#Like king this is normal fandom behavior

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Happy Werewolf Wednesday, ya'll! We're serving up a big pot of tea tonight so get those cups ready!

Special thanks to Blackbackedjackal and King for their help in putting this together, editing, and especially to Jackal for being so supportive and encouraging. I'm very much not normally the type to do call-out posts, but people need to be aware of Dogblud, as she has hurt, not only myself, but quite a few others as well, and seems to have somehow gotten away with behaving like this for 20-odd years. I'm of the mind she shouldn't be allowed to do so any more, hence this post.

TL;DR - Beware of Dogblud, aka Ashryn, aka DogofBlud, aka ThatDogMagic. Very, very long post under the cut.

With everything happening with DogBlud and Blackbackedjackal's studio, I felt emboldened to come forward with my own experiences with her. This is something I've been carrying around since it happened roughly 2 years ago. It was one of the main reasons that put me off drawing werewolves, my own characters, or engaging any more in the fandom. I've hinted at it a few times but I've never had the energy to come forward and deal with the fall out. I wanted to move on with the rest of my life because IRL was more important than online drama. And I knew her behavior would come back to bite her sooner or later, regardless of what I did. 

It's been very validating to see that I was right.

It was around the time that Blud and I became friends that I was feeling a bit burnt out on werewolves. I'd been trying to pull together my own werewolf-related project for something close to 12 years. The past 4 years had also been pretty draining on me creatively and socially, as it had for a lot of artists with regards to the pandemic. I also had some IRL things I was dealing with: mainly with my marriage and transitioning between medications to manage my anxiety + bipolar.

Unfortunately, I didn't have the foresight to screenshot everything at the time. I do have logs from back when we roleplayed together. There are several conversations in them but because they were saved as text documents, they're pretty dubious in terms of solid evidence. 

It would have been better if I had taken screenshots as it was happening, rather than just saving the logs. With what I *do* have, however, I feel as though it may be enough to make the point that I'm trying to make, and to exhibit how horrible things got.

I'll provide some context.

I had talked with Blud on and off over the years, and we had always gotten along. We had a lot in common and after we had started talking more, our friendship eventually grew into a collaborative project. We were going to combine our stories and write a comic based on it. We had a lot of discussions on how Blud was reticent to do this in the beginning and how she wanted a contract to be made up so that in the event that something *did* happen, we could both walk away feeling like it was handled fairly.

Honestly, I should have listened to the first alarm that went off in my brain, when, in an act of ominous foreboding she said something along the lines of don't be so sure, it could happen. It was in response to me being like "we're getting along so well and share so much of a bond right now. I can't fathom that being a problem!" 

The contract never materialized. It was something we had decided to do *after* we had put together something of a prototype project to see how well we worked together. It made complete sense to me at the time as we were both eager to focus on the fun parts of writing and drawing together.

It was decided that I would be the lead artist (doing coloring and final lines) while Blud would do everything else (which was inking, layouts, and the majority of the writing). The both of us felt that she had more experience in those areas. I also believed that she had a better knack for it as well. I had felt that she had a better understanding of story structure than myself. And I thought that Blud had felt the same way about my art. That I had the experience to take point on that. 

Since I had collaborated with other artists and writers before, I attempted to approach the project with the same sort of professionalism I always do. Especially the projects that I genuinely thought stood a chance of being published in the future. We had started out trying to get a feel for each other's flows and rhythms. I had expected Blud to try and meet me in the middle of where our processes would potentially differ from one another, so that we could develop a fairly smooth workflow.

I had also expected, according to our discussions on the matter, that we would value each other's opinions on things and take them into consideration. We had such good synchronicity already.

In the beginning, there wasn't any unusual behavior that caught my attention. Blud was a bit uncomfortable with trying out new things but I did my best to accommodate her so that our project could move forward without too much turbulence. She had also mentioned to me before that she was autistic, and since my husband is also autistic, I knew how difficult it could be when it came to adapting to new routines. But when it was time for her to deliver the first set of layouts, it wasn't at all what I expected.

What I had expected was something with margins, clearly marked boxes, and figures that I could do rough lines over. I also expected notes that confirmed what we had discussed earlier about the project; that way I knew what she wanted or if there would be any changes. She took offense to this, feeling like I was violating our agreement. Though Blud did try to give me space with regards to the actual art, and while she would offer criticisms here and there, I trusted her opinion as an artist and as a friend. But apparently that didn't go both ways. In fact, Blud seemed to be offended that I expected more from her.

Blud agreed to concede. She suddenly seemed fine with the changes that I had asked for after seeing the layouts. I guess she was feeling overstimulated by the change and I might have been applying too much of a critical tone to her responses to begin with. I have had to deal with rejection sensitivity throughout my life and it's certainly prompted me to approach what people say to me online with a bit of scrutiny (sometimes too much).

And while I was mildly annoyed, although admittedly I was more concerned with Blud's overall reaction to my asking for clarification about several things in the layouts, I let it go. But it seemed like there was a problem. The majority of my ideas were either rejected or outright overridden with Blud convincing me that my faulty memory had made me unable to remember what we had agreed upon. Or that I might have been misremembering in my own favor.

There was one time where we were discussing a monster's design. Blud had already decided to settle on one design that she had come up with, even as I continued to offer other suggestions. The story was to take place in my setting, so I was under the impression that I got to decide what kind of creatures should populate it. The conversation ended somewhat ambiguously. I had assumed that we'd come to a solid conclusion later. 

I came back the next day and it turned out that we were using her design because that was what we had decided on. "Don't you remember? You really need to do something about that faulty memory of yours, Tek. I can't be doing this for you all the time."

At which point, Blud would go back and meticulously scour the conversation until she managed to find a set of lines that would make it seem as though I had 100% agreed. Even when I tried to explain that I had meant something else, she took it as an affront on her inability to understand nuances due to her autism.

I admit that my memory isn't that greatest at times, but I've never had anyone complain about it before. And none of my friends have ever minded providing reminders to me if I did misremember something incorrectly. We all forget stuff at times, right? It's *still* something that I'm self-conscious about because (like a lot of people with ADHD) my memory seems selective at times. This was, apparently, a problem that I needed to manage. 

And even as I'm remembering these incidents to the best of my ability, I've already spent so much time recounting all of this to friends. I feel confident in my recollection. There are some details that may overlap or become entwined with other things, but it all basically tells the same story. Especially in conjunction with what's been said by others. You're free to take it as hearsay since I do not have screenshots to back this up.

I will mention (since I've been told it's something that Blud has taken particular interest in) that at one point, I did have a crush on her. I was having some problems IRL, and it was nice to have someone whom I felt actually understood me. I also felt like I saw a lot of myself in her. I think that, at one point, I did describe her as the kind of "girlfriend" I would want. Blud seemed to indicate the feeling was mutual.

Between our collaborative partnership and all of the details we shared about our lives, it did feel like an intimate relationship at times. I had no intentions of pursuing it. We were not compatible in our romantic and sexual identities, and I had no intention of leaving my current partner for her.

I had begun to notice red flags, even if I wasn't ready to accept them yet.

I've had experience with abusive relationships in the past but they were in person, and not online. I knew what to look out for and yet I was being willfully ignorant about our friendship. I wanted to give Blud the benefit of the doubt. I wanted the project to work *so* badly that I was willing to work with her increasing demands as the months went by.

I had no idea that those demands would change into, quite literal, temper tantrums. It would then trigger my fawning response which was due to an abusive family situation that I had dealt with before I moved to Canada. The tactic was this: concede to someone until there was a time that they either understood reason or I had the chance to use it against them if necessary.

I started to take screenshots. I wish that I had taken a lot more of them so that everyone could get a better idea of what was happening. I did go back and manage to record the majority of the first outburst. It was the first inkling I had that Blud wasn't playing with a full deck of cards. I knew that that would be one of the first conversations that she would promptly delete. And consequently, I was right.

This assortment of screenshots will exhibit the first serious confrontation that Blud had with me. I am absolutely *not* proud of how I handled this. I was literally panicking at the time and doing whatever I could to get her to calm down. Because I have a temper that can look similar to this in person, I knew that I had to wait until the post-tantrum clarity would hit Blud. I tried my best to not lose my own temper in turn but looking back, I feel that I came off as sounding too timid.

I didn't want to ruin this project.

I wanted to make a comic with an individual that I admired and respected as a fellow artist. And, with me not knowing how to respond, my main priority was to not make things any worse than they already were.

Below is the conversation in its entirety:

I had taken this screenshot on my phone after I had stepped away to compose myself. Blud had handled the confrontation and criticism with a reasonable amount of apprehension. But what had not occurred to me was that I could have said something that would remind her of past experiences with a roleplaying group.

