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kaythefloppa · 8 months ago

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Wild Kratts - Our Blue and Green World: Part 1: Review [Spoilers]

Welp, here it is, the Wild Kratts TV movie (not to be confused with the feature film they've been teasing us with since 2021). There's been a lot of hype around this special and season, especially with how much the latter was being hyped up during the hiatus. Let's see if the blue and green bros were able to deliver: Spoilers under the cut

Well, this is certainly an attention grabber!

This entire live action intro is shot and edited like an animated Wild Kratts episode, it's glorious.

Woah, intro change!

They said the thing! They said the thing!

HELP THIS IS SO RELATABLE. Also, THE BOYS ARE FIGHTING

Lmao I don't think they do it very often, but using animals/nature in their insults is very creative.

Also, whooping crane episode when?

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This entire song is mercifully short. Like most character sung songs in Wild Kratts, it's not good, but this at least is clever in its lyrics and its visuals. It feels like a Disney reference at best and I am content with that. I also ADORED seeing the Draco and Walrus Suit return again. It's arguably the best musical number in the series. No, that is not saying a lot.

MARTIN WHY ARE YOU THE ONE WHO'S MIFFED YOU NEARLY MUFASA'D YOUR LITTLE BROTHER

CHRIS WHY ARE YOU MILDLY INCONVENIENCED YOU GOT ACRAPHOBIA FALLING FROM THAT HEIGHT

When I first saw the clip, I thought that they were going somewhere with this, like they'd activate Peacock Powers at the end when they recognized the compatibility and blue and green. But nope. Wasted potential is an understatement.

Also, where the fuck are they right now? In a previous shot there was Target the Chameleon, implying that they've been to Madagascar, but that is an Indian peafowl, and as far as I'm concerned, they don't live in Madagascar. Were they just having an off-day? These animals have little to nothing to do with the plot when they really shouldn't have, so I don't see why they couldn't have just shown a projector image or something.

Remember when I joked about the Wild Pony Power Suit returning in S7.... fuck you Apollo.

Man, they are eating it up with the animation here. It's hard to tell with screengrabs but man, is it fluid.

The first half of this episode is mixed. While it feels like the brothers are incredibly stubborn, it also does make sense for them to be this fixated on their favorites. So I can totally buy this. It could've been insufferable to watch, but it wasn't.

As if YOU haven't spied on them since the first time your dorito-headed ass showed up on screen

Did you find that funny? Because not only do they do a similar joke like that later on, but they follow through on that joke in the most unexpected way you will shit your pants when you first ingest it.

Oh my god if they make a Creature Power Suit off of that bird, I will take back any diss I've made, that is so beautiful.

Good to know that Aviva put the button near the chest and not near the back.

Maybe it's just me but this is kinda pushing it. Chris is literally getting his organs crushed, I think that should matter more than A) being right or B) trying to get 2 people to stop fighting.

I'm loving the callback and what this leads up to but ew, all this does is remind me about how ugly bright the color pallatte in S6. Really glad they fixed it in S7.

HELL FUCKING YES

This episode finds really unique ways of showing how the two different biomes are interconnected. It's like Rainforest Stew's (very brilliantly handled) message only to a larger degree. Kids can learn a lot from this.

I fucking love this episode, man.

Honestly, the way they write Paisley in the first half of the episode is very in-line with her character. Most shows that do what this episode does has them be out-of-character as a set-up, but here, she's just roasting the fuck out of Zach. Once again, recontextualized entirely in the climax.

HOW THE FUCK DID HE GET TO MADAGASCAR FROM THE GODDAMN AMAZON IN ONE AFTERNOON THAT IS LIKE MORE THAN 1,000 MILES AWAY?? ARE ANACONDAS THAT FAST?????

Also, INDRIS!!!!! :D

I was frankly expecting this to horribly backfire but spoilers, it doesn't. This actually winds up working. Common Aviva W.

To be continued.... will the blue and green rivalry end? Will one prove superior over another? And will they be able to stop Zach and Paisley and save the planet earth? And will this change the adventures of the Wild Kratts team forever? Stay tuned for part 2!

Pros:

The live action segments.

The animation of the earth's model.

The musical number not being ass.

Paisely's catty behavior.

The Anaconda Suit.

The inventive ways they show how the stability of the Earth is complex. There are a lot of ways it functions and thus a lot of ways it needs to survive

The comedy.

Cons:

The villains do not do anything until the second half of this episode. In fact, they're left completely in the backdrop. I expected them to make their prescence known and for Aviva to invent the discs to get them together for the SAKE of fighting the villains. But no. It makes the stakes feel hollow, which is the opposite of what they should be gunning for in an hour long special that they hype the shit out of.

CONCLUSION:

It was an "okay" set-up. It did live up to some of the hype it had, but not all of it. Honestly if it wasn't for the second half of this episode, this movie would be mediocre or slightly above average, but no. They do pick themselves off the ground and... they do jump the shark. But we'll get to that next time

#spoilers #season 7 spoilers #wild kratts #wild kratts season 7 #paisley paver #zach varmitech #kratt brothers #2d kratt brothers #2d martin kratt #2d chris kratt #I lost sleep over this episode istg #Youtube

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nakanotamu · 1 year ago

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good day madam, i am a hungry lesbian in need of your gayest wresting moments. can you spare me a cup of gay?

Anon you have come to the right person. Everything's been leading up to this. This is what it's all been for. This will probably be long.

Anon I got so excited about this I even solicited my friends for THEIR gayest moments so I'll do those first. You were recommended:

Mahiro Kiryu briefly getting a takarazuka gimmick in TJPW's Hyper Misao produced show HYPE

Giulia vs Konami from the 5 Star GP 2021, which was described as "the first match I remember watching and going OH MY GOD KONAMI AND GIULIA ARE FUCKING", and their feud did later give us a promo where Konami was like "Hey Giulia, you know how I bully you and you like it?" and Giulia was like "Ahaha, yeah?" and Konami was like "Well that's basically our entire relationship, so there you go." She did have examples.

pretty much anything with Raku/Pom Harajuku/Yuki Aino in TJPW, who my friends have lovingly dubbed the Pomycule

Okay enough from them though. You didn't ask them, you asked me and I asked them. Now for the me. I think it's important to note as well, anon, that not all of the gay shit in wrestling happens in a match, or even in the ring. Sometimes it's just shit on social media, a lot of the time it happens at press conferences, you must maintain constant vigilance. Anyway.

Whatever the fuck Syuri and Utami have going on, which I wrote about here.

There was the time Himeka kissed Syuri last year

There was Komomo enjoying getting beat up by Saki Kashima a Little Too Much, which I wrote about here.

There was the exchange between Utami and Syuri at the press conference for Stardom Gold Rush last year

There was Tam Nakano starting an entire faction to, in her own words, surround herself with women with big boobs (their focus has since shifted)

There was AliKaba, the tag team of Giulia and Syuri, which was basically just one long enactment of gay longing from Giulia

There was the time Giulia posted this picture with the caption ^-^ and then deleted it

There was the time FWC, the tag team of Hazuki and Koguma, spent 5 hours in the bath together (sadly they just talked about that I don't have pictures)

another time FWC both got matching bruises at the same time, and then later confirmed that yes they got them together. In the bath again

There were both Cosmic Rules matches at Stardom in Showcase 1 & 2 which I unfortunately don't have any great screenshots of but I'm positive were inspired by lesbian porn

There are constant small exchanges like this that don't even have a lot of context they just happen all the time

There was the time Hikari Noa had a hardcore match against Nao Kakuta and after they did this

There was the time Mina Shirakawa spat on Saya Kamitani and then licked her face

There was this shit in Act Wres Girlz, which for the record kind of depressingly does not do gay stories super frequently but has legitimately I think the highest percentage of out wrestlers I've seen in any company

There was the brief Tam Syuri feud which shockingly somehow did not involve anyone kissing but had the vibe that they were kissing mentally the entire time

There was every single exchange Tam and Natsupoi had before they realized they were still in love with each other but ESPECIALLY their cage match

And, for my money, the gay moment that lives the largest and dearest and most bittersweet in my mind was when Tam and Unagi had their singles match as part of the 5 Star GP last year, which was, unknown to us at the time, something of a farewell tour for Unagi before she went freelance, where afterwards they hugged in the ring for two minutes and then kissed.

I'm gonna cut myself off there but trust me I could go on and on and on for way too long but that's why I think you should watch for yourself. Wrestling is always moving and new gay stuff is always happening. In conclusion,

#long post #sorry I have low energy so this is just a shotgun blast of content rather than like real curation or explanation lol #I hope it works anyway #my magnum opus

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lewisinho · 2 years ago

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a rant about the media narratives surrounding lewis, fernando and max

ok so ever since well, bahrain testing 2023 and the discovery that aston martin do indeed have a fast car (and more importantly, one which is faster than merc), the media have created the alonso ‘hype-train’, saying that this man is basically the third-coming-of-christ (let us not forget about the ‘great white hope’ himself who is the only one standing between nando and jesus himself, but i digress); example are aplenty, as the majority of formula 1’s posts on instagram, twitter etc. being about fernando and even sky making a cute little montage reminding people (who most probably have not watched nando’s glory days) that nando is in fact a two-time world champion, went through nearly all teams on the grid like a hot knife through butter, leaving a fire behind him Every. Single. Time. (you gotta respect the man at least for his ability to cause drama everywhere) and that this is not the first time he is not in a back-marker team.

