#LOL thanks iago!

[kimbap-r0ll]

Dorm Leaders Meet Villain Counterparts

If my childhood self saw Twst, I feel like she would combust because it's literally two parts of my childhood put together (anime and Disney). But here's something I thought of for Halloween or for some writing in general, hope you enjoy!

Riddle

I feel like he would kind of fangirl, like omg this is literally a Great Seven just standing in front of him!

Is extremely polite, the queen probably likes him because he remembers every rule, every little thing that will get him on his good side.

The two of them probably get along to some extent, though I feel like even if she is kinda bonkers, she would feel a little bad for how he basically had no childhood. Like yeah Riddle's the role-model student and dorm leader, but this kid hasn't had much fun in his life. Might actually be a little more chill with him haha

Overall the two of them are definitely immediate friends and will be a nightmare to Ace and Deuce. I can see these two enjoying tea together while Ace and Deuce have to paint flowers lmaooo

Leona

How does this work? Like a lion meeting a beastman? I feel like Scar would be more confused than Leona like "what is going on this guy's like half me?"

I feel like they wouldn't really have a fangirling moment like Riddle did, but they are definitely chill together. Like Leona might be like "Imma sleep here" and Scar's like "👍" and they don't bother each other. Do I think Scar will try to eat Leona? No. But will he try to eat other students? Maybe

The two totally understand the whole "my-brother-got-all-the-attention" feeling and might bond a bit with that. Not sure what that would look like, but they might complain about how Mufasa/Farena feel too pompous. Oh, and they don't like kids, find them annoying haha

I really have no idea how this would look like since it would look like a lion just standing around in a dorm lobby with a prince just like "yo whattup bro" but I would love to see it!

Azul

Definitely fangirls a little bit, might scare Ursula a tad because he seems to know everything about her? I mean, great at least she's regarding as a "benevolent" person

The two are totally going to plot for someone's demise together and make a fail-proof plan to take over the school. Crowley stops the two from going too far but they have the plan, it might happen any day lol. They definitely talk about their favorite spells and potions for sure

I feel like Ursula would feel kinda bad for Azul too, sort of like Riddle's case. Will remind him to not worry about others since she thinks he's much better than all of the other students. Azul might tear up a bit (the two share a small wholesome moment before going back to business-related stuff)

I feel like it would be kinda fun to see how they would act together. I think they would at first notice each others' scams and then be like "omg great minds think alike" lmaoo

Kalim (feat. Jamil)

Kalim thinks Jafar looks scary, but nonetheless is super hyped to meet him. Will throw a big party and it might cause the sorcerer to be low-key stunned by all of the attention. If Iago's there, he definitely got a biscuit/cracker from Kalim by force

I feel like Jafar will talk more to Jamil than Kalim while he's busy trying to chase Iago down by carpet (please a carpet chase please) mainly because Jafar kinda feels bad for Jamil. Like this guy's had almost the same life as he did, but Jamil is like "nope don't worry I have a plan 😈"

Jamil probably likes Iago because he's always wanted a parrot as a pet, will likely not force a cracker/biscuit which helps Iago warm up to him faster than Kalim.

I think all of these characters could hit it off well, but it's honestly kinda awkward when Jafar's like "I was going to overthrow the sultan" and then Kalim's like "...that lowkey feels familiar but imma let that slide 💀"

Vil

The two are immediately like "you're beautiful queen" "thank you bae" 😭

I literally feel like they would bash their respective rivals while doing skin care together. Like they'll be like "xyz is so annoying" whlie lying down on a couch and the other one is like "fr." Iconic, and definitely all the students can tell the Evil Queen has a regal air about her. Vil doesn't fangirl as much as the others, but he definitely says that he respects her a lot

I think the Evil Queen, as evil as she is, will still feel bad for Vil since she can see how much effort and work he puts into his work. He's a model, an influencer, a dorm leader, all at once and it feels like not a lot of people respect him as much as they should. Definitely tells him that he's doing well

The two of them need to do a collaboration of some kind, and if she happens to help him out on dorm duties one day all of the students are like "oh no it's like 2 Vils at once" lol

Idia

I actually really want to see this, probably will be the funniest interaction because they're almost like polar opposites. Hades is all like "Hades, Lord of the Underworld how'rya doin?" and Idia's like "...eep"

While Hades is around Twisted Wonderland he'll definitely try to raise idia's confidence. Will take him all around campus to get him to talk to people and also to show off his own skills lol. But Hades probably loved watching Idia play video games, like damn why's he so good at rhythm games 💀

Will find Ortho super adorable, but definitely felt really bad about Ortho and Idia's backstory. He may be evil in the Disney version of Greek mythology, but I feel like Hades would still have a bit of a heart to feel bad for Idia, like he's gone through so much in so little time. Probs gave him a hug too

The two of them have definitely tried playing some games together, and whenever the two of them got angry at a boss it was like the room lit up red because of their hair lol. Idia probably thought it was super cool that Hades had similar hair to him, maybe fangirled a little bit about that

Malleus

I feel like the two would have the chillest conversations out of all of them because they just feel like the cool-headed ones. Malleus definitely is respectful towards her, and she is too. Definitely praised him for his magic abilities

The two have bonded over their lack of party invitations, but Malleus is like "oh I've been getting invited to a house tho!" and then boom Yuu has to meet one of the greatest Disney villains of all time while in their pajamas lol

I feel like for sure Maleficent thinks Malleus is a super cool person, might want to meet his mother too just because it might be an interesting interaction. Nonetheless the two of them are super chill. Sebek will want to talk to her too just because she's just so popular

Will Malleus geek out about grotesques and gargoyles to her? Yes. Is it fun for her? Surprisingly so! I feel like even if she's known as the Mistress of Evil, she might like smaller more mundane things like medieval architecture, and it's always fun to hear from Malleus so why not? She has definitely asked Yuu about their life and experiences which might've scared the shit out of them but still haha

[deezneezz]

I drew more of my Iago inspired OC, Idris. His UM is being able to copy voices of others, and boy does he like to make use of it. He's a vtuber (thanks to lilia's vignette, lol) who's part of the film club, and that goes about as well as you'd expect.

[phobikkfawn]

TWST OC: Ijan Goara !!

So,, I know It's a new year and these are from September 2024... but I ran out of ideas on what to publish so, here lol

Aditional info:

Fun fact: He's based off both Aladdin and Iago. Thanks to his unique magic, he's able to transform the physical matter of tiny objects into gold (Midas' ripoff, smh).

I may not be that invested into TWST anymore, but I still love my son fr <3

[bloodtwin]

❝ HE MADE THE WORM . . .         ⸻ HE HAS TO KILL THE WORM ！！！

#BLOODTWIN🩸 ⸻ independent, selective RESIST DARK URGE OC from BALDUR'S GATE III. oc, crossover & multimuse friendly. fellow durges welcome. 21+. n.sfw. durge-typical violence & the like. written by ADAM. he/him.

CARRD. STARTERS. MEMES. HEADCANONS. VISAGE. MODERN VERSE.

HUNTING: accultant , ambitiousness , bloodyarn , bluebardofhappiness , caniasfire , estarion , faebhaal , grief-worn , h3llslinger , lovepvnch , murderreign , relentlessgrief , silvertiefling , sleetkissed , starcunin . . .

graphics resources: @violetbudd , @bernardsbendystraws , & here ！

WARNING ！！！ this blog contains HORROR, GORE, MURDER INCARNATE, a RABID DIRTY DOG that bites, the RELIGIOUS TRAUMA of god's favorite son, ridiculously UNHEALTHY SIBLING DYNAMICS, the feeling of being HAUNTED BY A PAST YOU CANNOT RETURN TO, CANNIBALISM as a source of nutrition (not a metaphor for love), SELF-DESTRUCTIVE TENDENCIES, & mentions of NECROPHILIA.