It was something that had evidently scarred Blud for life.

I took away the wrong things from what she had told me, choosing to focus on the aspects of the "betrayal" that had appeared to bother her the most. And in hindsight, I did not see the correlation. I was genuinely apologetic that I had hurt her feelings.

But I *will* critique Blud for her poor handling of the situation. Whether or not I had hurt her feelings, no one is entitled to act like this or claim that this is what attempting to resolve a problem should look like.

I wasn't sure on how to initially respond to Blud. It had been ages since I'd had to deal with someone flying off the handle like that.

The following screenshots are where the conversation picked up, after she had already deleted the above message:

We had weathered the "storm" and after Blud calmed down, she was ready to communicate. There was a part of me that was genuinely sincere when I apologized to her. I did mean it when I said that I had no intentions of hurting her and that I hadn't considered how my statement would sound to her.

I had hoped that this had been a stress response due to factors outside of our collaboration. And especially when I took into account how she had interacted with me in the past. I knew that Blud had a lot going on IRL, and that she had already put a considerable amount of energy into this project.

I had taken her meltdown more personally than she could perceive that I would, because this was something that was acceptable to her. She had a "condition" that would absolve her of these abhorrent meltdowns and I needed to get used to them if we were going to continue working on that project together.

I was shaking the entire time we were typing in the chat.

I was sincere in my responses. I really did want to work things out with Blud and give her the benefit of the doubt. I could have been taking the things that she said too personally or maybe I had been reading too much into the situation. Was there a chance that I could have been misreading her outburst? I tried my best to keep an open mind though I was still somewhat baffled by the fact that she would have meltdowns as often as she did.

I confided in my husband and some other friends about the situation. They were also bewildered by Blud's actions.

By this point, I was struggling with the reality that this collaboration was most likely *not* going to work out but I still wanted to try. I still cared about Blud. We would still hang out together and talk about things like music, our characters, or our stories.

While I did have the foresight to go back and screenshot this section, I wasn't fast enough to get screenshots of everything else that I will be going over. Blud *did* admit to going back and deleting certain exchanges due to a mixture of shame; not wanting to look at them when she would scroll through our conversations. 

In retrospect, it was very telling.

And even after that meltdown, I still enjoyed the friendship that I had with her. I kept my guard up but I was willing to make compromises on her behalf if it resulted in better communication between the two of us. Blud made me promise to immediately tell her if I had a problem with something. I also agreed to keep notes of our conversations.

It worked for the most part.

In the end though, it became apparent that Blud wasn't willing to do the same for me (even after we had an extended conversation about it). I then realized that I had been tasked with basically *managing* her autism for her. I was already busy with my supposedly "bad memory" at the time; and Blud was more than ready to scroll back up through our conversations to cherry-pick a line or two of text to remind me of what was said earlier.

Because, for her, circumstances couldn't ever change. If they did, it would mean that Blud had lost control of the situation and that she was in the wrong. She could *not* be in the wrong. 

And if she was in the wrong? It would take solid evidence, three witnesses, and a court of law to prove it.

She had two other major meltdowns after this. I managed to step away from communicating with her through one of them and I don't remember the other meltdown lasting very long. She immediately deleted the texts of both of those instances before I could take screenshots of them.

It seemed like I could do nothing right when it came to Blud, no matter the lengths I would go to accommodate her. I knew that it was a common tactic used by abusers. I finally accepted that our partnership wasn't going to work out and I began thinking about an exit strategy. The final straw was when she began to expect me to be at her beck and call.

I had promised that I would be there for her, within reason, and I was willing to offer reassurances whenever she would ask me for them. The promise had been made back when we had first started to talk to one another with more frequency, before Blud had shown me her true colors. I would end up completely underestimating just how badly she would need reassurance.

To be frank, I underestimated a lot about Blud in the beginning.

I would end up mentioning that I enjoyed my space in several different conversations with her. That there was a chance that I might be offline for several days so I could take care of things IRL and recharge my social batteries. I'm somewhat of a recluse. And an adult who enjoys things that aren't online.

She said that it was fine.

I became incredibly anxious when I would talk to Blud, especially after her somewhat abrupt change in personality.

I then attempted to put my foot down about boundaries and this is what she had to say:

I decided to walk away for a bit and I came back after I had had some time to think things over. This wasn't healthy for either of us. I wrote a couple of sentences to say goodbye to Blud before I blocked her. I knew that my actions would probably infuriate her. She had told me in the past that she *hated* not being able to have the final word... which she was able to do through email:

“And I'm not letting you pretend you have control over the situation, or the high ground. You distinctly have neither. But since you're determined to stick to your 'principles' on this, I've decided to make it easier for you.”

She thought that she was absolved of all sins just because I had said that I would stand by her at her worst. And at the time that I said that, I had no idea that her worst would be her trying everything possible to protect her boundaries while stomping all over mine. It didn't matter what she said or how often she would apologize when I would confront her. She kept doing it.

I admit that I wasn't perfect in this situation either.

There were times when I was condescending, critical, or downright mean when I talked to Blud because that was the way I had felt when she was talking to me. I soon realized that it didn't matter either way. I could have been using the friendliest tone imaginable and she still would have perceived it as either mocking or dismissive on my end. There were even a few times where I would preface my explanations with an advisory “please know that I am not attacking you and try to read this in an understanding tone,”etc. I would then post an explanation I had spent hours picking at to ensure that there was no way she could misinterpret the intent. Even so, she still read the majority of what I said as criticism and would take it to heart.

I never expected Blud to do something that made her uncomfortable; nor did I expect her to overextend herself when it came to our project. I would go out of my way to make sure everything was fine when we would talk about it. I only expected mutual respect in return.

When we would get into discussions (arguments), she would never attempt to understand my point of view or let me explain myself. It would have made it about me when it should have been about Blud and her needs. She sometimes would agree to come to a compromise about something, but only if I would admit that I was in the wrong.

I know that if Blud was to look at these screenshots, she'd be incredulous that I'm trying to distract from the horrible things that *I* did. And those horrible things that I did? I tried my best to work with her.

It wasn't just her poor teamwork that bothered me. It was her attitude and the lack of respect that she showed me. She would never ask me to clarify something that I said; always assuming that it was a criticism against her. I can only speculate that Blud did not want to hear about how any of this was her fault, like in the email she sent me.

I don't know if I was actually her friend at any point. Friends make efforts to understand one another. Ideally, they’d want their friendships to continue, and they would want everyone to be getting along and having fun. She seemed to actively defy that.

I would argue that things like this don't just happen in a vacuum. There's almost always a reason for such things, but it's honestly a mystery to me as to where this vitriol comes from. I don't know why Blud sees monsters in every word, especially if they come from a  "friend". 

I've seen her viscously mock herself during meltdowns; it seems like she hates herself and expects everyone else to hate her too. I think that she wants it to be the truth, so that it validates the feelings she has about herself. The behavior patterns that I'd been exposed to are consistent with the idea that Blud is seeking confirmation about the personal assumptions she has about herself. It's what makes her so volatile to those around her. Yet, she refuses to break the cycle.

I hope that she can make that choice in the future but at this point, I'm not holding my breath.

[blue-mint-winter]

Daemon and Viserys' relationship and their roles in the family - analysis

Psychoanalyzing characters is a common fun past time in fandom and recently I stumbled on a take how Daemon actually wanted to be Viserys' sister and fulfill the role of the king's wife but it couldn't happen, so he lived it out through marrying Rhaenyra.

I vehemently disagree with this interpretation. The relationship between Viserys and Daemon is complicated, but I don't think it's in that way. There's no indication Daemon wants to be a woman. Desire to be respected, trusted, loved and needed by his family, to serve his monarch isn't exclusive to one gender. Daemon's desired role in the family isn't that of his brother's wife. If that was the case he'd be jealous of Aemma and Alicent, not Otto.

First, let's look at the obvious, the basics of the brothers' family situation. Do they look like they were raised normally? Daemon definitely doesn't act like a well-adjusted individual by their society's standards. We need to look for the reasons for his rogue-like behavior.

His mother, Alyssa died, when Daemon was 3 years old and Viserys was 7 years old. A lot of people assume that their father, Baelon, picked up a slack caused by his wife's death and dedicated himself to raising his sons. It's widely assumed that Daemon's loyalty to Viserys is something he was taught by Baelon. However, there's no evidence to support this assumption and plenty suggesting otherwise.

