#We're getting into the more recent stuff now >:)

[poisonousquinzel]

Sjdksks yeah!!! Harlivy's actually been canon since the Batgirl Adventures comic from 1997 where it's stated as clearly as they could at the time

and Harley's original creator wrote a story featuring the DCAU Harlivy in DC's 2016 Pride comic

their arc for a good decade or two there was more focused on their friendship arc and Harley getting away from the Joker. (90s/2000s) In the first Gotham City Sirens Ivy loving her was confirmed

and when the reboot happened in the 2010s they were allowed to be more openly gay, though not That much. DC was confirmed to have panels of them kissing on the lips edited cause they weren't allowed to be so openly romantic I suppose. Them being sexual in ways that was Sexy was more allowed to a degree. so that's what the post above is talking about, it's only been in the past few years they've been allowed to be shown kissing on the lips.

Published:

Original:

And they were said to be "girlfriends without the jealousy of monogamy" before Harley had had her final break up with Joker in #25 of Harley Quinn (2013) and their relationship has been developing since.

In Harley's most recent main comic Ivy has been her primary love interest and the target of her affection. (Until recent....questionable writing choices by the new writer who's stuff I'm happy to disregard for the most part)

They lived together for a bit in a home that was theirs, a sweet little domesticness break, and #1-6 / #9 of Poison Ivy (2022) also expands on the deeply rooted love Ivy holds for her. This post I made a while ago has a lot of panels from their recent arc ♡

Harley isn't a cut and dry villain anymore, it's not in her nature to be a cold-hearted villain particularly after her full seperation from Joker. Definitely more aligned with the Anti Hero term, currently she's dipping her toes back into more less legal activiates with her destruction agency. But she's been on friendly terms with the batfam and as of the ending of the Joker War arc a few years ago, she knows Batman is Bruce Wayne.

Ivy on the other hand is more in a grey area, she's going through her own development and growth atm but I wouldn't say she's a Good Guy now or anything lol I think her character is in a bit of a complex standing cause for so long her motivations have been undermined due to general lack of belief or understanding of climate change, and now that we're here facing the music daily it's hard to dismiss her fears and concerns about the planet cause like she's right 😭 so her writer GWW (despite my criticisms with her original character and everything about her) has done a really good job when it comes to expanding and fleshing out her character and motivations.

sometimes i think about how Harley and Ivy weren't allowed to even kiss on the lips at one point and now we're here:')

[olderthannetfic]

I am wondering what happened to the "body swap/imposter" episodes that used to be common in various live action TV¹ series.

I posed this question the other day on my own blog, but I don't think people who follow me are very interested in the topic, so I am asking OTNF & commenters, where I suspect a greater number of repliers will be able to answer. :')

You used to get this convention coming up in stuff like Star Trek (mirror universe Spock!) and Xena (is that Xena? Callisto? Autolycus? Some random princess who happens to be identical?) and Buffy (nooo, that's not Buffy, that's Faith!) sometimes. Do you know the convention I mean? I think Supernatural is a later example that executed this via angel possession, but it didn't have the same impact because it was such a huge plot point. (My viewing of SPN was also spotty, so, IDK, I may have missed one.)

Is this a story convention that's still in use? Perhaps it's just that I haven't seen it for years because of my own viewing choices? Or is this a convention we're no longer seeing as much of because of shorter series formats with less filler and/or better developed CGI making different conventions more popular? I know everyone is obviously only going to be able to answer from their own viewing experiences, but I think if there's a general trend in replies it will nevertheless provide me with an answer.

TLDR: Does the "body swap/imposter" episode still exist in the 2020s? If so, where have you spotted it?

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¹ It does also occur in cartoons, etc., but that's not really what I wanted to ask about.

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I wonder if it might have been a semi-casualty of the post-Sopranos TV landscape.

What I mean is that people are still super into things where one brilliant actor plays a bunch of clones, but the kind of hammy acting that was everywhere on direct-to-syndication of the 90s just won't cut it today, and the bodyswap episode really shows you which actors can handle this task and which cannot.

I heard Haven had a bodyswap episode after I'd stopped watching. Grimm had someone morphing into a person's partner to get them to fuck them unawares. Those were both a while ago by now. Guardian had a personality transplant episode that hit some of the same notes in terms of why the audience finds these entertaining. Good Omens had the characters swap, though it was played a bit differently from the bajillion times on Xena. (Don't forget the random tavern wench in addition to the princess!)

