#and I could ramble with you forever

[crazymecjc]

look at yourself… you’re the true puppet.

[anna-scribbles]

they should've been at the club(infertility treatment centers)

[luck-of-the-drawings]

THIS THING IS SCUUUFFED AS HELL & ITS ALSO THE BEST THING I HAVE ANIMATED THUS FAR. IM SO IN LOVE WITH EMIZEL. JUST WISH I GAVE HIM MORE STUPID TATTOOS. NEXT TIME THO. NEXT TIME. I ALSO LOVE VEX&VIV SOOOO MUCH. charlies flavor of Deranged is my FAVORITE!!

[honeyspotpie]

Normal and Scary honestly have one of my favorite dynamics in the entire series - be it romantic, platonic, querplatonic whatever!! They just can't escape my little head they're permanently trapped in there and I desperately need to yap about them more AUGH... Yes, all Normal ever sought was feelings pride from his family; but in a way what he really wanted was unconditional love. People who would love him and applaud him for simply being himself, doing his best and not needing to "mask" or hide his interests to receive approval. And Scary was one of the only people who ever did that. Who actually unconditionally loved him. Didn't use or manipulate him, or lie about true feelings to comfort him. Yes she occasionally teased him or made meaner remarks (especially early in the season) but by the end of the story the feelings of pride she feels towards Normal and his achievements were SO REAL AND PIERCING. SHE'S ONE OF THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO WAS GENUINELY WITH HER WHOLE HEART PROUD OF HIM. PROUD OF THE REAL NORMAL. PROUD OF THE STICKY, MESSY GLUE THAT HE IS. BECAUSE SHE KNOWS "HE'S ENOUGH JUST AS HE IS". AND THAT IN AND OF ITSELF MAKES ME SO ILL. COME ON.

[rainedroptalks]

What is it with fantasy high and girls dying before their lives ever began. How we can never really know who they are, or who they could’ve been. Brennan Lee Mulligan I will find you

[celestriix]

Hear me out. Instead of aa7, I'd rather have two different games that follow on after aa6 - an athena cykes game, and an apollo justice game

It would finally give athena her chance to shine in the spotlight !!! and also i think it would work well since the athena game would be in japanifornia and the apollo game would be in khura'in since he now has his own law office.

I don't really see how a potential aa7 could work?? Like I don't see how they can reuse the whole, playing as apollo, athena, AND phoenix in a game anymore (which is terrible btw i hate that you dont just play as one character). Unless they just completely retire apollo and give us an athena cykes game which icl I would still be very happy with because I think she deserves to have her own game

They should retire phoenix as a playable protag. Bringing him back as a playable character was one of the worst things imo. He should've stayed as both athena and apollo's mentor. I dont mind the fact that he becomes a lawyer again after aa4, I just really REALLY dont want to play as him again. I love phoenix but theres really no reason for us to play as him again anymore.

Also having an apollo justice game would, hear me out, maybe give capcom a chance to perhaps... make an actual sequel to aa4??? Even if its something like a small flashback sequence where we get to see more of apollo annd kristoph's relationship as student and mentor before turnabout trump. And also I think that klavier should be a part of the main cast, maybe not as the main prosecutor but i defo think him and apollo deserve to have their own turnabout goodbyes moment if you know what I mean. I just want to see more of apollo and klavier interacting together and just MORE KLAVIER IN GENERAL.

It's an idea that I don't really see happening but also I personally think it's the best way to carry on the mainline games after aa6, and also the only way I can think of having a game that is a kinda? sequel? to aa4 or at least actually addresses some of the unexplored details in aa4, without having to completely scrap aa5 and aa6.

