#and any difficult sibling relationship in media

[number1abbasupporter]

there's nothing I love more than difficult sibling relationships

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Astr observations 《4》

Disclaimer: I am not an astrologer. This post is only for entertainment purposes, so whatever I have mentioned, if it is reasonates, well and good, and if it doesn't, then please take it with a grain of salt. Thankyou.

🛖 Aries in 3rd house may have a very reckless yet mature behind the scenes relationship with their siblings. They also fight a lot with their siblings for no reason. Surprisingly, this usually goes physical more than verbal. Very playful relationship. There is always a strong urge to hit the other person and irritate them to death. It gives them pleasure. When injured, you might immediately stop the fight no matter how serious it is and take care of each other. Oh, and if someone else dares to trouble any of you, hell would break loose. They can't hear anything bad about each other. In certain cases, this could also apply to mars in 3rd house.

🪵 Dirty mind, Dirty mind, Dirty, Dirty, Dirty mind~ Heard the song? Yeah it's made for those who have their personal planets or ascendant conjuct asteroid Prevert. Trust me, the dumb way to die is by sneaking a glance in their minds. You will be traumatized for the rest of your life and will never look at them the same way again. At any given moment their thoughts are always in gutter. Yeah I am calling myself out at this one. Do I care? No.

🛖 Mars in 10th house folks are really good at dancing. They dance so well.... like you can see the passion in their steps. Dancing can be one of the hobbies in their lives. These people can also be known for dancing professionally and being captivating as hell on social media.

🪵 Lilith in 7th house could indiacte having seen a lot of failed marriages in their life. This could be in their immediate family or even include their own parents. Hence these people have a really different mindset when it comes to marriages. They might even resent the idea of getting married and often question, what's the point?

🛖 Moon in 1st house are babies. Literally babies. Like they look so damn cute and adorable that I just can't help myself but give them a huge hug. They are the most genuine type of people I think because its rarely when what's on their mind is not on their faces. They look so innocent and naive (even if they are legit not.) People just wanna protect them at all costs. They bring out the maternal instinct for them from the other person naturally. But no matter what their warmth is the best comfort zone and their arms are home <3

🪵 Mars in 5th house would definitely be that uncle/aunt/cousin/sibling who spoiled small kids to death and taught them to do weird stunts and create a headache for other family members.

🛖 Transit Saturn in 1st house is really frustrating. It feels like you are doing nothing progressive for yourself and just wasting time. Your efforts go in vain and its really hard to maintain consistency. Sometimes you also realize what mistakes you are making but you find it difficult to correct them. Mental state is always fluctuating and self-confidence is very down. This mainly goes on until the very end when you realize that now you gotta be serious. But when you really do hardwork and break the cycle of laziness, it pays off. Its like an immature, careless kid suddenly becoming a responsible and serious person. Remember, our beloved saturn plays mind games with you. Its either you break free from this if you want the prize or pay the price.

🪵 The people that I have seen to be most likely get cornered, misunderstood and targeted are people having chiron in their 1st house. Its really concerning and hurtful. Because of other idiots these babies get hurt on a very deep and subconscious level. They occasionally have identity crisis and depression is their bestfriend. They try to be happy but life always seems to push something in their way.

For example, I have this relative of mine and she lost her brother a year before she got married. She thought if she starts fresh, it would help. But unfortunately turned out her in-laws were not good people. She was gravely misunderstood by everyone. Even if people knew that it was not her fault, they took great pleasure in gossiping about her, blaming her and literally named her a psycho. Which she is not ofcourse. She was just mentally fragile and instead of understanding her, supporting her, they made her more unstable for no reason.

🛖 Leo venus folks love Cats. They are an animal lover by heart and soul. They are someone who might stop their car in the middle of the road because they saw a really cute cat walking on the sidewalk. Just to go their and mingle with it while thinking, If only I could take it home....

🪵 Cancer moons in 3rd house, please, please stop imitating that baby voice just to butter me up and get your work done. You might think its cute but no, I can see through everything and its so annoying plus immature. Ofc now it doesn't apply to everyone out there but those who do, please take my advice and stop it. Usually I have noticed only underdeveloped people do this but until they realize, its too late and others already find them so annoying. Honestly Cancer moons are so smart yet sometimes they.....*sighs*

🛖 Nessus aspecting Mercury could mean that you often end up hurting people through your words or the way you communicate even when you genuinely don't mean it. These people are really misunderstood a lot of times. Also this works the other way too. For example, you get easily hurt or offended when people speak ill about you. They might just share their opinion on your new home decor but instead you would feel insulted when in reality that's not the case. Not that you would hold a grudge, it depends person to person but you will definitely not overlook that. It would just sting a lot for no reason. You will always wonder, why did she say that?

For positive aspects, this could work out well too, for instance they know exactly what to say and what not to. They can be great negotiators, entrepreneurs and social influencers. They also know how to handle people embodying nessus qualities like a troll or opposition hell bent on creating trouble. Hard aspect people will slowly learn to overcome their problems in communication with time and experience.

🪵 Mars opposite MC screams suppressed anger. The thick tension between their anger and self-image is unbelievable. They don't like to get angry in public. They often gulp down their anger to the last extent because they don't want their reputation to get spoiled because of it. Sometimes its automatic they wanna get angry at someone but end up swallowing it anyway. But please don't test their patience. They might just explode unexpected at any time like a nuclear bomb and destroy everything within their range, not caring about their public image whatsoever.

🛖 Lilith in first house/Conjuct Ascendant are the infamous bad examples of the family while Lilith opposite Ascendant are the good examples with secrets darker than nightsky- always holding their sanity with a single string. Ironically, both are siblings, two sides of the same coin.

🪵 Remember, in one of my posts, I said that I don't relate with Aquarius rising and their unique fashion sense? Well, guys, I finally cracked the mystery! It's not our fashion sense that's unique. It's us. We are the aliens. Ok, that was a bad joke. But really, for example, a few months back, I wore a very pretty dress at my cousin's wedding. And istg people were looking at me like I was an alien, like I wore something totally out of the blue. As if It was not something improper or overdressed but very different than what everyone was wearing, which, of course, was not the case.

Now the funny thing is, if it was someone else wearing the same dress, I don't think anyone would've said anything about it. And voila! It happened. A few days back, I attended a family function, and I saw a girl wearing the same dress in different color and design. And fr nobody uttered a word. Those same people overlooked her as if it was totally normal. As if they didn't just make me talk of the town for a whole week because of that dress. So yeah, finally figured out, it's me, I am the problem.

🛖 Its not always true when they say Earth Mars people are calm and collected. I mean they are but suppose you have a virgo mars but you also have a Leo or Aries or Sagittarius stelium, your Virgo mars will be crying in the corner while that fire stellium will create a havoc and burn down the whole world in matter of some seconds.

🪵 North node in 11th house people are so likable. They are that one friend who knows the entire school and vice versa. So many connections and so many new friends. They just keep making connections left and right no matter where they go. People like to be in their contact. This gives me 'popular girl' vibe.

🛖 You sneaky little thing, you think no one knows how much you love reading smut? Yeah you, I am talking to you, Scorpio Jupiter/3rd house. Look me in the eye, I dare you to deny this.

🪵 Mercury conjuct Mars.... man, they literally spit fire when they talk. Can't win any argument against them. Ngl, I told my friend that I would leave her if she doesn't keep her hands off me special mention to her love language that is playfully hitting me at any possible situation. She just laughed and said, "Go, nobody would take you." Me: Cries silently. Her: I know baby truth hurts. Lemme give you a hug.

🛖 If you have no positive aspect to sun in your natal chart, it might be possible that people don't like your personality much. They think you are too egoistical or full of yourself. They might also backbitch about you a lot. Now this is just what I have observed so far. So it may not reasonate with everyone.

🪵 People with Sun conjuct Ascendant make very great leaders. They have a king/queen Aura surrounding them. And when they speak or share their opinion, people actually listen and take them seriously. When they walk in a room, they make sure everyone knows who has the authority.

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Laito rant ( again cuz he my fav )

just talking about Laitos character in the games is really interesting because he’s so complex and difficult to understand .

Although people pin it ok the most obvious thing wich is the abuse by Cordelia and the grooming he suffered at the hands of her - I think it’s easy to forget that he was basically conditioned to think the way that he does. For example in his routes ( I’m talking specifically about dark fate here ) when he finds the paper that karlheinz did , specifying that all his life was an experiment - his mother , himself and his siblings aswell as the less intricate details of his life , he looses it . Deep down he admits he held onto a small hope that karlheinz was just oblivious to what was happening , but the fact that karl allowed and even encouraged the abuse towards his children is first of all insanely well planned out and secondly absolutely disgusting.In this route shin was mocking laito and Carla picked up on ‘ he is not a fool.’ Laito himself says that ‘ he’s been called a freak but never a fool’. Laito is aware. I would argue that he is one of the most aware of his brothers in terms of knowing peoples intentions and that most times he doesn’t care for his pride . Laito is conscious of his brothers and cares for his family . Obviously, because of Cordelia he believes people like being looked after  ( sexually )and this philosophy is backed up by his lovers , by the way he sees other couples simply because at a surface level it’s the most easiest thing to infer from any functional relationship and seeing other people happy , he too believes this is how he should be happy . Overall laito is a very mischaracterised and overlooked character but that’s more becuase of the small fandom and it’s hard to get hold of a lot of the media for diabolik lovers.

