg <3

5. favorite photo(s) from basil's photo album

there's so many good photos that is a little hard for me to pick one! but i really love the photo where kel, aubrey, and sunny are reading a capt. space boyfriend comic in hobeez's! it's my fave along with the one where kel, aubrey, basil, and sunny are all holding the stuffed animals that sunny has + the photo where mari is giving sunny a piggyback ride is another fave!

13. do you have any omori headcanons?

a few, yeah! i hc that basil has a slight gap in-between his front teeth and that kel has freckles on his cheeks, bridge of his nose, and shoulders! i also have a hc that aubery has lobe, conch, and industrial piercings, hero is trans, and that sunny is bi and nonbinary.

14. favorite moment in the game?

there's so many of them but if i had to pick an absolute fave it'd be the secret true ending. seeing sunny and basil finally being free of their version of something was touching to see and it felt like it was their first step in the direction of truly healing/coping with mari's death.

bonus fave being the scene where sunny picks himself back up and readies himself to play the violin during the fight with omori + the bow sunny takes before entering the white door again before he wakes up again.

18. most annoying/aggravating part of the game?

the whole suitor shit with sweetheart. i def could've gone without it being as long as it was and for me, it's the point of the game where things drag a bit too much and i wanted nothing more than to get back to the real world. the fight with humphrey can also kiss my ass lol

24. scene or moment in-game that scared or shocked you the most?

the stupid chase scene with that. weird-ass yellow cat thing while you're inside of humphrey. i genuinely screamed and started to flip my shit when it got darker and darker. second place goes to any time hellmari was shown. she'll haunt my dreams.

#long post #omori #ask #sunny talks!

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charrfie · 3 years ago

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how do you feel about cottoncandy? kim aubrey gfs

"How do I feel about cotton candy" OKAY WELL COME CLOSER AND LET ME TELL YOU ANON. LISTEN CLOSELY. I THINK ABOUT THOSE TWO EVERY DAY. Genuinely SUCH a god tier ship they mean everything to me. Suntan is very important to me yes absolutely but cotton candy is such a close second in terms of my fave omori ships. I've been meaning to draw some proper cotton candy art for a while actually, just haven't gotten to it bc I got a lot of other stuff to finish still unfortunately :^/

In all seriousness though I could ramble about Kim and Aubrey for forever. Their dynamic is really comforting to me T_T knowing how much they care about eachother and how much shit they've gotten eachother through is real heartwarming. That one bit in the game where Kim asks Kel and Sunny to check up on Aubrey bc they're really worried about her? And then that bit where you see the framed picture of Aubrey sitting next to them and they both just look so genuinely happy? Yeah. That shit breaks me in a good way

#I WOULD RAMBLE MORE BUT LIKE. H #they are lesbians and they r in love i know this omocat told me <3 #getting an anon like this is basically me saying to myself please dont ramble nonsensically and start listing off hcs at random. plea #ty for enabling me to talk about Them with this ask #laika answers

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xilianx · 1 year ago

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HELLO BELOVED FRIEND. for the ask game: 1,2,5,10,18,19 >:3

KELS HI!!! SORRY THIS TOOK AN ETERNITY TO GET TO BUT HERE WE GO!!

1.If you’re an author, how many WIPs do you currently have? (Be honest!)

So I counted up all the wips (Just Bayo wips, because that’s all I got), including multi-chapters and stuff. And I got a grand total of 10 that has some sort of writing on them. 3 are technically one-shots within a collection (We Only Have Eternity), but would still be their own thing. As far as the total amount including wips I have not started but have docs created with titles on them is… 21 wips. 3 of them are multi-chapter fics that I’ve gotten close to starting or have outlines for. I wish I had time to go back and keep working on these, I think Causality has taken up most of brain RAM lmaooo

2. What’s next on your ‘to-read’ list? (Fan fiction or otherwise)

For fanfiction, I have…too many I need to read 😭I have slowly but surely made my way through my list that keeps growing, especially for close oomfs that I have let their stuff slide (IM SO SORRY)

I would say that my next few reads are: the next chapter of ‘a requiem for a morrow’ by dubhgloinne, the next chapter of ‘First Blood Beyond the Shadow’ by Dikhotomia, and the entirety of ‘le chat et sa magicienne’ by WithDragons! All super wonderful fics and talented authors, I have just struggled to keep up with everything 😭

5. What’s a crackship you love?

If I don’t say Isabelle/Rosa (or Umbran Elder/Rosa), am I not just lying??? Love me a character that was on screen for like 10 seconds and immediately want to impose trauma and a struggling love relationship onto (love wins, or loses, depending on which fic you read hehe).

But yeah I love those two, but more so love making them suffer/read how other people make them suffer (looks at ‘Wilt’ by Wilma with shaky eyes).

10. Mutual pining or enemies to friends to lovers?

OHHHHH, absolutely mutual pining!! I love reading it and writing it!! Not hating on enemies to friends to lovers, just love seeing good pining down really well. And I’ve written a little bit of it, and it’s super fun to write!