And you can understand the hype to a certain extent...jeez, dude’s forty-one and races brilliantly with as much as fire as before; (disclaimer: as much as i can dislike the man, i can still recognise as a great racing driver, because you really would have to be blind not to see it); but there is a limit to it which i think has been crossed and it’s about deserving something…deserving a better team, deserving a third world championship, deserving to win races…

“(...) can fernando bring home a third and much-deserved title this year?”

pray tell how exactly this third title ‘much-deserved’? and i fully understand media tactics, content creation, boosting engagement, clicks, likes etc. etc., it’s all part of the game, i know…but why is it that fernando is the one who ‘deserves’ it? Why is the media suddenly capable of using the narrative of ‘deserving’ in relation to someone like fernando alonso?

And why that narrative can never be present in relation to one lewis hamilton? The answer’s pretty easy, no? But it runs deeper…because the media don’t want to like lewis hamilton. they didn’t want him to win in 2021, that much is obvious if you rewatch literally any race from that season and listen to the narrative around him and max…the ‘dethroning’, the ‘young-pretender’ etc. the elements where all there, they were ready, waiting impatiently for the new champion, their new ‘face of f1’ (how’s that working out for them eh?) and when ad21 came about…which was even better for the show because the stakes were all that higher with the two of them on equal points…until of course, lap 57, it was all going slightly against the script, wasn’t it? But then they did their little rule-breaking, ‘human error’, whatever you want to call it and so what? max verstappen champion of the world.

lewis hamilton couldn’t afford to say anything. he couldn't because of who he is. And the media knew it. They would swallow him up like wolves. They would pounce on him, rip him up, mix him with dirt; and if they don’t do that (because he disappeared for a few months) they will sickly glorify his composure, his class, monetise his trauma etc. And we see it to this day…his silence was glorified; last year, sky f1 knew perfectly well what strategy to take; they’ve got their new champion; there’s no asterisk to that title- martin brundle (ironic you had to clarify that bud), or better yet say ‘move on’,‘it wasn’t that bad, just a mistake’, ‘you can’t change it’’, yeah because you wouldn’t like it to be changed, would you? You never wanted a black man to break that record, did you?

oh and also thank god lewis came back to the sport, and oh how amazing it is that merc built a shitbox of a car, so we can now again talk about how ‘he still hasn’t recovered from ad21’, let’s again use his trauma, say he’s finished, that he’s struggling, let’s make a mockery out of it all, yeah…and max, oh you know, he drives like a champion, he deserved that title, you win it over a season- martin brundle, again (it’s always the same suspects, isn’t it?)

He deserved it, here it is again. max verstappen deserved his titles (rule-breaking and cost cap breaches under the carpet); he’s a pure racer, you know. All he cares about is racing. He’s pure talent and passionate.

fernando alonso deserves his third title, apparently. He works hard. He empowers his team. He works well with his new, young teammate. He’s got the experience, the maturity and the talent. He’s the oldest driver on the grid, but he’s driving better than ever.

Lewis won’t get that because he’s alone as the only black man in this sport, which will continue to isolate him, belittle him, but also will use him. Lewis won’t ever get the alonso treatment. He won’t be willed on, cheered on, no. No, never.

Same old. Same old.

#f1 #lewis hamilton

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skarsgardsnark · 2 months ago

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He could mean about his career. As of now, it seems like he peaked with IT, and everything since then has been kinda meh. He’s gone up for different parts and seems like he didn’t get them, then had to take whatever was left over. It might seem to him like some of his acting peers are doing better than him. He’s type cast in horror, can’t break free. I see the talent in him in his performances, he has the looks, and the height…but it kinda seems like for the past 5 years or so, good roles have alluded him. Hopefully, Nosferatu will help change that.

I love questions like these!

We all know IT launched him into worldwide fame and put him on the map. Let’s take a look at his filmography after 2019. Nine days is a good movie but not many people know about it because it was a small film that made less than a million dollars. TDATT had a lot of hype and even oscar buzz..... until the movie premired. His role was small he probably had 30 minutes of screen time. During 2020 he chose to film Clark over The Northman. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, it was a bad choice and he should’ve done The Northman instead. He had more say in Clark and I know how proud he is of it but I think this is what started a “stall” in his career. Naked Singularity was filmed in 2019 but wasn’t released until 2021 and made 14k at the box office. Eternals, small CGI role that people either don’t know it was him or are barely finding out. Barbarian, a beloved role within the fandom, but once again a small 30 minute role. For as big as he was in 2019 he has now been relegated to play small supporting characters. Burn all my letters, my favorite film of his but it’s a Swedish production so not many people saw it. John Wick, main villain but still a supporting role. He picks up some steam with this one. BKW, his first big leading role in a long time! Unfortunately it had zero dollars for promotion.

��It seems like he peaked with IT, and everything since then has been kinda meh” YES I agree. That’s why I keep saying Nosferatu will be a comeback for him. Imagine if he hadn’t gotten the role and he only had BKW and The Crow this year.... yikes. Talk about a fall off. What he chooses to do after Nosferatu and how he takes advantage of that will be interesting to see.

Yeah I remember him saying he has lost out roles in marvel and star wars. I’ve actually spoken about how other actors like Butler, Powell, Elordi, Keoghan, and Mescal have risen while Bill’s career stalled. In my opinion, he needs to take a break from the dark characters and step away from the horror genre for a minute. He has already solidified his place as a scream king so now he needs to try new things. Maybe a drama or try out for a tv show. It’s crazy how big he was before Covid hit yet his filmography doesn’t really show it.

Thanks for the question!

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umlewis · 3 months ago

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Lewis Hamilton On Winning Again and Making the Formula 1 Movie With Brad Pitt

Sir Lewis Hamilton is suddenly on a hot streak. In early July, the seven-time Formula 1 champion won the British Grand Prix for the ninth time, setting a record for the most victories by a driver at a single circuit. It was just the latest milestone for the 39 year old Hamilton, who has won more races and finished on the podium more times than any other Formula 1 driver in the history of the competition. But the win in England was his first in more than two years. He followed it up by finishing on the podium in third at the Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest a couple weeks later, and then a week after that, Hamilton, who was knighted a few years ago, notched another victory at the Belgian Grand Prix after his teammate George Russell was disqualified post-race when his car was found to be underweight. I got a chance to sit down with Hamilton at the Ritz-Carlton in Budapest the night before the Hungarian Grand Prix. The Ritz-Carlton is the official hotel partner for the Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula 1 team, and I was one of a group of invited guests and prize winners who traveled from Vienna to Budapest in a convoy of Mercedes vehicles for what the Ritz-Carlton called the "Road To Legendary Car Tour." Hamilton stopped by to chat with the group and to offer a tasting of his non-alcoholic tequila brand, Almave, which he launched last year with the spirits company Casa Lumbre. Hamilton is taking on new challenges at the track, too. This season is his last with the Mercedes team. He announced before the season that he would be leaving after twelve years and will be driving for Ferrari in 2025. Hamilton is also going Hollywood, co-producing the much-hyped movie F1, which is scheduled for release next year and stars Brad Pitt as a former driver returning to compete in Formula 1. We talked about his battle to get back on top of the podium, how he stays in shape to compete with younger drivers, calling bullshit on the F1 screenplay, getting out on the track with Brad Pitt, collaborating with director Joseph Kosinski, and how he'll know when to walk away from racing. Our conversation has been edited for length and clarity.

What do you get from doing something entrepreneurial, like launching Almave, which is different from everything else you're involved in? "I think as a racing driver it's really healthy to unplug and do other things and tap into other mediums, and when you get into the room to sit with a bunch of creatives-working with Casa Lumbre, for example, who have done who knows how many different spirits-they can explain to you the whole process. And then there's things that perhaps you ask them that they've never had to think about before." Your win at the British Grand Prix was your first time on the top of the podium since 2021. What was it like to finally get back to winning, and to do it on your home turf in England? "Everyone was talking about it being this fairy tale, and it really, really was unexpected. Going into that weekend I had no idea that that was going to be possible, and it had been such a long time. So many thoughts cross your mind. Some of them you start to potentially believe in, bit by bit. And finally I had that day when I was able to excel, and we excelled as a team, and it just kind of shuts that all down nd it helps you rebuild again. So it was really great to be able to do it at home, in my home country, with my family around. The last race in Mercedes at Silverstone. It couldn't have been more magical."

The past couple years have been kind of a grind for you after experiencing so much success for so long. What have you learned about yourself, going through that? "It's been mostly a battle of the mind; keeping yourself sane, trying to pick up new tools. Ultimately it always comes back to persistence and dedication. Hard work. It always does eventually pay off. I think I learned that life is really about how much pain you can experience and keep going, and how much you can suffer and keep moving forward, you know? And that's life, right? It's not how you fall, it's how you get up. It's how you continue to apply yourself every single day. It's how you connect with people that you work with. I probably learned to be a better teammate in this period of time, because we've had more time to focus on communication." There's been a lot of buzz about F1, the upcoming Formula 1 movie starring Brad Pitt. I know you're a producer. How did you get involved? "We were there from the beginning. There were a couple scripts out there. I had known Joe [Kosinski, the director] from when we talked about doing Top Gun: Maverick through Tom [Cruise]. Tom put me in touch with Joe, and there were discussions of being in the movie. And then we just stayed in touch. Then we all reconnected to talk about potentially doing a Formula 1 movie, and then we went through this whole process of working with a writer."

