#Story Recommendations [ Promos ]

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- Dear fellow Traveler by Sea Wolf

For Day 1 of @merlinrarepairfest & based on chapter 1 of my fic The Ingenuous

[the-first-response]

First Response: The Betrayal (Prologue - Part One) is OUT NOW!! if you’d like to check it out, it’s available as a free/pay what you can PDF here (link)

First Response is a collective of short stories and art, set in a post-apocalyptic future. Decades after pollution and war ravage the Earth, there are two groups of people in the wastelands; those that strive to heal the world that died, and those that benefit from it staying dead.

Kit Winfrey is an engineer at the Kusasa Corporation, one of the world's leaders in environmental and community outreach. Passionate and driven, he quickly became a leading mind in the corporation. He may be spreading thinner and thinner, but it's as they say: If you love what you do, you never work a day in your life!

Oxford Jones is a scientist at the Kusasa Corporation. Brought along by Kit, he hasn't quite yet made a name for himself like his childhood friend. But, maybe this new discovery can change that...

[hughlegat]

Underneath - writing and dying

Doing some shameless self promotion but I’ve just finished writing this story on A03 called underneath.

The premise is that Archie Walker has just started year 11 and after coughing up flowers he realises that he’s in love with his best friend. It contains hanahaki disease, bulimia and a suicide attempt so please read it with caution.

And I’m currently writing a sort of sequel fic focusing on Marcus’ sister (Archie’s best friend) called Maria. So if you want to check that out then the first part is out on my ao3

[hero-of-skies]

This is a brand new tumblr blog for Link from Skyward Sword, lovingly nicknamed Sky and flown with affection by Snow(mun). Muse is 20(unless otherwise stated per verse), Snow/mun is 19.

This blog follows back for @hero-of-sins (nsfw/t rp) , @hyrule-photographer (screenshots and memes), and @temporary-tales (multi-muse)

ʚ•ɞ Carrd ʚ•ɞ Tags ʚ•ɞ Starters ʚ•ɞ

This post will be edited as information becomes available. Snow is actively playing Skyward Sword again.

[hergan416]

Re-Reading Chapter 10 and I really think I know why my first reading of Dorian Gray fucked me up so bad. This chapter is SHORT. And moved SO MUCH FASTER than 9. It's so much easier to read, because you don't need an education to see what is happening (and so I didn't need google that much)

I already mentioned the use of the word "languidly" in my last post, and I thought this was mostly just a joking, shitposty reading of the book, but honestly, after reading the whole thing I do think that Chapter 10 reads like the build-up in (gay) romantic fanfiction.

One of the things fanfiction does really well (or at least that that I read most frequently) is take flawed characters, have them reveal those flaws, and then be redeemed through love despite their flaws.

I think about @nenya85's various prideshipping verses, where Atem and Seto go through many iterations of communication to finally (in Atem's case) find a sense of self and (in Kaiba's) find self-acceptance. I think about @uglifish's I am Just A Poor And Starving Artist, where Kaiba and Atem are a fanwriter and a fanartist respectively, creating prideshipping content off each other and neither realizing who the other is or that their feelings are reciprocated. I think about Johnny's love for the Devil and how "bad for business" he is in The Devil Went Down to Georgia (And Then Went Down On Johnny). I think about how outside of the kink, what is really touching about katamar is Katakuri realizing that he's more than the monster he's built up in his head. For example, from @touchmycoat's Bite the hand / that starves you: "This was a decidedly foreign sensation—when was the last time someone feared him less than they liked him? When was the last time someone had looked right at Katakuri’s bare face, and then licked his own lips?" How is that not the most romantic shit ever? Even the zosan, which I mention mostly because it's easy to find and ubiquitous, often features a point where both characters have to be ok both hating and loving each other. Honestly, Sanji's inclusion usually means some sort of coming to terms with himself and his internalized insecurities, with the help of everyone around him, who don't think he's as bad as he is.

There's always a point where someone is going to bare their soul, and whomever they do that with is going to hold that soul in their hands and find it beautiful. Sure Dorian Gray is accused of being bad, and a lot of time has passed, but surely he's not that bad. He's redeemable? Love will work for him too?

