#THEY'RE LITERALLY PERFECT FOR EACH OTHER WHAT THE HECK...

[fizzyfishepicgaymer]

I'm a genuine and firm believer in the fact that sethno are soulmates coded to some extent (ppl don't have to agree with me here, I'm just stating how i feel) but ofc hoyo can't let us have that bc hoyo is hoyo...

i mean, they changed sethos's design completely from his concept art to mirror cyno's (his leaked design was nothing like his current official design), cyno is mentioned in three of sethos's character stories AND they have voicelines about each other, they had literally almost half of oathkeeper being about them and their parallelism, matching party entrance animations, matching stickers, so much other matching stuff and now even official art with the 2 of them but ofc all that went out of the window just bc of something a side character said about their relationship... sometimes I wish this fandom had the capability to read past a character's story 2 and analyse information for themselves instead of letting popular beliefs dictate their opinions bc to me it just appears that THOSE ppl are forcing their opinions on others who might not even have played through cyno's 2nd story quest or know sethos and his lore that well and it's just so dissapointing.... as someone who wholeheartedly loves cyno and sethos and finds their dynamic so fascinating (even tho there are some aspects that I think hoyo could have done better about them) . imo they're THE perfect ship for both of them and I stick to what I said

alright rant over I can go back to my sethno relationship analysis thingy that i might post here if i feel like it👍

[thefiery-phoenix]

YANDERES STUCKY (STEVE AND BUCKY) HEADCANONS

They'd most likely meet you if you were in the past with them, or an Avenger or even just a random civilian they once saved

Most yanderes often find it rather difficult to share but both of them get along really well with each other since they're pals so, they'll share you with each other, after all, sharing IS caring. And for YOU, that'll make it even more harder for you to escape from them

I can see both of them taking turns stalking you and claiming it to be 'keeping an eye on you to make sure you're safe'. Yeeaahhh.... I don't really buy that

If you're an Avenger like them you can't be one anymore since they don't want you risking your life and putting in danger. And if you're a civilian living without their protection, what if someone hurts you or does something to you? So, with the best interests in their hearts for you, and after all, they being your best friends, they only want what's best for you. And they know that the best thing for you is to be with them. FORVER

They'll collect everything about you, finding about your interests and stuff like that. They'll most likely kidnap you after 2 months or so but don't worry, they'll make sure you're happy with them and stock up on all your favorite things. HECK, they'll even have Natasha to help them plan their 'bringing you home' thing. Maybe even Clint as well

They'll constantly hold you every night and cuddle with you, telling you how precious and wonderful you are to them. Both of them really love cuddle sessions with you and it's best if you just go along with the flow since Steve might not be too nice unlike Bucky

Bucky generally never hands out the punishments since he doesn't like punishments. If you act up with Steve on the other hand, he literally won't hesitate to spank you and you'll really be needing some cream once he's done with his way of punishing you. But aftercare with them will be cuddles and they'll tell you not to act up. Bucky will try telling Steve to go easier on you and he'll cut you some slack

You won't be able to escape from these 2 anytime soon since they must've destroyed all sorts of escape routes and they even baby proofed the house so you don't accidentally hurt yourself or something

They're both super soldiers which makes them the PERFECT team , obsessive, possessive and overprotective of you. Not to mention kinda delusional too so... good luck trying to escape from them

[bibibbon]

Hi again! So when it comes to friendships in MHA, I tend to notice that most of Class 1-A antics usually centre around mineta and bakugo's behaviour to the class, (Violence and Seggsual Harassment) like they just react to it, but never bother correcting them (Mineta being an exception, but not enough to completely change him).

Like the whole class as whole feels... Empty and stale when it comes to forming new friendships, since they're already established ones, but we never get to see them hanging out with the others. And some of them have potentials like Momo and Deku due to their self esteem issues or Ojiro and Uraraka training together to perfect each other's martial arts.

There's a scene where Momo agrees to tutor the other failing students thats cute as heck and it showcases Momo's willingness to help them improve to become better heroes, and I want more of that.

But with the series ending, I don't think this is even possible to have more that, and it almost comes off as fake to the audience that these are found family, where in reality we barely see them acting as friends. (Teasing has a limit, and making fun of Kaminari's dumb moments when he overcharges his Quirk doesn't count.)

What do you think? Again I don't watch the series full episodes, but I get these impressions from watching cut out moments.

Welcome back anon! Iam guessing that you're the anon who asked for writing advice and honestly Iam hoping that you found the post and the reblogs with advice useful as well. Good luck on your first project and make sure to have fun and take your time with it!

Now getting on to the ask you're somewhat right. Class 1A doesn't have a strong found family dynamic at all and I chalk this up to two main reasons.

The lack of "filler" academic arcs meaning that we don't get a proper focus on what they do as regular teenagers.

There are too many people within class 1A. 20 characters are a lot of characters to develop and make sure that they're all unique with different dynamics.

Due to these two reasons hori's attempts at making 1A seem like a big found family that would do anything for eachother fails and it's also why the the whole "we are all the greatest hero" thing fails and why the vigilante izuku arc feels so underwhelming.

When it comes to class 1A's dynamic they somehow always try to incorporate bakugo into whatever they're doing and sometimes even make him the center of attention which personally seems very weird to me since if someone is being aggressive and doesn't want to join I (and most people) would probably leave them out and let them be by themselves.

Mineta on the other hand is someone that's behaviour (like bk) continually goes unchecked by both students and teachers until mina tortures him into stopping. I get that this is supposed to be a gag scene but it honestly irks me out and shows 1) how neglectful aizawa is as a teacher to see this and only momentarily stop mineta while not putting a permeant stop to it and 2) how dense and persistent mineta is. Throughout certain arcs like the campfire arc mineta is literally tied up when the boys are sleeping so he doesn't do anything to the girls or we literally have a panel of mina staying close by to shoji's side to avoid mineta and his creepy behaviour.

This brings up the question of why does no one complain? It's at this point become a problem for both the boys and girls who have to deal with mineta. The boys are continually on his side, basically man handling him to stop him from doing stupid disgusting stuff to the girls and the girls are in constant fear/irritation around mineta. Do they not trust UA? Do they not trust aizawa or any teacher to properly deal with the issue?

We have established friendships in 1A but the lack of content of them hanging out and enjoying eachother company. Now you can find this in side mangas or light novels but not many read that and it's better to have it in main manga in the first place. Usually the opening or endings of MHA show us some scenes of the kids hanging out together but it's not much at all.

I remember reading a post that horikoshi wanted to include a karaoke scene with 1A after they finished their final exam but that sadly didn't make it into the final cut and Iam so disappointed because things like that could of helped us see the cute class bond they had and the found family thing that horikoshi tries to use later on.

Honestly momo and izuku interacting and becoming besties is a need and I know that @sapphic-agent has tried to prioritise that in her rewrite which is why in the battle trials it's Izuku and momo together instead of izuku and ochako.