Fire and Blood explains that Baelon was hit so hard by his wife's death that he never remarried. He refused his younger sister's seduction attempt despite being known as a 'lusty lad'. His reaction to his brother's death was also extreme. He burned thousands of men and even after coming back hours or maybe days later (we don't know how much time it took, but it wasn't a short flight from Tarth back to Kings Landing) he still was so emotional and openly grieving that he publicly cried in his mother's arms.

Losing the love of his life must have affected him even more deeply than losing his brother. Am I supposed to believe this perpetually mourning widower had the faculties to pay close attention to his 2 young sons and their needs? Especially after he became heir and Prince of Dragonstone, taking on all these new duties that undoubtedly took up most of his time?

It's pretty telling that Fire and Blood DOESN'T say anything about Baelon's relationship with his sons despite the fact he is the father of a king and the famous Rogue Prince who both continued the dynasty. There's no mention of them doing anything with their father, nothing about any father-son bonding activities. Even when Daemon received Dark Sister, it was from king Jaehaerys, not Baelon, the previous wielder of the sword. Baelon's relevancy ends with his death which allows Otto to become the Hand and leads to the Great Council in Harrenhal. When Baelon dies, the one who is sitting with him and holding his hand isn't one of his sons, but Jaehaerys, who also lights his funeral pyre. Baelon is never mentioned again in the context of his sons and how he possibly affected them. What's more, both Viserys and Daemon never talk about him in both the book and the show. It's like for them, Baelon might not have existed. They're beings separate from him. Viserys' overdependence on Otto as his Hand can be seen as another sign that Baelon didn't spend much time with his son to teach him about being the king.

All of the above points to one conclusion - Baelon had a minimal role in the raising of his sons. It doesn't mean that they lacked filial piety as both brothers honored their father by naming a child after him (Baelon and Baela), however it seems likely that Baelon was an absent father. Alyssa's death effectively orphaned both sons, taking their father away as well in a functional sense.

In such circumstances it seems natural that Viserys as the older brother became Daemon's parental figure. With Baelon lost in his grief and later occupied with his duties as the heir, the boys only had each other as the closest family. Their extended family lacked any adults willing and capable of properly looking after them. As the result, Viserys was the one raising Daemon.

Viserys being Daemon's father figure explains a lot about them. Daemon being his heir affirms this relationship. He doesn't want to be replaced in Viserys' heart by actual sons but Rhaenyra as a daughter isn't a threat to him in that sense. Viserys on the other hand treats Daemon more like a child than a brother (sending him away to Runestone as a punishment for misbehavior - like a parent sending a misbehaving child to stand in the quiet corner of the room). He doesn't think of Daemon as an equal or someone he can rely on for help. Why? Because from the beginning Viserys was taking care of Daemon, was responsible for him. Daemon's refusal to cut the umbilical cord and start his own family with Rhea Royce, instead choosing to stay dependant on his brother, must have been perplexing to Viserys, because he raised Daemon, but he doesn't actually regard him as his son. And this is the root cause of their conflict with each other - Daemon feels like Viserys is his parent and wants to be treated accordingly as a son, but Viserys sees him only as an irresponsible little brother that he always has to clean up after.

What's more, Viserys wants Daemon to act as an ideal brother to him - be responsible, dutiful, supportive and obedient, but Daemon refusing to do his duties as expected of him makes him unreliable in Viserys' eyes and unfit to be his heir. Which means that Daemon rejecting Rhea and clinging to the title of heir because he wants to fill the role of Viserys' son has the opposite effect - his actions prove that he can't be the heir/brother that Viserys desires (compare with Rhaenyra who complies with the arranged marriage to Laenor which she didn't want and does her duty to birth heirs to the best of her abilities, which satisfies Viserys' requirements for his heir).

Daemon pursues the role of Viserys' son and in this context his marriage to Rhaenyra makes perfect sense. By being Viserys' daughter, she's metaphorically Daemon's sister that he should marry as the 'son' according to the tradition of House Targaryen. She's the heir directly descended from Viserys that Daemon can't be and Daemon is the son she can't be. Thanks to marrying Rhaenyra Daemon becomes Viserys' son in law, the closest he can get to making his role as the 'son' official.

What's more, as the result of his complicated relationship with Viserys, Daemon strived to do better as a father to sons that weren't of his blood. He accepted Rhaenyra's Velaryon sons and raised them as his own, upholding their claim to the throne over his biological sons. He betrothed his daughters to Jace and Luke, who were only their cousins, not Aegon III and Viserys II, their full-blooded brothers. Baela and Rhaena were only 4 years older than Aegon, so the age gap wasn't a big issue. Though it seems Daemon and Rhaenyra planned to have more children to provide sisterwives to their sons (Visenya's conception would suggest that).

The betrothal wasn't just political. It showed that Daemon fully accepted Jace and Luke as his sons by giving them his daughters' hands in marriage - which is something that Viserys refused to do for Daemon. Jace's actions during the war suggest that he was taught by Daemon about politics and strategy. Daemon's reaction to Lucerys' death is to arrange a terrible vengeance on the Greens. Also, the third son, Joffrey, resembles Daemon the most from the Velaryon boys - a spare son who lost one parent at the age of 3 (just like Daemon who might have seen himself in the boy), he wanted to be a knight and prove himself in battle, loved dragons and tried to save them, swore a terrible oath of vengeance for Luke's death, was even sent to the Vale for a time (to Gulltown) and was entered into a political betrothal (with a Manderly girl). All of the above proves that Daemon spent time with all three Velaryon boys, fulfilling the duties of their father and becoming their role model (in the TV show it's only expressed through Jace who is constantly asking after Daemon and emulating him in his dress and bearing).

Viserys as a father is another topic worth looking into in the context of his youth. The first thing that comes to mind about him is that he was a great dad to his daughters, Rhaenyra and Helaena. He made Rhaenyra his heir and always defended her claim and her sons, only once threatening to take the position away from her when she opposed doing the heir's duty by marrying Laenor. Helaena had a custom of visiting Viserys with her children in the evenings for bedtime stories, which proves she had a close relationship with her father (there is only one example of her visiting, before Viserys' death, but she did the same with Alicent, so it had to be a routine for her to bring the children to their grandparents).

On the other hand, Viserys isn't much of a father to his sons. He was raising Daemon while being a child himself and the effects were mixed and rather unsatisfactory to Viserys. Daemon was Viserys' first practice at being a father to a boy. Later, with his actual sons - Aegon II, Aemond and Daeron - Viserys seems absent, neglectful and disinterested in raising them or even interacting with them. It couldn't be just because of his illness, which in the books only got bad in the last few months of his life. Viserys had time for Helaena, but his sons act fatherless and Daeron is even sent away to be raised by his mother's family.

Why is Viserys good with raising girls but not boys? I think once again we need to look at his early years to find the cause. It's very likely Viserys treated his sons similarly to how his own father, Baelon, treated him. Just like there's no mention of Baelon doing any bonding with his sons, the same is true of Viserys. Viserys once made a jibe that Aemond could claim a dragon on Dragonstone "if the lad is bold enough" which stung Aemond and pushed him to claim Vhagar. It's possible similar circumstances led to Viserys claiming Balerion in his youth and so the history (or rather just story) made a full circle.

However, the first girl Viserys raised wasn't Rhaenyra. It was Aemma. Viserys married Aemma when he was 18 and she was 11. It means that a preteen girl, still a child, was put under his care. Aemma was separated from her family and father in Eyrie and became Viserys' sole responsibility as his wife. In addition, it's not stated if this separation occurred at the time of marriage or even earlier. If they had a formal betrothal first, she could have been placed under Viserys' influence at an even younger age. In any case, it's undeniable that logically, for the lack of other capable candidates to fulfill the father's role in Aemma's life, Viserys had to be the one who did it and raised Aemma through her teenage years. His positive relationship with Aemma then influenced his ability and interest in being a father to his real daughters.

As the last point in this longish commentary, it's pretty interesting that it's not just Daemon who uses the son in law route to become a son to his chosen father figure. Doesn't Viserys do the same when he decides to marry Alicent? He then becomes Otto's son in law. Young Viserys' need for guidance of his Hand in his early years as the king makes it possible that he saw Otto as a father figure that he sorely lacked. Even after dismissing him for the insistence to change the succession, Viserys forgave Otto and brought him back, then trusted him to run the kingdom as Viserys' health deteriorated. Maybe I am reading too much into this relationship or maybe it was just very one-sided on Viserys' side. I don't see the same affection for Viserys in Otto who left Viserys' corpse to rot and betrayed his will with the usurpation. It seems Otto simply manipulated Viserys from the start for his own gain, to stay in power.