This whole time I've been reading stories, conditioning myself to expect stories, where when you bare your soul to someone, especially to someone like Basil Hallward, who has repeatedly been described as being devoted to Dorian Gray, Dorian Gray will find love and redemption. Basil will still love him, even when he bares the nastiness of his soul.

I didn't know what was going to happen when I read this the first time. I'll see what changes with my perspective with the warning I've got from having read the book before in a bit. But really, I guess what I'm saying is that I've come to expect catharsis at this point in a story. And I know what happens and I'm not going to get it.

[temporary-tales]

THIS BLOG HAS MOVED TO @fragmented-tales

Temporary Tales

With time, the stories of old erode into a new tale.

Temporary Tales is a side blog of @hero-of-skies and therefore follows back from that blog.

An indie multi-muse, multi-fandom, multi-ship roleplay blog featuring muses from FFXIV, Genshin Impact, Honkai: Star Rail, Aphmau's My Inner Demons Minecraft Roleplay, and more!

Mun is Snow aged 18 he/they, and timezone is UTC-3/-4 (AST/ADT)

Rules • Muses • PSA

This side blog has moved to it's own main blog @fragmented-tales interactions are still on if you really want me to see it asap. Details

[fatesown]

GENERAL TAG DROP

[vampwritesstuff]

𝐕𝐚𝐦𝐩’𝐬 𝐀𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐳 𝐅𝐢𝐜 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐬 (1)

a random collection of Ateez fics I have stumbled across and fell in love with. (I am clearly biased towards smau fics)

* marks mature/violent content, please heed warnings posted by the author. MDNI with the fics on this list that are marked like this. You are responsible for the media you consume!

Personal favorites are marked with 💜

Authors will not be tagged multiple times if they have already been tagged once before on this list, this is to ensure that I don’t flood notifications and so I can tag as many different authors as I can!

If any authors would like their works removed from this list or to be untagged, please feel free to tell me!! As well as let me know if any links are not working properly! (I do tend to check them frequently though as this list also helps me keep track of the ongoing fics I am reading)

While you’re here, also feel free to check out my own Ateez smau Forgotten Melodies! (Shameless self promo but oh well, it’s my rec list I can recommend my own fic if I want to)

OT8/Multiple Members

wonderwall * @atzfilm 💜 (ongoing series)

circus * @lani-heart 💜 (ongoing)

inception * @remedyx (ongoing)

hypothesis (woosan) @woneuntonzz (ongoing smau)

ateez mafia au @softsan (ongoing)

this night together * (yungi) @honeyhotteoks 💜 (ongoing)

the essence of youth is summers with you @eightmakesonebraincell 💜 (oneshot)

divine ruination * @seonghwaddict (ongoing)

blinding lights * (seongjoong) @kpoppers-anonymous (ongoing)

when eight becomes nine @bunnliix (ongoing)

for love of the game * (yunwoo) @kitten4sannie (oneshot)

makes him want to give up his sea legs @yeontantrash 💜 (drabble)

that’s what roommates are for * (yunsanmin) @bro-atz (oneshot)

house of cards @moontyun (ongoing)

incomplete @ldysmfrst (ongoing)

our leaves must fall before our flowers can bloom @ eightmakesonebraincell 💜 (oneshot)

Kim Hongjoong

a wild ride * @bombuni (oneshot)

while you were sleeping @ seonghwaddict (oneshot)

when flowers bloom in the dark @makeitmingi (ongoing)

kindergarten love story @xomakara (oneshot)

your gentle hands @yourlocaljonghoe 💜 (oneshot)

Park Seonghwa

the lamb and the wolf * @ seonghwaddict (oneshot)

the way to his heart * @edenesth (completed series)

the stranger in 43b @jae-bummer (oneshot)

i will wait @hwaightme (oneshot)

let me in @ makeitmingi (oneshot)

Jeong Yunho

espresso for two? @xuchiya (oneshot)

music of the heart @noonaishere 💜 (ongoing smau)

empires @peacheeeliz 💜 (completed smau)

hunted: haunting adeline au * @whatudowhennooneseesyou 💜 (oneshot)

let’s start a podcast @mars101 (ongoing smau)

Kang Yeosang

morning glory * @anyamaris (oneshot)

operation: passenger princess @sungbeam 💜 (oneshot)

yeosang & a situationship @yunhoszn (oneshot smau)

oddeleny @songmingisthighs 💜 (completed smau)

