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mrmallardsmobileposts · 4 years ago

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How I Think The Star Wars Sequels Should Have Happened: Another MrMallard Nerd Moment

(MAJOR SPOILERS)

The Force Awakens:

fine jumping on point. Not perfect, but honestly a return to form in regards to making Star Wars movies fun again. Keep TFA as-is, warts and all - the trick is paying this movie off by the end.

The Last Jedi:

Less faux-Guardians of the Galaxy humor. That's not to say "no humor", I honestly thought Luke Skywalker had the best jokes of the movie, but less "your mother" and less "Finn wakes up from a coma and drips IV fluid everywhere, Wakka Wakka!". The former is corny, the latter is undignified and actively cheapens character development from the prior movie.

Cut the stampeding race-beasts, because it reeks of Disney's "fuck you we're Disney" money, but keep Canto Bight as a whole. The alien designs are charming - it's a nice moment of fanservice, along with the Jizz music. It also serves as a nice character-building exercise for Rose and Finn.

Ultimately, I think it might have been a better idea to kill off Leia in this movie considering Carrie Fisher's passing. I don't dislike her in this movie, and I honestly enjoyed the scene of her in space - my first thought was "holy fuck she can use the force!!" - but I think it would have been better for her to pass on in this movie, both logistically and for her character. That, or they should have scaled back her cobbled together Frankenstein-performance of CGI, cut lines and recontextualised footage in TRoS. Either/or.

Keep the mutiny plot with Poe, but something has to be done with how they treat the secret plan. The resolution to the mutiny plot was the thing that bothered me the most with TLJ, but it's pretty much the only thing for Poe to do in the movie and it adds conflict to the main story I guess. Making the Holdo/Poe seem a little less personal might help? idk. honestly a lot of this storyline felt forced.

Don't try and resolve Rey's backstory in this movie. Keep it as a running mystery. I understand that they were trying to go for a clever subversion in this movie, but it just added another stupid thing that TRoS bad to address and it honestly kinda ruins the trilogy.

Honestly, either cut Crait entirely and make it the beginning of the next movie - bc the movie's already two hours long and it feels like the final battle stretches the movie out beyond its natural ending point - or shorten it a bit and make it a bit more functional. It looks cool, but at that point it's like tacking an extra mile onto a marathon.

Also, don't shoehorn a failed heroic sacrifice with Finn imo. That, or give him more screentime and character development to build up to that moment. Post-TFA, he's really half-baked, and I honestly think he should have been more of a focal character next to Rey. The heroic sacrifice felt like it came out of nowhere, and by thwarting it and adding the Rose Tico scene, it felt like a waste of time even having it in there. It comes and goes with no fanfare.

Honestly, I would have preferred if Luke stayed alive at the end of the movie. I think his death was a movie too soon. Saying that, I think they nailed his death in this movie - if they were gonna kill him off, I think they did it right. Also, don't kill off Snoke. It's a cool scene, but it fucks up the next movie.

Re: Rose Tico - she's not my favorite part of the movie, but I don't actively hate her and I think the response to her character that Kelly Marie Tran had to face was absolutely disgusting. I think her plotline with Finn was a little underbaked, and that scene at the end where she prevents his heroic sacrifice just kinda sidelines them both. I think making her a navigator would have helped her character in TLJ and TRoS.

In short: trim a few excessive CGI scenes, cut a few cornball jokes out, play around with the characterisation and tone of the mutiny plot, dignify Finn's character instead of reducing him to a rehashed coward, comedic relief character and pointless failed Rebel martyr, and maybe keep Luke Skywalker alive at the end. Bring the movie in at around 2 hours max.

Keep Luke Skywalker as-is, bc his character is a highlight of TLJ.

The Rise of Skywalker:

Kill off Luke Skywalker in this movie. Seriously, just cut and paste his death at the end of TLJ into this movie. Work him into a reduced role when Rey junks her ship, like the force projection messed him up and he doesn't have much longer to live, and have him help her when she returns to his island planet instead of adding a phoned-in Force Ghost appearance. Maybe have her there when he passes?

Reduce Leia's role in this movie instead of stitching together a Frankenstein's Monster of a performance. Not to be morbid by that reference - it's just that everything she says feels so stilted and wrong, like you can definitely tell they've thrown all the scraps they have left into her character in this movie. It doesn't feel natural or respectful for her character to spit out non-sequiters for the characters to respond to in an equally unnatural sort of way.

Honestly? Canonise Fey/Rinn, however you want to portmanteau Rey and Finn's ship name. If you give Finn more of a character arc in TLJ instead of side-lining him, and establish that he and Rey are particularly close - which they are IMO - and then pay off that "I have something to tell you" beat with a confession of love. This isn't a stab against Reylo, though I've certainly had words to say about Reylo, I just think Finn/Rey is a more wholesome ship and I prefer this dynamic to the fuckin dark side/light side paradigm of Reylo. I Just don't care for it. Kylo Ren's conflicted nature doesn't have to resolve in romance. Gimme Rey/Finn.

Snoke gets offed by Palpatine. There's no breeding vat for Snokes, but if the movie wants to suggest that he's still just a puppet or a creation, that's fine. That, or build Snoke up as the bad guy, and either follow through on that or have Palpatine be a twist halfway through the movie.

Maybe make Palpatine a Sith Ghost? They do exist to some degree. Or have him stuck in some other limbo that requires him to hijack Rey. Anything is better than that "if I do this you do this, but then I'll do this so you would have to do this, but really I'm going to do this so either way my entire plan was completely unnecessary lmao" clusterfuck where he's a living corpse impaled on a robot arm.

Cut out the macguffins, or make them feel less inconsequential. Okay, so the dagger storyline involves rebooting C3PO. It has stakes and gravitas to a degree. Cool - keep that. What the fuck is up with the wayfinders though? Why are there only two? Why do they need to be so convoluted?

Maybe have Maz Kanata talk about Luke's lightsaber, and/or have her involved in finding a way to Palpatine. It would pay off her appearance in TFA and explain her importance to Luke.

By making Rose Tico a great navigator in TLJ, her role on the team can be expanded in TRoS and she can do like star charts and stuff for all the different worlds they're going to - she can come along instead of being fucked over by JJ Abrams in this movie. She can even help with Maz Kanata's wayfinding plan. In short - make her a part of the team.

Honestly, fuck the Knights of Ren right off. They're a waste of time. That, or set them up in TLJ - hell, have one of them on Canto Bight and another one on Snoke's ship. Maybe even retcon Phasma into being a Knight of Ren. Anything but bringing them back as a mook squad in this movie, with no weight or character.

Honestly? Show Palpatine surviving the Death Star crash. The retcon is all the more painful for being completely and utterly unexplained. Doesn't matter if you have to touch the source material to do it, CG in a force shield as Palpatine falls through fire and have him hobble to a life support pod that takes him to where he is in TRoS. Literally anything is better than "Somehow, Palpatine returned".

Either cut the healing powers, or leave them in sans Reylo kiss.

In short: reduce Leia's role instead of using cut content and a CGI puppet to stitch together a performance, leave Luke alive until this movie, kill Snoke in this movie OR have him be the big bad, make Finn/Rey a thing over Reylo - again, no hate, I just prefer this pairing over Reylo - write more details about Palpatine's survival, either put some Knights of Ren into TLJ or don't have them at all, get rid of the Wayfinder macguffins and/or work Maz Kanata and "master navigator" Rose Tico into a plot to find Palpatine.

At the end of the day, there should have been a planning committee for the Star Wars story, not for the merchandise. You can see from how the sequel trilogy crammed out merchandise that Disney was clearly asking for marketable merch, but the story is a trainwreck - there was a Star Wars committee, just not where the property needed one.

The sequel trilogy was a worthwhile experiment imo - it didn't pay off, but it was worth doing just to see if it was possible. But even then, I would prefer three decent movies over a couple of experimental trainwrecks retroactively ruining one decent movie.

This post was mostly trying to work with what the movies already have, though by TRoS you really do have to start overhauling shit to make it work. In my eyes, the longest that these movies should run is two hours - any more than that is a slog, especially when the movie feels like it takes two hours. The Last Jedi felt like two and a half hours. The Rise of Skywalker felt like a two hour movie crammed into 80 minutes, despite the fact it was longer than 2 hours. The best way to make these movies more watchable is to make them shorter - cut out superfluous money shot scenes like the Canto Bight chase, have more efficient scenes to balance out the stylish scenes. The sequel trilogy is short on efficiency imo, and without a movie where it feels like progress is being made, the style doesn't work.

So tweak some things to make each movie more efficient.

#star wars #finn/rey for life suck it haters

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thirstyforred · 4 years ago

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I played The Wretched by Chris Bissette [it’s currently in the bundle] and since part of the game is to create a log I guess can share mine. It’s also kinda fun writing exercise even tho I died before I could save myself and the log just ends abruptly. I really recommend this game, especially to if you like things like Alien movies or survival horror in general [or if you’re easily spooked you can imagine your character with GLOOcannon from Prey 2017. GLOOcannon makes everything better]

Day 1, salvage ship The Wretched. Flight Engineer Martin reporting. The other members of the crew are dead and the engines remain non-operational, though ship integrity remains good and life support systems are still active. I successfully jettisoned the intruder from the airlock. With a little luck, I can repair the distress beacon and somebody will pick me up. This is Martin, the last survivor of the Wretched, signing off.

Day 2, salvage ship The Wretched, Flight Engineer Martin reporting. At 0300 fire alarm and fire suppression systems were activated. I started auto diagnosis on all systems but I'm still not sure what caused the fire. The damage is hopefully fixable. That alarm woke me up and I couldn't sleep anymore... I found a journal of A. He wrote like a whole list of things he wants to cook and eat one we get back home. Even here A managed to make something edible out of nothing. I think I was so tired, after waking up in the middle of my sleeping cycle and monitoring all systems for other fires and then reading that damned journal for hours, that- I think I heard something. Something like a whisper coming through the comms. I don't know what was it. Maybe I should also put comms through that diagnosis check? Of other things: water smells kinda like ammonia. The purification system works, just seems to be less efficient. Maybe I should be disgusted by this, I don't know, I'm just too tired to care I guess.

Day 3. I was so wrong. I was in the Mess trying to eat something when I heard that scraping sound from the corridor. I managed to duck behind the counter before it reached the open door. Thank gods, it didn't decide to actually enter! It moved past, somewhere in the direction of the Bridge, and then, I think entered the vents. It certainly knows I'm here.

Day 4. I'm carrying weapons, electric baton and a handgun, on me all the time, even tho I know it will only slow down that thing. But also I can't spend all the time locked somewhere wishing for it to be gone. So, one of the things I did today was checking my food supplies. There wasn't much to begin with, and now, that mold took over, there's even less. I can't exactly dump it, so I locked it in one of the cabinets. Maybe mold won't spread. I also managed to lock myself on the Bridge. Or it was that alien. I'm starting to think that it was the thing that I heard over the comms 2 days ago - if it can access and operate the comm system why would it be able to mess with the doors? It might be also responsible for the failure of the generator that happened 4 hours later. And failing of the backup generator as well. I had to use parts of the backup generator to fix the main one. So in case, the power goes out again it goes all down... Yeah. But after another fire alarm, I straight up jettisoned that section of the ship. It was the Crew Quarters, so all that's lost in just my sleeping bag. Maybe the alien asshole was caught and is now drifting out of the station. I can only hope.

Day 5. I spend the whole morning trying to pull the engine together. I may have an engineer as part of my title, but honestly, rocket science is beyond me. I'm afraid I only made more mess. The airlock I jettisoned alien thought the first time is still unsealed. The one in Crew Quarters locked back properly, but that one I just didn't manage to fix it properly. There's now only a single door between me, the interior of the ship, and that thing. Since it already got inside once, I guess it's only a matter of time till it finds a way to walk around it again or pry it open, and then I'll be the one that's jettisoned. There's nothing I can really do at this point.

Day 6. There's still a lot of internal damages I'm tracking down and fixing. Tiny but vital things. Like the door to the Docking Bay that M jacked to give us more time running away. It worked, even if soon later alien discovered that it prefers vents anyway. Part of the unblocking process involved cleaning whatever was left of M there - I already stalled long enough. When I finally went back to the Bridge I got to hear the last seconds of signal from some far-off vessel. I couldn't signal them back, I lost it. "Dear listeners..." they said. Might be some audio drama, sounds like fun. Also, It got back on the ship. Persistent beast. I hid in the locker when I heard it moving in the vent above. Either it missed me or just really loves to fuck with me, because it didn't immediately go for my very obvious hiding spot. But it knocked one of the desk lamps with its tail and I think got spooked. It ran back to the vents, which I soldered as soon as I was sure it's not nearby. Should have done it days ago.

Day 7. And that's a full week of living with an extra passager on my ship. At this point, I maybe should give it a name... I almost got a heart attack when I saw it on the camera feed of the corridors I have access to on the Bridge. It moves like a spider. Mr. Spider. Before it all, K told me about a children's book she heard once about. One of the spooky kind. I hate those so I kindly told her to fuck off, but now looking at that jumpy camera feed of Mr. Spider - how can stories for kids be worse than reality?

Day 8. I can no longer focus on anything. My every thought is like 'It's here! It's here!'. I'm so tired. It was here for the past week. But I got to do some spacewalking, first and let's hope the last time. I wasn't sure what to do to ensure that Mr. Spider won't try to stop me from my attempt to boost the antenna, but I opened the mold cabinet in the Mess and it seems that awful smell managed to get its attention. The antenna works, now to repair and activate the distress beacon.

Day 9. The Mess is unsalvagable. It looks like Mr. Spider decided that it's its nest now. Good thing I already moved all my things to the Bridge. Since Mr. Spider seems to be preoccupied with the mold cabinet, I decided to take care of the last of the bodies in the storage room in Engineering. That's the place we wanted to hole up in, but the vents... It doesn't like the ones there that much - too near the cold hull of the ship if I had to guess - but used them anyway to get to us. Now I also had to squeeze there to fix some cables that might help me with boosting that beacon. It was an experience. I still periodically check sensors and monitors to see if by chance there are some other vessels nearby. Of course, that's mostly wasting my time.