18. Do you have a fic reading/writing routine?

Okay, so! For reading, I wish I could just read on my phone when laying down to go to bed, like how most people do it??? Alas I get too sleepy and fall asleep immediately or can’t focus on the words as well. So usually to read people’s stuff I do it on my computer. Which I also love, because I love getting good tunes that’s to the mood/vibe of the fic??

But also (as I stated before) it’s been hard for a good while now for me to initially start reading fics. Usually once the ball gets rolling it’s fine, but it’s always a struggle to just get the ball rolling 😭

For writing routine….Hmmmm

I always need to have music, usually I always pick songs that go with the vibe of the scenes I’m writing. I usually can only do non-lyrical songs when writing because sometimes listening to a voice can throw me off when trying to write?? I’ve been getting used to it lately and have listened to a few more songs with lyrics. But also soundtracks and instrumentals give me more of a headspace.

Other than that, the routine is just ‘pray I have the motivation at some point today to write’ asdkasdkaasd I try to get some done in the morning before work if I have time or if I’m awake enough. And some in the evenings after work. Usually it helps if I think of new ideas and stuff while working and then come home all excited to write new scenes 😄

19. What’s your favorite character headcanon?

There’s so many of these and I honestly struggled for a bit to pick one, or which would be my fave. But i think my personal fave is bi4bi Balder/Rosa. I’m currently writing this section early in the morning, so I’m failing to explain the reasons why. So just imagine me pointing over to those two blorbos and just saying “you look at them and tell me they aren’t gay”.

But specifically Balder in Bayo1, come the fuck ONNNN LOOK AT HIM

ANyway teehee that’s all of them i think?? THANK YOU FOR SUBMITTING THE ASK i HAD FUN WITH THIS AHHHHHH

#text #ask #fic writing #bayonetta

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martelldoran · 4 years ago

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Gorgeous Ali - congratulations on the milestone! This is huge and AMAZING 😍 you deserve all the love and then some! Ok so imma do both (I love some positive energy!) 💖 And then ✒️ : Nat and Clint fighting/flirting (same thing isn't it?) Over the last jam donut in the box 😘

Kel! Oh my god, as if I need an excuse to sing your praises. No really, I’d do it for less than a single corn chip.

Right, so where to even begin. I think you’re flipping wonderful - as a human, as a friend, as a writer. I’m so glad that I found you and get to count you as my friend. You’re so supportive, to the point where I have, on several occasions, actually choked up because of it. And that’s not just because i’m an over-emotional sap. I love talking with you in the snatched hours where our timezones match up. it’s only been a few months and I feel like I’ve known you for years. It never matters what we’re talking about whether it’s food, music, books, I always have so much fun.

Now, your writing. Okay, where to even begin. All of your fics are incredible. Your writing just sparks off the page. You write with the kind of spark I can only hope to achieve one day. Your dialogue, the snark and banter, but then you still manage to hit such beautiful emotional peaks. I’m thinking about that beautiful fic you gifted me because that was 8k of goddamn poetry. I was a legitimate mess at the end. You inspire me as a writer so much, seeing the way you work and write with abandon and, ma’am, your challenge fics. God, I’m in awe. You’re taking these prompts and bending them to your will, twisting them on their heads and it’s one hell of a roller coaster to be on with you. I aspire to work that kind of magic because you just grab your readers hollering, ‘buckle up!’ and we’re just brought on an absolute rollercoaster while we watch the way our faves fall in love.

And that’s another thing, your characterisation of said faves. Kel, it has me weak. You’ve got it down to a fine art at the point and it’s a joy to revel in it, to see what they’re going to do next. You’re a master wordsmith.

Knowing you has made this whole fandom experience so much more enjoyable. it’s actually completely revitalised my entire relationship with fandom if I’m being totally honest. So thank you for that. Thank you for being my friend. My life would be paler and less exciting without you in it. I love you to the moon and back and maybe even a little bit further.

Your fic can be found here. I so hope that you enjoy it. ily you beautiful human.

#ali celebrates #kel #mutual love and respect #kalee60

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sehunniepotwrites · 4 years ago

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Idk about probably true djsjsj I have a lot of self doubt lol but even outside of fan fic I feel like you like to read! You give me Belle vibes (since you said you're a Disney enthusiast hehe) like a sweet person who has a lot of knowledge especially with literature and that's why you're able to flesh out ideas and articulate concepts/scenes really well in your own stories

kels, i do love to read!!!! i mostly read fanfics now but i was definitely one of those kids who had their nose stuck in a book (like belle!! she used to be my fave before raps and tiana came along!!!)

i went to the bookstore the other day and spent two hours trying to find books and i was so happy ;u;

i mostly ready fairytale retellings; my absolute favorite series is the lunar chronicles by marissa meyer!!!

anon me facts that you think are probably true

#kelsey🦎#ask game #nikki replies

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paperclipninja · 5 years ago

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Younger post-ep ramble 6x04

Well now, we’ve hit a rather interesting point in the season now haven’t we? Can you say DRAH-MAH. This week’s episode, ‘An Inside Glob’, sees the tension that’s been mounting in the first three episodes of season 6 reach boiling point. And then boil over. Into a restaurant full of onlookers. Then onto Reddit. Lol. Now I may be biased because of my love of Miriam Shor (or I am simply an appreciator of good directing when I see it), but this week’s ep was so well put together, it felt like there was ample room for each scene to breathe and the pacing overall felt significantly less frantic than it sometimes does. There was a familiarity, for lack of a better word, about the structure and the feel of this ep, not to mention the writing left me legit laughing out loud many times throughout. The writers are bringing it this season. We also see the welcome return of two faves: Charles’ three-piece suit and Liza’s silver-suit power-tude. Let’s dive on in.