Choi San

online/offline @ noonaishere 💜 (ongoing smau)

leave the window open @ sungbeam (oneshot)

hold me @cheeseceli (oneshot)

no hesitation * @daemour (oneshot)

love beyond barriers @catsannie (ongoing smau)

Song Mingi

preying on you tonight * @bvidzsoo (oneshot)

and july @sara-wishes (oneshot)

wave @sorryimananti-romantic (oneshot)

[ 11:45 p.m. ] @mingtinys (timestamp)

hidden flames @imagine-a-life-like-this & @mxnsxngie (ongoing)

save a horse, ride your best friend @ seonghwaddict (oneshot)

Jung Wooyoung

written in the stars @ennysbookstore (ongoing)

247 @yothangie 💜 (ongoing smau)

unexpectedly @dancinglikebutterflywings 💜 (ongoing smau + currently on hiatus/being rewritten)

lover, please stay * @roomsofangel (ongoing)

that and then @halaboyz (oneshot)

plans changed @ dancinglikebutterflywings (oneshot)

bullseye! @lividstar 💜 (oneshot)

let the heart love again @ makeitmingi 💜 (oneshot)

vivrant thing @hwaslayer (ongoing)

i don’t want your sorrys, i want you safe @dvrktvnnel (oneshot + planned part two)

die for me * @jisungchan (oneshot)

Choi Jongho

oh shit, are we in love? * @mingigoo 💜 (oneshot)

thinking about how… @ cheeseceli (drabble)

the pool * @beenbaanbuun (oneshot)

[lesbians4armand]

Do you have any DM fic recs? I feel like there has been so much fic posted since the finale and I can't keep up.

OKAY dear nonnie I am so so sorry for making you wait so long for a response, I am notoriously terrible at replying to asks. I kept meaning to and then forgetting, but we are here now 🙂‍↕️

Here are some of my favourite Devil’s Minions fics!!

• I'm the Devil's Minion And He Grants My Every Wish

(Series by OracleOfTheSea, gorgeous writing and take on past and present DM in these three fics, I love this one)

• bodice ripper

(by nonfatalinfection, explicit, body horror, true freak DM sex, really enjoyed this one personally but might not be for everyone, so check tags!)

• i’m a man (and you deny it)

(INCREDIBLE work by mercuryhatter, who is on tumblr @armandposting, brilliant exploration on armand’s story and present feelings on Venice, set post-canon as he explains to Daniel who Amadeo really was, mature)

• At Least Death Means I’ll Never Be Afraid of Dying Again

(by MitchieSawyer, mature. I don’t tend to include AUs in recs but this one caught me so hard, it was truly amazing. Modern, Human AU that deals with the heartbreak and difficulties of terminal illness and death, keep tissues on hand for this one.)

• i’m a mess, but i’m the mess you wanted

(by real_enough, explicit. another human au, but one I found myself really enjoying, very sweet)

• red tint my world, keep me safe from my trouble and pain

(by rockwetman, explicit. armand watches rocky horror, once in 1975 and once in 2022. this fic speaks to my rhps loving heart, can’t recommend it enough)

• honey and pineapple

(by duri, explicit. AMAZING fic where daniel and rashid-mand get it on, one of my faves and my favourite genre)

• a haunting just for company

(by valkyrisms, explicit, post-s2 with armand just. living in daniel’s house. very fun, but unfinished as of now)

• two broken souls

(series by serafina20, explicit, post-s2 devils minion. a huge favourite)

• Lie Back And Let Me Unlock You

(by Thunder_Puss, explicit. human au but they’re possibly even more freaks than they are in canon, set in the early 2000s, armand is a cannibal, and daniel is his willing(?) victim. unfinished as of now but updates regularly)

• Dirty Thoughts

(by Yielded Desire, explicit. Daniel is super horny for Rashid and Louis and Armand project images of their coupling into his head to get him off. very fun indeed)

Finally, a little bit of shameless self-promo, by ao3 is ultraviolet_glow, where you can find many of own my DM ideas

[beansprean]

My entry for What We Create In The Shadows vol 4! @wwcitszine

It was a privilege to be able to contribute to this zine among such creative, talented, and fun artist and writers! The mods truly did an incredible job and the zine is BEAUTIFUL! Highly recommend getting a physical copy if you can. :)

You can still get WWCITS until July 28th! All proceeds to to PFLAG!

