#My childhood is ruined NOOOOO

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I was today years old when I found out Alice in wonderland is about Alice being high....😭🖐

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Twst! Cinderella and her step"loving" family

Yayyy I finally finished this one! After so much time since their dance chibi animation...

Anyway... in my twst! lore Cinderella got a loving family, an overprotective stepfather, two little stepsisters a bit jealous but very supportive if anyone badmouth their step big sister!

Let's go much more deeper...

Actually my lore is based on the novel of the Disney!Villain counterpart (Disney multiverse helloooo).

Cinderella lost her parents ruined by some shady traffic, and before the tragic Trein's wife death, she asked him to adopt the daughter of one of her dear childhood friend.

In memory of his wife he adopted the little girl, but gave her cold treatment as she would be unaffectionate and being also cold toward her new family. But he still cared for her and treats her very well.

Unfortunately since little Cinderella got adopted, the shady person who ruined her parents did the same to her stepfamily (money legacy testament hello!!!). They went bankrupt and outcast quickly and feeling deeply sorry for them and also responsable, Cinderella decided to take care of her step family and their house.

They grew up as a strange but loving family, until Cinderella's fairy godmommy stepped in (fairy being a fairy she was late like...8 years late...), Trein refused to let her stepdaughter with an unknow fairy godmother, and the fairy stated that a grumpy man isolating his daughters is no noo nooooo good either!

Eventually the fairy told them about the ball, the prince and so on, and.....chaos wreck among the house, with fangirls screams and running around the table!

Trein refused to let everyone go to the ball since it's dangerous (also being a bit scarred to finally noticed his daughters all grown up) and threw out the fairy with Lucius help.

But seeing the opportunity to go outside, and gathering infos about the shady persons, Cinderella went to the ball with her fairy godmommy's help and Cinderella's story started.

Noticing Cinderella's missing, Trein and his daughters went to the ball to get her back and she greets them while exciting (her stepsisters being half jealous half happy to have her back// Trein suffocating between their hug crush but happy to got her step daughter back)

Bla bla bla Cinderella Disney!story with the shady persons in jail (epic detective story she got her legacy back and bring back Trein's lost reputation). Unfortunatly Trein rejected his stepdaughter as she left them to got married.... breaking both their heart.... As her stepfather left her without any kind words and Trein not wanted to see his daughters leaving...

They eventually reconciliate later as she gave birth to her first child, and so first Trein's grandchildren.

Mozus Trein belongs to Twisted Wonderland

His "cute" 3 daughters concept done by me

[compassionatereminders]

So I had a discussion with my dad a couple days ago about how some of my behaviors reflect symptoms of complex PTSD. For context, my dad has been extremely verbally abusive to me basically until COVID when my mom was home all the time and he couldn’t yell at me without her telling him to cut that shit out. He still loses his cool sometimes, either directed at me, my brother, or my mom. My mom had an incredibly traumatic (in many ways but primarily physically) childhood. She does not do this.

I hypothesized that I must have inherited these C-PTSD adjacent behaviors from my mom because I haven’t experienced trauma. I said this in part to gauge whether my dad would recognize that I have been through traumatic things — not even necessarily because of him, some of it is from being severely bullied and ostracized at school because I’m autistic. He agreed with my lie that I hadn’t ever experienced anything traumatic, and then started to complain about my mom being “overprotective” of me as a child. At some point I managed to bring up that I had gone through a lot of stuff in my childhood that’s scarred me for life, and he pretty much went “well yeah but you weren’t physically abused so you haven’t experienced trauma.” Which…no. Not how that works.

I moved on from that but my dad kept saying “this is such a productive conversation why don’t I have these kinds of conversations with you more often.” He at one point said something that made me tell him, “I’m not qualified to talk about this, you need a therapist or someone with a degree in psychology.” This made him go “nooooo why are you making this conversation go sideways why are you making this difficult we were having a PRODUCTIVE conversation why would you ruin it like this :(((( I can’t talk to you about anything”, which is not an uncommon response for him to have but just very annoying.

The worst part, though, and what I primarily wanted to tell you about, was when I confronted him about him, during a fight in January, yelling at my mom that she was just like her abuser. I’d asked my mom if she was okay with him saying that and she told me “oh he says that a lot but when he does he’s always drunk so I don’t let it get to me.” My dad justified his actions by informing me that, quote, “your mom was actually being really mean to me when I said that.” I couldn’t tell if he was joking or being serious and something about that made me so sad I started to cry. He didn’t respond well to that. Previously he’d complained about my mom “freaking out whenever I raise my voice at her,” which, yeah! She was verbally abused as a child! I told my mom about this later and she was like “well he says things like that sometimes, try not to pay attention to them.” I had talked with my mom’s best friend about incidents like this previously and she’d mentioned that my mom has a really high tolerance for emotional abuse and basically any kind of abuse that isn’t physical.

And I just think that’s so sad. I wish my dad would not be…like that. He’s a walking collection of red flags and I want better for my mom. I can’t put my feelings about this shit into words other than “it’s sad.” Because it is sad and I think my dad really has to do some self reflection but I’m not helping with that shit. He has to work through his issues by himself because I am not a licensed therapist. I’m literally a teenager. I shouldn’t have to be dealing with this stuff and it’s frustrating to be around my father most of the time. I think it’s very sad for him too because he’s fucked up his relationship with me specifically so so so bad. Your kid should feel safe around you, but I can’t feel safe around my dad. And that’s just sad.

Anyway sorry I had to tell someone about the “she was actually being really mean to me before I screamed at her and compared her to her abuser” comment because what the fuck. That’s a wild ass thing to say right? Like, there’s no justifying that. The justification made it so much worse imo.