You always know it’s going to be a good ep when it opens with a loft heart-to-heart between Liza and Maggie, but not before Liza meets Maggie’s new boo Beth (with Liza’s ‘ew’ and hand wiping after Maggie tells her they just finished a session equal parts gold and gross). Their whole interaction, from the ‘I promise not to call him Chaz’ (was anyone else hoping she would call him Chaz, because I was HANGING for a Chaz drop at dinner. There’s still time...), to Liza sharing her concerns that Charles is secretly financing a new company and Maggie trying to justify all the coincidences and reassure her, it was just premium bff content. Not to mention a great set-up for the episode and follow on from the last one.

Liza continues to try and allay her suspicions about Charles by getting Kelsey’s view of the funding source after the morning meeting with my new fave power-trio (quick poll: Zane always looking like a dog who just ate your pizza - accurate or nay?) and Diana brings the top quality delivery of one liners right from the get-go as we’re introduced to this week’s author, Bronwyn Madigan (aka, the cash cow whose milk Millennial could use...yes, D. Trout, you did need to say that). Apparently baby boomers like to top off their reading of erotica with a good meatloaf (actual meatloaf, get your minds out of the euphemistic gutter) and that is now two foodstuffs I have a strained relationship with following this ep of Younger. Liza is able to quash her spidey senses re: the Mercury money briefly, as Kelsey reveals she’s been doing some digging and discovered the company is operating out of the financial district, therefore obviously it’s a big media company behind it. Obviously...

Lo and behold Kelsey marches her feisty self down to the Mercury office to confront Zane and weaves through hopeful start-up founders in a co-working space to find him (also, are AirPods a pre-req to land a job at Mercury?). Their entire exchange had a couple of ‘whoa’ moments for me. Exhibit A, when discussing how Zane secured Audrey Colbert’s book:

Kelsey: ‘So you slept with her? God, that is completely unethical. And so creepy”

Zane: ‘But it’s fine when you do it?’

File under: T for TRUTH. Not gonna lie, I almost applauded. I would have filed under H for Hypocrite except the next part of the conversation, in which Kelsey throws the accusation that Zane went after Audrey because he knew she was (and I’m with Zane on this one, she is going to need to learn to suck it up when Millennial loses out on books, our pal Kels is on one steep learning curve), followed with, ‘that book was important to me and you knew it’, goes straight to the H folder. How does Zane know it? Could it be because Kelsey told Zane she was going after Audrey’s book? Even after he told her he had a job, that he was just waiting for everything to line up and considering his history of swooping in and being competitive? While they are not fully comparable situations, I found this a bit rich considering the grief Kelsey gave Liza for discussing business with Charles (I get that was her insecurity and feeling he would interfere), when her discussions with Zane have seemingly led him to going after this book. Which is 100% in character for him btw.

I have been liking a lot of Kelsey’s boss moments this season but this week it certainly felt like she was in way over her head. At her lunch with Lauren, yet another combo I thoroughly enjoy on my screen, we once again see Lauren being the relentlessly supportive friend she always is and educating Kelsey on the dos and don’ts of dating apps (surely Kelsey knew that deleting an app doesn’t delete your profile right??? Putting it down to stress amnesia). Pointing out that putting your job title on your dating profile if it is in any way a potential threat to male ego is a big no-no (’this kind of over-accomplishment only works if you’re trying to pick up women’), Lauren offers up that Kelsey suffers from BDE. Of course we later discover that rather than big dick energy, Kelsey is suffering bald dude energy, confirmed by her alopecia diagnosis. I did so enjoy Kelsey’s dramatic reactions, ‘just keep an eye out ok?’, to the whole ordeal and it certainly added another element to the rising tension.

Cue hilarious conversation with Diana about her own battle with hair loss (not on her head) along with the rest of her ailments (shingles seems to be a running theme this season. Did someone in the writers room have a shingles flair up recently after reading a particularly terrible autobiography or suffer month-specific breakouts aka Diana’s electric tube top? Need to know). Even though it was not making Kelsey feel better necessarily, this was Diana being supportive in her own way and I am just here for it every day of the week. I think what I enjoyed most about the office scenes in this episode, aside from every single line that came out of Diana’s mouth, were the moments that were reminiscent of the old office dynamic. From Diana bleating ‘Liza’ as she enters Liza’s office (still can’t believe that’s a thing) with the idea of advertising erotica on the bike kiosks to the sarcasm when Liza asks ‘Bronwyn’s?’ and Diana responds with ‘no, my own’. We finally get to meet author of ‘The Seasoned Slut’ (loving the guest casting this season btw) who oozes a self-assurance that only serves to emphasise her reason for not re-signing with Millennial: that her problem ‘is with the lack of value placed on experience’. Ugh, I loved this line.