[little-one-eyed-monsters]

Look, I'm going to be the bad guy here. But let me absolve myself a little by saying that I am a certified GL fanatic. I love any good queer show, and especially love when two wonderful ladies find attraction and comfort with each other. Though I can't claim to be an expert on it since I've consumed less GL as compared to BL, I love so many GL shows that I know by now what chemistry for THIS genre looks like.

My commentary here is purely based on the weaknesses of the script. So here it goes:

Damn, Yong and Gie have SO. MUCH. CHEMISTRY in The Ex-Morning, that it renders the GL sideplot of Gie and Nhudee so inconsequential (and unbelievable) by comparison.

I keep expecting Yong and Gie to mirror Tam and Phi's story but in a different setup and context, before I remember that the scriptwriters are forcing this rushed GL agenda with Nhudee. I just find Yong and Gie's interactions and conversations so traditionally romantic, following the usual tropes and patterns of other romcoms and Kdramas about exes getting back together.

It doesn't help that I find Yong's sister Nhudee very annoying and over-the-top, specifically when it comes to her overfanaticism and clichè mannerisms, as well as her UTTER lack of capability in doing her job (the one motivation she has for this whole show). It makes Nhudee's character come off as immature and convoluted with little to no character progression, kinda how I found Vee from Love Sea difficult to root for for this exact reason. This could have worked if she and Gie had more of a cat-and-dog dynamic, similar to Love Sea, but their interactions are more sibling-coded than anything, especially in how Nhudee reacts when Gie teases her.

Again, nothing against the wonderful actress Earn, or the presence of the GL genre in general. It's just that the narrative hasn't done the proper groundwork to establish chemistry for this sideplot or connect Gie and Nhudee beyond a solid big sister-younger sister archetype. Opposites do attract in media yes, but they also need to build enough similarities within characters to generate a palpable attraction for the audience. So far the only thing similar with Nhudee and Gie is their relationship with Yong (and dear God THIS IS THE SEVENTH EPISODE, there's really not much airtime to build on this). I even hate that the scriptwriters didn't create enough backstory to establish even the slightest possibility of attraction between these two in the past, other than Nhudee idolizing the woman who is dating her big brother, before switching to idolizing HER OWN BROTHER when this woman broke up with him. Frankly, the plot hasn't made me care about them the same way I'm invested in Yong and Gie navigating their complicated friendship.

See? Even this awkwardly-placed conversation agrees with me.

All this to say, is that I'm alright with the ending showing Yong and Gie not getting back together. I'm not pushing for a het agenda here. Again, they could parallel Tam and Phi's dynamic quite well, with the premise that not all exes who find common ground have to jump back into a relationship that's not working for either of them. But forcing Nhudee and Gie's relationship just for the sake of "diversity" and "plot" is not just a disservice to this series, but to the GL genre itself that's crafting well-thought out material, and characters with depth and character dynamics. It's the same lazy writing as when GMMTV forced half-assed and often inane BL side plots in their het shows in the past, all in the name of "representation". And what's worse is that Bad Buddy did this exact sideplot effectively YEARS AGO, so much so that the actresses Milk and Love had the opportunity to launch as a brand and star in their own show. Why are we regressing with a character like Nhudee? Especially in a series that's THIS serious and leaning more towards drama than comedy?

Anyway, this is really just my two cents. If you find Gie and Nhudee's love story compelling, then good for you-- it's wonderful that you're getting something out of it. But if you're looking for truly inspired and outstanding GL representation, I think it's better to look for it outside of the Ex-Morning.

[autumnhobbit]

What in the world is that CS Lewis thread op going on about? They make it sound like Lucy and Polly and all the rest are just elaborate set pieces that get dragged around. Did we read the same books? Being unimpressed with your friend's relationship choices seems to be a somewhat common phenomenon rooted in concern for the friend rather than hatred for the spouse??? I'm just so confused as to why this debate keeps going on

I don’t understand it either frankly. I think we’ve become too literal in media analysis where we think it must reveal something about the person who wrote it. Well it DOES, but not in the way we’re acting. I don’t think choosing to write a witch who holds a prince captive with her magical song-based powers is so unique that it could ONLY be a direct reference to Tolkien’s story (or the original English poem it’s based on), nor do I think that choosing to write a witch villain means Lewis Hated Women!(tm)

People often don’t understand their own psyche and logic, and NOBODY understands themselves completely. To imply such just seems childish and naive to me. And it’s such a vacuum of a claim. Once for a very small portion of the book there’s this witch character woman who’s portrayed as evil and using mind control to make people love her and then she turns into a giant snake when it doesn’t work and gets hacked to pieces! Therefore……huh?

It’s a story. It’s a thing that happens for a story to exist. Never in my wildest dreams upon reading the book (which I did, many times as a kid), did I think, ‘oh, this is actually a direct metaphor for C.S. Lewis’s intense belief that women are worse than men morally and physically and are not capable of thought or creativity and exist to be in the background and serve men, and also a mean-spirited jab at his friend J.R.R. Tolkien and his wife especially. Interesting.’

HE DIDNT THINK THAT. The entire characters of Lucy, Jill, Polly, have undertones of the unconscious sexism of young boys—Digory ignores Polly when she tells him to ring the bell because what does she know anyway, Lucy’s siblings don’t believe her about Aslan or even Narnia itself even though she’s right, etc. Aravis is imperfect but generally shown to be a good person in culturally difficult circumstances who learns her lesson and grows into a more caring person while still retaining her less ‘desirable’ traits—stubborn, argumentative, somewhat haughty. Hell, Lewis’s relationship with Joy herself contradicts this. Have you SEEN the sexism that comes out of people when faced with Joy Davidman? People describe her as dislikable, loud, bigoted, snooty, wily, etc. And yet Lewis saw something in her and loved her and said what was she not to me? Friend, lover, mother, sister, brother?

And we know Tolkien himself actually was the one who was not friends with Joy and disliked the whole situation, though he obviously remained civil and charitable about it. To take Lewis’s personality, which certainly had its vindictive moments especially in early life, and then paint him as this shallow, petty, whiny, miserable little man child who would do something out of a void just to hurt people. I don’t buy it and there’s no proof and feels just like you personally really dislike Lewis and want to think bad things about him. Well you can. The man is dead and you’ve never met any of these people so there’s no way to know what the truth of any of these relationships are, but it’s slander to say they were one thing when we don’t, and can’t, and will never know.

[txttletale]

idk how to put this sorry if this comes off as rude/confrontational I'm not trying to be — when you say stories about forgiveness/reconciliation, do you mean more the type about forgiving & reconciling with family, or more generally (so like including - this isn't the best example but I can't think of any better rn - catra for example? where it's about being trapped in hurting people because of trauma and breaking out of that)? or is the thing you dislike more stories' framing of forgiveness as a moral imperative?

sorry if this doesn't make sense I'm just curious what you think bc you've raised some interesting points and would really like to see you elaborate on them

don't worry you don't come off as rude whatsoever! while i think my points apply broadly to how forgiveness is treated across media (rare actual example of cultural christianity) -- i obviously am not, like, against forgiveness or stories about forgiveness on principle. what i dislike about all the narratives about people forgiving their abusive parents is that:

like you said, it's always framed as a moral imperative. there is always an underlying assumption that forgiving the abuser is the 'right' and 'correct' thing to do, that not doing so would be wrong. this is tremendously insulting to survivors who have every right to not forgive their abusers!

in most of these narratives, the parent barely does shit to be forgiven. there's very often a narrative equivocation, in fact, between parent and child. like, sometimes the parent won't even be expected to apologize -- sometimes, even more grotesquely, both the parent and child apologize for their shared supposed 'wrongdoing'. this is also obviously insulting to survivors, who are not in any way responsible for their abuse or for having a poor relationship with their parents.