Day 10.

I spend some extra hours on the beacon instead of sleeping and I managed to finally fix it! Now all I have to do is wait for someone to catch my signal. I soldered the Mess door so it has only the vents if it wants to get back inside. I did it mostly for my own benefit, so when I'm going around trying to fix this rooting ship I don't have to look at things that are inside. I refuse to even guess what Mr. Spider is doing there. If it's really building a nest or something like that, it would mean that I'm the asshole for invading its territory. But on the other hand, it killed the whole crew of The Wretched, I would say that's a bit too extreme reaction on Mr. Spider's part. That being said I decided to make the list of my top 5 hiding places:

the Bridge - the real commanding center, now with soldered vents

storage room next to the Medical Bay - small and cozy, perfect for napping

Crew Quarter - already jettisoned once, so maybe Mr. Spider wouldn't look for me there

office in Life Support - mostly because it is Life Support and I would like to believe it will support my life

life capsule that's broken and can't leave its dock

I don't really intend to move out of the Bridge, but man I need some backup plans... I somewhat prepared them all today - I had to use K's keycard to get into her office in Life Support.

Day 11. I don't know how, but Mr. Spider managed to detach the whole module holding Crew Quarter from the rest of the ship. Now it's just drifting nearby. I don't know if it read my list of potential hiding places or just decided that it no longer vibes with it. Shame that the Mess didn't drift away as well. It's weird enough that it wasn't the part of the Crew module in the first place. Mr. Spider would be pissed that its nest-mess got jettisoned away... Sometimes I wonder what it calls itself. I guess something less stupid than Mr. Spider or Gorlam the Brave, my old teddy who now drifts somewhere in the space. RIP Gorlam. And I guess soon RIP me... There are weird noises in the Life Support. Not the crazy creature from outer space kind of noises, more like the machinery is failing and there's no one with enough knowledge to fix it. I'm starting to think that lying on my resume was a bad idea... At this point, I might be a better funeral official than an engineer... Today I jettisoned the last bodies. There wasn't really that much to say, so I just mostly cried.

Day 12. Gravity drive crashed today. It was real hell to drag myself all the way to it and fix it, but I managed. I should get a badge or something. The rest of the day I spend monitoring the beacon signal. It looks good. Like it might actually work kind of good.

Day 13. I fixed one of the small leaks of oxygen in the hull. I wonder how I didn't see it before. Spend a few hours walking cluelessly around Engineering trying to fix anything. I even finally cleaned M's rifle that I found by him, but I have seen no sign of Mr. Spider in the past 2 days. I wonder... [log abruptly ends here]

#the wretched #yes those are refs to w395 and tma #My writing

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rainymeadows · 5 years ago

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I rewatched Eternal Diva and this time I took notes as I went through

Dive under the cut if you dare to experience my mad in-the-moment ramblings (warning for spoilers for pretty much the entire prequel trilogy)

- Don Paolo’s voice sounds like what Papyrus’s voice probably should

- Winter Layton is precious in that giant coat

- Janice is so pretty omg an angel

- Layton geeking out over the Detrogan is goddamn adorable

- I love how everything is greyed out in Janice’s flashback

- Suuuuuuuuper subtle indication that maybe “Janice” seeing how young this little girl was is what prompted her to find a way to put an end to this whole thing

- Whether it’s a moped or the Laytonmobile, Emmy drives like crazy XD

- Bitch you ain’t on Top Gear

- God her big sister relationship with Luke is adorable tho

- Aaaaaaaaaaaah Layton smiling at their banter dad’s so happy for his son

- They did such a good job reusing the game’s music for this movie

- The opera house looks so cool but so precarious – my first thought upon seeing it was “when is this thing going to sink”

- I MEAN IT’S ON A CLIFF

- Janice’s voice is so pretty TToTT

- I like that they kept the Japanese vocals for her singing

- SONG OF THE SEA-SHADOWING

- I hate that Layton and Luke were the ONLY people to honestly applaud the performance. Everyone else is a DICK

- First time I saw this dude, I thought “that’s a puppet, no ordinary person moves like that even in animation”

- Once again, Layton putting a polite and gentlemanly spin on “fucked if I know, my dude”

- Lol I love that even the people who didn’t applaud and thus apparently knew what they were in for weren’t down for dying

- Fuking cowards

- Layton is always DTF (down to fight)

- GROSKY OF THE YARD

- FUCK YES

- This dude’s manliness is infectious

- “Gee, I wonder who’s behind this-“ *Descole’s theme starts playing* “-oh well never mind”

- Honestly who else but Descole would be this fucking extra tho

- Gotta admit I love the twist of the opera house being a ship, I was totally expecting it to just go plunging into the ocean at a moment’s notice

- Aaaaah the CG in this movie is really well done

- Layton’s angry face is kinda ridiculous but I love it

- I love that it’s pointed out like “where tf did all these sharks come from”

- I prefer Cartoon Saloon’s Song of the Sea, but this one’s pretty too

- Lol as if a MAN-EATING SHARK could keep down GROSKY OF THE YARD

- I’m surprised he can see over the top of his chest hair

- God, the detrogan is such a cool instrument and I really wish something like it existed irl

- Ah, it’s only like fifteen sharks, Grosky will be fine

- I love the air of mystery surrounding Oswald Whistler

- Layton’s hat is made of 100% pure uncut husband material

- AAAAAAAAAAAAAH I LOVE HOW PUZZLES ARE USED IN THIS MOVIE IT’S SO GOOOOOOOD

- I’m so glad they didn’t scrap it entirely coz I mean they’re so integral not only to the Layton games, but Layton himself

- This music box tune kinda gives me Gravity Falls vibes tbh

- I think the backing melody sounds pretty identical to the tune’s intro

- I love that this movie actually lets us see inside Layton’s head and his thought process, it’s so much better than just having him put everything together seemingly offscreen

- Tbh any puzzle where “the night sky” is the solution is bound to be a good puzzle

- I just fucking love the implied MASSACRES in this movie

- God Luke is so goddamn precious

- Pffft pumpkin dude is so subtly duplicitous

- Okay I have ot pause for a bit to rant about layton’s design because it’s SO GOOD. Warm colours make him seem welcoming and kinda comfy and the simple facial features, while a bit Ditto-esque, do combine nicely with his overall shape to scream “friend”. Professor Layton is friend shaped. And of course there’s the popped collar to show that he’s cool, the high collared shirt gives a scholarly vibe, his shoes which I stg are plimsolls show a practical side and of course the quintessential top hat shows that he’s a Gentleman first and foremost. Add the amazing voice to that and BOI I DIE

- Although I can’t help imagining that gif with the teddy bear slapping eyebrows onto its face to look angry whenever he gets mad

- Luke is not friend shaped. Luke is son shaped.

- Precious bab shaped

- Wpw a sea captain I would never have guessed other than the “sailor” accent and the fact that you’re wearing a sailor’s uniform

- Ugh I love these quiet moments where things can sink in and characters can just talk to each other, I really wish more movieswould do this

- I love that even if you don’t have a literal look at his thought processes, you can still see Layton THINKINg

- Agh Amelia is SO CUTe this series is so good at designing beautiful women and cute girls while also making them look DISTINCT

- I like that they hinted at her intelligence by having her solve the puzzles by herself

- One advantage a film has over the games is that the visual novel format kinda limits the dialogue, coz it’s hard to convey one charafter talking over another

- I really like the side characters. They’re simple, yes, but they don’t really need to be complex

- I will admit that the limits of Layton’s simple facial features means it can be hard to tell who/what he’s looking at sometimes…

- “that man” asked me to write an opera, huh

- WHY DOES NOBODY ASK WHO

- Fuck descole’s theme is SO GOOD

- WHERE DOES HE GET THE FUNDING FOR ALL OF THIS THOUGH

- And Grosky boards the ship just in time for it to blow up XD I love this dude

- I can only imagine his gigantic pecs act as a flotation device

- Layton preventing Luke from looking at the exploding ship THIS MAN IS SUCH A DAD HE’S SO GOOD

- I love this scene with Emmy investigating because these parent’s appearances are just enough to make it ambiguous whether they’re Nina or Amelia’s parents

- Seeing them all wrapped up in blankets is kinda cute tbh

- LET. THEM. SLEEP.

- I wonder what Layton uses to keep his hat on?

- Lol Emmy pushing a fossil aside to look at the map

- I can only assume, given that they set off from the White Cliffs of Dover, that this island is SOMEWHERE off the coast of mainland Europe in about the same region as Spain

- Ugh I LOVE Emmy’s uppercrust accent, the fact that she sounds like such a refined lady is such a fun contrast to her literal arse-kicking

- Also this is totally BBC news lol

- I love the detail of the historian’s scrapbook being kinda hodgepodge with bits falling out

- And I love the Ambrosia Seal being super detailed but the subtle incorporation of a sheet music design

- Gotta admit I totally thought this little banquet was poisoned on my first watch

- Lol I love that pumpkin guy just KEEPS POURING THE WINE

- Ugh that beach looks SO PRETTY, I want to go there

- Janice is totally crushing on Layton, pass it on

- D’awwwwww luke trying to befriend ‘melina’ is SO CUTE this boy must be protected at all costs

- Layton how did you hear what she was humming from all the way over there

- Why do so many anime characters have inexplicable super senses

- Those wolves’ eyeliner is on point lol

- “I’m not built for running” lol mood

- FUCKING HELL DESCOLE WHO IS FUNDING ALL YOUR SHIT

- HOW MUCH DISPOSABLE INCOME DO YOU FUCKING HAVE

- Admittedly on my first watch I wasn’t as familiar with descole’s theme, but I saw that castle and I just thought “it’s descole, only he can be that extra”

- The twist of using the cages for personal protection rather than to trap the walls is simple, but so clever

- I love that Mr Whistler was one of those accidentally trapped outside. Keeps suspicion off

- And I love Layton saying “well that solved PART of our problem”

- YOU SHUT UP LADY THE PROFESSOR IS AMAZING

- And then he trips and falls lol that’s what you get for wearing old man shoes

- “Even a good gentleman needs to get some exercise!” pfft

- Oh hey, they found the starter house that Descole was using while he was building that castle. I wonder what texture pack he’s using?

- And here Layton puts MacGuyver to shame in the most Ghibli way possible

- I’d love to see someone try to build this thing XD someone call the Mythbusters

- Bjut I adore how even LAYTON isn’t sure how this fucking thing works

- Fucking NERD

- Yeah, these filmmakers were TOTALLY influenced by Ghibli

- This is so Castle In The Sky, it hurts

- “Hang on tight! NOT TO THE PILOT!” – best line in the movie

- You can’t escape it, Layton. You is a dad

- DID YOU GUYS NOT SEE LAYTON LAPUTA-ING HIS WAY IN

- It’s great how all those puzzles seem like they could be ripped straight out of the Layton games, complete with outside-the-box bizarre thinking required to solve em

- I’m so proud of Luke for solving it!!!!! Such a good boy

- RUDE

- Yeah, just stand in the middle of the suspiciously empty room, I’m sure nothing will go wrong

- That’s what you get for shoving Layton aside, bitches

- Lol I guess luke could just step through the bars if his head was a bit smaller

- DESCOLE HOLY FUCK YOU ARE THE KING OF EXTRA

- “humble scientist” GOOD GRIEF WHAT A LOAD OF SHIT YOU DRAMA QUEEN

- I love that Emmy can FLY A PLANE

- Holy shit grosky there are better ways to signal for help

- And LESS GROSS WAYS TO DRY YOURSELF OFF IN A PLANE

- Yeah, see, you lost your knickers

- Ugh, god. I adore this scene with Layton in Melina’s room. It’s so quiet, the soft evening lighting… aaaaaaaaaaah so peaceful, but you can still feel the tension in the air, especially after Melina comes in

- Oh my god, Layton plays like an angel *swoon*

- The lack of background music in this scene is what makes it so perfect, the tension is so REAL

- Lol I love the historian just standing there like ‘welp there they go’

- NOOOOOOOOO LUKE DON’T CRY

- BIG SIS IS HERE

- Oh fuck yes

- EMMY I LOVE YOU

- God she and grosky are so fantastic XD

- WHERE DID YOU LEARN TO FIGHT LIKE THAT EMMY

- Somehow emmy gives me Michelle of the Resistance vibes

- God, I kinda love it when you can tell Layton’s already put it all together and is just biding his time

- AAAAAAAAAAH I love the subtle resemblance between Layton and what you can see of Descole’s face

- In hindsight, that… stole? Is that what it is? The fur thing isprobably to hide his face shape because it most likely ups his resemblance to Layton

- But he’s totally wearing black converse like the extra hipster nerd he is

- God, I can’t even imagine the nightmare of having your memories overridden and personality suppressed

- Aaaaaaaaaaaand here’s the summation. I love this part in pretty much every Layton thing

- “Assisting you was the scientist, Jean Descole!” Descole: lol hi

- LAYTON YOU ARE SUCH A DAD I LOVE YOU

- Him being gentle with kids is so sweet

- Also damn this backstory is a lot. I can’t imagine the pain of losing a loved one, but I’m not surprised a father would do anything he could to keep his daughter alive

- “When did you realise I was involved” “ur an extra bitch who lives for drama, who else could it be”

- That brief bit of Luke without his hat just makes him look even more BABY BOI MUST PROTECC

- Okay real talk when did Janice get hold of the key

- I’m guessing it was in the commotion when Mr Whistler grabbed Luke

- SUCH A GOOD TWIST I LOVE IT

- My heeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaart goddammit

- In hindsight, the hint of Janice wearing Melina’s pendant was really subtle and clever

- GODDAMMIT DESCOLE CAN YOU STOP BEING EXTRA FOR LIKE TEN SECONDS

- It’s kinda cool that he’s an archaeologist too though. It really does run in the family.

- The way Descole and Whistler’s schemes intertwined was really cool

- Yeah, it just wouldn’t be Descole if there wasn’t some over-the-top machinery

- YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS MAGIC MUSIC THIS IS MY SHIT

- When escaping from a crumbling castle, do be sure to grab your boy.