I loved it because it is an absolute reality, especially for women in the workplace, and goes hand in hand with the ageism this show’s entire premise was built upon. I loved it because this show tells us that experience is and should be valued through Zane’s comment in episode one, that Kelsey should not lose Diana as she is the best in the business and Kelsey telling Diana that she values and respects her. And I loved this line because the set-up for this season remains true to the original premise and challenges it at the same time, taking another look at the role age/experience and gender play in success and reinventing yourself. Did I mention I love this show?

Liza’s reaction to the question of ‘where is the grey hair in the room?’ was also noted, a nice reminder that the age-lie is still in play and is never far from the surface. The other thing I loved in the meeting with Bronwyn was Diana’s horror that she a) might be considered the demographic for her books and b) ‘do people think I’m her age?’ I cannot imagine a time I will ever watch this line and not roar with laughter. I also love that that was the main takeaway Diana had from the whole BJ comment this woman just casually dropped in as she exited, you know, as one might mention they know a great bagel place you might enjoy nearby.

Josh’s parenting journey continues to unfold as he gets his first overnight stay with Gemma, but not before experiencing some kind of parental rite of passage and being squirted in the face with breast milk. I know there is a lot of mistrust of Clare out there in the internet but I will keep saying this week after week, I am so enjoying seeing Josh and Clare navigating this modern-day parenting arrangement together. I appreciate Josh’s desire to be there for both Clare and Gemma in any way he can and I appreciate that Clare appears to be open and wanting the same. I am not the biggest fan of baby storylines in general but I tell you what, to see Lauren pacing up and down cradling this little person, I am 100% pro-baby. This is one of my favourite moments of the whole episode and just when I thought there couldn’t possibly be any more layers to Lauren Heller, I get the up-all-night-with-crying-baby Lauren and I simply cannot: ‘I have been up all night with a crying baby. Why? I don’t know, because the rest of you either don’t have ears or you don’t have souls’. Early contender for line of the season. Kelsey’s bag-of-hair inducing scream finally wakes Josh and Lauren’s reaction, for him to ‘get it together man, Kelsey doesn’t need this’, epitomises Lauren’s selfless nature (which I just love as it seems so contradictory to her sometimes self-absorbed tendencies). It was not because she was up all night with his child, it was that Kelsey was in the midst of a crisis that Lauren needed Josh to pull it together and it just reinforces yet again what a multi-dimensional, caring character she is. And yes Josh, you are the dad, not the babysitter (kudos for this Alison Brown) so you may need to learn to sleep a little more lightly or something FYI.

Kelsey’s hair stress continues to play out as she runs into Maggie, who was also hoping to make a covert pharmaceutical purchase and the two wander back to Maggie’s for the scene I have been looking forward to since the possibility of such a scene came into play. I am of course talking about dinner at the loft and the integration of Charles into the friend circle. Kelsey’s freak out seems to be hitting fever pitch as she asks Beth for advice but this is soon interrupted by the arrival of Charles and Liza, who come bearing blackout cake (which I googled and holy chocolate pudding it looks AMAZING) in the most adorbs coupley entrance and don’t mind me, just having a quiet gush over here. Ok, I’m done. While Kelsey is over chatting with her old boss, Beth puts her naturopathy into practice by suggesting Maggie take a more natural approach to treating her yeast infection, doing some seasoning of her own to let a clove of garlic work its magic. Between jalapeno dick and garlic vag, this show loves to make us consider our spices in a whole new light.

This entire dinner party scene was next level, I want to frame a picture of it and put it on my wall because yes. We have casual, relaxed Charles, who is the first to ask if there is garlic bread on the menu (I love so much that he was the first to smell it) and seriously, from this moment, the unfolding of the garlic saga was nothing short of amazing. Kelsey was so amped this whole scene, she’s like a tightly wound ball and it was palpable. Her interjections as she commented that it smells like an everything bagel and agreement about the garlic knot and escargot were just brilliant contrasts to her otherwise increasing intensity. I so adored seeing Kelsey and Charles interacting casually and seeing what this would (ahem, could have) look like. But Kelsey asking Liza if she’d told Charles about Brownyn Madigan...I’m sorry, but how could she WHEN SHE CAN’T TALK ABOUT WORK WITH CHARLES? This bit made my head hurt a bit. Surely Liza in that moment must have been thinking the same (also Liza’s moment of identifying a garlic knot, so so good).

What I love most about this scene is that we have Kelsey’s conversation getting more intense by the minute as she jumps from unloading about the stress of work, to Zane and his new venture, before finally climaxing with her ‘who is it?’ declaration, all the while having zero suspicion that Mercury’s investor is sitting right beside her. Side note: I really like Charles’ comment that he’s sure it is business, not personal re: Zane. I think it’s interesting considering the stereotype that women are too emotional vs. men and I’m curious to see how this plays out this season as Kelsey finds her feet. Meanwhile, Charles is trying to have a nice double date with his gf, while also keeping a secret that is the cause of much of the distress Kelsey is sharing with the table, while Liza takes the opportunity to make Charles squirm by pressing the point about the money for Zane’s venture coming from somewhere. It’s such an intricate web and of course parallel to that is Maggie’s secret vagina garlic that has the whole room assuming some kind of paranormal baking is taking place before Maggie responds to Kelsey’s ‘who is it?’ with, ‘it’s me!’ and it was just too much. My reaction was the same as everyone around the table when Maggie announced the source of the garlicky aroma, what a dinner party (and what a way for Charles to avoid any further scrutiny).