His behavior towards you and your mom is unacceptable and unfair, and I'm sorry you've had to grow up in such an environment. That being said, attempting to have a constructive conversation about abuse and trauma with a long term abuser is rarely particularly productive, and you might get further by avoiding direct confrontations with him when that's possible than by actively trying to confront him with his abuse. At least until you can get out of there ❤️

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recs (he or contemp) where the hero just assumes the worst about the heroine? Kind of like those trashy harlequins where dude thinks heroines the absolute worst the biggest brat in the universe but he ends up being so wonderfully wrong?

I mean, the big obvious one off the top of my head is It Happened One Autumn by Lisa Kleypas. Westcliff never likes Lillian. Like, even when you read Secrets of a Summer Night, he thinks this girl is TRASH. Mostly because he wants to dive into that trash like a raccoon.

When the Duke Loved Me by Lydia Lloyd has a great setup there. The hero and heroine had this great makeout when they were both in disguise at this party years before, but it's interrupted by his friends who are like "NOOOOO STOOOOOP" because she's actually from this family that is mortal enemies with his family, particularly because her aunt and his dad hooked up years ago and caused SCANDAL AND RUINATION. So the hero, who is hideously attracted to her, thinks she's similar and is just out to get him. Her opinion of him is... not much higher.

A Secret Love by Stephanie Laurens has an interesting variation on this. The hero and heroine really dislike each other, and he has just no real rationale for it because they grew up together (the actual rationale: she got hot as they grew up and he sublimated this development into hatred). However, because of his Special Skills of Financial Investigation (all Cynster dudes have Special Skills, just go with it) the heroine puts on a veil, pretends to be a widow, and enlists him to help her. And he lOOOOVES her as a widow.

In Which Matilda Halifax Learns the Value of Restraint by Alexandra Vasti has the hero think the heroine is painted HUSSY because she drew dirty pictures of him... but he's also into it and just can't admit it. In Which Winnie Halifax is Utterly Ruined also has the hero develop an initially bad impression of her. Mostly because she's pretending to be his wife.

The Duke Gets Desperate by Diana Quincy has a hero who haaaates the American heroine because she's basically inherited his castle and is like "you are art historian and dumb with money, we are going to offer paid tours of this castle to financially justify its existence" and he's like *SCANDALIZED GASP*. It's very funny.

The Duke Gets Even by Joanna Shupe, of course, has Lockwood absolutely despise Nellie after their initial oceanic makeout. Mostly because, in his defense, she's constantly coming in to ruin his attempts at securing a sugar mama. The "you'll NEVER MARRY MY FRIEND"/"well guess what??? that just ensures I'll marry her EVEN HARDER" exchange lives rent-free in my brain.

Never Seduce a Duke by Vivienne Lorret features a hero who thinks the heroine stole his magical Arthurian cookbook, leading to him pursuing her across Europe for JUSTICE!!! (not only for justice)

Once More, My Darling Rogue by Lorraine Heath is a retelling of the Kurt Russell/Goldie Hawn classic overboard, in which the hero hates the bratty, bitchy heroine so much (with good reason lol) when he rescues her from a river and realizes she has amnesia, he literally just tells her she's his housekeeper as revenge. I mean, it's supposed to be a BIT and it goes on much longer than he expected. But he DOES make her wash his back, and that DID make me laugh a lot. TW: discussions of childhood sexual abuse.

Wicked in His Arms by Stacy Reid has a cold, uptight earl (?) who hates the heroine on sight because he thinks she's, again, a hussy. He's such a dick to her. This is also the one, however, where he deflowers her impetuously in a closet and then chases her when she runs like, crying into the hallway, and then they run into his mom and everyone is like "well. this situation is extremely obvious" so bOOM MARRIED.

After Dark with The Duke by Julie Anne Long has the older, dignified, war hero duke hate the younger, seemingly-flighty opera singer heroine because she's a scandalous woman who recently came off of two men fighting a duel over here. It's not classy!!!! Then he's mean to her and the owners of the boarding house where they're staying force him to teach her Italian in apology. And. He realizes things.

Married by Morning by Lisa Kleypas, of course, is building off the frankly irrational mutual hatred Leo Hathaway and Catherine Marks have had for each other ever since she entered the scene in Seduce Me at Sunrise. Tbh, the preceding books are good and worth reading (especially Seduce, one of my favorite Kleypases) but it's also just so fun to read Leo being like "I hate Marks so much, she's such a killjoy, I shall sketch her wearing nothing simply because".

Sweetest Scoundrel by Elizabeth Hoyts (a top Maiden Lane for me) has Asa and Eve just kind of hate each other because she's soooo proper, and he's soooo note, and it's actually really lovely to see him realize why she is the way he is, and melt because he's so empathetic, actually, and A DEEPLY GOOD MAN. ASA MAKEPEACE. UGH. I just love that both Makepeace heroes are God Tier.

Between the Devil and Desire by Lorraine Heath, of course, has Jack Dodger be like "Olivia is so cold and so uptight and has such a giant stick up her ass" and over time he realizes she's actually a delightfully zany freak.

The Worst Guy by Kate Canterbary, of course, stars surgeons who really just severely dislike each other in a very childish way that I somehow found incredibly hilarious. He thinks she's the WORST, and he's honestly wrong about a lot of things... then they're forced to go through work counseling, basically, which leads to them casually taking their anger out on each other through hookups.

You, Again by Kate Goldbeck. It's a retelling of When Harry Met Sally, basically--and to be fair, the hero has his reasons lol. Because the heroine is hooking up with the girl he's trying to date seriously in the beginning. BUT IN HER DEFENSE!!! The relationship wasn't serious at that point. Anyway, over the years of course they become friends... with sizzling tension the whole time.

Pride and Protest by Nikki Payne is a Pride and Prejudice retelling wherein this billionaire meets a woman protesting against his company, and he initially thinks she's basically a poser, but gradually he realizes she's the real deal... and naturally becomes obsessed.