What was that like? Did the screenwriter interview you about the details of driving in Formula 1? "Ehren [Kruger, the screenwriter] basically did a ton of research, watched a lot of races, came to a bunch of races, and then went away and wrote up a script. But we would sit and talk about what racing is about. Then once he wrote the script, I would sit with him and call bullshit, basically, on the things that don't seem real and are not what F1 is about and try to make sure that it's as authentic as possible. Then, at the same time, I started a production company, so I'm a producer with these guys. I've been able to be involved in all areas, so making sure the cast is diverse, making sure we've got a woman in a pit stop, which we never, ever had at the actual track. Hans Zimmer was someone I wanted to have doing the [music for the] movie, so we have Hans Zimmer. Joe has been amazing at including me in everything." What types of things in the screenplay made you call bullshit? "It would just be racing scenarios, technical jargon engineers would talk, but particularly racing scenarios and sequences between overtakes and pit stops and strategies and all those sorts of things. There may have been a crash that was like the car hits the wall and flips and lands on the wheels and keeps going, and that doesn't happen in Formula 1." When you were prepping for the movie, did you ever get out on the track with Brad Pitt to check out his driving? If so, how'd he do? "Yeah, we went to a track in LA. I took him out and sat in the passenger seat, and he drove. I used to be a driving coach when I was younger-it was a way of making some money part time whilst I was racing-so I've sat with god knows how many non-racing drivers. You can tell immediately the good ones, the bad ones. Straight away he was on it. You could tell he has it. He has it in his DNA. He's just not been able to hone in on it like we have. But he's got big potential."

So you're confident he can give a realistic performance as a driver? "Yeah, but I think obviously it takes time. Ultimately, the story of a 50-odd-year-old jumping into the season and fighting against us youngsters, it's just not the done thing. But then there's discussing, how would you go about doing that? How much training would you have to do in order to really be able to come back and fight and react in the same way? Yeah, there's a lot of detail that went into it." How have you changed up your training routine over the years to stay fresh and competitive? "You definitely adapt always, and you learn you have to just watch your energy. Recovery is huge, a really big part of the process. It's the whole 360 thing. It's not just going to the gym. It's how much you stretch, how much physio you end up doing, what you eat, and that's constantly changing week by week. And obviously, depending on how much energy you have, the different time zones that you're in." You travel so much for your sport. Do you have rituals or secrets to make yourself comfortable when you arrive? "Not really. I listen to a lot of music. I have music set up in my room. I record music. Basically, I write and sing music, different sorts of R&B. So I record music at night. Often in my evenings, I read. Try to meditate, mostly in the mornings, but I don't always get to it. And then I'm focused on my sleep-try not to slack on that ever-so there's a cutoff time when I want to go to bed, depending on what time I need to be up the first day."

In working with a partner like the Ritz-Carlton, you have a chance to do different kinds of events, like the Almave tasting we just had. Any favourite experiences? "We were just talking about this the other day. In Mexico City I went to visit a school and see the kids. I love when I work with partners that are doing practical stuff. I think that's been a real shift. When I first joined Formula 1 we were working with partners, but less so in the human connection space. In the last five or six years, working with partners like the Ritz-Carlton, it's "What impact are you making? How do you give back?" When we go to a school, see youth and see that they're invested in children, for me, that brings real warmth to my heart, especially as my foundation is all about getting youth who won't have the opportunity, for example, to get into our sport, to get into STEM and channel through to a good career." Do you have a time frame for your career? You're going to be starting a new process with a new team next year. Do you have a plan for how long you'd like to keep racing? "I definitely do. There are days I'm like, shoot, I don't know how much longer I can go. There are days I'm like, shoot, I'd love a break, a proper break, because you don't get a real big break in the season like other sports. You don't finish until mid to late December, and then you're back into training already in January, and that's two times a day you're training. There are another couple of hours of therapy that you're doing during that time, as well, so you're not really getting a huge amount of downtime. And in February you're flat out running until December." That sounds pretty grueling. "But I do have, mentally, a plan of where I would like to extend to. I've just got to strategize and sequence things. I'm very much about sequencing, like looking at brands that I collaborate with, companies that I'm essentially starting, how I manage my time between all those, and how I'm able to dedicate myself to this job still. Is there a time when I'm not all-in and I'm just not in love with it anymore? That's the moment that hopefully never happens, in the sense that I've fallen out of love with it. But I will know when I need to stop."

You'll feel it. "I want to make sure I really max it out while I can and fully enjoy this sport I've done my whole life. There are so many people that have finished their careers early, and I've spoken to many who've said they wish they could have just done one more year or two, and they're like, "Stay in as long as you can!" But I don't want to do it if I'm not good, so it's like, how much do you want to train? When you're 22 it's so easy to work out and be fit. There's no recovery and you've got nothing else going on, no other stresses, no real responsibilities except for that one thing to go and kill. Now it's, how can you stay sharp and be able to do all those things you have going on, and still be able to compete with those young guys in their twenties?" Does it give you particular pleasure to beat the young guys? "Not particularly. I'm super competitive naturally. I don't care who it is. I just want to win." No matter who it is you're competing against. "Yeah. When I won the other day, I didn't think anything about anybody else. I just thought about my team. I thought about people that were with me. People that have sacrificed their time away from their families. People who were giving that extra bit of time in their day when they could have left early to go home and see the kids, and they've given that extra time to build these parts that got us that result. That's who I think about."

#lewis hamilton #f1 #formula 1 #hungarian gp 2024 #fic ref #fic ref 2024 #hungary #hungary 2024 #hungary 2024 saturday #with george #tw alcohol #tw body image #brad pitt

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lestappenforever · 1 year ago

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Stop (You're Losing Me) - Lestappen oneshot

Lestappen | Angst, smut & fluff | 6.3K | Sequel

Surprise, besties! Bet you thought you wouldn't be getting more sequels to "Devils Roll The Dice (Angels Roll Their Eyes)", but here we are and here you go: part 3!

Part 1: Devils Roll The Dice (Angels Roll Their Eyes)

Part 2: Like Snow At The Beach (Weird, But Fucking Beautiful)

Part 3: Stop (You're Losing Me)

This whole thing was born yesterday, after this particular part from a comment on one of my other fics, from the lovely @LightinDecember on AO3:

"Last thing I want to say is how much I would LOVE a bottom Max / top Charles fanfic ❤️

How great it would be to see them switch roles in a short fic like this that can somehow be seen as an episodic sequel to Devils roll the dice !

Just a thought !"

So lovely, this one is for you. ❤️

And as always, a special thank you to the ever lovely, ever wonderful Ilse (@f1writingbyme) for helping me pick the title for this, for being my biggest supporter every step of the way, and for hyping me up about every part I sent her during the writing process. You are my rock, always. 💕

Read the fic on AO3 here.

And you can read a little snippet below the cut.

Charles has replayed their wedding more times than he can count ever since that August day in 2025. It’s a day he looks back on with joy, the memory always filling his heart with warmth and putting the biggest smile on his face as he remembers the way Max had looked at him. How Max’s hand had felt holding his as he slid the wedding band onto his finger. How Charles’ heart had skipped a beat as he’d met Max’s eyes for the first time as spouses. How they’d held on to each other during their first dance, and how complete his life had felt as they’d fallen into bed together on their wedding night.

As Charles stands in the doorway to their shared F1 room three years later, where they keep every trophy, every helmet, every token, every memory from their respective careers so far, watching as Max spends yet another hour on his sim that has lead to him forgetting that it’s Friday and their weekly date night — again —, his mind replays their wedding vows for what feels like the millionth time in the past few months.

Only now Charles can’t help but notice how the joy that used to fill his heart at the memory has been replaced by an ache that he can no longer ignore. And the smile that once stretched over his lips whenever he thought about their wedding day is no longer present. In its place, there’s only the sting of unshed tears.

His gaze shifts to their trophy cabinet, where seven Driver’s World Champion trophies are lined up neatly next to each other. Six of them, from 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025, 2026, and 2027 all belong to Max, while Charles’ from 2024 is placed right in the middle. The sight of it makes him feel as empty as the sight of his husband, transfixed on the screen of his sim, seemingly trapped in a world where Charles doesn’t even exist.

"All relationships have one law. Never make the one you love feel alone, especially when you're there."

