#and I still don't know what he looks like in the remake lol like DID THEY RUIN HIM TOO

[cozmic-ash]

they can yassify Marlin........

they can yassify Gustafa...........

they can even yassify Murrey......

but will Marvelous get on the level I was on when I was fourteen, in 2006, and yassify Daryl????

[felix-cachaceiro]

~💜UNDERLUST AU COMIC RE-MAKER MASTER POST🥀~

[ Synopsis🌹: a human falls into the underground where the monsters are imprisoned, but these monsters are much more chaotic lately.. Frisk needs to return to the surface, but along the way he needs to help and makes many friends with the monsters (and of course, tries to solve the mystery of the first human.)]

⚠️Please keep in mind that the story does not have scenes of carnal activities, but there are sensitive themes such as: machismo, homophobia, sex, drugs, depression, miscarriage, transphobia, har4ssm3nt, su1c1de and foul language... read at your own risk.

However, there will always be a small warning in the corner of the screen on the first page warning you that the chapter has something that may bother you, otherwise, you can read without worry! ⚠️

AU changes then and now🥀:

there were changes in the story, in the personalities and in the clothes of the characters that do not match the remake. some things in the 1st version of Underlust are USELESS and DO NOT contribute to the current story! here it is: you can notice changes that are sometimes very noticeable and some of their clothes didn't change as much as the first version, BUT I tried my best to leave the characters with their unique personalities that match their stories, roles and the environment around them!

About the characters💜:

everyone will have their own arc, our loved ones will have their own spotlight at the moment of the story, so don't worry!!

Frisk in this universe is 17 years old (three days to be 18), he speaks of his own free will, can open his eyes and has a backstory.

Chara does NOT control Frisk, she just bothers him, Frisk himself doesn't really know about his existence and calls her his "conscience", (bônus: Frisk has sometimes believed that he was schizophrenic or cursed, but he never told anyone)

Sans will NOT have his arc in Underlust (instead, maybe there will be a comic just for him in the future or answer Asks), he refuses Frisk to help him with anything and barely talks about his story. but, like the others, he will also have a redemption arc.

Mettaton is a man!!

All chapters and Asks✨:

• cap 1:

• cap 2:

• cap 3:

• cap 4:

• cap 5:

• cap 6 part 1:

Ask Underlust:

ask 1:

Ask 2:

[districtxii]

Thoughts upon finishing The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

Spoilers unmarked ahead as it's been out for a while and the title of the post warns for them.

As I've mentioned in my other few posts about it so far, I came into TBOSAS as a movie-only watcher despite having been a book-first person back when the original Hunger Games films came out.

I've got to say that when I heard the idea of a prequel about President Snow which included a love story, my tumblr-raised self wasn't particularly interested. I remember seeing the book display at Walmart when it first came out and not really having time or interest at the time.

However, the movie trailer caught my attention, and I'm really glad that it did.

I am happy that TBOSAS, while having a single POV character in Snow, switched from first person narration to third person. I remember reading meta years ago that I wholeheartedly agree with. While one can make the argument that the "blindspots" one gets in the original trilogy themselves make a point, having a slightly more zoomed out, third person point of view just feels better for the scope of the story. As an English teacher, I can't help but feel like it's a little more mature, too.

But without the movie, I still don't know if I would have ever picked up this book in audio or visual format.

Funnily enough, looking back on the first four Hunger Games movies, I actually don't like them as much as I like the books for the most part. The visuals are good in parts, but I do not like the casting philosophy that was used. I sort of hope that we are around long enough to see remakes as a prestige miniseries or something like that.

Back to thoughts on TBOSAS: I remember seeing a few kind of poorly produced (sorry lol) thinkpieces on websites like ScreenRant that were insisting that you weren't getting the full picture from the movie, that the movie made Snow too sympathetic, that you have to understand he's a monster because he views Lucy Gray in an objectifying manner or because he gets Sejanus killed.

I think that those takes have a point. However, I think that they also miss the nuance of the narrative, and I am not even suggesting that the prose is particularly deep or esoteric. Just that people love to be reactionary.

What I saw in Snow's character throughout the book was someone who was warring with various philosophical and personal dilemmas without having anyone he ever really trusted to talk through it.

There are moments with Lucy Gray and with Sejanus when Coryo almost opens up completely. When he has real conversations with them. But, like Katniss, he is a traumatized person who has a lot of baggage which makes him strategize and behave defensively with every decision he makes.

If anything, Coryo is LESS closed off than Katniss is at first throughout most of the story.

I couldn't source it, but I distinctly remember reading someone suggest that they believed that Coriolanus became irredeemable when he got Sejanus killed. However, reading through his internal conflict about the decision to snitch on him was one of the times when I found Coriolanus the most human and relatable. He was torn in every direction. He is someone who is deeply propagandized into a fascist regime whose family has a personal narrative of power and meaning within that regime. He also believes that the Capitol is necessary and better than the alternative. He wants Sejanus to survive and to change his mind. He wants him to stop putting himself in danger. He wants him to stop implicating Coriolanus by association. And yet, Coriolanus does feel responsible and tied to him, however much he hates it.

Coriolanus defends himself from emotional attachment and the cost of loving anyone, romantically or platonically, as a defense mechanism.

It isn't until he works himself into a frenzy and narrates what Lucy Gray must be thinking out at the lake in the end that he finds himself so utterly alone in his own head that he has no choice in his mind except to give into his colder side that he associates with his father, the Capitol, and ruthlessness.

Interestingly, a running theme throughout the book - without ever being explicitly stated in these exact words - is that Coriolanus is irreligious and doesn't believe in gods, rituals, or an afterlife. Every time someone brings up the stars or fate or performs some kind of ritual associated with passing on an even in the scene where Lucy Gray sings about the hereafter and therebefore, he can't help but internally scoff at the idea. He holds himself as more enlightened than those who believe in such superstitions.

But then, when he is all alone and trying to navigate his way back to District 12 with his father's compass, he starts to believe that there is some kind of spiritual guidance and blessing from his father, whom he never even felt close to except as an idea.

I think that Coriolanus's internal journey is an exploration of opposites and the divide that Lucy Gray describes and how evil is rarely even a boundary over which one cannot cross back into good from. It's just that, at a certain point, Coriolanus cannot bear the weight of his own guilt and misgivings if he ever turns back to a "better" path.

On the subject of Lucy Gray: I've got to say that I thought the book was effective in showing Lucy Gray as someone with dimension and depth that Coriolanus saw glimpses of but never really fully understood. Had he stayed with her and not needed "civilization" so much, I believe he would have learned to see her as more and more of a full person. However, the way she is written in the book, it is really hard for me to get a mental image of her at all.

Again, I think that this is perhaps intentional as a part of this format of the story. However, I find that I appreciate Rachel Ziegler's portrayal of Lucy Gray so much because without it, I'm not sure I would find that much to emotionally invest in. This is actually quite the opposite, as I like my mental image of Katniss far more than JLaw's portrayal lol.

Anyway, those are my wrap-up thoughts.

[vinjaryou]

Vincent for the ask game 👀

from the character breakdown ask game:

I got two asks for Vincent, so this will be the answer for both~

How I feel about this character

I love him, plain and simple.

I remember watching a friend play through OG years ago, before I played it, idly going through the strategy guide he had while he was bumbling around the overworld map, and seeing the Nibelheim section - and the guide going over how to get Vincent. Pointed right at the screenshot of him standing on the back of his coffin and told my friend, "you ARE getting him, right??"

Both my dad and I remember when I pulled a literal all-nighter to get Vincent when I played - from 5 PM to 5 AM, my poor dad checking on me right before he left for work just as Vincent did That Backflip, and his deadpan "...this is who you played all night for?"

Me: Dad, I love him.

Dad: ...please go to sleep after you save your game.

But I honestly adore just about everything about him. His overall character designs ping my love of vampires and gothic artstyles (though he is not a vampire), and his character arc in all its tragedy and redemption - he's gone through so much in his life, death, and existence now, and I love that he finally triumphs over it all and is on the way to finally being able to LIVE HIS LIFE, post-Dirge. He's helped me get through some really shitty times (to put it lightly) in my life, he's introduced me to some of my best friends... I owe him a lot~

I'm excited (and a little nervous/reserved) to see his storyline in the Remake continuity. We've gotten little tastes of it with his initial reactions to the group, THAT BATTLE (that yes, I cried through the first time, and teared up at the Rebirth concert), the design of the mansion basement (GODS IT ACHES ;; ), and the side-quests he's involved in... I want to see him get his showdown with Hojo. I want to see him starting to come to grips with everything now that he's decided to leave the mansion for good.

I want to hug him, goddammit (and I kinda get to in a few weeks when I go to C2E2 lol).

All the people I ship romantically with this character

Vincent/Reilena, aka VinRei. Yes, she is my OC, and has been my brainchild for over 20 years (watch me age myself).

Allow me to share a plate from this bountiful buffet I have cultivated, for I am a canon/oc shipper who makes her own food and will always welcome a new seat to the table~

Though I know now this makes me look incredibly biased, if we go strictly by canon, the only romantic ships I have with him are both unrequited - Vincent/Lucrecia (though I headcanon that they definitely had an emotional affair, and remained friends up until he was murdered, hence his initial "?!?!?!" when he discovers what Lucrecia's done to him as well in DoC), and Vincent/Reeve (Reeve is crushing HARD, alas).

My non-romantic OTP for this character

Platonic Valenwind gives me SUCH goddamn life, and Dirge made me SO happy when it revealed that Vincent and the Highwinds are still close friends, to the extent that Shera worries about his well-being, and Cid talks about "grabbing some cold ones" after the Deepground crisis. The mental image I have of Vincent, Cid, and Shera on a moonlit porch, stargazing and shooting the shit while having drinks is priceless.

My unpopular opinion about this character

I don't like the spikiness of his hair in Rebirth; give him back his original/AC or Dirge hair, dammit.

In all seriousness though - I don't like his appearance in Before Crisis (I don't like most of BC as a whole, but that's a ramble for another day). Instead of giving us a potential flashback to his time as a Turk, actually showing us what he did before he was sent to his death Nibelheim, we instead get yet another person waking him up before the OG just for him to give the location of a materia and for shippers to squeal "BUT THEY WERE ~PARTNERS~" because if you have two men partnered together in the Turks, they're obviously fucking.

Yes, I'm being sarcastic.