Managed by Kristen Callihan has the hero just hate the heroine... somewhat understandable reasons, tbh. But there's more to her than what meets the eye! He's this very strait-laced manager of a rock band, and he hires her to be the photographer/social media manager.. But he also has insomnia and can't sleep WITHOUT HER IN THE BED LOL.

Eyes on Me by Sara Cate has the hero dislike the heroine because she's his annoying stepsister! That's all. But then she turns out to be into camming, and oops he ends up watching, and it kinds spirals from there.

American Royalty by Tracey Livesay features a stuffy British prince assigned to the task of putting on this big charity concert... Which leads to him pulling in this popular American rapper. There's a lot of clashing because she's confident and doesn't take any shit from him, and of course he's doing some attraction sublimation. It also has a direct sequel, The Duchess Effect, which is similarly so good!

Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert features leads who are both on the spectrum, which is great. She's trying to become more independent, so she ends up working at this B&B he runs. But she also like, lowkey hits him with her car. And is kind of wild and off the wall. And he can't stand her. YET...

[aerial-jace]

Thoughts on FNAF?

I've never been one for horror media myself but way back when it was only 1 and 2 I actually looooooved hovering just outside of the people who were actually playing the game and seeing what people were coming up with in regards to theories and interpretations and all the rest. I even was really into the Game Theory stuff out on the lore. But I don't remember which exact piece of information on the third one made me go "Well, that's just not. Why? You're ruining it!".

In retrospect it may just have been a "NOOOOO! MY PET THEORY!" moment from me. But like. I still feel like I was lucky to jump ship when I did. I respect the fact that in this system we all gotta cling to whatever brings in that trickle of income (I respect less what Scott Cawthon has actually put it into but different story), but in the end it does not take away from the fact it feels milked ya know?

Also, what a thing to become a trend in the indie gaming market ya know? This mix of childhood aesthetics and horror that morphs from a corruption of innocence thing to straight up marketing to children in appealing BOTH to the bright and colorful AND the childhood fascination with the grotesque. It was fascinating seeing it develop.

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“They ruined Jonathan in s4!!” Ruined him w what? Him doing drugs? Well let me explain how this is not unusual at all and how it is actually normal (but still not okay) for guys (in the 80s and now) to use this exact coping mechanism.

His childhood/teenage years HAVENT been peachy and colorfull, and I think most people that try to make this argument forget that. Jonathan ISNT a happy kid, I DONT think we’ve seen him happy that much. We get this introduced in s1-s2, we see that he isn’t content. But no, people tend to forget this as soon as he starts dating Nancy in s3 (I love Jancy but Johnn has problems outside of Nancy. People need to realize that his problems aren’t disappearing JUST because he’s dating Nancy.) <- and this is where we get introduced WHERE Johnathan’s problems got molded to in s4.

And with all he has gone through the past years ->(his brother being missing + him watching Will be possessed and seeing him hurt in s2+ him having the responsibility at 16 to WORK so that his family can prosper + him being bullied by Steve in s1 and etc.)

This backs up that him getting into drugs isn’t something out of nowhere. So no, him turning to drugs isn’t bad character writting, if anything, it’s good writing and actual representation of what guys under a lot of stress and a lot of PTSD tendencies tend to cling for ANYTHING that makes them forget. This isn’t an excuse for him doing drugs but it’s an explanation. We don’t see it be excused in the show either, how MANY people are trying to say it was.

“Omg but Murray was okay with it and didn’t tell Joyce!” Murray doesn’t give enough fucks to tell Joyce. It’s not his responsibility to tell nor get her to find out. + THEY ARE NOT MURRAY’S RESPONSIBILITY, they are JOYCE’S.

And lastly, just because Jonathan was more grown up than the smaller kids, doesn’t mean he wasnt still involved!! He still got affected!! Trauma has no age limit. You can get triggered by something either at 6 or at 70. (Let’s not forget that 16 isn’t being an adult either, he was still young. But nooooo since ppl think that 16 is soooooo grownnnn. )

People are doing my man Johnathan dirty and I’m TIRED of it.

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Early merry Christmas to women

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[darkacey]

Alice/Ares’ Forgotten Backstory

Things we know

Alice/Ares do not remember anything beyond their name and birthday after they wake in Whispering Woods on the second of Spring (which we will label Year 1 for convenience). Given that the player can change this name and date to be literally anything, however, there is some doubt regarding whether or not even this is accurate.

Approximately twenty years ago (Year -20), Pricilla went into Belpha Ruins, somehow made it into the depths, and was attacked by something/someone.

Alice/Ares broke Livia’s seal while protecting Pricilla. Livia fully awakens after everyone has cleared the room.

While fetching Livia’s horn from the depths of Belpha Ruins, Alice/Ares remembers this scene. It is a picture of a 5/7-year-old Pricilla, laying on the ground and injured, and behind her are the preserved/sealed bodies of Lumenivia and Umbradea.

And they also remember the following conversation

Sharp-Voiced Man: Why are there children here?! They’ve seen too much. I can’t let them leave. Forgive me. Girl’s Voice (Pricilla): Aaah! ??? (Alice/Ares): Nooooo! Sharp-Voiced Man: What? This power…! ???: Aaaaaah! Sharp-Voiced Man: It can’t be! The seal…is breaking? This is YOUR doing! Ugh! I won’t let you free Lumenivia...

If Alice/Ares dates Pricilla through her final Marriage Event, they remember seeing each other in the ruins and that Alice/Ares was the one who “rescued” her. Yuki, Simone, and Lucy were present when Pricilla was brought back, but they never told Pricilla details about this person. Lucy and Pricilla's parents also say that the person who brought back Pricilla left before they could ask them any questions. Lucy is also the only person who knew that Pricilla went to the ruins -- she kept this secret from everyone.