#Lestappen #Lestappen fic #My writing

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magicwithclass · 4 months ago

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Unlike Deranged hermit, liege of the hollows has a recorded price record of below fifty cents in 2013. That means there was a time that this card was true bulk. Did you purchase your copies when they were under a buck? If you did then you could probably sell them for ten dollars or more right now. Even so, the card was almost fifty bucks during the reserved list spikes of 2021. After the crash the card settled at about 5 dollars and it has not been true bulk since then. Possibly it will never be bulk again. Why? First, Mark Rosewater is a huge promoter for the squirrel creature type. On blogatog, Mark Rosewater even has a squirrel named Sally that functions as an avatar and answers questions. Bloomburrow is also going to be released at the end of the month so there is a lot of hype for the ten supported animal tribes in the set. Squirrel is one of those tribes and even got a commander deck that has a squirrel theme. There have also been a number of typal squirrel commanders so people are anxious to build different squirrel decks. Will liege of the hollows make the cut in these decks? I do not think the liege is an absolute staple in squirrel decks but flexing older reserved list cards in your deck is certainly a choice you can make. The squirrel cards I'm bloomburrow support a food archetype but many of the cards support tokens in general which could mean either food tokens or squirrel tokens. Liege of the hollows makes squirrel tokens so it fits the token theme of bloomburrow. However, liege of the hollows takes work. You need a sacrifice outlet so you can maximize the number of tokens you can make. It is not fun if your opponent destroys your liege when you have no available mana. It is even worse if they have a ton of open mana and make tokens using your card. I normally do not like double edged cards like this especially since squirrels do not have a strong sacrifice theme. Albeit, you can build a squirrel deck with a sac theme as food tokens need to be sacrificed to utilize. Both food decks and squirrel decks will be eating food after this set! Liege of the Hollows has a plethora of new commanders that this card can slot into. Hazel of the rootbloom and the odd acorn game could both include the liege and it would perform decently in either deck. These cards just got revealed alongside the squirrel commander deck so it is not a surprise that squirrel related cards are spiking. I expect the cards to settle after the hype for these new toys dies down. I would be remiss to not mention chatterfang or toski as other homes for liege of the hollows. Even in the bloomburrow main set you have a typal squirrel commander. I just saw a spoiler for a commander that gives all squirrels menace. Yes, attention is currently on these guys but how long will they stay in the spotlight? Is liege of the hollows a flash in the pan or will the price hold and go up even more?

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emoprincey · 1 year ago

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Is Logan the orange side?

After Logan portrayed Anger in the recent inside-out themed video, this seems relevant again, especially with Logan's pointed remark about how he was cast as anger because they "both wear neckties and for no other reason". Anger is a pretty common theory for the orange side's role, and one that I happen to like, but does this mean Logan actually is the orange side? Let's find out...

There is a pretty strong case for Logan being the orange side. In Working Through Intrusive Thoughts, when Logan yelled at Remus, his eyes literally glowed orange.

However, I have some reasons why this might not be the case.

The first reason is that it would simply be bad writing. The orange side has been hyped up for years at this point. Working Through Intrusive Thoughts came out in the summer of 2021, but the orange side's presence was hinted at in the thumbnail of Selfishness vs Selflessness redux, which came out in 2020. All the sides were shown as selectable options on a screen, along with a seventh greyed out figure.

[Image description: A screenshot of the thumbnail for Selfishness vs Selflessness redux, which shows Patton and Roman on a screen with pixilated avatars of themselves. In the middle are the words "You vs. Yourself". Underneath this are six boxes, each with a picture of one of the Sanders Sides, and a seventh box with a grey silhouette. / End image description.]

I wasn't in the fandom back then, but from what I've heard theories about the orange side actually originated with the colour orange being used in merch along with the colours representing the other sides. All this has led people to believe a new character will be introduced. And if that new character turns out to be one of the already established main characters, that would be pretty underwhelming.

Secondly, it was confirmed in Selfishness vs Selflessness that there are more than two dark sides, not counting Virgil. After Janus leaves, Virgil tells Thomas to "not allow him or any of his friends stick around that long." That's friends, plural. Clearly, he's not talking about himself, since he does want to be around Thomas. He's talking about Janus and two or more other people. Remus is one of these, and from what we can tell, the orange side must be another. Virgil seems to trust Logan, so unless Logan has some kind of secret identity as the orange side that Virgil is unaware of, he wasn't talking about him.

I think Logan was cast as Anger in this video because he is known to have angry outbursts, as seen in Learning New Things About Ourselves and WTIT. I think the orange side is using him as a vessel to channel anger through, rather than Logan actually being the orange side.

Whether the orange side represents anger or not, I think this remark was more about Logan's own emotions and how he tries to hide them, than anything to do with another side.

#sanders sides #sanders sides theory #logan sanders #ts logan

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its-all-papaya · 7 days ago

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I’m gonna send you one anyway and you can’t stop me (if it helps I only just now opened tumblr and saw the game post 😭)

I’m a big music girly so I’ll do 3 👀

- og dad!lando anon back again

get to know me

lmaoaoaoa it's okay :,) ty dad lando anon, i believe you <3

3. What playlists do you have on your phone?

a lot. so many. i organize my spotify in an excel spreadsheet to keep careful track of what i'm listening to and what i want to listen to etc, if that gives you an idea of the kind of anal i am about my music. i have like four categories of playlists i'd say:

the first is unhinged, but i've been dividing my music library into days of the week since like sixth grade. so every time i add a new song to favorites, it's gets added to each day in turn, so i have seven equal playlists. and then if i want to shuffle music on a certain day, i can only listen to the corresponding playlist. to keep things... even? i guess? yes i have a personality disorder, thx for asking.

second type is ~vibes and situational playlists. i.e. "favorite songs/songs that make me happy" and "mentally ill" and "hype up" and "shower" and "crying about work" and "getting over a love interest" etc.

third type is fic and ship playlists. i have one for stucky, one for each of my fics i've written (except the devil in me) and also an ancient one from my sirius/remus harry potter fandom days that still kinda slaps.

last kind is time-specific playlists! one of songs that remind me of my summer job from 2021! one from my first fall in my current city! i find a lot of songs are really rooted in certain time periods for me and the sense memory is really fun to re-experience at will.

thanks for asking!! sorry for being pathetic!!

#ask game #answered #about soph #personal #i am sometimes constrained by my stupid made-up rules for myself and music is really a big one of those for me.#but i like it!!! i listen to music a lot!!! just i wish i cared less about the technicalities of how i “allow” myself to listen. anyway.

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themacaronking · 1 day ago

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Today marks a year since MIKU EXPOSED 2023 VR, the best vocaloid concert we had so far at the time. I’d like to take this time to go into just how special this concert was. There’s a very funny setlist review. I promise it’s funny.

MIKU EXPO 2023 VR: The concert that single-handedly saved MIKU EXPO.

It’s either that everyone disagrees with me or that people don’t realise, and I hope anyone else who agrees is happy to hear a voice come out and say it even after a year. I want its legacy to hold up.

Firstly, yes, it’s an online live. There are positives to that though, I’m pretty sure once the donation goal was reached they were always going to make it free to watch, and I think it’s a lot more accessible then a physical concert. That doesn’t beat the hype of one though, for a lot of people. But I know for me this was much less scary. I’m not saying I prefer online lives, I really don’t, but I want to preface how being online doesn’t inherently make a concert bad.

We were lead to believe this by 2021 online. That one was very bad. It had some good aspects but for the most part… I don’t even think I need to go into it there’s lots of reasons we all know this. I think I’m correct in saying they, interestingly, didn’t show how 2023 would be different from 2021, or even the miku with yous or miku galaxys, which some people also might have been expecting it to be like. I know they gave us some hints through the donation goals but I don’t think they were pictures or anything… imo they let it surprise you, but at the same time it’d be nice if they did make people care since then we would have hit all goals and miku would get to wear the adorable contest winning outfit.

And that brings me to plaything and imaginary love story. Beautiful outfits, even more beautiful figures, and bangers regardless. This is a very opinionated part of it so I can’t really talk but god I love these songs. (Jazz? Love to relatively unknown producers? Jazz? Fitting the theme perfectly? Jazz? Beautiful renditions in the concert? Is plaything even jazz? I really like plaything.)

And then for the not opinionated part. The models, the REAL models. And the quick realisation that every song there could actually be played LIVE live. Before I get to that I should also mention the staging. I’m not a VR nerd so I don’t know how cool this really was. But like, the setting is arguably cooler than the random stuff in miku galaxy, especially the second one with the sparkly rocks, and all the effects near the vocaloids themselves. Yet another positive to having on online live in this case, they managed to make it immersive in a different way. About the models again, I know people have differing opinions but they’re not the worst we’ve had, and I believe they look the best they ever have in this concert. And then the fact that EXPO 2024 would be A LOT WORSE without the songs from here. We all need to be extremely glad they did this. And each song was BETTER than in 2021 anyway! Like they’re good, but imagine if we had to deal with reload words live…

And that seduces me into yapping for hours and hours about something technically opinionated, but if you were to say it was mid I wouldn’t be the only one trying to ratio you. Also this is the point where it becomes mostly about me and my experience because I’m a narcissist, but It’s important to show even just one persons opinions on it. I love this concert too much to just not do anything today, and it’s not even my favourite vocaloid concert. I just don’t want people to forget about it, or be unaware of how influential it was.

THE SETLIST

In case you didn’t know, this concert was the live debut of every single song here, apart from one. Only one had been played before, and no one knew most of these were going to be played either. And if you missed it, they’re all already very easily going to be played in other actual live miku concerts, that’s basically confirmed, and it’s already happened with six of them.