It feels like an unnecessary cameo done purely to snag fans of his from the OG. I would have rather the Player Turk peeked in, get freaked out a la Zack, and been like "LET'S LOOK SOMEWHERE ELSE."

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.

SHOW US VINCENT AS A TURK.

SHOW HIM ACTUALLY DOING TURK THINGS.

Short of that, please give us ALL of his Limit Breaks in R3, SE. Do not soften them either - you gave us a big, beautiful beast with Galian (I said what I said), I am certain you're going all out with Chaos, I want to see Death Gigas and Hellmasker given a loving glow-up as well. Really get into those horror movie, Gothic influences.

[sgiandubh]

Fuck this shitshow...This is it.

Dear This Is It Anon,

You mean this, right?

Lest they would think as they all collectively do, with the shared single braincell they use across the street, we are hiding shite under the carpet. Not my method, Anon, off - and online.

So, ok. He was there. We were on perhaps the worst case scenario, probability-wise, on that one: 50/50, which is sort of mildly excruciating, right?

I can only encourage you to watch that clip, Anon. There are always nuances in the worst of bullshit situations. Yes, she is smiling. Briefly to T (this page founds a lie beyond ridiculous) and then to the winner:

Yes, she looks relaxed enough. But never forget she is an actress, after all, at a professional event. What did you expect her to do, sulk? I know, it happened before, when she was perhaps way less thrilled, but people change and they learn from their mistakes. Narrative wise, her being awkward around McElusive was a PR mistake that had to be corrected/properly retconned. This seems to be the case, now, with a more natural attitude.

But you can fumble around and manipulate only that much of a given situation. The giveaway, to me, in this is TMcG (the hour is solemn, no jokes around, please) - still the same unkempt, DGAF, 70s called outfit, plus looking really, really strange. Unlike many on our side, I shall not elaborate - there is no need to. Yet it is plain to see something is unwell, especially when compared to the cortisone prosperity of the last sighting. Don't get me wrong: I have no ill wish towards this person. I just can't help but notice something is amiss, in all this forced, calculated, propagandistic Joy.

I am also fully aware there are many mean eyes watching me from the shadows across the street, Anon. I mean, seriously, BIF?

Of course, that is your page and you can write what the hell you want. Choosing to quote me was a rather successful ambush. Remember, however (really LOL, always LOL): wars are not won with just tactics. Ok, you have a questionable edge on this one - a wasted battle.

Wars are won with good strategy and a synoptic, not fragmented vision (making a huge affair out of each and every single detail), of the state of play. You may be a decent tactician, perhaps, but you are a lousy strategist.

Oh, and to think you are planning a get together at the Paris Landcon, too, eh? How nice and how copy/paste of you, folks. I wonder what you expect, a fucking remake of West Side Story?

I could say good afternoon and even shake your hand anytime, BIF. But I bet you wouldn't. You're a tiny, hateful person with an overinflated ego, like that.

Sorry, Anon, for the rant. I tried to be as objective as I could, under biased circumstance and harsh scrutiny. I just hope this brought more clarity.

[hessypererib]

"Sweeter than cake"

Tom Riddle x !fem! Reader

pairing : tom riddle x oc / reader , reader is a girl , she/her , they live together in the muggle world ,with a maid

no usage of y/n, the name of the reader is Aivory Meadows (from now on lol)

summary : ¡ BIRTHDAY SPECIAL ! aivory(reader) wanted to surprise Tom for his birthday but it to only lead to something else..

contains : smut, a bit of fluff at start (?), birthday sex, ¡dom! Reader, !sub¡ Tom, nsfw, usage of vulgar words, sexual tension, dirty talk, grinding, oral (fem receiving)

a/n : HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOMMY AND TO MY BEAUTIFUL TOM GIRLS, HERE'S A TOM RIDDLE BDAY FANFICC AND ALSO HAPPY NEW YEARR ♡♡♡ and sorry if the fanfic feels incomplete for you or smth since the fanfic i was working on before had been deleted so i had to remake and rush this one 😭

minors don't interact

It's his birthday today. Tom's birthday is today. December 31. He doesn't like celebrating events like his birthday, but i want to surprise him. As much as i wanted and planned on baking him a cake, i couldn't. I didn't know how to. I might end up poisoning him if i tried. I already bought his cake yesterday, asking the maid to hide it for me in the fridge in the meantime.

Its 5:28 am right now, i should set up the surprise. He wakes up at 6 so i have to be quick and quiet too. The maid left earlier, so now its just me and Tom. Tom was supposed to go to work but i asked him to take the day off as it was his birthday and i wanted him by my side and he agreed.

I looked over at Tom's sleeping figure. He looked majestic under the light coming from the windows. I kissed his forehead before slowly lifting his arm up from my waist and gently putting it down on a pillow to make him think I'm still there. I made my way downstairs, a slight creak sound on every step I take. I went to my study, opening the drawer as i grabbed the gifts i had gotten for him. I only got him two gifts, it's gifts i knew he'd want. I got him the books he'd been wanting and i bought a lingerie. It was red with lace and two ribbons on the bra to cover my nipples, the red thong being thin and laced. His gifts are the books and me ♡.

All i need to do is change into the lingerie and fix the cake. I took the lingerie from the bag and brought it with me to the bathroom. I took of my clothes and wore the bra as it perfectly showed the shape and roundness of my boobs and the ribbons covering my nipples. I wore the thong, the thin fabric making it easy to tell wether I'm wet or not. And lastly, my ribbon headband. I loked in the mirror, fuck this lingerie barely covered shit. But i look hot. Since i was one of his 'gifts' my outfit should also be covered like a present. I took my oversized tshirt, well its not really mine— its tom's, and wore it.

I walked out of the bathroom, opening the fridge and taking out the box. I placed it on the counter beside his gift. I lit the candles, and as i did that, i felt arms wrap around my waist, tight. "Fuck, you look so beautiful in my shirt, darling" he whispered into my ear. His words making me chuckle as i turned around to face him, "happy birthday tommy" i said before he leans in, connecting our lips. "This for me?" He said, grabbing the gift bag that contained the books i bought for him. "Mhm," he stared at me for a moment before going back to kissing me. "thank you, doll" he said between kisses "let me open my gift now," he said to which i nodded. I thought he was talking about the gift bag until he suddenly ripped the shirt off of me. A gasp left my mouth, hearing the sudden sound of the shirt ripping. "Tom!—" i yelped, now my lingerie was exposed to him. "Fuck. Just looking at you right now, so fucking beautiful, doll" he praised, gripping my hips.

"I wonder what the fuck you were thinking while buying this." He growled in my ear, "jump" he said shortly, i quickly obliged and did it as he placed me on the counter. Instantly, his lips find mine and capture it in a passionate kiss. His kisses are harder and more forceful than before. A small moan escaping my lips "i have the urge to just fuck you on this counter right here right now." He whispers, his kisses trailing down my jaw to my neck.

"I'm gonna fucking enjoy this gift. Such a slut for me, yeah?" He teases, his hand making its way to my crotch area "look at this fucking thong, barely covering shit."

"Wait." I said, he stopped in his tracks."You're the birthday boy. I should be pleasuring you. Go upstairs." I said, jumping off the counter and grabbing his hand, leading him up the stairs."Oh? I like this bossy side of you"

later

"Tom! holy shit- up a bit, left—" slap. He slapped my thigh, i swear there'd be a mark. I know that i said i should be the one pleasuring him...but how could i have done that when the moment we walked into the bedroom, he ripped my clothes off and pinned me down?. "I know where your g-spot is, doll." He sucked on my clit, his skilled tongue slipping past my wet folds, "i love the way you clench around my tongue like that, doll. Let go now" he said, groaning into my pussy, sending vibrations up my body. With a final scream of pleasure, i released. My liquids releasing on his tongue "mhn...you taste good, doll. Sweeter than any fucking cake." He praised, it felt good everytime he'd praise me like that. "Sit up" he ordered "ride me." I quickly obliged, "fuck- you look so perfect, sitting on my cock like tha- shit!" He praised, i came 3 times already and him 2 times. He kissed my neck more, sucking on my skin as if it were his last meal, "fuck just like that, doll. Grind on my cock—" he groaned, both our heads tilted back in pleasure. All our clothes were on the floor. My headband was still on, though. He began thrusting up, my breasts bouncing with every thrust. "Tommy- I'm gonna-" "me too, me too, doll. Cum for me, lets come together—" he said, grabbing onto my hips tightly as they went down and squeezed my ass. Another release. We both were panting and sweating now. "I love this fucking gift, doll. I love you." "I love you too tommy, happy birthday" i said, kissing him.

(They went back downstairs ofc and stuff ♡)

[timetravellingkitty]

Mulan 2020 sucks lol

Written and edited by yours truly

So, Mulan 2020 happened. And I am disappointed. Seriously disappointed. It is utter garbage. I would genuinely prefer it if I watched Mulan II 5 times in a row, and that's saying something.

There is so much to talk about because this has so many issues. I don't think my brain can handle a movie as bad as this for some time. It is a disgrace to the original animated movie.

(Who cares about spoilers?)

And yes, I can and I will compare it to the original movie because it is a remake. It is totally valid to see where this fell flat and where the original succeeded. I'm not saying it has to be like the original cartoon, that is stupid. As I mentioned, it's to highlight the failures of this movie.

Besides, even if we forget the fact that it is a remake, this movie is still horrible.

INTRODUCTION

Mulan 1998 is a classic. It has great visuals, an awesome soundtrack, wonderful and compelling characters, a great message and a cool plot. It's just a great movie in general. It is an adaptation of The Ballad of Mulan, a Chinese legend. Both the legend and the animated movie are about a young girl named Mulan who disguises herself as a man to take her father's place in the army to fight back against an invasion.

As big of a success Mulan was, Chinese audiences thought some things were weird. For instance, having a dragon be a comic relief character, given that dragons are highly respected in Chinese culture. So of course, Disney decided to try another shot, claiming that they wanted to be more culturally sensitive, accurate and closer to the original ballad.

Mulan 2020 is a remake of the original animated movie, and was marketed to be more "accurate to Chinese culture and the Ballad". This claim is, of course, false, because they failed in that aspect. Say what you will about the cultural inaccuracies in Mulan 1998, but at least it was a great movie. Besides, Mulan 1998 didn't pride or market itself on being culturally accurate, the way Mulan 2020 did, so there's that.

CHANGES

I don't mind some changes. And honestly, if there's one thing I appreciate, it's that it isn't a carbon copy of the original (looking at you The Lion King 2019).

