#Lupe Moreau

[dcarsi-95]

Ideas for FNAF-Based Story

I’ve had this idea for probably less than a year now about making a story inspired by the Five Nights at Freddy’s franchise, as well as by Welcome to DreamWorld, a video story arch series on YouTube also inspired by FNAF made by YouTuber Rainbott, whose videos I definitely recommend checking out, as I find their story also mighty interesting.

Now, of course, this story of mine I’ve been thinking of making goes by the name of Fantazmoland, and it broadly focuses on one of the founders of this theme park called Fantazmoland experimenting on human souls and putting them into inanimate objects to give them life, and while the rest of the plot may be strongly inspired specifically by Five Nights at Freddy’s: Security Breach, I picture it going on an otherwise pretty original path, and I intend to elaborate on it more in a following post.

Recently, however, I’ve been having this other FNAF-based story idea that bears a plot structure pretty similar to the first three FNAF games, mostly games 1 and 3, as well as an element or two from Sister Location, as I’ll elaborate on in a little bit, and it’s probably not as original as I intend Fantazmoland to be, though I’ve thought of a few twists, and I’m not quite sure if I’m going to incorporate it into my Fantazmoland story or just make it a separate story of its own, but I’m hoping you guys can help me out with a little advice and/or some suggestions, and I mostly came up with it as a sort of coping mechanism.

You see, the idea for this latter story came to me not long after having watched this episode of the Roxanne Wolf and Gregory Show, and for those who aren’t familiar with it, it’s a VRchat video series in which Roxanne Wolf and Gregory share a YouTube channel and have many adventures, and in which Roxanne has assumed the role as Gregory’s adoptive mother as of more or less somewhere around the latter half of last year.

Now, as you may have already found by now, in that specific episode I’ve just mentioned, Roxanne briefly alludes to Gregory of a past instance in which she’d once tried to…*gulp*…eviscerate him; now, I don’t know exactly when this happened, as I haven’t seen all of the episodes so far—and I’ve struggling to work up the nerve to watch the ones prior to one in which she’d finally repaired after having been shattered—or for what reason (but if any of you are already familiar with this series, feel free to inform me), despite playing the role as Gregory’s adoptive mother, though I’d initially presumed that it’d happened somewhere during her shattered phase, where she was lacking emotions as well as any motherly feelings she held for Gregory that had been induced by a maternity chip that was then lost after she got shattered — but, of course, any episodes I’d watched taking place after she got repaired make to mention of such evisceration, and instead mention a completely different thing she’d done to Gregory during her shattered phase which I won’t waste time elaborating on, but was, in my opinion, not quite as bad as trying to gruesomely murder your surrogate child.

Regardless, I still found it pretty whack to think that Roxanne would stoop to such a low as to murder a child just because she lacked a maternity chip and didn’t perceive herself as a mother figure to Gregory, and wouldn’t have expected such a thing before. Even Glamrock Freddy in Roxanne’s apology episode expresses his surprise and disappointment towards Shattered Roxy’s actions towards Greogory (though, of course, he wasn’t referring to any attempts at murdering or disemboweling Gregory), stating that he “felt like Gregory was a safe one, and that [Roxanne] would never do anything to him, maternity chip or not.” And while this isn’t the case, as you’ve most likely have already seen by now, I’d sometimes picture Roxanne excusing herself in saying that she’d “never been a big fan of kids,” not that it’s any valid or justifiable excuse for attempting cold-blooded murder.

With that in mind, I’ve also then tried to imagine how she might’ve tried to resume a “normal” life if she actually had succeeded in murdering Gregory, trying to resume her usual routine of performing in front of other children, only to then think to herself, “Ugh, great! I now have to deal with more snot-nosed brats” and that it might then lead to something of a child-murder spree probably not at all too dissimilar to when William Afton had murdered all those children in earlier FNAF games.

So, as a sufferer of OCD, and thusly often facing frequent torment from such thoughts, I’d come up with a story that kinda goes along pretty similar lines, focussing on a serial child-murderer born from being stuck in a position where she’s forced to attend/cater to/deal with children for most of the time despite having a strong distaste for children; this murder spree, of course, being catalyzed possibly from having first murdered a child or a couple or so children under her especial care, more or less essentially holding the role as children to her, be they biologically born to her or adoptive.

Now, of course, unlike my Joe the Slasher story idea, this isn’t simply about a serial killer murdering multiple kids; there’s an additional twist to it, also. I’ve pictured the souls of the children this story’s focal killer had murdered come back to haunt her and seek revenge against her. So far, the structure of this here story seems more or less kind of a rip-off of the FNAF franchise (especially FNAF 1, 3, and Sister Location), as I’ve pictured it involving the children’s spirits possessing animatronics, mannequins, or other anthropoid figures resident to whatever establishment our main villain works at, probably killing other employees therein as they mistake said employees for their murderer, as she most likely had her face hidden with some sort of mask or something while she’d killed those kids in order to hide her identity, and said murderer ultimately facing a death not unlike that of William Afton when he became Springtrap, and likely also coming back in sequels in a very similar fashion also.

However, I’ve tried to add some tweaks and more or less original twists to my story in attempt to make it less of a FNAF-ripoff.

For starters, our main villain is female, and whereas William Afton was English/British, I’ve considered making my villain possibly French if not American; in which case I’ve even picked out a name for her: Guadalupe Moreau, often called “Lupe” for short. And while I know Guadalupe is more of a Spanish name than a French one, I figured it can be excused considering how Spain and France are pretty close neighbors anyway — plus, “Lupe” sounds pretty similar to the French word for wolf, loup (masculine-tense, anyway…), making a bit of a nod towards Roxanne Wolf as inspiration for this character. I’d also pictured Lupe taking on the disguise of a mascot character who is also a wolf, sorta like how William Afton had taken on the disguise of Spring Bonnie when he was murdering those children.

Also, even though I’ve pictured her as having an aforementioned strong distaste for children, I’ve also thought that that might not have always been the case, and that she might’ve even started out as a more enthusiastic mother (or, at least, enthusiastic on becoming a mother, if she hadn’t been one already) before attaining postpartum depression after giving birth to a couple of kids, which later drives her to murder them, and then later a kid or two of hers she may’ve adopted some time earlier.

I’ve also strongly considered giving her the distinguishing feature of having heterochromatic eyes, with one being blue and the other green, and possibly even having a twin sister who also has heterochromatic eyes but colored in a reverse order to those of Lupe’s — not exactly sure what this twin sister’s role would be in the story, though I’ve had the vague concept of Lupe impersonating her after possibly eliminating her one way or another, this kinda taking inspiration from the “Miracle Child” episode of the Harmony and Horror video series made by another YouTuber by the name of Battington.

As to what role or occupation Lupe plays in the establishment the story takes place in, I’ve been indecisive as to whether it be as an entertainer for the kids if not some music performer like Roxy (but then what might be the point in the animatronics there?) or at least some sort of attendee to the kids, or possibly being the founder of the establishment alongside her possible sister, much like how William Afton was the founder of Fazbear Entertainment.

Secondly, the setting for the story might not necessarily be at a pizzeria, but maybe instead some sort of burger joint, though I’ve lately been having the idea that it may be a daycare, having gotten that idea from a video my YouTuber cha.momilie called Barbara’s Daycare, in which case I’ve come to strongly lean towards the idea of Lupe being its founder, having at least once been an aspiring mother herself at the time of the daycare’s founding.