(ID in alt and under cut)

ID: Detailed drawing of a city street at night; Nandor, Laszlo, Nadja, and Colin Robinson are in the foreground, running for their lives towards the viewer. Chasing them (having caught up to them, really) is vampire Guillermo flying through the air on bat wings, silhouetted by the glowing full moon behind him. He is grinning maniacally with his clawed hands curled upward in triumph, eyes glowing a burning orange as he poses mid-flight, chest puffed out with his newfound power. Nandor is in the front, arms pumping, eyes wide with fear as he looks straight ahead. At his elbow is Laszlo, looking over his shoulder in alarm, one hand clamped around Nadja's wrist to drag her on behind him. Nadja's other hand is holding up her skirts and cradling Nadja doll potato-sack style in her elbow as she rushes along. She looks upward with a snarl, distracted, as Guillermo looms above her. Lagging behind is Colin Robinson, huffing and puffing as he tries to keep up.

The city street behind them is full of easter eggs. A kiosk on the left behind Laszlo is covered in flyers: fundraiser to cover medical bills for Toby, a recruitment poster for the Mosquito Club, an add for reanimations for $350 cash, a Go Flip Yourself ad, a comptroller campaign poster for Sean covered up by one for Colin covered up by one for Evie, a newspaper article about Morrigan Manor, a Wicked poster, a flyer for the familiar mixer, a missing poster for Jenna, a Found poster for Guillermo's bicycle, a handwritten ad that says "Djinn to good home, call Gyermo" with a photo of the djinn lamp, and several stickers including one that says 'werewolves not swearwolves, a Palestinian flag, and the s5 moon promo shot. Sitting atop the kiosk is a frog with curly brown hair - la Guillerana, and above it on the brick wall is a black poster featuring a hooded figure with round glowing eyes that says "The Night Market: if you know, you know." The roof of the building has a clothesline stretched across it where the Cloak of Duplication is hanging. The next building has glass doors and windows across the first floor with soft ambient lighting coming from within. A foldable chalkboard outside says 'closed for privat pardy'. The name of the restaurant is printed above the door: 'love at first bite'. The second floor is a grid of square windows with the blinds drawn, a single ad for Rapula Realty in an upper window. A single anonymous finger parts the blinds on a lower window to peek out. The third floor has three windows and fairy lights draped across the front. A purple flag that says 'human wellness inquire within' hangs from the first window, and the second has one foggy pane with the word 'help' written on it backwards. Black Peter the goat is on the roof, front hooves planted on the ledge to look out at the running vampires in the street. The following building has a grid of windows and a temporary vinyl sign stretched across it that says 'Urgent Care'. More buildings stretch out behind to the horizon.

On the right, there is a small newspaper vending machine with the headlines 'Flying Man Spotted' and 'Strange meteor lands in New Brighton'. The adjacent building has four stories, the only entrance a set of stairs going straight down. Neon pink lights pour from the doorway and lowermost windows. Above the doorway with an arrow pointing down is a neon sign for Nadja's. Below it, a poster exclaiming 'Baby Colin Live!' One of the middle windows has a sign that says 'Nadja and Laszlo Human Music Group performing Thursday nights'. Hanging from the roof precariously by both hands and looking towards the ground in terror is Patton Oswalt. One of the Baron's mutant children is sitting happily on the ledge nearby. A tree is on the roof and has some kind of net hanging from it. The next building is corporate and mostly windows, the bottommost portion open and flanked by yellow poles, a yellow and black divider blocking the entrance. An awning above it says 'Jesk Parking'. Inside, there is what looks to be a pile of rats. Two bats fly past. A vinyl sign stretched over the building front is an ad showing a man hugging a pillow that says "Get the Guy Pillow! Buy 100 get 1 free! Guys only!" The roof turns suddenly to greco-roman architecture, a row of stone columns lining the edge. Sitting at the very top are the two gargoyles having a riveting conversation. The next building is 3 stories and has a trans flag hanging from one corner and a progress flat from the other. The first floor has an alcove with a door flanked by two windows, one featuring shelves with jars of white liquid, the other a palmistry poster that reads 'free palm reading with every ejaculation'. The store name above reads 'Satchel Serafina' More text on the second floor reads 'Home of Memo's Man Milk, gathered lovingly by hand.' Beyond this building is a small grassy area behind a fence with a dead old tree and some graffiti that says 'Simon the Devious' with a crown. There is a nearby sewer drain under the sidewalk where a hand is reaching out. More buildings stretch out behind to the horizon. /end ID

[renthony]

🏳️‍🌈

My beloved wife @natalieironside wrote a book titled The Last Girl Scout, which features a kickass cast of queer characters and stars a pair of trans lesbians who fight both zombies and nazis. Natalie's own promo post is here!