The kaminari teasing is something that's a bit meh to me. I wish we could maybe see a duality in it that yes his friends would tease him but they would also worry and care for him. We could of seen this with ojirou who lets denki play with his tail whenever but that's only small little moments.

Horikoshi please make class 1A interact more in the main manga although it's now too late to ask for such things 😭

[toon-tales]

What’s your opinion on Clay x Viva?

It’s a cute ship but I’m quite not sure about that one, they’re more of best friends, I don’t mind if it becomes cameos but their little siblings are dating.

I don’t know if Clay actually has feelings for Viva or not, I mean he had that look during looking at Viva at the golf course, I would be wrong.

What’s your opinion on John Dory x Delta Dawn?

I don’t know why, I’m just curious. It’s fine ship but I’m not sure if they actually met each other during between 20 years because John Dory has been by himself with Rhonda. Poor my baby. :(

Do you think John Dory went grey? I would like to think he might have because he thought everyone died including his brothers. I’m pretty sure he didn’t know his brothers left because he was first one to leave so yeah.

Clay x Viva

Ok, so, I REALLY love Cliva, because, I love their dynamic, you know? We haven't seen much of them, too, so they could be best friends. Either way, I really love them as a ship

We don't know if they have feelings for each other or not, that's for sure, due to the lack of interaction (or the lack of required interaction). When you look at them, they do seem like best friends, but when you look at it from a different view, Broppy could also be seen as best friends if we hadn't gotten enough scenes; like the one time when Branch destroyed Poppy's invitation in the first movie. Some people would've seen it as a friendship, others as a ship. But we got to see more of their dynamic and interactions, making us ship them from the beginning, before it evolved into a canon ship

So maybe if we saw more of Clay and Viva, we would be able to determine their status

John Dory x Delta Dawn

One of my otp's as well-

Just like Cliva, we didn't see them interact much, or, at all. Heck, we don't even know if they know each other! But the reason I ship them is because I think they would be perfect for each other. Delta is a country troll, used to sad songs and sympathy, and John literally lived alone for years, and would need someone to understand. They're perfect (in my opinion, of course). Further more, if anyone can scare John, then I headcanon it's Delta (off-topic but I think it's cute). So if they had had met, like some like to imagine (including me), I think John left because he was scared of the responsibility of a relationship, like I imagined in my 'Perfect' fanfic, because, it makes sense! He left his brothers because they were a lot of responsibility, maybe he needed more time

But still, we don't even know whether they met or not

Now, we also don't know if John went gray or not. On one hand, he spent his life thinking his brothers are dead, and he had to live with the fact that he was the one who left in the first place. And on the other hand, his ears aren't droopy like Branch's. Floyd's are, so that made us believe he was gray at some point, but that's Floyd we're talking about, so he could also be forcing them down for his emo look (I know it sounds unrealistic, but pop trolls can change their hair color, why not their ears position? Ears sound more difficult, I know, but Floyd's colors aren't dimmed like Branch's, sooo). Same for John, maybe he's forcing his ears to stay perked up? Their ears can perk up sometimes, Branch's do when he's startled or listening to something. Like in this scene

So it's hard to tell. But let's not forget that John barely talked about his past

Okay, uh, hope you like it, Anon! Thanks for the ask, and, as usual, feel free to add or comment on anything!

[poulpemou]

Happy Valentine's Day! It's the perfect day to proselytise aroace Kiran from Fire Emblem Heroes!

As the "protagonist" of a gacha game, AKA a soft harem game, it only makes sense for the self-insert character to be aroace! Got folks of all genders throwing themselves at you for no understandable reason? Got people taking your lack of interest as a personal challenge? Why, that sounds like the perfect setting for a character to realise and/or profess their aroace-ness!

Here are some satisfied testimonies from our existing representatives!

"Wow I had no idea Fjorm felt this way? Why? Since when? I thought she and Laegjarn were dating?"

"Uhhhhh Gunnthrá said what?????????"

"Do people know I have a job and responsibilities? I have a lot going on, I don't have time for this kind of stuff, do people realize we're at war like 24/7 and I'm literally the only person keeping this place from falling apart and—"

"How come it's always the girls confessing their love to me but not the guys? I mean I'm not into dudes but that doesn't mean I can't be. Actually, who says I'm not? Oriented aroaces exist and—"

"Hey Alfonse. Bro. Are we or aren't we partners. Are we or aren't we the perfect unit if we could be combined into one. Have you ever heard of Steven Universe by the way? Or of this thing called QPR?"

"How come Plumeria is always shit-talking me about lewdness when I literally didn't do anything? Like ok yeah I poked her, but I literally poke everyone? Also what's up with my dreams? Has she heard of this thing called intrusive sexuality that literally doesn't mean anything—"

"Hey, so, I don't know how to say this, Seiðr, but I don't want a baby and I also don't want to be a deadbeat parent, and also Gullveig and Kvasir keep saying things about feelings but I have no idea where that's coming from. Don't even get me started on Heiðr."

"Why are girls weird around me? Am I actually just a cat and never noticed? Is that why they keep petting me and cooing at me? I was just a cat this whole time and no one had the heart to tell me I'm not human?"

"You love me? Aw, thanks, I love you too! I love all of my friends!"

"What is love? Baby don't hurt me. Oh wait this song doesn't exist in Askr..."

"What do you mean they think I'm flirting!!!!!!!! What the heck is a flirting!!!!!! I'm literally just being a good friend what!!!!!!!!"

"I love Day of Devotion! It's a day where you're devoted to your loved ones! Yeah of course all my friends are my loved ones, what do you mean?"

"So when two people like each other very much, they perform this ceremony called ally-supporting, and for some reason people blush when they reach A-tier. I think it's because it's a very important milestone that happens to take place in what looks like a church, and they're afraid to look like they don't belong in a church. Something about Askran churches must seem very intimidating."

"Oh wow you have feelings for me for real? I thought people were just saying that for the bit."

"Oh wow you have feelings for me for real? Can you describe what what's like? I've never understood it and people take it really badly when I ask."

"So back in my world, we have this event called Asexuality Awareness Week taking place during the Harvest Festival, and this other event called Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week that takes place a week after the Day of Devotion."

"Hey does garlic bread exist here? Anyone got any cake?"

"I don't know any of these people. They keep wanting to talk to me and be friends. Well ok. I don't get it but I guess it's my job to ensure troupe morale. I thought that would be Sharena's job but I haven't seen her in forever. Sacrifices for the cause, I guess."

"What do you mean they think I'm flirting!!!!!!!! What the heck is a flirting!!!!!! I'm literally just being polite what!!!!!!!!"

Join today and headcanon your summoner as aroace! Add a layer of complexity to a silent character and off-the-rails writing! You may be entitled to emotional compensation!