RULES. note: i go into more detail in my carrd. these are just the basics.

01. BREAKING THE ICE the best way to get the ball rolling with me is to get sillay. seriously. i respond well to jokes both in & out of character. 02. ACTIVITY i am audhd & get burnt out very quickly. expect me to be slow with replies. it'll make my fast replies a little treat for both of us ! :] 03. FORMATTING i like to format my replies; you do not have to do the same. let me know if my formatting is hard to read, and i'll change it ! i like to use blingees in my replies sometimes. PLEASE let me know if i shouldn't use f.lashing g.ifs in threads w/ you !!! 04. OOC i'm chattyyyy. i post ooc a lot, but 90% of it is about puck anyway, so. just keep that in mind :] 05. INBOX always open. this is also your formal invitation to turn any asks into threads. 06. SHIPPING i love ships ! this blog is multiship, but i prefer gauging chemistry before jumping straight into shipping. 07. TRIGGERS if i did not make it apparent yet, there will be n/sft themes here. puck is the dark urge, so potentially triggering content comes with the territory. please let me know if you need anything tagged ! - my only trigger is ROACHES, so if you feel compelled to post those critters on your beautiful blog at any point, i'd appreciate you tagging them. thanks :] 08. PUCK puck is very over-powered LOL. if that bothers you, i totally get it, but i will not water him down to seem weaker. he is strong, scary, & sexy, and i like that in a man. <3 09. IAGO this blog is heavily associated with accultant ! a lot of puck's lore involves them & i reference them in threads all the time, so you should check them out too. don't tell them i sent you

ok that's all i have for you *kisskiss* ！！！

[anbaisai]

raaaah, u answered me and Tumblr didn't tell me shi- ! anyways, I've tried drawing before... yeah, it's not my thing, i'm a girl of writing. and fanarts from creators like you inspire me a lot! although i really barely know how to search/find, i've been on tumblr for less than a year. and yes, your art inspires me a lot to write things that i end up not uploading😅 (either because i don't know how to use tumblr or because they're projects that i never finish for wattpad, lol). especially with my au, since like tha snake boi has a special place in my heart, scarabia also despite being me from pomefiore. sometimes i change your yuu for my main oc, who in my hc is his girlfriend TT (i do au d nrc mixed school) or for another one of my fav, who would be his bestie: Iman(Iago). i repeat, i love soooo much your art, i hope you never stop loving art!

take care of yourself 💗💗💗💗

Haha tumblr does that sometimes, don't worry about it! I've never been a writer myself, so I have nothing but admiration for anyone who can write. I take art inspiration from pieces of writing I enjoy as well, so it's like a cycle that keeps going www thank you so much once again ❤❤ Your ideas sound like a lot of fun too, if you ever feel like it I hope you do share your work with the world some day! Like I said, there can never be too much Jamil content ❤

[pinkskytwst]

this is so cuuuuute! I love it! The way you write the 7 is really great and totally in character! Lol I love their dynamic and them raising the MC is super adorable especially in moments like this where they get to all but heads about how to parent. I love Jafar being a protective dad and can just imagine Iago on his shoulder giving biting commentary. lol thank you for sharing it with us! Lol I would love to see the face of our SO when they find out they're dating the child of the 7 and the 7 are looming over them ready for the WORST shovel talk that has ever happened. I think the only one who could actually survive it would be Lilia ngl.

Oooo! I have a request! Great Seven!Yuu getting all dressed up for a date, and their parents are doing their best to give advice!

7 Try And Dress Up Yuu For A Date.

Some of them imply Yuu would look nice in a Dress and Yuu has makeup on in Ursula’s part (Cause drag queen) but Yuu is GN. The seven are in Yuus head, but are hanging out as specters. Some Familiars are here. Crush is not specified but Imagined to be one of the first years. I was thinking about hyping this up to reveal that the ‘date’ was just gonna be a play date with ortho but decided not to. Jafar is a mix of Starkid and Disney

“What about this, then?” You happily reply, giving a twirl in front of a mirror as your parent's chatter. It has been three hours, and none of them seem to agree on anything, most are still caught up over you having a date, which they are not happy about. Scar’s tail flicks a bit as he side-eyes you, uninterested.

“Yeesh kiddo, are you going on a date or a business meeting?” Hades replied snarkily, disappointingly waving his hand before looking away. He locks eyes with Maleficent, who just raises a brow and turns her head away. Hades was a damned tease to you off the bat, going on and on now you should at least be 500 years old before you start dating. Though he would never admit it, you can tell he was also skeptical of your date, protective as always, trying to play the role of a cool uncle. If he wasn't a ghost, he would have probably given your date the shovel talk.

“It's quite boring, Rose. Try something more eye-catching, with lots of color!” The Queen of Hearts crosses her arms proudly beaming at her precious child. It’s funny when she first grew attached to you, she was one of the strictest people you met. You’re sure that the mere mention of the date back then would have caused a breakdown. Now, as years went by, she is much calmer and more mature, having grown with you. Mary was just excited to be able to be a part of such a major step in your life, and twice as excited to dress you up for your wittle datey-watey.

Maleficent’s gaze locks onto you. “Well, I think it looks very…” The fae woman pauses, “Human, you fit in well and I’m sure your partner would recognize they’re more than lucky to have you.” Out of everyone, Maleficent respected your independence the most, though you could tell that even she struggled with you having a crush on someone. How she would urge you to wait just a little longer…

“Oh you look lively in anything dear but you should really let your body do the talking, angelfish.” Ursula floats over to you and you feel her soft hand on your back, guiding your to look in the mirror with her. “You have quite the figure like moi, plus there’s never anything wrong with being a little naughty. You’re still young, flaunt it!” 

To emphasize her point, she tugs the back of your shirt, making it tighten around your body to show off your figure. Jetsam curls around you like a fancy belt while Flotsam wraps around your neck, snickering amongst themselves. You remember it was during fish family bonding time whilst watching an episode of PuRauls Dragon Race did you tell them about your very obvious crush. It was hard to hide it when they lived in your head.

Your inappropriate auntie and heavily-make-uped eel brothers teased you like hell before Ursula grabbed you by the face with her ghost hand. She wiped off the current drag makeup she was putting both the eels and you in before re-apply a new look. While giving some very Ursula advice and promising she would make you “so captivating they couldn’t possibly say no” did you send off to ask them out, all while the eels cheered you on in their own way. She was the reason you were in the situation you were in now.

“Ursula!” You sputter a bit at a particularly raunchy suggestion from her as the octo-woman laughs. “What? Didn’t I tell you about body language~” “She’s right you know, we villains usually have to seduce to get what we want, you know? Meg did it. So did my brother Zeus, who by the way, is a total horndog between you and me.” Hades gossiped, whispering loudly for everyone to hear. “My diamond isn't seducing anyone!” Jafar huffs.

Queen Grimhilde nods. “They shouldn’t have to try and seduce anyone. Vessel, you need to bewitch and intimidate your potential partner from the start. There is no such thing as overdressing. That being said, this… outfit…” she grimaces, “is not enough…” The evil queen tilts her head up haughtily, strutting around you for a moment before humming. 

Mama Grimhilde was the most against your date out of everyone. She only wanted you to have a partner that truly deserves you. The best of the best. She certainly doesn't believe you would settle for one of those hooligans in your friend group. Honestly, she just might try to get you to steal their assets and poison them.