the reason why this in particular pisses me off so much is that it mirrors and in turn contributes to the cultural expectation on abuse victims in real life to maintain contact with their abusers, the constant casual pressure from everything from strangers to friends to acquaintances saying 'well, can't you just put it behind you?' or 'look, he's changed' or 'she's your mom' or 'you'll only have one chance to have a relationship with your siblings' or whatever the fuck. the sanctity of the family is a cardinal value across a lot of societies and this sanctity means a constant, neverending societal pressure to bow to sweeping abuse under the rug. i've seen many people i care about struggle deeply with feeling obligated to maintain relationships with family members who treat them like shit and make htem miserable every time they interact bc of exactly these sorts of sentiments being everpresent in their cultural environment. & these narratives always paint that sort of pressure as being well-founded and fair and ultimately for the better, which is absolutely repellent to me.

so, yeah. i am not against narratives where an abusive person actually confronts their actions and changes and repairs that relationship (that's another fucking thing, these narratives always put the onus and responsiblity on the character who was abused to forgive rather than on the abuser to earn forgiveness, just like in real life familial abuse victims are always fucking expected to be the ones to repair the relationship). i think such narratives can be powerful and compelling and explore questions of what the value of 'forgiveness' or 'redemption' even are, as well as dispel the mystique and exceptionalism often attributed to the 'abuser' as a holistic malevolent figure that can be cleanly separated from every other parent/grandparent/sibling/etc.

what i'm against is narratives where someone who is abused has their feelings delegitimized -- their rage is wrong, counterproductive, they need to let go and move on, they need to forgive their abusers and let them back int otheir lives because oh, they did something wrong too or oh, their abuser had a difficult life, or whatever the fuck. to which the answer should be a flat -- no. they don't. all the more power to people who choose to do that if that's what makes them happiest and safest but absolutely nobody has a moral obligation or need to forgive an abusive family member. obviously i am exaggerating slightly when i say every abusive parent subplot should end with the parent being killed with hammers, but i'm using the hammer murder as a synechdoche for a narrative treating an abuse victim's antipathy towards their abuser as something legitimate and justified and obviously reasonable rather than a flaw or something they need to move past.

[noirapocalypto]

Some Judah lore that’s brewing in the brain atm

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- He’s the black sheep of his family, he doesn’t have the best relationship with his parents—finding himself much closer to his two siblings, despite their own toxic behavior. Judah visits when he’s obligated to—such as holidays, but otherwise doesn’t go out of his way. Even when he’s visiting his home country of France, he tries to keep a low profile so his parents don’t find out he’s in the area and force him to visit. Sometimes it doesn’t work out though and they wind up calling him anyways—but he always has a good excuse or lie up his sleeve prepared.

- Judah has been married once and is now divorced. The entire ordeal has left him bitter and jaded, as well as unwilling to commit again. The fact that it was also public gossip around the corporate world that made him much more resentful and angry at the subject. Bring up his divorce or his ex-husband unprompted at your own risk.

- While not the only factor, adultery was one of the reasons for the end of his marriage. His now ex-husband, Aurelio, was having an affair behind his back. The secret was discovered by Judah’s assistant—Arlo. Despite bribes then followed by threats from Aurelio to keep the matter a secret, Arlo’s loyalty to Judah didn’t sway.

- Judah isn’t one to show affection or much appreciation for anyone, but Arlo has earned himself a place in Judah’s life. Deep, deep, deep down, Judah developed a fondness for his employee. He pays him his worth and begins to be much more lenient with his scheduling and demands. He’s still a short tempered, impatient, demanding asshole, but Arlo will always have job security and perks with Judah.

- Judah enters the fold by meeting Paolo and Paola at a fancy corpo gala that the twins are crashing/pulling a heist at. They’re not blending in too well, being loud, boisterous street kids and all, but no one has paid much attention to them—until Judah overhears. He’s not upset though, it’s not his event, he gives zero fucks of these two blue oddballs want to steal or crash. He’s bored and very uninterested in being there, so he decides why not have a little fun? 😏 He invites them to stick with him as his guests if anyone asks, and he teaches them to blend in a little, all while helping them achieve whatever it is they need to do. It was supposed to be a one off thing for Judah, with the twins offering their contact info for any work he might have for them before they went their separate ways—Judah didn’t expect them to actually track him down and show up at his office building trying to get in to see him. 😒Turns out the twins ended up being way clingy than he realized. He’s slowly getting used to having friends, they’re definitely making sure of it. 😇

- Eventually, at some point in the story, Judah and Salem also meet when they become work associates. Judah tries to get Salem on board to collab on some projects with his media-entertainment company, meanwhile Salem finally agrees and begins working on his projects, all while making the entire business ordeal very difficult for Judah—solely for the fuck of it. 😏They can’t stand each other more often then not—with Salem intentionally pushing a very no-nonsense Judah’s buttons. But they still enjoy each other’s presence sometimes. They’re frenemies. 🖤

- Judah is afraid of dogs—therefore very afraid of werewolves and lycans, despite the Twins and Embry being full blooded lycans. He doesn’t mind them once he gets to know them, but they still forget and like to run at him while shifted in their wolf forms. They’re just excited to see him! 🥺 Poor Judah still isn’t used to it and flinches each time.

[lemonhemlock]

THANK YOU I AGREE WITH YOUR AEMOND POST 1 MILLION %. Some of the replies are so frustrating, all you were doing is discussing the writers' decisions this season regarding Aemond, and how simplistic it would be for Aemond's motivations to betray Aegon to be based on the brothel scene. You put into words everything wrong with Aemond's arc this season and I tremendously agree! I feel that the writers are flip-flopping with Aemond and Aegon's relationship, first they were enemies as children, then Aemond lost his eye and they seemed to be on the same page, then AEGON'S SON WAS VICIOUSLY BRUTALLY MURDERED AND AEMOND IS (besides showing no character evolution driven remorse to speak of) BACK TO HATING AEGON AGAIN?! THAT'S HIS BROTHER. HIS NEPHEW. HIS SISTER'S KID. Aemond had zero fucks to give!

The fandom's reaction to Aemond has been so embarrassing! Why is he not held accountable for ANYTHING. EVER. I defended Aemond all through S1 and will always defend him from TB but HE'S A GROWN MAN NOW. He just doesn't show empathy for Aegon after Jahaerys' death, your brother is grieving and he swears Aegon is his King and he's his hitman and he will always serve his ass. IF THEY HAVE AEMOND MURDER AEGON BECAUSE HE TEASED HIM IN A BROTHEL WHAT EVEN IS THIS. Really bad writing. Really cringe too.

So don't worry there are some of us who whole heartedly agree with you and don't coddle Aemond a grown man, with the same standards season after season and hold him accountable for the sin of hoping he grows as a character even if he is heading for a darker turn.

thank you so much, anon, for this unexpected reply, as i'm hanging out at the airport with not much to do 😅

yeah, i think that, ON PAPER, aemond turning on his brother as a result of years of bullying is believable, sure, BUT. the bullying truly needs to be horrific to explain away the urge to commit basically three of the most grievous crimes in westeros: kingslaying, kinslaying and usurpation. like. no one takes those things lightly. and, i'm sorry, but teasing just doesn't cut it. i think that a lot of people may be kind of projecting their own personal grievances with school bullies onto aemond, which is natural to an extent, but they have to step back a little and realise that being rude or hurtful to someone just doesn't, in any way, merit a reaction so disproportionate that it amounts to soul-drenching crimes

in that regard, last season i was 100% on aemond's side as well, because, well, MUTILATION might warrant such an escalation in violence. compared to all that pent-up anger aemond felt for luke, the aegond rivalry is just not really well done. it COULD have been, but, without having seen ep 4, it feels very milquetoast and, most of all, unearned.

honestly, i think gwen emphasized really well the fact that we're in a fandom obsessed with their headcanons and brainrot, to the extent that it becomes difficult to separate the backstory one has created for some character with what has actually appeared on screen. what we've seen so far has only been mockery, and i get that, when you're a kid, it's very difficult to go through, but we are talking about murdering your sibling here. i mean, no, i don't think "it makes perfect sense". ALSO. pointing that out doesn't mean you're invalidating the trauma of bullying victims, let us please separate people's real experiences from fictional experiences, which 1. are fake and 2. can be improperly presented in media, which is what we are critiquing in the first place

on a final note, i have had people on my post clinging to this idea that, just because the writers had aemond say (in the most bored tone in existence) that he regrets "the business with luke" (or however the hell he phrases it) means that the writers want to communicate to us that he feels sorry over jaehaerys. please. they must either be aliens that are just now learning about human emotion OR they want to relay that aemond isn't really all that bothered fundamentally. his reaction is basically the stoned out version of this gif!

but, anyway, as dumb as aemond's reasons are or aren't, what ultimately brings the whole rivalry down is that they really didn't invest in creating any dramatic tension between these two. think of the scene at storm's end, it's the literal version of "you could have cut the tension in the room with a knife" and it's only a few minutes long. so it can be done. they just don't care OR, because of this stupid trend of reducing the number of episodes in a season, aegond was just one of those things that hit the cutting room floor. so we can all blame capitalism for rook's rest. 😅

[maybe-not-a-robot]

Media Log 2025 Entry 6 - Lilo and Stitch - 5/5

Dude, remember when Disney made good movies?