OH BOY. WHERE DO WE BEGIN. MAYBE WITH KIKUO RIGHT OFF THE BAT?? I can’t I’m making fickung list i love this so much

FINALLY, KIKUO IN AN OFFICIAL VOCALOID LIVE. ITD BEEN SO LONG. ABD ITS NOT EVEN AN OLD OME WHIVH I KNOW SOME PEOPLE WHPULD OF PREFEREDNONOMO NO, I. WAS THERE. WHEN KNIFE KNIFE KNIKE CANE OUT AND I KNEW IT WOULDNT BE IMPORTANT TO LEARN IT BECAUSE THERES NO WAY KIKUO WOULD GET INTO ANYTHING AND IT WAS TOO BEEPY AND DIRTY AND SCRATCHY FOR ME. BUT IT WAS RECENT AND THERE MUST HAVE BEEN OTHER NOT EVEN KIKUO FANS WHO SAW PAST ITS DISTORTION. Oh those people and Kikubros… I can only imagine how it would have felt. I SWEAR THEY PICKED IT WITH THAT IN MIND I SWAER WHEN IT CAME OUT IT HAD EYES ON IT BRO IM SURE THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WHERE DOING. AND IT WORKED? THE RENDITION IS SO GOOD ITS BETTER? THEY TURNED IT OUTTTTTT I know he has tamer songs they could have picked, but they picked the violent, recent one. And god, miku served. She’s such a DIVA in that OMGGGGthe whole thing there was crazy. I don’t even know how or where they’d do it live live. (I do have my theories though) (that’s for another post) (I will milk miku concerts dry fudging farmer style idk)

Now for the first of the odd two out (you can easily guess the other one) acceleration. I liked this, a lot. I’ve thought it to be a way of showing off their effects and stuff and although you could call it boring and unknown it felt at place here, like the drag the ground of this expo. And I prefer this to drag the ground much more so there you go. It introduced a lot of people to a kinda ignored producer in a really good way. And when miku has that dance break!?!???!? I’ve fallen in love with this song and I really like to see it for a crowd. I know sone people wouldn’t like that, but I like how they let everyone learn it beforehand and it would be a nice tribute to this concert. Sorry I said predictions would be for another post I’ll try to shut up- AND THEN the speech isn’t important alr

SHIKATANAI NE RUURU DA MON? AHAHA? I LOVE WOMAN AAAAAAAAI was one of the fools who didn’t know this song beforehand! And like to preface this concert was my first time ever hearing the next seven songs! Yes, even that one! And they’ll all such bangers! That’s possibly a bias! Anyway I think I was planning to learn all the lead princess songs together and keep dr funk beat as an overall view of the series but NO. IT MIGHT JUS5 BE BECAUSE OF THE WOMAN, BUT THIS IS A LOT BETTER THEN DR FUNK BEAT. I DONT CARE IF HE HAS A COOL OUTFIT. ITS THOSE NOTES? THE SLIDING AAAAAA SOUND? THE SAXEPHONE??? I think it’s my favourite Meiko set ever. Such a good choice, now we have both of them I’m so happy. The fact that it’s quite old too? This wasn’t just for the lead princess fans, anyone in the fandom at that time probably knows and already loves this song. The tuning and the progression it’s it’s so good. It’s hard to focus on Meiko tearing it down because her voice is so enchanting and the goddam slamming banging jazz and the the banddd- I’m actually glad they didn’t play this at London because I would have… embarassed myself….

OH AND THSN KAITO COMES AMD WE REALLY DONT FREAKING CALM DOWN HUH IS THAT HOW IT IS HUH- Okay so. Literacy is an AMAZING song. I prefer it musically to wanderlast and the song I’m about the mention. But I was already high on Meiko and then Mr blue hair and pronouns comes in his big stupid coat and lanky tight pants and his DaijobuP/yume nikki event THE FACE face and he’s fecking falling over and he’s also drunk on meiko- I CANNOT take this performance seriously. AND ITS BEAUTIFUL. BUT GOD IT MESSES WITH MY HEAD- I get literacy can be silly it points like the cat cries and stuff BUT IS IT REALLY THAT SILLY\IS IT NOT A DIFFERENT KIND OF SILLY? IM PRETTY SURE THE LYRICS ARE EMO AND STUFFthis isn’t a complaint it was extremely funny. But. BUT. You know what would work? What’s THE SAME KIND of silly? What would EVEN MORE funny? Oh yeah and still feed the wotakids too? You know it come on. SHANTI. IMAGINE JUST IMAGINE. I don’t know why they didn’t I really don’t know why they didn’- are they saving it for magical mirai or something? Is it because of the lyrics? (I don’t know the lyrics) don’t you dare tell me it’s because it’s not typical for a miku concert when they just did knife knife knife come on- it’s more popular? AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE FUNNIEST THING, CALL!! WOULDNT HAVE EVEN HAVE HIT SO HARD. I’ve even seen wotakids say they would have rather had shanti if it’s gotta be kaito. Though if it didn’t happen I wouldn’t have been introduced to literacy at all so I guess there’s that. And the the. The bit in the instrumental. DONT LIE YOU KNOW WHICH BIT IM TALKING ABOUT THAT LASTS LIKE FOUR SECONDS AND GOES HARDER THEN ME WHEN MEIKO YOU KNOOOWWWW. I even call it the reference to shanti, god. But yeah, silly man.

And then they get more silly. I LIKE MIDNIGHT SURF. THE PEOPLE WHO WANTED ON THE ROCKS CAN EAT A ROCK. actually that’s a lie I completely understand. BUT LIKE APPRECIATE SOMETHING THATS WHOLESOME ENOUGH TO FREELY BE SILLY. AT LEAST KAITO ISJT BANISHED TO A GUITAR OR A PIANO. no it doesn’t beat reality or on the rocks. But it does make me chuckle every time it comes on. And it’s the chill downtime we needed after those two bangers. Like kaito starts monologueing at some point and you didn’t even care. THE LITTLR JIG? THE WAY THEY LOOK AT EACHOTHER? THE GAY HAND FLOP THEY DO THAT SO MUCH OMG? I’m pretty sure they again pulled it out of nowhere but it was a lot funnier then when they do that with luka sets. You’d like midnight surf if you cared 🙄 (joke)

And then we change to the cooler place woooooo! And it’s pretty abd we get more downtime because GOD we’re gonna need it. 1 + 1 is nice. It’s the other odd one out of course. Just another miku song that was here for sone reason? Not against it at all though. Nice to see doriko again. But it isn’t on Spotify. And like, who knows this song? And why? Id like it a lot more if I actually had change to listen to it but that’s nothing to do with this concert. I think it was pretty beautiful and mikus emotions were visible and such. Nice to see. I could really really like it. And its preps wanderlast well.

Ah and there it is, FOOD FOR THE SASAKURE FANS WOOOO AND THE OLD VOCALOID FANS TOO WOOOOOO. Yet another addition in “don’t tell me they can’t do shanti they just did this”. I didn’t know it was that old at the time of course so I didn’t fully realise how cool. And yes hearing wanderlast first is always an experience but I’ll get to that bit. I’d like to recognise that they shortened it, and I kinda liked it that way it felt like project diva 🫡. Glad they didn’t remove any singing or lyrics, it was a really good rendition. I was about to say this is the first new song they’ve shortened since playing prodiva renditions but I swear that isn’t true. I can’t pinpoint what song it is though. Tbh they might have done this with 1 + 1 too I have no way of knowing. So uh. Cute, nostalgic song right? I sure hope nothing bad happens. Wait why does she sound like that. Why is she sad what. Why does she OHHHHH GOD! . . . . AND AND WE JUST? HUH? MOVE ON OH ALRIGH- I can’t think of a single other song that just stops so bluntly in the middle of a line and ends. You could find me one, preferably vocaloid please. I feel like a fake fan. Yeah no, luka kept her not boring streak going huh. They just. They just did that. They didn’t even. … I LOVE IT! BANGER LUKA SET! ITS CUTE AND NOSTALGIC AND SHE LITERALLY DIES IN THE MIDDLE COMPLETELY ABRUPTLY ENDING THE SONG! ADORABLE! I LOVE WOMEN!

I’m not being sarcastic that was such an epic moment OH SJES BACK AND MIKUS HERE AWWW LESBOSNS OH OH OH WOAH UTSU IS THAT UTSU I HEAR YO OH NO OH OHHHHHHHHH WHATTTTTTTTTTTT THAT SCREAAAM????????! UTSU AND YUYOYUPE? THEY COLLABED??? THIS IS SICK LOOK AT THEM WHATTTTT OH MY GOD OH MY GOODNESS ME MY MO NO WHA - vivid is great. I’m not personally too into rock ballads or whatever you’d call this but it’s soooo good seeing these two together. So beautiful as a song on its own (like that second to last note in the bit before the final chorus? And then the ad-libs like a choir in the background there? Chills, so well crafted) the live rendition made it even more cinematic, the way they point and follow what eachother look at? Like since I’m not emotionally attached to it or don’t like the style or something it’s hard for me to appreciate it as well as I know possible, so the bit that stands out to me is the choreography. The emotions show and the way they mirror or don’t mirror- it’s just really nice to look at. Absolutely gorgeous, I love women.

But then.

THEN.

Now I did say I didn’t know any of the songs beforehand. THIS ONE THOUGH. I HAD HEARD SNIPPETS ENOUGH TO KNOW THE CHORUS OFF BY MY CHARRED ASH HEART.

AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS BIT YALL WERE RAVING ABOUT IN THE ANIMATION MEME COMMUNITY. OH WAS I IN FOR SOMETHING.

Salute to everyone who knew it before the name came up, but for the rest of us… I feel as if everyone watching shook by that one word we’d all forgotten:

KARMA

Do I even need to go into it beyond that?