Oh! I've got one! Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty had a major impostor. The villains find some random dude who looks like one of the leads and groom him to replace the guy. We get that dude torturing another lead while in character, the real guy impersonating the impostor to dramatic and hilarious effect, the real guy keeping the impostor in a dungeon for half the series and then a bunch of identity shenanigans right at the end.

It's Chinese, obviously. That one's historical, but wuxia series have a standard trope of somebody who can look exactly like others by either murdering them and literally wearing their face or by making a flesh mask... actually, not just wuxia. This shows up a bunch in DMBJ. It's the full on Mission Impossible "Ah hah hah, it is actually I, face changing man!" with the second actor pulling off a ridiculous rubber mask that could never pass as anyone after cutting from the first actor. I guess that and the bone shrinking technique to change build are just common tropes there.

Has any of the live action Marvel stuff gotten around to skrulls? That's the kind of context where I'd expect to see an impostor episode.

I can't think of a lot of recent and directly similar things in Western live action, but I also haven't been watching enough sff shows or any crime stuff with the right ridiculous tone.

Anyone have thoughts?

[fandomlit]

too good at hiding (spencer agnew x reader)

requested by anon "can i please get a smosh / spencer agnew x reader where they both work at smosh and no one (except like,, higher ups maybe) really knows they're dating-- and y/n gets a bit insecure, especially since spencer is getting playfully flirted with / called a best duo with other smosh ppl, but doesnt say anything until spencer picks up on y/n's discomfort and starts purposefully slipping up when talking about y/n / playfully flirting with y/n and stuff like that. if not that's okay :3 ty!"

a/n hey loves.. just a reminder than i LOVE requests :)

gif cred belongs to @smoshmonker

spencer wasn't sure what had been bugging you. sure, the work days had been longer recently and you two hadn't had a lot of time to yourselves or each other lately, but he had seen that version of you before and worked through it. this was different—you were emotionally distant in a way spencer hadn't seen. he was getting worried he was doing something to push you away, that after two years of dating he had finally revealed some part of him that rubbed you the wrong way.

but his worries were answered during one shoot day where he was playing board af on a team with courtney against arasha and amanda. you were sitting not too far away off-stage, watching the shoot during a gap in your day with angela at your side.

him and courtney were playing up their teamwork as they usually did, whispering and scheming together, shoulders pressed to each other for a majority of the game. spencer kept stealing glances at you when he could (though he knew it would piss off the editors later), still thinking of your interaction this morning and how you had rushed away at the first chance.

his team successfully gained a bunch of points after a successful round, to which he and courtney dramatically celebrated and high fived, clasping onto each other's hands as amanda and arasha groaned.

"this is why!" courtney said proudly. "this is why tiktok's been calling us the best smosh duo! our teamwork is unmatched!" spencer laughed as amanda started talking about how she had also seen that trending on the smosh side of tiktok lately, but zoned out of that part of the conversation when he noticed you get up and leave the backstage. he knew you didn't have anything for another hour. and the way you were walking was similar to how you had rushed away from him that morning.

remembering what amanda was saying, his mind started playing back an interaction from a few days ago that now made complete sense to him.

"i've been thinking," you spoke, breaking the comfortable silence you and spencer had fell into as you laid in his bed that night, your head on his chest as he traced circles onto your back.

"oh, i bet that hurt," spencer hummed back, eyes still shut. you whacked his chest lightly and he laughed, peeking down at your adorable attempt to suppress your grin. "i'm sorry! sorry, go ahead."

you shook your head before resting it on his chest again. "do you think it's time we started to tell people about us?" he was quiet as he let the surprise of the question sink in, beginning to consider. you spoke in the silence, "i just.. i don't know, maybe we're too good at hiding it, but i like the idea of people knowing we're together, you know? or at least speculating? i don't know if that makes sense."

"no, it does," he assured with a nod, staring up at the ceiling. "i don't know, i haven't really thought a lot about it." because while, yes, it would be great for all the shipping of you and other cast members to end, he was a little scared to bare that part of his personal life to the internet. what if they all just said you could do better? or that he didn't deserve you? he didn't know if he could handle the drama, and he was more scared that it would tear you apart after two years of bliss. "i'm not really in a rush."

you nodded, brushing your head against his chest as you thought. then, you flipped in his arms so your back was to his side. he moved so he could spoon you, wrapping an arm around your stomach as you both fell asleep without further discussion.

spencer had been so tired and lost in his work mindset that he had completely abandoned the thought of that conversation until now. he definitely could've done some more to make sure you were on the same page as him—why would you be asking him if you hadn't been wanting to? he suddenly felt like an idiot.

it must've been sparked by whatever this rise in him and courtney clips was doing on the internet. you wanted to be seen like that, wanted to have some cute content of the two of you milling around, even if it didn't actually mean anything.

spencer wasn't exactly ready to come out with your relationship yet, but he could do something..