Thirdly, if it helps, it the story might not even have that analogue horror plot structure where its a bunch of fragments one has to piece together in the right way and the big reveal comes later, and may instead be related completely through Lupe’s perspective — or maybe the story does come with some puzzle pieces that can be put together.

I guess it doesn’t matter too much if it’s a bit similar to FNAF, because it’s not like I necessarily intend to profit off of it; it’s just harmless fun and a therapeutic way to cope with my troubling thoughts concerning Roxanne Wolf in that one YouTube video series.

So, any thoughts or suggestions for this story from you guys? Please leave a comment and let me know. I’ll be introducing more concepts to this in later posts.

[valiantvillain]

While I am absolutely enjoying The Daughter of Doctor Moreau I really wish Lupe could have gotten some POV chapters bc I think her perspective as a hybrid on the island who's constantly butting heads with the very sheltered Carlota and actively wants to leave would have added another fascinating layer to the story. Plus, Lupe is just fun and doesn't shy away from rubbing Carlota's nose in the fact that she's been willfully ignorant and naive the whole time. I think I really would have liked to see her inner thoughts and her small acts of rebellion throughout the story that we don't get to see through Carlota and Montgomery's perspectives for most of the book.

[your-blorbos-are-queer]

list of canon/implied canon characters!

the other day, i was counting how many entries on this blog are canonically queer characters, the number totaled over 800! and so i decided i would make a masterlist of all the canon identities, along with that character's canon pronouns.

this list is sorted alphabetically by fandom, with characters within each fandom, also listed alphabetically.

i put the list below the cut, because it is quite very long.

9-1-1 evan buckley (he/him) - bisexual henrietta wilson (she/her) - lesbian

& juliet francois dubois (he/him) - pansexual may bellerose (they/they) - non-binary romeo montague (he/him) - bisexual - implied

16bit sensation konoha akisato (she/her) - sapphic - implied

a kind of spark keedie darrow (she/her) - lesbian

a league of their own (2022) bertie hart (he/him) - transgender carson shaw (she/her) - bisexual greta gill (she/her) - lesbian jess mccready (she/her) - lesbian jo deluca (she/her) - lesbian lupe garcia (she/her) - lesbian max chapman (she/her) - lesbian

a man who defies the world of bl ayato (he/him) - bisexual

abbott elementary ava (she/her) - bisexual - implied

adventure time (and fionna and cake) fionna (she/her) - bisexual - implied marceline (she/her) - bisexual marshall lee (he/him)- bisexual princess bubblegum (she/her) - sapphic

alfred j. kwak ollie (he/him) - transgender

alice júnior alice júnior (she/her) - transgender + bisexual taísa (she/her) - bisexual

all for the game andrew minyard (he/him) - gay jean moreau (he/him) - bisexual neil josten (he/him) - demisexual

amphibia anne boonchuy (she/her) - sapphic sasha waybright (she/her) - bisexual

another life zayn petrossian (ze/hir) - non-binary

apex legends bangalore (she/her) - lesbian bloodhound (they/them) - non-binary catalyst (she/her) - transgender fuse (he/him) - pansexual gibraltar (he/him) - gay loba (she/her) - bisexual mirage (he/him) - queer seer (he.him) - pansexual valkyrie (she/her) - lesbian

assassination classroom touka yada (she/her) - sapphic

avatar: the last airbender (and the legend of korra) asami (she/her) - bisexual korra (she/her) - bisexual kyoshi (she/her) - bisexual

avenue q rod (he/him) - gay

back to 15 camila (she/her) - transgender + polyamorous

baldur's gate 3 dame aylin (she/her) - lesbian isobel thorm (she/her) - lesbian karlach (she/her) - bisexual shadowheart (she/her) - bisexual

barbie barbie (she/her)- asexual ken (he/him) - asexual

barbie (dolls + animation) barbie (she/her) - bisexual

batman: the telltale series the joker (he/him) - bisexual

battle for dream island winner (they/them) - non-binary

bbc ghosts captain (he/him) - gay - implied

bbc sherlock eurus holmes (she/her) - queer - implied irene adler(she/her) - sapphic

be more chill richard goranski (he/him) - bisexual squip (it/its) - non-binary

bee and puppycat toast (she/her) - bisexual

beetlejuice beetlejuice (he/him) - pansexual

bfb four (he/they) - agender

black butler alois trancy (he/him) - gay - implied grell sutcliff (she/her) - transgender - canon - bisexual - implied joanne harcourt (he/him) - gay - implied

black hammer mark markz (he/him) - gay

black jack kei kisaragi (he/him) - transgender

bleach giselle gewelle (she/her) - transgender

bloom into you seiji maki (he/him) - aroace yuu koito (she/her) - lesbian

blue lock kunigami rensuke (he/him) - bisexual oliver aiku (he/him) - bisexual sae itoshi (he/him) - achillean - implied shidou ryusei (he/him) - gay

blue period ayukawa ryuji (any pronouns) - non-binary + bisexual

bob and rose bob (he/him) - homoflexible

bob's burgers bob belcher (he/him) - bisexual - implied

bocchi the rock ikuyo kita (she/her) - lesbian

bojack horseman kelsey jannings (she/her) - lesbian the cardinal (she/her) - transgender - implied todd chavez (he/him) - asexual

bones angela montenegro (she/her) - bisexual haru tanaka - non-binary - implied roxie lyon (she/her) - lesbian dr. temperance brennan (she/her) - polyamorous - implied

breakfast on pluto patricia braden (she/her) - transgender

bright young things miles maitland (he/him) - gay

brooklyn nine-nine rosa diaz (she/her)- bisexual

bubble comics oleg volkov (he/him) - achillean - implied sergey razumovsky (he/him) - bisexual - implied

buffy the vampire slayer kennedy (she/her) - lesbian tara maclay (she/her) - lesbian willow rosenberg (she/her) - lesbian

bully jimmy hopkins (he/him) - bisexual - implied

camp here and there jedidiah martin (he/him) - gay - implied marisol yuchengo (she/her) - bisexual + transgender rowan chow (he/him) - bisexual + transgender sydney sargent (he/him) - transgender + gay

cardcaptor sakura nakuru akizuki (she/her) - non-binary - implied sakura kinomoto (she/her) - pansexual sonomi daidouji (she/her) - lesbian syaoran li (he/him) - bisexual tomoyo daidouji (she/her) - lesbian touya kinomoto (he/him) - bisexual yukito tsukishiro (he/him) - achillean

castle swimmer queen nee (she/her) - transgender

castlevania alucard (he/him) - bisexual

chainsaw man quanxi (she/her) - polyamorous + lesbian

changing channels blacklight (she/her) - lesbian spotlight (she/her) - lesbian

claudine claude (he/him) - transgender

close leo (he/him) - gay - implied remi (he/him) - gay - implied

cookie run abyss monarch cookie (they/them) - non-binary ananas dragon cookie (they/it) - non-binary angel cookie (they/them) - non-binary blue lily cookie (she/her) - lesbian candy diver cookie (they/them) - non-binary cotton candy cookie (she/her) - queer cream unicorn cookie (they/them) - non-binary dark enchantress cookie (she/it) - genderqueer devil cookie (they/them) - non-binary dj cookie (they/them) - non-binary + bisexual fettuccine cookie (she/it) - genderqueer fig cookie (they/them) - non-binary ion cookie robot (it/its) - agender lilybell cookie (she/her) - lesbian lime cookie (she/her) - pansexual lotus dragon cookie (they/it) - non-binary milk cookie (he/him) - achillean moonlight cookie (she/her) - lesbian peppermint cookie (they/them) - non-binary pinecone cookie cookie (they/them) - non-binary pitaya dragon cookie (they/it) - non-binary poison mushroom cookie (they/them) - non-binary pomegranate cookie (she/her) - lesbian princess cookie (she/her) - bisexual raspberry cookie (she/her) - sapphic roquefort cookie (they/them) - non-binary + queer sea fairy cookie (she/her) - lesbian snapdragon cookie (they/it) - non-binary snow sugar cookie (they/them) - non-binary sorbet shark cookie (they/them) - non-binary space donut (they/it) - non-binary squid ink cookie (they/them) - non-binary strawberry crepe cookie (they/them) - non-binary timekeeper cookie (she/they) - genderqueer white choco cookie (she/her) - lesbian