If anything I'd just love ace attorney to stop doing the "you don't have to play the previous games to play this one!!" thing. The reason why aa3 is so good is because there are so many elements and characters and events that are introduced to you in both of the previous games and it's so satisfying to see it all come together in an amazing final conclusion by the end of aa3. AND I MISS THAT!!! :(

[ifmagicexists]

i'm sure it's been said somewhere before but thinking very hard about "no man, however great, can know his destiny. like everyone he must live and learn, and so it must be for the young warlock.." like. the very first line of the entire series. explicitly said by kilgarrah to apply to merlin as well. and yet kilgarrah tried otherwise. he told merlin up front what his destiny was and tried to push him away from living through the bad things whenever possible.

and it feels like kilgarrah reflecting on everything after the fact because he thought he could change it!! he thought maybe by telling him the good stuff it could be happy this time. maybe merlin could become the greatest warlock and help arthur become a great leader and fulfil all of those prophecies and make all those great things happen but also he could kill mordred and destroy morgana and erase all his enemies and still be that great person.

except he couldn't, of course. and by telling him and trying to control the narrative kilgarrah sealed his fate; destiny doesn't allow for choices. it just doesn't work like that, and they all learned, and kilgarrah lived and learned and is left simply with that lesson: that no one can know their destiny.

[fandomsgirl10]

I have to say, no matter how you feel about Cassidy, I just don’t understand why you would want her for Sean or think they would last long term. Yes she really likes him and flirts with him a lot, but I can’t see that lasting like it would with Finn.

Think about it, Cassidy always wants to travel, NEVER wants to settle, and made fun of Finn for wanting to settle in a beach town. If Sean ends up in Mexico (which he always will in my play throughs), he can’t ever leave and is…wait for it…living on a beach.

Obviously people can change their mind and want to settle down as they get older, but I just can’t see it with Cassidy.

Finn is obsessed and in love with Sean, and already wanted to settle eventually. Literally his goal in life being to be at a beach house by the ocean. Sean can provide that for him in Puerto Lobos.

Not to mention if you get the Blood Brothers ending which is my favorite ending to get, I still believe Finn would go and visit them when he could (maybe that’s just wishful thinking on my part, but I’m going with it), and him and Daniel get along, unlike Cassidy and Daniel. I can’t imagine Daniel would want her hanging around and would put a strain on their brotherhood.

Idk I just think they are soulmates and as much as I didn’t love Finn’s decision for wanting to take Daniel to the heist, I could never hate him and think he is exactly what Sean needs in his life.

[iguessitsjustme]

Stuck here.

[demon-of-the-ancient-world]

Ok. Ok. I honestly have no idea how Chani and Paul's relationship will be handled in the 3rd movie, and honestly? I don't care. I'm confident that however it's handled (so long as it's not some extremely OOC plot with her forgiving him and going back to him willingly, but I'm pretty confident it won't be that) it will change my brain chemistry.

But hold on. hOld on. Because as much as I love the thought of there being a lot of heat and tension and Feelings Feelings (99.9% of which are NOT positive) between the two of them, and it's likely that's the direction the film will go, I'm also somewhat intrigued by the alternative. That there's...nothing. Maybe not at first. But after twelve years, if Denis intends to keep the time jump as written, things fade. No hate, but no love either. As if they'd never known each other at all.

Because it's been twelve years. Nobody knows exactly how old the two of them are supposed to be in the films, but my personal headcanon is like 18/19. Meaning if Messiah keeps that time jump, it would put them in their early thirties. That's...a lot of time. That's a big difference in psychology, in emotional processing, in just...ways of life and ways of living. It's strange to me to assume that both of them would be exactly the same people - on their own or in regards to each other - after all that time.

And of course, that's not to say they'd forget each other entirely. Scars don't fade that easily. Everything Paul went through leaves a mark. Watching your lover succumb to the clutches of power and essentially becoming somebody entirely new, becoming your people's oppressor after swearing to fight alongside you in your rebellion as an equal (and for all you know, that was his plan all along) definitely leaves a mark. But twelve years is still a long time, longer still for people dealing with the level of shit these people deal with in day to day life. Whatever both of them could be up to for all that time leaves marks too, and adds to the pile of shit.

Especially, I think, for Chani. Because her anger and defiance against her oppressors began long before she met Paul. That is her purpose. Paul changed and grew along with her and because of her presence. He is forever touched by her and her memory, and won't, I don't think, ever be able to let go of that. And while Chani's rage and despair and pain at what he did is very real and very much not something I can see just fading away, I could also see her almost using what happened as an excuse to go back to whatever "normal" was before Paul for her. Almost as a coping mechanism. Because Paul did, in her eyes, essentially become a different being after the Water of Life. He's not the man she fell in love with. And maybe it would be easier for her to, rather than engage with that anger directly at him, just...let him fade into the background. He's not him anymore. He's just another evil to defeat.