I said that subtitle at least twice while I watched this movie with my girlfriend.

This is one of those movies where I find the subject of writing a media log entry difficult: when a movie is so well-talked about or too good, it's hard to posit my own thoughts about it and feel original (see my entry for Neon Genesis Evangelion). But... whatever. I really liked this movie, so I still want to talk about it.

Lilo and Stitch is, plainly, a fantastic movie that I can find no flaws with! The characters were super fun, the animation was fantastic, I loved the score, it was really funny and really emotional, and it, very importantly, knew how to balance humor and emotions well. The relationship between Nani and Lilo felt very real, especially as someone with siblings IRL, and I really enjoyed how the movie handled it. The movie also doesn't waste any time, either; it's paced very well and the team clearly knew what was important to the movie and what wasn't.

What I found most interesting as a first-time watcher (yes, really...) was how little the whole Stitch-is-a-fugitive-alien thing played into the plot. Obviously it does play into it, and is a key part of the movie's finale, but it's pretty low-key for most of the movie. Despite that giving Jumba and Pleakly less screen time, it works best for the movie because the emotional core - the family struggles between Nani and Lilo and how Stitch affects them - is what is most important in the movie, and if it focused too much on the sci-fi aspects it would lose the time it used to put immense care Lilo and her family.

Also, the animation is also totally top-notch! The animators put an astounding amount of care into every shot of the movie, from broad elements like the watercolor backgrounds and character acting to smaller details, such as the various background aliens aboard the Galactic Federation ship and how many background elements emphasize just how fucking huge Gantu is. It's a real treat for animation fans - and anyone else looking for an amazing movie!

Overall, GOD, that live-action remake is going to be FUCKING TERRIBLE. I'm so excited to see it.

[pearlprincess02]

taylor swift and joe alwyn composite chart houses

7th house: the composite 7th house governs how you are as a couple, how much you’re focused on the relationship, how you move together as one, and the other people that you interact with together.

taurus 7th house : with the composite 7th house in taurus, you may be a pairing that interacts with others with great calm, or the people in your life may seem like calming forces. while the external face of the relationship may be intense, there can be an ease with commitment, and this can help buoy the partnership. if may be difficult for you to see together when you’re being stubborn and stuck, yet you may encounter others who are that way with the two of you.

7th house ruler in 3rd house: circumstance: meeting them through social media, dating apps, online. meeting through one of your hobbies. meeting them when you’re gaining a new skill: learning something/ taking a class. meeting them when you’re in a really busy time of your life. a time when you’re socializing a lot. meeting on a trip or something to do with driving. person: someone who is talkative, childish, playful, witty, intelligent, or humorous. someone that has many different skills or hobbies. the kind of person to be communicative and opinionated. someone who can be sort of “gemini-like” union: a relationship that is like a friendship. a dynamic where you’re competitive together. can feel like a “sibling” dynamic. a union where you communicate together, exchange ideas and learn from each other. being on social media together.

moon in 7th: with the composite moon in the 7th house, this is the house of relationships, so this can be a good placement for virtually any relationship, personal or professional. you each can focus on the relationship a great deal, feeling more secure and confident when you feel the relationship is solid and strong. you can work extra hard to make sure you’re each putting in your fair share of work to maintain the relationship, but you also need to make sure the relationship doesn’t become an emotional crutch for either of you.

8th house: the composite 8th house shows how we use what we have together and share with one another. this house also governs intimacy and sex, so it can also show how we connect on a physical level in romantic partnerships (in a way that may be different from individually in the natal chart).

gemini 8th house: with the composite 8th house in gemini, you may come up with plenty of ideas for what you should do with the resources you have together, and you may be a little scattered as a result. information and knowledge can be powerful, so you can do your homework first before making decisions to avoid being impulsive and scattered. in a romantic relationship, physical intimacy may need to come after a mental connection is built.

8th house ruler in 3rd house: you often desire a certain level of unpredictability and instability once a commitment is made. to some degree you’re unstable and that can transverse as non-committal in the house of “commitment” which may cause the surrounding environment to wane and fluctuate in an unhealthy manner. the real issue here is that you secretly have a complex about the perfect romance and often times the more mundane and predictable sides of being committed secretly bore you. you want excitement of not really knowing whether or not your lover will be there the next day which often can be sad due to the fact that their are often two faces present here! the one that wants excitement and the one that actually wants to be committed to someone. the odd thing here is that often for these natives once the committed twin wins over they often can place a high value on communication and open emotional expression despite their logical approach to settling down. all this taken into account once they kill off the fickle twin they don’t just commit to their lovers...they submit to them fully. your lover could shy away during this phase though as they’ll feel like it’s either they keep up or get out..but once they survive that part they’ll adore the committed and often completely sympathetic backing. once commitment is established you can frolic like a child in a field across your lovers body! you become experimental but also a bit of a bi-polar off and on type-you’ll often initiate sex in multiple ways.

jupiter in 8th: with composite jupiter in the 8th house, you can find it easier to deal with the serious aspects of the relationship, and deal with serious matters together. the darker side to this house can be somewhat muted with jupiter here, and you can be less prone to struggling over power and control. you can help to transform one another and deal with deeply-held issues that you’d normally keep buried.

chiron in 8th: you help each other heal from wounds related to loss, sexuality and power. you may be instrumental in helping each other reclaim your sexual power or overcoming wounds related to manipulation. you can help each other create understanding and perspective surrounding losses, crisis and personal tragedies. it’s easy for you to both hold space for each other’s grief and fears. you may have to struggle to help each other find transformation but once you begin to turn pain and fears into empowering change, you’ll both be able to shift from seeing yourselves as victims to seeing yourselves as powerful healers and leaders.

pholus in 8th: you can help each other face dramatic transformation and work through major turning points together. through this relationship you both find empowerment and perspective. you help each other release past fears and insecurities. your intuition helps you both pick up on small details that have dramatic ramifications. you can both become obsessed with shared wealth, security and resources, especially during times of dramatic change. small changes you both make can lead to cataclysmic changes. you are called to help each other embrace transformation. you may also help each other navigate major changes and turning points that help you both to unleash your sexual power and find greater clarity on what you desire. your relationship to each other can bring courage and focus in the midst of dramatic shifts and upsetting changes.

pallas in 8th: you are both easily able to do your best problem-solving work when it comes to dealing with matters of the subconscious and secret desires. you are both able to blend your intellectual and intuitive gifts to advocate for others’ rights to sexual freedom and you may be strategic about helping others to share power in relationships. this relationship can be a source of intense inspiration and you may both be motivated and determined to help each other succeed in accomplishing your goals of helping others navigate through change and transformation. you may also both have a psychic sense about strategies for problem solving that bring empowerment and new focus to others.

9th house: the composite 9th house can show how we expand, explore, and experience life together. The composite 9th house can show how we share our wisdom as a pairing with the world, and how we find meaning.

cancer 9th house: with the composite 9th house in cancer, you may feel at home with expansion and exploration together, and find some degree of emotional comfort in it. if you live together or are family, you may give each other a lot of space, and demand more freedom. travel, expansion, and new experiences may bring emotional security to the relationship. there may also be a focus to explore more at home.

9th house ruler in the 7th house: financial luck and fortune from marriage, gains and profits after marriage unless afflicted, spouse could prove lucky and is likely a foreigner or someone you meet while traveling, likely to travel a lot after marriage with spouse, due to career, due to social work, spouse or business partners may teach you a lot, can be someone you look up to, you can worship your spouse or platonic partners, luck and profits in business and career, gains in career after marriage, higher education in law, communication, management, business, economics, aesthetic/design industry, fashion, spouse may be someone you meet through friends, introduced by someone influential and in public eye, known through elder sibling, luck in legal battles and court cases, great sense of justice and self righteousness, if unafflicted shows a lucky life in second half of life especially, can marry friend's sibling, absolutely loyal and against infidelity of any kind, religious and spiritual beliefs can be influenced by spouse or business partners, can spread their wisdom and teachings to a big audience, can be a teacher, foreign education, morals and ethics may impact business and negotiations, self righteousness can affect partnerships, can be a spiritual or religious preacher or a life guide helping others through life with advice and teachings, spouse may live in a foreign land and be of same culture, looks for soulmate or spiritual connection with spouse, father may be famous, is a teacher, interacts with many people, could bring you your spouse, may be your business partner, constantly improving yourself in relationships unless malefics are associated, spouse provides happiness and prosperity if unafflicted, spouse is ethical and moral, you are a knowledge seeker, loves traveling, is self righteous, enjoys learning and history, open minded and spiritual,relationship with religion and spirituality may be affected after marriage, spouse can make you more pious, great placement for people in public eye,father may live away, you prove lucky for your partner

mars in 9th: with composite mars in the 9th house, you can feel driven to expand your lives and have new experiences together, and this can be a good placement for traveling or learning together. you can debate over beliefs and outlooks, and you try to keep things light, but you may fight over your beliefs at times, so you have to remain open. if you have the same beliefs, this can be a strong link between you.

ceres in 9th: you can nurture each other’s philosophies and beliefs. with each other’s encouragement you can both find greater inspiration and expand your point of view. you may also help each other create abundance through encouraging each other to expand on your plans and ideas. you may stand out as a couple that nurtures others’ higher ideals and help each other to maintain hope in the midst of challenging times. you both understand that each other needs to enjoy changes of scenery, taking classes and writing or traveling abroad as a means of nurturing your own inner strengths.