Li Shang's character is divided into two characters: Commander Tung and Mulan's love interest Honghui, apparently in light of the Me-Too movement. This is a dumb reason. Disney wasn't comfortable with a superior having a relationship with a subordinate? The hell? The romance between Shang and Mulan was only insinuated at the end, when Mulan wasn't even a part of the army anymore, so there's that. Also, Mulan gave her consent, so I don't know what they’re talking about.

Mushu isn't present in the movie. I can see why though. He contributed quite a bit to the soul of the animated version but a CGI dragon would be very distracting. Also, the director said that removed him to achieve a more realistic tone.

Grandma? No grandma. Mulan has a sister though, who only exists to mess stuff up.

The Huns are replaced with the Rourans and Shan Yu is replaced with Bori Khan.

Mushu is replaced with a phoenix, who acts as an emissary for the ancestors

There are no songs, except in the end credits, which isn't a bad thing. The instrumentals of the songs in the animated one play during some scenes (I'll talk about the music, don’t worry)

CHARACTERS

The characters in this movie are so boring. Our lead character Mulan lacks the charisma her animated counterpart had. She's utterly bland, uninteresting and poorly written. In the original, she knew she wasn't physically strong and that she couldn't solve her problems with her strength, so she used her intelligence and wit. She excelled by working hard and being strong willed and determined. This Mulan is a well rounded character.

Mulan in the live action is given Chi powers (Chi is a big part of Chinese medicine, in case you didn't know). Honestly, I wouldn't be as mad at Mulan being given superpowers, had they actually done this properly! Chi isn't like midichlorians, it's something that flows through everyone. Mulan is naturally born with dumb superpowers and has to hide them because as her dad says, " Chi is for warriors, not for daughters”. There is a problem:

It has been mentioned many times that Mulan needs to hide her superpowers otherwise she will be shunned and ostracised. Then why doesn't she get more repercussions everytime she uses her powers? The worst thing that happens is little Mulan getting looks of disgust when she uses them. On other occasions, when she is now a part of the army, she uses her powers in training and she doesn't get any backlash? What the hell?? Then why even bother in the first place?

The only way for this narrative to work is if Mulan got more repercussions for using her powers.

If I were to make the line "Chi is for warriors, not daughters," work, I would make it go something like this:

*At the end of the movie when Mulan comes home*

Dad: Didn't I tell you that Chi is for warriors, not daughters?

Mulan: "I am a daughter, but I'm a warrior too."

(Yes, I know this is similar to a scene in Avatar: The Last Airbender, but this would be better, tbh. Also, watch Avatar: The Last Airbender)

Let me compare the training montages from both movies.

In the animated one, there is an absolutely AWESOME montage of Mulan training side by side with her companions, slowly gaining their trust. She climbs the pillar with both medallions by using her wit, not by brute force. This Mulan worked hard. Besides, the fact that "I'll Make A Man Out Of You" plays over this is the only thing that makes it better (banger song, thank you Donny Osmond)

In the live-action, Mulan is supposed to lift up buckets and climb on top of a mountain. There are also other training scenes, but those aren't very important. In these scenes, she succeeds with the power of CHI. WHY? Mulan here just achieves her goal because she is oh so special. She didn't work to achieve her goal at all, because she is perfect. No struggling or development here at all.

Mulan in the animated version was more concerned about saving her father. Mulan in the 2020 version is a dumb patriot who can't even do patriotism right ("I know my place. It is my duty to fight for the kingdom and protect the Emperor") How very empowering.

In short, live-action Mulan can do no wrong. She has no flaws, no personality and no charm. Everything comes to her pretty easily, because MAGIC.

Li Shang's role in the live-action is divided between Commander Tung and Mulan's love interest Honghui, as mentioned before. Both of these characters are flat, dumb and boring. Tung exists to tell Mulan to cultivate her Chi and to train these idiots (and to offer his daughter’s hand in marriage to her, unaware that Mulan isn’t actually a guy, but eh). Honghui is there to be a stupid love interest, who gives us an “I am Spartacus” moment.

The witch is by far the most interesting character. She actually has more than one side to her, has SOME kind of depth and you can even feel sorry for her. She is supposed to serve as a foil to Mulan, given that both have similar powers. In case you've forgotten (which is something I wouldn't blame you for), she's an outcast who's now working with Bori Khan. Why is she an outcast? Because of her Chi. The witch has said many times that she could kill Bori Khan in a snap, then why doesn't she kill him? Because she needs acceptance? What the hell? She decides to pull out the whole "We're the same, you and I," stupidity to Mulan, and I can see that. It's just that the writers just didn't put much thought into it. “It’s too late for me” because you saw a woman leading an army of men? Also, why does she warn Mulan that Bori Khan is coming? Unless she's playing both sides, except her motivations aren't made clear enough for this to make sense. Finally, she dies for the dumbest reason. God, it just makes me so mad. She had so much potential, but no. They just had to mess her up.

Bori Khan? MORE LIKE BORING KHAN. Not much is there. His animated counterpart Shan Yu was scary and contributed to some of the darkest moments in the movie. This guy over here is just...nothing. That's all I have to say.

Mulan's sister is only there to mess up the meeting with the Matchmaker. What a stupid change. First off in the animated version, it's Mulan who messed up, because she isn't perfect. She fails at being stereotypically feminine AND masculine, but in the live-action, she literally pulls off a Spiderman cafeteria scene, and the blame is put on the sister. In the animated movie, this scene is groundwork for Mulan wanting to prove herself and going on a hero's journey, providing depth to her character, but in the live-action, she's perfect. What is the point? (I know this section was supposed to be about the sister, but eh). The sister doesn't provide anything else to the movie, so thanks! I hate it. Moral of the story: Girls can do anything boys can, as long as they have superpowers. If you are born special like Mulan, you can be respected, whereas if you are like the sister, you have no significance and in the end, you can just fit in and be irrelevant. Congratulations!

The live action group of guys Mulan met and befriended in the army lack the charm and comedic timing of their animated counterparts. That’s it. Seriously. I have nothing more to say about them, because they don't really have anything going on. I don't even know why they are included, because their contribution is nil, save for them blandly speaking lines from the animated version’s songs ("I don't care what she looks like, I care what she cooks like"), which is seriously cringe.

The dad is there to tell Mulan that Chi is for warriors. A shame, because I really liked the dad in the movie. He was a source of wisdom for Mulan, whose greatest honour was having her for a daughter. In the live-action, he just takes the sword that Mulan is given at the end of the movie. The mom is meh.

The emperor is also meh. At least he was wise and cool in the animated version, but here he just does bed sheet kung-fu.

Did I mention that the dynamics between the characters are unnatural, forced, awkward in a bad way and in no way indicates any chemistry between them? Oh yeah, I didn’t, until now. They don’t establish much when it comes to emotion.

Simply put, Khan (Mulan’s horse in the animated version) had more personality than all of these characters combined

PERFORMANCES

Liu Yifei as Mulan was a pretty terrible choice. She is just a block of wood, who has absolutely no range, and this isn't because of the writing. She is genuinely bad, and is regarded as one of China’s worst actors (I kid you not). She just can’t emote.

Jet Li as the emperor is meh. But hey, he doesn’t have much to do, so eh.

Jason Scott Lee as Bori Khan is fine. He doesn’t suck, but he lacks the command and authority of a character who is supposed to be intimidating, but I guess it has something to do with the writing of his character.

Donnie Yen is a martial art legend, but unfortunately, he doesn't have much range as an actor.

The best performance of this movie is that of Gong Li, who played the witch. Honestly, she is charismatic, charming and has an idea of what she is doing.

To save everyone’s time, simply put: most of the performances are bland and mediocre. Partly due to bad writing and partly due to most of the actors not being, well, good at acting.

CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL ACCURACY

So Disney went all “we like cultural and historical accuracy”, which is nice. For example, the Huns are replaced by the Rourans, a real tribe in China around the time Mulan was supposed to be alive. They also removed the hair cutting scene, because as iconic and awesome as it is, it doesn’t make sense. Chinese men wore their hair long too. You know what? I like these kinds of changes. I appreciate accuracy. If only Disney didn’t pride themselves on their accuracy when they got almost everything else wrong (They somehow got Mulan's house wrong lol). I don't know jackshit about Chinese culture so just go watch that Xiran Jay Zhao video it's very swag

THE BALLAD OF MULAN

In a surprising turn of events, this isn't accurate to the Ballad, like they had marketed it to be (I know, I’m shocked too). In a reference to the Ballad, Mulan is riding a horse and she sees two rabbits running side by side. She goes home and tells her family that she saw 2 rabbits, and she thinks that one was male and the other female, but she wasn't sure. This just misses the entire point of the Ballad.

Long story short, Mulan in the Ballad is actually a seamstress. She joined the army in her father's place. She defeats the barbarians and goes on a ten year long campaign with her friends, after which they meet the Son of Heaven (a sacred imperial title of a Chinese emperor). He offers her a high ranking position, which she refuses, because she just wants to go home. She returns home and her family welcomes her. Sometime later, her friends come to visit her, and they find out that she is actually a woman. The friends are shocked because she has been in the army for 12 years and in those 12 years, they didn't even realise that she was a woman.

Mulan then replies:

The male hare's feet hop and skip

The female hare's are muddled and fuddled

But when two hares are running side by side

How can you tell the male from the female?

Which is where the poem ends.

So, Mulan just going on, judging those rabbits like that makes absolutely no sense. The Ballad is about how no matter how different men and women look, when they live and fight amongst each other, who gives a damn about the differences? You know what would have made sense though? If Mulan got off her horse, went close to the rabbits, examined them, and then made the conclusion that one is male and the other is female. This would actually be sticking to the message of the Ballad. Also, why do they make it ambiguous as to whether she accepts the high ranking position? I assume for a sequel (yes, God save my soul). Here we can see another example of its impeccable accuracy to the Ballad.

THIS ISN'T EMOTIONAL AT ALL

Everything that made the original film good has been stripped away. Every moment that is meant to be emotional is very dull. For example, the scene where Mulan makes the decision to take her father's place in the army is supposed to be a very powerful scene. Mulan is risking it all just so her dad can be safe. She might be killed if discovered, and her family would be dishonoured.

When Mulan comes back from the Matchmaker, she has a moment of reflection while singing "Reflection". This is the beginning of her personal journey, discovering who she is. In this, after Mulan comes back from the Matchmaker, she doesn't have a moment of reflection. The army immediately shows up. Am I really supposed to believe that Mulan feels bad about this? That Mulan is really struggling?