I suppose it’s not just the song, the rendition and the effects and dance it was all FOCKING SICK. The way she mimes the match? I couldn’t. I still can’t. But yes, it is mostly the song itself. It could carry this whole concert but it didn’t even need to. This decision to put it there is why I’m making this post. And it only got better abd better as it progressed, as a person who was JUST hearing the song there and then. Oh and you know…

It was when she started talking. That’s when I knew THAT WAS THE MOMENT. AND THEN.

I don’t even need to go into it. Something changed in me that day.

THEY WILL PLAY THIS AT MIKU EXPO LIVE LIVE FOR AN AUDIENCE ONE DAY. THEY WILL. I KNOW IT. THERE’S NO REASON THEY WOULDNT. THEY WENT THROUGH ALL THE EFFORT. ITS IN BLOODY ENGLISH. WEVE GOT THE KAIMEI SETS. WEVE GOT VIVID. it’s just a matter of time…

and then

(Sorry there’s a lot of and then)

IT JUST GETS CRAZIER.

MR ‘ALL MY SETS ARE BETTER THEN MY SISTER’ WILL BE COMING. AND NO, HE COULDNT BEAT IT. IMO. BUT HE GOT PRETTY GODDAM CLOSE.

Before you murder me for not knowing ego rock, I uh, i purposely ignored it for a really long time because of an embarrassing experience I had with it, actually because I didn’t know the song abd didn’t want to know the song. I wanted to be cool and different or something. always one if those songs I immediately thought wasn’t for me, that I preferred older vocaloid and didn’t understand the hype around the new crazy stuff. I had a bad complex I was so weird about it. It’s like I decided not to and left it at that, believing fully that junky night town orchestra was the peak of that producer’s creation, kinda like dr funk beat huh. So yeah uh murder me BUT I HAVE CHANGED MY WAYS ID LIKE TO BE MUDERED ANYWAy BUT GOD THIS IS A GOOD SONG. I must have decided not to like it so much that I never made it past the intro, believe me if I did I’d be an ego rocker so goddam quickly. It’s probably my favourite 3 song now.

They rendition isnt that special iirc but I think I prefer it to the original (possibly because of what I just mentioned) (like I think there were some noises I didn’t like that were made less obvious. THE CRAZY BIT IS THE DANCE. OTHER THEN ME AGAIN BEING INTRODUCED TO ANOTHER BAHGER FOR THE LAST TIME OF THE NIGHT. OOOOOOOOOHHHHH IT WAS WHEN HE DID THAT SILLY DANCE AND I GOT TELECASTER FLASH BACKS I KNEW IT WAS IN THE MV I KNEW IT. HIS EMOTIONS? SILLY BUT NOT STUPID? HIS MOVES? I HAD SUCH A MOMENT OF IM SO BLOODY JEALOUS OF KAGAMINE LEN. ITS INCREADIBLY COOL AND CUTE AND FUNNY AND HYPE AND HE JUST DOES EVERYTHING IN THE RIGHT WAY ITS SUCH A GOOD INTERPRETATION OH MY GOODDDDDDDDDD I HOPE THIS COMES WITH KARMA WHEN THEY PLAY THAT! AMAZING BOY! WISH I WERE HIM! HE WAS SO KAGAMINE LEN THERE, ABD SO EGO ROCK! UNFORTUNATELY the fact I didn’t know the song beforehand meant I missed the amazing last line. Now I know and I’m so glad I’m so proud makes everything somehow better omg

AND THEN

Idc if this is annoying you know what’s coming you know I’m about to crazy for the last time tonight LOOK

I DIDNT KNOW KARMA. KARMA WAS FOR THE KARMA FANS. AND AFTER TWO HISTORICAL KAGAMINE SETS THEY HAD ENOUGH ENERGY TO MAGIC THEM BACK, THE TWO OF THEM, TOGETHER, IN AN OLD NEW SONG THAT EVERYONE KNOWS. THE SONG I ALREADY HAD AN AUTISTIC OBSESSION WITH. THE SONG THE SONG I AM LITERALLY NAMED AFTER. AND YET ANOTHER DOSE OF GENDER ENVY FROM HE HIMSELF!!!!!!!!!>{><][[\

THE KING OF HOLIDIOTS,

THE SOLDIER,

AND SHINDE SHIMAU TO WA NASAKENAI!

Because I already knew the song I cant yap about it musically. I love it already the hook is so good omg. The rendition was probably amazing but every time I hear it I get sucked into the world of the bad game and in my delusion, imagine myself as the beloved moron king. I would do anything to be that man. So much gender envy and in a good way like I don’t even want to kill him out of jealousy. I love him so much. The soldier’s cute too ig. This song just makes me so so so happy I can’t explain why it’s just it’s so I don’t know I love you. Yeah I can’t tell, you anything about the way the band played it though. Apart from the fact the intro was different. THAT was weird. I prefer the original but god I love the slow realisation that came with it and how all the hype was situated immediately when that heavenly hook took off after my king yells OW! (I LOVE YOU). Also I’d like to mention how much I prefer this to uhhhhh the other one your adventure log has vanished that one. Theyre both good, they both have the king in, they both make me incredibly happy and the second song is keeps the silliness and has even more quoteable lines it’s great I love it. I’d probably love them equally if not for shinde shimau to wa’s hook. And also the fact it was the first one. NOW IN PROJECT SEKAI WONDERSHOW COVER THE SECOND ONE. I DONT EVEN THINK THE FIRST IS IN THE GAME AT ALL. THIS MADE ME PRETTU SURE THAT IF EITHER OF THEM WOUKD FUFILL MY DREAM AND GET PLAYED LIVE ITD BE THAT ONE. BUT NO. MY BELOVED HOOK GETS ITS OFFICIAL REGCONITION IN THE CONCERTS NOT THE GAMES. WE FYCKING BAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLL LIKE KINGS HERE.

I am beginning to get tired but do not assume I wasn’t here for the faces and the dances and the actions between rin and len in this song. Like the scene where they die at first? AND THEN RIN HAD TO PUMP LEN BACK UP? BECAUSE OF COURSE HE’S BURSTING FOR ONE HEAL? AND THEN WHEN RIN SAYS HER LINE AND THEN HER MORE ICONIC LINE AND AND OH GOD LEN IS DO TIRED NEAR THE END HES TRYING SO HARD AND RIN DOING THE COMANDING POINTING AND you’ll notice I’m not calling them by their names of the solider and king. I do believe Len fully embodied his character, he’s good at being pathetic. And it’s probably because I like the King so much that I thought they could have done his portrayal even better. BE MORE SMUG AND STUPID WITH YOUR WRY SMILE MY HIGHNESS ITS OKAY. IS IT THE SHORT SHORTS? I very often have trouble with rin being to cute I REALLY SHPULDNT COMPLAIN. RIN ARGUABLY DID HIM PERFECTLY BY NOT DOING HIM PERFECTLY HES JUST SO LAZY LIKE THAT OH HOW I LOVE THE SILLY POTATO IN A CROWN. They did this song in the first place. Along with EVERYTHING ELSE in this concert. But yeah, the way even the interactions reflect the story and lyrics. This song is everything to me, I’m sure a lot of people feel the same, and it’s so good to see such an old iconic story driven song be reflected officially in such a satisfying way

I’m not done yet. BAND MEMBER INTRODUCTION BABYYYYYY! WHEREIN! FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS, MIKU DID IT HERSELF! WITH HER OWN VOICE! Saying the names and stuff! Like they used to! This is probably one of the benefits of having an online live, in real ones you’ve gotta worry about what happens if they’re sick and need to be replaced. I assume the words on a screen are a lot easier to change, but I don’t really know tbh. I actually have no idea why they don’t do it anymore. Also someone said that the band member introduction reminded them of another song or something so that’s neat. I really should listen to all of them and rank them. I’m enough of a miku fan to do something like that. Come on me.

I can remember the realisation that I was going to be hit with the main thing I was hyping this concert up for, after all the surprises and bangers exploded just like that. I have ALWAYS loved plaything, from the moment I heard it, and now I even see myself in its story and lyrics after all this time. I already mentioned it a bit in this post, and I’ll go into it again in my proper 2024 London post. How I love when the contest winner also matches the theme. That’s something great about this expo too everything that needed to be on theme was on theme. That outfit tho… I mourn you every day… very tempted to by the figure. Plaything would have been so much more with it. I remember also wanting the dance to be different but I think that’s because I spent so much time imagining what it would be like beforehand, something more like 2021 or miku with you but just with this adorable outfit and twirling and being a ballerina. Yeah. Love you plaything.

And then you come to the only returning song in this setlist, tell your world. I… didn’t like this. WHICH IS KINDA GOOD. THIS CONCERT DESEVES AT LEAST ONE FLOP. It’s not that it was returning but because it wasn’t able to return in the right way, by that of course I mean, the outfit transformation. And stuff like the original dance. I guess they’re trying to make it a miku expo staple, but I would have much preferred a remake of sharing the world or something with the new model, THAT’s the miku expo staple in my heart. You can’t take the outfit change away from tell your world and expect it to be just as good, which is funny because they’ve done it twice now, tell your world using the prodiva x miku, the main/first magical mirai one for a very long time as the opener for majimira 2015 and now here. Neither had the outfit change. It’s not just that even, the classic model is so much better for such a classic song. But it did have fireworks here. I just thought now, that it’d be interesting if they used the official English version here. I don’t think they were going to, but if they were to test it out this is where they should have done it, if it really is a supposed to be a miku expo staple. Hopefully they didn’t because they realised everyone would hate that. Hopefully they’re not going to jumpscare a crowd with official English tell your world one day. Please miku, don’t.