It looks like Daemon after being rejected by Viserys also sought a replacement father figure and gravitated towards Corlys, eventually becoming his son in law by marrying Laena. Anyway, it's an interesting mechanism for men to marry in order to become sons in law to their father figures. Or Daemon betrothing Jace and Luke to his daughters to make them his sons in law.

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Thanks for reading, I hope this was interesting and clear enough. This was a pretty spur of the moment analysis. Next time I plan a topic related to TWOIAF :)

[nikethestatue]

Sometimes, when I step out of this fandom, and into the real world, I remember how things SHOULD be and how we've been programmed to just accept complete and utter BS within the ACOTAR fandom and pretend like it's 'normal'.

Case in point: in what other fandom is it acceptable, and even encouraged to trawl through 15 UNRELATED books, select words or sentences, and THEN try to convince everyone that your ship is shipping because of these random words in unrelated books by the same author.

When a ship is so dead and non-existent, that you need to go and try to pick out completely different couples and circumstances, in different series, so you could proudly proclaim your findings and state, 'look, 'spark' here is used for this couple! Granted, the couple that I want to happen have absolutely NOTHING in common with this other couple, and the story is different and that couple had 3 books of build up, laughter, adventures, deaths, and trials, and my couple has none of this, but 'spark'...It must be therefore, the same!'

Is this not the craziest fucking thing ever?

And, yet, here we are, just standing around, holding our dicks, pretending like this is normal????

If you've been following me for a while, you know I like Zodiac Academy. But in what fucking world would anyone who, say, randomly, shipped Darcy and Xavier, think to go and open up Kings of Quarantine, or the Harlequin Crew, or even something like Ruthless Boys of the Zodiac, start highlighting words, and then declare 'well, surely Darcy and Xavier are endgame! Because on page 382 of Dead Man's Isle, the words glitter dick was used! So that's obviously breadcrumbs and foreshadowing!' All the while reading about Darcy and Orion and them falling in love, but totally ignoring all of that and being convinced that Darcy and Xavier are destined to be together.

Maybe, as we are coming closer to the end of it all, we need to stop normalizing ridiculous behavior and stop taking any of it seriously?

Just because it's on IG or TikTok, doesn't mean it has any credence to it. Just because someone with a big following said it, doesn't mean it's even remotely correct.

Because ultimately, the only thing that matters are SJM's words on page. The stuff that SHE came up with and wrote down and published.

What the hell happened to us? Why are we still buying into crazy ramblings of randos on the internet?

[luv-lock]

Fandoms that are so unhinged and cringe that I would never be a part of even though I enjoy the anime/show/game:

1. My Hero Academia

Honestly, what is wrong with these people? Are y’all okay? Do you need help? Therapy? Exorcism? This was a great anime and an even better manga, but the fandom? Dead on arrival. Like, no amount of CPR can bring this back to life because the fandom turned it into a circus of cringe. The fanfics? Absolute war crimes against the English language. The shipping wars? God-tier delusional. Y’all turned Deku into some uwu soft boy who cries over stepping on ants. This fandom could have had it all, but instead, they went off the rails and nuked the whole vibe.

2. House of the Dragon

Let me just say it: y’all can’t tell the difference between fiction and reality. Like, are you okay? Blink twice if you need help. These people have turned liking Team Green or Team Black into a blood feud. They call Green fans RAPISTS. Yeah, you read that right. Someone out there is foaming at the mouth because you thought Alicent Hightower was in the right for .2 seconds. They harass actors like they personally stormed King’s Landing and burned their village. Y’all bullied actors so bad they had to dip off the internet. Meanwhile, the rest of us are just trying to watch dragons burn people. Chill.

3. Twisted Wonderland

Oh, boy. This one’s personal. I’ve been harassed, stalked, and attacked by these clowns in my first ever blog. Why? Because I wrote a straight fic and didn’t make it for a male reader. Yeah, you read that right. Straight fic. Suddenly, I’m Satan. They sent death threats, stalked me, reported my fic—like, go outside and touch some grass. The entitlement is insane. Sorry I didn’t cater to your every whim, my liege. Get a hobby. Oh wait, you do have one: bullying creators for free content. Imagine if they put this energy into, I don’t know, being normal.

4. Genshin Impact

This one’s tricky. On the surface, pretty chill. You like the game, I like the game, we all simp for pixelated characters—it’s cool, right? WRONG. The second you express a straight ship? You’re done. Canceled. Booted out of the fandom. Like, y’all do know this is a Chinese game, right? Where straight relationships are literally baked into the culture? But noooo, apparently every character has to be gay or you’re committing some kind of fandom sin. And don’t even get me started on how they harass artists over anything. “Oh no, their art style doesn’t fit my headcanon, time to ruin their life!” Calm down, Picasso.

5. Honkai Star Rail

Another “chill on the surface” fandom, but scratch a little deeper, and it’s chaos. They will romanticize slavery for their ships. Like, excuse me? What kind of unhinged behavior is this? And don’t even get me started on their logic for calling characters gay. “Oh, she wore purple eyeshadow once, so that means she’s a lesbian. It’s canon now.” HUH? Since when does makeup mean sexual orientation? Y’all are doing the most for the least.

[shall-we-die]

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↬|Gojo|

No, never. He’d never do anything bad to his darling, aside from, you know, *kidnapping.* He’d never lay a hand on you unless he was absolutely *certain* you weren’t gonna try anything and run away from him, or if you really deserved it. Even then, he probably wouldn’t do it. Gojo wouldn’t ever do anything truly bad to you, like beat you or something. He’d always treat you like a fragile little doll and would take great care of you.

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↬|Geto|

It depends. He isn't the type who hurts or does anything bad to them physically, but he can emotionally damage them. In his mindset, he thinks what he does is best for them. For example, isolating them from their friends and family so that he can have them all to himself.

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↬|Nanami|

As for this I feel like it depends on his yandere-level. There's a difference between a normal yandere and an extreme yandere. As a normal yandere, he is likely to only hurt his s/o emotionally, like through mind games or manipulation. He would not physical hurt them. But if he is an extreme yandere, then his view is probably more twisted. In this case, I think he would hurt his s/o

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↬|Sukuna|

Yes, Sukuna is definitely a yandere type of character. And being the King of Curses, he wouldn't shy away from hurting his s/o. What did you expect?

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↬|Megumi|

It is possible that Megumi would hurt his s/o, but it would likely be only in extreme circumstances and would be done out of a twisted sense of protection or love. He would not physically harm his s/o lightly. However, he would likely use emotional manipulation or mind games to keep control over them, and might even use violence to force them to stay with him if he felt it was necessary.

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↬|Itadori|

Yuji might hurt his s/o if he's unhinged and has severe attachment issues, he may resort to physically or psychologically harming them to make sure they don't leave him and stay with him no matter what. However, if he's a more gentle yandere, he would never physically hurt his partner but still manipulate and control them. In milder cases, he'd inflict emotional pain and use other tactics to keep the s/o in the relationship.

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↬|Inumaki|

He is unlikely to physically hurt his s/o. His obsession and possessiveness would center around keeping them close and under his control, rather than causing physical pain or harm. However, he may use manipulative tactics, emotional blackmail, or even his cursed speech to bend his s/o to his will. It would be an unconventional and coercive form of abuse rather than physical violence.

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[yourbloodysunrise]

I saw your blog and I absolutely love how you put it together! It looks so neat! And you do yandere! If you can Yandere King Dice x uninterested reader?

The confident Dice finally meets someone who’s caught his interest but unfortunately they know how notorious this guy is and avoid him at all costs. Reader is witty and strong willed not the type to be intimidated by anyone. The fact that reader keeps rejecting Dice’s advances makes him want them more.

Also it would be pretty funny if Dice’s underlings come to reader and BEG them to just date him cause this man is losing his mind over them. Even the Devil is exhausted with his right hands behavior and might try to make a deal with reader.

This can be either a one shot or hc whichever you feel fits best. - 🔪

🌤️ — I remember the times when I was the biggest fan of King Dice, and I always tried to find some Yan!King Dice content...well, enjoy!

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❝ I'm in love with you, if you don't feel the same - the love will become an obsession. ❞

— FANDOM: CUPHEAD.

— PAIRING: YANDERE!KING DICE x READER, WHO IS UNINTERESTED.

— ROMANTIC.

— HCS.

— TW: BAD ENGLISH, BAD GRAMMAR, OOC, KING DICE IS WEIRDO, YANDERE BEHAVIOR, OBSESSED BEHAVIOR, MENTION OF VIOLENCE, KIDNAPPING MENTION.

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☆ ┈ King Dice as yandere..terrible. Very.