[brown-little-robin]

1, 3, 5, 8 for Malware and Shiva?

thanks for the ask!! brief character intros:

Malware is a sentient computer program who has hijacked the sentient spaceship The Merx and is taking everyone onboard on a doomed space road trip to try to accomplish a miracle. Shiva is an ex-space-marines shapeshifting cyborg who had a massive brain injury and ended up letting Malware literally take over the unused 90% of his brain so Malware could escape the military. Shiva is key to Malware's plan, and the two of them are friends. I'm SO HYPED to talk about them

1: How did they meet?

Shiva was homeless and entered a library in search of information on a good place to stay in the area. He shapeshifted his arm and hand into a data port and created a connection directly from his brain to a computer, because that's easier for him than trying to log into a computer and going through the rigamarole of figuring out typing. Malware happened to be inside that particular computer system at the time, and it noticed some really weird, oddly familiar hardware suddenly being added to the system and went "whoa WHAT the heck is that." Malware proceeded to scope it out and realized it was. an actual human brain. a brain that happened to only be using 10% of its own physical mass. huh. it saw the opportunity to leave the military, processed that, and instantly took control of the screen Shiva was using to text some messages to him. Like, "Hey. I see you're not using most of your brain. I also see that you're looking for free places to stay. I happen to be able to hack my way into any system. I could get you housing. Would you like... a brain roommate"

Basically, Malware saw Shiva's brain and went "it's free real estate!". Shiva agreed to host Malware, and Malware moved OUT of the computer and INTO Shiva's brain within minutes of meeting him.

3: What were their first impressions of each other? How does that compare to their impressions of each other now?

Malware saw Shiva as an opportunity. Shiva saw Malware as an opportunity. They joined forces with each other out of self-interest on both sides, at first.

After they settled their newly-shared body into a decent hotel and got him rested and fed and bathed and semi-functional again, they exchanged stories and gained sympathy for each other as fellow struggling ex-military folks. Shiva and Malware were both functionally homeless before meeting each other—Malware could hack anything, but had no home server, so if the computer it was in was destroyed, it was dead. They were both lucky to meet each other. Malware started to think of Shiva as almost a mirror of itself, and vice versa.

Then, as they worked together longer, they got used to each other as people. Shiva started to think of Malware as a... a friend. a very close friend, and someone with the ambition that Shiva lacks. Malware started to think of Shiva as a friend and a project, of sorts. But by the time the story starts, they both respect each other and their different approaches to life. Malware has gained a sense of Shiva's selective system of priorities and no longer thinks he's lazy or unmotivated; Shiva has gained a sense of Malware's deep insecurity and no longer thinks it's greedy or cruel. They love each other deeply.

5: Do they get along? Why or why not?

See above: they get along really well. Malware tends to take the lead on things, and Shiva is fine with that, but Shiva asserts himself when he wants to. It is.... not a perfect relationship, but they absolutely get along. Shiva finds Malware funny, which helps. Malware finds Shiva restful to be around, for the most part, which also helps. Malware lets Shiva make decisions about preferences, and Shiva lets Malware make decisions about goals. Malware steers their life in the big picture, and Shiva steers their life in the details.

8: How do they communicate with each other? Are there any recurring phrases or gestures unique to their relationship?

When they're sharing a brain, they speak out loud to each other. Telepathy isn't a thing in this au; they can't just think to each other; and they're not exactly co-conscious, they're just both in Shiva's brain. They take turns controlling Shiva's mouth. This has created trouble for them when people noticed Shiva seemingly talking to himself, and Shiva's threatening appearance (he's got knife-bladed wings, for one thing) works against him here. People call the authorities on him.

BUT I'M GETTING OFF-TRACK. Shiva and Malware talk to each other out loud in private. They refer to each other as "roommates" because of the brain situation. When they're in public, they have a whole private code of physical gestures. Even when Malware temporarily leaves Shiva's head to hijack Merx, Shiva still makes gestures they'd developed as means of communication to avoid trouble. At one memorable point, Malware is arguing with Merx (out loud) (on the ship's speakers), and Shiva stops chopping tubers and calmly goes and sits down and closes his eyes, and Malware shuts up. because sitting down and shutting their eyes used to be what Shiva did to inform Malware that their conversation was over and he was getting a physical or metaphorical headache.

[blaaaaask]

This is madness

Hear me out, this was what my head canon was for new Willy Wonka:

Willy Wonka is played by Ben Affleck

Ever since he inherited the factory from the previous 'Willy Wonka' he has been on a downward spiral of hell. Trying to get a new 'Willy Wonka' to take his place is impossible in this modern era because children suck, and each year he attempts a 'golden ticket' tour to the factory in hopes that one day he can fucking retire by finding the perfect child to con into taking on the business.

Harrison Ford is Charlie's grandpa.

I don't remember Grandpa's name, so we're going with Grandpa Ford.

~Charlie has no other grandparents because they're all divorced or dead.

~Charlie (I don't know child actors so pick whatever you want) sometimes visits Grandpa Ford but not super often which spurs Grandpa Ford to want to plan a fun trip to bond with his grandson.

~Grandpa Ford thinks the Willy Wonka Chocolate Factory is super cool and so he keeps buying candy bars until he gets the Golden Ticket.

~Scene where Ford is like 'Charlie, look, we get to go to the Chocolate Factory!' but Charlie is on his iPad screaming about Roblox. By the time Charlie hears him, he's like 'Grandpa, that's so unkewl, why the heck would I want to go to a factory? Can't you just give me money for Robucks?" (Is that what it's called? Lol)

~Charlie is forced to go

~WonkaFleck has everyone sign papers. There is at least 1 parent who is trying to read through it all, but their child is throwing a tantrum so they end up saying 'fuck it' and signing it.

~The whole group of odd people have their mini solo scenes including:

-Kid who is allergic to Blue Dye 4000 and like, totally eats something very artificially blue because their parent is too busy on dating apps to pay attention. This kid doesn't make it far. They balloon up so much kid would need like, 20 epipens or something. WonkaFleck like 'not my problem you signed the papers saying you would be responsible for your own actions here'

~Kid who literally touches everything. EVERYTHING. EVERY. THING. You? Touched. Food? Touched. Machine? Touched. WonkaFleck gets kind of rage-y and tells this kid 'NO. STOP.' But kid's mom is a tiger mom and she jumps in and rips into Wonka about "we do not use the word 'no' in our household" and "how dare he think he can parent her child?" They do not last.

~One kid who stands uncomfortably close to people and stares. STARING. And everytime you try to speak to them they don't talk back, they just stare harder. Unblinking. WonkaFleck does not think he can withstand that level of terror in his life, so when the lights flick off (which is actually quite common in this facility) he boots the child into a candy flattener and we all know where that's going.

~We discover that Grandpa Ford is incredibly useful in the tour because he is one of the few people who can read things in cursive.