- AAAAAAAAAGH THE SCENERY IN THIS MOVIE IS SO FUCKING GOOD

- Good lord, there it is. Descole just can’t function unless he has some ridiculous Humongous Mecha at his command

- This thing looks especially monstrous and I love it

- I don’t think I’ve seen ANY faults in this movie’s animation, jesus Christ

- Descole, did you learn nothing from the attempted excavation of Troy? It’s very possible that your efforts to unearth Ambrosia will be what destroys it!

- Aaaaaaaagh this flying scene is intense as FUCK

- Layton and Luke are SUCH A GOOD TEAM

- WHAT IS THIS MUSIC I LOVE IT

- Luke you are SUCH A GOOD BOY

- Sorry but you’ll never be mob tho

- Mob is perfection

- JESUS CHRIST DESCOLE ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL A CHILD

- I was about to ask where that explosion came from but then I realised it was probably a petrol-powered chainsaw

- Layton who told you that you could look this goddamn epic

- But I love that he’s taking on the sword-armed Descole with a PIPE

- That footwork tho

- Layton must be an amazing dancer

- So cool that he’s patiently explaining why Descole was wrong

- Sun, stars and sea. I feel like that’s a Dothraki term of endearment meant for oceanfairing

- MORE MAGIC MUSIC I AM BLESSED

- AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH I LOVE THIS SO MUCH THIS IS THE FUCKING COOLEST

- I’M SUCH A SLUT FOR MAGIC MUSIC GODDAMMIT AND THIS IS DOUBLE TEAMING ME WITH SINGING AND PIANO

- I do enjoy that despite its emergence, Ambrosia is still partially submerged. Some movies would’ve had it rise from the sea completely

- Lol at Descole losing his shit because SOMEONE ELSE found the answer

- Yeah, bad idea attacking someone right on top of your humongous mecha’s control panel

- “DESCOLE!” dude he’s fine you really think he’d die

- I was going to ask why Emmy didn’t use her plane but she probably couldn’t get to it in time

- Yeah, this is SO Ghibli. The gigantic industrialised machine self-destructing on the ruins of an ancient civilisation lost to nature

- Noooooooooo don’t do this to me movie, nothing kills me like sad flashbacks

- Ow my heart

- This hurts

- “I’m sorry, Father. I’ve only ever brought you grief and sadness, haven’t I” as someone who’s struggled with depression this is a whole-ass mood

- NO THIS HURTS STOP IT

- Also the lil detail of Whistler’s waistcoat being the same shade of purple as Melina/Janice’s dress

- NOOO DON’T MAKE LUKE SAD

- “I’m so glad all of you were my very last memory.” Damn that line hits hard

- GIVE THE GIRL A HUG, LAYTON

- I said a hug, not a hand on the shoulder, she needs a HUG

- Seeing the destroyed detrogan really hammers it home, huh

- It’s very kind of Grosky to let Whistler play one last time in memory of his daughter

- When I got into the Layton series, I was no expecting to be hit so hard with the FEELS

- “Do you know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?”

- GNU Ambrosia, I guess

- Ugh it’s so PRETTY tho

- Fucking sparkles and shit

- D’awwwww, I love the image of Luke patching up the wolves, he’s so sweet

- Knowing the truth about Emmy and seeing her being so happy with Layton and Luke makes it really painful :’(

- The world needs more of Layton with a big, happy smile

- Awww, Author Lady and Pumpkin Dude kept in touch

- GROSKY GOT HIS UNDIES BACK

- Ugh seeing Layton and Luke peacefully listening to that music is SO CUTE and SOFT

#professor layton and the eternal diva #professor layton #hershel layton #luke triton #pl #The Amazing Adventures of Rainy Meadows #this movie is so good holy shit #delicious finally some good fucking video game movie

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churchsplayground · 5 years ago

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“. . .”

The Pawn Symbiote - LF symbiotes

Pawn is only 33 years old, having been spawned at the life foundation (1986) as part of an anti-symbiote project. They are considered the second oldest of the siblings, however, they all are the same age, except the Knight symbiote.

Pawn is referred to as She/Her currently, however, this is subjective and based only on their current host's gender. They do not retain any personal preferences.

Pawn has a fixed height of 7′3″ as a humanoid, it does not change despite the host. -

Pawn lives at the LF with her siblings and parent symbiote in a special container just for them.

It should be noted Pawn does not possess a mouth on a regular basis, and for this reason, is a strong silent. That doesn’t mean they don’t talk, they speak when they want. Only rarely do you see them actually forming a mouth, they often just use a lot of gestures, somehow people still know what she’s talking about (or at least her siblings).

Pawn is a sassy, silver-tongued, she-devil of a symbiote, she can often be seen causing trouble with her sibling Rook. Breaking out of their containment, causing on-site property damage, just being rebellious in nature, acting out much as teens do, it seems they haven’t quite matured enough to grow away from this phase.

Pawn is extremely silent and sneaky, for this, she has earned her place as being able to do more things even the most talented human assassin could pull off. She is often paired in ‘missions’ with her sibling Bishop due to his particular skill set. Pawn doesn’t often abide by the mission’s rules often taking a more messy, bloody approach to things. Ignoring her brother bishop most time due to his passive nature.

Pawn is the LF’s most aggressive symbiote runner up to their parent symbiote, she is often the problem when it comes to keeping staff safe.

Pawn only shows tameness towards Amy, only allowing her to work with and host the symbiote. Pawn has attempted to kill many tester hosts/volunteers that were not Amy or her mother Samatha. Pawn is considered a highly dangerous and problematic symbiote. Often seen putting up fights or flat out trying to kill some staff that was not to her liking.

Pawn is a very murderous symbiote for reasons unknown, a possible fascination with human death is most likely the cause. Despite this, the symbiote does not seem to be corrupted by this mindset. Only words that could describe her are Chaotic Lawful, she has reasons behind her madness and only seeks the better good... that is, with a little fun on the side.

Big warning… DO NOT sneak up on pawn or her host when bonded unless you want to become a target practice dummy or rather, a dead body. It’s really your choice, they rarely miss, I don’t think you’ll be too lucky for them to miss either.

Unlike her sibling Bishop, she does not take well to foreign symbiotes often treating them as pests and lower life forms. She doesn’t have much respect for the symbiote species often calling them things rather than beings. Then again she is from the same species, in a way she doesn’t think too highly of herself as being part of the species either. All in all, she’s kinda racist towards herself much like her sibling Rook.

Pawn is a little bit more knowledgeable than her siblings on the human world having had been around Amy when she was younger she was often told of many things the child was learning of, learning those things herself when her mother Samatha brought Amy to work.

Pawn stabs first and asks later. She doesn’t care if someones screaming in pain, she’ll get them to talk one way or another.

Two words: Sadistic goo.

Bonus: Pawn looks like she has six eyes, however, she only has four, the top set being fake, why is anyones guess, possibly just to make her loser brother Bishop feel lonely being the only symbiote in the family without more than four eyes (besides Knight that is).

Symbiote Specific Abilities:

Pawn is able to make sharp spears and blades from themselves and is extremely good at welding them having a lot of training doing so. Pawn can make anything from a short dagger-like blade to a long spear being able to impale. Pawn has a wide selection that she is able to create.

Pawn has an extremely good sense of aim, being able to throw these blades just about anywhere and in anyone, for this reason, Pawn is considered an assassin.

Somehow speaks without a mouth, how is unknown. Maybe it’s in people’s minds, maybe the sound is just coming from somewhere?

Minor - Much like her sibling Bishop she’s deathly quiet.

Minor - Pawn has sharp almost blade-like growths on her arms that can be quickly used to cut things like, rope or maybe throats. They are amazingly durable.

She only has: A. Wits B. Stabby stabbers C. 100 sneak

Human Host - Amy Bergg

Amy is 5’9” and of the lastest is 27 years old

Amy has been working for LF for 7 years now, earning the job almost as soon as her mother had retired only due to the fact Pawn shows extreme violence to unknown hosts.

Amy is most likely only part of the symbiote project due to relations with her mother Samatha and the known fact the Pawn symbiote is hostile to all other human hosts besides her mother and herself. Both Amy and her Mother are the only civilians accepted into the project.

Amy has known of Pawn’s existence since a very young due to her mother being unable to get someone to watch her daughter whilst she worked. Amy has a very close relationship to this symbiote for these reasons and is currently the only person able to host the symbiote without terrible repercussions.

Amy.. acts exactly like her symbiote. Sassy, doesn’t take shit for anyone. No wonder they get along so well. They’re the match made in heaven and they’ve known each other since a young age. Maybe thats why?

She secretly, might, possibly, ship her two co-team workers. I mean. IF she did, she would say they have some serious cute dynamics with each other and they both should stop being dumb with each other.

Amy loves her symbiote with all her heart because they’ve known each other for so long, they have a very close relationship, much like best friends.

Amy doesn’t treat her symbiote with no regard even if the LF says they symbiotes are not sentient she thinks otherwise, ever since she was little it felt like she was talking to something real, not fake. She thinks the “Are only acting human so that you’ll sympathize with the parasite and achieve a lasting bond so they can use you.” Is kinda bull.

Bonus: Use to date Patrick (Knight’s Old Host) back in the day. “Patrick? I haven’t heard that name in years, you know he was a total charmer! I wonder how he turned out after all these years? Me and him use to date, haha. Too bad he had to move away because his parents kicked him out, I kinda miss that sweet smile. Bet he’s got a cute girlfriend now!”

< Special Notes - LF issued Warnings:

This symbiote is considered highly dangerous and extreme caution should be exercised around it.

Due to the [2016] symbiote incident. This symbiote is not to be taken off grounds unless instructed or permission is granted. >

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Hey guys- Here’s the second one! Pawn’s ref, I have one more ready soon, I might have another one after that because I haven’t posted anything on the Knight symbiote!

As always if you’d like to know more about them you can always ask here. I always answer, unless the ask gets eaten or I’m stumped for an answer.

Also ~ In the keep reading undercut, you can find more 1 more drawing, don’t get to excited its just the one that was included on Bishop's ref! So nothing new at all!

Timestamp: January 19th, 2020 Related Links/Continuations: Siblings Ref - Bishop, (+1 coming soon)

- LF SYM HOSTS GROUP PICTURE -

Significance: A group drawing of all the LF symbiote hosts. This including Amy as a half drawing, meant to showcase all the hosts just having a group photo. This is included in all the symbiotes refs.

Left to Right: Zachary Ohenn (Bishop), Noah Keil (Rook), Amy Bergg (Pawn)

~ Thanks for reading ~

#Pawn symbiote #refs 1

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fireeaglespirit · 6 years ago

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Dissecting stuff

So, I’ve been having some problems concerning developing key characters in my story, this mostly relates to my fear of ‘closing the possibilities’ as soon as I set things in stone.

More down

I’ve been reading about this and a different technique I saw was to make something... instead of telling what the characters ‘are’, which makes me feel like they’re stuck up, that I could focus on what ‘I want them to be’, sort of go back to the sources of inspiration a bit.. so it feels more relaxing and open ended.

Its kinda complicated because I haven’t decided yet on some core concepts of the universe and metaphysics so it all ties up to some of these arcs and the characters which are highly related to it are compromised by my avoidance on setting some of the aspects of the world in stone.

So I decided to begin it with Eltanin, someone I’ve been avoiding developing in detail which is my draconian guy the main primary antagonist... so its helping a little. But I’m still kinda intimidated and fearful of doing shit with him... exactly because he’s present in multiple eras and is a core character which ties to some core concepts of the world.

I started noticing the world must bend for the character arcs I want to tell, and not the other way around. The world is a background and a playground for the characters and it must give them motivation and necessary conflict, basically it must be imperfect so it gives the characters things they should fix along the way, so that’s why I choose the antagonist to begin with my quest of developing since he’s the one who’s rebelling against ‘the world’ in the most explicit form, in the likes of Madara he denies the very nature of the world and for a good motive... but unlike Madara’s tale, I wanna have those concepts well developed from the start so it doesn't feel like an as-pull like it did in the Naruto manga and the Kaguya shitstorm.

I use Madara as a parallel because I really like his tropes, themes and character arc in a general but just to make this clear, I’m talking about my fan interpretation of it, including fan ships such as MadaMito and MadaMei and other stuff which aren't exactly canon or well developed such as falconer Madara, Madara behind Kiri as the masked man and master manipulator and some Tobidara (ancient disproved theory in which Tobi is Madara) in general.

So this isn’t pure manga Madara but a mix of him and the one you see in my drawings tbh, with all my favorite tropes and unique flavoring.

In a way it resembles Eltanin’s a lot but some crucial points are very different, but you could say they go through the same direction in many ways their arc is nearly identical on some points.

This is like behind the stages thinking I’m sharing with you, but the end result must look solid, I’m just admitting I have a long way to go and in some aspects I’m very early on development, all I have about some characters is flashes or visions on what they look like and general idea. Aquila’s character is almost entirely spontaneous and I don’t need to think about her much, she is just natural for me and embodies the heroin aspects I find more appealing...

..but in Eltanin’s case he was of course partially based on unconscious choices but also a great part of his arc is done with purpose to counter her and the protagonists and offer the most interesting forms of antagonistic behaviors I know off, that’s why I’m doing a conscious effort to keep my focus on what inspired me and solidify him a bit.

My creation process is very weird and unusual, I tend to have a very spontaneous source of inspiration in my dreams, etc... and also just following my favorite themes but when it gets to shaping up and defining details which is a conscious process, I’m very stuck. I’m not a writer or professional artist and I haven’t been trained on artistic creation so its all a process I’m doing naturally and when it gets to the more technical I've got some difficulties. I admit.

Coming back to it.. About Eltanin, its hard to define his quest while the world phases constantly, so his motivation and events of his life keep changing with it. I just know for sure the general mood he has and themes I wanna do with him, and major things that must have happened in his life. So instead of saying ‘he did this and that’ I’ll say: ‘I want him to do something like that’.

Who wants to see a bit the guys and tropes which inspired his creation??