cosmosdex apollo v1 (he/him) - transgender - implied athena v1 - sapphic eris v1 - sapphic hermes v1 - m-spec john gaylord v13 - gay

craig of the creek angel jose (they/them) - agender george (he/him) - gay

crazy ex girlfriend darryl whitefeather (he/him) - bisexual josh (he/him) - gay maya (she/her) - bisexual valencia perez (she/her) - bisexual

cucumber quest rosemaster (she/her) - transgender

danganronpa chihiro fujisaki (he/him) - transfeminine - implied nagito komeada (he/him) - achillean

danganronpa: despair time ace markey (he/him) - gay eden tobisa (she/her) - lesbian

dark carnival acro (any pronouns) sydney wilson (she/her) - aroace

dc alexis kaye (she/her) - bisexual artemis of bana-mighdall (she/her) - bisexual catwoman (she/her) - bisexual ghost maker (he/him) - bisexual harley quinn (she/her)- bisexual harper row (she/her)- bisexual jack phantom (she/her) - lesbian john constantine (he/him) - bisexual jon kent (he/him) - bisexual leonard snart (he/him) - pansexual nial nal (she/her) - transgender poison ivy (she/her) - bisexual rebis (any pronouns) - intersex + pangender sarah lance (she/her) - bisexual "spooner" cruz (she/her) - asexual tim drake (he/him) - bisexual wonder woman (she/her) - bisexual yara flor (she/her) - bisexual

dead by daylight david king (he/him) - gay

dead end: paranormal park barney guttman (he/him) - gay + transgender norma khan (she/her) - bisexual

descendants gil (he/him) - gay harry hook (he/him) - bisexual mal (she/her) - pansexual

destiny 2 drifter (he/him) - pansexual

devil's line akihito kanzaki (they/them) - non-binary + asexual + gay

dirk gently's holistic detective agency tina tevetino (she/her) - bisexual

disco elysium harry dubois (he/him) - bisexual - implied kim kitsuragi (he/him) - gay klaasje amandou (she/her) - bisexual ruby, the instigator (she/her) - lesbian

do revenge eleanor levetan (she/her) - lesbian

doctor who bill potts (she/her) - lesbian maestro (they/them) - non-binary

dodgeball: a true underdog story kate veatch (she/her) - bisexual

dorohedoro turkey (she/her) - transgender

dr. stone nanami ryusui (he/him) - pansexuali - implied ishigami senku (he/him) - aroace - implied

duolingo bea (she/her) - bisexual lily (she/her) - lesbian - implied lin (she/her) - lesbian oscar (he/him) - gay

elsewhere dan cooper (he/him) - bisexual - implied

emmerdale liv flaherty (she/her) - asexual

entropic float peri dubois (she/her) - asexual

euphoria rue bennett (she/her) - non-binary + lesbian

ever after high apple white (she/her) - lesbian c. a. cupid (she/her) - bisexual darling charming (she/her) - lesbian faybelle thorn (she/her) - lesbian raven queen (she/her) - bisexual

everything's gonna be okay drea stevens (she/her) - asexual + lesbian matilda moss (she/her) - sapphic

fallout 4 deacon (he/him) - bisexual john hancock (he/him) - bisexual preston garvey (he/him) - bisexual rj maccready (he/him) - bisexual

falsettos charlotte (she/her) - lesbian cordelia (she/her) - lesbian marvin (he/him) - gay whizzer (he/him) - gay

fantasy high riz gukgak (he/him) - asexual

fellow travelers tim laughlin (he/him) - gay

final space ash graven (she/her) - sapphic

fire emblem linhardt von hevring (he/him) - bisexual - implied

fire punch togata (he/him) - transgender

flicker (roblox) adora (she/her) - lesbian alab (they/them) - non-binary amethyst (she/they/ze) - demigirl + trixic aphrodite (she/her) - transgender arielle (she/her)- transgender chidi (he/him) - asexual cody (he/him) - transgender eduardo (he/they) - demiboy + pansexual elaina (they/them) - non-binary ezra (they/them) - non-binary + toric fayola (she/they) - demigirl grace (they/them) - non-binary + aroace halona (they/he/she) - two-spirit john (he/him) - bisexual joshua (he/him) - gay kai (they/them) - non-binary + pansexual kiryomi (she/her) - lesbian lassi (they/them) - non-binary + aroace lukey (they/them) - agender + questioning melodie (she/her) - lesbian mika (any pronouns) - genderfluid + aroace prasiddhi (she/her) - bisexual quinn (they/them) - genderqueer + questioning tamia (they/them) - non-binary trey (they/them) - agender vinny (he/him) - bisexual

flight rising wayfinder merrigan (they/he/she) - non-binary

fruits basket hatsuharu sohma (he/him) - bisexual - implied ritsu sohma (he/him) - transfeminine - implied

generation greta moreno (she/her) - lesbian + asexual

genshin impact jeht (she/her) - lesbian kaeya alberich (he/him) - bisexual - implied kamisato ayaka (she/her) - bisexual - implied lyney (he/him) - bisexual - implied the traveler (male traveler: he/him; female traveler: she/her) - queer - implied venti (he/him) - agender - implied

ghostbusters phoebe spengler (she/her) - lesbian - implied

ginny and georgia sophie sanchez (she/her) - bisexual

given akihiko kaji (he/him) - bisexual haruki nakayama (he/him) - bisexual mafuyu sato (he/him) - gay ritsuka oenoyama (he/him) - gayh

golden kamuy kano ienaga (she/her) - transgender

good omens crowley (he/him) - genderfluid + asexual maggie (she/her) - lesbian muriel (they/them) - non-binary nina (she/her) - sapphic pollution (they/them) - non-binary

gravity falls bill cipher (he/him) - gay - implied mabel pines (she/her) - bisexual - implied wendy corduroy (she/her) - bisexual

grishaverse hanne brum (she/her) - sapphic - canon - genderqueer - implied jesper fahey (he/him) - bisexual nina zenik (she/her) - bisexual wylan van eck (he/him) - gay

guilty gear bridget (she/her) - transgender testament (they/them) - agender

gundam miorine (she/her) - sapphic suletta (she/her) - sapphic

hades zagreus (he/him) - polyamorous + bisexual

haikyuu hitoka yachi (she/her) - sapphic - implied

hannibal hannibal lecter (he/him) - bisexual will graham (he/him) - achillean

has anyone heard of the left/right game? eve (she/her) - sapphic

hazbin hotel alastor (he/him) - aroace angel dust (he/him) - gay charlie morningstar (she/her) - bisexual cherri bomb (she/her) - bisexual husk (he/him) - pansexual sir pentious (he/him)- bisexual vaggie (she/her) - sapphic valentino (he/him) - pansexual velvette (she/her) - queer vox (he/him) - bisexual

