#Like kid comes in here with his buddies to watch an absolutely DEVASTATING film and just

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Just wanna shoutout the kid who was sitting next to me during Oppenheimer playing clash of clans. What're you doing buddy. Where will you go from here

[lovelytonys]

My fellow friends who are down for some Quality Children’s Programming: I have a SHOW FOR YOU

A show was just added to Disney+ called Mech-X4. It aired on Disney XD from 2016-2018 before getting cancelled after the second season. It’s absolutely perplexing that a show as good as that one got hardly any attention (the tumblr fandom is LITERALLY, like, me on another account and 6 other people. literally. the active twitter fandom is me and one other person). NOW IS THE TIME TO GIVE THIS SHOW THE CULT FOLLOWING IT DESERVES. HERE’S MY PITCH. THIS IS WHY YOU SHOULD WATCH MECH-X4.

The premise: Four boys in high school (later joined by a freaking AWESOME girl) pilot a giant 150 foot robot and fight giant monsters with it. The main character controls the robot because he has a power that lets him control technology and he’s bonded to the robot. GIANT ROBOT FIGHTING GIANT MONSTERS. SUPERPOWERS. I don’t even need to say anything else! You should already be dying to watch it! But that’s only the BEGINNING

If you want a show. About four teenaged boys who are like “bro. bro. I love you and I would die for you and I’m not ashamed about that” THEN THIS IS THE SHOW. The level of PLATONIC LOVE between these kids. It’s EVERYTHING YOU WANT. There are some relationships that start out super strong, there are some relationships where the characters are learning to love each other, it’s just. It’s so good. You will love it. There’s NONE of that “I am Masculine and therefore it is Not Cool to show I care about you.” Nah man. There’s a lot of hugging. Lots of hands on shoulders. HUGGING. GOD. DONT EVEN TOUCH ME I LOVE THIS SHOW

The Highlight of the above aspect is the relationship between the protagonist and his brother. Do you want a really strong and loving brotherly relationship? Then THIS IS THE SHOW FOR YOU. Their relationship is a bit rocky when we first meet them but it gets strong QUICK. Things are awkward between them sometimes as they learn how to show each other they love each other, but THEY LOVE EACH OTHER SO MUCH. Lots of hugging. Lots of them being worried about each other. AAAAAAAA I WOULD LITERALLY DIE FOR THIS SHOW

The show can get intense for a kids’ show too! There’s a dash of implied torture (both torture that was about to happen and torture that actually happened). There’s this whole situation where it’s basically like the protagonist’s mind gets ripped in half. A few devastating betrayals. One of the kids flatlines at one point and everybody cries. That’s not even all of it. It’s wild! It’s a great time!

Do you want some nice HURT/COMFORT? If you’re like me then yeah you do AND THIS IS ALSO THE SHOW FOR YOU. The main character is bonded to the robot so whatever happens to the robot, he feels! NEED I SAY MORE?? Do you want a main character with a pain tolerance high enough to be concerning? Do you want a protagonist who pushes himself to his absolute limits and says “I’m fine I can handle it!” until he literally passes out (like literally passes out)? Seriously it could be like, a drinking game to take a shot every time this protag says “I’m fine.” Do you want those Sweet Sweet Moments where the brother RUSHES to his side like “YOU OKAY BUDDY?” the second he’s able? Who here DOESN’T want that. It’s EVERYTHING you want

The writing is honestly pretty darn good. There are twists and turns that took me by surprise, and I’m definitely older than the target audience. The story is really interesting and every episode has a purpose, so it’s always engaging. The two seasons are basically one big arc so it’s really cool to see how everything grows and connects. There isn’t a single bad episode in my opinion. The show does a really good job of building on itself. Something will happen and you’ll be like “oh that’s WILD that’s SERIOUS” and then something even MORE wild and serious will happen but the things that come before it don’t lose their weight because everything builds on what comes before it. The characters are GREAT, they’re so vividly written and acted (for REAL they got some talented young actors doing this show). They get pretty well developed over the course of the series and are SO likable, I honestly can’t even pick a favorite. And as far as the humor goes, the target audience is probably somewhere around 12 years old so yeah okay that definitely factors in BUT if that doesn’t bother you, I don’t think it takes away from the show and there are actually plenty of jokes that still land even when you’re older than the target audience.

It’s also diverse! 3/4 of the core group of boys are people of color and as I mentioned before a really great female character joins the main group later on. The cool thing about the show is that it doesn’t treat the characters any differently because they’re not white or because they’re girls. So that’s definitely cool for kids who were watching- a black kid could watch this show and see a protagonist who looks like him but is treated the same way that any given white superhero would be. A little girl could watch this show and see a girl just like her who is extremely smart, good with science, and can outwit every single boy she hangs out with. The show is good about being casually “woke”- there are definitely social messages there, but they don’t distract from the plot, they’re just a natural part of the world.

The production quality is also pretty darn good for a network Disney show! The way it was filmed has a very cinematic feel. The sets and filming locations are beautiful. The CGI is better than you’d think it would be considering they were animating some pretty big things. They really pulled out all the stops for this one.