She goes through the very modest closet behind you, examining what little clothes you had all while Scar licks his paws clean. You’re surprised the hyenas haven’t commented on you already, this must still be asleep. Then again, no matter what you wear, you are sure they would tease you by calling you a piece of meat.

“If it wasn't for that…” Grimhilde’s voice snaps you out of your thoughts as she shuts her eyes pensively, continuing from her pause. “… crow bastard… You wouldn’t have to wear such garb unworthy of you. When my kingdom rises once again, I will ensure from then on you only dress in the finest of silks and the most comfortable linens…”

Your strictest mother uses what remains of her ghost powers to drag a hand-me-down cardigan and tightens it. It feels domestic… how you wish you could get them a body sooner. “Here,” The queen commands, handing you a long dress skirt. The outfit you wore, fit you well, it was very Pommefiore, actually.

“Oh but that’s so plain, Grimmy!” The queen of hearts sighs. “You’re going to dress them like a clown arent you? Scar nags, the lion barely reacted to the news of your crush, only huffing and saying the better treat you right. According to the hyenas, however, he was worried about you in the same way Mufasa got over Simba.

The Queen of Hearts shoved something over you and you turn to face the mirror to see what it is; The most neon-patterned dress ever made from all kinds of spare fabrics. Where did she even get this from? You hear the Jabberwock in your head chuff in agreement at the question. “Now they won't be able to take their eyes off of you!” She claps her hands together and gives a hearty laugh.

“Not for a good reason…” Jafar sneers. “Ugh,” Grimhilde rolls her eyes with Jafar, as Maleficent just tilts her head. “You know what kiddo? You actually rock it!” Hades smiles, Panic and Pain chucking within your head. “Really?” You ask, raising a brow. 

“Oh gods no,” Hades erupts in laughter. “You look like one of Haphaestus’ paintings he makes when he’s drunk!” Hades continues to laugh, and you feel Pain and Panic join him in their cackles. “O-Or! Or one of baby Athena’s finger paintings!” Hades continues to laugh before catching his breath. “Are you done?” You ask annoyedly.

“At least if you go out like that, we wouldn’t have to scare anyone away…” Scar remarks, picking at his fangs with a claw. Jafar held his face and temples within his palm. “Enough all of you.” He barked, still probably upset from the news of your date. He was the most protective of you out of everyone, so it’s only natural that he’s moody. “Though I hate to admit it…” Jafar pauses, closing his eyes pensively.’

“They are grown up now… And they are able to dress themself…” “Agreed.” Replied Maleficent. “After all, today is about them.”  The fae woman smiles, before smirking. “That being said, something dark will suit you nicely…” Jafar looks over at Maleficent in shock. “Warm colors highlight their features more!” “Well actually…” the queens begin to speak up.

Here goes another 2 hours…

[stealstoeat-blog]

// im... REALLY trying to avoid... having to make an abu/carpet/iago/rajah blog bc... i would love it but I'm spread so thin y'all 

[obsidiancreates]

Lol 2012 Raph just ripping that Kraang's robotic guts out and '87 Raph can't even be assed to watch. He's just vibing with his magic pizza, man. I love him.

NOOOOOOOOOOOO '87 MIKEYYYYYYYYYYYYYY OH GOOD THEY SAVED HIM

AYYYYYY WE BACK TO 2D no they need to stop having '87 Raph and 2012 Donnie talk to each other at all I'm sorry it's just odd

2D 2012 KRAANG WHOO

PRIMARY TURTLE REALITY?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!? PLEASE TELL ME THEY GO TO ONE OF THE DARK FUCKED-UP COMICS

DAMMIT IT'S JUST THE DONNIES BUT YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS IT'S COMICSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS aw but all they did was sorta dull the colors of the boys, they didn't even make them comic-looking. I'm disappointed and also now confused about how the laws of dimension-hopping work in TMNT, do you become adherent to the appearance and physical laws of the dimension you're in or not?

HA IT'S THE GRITTY-ASS COMIC TURTLES SHIT THEY READY TO KILL OUR CARTOON BOYS HOLY CRAP STRIGHT-UP MURDER ATTEMPTS THEY'RE SO SCARY IN THIS PART

WOW WE BARELY SAW COMIC LADS

OH OH HE SAID "HENIOUS" OKAY FOR A SECOND THERE I TRULY THOUGHT '87 KRANG CALLED THEM PENIS REPTILES

yeah bitch don't show them the fucking remote, idiot Iago Krang

PFFFFFFFFFFFFFTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT IAGO DIDN'T KNOW '87 WAS WIPING OUT WHOLE DIMENSIONS- oh hey I hate '87 Krang but that was mean, Iago.

'87 RAPH DECAPITATED THE IRMA HEAD FROM IAGO WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO wait now 2012 Raph is pronouncing his own name weird too

PFFFFT '87 LEO CALLED IAGO A DWEEB LOL AND YAYYYYYYYYYYYYY 2012 LEO SAID TURTLE POWERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Wait a fucking second I recognize the way '87 Leo jsut said "That's not good" I know that fucking voice crack is that- *googles* ... IT IS HE'S THE SAME VA AS HEATH BURNS FROM THE OG MONSTER HIGH GENERATION HOLY SHIT IT'S HEATHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH THAT ANNOYING LITTLE BASTARD HELL YEAH PREVIOUS HYPERFIXATION CROSSOVER WITH CURRENT HYPERFIXATION WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Pfffft the Mikey's are playing hackysack with Iago I love it- AND HERE COMES 212 DONNIE WITH HIS ODD ADORATION OF USING HIS BO AS A BAT BABEY AND '87 WITH THE PORTAL TAKEDOWN WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO oh shit he sent him to the comic dimension. Oh Iago is so very dead.

WHICH FUCKING ROB PAULSEN TURTLE SPOKE YOU CAN'T JUST NOT SHOW ME WHICH ONE SPOKE I THINK IT WAS '87 RAPH BUT MAYBE 2012 DONNIE JUST NEEDS TO CLEAR HIS THROAT YOU NEED TO SHOW ME

YAY THE LEOS THANKING EACH OTHER

AWWWWW THEY ALL BOWED TO EACH OTHER- hey why's this music so... Snapcube Sonic '06 Dub-esque

YAY AN '87 ENDING SCE- the scene from the previous season where they sent the Mutagen Worm into '87? Wait what? MORE TIME TRAVEL SHIT

UHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH WHAT SLICED OUT OF- OH SHIT I FORGOT TIGERCLAW WAS INSIDE OF THAT THING OH GOD- IT ENDS ON THEM LEAPING AT TIGERCLAW?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! IF HE HRUTS MY '87 BOYS I'LL SHAVE OFF EVERY SINGLE FUR HE HAS INCLUDING HIS WHISKERS AND THEN LOCK HIM IN A ROOM WITH RISE SPLINTER WHOM I'LL TELL TO TELL LOU JITSU REJECTED SCRIPT STORIES AND TIGERCLAW WILL HAVE TO SIT THERE AND LISTEN TO HIS ONW VOICE LAMENT ABOUT HOW THE LOU JITSU IN SPACE MOVIE NEVER GOT MADE OR WHATEVER

MY '87 BOYS BETTER BE ABLE TO WHOOP HIS SORRY ASS

[nowis-scales]

I hope you don’t mind if I add my two cents on some of this stuff, as someone who really likes Ryoma as a character as well!