You can buy a copy via Amazon, and this is the official plot summary:

The past lies like a nightmare over the world. Two hundred years after the War when atomic fire rained from the skies and burned the world to cinders, human civilization has had time to rebuild within the burned-out husk of Old America.  But the old terrors of the past still persist, and while some work to build a better world, others still dream of reclaiming the glory of the Old World. In southern Appalachia, political commissar Magnolia Blackadder is sent on a mission into the irradiated Exclusion Zone of Old DC, where an evil that humanity thought it had vanquished centuries ago is waking up and rebuilding its strength.  Along the way, she meets a strange woman with terrible secrets and an unspeakable past, and as they forge a bond and brave the terrors of the wasteland together, she learns that some demons are not so easily exorcised, and that some stones are better left unturned. In this her debut novel, award-winning author Natalie Ironside delivers a new vision of the post-apocalypse, a tale of adventure, terror, love, and that most basic and most powerful of all human desires:  Freedom. 

Obviously I love it because my wife made it, but outside of that, this book is genuinely one of my favorites. I'm so glad she shared it with the world, because it makes me feel better when I start feeling overwhelmed about all the bad shit out there.

In The Last Girl Scout, there are still queer people meeting, building relationships both romantic and platonic, and supporting each other even when the world is on fire. People make fucked up bad decisions but receive support after they choose to do better and commit to healing the harm they've done. Parents support their trans kids. The power of gay love brings renewal and hope. I think we need more stories like that in the world.

Also, there's a gay vampire DILF.

Drop a 🏳️‍🌈 in my inbox and I'll respond with a queer media recommendation!

[mysticmistral]

Highly recommend AFK Journey’s you get amnesia, have hamsters, investigate arson, smite some wind, go on a date, crash a party, and probably more I’m just stuck.

You’ve got yourself, and call us Robin cause we’re a mage and got no memory. The game has character creation, though quite limited. Still good though.

We’ve got Valen who gives me Claude from FE3H vibes for some reason and a mysterious second sword and is a Lightbearer, the second recruit to your team and a good VA

We’ve got my favorite design in the game, Bryon, a Bird wielding Wilder who I pulled and has a great VA in my opinion

AFK Arena players will recognize Silvina, a Graveborn assassin who was my favorite Arena character next to Lucretia for some reason (IDK I just like her)

Every game needs a mysterious person tied to the protagonist, and you get Mirael, a flame sorcerer who calls us dear and has the best animations so far.

And also from Arena, Antandra, a dual sided spear and shield wielding Mauler who can make her own shield and also has a good voice.

There’s like, six or so Promo codes for free stuff, but if you like a game with artstyle, I recommend this one. It’s quite stylized and has a decent story. There is a small amount of heroes to summon, but it’ll probably increase as the game goes on.

[trickengf]

NEW THE BOOK OF BILL PROMOS!

Universo Dos Livros just dropped these new banners for The Book Of Bill (in Portuguese) in Amazon Brazil.

(DON'T COME CLOSER)

(THE DEMON OF GRAVITY FALLS WAS RESURRECTED...)

(NOW HE WILL GIVE HIS VERSION OF THE STORY.)

(THIS BOOK IS DAMNED!

READ AT YOUR OWN RISK

Not recommended for children under 18 years of age)

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[randomnoteforfuturereference]

Just getting done from watching Elemental, and I am so happy that I decided to watch it opening day. Not just because the beautiful visuals (which the promos don't do justice over; more on that later*)... or the creative concepts about the way different elements interact with each other and their environment... or the absolutely adorable interactions between Ember and Wade. But most of all the key theme of the story.