Due to the fact that Alice/Ares would have been a child at the time (unless Earthmates have increased lifespans like elves, which hasn’t been shown in other titles), we can assume the person who brought Pricilla back into town was not Alice/Ares. If it had been them, the townsfolk would have either recognized Alice/Ares or mentioned a literal child brought back Pricilla.

The Sech Empire fell over a generation ago, but the aftermath of its downfall was felt for "decades" in both Sech and Norad.

No one in Rigbarth recognizes Alice/Ares. No one outside of Rigbarth ever comes looking for them either.

Rigbarth in present day is a tourist destination, but it is also located along a major trade route (Gadeus Grasslands through Whispering Woods, since that's where Misasagi/Hina came to get into Rigbarth).

Things we can infer from these facts and safely assume to be canon

Alice/Ares did not live in Rigbarth at any point of their childhood. If they had, at minimum, Yuki and Randolph would have remembered them.

Alice/Ares and their parents were likely refugees from the Sech Empire.

Alice/Ares’ family was passing through Rigbarth when baby Alice/Ares wandered away from their family to play in the ruins.

Alice/Ares may or may not have intentionally followed Pricilla into the ruins. They might have simply found her there by coincidence, but given their penchant to casually stalk and eavesdrop on people (there are so many town events where they are incredibly nosy), I like to believe Alice/Ares always had that habit.

My idea that lacks support, but is my personal headcanon

The “Sharp-Voiced Man” kidnapped Alice/Ares, took Radea’s skull, and took Pricilla back to Rigbarth.

After he realized what Alice/Ares was, they quickly changed plans. Earthmates were too rare/valuable to simply kill, so he tricked Alice/Ares into thinking Lumenivia is A Big Bad Thing, and that Alice/Ares just misheard him before. They get Alice/Ares on their side by grabbing Pricilla and telling them that they’re rescuing her now from the Big Bad Thing, and they run out of the ruins. In Rigbarth, the “Sharp-Voiced Man” makes Alice/Ares wait for him while he drops off Pricilla at the nearest clinic, and then talks them into following him out of town.

Alice/Ares probably figured something was up at this point, but being a Literal Child, there wasn’t much they could do about being kidnapped.

After the “Sharp-Voiced Man” took Alice/Ares away, their parents would’ve noticed their absence and called a search. People in town would’ve eventually realized that wherever Alice/Ares went… it was probably the same place that Pricilla got hurt. Lucy knew where Pricilla went, but naturally she stayed quiet out of terror of losing her best friend (since she was also a Literal Child). The adults waited for Pricilla to wake up and see if she remembered seeing Alice/Ares, but of course, she remembered absolutely nothing because Trauma.

So… Alice/Ares’ parents would’ve eventually left and assumed their kid was killed in those ruins, or somehow realized that even if they were okay, whoever took them wasn’t going to bring them back.

At some point, Radea's skull ends up with Oswald/Gideon. Maybe "Sharp-Voiced Man" raised Alice/Ares himself, maybe he sold them off to the higest bidder, or maybe SEED took custody. Depending on how much involvement you want between Gideon and Alice/Ares, this portion is free real estate for headcanons.

Fast forward about twenty years, and Alice/Ares figure out or remember the name of the town where they were separated from their parents. They make an escape plan, manage to get through Whispering Woods, and then… their memory is wiped because of the spell circle.

Eventually, however, because their backstory is inextricably linked with Pricilla’s, Terry will be able to track down Alice/Ares’ parents. It’s the cold case file of the century, after all, and you can bet this man has been itching to figure out what happened to the missing child. He needs the satisfaction of reuniting the family, and dammit, so do I.

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Hahahaha multiplication I am so fucking lost

Ok so let’s go we’re doing this

Episode starts with Ladybug and Chat Noir looking for Felix, good job for using a braincell bestie, also why are the Astro costumes so sparkly bro?

People are for some reason still forgiving and supporting ladybug (bitch why?! She fucked up so bad and y’all doesn’t even have the “complex” context to it!) and Chloe and Lila are demonized (Chloe is right to criticize Ladybug tho)

(Also Su-Han was such an afterthought to justify Ladybug, he’s right to be furious)

And Marinette… well. I don’t really know how to feel about her still.

Like I know most people who actually know my opinions of her would think “isn’t this what you wanted? She’s feeling guilt about what she did and trying to move on!” And in that regard, yeah! I am glad that she’s acknowledging that she fucked up miserably and that its all her fault and that she should have done better and let go of her obsession with Adrien, but that’s just the thing

She’s blaming it all on her “love” for Adrien.

This show has a big thing with phrasing, which I never really liked, and while I’m glad Marinette’s finally trying to move on, it feels:

1. shallow (I’ll link my post about her breakdowns and feelings of guilt here, but I still don’t trust her to actually move on, I’m afraid I came across the spoilers for season 5, and she goes back to stalking real quick)

2. Wrong? Like it often feels like whenever Marinette says she should move on it’s not “I can’t function around him I’m fucking crazy” it’s “oh he’s so dreamy I can’t help but be in love with him Alya he’s too perfect I canttttt”

3. Like it’s the wrong thing to do! Everyone is moaning and crying over how “Nooooo you should keep at it honey you got this we love you you deserve Adrein as yours noooo” to make the viewer feel like maybe Marinette and Adrien being apart and not a part of this toxic ass stalker relationship is bad!

And with Adrien…

Listen first of all, I would like to congratulate the Love Square shippers, and specifically Adrienette. I know this is what a lot of people have been wanting from day one and I’m honest to god happy for them! Having ships come true and such always makes people happy! You guys deserve nice things and I really hope this time around, this ship won’t be dragged out to long.

I personally tho? Am not as thrilled, because of the context behind this love square finally coming together.