I've just...realized I kind of have mixed feelings about the thought of her spending twelve years nursing her rage at Paul specifically. Of course it was a betrayal - probably the biggest betrayal she's ever known - and that kind of thing doesn't just go away. But she hated the empire before he was emperor. There's a depressing kind of power in going "ok, I guess it's no different than before, I'll just keep on going the same way I was before any of this happened." As if the months she spent with him were nothing, weren't even real. Just...the thought of Chani as an adult going on day to day with whatever she's doing to fight for her people's freedom, trying desperately to forget that the man who now holds that freedom in a yoke was once one she loved and trusted. And it getting slightly easier every day. Her dreams of her people's political victory mattered long before Paul came into the picture and will matter long after he left. It's not about him, it's still about the emperor. Whos is not the man she loved.

idk I *love* Chani's Feelings after part 2 and all that could come with that, I love it but part of me is also like...if they really do spend 12 years apart does she really have nothing better to do with her time (ESPECIALLY if it turns out she has a child) than plan her revenge against him specifically? Like. as the Emperor Of The Known Universe, yes, because he is at the top of the food chain of oppression she's spend her life trying to bring down. But not as Paul. Not as the man who betrayed her. Because all of that is wrapped up in personal, vulnerable feelings that I feel like to her would seem like a waste of time. She will not give water to the dead, and Paul is dead to her.

And all this would be more tragic because I'm sure, I'm sure that with Paul it's the complete opposite. He cannot forget her. He cannot have a life where he doesn't think of her. And a part of him would be still trying to protect her from his position probably, maybe even hoping in some distant part of his mind that she'll one day come back. Twelve years of grief and guilt cutting a hole in his chest versus twelve years of practicing how to forget.

And then. Again, I doubt this is the route they'll go because it's not as dramatically interesting, at least I'd love to see it in a fic (maybe I'll do it), but it would be so unusual to me to see them meet again, and their story not end in revenge or reconciliation. There's no forgiveness, there's also no surprise killing or coup or anything. Maybe Paul thinks it'll go one of those ways, but instead it's like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, for lack of a better comparison. His relief at her being alive, the indescribable regret, love that is still there, all of that met with...nothing. Because Paul, kid, it's been twelve years. She's moved on. She's fighting her fight, and you are her political enemy and that is all you are. She can't even hate you, because *you* aren't the one betrayed her. For there to have been betrayal, that would mean she had to have loved and trusted you, and she never did. She loved and trusted Usul, and you're Emperor Muad'dib. The two do no equate. She will never love you again. But she can't hate you, because she doesn't even see you as a person - let alone one she used to love.

@fuckyeahisawthat idk if you have a counterpoint or thoughts or whatever i just wanted to tag u

[absolutefuckingfreak]