I am so glad that the conversation that needed to happen finally did this week and that was, of course, Liza confronting Charles about his involvement in Mercury. Oy, my heart. It broke a little when Liza gave Charles the opportunity to come clean and he didn’t and she had to ask so directly. It was so good to hear these two talking, like properly talking, and Charles explaining that he had to make choices in order to be with Liza but he never wanted to give up publishing for good was great insight into the journey Charles has been on post-Empirical, especially as we really haven’t been privy to that. I felt for both of them at various stages during the conversation. I do believe Liza understands why Charles would want to reinvent himself but I also understand why she would feel so hurt that he would keep such a huge thing from her (although again, they’d agreed not to talk about work at Liza’s request so *insert shrug emoji here*).

But it does highlight an ongoing issue which I really hope gets properly addressed sometime soon and that is where Liza’s loyalties lie. I think it is unquestionably not ok that Charles set up a rival company while Chairman of the Board of Millennial, for obvious reasons. However, had he told Liza, she would have felt compelled to tell Kelsey, which I have no doubt Charles knows and would expect as she is the publisher, so in not telling Liza he is yes protecting his own interests but also stopping her from being in a compromised position. So while Charles’ secrecy is disappointing, so is Liza’s text to Kelsey the following morning asking to meet before work after Charles asked specifically that she tell no one about him financing Mercury just yet.

This episode comes to a head at Suffolk House in a most spectacular fashion. Hilary Duff really did knock this entire ep out of the water with her acting, I cannot heap enough praise on her for the entire performance. You just knew it was gonna be good when Liza turned up as Kelsey was intercepting Bronwyn in an attempt to convince her that Zane was a bitter ex-employee (not very professional IMO but we won’t focus on that for now), only to discover that Bronwyn didn’t know Zane from a wart on her butt (delightful). She was in fact there to meet...dun-dun-dunnnnn...Charles (shout-out to the three piece suit, always a welcome sight, did not disappoint)! Kelsey was justifiably angry, however the stark contrast in experience and maturity was well and truly on show as she proceeded to express herself very loudly and publicly, despite Charles and Zane suggesting they step outside. Zane clocked the smart phone filming the entire incident and you just knew that Kelsey’s outburst was going to come back to bite her.

Regardless of whether Kelsey was in the right or wrong, she certainly came off worse in the way she handled it. My favourite part of the scene was Liza FINALLY re-awakening that gutsy silver suit wearing power, her turning and telling Bronwyn that Charles called her books matron lit was this season’s manuscript drop. And thank f-ing god. One of the things I’ve always loved about the Liza/ Charles dynamic is that Liza stands up for herself with him when she doesn’t with so many others and she is not afraid to call him out, which has been missing these past couple of eps. So now that that has been restored, I am legit so excited to see how this relationship moves forward.

The ramifications of the restaurant confrontation are of course trending on Reddit by the next morning, and Liza and Diana have the unenviable job of delivering the news that even though Charles was in the wrong for setting up the company the way he did, he has since resigned from the board and a number of authors are making noise about jumping ship to Mercury (I was going to say that I think Kelsey might have preferred it if her eyebrows actually had fallen off in that moment but I feel like that’s probs false).

The fact that Kelsey and Charles are pitted against one another as publishers and Liza and Zane as editors provides the most glorious opportunity to explore the ideas of reputation vs. experience. vs. gender vs. fresh ideas and I am so here for it, so damn excited, and so sure that whatever ends up playing out this season, it will be nothing that I expect. In the meantime I’m going to compile every Diana Trout line from this episode into a ringtone because what workplace wouldn’t want Diana talking about nutcracker’s oesophagus ringing through the open-plan office?

#youngertv #younger tv #ramble #review #6x04 #sutton foster #peter hermann #kelsey peters #diana trout #maggie amato #lauren heller #team charles #younger season 6

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sunnysviolin · 4 years ago

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It's the closest emoji I have to the music note but uh can I hear some uhhhh sunflower or sunbrey?

Haha omg there’s so many of you!!! I’m gonna go with Sunbrey mostly (they’re a secret fave pairing of mine and I don’t think I have any content with them!!!)

Mercy by Duffy- One I fucking love this song it’s such a good song to dance to. I sing it a lot in the shower. I really like this song for Aubrey and Sunny because one I think it fits Aubrey’s aesthetic of badass lady, but also I like the idea of Aubrey who just demands that she commands all of Sunny’s attention. She takes what she’s want and she’s not afraid to do that and Sunny admires that so much.