...

it was later that same day when you had a shoot together: a round of board af with shayne and angela. you smiled at your boyfriend as you all were about to start rolling and he just offered you a wink in response. you furrowed your brow at him just before shayne started the intro.

"alright, i think.. spencer starts," shayne nodded. spencer took a dramatically tense breath as he grabbed the dice, shaking them in his hands before reaching across shayne to hold that hand out to you. you all looked at him in confusion, and your gaze flicked between his and his hand with an arched brow. "oh, i forgot this wasn't an actual casino." your jaw dropped.

you all laughed out in shock, as spencer drew back his hand, shaking the dice again as if he hadn't done anything at all. shayne loudly exclaimed, "were you trying to get her to blow on your dice?!"

unable to suppress his smile, spencer affirmed, "yeah! but i forgot this is smosh and not the ritz."

angela just waved her hand as she stared into the camera, "yeah, totally normal mistake. completely understandable switch up." you all continued to laugh.

when it got to your turn you took a dramatical deep breath, rolling your shoulders and twisting your neck like you were warming up. "okay. no interruptions, please." of course, that just invited the interruption as you began shaking your dice.

"hey, y/n?" you ignored spencer as you continued to shake with your determined expression. shayne was doing his best to hold his laugh in as angela stared at spencer with an open mouth. "y/n? this is really important." his stare was so innocent and unbothered, his doe eyes looking at you almost pleadingly; it was a wonder you didn't break your composure on the spot.

you sighed, lowering your hands to look at spencer. but you couldn't hide your amusement as you pressed with a giggle, "what?!"

"don't mess up," he spoke with an unchanging expression. you just dropped your die while continuing your intense eye contact with him.

"holy-! what!" you looked down at shayne's yell just to see you had made the perfect roll. keeping your composure despite your excitement, you just smiled at the camera.

"i never mess up." you looked pointedly over at spencer and he just smiled innocently at you. your heart would've burst if you weren't so confused by him.

when his turn came around again, spencer took a deep breath and shook his dice. "don't hold them out to y/n again, creep," angela spoke and the crew laughed. spencer paused his rolling to offer you a wink before continuing, causing more laughter to erupt.

you shook your head incredulously at the camera. you hated how hot your face and chest felt as you boyfriend flirted with you on camera, like you weren't already completely in love with him. "i think the kickstarts are getting to him, i don't know what's happening."

"they're seeping into his brain," shayne supported, chuckling.

"yeah, i actually poured one into my ear this morning instead of drinking it," spencer spoke casually and you all fell into hysterics again as he finally rolled the dice. you found yourself looking at spencer rather than the game when you had recovered, staring at your boyfriend with a stupid grin. you quickly snapped out of it, hoping that moment may be spared from getting clipped. but knowing how this video was going, there were likely to be multiple clips swirling around of you and spencer.

in fact, the more you considered it, it was like spencer was pulling out all of the moves that he knew would be clipped later. and that's when you knew--that was exactly what he was doing. a warm feeling filled your chest, a mix of excitement and slight embarrassment. spencer wanted these ship clips. he was clearly seeking them. but why?

you didn't realize your brow was furrowed until shayne nudged your arm. "you look like you're constipated." the look you gave him made him laugh before asking, "what's going on over there?"

you shook your head. "i'm just thinking about the logistics of mountain dew in the ear canal. can't be good." shayne laughed again, angela chuckling as spencer offered you a sly smile. "what?" you chuckled at him.

"nothing," he shrugged. "just keep thinking about me over there. zone back out, whatever." you shook your head, throwing your hands up as you looked to a laughing alex behind the camera.

...

"what was that?" you asked your boyfriend after the shoot, amused as you shook your head at him.