10th house: the composite 10th house can show how you present yourselves as a pair, how you step out into the world together (your public life), and what you work toward together.

virgo 10th house: here we have a somewhat reserved couple with others, but extremely cheerful and expressive with each other. people see that they are serious about the relationship, that they see themselves being with each other for a long time, they see a future together and people trust that they are the right person for this. both stand out for being very hardworking and devoted in the relationship, people can highlight the effort, mutual support and attention they give each other. they see the relationship as something that came to put more order in both their lives and their feelings, they think that they both do well and push themselves to be the best version of themselves. people realize that you both accept each other's flaws and all, and are likely to see a quality of relief and rest in one or both of you when you're together. they give the impression of being able to count unconditionally on the other regardless of the circumstances.

10th house ruler in 3rd house: the activities of the 10th house serve the agenda of the 3rd house. building a reputation, gaining recognition for achievements and finding a vocation serve communication, information gathering and everyday interactions. the need to be seen as an authority influences the way you communicate. you communicate like an authority figure. you communicate like a professional. you communicate like a parent. your profession is always on your mind. you write a blog for professionals. you keep a professional diary. you’d like your vocation to provide opportunities for making connections around town. you’d like to become known locally for the work that you do. you’d like to be a local celebrity. your vocation involves writing. your vocation involves conferencing, skypeing, phone calls, IM, facebook, twitter, email and other short correspondence. you get speaking engagements because of your professional status. your authoritative stance makes you stand out in the local community. you act like a parent to your siblings. you act like the parent of your neighborhood. you take your professional experience to the local level. you teach people how to do what you do. you teach at a vocational school. you pass on information about career placement. you are a school guidance counselor. you pass on your professional experience through teaching and writing. you become an authority on your local area. you become an authority on the written word. you become an authority on language.

11th house: the composite 11th house can show how we come together as friends in a relationship, the groups we interact with and causes you push for together. with the 11th house also ruling change and the future, it can show how change is approached and what future we envision.

libra 11th house: with the composite 11th house in libra, you can be the compromising, pleasant pair in your friendships or groups you participate in, and can be easy to get along with together. you may want friends or groups that you feel are pleasant and won’t throw any drama into your lives together. you may spend time with many couples/partnerships. you can focus on change when balance is achieved.

11th house ruler in 3rd house: being versatile is something that characterizes these natives; they can fit in with any group, however they like to hang out with individuals who share their interests. astrology, drawing, digital art, having a blog, photography, traveling and playing video games are some of the hobbies that the native may have. they enjoy activities that challenge them somehow. some of them may encounter (and get along pretty well) either many people with gemini placements/3rd house placements/dominant mercuries in the course of their life. something that i have noticed in many of these natives is that they tend to be quite intelligent, and despite this, they do not study a lot or participate in class. they tend to like to learn on their own and hate wasting time studying, even feeling overwhelmed by the idea of ​​studying, unless they are studying on their own. these natives feel a very deep connection with their friends, coming to consider them family, to be more specific, they usually see them as brothers. they tend to interact in a friendly and witty way when wanting to forge new friendships. they tend to keep their friends from school regardless of the passage of time, however, remembering that astrology is ambiguous, i have also noticed the other side of the coin, and that is that it may have been difficult for them to make friends at school or feel that they fit in. with their classmates. their relationship with their siblings is usually somewhat complex and changing. the relationship can be a bit extreme, oscillating between getting along very well with each other and sometimes not wanting to see each other. siblings of the natives can have strong aquarius, saturn, uranus or 11th House energy or placements. something that perfectly describes them is their curiosity, being people who seek to find a deeper meaning to everything that is mundane or part of their day to day. they often have a huge desire to travel to know and explore or to have a job that allows them to travel. they are people willing and open to change. (if the ruler is badly aspected, their dedication to achieving their goals can give them a lonely life and perhaps fewer social contacts than they would like). do you want to get their attention? don't be afraid of being judged. something that they find admirable is people who are able to express their thoughts in a direct and unique way. abstract, complex and interesting minds will definitely catch their eye. these people are hardly understood by people, especially when others try to read what they write. i have noticed that the writing of these natives changes a lot and that they tend to write very fast. they speak and write with a unique, clever, entertaining, and easygoing style. they are quite social and have a remarkable ability to make new and helpful connections very quickly.

12th house: the composite 12th house can show what may be hidden in the relationship, what may play out subconsciously in the relationship, the karma of the relationship, and what needs to be let go of.

libra 12th house: with the composite 12th house in libra, it may be difficult at times for you to find some pleasant compromise in the relationship, and restore balance and peace together. everything can smooth out in times of crisis so you operate in a calmer way, but this may cause a subconscious desire for more chaos. there may be karmic issues with lack of respect or commitment issues that need to be addressed, and some indecision may need to be let go of.

12th house ruler in 3rd house: shows intense passion towards certain skills or just lack in happiness if you feel dispassion or unhappy doing your skill, many people with this often are artistic and singers, they maybe into music, they are creative, and inherently talented, but also too obsessed that they can forget about real life, you may have felt detachment from family, neighbors, siblings, cousins, or just the immediate family, could be due to experiences or you felt you belonged somewhere else or with other crowd, you may have had sexual relations or possibly marry someone you know from school or they could be a friend first or introduced through cousin, sibling etc, you may be wise regarding education, learning, experienced in some skill, speech, social issues etc, could have hidden animosity from siblings, cousins, school peers, teachers, friends or neighbors, animosity could be due to talent, knowledge, brave and talk back bold personality, this only for malefic planets, or jealousy due to school matters, like going to a better school than others you know, could be due to grades, you can spend a lot on art, education, on friends, learning, if afflicted this could cause debt for you, you may manifest knowledge or skills or acceptance, can be intuitive or intuitively connected to friends, siblings, may live or did early education in a foreign land or with foreign people, may have felt imprisoned or claustrophobic in young age, with peers, in surroundings, may not be able to sleep when young, could have sleep disorders when young, you maybe troubled about your learning and education or not being able to learn a skill or not being able to speak, your speech mein reflect your subconscious, for people that hide stuff or are not able to express, your speech may be reflective of subconscious issues, restrictions in speaking, expressing or pursuing things of interest may put mind at distress, shows restrictions from mother or subconscious fear or animosity towards mother, lack of freedom of expression if afflicted, may have had difficult or life changing, teaching moments earlier in life, for some, there is lazy attitude towards things if interest, and lack of passion,you are subconsciously someone witty and a thinker, you enjoy learning and doing things with your hands, may enjoy traveling

pluto in 12th: with composite pluto in the 12th house, you may struggle over power and control in ways that aren’t obvious. it can be in a subconscious way, and you subconsciously want to have all of the power and control. this position can show one person makes all of the sacrifices and the other person takes everything selfishly, so you need to make sure you’re both giving and taking equally. you can transform in profound ways together if you can steer clear of secrets, lies, and cruelty.

celeb's masterlist / moodboard / 1H - 6H

crd:

7h + 7h ruler

8h + 8h ruler + composite chiron in house + composite pholus in houses + composite pallas in houses

9h + 9h ruler + composite ceres in houses

10h + 10h ruler

11h + 11h ruler

12h + 12h ruler

[otaku553]

Hello! I saw your recent art of sabo, and in the tags you mentioned the big 3 of Shounen. I know it’s One piece and Naruto, but what’s the third? How come you like the character? Lovely artwork, it’s candy for the soul!! Thank you •u•

Ah thank you!!! The big three of shonen (for I guess the previous generation?) are Naruto, One Piece, and Bleach. Naruto and Bleach have already ended but it seems like One Piece is still going quite strong, despite the new generation of shonen anime (including Hero Aca, Demon Slayer, and the third spot is still debated! Probably JJK is my guess though that falls into its own sub genre of shonen dark fantasy I suppose)

Here are my favs! I’ll put the reasons why I like them in the read more because it’s quite long :)

Despite watching Naruto first I could never actually finish it because it was so long so I kind of just osmosed the later parts of shippuden through fanfics and other such media ^^; I think it’s pretty difficult to pick a definitive fav for Naruto because I feel like it tends to fumble a bit of its character writing? I think if I had to pick one maybe young Kakashi but still kind of eh. Maybe I just didn’t watch far enough to get attached

As for Bleach, I picked it up years ago around middle school and then dropped it after the first hundred episodes or so because filler got boring for younger me but then I picked it up again in high school and managed to at least get past aizen! And then I dropped it there because I wasn’t interested in any continuation after what seemed like an already pretty strong ending.