Falling by Harry Styles- Okay I picture Sunbrey as a bit of a caustic relationship at times. Sunny doesn’t talk about his feelings and neither does Aubrey, so they bottle a lot of stuff up and it comes out in bad ways. This song is their song about the not so great bits

I Won’t Say (I’m In Love) by Susan Egan from Hercules- Cheesy? Yes. Predictable? Absolutely. Hero, Mari, Basil, and Kel as the muses? Fucking Iconic. Also picturing Sunny as Hercules is so funny to me I need a minute

Sea of Love by Cat Power- This song is so fucking soft, and I can imagine them sitting on the swings together, their hands joined as they swing together back and forth. Aubrey’s long hair is spilling in front of her face, but Sunny can just make out her smile in the gold of the afternoon setting sun. Mari had always described a special stillness that she and Hero had with one another, and this song is Sunny’s stillness with Aubrey

Landslide by Fleetwood Mac- It was going somewhere. This is one of my all time favorite fucking songs. It’s..it’s increidbly special to me. Well, I've been afraid of changin' 'Cause I've built my life around you But time makes you bolder Even children get older And I'm getting older too This is all of the Sunbrey during the four years when he leaves Aubrey alone to deal with her grief and she just has to...let go of him.

Thank you so much nonnie!!!! I hope you like these!!

#music note ask game #omori #omori headcanons #omori sunny #omori aubrey #sunbrey #omori sunbrey

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asiryn · 5 years ago

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tagged by @primrose-path-of-dalliance (!!!!!! thanks!!! (lmao, it’s been so long since i’ve been tagged in anything XDD))

Rules: Name your top 10 favourite characters from 10 different fandoms, then tag 10 people!

i’m putting this behind a cut, bc i rambled on for quite a while XDD these won’t be in any particular order, and the fandoms will be chosen based off of what i’m currently most into/whichever ones i think of first XD

1. Maleficent [Disney]

okay, i lied a little.....she is clearly my #1 favorite character of all time, so of course she’s first (the rest of the list won’t be in any particular order :P). but....yeah, i love her forever and for all time and eternity, i love her class and elegance, my hunt for all merchandise of her that i can get my hands on is legendary and knows no bounds, she’s my forever girl, etc, etc. if you know only one fact about me, it’s probably that i love maleficent. there’s nothing i can say here that i haven’t probably already said a million times over, so i’ll move on XD

(moana has risen to be a pretty close second, tho)

2. Anthony J. Crowley [Good Omens]

i read the book from a library over a decade ago, and i liked it well enough, but it like....wasn’t an instant new fave that i had to immediately buy for myself (tho it is on a list of books that i wouldn’t mind owning...but maybe it’s finally time, who knows). i’m halfway through the show, and i’ve finally fallen in love with it (i think it finally being a #confirmed love story between our favorite ineffable idiots finally gave it the push it needed XD). it’s still a bit early for me to have a solid, definite fave, but lbr, if i know myself at all, it’s gonna be crowley XD i love this dumb demon (who’s rivaled in his idiocy only by his equally dumb angel husband), i love how he’s so soft even as he tries desperately to convince himself and everyone else that he isn’t, that he loves so many things and humanity and an angel even as he tries to say that he isn’t capable of it, that he never stopped questioning even after it had made him Fall. also, i am so thankful that the fandom has really embraced the potential for the shenanigans of crowley’s snake form.👍

(second place is probably aziraphale, but i also really love anathema too)

3. Namine [Kingdom Hearts]

another one that probably comes as no surprise, if you know me. i love this girl to the ends of the universe. i love the way she reclaimed her agency, her selflessness and determination, her empathy and kindness, how she went from a damsel in distress to pretty much saving everyone, over and over and over again. she deserves only happiness and the best things from now on. and please, for the love of god, give her some new clothes, nomura. >_>

(second fave is roxas, tho really, i love 98% of all the characters in this series ;;;)

4. Aerith Gainsborough [Final Fantasy VII]

my precious sunshine girl 💖 i prefer her in the original game, where she was sweet and optimistic, yes, but she was also sassy and fierce and took shit from no one. i love the girl that decided she wanted to wear a sexy red dress just for the hell of it, and threatened to rip off a mafia don’s balls. i love the girl that was confident and flirty with cloud, but never let any kind of bullshit ‘rivalry’ get in the way of being friends with tifa. i love that she always called cloud out on his bullshit, that she never let tragedy and oppressive shinra forces grind out her optimism, that she never stopped dreaming of a better future. i love that she was exposed to the worst of human nature, and yet still believed that they were worth saving. i love all versions of aerith, obvs, but they’ve definitely smoothed out her edges over the years, and i think that’s a shame. so here’s hoping that she’ll be more like her original self in the remake.

also, can’t wait to see aerith die again :)))))))

(my second fave tends to flip between cloud and sephiroth)

5. Ling Yao / Greed [Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood]

look. listen. i can’t choose between them, i just can’t. and hey....technically they sort of combine into one entity, so it’s totally fine to count them together, right?? XDD so yeah, it’s really fucking hard to pick a fave out of this cast, bc there’s only like....3 characters?? that i don’t love. but ultimately, it had to be these two. every single second they’re on screen, they totally steal the show, and they have a lot of the best scenes and moments in the series. i love ling, how he seems like a total goofball and comic relief at first, but fairly quickly you come to see just how fucking seriously he takes his duties and responsibilities, how selfless and devoted he is to his people, how he would walk through hellfire for the people he loves. he’s just....he just loves, so fiercely and intensely, that he moves even greed into loving him and the people he cares about without even trying.