With Marinette’s constant stalking from day one, Ladybug’s treatment of Chat Noir, Chat Noir being initially very obsessed with Ladybug, and now Adrien being obsessed with Marinette? (Like seriously man, The entire thing with Adrien trying to kiss Marinette’s cheek and Alya trying to hold her so he would kiss her have me such creepy energy and like “no but she wants it!” And like??? NO????? BESTIE NO ALYA STOP MARINETTE SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO SAY NO)

This entire ship has been dragged out for so long and is so unhealthy from both sides (personally I think it’s primarily from Marinette’s side, because she was legit breaking the law or being a really shitty toxic hypocrite, but Adrien is no saint either, never really trying to move on except for season 4, to only now latch onto another person for approval, god I hate it here) that even if on paper, Marinette and Adrien are developing, the tone and background to this ship has kinda ruined it for me

For me, even if right now, they come together in a healthy way (which I’m not even super sure about, Marinette goes back to stalking and viewing Adrien (just like she views Chat Noir now apparently) as an idea/an object of desire for her use, and Adrien is just making the same mistake he made with Ladybug with Marinette! this ship is forever really unhealthy and toxic for me

(Plagg sweetie not you too)

Personally, I still side with Adrien more, as he is again! Given more shit for his bad behavior, gets more mistreated and sidelined by the plot, has a really fucked up childhood that somewhat explains his behavior, and is not a criminal who could be arrested for breaking and entering MARINETTE, but again! Both are really bad

Anyways now that this tangent and my stance on the love square has been made clear let me real quick list everything else out:

1. Natalie my goddess my queen kill your husband and take your boy with you away from Paris please

2. Tomoe is evil out of nowhere!!! And with literally no fucking motive as to why???? WHY IS SHE SUPPORTING GABRIEL?????

3. Gabriel go die, bitch looks like a Q-tip and really went “yeah no we don’t need you for modeling anymore let’s just scan and use a clone of you

4. I love how no one in Paris gives a shit for their constant impending doom from a terrorist so much for that support

5. Felix is about to get demonized and god why am I not even surprised anymore! They made a 14 year old a terrorist to justify Marinette’s hatred for her, forget a complex plot

Also the alliance rings are really weird for me, and I have a million questions as to how Gabriel did what he did with the rings and miraculouses which open a million plot holes for discussion, but I’ll make a post about it when the show releases more info on the rings, so I won’t spoil it for anyone who hadn’t seen the spoilers for season 5 yet

[rsbry-beret]

watching vox machina for the first time!!

SPOILERS BELOW. SO MANY. FOR ALL THE EPISODES IN SEASON 1

telling apart vax and vex is gonna SUCK

liam obrian my beloved

they’re so stupid this mean council guy is OBVI a dragon who can shapeshifte,, these fools

the king is a dilf

awwww vax with kids

AWWWW THE KIDS ARE DEAD UH

gnc barkeep nice

this show is rly gross like. barf blood ew

THSI INTRO SLAPS

thought fince the dragon was just trying to drive down real estate prices until he mentioned bargaining w gold

TUSK LOVE in gilmore’s shop omg

WAIT THE SCOTTISH GUYS THE DRAGON WHATTTTT NOT THE RAISIN GUY ???

why is there a troll dick

this sad victorian stage coach??? apparently his name is DESMOND which. yeah.

omg vampire nevromancer power couple?? hate them but also love that for them.

i’ve been told to stop chanting “horsdeourves” (how spell)

oh 1% anime boy has trauma D:

THE SNAKES NAME IS SIMON 🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍

vax ur awesome

yea okay i love percy hes my fav

apparently he needs wooden bullets?

side note would silver work ???? bc ik silver works for “evil�� creatures generally like werewolves and steel for “nice” creatures like fey?? so would vampires count hmmm

also btw their fancy outfits are so coooool i love them !!

we’re taking a break and i have many thoughts;

do grogs tattoos have significance??

also cleric struggling w faith hell yea cool side quest tho

vax being disaster bisexual ICONIC of him

surprisingly i am not struggling w vax vs vex names v much :0

BEADS OF LOVE

your soul is forfeit dude ur so cool

duuuude secret passages!!!

WHY did the guards keep the twins together??? big stupid moment ngl

woa the ever light kinda dark tho. just saying.

keyleth <3 ur so nice 🥰🌸😇

ghosts fuck yes

NOOO THE GUARDS WERE SO HOT NOOOOO

aw grog not wanting to break piles shrine

ghost grabbed grogs titties lol

why doesn’t ANYONE have the light spell omgggg

PERCY IS CURB STOMPING A GHOST RN WHAT

He’s my fav

oh my GOD grog’s “what if i need you?” 🥺🥺🥺

“you’re their light now” stfu 😭😭

omg gilmore’s back :0

ok but what the heck IS percys weird shadow smoke thing??? intriguing

oh my god vax is a bisexual disaster wow.

these scenery shots are sooo pretty oh my god

oh my god that’s a massive fuck off dog

woaaa cool omg it’s just a torso that’s metal as fuck

that’s awesome ok

wow

hahah cool blood dogs okie

it’s sorta trottin along aww

percy’s tutor guys is eugh

AWWWW VAX “kiki”

bruh “friend”

wow these guys. suck at not accidentally bringing up percys trauma lol

vex’s abandonment issues popping off okay

this whitestone flashback is GORGEOUS so it’s gonna be in ruins now :/

yea it sucks now 😬 sun tree looking uhhhh

fits the vampire aesthetic a lot more now ngl but i like the pretty version personally

oh damn. the ending of episode 5. damn. augh

percy V pale. vitamin deficiency? very very white boy

why tf are there giants/goliaths here?? does not make sense bestie like is it an ecosystem thing? additional guard force?? i am wondering.

whitestone? more like graystone OOOOO BURN it’s bc the city is dirty.

religious person keeping the peace? BOOOO RISE UP VIVA LA RESISTANCE

Oh nvm she’s in the resistance ! sick. good for her.

aww archie and percy childhood crushes?? adorable

everlight on FIRE?? i guess not dark now but that can’t be good oof

“those were bad ideas and you should all feel bad” so tru bestie

also vax and percy standing like a power couple in that scene polycule rights

that’s a RLY COOL gun scope omg

haha back door team are all bottoms

oh my GOD they can’t open the door jesus

help action unsuccessful yikes scanlan

scANLANS FOOT???