pearl + franmaya thoughts

Bridge To The Turnabout is one of absolute favorite ace attorney cases of all time, this isn't really surprising as from what I've seen, its generally considered one of (if not) the best cases. It gives us the best thing that has ever graced this world, assistant Franziska. But also Pearl and Franziska interaction, and this one interaction is basically the foundation for people's interpretations of Pearl's idea of Franziska and Maya being together. And I love it. Some of my favorite plots for Franmaya fics are the ones where Franziska NEEDS to win over the approval of this. Literal child. For the sake of her relationship. Whether it be through Franziska making Pearl think she is so super cool, bonding through hurt/comfort, or Pearl just coming to realize that Franziska makes Maya happy, I absolutely adore when people write and/or make art about it. In canon, Pearl literally just berated Franziska, a grown adult, for being mean to her cousin..and Franziska took that personally. The scene itself is amazing because Franziska would never take criticism like that from anyone. But this 9 year old absolutely tears her apart in a way no one could even DARE to try. But this isn't about that one scene from BTTT that everyone knows about. This is me being stupidly self indulgent over a ship I love. Franziska and Maya being gay for each other aside, I love the dynamic between Franziska and Pearl. In a way, they're just like each other, which leads me to believe that Franziska would truly see herself in Pearl, and want to protect her like she were her own kin. Both prodigies, both destined for something amazing, both having corrupt parents. I feel as though Franziska would look at Pearl and envision a tiny Franziska, wanting to be just like her Papa, incredibly intelligent for being such a young age, and not really knowing any better of the horrors of having to grow up so fast. I think as close as they would become, Pearl would tell Franziska about what her mom was like, to Franziska's horror. I mean, Pearl's autonomy was kind of stripped from her. Maybe that's a stretch but with the way Morgan acted and talked about Pearl, I've always compared them to Rapunzel and Mother Gothel from Tangled. A lot of people hate Manfred Von Karma and believe him to be an abusive father, but I feel like there's reason to believe from multiple sources that he actually loved his kids. But this isn't about him and there's people who have explained this point way better than I ever could. Something I see a lot less is talk about Morgan Fey. Who was willing to kill her own niece so Pearl could take her place. Like her own blood. Back to the Rapunzel and Mother Gothel comparison, Mother Gothel values Rapunzel for her hair and that hair's ability to keep her young. Morgan values Pearl for her absolutely insane psychic abilities, believing she could be the one to put the branch family back on top. She wants to basically live vicariously through her daughter and will absolutely stop at nothing to get her goal achieved. Sucks to suck for her because it doesn't work but it also makes you go what the fuck! Maybe one day I'll make another post after doing a bunch of research on how this could pyschologically fuck up a kid (though I already have some idea). Franziska would absolutely want to protect this kid's innocence. Pearl doesn't know any better, she's a kid. She doesn't fully understand all the adult stuff going on around her and this is touched upon in BTTT. Pearl shouldn't know about all the horrible stuff that goes on in her family. She should literally be playing with dolls and probably learning how to use a whip, this is Franziska after all. This is technically a franmaya post and yet it has mostly been about Franziska and Pearl's friendship because well, I think franmaya needs to be there for Franziska and Pearl to even interact, because it puts that feeling inside of Franziska to have Pearl approve of her like a dad would.

Another thing I wanted to touch on because I cannot form a coherent train of thought even if I tried was the "homophobic Pearl" joke, which is just something I think is funny but also hope people don't actually take as a factual part of her character. Like ironically, yeah that's hilarious. Truly though, Pearl would not be homophobic, obviously?? Like someone could make the argument that Morgan instilled homophobia into her, but also she didn't let her leave the village so I kind of believe Morgan would think she wouldn't have to, if she wanted to even. If she doesn't leave the village how is she gonna learn about different kinds of love. Also Pearl is just, really into romance in general, she believes it to traditionally be between a man and a woman because that's what she's been taught, she's a kid. Also Maya is like, her idol, if she said she liked girls and boys (or just girls depending on how you hc her) then Pearl would gaze at her all starry eyed and go "YOU CAN DO THAT???" and probably think up a bunch of stories about princesses being together. Pearl being included in franmaya sillies is so important to me, Maya watching as two of her favorite people finally get along, Franziska feeling that protective instinct bubble up inside of her at the innocence of this little girl, Pearl coming to terms that Maya loves who she loves, and Franziska isn't as bad as she once was. They are so. Found Family. They matter SO much to me.

[bunnybird-afk]

UM HELLO?!?? Am I dreaming?! Did I die and go to heaven?! A letter from the love of my life?!

Full letter:

SCREAMING SOBBING CRYING YELLING DYING RN!!

Also, aww. Val insisting that Hogan tell Sena about the 'runes' is so cute. 😭

[asukiess]

Nathalie / Emilie / Gabriel. do you see my vision

[luck-of-the-drawings]

OOH YEAH BABY ITS THE SURGERY EPISODE BABY!!! ME AND THE HOMIES NEED SOME NEW FACES FOR OUR NEW PLAN, AND WHO BETTER TO GET THE JOB DONE THAN THE TWO MOST EVIL PEOPLE WE'VE EVER HAD THE MISFORTUNE OF HAVING OUR LIVES VIOLATED BY? I MEAN IT WOULD BE FUNNY. IT WOULD BE FUNNY.