~At least 5-10 of the kids go around with phones and ipads taking FaceTimes of all the trade secrets and business practices.

~Wonkafleck trying to stop them by putting a ban on electronics, but they don't listen or they steal back their phones/items and their parents are like 'lol kids will be kids, am I right?'

~Grandpa Ford is at least respectable and had forced Charlie NOT to bring any electronics on the trip. The child cries like, 99/100 times the other kids have their electronics out, though.

~Wonkafleck finally destroys all electronics in one of his many rooms of weird shit.

~Grandpa Ford is incredibly good at storytelling, conversing, and trying to help resolve the problems of the children even though their problems are incredibly petty. Wonkafleck is undeniably sad that Grandpa Ford is pushing 90s or he would have forced him to take over the factory.

~Oompa loompas are actually regular people just wearing bright orange haz vests because gotta practice safety, yo

~But also they realize the factory is like, 4 million degrees in some spots and WonkaFleck is like 'sorry, this is a big place, I can't afford air in here'

~Also one room a chocolate "water tower" breaks because of these bad safety protocols and takes out half the tourist group but WonkaFleck is like 'do I look like I give a damn?'

~Grandpa Ford and Charlie do get into a little trouble by taking some candy, but it's because Grandpa Ford wants to 'take a little piece with him' to remember the trip by. Charlie just like 'uh huh, okay grandpa.' Doesn't question it.

~By the end, everyone be dead but Charlie and Grandpa Ford. But Wonkafleck is like 'you guys stole shit.'

~Charlie, realizing he means the candy, takes it out of his pocket and gives it back to Wonkafleck and is like 'here you go, mister.'

~Wonkafleck, totally moved by the fact that this child did something respectable, decides this is it. This might be the child to take over the helm of the factory. He's like "Charlie, since you were honest I'm going to give you a wonderful deal. Take this factory from me. You can inherit everything."

~Grandpa Ford like "oh wow, factory" totes bamboozled

~Charlie like, "No thanks, mister, I don't want it."

~Wonkafleck, almost loses his shit, barely holding on by a thread, is like "what you mean you don't want this factory???"

~Charlie says "I don't really like candy. I like energy drinks. And Robucks."

~Everyone is like 'flmlenwgngegbagbwgeljage'

~Grandpa Ford says, "Charlie, you can buy those things with the money you make from the factory."

~Charlie gives grandpa a weird look. "Why would I want to work for money when I can just ask for it??"

~Wonkafleck woes his fucking life. He rages a bit, then motherfuckin' skips outta the scene and jumps into a hot air balloon to reach the highest peak of the city so he can scream for all eternity.

~The End

What I actually thought after I saw the real trailer for Willy Wonka:

Wow I am totally off, lol.

[noahtally-famous]

finished s1 of the reboot a few days ago, so as promised here are my general thoughts (aka rambles) abt it!! (note, these are just my ops)

rate: 8/10!!! i gen love how the atmosphere was similar to that of tdi, which has been a rarity to come across for the other gens. the characters here actually interacted with each other outside of their teams and even just outside of their stereotypical characterizations! it felt like they were teens and not cardboard cutouts placed in a competition. it felt authentic

HOWEVER, i did dock points off bc while the reboot felt reminiscent to tdi, it leaned heavily more as a...competition-based dynamic?? like with tdi, the campers were just teens too, like they talked abt things that didn't just reolve around td. they were friends, they joked around, they teased each other, they snuck around and broke rules for the heck of it. it felt like they were actually staying there for the summer, nothing felt too rushed. tdi balanced competition with life outside of it for the characters. the reboot tried to do that, i feel like, but it sort of fell short. the environment was perfect, it was just the attitudes of the characters that didn't fit. everything seemed to be moving too quickly (tho that could be bc of the 13 eps count); no 'non-elimination' eps, no surprise attack eps, etc, and the characters interacted in an outside environment mostly for alliances and betrayals, not just bc they want to talk--and the few times they did, it was cut short for the competition

RAJBOW!!! they were sooo adorable and healthy!!! bowie catapulting himself to save raj!! the kiss!! but what i most loved was bowie straight-up telling raj that he doesn't want to date him during the show bc he's worried he'll hurt raj, and that after the show they can--AND that raj took it in stride, didn't get offended or took it personally! that kind of stuff is hard to come abt with td couples! im so glad that the first td gay couple was also one of the few healthy td couples! and them gushing abt the other in the confessionals??? adorable!

WAYNE AND RAJ!!! their friendship was so amazing!! wayne being all supportive of raj being gay, him being so happy when he saw raj and bowie kiss, and that confessional when he wondered if raj thought he wouldn't be and was horrified?? oh my god 😭 also him hinting to raj that he'd be supportive of him throughout that entire episode and they're literally falling down a cliff when raj's like "i gotta tell you smth" and wayne's immediately like "im listening" as they're falling to potential death, like hello??? they're so wholesome hfjdfhjfdkh and how they have each other's backs? when raj was getting attacked by that bird-thingie and wayne's like Ticked Off (and then they get their asses kicked) hdhfjjd they deserve sm they're literally a power duo

look. i adore priya winning the million as much as the next person, BUT i also think it'd be great for her character arc to not, you feel?? like maybe that'll help her realize or she'll realize along the way what her parents had been doing to her and how Concerning that was, and realize that just being on total drama is more than enough and not take it personally that she didn't win. i love priya tho she's fucking iconic like she was soooo good, and she did deserve that win regardless

props and kudos to that one chazee fic that got me shipping chazee without hesitation after reading it. and to ep5 for reinforcing my love for the ship, that was the good shit

bowie and julia's rivalry >>>

mk and julia >>>

damien!!! my guy!!! i love him!!!! he absolutely rocked ep5, also he was so real the entire time he was on there with how concerned he was abt everything 😭

episode 5 how i despise you sm...(i already wrote a separate post abt it so i wont rehash it again here. imma just say the only good things in it were rajbow, chazee moments, and damien). like however bad i thought it would be, it was so much worse

millie....well, she had me in the first half ngl, i was pretty iffy abt her. i thought her and priya's friendship was pretty cute tho, and how, in the second half of the season, she got excited to have a friend was v adorable, i partially changed my mind abt her post-merge. i like her, but i don't love her, y'feel? although i will say her redemption arc was solid, i loved how she and priya mended their friendship

zee, what a guy (he/they pronouns for them imo 💪). him going "we're an awesome team and we're voting YOU off chris!!" like it was the bestest idea ever. i wish, dude, i wish 😭 (and the fact that nobody was even planning on voting zee off until they put the red arrow over them, and bowie was like "can i revote?" had me losing it. the whole episode i was facepalming at zee, im sorry dude but seriously? just stick to not getting ideas, it'll be good for you 😭)

chase is like shippers when their fav ship isn’t canon so they pick apart every scene with the characters and romantically code it except he does it to (and abt) emma

okay don't get me wrong, julia was a great character and villain. i do understand where the writers came from making her win all those challenges to hype her up as this undefeatable force (which bowie does mention at one point) and how she had to win immunity to make it as far as she did--i get it, okay? but also...i thought it was kiiiind of op??? idk esp during the honey challenge, i thought it would have been classic td fashion to have chase win immunity when he got shot up by that geyser, like man didn't even try but he won immunity that would've been funny. or emma when she took the shortcut?? that'd make so much sense y'know? idk it felt like other characters were downplayed to boost julia up? like the winner of that challenge should have gone to emma or chase imo and not bowie or julia, like i gen was expecting while they were fighting for someone else to ring the bell ngl

i so get why ppl love the primary colors trio now (in a both platonic and romantic sense) they're such a mess

same with prillie, they're so!!!