heartbreak high "ant" vaughn (he/him) - queer - implied "ca$h" piggott (he/him) - asexual darren (they/them) - non-binary + queer malakai (he/him) - bisexual missy (she/her) - bisexual quinni gallagher-jones (she/her) - lesbian

hellboy comics ben damio (he/him) - gay - implied

helluva boss andrealphus (he/him) - gay asmodeus (he/him) - pansexual barbie wire (she/her) - pansexual beelzebub (she/her) - pansexual blitzo (he/him) - pansexual chazwick thurman (he/him) - pansexual + polyamorous fizzarolli (he/him) - gay loona (she/her) - bisexual mammon (he/him) - asexual martha (she/her) - bisexual millie (she/her) - bisexual moxxie (he/him) - bisexual mrs. mayberry (she/her) - bisexual octavia (she/her) - asexual sallie may (she/her) - transgender stolas (he/him) - queer vassago (she/her) - gay verosika mayday (he/him)- pansexual

her tears were my light space (she/her) - sapphic time (she/her) - sapphic

hollow knight ghost (they/them) - agender sheo (he/him) - gay nailsmith (he/him) - gay

honkai impact 3rd bronya zaychik (she/her) - lesbian elysia (she/her) - lesbian himeko murata (she/her) -bisexual kiana kaslana (she/her) - lesbian raiden mei (she/her) - lesbian seele vollerei (she/her) - lesbian theresa apocalypse (she/her) - sapphic

honkai star rail acheron (she/her) - sapphic - implied aventurine (he/him) - gay - implied firefly (she/her) - bisexual + genderfluid - implied

houkai gakuen 2 wendy (she/her) - sapphic

hourou musuko shuichi nitori (she/her) - sapphic + transgender

house dr. gregory house (he/him) - bisexual- implied dr. james wilson (he/him) - gay - implied dr. remy "thirteen" hadley (she/her) - bisexual

house of the dragon rhaenyra targaryen (she/her) - bisexual

how to get away with murder connor walsh (he/him) - gay

how to train your dragon gobber the belch (he/him) - gay - implied

hunter x hunter alluka zoldyck (she/her) - transgender

i was a teenage exocolonist nomi-nomi (they/them) - non-binary + demisexual + pansexual

IDOLiSH7 kaoru (she/her) - transgender

idw comics tangle the lemur (she/her) - sapphic whisper the wolf (she/her) - sapphic

ION cracklin (he/him) - gay

it chapter 2 richie tozier (he/him) - gay

it's always sunny in philadelphia mac mcdonald (he/him) - gay

jackson's diary david miller (he/him) - bisexual

jamie johnson dillon simmonds (he/him) - gay

jane the virgin adam eduardo alvaro (he/him) - bisexual luisa alver (she/her) - lesbian petra solano (she/her) - bisexual

jay and silent bob jay (he/him) - bisexual - implied

john wick the adjucator (they/them) - non-binary

jojo's bizarre adventure dio brando (he/him) - bisexual squalo (he/him) - gay tiziano (he/him) - gay

jujutsu kaisen kirara hoshi (she/her) - transgender - implied uraumi (she/they) - genderqueer

jurassic park ajay sidhu (he/him) - gay - implied roland tembo (he/him) - gay - implied

just roll with it ava ferin (she/her) - lesbian - implied elizabeth lafayette (she/her) - lesbian - implied gillion tidestrider (he/him) - asexual jay ferin (she/her) - bisexual jazz drake (he/him) - transgender kian stone (he/him) - bisexual rumi (any pronouns) - genderfluid shilo bathory (he/him) - asexual - canon - aromantic - implied troy lougferd (he/him) - bicurious - implied vyncent sol (he/him) - aromantic - implied william wisp (he/him) - bisexual

kirby kirby (he/him) - non-binary

koisenu futari sakuko kodama (she/her) - aroace satoru takahashi (he/him) - aroace

lackadaisy mordecai heller (he/him) - asexual

league of legends ambessa medarda (she/her) - bisexual + butch caitlyn (she/her) - lesbian nami (she/her) - bisexual vi (she/her) - lesbian

lego monkie kid tang (he/him) - gay - implied the golden-winged peng (they/them) - non-binary

lego ninjago sally (she/her) - bisexual

les miserables grantaire (he/him) - gay

liar game fukunaga yuji (she/her) - transgender

life is strange alexandra chen (she/her) - bisexual chloe price (she/her) - bisexual finnegan macnamara - (he/him) - pansexual lyla park (she/her) - bisexual - implied max caulfield (she/her) - bisexual ryan lucan (he/him) - asexual - implied sean diaz (he/him) - bisexual stephanie gingrich (she/her) - lesbian

lord of the flies jack merridew (he/him) - bisexual - implied ralph (he/him) - gay - implied

lost in space luca esposito (he/him) - intersex

love in hate nation harriet asp (she/her) - sapphic kitty minx (she/her) - transgender sheila nal (she/her) - lesbian susannah sonn (she/her) - lesbian

love is war chika fujiwara (she/her) - sapphic

love lies bleeding jackie (she/her) - bisexual lou (she/her) - lesbian

love me for who i am kotone mizunoe (she/her) - lesbian mei tatebayashi (she/her) - transgender mogumo (they/them) - non-binary satori iwakoa (she/her) - transgender sou suzumi (he/him) - gay tetsu iwakoa (he/him) - queer

lovely complex seiko kotobuki (she/her) - transgender

madness combat hank (he/him) - asexual

magikarp jump "you" - non-binary

marvel agatha harkness (she/her) - sapphic agent piper (she/her) - sapphic alice wu-gulliver (she/her) - sapphic - implied america chavez (she/her) - lesbian angela (she/her) - lesbian ayo (she/her) - lesbian daisy johnson (she/her) - bisexual deadpool (he/him) - pansexual doop (he/him) - bisexual gwenpool (she/her) - aroace hulkling (he/him) - gay jean-paul beaubier (he/him) - gay jennifer kale (she/her) - sapphic - implied karolina dean (she/her) - lesbian kitty pryde (she/her) - bisexual koi boi (he/him) - transgender korg (he/him) - gay loki (he/him) - genderfluid + bisexual mystique (she/her) - bisexual nada van dyne (she/her) - asexual nico minoru (she/her) - bisxual noh varr (he/him) - bisexual phastos (he/him) - gay phyla vell (she/her) - lesbian rachel summers (she/her) - bisexual rio vidal (she/her) - sapphic ruby hale (she/her) - asexual sera (she/her) - transgender + lesbian sylvie (she/her) - genderfluid + bisexual valkyrie (she/her) - bisexual wiccan (he/him) - gay xavin (mcu: they/them; comics: any pronouns) - genderfluid

mashle: magic and muscles mash burndead (he/him) - aroace - implied

mean girls (2024) janis 'imi'ike (she/her) - lesbian damian hubbard (he/him) - gay

mikagura school suite eruna ichinomiya (she/her) - lesbian

milgram kazui mukuhara (he/him) - gay - implied

minecraft diaries laurance (he/him) - pansexual - implied

miraculous ladybug alix kubdel (she/her) - aromantic juleka couffaine (she/her) - lesbian max kante (he/him) - asexual rose lavillant (she/her) - bisexual