As far as live action Disney XD shows go there seem to be a lot of fans of Lab Rats? So for a point of reference, if you ever watched that and you were like “this could go really hard if it weren’t a sitcom” like if you’ve ever felt like “I want this but without the laugh track” then yeah give Mech-X4 a shot

SO THAT’S MY PITCH. NOW PLEASE. FOR THE LOVE OF GIANT ROBOT MONSTER FIGHTS AND CHILDREN’S PROGRAMMING. WATCH MECH-X4.

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axel auriant, cis-male, he/him. → look out, there’s NIELS O'HERRING. you know, the 22 year old BROTHER of GAMMA PHI EPSILON. you know, i overheard someone say that they were FLIPPANT, FOUL-MOUTHED, WAGGISH and QUICK-WITTED. but that’s just rumours. TURTLENECKS WITH T-SHIRTS, MEANINGLESS TATTOOS, MASKING YOUR EMOTIONS WITH AGGRESSIVE SARCASM come to mind when i think of them. what about you?

“tell me something. did you really put her liver in the mailbox? because i heard they found her liver in the mailbox next to her spleen and her pancreas.”

he’s, like, one-third scandinavian, but born in belfast. raised in the uk, his family moved from ireland to essex when he was six.

his mom’s a huge business lady, dad was an interior designer. his parents divorced when he was thirteen, and two years later he lost his dad in a house fire.

and everything kinda just went downhill from there? niels’ life became a series of unfortunate events, changes that he could do nothing to prevent and this constant feeling of emptiness. niels was a huge daddy’s boy. they bonded a bunch, shared love for film. the loss of his favorite relative was devastating, and living with his mom and her new lover only made things worse.

a year later, when niels is sixteen, his mother marries the new dude and they decide to fuck off to america. of course, homeboy is dragged along, very much against his own will.

they start an illusion of a big, happy family. his mom, this rich prick thomas, his two shit children and then niels. they buy a gigantic house somewhere in seattle and.. that’s just their life from now on.

the two years of high school suck ass and that’s the truth. in between eating lunch in the bathroom stall and attending way-too-wild-for-his-liking parties, niels also finds himself thinking there really, really must be something up with him. now while all of his lads are getting laid somewhere, he gets high on the living room couch, hoping maybe that will help him find all these girls at least slightly… arousing?

has had like two girlfriends, but it was all very forced and way more friendly than romantic. for a while he kinda just assumed he was either asexual or fucked up, but then he developed a lil crush on one of his mates and that was like ??? red flags ??? hello , what !?

had a hard time accepting his sexuality bc.. being gay wasn’t really an option in his household?

was teased by his step siblings and didn’t get along with his step-dad, at all. the mood around the dinner table was always tense. at some point, he stopped coming home until v late, when everyone was asleep.

graduated high school and moved right the fuck out. applied for college in fuckin’ arizona bc he rly jst wanted to get away??  majors in film!! 

became a full on sardonic asshole at the age of 20. that’s when boy decided that nothing rly matters and he can just do things… his way??

personality:

he’s a bitter lil dude, however doesn’t take himself too seriously. sarcastic, blunt, always got this real displeased look on his face? looks like he’s ready for death, but that’s just his resting face, tbh. tad pretentious, but that’s legit all of my muses ever, doesn’t trust easily, bit of an outsider but way more outspoken than he appears.

constantly high. catch him 420 blazing it all round the town, buddies!

got a stupid sense of humor, lots of dumb jokes that don’t rly make sense and sentences that are basically just random words thrown together?? ridiculous, but at least he’s aware of it.

doesn’t like to take stuff seriously and covers up all emotions with uncalled for sarcasm and one-liners that feel absolutely off the bat.

sometimes feels sad but it’s ok cuz he got pills for that. has been on anti-depressants since he was seventeen. sometimes he takes a bit extra and gets bit.. weirder??

majority of the things he does, he does out of spite. likes to think that in the end?? nothing really matters.

love and romance?? never heard of him. basically, has a hard time processing feelings, would rather chop off his fingers than admit to someone that he loves them.

doesn’t stop him from occasional hook-ups, but he really likes to think of those as meaningless.

additional info no one asked for but you’re getting it anyway cause i got high and now i’m fucking babbling. enjoy:

huge horror movie nerd!! he grew up watching friday the 13th and halloween and now he has a bunch of little stick and poke horror movie tattoos. did some of them himself bc guess what? turns out boi can also kinda sorta draw a bit. got a bunch of stupid, drunk tattoos as well lol.

his basic outfit consists of some striped turtleneck and an oversized t-shirt with some mom jeans, mismatched socks and these shoes, i’ve decided.

some of his fav bands are the killers, gorillaz and the ramones.

used to deal drugs for the lols but then got kinda bored of it? still, he knows where to get shit so if u need anything … hit him up. he knows ppl.

i imagine he’s pals with a lot of band kids and lowkey.. would love to be in a band himself but? he can’t play any instruments and singing is a huge no-go. instead he just shoots music videos for the lads!

likes to paint his nails sometimes. usually it’s just two on each hand or smth tho.

looks like the kinda guy who’d think of himself as hella edgy but ?? he rly doesn’t. like, at all.

insomniac.

got this weird british/irish/american accent bc living in different places and talking to bunch of different ppl has messed him up a bit ok.

wcs: pls gimmie some pals, maybe a trouble squad that’s got this kinda like skins/derry girls vibe?? lolol some ex flings, current flings, ppl he gets stoned with, ppl he gets drunk with, ppl he can have a laugh with on the roof at 3 am when neither of them can sleep, film buddies, something angsty, something sad, pls i’m here for it all!