The reason for his choice about joining up with Scarlet is kind of debatable among the fandom. While Ryoma definitely cares about Takumi to some capacity, there are smaller things he does that suggest that he… could actually afford to be more attentive, especially with how it’s affecting Takumi. Even in the support differences you mentioned, it’s worth noting that Xander’s response is actually somewhat more powerful because he humanizes himself. He admits outright to Leo what he was doing and how he understands why Leo is upset, but encourages him to keep pushing for his best. Ryoma sort of skirts around that connection, reminding Takumi that he’s great, but not entirely helping him confront the exact problem. And that’s symptomatic of the entire Hoshido family, really. They struggle to openly talk about their feelings, to the point where they sometimes apologize for expressing them (both Ryoma and Sakura apologize to Hinoka for talking about their feelings in their C-supports with her, for example). Plus, his position pulls him away from his siblings a lot because of how busy he is. This often leads fans to think that Ryoma doesn’t really care about Takumi that much (or at least not as much as he does about Corrin and Hinoka), and that’s why he doesn’t really react to the situation. And that’s fine if that’s the way they read the character; he certainly isn’t angelic considering what we see him do in Conquest, and is a little non-reactive to Takumi-related things there…

But, the way I’ve always read it, is that his going to Cheve was never about Takumi dying. There’s no definitive proof that he’s dead to Ryoma, because the two were separated. I actually think it would be more reasonable on his part to assume that Takumi was taken as a bargaining chip. I mean, he is a prince after all. Iago even suggests that he knows this later, when Takumi is going through his last fight with the possession:

“Are you really just going to let him kill Azura like this? What are you waiting for? Kill Takumi! And then see how Ryoma reacts. Oh ho ho!”

It wouldn’t be useful to kill Takumi right away, because you can use him to get to Ryoma and potentially cow him into stopping or slowing down. So my impression has always been that Ryoma assumed that he was taken hostage and went to Scarlet for help, because if you want people who are going to break someone out of a prison… going to notorious rebels makes the most sense. Even if that wasn’t the initial plan, saving Takumi and stopping Nohr would be much simpler with help. As we see in Conquest, Ryoma can be a bit manipulative himself when he wants to be, so it makes sense that he has some understanding of what people do to win. That being said, you’re right, it doesn’t consider what this choice would do to his sisters. However, Revelation does have Saizo and Kagero mention that he can be a bit impulsive, so he might not have really thought of that. Not the best move as a king, but theoretically he had good intentions.

That being said, I… have no Watsonian explanation for why they don’t have the girls mention anything to Ryoma about how Takumi apparently just… fell into the Bottomless Canyon lol. For a Doylist explanation, I imagine it’s probably something that is better explained in the parts of Fates that were cut. The original draft of Fates was super hefty, so lots of things kind of got removed. Why Ryoma does what he does sometimes seems to be one of them.

Of course, all this is just my interpretation! You’re welcome to disagree. Just thought it might be something interesting to consider, as it seemed to be on your mind. Thanks for letting me blabber!

ryoma is a weird character for me because he's cute and playful and he likes pulling tricks on his sister, while simultaneously being too serious all the time. but he's also very caring like the fact that he went around asking people how to get close to azura and how he tells silas to stay with corrin even though he's a nohrian.

and unlike xander who's kind of distant because he has to be the perfect crown prince and kind of has a slightly worse relationship with leo because of it (though loves him dearly), he actually a good relationship with takumi, despite the latter's inferiority complex. like their supports follow the same beats (little brother has an outburst, big brother comforts them), but leo and xander take a nosedive while ryoma and takumi don't have to have some big patch up

and like obviously, i think it's because he didn't have a dad at all, but the memories he did have of sumeragi were warm. so he had to step up sort of as a father figure to takumi and sakura, unlike xander who also has to contend with his dad being alive so that kind of warps their relationship a little to being more competitive

and he loves his stepmom despite the fact that he must've been like seven or eight years old when sumeragi brought her into the family and his birth mom was still around, to the point where he actively expresses happiness when orochi tells him what she was like when no one was looking. like I'm pretty sure the "mother" he references in his sakura support is mikoto too. he's such a mama's boy

and when he shows up again in the story and teases corrin by asking her if she recognizes him...it's so cute!

but i just can't vibe with the fact that he must've realized his brother was dead, right after their mother, and the first thing he did was join up with scarlet, leaving his sisters even MORE worried and the kingdom without a king. and there isn't any conversation on it!

like it's been some time since i played that chapter but everyone's like "we're so relieved you're okay!" and no one makes the connection.

and i'm saying that he probably realized that because takumi is said to have fallen into the canyon. and it's said they were cornered and fought some soldiers off.

like maybe i'm wrong, maybe they escaped in opposite directions and takumi fell after, but then why did no one inform him of this? they could've included it in saizo's support, or maybe hinoka's. like don't get me wrong, hinoka's support is very cute but there should've been some conversation about that!

[n-revolution]

According to The Guardian these are the 10 Best TV SHOWS OF ALL TIME

10. Atlanta (2016-)

Donald Glover’s foray into dramedy fizzes with pop-culture callbacks, political subtext and dark lols, following underachieving Earn, wannabe rapper cousin Paper Boi and their black millennial peers. Its best episodes are the ones where racial conflict meets all-out weirdness, among them Helen – in which Earn feels thoroughly adrift at a Germanic festival – and Teddy Perkins, the Shining-inspired, Get Out-style tale of Darius’s (Lakeith Stanfield) trip to pick up a piano from a mysterious hermit. 

9. Peep Show (2003-15)

The king of 00s sitcoms: formally innovative, with its point-of-view filming and audible inner monologues, and unflinching in how it used that format to be disgustingly honest about diseased male minds. A textbook contrasting duo in careless Jez and cowardly Mark gave writers Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain the platform for greatness, and the quality barely dipped across nine seasons. Peep Show was always, hilariously, an inch over the boundary of good taste.

8. Fleabag (2016-19)

When Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Fleabag arrived on stage in London some six years ago, critics had their doubts (one even commented “I doubt if this material will spin off into a long-running radio or television series”). How wrong they were: as well as returning to the stage for a sold-out run this year, Fleabag’s two-series TV run saw Waller-Bridge infuse the nascent sadcom genre with classic British awkwardness, encompassing grief, family breakdown and, of course, Obama-themed masturbation.

7. Game of Thrones (2011-19)

Despite the widespread calls by superfans to rewrite the entire last series, from Daenerys’ descent into madness to Starbucksgate, Game of Thrones remains the biggest show of the century so far. Even Ed Sheeran sitting by a fire singing a ditty about hands of gold can’t irreparably dent its reputation. And it did come up with the goods throughout its eight-year reign: from the thrills and blood spills to the men baked in pies and the best battles ever seen on the small screen, right through to Cleganebowl. Only The Winds of Winter book will spare us all from Westeros withdrawal.

6. The Office (UK) (2001-03)

It didn’t invent the mockumentary, but Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant’s debut was so stylistically confident it defined swathes of the comedy that followed its 2001 premiere: two decades on, people are still making pale imitations. Its creators haven’t topped it either but with time, their casting decisions look as extraordinary as their scripts. It’s hard to fathom now that Martin Freeman, Mackenzie Crook and Gervais himself were all then relative unknowns.

5. Breaking Bad (2008-13)

The show that arguably killed off the antihero drama: nothing since has been able to top the depraved descent made by Walter White (a never-better Bryan Cranston), from milquetoast chemistry teacher to meth overlord, and few have dared to try. Yet as grimly engrossing as White’s transformation was, what kept us returning to Vince Gilligan’s low-key epic was Aaron Paul’s performance as his reluctant partner in crime, Jesse Pinkman, whose frayed humanity shone through the moral murk like a beacon.