Toshiro is my favorite because he falls into all niches of character tropes that I enjoy including but not limited to: child genius who acts responsible but is still somewhat immature, cold personality along with ice powers but fierce loyalty to close relationships. I especially enjoy child genius characters for the contradictory dichotomy of what is expected of them in terms of maturity and knowledge and the amount of pressure these kinds of characters face and how they handle it! That said, I enjoy him more for the tropes that he falls into and my personal interpretation of him rather than canon writing for him. I think that though canon is an alright base, he doesn’t get much time to shine (character-wise instead of combat-wise).

And Sabo. Oh my goodness I am brainrotting so hard over Sabo right now. The ASL siblings in general have a vice grip on my heart and really are not letting go. There is so much tragedy in the way that they are written, that works because there are three of them. Ace and Luffy spend so much effort trying to save the only brother they have left in the world not realizing that if they go they’ll be the first to go actually because Sabo is still alive, and Sabo could have done so much and changed so much if only he had regained his memories sooner. Why didn’t he remember sooner? I can only assume it’s because he didn’t want to remember, because he grew out his hair to cover a scar he wasn’t proud of, because he was running away from his origins when he lost his memories and maybe that stuck with him. I don’t even remember when Sabo was introduced as a character because I don’t think he was mentioned during Marineford? But he’s such a compelling character because he does so much to save the world and yet is unable to save his own brother! And he’s written to fit with Ace and Luffy incredibly well, being the voice of reason where they can’t be.

[monakota]

The Roy Dynasty; An Introduction by Jess Jordan

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We spend most of our time in Brazil now. We’re not quite sure when it happened, sometime between our son's middle school graduation and my fathers death. Some semblance of a life has formed since those fleet footed days waiting on the next spontaneous phone call, or the next dislocation of our lives for the sake of a business move, or a strategic upper hand. It feels like three decades later we’re still recovering from it - my wife would often say that my first job was my first love. What that meant about my relationship to my ex boss, Kendall Roy, the prodigal son of mass media tyrant Logan Roy, was left unsaid. 

My son and I try to go to the beach whenever we can, to eat and to write and to sit amongst humanity - the habit of being an observer is one that is surprisingly difficult to get rid of. It was on one of these days that my wife called me, her tone more exasperated than I’d heard it in years - her ex-husband, Connor Roy, was dead, and his funeral to be held in Quebec city, his home town, in two weeks. 

On the ninth of August 2049, we approached The Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, making our way through the crowd of black glad mourners. My wife wondered whether any of them knew Connor that well in the first place. It has been thirty years since the company known as Waystar-Royco became part of the GOJO family, and now five years since Waystars flagship, ATN, went under after. With influence waning, the Roy family has grown scattered since their hayday, and it was a rare occasion to see the remaining living members together. 

[TBC UNDER THE CUT]

Naturally, Siobhan Roy’s black car pulled up first, hair still luscious red even in her mid 60s and decked out in a shoulder padded black midi dress, adorned with golden buttons down the dresses length, giving her the illusion of looking even more tall and regal, looking every inch the savvy business woman she was. Since the death of her father, this would be the third time Siobhan would have to make this journey through crowds of onlookers and strangers, ready to come to terms with the death of an important man in her life. After her father, her second older brother, and her ex-husband, she had perfected her funeral game face, and came in greeting her fellow grievers with cold disregard, not willing to reveal any emotion towards the man that once referred to her as ‘baby’ - the affectionate name Connor gave to young Siobhan, as the baby of the family, and two decades his junior. It was perhaps this cold disregard that led to her daughter, Dakota Van Der Heijden, to arrive separately from her. Interaction between the two was limited in recent years, and was subject to much public speculation, especially since the death of Logan’s successor, and ex husband and father to Siobhan and Dakota respectively, Tom Wambsgans. Tom Wambsgans had suffered a fatal heart attackon the thirtieth of March 2044, mere days before he intended to retire. He had been having issues with his heart for years, and it was speculated by many that it was due to tension from his role as CEO, a throne that was doomed to curse anyone who would step near it. 

The second remaining Roy sibling arrived dangerously close to being late, and in a much more private manner. It was not until we were inside the cathedral that we realised that Roman Roy and husband Stewy Hosseini had arrived. Unlike his younger days, Roman rarely made public appearances in recent years, leaving that up to his husband, and chairman of his fathers company, a position Stewy had held since Waystar-Royco was sold to GOJO. he, much like Siobhan, had kept up appearances fabulously, an excellent cover for the increasingly anti-social Roman, who, to everyone but his husband, was just as biting as his sister. Roman barely spoke to anyone else the entire event, and, unlike his fathers, brothers and daughters funerals, remained completley dry eyed, no doubt out of tears at this point. The younger roy brother had stayed out of the company's business since his fathers death, transforming into a bedrotting socialite, unlike his sister, Siobhan, who, under her husband, became the president of PGN Network, which would become GOJO’s premiere news channel after ATN got the axe. 

Watching my wife, Willa Ferreyra, speak at her ex-husbands funeral, recalling being together at Logan’s funeral, surrounded by these characters from a bygone era of our past. A rush of adrenaline returnined to my veins as I spoke with the figures that surrounded me, seeing the ripples that this family had created, and continue to create, the rise and fall of an empire, the pinnacle of the American way. And how the remnants became so thin and disjointed, riddled with death and secrets.

An American Empire. From beginning to end. 

[mintyofthewired]

Media that I’m glad I don’t kin from/characters that I think I might kin but don’t want to kinfirm and why because I think this deserves a post

-Leviathan from obey me. Major reason why I don’t want to kinfirm him is because I ship myself with his brother and I don’t want incest on my doorstep😭. Other than that I am painfully like him. I isolate myself in my room all day, play dating sims obsessively, collect a ton of shit, have 6 dipshit siblings who don’t understand my hobbies, the social anxiety and being generally embarrassing. Being an annoying ass otaku. Being a sexual deviant and having an incredible amount of envy. Yeah. Only thing that doesn’t line up is my massive fear of water and mild dislike of snakes in this life but I need to ignore this because I am Ibuki and literally dated his brother

-Fred franchise. I’m just incredibly glad that despite how obsessive I am over this franchise because it’s fun and silly I don’t kin from here. Thank god

-any other British sitcoms- I’m talking about the inbetweeners, Friday night dinner, this country, Gavin and Stacey and outnumbered. Not that literally any characters from these series is as egregious and nightmarish as Mark Corrigan, I’m just glad I don’t kin anymore else from any of these shows.

-any other Otome games. For now at least. I got slight kinfeels for Gill Lovecraft while playing through Cupid parasite but obviously there’s a wide range of otomes and knowing my luck I will end up kinning from more. Which I don’t need considering I’m a fucking sheep and Richter Sakamaki

-toddler shows. See this is actually quite a difficult one to define for me because I watch an unholy fuckton of kids media for like little little kids and I do get kinfeels from some characters but like. Idk if it’d be weird to post about it?? Or if it’s weird people out? Because like for me my care bear kins and pony kins are really strong but like these are different. I am literally Minty and everypony/care bear/cousin who I’ve listed to an extent but like this is different as most of the other kids shows I watch tend to scew younger. Aswell as Minty being my highest kin

-Carrie White and Annie Wilkes. I feel like this is fairly self explanatory. When reading Carrie and misery growing up I felt I could at least understand each characters motivations and that is scary to me and I’m actively putting off rereading them because of that. I can understand Carrie more because she was heavily traumatised and was had a fully justified crashout while with Annie she just acts completely insane and believes it’s out of love but she’s just being selfish. Do not want to be the villains from any Stephen king novel

-ashfur/leafpool/crowfeather. I don’t want to kin cats? Especially an evil murder cat. Or both cats in a forbidden relationship?? I don’t need to kin cats???