[themapleleafdiaries]

1, 2, 5, 8, 12 for Nayru, 3, 11, 13, 15, 20 for Xaphan, 7, 9, 20, 21, 28 for Alara, 17, 23, 30, 34, 40, 44, 49 for an oc (or ocs) of your choosing! :D

DIS GON GIT LOOOONG

ask meme

Nayru

1 (answered here)

2 (answered here)

05. Are they sexually confident or more of the shy type?

oh, she’s def more sexuallyconfident

08. What is, perhaps, their biggest flaw? Are they aware of this or obliviousto it?

oh geez… the biggestflaw that comes to mind at the moment is that she’s impatient. She gets toorestless sometimes and sometimes gets hurt as a result of her being unable towait patiently. She is aware of this (although she’s not always aware that she’sdoing it) and tries to force herself to be patient

12. Is there some particular talent, skill, or attribute that they simplycould not give up?

she’s good at makingthings. clothes, weapons, armour, jewelry, etc.

Xaphan

03. What would be their favorite physical traitabout themselves?

his hair!

11. What is something that would make your character fly into a rage?

it’s kind of easy topiss him off, but the thing he cares about the most is his family. So, ifsomeone did something to harm his mother or siblings, that person betterfucking RUN.

15. Is there a certain person in this world that they cannot stand? The verymention of this person’s name makes them tremble with anger or fear.

probably his father or maybeUlfric lol

20. Does your character like animals? What are some of their favorite animals?Would they want pets? What about mythological creatures?

yeah, animals are goodin his opinion. He likes cats and eventually develops a liking to dragons also.As for pets, yes! He would definitely want pets! (in fact I have this headcanonthat he rescues a cat from freezing to death in Winterhold and helps nurse itback to health and he brings it home, he and that cat become the best ofbuddies.)

 Alara

07. Is there a catchphrase or sound that they tend to make a lot (likelywithout being aware of it)?

she often says “what” ina way that sounds like she’s quacking like a duck

another one is “awshiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit”

09. Do they have a favorite season? What about a favorite holiday?

she likes autumn! allthose colours!

holidays… hmm.. probablyeither Jester’s Day or any holiday where people get really drunk. drunk peopleare fun to watch and mess with

20. Does your character like animals? What are some of their favorite animals?Would they want pets? What about mythological creatures?

yes, she likes animals!Dogs are her absolute favourite. Dragons come second. Bran is technically herpet, I guess. She wants more pet dogs tho

21. What is one of your character’s biggest fears?How would they react when dealing with this fear?

hmmm I can’t think ofany deeeeeep fears rn but one of her biggest fears is grasshoppers and butterflies.how does she react? RUN AWAY RUN AWAY SCREAMING

28. If your character became a celebrity, what would they be famous for?

‘that little girl thatbreaks into people’s houses and steals shit, puts buckets on sleeping people’s headsand there may or may not be dicks drawn on the buckets’

misc

17. Does your character have dreams of getting married and/or having children?

im gonna answer this onefor Marcus!

oh yeah, he wants to getmarried and have kids. he loves kids

23. What is your character like when it comes to school? What subjects arethey good/bad at? Do they get in trouble a lot or are well behaved?

im gonna answer this forXaphan!

for the College ofWinterhold, Xaph’s good at are the Destruction and Illusion schools of magic.He’s definitely a bit of a troublemaker there… he likes to annoy his fellowstudents and the teachers and play pranks sometimes

30. When it comes to the arts (music, film, theater, etc), what does yourcharacter like?

im gonna do this one forMeera!

Meera def likes music alot! she’s fascinated by different instruments and the sounds they make

34. Does your character have favorite foods? (breakfast, lunch, dinner,dessert, snacks, etc)

i answered this one forNayru! (and I can’t think of any other particular foods that any other of myother ocs like lol)

40. Does your OC have any guilty pleasures they enjoy?Hobbies, past times, music, etc that they wouldn’t want known by others?

Roskva enjoys singingand dancing…when she’s alone, of course!! she gets self-conscious when peopleare around, so she doesn’t like to sing or dance in front of people (horses andother animals don’t count though. she definitely sings to horses)

44. Is there a particular event that would emotionally devastate yourcharacter?

(answered here forNayru!!)

49. What is something that your character has nightmares about? Are thesefrequent? Do they heavily affect your character’s mood?

(answered for Nayru) butim also gonna do Xaphan too

Xaphan has frequentnightmares about his abusive alcoholic father. They usually involve flashbacks.And yes, they affect his mood a lot.