PERCY FELL OUT A WINDOW

oh my god archie is nice and i like him <3

keyleth going FERAL I LOVE THAT FOR HER

WAIT. scanlans piercing is on the gay ear !!!!!

FUCK YES NO MERCY PERCY

and the NAME melts off the GUN this RULES

Cassandra is alive!!!!! holy shitttt

percy was a NERD in his youth

still is lol

this tutor suuuuuuucks booo

“who’s the sixth barrel for?” THE SHADOW. OH.

awwww archie and percy <3 <3 cute

let. me. be. annoying.

oh this lute music is a VIBE.

scanlans song slaps as well this is great

OMG THE GUARDS ARE PLAYING DND HAHA

“he’s a really tall guy” “scanlans just got shrunk” thanks @a-human-pippin-took i’m dumb at moments

WHAT FIRE BREATH WHAHAHAT HA

HEY HE IS BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE!!!!

this rules.

DUDE HES A TRICERATOPS THIS IS AMAZING 🦖🦕🦖🦕🦖

So dinosaurs are real??? or are they like mythical creatures in this universe ?

i can’t believe this mission was a total success good job scanlan

dick lightning omg nice sam

oh shit. cass. fuck man.

FUCK this tutor guy !

this loser brought a sword to a gun fight. sHit nvm he brought golems

OH MY GOD SHES ALOVE SHE SURVIVED JESUS CHRIST AH THANK GOD

pikes side quest goin Wild rn

oh THATS what it’s supposed to look like. a bit more light-y

oh this possession thing is uhhhhhh Fucked Up

oh my GOD percy is cool. fucked up but cool.

cass is. she has trauma as well! oof moment

oh my god. keyleth and the de rolo crest. that’s cool as fuck 😌😌

this vampire building is cool af and definitely trustable!!

uhhh that’s some. strange looking ceiling mold. 😬

oh FUCK THAT the hanged children have been ununalived now

ARCHIE NOOOOOIIIIIIOOOOOOIIOJOOKOOOOOOO THIS IS SO SAD

still torn up about that but holy shit keyleth

aw “kiki” 💚💚💚

that was a V good speech percy!! i miss archie :,(

oh my god “you know i’m in love with you, right?” “NOW?”

PIKE YES

“marry me?” “yes right now let’s do it” “really?” “no”

aw fuck still zombos

necromancer lady tattoo is messy as fuck. stick poke?

vax u CANT just free EVERYONE who the briarwoods hate,,

woa percy what did she do tho

oh this credits song!! <3 cute

oh FUCK this doctor lady

egh i rly don’t like anna ripley eghhhh

i agree w scanlan lol the smoke is a Bit fucked up lol lol hmmmm

WOA

OH MY GOD WHAT PERCY WHAT UR SOUL DUDE WHAT WOAH WHAT

this is so sus

cass u better be chill and not not chill

OH THATS SO COOL OMG “you’re at the bottom of my list”

taliesin king of one liners and crow noises

i only just realized pike is astral projecting

sick dagger vax 🔥🔥🔥

WAIT THE NAME CAS NO

shit fuck balls i called it

shittttt

percys crying vex is crying i’m gonna cry

HEAVY METAL

grog why is ur dick named that,,,,,

oh scanlan u genius

WATCHING W SUBTITLES ORTHAX IS THE WEIRD DEMON WTF AHHHH

percy holding his arm back from shooting cass,,,

oh my god scanlans muted,,,, smart but UGH

PIKE !! ❤️❤️❤️❤️💕❤️💕❤️❤️💕💕💕

KEYLETH THE LIGHT YEs

WEAKENS VAMPIRE FREES VEX THIS RULES YES

FUCK. YES. PIKE. THIS IS AWESOME KICK HER ASS

ok that fight was EPIC

And cass is more chill again!

aw fucks sake vampire lady pls stop it jeez

KEYLETH

the demon is orb

shittttttt

percy nooo ur soul is being overtaken haha

okay i got so wrapped up in the last episode i forgot to write ANYTHING but this show is VERY GOOD i highly recommend

!!!

[dangermousie]

CFC 174 - a fire sale at the knife factory. And I do mean a sale in a knife factory on fire.

I have this terrible feeling in the pit of my stomach before even opening the chapter. Oh Meatbun!

1. He Yu, even drugged, wanting to protect XQC and slamming the door shut but everyone saw XQC in such a state and nobody is thinking drugs and are all “well that’s why he stayed a personal doctor for so long” and BARF

2. The only good thing about it is how distraught LZS is.Hahahhaha in your face!

3. XQC is finally snapping out of it and I love that he is not blaming He Yu or whatever but instead is using his brain and is all “person who was supposed to come is WDH so it was part of an evil plot!”

4. He Yu is so terrified about XQC’s reaction to being exposed in public even his fingertips are trembling. My heart!!! And he’s buttoning XQC’s shirt and weeping. Man, HY cries so much all that damp would give him rheumatism.

5. You get such a sense of bone deep weariness from XQC. And he plans to apologize to LZS nooooo I can’t take it!

6. How did He Yu grow up with a backbone and forthrightness and any kind of morals at all with THAT as a mother? When he point blank tells her he loves XQC, he is the one who started the relationship and pursued him, that today was an accident but his feelings are not. I love it!