and then there’s greed, who even from the beginning, you can’t help but be charmed by, with his sarcastic slow claps and laidback attitude. but over time, you see that he’s just like ling, really, in that he can’t help but get attached to these humans, that he loves them just as fiercely and intensely, even as he desperately tries to play it off. i love the way his character serves as a means for the story to have a really thought-provoking rumination on the nature of sins and desires, and on humanity (as do all of the other homunculi). i could go on forever about these two, and about the show in general, bc it’s just so deep and incredibly layered and complex, so i’ll stop here.

(next fave after them is winry)

6. Bucky Barnes [MCU]

it’s hard for me to talk about bucky without just dissolving into endless sobbing, but i’ll try my best. he’s just.....he’s someone who has ended up suffering so fucking much, who has every reason in the world to be angry and bitter and resentful and if this was the villain origin story, you’d probably find it hard to blame him. (also, i refuse to say that bucky was ever a villain, bc he never willingly chose to be with hydra, he’s a victim goddamn it--) and yet....he still chooses to be good. to be kind. he could have chosen to go on an endless revenge tour against hydra, but instead he focuses on his own recovery. and always, always, always, he puts other people first. he chooses to goddamn freeze himself, possibly forever, so that he doesn’t hurt people again. he’s truly an inspiration to me, because even after everything he’s been through, he still doesn’t give up. ......and if you’ll excuse me, i need to resume crying about bucky barnes for the rest of eternity 😭😭😭

(next faves are sam and steve. what can i say, i love my caps XP)

7. Keladry of Mindelan [Tortall]

speaking of inspirations, few (if any) characters inspire me more than kel does. unlike every other tortall protagonist, she has absolutely no magic at all, and she starts her story with more odds stacked against her than any of the others. the system and institution are against her, and most people actively, viciously hate her and want to see her fail, all for being a girl and daring to openly step outside of her gender roles. and yet, kel never gives up, and wins through pure will and determination. more than that, she never stops fighting any oppression that she sees, and is always looking out for the abused and marginalized of society. she is fair and just and righteous, and full of a quiet, immovable strength that i, frankly, envy. she’s a fucking mountain; you haven’t a hope of ever tearing her down.

(other faves....george, raoul, and dom. it’s really fucking hard to choose between them, i can’t even)

8. Oree Shoth [Inheritance trilogy, by N. K. Jemison]

oree is pretty much single-handedly responsible for me loving this trilogy, and is the reason why The Broken Kingdoms (the second book, of which she is the protagonist) is in my top 3 favorite books of all time. she is....just so fucking radiant. she’s a blind artist, and is flung so far out of her depth in the story, and yet she holds her own. in this world of gods, she brings this incredibly human element, and is celebrated because of her humanity. she’s angry and flawed, but also full of love, compassion, kindness, and mercy. she teaches gods the meaning of forgiveness. she takes shit from no one. just....do yourself a favor, and read this series, even if it’s only so that you can read this book.

(second fave....it’s probably shiny, lbr XD)

9. Sirius Black [Harry Potter]

ahhh, a classic fave. but yeah, i still love him, even after all these years. yes, he’s incredibly flawed, but at his core, he’s just so loyal, and he loves so fiercely, and he tries his absolute best to be there for harry, that i can’t help but love him. also, i have a Thing, for characters who suffer so tremendously, but who don’t give up, and still try their best to be good people anyway. also, wolfstar was the foundation of a very formative part of my life, and put me onto the road of accepting my queer identity, so i’ll always have a soft spot in my heart for the characters who were a part of that. 🤷‍♀️

(other faves are luna and harry, always)

10. Gladion [Pokemon]

mostly his anime incarnation, tho i do like him in the games as well. i love this soft goth boy with all of my heart. he’s so gentle and kind and loving, and i can’t even with him.

(other faves are lillie, n, zoey, and kukui)

if you guys want to do it, i’ll tag... @dabiden, @green-piggy, @seasbelow, @theroyalweekend, @toomanyfeelings5, @ashetrashe, @neddea.....i can’t think of anyone else, and i’m running out of steam, so if you want to do it, then consider yourself tagged! :)

#kiryn rambles #ask meme #tag meme #primrose-path-of-dalliance #favorite characters #maleficent #crowley #namine #aerith gainsborough #ling yao #greed #greed the avaricious #bucky barnes #keladry of mindelan #oree shoth #sirius black #gladion

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enemyofperfect · 6 years ago

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favorite female & nb characters!

All right, last week @maculategiraffe tagged me for this delightful meme, and now I’m finally getting around to it! I’m going to follow her excellent example in not merely listing but also rhapsodizing somewhat about each of my faves.

Rules: Name your top ten favorite female or nonbinary characters from different fandoms. Tag ten people.