4. The Thick of It (2005-12)

The craven, idiotic likes of Peter Mannion and Nicola Murray would be paragons of probity and wisdom in today’s parliamentary landscape. But at the time, Armando Iannucci’s scabrous comedy felt like an indictment of everything wrong with the spin and cynicism of British politics. Luckily, it was also hilarious, mainly thanks to the inventive invective of Peter Capaldi’s ferocious “Iago with a BlackBerry” Malcolm Tucker.

3. Mad Men (2007-15)

The sex! The swagger! The suits! Matthew Weiner’s Madison Avenue masterwork went down with all the smooth, smoky allure of one of Don Draper’s copious Old-Fashioneds. But by spanning the entire 60s, showing the mammoth social shifts in an ad agency in minute detail – from the advent of the Pill and second-wave feminism to the rise of hippies and the dropping of LSD – it became more than just the tale of one mystery man and compulsive philanderer come good: it was a meditation on how modern America came to be made, one iconic advert at a time.

2. The Wire (2002-08)

Along with The Sopranos, David Simon and Ed Burns’s Baltimore crime saga showed that small-screen entertainment could be anything it aspired to be: polemical, panoramic, funny, tragic or all of those things at once. Beautifully written and performed, this was both TV as high art and TV wrenched from the soul. To this day, it’s an exemplar of a certain brand of intelligent, ambitious and uncompromising television.

1. The Sopranos (1999-2007)

It is hard to fathom now, but when Tony Soprano first slumped into an armchair in his psychiatrist Dr Melfi’s office, TV was still largely looked down upon. The slogan for the Sopranos’ broadcaster – ‘It’s not TV, it’s HBO’ – felt telling in its dismissiveness, as if making a television programme was something to be ashamed about. The Sopranos changed all that.

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[cottoncandyjester]

Monday loves when Ernesto gets flustered, he thinks Ernesto looks pretty, he tries to flirt when they're alone.

Ernesto saying sweet things makes Monday a little shy, stuff like saying he is good looking or that he enjoys being with him.

If Ernesto is the dad then Monday is the step dad lol? Monday thinks about it sometimes, "am I a real father now?".

Tuesday is a little weird out about those animals in jars but he keeps them anyway since they seem to mean a lot to Jinx.

He buys lots of cinnamon candies for Jinx to cheer him up in bad days or to randomly give it to him when they see each other.

Tuesday takes care of Jinx's stuffed animal with his life, cleans it up, makes sure to patch it up if needed,he gifts Jinx  little stuffed animals too.

When he has nothing to he lets Jinx in his lap, while he watched tv.

I love how one of the most violent dude of the gang is now walking around with a leash because Wednesday asked him to, and he even looks happy when Wed gets too jealous and tugs at the leash, angrily.

I do think they have sweet and soft moments where Wednesday takes him out to dates to nice restaurants or to dance all night, just to have Dante picking Wed up because he is too tired to walk to the car.

I think Thursday tries his best to learn how to treat every alter.

He flirts with almost all of them but Caligo and Blaise, he tries to say sweet thing to them tho. Would love to have them sit in his lap.

He is pretty chill with everyone but the moment he sees someone, trying to force Iago to front Thursday takes him away, to a safe place where he can make sure Iago is good.

Azul gets some flowers sometimes, and a little cute note with some candies.

Thursday tries to draw and paint together, he really enjoys it even if he isn't that good.

Thursday tries SO HARD to learn some french, the basics like hello, how are you, what do you need, I love you, etc.

He just sits in the other side of the room trying his best to talk to Blaise.

Caligo and Thursday have a weird relationship I think, because Thursday tries to talk to him, even when Caligo insults him, trying to calm Caligo and tell him there's nothing to fear.

Thursday and Astro are a chill couple, they hang out together watching tv and eating snacks.

They go out to walk and talk about anything really.

Friday takes Antonio as his new husband, he tries to get a pretty ring and tells everyone to leave his husband alone, just out of nowhere, even Antonio is surprised. Sometimes he picks Antonio up like bride and takes him to the bed so they can sleep.

They have lovely dates, like picnics or going to arcades to play games like Dance Dance Revolution lol.

Saturday tells Fritz he has to win the HONOR of having sex with him, mostly doing all the hard work he doesn't want to do, like moving heavy stuff around or telling someone to fuck off, kinda like his servant.

When they fuck he gives Fritz more criticism but tells him he got so much better than the last time.

If Sunday gets to see Sully like that he runs away to write tons of poems about Sully's beauty, lowkey cries about it, he is so dramatic, giving him tons of flowers too.

Being a simp is hard work but Sunday is ready, makes sure Sully has anything he asks for, from a glass of water to some random jacket, even if he has to work extra hours.

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Monday would absolutely fluster the hell out of Ernesto constantly just trying to hide his red face muttering about how he’s too old to be all flustered like this and how he’s gonna get a heart attack.

That being said Ernesto will want to spoil Monday so bad like money is never an issue of monday even glanced at something and shows interest then Ernesto is trying to obtain it. Ernesto has hidden abandonment issues so his fear of monday leaving him for someone better spirals in his mind sometimes

Oh fritz would convince the others to have them call monday dad, the thought of them just going up to him and being like “hey dad, I need your help” it’s especially funny to think of dadpan Antonio being like “hey, father.” He’s only doing it cause fritz bribed him with a medium rare steak. I find it amusing to thing of them seeing monday as a second dad

Jinx would absolutely sit in Tuesday’s lap and gush about the patients he had that day even gushing about how he got to cut up someone from an enemy gang in hella gory details. He would also try to feed Tuesday cinnamon candy..we’ll less feed and more force, just opening the candy up and holding it to his mouth.

Jinx would actually feel comfortable taking his mask off around Tuesday after a while though jinx does feel weird about it since he does have a gaping hole where one of his eyes should be.

Also jinx would absolutely pounce Tuesday and reward him with several affectionate head bunting and loud purrs if he fixes his stuffed animal as well as give him stuffed animals since jinx has moments of rage where he rips one of his limbs off his stuffed animals

Once he does he’s immediately rushing off to see Tuesday no matter whatever he’s doing, if he’s working that’s too bad cause jinx is hopping in his lap pretending him the stuffed animal breathing heavily and shaking worried about Tuesday not being able to fix it

Dante would love to take Wednesday dancing cause parties are Dante’s way to have fun. He would take Wednesday to the best clubs and spend the night having a blast, that being said more intimate stuff is cool too.

Dante isn’t used to intimate stuff like that so it’s a little new for him but he’ll absolutely go to dinner with Wednesday or even cook for him which he will brag about for about a week “you better be glad I think you’re cute or else I wouldn’t cook for you, I swear you should be so lucky!”

Dante is secretly a simp and wants Wednesday to give him affection

Luis feels a mountain of guilt for not really explaining the system to Thursday, he didn’t expect for them to like Thursday as much as they do but the fact that he is willing to learn how to treat each of them makes them love him so much.

Iago really does hate when people force him to front it’s the worst and makes him so disoriented so after being practically shoved out he is so pissed but when Thursday pulls him away he simply lets out a long sigh to relax, trying not to rage out calming down by talking to him til someone else fronts. Iago absolutely finds the flirting to be kinda amusing and flirts harder right back.

Azul would smother Thursday with so much affection that he might die from it, I’m talking constant kisses, hugs, praise, lots of lap sitting plus he loves to paint with him or just use him as a model.