7. When He Yu said “if one of us is immoral, it’s not him, it’s me” and point blank admitted he forced XQC to be with him first I ascended!!! I love that LZS has no idea how to react because she never expected HY to be honest - she judges him by her own monstrous and cowardly standards so this is way outside her expectations.

8. LZS keeps telling him he has to protect the family, he cannot take the blame and I love love love He Yu’s response that he HAS to make things clear or XQC’s reputation and life would be ruined and he’d be blamed.

How did this kid grow up so right within that family? This is a miracle. And ironic that the “damaged goods” one is by far the best member of it - HY has done horrible things but he is also capable of repentance and devotion and selflessness and none of the rest of them are.

I love how forthright he is with her - that it’s too late for him to feel family warmth from them, that their house does not feel like a home, so that is not the priority for him to defend but XQC (who provided that warmth) is.

That is what happens when you neglect your child steadily for the last 20 years. But honestly, the very fact he is standing there functional and not locked in a cell or just full of bitterness is testament to both how strong he is and how good XQC’s existence in his life from childhood has been for him.

9. Hmmmm. Her reaction! I am sticking to her being a fake or at least something being seriously off about that birth story.

10. LZS finally loses her temper and goes to slap HY (what an idiot omg forget feelings - your mission!) but XQC comes in and honestly HY would have been better off slapped because he says he never had any feelings for HY and so HY would never need to explain things to anyone and this was a framing incident and he will find out the truth (ahahaha LZS in your toad face!) and the thing that gets me about XQC is how utterly inhumanly terrifying his willpower is. He is dying, he’s been utterly humiliated in the worst way, he does love He Yu and has to hide it and he is composed and ice cold and together and honestly, I don’t think anything could ever truly break the man (though I think Meatbun will do her best to.)

11. LZS hits XQC and I NEED HER TO DIE GRUESOMELY NOW!!! But also she is so dumb - how the hell did she get anywhere in the org - this is like the last thing she needs to strategically do!

12. XQC not taking this without a fight and is all “lady, you never cared for him, which is why I stayed, be a freaking mother at last or he’d be too pitiful” speech is !!!!

Meatbun is taking a break tomorrow and I cannot believe this will be the first day without an update in almost 6 months. This woman is like a genius machine!

[manicmagic1]

THEY FUCKING RUINED MONSTER HIGH THAT WAS MY CHILDHOOD WTF THEY MADE TORALEI BRITISH……AND CLAWDEEN NOOOOO THEY MESSED MY GIRL UP💀💀💀💀

[dayseternal-blog]

So, what's your top 5 musicals of all times? 👀🎤

Is this Imanga once again allowing me to jump on my soapbox for things no one else cares about!!!!!!!!! 😍😍

Starting from Top-Top-TOP FAVE to Also Top Fave!!:

1. Cats

Did I watch the recent movie? Nooooo. I'm way too scared to see if they ruined my #1 beloved musical as much as others say they did. I have loved the stage musical since I was a little girl because of the white cat, Victoria. Since I danced ballet, her beginning solo made me 🤩. People never understand why I love Cats. I just love the dancing!!! so much dancing!!!...and the fun songs...and the magic....I don't actually care about plot that much. BUT Cats does have a plot!!!!!!! Mr. Mistoffelees saves Old Deuteronomy and Grizabella gets reborn in the Heaviside Layer!!!! My childhood dream was to be cast in Cats as any one of them. Race doesn't matter because everyone's in makeup and wigs anyway 🥺 I'll be on Broadway in another life I guess...

2. West Side Story

The dancing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And the music, of course, is just...the best. I had the opportunities to play the soundtrack on the clarinet in my high school orchestra AND dance a ballet piece in my last high school production, so the music is injected in my veins, I swear. Also, who doesn't love watching "gangs" of men dance with so much grace. I just adore this musical 💕💕 Every moment is so vivid and heartfelt. My third NaruHina fanfic was based on this musical.

3. Grease

John Travolta. omg. He's such a ham. As a kid, I did not at all register how absolutely uncool the T-Birds are...like the Pink Ladies are way too good for them. What I love about Grease is that there is so much more to appreciate about it when you're older and can understand what all the characters are talking about lolll. But also the songs are so much fun, the coming-of-age angst is real, and somehow, after alllll of the hijinks, the characters actually mature??!! This musical has arguably some of the best character development ever. Also the 50s poodle skirts context is just so cute.

4. Les Choristes

Coming in, completely unexpected with NO dancing whatsoever, is Les Choristes. I first watched this with my French Class, no subtitles, we had to try to comprehend it by ourselves. My teacher stopped the film and replayed scenes twice while we filled out worksheets about what was going on. I don't know what it was about this scene... "Action; réaction" where Rachin grabs his own talking hand, we just thought it was hilarious. We'd burst out laughing each time. Besides that, this film is beautiful. It's like a French Kinpachi-sensei with singing. We thought that Pépinot was just the most adorable little boy ever. The song "Cerf-volant, volant au vent, ne t'arrête pas..." that whole song was my internal soundtrack for those blessed weeks. And then when the movie was over, like absolute fangirls, we squealed over grown Jean-Baptiste Maunier, the actor for bad boy singing prodigy Pierre Morhange. Gosh. Good times. ONE DAY, FRANCE, ONE DAY.

5. The Sound of Music

Classic. As a small kid, I used to sing the songs in the shower! The songs are extremely kid-friendly despite the heavy stuff going on in the movie. In high school, the first dance I ever choreographed for a show was for the Ballet 1 girls to "My Favorite Things," and it turned out really, really cute. My older sister likes to tweak the lyrics for "The Lonely Goatherd" to be about me and my husband, and she actually sang it at our wedding😂. Basically, this musical is precious, and Julie Andrews is such a show-stealing star!!!