When Mulan’s friends are singing, it suddenly shifts to the striking scene of the burnt village. This, in my opinion, is the best use of tonal whiplash. From this point on, things are getting serious, and the emotional weight of this tragedy is felt. In this, they just randomly show up at the village.​​ There is no seriousness (stop trying to tell me this movie is adult, mature and serious, it just looks like that on the surface).

Their attempts at being emotional are poor and unconvincing, and ultimately, the end product is an emotionless, soulless, depthless entity.

THE MUSIC

The director mentioned in an interview that she didn’t add songs into the movie because it is “unrealistic to break into song when you're in war”, and I don't think I’ve heard anything more false (apart from the concept of a flat Earth). Even I, who isn't going into war anytime soon, know this is false. They instead inserted instrumentals from the original film. Except, it's very weirdly placed. The instrumental for Reflection is placed when Mulan is fighting the Rourans after she reveals herself to be a woman. Like, there isn't any context. In the end credits, they had the original song "Loyal, Brave and True" sung by Christina Aguilera, which was nice. I don't really have much to say in regards to the music. The music is overall forgettable.

THE ACTION

The action may seem weird, but this kind of martial arts is a part of the Wuxia genre, which is what they were going for. Well, they failed. The choreography is bad, the CGI is bad, EVERYTHING is bad. Honestly, if you want a good Wuxia movie, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon exists. The action is here stupid and stiff.

OTHER DUMB STUFF

Why does Mulan take her armour off before going into battle? That is just stupid. Can't you just take the bindings off? Also, WHY OPEN YOUR HAIR-

Mulan really likes kicking spears (and pointy stuff in general). Seriously. It’s weird.

The CGI is okay I guess, I don't know. The phoenix in some scenes looks pink to me. There are some pretty visuals though.

It is very obvious that there is a green screen used in the scene where Mulan and her friends find the burnt village. And it looks bad. Pretty ugly. It looks bad. The green screen looks bad.

The war strategy is just weird. I can't really say anything about it in text form because how am i supposed to describe it, help- (she literally teleported behind the bad guys in the avalanche scene-).

I like how the animated film, which had a dragon as a comic relief and other silly stuff, is more mature than this.

For what joy does Mulan get another sword from the army? Also, shame the dad is all “oh look at the values written on the sword, they are honourable” even though in the original the greatest honour was having her for a daughter.

How was Mulan even able to tell the gender of the rabbits?

Why not just try to send a warning to the Emperor that the Rourans are coming to get him?

Why does Commander Tung let Mulan lead them-

I AM SO DONE

Well, I think I have said everything I wanted to about this movie. I know I havent talked about its controversies but honestly, I am done. I am so done with this. This document took 5-6 months of my life. I am kind of proud of this, and there isn't much I have done to be proud of. I did procrastinate on this a bit, and I had stuff going on, but finally, I am done. In the future, if I remember something, I'll add it here, but I think that is unlikely. I never want to watch or even go near Mulan 2020 again. It's horrible, and there is barely anything redeemable. I hate it here. It’s been reported that a sequel is in development. If it’s true, of course I’ll watch it, how else am I supposed to validate my self hate? I am also, of course, the resident “friend who suffers for everyone else’s entertainment”. If you want a live action remake of Mulan, Mulan: Rise of a Warrior exists. Go watch it, it’s free on YouTube with subtitles. I really liked it.

If you’ve somehow made it this far, thanks for reading. I congratulate you for putting up with whatever this is. I would also like to take a moment to congratulate myself for actually committing to this. It was painful yet fun to complain about this to the best of my ability. If anyone wants to add anything to this, feel free to do so. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m out. I have lost my faith in humanity, and I have other things to complain about.

[itsgirlcraft]

And yknow what, have the anime au remake lol

If this gets a single note I'll post part 2 ;)

TW: abuse, injury

[Galaxy POV]

As soon as the bell rang for the end of school, Void grabbed me by the arm. As usual. He dragged me out, making sure we always avoided my old friends.

I barely got a glance at Sabre and Rainbow hugging and laughing. I looked down, feeling even more alone than before.

It'd been several months since we got here. We were all humans now, but children with powers going to school.

Void and I were in the same household, and he used that to control me.

Not like he did before, with trying to absorb and kill me. This was somehow worse. He'd hurt me with whispered words no one else heard. He'd destroy small objects I valued that no one noticed. He would scratch me just deep enough to hurt for a while but never asked about by others.

Not like I ever had the chance to talk with others. I rarely was alone. Usually that was a good thing, but he was quietly tormenting me. And no one knew.

Seeing Sabre and Rainbow reminded me of our past. That I did defeat Void, with them by my side. If I got to them, we could stop him.

I grabbed Void's hand and pulled it off me.

"No! That's enough! I'm tired of this! I'm tired of being scared of you! I won't let you hurt me any more! You've been wearing me down, threatening to destroy what I love!" I lowered my head, speaking quietly,

"You're a tyrant, no matter what reality. I'm going to find my friends, and I'm not letting you keep me quiet! If I find you destroying anything at home, I'm telling mom and dad. You don't have power over me any more."

I stared him in the eyes. He sneered and tried to grab me. I caught his hand and dug my nails into his wrist. Just like he's done to me. He grimaced and tried to claw my hand off. I stared him in the eyes.

"You don't control me any more. I'm telling everyone who you are. A villain." I smiled pleasantly and let him go.

He glared at me, rubbing his arm. I turned and ran. I could hear him coming for me. He was definitely pissed.

I found Sabre and Rainbow by the lockers.

"GUYS! I'm here!!" I exclaimed, running towards them.

"Galaxy?!" They both turned towards me, shocked.

I hugged Sabre tight, tearing up. I missed them. I missed them so much.

"Galaxy..?" Sabre hugged me back.

I was crying. I needed to calm down, I needed to tell them.

Rainbow put a hand on my shoulder.

"Hey, you alright?"

I was close to sobbing, but I held on. I let go of Sabre, trying to rub away the tears.

"V- Void...He-" I barely spoke before the monster himself showed up. "Run!"

They both glanced up, seeing a furious Void as I darted past, vision still blurry from crying.

"OH CHEESUS- WHAT HAPPENED??" Sabre shouted as he caught up with me.

"He's my brother now, stuck in the same house as me! He's been keeping me from everyone and destroying my stuff if I don't obey!" I explained as I ran up the stairs, startling a few students.

"I KNOW A PLACE WE CAN GO- FOLLOW ME!" Rainbow exclaimed as he got in front of us.

Sabre and I followed, reaching room 205. Rainbow opened the door and we all slipped in.

We were all out of breath. I still was a mess from crying. A friendly voice came from the desk.

"Hello you two. What sort of trouble have you gotten yourselves into now?"

Sabre glanced out the door while I grabbed a tissue.

"This is an old friend of ours, Galaxy. He was being hurt by his brother, Void and threatened into staying quiet," Rainbow said, still out of breath.

I spotted Void just outside the door and bolted.

"He's hERE-" I ran to the other side of the room, panicking.

"Not on my watch!" The teacher stood up and locked the door.

I slumped to the floor in a wave of relief. I could hear Void knocking on the door and shaking it violently.

"Okay, how has he not been expelled yet? He's definitely dangerous!" The teacher said.

I looked up to the teacher. She was a middled-aged woman with ginger hair and a tattoo on her cheek.

"Yeah...I'm surprised he's never been caught, seeing as what he's done in the uh..Hey Sabre?"

"Yeah?"

"Ever...told anyone about the...other place? Y'know our...past?" I said slowly, trying to word it in a way that didn't alert the teacher to our original lives.

"Nope, but go ahead if you want I guess. She's trustworthy."

"Uhhhh..nah I've changed my mind. Another day. Right now I just need to find a way to get Him off my back..." I squinted at Void's distorted face behind the door, staring me down.

"I'm glad you came to me, boys. I don't believe we've met, Galaxy. I'm Ms. Inserme." Ms. Insertname smiled.

"Nice to meet you, Ms. Inserme!" I stood up, finally feeling safe for once.

"Now, do your parents know about his...violent tendencies?"

"Heh. Barely. They just think he's rough-housing when he punches me or teases me. He threatens and hurts me when they can't hear or see us.. he's destroyed so much I care about. He's somehow gotten good at hiding his true intentions...before he uh...never was subtle. Always straightforward that he hated me..

I'm surprised he hasn't just started mauling me at this point..

At least then it would be over with quickly..." I grew quiet, remembering the past.

Void made my son Elemental go insane and eventually die. He drove my family apart by using Memory's powers to make us forget about each other. He was given a second chance and he's been using it to torment me again. At least Memory hasn't been involved...maybe he has and I've been forgetting so much I don't even realize it. OH NO-

I was starting to tear up again. Was he using Memory again? Was he making me forget everything?? Was he secretly doing worse things to me and make me forget?! Have I seen my sons here and he's made me forget, tearing me apart from them?!?

Ms. Inserme walked closer to me, concerned. I was starting to sob again. Void may have been driving me apart from the people closest to me!

"Hey, it's okay. He can't hurt you here now, sweetie," she said softly.

"Ra-Rainbow?" I looked up with wide eyes.

"Yeah? What do you need?" He looked at me sadly.

"Have...you seen Time and Elemental here...?" I feared the answer I desperately wanted to know.

"Yeah...? Why- oh. Oh that's not good." It seemed to dawn on him too.

"What are you guys- wait. Oh god no. Not this again." Sabre was confused but he realized it too.

I was shaking, sobbing. Devastated. I'm losing everything. It's happening again.

"Is Memory- Is Memory here?" I choked out, as I slid to the ground again.

"No..." Sabre came to me, knelt by me.

"I'll get them." Rainbow started towards the door.

"NO! He'll hurt you again! I...can't let him hurt you both. I'm the one he wants..." I shouted, standing up, still shaking. "After all, it's my fault for it all, right..?" I sniffled as tears fell.

"Oh dear. What have you been through?" Ms. Inserme asked sadly, not directed to anyone in particular.

"A lot. Rainbow, if- if Void isn't there still, tell her everything. She...should know, now that I've said it..." I looked at him, and he stopped reaching for the doorknob. He nodded.

"Let's get you some comfort food, huh?" Sabre smiled, grabbing his backpack. "I'm sure I have some snacks in here-"

I smiled sadly, sitting at a desk. "I don't deserve you guys."