"i realized i was an idiot." you furrowed your brow as spencer took a breath, eyeing you seriously as he tucked his hands into his pockets. "i was being a total guy the other night. you asked me if i ever wanted to come out about us and i answered it without thinking that you probably asked it because you wanted to come out." you pursed your lips. "am i right?"

you nodded, folding your arms in front of your chest. "yeah.. i've been thinking about it a lot lately. how it would be nice to be able to tell our friends.. and i like the idea of the fans liking us. not just you and me, but us together." you shoot your head, your cheeks heating before you admitted, "i think i was just getting a little jealous of the shipping comments and the 'best duo' stuff going around." spencer slowly took your hands, forcing you to uncross your arms as you continued, embarrassed and heart hammering, "it's stupid and ridiculous because i shouldn't let our relationship—that the fans don't even know about!—be affected by internet clips of you and our friends."

spencer nodded, squeezing your hands. "i get it. you think i don't hate the shipping edits of you and damien? or you and shayne, before him and courtney told the world?" you offered him a half-smile. he tugged you closer to him. "i don't think i'm ready to be public yet. i want our special little world to be preserved for a little longer, and.. i'm a little scared that fans will tell me you're way out of my league, which i know, but will still probably make me cry." you let out an amused laugh, but shook your head at spencer.

"you shouldn't be worried about that," you hummed quietly. "i think i'm the one in danger of hate, if anything. have you seen those tumblr girls? they're obsessed with you!" he just rolled his eyes. "we can wait as long as you need. i'm sorry i was upset and avoidant."

"i forgive you," he nodded with a smile. "i'm sorry i didn't realize until now what you had really meant. but i'm glad we could have a real conversation about it." you nodded in agreement. "it'll stay our secret for now, but i really don't mind if a few clips circulate shipping us in the meantime.." you giggled.

"you should definitely expect some to start after today," you mused. "you were on fire."

"it was kinda freeing, being able to flirt with you on camera," he sighed. you just shook your head wordlessly, purely amused, before leaning forward to press a long, sweet kiss to your boyfriend's lips. "i love you."

"i love you, too," you smiled. you were about to lean forward for another kiss when you both froze at a sudden sound disrupting your peace.

plastic hitting the ground. tucked in your corner in the back hallways of the smoffice, you thought your conversation had been safe from any ears.

you were wrong.

both of your heads snapped at once to the noise. shayne stood there, hand still raised in the shape of the cup he had been holding, stance frozen mid-stride, dropped jaw, staring at the two of you.

"i-i'm so sorry!" he exclaimed, raising his hands in mock surrender. "i just wanted to take a walk with my drink, i didn't know i would come across y- this!" he quickly leaned down and scooped his cup up, spewing out more apologies before practically running away.

you and spencer stood in stunned silence for a moment. "well..," he began. "i guess we can count that as one person down?"

after another silent moment, you started, "should we..?"

"chase after him?" spencer finished, still staring after where shayne had just disappeared. "probably. but since he heard me, he's going to purposefully tell me that you're out of my league and i'm going to dropkick him." you laughed and spencer turned his head to grin down at you. he stole your lips in a kiss again before pulling away. "i'll get shayne."

"okay," you nodded, still smiling at him. "i love you."

and your sweet, ridiculous boyfriend gave you the most heart-eyed look you had ever seen as he backed away from you. "i love you, too."

[yridenergyridenergy]

Hey!

I just wanted to say that I really enjoy your content — your blog is honestly my go-to for anything Dir en grey related. You've put together such a great space for fans.

That said, I wanted to share a small thought — I personally feel a bit uneasy when very recent material gets posted, even if it’s just short GIFs. For example, the new movie Blu-ray isn’t super expensive and is pretty accessible, so it feels a bit off to see clips from it floating around already.

Older content or things that aren’t so freshly released don’t bother me at all — I totally get sharing those. Maybe I’m being too strict about it, and I know not everyone feels the same way, but I just wanted to be honest about how it comes across to me.

In any case, I still really appreciate your blog and the effort you put into it. Thanks for all you do 😊

Hello! Thank you for your kind words.

I get what you mean, but even if you take me out of the equation, somebody else will do the same soon enough anyway. If we reached a consensus and all adhered to it, then sure, I guess we could avoid sharing parts of a release for x days or even forever, if we actually followed regulations. In this case though, it's really hard to do when significant integral rips are uploaded to YouTube not long after a release anyway and that sun-krad, who have the authority to get them taken down, never do. Clearly, in this case, they don't care a lot.

I've been harshly criticized before for posting stuff from Shikkaku volumes, for example, and admittedly I hadn't necessarily reached the page in there that explicitly requests not to share any of the photos in all possible, listed ways. Obviously, Kyo personally minds how his stuff gets distributed, and out of respect I've done my best to follow that. But now people have started sharing scans and screenshots from his more private stuff and there are a ton of other people who are just blissfully happy to help redistribute that too. It kind of feels dumb that I'd be held to some standards and not everyone else.