And then the sweet imaginary love story, to be the rollercoaster’s happily ever after. This made me so happy when it was played, we all knew it’d be there but god it became so much more on that day. The theme of the best concert so far, complete with miku wearing the outfit to match, in the new model at that! Imaginary love story did it before antenna 39! Remember this folks! The physics on it are amazing and how it fits the theme and now the setting makes sense and the dance is cute. And oh god that bit with the harmonies in the instrumental! And the end! And then the actual end of the show where they all come, I knew they would but it’s still nice.

I’d have to end it there. I did start this in the morning. It’s okay miku expo 2023 vr lasted for two days itll still be its anniversary tomorrow. So yeah. Don’t sleep on online lives if they could be like this. And never, ever forget this one. Please. For migu 🥺. This is the future of miku expo too, there’s no reason they won’t do karma for us. And even this year with the TV screen would have been nothing without this concert’s setlist, influence, models, etc. I think this is what single-handedly saved people’s views on Miku expo, please don’t ignore it. And thank you so, so much for reading. I love women.

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Do you have a song that you associate with them? For Muireann

Thank you @candycryptids !!

I have....several playlists. But the song on her main one that continually knocks me to the ground sobbing over her is Maps by Lesley Roy. It was Ireland's Eurovision entry in 2021 and it has lived in my head rent-free since then.

It's just completely and utterly perfect for her and lined up so nicely with the pre-Endwalker hype. Muireann had just returned home from the First, she was starting to rebuild her relationship with her parents, I had started to entertain the idea of her and Y'shtola getting back together after being in a weird state of "we were kinda dating and then you collapsed a tunnel on yourself and flung your whole body into the lifestream and then we've been unsynced in terms of time ever since" for 3 expansions. There was a lot of turning over the ideas of returning home to a place but also home to a more true version of herself before she had the weight of the world thrust onto her shoulders. It's just the perfect song that came out at the perfect time.

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Solid runner-up is Queen of the Kings by Alessandra (another Eurovision - Norway's entry from 2023) for the "powerful god-eating witch" vibes. Again, it just lined up nicely with Muireann's arc in Endwalker. Flashing image warning for the video.

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I do have non-Eurovision songs on there I promise lmao those are just the two that consistently hit the hardest

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#about Muireann #I must listen to these songs as a set because Maps makes me cry and Queen of the Kings heals me with gpose notions above my skill level lol #in which the glitterblob is eurovision trash #I blame Riverdance #glitterblob posting #a realm reborn spoilers #shadowbringers spoilers

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Your thoughts on pve and creators retconing some lore?

Do you think they will push more pharmercy and debunk gency??

Also, these negative reviews on game

and here I thought pve would help regain OW its former glory

How wrong I was

I mean I was kind of answering questions like this all day yesterday, and it's honestly fucking exhausting, but to recap:

-This is lore that basically makes the assumption of, "Everyone getting into this PvE has the attention span and narrative intelligence of a gnat and also no one was paying attention to any of the lore prior to 2021." Sure, you did have some call-outs, like I loved that Iggy had an appearance and voice in the Underground Event Mission, but they made Rein a calloused and surprisingly anti-omnic moron when that characterization really wasn't there before. Like... this was one of his big promotional images back when the game first came out!!!

He's literally protecting an omnic!!

The Rio mission was spectacular, and honestly makes the Toronto and Gothenburg missions look noticeably less polished by comparison, but if memory serves, the Rio mission was the only one they were allowing players to play at Blizzcon way back so... >.>

-I think they'll push PM more and more because they recognize that's the bigger ship and they don't want to risk alienating whatever players they have left, but they'll likely take their sweet time actually confirming it to drag out in-fandom arguments and by extension keep word-of-mouth up.

-As far as the Steam negative reviews go, I mean, I think that was kind of a given, especially since that's literally TF2's turf and a lot of the fandom for that has been pretty hostile to Overwatch's general existence for years, and now it's crawling onto Steam with all of its ridiculous in-app purchases. It's doubtful that a lot, if not most of the reviewers have even played it, but honestly, given all of Blizzard's practices and broken promises, it's not undeserved.

-Like, again, I have to emphasize that because what we have for a PvE is clearly such a stepped down dialed back version of what was initially promised, what was initially pitched as the reason for OW2's relaunch, and because we had to pay for it in a game that billed itself (ha) as "Free to Play" I don't think even John Cena could have brought the hype up after years of disappointment and breadcrumbs. Especially when they're charging money for the very thing--or what would have been the very thing--that called for all this overhaul to the game. I never really had any notions of Overwatch regaining its former glory. Also there's the fact that what little PvE there is was introduced nearly a year after OW2's launch! Like! You're literally doing an anniversary event in the same season as the PvE!!

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gloster · 2 years ago

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FAVORITE FANFICS OF 2022

What is up, you guys? HAPPY 2023. We did it. We somehow made it through 2022 that, in 2 words: TRIED IT. 2022 tried all of us in so many ways than one. Emotionally, mentally, physically, and beyond.

We all had ways of coming up with ways to get through the rough year. Friends & family (both blood & chosen). Music. Movies and shows. And of course fanfics.

The world can be turning, burning, but at least fanfics can always be counted to take us away from harsh reality and bring us into the sweet world w/our fav characters, OTPs falling in love dozens of ways.

Every year fanfic writers both familiar & new to me blow me away with their talent, their writing, their brilliance. And every year I always do this traditional post to give them their flowers.

If you're interested in past lists, here are the ones for 2021, 2020, 2019, and 2018

Without further ado, here are my favorite fanfics of 2021

1). prince & prince by Authoress aka @kiribakus (tododeku)

Summary: Note to self: don't accidentally fall in love with a prince who's in an arranged marriage keeping your kingdoms from declaring war against each other. Especially when you're spying on him as his manservant.

Jaw. On. The. Floor. Jaw. Still. On. The. Floor. This story is the reason why this post is coming January 1st instead of the December 31st. I stayed up till almost 3 in the morning to finish this story and my jaw was on the floor when I read it. My jaw is still on the ground as I write up this review. I buddy-read this w/my bestie @littlenightdragon & our mind are still blown by what we read.

This story has been a long time coming. This is considered the classic fanfic in the tododeku community. It's took me while to get to it since there are so many stories I wanted to get through, but I finally did. Quite frankly, because this is such a popular fanfic, I don't know what else I can say that other readers haven't said in their own rec posts.

However I will happily say this one lives up to the hype. I repeat: LIVES 👏 UP 👏TO 👏THE👏 HYPE! The writing, the dynamics between Izuku & Shouto, the smut that was just 🔥🔥🔥, and again I APPLAUD @kiribakus for how the story was done. This is loosely based off the Captive Prince trilogy, so if you're familiar with the trilogy, you definitely see the elements of the story while also having this fanfic be its own thing. Not an easy thing to do, so massive kudos 👏👏

2). The Pakhan's Jewel by theangryuniverse (viktuuri/victuuri; mpreg)

Summary: No one had ever heard the omega speak.

It was not that they had never heard him at all. They had all heard the voice of the omega at some point – a gentle laugh, for example, a quiet hum, or, quite more often, lustful cries and moans, caused by the Pakhan himself. But the omega never spoke, and never deigned to even look at them, for they all were beneath him, and mattered less than the dirt beneath his feet.

For they all knew that Katsuki Yuuri's heart belonged to one man only - and that man was Viktor Nikiforov, the Pakhan himself.

Someone had said, I believe it was either here on Tumblr or Twitter, that the YOI fandom is keeping itself alive w/fanfics, fanart, and posts on our favorite ice-skating couple. I 1000000000%. And this fanfic is proof of it.

Oh where oh where do I begin? Let's start with this. We have ABO and a Mafia AU with an established happily-married couple who give the same intense, overly-passionate in love energy as Gomez and Morticia Addams.

I repeat an ABO Mafia AU story with a couple who give off the same intense, passionate happily-married energy as Gomez and Morticia Addams, which I needed so badly and was greatly needed. It was soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo good. I ate it up like candy. I devoured every chapter.

My favorite element of the story is how Viktor is the Pakhan, he's the boogey-man that keep enemies and allies alike on their toes. Yet Yuuri is the one who keeps him on his toes- and knees-and however Yuuri decides to see his husband fit. It was sooooooo good. Like if Yuuri told Viktor to burn the world, he'd do so happily. He was such a simp for his husband the same way Gomez is for Mortica and I ATE IT UP.

And I'll definitely check out more stories by this author & suggest you do so too.

3). Winter Song by proantagonist (viktuuri/victuuri)

Summary: The set of Yuuri’s mouth softened into a private smile as Victor squeezed his knee beneath the table. His hands were bare, free from the gloves he so often wore when they were together on the rink, and the heat of his palm burned straight through the denim of Yuuri’s jeans. He slipped his own hand beneath the table and found Victor’s. Hidden from sight, their fingers began to flirt and play. A secret conversation all their own that needed no words.

Yuuri was aware that at some point—a moment in time he couldn’t quite place—Victor had become his boyfriend.

There wasn’t a single instant when it happened. It was a slow awareness, as if Victor had silently been asking the question for months now, and Yuuri had been giving him the answer a little more with each passing day.