mo dao zu shi lan wangji (he/him) - gay lan xichen(he/him) - gay + polyamorous - implied meng yao (he/him) - gay + polyamorous - implied mo xuanyu (he/him) - gay nie huaisang (he/him) - gay - implied nie mingjue( he/him) - gay + polyamorous - implied wei wuxian (he/him) - gay

monster high cleo de nile (she/her) - queer frankie stein (they/them) - non-binary kieran valentine (he/him) - gay

moon girl and devil dinosaur brooklyn (she/her) - transgender

moral orel daniel stopframe (he/him) - bisexual stephanie putty (she/her) - lesbian

moriarty the patriot james bonde (he/him) - transgender

my hero academia himiko toga (she/her) - sapphic - implied

my little pony sunset shimmer (she/her) - bisexual twilight sparkle (she/her) - bisexual

my next life as a villainess maria campbell (she/her) - bisexual mary hunt (she/her) - bisexual

my time at portia merlin (she/her) - aromantic - implied

neon genesis evangelion kaworu nagisa (he/him) - achillean

nimona ambrosius goldenloin (he/him) - achillean ballister boldheart (he/him) - achillean nimona (she/her) - genderfluid

no. 6 nezumi (he/him) - gay shion (he/him) - achillean

o maidens in your savage season momoko sudo (she/her) - lesbian

object lockdown notebook (he/him) - transgender + gay

omori captain spaceboy (he/him) - transgender

one day at a time syd (they/them) - non-binary + lesbian

one last stop jane su (she/her) - lesbian

one of us is lying (2021) janae matthews (she/he/they) - genderfluid + lesbian

one piece bon clay (he/him) - queer inazuma (he/she) - genderfluid ivankov (he/him) - queers kiku (she/her) - transgender monkey d. luffy (he/him) - asexual - implied morley (she/her) - transgender yamato (he/him) - transgender

only murders in the building mabel mora (she/her) - bisexual

order of the stick vaarsuvius - genderqueer

osemanverse aled last (he/him) - gay + demisexual carys last (she/her) - lesbian charlie spring (he/him) - gay daniel jun (he/him) - gay darcy olsson (books: she/her; tv: they/them) - lesbian - non-binary (tv only) elle argent (she/her) - transgender felix (they/them) - non-binary frances janvier (she/her)- bisexual georgia warr (she/her) - aroace isaac henderson (he/him) - aroace james mcewan (he/him) - gay michael holden (he/him) - pansexual naiomi (she/her) - transgender nick nelson (he/him) - bisexual pip quintana (she/her) - lesbian rooney bach (she/her) - pansexual sahar zahid (she/her) - bisexual sunil jha (he/they) - non-binary + asexual tara jones (she/her) - lesbian tori spring (she/her) - asexual + arospec

osora arias ariguetrez (he/him) - pansexual osora calaveras (he/they) - non-binary + pansexual

our dreams at dusk anonymous (any pronouns)- non-binary + aroace natsuyoshi utsumi (he/him) - transgender tasuku kaname (he/him) - gay

our flag means death stede bonnet (he/him) - gay

pacman "pinky" (she/her) - transgender - implied

paper mario vivian (she/her) - transgender

paradise kiss isabella yamamoto (she/her) - transgender joji koizumi (he/him) - bisexual

parties are for losers kolya reizner (he/him) - aromantic

peep show jeremy usbourne (he/him) - bisexual

phineas and ferb perry the platypus (he/him) - asexual

piemations suction cup man (he/him) - asexual + panromantic

poor things bella baxter (she/her) - bisexual

pripara hibiki shikyoin (she/her) - non-binary

project sekai mizuki akiyama (she/they) - transgender + non-binary - implied

puella magi madoka magica homura akemi (she/her) - lesbian + asexual - implied kyoko sakura (she/her) - bisexual - implied madoka kaname (she/her) - lesbian + asexual - implied sayaka miki (she/her) - bisexual - implied

quantum leap (2022) ian wright (they/them) - non-binary

ready player one aech (she/her) - lesbian

rebelde emilia alo (she/her) - bisexual

red, white, and royal blue alex (he/him) - bisexual henry (he/him) - gay

regretevator mannequin mark (he/him) - gay

revolutionary girl utena anthy himemiya (she/her) - sapphic juri arisugawa (she/her) - lesbian saionji (he/him) - achillean - implied shiori takatsuki (she/her) - sapphic utena tenjou (she/her) - sapphic

rick and morty rick sanchez (he/him) - pansexual

ride the cyclone mischa bachinski (he/him) - bisexual - implied noel gruber (he/him)- gay

riordanverse alex fierro (she/he) - genderfluid apollo (he/him) - bisexual lavinia asimov (she/her) - lesbian magnus chase (he/him) - pansexual nico di angelo (he/him) - gay piper mclean (she/her) - bisexual reyna ramirez-arellano (she/her) - asexual sadie kane (she/her) - polyamorous will solace (he/him) - bisexual

rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles leonardo (he/him) - achillean - implied

riverdale toni topaz (she/her) - bisexual

rocky horror picture show brad majors (he/him) - achillean frank-n-furter (he/him) - bisexual janet weiss (she/her) - sapphic - implied

rocky horror picture show: let's do the time warp again! frank-n-furter (she/her) - bisexual + transgender janet weiss (she/her) - sapphic

roll over and die flum apricot (she/her) - lesbian

rwby blake belladonna (she/her) - bisexual yan xiao long (she/her) - sapphic

sailor moon fish eye (he/him) - gay haruka tenoh (sailor uranus) (she/her) - sapphic + bigender michiru kaiou (sailor neptune) (she/her) - sapphic usagi tsukino (sailor moon) (she/her) - bisexual - implied zoisite (he/him) - achillean - canon - bisexual - implied

sarazanmai enta jinnai (he/him) - gay mabu akutsu (he/him) - gay reo niiboshi (he/him) - gay

scott pilgrim vs the world roxie richter (she/her) - lesbian

scream stu macher (he/him) - bisexual - implied

selah and the spades selah summers (she/her) - asexual - canon - aromantic - implied

shadows over welde argentum (they/them) - non-binary

shaman king gakko (he/him) - transgender

shameless debbie gallagher (she/her) - lesbian ian gallagher (he/him) - gay mickey milkovich (he/him) - gay

shangri-la momoko (she/her) - transgender

she-ra and the princesses of power adora (she/her) - lesbian bow (he/him) - bisexual catra (she/her) - lesbian double trouble (they/them) - non-binary entrapta (she/her) - bisexual glimmer (she/her) - bisexual jewelstar (he/him) - transgender kyle (he/him) - polyamorous + bisexual lonnie (she/her) - polyamorous + bisexual mara (she/her) - sapphic mermista (she/her) - bisexual perfuma (she/her) - sapphic - canon - bisexual - implied rogelio (he/him) - polyamorous + bisexual scorpia (she/her) - lesbian sea hawk (he/him) - bisexual

shikanoko nokonoko koshitantan noko shikanoko (she/her) - transgender - implied

shiva baby danielle (she/her) - bisexual

skip and loafer nao (she/her) - transgender

smiling friends charlie dompler (he/him) - bisexual

snowpiercer miss audrey (she/her) - pansexual

so let them burn faron vincent (she/her) - demisexual

something in the dirt levi (he/him) - asexual

south park craig tucker (he/him) - gay satan (he/him) - gay tupperware (they/them) - non-binary + gynosexual tweak tweak (he/him) - achillean