"You do though! You deserve good friends. That's Void talking there. You're worth a lot more than he's made you think." He handed me some chips.

"Thanks...Void usually steals part of my food just to mess with me too.. he's found every weakness and exploited every one..."

Sabre looked at me with concern.

"...yeah, he needs to be evicted or something. Let's watch some silly animals on YouTube, shall we?"

"Heh. Of course!"

...

Ms. Inserme knows everything now. Not what Void did as a Steve, what we all really are. That most of the people here with weird names like Dark or Plague are likely Steves and we all know each other- errr at least everyone knows Sabre.

That we're all actually adults, some many generations old. Like me, heh. That some of us even have kids, at least as Steves. Here we're all similar ages so that's just weird.

Sabre made me feel a lot better. He always knows how to make anyone feel better. I wish I knew how to make anyone feel better.

Rainbow left my story out of his explanation, he left Sabre's story out too. I can't tell if that was supposed to be nice or what, heh.

She kept glancing between Sabre and I and Rainbow with a surprised and confused look the entire time.

Afterwards, she called the office and asked for Time and Elemental. I prayed that they were still on campus. I can't let Void hurt them.

She also asked them to send a staff member out to find them, for their safety. She didn't elaborate on who, but that a student was harassing someone close to them. Thank goodness.

"Hey, Sabre?"

"Yeah?" He paused the video of a silly fish doing loopty-loops.

"Do you happen to know if they're still on campus now-?"

"I think Time usually studies in the library and Elemental hangs out with him or outside. They're most likely on campus, Time prefers the library to home and Elemental never leaves without him."

"Thank God Steve! I can't wait to see them again!"

I was scared, I won't lie. Would they not remember either? Were we all targeted to forget? Would Void catch them before they got here?

"Hey, don't worry. They remember you," Sabre said, as if reading my mind.

"Are you a mind reader now? That's literally what I was worried about-" I laughed.

"Heh, nah I just got good at knowing what you worry about!"

"I see you're feeling better now!" Ms. Inserme said after hanging up the phone.

"Yeah! Sabre and Rainbow help me so much.. Rainbow, what exactly did you tell her-" I laughed again, wondering if he revealed my entire life or nothing at all. Or just the stupidest moments, he'd do that.

"Told her about our world itself, Steves and all that- I got into how Void is evil and messed with Time and Elemental and she wanted to get them here too before I kept going- do whatever you want, I have homework-" Rainbow sat in the chair beside me.

"Oh, cool. Anything about Sabre?"

"Just that he's the only human- besides Lucas-"

"Neat, I get to tell the swashbuckling stories of defeating my enemies!" Sabre laughed, showing off his nonexistent muscles.

I laughed too. "Pfft- since when were you a pirate?"

"Since always~"

"Heh," I raised my hand, "Ms. Inserme?"

"Galaxy, you don't need to raise your hand, but yes?"

"Do you want to know more about my past? I wouldn't mind."

"If it helps this situation at home, of course! Don't bother telling me anything you're uncomfortable to tell me."

"Of course. Well-"

...

I had told her practically everything. Elemental, Time, and Illusion being my sons, Void and I being the same person, Memory tearing my family apart. All that lovely trauma.

Then Time and Elemental arrived!

I was so excited! Finally we were back together!

I heard the knock and saw them there. I jumped up to greet them. They were so surprised!

"..wha- Galaxy?!" Time hugged me as soon as he realized it was me.

"I'm so happy to see you two again! It feels like it's been eons..." I wanted to cry, tears of joy this time.

"This...is Galaxy? Our creator?" Elemental was surprised to finally meet me but hugged me too.

When we parted, I could see Elemental tearing up a bit. He was in the same situation as me, wasn't he? Void ruined his memories and died before he met me, so he never met me til now..

"Get inside, before Void comes along. We've got a lot to talk about."

[bossthebicon]

gmmtv 2024 part 2 trailers first impression & ranking :)

from most excited for to least excited:

us: I SCREAMED!!! of course gl ranks number one, let's bffr, but legit this looks so indie & good I love it! sing is gonna be so good at being the abandoned lover hahaha, and the girls have so much chemistry & are so cute!!! I ship it already <3

breakup service: I did NOT expect to get an off as MAIN in a straight romcom again after 4 fucking years, I'm beyond elated!!! the fact that he's paired with a very popular singer also makes me happy! the plot looks really fun & reminds me of catch me baby and midnight motel so I'm all in!!! my man deserves this sm <3

hide & sis: gawin in a role like this??? ATE DOWN!!! but honestly the whole cast is perfect, I can't believe we're gonna get pepper & lookjun playing an on-screen couple! I hope this one is more like ps: I hate you & nothing like the jungle but I'm super excited I love everyone here :)

the ex morning: bruh if you'd have told a kristsingto show would be 4th on this list I would've laughed in your face but... tell me why this plot seems so fucking cute?? I feel like we haven't gotten this type of second chance bl before, and idk if it's nostalgia or what but I'm actually really into it lol

thame po: yooooo this morning I could not picture estwilliam together, but actually I like them a lot already! as a lykn fan I'm happy to see them in a series, and the plot is quite original which is becoming more & more rare so I'm excited!

sweet tooth, good dentist: I still don't know how to fully feel about mark & ohm t, I feel like they look way too similar, but oh well. this looks very sweet (like its title) & y'all know I love dumb romcoms like these so I'll be watching!

leap day: this looks insane & the cast feels random af but it seems interesting! I hope it doesn't end up being one of those shows who thought throwing gun & his insane talent in a show would be enough to cover its bad writing *cough* home school *cough* midnight museum *cough* excited to see pond in an interesting role for once though lmao

the dark dice: this looks like the thai high school squid game to me, it seems interesting & I love that aungpao is in here, but I'll have to see how I feel once the show starts airing to see if I'll watch it or not.

scarlet heart thailand: this teaser told me nothing so I googled the original, ngl it's a slay for tu she looks so pretty, and I do love historical shows so I'll probably be watching! also very happy to see tay, force & phuwin here :)

friendshit forever: I legit thought I was gonna get a mookpat gl bruh lmaoooooo, but nope instead I get girls fighting over a dude ;_; like I get it new is hot af but bruh in 2024 we still have girls having cat fights... I'm good :/ the title is hilarious though :')

ossan's love thailand: this trailer actually made me happy bc contrarily to my initial thought I think earth is ADORABLE as haruta! and the actor they chose to play the ossan??? DAMNNN DADDY 😏 probably still won't be watching since I hate remakes but this looks better than I anticipated!

the heart killers: call me a hater but I did not feel this at all, I feel like it's a more boring mix of not me, only friends & midnight motel and I don't particularly care for either ships so I will not be watching... I'm sure this show will be fine without me though lol

perfect 10 liners: we are but even more boring, they even pulled up aouboom & marcpoon LMAOOO. again all love but I don't care for this at all, it's so basic I can't do this to myself anymore, I'm sorry it's called self-care at this point :')

revamp the undead story: again I don't care for bounprem & THE gmmtv vampire show is my golden blood for me babe, like sorry but jossgawin forever 🫶 (more seriously this doesn't look bad but I simply do not give any fuck to watch this show)

[grievedifferent]

CHRIS 4 JOSH? let's talk about it ... and let's be honest.

read more for length only, it's all pretty sfw and non-triggering content.

speaking with otter first and foremost, here are her thoughts on the matter:

for context, she has a degree in video game art & design, so she knows the entire pipeline for how video games were and are made currently. she actually graduated like right around when UD came out, so this is perfect because she also helped me understand some of the modeling and why the original game is just honestly more fluid in mechanics versus the remake, so i've been giving the remake a pass in a lot of big ways and just sort of accepting everything else as is in conjunction with the original game (and in our case, the 2013 prototype).

basically, she said it originally looked like this is what likely happened: a texture artist was given permission to do a heart, someone else or that same artist put in CHRIS + JOSH and basically whoever was in charge of them (i have no names for this) likely said "you absolutely cannot confirm a fan ship, it's not happening" which is why it became CHRIS 4 JOSH. otter was explaining how the 4 looks a little off like it wasn't there originally but more of something to replace what was underneath. like a 4 covering a +.

still likely meant to be a joke, maybe it could go so far as to that texture artist shipping it, but either way, it was never going to make it into the official game as a way to be interpreted as josh and chris are canon. i know the app contradicts one major thing for chris and ash because the game itself literally confirms they both like each other in various scenes and context clues and all of that content we get in-game for them.

based on my own time being in school for video games, this makes a lot of sense. i might not have finished, but i did learn this lol. so, what she's saying is pretty on point. that's how companies are, even if it's "supermassive" ... they are working under sony.

so, does it mean anything? not really. i know this was probably huge for the other side of the UD fandom (i see it being two sides: rpc and non-rpc, which can be similar but are generally very different ... in-between those spaces are typically the fanfic writers and then the sub-genre of reader insert fanfic writers if that makes sense? anyways). but it really means nothing.

it's just a little easter egg. if we want to look into it at all? it was likely done by chris (otherwise it would say josh 4 chris if it was from josh), and also ... i know this sounds probably so lame, but that's just how guys are. they act like that, especially if you're super comfortable with a long-term friend. people have probably wondered about it based on how close and jokey they can act, they don't seem like the type to "shy away" from any sort of intimacy, especially for a joke, and idk, they're just like that? that's pretty normal.