Now it'd be easy to think that this is just another fantastical star-crossed lovers story. Or another derivation of Zootopia in regards to a racism allegory. Which... again I'll get to that later.*

But honesty, while the theme of racism (interactional and structural) was interwoven through the story and the romance was the key plot driver, what really stands about that film wasn't those factors (as still as wonderfully done as they are; especially the theme of fire and water being able to touch).

What stood out was the central theme of being the child of immigrants and the expectations that come with it. Especially when those immigrants who are the vanguard and keystone of their communities. And especially when you realize that it's a personal story from Peter Sohn and many of the folks who worked on it; the same way that Turning Red is a personal story from Domee Shi (it is notable that Pixar has been really great at platforming creator stories).

*But you wouldn't know that judging by what scant marketing there was (which doesn't exactly dissuade my suspicions that Disney seems to be doing its damndest to kneecap Pixar).

Anyways, I highly recommend it. And if you're on the fence about watching it, I suggest not getting discouraged by said shitty marketing or naysayers who haven't seen it.

[snakes-and-fluff]

Milgram drought be hitting hard... Anyway I was thinking what an anime of each prisoner's personal story might look like (assuming all isolated from each other and Milgram as a facility does not exist) ((also assume each 12 episodes long)) also assuming they're psychological dramas because. Milgram

Haruka: The main appeal is the artstyle, drawn like animated child's drawings for most of the time but a few scenes an episode is instead depicted in starkly realistic illustrations (not animated). It's told from the perspective of Haruka who keeps insisting he has a good life even as all the facts point otherwise, finally culminating in the murder late in the show, at which point the artstyle changes to be a strange mix of the previous two

Yuno: What first presents itself as a peppy slice-of-slice soon devolves into a painfully raw story of a teen girl. The winner of many awards but not that popular with most people who claim to find it too dry and boring

Fuuta: The murder happens towards the end of episode two but it isn't revealed to the audience exactly what happens until much later. Fuuta's behaviour clearly changes after that point and he keeps getting harassed by people who were previously friendly with him, but the actual flashback reveal is only in ep 8. The show leans very heavily into the "is he a bad person?" question and the fandom is known for starting debates about it in the comments of completely unrelated posts

Muu: It was a dark setup from the start but not many people expected a murder in episode 7. The anime switches POV between Muu and Rei until Rei dies, then it switches between Muu and a student counsellor (who doesn't know about the murder and is just trying to solve the bullying but the tension comes from the fact that the audience and Muu keep being worried about her potentially learning about the murder)

Shidou: The most niche of the bunch, some people weren't a fan of how medically accurate it was while others rejoiced in that fact. The whole thing is a flashback as it's established that Shidou has left the medical industry in the first episode but it is slowly revealed why and the circumstances behind his family's deaths as it goes on

Mahiru: Yuno's might have been a bit misleading at first but everyone who saw the promo material knew what was going down. Mahiru's managed to keep the dark twists under wraps, genuinely being sold as a cute love story though there were hints from the start. It's unclear when exactly the death happened because as it goes on it starts timeskipping and flashbacking without warning and it's clear that Mahiru isn't quite sure herself of what is actually happening

Kazui: Hinako is dead before the series even starts and it is actually told from the perspective of someone who works with Kazui slowly uncovering what happened out of morbid curiousity. Kazui is the very definition of unreliable narrator and nobody knows what to make of whatever information comes directly from him. Some fans don't like the way the show never seemed to decide on a single answer as to what happened while others praise it for it

Amane: The fandom is small but loud (though it is always recommended as "this one will tear your heart out"); the tale of a child embroiled in an awful home life, using a unique visual style of poppy colours and thick outlines to sharply contrast the horrible things being portrayed. The murder happens at the end of the last episode, giving the closest thing to a "happy ending" they could achieve for Amane, though it is left ambiguous what would happen to her next

Mikoto: Told in a non-chronological style, the reveal of the murder is towards the end (around episode 10) leaving the rest of the time as wrapup as Mikoto finally comes to accept the truth of the situation. There are still arguments in the fandom years after it ended if the murder was metaphorical or not

Kotoko: She's presented as a really cool vigilante at first but then it slowly unravels as she reveals more of her violent side and that her kill count is a LOT higher than previously thought. Her personality is divisive among fans but everyone can agree that the opening is a banger

DISCLAIMER: I just realised that some of these can be read as me throwing shade on the fans of a particular character; I promise 100% that isn't the case this was just a fun thought experiment!