-Kiibo. I refuse to kin a character from Danganronpa v3. I can’t tell if I find him cool or kin him, I find his takes on gender objectively correct

-Alphys from undertale. I definitely did when I was younger before I understood what the word kin really meant (when I was 12 I was like omg I’m literally her im this porcupine, I didn’t realise she was a dinosaur) but I don’t want to deal with all the guilt that kinning her would entail, other then that she’s a pathetic weeb scientist with a tumblr it makes sense

-Yuri from DDLC. Like alphys I definitely kinned her when I was younger but I haven’t interacted with DDLC properly for years and I don’t really want to considering the emotional impact it left on me. Especially considering Yuris character

-Ritchie Tozier and Beverly Marsh from IT. I really connected to them both for very distinct reasons when I first read that godforsaken book and if I reread it now I’d be scared of latching onto them and being like huh that’s why. I was so emotionally attached to the losers club throughout the whole story and it probably helped I was the same age when I first read it, but yeah before I could put it into words I had massive kinfeels for those 2

-sweetheart from my little pony tales, idk for certain there tbh

[wiildcrd]

⌗ ⎯ ( deniz ışın, ciswoman, she/her ) ⎯ ezgi özbilen has been a resident of roseton for five years . around the town , the thirthy years old bartender at roseton revenge has been given the nickname, the wildcard . i think it's because they are spontenous , but also impulsive . echo is said to know hidden ( explained in bio ) ! [ strands of hair escaping from her high bun, paint stained overalls, doodles drawn on every order she takes ] + [ dee, she/her, 27, gmt +1 ]

⌗  .  .  .  ⤿    BIOGRAPHY

NAME : ezgi özbilen

NICKNAME : ezzy, ez

DATE OF BIRTH : may 22 1993 (30)

PLACE OF BIRTH : izmir , turkey

PARENTS : reyhan özbilen (mother) , nurettin özbilen (father)

SIBLINGS : 1 sibling ___ özbilen ; older sister * any fitting fc

LANGUAGES : turkish, english, dutch, little bit of spanish and french

OCCUPATION : bartender at roseton revenge

RELATIONSHIP STATUS : single

( + ) POSITIVE TRAITS : hardworking, creative, friendly, funny

( - ) NEGATIVE TRAITS : clumsy (especially when she wants to show off when making drinks for costumers, how is she not fired yet?), probably also someone who doesn’t think before speaking

⚠️    ⤿    TRIGGER WARNING(S) ! this bio contains subjects such as : neglected, pressure of parents, hacking , blackmailing

ezgi is the youngest of the özbilen children. she was born and raised in izmir, turkey. her dad is a well-known doctor and the owner of a major hospital, while her mother owns several boutiques and often attends social events to "keep her status."

because their parents were always busy, she and her older sister were mostly raised by nannies and household staff. ezgi often felt more connected to them than her own parents, who were distant and unavailable.

in high school, ezgi struggled. she faced bullying and started acting out to get her parents' attention. she regularly got in trouble at school and ended up in detention frequently. the first time it happened, her mother came to pick her up, upset but present, which meant everything to ezgi. however, it never happened again. after that, her parents always sent someone else to fetch her. ezgi spent hours in detention with the faint hope her parents might show up, but they never did.

her grades started to drop, as she focused solely on her favorite subject: art. painting and sculpting became her way to escape the pressures of her home life and the judgment of her peers.

in a desperate move, she hacked the school’s system, which wasn't something new and difficult for her to do so at all. improving her grades. she knew it would get her into more trouble if caught, but she was running out of ways to keep up.

after high school, ezgi was pressured into college. her parents insisted she study something in the medical field to follow in the family’s footsteps, but ezgi longed to pursue art.

her older sister, who had chosen a more conventional path, was always praised by their parents. ezgi constantly felt like she would never be good enough for their parents.

during college, ezgi grew as an artist. she painted on canvases and improved her skills. her art teacher encouraged her to pursue her talent, but when she told her parents she wanted to focus on art, they were furious.

one night, her father destroyed her work. he threw away her supplies and years' worth of paintings, calling it a "waste of time." in response, she created a large spray-painted mural in the city an emotional statement against her parents. the next morning her painting appeared on the news and ended up being a trending topic on social media. everyone was wondering who made the painting that screamed out so many emotions. she was so surprised by everyone’s reaction (good and bad ones) because so many people could relate to her painting. this encouraged her to make an anonymous instagram account because she knew that if anyone would find out it was her behind all the meaningful paintings; her parents would do everything in their power again to make her stop what she loved to so much. besides, she found the idea of an anonymous message to the world more meaningful than people knowing who made it.

ezgi is really afraid of the idea of working in a hospital already; she feels it's too much responsibility and honestly believes she’d never be good at healing or helping someone. that’s exactly why she never wanted to work in a hospital.

college didn’t go smoothly. despite her love for art, her grades dropped again. this time, hacking wasn’t an option, and her parents, frustrated and disappointed, sent her to a school in the netherlands to "get her on track."

living abroad was lonely, but it gave her independence. she eventually graduated after three years, getting her diploma just to make her parents happy.

but instead of returning to turkey, ezgi chose to move to roseton to start over. she arrived five years ago, ready to live life on her own terms and follow her creative passions. she told her parents she got an offer to work at one of the biggest hospitals, just to get them off her back.

she now works as a bartender at roseton revenge and she truly loves her job, she hasn’t spoken to her parents in years and has limited contact with her sister.

ezgi hides her pain behind humor and tries to focus on creating a life that’s hers. though clumsy and impulsive, she’s hardworking and fiercely independent. she’s found a sense of belonging in roseton and is slowly learning how to truly embrace who she is.

⌗  .  .  .  ⤿    RANDOM FACTS ABOUT EZGI

ezgi still continues her instagram page. her instagram page’s name is @ezzobu (meaning ‘this is ezzo’ aka. what she actually means: ‘this is me, ezgi. you can’t change who i am’)

she loves videogames

will probably hide her sadness in her funny jokes

has a cat named ‘muse’

she has a beautiful voice and can actually SING ; probably something else she’s hiding kjsdhfkjhsdf

sometimes, ezgi hacks into websites — not ALWAYS to cause trouble, but to show companies how weak their security really is. she sees it as a way of helping them, even if they don’t ask for it. sometimes she gets offered to fix their website security and gets paid a good amount.

ezgi may or not may hacked a few people's accounts as well as some sort of to get a revenge on them. she obviously never went too far as posting as them; but to just scare them off if they got on her nerves.

⌗  .  .  .  ⤿    WANTED CONNECTIONS

her sister

cousin(s)

best friends

co-workers

first girl crush

game-buddies

someone who follows her art online

someone who she drew a tattoo for

someone who she hacked

owner of the company to which she send a warning to

& maaaany mooooore! :)

[thetomorrowshow]

last words

empires superpowers au masterlist (currently out of date)

dedicated to everyone who asked what lizzie said that made jimmy stop trying to kill her :)

cw: past abuse, scars, reference violence

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It’s been bothering Scott for a while, honestly. Several months. And now that he and Jimmy are . . . trying things out, it feels like the perfect time to ask him.

They’re in bed together, and it’s late morning on a day that Scott doesn’t have to work. Jimmy’s still staying at Lizzie’s place for the most part, but date night had gotten a bit . . . steamy, so Jimmy had texted his sister denying the need for a ride home and promising to return the next day. She had responded with a string of scandalized emojis that had made Jimmy blush and turn off his phone.

Jimmy’s been awake longer than Scott has, scrolling through his phone and snorting occasionally at whatever it is he sees. Scott watches him for a moment, eyes tracing across his bare chest and the scars found there.

He’d told Jimmy last night that his body was beautiful, perfect, gorgeous—even his scars. His many, many scars.

Most of the time, he can forget why they’re there. Some of them make that a little more difficult.

Even with the blanket pulled up nearly to his pecs, Scott can see most of the letters. Property of Xornoth, it reads. Somehow, it’s not even the one that makes him the angriest. The one on his back, the one that reads curious little bird, is one that he can hardly stand to look at, and the most confusing one is the small, even surgical scar just behind his ear. He loves Jimmy though, and loving Jimmy means loving all of him.

Impulsively, Scott presses a kiss to Jimmy’s shoulder. His partner starts, surprise quickly giving way to a smile.

“Hey, you, don’t go starting things again,” Jimmy tells him, poking Scott in the chest with his phone. Scott gestures to it, the question that had been nagging at him for so long coming to the front of his mind. He pushes it aside once again.

“When’s Lizzie coming by?”

Jimmy grimaces. “Don’t know. She didn’t much like me ignoring her last night, so she’s decided to ignore me.”

Scott had never had siblings, so he doesn’t know if this is a normal sibling relationship or not. Well, probably not ‘normal’, exactly, what with their past and their powers. But Jimmy doesn’t seem to find her behavior out of the ordinary, so Scott has to assume that it isn’t.

Which still, of course, brings him to his question.

“Can I ask you something? No obligation.”

No obligation is a system that works for now, but certainly has its flaws. They’d set it up on literally the second day of their relationship—if one of them asks a question with that clause, the other doesn’t have to answer if they don’t want to. Of course, Scott’s done his best to impress upon Jimmy that he has no obligation to answer any question, but that’s something they’re working on.