chemma...oh god chemma. i hate their kissy-kissy honeymoon phase after emma forgave chase, it felt too similar to how gidgette was always all over each other (thank goodness for chemma it was mostly off-screen). anyway the only version of chemma i found entertaining was their chaotic dynamic in the beginning??? i get where fresh was coming from here too abt the realism of on/off relationships and how toxic they can be, but personally i like both characters when they're separate and she wants him dead while he's painfully oblivious. (i feel like im in the majority with this lmao)

emma ily but don't go back to chase goddammit! i know she thought it was bc he threw the challenge for her, and that in s2 they break up (again), but damn when he kept listing all the times he was 'selfless' i was like good god stop like there's no way it could get worse and then it did 😭 you deserve better emma

chase...i have many thoughts abt him, which i will write in a separate post. i remember already posting an analysis abt him like a year ago which i believe still stands imo with the addition of a couple more things. long story short i felt like personally some of his character was underutilized by the show to place him as a 'comic relief character whose pain is used for humor' which is a trend td is notorious for esp for male characters who are either dumbed down and/or infatuated (dave, chase, kind of tyler, cody, prob more i cannot remember rn). i feel like although he made it as far as he did--which, given what he does, im not surprised by--certain attributes abt him that were only mentioned (like the obvious: that he's an influencer who does crazy dares similar to the kind of stuff td does) could have been used to further enhance his character in the competition so ppl actually notice (I'll go into more detail abt it in the separate post). HOWEVER, i do like both chase and emma as characters (not as a ship), which may surprise some ppl considering chase seems to be widely despised in the fandom, but then again look at my track record (aka dave being one of my favs). they're both not fav tier (yet), but i like them. chase is a guy with a terrible personality, yes, but imo that just makes him interesting bc why is he this way, im ready to dissect him like a frog 😭

seeing shawn's cardboard cutout in axel's introduction only solidified my theory of him being a mentor-type figure to her for her apocalypse training. bc, as I've def said before in a prev post, having a cardboard cutout of himself for her to fight is exactly the kind of thing he'd do to toughen her up (smth smth survival is first priority over emotions and connections)

i think this may be the one season in which i actually like the entire cast while first-time-watching! the villains were fun to watch! chase was fun to watch! and yes, even ripper wasn't so bad--a year ago, i didn't rlly like him bc i'd only watched the first four eps but this time he grew on me lmao he's still a shitbag in s1 but he's kinda amusing i guess???

(also: that one nichelle and axel moment in the finale still scratches an itch in my brain, you can pry nichaxel from my cold, dead hands, i still love them 😭)

[nerdynuala]

I don't know if you accept requests like this, but could I ask for hange hcs as a regular student? I would like to know their routine and hobbies!

Hi! It's been a while since my last headcanons but heck I find it fun and relaxing to make them up so I'm more than willing to give Student Hange a try ^^

Sooo here we go! I'm gonna go through the stages of students hahah from elementary school up to university.

Elementary School Hange

- messy kid, always manages to spill ink on themself and somehow get paint and dirt all over their clothes.

- literally so excited the first day of elementary school! While there were other kids crying or being shy, Hange was literally jumping up and down, thrilled by the new environment and looking forward to finally learn good stuff.

- the worst at music and singing, and also a really bad actor in school plays. Hange may lack the talent, but not the enthusiasm.

- very quick to learn, thinking outside the box and helping other kids out.

- Loves science but contrary to what people might expect, their favorite class is P.E. they just have too much energy. Loves dodgeball, swimming and baseball.

Middle School Hange

- at this stage, Hange is the typical student that appears as lazy and not interested in class but has actually the top marks.

- a bit challenging to authority. Hange does not lack respect, but treats professors as if they were friends. Also, gives respect only if given respect. Don't mess around with this kid.

- They literally can be chatting with their neighbor, doodling on their notebook, staring out the window, be half asleep and a large etcetera, but each time they're asked what the professor was talking about, they know everythint about it and even extend that information.

- Favorite class now is science and in their free time they investigate about chemistry. Cannot wait to take chemistry in high school.

High school Hange

- Nailing multitasking since a very young age definitely shows now: they can sit through the first lesson absorbing the information like a sponge, while doing the homework for the next class (that they should've done the day before)

- Literally the kid you see doing last minute homework even on the bus. Everything is done last minute but they manage to get everything right and perfect.

- Gets frequently asked by classmates what their method for studying is. Literally does not know. "I dunno man, I just re-read the chapter and the notes I managed to scribble in class lol"

- Needless to say, doctor's handwriting. Sometimes they cannot even read their own notes. Their professors complain all the time and one of them even refused to correct their test if they didn't write it with decent handwriting.

- Neither popular nor a nerd. Literally in between, gets along with basically anyone and can adapt to different groups. Levi calls them "chied of the nerds" all the time though. He sometimes even jokes saying "one nerd to rule them all" because Hange is literally the only extroverted nerd and they all basically worship them.

- Favorite class is chemistry by now. Shows up first and arrives late to the next class because they get entertained by chatting with the professor about chemistry stuff.

- Takes latin as an extra-curricular class.

University Hange

- Studies at night. If they don't have classes in the morning, literally sleeps until noon and studies during all night.

- Has dog ears on each and every book they own. The insides of the covers all full of messy doodles and scribbles.

- Sometimes, when studying directly from the book, will underline different types of information with different colors. Other times will just underline with a pencil and circle words with too much force and leaving the mark on like five pages underneath. Either way can study confortably.

- Coffee addict. By the fourth class in the day, they've had 5 cups already.

- Asks tons of questions. Loves debates. Will participate in everything and loves sharing their opinion on basically any topic.

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There! I tried to keep it general, I hope it is what you were looking for, but feel free to ask more of them <3

[leffee]

so now that you've gave some angst headcanons (loved the Pepper one btw)

what about some fluff headcanons? Feel free to put in as many as you like (it doesn't have to be character specific like the angst one)

also I did indeed cave, I started writing the lps fanfiction

Thank you, I'm glad you liked it :). My headcanon for every more happy-go-lucky/always happy/jokey comedic relief is just that they are secretely very insecure because, well- obvious reasons really B).