☆ ┈ This guy has no problem with others attention. He knows how to turn people's heads, so he has a lot of options, but usually he's not interested in people who show affection for him at all.

☆ ┈ You are a regular visitor to the casino. Dice's been looking at you for a while. You have a pretty face, and by nature you are not some kind of fool, but an alluring, interesting person.

☆ ┈ Of course, you should be interested in him! Why not? King Dice believes that the best way to win you over is to present himself to you in his best form.

— "Ah, [Y/N], my dear! It's good to see you here again. It's been a while since you've been here..Can I borrow a minute of your time?"

☆ ┈ However, to his incomprehension, it doesn't work..

☆ ┈ All you do is give him looks that don't express any interest, and constantly find excuses to avoid him.

☆ ┈ It confuses him because he's sure he's good-looking and you just have no reason to give up on him.

☆ ┈ King Dice will try to talk to you normally a few more times, hoping to persuade you to go on a date, but to his disappointment, you leave him every time.

☆ ┈ For him, it becomes like a challenge for himself, to win your attention. You're probably just playing hard to get...But he knows how to deal with them.

☆ ┈ He's really obsessive, clingy and controling yandere. If you catch his eye, he turns all his attention to you. Sometimes the Devil is annoyed by this, because instead of luring the souls of idiots with gambling, he is busy chatting with you.

☆ ┈ King Dice knows how to charm others, so skillful manipulation is no stranger to him. It's hard to fool you, but you might not even notice that you're doing exactly what he wants you to do.

☆ ┈ When he doesn't get your attention, he gets mad as hell. You feel like you're on a knife's edge when his eyes light up with a bright green color and he just looks at you with a gloomy face.

☆ ┈ He can spend hours complaining to other employees about you and how you ignore him, often with alcohol, although not to the point where he gets drunk, he wants to keep control of himself.

☆ ┈ He thinks he has to stand out and show himself in front of you, and then maybe you realize what you're missing.

☆ ┈ He should always come first, no matter what it is. In the first place for you, often showing off.

☆ ┈ Rivals? Pft, Dice has no rivals! Obviously, he's the best option.

☆ ┈ ..The most pleasant way for him is to roll these assholes in false promises, and then deftly get their soul for the Devil.

☆ ┈ He tries not to do this in front of you so that you don't think anything bad about him, but even if you find out about it, he has enough experience to prove that he didn't cheat in the game.

☆ ┈ (hell yes he did)

☆ ┈ King Dice doesn't want to get his hands dirty, so if he really wants someone to suffer, he still has other casino employees who report to him.

☆ ┈ Knowing his personality, he has experience in relationships, and he is absolutely ready to use it in your relationship. (the future, of course, at least he wants to think so)

☆ ┈ Dice itself will eventually not notice how the challenge will turn into a need. He's already tired of these games of yours, why can't you just accept him.

☆ ┈ You're not a trophy for him, and he doesn't even like the idea of a challenge anymore. He just wants your attention.

☆ ┈ Flirts a hell of a lot. Literally with every dialogue, he showers you with compliments, even if they are subtle.

☆ ┈ He tries to entice you with gifts, and luxurious ones, both in public, at the casino, and on your doorstep. It's better not to know how he got your address, or how he found out what you like...

☆ ┈ King Dice says he hasn't fallen so low as to haunt you yet, but he has. He doesn't have much free time, so he just sends his people to keep an eye on you, he has eyes and ears almost everywhere.

☆ ┈ Sometimes, maybe he'll hang out in places where he knows you'll be, but rarely. He doesn't want to seem THAT creepy.

☆ ┈ Initially, he didn't bother much, wanting to preserve his image in front of others, he wouldn't be pathetic enough to despair so much about it, but after a month or two, he would definitely begin to doubt it.

☆ ┈ The people around him notice it. No, not casino patrons, from whose empty minds Dice's disturbing obsession is hidden. The devil and other workers.

☆ ┈ Some of them just notice it but doesn't try to stop him, like Mr. Wheezy, someone doesn't care, and someone starts to worry about it, like maybe Pirouletta.

☆ ┈ King Dice always manages to convince them that it's for a purpose, not just because he's a little bit..obsessed with you.

☆ ┈ A kidnapping? Maybe, but in an even worse way. The Devil couldn't help but notice the attention of his right hand on this inconspicuous little man hanging around his casino.

☆ ┈ Why are Dice so interested in you? The Devil has no idea, and he doesn't care, let's be honest. However, when he sees King Dice leave his job to come to you, he understands that this will not go away.

☆ ┈ Your soul can be obtained either through a game or literally by deception. Tons of lies and threats pour into your ears, and you won't notice how a contract appears in front of your face, showing that you no longer possess your soul.

☆ ┈ King Dice will make sure that the Devil voluntarily gives you to him instead of a pile of torments. You will be locked in a room that looks more like a golden cage, and he will always be with you.

☆ ┈ Continuously parodies romantic acts, such as kissing and other attempts to show love to a partner.

☆ ┈ You have three options: either you steal the contract with your soul and escape, or accept your fate, or a kind of war will begin between you and Dice, where the one who can resist the enemy longer will win.

— "What's with that sour face? Put on your face a smile, honey, being in my arms isn't that bad."

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🌤️ — "it's just a dice" YEAH BUT-

🌤️ — okay I think you all understood that I like King Dice lol)) ahh, hope you like it, have a good day 💜

[pixiecactus]

idk if this is very relevant buuuut i noticed that in adwd several times, theon equates arya's features with wf. the grey of her eyes, it's grey like wf. ned's looks. and he even wonders if anyone will notice jeyne's eyes. so, textually, there's this extra emphasis on arya's looks that's meant to reveal the charade around jeyne poole, but it also keeps hammering that it's important in some way. GRRM is so obsessed with the distinctive "stark look." and arya is conveniently the only one who can pass, so i assume that means something. i also noticed that a lot of the other houses operated this way as well, deliberately assigned to each house with specifics colors and stuff. and keeping it when the tendency would be for it not to exist anymore, then I'm inclined to believe it's an active choice that george keeps making and emphasizing for reasons n i don't think he's going to let it end imo.  it's a fictional universe, and a lot of things don't make sense in our real world. however, he seems to have set the rules when he makes the tully genes so strong against the stark, leaving arya was the only one. and also why baratheon seed is so strong and suppresses every color within itself. the stark looks maybe must also represent the behavior/wolf blood. it's been hundreds of years since this appearance was preserved. to the point where people are able to recognize a stark automatically from distance. so it must be very relevant plotwise. If it weren't, multiple families especially wouldn't be able to preserve theirs aesthetics for generations, so yeah, feels like george really put some effort into it. to me, this ends up being an interesting point cuz i think arya is being positioned as a "true stark" and perhaps the heir. i know it sucks in a shipping sense i'm kinda sad too, but lady of winterfell slaps so hard. and this hypothesis that anon presented gives me more hope sorry if it sounds nonsense but it's late here lmao

another thing that has always been on my mind that could arise suspicions of jeyne poole not being the real arya stark is her age, like there has to be someone alive to know or remember that ned's younger daughter was only 9 when they left for king's landing, and then suddenly they are presented with a 13/14-year-old girl with the incorrect eye color who doesn't even have the stark look.

(i think that it's more probable that jeyne gets labeled as a fake because of any of those things than having someone recognize her for being vayon poole's daughter)

i've been thinking that arya being the only child of catelyn tully that has the stark look has to mean something else than another reason for arya to feel alienated from her other "true-born" siblings, and if we go with the wishful thinking that when jon gets brought back from the dead, his appearance changes a bit, i don't think that he's going to get the whole lady stoneheart treatment, with his appearance being completely different from before, but i really dig the idea of jon having white hair from now on even if they are just streaks on his normal hair, so if that happens, then that leaves arya as the only one with the recognizable stark look.

i think that on a larger scale, this fandom sees these positions of "lord" and "lady" followed by "king" and "queen" as a reward for their faves to have. i've seen people saying that their fave has suffered the most, so they deserve to have this over other people who are more suitable for the job, and i only think that if we follow that metric, so the positions of power are given to the people that have suffered the most, then i don't know... shouldn't theon and jeyne poole be king and queen of westeros, or anyone from the smallfolk for the matter?

these positions of power that reign westeros should be seen for what they are, in my opinion, a stressful work position, if you are interested in doing things right by the people who are under your charge, which most of them are part of the smallfolk, you know.

that's why i love dany, not really because i like the line of thought that is actually her birthright (i mean... daenerys getting to be queen of westeros would have robert baratheon rolling in his dirty grave, and i love that!!) but rather, i want to focus on the fact that currently, of all the people that want to have the throne, daenerys is the only one that is actually putting in the work to make people's lives better.