Blaise slowly gets used to Thursday..very slowly. It goes from him hiding to him sitting closer and closer soon being able to sit next to him, Even blushing and laughing shyly when Thursday says something in French. He’ll get shy and flustered about affection but will open up with it shyly asking for a kiss but immediately stuttering how he’s sorry and he shouldn’t even ask for such a thing.

Caligo..oh boy caligo, as always he hates Thursday and he shows that very clear but the moment Thursday flirts or is sweet to him he’s practically foaming at the mouth with flustered rage before quickly letting someone else front. After lots of time he would open up, claiming that he doesn’t know how else to help the system without hurting them it would be a vulnerable moment for him where he would definitely crawl into Thursday’s lap and just hug him tightly. It would be a very peaceful silent moment where he finally lets Thursday give him affection.

Astro is a very nurturing alter, so he’s constantly dote on him just wanting to do everything in his power to spoil him from gifts to soft words of kindness and love, that caregiver role of his making it nearly impossible for him to relax and allow Thursday to take care of him

Friday definitely surprised Antonio with the mention of them being married, but after the shock washes away he accepts it so fast and even deems friday his husband. After fighting the urge to give Friday a ringpop as a ring he gets him a proper ring in return and never takes his off unless he’s taking a shower and even with that he’s so hesitant to take it off.

Antonio also finds friday ability to carry him so damn hot like he is drooling. Antonio would love all the dates they go on though he has a hard time expressing his emotions so it may not seem like it but he really is happy no matter how soft and quiet his voice is.

Antonio would also want Friday to watch him spar and workout, a sense of pride surging through him when he knows his husband is watching like he once sparred fritz while friday was watching and Antonio never kicked Fritz’s ass faster in his life just walking up to friday afterwards and hugging him close mumbling out a small “did I do good?” Just wanting some praise and affection while fritz has broken bones.

I swear Saturday is gonna give fritz a praise kink lol but really fritz would get such an ego when Saturday says he’s gotten better at sex just like “ha! So you admit I’m good right?? Knew it” so cocky. He would absolutely complain about the work Saturday makes him do but he does it so fast, like he will absolutely mumble under his breath while he’s doing it.

The first time sully didn’t wear expensive clothes and makeup around sully would probably feel so scared about him leaving but when Sunday gives him flowers gushing about his beauty he knows he has to marry this man immediately. Also I feel like Sunday would help sully whenever he’s feeling dramatic and wants to take a bath with a bottle of wine, like making sure he doesn’t drown and stuff yknow?

On the subject of simping though, sully is such a simp as well so he would constantly be writing love letters and giving them to Sunday being all flustered. Those letters would be so cheesy and sappy and filled with so much romance that it’s kinda ridiculous but sully still writes them making sure to gush about how amazing Sunday is and how they are getting married one day and how sully would walk through fire for him.

[wondersbeyondcompare]

🎉Blog Anniversary!🎉

FIRST OFF, I limited myself to drawing 50?? A little over 50??? OCs from my follower list, so I apologize if I didn’t include your character in this post (m;_ _)m Also sorry if I butchered your OC’s design or if I ended covering up most of their body. There was only so much I could fit into one frame...

AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE IN THE TWST COMMUNITY THAT SUPPORTED ME THIS FAR!! (´｡• ᵕ •｡`) ♡ Can’t believe it’s already been a year lol. Thanks to everyone who’s given me kind words, liked/reblogged my posts, or, in general, just given me the motivation to keep going! I hope we can continue to support each other as we go into the next year as well!!

All of these drawings are just scenes of everyone rounding up my 3 OCs for an anniversary party! Kodi was expectedly easy to bring along, Majid was a bit harder to find, and Berenice (;;;*_*) bless their souls...

✨ Twst OC Blogs Found Under the Cut ✨

OCs listed from left to right (excluding my own) starting at the upper left and moving to the right!

Pa’ne (@/staru-ne) // Choco (@/choconanime) // Johnny (@/neromardorm) // Avadine (@/diasomnia-insomnia) // Sereia (@/kirseduwu) // Kritanta (@/mimitwst) // Charlie (@/akemiozawa) // Conrad (@/piraticusdorm) // Sol (@/treasureoftheseas) // Taniya (@/not-twst-enough) // Amelie (@/perawuat) // Hattie (@/joker-of-heartslabyul) // Bjorn (@/twisted-monarch) // Stefano (@/just-patchy) // Primrose (@/roseparfaits) // Diana (@/diana-wisteria) // Melani (@/yunidarkrose) // Phineas (@/twisted-clown) // Emiko (@/danderechansworld) // Ryver (@/atheaestus) // Betty (@/orangettie) // Acelica (@/cursedmoon) // Minato (@/minpokii) // Wichian (@/tawmatore) // Lucille (@/twistedwonda) // Halina (@/nobarahime) // Pleiade (@/the27th) // Iago (@/kebabbara) // Kibu (@/peteza-mozzarella) // Nahime (@/pearlwhitecats) // Annalise (@/twstroses) // Yoru (@/jhoudiey) // Catrina (@/thetwstwildcard) // Azalea (@/ocean-water-tea) // Rennie (@/renniecirque) // J.D. (@/mamushroomoracorn) // Noah (@/thenoeyebunnynobunsusmaingallery) // Hiltrud (@/twst-the-royals) // Alika (@/the-albino-lioness) // Apollo (@/kibadreams) // Nathaniel (@/circuscarnage) (umm.. sorry for hitting your boy with a book (・・;) i swear his sacrifice was not in vain and that i love your ocs very much) // Leroy (@/fumikomiyasaki) // Ives (@/twst-zombie) // Vinh (@/prometheanglory) // Roza (@/briarrosescurse) // Enai (@/ratgoddess-v) // Andreas (@/aurorarevoir) // Al (@/oiseaunoir11) // Artemyra (@/arigatou-gozaimalleus) // Murasaki (@/twstsammy) // Cheshire (@/eclipsezero) // Deyanira (@/leonasbitties) //Lila (@/starshiningsirius) // Aster (@/lawlessofdusk)

[bloodtwin]

Please elaborate on Puck's religious upbringing. Thank you!

HEHE, I assume this was prompted by the awesome priest joke that was in my queue. // @nameaprice

Apologies in advance if I am over-explaining this. Or perhaps under-explaining it ... I don't know how much you know about BG3 / D&D, so I'm just rambling about everything I could possibly think of that's relevant.

In Puck's main verse, religion is veryyyy integral to his character. In short, he ... is the religion, basically ... ？ 

Puck has the Dark Urge background in BG3, which means he's ( spoilers, lol ) a Bhaalspawn. Basically, he & his twin Iago are the children of Bhaal, the god of murder. However, they're different from other bhaalspawn because they were not technically conceived but formed out of Bhaal's own blood, literally. So, really, they're kind of just a copy of Bhaal, split in half. Like, demigods, in a way.

However, they don't learn this about themselves for a while. Puck & Iago are actually taken in by a very, very loving couple named Rosalind & Charmian Darlington. Their adoptive parents also do not know that the children are Bhaalspawn, but they do know they are ... different from other kids.

Their mama, Rosalind, is a cleric of Ilmater. When Puck & Iago were little, they would visit the temple in Baldur's Gate together a lot. It was more of a familial obligation to Puck than a genuine religious belief, but he loved going there. He & Iago carved their names in one of the pillars. One time he pushed Iago into the pool in the middle of the room. Just a couple of little rascals having fun.

Then, um. Well. Haha. At age twelve, Puck gets possessed by his "real" father Bhaal & murders his adoptive parents. He was supposed to kill Iago as well, but he snapped out of it before he could.