[notdysfunk]

Oh man, I just saw that post you made about showing Moon Christmas lights and it reminded me of one of my own ideas (warning, this gets LONG, turn back now if you don't want to read multiple paragraphs of delusion)

SO, obviously you gotta show Sun and Moon all the beautiful sights associated with the day and night respectively, but what if you also decided to show them the opposite? I mean, back in the daycare even just seeing the outside world was probably considered wishful thinking, it's possible they'd never even thought about experiencing the other time of day.

Sun's easy, just gotta find a lantern or some other thing bright enough for his sensors. Then you can take him into a wide open meadow to gaze at all the different sights the night can bring. Fireflies, northern lights, shooting stars, honestly, even normal stars would probably leave him speechless. Just showing him how peaceful and beautiful the world can be at night. And Christmas lights. Strolling through a neighborhood on a chilly December night, admiring all the displays, until he stops at one in particular. One with light-up candy canes, and icicles, and decorated trees in the yard, and those statues of reindeer and snowmen, and even a Christmas tree in the window. Sure, he knew Christmas lights were beautiful, but he never truly realized just how beautiful. Then it starts gently snowing but the sky's so dark that when he looks up it looks like the snow is just spawned out of the darkness. And he stays like that, until you squeeze his hand, pull him a little closer, and you both continue onto the next house.

Moon's a little harder but for delusion's sake you do somehow find some sort of umbrella that blocks enough sunlight that Moon stays Moon. There's a whole lot more to see during the day but I like the idea of taking Moon to a flower garden, one that has all different types and colours and just showing him what they look like when they're awake. Or having a picnic in the park, setting everything up beneath a big tree, and bringing a really dark tent that he can sit inside when it starts getting too bright or he doesn't want to talk anymore. The two of you can just sit there and watch all the different people come though the park, a young couple holding hands, some joggers, people playing with their dogs, a bunch of kids on the swingset that's a little off to the side. Just showing Moon what the world looks like when it's most alive.

Obviously, Sun would always prefer the day and Moon the night. But maybe they'd start to appreciate the other side of the coin and these little excursions start to be part of your life. Hearing that there's gonna be a bunch of shooting starts and bringing the lantern along so Sun can make some wishes of his own. Or there's a festival that's only open during the day that Moon's interested in so you decide to make a big day of attending it. Showing these guys the whole world and not just the side of it they were designed to see.

AGAGAHBAHBAJDABFJBD OK OK OK SORRY FOR NOT ANSWERING THIS FOR SO LONG ANON, I KEPT GETTING TOO GIDDY READING AND HAD TO STOP AND STIM FOR LIKE 20 MINUTES BUT. but! I have actually thought about this! I've always preferred Sun and Moon switching out for the challenge that comes with that and loving them both. (Making time for both of them) So, of course, I have thought a lot about how you can better improvise it There was someone on tiktok a loong while back (I don't remember who now augh </3) who had a very cool system for sun/moon's light sensors!! I'll put a visual here to help, but imagine that sun/moon have a few major sensor points all across their body. If the MAJORITY of those senors are lit up, Sun will be allowed out, if the majority are darkened out Moon will be allowed out

Think something like this ^^^ Ofc I don't follow this to a exactly BUT, using this you could theoretically get away with having Moon out during the day if he wears a hoodie and maybe pull the hood up!!! So I think it is totally possible to bring him out for a picnic hehehehe I LOVE UR IDEAS THO RAAAHH!!! Having Moon get to appreciate a park in the daylight, watching folks walk around and watching the sun filter through leaves. Sun gets to, for once in his life, experience a calm moment in his often chaotic life- gazing at the stars or bats that come out at night AAUGUGHRGHRHGR