it's really frustrating that people that don't really have an interest in arya as a character and the actual themes that exist in her story go out and say how arya as a character is supposed to reject how nobility actually works and how it makes so much sense that arya will fuck off from westeros altogether in an adventure... i guess the other thing that they say is how arya is supposed to work outside the system, and the fallacy i see in that reasoning is... okay, so you're saying that the system that currently reigns westeros is going to stay the same, without any change to it, and the smallfolk is going to be fucked over by nobility forever and ever, yeah, sorry i don't agree.

i don't think that the series is going to end as "oh my god, they successfully brought down the monarchy system, and now they are a democratic nation!" let's be realistic for a second. i think there will be changes implemented to the system, but there's not going to be any kind of replication of the french revolution happening in westeros, at least in the books we have left in the series.

and for any kind of changes happening to the system to be successful, there is a need to have people that actually care for the well-being of others (aka the smallfolk) in a position of power. and there is where arya stark of winterfell is the perfect candidate for this! alongside jon snow and bran stark... oh look at that!! they are the other two characters from the stark faction alongside our girl arya to be three out of five key characters in the story.

i guess that people don't want to understand that arya is not selfish and deeply cares for others no matter where they came from and their place in society, and if she was given the chance to help them holding the position of lady of winterfell she would gladly take the offer, and afterall, she has always been ambicious (also i think that the arya that is going to come back to westeros is going to have a better self-esteem in place, i can see a set back happening when she meets her sister again, if said sister still maintains her classist and sexist ways that obviously clash with who arya is as a person, but i think that she's going to have people that actually care about her around as a support system)

thank you so much for your ask!! oh god, it really sucks for gendrya and for me because gendry is my number 1 pick for arya as a romantic partner. also i'm so sorry that it took me more than one month and a half to answer, so so sorry!! i think that i regressed to the point where i really suck at writing in english and that makes me second guess myself a lot more with these responses, but that's on me.

[tetsunabouquet]

hi :) ok, just watching shaman king 2021 in 2024 recently so the fandom seems gone LOL and I have doubts thanks to the spin-offs. in shaman king marcos; marco was shy and victim of bullying and luchist saw good in him, adopted him and gave him a happy childhood (luchist doesn't seem an abuser) so how a shy bullied kid became a violent abuser adult? luchist said he was disciplined? does it means marco hit kids for not doing homework?

hao used to be good and became bad later in life, so can't stop thinking marco became bad 'cause of his hate for hao and his wish to get revenge, hate changes people. maybe he started abusing kids in search of the perfect weapon to kill hao and found it in jeanne, plus, living a big lie without nobody to share with, it must have driven mad, he lost it when yoh said he was the leader. so he was well aware of his lie.

hao wasn't a murderer, pain and human idiocy changed him.

and it may explain why luchist abandoned marco? luchist always wanted to join hao, but created x laws for marco, he was supposed to be a great father and left his son suddenly, maybe he couldn't see how bad marco became and couldn't kill him.

ren and chocolove did bad things and changed to good, so good people can change to bad. tamao changed too, she used to be shy and kind, now does she hit hana?

sorry, I'm just late to the party, 3 years late LOL not sure whether to watch shaman king flowers, it seems canceled and don't want to be in cliffhanger and have to wait 20 years more.

thanks for replying to my annoying questions LOL

Hao and Marco's childhoods are incomparable so they don't make for good comparisons. Hating someone with a burning passion doesn't suddenly turns people into (child) abusers. Sure it corrupts people, but corruption only ever shows what was already under someone's surface. With the attitude of the church at this time, it is very likely that Marco already picked up that behavior far before Hao came around. Hao was very much a murderer! He killed people, humans and shamans alike. That's the very definition of a murderer. Pain and trauma which isn't idiocy had twisted him into a murderer. A sobby backstory doesn't excuses away that he as someone who is mentally an adult throughout the entire story, killed plenty of innocents.

Ren, Joco and even the Shaft gang hadn't reached psychological maturity and never knew any better which is why I don't consider them the same as Hao. Adults should know better, and Hao still performed heinous crimes. You do know of Tamao's her arc into becoming a legendary gangster in her teens is one of the things Takei hasn't expanded upon, right? She and Ryu alike are probably more accustomed to tough love then gentle love. Yoh's dad literally slapped children, have you forgotten about that? We do have to take into account that corporal punishment is still much more common in Japan as it is in the West. It's more normalized over there as about 70% of Japanese children still get spanked at home. We do have to take account how certain cultures and time periods in Marco's case, normalize child abuse. It doesn't make it right, but at this point with the numerous examples we have seen, it's very clear that Takei himself is amongst those who believe in abusing children which is one of my issues with the franchise. PS: Whilst the 2021 is superior in terms of following the manga, I've been part of the fandom since the original anime aired. The Shaman King fandom has pretty much always been comatose. Welcome to the club. PPS: Also, Shaman King Flowers the anime was literally released in January in Japan....

[thenarutofandomismentallyill]

Bitches in the naruto fandom be like (part 3 )

"Kishimoto wanted to write a story where sasuke starts a revolution and changes the shinobi system once and for all. The editors interfered tho"

But some others are like:

"Kishimoto is a pos for treating Sasuke like this and giving him no justice"

Well, those are just random ass things people say in this fandom, for justifying bad writing.

You can tell in reality ,that kishi was throwing things at the wall trying to give a new 'purpose' to his fave character, Sasuke (while negleting everyone else,nice writing skills kishi).

Sasuke only made a lick of sense in part 1, as much I can't stand him..I give him a pass there he was a kid.

Part 2? Hes biggest bitch around the block! He's a boring,non reactionary character: everything happens and he's builded around him and only for him, for giving some reasoning to his stupid behavior. Look at danzo,he only exist for making him look good,danzo is not a character he's a tool for sasuke fake devolopment. Many things in this story are,the massacre was another one it's not about justice, it's just mediocre story telling.

Sasuke fanboys are stupid enough to think that their revolutionary king was the only one 'understanding' how baaad the shinobi system was,when he just does that cause kishi allowed him to,shaping and manipulating the plot for him only. Do you think the slaves in the hyuga clan,for example, would've had the possibility to leave that village as easily as sasuke did or rebel randomly? Do we see the truth about the uchiha clan being shared with anyone (and their pov on the topic), aside sloppy ass Sasuke,Naruto and kakashi? No, he was just a dumb writing choice for building the conflict between the 2 mcs and have a reconciliation in the end.

Miss me with the political analyzation that people do on this story,kishi wasn't thinking about any of that,its obvious! He can't write a normal friendship , you think he can write compelling political issues? Lol

[daeneryscel]

it’s hard to take some individuals seriously on this app (or ANY social media app since they use the same talking points that can be disproved with a quick google search or idk OPENING THE BOOK) when they go on and on and on about how the series as a whole is only about ‘feudalism BAD’ which YES it is but this is a fictional f a n t a s y series and deliberately choosing to ignore that grrm is known for using his work to critique multiple points of interest and maybe, just maybe, he can critique the monarchy and still bring up other talking points; like how rhaenyra was usurped due to misogyny (it’s also weird the number of people that don’t seem to care about grrm creating the amethyst empress and the bloodstone emperor as direct parallels to rhaenyra and aegon and how each event affects the world of asoiaf but whatever).

it’s ridiculous to claim you’re team green (which means you want aegon to be king, not that you like tg characters) and in response to those on the other side try to take the ‘moral high ground’ by ONLY mentioning how the monarchy is bad when rhaenyra, a potential female ruler, is involved (which is a bit on the nose, don’t you think?) stanning team green and being anti targaryen is almost point blank the definition of hypocrisy. trying to claim you support them bc they were being neglected/abused (even though most of the abuse came directly from their mother and grandfather) which apparently gives them the ‘right’ to steal the throne, or the use of andal tradition (not law) as a way to demean rhaenyra’s position as heir, or even how they only want what’s ’best’ for the realm and aegon is that; despite how he very much would have been aegon the unworthy before we even made it to aegon iv’s generation; and no, you can’t use ‘he had a better council!’ when he fired anyone who didn’t immediately give him what he wants i.e. removing otto as hand bc of him not wanting to resort completely to bloodshed during the dance.

so feudalism is fine if it benefits alicent? aegon? aemond? but i thought all targaryen’s are evil and should go extinct? and aren’t alicent’s children TARGARYENS? so by spreading anti targaryen rhetoric you should be happy that the green’s entire bloodline was wiped out, right? it’s normal to like/dislike certain characters but to state that an entire house should be obliterated whilst liking the characters that exacerbate the worst traits of said house (or are enablers of said behavior) is especially rich, and would really be downright hilarious if it didn’t showcase how insincere and sanctimonious some can be in this fandom. stop constantly moving the goalpost and just admit that your views contradict one another regularly, it would make it a million times easier to engage with you.