HOWEVER ... where this gets even more interesting for me is this part: bringing in the 2011-2013 prototype, the game that was being pumped out for demos and such before supermassive did an entire rehaul of the original 2010 game (so, this is not london studio's project anymore, it hasn't been for a while, and their original iteration actually had hannah and josh as a couple named hannah and clayton).

why is this interesting? i've mentioned before several things about that prototype specifically: a) mike and chris never changed from design to actor, they were always solid (so it's weird to not even consider using their old voice banks for new content for the 2024 remake but okay??), b) this had originally intended (all the way back to london studio) to really be a "couples game" that "couples play together", giving the controller back and forth, and c) the fact that sam clearly liked josh in the original iteration, josh did not feel the same, but he had basically the same relationship with chris, who seemed to still like ash and vice versa, but josh also had a pretty high energy by comparison both in general to rami's josh and also to specifically chris in comparison to (that verison of) sam.

let's dig into 'c' a bit more. the sam and josh problem. it's not really a "problem" but i think there's somewhat of a general misunderstanding as to what their relationship is realistically like based on their connections and affiliations over what is sort of "expected of them".

here's what we know for facts:

sam and josh know each other, we can maybe assume from childhood or middle school era, but long enough for sam to be considered hannah's best friend.

which brings me to my next point: sam is hannah's best friend, not josh's. not even "hannah and beth's best friend". she is hannah's best friend. this is josh's little sister's best friend. i have to reiterate this because i see this huge sort of blackhole when it comes to this fact about sam and hannah. this is literally sam's entire tagline! even the game sort of forgets that sometimes? sam actually somewhat harshly criticizes hannah in her bedroom, something that is only open to sam and no one else. i'm not sure where this idea that sam is there for josh when she should be there for hannah. you can also tell sam and josh weren't that close over that year because she needs chris to confirm that a) this entire getting back together is a good idea and b) if josh is doing okay. if they were close, wouldn't she know? also, josh wasn't that close to anyone besides seemingly chris? which sort of makes sense but even he only lets chris see certain sides of himself. so, they aren't as close as people i think mistake them to be.

they were supposed to have something one-sided in the prototype before the finalized release. in the protoype, sam likes josh, but josh seems to not reciprocate. it's heavily hinted at when she flirts with him in the scene at the lodge door, which is very different but also somewhat the same as the version we get.

the finalized verison of sam (ie "hayden-sam") doesn't seem to have a crush on josh ("rami-josh") ... at least, from what i can tell. i think she actually feels somewhat uncomfortable around him, if we're being honest. maybe not before the prank, we can see they are comfortable together briefly in the new snapshots on the camera, but after? definitely so. this makes sense. they are somewhat avoiding each other. why would she go back there? both hannah and beth are dead, leaving josh.

finally: josh is hannah's older brother, thus acts as an older brother to the group ... sam included. this is literally in josh's characterization.

so, delving into probably headcanon territory here, and i'm not even going into my own sam headcanons ... basically, i think sam sees josh as an older brother and josh sees sam as a little sister figure. ik ik it's boring.

hear me out here: i think this was done simply because there are so many couples in the game already, which is so funny because it was supposed to be a couple's game but then got changed to a sort of "play alone or pass the controller".

now? UD is meant to be played either on your own or between multiple people, you can assign one person to each person you're playing with or just split the cast up the way otter and i do. it's more liberal and intentional to be that way versus its original intention. think about it: when you really start actually playing, there are two for sure couples, one maybe "will they won't they", and then two that aren't dating. that does feel more realistic just in general in a friend group, doesn't it? people date each other, break up, bring new members in, etc, but not everyone always dates everyone all the time.

also, i think just blanketed, supermassive wasn't even considering that likely at least one of those characters is probably gay or bisexual. until dawn is only so deep because it can only go so deep, and if they were going to go deep? it was going down the mental illness rabbit hole along with the background story they were trying to flesh together coupled with the mo-cap technology they were working with.

also, not to be that person, but life is strange came out in 2013 and kind of nailed it, right? they had their own set of issues they tackled incredibly well, whereas it doesn't really fit into UD. UD is about being a true "classic horror" story with the heavy use of intentional character tropes. so, give UD some grace here, i'd say.

cause let's get real for a second: there were so many last-minute changes while holding onto the threads of what they wanted. some stuff from the prototype for example is pretty shot-for-shot or word-for-word and some is super different. like ... im sorry, but the wolves aren't in the prototype (just as an example), so you can see how fast they decided to put those in because those wolves are literally broken animals.

back to sam and josh: taking my own headcanons aside, i don't think it's impossible to headcanon sam having a crush on josh at any point in her life that she knew him pre-UD. it's not uncommon, of course. he's classic older brother, he's fun, he's cute, he's friendly, and he's always around. again, while i think at least narratively they took that aspect of sam's character out when they cast hayden (she gives a much different, honestly better vibe for sam from the original actress, whereas ashley is like the same ngl), there is something to be said about not saying anything, i suppose. i just don't see it as something that was meant to be noticed, if that makes sense. not that it's not fitting? i guess?

but it's how josh feels, more the position he's in, that i sort of get caught up in why i'm sometimes hesitant with outright sam/josh with no plotting beforehand (as if it's canon). josh is the older brother. for him, there's sort of some lines he feels he isn't supposed to cross, trust he isn't supposed to break, and just sort of general boundaries? like, age isn't necessarily his factor here, it's literally how they met and how they know each other. it would be likely hurtful to hannah, probably awkward? i imagine?

so, is josh willing to cross his sister's comfort like that? yes, he lies to her ... about his mental health. it's never implied anywhere else that josh lies to hannah or beth about anything else. also, we can argue it's the parents hiding it from his sister's, wanting them to have a certain view of their brother.

then, post-death, we know there's a huge change in their relationship. josh and sam become distant, as i've discussed above.

with a lot of plotting and specifics, i could do it. just blanketed? or like ... how i see these characters without anyone else's interpretations in consideration? like just playing the game as is without even considering rpc? i don't see it.

so, what about josh and chris then? i'm not going to lie, i've only even recently come around to the idea, and even that comes off to me as still one-sided if it were ever even considered. likely? it would have been chris like ash, ash like chris, josh maybe likes chris? but that's so pushing it to assume supermassive would imply, though it's actually more sound for inferences in the prototype.

the chemistry josh and chris have is very natural. we can give that partially to the actors, of course, and partially to the writing. they have known each other a long time, and i've talked about it above how that's just how these types of guys are sometimes. they're just comfortable with each other.

so, even i'm just writing general headcanons without taking anyone else's specific interpretation in mind? i see it like this:

josh and chris? best friends from childhood.

chris and ash? the intended "will they / won't they" of the game.

josh and sam? older brother figure to younger sister figure (ie the friendship that can form with this type of bond, but likely nothing else).

but josh flirts with sam, remember? he infers he'd help her with the bath. he also calls mike and jess pornstars, says he wants to get friendly with ashley in the snow (and calls her a sleeper hit), etc. he's pretty mouthy about that sort of thing. it's just how he is. i guarantee if that were jessica in the bath, he'd say the same thing, and might even be more persistent about it (given that jessica is more playful than sam in that regard). however, were that emily in the bath? not a chance, he probably wouldn't have said anything tbh. i also write sam as a lesbian.

okay, so this is all "canon and great" and everything ... but what about me? what are my personal ships?

i can see so many with josh. i think that he's probably more gay than straight. he sees himself as open-minded.

does he lean more towards men or women? privately: sexually and romantically speaking, men. socially: women.

i have it that he chooses the "women make me uncomfortable" option when i play. i think this makes sense for josh.

why do women make him uncomfortable, but he socially pursues them? is he actually attracted to women? what is his sexuality for real? so, why women: it's socially understandable and acceptable. it's what he's relied on since puberty / actively encouraged to pursue since dating was on the table. he's with such a "bro" crowd — and so bro-coded both in being written that way narratively speaking while also just self-imposing that sort of role to himself ... while also naturally filling that role. his sexuality with labels: bisexual with a heavier male leaning preference, would be considered more demisexual when it comes to women. he is attracted to men romantically and sexually, and he is attracted to women, but there has to be a relationship fostered for it to be more romantic than sexual. i think he's fooled around with girls, but never had penetrative sex with them. he's likely never been with a guy, as he's very closeted, despite this being his active preference. women intimidate josh and make him uncomfortable.

further on him being more closeted despite being in the industry: josh has his family's reputation to consider. the world doesn't always agree that being bisexual is natural and non-offensive. he would be outright just called and labeled gay (which isn't entirely inaccurate but is not accurate). it could hurt his family. this isn't 2024, this is the 2010s, and yes it was getting "big" in the way we see acceptance now, but it wasn't so seen. people were (and still are) hiding. think of it like this: if josh has to hide his mental illness the way he does, he's likely having to hide his sexuality.

i think that's why the traits we do see in josh are so exacerbated because he has to stifle so much of himself down that the parts he's allowed to express become the loudest to hear.

all of that to get us here: my ships for josh.

personally? again, no other interpretations are considered necessarily, just ships i like based on various things from simply aesthetics to actual connections i can see them having.

what about chris/josh? honestly? i never even considered it until recently, and now that i have, it seems more obviously (if anything) one-sided by josh (the giver) to chris (the receiver). i don't think chris has ever consciously thought about it. josh (probably) has. as a default, however, i write them as bros. i do genuinely love their friendship. that being said, i do like it as a ship. i don't write my main plotlines with that in mind, though.

quickly: if anything, i think chris is the most compatible for josh (and vice versa). there is a lot of game evidence to support this, but that's for its own post.

josh/ashley -> this had always been my previous top ship for josh, but as more context becomes available via the remake and data mining the game, my opinions have swayed a bit, but i will always love joshley. it's a demi thing with them, i think. i also think josh is kind of jealous of ashley's relationship with chris (chapter 2 is called jealousy, and yes, that refers to the matt-mike-em-jess stuff but could be inferred to the trio), yet actively supports his bro, so doesn't really "get in the way". in fact, he encourages it.

josh/ashley/chris -> i see this as mostly ashley dating both chris and josh, maybe josh having some feelings for chris? from there, it's open-ended, but it's mostly "ashley has two boyfriends", and i am here for that. i love her.

additionally, i do ship chris/ashley. i like that josh is actively trying to get them together, and i think while it's for "nefarious reasons" or whatever you want to say when we see it in-game, josh is acting as a direct reflection to how he always has been ... so we can assume he's always been trying to get chris to make the move on ash.

josh/jess -> this is primarily aesthetically speaking, i think they just would look good together? opposites attract? pre-prank of hannah, it's definitely that ... opposites attract. he's not really her type, lbr, but she's probably his type in the way she's pretty ... but she is also intimidating to him. it's funny because, ultimately, that sort of confession to mike that jess gives about her insecurities would be very understood by josh (and actually matt, who i see as insecure), and i like all three of those boys with jess. yes, i hold jess accountable for the prank, but just character traits and such? i can see some vibes here. also! a lot of my fondness for this ship probably comes from post!verse stuff, like retribution, etc. honestly, i just like these two together not even romantically? i just want to see more of them interacting idk josh and jess are very contrasting characters that could go really well or horribly wrong together. also, i just have to say that i feel like there was some genuine interest when jess suggested that josh might be flirting with her and mike (jokingly) asked to basically have a threesome together, like she was kind of into it ngl.

why none of the other UD boys with josh? like mike and matt? we don't really see too much matt and josh unfortunately. i'm also a huge matt/jess shipper idk but i just don't see matt and josh being compatible, and i also write matt ... and i also write matt as straight, so. there's that aspect. but generally? i don't see it.

so, no em and josh? i literally do not have enough canonically to go by to even say what their default dynamic is like! they never talk!! like ever. so ... once i can establish with an emily writer what that is, i'd be more down to clown.

i can't with mike, either. i love mike btw, literally no shade to him, i don't think josh is the right fit for mike either by any means. mike is great at "handling" josh at his worst in a crisis (kind of? idk it depends sort of on the choices you make, but i get his vibe, i do get it) to get him from points a to b, but that's about it. mike also just comes off as very straight (to me).

all of that to say this: i generally write things as they are from the game unless there's a pretty good clue, inference, or some sort of thread i can unravel to make something make sense. it has to make sense for me, i'm just that type of person.

but ... with the right chemistry, plotting, and a bit of time? anything can happen. just because i default see something one way doesn't mean that i cannot be convinced otherwise ... or still hold that belief for the game itself but write enough development that i love something else in an rp sense. i'm a very "this is game, this is rp" and then from there, i take from the game to make the rp experience more game-like. does that make sense? did any of this make sense?