I think Joss Carter held first place on my list for a similar meme a while back, but I can’t help it, I still love her. She didn’t bend. Her entire life story was of repeatedly colliding with unjust and broken systems, from the US Army to her own marriage, and refusing to accept their failings. Of course, since this was Person of Interest, her workarounds weren’t always legal, but Taraji P Henson always made me believe that it was in service of some higher standard, some blazing better world that was yet to be. She always snarked with the best of them, too.

Kate Reed of the short-lived USA series Fairly Legal was just as tenacious but far less organized, a female counterpart to countless male protagonists who break every rule and social norm, but with a disarming smile, so of course they end up winning in the end. She starts the series out grieving, half-divorced, and having just launched on a major career shift, but she's as undaunted by her own pain as she is by any other obstacle, determined to slip past or scrabble over top it in order to find the happy ending she knows is almost within reach, and that’s what makes her unforgettable, for me.

Ann Leckie’s Imperial Radch trilogy is populated almost entirely by nonbinary characters, most of whom are human, but as much as I love Breq’s stoic relentless Breqness, for this meme I’m going to list Mercy of Kalr, the spaceship who saw Breq and wanted her for a captain -- even though no one asks ships their opinions about these things -- and combines all of the virtues of ships (polite, restrained, tactically passive-aggressive) and, ultimately, of citizens as well. My favorite cinnamon roll ever to fly through space, by far.

Annalise Keating of How to Get Away with Murder is a terrible person, and I love her desperately. She’s manipulative, compassionate, vulnerable, implacable. She juggles a dozen disasters at any given time and keeps more of them up in the air than anyone else ever could. She gets to ignore repeated warnings and give voice to her outrage and, despite being a black woman in America, still win. She is the center about which the show revolves and without which it could not possibly exist. And it doesn’t hurt any that she’s also proof that Viola Davis deserves every damn award.

Eleanor Shellstrop is an asshole, plain and simple. She might or might not be the first to admit it, but if she wasn’t, she would defiantly agree just to make sure the first person realized that noticing that pretty obvious fact didn’t give them any kind of hold over her. She’s selfish. The only reason she even tries to change is to avoid punishment. But she does change. I love her because she loves herself, and because Kristen Bell is kind of a genius, and because of the genuinely beautiful things The Good Place says through her progress. She’s fantastic.

Do I even need to speak in praise of Joan Watson? She, along with a refreshingly empathetic iteration of Sherlock Holmes, is what makes Elementary Elementary. I love that she’s both principled and pragmatic, that she’s compassionate and dispassionate at once. I love how many times she’s reinvented herself, and how driven she is, no matter what she does, to do it well. I admit I’m a little confused about why the show has decided to give her an adoption storyline, but at the same time, I love every single thing about it so far. I love that the life she lives is exactly her own.

Faris Nallaneen is the protagonist of Caroline Stevermer’s novel A College of Magics, and she breaks my heart. Heir to a small Ruritanian polity and sent by her wicked uncle to the titular college, she is sardonic, iron-willed, passionately devoted to her people -- and living in a world that is so much bigger and more terrible than she is, and which she will fight with everything she has in her to save what is hers to defend. Looking only at its outline, her story could have easily been silly or slight. It is neither of those things, and she’s strong enough to bear it -- even though, at the same time, she is so young.

Sulla Pinsky of O Human Star is even younger, and as a humanoid robot in a world whose human population is still adjusting to the existence of artificial intelligence, she’s got her own share of struggles. Making friends after a life lived in secret, for example. Or deciding which secrets to keep for fear of being rejected, and which to share so that she can be loved as who she really is. She’s by turns enthusiastic and shy, skittish and utterly brave. She has that wisdom of youth that sees what is wrong in the world and meets it with unflagging hope. I love her so much.

Kel Cheris of Yoon Ha Lee’s Machineries of Empire series... what do I even say about Cheris? Absurdly brave, but that’s Kel for you. Absolutely brilliant at math, but it’s not like the story gives concrete examples, or like I could have appreciated them if it had. She’s kind to robot servitors. She’s kind to the ghost that takes up residence in her mind. I could say that she does her best in a world of terrible cruelties, and that’s true, but I also feel like that’s missing the point in some strange way; hers isn’t really the kind of story you can tie up in an inspirational bow. But I love that she is kind.

And then there’s Murderbot, of The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells, who is probably the most relatable of any of these characters. I’ve only read the first novella so far, but Murderbot leaves a hell of an impression:�� part bot, part organic, and 100% socially anxious media fan. Why do these humans keep wanting to talk? Why does plot keep getting in the way of binge watching the best drama of all time, Sanctuary Moon? Murderbot is intensely awkward, chronically cranky, occasionally heroic, and really doesn’t want you to take that last as an excuse to try and interact. I could not ask for more in a protagonist.

I’m going to skip the tagging step because I’ve worn myself out with how much I love all of these amazing fictional people, but please, if you’d like to play, consider yourself tagged! I love hearing about people’s faves!

#please don't hold me to this list #it's not like there are so few amazing characters #that i can review them all in search for the best #these are ten favorites of mine #not my ten favorites #if you see what i mean #meme #long post #books #maculategiraffe

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