After that, honorable mentions in no particular order are My Fair Lady (plot & romance are good, Audrey Hepburn is 💗), Moulin Rouge! (soundtrack is amazing...Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor omgg, omggggg 😩), On the Town (this soundtrack IS my heartbeat, also GENE KELLY and FRANK SINATRA), The Phantom of the Opera (nothing beats watching this live), Fiddler on the Roof (has grown on me tremendously over the years), Rent (also has grown on me over time), A Chorus Line (I, uh, live vicariously through the auditionees' stress), Singin' In the Rain (classic, also, GENE KELLY), and Flower Drum Song (ok, it's like the first majority-Asian Am cast ever so I excuse the dated racism, the songs are fun).

My tastes in musicals run old thanks to my mother. I was watching at a young age films that made no coherent sense to me, but I didn't care. I just loved the music and dancing. I've ended up dancing to the majority of the soundtracks on this post for various performances, and noowwww, I feel like watching Cats. And Les Choristes. And On the Town. but it's really late.

[uno-family]

Dragon au

Father is so tired of the blasted kids next door ruining his plans. Why wasn’t he as strong as his father ?! That man could take over the world in a day but what about him,nooooo. He needed to be STRONGER but how? What made his papi so powerful? Father grimed in frustration, but then a thought clam to his head. What was he ? He......never thought about that. He looked down on the ink blackness that he had grown so used too. Why didn’t he question it before it felt so natural, something he grow up around and into. Maybe that’s why.....he didn’t know. Was there a way to find out ? Now there’s and idea. Father gets up from his office and decides to go into the basement where he kept things he rather not remember, things of his childhood. He shuttered at the memories. While thinking hands hand lit a blaze but not in anger. He looked down at his hand he didn’t do that. The flames seemed to be pointing some where. He loooked up in the direction of the flames reach and in the corner was a chest he never bothered to open. It always sat in his father’s room before they moved and they put him in the old folks home. Something he didn’t know what told him it was time. He opens the chest and inside was a book. He blows the years worth of dirt and dust off. On the cover was a dragon embedded in the book.

So about my grammar I’ll make a part 2

[yellowhearther0]

okok spoilers for the aurora cycle series and a causal disclaimer that i haven't finished book 3 (and its been at least a couple months since i've read the first two books so if im remembering stuff incorrectly in spots then uhhh WHOOPS)

there are about 3 romance plots in the books between the main charcacters (theres 7 mcs.. at least at the start LMAO) and of the three romance plots only ONE is decent enough where it doesnt ruin anything- probably because its not rlly put into action outside of obnoxious flirting (but everyone in the crew obnoxiously flirts with each other so its fine) until the end of the 2nd book/3rd book so its whatevs

(I'm adding a cut here bc it gets pretty long and i don't wanna overtake the dash but give this a read? maybe?)

THE OTHER TWO ROMANCE PLOTS THOUGH

they very early on introduce romantic tension between cat and tyler in the most unnecessary way possible? their reasoning for why they dont get together is. very odd to the least? (it's like 'im leader of the squad and ur under my leadership so we CANT be together' maybe its about the power imbalance? but also they're literally childhood friends) but before anything happens cat fuxking dies so its just this weird plothole that occasion gets dragged back up as a sort of angst point for tyler? but theres no POINT to their whole 'i like u but we cant be together but also i dont like cuz ur my bff' thing bc u could do the EXACT SAME THING with no romance plot whatsoever!! its so annoying like the easiest fix is to just. get rid of the romance plot! BOOM

And then. kal and aurora. kal and FUCKING AURORA

i have so much pent up rage abt their relationship bc its so FAKE and just lazy fucking writing all around. HONESTLY their relationship is the reason why i started this rant in the first place!

whats even worse is that they had potential to have an interesting dynamic that lead to them being a couple but NOOOOO kal has the 'magical soulmate bond uwu 🥺🥺' with aurora for whatever reason and pushes her away bc of it bc he doesnt wanna make he uncomfortable (which was fine and i didnt mind) and then he finally tells her and OH WOW AURORA SUDDENLY HAS FEELING FOR HIM EVEN THOUGH IT WAS NEVER BROUGHT UP OR EVEN REALLY IMPLIED B4 THE GOT TOGETHER (<- my issue with their relationship) like yes aurora had shown (non-romantic) interest in kal BECAUSE he pushed her away and she didn't know why but it was never implied that she actually like. LIKED him outside of the occasional pointing out that he was attractive (which again is a commonplace for ALL the characters to do so it didn't really hold much weight)

so, because the writers so desperately need it i have! 3 solutions to this trash of a romance plot!

also before i start just as an overall statement: I WANT THEM TO INTRODUCE THE PULL/SOULMATE BOND THING EARLIER!!!!!!

ANYWAYS

a) aka the easy way out: get rid of the damn 'pull' or soulmate bond or whatever. if ur gonna get them together at least do it naturally if ur gonna be lazy about it

b) the gay canon divergent option: keep the pull but have him become attracted to TYLER instead- i only say this because they genuinely do have the chemistry and not just bc i want it to be gay LMAO. it can be enemies to lovers where while the kiss they have (yes they kiss. it's not romantic or anything and done more-so to cover up what they're ACTUALLY doing but yeah.) is still the turning point in their friendship it also introduces the idea of kal having feelings for tyler via the pull and tyler having feelings for kal just in general.

and c) the canon compliant option: again, keep the pull and keep everything the same BUT when kal tells auri about the pull and tells her that she doesn't have to reciprocate she agrees saying that SHE DOES NOT HOLD ROMANTIC FEELINGS FOR HIM but! that she would be willing to like. help him out. it can then either become a qpr instead OR later on down the line they could get together in a /r relationship BUT it'd have to be like. at the end of book 2 or maybe even of book 3

but like yeah. romance in the aurora cycle could've deffo been written better thats for sure