Another YOI story? Why, yes, yes it is. Was this another one that gave you all the feels? Yes, yes it did. This one- all I can say is 10 10 10 10 10 across the board. This one was canon, in a way that was more so behind the scenes/deleted scenes that the creators didn't want us to see but the fanfic writer was like Yeah....FUCK THAT, we're getting those bonus scenes.

In this one, we see Viktor and Yuuri develop more as a couple while also coming into their own. I love how it's equal. Like yes, even though Yuuri has social anxiety, Viktor has his own issues with self-worth, past relationships, and expectations. The author noticably took time with the relationship where we see them become a stronger team, better friends, and a sweeter couple.

Such a joy to read.

4). The Roundabout Way of Fate by @itsmyartfam (tododeku)

Summary: “His quirk will get attention no matter where he goes. But if he ends up working with heroes then he’ll have their protection. That’s why I said most doctors and nurses have minor healing quirks- because people with powerful ones often catch the attention of heroes, who will in turn protect them from any villains who also have their eye on them.”

“Oh! Okay. Okay… this… this is a lot…. Heh, and I was worried he’d breathe fire…”

“Don’t ever forget- Izuku’s quirk is a good thing. He just needs to be a bit more careful than most children.” _________

Midoriya Izuku wants to become a hero. Midoriya Izuku is born with a healing quirk. He learns how to save people a different way.

You ever read a story that's so canon yet not like canon, but you wish it could be canon? Like if you had a chance to redo canon, you'd pick an alternative. Well, for this one, if I could make it canon, I would in a heartbeat. Like it was among one of the first fanfics I read in the beginning of the year, but the fact I still think of it fondly proves how much of a great, fun read it was.

There are so many things I love about this fanfic. Obviously the writing, obviously the pining that goes on with both Shouto and Izuku. But I think the main things are I love how Izuku has a quirk, a Healing quirk at that, that seems so minimal to society but he's like, NAH You're not gonna push me around and treat me like I'm delicate flower. There were even scenes where he had to remind Shouto of that, and it was too satisfying to read.

But most of all, I love the platonic relationship between Izuku and Bakugo. This is one where you can tell there is a bond there, but it's much healthier with boundaries clearly set. One where Izuku isn't afraid to call Bakugo out & Bakugo actually thinks things before before just exploding.

I ADORED IT. Just as much as I adored the author @itsmyartfam for making Izuku a healer. They had expressed they dealt with backlash from other readers who didn't agree with the quirk, but I thought it was very fitting. Given Izuku's personality, his caring nature, his compassion, healing is perfect match.

5). flawless by @irishseeeker (kathony/kanthony)

Summary: Kate Sharma is the diamond of the season.

Viscount Anthony Bridgerton plans on courting and marrying the Diamond of the season.

Kate is going to make that as difficult as possible.

First off I like to give massive thanks & props to @irishseeeker for doing the damn thing and giving me what I wanted. Me & my besties @littlenightdragon & @kila09 all agree on several things

Season 2 KICKED ASS. Season 2 carried. Simone & Jonathon did what needed to be done and carried season 2 on their bare backs.

Season 2, much as it is amazing & gave me my new favorite OTP, would've been better if Kate had been made the diamond. It definitely would've given the Queen the buzz she wanted. It would've been made the season more better- not to mention take away the barely-there love triangle they were trying for and failed at EPICLY.

The fact @irishseeeker as if they could hear my thoughts took the idea and run with it, they have my eternal gratitude. Currently it is a WIP, but y'all should definitely check out because you'll be devouring and begging for more. I know I did.

6). Bottom by Anonymous (kathony/kanthony)

Summary: By day, Anthony Bridgerton is in control. He eats at exactly the same time every morning, he exercises for exactly the prescribed amount of time, at work he never misses a deadline or forgets to show a friendly face, and at home he's a dedicated son and big brother, always there when his family needs him. His life since his father's passing has been about control.

By night, Anthony is ready to let go. He doesn't want to think. He doesn't want to plan. He wants to let go and let someone else take the wheel. (Or the dog leash.)

This is Anthony's journey into being a sub.

Before this story, I never really read femdom unless the couple is a queer-sapphic couple. Now after this story? I just want more. Especially if it's Kate being that dom. Like please give it to me. Please please please.

Mind you, we don't get much of Kate or kanthony/kathony until the last chapter. The beginning is more so Anthony and Simon, but the main thing I love about this story is how it does explore Anthony's trauma with being the oldest, having so much expectations placed on his shoulders. Which is what the show did hint at, but didn't go deeper. In this story, we did. And I appreciated it.

7). All That series by @himawaribees (Itafushi)

Summary: Fushiguro Megumi and Itadori Yuuji first meet at a frat party and proceed to have lots and lots of sex. Like, a silly amount of sex. Some (the author) might say they have too much sex.

Follow itafushi's journey as they fall for each other and slowly, eventually get together!

This was an unexpeted I found on Tumblr, I believe. I've been rocking in the Jujusten Kaisen fandom for awhile- also highly recommend the anime as well as the manga. But as long as I've been rocking in the fandom, I didn't have a definite ship. Until now.

Sometimes, all it takes is a good fanfic to kinda show you how well a ship can be. Which is what happened here.

I've always liked Megumi and Yuuji's dynamic in the show. Definitely gives sunshine & grump energy. Eager pup & annoyed cat. But this story, along with many from the author proved how that dynamic can work even more than as a couple. The way I just devoured the first story of the series, then the 2nd one, then the next, and the next till I finished what's been poste & am eagerly awaiting the next update.

Honorable mentions:

Sweet Tooth

Trust Me

Slow Down

8). Like, Comment, and Romance by @xskyll (tododeku)

Summary: In the hero community, it’s common for popular heroes to have merchandise for sale. Amongst these items are a few staples: t-shirts, figurines, and, of course, replicas of their costumes. This is where Deku, a well-known YouTuber, comes into play. Deku’s Hero Analysis is a series where the host, Deku, dresses up in official pro hero costumes, then does an analysis of each hero and reviews some of their merchandise. Joining him is Hito-nyan, the sarcastic cameraman who never shows his face and loves to push Deku’s buttons. And watching them is pro hero Todoroki Shouto, who absolutely, without a doubt, does not have a crush on Deku. Except actually he does, which is fine, because it turns out they have a friend in common and getting to meet the adorable YouTube star is more likely to happen than he ever would have dreamed.

Midoriya Izuku + Youtuber. A combination that never crossed my mind and never seemed so right until now. Like second, I started reading the story, I was like WHY DIDN'T THIS COMBO CROSSED MY HEAD BEFORE. It makes total sense, especially with how in depth his hero analyses are and how much of a fanboy Izuku.

Along with Izuku being a total fanboy, we also have Shouto who becomes a massive (obsessed) fan with Izuku's channel, and quickly afterwards with the boy himself.

I love how we got the unexpected duo that was Shouto and Ochako, a duo I didn't realized I needed until now.

9). Most Favorite Bedtime Story by Sasunaru (drarry; mpreg/implied mpreg & veela-Draco)

Summary: Scorpius' most favourite bedtime story? The story of how his parents fell in love. And his grandmother tells it the best!

My friend Melissa aka Sasunaru can go no wrong when it comes to her pen game & her wickedly brilliant brain. This was no differeny.

A simple story, but a sweet one nevertheless of how young Scorpius loves hearing his favorite story, how his parents first met and fell in love. And who better to tell the story than the grandmother who was there to witness the love story unfold before her eyes.

10). Like Honey and Grenadine by bazooka (taekook)

Summary: A Somewhat Cosmic Adventure, In Which: Jeon Jeongguk is both a Flustered Meme Child as well as the King of Hell; Kim Taehyung is really good at peeling back layers; Jeong Hoseok can go wherever he wants; balance requires sacrifice.

A retelling of the Abduction of Persephone, but with extra awkward flirting and way more gay.

OMG, this story. OMG, THIS STORY. It just delivered. And I eat. I ABOSLUTELY LOVED LOVED LOVED IT.

We have a Hades and Persephone AU, which I never get tired of, but in this one it was a bit more modern, kinda like Lore of Olympus where Taehyung quickly finds the boogey-man everyone fears and is weary about is a nothing more than a bunny. So insanely cute.

Honorable mentions that I seriously wanted to add to the list but this post is already lengthy. All amazing, all greats reads by various writers y’all should check out:

With Just A Little Help From Our Friends by @sashadistan (tododeku; ABO AU w/Shouto quietly pining, Izuku being oblivious, Kiri being helpful, & Bakugo being done w/all their butts)

Letting It Go by dreamchaser31 (kathony/kanthony; Kate being through w/Edwina's shit & calling her out AS SHE SHOULD, Anthony & Lady D backing her up all the way)

Brighter than The Sun by @goldentruth813 ( sheith; a retired vet in care of care & Keith answering the call)

Hooked on You by @trenchcoatkitten (tododeku; heartwarming story invovling cats, Shouto being a pet daddy, and Izuku a knitting mentor that he falls hard for)

in his hands by @softlystarstruck & @babooshkart (drarry; trans-drarry who are happily married w/soft BDSM & even softer aftercare)

And there you have it, folks. Those are my top fanfics of 2022. I can already tell I'm gonna have LOADS for 2023. To the authors, thank y'all so much for your incredible stories, including the time and effort.

Happy New Year, guys

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