Scott never wants to pressure Jimmy into answering a question just because he forgot to add those two words that meant Jimmy didn’t have to answer. Hopefully, in time, they can progress beyond a need for it.

“Go for it,” Jimmy responds, and Scott can see on his phone that he’s closing the social media account he’d been browsing in favor of opening up his sketchpad app. He draws a couple of smiling turtles while Scott tries to figure out how to word his question.

He ought to have it figured out by now, seeing as he’s imagined asking it countless times. Now that it’s finally time for an answer, though, all proper words seem to have fled his brain.

“So . . . the fight. The big one, at the end of—everything. When you—and Lizzie—” Scott cuts himself off as he feels Jimmy stiffen beside him, finger frozen on the screen. “Sorry, it doesn’t matter,” he amends, reaching for his own phone.

“Wha—no, it’s fine!” Jimmy sits up, sheet slipping down to his waist, revealing the painful-looking ropey scar that curves down his side. He takes one of Scott’s hands in his, smiles with what appears to be a considerable amount of effort.

It feels stupid now, though. Stupid to bring up that day, or that time in general. Still, Jimmy wants to try to answer, so Scott makes himself finish the question.

“What did—well, you were fighting Lizzie, there at the end of the overall fight, just before—um, she said something to you. Can I know what she said?”

Jimmy starts to answer, stops. He doesn’t seem . . . distressed, so to speak, other than the crease in his brow and the tense grip on the sheets he has. He frowns, lips turning in an adorable little pout that Scott is struck by the urge to kiss right off his face. He restrains himself.

“When, exactly?”

He hadn’t wanted to specify. Scott has this terrible feeling that the moment he brings up any particular points of the fight, Jimmy will be thrown into a flashback or panic attack. Still, he asked, and the words on his back make Scott hesitate in spurning any question from him.

No obligation is a system that he needs right now, too.

“Um, well—they had ordered you to—you know—so you attacked Lizzie, and you had her on the ground—” he runs a hand down his face, trying to figure out the kindest way to word it— “Well, you were about to . . . take her out, and then—I was too far away to hear, but I saw her lips move. And you stopped the attack.”

He’s monitoring Jimmy for any signs that he should stop, but so far the man is relatively calm, nodding along with the story. He’s still frowning, though.

“I was told to kill Lizzie,” Jimmy says, and Scott flinches. Jimmy doesn’t seem to notice, because he continues his train of thought. “And then when I had her on the ground, and I went to hit her again, she . . . said something? And I stopped?”

“Yeah,” Scott tells him. “Yeah, she said something, and you, like—froze, almost, then jumped off her. And that’s when—you know. The next part happened.”

Jimmy doesn’t answer. Instead, he absently draws something on his phone, eyes lost in a distant gaze. Finally, his face clears and he nods.

“Right, right,” he says, adding a dot to his drawing. His face turns rueful when he looks up to meet Scott’s eyes. “I think I remember. She, uh . . . she didn’t say anything.”

That can’t be right. Scott saw it, he saw her speak. He opens his mouth to continue arguing his point, but apparently something in his face tips Jimmy off and he pats Scott’s arm gently.

“Maybe she did say something, but I didn’t notice. I wasn’t looking at her. It hurt too much to look at her. All—all I could hear was the rush of blood in my ears. . . .” Jimmy shudders, taps his phone a couple of times.

Scott really should stop pressing. He really should apologize and do something to help Jimmy feel safe. He really should get up, fix them both something to eat, and move on.

But he’s always needed to be right. One of these days, that arrogance is going to kill him.

“What made you stop, then?”

Jimmy squints his eyes shut, takes a deep breath. Scott starts to say something—an apology or retraction, he’s not sure—but Jimmy speaks before he can.

“I was killing her,” he says, voice utterly devoid of emotion. “And I knew I would do it. And I knew they would keep telling me to kill. For the rest of my life, I would just be a weapon. Killing the people I care about.”

He opens his eyes and stares out into the middle distance, expression unreadable. Scott doesn’t move.

“You were defeated, and I was about to kill my sister, and something broke inside. And finally, I decided that—that I’d rather die trying to stop them than kill so many people. They—they were going to make me kill so many . . . I killed for them without a thought and soon there would be no more thoughts to have . . . I had—I—”

A tear slips down Jimmy’s cheek, and Scott holds out a hand. Jimmy takes it instantly, collapses onto Scott in a hug.

“I’m sorry,” Scott murmurs into his neck, holding Jimmy as tightly as he dares. “I shouldn’t have pressed. I’m sorry.”

“Feelin’ floaty,” Jimmy mumbles, adjusting so that his hands curl around Scott’s shoulders.

“That’s okay. What do you need?”

Jimmy shrugs.

“Okay. Do you want to shower?”

The apprehension that ripples through Jimmy’s body is palpable, and he seems to shrink against Scott, nails digging into Scott’s shoulders. “No, n-no—”

Scott swallows, tears of his own building at the fear in Jimmy’s voice. “We won’t, then. Um—your journal is at Lizzie’s, but if you want to keep drawing on your phone—”

“Lizzie’s okay,” Jimmy mutters to himself, his grip loosening. “Lizzie’s okay and Scott’s okay and I’m okay.” He breathes deeply, clearly still upset, but beginning to recover.

There’s an almost imperceptible buzz through the air, and Scott braces himself—Jimmy gasps—the lightbulb in Scott’s bedside lamp pops out, bounces off the table and lands on the carpet with a soft thump.

“Mm, good job,” Scott praises, planting a kiss on Jimmy’s cheek. “Nothing’s broken, it’s all okay!”

For once, Jimmy seems to believe him, lifting his head to reveal a hopeful smile. “Yeah?”

“Of course,” Scott reassures him. “It was a good way to redirect your anxiety without hurting yourself. Remember that you feeling safe is a higher priority than any accident that occurs.”

Jimmy sighs, and Scott continues. “I’m sorry for pressing. I should’ve stopped when I noticed you were distressed.”

“No, I wanted to talk about it,” Jimmy says, picking up his phone from where he’d dropped it, hands still trembling. His smile turns sly. “Had to prove you wrong.”

“Oh, that’s—now I’m going to ask Lizzie about it, I know I’m right—”

Jimmy’s laugh isn’t quite right, and the tension in his jaw belies any attempts at acting calm, but he’s okay. And really, that’s all that matters.

Scott does ask Lizzie, later, when Jimmy isn’t around. She fixes him with the same blank stare that Jimmy had, confused until he goes into further detail. When she finally understands, she laughs, claps him on the back.

“Right. I don’t really remember saying anything, but maybe you saw me . . . I don’t know, moving my mouth for no reason? Spitting out blood? I was pretty out of it, Scott, but I didn’t say a word.”

[starry-skies-116]

More Fun AU Facts!!

Due to Jack's personality being incredibly different in this AU, his dynamic with Arcee changes into a much different one. They have more of a sibling-esque relationship, with Arcee being the 'tired older sister' of the duo and Jack being the 'unhinged younger brother' that always makes her worry.

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Miko, being from an obscenely rich family, has absolutely atrocious spending habits. Even when it’s a widely known fact that she’s the heiress apparent to Nakadai Industries, her purchase history is enough to give anyone a heart attack.

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During this universe’s version of the episode ‘Con Job,’ Bulkhead discusses bolstering the base’s defenses- and much to the absolute mortification of the Wreckers, Miko ends up buying at least an entire warehouse worth of military-grade hardware right in front of them via disguising it under the mere excuse that “the company’s engineering department ran out of resources for next month’s operations.” Alarmingly enough, this purchase makes so little of a dent in her credit card that her usually incredibly strict father pays no mind to it.

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Miko's very much touch-averse, and is very selective about who and what can physically interact with her. At the beginning of the series, she's very particular about everything- skincare, what she eats, what she touches, et cetera- and that's not because of her privileged upbringing, but because she's autistic. This puts her in a bit of a difficult situation since the Wreckers are a bunch that like to play rough with one another. They don't mind getting their hands dirty- while at the beginning of the series, she very much does.

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Every time Bulkhead playfully gives Miko a nudge on the back or tries to attempt any friendly touch towards her, she smacks his hand away and shoots a clearly uncomfortable glare at him that says: "Do that again, and I'll end you."

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In addition to being on the autism spectrum, Raf is diabetic- which is the reason he sometimes prefers to stay at the base on days where his fatigue is stronger. Ratchet, being the medic, takes notice and is sure to regularly provide Raf with insulin pens and patches.

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Raf doesn't have any siblings in this AU- his family consists of two dads, one Brazilian and one Irish- he calls them 'Papa' and 'Dad' respectively. In addition to being a prodigious hacker and gamer, he's also a streamer and a social media influencer since he's happier and much more confident without dysfunctional sibling relationships in the picture. He's also a redhead in this AU, not a brunette- and he also has a pet greyhound named Cerberus, or "Cerbie" for short.