And yay! Write that fic! Grats.

I will do the fluff headcanons the same way actually that I will give one for each character because otherwise I'm not gonna be able to restrain myself and they will all be for Vinnie. Btw, the way I think of them 99% of the time is in human au, so while I will try to keep those neutral know that if they're not that's the reason.

So anyway, Vinnie - he loves all things warm and cozy cause he's cold-blooded/is just one of those people who is perpetually cold in human au. Heck, not even just warm, he loves when it's downright hot. So blankets, radiators, scorching hot baths/showers, just the sun in general, oversized, fuzzy clothes etc. This is literally a fluffy headcanon :3

Pepper - even though she tries to hide it after her "Pfff, I already know that, I'm the best!" facade, she's really pleased and sometimes flustered whenever she receives compliments, especially directed at her looks. She just doesn't expect them but tries to act like she does, but it's not rare for her to retreat for a while after recieving a compliment so she can comprehend it in peace and enjoy it.

Zoe - she is rather spoiled thanks to her rich parents and she is on a good way to be rich herself, but because she knows how good it feels she loves spoiling her friends too. She often offers to pay for things she wants to do with them that they wouldn't be able to afford otherwise, sometimes she pays just so they can taste the finer things in life, and don't even get me started on birthdays! She gives them such gifts they don't even know what they are or how to use them. But hey, she enjoys that and so do they.

Russell - his attitude towards their entire group is "They're idiots but they are my idiots". He really sometimes feels like he's the only one thinking there and gotta wonder how they even survive when he's not around... some more than others. But at the same time this role of him being their leader really got to him, this is his group, it's not perfect, but it's his and he knows them and he loves them, a lot.

Minka - every year for her birthday on top of other gifts her friends bring her stuff she can incorporate in her painting like streamers, sequins, dry leaves, anything that can be put on a canvas. Painting is her favourite thing in the world, and doing it using different things is first of all new and exciting plus them being from her friends even if those things are just everyday items like let's say buttons feels more personal.

Penny - she is just so freaking cuddly, she loves affection so damn much, giving and receiving it, both in touch and words. She is good at reading people and she's empathetic so she won't do it if you don't want it, but as soon as she gets a permission you're receiving so much pleasant attention. Even if you're protesting that you don't want it but actually do like it (cough cough Pepper and Vinnie cough cough) she knows it and will give those hugs anyway.

Sunil - he was really stressed out because his parents always told him they wanted him to be a doctor so he felt so much pressure and also he just didn't want to work as a doctor in the future. He was afraid to tell them but once he eventually did it his parents were completely fine with it. It turned out his parents weren't pressuring him nearly as much as he felt they were, his anxious mind just played tricks on him.

[rumble-aint-a-rumble-without-me]

Hello!! Please may I request the 'riding' (ship) option from your event? Thank you so so much and feel free to delete this ask if you're not accepting them anymore!!

Overall I'd prefer to be shipped with a male outsiders character if that's possible!

I'm a brunette guy with very shaggy mullet, and gray eyes + freckles. I'm very much a nerd tbh! I'm really into movies, but like, the technicalities of them + the minor details of them and I could ramble about it forever to whoever will listen to me + I love rambling about all of my interests!! I also really like to read! Ill read pretty much anything w a pretty writing style or that seems interesting to me but I also love very stereotypically nerdy stuff like arcade games, superheroes, comics, ect. I also really like to draw (or rather just doodle) and I like to draw on ppl I'm close to's hands as a way to show my affection!!

As for my personality I am very very awkward around ppl I don't know thanks to my pretty bad social anxiety but the moment I'm comfortable w someone all that awkwardness goes away + I literally never shut up!! I ramble about movies so so much and it annoys everyone around me + i'm rlly confident around the ppl I rlly love. My love language is physical touch and I'm affectionate because of this + I love to give and receive affection because I'm touch starved. I'm always hugging or holding hands w the ppl that I am close to.

+ that's really it!! again thank you so much + feel free to ignore this if requests are shut

Bud, I think we need to be best friends like right now. Like right now. You're literally so cool, what the heck-

Ponyboy, Ponyboy, Ponyboy, PONYBOY. You guys would be perfect for each other. You'll be together right? And just start rambling about movies and stuff and the rest of the gang is just watching you cause like- they're pretty sure you all watched the same movie and they've got no clue what the two of you are talking about- Pony lets you draw on him in class and comes home with his hands covered in your doodles <3

[randomgentlefolk]

WAIT WAIT HANG ON HANG ON

I know I've talked about the plaid princes a lot of time after the newest chapter, but hear me out.

I'm pretty sure long term isolation with no form of communication can really affect your mental and physical health right? Even to the point where it literally make someone go insane?

So uh..Frederick? You good man? (Probably not)

Because right now he's trapped in there with all of his self hate thoughts so like.. not exactly the best situation to be in after you went through hell?

Not to mention it's stated that it has been days. What the heck? Do the princes even get any sleep or food?

Leland mentioned that the Blaine and Lance needed a run through the re-training gauntlet. By "retraining", does that mean they've been through this since they were kids?! That does makes sense, though. Considering Lance's extreme strength and Blaine's extreme desire for perfection. It also support the theory that Frederick's dream is a repressed memory.

I also want to talk about these 2 scenes in comparison

It's interesting how one panel has Blaine complaining over Frederick's wrongdoing, but then a few panels after that show's him and Lance having scared faces. It's like while they're mad at Frederick, they're also terrified because they know what Leland is capable of (or they're just terrified of Leland in general but I want some brotherly angst haha)

I hope Leland isn't lying about the trip though. I'm really curious about how the Plaid Princes interact with each other now that these are all happening.

Oh! And where is Frederick locked in anyway? He's definitely deep in the dungeon, but the roof's open so uh.. Yeah kinda confused there haha

[ben-talks-art]

Nimona was so great I wish it was a show

After seeing the trailers and clips and hearing about the premise I was really excited about watching this movie.

It looked fun, the main lead looked awesome, the animation seemed charming, it just looked like it was going to be a good time while exploring a very relevant theme even for today.

And long story short, that's basically what it was, just a really good fun time exploring a really relevant theme. It was as super solid movie with a super solid main character.

I don't think it's perfect but it did what I hoped it would do, showing this tiny girl with a sharp-teethed smile being awesome and kicking ass.

(Spoilers for the movie below)

For those who don't know the premise, the movie tells the story about a man about to become an official knight who gets framed for a murder and ends up getting hated by the whole kingdom forcing him into isolation.

Once Nimona finds out about this she considers the idea of becoming friends with him since people also hate her for things she never did, so at least they could be hated and hunted down together.