Or what I want him to be?

Some are very obvious others not as much... this will be fun, I guess I wanna do this as a very relaxed exercise just for attuning my creativity juices.

#personal #creation #eltanin

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taylor-roger · 6 years ago

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Could I get a ship please? I'm around 170cm, curvy but fit with hazel/green eyes. I have freckles and a birthmark next to my right eye that kinda looks like Africa. I'm Hispanic and half Latina. I'd love to be a singer someday and I write my own songs. I'd say I'm confident and flirty (specially if drunk) and friendly. My personality is really slytherin-y, I'm open-minded and kind. I'm a vegetarian and animal activist. I love exercising! I'm also sassy, sarcastic and dramatic. Pretty extra lol

hi there! this was such a hard decision bc you could literally be shipped with any of the guys lol but I think I’m going to go with brian :)

brian loves everything about you physically but he especially loves your birthmark. he will always reassure you that he thinks its beautiful with soft kisses right on top of it

however, he find it especially amusing that its shaped like africa and will always lovingly tease you about it, particularly through songs he sings to himself while doing chores around the house

(brian: “hey love, wanna know what i say when people ask if we’ll ever break up?” *cue bri singing into a wooden spoon for a microphone* “ITS GONNA TAKE A LOT TO DRAG ME AWAY FROM YOU. THERE’S NOTHING THAT A HUNDRED MEN OR MORE COULD EVER DO. I BLESS THE RAINS DOWN IN AFRICAAA…”)

brian has always been fascinated by your Hispanic and Latina roots so for your honeymoon, you take him to the countries that make up your ethnic background. and although he has been to several of the locations before to perform, you make sure to give him the most authentic cultural experiences that he wasn’t able to have while there on tour

he absolutely loves every second of it and tries his best to fully embrace the culture in every location you visit (which you find incredibly adorable and admirable given his very brit-like ways)

music is one of your favorite things to do together and was one of the first things you bonded over when you first met. brian loves to accompany you on guitar or piano while you sing and is always eager to hear your newest song

you also love to help bri when he’s writing songs for queen (and freddie claims you’re a much better songwriter than brian and that you’re much easier to work with)

your personality was the very first thing that brian fell in love with. he just couldn’t help but admire your outwardness and charisma

having to deal with band members like his, brian knows exactly how to handle someone with a flair for sarcasm and the dramatics. he isn’t afraid to rile you up a bit and you certainly aren’t afraid of the challenge

(brian: “you know, y/n, you’re just about as overdramatic as freddie, as cheeky as deaky (rhyming is fun), and as much of a pain in the ass as roger. you’re lucky you’re cuter than all of them” y/n: “oh shut it bri. maybe i should just date one of them instead. i was getting sick of those godawful clogs of yours anyway..”)

of course, animal activism is a huge part of your life together and you two often work together on different campaigns and events in support of animal rights

and you both share a strong sense of ambition and a sharp intellect which makes you the perfect duo when it comes to this. you motivate and encourage each other but you’re also not afraid of little friendly competition

#this was a fun one lol #soft soph™ writes #taylor-roger writes

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wandering-chronicler-blog · 7 years ago

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Draecember-Prompt 20: Back to School

Yeah, I’m kinda going all over for the prompts, but that’s how it goes. One more tomorrow and it’ll be a quick one I think to close this out! It has been an immense amount of fun and a nice break from my other fic. And look at that too! A piece under 2k!

-Previous Pieces: Letter, Losing Someone, Memory and Dimensional Ship, Discovery, On a Mission, Feeling Left out and Facing a Fear, Working with The Horde, Family, Reunion With a Loved One, Relaxing, Facing a Fear and Overcoming an Obstacle, Corruption and Regret Winterveil Celebrations, In Trouble -

Vylia twirled the sword in her hand as she followed her instructor’s movements. Calveer held his own training blade pointing at her as they circled in the ring. Around them other vindicators and recruits watched the two spar. Carefully she watched his movements, keeping the blade raised. She wished she had a shield, or a small knife in her other hand, but that’d defeat the purpose of the entire exercise.

Calveer took a step forward, blade raised and brought it down. She quickly parried it and lunged for an attempt to strike at his chest. He backed up and knocked her sword. Her grip remained on it as she backed away. She watched and saw a moment that he’d lowered his blade. An opportunity! She lunged forward. Calveer swiftly raised the sword to parry. She attempted two stabs, both deflected, followed by an attempted slice. Again though, her teacher caught and blocked every strike, but didn’t carry a riposte.

Vylia remembered from her prior adventures with her sisters about how she’d look for openings and weak points to stab at, but her quarry those days was distracted by Seliira. She felt a pain in her chest remembering the events that had led to her losing both her and Olisa.

Calveer took another swing as she was distracted and it was over. She was on the ground again, training sword out of her hand and looking up at the hooves of the others who had watched her failure. A couple turned away, with one of the other instructors starting to speak quietly, likely on her mistakes.

“Let’s take a break,” Calveer said. When Vylia had turned over onto her back, she saw him offering a hand. She took it and was pulled to her feet. The two long tendrils on his chin dangled briefly before resting against his chest.

“No, I can do this,” Vylia grumbled. She looked over to where her sword had fallen and slipped her hoof just enough under its blade to kick it up into the air. Expertly, she caught the grip in her hand and spun back around to face Calveer. He had already handed the training blade off to another.

“You’re not thinking clearly, Vylia. And you’re still far too aggressive.”

“Thought you said that was a good thing.” Her fingers coiled tighter around the sword’s grip.

“Sometimes, but you need to know when. If you’re too aggressive in a fight, it may leave you overextended. Which is what keeps happening. You see an opening and over-commit, leaving yourself vulnerable.”

“But we’re supposed to end a threat quickly. Yes?”

“Yes, but also to survive it. We can’t serve The Light and our people if we die. We may need to be ready to make that sacrifice, but we should not make it lightly.”

“Right.” She shook her head as they walked out of the training room. They soon were outside and looking upon the massive mushrooms of Zangarmarsh. The sounds of the wildlife filled her ears as she looked down from their hiding place from The Horde. She leaned over the rail and watched as a spore walker in the distance strode through the swamp.

“You are getting better though.”

“Really?”

“Yes. Every time we do that drill, you last a little longer and are more deliberate in your strikes. During sparing with the others I see you’re quicker to see openings against your opponents and take advantage of them.” He folded his arms across his chest. “You just need to stop being so aggressive in your attacks and leaving yourself open like that.”

“Heh.” She shook her head and looked back at her mentor. “Maybe in a thousand years I’ll be a passable member of The Hand of Argus.”

“You have all the qualities we are known for. Obedient. Brave. Intelligent and honorable.”

Her brow rose at his words. “Really? I don’t think anyone in my old group would’ve called me obedient. Or honorable. I mean, most of the time I just stabbed people in the back while Seliira stabbed them in the front.”

“You treat people fairly. You’re willing to give them the benefit of the doubt. You comply to those orders and respect of those above you.”

“Really?” Her tone told him everything he needed. “I think Exarch Salatim would disagree.”

“Yes. Even when you were questioning his orders the other day. You are obedient in the ideals and purpose. Obedience to The Light does not mean blind faith. It means obedient to the ideals. It is good that you question orders you do not think conform to our teachings. It may not always be appreciated, but it is important that we do not allow ourselves blinded by zeal or vengeance.”

“So you’re saying by being disobedient at times I’m actually being obedient?”

“To a degree.”

“Heh…” She laughed a little and shook her head, looking back on the marshes. “Why’d you agree to take me? None of the others wanted to.”

“Because I saw potential from when we spoke. And honesty. You are not happy about your past. And I can understand it with how you and your sisters explored Draenor before the rise of The Horde. How you just wanted to explore and see the world but it would mean leaving the comfort of our people. It would have been easy to lie to any of us, but you didn’t. You admitted you did not wish to discuss the fate of your sisters. Or your companions other than Tellos. And yet, eventually you did with me. But you never lied.” He walked to the rail and leaned over it next to her. “It will be long before they completely accept you. It was like that for me when I joined them. Back when we fled Argus.”

“Oh?” She’d never heard of Calveer’s past and was curious. With what he’d just said too, it sounded like maybe there was something there that had made her get chosen by him to be trained.

“It is not something I wish to discuss in any detail, Vylia. Just as you do not wish to discuss the events with Olisa. And it was a very very long time ago.” He bowed his head. “It is not who I am anymore. And we have a long time.” He began to smile. “How about we finish the day in the forge? I know you have enjoyed the metallurgy and smithing as part of the regular maintenance of your armor and weapons.”

She knew where he was going with it, but it did sound like a good way to end the day for training. “Sure.” She pushed off the rail and turned back. “Maintenance or we actually going to make something other than smelting ingots?”

#draecember #draecember2017 #draenei #Warcraft #Fanfic #Vylia #Calveer

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herdustisverypretty · 7 years ago

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AND ANOTHER TAG THING {warning: strong and possibly strange opinions, LONG ASS RAMBLES (which most definitely include strong and possibly strange opinions), frequent oversharing}

tagged by the lovely Angel <3

1. If you could go backward in time, what would you do first? #2008 Log- Don’t pretend to not be bothered by HC and co’s behaviour and actually call them out on their shit. Note to self: You don’t owe anyone anything. #2009-2014 Log- Start homeschooling earlier. Maybe actually tell people how you felt too? You might have gotten a diagnosis, and thus the treatment that has drastically improved your life, sooner and you’d probably have a lot less scars. Maybe none. And also might not be immune to the effect of regular painkillers. Also maybe then you’d be able to just get said painkillers from the cupboard where they used to be instead of having to ask your mother permission on whether you can have some- at age 22- and having to swallow them there to prove you’re not hoarding them for later (cause that’s right, you did that once, ya dumb little bastard). #2012-2013 Log aka You STILL don’t owe anyone anything- Also do not engage with HS AT ALL. Just nip that one right in the bud. Don’t even go there. PTSD ain’t fun. Also do not allow HC to worm their way back in later. PTSD still ain’t fun. Though then you probably wouldn’t have written that one VIXX story and not only was writing that story enjoyable (sometimes???? ... maybe?????????), that story did also apparently help a lot of people too...so... maybe don’t fix yourself for the sake of those people who told you your writing helped them through a lot of their own shit. **Particularly never forget the one person who said they hadn’t cried themselves to sleep a night since finding your story. Taking that back from someone is not a nice idea. LOTS OF SHIT THAT BASICALLY MEANS: stop trying to kill yourself, dumbass. people aren’t lying when they say things get better. well, somewhat. also don’t let people take advantage of and abuse you. or maybe do a bit. because your suffering has helped others and that’s all that really matters right? BUT JUST A BIT. definitely not all of it cause that was Shite.

2. Conversely, if you could go forward in time, what would you want to see? Dumb men (I was going to say ‘straight, white, cis, American’ men but realised I’ve seen other types of men also being equally idiotic, SO I GUESS JUST MEN) being deleted from all youtube comments please. Also maybe shut down tumblr. I think we’d all benefit from that tbh. Also while I’m at it, can we have a game similar to Pokemon GO but instead of catching Pokemon you catch hot anime bishies. Get exercise and also get five thousand hot boyfriends :D Also retaining the nickname feature. Because that’ll be entertaining.

3. What’s your favorite word and why? I’ve always been fond of kerfuffle. It just sounds so cute and happy. A kawaii way to say you fucked someone’s shit up. Petrichor is also a DAMN FINE word. It sounds satisfying and the meaning is EVEN MORE SATISFYING.

4. Hot chocolate with milk or with water? Toppings? Marshmallows? It tastes better with milk, but as I at times have more than 3 a day (since I don’t drink coffee and need caffeine), if I plan to have more than 2 I will make them with water. I believe I have already stated my opinion on marshmallows as well lmao.

5. If you could change one thing about your favorite fandom, what would it be? Tbh delete all appreciation for my absolute NOTP. And no, I don’t actually mean Akashi/Furihata like most other Akashi/Kuroko shippers; I occasionally state I don’t particularly care for that ship, but I tend to just ignore it and its existence for the most part. Whereas my actual ‘I FUCKING HATE THIS’ ship, NOPE I WANT THAT OBLITERATED> DELETE ITS EXISTENCE. WIPE IT CLEAN OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH. This can also be said to apply to one particular person in said ‘FUCK NO’ NOTP. I have frequently expressed my disdain for this character, I do not make it a secret, so it should be no leap to assume who, and which ship, I’m talking about here.

6. You now have the ability to permanently alter one character from any fandom. Who do you pick, and what do you change? -Lmao. Okay. Well, I’ll name some names after all then, shall I? -Can I just. Completely erase Momoi’s existence from KnB entirely? Jfc I cannot fucking stand her one bit. The only redeeming quality of her very 2D, bland, and at times downright offensive character, is her desire for the GoM to be friends again. And I could live without that somewhat nice sentiment if it meant the remaining 99.9% of her shittiness was gone. I will never like her. -I can occasionally stand her in fanfiction if she does’t have a major appearance, and also if she’s not being monumentally annoying. And even then I don’t feel any issues with killing her off due to dislike of her canon characterisation. I could literally care less what happens to her. Harsh, maybe, but I personally feel she brings nothing of value to this series, and tbh it would be far better, and certainly less cringey, without her. -I have essentially been awake for 3 days so this is probably said with much less delicacy than I would normally use, though regardless of insomnia-induced aggression levels, the base feeling is the same.