Enter: Bhaaltwins Street Rat Era, which is mostly irrelevant to religion. The only religious element to it is that Puck gets a lot of visits from Sceleritas Fel, a fiend sent by Bhaal to steer Puck in the "right" direction as his Murders Son. Essentially, Sceleritas is manipulating & grooming Puck into becoming the leader of a murder cult one day.

On Puck & Iago's 18th birthday, they are shown the way to the Temple of Bhaal underneath the city of Baldur's Gate where Puck begins the process of becoming the leader & also Bhaal's Chosen. A lot happens on that day, so I won't go into too much detail in this post but it SUCKS. It's BAD.

In my mind, Puck's role is that of not only a leader / priest within the temple but also a mouthpiece for Bhaal. He's a mortal vessel that Bhaal can use to do whatever he pleases.

BASICALLY, he's the puppet of a god & has almost zero free will as a result. Very cool. Thank You, Literal Father Bhaal. So his religious upbringing is … insane. He's the son of god. Worse, he's the son of god & god's favorite. He's. Well, he is The Pope For Murderers.

[hoenursey]

here it is, y’all, the nurseydex theatre kid au i never finished (and probably won’t ever). if any of y’all remember, this was going to be the othello au lol !! whoops.

_X_

God hated him, obviously. That much was apparent. God hated him or did not exist, because no loving god would do this to him. No loving god would have him, fingers wrapped delicately and squeezing ever so slightly at one (1) William J. Poindexter’s slim neck, and no loving god would force him to have his blocking so that he needed a knee wedged between Will’s thighs and his other hand pinning his wrist to the bed, and there was absolutely, positively no loving god that would have Will gazing up at him, pupils blown wide as a half erection tented the silk nightgown he was in, in the middle of Samwell College’s black box theatre.

There was just no way in hell, Derek reasoned, as Will swallowed and he felt the bob of his throat run down, down, down the center of his palm. A loving god would open up the floor and fucking eat him, just let him die right then and there.

“Will, you should be thrashing!” Monetta yelled, and Derek flinched, then forced himself to relax and slowly pulled back.

It happened like this.

“We have no backup for Desdemona,” Monetta spat. “Who fucking– who changes their major now? Who drops a class in the middle of the fucking semester? Can you even do that?” She whirled around, eyes wild, and Derek backed up slightly. Monet could be kind of… wild, sometimes, when she got going.

“Uh–”

“It’s rhetorical!”

Everyone in the theatre flinched.

“I need a backup. I need one now. I don’t care if it’s a fucking dog. If the dog can act, I don’t give a shit. I just need a fucking actor. Find someone who’s got chemistry with Derek and I will fucking kiss you.”

“I’d prefer it not be a dog,” he said hesitantly, and Monetta turned her head in his direction. Only her head, and a single, mad-looking eye focused on him.

“But you know what? I, uh. Can work with that. A dog, I mean. Anything. The show must go on.”

Monetta’s head turned back, and he breathed a quiet sigh of relief.

“Hey, what about Will?”

Nevermind, he thought to himself bitterly. He turned a flat look on Chris, who was smiling cheerfully, as usual, a wrench in his hand.

“Who?” Monetta asked. Her brow was creased, the script she’d been waving still dangling from her long fingers.

“He–” Derek tried to say, but then Monetta threw the script at him as Chris said, “He’s the one who’s been helping Larissa with sets! Me, Will, and Derek had our freshman humanities course together!”

“What does he look like?”

“Red hair, freckle-y,” Mandy called from the rafters.

“Mega freckle-y,” Jenny confirmed. “And he’s, like, p good at acting. He’s got a great voice, loud and, like, strong and stuff? Super pale, kind of angry just like as a person. He’s a little awkward but like once you get him comfortable it’s fine. We had 1302 together; actually, it was Othello, so he already knows the lines! He’s super rad!”

Monetta turned to him, and he gave her an uncomfortable look. “Please tell me you can work with him. Derek. Please. We really, really, really don’t have time to do another open casting call, and frankly all the non-actors in here suck. Please. We have three. months. Tell me you don’t have any problems with him.”

“He’s an asshole,” Derek grumbled. “A rude asshole who thinks i'm irresponsible and laughs at me when I fall–”

“But can you work with him on stage?”

Derek sighed softly as Monetta turned the closest thing she had to puppy dog eyes on him.

“You’re helping with my calc work,” he said tiredly, and she beamed at him. “Call him up, Chris. See if we can get him here by tomorrow.”

It happened like this: Monetta took one look at William Poindexter and fell in love with him. He monologued for her and she looked ready to propose. They found a costume (after damn near an hour of sizing and shaping and pinning and honestly, his ass was just unfair) and she had their children’s names picked out.

“Thank you so much for this. I’m so sorry we had to call you in so late, and this is so–”

“It’s, um, not a problem?” he said, almost a question, smile curving his pink lips, because of course he had an uncomfortably endearing smile.

“Monetta, one problem,” Caitlin Farmer said muffledly. They looked down at her where she was hemming the bottoms of Will’s pants, a few pins tucked between her lips.

“Yes, Caitlin?” Monetta asked, voice tense. Caitlin pulled the pins from her mouth and handed them to Derek, saying lightly, “Hold these, please?”

“Uh, we don’t have any period clothes for this. The sleep scene, where Othello kills Desdemona? We only have women’s robes and gowns, and I know costuming gets cumulative grades on like accuracy. It won’t be so bad if the rest of the costuming is good, but we’re hella underprepared and I know they don’t want to make an entire new outfit this late in the show.”

“What do you have?” Will asked. Monetta, Caitlin, and Derek all looked at him, surprised– he hadn’t really said much outside of a few words confirming or agreeing with whatever they said.

“Just… silk nightgowns. That’s it. The little strappy shift ones? You probably don’t want to wear those, i’m sorry–”

“It’s-- uh, don't worry about it,” he interrupted gently. “A few weeks in a shift dress isn’t going to kill me. Besides, i’m already gay and, uh, sort of out, so like, what's the worst they can say to me?” Derek’s brain went blank. Will was gay? Will was gay? Was he single? Why did he care?

“Derek!”

“Sorry, what?” he asked, blinking at Monetta.

“I said, go get ready for practice. We’ve gotta get your blocking down.”

“O-okay,” he managed.

“And I want you and Will to practice outside of this period! Go hang out, get dinner in the dining hall together! You’re supposed to be married, okay?”

Shit. Fucking shit fuck shit– “Okay, Monetta. Dinner, dining hall, practice. I’ve got it. I can hear perfectly clearly.”

“But does your brain work? I doubt you sometimes.”

It happened like this: they started having dinner together, and then lunch together, and then breakfast, and then Derek was sitting with the engineering majors and Will was sitting with the poetry kids and they were both sitting with the theatre kids. It happened like this: they bickered, and Derek flirted, and Will snarked, and they practiced until they were dead on their feet.

It happened like this: they hadn’t practiced kissing by themselves, just line work, because they didn’t really have the space to do blocking anyways. Or that was what he told himself, anyways, because he kept thinking about how much he wanted to, and he poured over the kissing scenes in private: how he’d kiss him, how delicately or firmly it would be done, and how most of all there wouldn’t be much more effort to pretend that he was madly in love with him, because of course he had to fall in love with anyone who smiled at him.

It happened like this: Monetta needed them to practice the kissing scenes in rehearsal.

“You’re both single, right?” she asked idly as she checked over the set backgrounds, Derek scanning over his blocking notecards from on top of one of their desks.