The guy doesn't trust her at first but with time they start to get along and develop some absurdly charming chemistry and eventually through their combined efforts they managed to make people see that neither of the two is as bad as everyone thinks.

At first I was a little skeptical since I didn't want to see yet another "Last of Us" or "Logan" story about some grumpy old dude learning to be a father after taking care of a spunky little girl, a trope that I'm just freaking sick to death of seeing so much, but they handle it really well in here by instead of making it a father-daughter relationship it's more like just two outcast friends hanging out.

He's not raising or taking care of her. Heck, if anything, she's the mentor figure making him realize his views of the world aren't as simple as he thinks.

And like I said, they have such a great chemistry. At first it's the usual "simple character gasps at weird character" routine, but they drop that after some time and it becomes more about him just going along with her antics and joining in on the fun.

The best part of the movie is just these two hanging out and being weird together. I could watch a whole show about them just having fun doing whatever, I just love seeing them that much.

Their interactions are so enjoyable to watch, a lot of it coming from the voice acting doing a perfect job showcasing their personalities. I just adore hearing them talk to each other. There is so much emotion and character in their voices that I feel they could just be reading a phonebook and still would be fun to listen to.

Which kinda brings me to my one problem with the movie...

The two leads work so well together and are so likable and charming... That they kinda make the rest of the story feel just a tiny bit lacking.

The major plot involving the crime mystery is... sadly not that interesting in my opinion.

You've seen these scenes before, you heard these lines before, you know what's gonna happen and how they're gonna solve the conflict, you know exactly who the culprit is and why they did it the second they appear on-screen.

It's the usual "who's the real monster" story and "people who fear what they don't understand" plot.

It's not bad, and it's sadly still relevant to remind people that they shouldn't hate on things just because they're too afraid of the unknown, but it's just a story we've seen so many times already and there isn't really that much new here.

They play around a little with the idea that the kingdom is always trying to be under the light because they are afraid of what they can't see in the shadows with several shots of the knights being literally under sources of light at all times and in the climax of the movie we see a being literally hides their true self under several layers of shadows, and stuff like that is handled really well, but when you come down to it it's still the usual story about the dangers of making assumptions under the wrong or lack of information.

One thing they addressed that I really really liked was how they point out that kids are taught from an early age to discriminate as if it was a normal thing to do and why it's so hard for adults to let go of this discrimination since it's basically like rejecting what your entire life has taught you.

I think the story should have leaned more on that. Instead of being about solving the mystery of "who did it?", it would have been, in my opinion, more interesting if it was about Nimona showing her friend how he's been slowly brainwashed his whole life, kinda like what happened in How To Train Your Dragon where the main lead has a scene of him realizing that everything he knew about dragons was wrong, or even in this movie's creator's other work, She-Ra, where the female lead, Adora, realized she and many others were being lied on by the bad guys her whole life.

Or heck, they could have turned this into some sort of "Beyond Good and Evil" setting where our two leads go around finding proof about the lies of the government and work underground to collect evidence and show the citizens the true colors of the kingdom and through that bringing the people to their side.

I don't know, I just feel like the idea of having these two working together to reveal other truths would be more engaging than just the usual "scared people do dumb things" plot.

Again, the scenes with these two working together once they got on the same page were my favorite parts and I really wished I could have more of that.

But I know why we can't have more of that. This is a movie with three acts and we need to do the usual movie with three acts thing, establish the conflict, explore the conflict, and solve the conflict, all while introducing all the relevant characters, setting up their motivations, and having them go through some character development by the time we reach the end so we can pass on the moral of the story.

And sometimes when you need to focus on all that you end up with not enough time to focus on other elements, which is why I really feel this would work even better as a show so we could have more time dedicated to the two leads just being great and doing cool things together, exploring this world and maybe even adding other characters for them to interact with.

I feel like Nimona's biggest flaw is that its leads are way more interesting than the story they're in.

For instance, the fact that Nimona has shape-shifting powers is freaking awesome and leads to tons of cool and creative scenes of her just going from one shape to another... But it also feels like a bit overkill for the problems they come across.

I kept waiting for some sort of big epic battle where she would have to face some sort of squad of super-enhanced knights or something, or maybe they would go How To Train Your Dragon 2 and reveal they also have a secret evil shape-shifter on their side for her to fight, or maybe they would do it like in the series Kipo and have the big villain copy Nimona's power so they could have a transformation fight in the same way they did it in the Sword on the Stone movie.

I don't know, I just feel like Nimona's antagonists are kinda boring for how cool she is. She barely even interacts with them when I think about it.

But yes... I know that's not the point... It's not about Nimona punching some cool bad guy in the face as if we were in a Marvel movie...

it's about sending the message of how adults keep trying to find faults and problems in things that have no faults and problems just because of their upbringing, fear, lack of guidance, or outside manipulation, and how much that behavior needlessly hurts the innocents who have no means to resist and how that corrupts the young into following their example and keeping the cycle going.

It's about how when you treat people like monsters they start to consider becoming monsters as well, showing how powerful our actions and their consequences can be even if we don't think about it.

It's about how hard it is to sometimes see that we are making a big mistake that's keeping us from stepping into a whole new world of possibilities that might be even better than the world we have now because of how scary it is to leave your clear comfort zone and adventure through the unknown.

It's about a whole bunch of relevant themes and messages that can help people become even better people...

That said... It is a little hard to look at a character THIS cool and not go "I wish she would fight something cooler."

Like... Look at all the promotional images of her grinning while starting to shift into a dragon and tell me you don't want to see her in some super big epic battle against some really cool villain. (Or maybe that's just me? 🤔)

But... Then again, that does fit into the message of Nimona not having to be what people think she is or want her to be and instead learning to accept her for who she really is, just a girl that wants others to stop finding non-existent problems with her.

So, yeah, I'm not gonna get angry at a movie for not being exactly how I wished it was when the whole idea is that we often get too angry at things for not being how we think they should be.

Bottom line, I like Nimona. I love the leads, love the voice-acting, the transformation scenes, the chemistry between the characters, the interactions...

The message is kinda "been there done that", but many people still need to hear about it even today so, who am I to complain...

I just wish I could see the leads hanging out more and doing more things outside of this main plot. I feel like this works as a great pilot for an ongoing story with these two and would be more than happy to follow them in other adventures (the movie literally ends with the walls to a whole new world breaking down ala Attack on Titan).

So... Can I get a sequel or a tv show, please?

[remdeans]

pre-relationship: 2, 4. general: 4, 7. love: 2, 3, 8. domestic life: 4, 10 ! :>

hii jerome!! thank you for sending an ask, i love seeing your ships :]

PRE-RELATIONSHIP:

2 has been answered here.