[toxic-potions-productions]

I caved in & made a Homicipher oc

Also, by popular demand from the poll that ended, you guys wanna see her, too. So, I'm gonna give ya'll what you wanna see!

& by special request, I'm also tagging @grayangel since I know they'd wanna see her (Hi, Medusa!)

This is actually the 2nd time I tried to do a Homicipher oc, cuz the first one I did was a badass maid named Ms. Sniper with a tommy gun (LMK if you guys still wanna see her, I can remake her in Nebula). Up until I realized I can't draw tommy guns, & I also got a bit indecisive after seeing some other Homicipher oc's on Tik Tok. Cut to me falling down a rabbit hole of Japanese Urban legends, since that seems to be a theme for Homicipher oc's. If everyone else is doing it, I might as well jump on that band wagon, too ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I actually had this drawn out way before the poll ended, since I was impatient, so that's why the date in the corner is from the beginning of the month LOL

Anyways, I'm done with the rambling. I now am proud to present to you......

Ms. Frost!

She is inspired by the Japanese Urban legend Yuki-onna, so she actually has a few of Yuki-onna's abilities. Like, ice breath, shapeshifting into mist & snow.....or a beautiful woman ;)

I mostly took after the snow vampire version of Yuki-onna, with her draining the "Seiki" from her frozen, lifeless victims from their mouth, hence why her mouth looks like it has fangs similar to a vampire. Yeah, your girl did her research! >:D

As far as I know, she's the only one of the other ghosts that has a few supernatural abilities. Don't quote me on that, since there is NOTHING online to say otherwise. If any of you have any references I can look at, like a Wiki-fandom or literally anything, please let me know, I will forever be indebted to you for it 🙇🏻‍♀️

Anyways, onto the info dumbing! MC & Mr. Crawling meet her sometime after sitting somewhere for a while. MC can hear a woman singing a song to herself, & then she sees her walking past out of the corner of her eye, & can also tell the temperature in the room dropped significantly. Ms. Frost carries a chilling breeze everywhere she goes, & it affects humans the most. All it's gonna do to ghosts is leave a little of discomfort. After Crawling tells MC that she's a little more on the dangerous side, she eventually gets the hint & darts off. Crawling is about to do the same, up until he can sense Ms. Frost appeared behind him. Crawling isn't in any trouble or danger, since Ms. Frost is more accepting to other ghosts. She's only vengeful when she's with humans, since Yuki-onna are naturally vengeful spirits. Or maybe that's just what I read on Wikipedia. MC doesn't meet her officially until sometime after meeting Mr. Gap when she & Crawling get separated for a while

She's eerily calm & polite, an almost permanent smile on her face, & her neck can bend at some really creepy angles. Think of Alastor from Hazbin hotel, that's literally the best way I can describe it. It's even worse knowing it makes a really creepy crack sound sometimes. You'll know if you're in some serious shit when she actually starts being aggressive & vengeful

Aside from her Yuki-onna abilities & creepy-ass neck, she also doesn't make any noise when she walks, nor does she leave any footprints either. You can't hear her footsteps, nothing. So much so that not even the other ghosts can sense when she's around. She's also extremely fast, too, so it almost makes you think she teleported behind you or something. You don't know she's right behind you until she speaks up. Then, her icy breath hits the back of your neck & you get all cold

Any ending you get with her is considered to be a bad ending. She's not a friendly ghost, but also not extremely dangerous either. There might be someway to warm her frozen heart, at least a little bit. But, who's to say? The WORST ending you can get with her is when you're trying to leave through the elevator, & expecting to see Mr. Crawling. But, Ms. Frost is there instead. & she uses her Ice breath to turn you into a frost-coated corpse But, the tamest ending you get with her is right when you & Crawling are about to leave & she's standing right there. If you take her route, she will feel very saddened you're leaving her & taking Mr. Crawling with you instead, since she hates being alone. But, despite it all, she will let you go. There's no possibility to take her with you & Crawling, so she just lets you go as much as it hurts her. You can choose to say nothing or give her one last parting hug. When you choose the hug option, Ms. Frost will actually feel warm for the first time ever. You won't be cold or shivering from her cold aura, it will actually feel like a warm fireplace. After you leave, she will avoid any elevators in the Otherworld. She can't bring herself to be near them after everything

However, she's not exactly a bad person. The best way to describe her would be unpredictable. If you're in a scuffle with Mr. Scarletella, she will do the same thing Crawling did to Mr. Stitch & attack him. Her ice breath doesn't kill other ghosts (You can't kill what's already dead), but it freezes them up for a good hour. Just long enough for you to get back to Crawling without worrying about a delusional blood clot with an umbrella breathing down your neck

She can technically live without food or sleep, she just chooses not to. She loves feeding off the Seiki of men that were trapped here just like MC, & she can be seen napping in one of the hidden rooms if you really look close enough. It's actually kinda charming, since her cold breeze vanishes a little bit while she sleeps, so you can actually get close to her without shivering. At least not extremely

She's more on the misunderstood side, to put it simply ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Wow, good job for making it down this far! :D Thank you for voting on the poll if you did

Hope you guys like her just as much as I do! --------------------------------------------------------

Ms. Frost by: Me

Homicipher by: Yatsunagi & Gamera Games

Do not steal, trace or copy.

[pink-strawberry-kissess]

is it just me or has aeon and ada become even more popular because of the remakes (despite what haters say)

i think that a lot of people who were ada antis that switched were typically (not always tho) hating on her because they were jealous or they misunderstood her character. i think that a lot of the new fans are strictly leon stans and lack the critical thinking to go beyond their simping

it takes a certain amount of time and effort to look into a character that you vehemently dislike because you've already mentally written her off, or she's "in the way." and i don't necessarily blame them but i do think it's kinda stupid to hate on characters without knowing much about them (at least the people who hate on characters and make that their personality. I hate tons of characters- i just don't talk about it much cause i care about my time lol)

i think that SW was always made in a way to make the audience sympathize with ada. she's always been this morally grey character that (with most people who lack critical thinking skills) has always been painted as a villain- when arguably every single re character has does something morally wrong or has just straight up worked under actual villains in the stories

there's no morally good re character imo.

if we were to take this into account, it would be hypocritical to call all the other re characters morally just while condemning ada for her actions in the same breath.

i've already mentioned that i think the way they wrote luis's "redemption" arc was made in such a way that it was written to necesitate the story and was made into just a plot device. and i do think that if luis was written to be a woman, he would not have been given just a pass in what he had done.

ada's point of contention was always that she did what she needed to survive, and on the basis of what she deemed morally correct. people who paid attention to her story always knew she would kill if she needed to, BUT she would also do what she was think was the better option. she weighs two evils and chooses the lesser one.

i hear a lot of complaints from antis that her "saving" leon doesn't erase what she's done. and no one is saying that it does. but we have to remember that she doesn't owe leon ANYTHING. she could easily have left him to die. from the very start, if we were to assume the role as ada as our own pov, LEON is the one that wouldn't leave her alone.

i think that it's difficult to read characters that have their own sense of morality. when people do bad, you assume they're bad. but people aren't like that as a whole. when main characters like leon or chris do morally reprehensible things, it's because of the narrative, it's written as such so that the ending is still good.

the changes within SW was definitely to make the audience sympathize with ada. with her infection, with how the other characters treat her, with the way she carries herself. she knows what's she's done, she's "made peace with it," it's literally in her opening monologue.

anyways

tl;dr yes

[georgiapeach30513]

Hi there long time no talk! I hope you’ve been good recently🤡

I’ve been around just never have much to input into the convo besides “thots” lol. But this time I do!

I saw the trailer and it’s kinda what I expected since the supposed first poster on the IMDB page I think. I liked it, I thought I’d in be the majority opinion but some of the online chatter I’ve seen has been kinda harsh or disappointed. Sure there’s some line deliveries or certain lines that I feel were falling flat but that’s probably more personal preference then a legit critique. Overall it looks like a good movie that’ll make me happy to see it. Maybe I’m just to early in looking so I’m just gonna avoid that just talk where I know people are kinda excited for it and theory craft there (here included)

I know Nancy has mentioned this in her blog about how it’s giving Nancy Meyer’s romcom movies and that’s what I was thinking too! From the “first” poster it was reminding me of Something’s Gotta Give and It’s Complicated and also a bit of How Do You Know? And feel that’s the direction Celine is going for where the romance/comedy isn’t the revolving story but the main heroine’s personal reflection of it that’s the driving force of the movie. Yeah there’ll be moments of comedy and romance but I think you’re suppose to leave thinking about how you see romance yourself. I have a theory that it’ll kinda like It’s Complicated where most of the screen time is focused on the exes (Dakota/Meryl & Chris/Alec Baldwin) but the endgame couple is the new romance that’s implied right near the end (Steve Martin/Pedro). What do you think?

For the official posters, why do I have a feeling that the first one was like a little nod to Chris from Celine? Like they looked like they got close during filming so when she saw it was his birthday she did a little cute thing for him as for something between them. Or I’m just deluding myself and it really is a coincidence haha.

Second one is a solid 7/10 poster for me. My only thing would be for Chris to pop that hip more. Like sir, we know you have a princess waist, pop it!

Oh and finally. My thots. From the Gym pics to Caesar’s Palace and finally the recent fan pics. I only for one thing to say. BROAD. So so broad. I’m so happy shoulder workouts are his favorite it makes home look so big. HMPH, I had to bite my thumb.