spies are forever barb larvernor (she/her) - bi-curious curt mega (he/him) - gay owen carvour (he/him) - queer the deadliest man alive (he/him) - queer

spiritfarer summer (she/her) - lesbian

splatoon acht/dedf1sh (they/them) - non-binary marina ida (she/her) - sapphic pearl hozuki (she/her) - sapphic

spooky month kevin (he/him) - pansexual

star wars amilyn holdo (she/her) - queer ceret (they/them) - non-binary chelli aphra (she/her) - lesbian cinta kaz (she/her) - sapphic flix (he/him) - gay jecki lon (she/her) - sapphic - implied juhani (she/her) - lesbian kantam sy (they/them) - non-binary keo venzee (they/them) - non-binary kho phon farrus (they/them) - non-binary magna tolvan (she/her) - lesbian merrin (she/her) - pansexual obi-wan kenobi (he/him) - bisexual - implied orka (he/him) - gay osha aniseya (she/her) - sapphic - implied rae sloane (she/her) - bisexual sabe (she/her) - sapphic sana starros (she/her) - sapphic sister (she/her) - transgender sylvestri yarrow (she/her) - lesbian taka jamoreesa (they/them) - non-binary terec (they/them) - non-binary varko (he/him) - gay vel sartha (she/her) - sapphic vernestra rwoh (she/her) - aroace vi moradi (she/her) - asexual yrica quell (she/her) - bisexual

starlight express electra (he/him) - bisexual + genderfluid

starlight express (2024) dinah (she/her) - sapphic electra (they/them) - non-binary greaseball (she/her) - sapphic

stars align yuu asuka (they/them) - non-binary + toric

static shock richie foley (they/them) - gay

steven universe pearl (she/her) - lesbian peridot (she/her) - aroace

stop!! hibari-kun geikijiro taiga (he/him) - transgender hibari oozora (she/her) - transgender

stranger things robin buckley (she/her) - lesbian will byers (he/him) - gay

sucker for love: date to die for stardust (she/her) - asexual + lesbian

supernatural castiel (he/him) - bisexual chuck (he/him) - bisexual crowley (he/him) - pansexual rowena (she/her) - bisexual

tangled: the series cassandra (she/her) - lesbian - implied

tarrytown brom bones (he/him) - bisexual - implied ichabod crane (he/him) - gay

team starkid alice woodward (she/her) - lesbian deb (she/her) - lesbian jemilla (she/her) - sapphic officer doug (they/them) - non-binary professor hidgens (he/him) - achillean ruth fleming (she/her) - bisexual schwoopsie (she/her) - sapphic zazzalil (she/her) - sapphic ziggs (they/them) - non-binary

that time i got reincarnated as a slime rimuru tempest (they/them) - agender + asexual

the adventure zone cary fangbattle (she/her) - sapphic hurley (she/her) - sapphic killian (she/her) - sapphic kravitz (he/him) - achillean lup (she/her) - transgender roswell (they/them) - agender sloane (she/her) - sapphic

the amazing world of gumball darwin watterson (he/him) - pansexual leslie (he/him) - gay - implied

the applegates sally applegate (she/her) - bisexual - implied

the book of mormon elder mckinley (he/him) - gay kevin price (he/him) - gay - implied

the disastrous life of saiki k saiki kusuo (he/him) - aroace - canon - transgender - implied

the dragon prince amaya (she/her) - lesbian astrid (she/her) - transgender callum (he/him) - bisexual - implied ethari (he/him) - pansexual janai (she/her) - lesbian kazi (they/them) - nonbinary runaan (he/him) - gay terry (he/him) - transgender

the good place eleanor shellstrop (she/her) - bisexual

the great north ham tobin (he/him) - gay

the imperfects abbi singh (she/her) - lesbian + asexual hannah more (she/her) - lesbian

the IT crowd richmond avenal (he/him) - bisexual

the last of us bill (he/him) - gay frank (he/him) - gay

the loud house luna loud (she/her) - bisexual - implied

the lovely bones ruth connors (she/her) - bisexual - implied

the magnus archives jonathan sims (he/they) - asexual + biromantic

the maze runner newt (he/him) - gay

the mighty boosh vince noir (he/him) - bisexual

the mitchells vs the machines katie mitchell (she/her) - sapphic

the music freaks alexzander whickham (he/him) - gay luke peterson (he/him) - pansexual

the owl house amity blight (she/her) - lesbian eda clawthorne (she/her) - bisexual hunter (he/him) - bisexual lillith clawthorne (she/her) - aroace luz noceda (she/her) - bisexual masha (they/them) - non-binary raine whispers (they/them) - non-binary the collector (he/they) - non-binary the titan (he/him) - genderqueer willow park(she/her) - pansexual

the peripheral aelita west (she/her) - sapphic grace hogart (she/her) - sapphic

the pink corruption circubit (he/him) - gay cube (he/him) - bisexual pyrare (he/him) - aromantic spheer (they/them) - non-binary

the sandman desire (they/it) - non-binary johanna constantine (she/her) - bisexual the corinthian (he/him) - achillean

the shining (and doctor sleep) danny torrance (he/him) - bisexual - implied

the umbrella academy klaus hargreeves (he/him) - pansexual viktor hargreeves (he/him) - transgender - canon - bisexual - implied

the walking dead aaron (he/him) - gay paul "jesus" monroe (he/him) - gay

the witcher ciri (she/her) - bisexual jaskier (he/him) - bisexual

this could be on broadway cole wilson (she/her) - sapphic + transgender

tian guan cifu hua cheng (he/him) - gay xie lian (he/him) - gay

time to orbit: unknown aspen greaves (they/them) - aromantic

toontown corporate clash pacesetter (he/him) - gay

touhou marisa kirisame (she/her) - lesbian - implied

transformers earthspark hashtag malto (she/her) - sapphic nightshade malto (they/them) - non-binary

tsubasa chronicle fai d. fluorite (he/him) - achillean - implied kurogane (he/him) - achillean - implied mokona modoki (white mokona: she/her; black mokona: he/him) - agender sakura li (she/her) - pansexual - implied syaoran li (he/him) - bisexual - implied

twin peaks denise bryson (she/her) - transgender

undertale (and deltarune) alphys (she/her) - bisexual chara (they/them) - non-binary frisk (they/them) - non-binary kris dreemurr (they/them) - non-binary mad mew mew (she/her) - transgender napstablook (they/them) - non-binary noelle holiday (she/her) - lesbian sans (he/him) - aroace - implied undyne (she/her) - lesbian

urinetown senator fipp (he/him) - transgender - implied

visual prison carmilla (she/her) - transgender - implied guiltia brion (he/him) - achillean - implied mist flaive (he/him) - achillean - implied saga latour (he/him) - achillean - implied veuve elizabeth (they/them) - genderqueer - implied

vocaloid kasane teto (she/her) - non-binary + xenogender

wandee goodday plakao (he/him) - gay + asexual

wandersong the bard (they/them) - non-binary

warrior cats ravenpaw (he/him) - gay tallstar (he/him) - gay

welcome to demonschool asmodeus alice (he/him) - gay - implied

wendell & wild raul cocolotl (he/him) - transgender

what we do in the shadows guillermo de la cruz (he/him) - gay laszlo cravensworth (he/him)- pansexual nadja (she/her) - pansexual nandor (he/him) - pansexual

who framed roger rabbit? jessica rabbit (she/her) - asexual

wii sports gwen (she/her) - transgender - implied

wind in the willows (2017) mole (he/him) - gay - implied

wings of fire sunfire (she/her) - sapphic

wish/kobato kohaku (she/her) - agender

xo kitty florian (he/him) - gay juliana (she/her) - lesbian kitty song-covey (she/her) - bisexual q (he/him) - gay yuri han (she/her) - lesbian

yurikuma arashi ginko yurishiro (she/her) - lesbian kureha tsubaki (she/her) - lesbian lulu yurigasaki (she/her) - lesbian

zoe's extraordinary playlist mo (he/she/they) - genderfluid

zombieland saga lily hoshikawa (she/her) - transgender

zombies a-spen (they/them) - non-binary + bisexual willa lykensen (she/her) - queer