4. Who felt romantic feelings first?

When we met it was a crush-turned-friendship kind of thing. Like we're shy around one another and find each other cute but then we become friends and the initial attraction kind of ebbs. But then months pass of us getting to know each other and I'm like dang he's kind of perfect actually I wanna kiss him oh no.

So yeah, me, most likely. It would take Spencer a bit longer to recognize those emotions and accept them, but I see us falling for one another at the same pace. It just takes us a while to do anything about it.

GENERAL:

4. Were they each other’s first anything (kiss, relationship, etc.)?

Spencer actually has a lot more experience than me in the romance department, believe it or not. In canon, he literally made out with an actress in a pool in season 1 lol so I definitely wasn't his first kiss. There's not much said about his romantic history pre-show, but I imagine he definitely dated around a little here and there but hadn't had a real long-term relationship before me. And, well, he wasn't my first relationship but he was my first kiss among other things to put it simply.

7. Who takes the lead in social situations?

We're both socially awkward, introverted nerds (he's an INTP, whereas I'm an INFP) so it honestly varies. Our job calls for us to start conversations whether they're uncomfortable or not, but if we're paired up in the field he'll usually take initiative at first but he lets me get a word in as well. But really, we function pretty fine in social situations, we can just be a little weird sometimes in ways others might not understand. We both won't hesitate to step in and stand up for each other if it comes to it, though.

However, I'm definitely the one to (maybe not confidently) go up to a server with him if they got his order wrong. If they got my order wrong, I wouldn't want to be a bother, and he's the same way. So we can overcome our social anxiety if it means doing something for the other, if I'm making any sense.

LOVE:

2. What are their primary love languages?

My personal love languages are gift giving (primarily) and physical touch, I think. I absolutely love buying or (especially) making things for my loved ones if I can't afford to spend money. Honestly if I was rich I'd be buying people stuff all the time, and it makes me so happy when people enjoy the thing I made them. I also love giving and receiving hugs, having my hand held, cuddles and the likes, but I can be touch averse at times depending on the person. Spencer is the same way.

I think Spencer's would be quality time (primarily) and physical touch as well. I've noticed through my binge of CM that he's often inviting his friends out to events and stuff. I believe conversations count as quality time, so he'd really appreciate someone who's willing to listen to him go on for as long as he wants and do the same in turn. And despite being a total germophobe, he loves receiving hugs and loving gestures from people he's close to. He's secretly very touch-starved.

3. Who uses cheesy pick-up lines?

I do on occasion just because I love watching him try not to smile and roll his eyes at me. We'd probably make stupid Doctor Who references at each other ("Are you a weeping angel? 'Cause I could stare at you all day.")

But Spencer goes all out with his, and I could see him being especially corny on anniversaries or romantic holidays. He even flirts in other languages and leaves me to scramble to try and figure out what the heck he just said to me.

8. Who’s better at comforting the other?

I feel like we can both get kind of panicky and awkward when it comes to comforting people who are upset, but when it comes to it all we really need is someone to be there for us and listen if we need to vent or just hold us if we need to cry. So I don't think either of us would be "better" at it, you know? We just know what to do for each other.

DOMESTIC LIFE:

4 & 10 have been answered ^^

[solardragun]

how are you finding the current treatment of bumbleby in vol9 and how it affects the characters?

i lowkey hate it, not because it's a queer ship or anything like that, but because it's regressed. bb held hands and each other in volume 6, they've clearly felt they've moved past the friendship stage despite it not being said, but now they're back to little gazes and acting like holding hands is a huge step for them when they've literally already done it. hell, yang literally cups blake's face in v8 and holds her. so this, oh will they hold hands? oh will blake teach yang how it feels to be loved? it just falls flat because they're already established.

i don't really ship it considering how stale the writers have made it, but i do have enough awareness to acknowledge that yeah they're supposed to be canon, so where's the hugs of relief (even a kiss! many rwdes said that a kiss would've been perfect after they both thought the other died), where's the "oh thank goodness you're okay", where's the holding hands and smiling at each other and just happy to be alive and together? their reunion was so ??? what the heck? for a ship that's meant to be canon and romantic, it was severely lacking.

[polkadotpatterson]

ask game: Polka Dot Patterson, Naturally

now you'd think this would be easy to answer but in fact it is not because I have So Much Dot Lore. so much of it. here are some of the basics though

-they've never really cared about winning. they pitch because they love it. they want to do their best and they can be very hard on themselves about it, but they love a good pitcher's duel and don't mind losing as long as they had fun and pitched well

-aroace and in a qpr with Workman Gloom! this is so important to me they love each other so much

-was resigned to a life of being stolen to new teams all the time and didn't want to get attached, except then they just. ended up staying on the Talkers? and started to care a lot about them even if they wouldn't admit it. after being unshelled by the Monitor they finally started to open up more and embrace being part of the team

-the effects of Squiddish were also a manifestation of their love for their team and their home, even if they didn't realize it at first. it didn't need to change them so much physically (like how it didn't with Jaylen and the Hall Stars) but it did because they subconsciously admitted they were ready for moisturization

-does not understand Ortiz Morse's strange pitching strategy of "walk everyone" but respects him deeply as a person. takes over his tradition of getting coffee for the team after they get unshelled and he's on the garages

-gets some experience captaining in the coffee cup and then feels comfortable enough to take on Talkers co-captain duties in early expansion. this is very good for both them and Ziwa because Dot needs to be more actively involved with the team and Ziwa needs to stop trying to do everything and take a break for once

-friends with Jaylen based on the solidarity of "star pitcher controlled by the gods" and had some quality bonding time with her when they were on Heavy FC and the Mechs together

-losing York is really hard on them and makes them backslide into No Thoughts Only Blaseball for a while and laser-focus on winning the championship for him. they hate that they keep failing to protect him. after he gets vaulted they basically never talk about him because it's just too painful

-they fight the alting and stay in this world but it's rough. they keep half-slipping into other dimensions and it's hard to control their extra hands and they can't pitch like they used to. they also feel really guilty that Alto is stuck taking their place and they try hard to help them but it's rough for a while. all this eventually gets better but they're never fully stabilized to this dimension again

-they become the Talkers' pitching coach post-alting! this is a bit of a struggle when the team has nine pitchers, but they're trying. they want to be involved

-they don't have natural shoe-stealing talent but they do have the advantage of interdimensional powers so Workman and Beasley bring them along on heists sometimes. family bonding through footwear larceny

-my favourite silly little hc is that they literally have perfect pitch. they're actually a really good singer but they're super self-conscious so they rarely sing in front of people and it's not widely known

-currently chilling in the black hole with Workman and Beasley and don't intend to leave until Beasley falls. they're able to get vague glimpses of what's going on outside sometimes and are endlessly amazed by Abner's ability to deliberately pitch bad because they could never do that. their favourite new hobby during this siesta is trying to contact it from the bh and ask how the heck it can do that. so far they've just managed to make Abner somewhat confused and annoyed