[ganondoodle]

wait i just realized... the mastersword isnt even important enough to warrant zelda doing to such extreme lengths to repair it bc its NOT EVEN REQUIRED FOR DEFEATING GANONDORF

idk about you but the mastersword being not just this weak after all this but also not even required is like ... hurting the whole plot SO bad for all that zelda knew she was basically killing herself by doing the dragon thing ONLY for the mastersword, which isnt even needed to reach the end why do the dragon thing at all??? she could have put it in some other divine place for it to recover (she knew where the springs are, she knew where the krog forest is, heck she even knew where the forgotten temple is BC THEY WERE ALL THERE* and im not going to belive any of them came into existence afterwards), in botw it took 'only' a 100 years to regenerate the damage it took in botws past which, while not as extreme as in totk, was pretty bad! yeah it gets outright broken in totk but like ... really? far over 10 000 years to recover it? through ZELDA? one of the most divine being IN THE FORM of one of the most divine beings aside from the very gods themselves?? whats the use of it being able to regernate if it takes THAT long?? feels easier to forge a new one for that matter?? and the excuse that "it needed to be able to resist miasma" is like .. why tho? yeah ok fine i could do the entire bossfight with JUST the mastersword, but again, its not required! i can do it with anything else!! and its doesnt cleanse miasma either, like the sword did in tp when you could do away the twilight stuff when it got the super glow stuff so its really like ... she did that JUST for the sword? really? the fact that her becoming a dragon is the way to get her back into her time isnt something she could have known and it working out like that makes it feel like a massive fail of the writers bc it makes it feel less like an actual decision she made for good reason and more bc its a decision the writers made bc the writers already knew where it would end, the writers knew shed be turned back in the end no problem so they had her do the dragon thing despite it being pretty senseless from her perspective

(wouldnt it have felt more in character and logical to put the mastersword somwhere safe where it can recover over all those centuries and search for a way to return to her time herself? like in these two games ZELDA feels like the more important thing that the sword, -zeldas prone to sacrifice herself for other- WHY! its better for everyone if you are alive rather than dead! you got to this time by yourself and also somehow not jsut shifted the time but also PLACE bc you sure as hell didnt appear in a cavern in the middle of the land, you have wielded incredible magic before and are a researcher, surely theres some way for you to at least TRY to return on your own?? how cool would it have been to find little markers and spots where clearly she has left you some sort of message, maybe like a way for you to do something that helps her in the past, USE THE WEIRD ASS TIME BUBBLES FROM THE TUTORIAL AGAIN!! send back something she needs to return! go and talk with impa and purah to determine what shes trying to tell you, help her along the way and in the end she makes her triumphant return, having grown and learned with what she did instead of regressing her chaarcter to the big eyed maiden that you get as a reward at the end through unsatisfying bs reasons and hurray she doesnt even remember, perfect little fairytale of no consequences wahoo- im salty about this let me be salty-)

you can absolutely combine a free to explore open world with good story without restricting it by much, like locking the bossfight behind aquiring the mastersword doesnt feel like that big of a change and its not making it a whole lot more linear, most people do it anyway right?

(also a thing im doing in my rewrite of it is locking certain things for some parts, it just makes sense if you are trying to tell a story, but its pretty clear now they werent trying to do that, just throw you into a box of virtual toys, and i think thats just sad)

*yeah actually whats up with the sonau/rauru putting their little nuclear super weapon storage room inTO THE ANCIENT RELICT OF THE FORGOTTEN PAST TEMPLE BEHIND THE BIGGEST STATUE OF HYLIA IN EXISTENCE?? you cant tell me all those ancient ruins (springs, forgotten temple) were made AFTER all of the shitshow that went down in totks past; putting it behind that statue? building it into there feels incredibly disrespectful, maybe it makes more sense if you just see it as the devs wanting to put somethign new there, but if you consider it in universe its just ??? also HOW is any of it in such a good shape??, it looks like they buried sonia there a year ago, the structures look like they just came out of a 3d printer despite supposedly being older than their recorded history??

on that note ... how does the room with the order and location of zeldas tears make sense .. are you telling me someone of the past ran around after dragon zelda recording where her fucking tears went down and what markings it made on the ground and then built a room next to the nuclear weapon storage room with the laughably unceremonial grave of the fucking queen just to put all that into statue form? also none of the geographical things changed in ALL that time?? the castle is drawn on there too so i guess that was super fresh then since it "was built above ganondorf as a symbol of royal blahbla" at least in botw you had the photos on your SHIEKAH stone to recover them once you found the place they were taken in, it felt so organically integrated ..