[faorism]

what if we've been wrong about eliot being the kinda guy who thinks don't shit where you eat logic of not dating your crew? eliot has consistently been shown he is willing to sleep with folks close to the con: kaye lynn (the studio job), mikel dayan, maria shipp, tabatha delavega (the low low price job), and lupe the hot "nun." he expresses attraction to tara and (obliquely in s1) arguably sophie. the only reason he stops flirting with maggie is because she's nates ex and bro code. then theres paul orozco. (shelley is a gay but they were incompatible so just a friend.) and obviously he had his toxic epic whirlwind that was life with moreau, the definition of squatting down in one's dining room.

imo a person who would use that phrase earnestly wouldn't get this close to people involved with their work (kaye lynn is a very damning example since they made out in the middle of the job). like, not to the extent of rejecting parker and hardison on just that premise? maybe you can argue that after something like moreau (and yes, yall, im not giving the option for no m/e here), that wrecked his comfort around True Crew versus the Person Of The Week

(tbh i think out of the three, if hardison had been older, maybeeeee he would have some reservations. but there's nothing canon to say that; i just think any queer person who is in a dnd group or WoW guild would learn to pause over messing with dynamics)

thoughts?

[elyjm1313]

More thoughts on The Daughter of Doctor Moreau (which I kinda want to read again because it feels like I just flew through it the first time--I did finish it in less than 3 days).

Spoilers below the cut

The more I think about it, the more the hybrids feel like a metaphor for the colorism that can (and does) exist in mixed families. Obv (I'm mixed, myself) the metaphor is not saying literally that people with darker skin tones and features are more animalistic, that's stupid eugenicist crap (feels like I have to make that explicit on the internet thanks to so much bad faith discourse).

From a literary standpoint, Carlota, in particular, feels a lot like what it's like the be the more white presenting kid in a family. She's trotted out by her father as some sort of prize, receives privileges (like access to the laboratory, fine clothing, not having to work, etc) that the other hybrids don't, doesn't understand Lupe's struggles and frustrations with not being able to live openly and freely like the humans do, and she is seen by her father as a means to raising her family up out of what he considers a lowly position. Right down to Eduardo's father convincing him that it would be more appropriate for him to just keep Loti as a mistress instead of marrying her.

The more I think about it the more this feels like an examination and deconstruction of the idea of "mejorar la raza" (For those who don't know, that's a foul relic of an idea left over from the casta system that basically means if you marry or have kids with someone lighter you're making your bloodline better--still a pretty ingrained train of thought today. Seems like more people in my generation and younger are fighting against and deconstructing it, but it's definitely still cultural background noise for a lot of us).

Maybe I'm just reading my own experiences into it, or maybe it was intentional, but isn't that the point of literature and analysis?

I think this, even more than Mexican Gothic (which I do still want an adaptation of once the strike is over and the WGA and SAG get the protections they need and deserve), is really well suited to a series if we ever get a screen adaptation--it would provide a little more time to flesh out the hybrids and the relationships they have to each other and the human characters.

Final thought: thinking back it almost feels like we were going to get a different ending with Monty and Loti, but then there was some sort of "wait, no. People won't like the age gap" thing or maybe a "nah. examining the nature of real, deeply rooted love versus infatuation is too much with all the other issues this tackles" (despite most of Loti's thoughts and reactions to Monty pointing to her being in love with him, too. Like I said in my previous post about the book, she obviously doesn't realize it yet because it's not the type of love she's read about in her adventure novels, but someone being your sense of home--or at least intrinsic to it--feels like some real "this is the person I want to spend the rest of my life with" type shit). ESPECIALLY with the stipulation at the end that she can no longer use the Moreau name. She has no surname, and traditionally what does a woman do when she gets married? She gets a new surname anyway.

[gellavonhamster]

monthly media recap: march 2024

(embarrassingly short this time)

read:

The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia - I have to admit, I'm not a big fan of the original Island of Doctor Moreau, but I really enjoyed this retelling set in the 19th century Mexico. Loved how the story is woven into historical context, and how, while there is a love story, the plot doesn't revolve around it and the heroine's relationship with her family is a bigger motivation for her. Would've loved other hybrids aside from Lupe and Cachito (who were my favourite characters) to have had more personality; otherwise, a great book

+ currently reading: W.I.T.C.H. comics Volume uhhh 25 (I think), The Prisoner's Throne by Holly Black, and Raffles and Bunny short stories by E. W. Hornung through a Substack book club

watched: nothing to report here, alas

[crowns-of-violets-and-roses]

While Silvia Moreno-Garcia's The Daughter of Doctor Moreau is unsurprisingly inspired by Wells's The Island of Doctor familiarity with the inspiration - beyond knowing that it's about a Doctor that modified animals to make them more like humans - isn't necessary to appreciate it.

The general concept, Montgomery and Doctor Moreau are all recognisable if you have read the original but that's where the similarities end. It isn't a retelling or sequel. It's just borrowing the framework to tell a very different story.

It moves the location from an island in the pacific to Yucatán in Mexico (which is actually a peninsula rather than an island). Prendick the main character of Wells's book does not appear. Most significantly Moreau has a daughter who is the primary focus of the book.

The prose is solid. There are a handful of awkward sentences and it is occasionally corny but are the most part it's an enjoyable read.

At times the book overexplains things. If it was about scientific aspects I'd complain about infodumping but it's about mundane aspects of the setting that I can't see anyone needing explained. Relatedly the book occasionally has Montgomery condemn things that everyone reading already knows are wrong in a way that felt shoehorned in.

The plot, such as it is, is predictable. There are two twists which can be seen coming from the beginning of the book. I could even imagine someone guessing one of them just going off the title. Beyond that nothing unexpected happens. If you make the obvious guess for what will happen next you'll usually be right. The lack of twists isn't a problem in and of it self but the plot just feels uninspired.

One of the more interesting parts of the novel was that almost everyone stifles under the control of others. From the hybrids under Moreau's chemical leash, Montgomery under the debt and addiction that leaves him with little choice but to keep working his job and Carlota - the titular daughter - under her father's power.

Even a character in a position of power like Eduardo Lizalde considers himself, like Carlota, to be trapped by his father dictating his life. Moreau himself feels that his position is precarious and at the whims of his financial backer.

In some cases these feelings of powerlessness have more to do with perception than reality. It gradually becomes clear that if Moreau set his pride aside he has options. For Carlota and Montgomery while they are to a large extent bound by others they are also have a position of significant power over the hybrids. The book acknowledges all of this but never really goes anywhere with it. It's a shame because there's a lot of really interesting dynamics to dig into there but it's left unexplored.