7. What is your philosophy on life? (Is it pointless, is it meaningful, is it what you make it, etc…) I honestly don’t care about things such as ‘the meaning of life’. We’re never going to know who put us here, if anything did, or what we’re meant to do, if there is anything, or why we are here at all. Just do whatever you want. Everyone’s going to die and the sun will turn into a black hole and swallow the earth and the universe will ultimately end in a rather unpleasant manner anyway. As long as you’re not harming anyone’s way of life, do what ever you want I could care less. (that got kinda dark... I guess that’s what happens when people ask philosophical questions)

8. Would you consider getting a tattoo? If you would, what would it be and where would you put it? -Well the first tattoo I ever planned on getting (decided upon when I was 15), and the one I still want to be my first, is my recently passed dog’s pawprint tattooed on my left wrist; where I used to frequently self harm. The original idea was to get a tattoo of something meaningful there that would remind me every time I went to hurt myself that there’s still reasons for living. I stopped self harming around the same time my dog died in 2015, and even though I didn’t really need the reminder to not hurt myself in that way, I decided that getting his pawprint (which I was given a print of when he passed) would be especially nice, and would serve as a reminder of things I survived, and should I ever need a reminder in the future. My plan is now to get his paw on my left wrist (where the majority of damage was done, as he was my first pet), and when my cat also passes (hopefully not for a while still), I will get her pawprint on my right wrist. -In less meaningful directions, I’ve also wanted the Grey Warden’s emblem tattooed on me for the longest time. I’m thinking thigh in terms of placement. idek what it is about them, or about the DA series in general. I mean, being a Grey Warden is arguably (is it tho) kind of a shitty thing?? You don’t really want to aspire to that if you enjoy, idk, LIFE? But their tagline of ‘In war, Victory; In Peace, Vigilance; In Death, Sacrifice’ IDK BUT IT JUST GOT ME.

9. What’s your favorite headcanon? (Could be your own or someone else’s) Shit, I have A LOT. *These are all mine as well! (mostly lol) -One that I’m still fond of is the hc that Kuroko becomes sleepy after eating a lot (particularly sugary things) which is one reason he eats quite lightly, and that the GoM during Teikou would always be attempting to overfeed him because they thought it was adorable when he curled up in their laps and went to sleep. -Another I came up with is Akashi not being allowed to play videogames (and probably also not watch much TV) after his mother died. Thus, the GoM (and later Rakuzan regulars, YES YOU TOO MAYU WITH UR LOVE LIVE RHYTHM GAMES) would bring in their DSs and PSPs to school to let him play them as a much needed break from all the pressure being put on him. -Ideas conceived with 6ubblegum earlier such as Masaomi actually having an unrequited interest in Kuroko’s dad when they were younger, and obviously him becoming quite upset when Kuroko’s dad married Kuroko’s mother. We also came up with the idea that Masaomi and Shiori’s marriage was arranged by their parents for mutual family benefits and that the pair never cared much for each other, and also that Shiori was aro (also I angstily suggested ‘imagine her crying under her veil as she walked down the aisle tho’). Then I also suggested the idea of what if Shiori and Kuroko’s mother were friends, going on playdates with their sons (and also the humorous idea of them putting baby Akashi+Kuroko in matching dresses). So in the end, Masaomi has never been much interested in his own son, and the only person who cared about Akashi truly was his mother, who is now gone. Also Masaomi becoming understandably VERY opposed when Akashi begins dating Kuroko in school. -Anything involving mentally ill GoM + others (though a chunk of these aren’t even headcanons and more: I am 100% convinced these characters actually have these conditions). Especially fond of self-harmer Akashi. -Also literally any hc where any particular character is either aro, ace, or both. I reeaaaally love ace Kise actually. -AGENDER REO!!!!! -I’ll end it with a somewhat nsfw one. The shameless guilty pleasure with 6ubble of Kise and Kuroko being known as the sluts of the Teikou. They’ve definitely boned all the regulars (including NIji) at least once. Probably more. definitely more

10. Do humans have souls? Do animals? I’ve been awake far too long for these kinds of questions XD UHHH in my personal belief I’ve always maintained the idea that all living creatures (this includes humans, as humans are primates) have a sort of.. living energy?? My belief is that once a creature dies, of its lifeforce/energy/soul/the magic keeping it alive/whatever you fancy calling it, the personality part (which I would say comes from the brain and is made up of memories and of course the individual’s unique personality) goes to a plane with other deceased energies (suppose you could call this heaven of a sort - tbh I always pictured it as kinda like the pyreflies in FFX), while the rest of the energy (which I would say comes from the heart and is, I guess, the emotions the individual has experienced through life) is recycled and returned to the earth to be used again. SOOO a sort of somewhat logical theory that combines both afterlife and reincarnation. I also think that the recycled energies can recognise other energies they knew in previous lives. Not in a literal sense, but more like, they might feel an inexplicable connection, be it between two people, a pet and a human, etc etc. I kinda like the idea of this also explaining real life cases of supposed ‘soulmates’. Two energies meeting that once knew each other and were compatible in a previous life (sounds really YA romance I know). This could also be potentially used to explain some conditions or mental illnesses. Recycled energy that previously had lots of negative experiences may be renewed as someone who is also troubled (blame ur disorders on your energy ancestors lmao). This could explain troubled people who have no family history of any similar experiences. IT ALL SOUNDS VERY FANTASTICAL BUT YE. This has all come together after years of viewing and researching many different spiritual beliefs and recounts of spiritual or other ‘incredible’ events, in an attempt to kind of merge everything into something that could potentially be real and/or believable. Idk if scientifically this would make any sense, but I feel it’s logical enough to suit me anyways.

11. What’s your favorite holiday and why? Well I have mentioned I’m pagan before, sooooo, my answer to this will probably be weird? XD LONG AND BORING BACKSTORY TIME: I didn’t really become self identified as pagan until the age of 13-14, and before that I grew up typically celebrating Christian holidays (Easter, Christmas) despite my immediate family not being religious at all. I always saw these holidays as more just time to be with family than anything else. So I do still celebrate Easter and Christmas as I’ve grown up with them in a culture that celebrates them whether you’re religious or not. I guess Christmas was always my favourite? It’s roughly a month after my birthday, far enough that I get double presents, but close enough that there’s still lots of ongoing excitement. And growing up it was typically the only time each side of my family would all be together (we’d alternate, one year at my mum’s parents, the next at my dad’s). But as I’ve gotten older, and grandparents have died and families have drifted apart, I’ve become less interested in both Easter and Christmas, seeing them now more as just times to buy stuff for people when you really can’t afford to, and tbh now I find myself more drawn to things such as Samhain (also ref that if you have seen spn, they butchered the pronunciation. it’s more akin to ‘sah-ween’ it’s an Irish word I think, which explains everything tbh) in particular. Before last year I had never sought out other pagans in my area and thus was a bit lax in my celebration of sabbats, so when I actually started meeting up with other people in my city early last year, it actually really changed things for me (so emotional sobsob). The Samhain I celebrated with this group earlier in the year (as I’m in the southern hemisphere, Samhain for me is in May) was actually a really really special thing that I did. It also happened to coincide around the 2 year anniversary of my dog’s death, and as Samhain (which has become modern Halloween to most) is a day for celebrating loved ones who have died, it was just a really nice experience to think about my dog, as well as my grandmother who died 3 months before him. THAT WAS A LONG, BORING, AND MUSHY WAY OF SAYING THAT BASICALLY: ‘pagan Halloween’ (tho that term doesn’t even make sense lmao) is actually really lovely and memorable compared to almost every other ‘traditional’ holiday of my life.

Geez you just happened to ask all The Big Questions. And you literally went from 100 to 0 to 100 and then probably to 1000. Or maybe that was just me. I AM VERY TIRED AFTER VOMITING ALL THAT OUT. also my finger joints hurt.

WELL, if you got all through that, here are my own questions, which I totally Did Not steal from other question memes already in existence. I’m definitely not lazy. No I’m actually just very tired lol. These are all going to be fandomy/OTPy questions because WE REALLY NEED SOME LIGHT CONTENT AFTER ALL THAT. Plus everyone loves talking about their fandoms and shit.

1. A pairing you initially didn’t consider but someone changed your mind? 2. What’s the longest you’ve ever been in a fandom? What fandom was it? 3. Your favourite fandom {for the people, not the thing you spazz over}? 4. Are there any fandom popular ships that you don’t like or just don’t get? Alternatively, are there any typically overlooked minor ships that you think are really underappreciated? (hay this one i made up myself lol) 5. What was the first thing you ever contributed to a fandom? 6. What’s a popular romantic/sexual ship that you can only ever see as a brotp? (also me!) 7. If you had the chance to make your OTP canon, and your NOTP very clearly stated as ‘definitely not canon eVER’, how would you express this in your ‘new canon’? (i’m on a roll) 8. Which character is Daddy Material? (there’s always at least one, admit it) 9. Character you relate to and why? (please share all tragic similarities) 10. As either a reader, writer, or both!, what’s your favourite fanfic genre and/or tropes? Are there any you always stay away from? 11. Opinions on omegaverse (in any and all forms, ranging from early spn fics, to the surprising amount of BTS/kpop fics, or have you tried the Japanese manga take on omegaverse - or even.... Life From the Ashes)?

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todokori-kun · 7 years ago

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Luna, you’re the best. You’re smart, you’re talented, you’re dedicated, you’re creative and caring, a wonderful listener, so much fun to debate with, and the best friend anyone could ever ask for. I’m so grateful for everything you’ve helped me with ever since we started talking; I respect your resolve. You’re unique and amazing, and I’m so, so sorry this is happening to you.

I won’t go into detail because it’s a complicated story that’s also way too long, but I’ve sort of felt that way before too (thinking it might be better if I just disappeared/wishing I didn’t exist/feeling worthless). It sucks.

I don’t know if this’ll help, but just know that I’m always here to listen if you need it. You can Email me (though I guess that’s probably not an option lol) or just, like, I don’t know, maybe post something on the blog like ‘Evans can we talk’ and I’ll definitely see it and respond because I stalk this place 24/7 (Evans is a creep please don’t encourage her). I’ve also been considering finally getting a tumblr so maybe we’ll be able to PM each other sometime.

There’s absolutely nothing to apologize for. It’s really brave to talk about stuff like this (I never can). And if there’s any way I can help, please, let me know.

(Also, funny story (it’s actually gross and is basically just Evans whining about stuff):

I know from experience that stomach-related sicknesses suck. When I first started taking swimming lessons I was an idiot with zero stamina who could barely swim halfway across the pool without coming up for air, so needless to say, I ended up gulping a ton of water (especially since my teacher didn’t go easy on me; mom told her not to because I’m a sloth and I usually won’t do any exercise on my own besides simple stretches and some walking/running). I mean, the water in swimming pools is usually a bit disgusting, and it’s even worse where I take lessons because it’s a pretty old place and I don’t think it gets cleaned that often… so not only did accidentally swallowing it trigger my clean-freak senses, I also ended up with a terrible stomachache. I thought it was fine, that it would pass. But then I got a fever and every other thing I ate made me feel like someone was twisting my intestines from the inside, I couldn’t even lie down and rest for a sec because whenever I moved or tried to change positions it got even worse ;p; (also my mom never let it go, she kept jokingly 'reminding’ me that water from a swimming pool is not something you should drink after I started swimming again. I guess I kinda deserved it, though. I was an idiot))

That sounds so lovely <3 I’d really love to go visit Norway myself sometime, though I’ll probably have to wait a few years (my mom has back problems that make it painful for her to stay in one position for too long, so long plane/car rides are a huge no). And oooh if you have any good pictures I’d love to see them :D

Thanks, I’m glad I managed to explain my shipping reasons (like it’s so hard to properly talk about why I ship stuff sometimes XD)! I would give anything to have you join me in Stoki hell so let me just recommend basically the entire Remember This Cold series (it’s angsty as heck so proceed with caution…there are bits of humor and fluff in there, though, and then some extremely rare (almost) pure fluff fics. Like the one where Steve wants to propose but is a nervous bean because Loki’s a PRINCE and he wants to make it perfect). I’ll also try to find some more good fics later becase I can’t remember any titles right now ^^;;

YES ANOTHER T'CHALLA FAN I adore this guy (also I feel like he has a really cool voice. Not really sure why, it just sounds so nice). I really respect him for his attitude towards Steve and Bucky after he figures out Bucky’s not the real murderer, and how he later stops letting his anger towards his father’s killer consume him.

We’ll fangirl over the Black Panther movie together when it comes out, won’t we *schwing*

(right after I wrote 'schwing’ I got this mental image of Hisoka having his glowing, expolsive schwing moments after seeing T'Challa. And then Hisoka schwinging in theater while watching MCU movie fight scenes. Why am I like this)

I can draw, but I don’t know how to animate so these memes will never be a thing ;-; it’s so sad, I’ve got everything planned out…everytime eyes are mentioned the screen zooms in on Illumi’s eyes (yes even when Illumi’s not in the song because he’s a Zoldyck assassin, you can’t keep him out) and the word 'eyes’ gets the weird treatment where all these high/low/metallic(?) voices get layered so it sounds like the creepiest thing ever

('History has its eyes on you but it’s actually Illumi’ is both the animatic I want to see the most and the animatic I hope will never be created)

Fun HxH facts I want to let you know about:

Kite (AKA Ging’s student and Gon’s big brother figure) is dead and has been brainwashed into being a weapon/punching bag for his captors. When sunshine angel Gon meets the new Kite he lets Kite beat him up and then hugs him, promising to save him (THE FEEEEEEELSS)

Forgot to mention this about Chrollo, but when Kurapika killed one of his troupe (a guy named Uvogin), Chrollo acted all cool and never really talked about Uvo…

but then he had the rest of the troupe murder 2000 mafiosi guarding a building they were trying to get into, and while watching the chaos from afar, listening to their enemy’s screams, he started waving his hands as if conducting an orchestra…

“Uvogin-san. Can you hear it? This requiem we’re dedicating to you.”

(jeez Chrollo we know you’re extra but you can’t just murder 2000 people and play a funeral march with their cries of horror every time you lose a subordinate)

Lastly: There’s a new character named Knuckle who’s like the HxH version of Metal Bat. He is the sweetest cinnamon roll. I love him. I’ll send you a pic later

So um did you hear the news about Hinami

(Queen Luna cosplaying Maka(? or any of the other three MCs)…omg that sounds so awesome)

*facepalm* ok WHOOPS I actually read about that on the SE wiki a while ago. How did I forget about it

Yep! It was so good <33 (Lizzy looks so graceful and pretty I can’t even) I actually found the whole movie on YT but just watched the parts I was really looking forward to seeing animated, like UT’s fight scene, Seb getting stabbed, the rest of the Midford family…(Francis’ hair shocked me. Idk how to feel about it. At first I thought it made her look like an old lady, but then, the more I look at it, the prettier it gets…like, it’s actually a really nice design, but I guess I got too used to manga!Francis lol)

Light is the trash GOD.