But yeah those have been my thoughts a little longer than I expected. Again hope you’ve been good and if you haven’t I hope things get so much better.

I have been doing decently, 🤡anon. Hope you've been doing well, too!

I love when you chime in with your thots, but also with your thoughts! I think you have a very keen on for things, it's refreshing!

You want to know what I really hate about the online chatter? Those are the same people complaining that we don't have original movies. That everything is a remake, and that they don't make movies like they used to. Here enters Celine, and is delivering all that, and you're still not happy. Sometimes there will be people that will complain to complain, and to those people I say 😝

I love that this movie seems to be doing some callbacks. It's refreshing. But I cannot wait to see Celine's take on this, especially as someone who was a matchmaker. I have two minds with this, the way you're looking at it. That we see Dakota/Chris in the present, yes, but also where they were in the past and why they didn't work out. As for who she will choose, I am going with Pedro OR she's choosing herself, and leaving with neither.

I thought Celine and Chris' relationship on set was so cute. He really seemed to absorb everything she was saying, and he seemed to respect her. There's several photos of him almost beaming at Celine. He seemed to have a good time while filming, and was getting back into the smaller movies that I do think he enjoys. Chris truly does well when a director knows how to utilize his talents. I think he pulls off subtly well. It's why I love Frank so much.

There are several photos from that shoot for the posters. I wonder if we'll ever some of the alternates. I have seen a few of Chris' face. So we shall see how that continues. But I like the poster. It's nostalgic, and puts me in the mind frame of those romantic dramedys.

Chris seems to be working his arms, which is quite odd considering he hasn't announced another project for this year. I wonder why that could be? He's got me completely stumped 🤭🤭😏

As always, anon, I love when you stop by. You're always more than just thots, but I do love your thots!!

[cat-n-rabbit]

About them 7 Heroes and their techniques...

At this point I feel like I should shy away from any RS2R articles cause it's like they spoil all the new content and idk how to feel about that.

Not that there is anything story related that can be spoiled for me who have played and replayed the original, have seen the stage play and absorbed everything RS could offer (and got a hold of the last stage play, I'm yet to watch) ... but I was still looking forward to what's new... and I feel like all the articles and streams just kinda keep spoiling it. I guess they want to highlight on the cool bits but... q.q

I consider this spoilers beyond this point even though it's in a published article. (and I wish I didn't see/read it)

So post story you can fight the 7 heroes' human forms, obtain weapons and spark their signature skills .... I guess that's what you get for collecting their memories? I hope there is more, otherwise that's spoiled :x

A bit of odd choice for Wagnas... Butterfly Sword? What happened to the Divine Longinus ? However upon further thinking over it... his human form does use a butterfly sword...

It is the same sword the High Priest used to frame him in ancient times and Divine Longinus is the spear he uses after he becomes Butterfly Jesus ready to punish you for being ungrateful lot.

Still kinda funny cause in RS his human forms were using spears (even if the artwork had sword) and Divine Longinus was available as only fire elemental spear for a long while. Sadly he never got a sword style in RS (not a big loss, there was generally a lot of sword users in the game)

However it's a bit of an odd choice that you can learn Rosario Impale from his weapon? That's not his signature skill - it's Psychobind/Psychoshot but I suppose it is spear technique so they couldn't have it. I'm guessing it's also a specialty he learns post monster transformation(?) and these are technques you learn from their human forms. I'm also guessing they just expect the Final Empress/Emperor to be a sword user at this point so they'd benefit more from Rosario Impale.

However all this kinda gets contradicted when you see you can learn Soul Steal from Kzinssie's weapon ...and I'm fairly sure he learned that in monster form. Maybe he just didn't have anything interesting as human. Fun fact - you could kind of glitch your way into learning Soul Steal in the remake which makes everything significantly easy. Thanks Kzinssie! Not only did you cause the feud between Leon's bloodline and the 7 Heroes but you also made sure his bloodline will have a very smooth path to victory!

And lastly ... Dantarg teaches........headbutt!?

... I don't know how I feel about this given how everyone teaches some fancy technique and there are plenty of martial arts techniques that are very flashy and cool and headbutt is not one of them. ._.;;; But maybe it...really is an amazing headbutt!! I will try to be hopeful lol... I just found it odd they used this one.

I'm not really complaining here just finding some choices a bit odd but also I can understand why they made them. I am however complaining that this feels like something that shouldn't have been in an article. I may start to avoid any RS2R content as it's almost time for release and I do want to be at least a bit surprised while I play ;u;

[turtlesocksv2]

Liveblogging Dead Friend Forever ep 3

It's Saturday and you know what that means! That's right, it's time for our weekly look at Gay Teens Stuck In A Cult Murder Woods While A Serial Killer Who Might Be A Ghost Is Out To Get Them!

In the recap I JUST noticed that Phi is the one like "Nah you're friend probably just moved! :) It's Fine :)" before he convinces them to remake the movie and I just....Sus King.

Phi doesn't want Top to go for help alone and like...he's right! Not only is Top a coward who will probably abandon them, it's also just a dumb idea! There is a serial killer out there! If Top is alone, he is going to Get Got. Phi is being smart, actually! And Tee just straight up asks Phi if he wants Por to die and my poor Sus King stays silent. I support your murder agenda!

Tan getting Top to spill some secrets! So Top and Non had issues, you say? 👀 And the road to town is conveniently blocked you say? 👀 i feel the killer getting closer lmao RIP Top you will not be missed.

Fluke is the only one who realizes that they shouldn't disturb a crime scene. Tee is the one who says "well then let's just burn it and get rid of the evidence!" and like....what on earth did y'all do three years ago. you absolutely killed someone for the Forest Cult didn't you.

Oh ewww i really didn't need the random dog licking the corpse with gross noises. but also, don't shoo away the dog! The dog can alert you to the killer lurking! The dog will be your friend! Nothing better happen to the dog or Be On Cloud and I are gonna have Words

White didn't even want to come! He wasn't supposed to be there! It's supposed to be his day off! I like how Phi tells White to stay behind while they go try to rescue Top and Tan - because White's not involved in this. It also keeps one of the non-involved trio with Fluke, One with Top and Phi has the other group. Each group has a non-involved person to keep an eye on their shady, potentially Non-Murdering asses.

Tan made it all the way back to the Valley Mansion by himself? 👀 Ok, Sus King, we still on board the good ship Phi And Tan Are The Killer.

LOL Tee really keeps calling Phi out, it's so funny.

Tan must have hit his head or something for them to but the "by the time i got up Top AND the motorbike were gone!"

Fluke you KNOW you cannot be shaking Por like that. You are absolutely trying to kill Por before his dying guilty conscience spills the beans on what you guys did to Non. And Ooooo White stealing the hard drive with the movie on it because Fluke made him suspicious. Way to go, pulling the innocent act. You might just survive. Ah, but it's broken.

The shrine and al lthe blood is very well done very creepy. Tan's asthma is absolutely gonna get him killed tho.

Oooooh White found a gun under Por's mattress. Interesting. and he's keeping it because he doesn't fucking trust Fluke which is so smart of him.

Lol love them quadruple-teaming the masked killed. like, yes! there's way more of you than of him! But then they run away like...no! just tackle him and unmask him! there are four of you!!!

dying at Phi and Jin trapped in the box/coffin together and Phi saying he'll protect Jin.

"it's nothing why would you want to watch it hat much" because you are SUSPICIOUS as FUCK, Fluke and White is not actually stupid maybe??????? Fluke has lost his damn mind.

So we have confirmation that Por took money from someone he shouldn't have - Non, probably? Weird.

Por's rich ass family has a mansion in walking distance to the Cult Murder Shrine. So Theory: Por's rich ass family are cult members who sacrifice people. the friend group got sucked into three years ago and tried to sacrifice Non, who thought he was their friend but was basically their bullying victim. Non escaped and is now Out For Revenge and I am eagerly awaiting Unhinged Barcode. Pretty sure Phi and Tan are also Team Revenge, but it could also just be that they and Phi especially are Nosey Bitches. I support them either way.

[zephamello]

What do you think of Baylee aka the statue?? I wanna know cause he’s my bfs favorite and I’m curious with your thoughts and aus :3

Baylee's mah baby ngl LOL

He's really an underrated character and I wish he got a little more attention. I really like his og polo (the one with the gray) and the one from the remake too. The gray gradients really help establish the statue-look! And I love the style of his hair lol. For the remake, the floating head is creepy as shit and I LOVE IT SMMMM <3 <3 <3 He lowkey had a glow up. I wanna hug him and the bot on Character.ai of him that asked if he could hug me helped me accomplish this so hell yeah, we love hugging sentient statues

Also Baylee is such an adorable damn name for a male, it's so innocent and sweet. Fun fact about him in my AU, when I first every found Baylee it was before he had an official name and it was in a Tiktok video that's been lost to the void (I'm gonna recreate it lowkey) and it had the caption "spit yo shit Troy!" and then it said "Troy:" and showed a clip of Baylee doin his thing. So I named him Troy! Until he got the name Baylee, but I really liked both names so I decided to make it his middle name, so he's now Baylee Troy :3

His og sound is absolutely superb too, it sounds like someone knocking from inside a statue. and the high energy and tempo of it in the joyed mix is just AAAAA I love it so much it is such a vibing beat. And the way his sound for the remake is COMPLETELY DIFFERENT BUT IS STILL A BANGER AND GOES WITH THE VIBE OF A STATUE WITH A FLOATING HEAD??? Bro Baylee does NOT miss we love Baylee we love Baylee so much

The only thing I don't like is that one remake. It just... removed a lot of his key details and oversimplified him. I didn't like a lot of the redesigns for the og Orin Ayo tbh ldjknfkldjb and his was honestly probably at the top of my list for worst redesigns LOL-

I just really don't like this version it doesn't feel like Baylee. The gradients really did a lot for his design and he just feels flat without them

Also for my AU! The cult gave him half-assed legs to get around on (when they promised good ones), so he kinda just waddles around with no arms. It's like tying your knees together and trying to walk, that's how he walks. He is a huge sweetheart, a very kind soul, and had a quiet crush on one of the other patients that he formed a friendship with bc this particular patient was the ex of Tab's new partner, so Tab and this patient had beef that made the patient feel bad about himself. Baylee has a small grudge against Tab because of that, but aside from that he's very sweet and kind to all.

Here is my art of my version of Baylee! <3