When it comes to the Zankyou no Ketsumyaku BluRay, Japanese fans started getting theirs one or two days before July 2nd, I got my copy that day, and we're now a couple of days later. I do apologize for the spoilers if you have not received your copy or been able to watch it yet. I usually have the flexibility to organize my schedule around that kind of delivery, which I understand is not the case for everybody.

[lazylittledragon]

so uhhhhhhhh. not to be cryptic and bitchy on main but congratulations to everyone in my messages for like 5 months on being right i guess

[aroaceleovaldez]

just read the plot summary for Wrath of the Triple Goddess and. wow this is. painful this just sounds painful to read.

Why is Grover the incompetent inciting incident character? That is not his narrative role ever, really. That's like, the fanon conceptualization of his character where he's reduced down to comedic relief and nothing more. He's mostly exposition and support. Why not have the inciting incident be something about Annabeth's hubris - something that has gotten the gang into situations tons of times before in a way that doesn't put down any of the characters? Heck you could have even tied it into some Sea of Monsters stuff, like Circe having told Annabeth that she'd make a good sorceress. That'd be perfect for how this book literally just exists to be advertising for s2 of PJOTV. Or maybe call-back to Percy's introduction, where he talks about how he doesn't try to cause problems but problems tend to find him. Or use the established personalities of Hecate's animal companions from HoO, since we know they have attitudes. Just what are you even doing here????

[welcometogrouchland]

Noticing that TV and film will often have a character either have had an abortion in the past that isn't showcased on screen (and just used as part of the character's ~fucked up and twisted backstory~) OR contemplate getting an abortion in the present day but not to through with it. Just once I want to see someone delete that fetus within the events of the plot and not be like. Extremely majorly punished for it and/or be in the wrong

[witchblade]

i cant relate to other ppl with adhd that have impulse buying issues ive never not agonized over a purchase and the more i want something the more i feel like i shouldnt get it bc i assume my own desire is a sign of misjudgment in and of itself.

[moe-broey]

Crazy how I can recount something from my adolescence about how I was raised and still manage to make my therapist (who I have been seeing for Years) still go Oh. That's... 😶

Like obviously professional quick recovery style but like. Has an immediate grounding effect and gives eye opening perspective in point zero seconds. Like ooooohh. You see, I was operating under the impression that like, this is a fairly run of the mill and expected experience for someone like me with my lived experiences. Like I could just say this and anyone would know exactly what I'm getting at without needing to provide all the details and thought processes at play here.

Hm. Well,

[oveliagirlhaditright]

Square Enix, learn how to market games again, 2025.

[phagodyke]

weekend melancholy is starting to kick in >~<

[crescendo-system]

Having a burst of new(?) alter reveals this past week which can only mean one thing: the deep pit of horror that maybe we're faking this is looming ominously once more

[kidza]

welp guess who finally caught up to the bnha manga...

[nestavadavat]

Me when I remember i was a bad person

[aliciaofchitaqua]

been recently getting a lot of activity and even some new followers on this lil blog that is still mostly just reblogs and so now that there is more of an audience I am contractually obligated to be annoying about this: if you enjoy insane gay relationships like destiel, try no. 6 my best friend no. 6. it is absolutely nothing like spn but the main characters still have a strange amount of destiel energy and parallels (dramatic fateful first meeting, turning your back on everything you've ever known and loved for one (1) cute guy, he teaches you doubt and you teach him faith, etc.)

I think there is especially crossover appeal for agincourties because my special little guys could absolutely pull off a "merciless fucking god" scene and do in fact have something kinda similar (Shion confronting Rashi and the fallout, IYKYK.)

it's unambiguously canon and unlike spn the writer doesn't actively hate the fans which is a nice change of pace. one half of the ship canonically gets turned on when the other half tells him that he'll give him a kiss before slitting his throat. this is directly after they both climbed up a mountain of corpses btw. they are both incorrigible freaks and they're always flirting at the worst possible times. please join me in hell.

[wereh0gz]

hello, I have a question, are u going to make another werehog au story, reading the projectnewmoon story makes me wanna read more about the werehog.

I already have some more stuff planned for the project: new moon blog (which will involve the werehog of course). I also have other aus I wanna write for that involve the werehog but I'm not sure if/when I'll get to those so no promises