[astral-space-dragon]

The thing you said about LIR is literally my thoughts. I don't have a problem if people create a whole new OC to be Nero's mom but pulling up misinformation from nowhere and believe it to be canon is so crazy to me. "Vergil watched LIR died so he did what he did!" "We got an official information about what Nero's mom look like!" "Bury the light is about Vergil love for-" WHERE DOES THAT EVEN COME FROM???

Oh, exactly and same thoughts.

I'm personally neutral on the concept of LiR (and I don't have an LiR OC) and a lot of what people come up with are pretty creative! Adorable a lot of times when soft!Vergil is added to the equation.

But until Capcom themselves confirms or denies that the random background character is who people are hoping she is, all of the LiR in art, fics, and such is (technically) just an OC. And I personally don't see Capcom doing that either any time soon, mainly because they have a bit of a track record of being willy-nilly and, a lot of times, vague with small lore details from their IPs. Especially Devil May Cry.

People can have their fun with the background character! That's all well and good! More creative power to them. But in the end, that background character is just a background character that is just Kyrie reskinned from a game that was essentially incomplete and went through A LOT of development hell (with all respect).

As long as people are normal about it, let people have fun. As I said in my tags, I see too many people give LiR, what I call, the Virgin Mary treatment. And to many times, I've seen LiR fans attack those that have OCs that are not LiR. I, myself, have been a target a few times for daring to have an OC for Vergil that's not LiR.

It's the exact behavior of how some people in the Lion King fandom (a fandom I'm not even lying lmao) gives a certain semi-canon character the "Lion Jesus treatment". I will not be naming that character as I'd rather not have the TLK fandom reign hellfire on me and I am not in the mood lol

Again, this is coming from some who is neutral on the concept of LiR. Have fun with it, but keep in mind that nothing was confirmed from any Capcom employee. Have fun with that 5 seconds of footage all you want. But do keep in mind that the LiR that you have in your art/fic is technically an OC. Nothing wrong with that in the slightest. Just something to keep in mind.

I am not ragging on those that like the character and are all cool about it. It's the rabid ones that this is about

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TMA S4 CONQUERED. MY THOUGHTS ON THE LAST BATCH OF EPISODES:

RIP ADELARD DEKKER, BADDEST BITCH. i will miss you king. his final statement was a banger though and a perfect death for him.

the panopticon was some saw trap shit that was great

HIIIIIIII NOTSASHA HIIIIIIIII HI SWEETIE I MISSED YOUU SHES HOMEEEEE. i love that like 80% of her dialogue is calling out for john. she missies him. i do wish she had more to do but be generically threatening but i understand we'll get there+that was also kinda the point with her being a distraction lol.

fine i like johnmartin. i think i was largely misled by the fandom and sort of wary about it because i thought it'd be too mushy and just kind of The Canon Couple but it's a relief to know john is as creepy about this as he is everything else. spoken with genuine love and excitement

THE ONLY THING TELLING ME THAT DAISY DIDNT IMMEDIATELY DIE IS THAT THEY WOULDNT KILL HER OFFSCREEN. HER DAYS ARE NUMBERED. GIRL THE DEATH FLAGS

PROPER JOHNGEORGIE DIVORCE YAY. it intrigues me that georgie is more cold to john on melanie's behalf - when melanie doesn't even necessarily want her to be anymore - when she seemingly put up with more of his behavior when it was just her and him. but i think that's also just testament to her wanting to be the bigger person and give john chances. until he runs out of them ofc

also i continue to fight in the street people who mischaracterize melanie as uber violent and mean because shes literally fucking normal to john: she sounds so disoriented but also so much chiller than we've ever heard her. its georgie who's especially cold with john and EXTREMELY UNDERSTANDABLY SO. i do wish we got more of what melanie and georgie's relationship really entails but also i get the point is that melanie's finally free from the eye+john's pov. but also, MAN to be a fly on the wall for their conversations

ELIAS!!! ELIAS!!! OH MY GOD. amazing villain. just all-around. everything being as calculated as it was was an amazing reveal and after a season about the horror of compulsion getting to see the shoe on the other foot and "john's statement-taking, not in content, but in the fact he cannot stop it and is already reading it" used for horror was really REALLY good. i'm so weak for "don't think about x if you even think about x its already too late" type horror and this was PERFECT for that

the va'ing performances of especially john, melanie, peter, martin, and OH MY GOD ELIAS went fucking bananas. i LOVE how they used how similar john and elias' voices can sound to their benefit. it's a detail about them i've always found endearing (hence why i give them the same hair shape in my designs hehe) made for a REALLY uncanny effect in the finale

PETER LUKAS. i didnt think i would feel legitimately so emotional over him i just thought he was a cool villain but holy shit these episodes like really hammered in both how insidious and nasty he is to martin but also that he is very much a heavily stunted individual who never really got any other chance in life and never would have taken it. the way he veers from like creepy evil confident lonelyguy to just some unwell dude tantruming is really really effective.

the lonely has shot up EXPONENTIALLY in my fear rankings holy moly. how upsettingly mundane it is is great. that ritual is the creepiest one we've gotten with how meticulous it is. i do like that ultimately kindness being extended towards people even if you don't know them (and they're otherwise friendless unwanted people perfect for the lonely) is what did it in.

LONELYEYES i love the way they love. lambdabern for old men

GETTING TO HEAR GERTRUDE'S DEATH WENT CRAZYYYY

I WIN AT PREDICTIONS YAY. I NEVER DO SO I'M SURPRISED. (predicted peter was to a degree lying about the extinction + john being attacked by different fears was part of a bigger ritual)

VERDICT:

I LOVE PODCAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ITS SO COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[berrypass-de-murdler]

73. Kitschy Kitschy Killing

I wish I was a real part of the murdle fandom fjnwjklfnrklfnkr 😭

ahem

uhhh...

well then

DON'T READ THE EPISODES UNTIL YOU'VE FINISHED THE FIRST BOOK!!

If only this weren’t literally what the restaurant is called. As soon as Logico steps in and takes a whiff, he can tell why Bookie doesn’t want to go here ever - it smells like ACTUAL garbage and there’s grime everywhere. He runs into Shadow plopped at a table.

LOGICO: EXCUSE ME? SHADOW: I was waiting and then I got hungry. LOGICO: How do you even EAT?! SHADOW: … LOGICO: [cough] I’ll get a sandwich or something

On the way to the counter, Logico wanders by unwanted people.

GREY: Hello, dear LOGICO! LOGICO: Please no please no please no- RASPBERRY: WELL HOW Y’DOIN’ LIL’ MAN? Funny seein’ ya here AGAIN! COFFEE: Quite so, quite so, my Logico! How are you?

Logi covers his face from the embarrassment. And then-

AUBERGINE: HEEYYYY, SHORT KING!! [shoves a knife through the counter then violent hug] LOGICO: ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!? I JUST WANTED A FUCKING SANDWICH- AUBERGINE: HAH! Nope. Sandwich guy’s dead. LOGICO: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Murdle time! Raspberry tears a decaying chunk of metal off the wall. 

RASPBERRY: LOOGIT THIS THING! Silly lil’ feller, I think I’ll call him MYE-KALL! COFFEE! COFFEE LOOK! LEZ GET THIS PARTY STARTED!! COFFEE: Yes yes, my little one, very entertaining. Pass me the poison, will you? GREY: The seating in this place is terrible. [dumps oil over everything and it catches fire]

Despite everyone’s HORRIFICALLY suspicious behavior, it’s pretty obvious who did the crime - the one standing RIGHT next to the body the whole time.

AUBERGINE: All right FINE. He wanted to prepare a toxic blowfish I said you gotta leave the good parts IN. But he said to take them OUT! So I killed him with a spoon, and I bet you’d want to know how. And I’ll do it again! Nobody questions my expertise! ESPECIALLY MEN!!!!

She climbs over the counter and flees. Logico takes a deep breath and… he’s supposed to be caring about revenge, right? He feels so… normal. Like he’s at ease with his memories of Irratino. Almost. Maybe his ghost is wrapped around him.

The end!

I like making stupid scenes with my murdlebucket (what I'm calling gacha now)

God Copper looks so weird why is it easier to make a seahorse than a dog

The power of Goat Lord compels you!