(hope you get to read the light novel! As far as I know it’s got a TON of L and Naomi in it so it might make you feel better :D)

Oh yeah, I get what you mean. Light’s reasoning/views on the justice system probably connects a lot to the culture and social issues of Japan at the time.

DN’s probably still one of the easier-to-adapt mangas out there, though, since the themes of justice and questioning the idea of 'greater good’ is something anyone can relate to (and they still botched it, I’m very salty about this and you can’t stop me ;-; even with how terrible Ryuk and Rem looked in them, the Japanese movies were WAY better, and it’s actually pretty rare that Japan makes a good live-action movie from a manga or anime. Apparently the TG movie that came out this year was pretty good too, though :D).

(I apparently somehow accidentally erased the part where I mentioned I actually read HCs/theories about Japanese-American Light on tumblr somewhere….that’s what got me thinking about it.

I agree though, seeing how different cultures would change Light’s character would be very interesting.)

The lack of potato chips doomed the entire Keikaku from the start.

I can see you being similar to Pearl too! I think I’m maybe a bit like Lapis…or possibly Connie. Or maybe Blue Diamond because I also cry way too much (but then again BD actually has a reason to be miserable so)

Those are both cool gems<3 and yeah, they’re both really pretty :D

I was talking about gem 'roles’ back on Homeworld, though ^^;; like, how Pearls are considered servants or pretty accessories, Diamonds are leaders, fusions like Garnet are outcasts, Rubies are 'dumb muscle’, Sapphires are valuable prophets, Peridots are tech experts, Jaspers are soldiers…sorry, I should’ve been more specific OTL

I’d probably be a Pearl lol. I could see myself being a Peridot and being scared to death without a Quartz soldier to guard me but I’m not good with any kind of technology so nah.

And sorry for asking weird questions, I forgot it’s been a while since you watched the show ^^;;

Hey, don’t feel bad about slow replies! Like I said before, I seriously don’t mind as long as you’re ok :D and I’m so glad I’ve managed to help.

('a friend I appreciate’ *ugly sobbing* thank you)

Did someone say suffering?

*'Remember That We Suffered’ plays in the background*

DID THE QUEEN JUST SAY 'Goals’ ABOUT SOMETHING I MADE OMG I’M FREAKING OUT TYSM

Ayyy I’m so glad you liked them! (The Hide pic was painted with the intent to kill)

(last thing:

I’m sorry, this is probably really creepy, but I ended up telling my mom about you because she asked who I was talking to (she knows I have internet friends and has seen me writing messages before). Since I’m only 13 she worries about the people I talk (she knows all my friends on ao3) so I told her some small things like your age, that you’re from Croatia, that you play the piano too and that you mentioned having a sister.

I’m really, really sorry if this makes you uncomfortable, mom just worries a lot and she likes to hear about my friends (like, she worries for my safety on the internet so she has to ask me some basic things about the people I talk with, and when she knows I have a good friend on the internet she sometimes wants to hear if my relationship with them is ok). I’d never tell her something really private but sometimes she wants to talk and I know she worries for me so I do tell her small, random details from our convos.

if you’re uncomfortable with that, though, I’ll stop. Again, I’m so sorry about this.)

And after two weeks of silence, the species finally shows some signs of life. ;-;

I’m totally not crying. I’ve said this so many times and you’re probably getting annoyed, but I have no idea what I did to deserve you in my life. You’re actually the only person I’d told about my current mental state at that time, and I’m so glad you didn’t freak out or just write it away as me overreacting (like my mom did), and it means so so so much to me. Truly, thank you for being here for me. (And not giving up on me, considering how long my replies take ;-;)

I’m here for you as well, though, so if you’re ever feeling down, you can message me ^^

Oh, it’d be cool if you’d get a tumblr! I can guarantee my replies would be faster then, since the messages would show up in my notifications...

Also, to brighten things up a little, this is how I picture you at the beginning of the message:

Oh god that sounds disgusting XD And perfectly describes why I don’t wanna do swimming as a sport. Are you still swimming? It’d be cool if you were, cause it’s a really beautiful sport imo.

That’s unfortunate... Hopefully you’ll be able to visit it someday ^^

Tbh considering the shit I unironically ship sometimes, no ship is weird enough to be unexplainable. Name a single reason why you ship it, and it’s valid in my eyes. Heck, it can be ‘they look good together’ and I’ll say ‘makes sense’. Y’know why? Because I’m one of those ppl who will ship it if they so much as look at each other.

ok fun fact: I’ve loved T’Challa since I was like 8, because every summer, there would be a weekly publication of superhero comics, and Black Panther was almost always there, and I was a nerd even then, so I’d always buy them. Other than Spiderman, Black Panther was my favourite superhero.

Lololol I need the HxH Cast watching MCU movies. Oh yeah, I found this a while ago and immediately thought of you:

Amazing... If you ever learn to animate, please send me a link, because I will pay money to see that. Just. I’m not even into HxH, but I’d give up a lot to see the crossover XD

Ouch, that seems like a lot of feels... Seriously I have no idea where you get the mental strength to read to many angsty moments...

um, yeah... i have actually... but um, she’s alive, right?

Turns out I gave my skirt I’d used to charity, so until i find a replacement, I can’t take any pics... well, at least i can grow my hair out to Maka’s length till that happens XD

I adore the movie, seriously, the animators did such an amazing job with it, especially the most important scenes. BUT HECK; WHEN WILL WE FIND OUT WHAT OUR CIEL’S NAME IS?? It’s been hinted that it’s quite unusual, BUT THAT MAKES IT EVEN HARDER HNNNGH

Oh yeah, I’m gonna find that novel even if it kills me, because I need the L.

lol I still haven’t forgiven the movie adaptation of Avatar the Last Airbender. It was so bad that most people (including me are denying its existence). I might watch Death Note some time soon, so I can judge it for myself tbh...

Of course, the chips were a vital part of the Keikaku... No wonder it didn’t succeed...

No worries! It’s not your fault! Tbh, i dont think id even reached that part when I was watching it, so it’s interesting to hear all the roles... Aw, you’d be an adorable Peridot ^^

Tbh ‘friend that I appreciate’ doesn’t even begin to describe how precious you are to me. You’re the first online friend I made and the first person I told about my mental state, so honestly, you’re one of the people I feel closest to...

Nah, I don’t find it creepy at all!! Seriously, I sometimes tell my parents about people I talk to, so I’ve mentioned well ^^ It’s your choice what/who you’ll talk about ^^

#evans #submission

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rickandmortybykat · 7 years ago

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Have some 28 OK

Here, have a sneak preview of Chapter 28 to tide you over until I finish the last part. No context needed, it’s the beginning/opener for the chapter. Just threw it through the word count - there’s about 1.3k here. WARNING: It hasn’t been proofread and some language may change slightly before the publish. I still need to go do that when the thing is done. Have fun! - K

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Chapter 28 – (Title Chapter Here, some stoopid pun)

December 2nd, 8:50pm Citadel Time, 2001 Cross-Temporal Rift Nebula, Location Classified Citadel Of Ricks, Dimension Number Classified

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Once back in the safety of the Citadel, things happened rather suddenly. Rick was rushed to the infirmary's operating theater for emergency surgery while Surgeon Rick followed the team who worked there; it was his main area of expertise after all.

This left the doctor with very little to do but wait around for news and process the events of the last several hours. Although he knew that the ship had been holding him back, it had served as the most direct means to his primary objective and its absence was going to leave a big hole behind. Even if he could continue his work at the Citadel, he still had the issue of being homeless to deal with.

When the thought of the hybrid-insect colony entered his mind, he pushed it out again; its loss was just another heavy blow. He didn't want to think about Rick either, but trying not to was a futile exercise and his ability to remain objective had failed him; the guilt was almost unbearable. Against all logic, the scientist had jumped in harm's way to save him and he couldn't work out why; they weren't on friendly terms and it wasn't even motivated by self preservation.

Even though he was utterly exhausted, he knew any attempt at sleep would be useless so he sat in the infirmary's waiting room and idly watched the steady stream of medical Ricks moving back and forth through the double swinging doors of the operating theater. There didn't seem to be any reliable pattern to their movements, and it was impossible to discern who was who because they all wore the same sets of plain colored surgical scrubs.

An hour of waiting turned into three, which turned into five. The doctor had obtained a bottle of wine by the seventh, which was half finished into the tenth. In the eleventh hour, one of the surgical Ricks burst through the doors and furiously ripped off his mask and surgical cap, then stomped over to sit in the chair at his left. His sleeves were soaked with blood and it decorated his scrubs from shoulders to knees, but he didn't seem to notice. Without saying a word, he snatched the bottle of wine out of Ricktus's hands and took a heavy swig from it, only to recoil afterwards. “Oh god, how can you drink this crap?!” “It's Pinot Noir,” Ricktus wearily told him as if it would answer everything. “How are things going?” “More like Pinot hell-naw, am I right?” The Rick elbowed him in the side and the faintest grin cracked through his sour demeanor.

Ricktus sighed; it was completely obvious who this was now. “Shouldn't you be back in there, C-711?” “Yeah, but the damn fuckers sent me out for a break. I was still good.” Surgeon Rick grumbled back. “I decide when I'm done, not grumpy Head Surgeon Rick dude. Believe it or not, he's even less fun than you... and to think I forgot why I hated working here.” He took another sip of wine and handed the bottle back, having decided it was completely unpalatable. “So has there been much progress?” Ricktus tried again. “Judging from the fact that they're still working, I assume he's still alive.”

“Nah man,” Surgeon Rick's voice fell flat. “He died.”

“R-really?” Ricktus's brow furrowed and he was momentarily silent, but he retained his composure. “Oh shit...” “Relax, bro. I'm just fuckin' with you.” Despite the comment, any good humor the surgeon had was gone. “Yeah, see how bad it feels when I do it? Don't pull that shit on me again!” He ran a hand through the disheveled spikes on top of his head and let out a grumpy sigh. “He's alive, but barely. They're still trying to stabilize him. He flatlined twice but the team managed to revive him. We've also transfused 14 units of blood. I'm probably wearing at least two of them,” his eyes tracked another medical Rick who was carrying a box of supplies in through the set of doors. “Make that 15.”

“Oh god, and most Ricks barely have 12...” “He's actually pretty lucky to be alive,” Surgeon Rick continued. “We got here quick enough, plus that syrupy crap your bees make acted like a clotting agent and saved him from bleeding out faster. Still doesn't stop the bloodbath in there, but without it he would have been dead by now. Do we have any more lying around?” “I'm not sure. If the Citadel kept any of the curative serum we developed, it'll be from old batches when it was our main focus.” Ricktus buried his face in his hands. “We can't just get more... all the ingredients were back on the ship. I can't clone another batch of hybrids to make it either, I-I...” He took a deep breath and steadied himself again. “Things happened so quickly that I didn't think to bring back any of their genetic material with me.” Surgeon Rick was silent in thought. He got up and disappeared into the changing room, then returned with the filthy clinical scrubs he had been wearing throughout the ordeal on the ship; they were heavily stained with purple and green insect blood. After plucking a piece of soggy bee exoskeleton off the fabric, he offered it to him. “Can you use this? It's still fresh.”

Ricktus raised his head and stared at the fragment, then up at his assistant. “You're... you're fine with giving this to me after everything I've done?” He delicately took it from him anyway; although small, its existence was valuable. “I've been meaning to ask you... was our alliance just one big elaborate prank you've been playing on me this whole time, and if not, why not?” “Ugh. Shut up, will ya?” Surgeon Rick scowled. “You're an asshole, but you didn't deserve to lose everything like that. Besides, maybe you can use that to synthesize the clotting component. You kinda owe it to this guy now.” When his datapad vibrated in the clothes he was holding, he took it out, gave the screen a quick glance, then hung up, his expression even more soured than it had been before. “Nope.”

Ricktus was glad for the distraction; anything was better than discussing their charge. “Not important?” “Fucking Lizabeth,” Surgeon Rick answered through gritted teeth. “She's been blowin' up my damn number since I scrubbed up. I should never have given it to her.”

“You can't avoid her forever.”

“I know,” Surgeon Rick begrudgingly admitted, “but I can sure as hell try.” Before any more could be said, there was a flurry of activity as eight Guard Ricks hurriedly patrolled into the waiting room with Riq IV trailing in their wake. He gave his new surroundings a sneer of disdain, then moved to stand in front of the two Ricks seated at the far end. Ricktus took one look at the new arrival, dropped his bottle of wine, and sprang up; having to face his boss was one the things he had been dreading since coming back to the Citadel and now he had a feeling of impending doom. Although his assistant was already standing, he elbowed him hard in the ribs to make him pay attention.

“How predictable that I would find you here,” Riq IV's tone was immediately condescending. “Would either of you care to explain why my asset arrived in undesirable condition?”

Surgeon Rick raised an eyebrow in inquisition. “Your... 'asset', sir?”

Riq IV raised a pointed finger at the doctor. “Yesterday, this idiot signed all rights and responsibility of the Rick in his care over to me. That means I own him.” He motioned towards the operating theater doors. “Now he's in there. This isn't the first time you've delivered a Rick to us in such a state, is it? You haven't fixed the outstanding anomaly, have you?” There was no answer.

#katwrites #fanfiction

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elderburn · 8 years ago

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Ruby Rose Kisses (Almost) Every Girl RANKINGS

I haven’t seen this one yet so I’d like to resurrect this terribly underfed blog (sorry about that by the way) to list, in order, my favorite Rube Smooches- as written by @xekstrin. (This is just my personal opinion and does not reflect the opinion of Viz Media, Paramount Pictures, or any other corporation to which I have no relation. I’ll also announce that if you’re tired of this blog not producing (sorry,) you can always follow me on my normal blog, @gottalovethosecostcomuffins, which has been known to reblog at least one thing per day. Maybe more. Let’s begin!