“Huh?”

“You and Will. Single?”

“Well... I am,” Derek said slowly. “But I wouldn't know about Poindexter. He's never mentioned a partner though, and it doesn't seem like his style to not, like, say anything. Want me to ask?”

“Sorry, I had to drop off some supplies to the culinary lab,” Will called, the door slamming behind him, and they turned to look at him.

“Will,” Monetta hedged, “You’re single, right?”

He paused, looking at her curiously, then nodded a little jerkily, shrugging off his bag and jacket. Nursey tried not to stare at the way his shoulders filled out the tight red “Samwell Computing” shirt (gay, gay, gay, his brain was chanting, gay, gay, stop thinking about how broad his shoulders are, gay). “Far as I know.”

“Great,” Monetta said, relieved. “Sorry, just… last time, we accidentally caused a few breakups? And chairs got thrown. I really don't wanna see that happen again.”

Will chuckled softly, flexing his wrists a little and then pushing up onto the stage with his hands, rolling into a standing position neatly. Derek was dying. “Well, no angry, uh, boyfriends here. Or girlfriends.”

“Fantastic,” she murmured. “I’d hate for you to have a chair thrown at your head, we really don’t have the time to find another Desdemona.”

“You know you’re supposed to care about other people’s well-being, right?” Jenny called down from above the stage, where she was fixing up some of the lighting that had fallen earlier. Mandy nodded in agreement.

Monetta took a moment to consider it, face thoughtful, and then shrugged, pivoting on her foot and walking away from Will and Derek.

“No time for that either! Everyone get dressed, we’ve got a lot of work to do today and some people still aren’t off book.”

“It’s literally just act two,” Connor said irritably from the fourth row, though he still stood to move backstage. “That’s it. Excuse me for not memorizing every single one of Iago’s stupid little asides--”

March smacked him on the back of the head and he yelped, indignant. “What was that for?”

“You don’t have to get insulted four times a week for a month, Wisnewski,” she grumbled, “So can it.”

[wretchedvulgarian]

Howdy. So I took a class in non-Shakespearean renaissance drama last semester. We read seven plays and they’re iconic and deserve to be read so I’ve compiled them for y’all. bon appetit

Comedies

The Roaring Girl, Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker: Rebelling, crossdressing, and stabbing f*ckboys. The mc Moll is an icon and the play subverts contemporary expectations for men and women in the best way.

A Chaste Maid in Cheapside, Thomas Middleton: The amount of bawdy jokes in this play puts Will to shame. A prime example of citizen comedy (a play that mocks London citizens); there’s disapproving parents outwitted by a daughter and her love, a comically unfit suitor, and as I mentioned plenty of d*ck jokes. My personal favorite character is Tim who returns from Cambridge and like will now only speak Latin but he’s not good at it and it’s so funny.

The Knight of the Burning Pestle, Francis Beaumont: my beloved. A grocer and his wife at the theatre decide that they don’t want to watch another citizen comedy. They decide that they’re going to put on their own play in which a grocer, played by their apprentice Rafe, is the hero. So while the original citizen comedy is going on, there is also a chivalric romance and lots of interruptions from the citizen and his wife. Metadrama turned up to 11. And by the end everything has just descended into chaos, huge monty python energy. Oh and the play was written for an all boys theatre company which is so wild to me as a concept.

The Shoemaker’s Holiday, Thomas Dekker: Probably my second favorite play we read after The Knight. (Roughly) based on the life of shoemaker Simon Eyre who eventually becomes mayor of London. It’s very fun and celebratory. There are also some great side characters like Sibyl, a witty lady’s maid, and Ralph, a wounded veteran who just really loves his wife ;-;

Tragedies

The Duchess of Malfi, John Webster: Another play loosely based off actual events. The titular duchess secretly marries her steward against her brothers’ (the Cardinal and the duke Ferdinand) wishes. The couple has three children together before the duchess’s brothers find out with the aid of spy Bosola. Ferdinand and Bosola are both incredible villains, Ferdinand because his obsession with his sister’s sexuality and his descent into madness is both disturbing and fascinating, and Bosola because his moral ambiguity makes him somehow detestable and endearing. I feel that the villains in this play rival Iago in terms of their ripeness for psychological analysis lol.

The Tragedy of Mariam, Elizabeth Cary: This may not have been my favorite of the plays we read (that’s just my opinion it was my classmate’s favorite) but it’s worth reading because it’s one of the very few renaissance plays written by a woman. It was a closet drama, not written for public performance, in Senecan style. It’s about Herod (killing of the innocents Herod not crucifixion Herod) and his second wife Mariam. Even though it’s set in ancient Israel, it reveals renaissance concerns about femininity and expectations for women from woman’s perspective.

*we also read Arden of Faversham but I’m not including that because there’s evidence to suggest parts of it were written by Shakespeare*

So yea. I expect fanfic and fanart of these plays on my desk by next thursday. thank you.

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About the latest update...

@bunnybananasims told me to stand in trial and explain myself, so here is my defense, your honor.

Spoiler warning if you haven’t read up to Chapter 3, Part 6 yet!

In my story index, I said that the whole premise of The New Heiress was based on an alternate VV where all the characters who died in their original plays also died in this timeline. I made a post about it here. Desdemona was one of those characters. The only problem was, she was a child. So she had to grow up first. In Othello, she was a married woman who was killed by her husband.

Desdemona was going to die from the very beginning. I also explicitly hinted at it in the teasers, here. Even back when I didn’t know what direction this story was going, I knew she was going to die. Even before I decided to kill off Consort, her death was already destined. The only question was when and how. (I also just realized now that Consort also died in Part 6. I swear that was coincidental!)

I also remember @myralovesmercy​ asking me why I hadn’t killed her off yet, back in Chapter 2. I wanted her death to somehow parallel her death in Othello. Originally, I was going to introduce an “Othello” and “Iago” character, but scrapped that idea because... where’s the surprise in that? So I had to rewrite it in a way that you would not expect, even if you knew she was going to die. That is why she had to get pregnant. Teenage pregnancies have an increased risk of developing preeclampsia/eclampsia. So that is what I went with.

Her arc is one of the main driving forces of this story, that’s why we see so much of her. And now that she’s gone, we’ll see how her death affects everyone, and how it will push the story to whatever direction it will go.

I also want to respond to this reply (also Downton Abbey spoilers!!):

grimbunnies said:

I had major Downton Abbey flashbacks last time when Desdemona forgot Goneril was dead since it's the only show I've watched that depicts preeclampsia/eclampsia, though I know it's depicted in other media. I was so hopeful I was wrong, though I kind of expected I wasn't because of Desdemona's death in Othello :( But also, the Goneril and Mona content here is so sweet and beautiful.

Yes! Downton Abbey was my inspiration for her death scene. When you think everything would be fine but then it pulls a 180 degree twist? Yep. That scene wrecked me, because Sybil was my favorite character from Downton Abbey, and I loved her story with Tom 🥺

And thank you! I loved Goneril and Desdemona’s scene, even if it was so heartbreaking. I had to include Goneril in this part in order to explain why Mona has a fear of doctors and hospitals, and being the two sims from their family who were killed off by Shakespeare, I had to give them a special bond. I just love a tender mother/child moment. Also just realized it was just in time for mother’s day!

In conclusion:

I know it’s so sad, and I’m so sorry. I cried while writing it. I have a soft spot for Desdemona, but you know what they say, kill your darlings. Don’t blame me, blame the devs for naming her Desdemona! (jk you can still be angry with me, i deserve it lol peace out ✌️)