See you next time murdlers!

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How many rights would they take away from their darling?

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↬|Gojo|

Hmmm… honestly, probably not too many, considering that Gojo has such a soft spot for his darling. He would Take away your freedom, not allowing you to leave his home (unless he was with you) If you managed to make him really angry for whatever reason, he *might* take away some privileges, like maybe /TV/phone/meeting with friends... He would take away your privacy by making you remove any locks from the door to the room he made for you.

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↬|Geto|

He will completely control them. They are not allowed to be outside without his supervision or leave without telling him where they're going. He also bans them from talking to other people, especially men. He would know where they are and what they're doing 24/7 by stalking or using some kind of curse? Who knows... Basically, they are now completely his possession and have little freedom while with him.

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↬|Sukuna|

As the King of Curses, there are no limits to the rights that he would take away from his s/o. He would likely take away their freedom entirely, lock them up or restrict their movement to keep them under his complete control and ensure they belong entirely to him. If his darling tries to rebel or escape, he would severely punish them and tighten his grip, making the relationship even more toxic and unhealthy.

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↬|Nanami|

It depends on how extreme his yandere tendencies are. But generally speaking, a normal yandere would take away most of his s/o's rights. He would not allow his s/o to have friends, go out alone, or even have any form of privacy. He would control every aspect of their life and ensure that they are completely dependent on him. He would also make sure that they are not able to escape him by isolating them from the outside world.

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Megumi would take away as many rights and freedoms as possible from his s/o, in order to keep them under his control. He would likely isolate them from friends and family, monitor their activities, and control what they wear, eat, and do. He might even go so far as to prevent them from leaving the house or having any contact with the outside world. He would be extremely possessive and controlling, and would not tolerate any behavior or actions that he deemed "rebellious" or "disobedient".

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Yuji might take away several of his s/o's rights, ranging from mild control to extreme control. He may monitor their phone, social media, and email activity to keep track of their interactions with others. He might also isolate them from friends and family, making it difficult for them to socialize. He might control their appearance, dictating what they can and cannot wear. He might also control their finances, making sure they depend on him for financial support. In more extreme cases, he might even have them quit their job and force them to stay at home, further isolating them from the world.

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Inumaki would likely take away several rights from his s/o in an effort to control and dominate them completely. Some things like, the right to privacy. He would demand access to their phone, computer, and other devices, and could potentially monitor their movements or activities. The right to decide what they wear or how they look. He might force them to dress in a certain way or change their appearance to his liking. The right to socialize with others. He could try to isolate them from friends and family, and limit their interactions with others.

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Vampire Cars in the Pixar Cars Universe

I've always wondered ever since there was the Mater's costume of Dracula of how a vampire car would function. I've taken a bit of inspiration from the Transformers fandom, more of the Energon siphoners and the sparkeaters. Since there are ghost cars confirmed, vampire Cars wouldn't be that far off.

TW for biting, fuel/blood, undead themes, suggestive themes and body horror

Vampire Cars are created when a cars's soul gets bound to their body after their scrapping. Some think due to malice in the cars life, others believe the makers had cursed them in a half rusted half running existence for them to learn a lesson.

Think of as Christine from Stephen King unscrapping themselves and reinflating their tires back to their former shape.

The only way to maintain the body of the car without it rusting back to dust is fuel.

Not just any fuel, fuel that has gone through an engine several times. If they try to drink fuel for normal cars, their body will forcibly purge the tanks until all of the incompatible fuel is gone.

Their teeth have sharpened to pierce through the fuel tank and inject their fuel to make sure the normal car keeps still until they are done feeding.

Their windshields become tinted more and more depending on how hungry they get. Like transition lenses to see better in the dark and their old eyes color slowly turns to bright red the more starved they are

The saliva of vampire cars can also seal up any wounds inflicted if they choose to keep the victim alive. Also numbs the pain and in some people, brings pleasure.

Vampire cars can turn normal cars into vampires by draining all of their normal fuel and filling it with their fuel.

The wheels become spiked to better traverse buildings and unsteady terrain are retractable like a cat's claws.

Biting is a big part of vampire car behavior. If a vampire car wants to feed from a certain car they like, they would mark the undercarriage, spoiler, bumper with bites that dent and could never be fixed no matter how skilled the doctors are.

If a vampire car is severely malnourished, they start acting more bestial and savage with lessening chances of them regaining any lucidity the further they go without fuel.

Many stories are told to little baby cars to never go out alone at night lest the vampires take them away never to be seen again.

The more the vampire cars are full, they still retain memories of their previous life. To varying degrees. Some get eidetic memory while others wander through the shadows of their former lives.

Some cars believe that loved ones who came back as vampires cut a deal for them to be their fuel donors in exchange for their continued existence and protection from other vampire cars.

The engine of a vampire car is completely silent. All the more terrifying hearing wheels crunch dirt/gravel/snow when there is no noise.

Other fluids that vampire cars intake are transmission fluid and coolant. Though not as filling as fuel, more like candy for a quick boost.

Sunlight is completely unbearable for the eyesight and continued exposure risks them rusting extensively and requiring more fuel.

Silver laced fuel is a deterrent against vampire cars as it overheats a vampire engine quickly, buying enough time to run away.

The temperature of a vampire car is always near freezing. Sometimes when a normal car almost overheats near to exploding, vampire cars are drawn to the excess temperature as their food deepens in flavor.

Vampire cars can see their reflection in most surfaces except those backed with silver. That would make them appear blurry or out of focus.

Vampire cars can enter a torpor-like state to conserve their fuel stocks during the day and awake during the night to feed or do their business.

Most vampire cars tend to stay away from normal cars, preferring the wilds although some vampires hide in plain sight in cities.

If two vampire cars get into a fight over donor, the fight goes until one of the combatants dies or the two will agree to share. This means more bite marks for the donor and the vampire sup from each other as a promise to uphold the deal.

Vampire cars biting and drinking each other requires a lot to trust since devouring a vampire cars fuel gives them a permanent boost in their strength and agility

[deadtwinksdetectiveagency]

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Thank you dear!!!

🍄 ⇢ share a head canon for one of your favourite ships or pairings

Edwin and Charles don't actually play Cluedo very often. Charles, with his ADHD and dyslexia, has a bitch of a time keeping track of revealed clues without Edwin's prompting, and Edwin finds the game simple at best.

The bulk of their collection came from a longtime client (a magician) who shared a love for mysteries but lost manual dexterity as they aged—ergo, they gave their Cluedo collection to the Agency. At first, it was one edition at a time, then shortly before the client's death, he gave them the rest.

It's possible that as the Agency grows, Cluedo will come out more often. After all, the more players, the more interesting the game...

Yes, some of the editions are enchanted, what of it?

🧸 ⇢ what's the fastest way to become your mutual?

Interact with me (nicely, excitedly) via tags, comments, ask box

Have some kind of tagging system so I can blacklist tags I don't want to see

Write and post your work on AO3 and include a link to your Tumblr where I can find it so I can follow you everywhere

🍬 ⇢ post an unpopular opinion about a popular fandom character

Oof, honestly I don't have many unpopular opinions re: DBD.... at least when compared to, say, Tolkien haha. Let's see, here are some thoughts that I've either seen contradicted or rarely/never mentioned:

I liked Crystal right away

The Cat King is 10000% a predator (literally and figuratively)—and he's also a delightful character

If literally any of the mains were normal at all, they would have found Monty insanely suspicious. (Like... why the fuck was he outside the T&T at the ass-crack of dawn?!?! You're supposed to be a teenager! SLEEP IN.) To be clear, I love Monty!!! But his behavior/habits are extremely unusual, and I think it's quite telling that none of the core four pick up on that. And again—I love Monty, and I think his demeanor is one of the most winning on the show.

🦴 ⇢ is there a piece of media that inspires your writing? 

I mean, right now, Dead Boy Detectives lol!

Generally, there's nothing specific beyond the canon I happen to be writing for. I'm more inspired by my own experiences/interests/tastes than other media. I will sometimes have ideas that are clearly inspired by moments in media (there's a future plot point in my fic A Familiar Story that is inspired by something from The Owl House, for example), but I don't tend to think of inspiration in that way.

🦷 ⇢ share some personal wisdom or a life hack you swear on

Roasting = 500°F and NO LESS

Do cognitive tests as an adult on a semi-regular basis so you know if/how/when something changes.

Find offline hobbies. I recommend swing dancing!

Ask A Manager is a GODSEND—highly recommended for any kind of job/school-related advice!!! Cover letters, interviewing, gut-checks, managing... etc.

Send me interesting asks!