21. There are really that many of these? Goodness. I’ll be here awhile. The bottom of this list is BY NO MEANS the “worst” Ruby smooch, as if there could be such a thing, but something has to go here! Ciel starts us off this morning. I honestly pictured the obstacle course for MW2 for this piece. This also scratches my “Ciel is a tough, smol cookie” HC, which is nice, but it also mentioned suicides, which I hated, so there. Kiss rating: 7/10. Good on Ruple for being conscious of her own sweat. Simple soul confirmed.

20. Neon. LOVED THIS. If there were any more scenes in V3 with Neon, this is how I would have pictured them going. Meg would have had far too much fun VA’ing these, though, so of course it could never happen. Bonus points for the use of “impish delight”, always a crowd pleaser and definitely appropriate. Kiss rating: 6/10. ‘Mmmmmwah’ is my favorite smooch onomatopoeia, sure, but poor Rotunda was just so distraught. Can’t have that. Bonus points for (in my mind) secret domme Rubes and the implication that someone would be kneeling should this piece go any farther. Me like.

19. May Zedong. You may be thinking by now, “Hey. this guy is putting all the secondary/tertiary character smooches pretty low.” And you’d be right. But not because of that. Anywho. May joins Neon in the “Be playfully mean to my daughter” squad, but Rope-a-dope takes it in good fun. These two practicing together/bonding over weapon types was like the FIRST thing I thought of when we met May, and I love that May is having so much fun with it. Kiss rating: 8/10. Kissing the bullet is such a cheeky thing to do, and the slightest possible whisp of gunplay has me goin’ like a drop of water on a dying man’s tongue. Bless. 18. Pyrrha. This one was so cute! I’m gonna go ahead and guess that Ruby decided that those dern Goliaths were just too tempting and decided to go big game hunting. Thus the broken leg, so far the only real injury she’s ever sustained (the_shade_of_it_all.gif) Pyrrha though, as usual, is a perfect god damned angel that this world does not deserve, and thus stands ready to keep her girlfriend safe and... otherwise entertained. Bonus points for pet JNPR rock, whose name I still want to know. Kiss rating: 9/10. There’s lots of em, which is always good for healing (something something transfer Aura). Cute as fuck. Would read again.

17. Weiss. The main team had to start somewhere, right? I like how this one frames the WR dynamic, which has always been one of my favorites, if not necessarily my favorite ship. Flustered Ruby will always get some points in my book. Just don’t be needlessly sharp with her T_T Kiss rating: 7.5/10. So close, but when compared to Pyrrha, Weiss is gonna need to step up her game. Though I don’t think Rubes had any problems with this one. A good kiss. 16. Coco & Velvet. A photoshoot is, of course, the perfect place for Ms. Adel, and the scenario to get Ruskie in one is perfect. Tall/ leggy Yang is my shiiiiiiiiit, so points there. Lots of detail on the shoot itself, which just makes me want to pull out MY camera again. Jerk. Overall a fantastic and well built piece. Like Yang’s legs. I’m not distracted, shut up. Kiss rating: 10/10! First one of the set. Velvet and Coco both playing off Ruby’s flusteredness is my fav, which may or may not come up again on this list... but that’s for later. Bonus point for boo-boo kisses.

15. Salem. Eughhhh. What an unsettling mental image this piece gave me, but at the same time, that’s fucking perfect. The eyes especially got me. Poor Rub. Kiss rating: 6/10. This is more of a “Ha gotcha now you’re my corrupted mindslave” kiss. Black liquid was mentioned. My eyes kinda glazed over after that. Well fucking written, though. Goodness. 14. Reese. “Eaaaaaaat my shorts” has to be the best opening to a piece you’ve had in a long time, Kep. The ball keeps rolling from there. Yang somehow breaking the ice and setting up this little bet also tickles me pink. I guess you could say she was being an... enabler? To her weapon junky tendencies. Now she gets to take the weapons apart. Is what I mean. Not. You know. Shut up. Kiss rating: 9/10. She is Ruby god damned Rose and fuck if she is not getting a kiss you fucking fucks get out of her way

13. Amber. This one seems like the longest? I didn’t do a word count. But I like it. Poor Rutabaga. You hook up with a nice gal, you clock in to your bodyguard job the next day, there she is. Awkward. Did I mention she’s basically a god and now you have to protect her from all the shit that wants to kill her? No pressure. Still, Amber, being Amber, handles it perfectly. A nice fic on its own. Lots of fantastic internal dialogue and focus on thoughts. Which I love. Kiss rating: 7/10. For this one, the kiss was but a small part. Still an important one, but smaller. This was such a fantastic piece that gave more to Amber as a character than Mile and Kerble could ever hope to give her. I wouldn’t mind a little prequel to this one, though... club hookups? Yes please. 12. Arslan. One of my favorite new characters. Aaaaand she’s gone. This one has so many of my favorite #JustXekstrinThings- you got tight, revealing clothing, you got Ruby noticing said clothing, Ruby short circuiting when girls in tight clothing touch her, “beforewards” and the ensuing mental battle over its status in the Oxford Dictionary... the list goes on. Fantastic. Kiss rating. 9.5/10. This kiss has so much. The breathless “Y-yeah.” The “I’m warm cuz exercise, not gayness.” The forehead, mentor mentee thing. But something keeps it from a 10 for me. I dunno. Maybe I’ll come back to this one. Still excellent.

11. Penny. Arguably one of my favorite Ruby pairings, and another one knocked out of the park in this set. Normal girl, normal knee things are my favorite with these two who, along with Ruby/Pyrrha, so desperately need to do normal girl, normal knee things. Cute. As. Fuck. Kiss rating: 8/10: Again, this kiss is a passing thought, but for it to be so normal for them is what makes it beautiful. Did I mention I fucking love this ship? 10. Winter. Hoo boy. Top ten. It’s gonna get a little more difficult here, but I’m taking my time, so I’m confident I’ll get these right. Pilot Ruby is something I didn’t know I needed in my life, but here it is. Winter being naturally apt with such things is a no-brainer, but I love that that became a mentor dynamic as well. Perfect characterization throughout. And just a dash of spice at the end- “I can teach you more... if you want.” I bet you could, Winter. I bet you could. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Kiss rating: 9/10. Keep your sticks under control, Roob. That’s an expensive ship.

9. Neo. Alternative learning style Ruby has always been a thing for me, so what better way for her to learn than through the most unconventional methods possible? Neo yanking her sign language chain made me giggle. Then you turn around and slap me with an “oh shit someone’s fallin off a cliff” scenario. Rubrub to the rescue. Kiss rating: 10/10! Ya gotcher adrenalin pumpin’, almost dyin’, arms slinkin’, shirt bundled in fist ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°), height difference, full on smackeroo of a kiss. Perfection. Everything I could ever ask for. 8. Raven. Ohh-ho man. Do I love me some Ruby/Raven. Like Neo and Arslan, this one checks lots of boxes for me. Wall pinning. Desperate clawing. ANGST. Raven’s shirt unbuttoned? Y E S P L E A S E. Still, I feel bad for Ruby in this one. I just want it to stop too sometimes. Kiss rating: 7/10. A bit unclear in this one, but I liked it all the same. What ties into the kiss(es) are what make it so good. An excellent read. 7. Nora. Another one of my favorite ships. Doesn’t get nearly enough love in my opinion, but hey, what can you do. This is weapon-nerd Ruby in her fucking PRIME, so major kudos there. She’s elbow deep in this muthafucka and Nora likes. I like all the little world-building details you’ve got here- gee, it’d be nice if we got those from someone who, say, wrote the show- as they really help explain certain mechanics of weaponry and Aura without having to, say, make a 3-8 minute video narrated by some creepy dude to explain them. Amazing stuff as always. Kiss rating: 9/10. That it was brief was its only flaw. Established couple stuff is my jam, and this delivers. Love, love, love. Bonus points for the wink, Nora. I see you. 6. Numbers 4, 5 and 6 are probably the hardest for me, but I think I’ve got it pinned down. This one is Cinder. Arguably one of your best written ships overall. I like the dynamic you set up in this piece- anti-hero, is she the bad guy or not, and so on. “As always, Cinder was perfectly put together” is the perfect summary of the character- at least as written by you, imo- and the rest of the piece frames that so perfectly. I would gladly measure my music by her footsteps- so long as they were on my back, chest or face. Damn do I love this character. (side note: Is this set in the Chained Rose universe? Cuz if so...)

Kiss rating: 10/10! You’ll probably see a few more of these as we reach the top. This one is double for your money- you’ve got Ruby being a little bold puppy, always a favorite; and it even comes with a side of feigned penitence. This is, of course, immediately punished. As it should be. Bad Ruby. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

5. Emerald. This is one of those fics that just makes you go, “Aaahhh.” Not in the screamy way. In the “I’m home” kind of way. I love all the little domestic touches. Her wife. Calling in sick. Let’s buy a house. Talkin about jobs. It’s perfect. Poor Em- I hope she works through her issues. She’s got a good helper. Kiss rating: 8/10. As the rest of it, this one is perfectly domestic. A nice hand kiss. What a sweetheart. Points to Ruby for taking initiative.

4. Blake. I really miss Beacon as a setting. While the whole high school anime thing can only take you so far, I do love me some dorm room snuggles, and boy does this scratch that itch. All my Ladybug boxes are checked off here. I would read 200k words of this. at $.03 a word... let’s not do that math. Kiss rating: 10/10! Blake is opening up. Her mouth. Get it, Ru.

3. Glynda. I am heeeere for this pairing. Of course Glynda can always find the nearest office space within a few miles to make her home. And of course Ruby can find it’s window to languorously hang off of. I love the dialogue here! Probably some of my favorite out of this whole list. What a fantastic piece. Kiss rating: 11/10!! There are so many!! There’s your hello kiss, your return mid dialogue kiss, your on your knees kiss pepperings. Glynda, as always, is completely down for this. Bravo. 2. Yang. You knew it was coming. And boy oh boy did it come. Heh. This is written in what I called the Style of the Strained Master- all of your Ruby/Yang fics have this feel to it, and it makes them amazing. Ruby is always thiiiis close to destroying herself, Yang, and everything around her, at any given time. Because she’s so. Fucking. Ready. This makes me happy. This waters my crops, feeds my children, eases my aches and pains. This puts a man on the moon and music in my soul. This is everything. Kiss rating: There isn’t even a fucking kiss but you know damn well it’s getting a 10/10

1. The Sisters Malachite. Sound the trumpets! We have our champion! This was a struggle to decide. But this- and I know I’ve said this a couple times now- checks all. The. Boxes. Ruby being difficult. Ruby can’t do numbers. Weiss, help me. I have a number fixation and it’s making it really difficult to be the fuckin’ mack daddy that I know I am deep inside. Ruby has fucked up now. Now you fucked up. It has begun. Double teaming. Vainly struggling. There is no hope for you, child. Your clothes are ours. Have some cleavage, it’ll make up for the last three meals you’ve skipped. Except it wont. How bout we just fuck you instead. K? K. Kiss rating: ∞/10. I mean, there’s two of them, and they’ve got pretty decent stamina... There’s nothing here saying they couldn’t just go on forever. Poor Rubiks has a looooooot of stress to work out.... What. A. Ride. I spent the better part of two hours writing this out, and re-read all the pieces a few times a piece to get things down just the way I like it. Is this full of grammatical errors? Probably. Do I care at this point? Nah. Thank you again, Krissy, for writing this, and everything you write. You put in a lot of time for us nerds, that you really wouldn’t have to if you didn’t want to. And we appreciate the fuck out of that. Keep on keepin on.

#xekstrin #rwby #ruby rose #so many pairings

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justasmallbloginabigklainefandom · 8 years ago

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The Great ATOG Reread part 3

Yeah, I haven’t even finished reading for today, but I need to write this down now.

Chapter 15

Blaine, you might as well have answered the phone with 'Hi Mr Hummel, I'm Blaine, I'm an idiot!'

Oh Blaine, you are not an idiot. You are bloody brilliant! Kurt suddenly feels a lot better while going out. For the first time, he sees the kitchen of Mr. Conti’s coffee shop, and wow, Sal realises they are people. He’s always known that, but now he can see them clearly.

The Ghost waves. "Could we get a way down?" "The fun way or the boring way?" "Christmas Eve, Phalanx." "Cool."

THIS ENTIRE THING WAS HEAVY HOL SHIT RAINJOY THIS WAS S O GOOD.

Thanks for the hat, dude.

Christmas Yet To Come

SURPRISE SURPRISE FINN POV. You get more of Finn’s side of the story. By know, just like Phalanx, you know what’s happened at McKinley, and now you get the same story. Only without the assault. Finn never knew.

You see how much their relation has changed. You see how much Finn cares and how much he regrets his actions. I love Finn, and trust me, that’s not something I say very often.

Chapter 16

Because that almost-kid looking anxiously at Kurt like a dog waiting for its next command, very alert and very happy in obedience, that's the guy? That's the superhero Kurt's swooning over? That guy? He's - Absolutely nothing Burt expected. Which, from Kurt, is absolutely what he should have expected.

BURT AND BLAINE MEETING!!! Honestly, not much happens (compared to what usually goes down in these chapters). Blaine gets The Talk from Burt, and no, not the sex talk, but the superhero talk.

(Oh, and you get a small glimpse of Blaine being awfully lonely in his family situation)

Chapter 17

This chapter is an emotional rollercoaster. So many things happen.

Blaine responds, I guess I just don't ship them :/

Blaine gotta make sure his internet persona is still on point. It’s weird to think he’s amongst the phanghosts, not even trolling. He obviously has to participate, since he can’t blow his cover. It’s just weird to think of his mutuals who probably have been following him for years.

But then...

Phalanx, who, if 'whore' is defined by 'someone who enjoys sex' rather than simply being used as a catch-all term for 'women of this century' as he suspects it might be, has at least some claim to all three of those groupings, and chokes back, "Children, and innocent people who never hurt anyone -" "The Lord will care for the truly righteous, and the rest only get what they deserve."