I was also disappointed that it didn't show more of the hybrids. The story is told between alternating POVs of Carlota and Montgomery and while we hybrids appear they don't get the same development of the protagonists or even (with the exception of Lupe) the other human characters like Eduardo or Doctor Moreau. Not showing more of their perspective was a missed opportunity.

In general the book introduces a lot of interesting ideas, characters and themes but fails to do anything with them. They're introduced or sometimes just gestured at but never fully developed. All the building blocks for a fascinating construction are there but they aren't used to build anything.

Reading back over this it sounds more negative than I am about the book. I enjoyed it! It's genuinely good! This was the first book I've read by Moreno-Garcia and reading it left me wanting to read more by her. If I'm critical it's because it had the potential to be great but falls short.

[leverage-writing-prompts]

Leverage Writing Prompt #37

Thanks for the submission @beenheresinceforever!

With all of the initial seasons showing Elliot Spencer and his hair getting with Hot 🔥 women. "sister Lupe"?? Anyone?? Eliot Spencer is the most likely to have a live child he doesn't know about.

Eliot Spencer moved around a lot as a military man, then as a hitter. His one brief fling way before he even joined the military results in a child. He never knew because his girlfriend married soon after he left. Life is normal for Spencer's kid who doesn't know boe care to know her biological father. Untill in true TV crime show fashion Damian Moreau kidnaps the now-teenager in retaliation for The San Lorenzo Job. And the mother contacts him to help her get her child back. Spencer's ex still doesn't tell him

The truth will come out when one of them needs a blood transfusion and they share the same rare blood group.

[histrionic-dragon]

Leverage: The Girls’ Night Out/Boys’ Night Out Jobs

Random “read more” cut after a few lines because it gets long.

The Girls’ Night Out Job

Aw, I thought they’d bring Peggy along.  --Ah! Maybe she’ll get involved after all.

Sophie’s outfit is great.

Parker is being a good friend, but awkwardly.

Tara and Sophie working together is-- <3 Perfection

Stolen/fake diplomatic ID: “Great for parking tickets.” I’m really enjoying the grifter banter.

She’s climbing the elevator cable in stilettos!?

Parker’s pride is on the line!  (I forget which specific moment inspired this.)

“The Parker?” :D Parker’s famous! Well, of course she would be, among thieves.

The three of them planning and power-walking down this hallway--! Yesss.

Peggy is involved! With a frying pan! Aw yes.

2 minutes. C’mon, ladies of Leverage, save the day!  --Yes! Evacuation!

(Hardison answers Sophie’s call while climbing a fence to get away from dogs) And weren’t they at a bar labeled “Mexican gang headquarters” earlier? ....What did poker night turn into??

Throw it out the window! And drink! I really do like Tara and Sophie’s approach to all this.

“I just play by a different set of rules”  Yay Parker!

“Same is boring” Awwww Parker. :)

Aaaand Tara winds up with the hot thief guy! Nice touch.

The Boys’ Night Out Job

Aha, it’s the same night! So we will find out why they were in a gang HQ and climbing fences and stuff.

“And don’t say Maggie”-- I love this. They’re such a family by now and it’s great.

“Do not let him go off and sulk”--I love how Eliot is Deputy Nate Wrangler when Sophie’s out. Honestly, I love the dynamic between Eliot and Sophie. Sometimes it’s like she’s a much-older sister; sometimes it’s play-flirty (e.g. Rashoman Job flashbacks); sometimes, like this, it’s “you are the eldest child, keep the house from burning down while I’m out.” But it’s not quite any of those things. It’s just fun.

“Terrorism and peanut allergies don’t mix.”  PFFFFT.  Shelly is....intense, but goofy. I can see how he and Eliot are friends.

How’s Harley? (Hurley?) Oh! That guy! Rehab dude! The one who didn’t really understand why what he did was wrong.  And this time he doesn’t even know--!

The argument about whether the church basement counts as holy ground is almost Monty Python-esque.

“This is the guy who helped me get clean and sober, which is kinda weird, since he’s kinda messed up himself”: Or, Nate Experiences the Mortifying Ordeal of Being Known.

Nate is getting hugged way more than he’s OK with.

How did Eliot do that with the umbrella?!

“Sister Lupe!” (heartbroken) “....Sister Lupe.....”

Shelly and Bonnano roughhousing. Good to see everyone’s friends get along.  Also, there is so much orange soda in that fridge, and you can see those words crossing Shelly’s mind.

Everyone is enjoying this, aren’t they? The actors, I mean. Irish mob boss guy seems to like this role.

“That’s your pep talk?” LOL “It’s a little rough.” Heh. And Eliot can’t do much more than that, because then “I’d be thinking about you and Parker, which I never do!”  ...Huh. There’s some extra stress there, not just the exasperation/ anger I’d expect from “Nate’s missing and you’re worrying about relationship stuff!?” It’s more the “I don’t want to talk about this” kind of stress from when he’s talking about Moreau in the park in The Big Bang Job. Not as intense, but similar, that sense of holding something in. Would I notice it if I weren’t primed to look for OT3? Maybe not, but...I’m noticing now, anyway.

“Assertive”--heh. Oh dear . . . Eliot is now like c’mon, man.

Of course Nate would end up pretending to be a priest. In a way, I’m surprised it took this long.

Meanwhile, Eliot beats people up without ruining Hardison’s assertiveness. Eliot is sweet.  (Note: got to go back and see if the bar was full of choked-out guys in the other episode and I just missed it somehow. Like Hardison apparently does.) --So, there’s no way the gang leader was that focused on Mr. Assertive that he missed Eliot taking out everyone else in the room behind him. Eliot’s look at him as they’re leaving is somewhere between “thanks for not saying anything” and “you better not say anything,” and it is great.

Sidenote: I am pretty sure that Hardison actually did not notice, but if he did, I’m pretty sure it’s having the same effect as Parker’s “remember that thing you did with your pretend friends? With the lights and I’m pretty sure there was magic? That was really cool”: It didn’t work, but the fact that Eliot thought it would work, works.

Church escape! How did Nate get to a car that fast?

....It’d be a helluva plot twist if she is a nun.

Eliot’s quest to bolster Hardison’s confidence continues. Assuming Hardison really has a tell, Eliot lost rock-paper-scissors on purpose. And at the line “dogs out back,” he realizes he miscalculated.  --Still, he has to keep up the awkward distraction flirting! Which also isn’t going quite as planned: “ Do you want to touch my gun?” The awkwardness is briefly real (he didn’t expect that, and also Eliot doesn’t like guns).

Bonnano! And Shelly! Who is eating pizza. They clearly gave up on their weird friends ever returning with food lol.

....So wait, what happened to the cancer drugs? It looks like they arranged for the two gangs to be caught with those too, instead of giving them back to Sister Lupe. Hm.

Eliot winds up with “Sister Lupe”--of course. And Peggy ends up with Harley, who has a cat! Cute.

[elyjm1313]

Literally just finished reading The Daughter of Doctor Moreau. Loved it as much as I thought I would. The pacing in similar to Mexican Gothic.

Spoiler below the cut

I am however frustrated by one thing in particular: how did Carlota not realize she's in love with Monty by the end?!?! Obviously it's not the same infatuation she had with Eduardo, but like, girly pop you really are as unobservant as Lupe says you are. I know it makes sense since she's only 20. God I was about that oblivious at her age, too. But still...

For real though. I read this in about 3 days. It was great. I have more thoughts, but also a migraine that I'm fighting off, so I'll have to write them down later.