I think this chapter was a turning point for Phalanx. By this time, he has seen things he wishes he could unsee, but this is where the nightmare that is ‘superheroing’ starts for him. As the story points out, these are the first deaths Phalanx sees, that Blaine sees. One gets brutally shot through the head, the other dies while the Ghost is covered in his blood.

This chapter was heavy. So so heavy. You just feel so sorry for these kids (I’m not like Ghostly and Draxie, so they’re older than me, but that doesn’t stop me from calling them kids). You think this agonising evening is finally over until-

His face breaks. "That's a kid. That's a - baby only -" Jesus, Jesus. "Please, Phalanx -" "What the fuck is this world -?"

It wasn’t fun that right after I read that, Tony showed me weird pictures of dolls. Babies. One made out entirely of baby feet. Goddamnit Tony.

This will forever haunt Blaine. Even in Grey, it still bothers him. He will forever have nightmares of that. It brings them to the same level. I mean, Jesus fuck, the Ghost has fought a serial killer, but for Phalanx this is still relatively new. Strangely enough, that mutual understanding causes the only good thing in this heavy chapter: the Ghost can get through the shields.

Although, wait, there’s one other good thing: GHOSTLY’S FIRST EPIC RANT. Holy shit, I cannot put in words how much I enjoyed that one. Sure, it was harsh, but I couldn’t stop laughing and I felt better since I still felt kinda broken inside after everything that had happened in this chapter. Ghostly, I love you.

Chapter 18

Blaine says, doesn't even think about it until too late, just murmurs out loud the thought always there, "I'm always scared." Kurt says, "Then that makes you the bravest person I know."

Honestly, the Honey Badger completely misreads these two. She thinks the Ghost is not willing to fight her because she carries Phalanx’s face? She thinks he “can’t do it”? Fuck, he will punch you in the face while screaming about musterd.

Sure, it’s not easy (especially not for Phalanx) to hurt the person you love, but they both know that they sometimes need to do it. What is a super turns them evil? What if the only solution is killing the other?

At least this was ‘just’ the Honey Badger.

When one of the women on the stage stands up and the movement catches the Ghost's attention, he glances and then he stops, and Phalanx sees his face go still. He looks across, at the woman standing there - short dark hair, large gold earrings, wearing one of the march's official t-shirts, and the way she's staring at the Ghost, the way he's staring back at her, Phalanx doesn't know what's behind that.

Who is she?

And oh yeah, Phalanx gets shot.

But she didn’t think this through.

OH man, this was so thrilling and strangely enough, very mild compared to the previous chapter (NUCLEAR BOMB, THREE DEAD, BODY OF A BABY IN THE TRASH).

"Don't go back to the other cloak. Okay? I like . . . I like this one better. It suits you better."

This is also the moment the Ghost becomes ‘angel’ and Phalanx ‘very brave soldier’. Why? Because they simply are.

Obviously after everything that has happened, they need to talk. Like I said, last chapter was a turning point for Phalanx and he has to live with the aftermath. The Ghost, the angel he is, is there for him.

(Oh, and Figgins thinks he’s an actual ghost. To quote the phanghosts: omfg rolf <3)

Chapter 19

"She's always wanted to be special."

I can’t tell you if I like Rachel in this (and Grey) or not. She’s flawed, she’s complex, and I love those things about ‘journalist Berry’ (in order to separate the ATOG characters from the canon glee characters, I’ve given them a title).

Sure. She’s completely biased and you feel so bad for Kurt for all of this, since he has to live with that, but for the first time you get to know why she’s so biased.

And well, I guess Blaine’s kinda stuck with her. The road of recovery is long, and as an almost qualified physical therapist, he knows. So he blogs.

People don't think about what superheroes do, what they spend most of their time doing. Blaine didn't before he actually was one. Do any of them even realise that their utility belts are mostly full of tissues and bandages and heat packs and cold packs and they even have candy in case they need to comfort a child, don't they realise that it's not just the fight, it's the before and the after, it's not just action but people? He does realise himself, now, that the reblogs there are on Reblog if you've ever been rescued by the Ghost . . . rely on the person rescued actually already being online, on the blogging sites, already in some way connected to this community which is in its own way quite isolated; god, that thing has so many reblogs and they're a fraction of the real number, they hardly represent anything of what the Ghost does, what they do. The tip of an iceberg, and all the rest down there in the dark. And no-one ever reblogs anything when it goes wrong. Sometimes there's not even anyone there to do the reblogging, when it goes wrong.

Of course, his perception of the fandom has completely changed, not that he’s subject of their interests. But he’s still a blogger. Like I said: he has mutuals. Someone asks him about his new boyfriend, not knowing they asked him about the fucking Ghost of New York City.

Apart from the fact that Blaine still has nightmares, the first big forshadowihg appears. Sure, there’s been forshadowing already (Ghosette), but the Illiad is FUCKING HUGE OH MY FUCKING GOD THE SOUND I MADE WAS NOT HUMAN.

Not enough love. That was what killed that kid. The people who should have loved him the most just didn't. That was what set that bomb up, in the end, just that people couldn't love other people despite difference, they let hate take over instead. That was what made a woman take a shot at his leg to get a chance to kill the Ghost, she just put money before people; not enough love, people going around thinking that something, anything, is more important than other people. Not enough love. In a world like this, you do what you can.

Oh and well... what a night. One faces police brutality and the other has thousands of people thinking he died. Then again, that’s what’s life is for them. One spends the evening doing exercises, the other stops some carjackings. And wakes up in bed covered in blood (which I guess isn’t that weird if you’re a woman).

#lb 2017 #the great atog reread #atog #lb reading

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While Marketing Anime, Crunchyroll Accidentally Proves Existence of Ghosts

So, long story short, a group of Crunchyroll staffers went to film a Mob Psycho 100 promotional video and uhhh……. accidentally proved the existence of ghosts. View the full video here:

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Tim Lyu, Miles Thomas, Andrea Ramirez, and their trusty producers, Chris Ambrosio and Jesse Gouldsbury didn’t initially set out to prove the existence of ghosts though–this was just supposed to be an innocent, spooky-themed promotional video for season two of Mob Psycho 100. The shoot took place on the USS Hornet, an aircraft carrier built during World War II that is well known for its apparent paranormal activity. What they ended up coming home with was quite a bit of human-to-ghost conversation mediated through an electromagnetic field (EMF) detector.

Host Tim Lyu asked the supposed spirits plenty of questions, often wording the same question two or three different ways, and the responses were always logically consistent. At one point, Tim asks a spectre if he has watched Mob Psycho 100, and the EMF detector responds with an emphatic yes! We sat down with some of the cast and crew of the video to ask how this filming experience affected them and whether or not ghosts do, in fact, watch anime.

Tim Lyu

Crunchyroll Host, Likes Mob Psycho 100

Did you believe in ghosts before this shoot?

I want to believe… [Tim then waved his hands in a mysterious flourish while humming the X-Files theme] But yeah, I’ve personally never had a paranormal experience so before this trip I gave a strong “maybe” to me believing in ghosts.

What kind of footage did you think you would capture beforehand? What did you actually end up capturing?

I honestly had noooo idea what kind of footage we would get. The ghost equipment we bought just looked like knock-off products. So I thought we would be mostly getting footage of us being spooked of the creepy & dark atmosphere.

BUT what we did end up getting was some actual spooky encounters using THE most bootleg Tamagotchi-lookin-ass device. Seriously this ghost EMF meter aka a ghost... conversator device...?? It seriously looks like some product a third party Nintendo ripoff company would make… But, contrary to my initial thoughts, it was a highly effective piece of equipment and we got some solid back and forth convos with the ghost inhabitants! Fantastic stuff really.

What’s the weirdest/scariest thing that happened during the shoot?

One of the weirdest moments was when I asked a ghost if it’s name was Joe (I just kinda made it up on the spot) and the ghost gave a lil “yeah” [ghosts could answer affirmative with one beep on the EMF detector and two for negative–ed.] on the ghost meter. Also Joe was hanging around the torpedo storage area, so we dubbed him “Torpedo Joe”. Good times.

Do you believe in ghosts now?

I believe... [once again, he waved his hands while humming X-Files]

Do ghosts watch anime?

We asked a ghost in the kitchen if they have watched Mob Psycho 100 and they said YES. Incredible. Ghosts watch anime. Confirmed.

Miles Thomas

Crunchyroll Mascot, Swell Guy

Did you believe in ghosts before this shoot?

I was completely agnostic to the notion of ghosts.

What kind of footage did you think you would capture beforehand? What did you actually end up capturing?

I went in with no pre-judgements and ended up finding four ACTUAL GHOSTS.

What’s the weirdest/scariest thing that happened during the shoot?

There were multiple times where Andrea and I got a sudden sensation at the same time that told us “do not proceed” - and it was validated by the later ghost conversations Tim had in those rooms.

Do you believe in ghosts now?

No, but I believe that these four ghosts were definitely there.

Do ghosts watch anime?

Nah, they were messing with us.

Andrea Ramirez

Mob Psycho 100 Marketing Lead

Did you believe in ghosts before this shoot?

I’ve been obsessed with everything that goes bump in the night since childhood, so I’ve been on more than a few ghost hunts and have witnessed some pretty spooky stuff since I was a kid. Big definitely. I also believe in aliens, some cryptids (but not all), and have a really big fear of Bigfoot. (but I would investigate him if you paid me to.)

What kind of footage did you think you would capture beforehand? What did you actually end up capturing?

To be honest I thought the most compelling thing was going to be the me losing my phone and Miles hitting his head on doors. I didn’t expect getting any of the stuff we got and I certainly didn’t expect leaving feeling like I made a friend or two.

What’s the weirdest/scariest thing that happened during the shoot?

I really hated being in the boiler room. My chest felt really tight and unlike the other rooms where we’d had encounters, that was where I was the most uncomfortable. When I had first boarded the ship, my mic started malfunctioning and at first Chris Ambrosio thought it was pretty normal - until we left the boiler room and he informed me that my mic was making the same weird noises only when I asked questions and after we had completely switched mics and battery packs since the previous malfunction. Hearing about my mic making those messed up sounds in that room sent shivers down my spine, I won’t ever forget that.

Do you believe in ghosts now?

I feel like I personally met all of those people like I was introduced to your average living person and I don’t really know how to better explain that.

Do ghosts watch anime?

I mean, that’s what the guy in the engine room said. I would have hooked him up with Premium if he was nicer to me.

Chris Ambrosio

Producer, Held The Cameras

Did you believe in ghosts before this shoot?

Prior to this experience, I’ve always wanted to believe in ghosts or the like, but had never had my own encounter. That left me skeptical, but eager to be proven wrong.

What kind of footage did you think you would capture beforehand? What did you actually end up capturing?

Going into this shoot, I expected us to get some fun moments with our hunters being scared or spooked simply from being on an old aircraft carrier with the lights out. It’s a spooky place to wander around alone! Despite buying a bunch of ghost hunting equipment, I never expected it to really work, and mostly saw the devices as a gimmick to play with on camera.

What we ended up capturing was way more interesting and surprising than I think any of us had expected. Yes, we definitely got some funny moments of our hunters being spooked by the ship itself, but when we actually started communicating with something I can’t explain, I was floored.

What’s the weirdest/scariest thing that happened during the shoot?

I think the scariest thing was when we had established communication in the engine room. After a few minutes of back and forth, Tim asked if we were overstaying our welcome and if whoever was there wanted us to leave. It was a pretty quick “yes, leave” which was a bit spooky to begin with, but then Tim followed up asking if we should “leave, or get the hell out” to which they responded to the latter. That’s when I felt it was definitely time to go.

Do you believe in ghosts now?

I know I believe in those ones for sure!

Do ghosts watch anime?

I guess? I mean, they said they did, and they also didn’t care for Tim’s explanation of Mob Psycho so I think it’s safe to assume they knew it better.

Jesse Gouldsbury

Producer, Held The Other Cameras

Did you believe in ghosts before this shoot?

Kind of? I’ve always been like “I wanna hang out with some chill ghosts” while also being scared in certain areas. There’s a part of my brain that knows that a large portion of ghost sightings are from a radiator rattling at a certain frequency or umm gas leaks as seen in my favorite ghost-related show, Paranormal Home Inspectors. Then there’s the other part that is like “yeah but that ghost is up to something”. Also had a real spooky encounter as a child and years later when going back to that home my mother, unprompted, was like “this place is haunted. I’ve seen a ghost here before”.

What kind of footage did you think you would capture beforehand? What did you actually end up capturing?

Oh gosh! I was so anxious leading up to the shoot. I prepped by watching other ghost hunting shows who have explored the Hornet and knew about all the activity. I also know another group that recently went and got nothing...I assumed worst case we’d have Tim, Drea, and Miles getting scared in the dark and maybe an unexplained knock or cold chills. I was afraid I was going to have like my camera strap tugged though or see a person at the end of one of those long hallways.

What we got blew me away! We actually had ghost interacting with us and giving responses that actually made sense. I can’t explain what we ended up capturing.

What’s the weirdest/scariest thing that happened during the shoot?

Towards the end of the night after we were leaving an area known to have a lot of activity (I believe we were exiting through the sickbay), the moment we started to go to the stairs there was this sharp, cold tingling around my forearm…almost like there was something grabbing onto it. We were moving so fast to shoot the next scene that all I could do was look at it and go “Oh weird” and look around. That moment and in the torpedo bay, Chris Lightbody [another producer] and I were both getting weird vibes when Tim was yelling at the ghost with the megaphone. Good footage but I wanted OUT of that room.

Do you believe in ghosts now?

I’m 99%. We’re going back to the ship for a “team building exercises” so we’ll see if I hit 100.

Do ghosts watch anime?

Yes?? I mean, we have a ghost telling us they watch Anime. SOMEHOW. I can only assume that someone else has brought their phone or computer to the engine room and just watched Mob Psycho there.

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At the end of the day, we tallied up everyone who went to the shoot as either a ghost believer or denier, and EVERYONE BELIEVES IN GHOSTS NOW 100%*

*Technically Braith and CL said they don’t believe but they totally do you can see it in their eyes.

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