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Title: The Cursed Prince
Author: Trolley
Artists: Yad (Twitter: naiad_r) and Zarth (AO3: Zarth)
Beta Reader: do_sugar
Rating: Mature
Warnings: temporary MCD
Word Count: 35k
Posting Date: Tuesday, October 1st
Summary: The reigning council of Regines hires a disreputable mercenary fighter to protect their prince from a demon’s curse. It goes well for all of two days.
Stupid spindles. Stupid princes who argue curse semantics. Now Wade’s got to go rescue his brat of a charge from the tower guarded by a seemingly invincible spider demon. It’d help if he could figure out why the demon’s acting so strange, but the council is too busy breathing down his neck to listen and Spidey is so gods-be-damned cryptic.
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Title: Enchanted to Meet You
Author(s): @mscaptainwinchester
Artist: @gensyz
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Minor Violence, A/B/O dynamics
Word Count: 40k
Posting Date: Friday, October 4
Summary: Peter is an omega who only wants to read his science journals in peace, but his orphaned status means he must marry. He could marry Baron Osborn’s son, Harry, but Peter isn’t interested. Enter Duke Wade Wilson, werewolf recluse, returning to the ton for the first time in a decade. The rumors color him as a brutal murderer, but Peter only sees a handsome, kind, funny alpha who looks at him like the stars are hung in his eyes. Can the two of them survive the season long enough to find their happily ever after, or will the pressures of societal expectations and the threat of ruin tear them apart before they’ve begun?
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Title: Survive the Horde 101
Author(s): sparkstarthetrashcan / sparkstar-trash
Artist: ScrapBunny-Art / Scrapbunny_
Rating:Mature
Warnings: Graphic Depictions of Violence
Word Count: 11,111
Posting Date:October 7th
Summary: Peter’s first day teaching at Brooklyn Visions Academy couldn’t go any worse than a Sandman attack… or could it?
A tacky choker collar trend goes viral, but it’s not as innocent as it first seems. More and more students are pulled into its clutches, until even the Ultimate Spider-Man, Miles Morales, is part of the Horde.
Trying to survive the Not-Zombie Zombie Apocalypse isn’t all bad, though. Especially when he finds a certain survivor, the hot P.E. Teacher
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Title: A-Romantic Attraction?
Author: babyboysnek
Artist: n07marvel
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Word Count: 10,000
Posting Date: October 10, 2024
Summary: Peter Parker is in love with Wade Wilson. In any other universe, Wade Wilson would be ecstatic. But this is not one of those universes. In this universe, Wade is aromantic and despite a passionate night they had years ago, Wade is just not romantically interested in Peter. It’s not like he doesn’t love the guy. But it’s complicated. They, of course, have never had proper communication. Ellie thinks they are big ol idiots that need to talk like adults. She would be right.
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Title: make no sound
Author: bisexualbarry
Artist: violettavonviolet
Rating: mature
Warnings: Depictions of violence, minor character death
Word Count: 14,600
Posting Date: October 13
Summary: When seven teen counselors get the opportunity to have another night at Hackett’s Quarry summer camp without any adults or kids around, they want to have fun with it. A simple bonfire to signal the end of summer and bring on what will come next. But there’s something lurking in the shadows that the camp leader failed to mention. And it may make or break them.
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Title: The Second Secret
Author: Mythicaltzu
Artist: skelet0andro
Rating: Teen
Warnings: No warnings apply
Word Count: 16,800
Posting Date: October 23, 2024
Summary: Wherein Peter grapples with the age-old question: If you can’t trust a semi-reformed mercenary strapped with dozens of weapons, who can you trust?
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Title: So Glad (I Stuck Around)
Author: @chiayhorchata
Artists: @xpyne & @thepossumcore
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Word Count: 17,052
Posting Date: October 26
Summary: Wade Wilson is aware of who and what he is. Thank you very much.
He knows he is issues upon issues all wrapped up in the nastiest package anyone has ever seen, he’s a violent, suicidal mess, he’s unlovable and destroys everything and everyone he touches. He knows he used up all of his good luck when Spider-Man allowed him to follow along for his patrols and dried up the well when Peter became his friend.
So, forgive him if he’s a little shocked when Peter asks him out on a date, a real, totally serious, no joking, romantic date. He’s a lot more shocked when the hero actually wants a romantic relationship with the mercenary.
It seems that Peter Parker is determined to prove Wade wrong on everything he believes about himself. Fuck.
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Title: New Beginnings
Author(s): LoaDyron
Artist: ten9th
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Body Dysmorphia, Schizophrenia, Bipolar2, BDSM (biting), Masturbation.
Word Count: 74,706
Posting Date: October 28
Summary: Since Peter and Wade made the decision to give their relationship another chance, everything is going well for them. Love is in the air, and they are both really excited to make their feelings official, even if they still need to work through some issues to maintain their relationship. They rent a new house since they are ready to live together.
But there are secrets that each of them must confess to one another.
Still terrified that Peter may reject him, Wade faces the dilemma of showing his face despite his promise to Spidey to finally reveal his appearance.
Peter, on the other hand, is discovering he’s into BDSM stuff, so he tries to find ways to tell his boyfriend. But he does… in an expected way.
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Title: The Alpha Choice
Author(s): Giddywords
Artist: Littes
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Charles Xavier/Erik Lehnsherr, Slavery, Mildly Dubious Consent , Modern Days
Word Count: 25,095
Posting Date: October 29
Summary: Wade doesn’t want to mate – he has a mansion full of omegas to take care of already. But because of his ruts and social pressure he goes to an Omega Orphanage to buy an expensive good-behaved spouse mate for life.
Instead he looks at this cheap one, glaring at him, smelling of fury and disdain, that is clearly rebellious: Peter Parker doesn’t know how to cook, has a bad temper, is too smart for an omega, and hates Wade’s guts – but beside all that, he’s still the Alpha choice.
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Lily. Is she just a popular Petunia? On the surface they’re two sisters that could hardly be more different, the elder unattractive, dull and untalented and the younger beautiful, vivacious and magical. But they both chose domineering upper class bullies. They’re both concerned with social respectability. They both place themselves in physical danger for their sons. And while I can’t see Lily shoving a child in a cupboard, she also seems to operate within the framework that violence is acceptable if she can justify to herself the victim deserves it. Lily gets called a Mary Sue a lot and I get why but I think JKR put just enough in there to make the case that that she’s as grey as her chosen company lol
This take on Lily as a “popular Petunia” gains even more depth when we consider their working-class backgrounds and how each ultimately chooses a partner who offers social mobility—though in questionable ways. Petunia finds security and an upward social shift by marrying Vernon, a man who embodies traditional middle-class respectability with all its rigid, judgmental values. Lily, on the other hand, ends up with James Potter, who, by magical standards, is akin to a wealthy, privileged elite. James’s status, confidence, and the power that comes with his family’s legacy mark a clear jump for Lily in the wizarding social hierarchy, just as Petunia’s life with Vernon marks a leap into conventional middle-class security in the Muggle world.
Both sisters align themselves with men who embody aspects of control and social status within their respective worlds, suggesting they value security and social respectability—even if it means overlooking or accepting certain flaws. Petunia tolerates Vernon’s small-mindedness and cruelty, while Lily accepts James despite his past as a bully and privileged figure. Yet Lily’s decision is often portrayed in a highly idealized way, with Rowling rarely delving into her motivations or background beyond her role as Harry’s mother. This lack of context is perhaps one of the biggest issues with Lily’s character: she’s preserved as an almost saintly maternal figure, untouchable and morally pure, which can feel one-dimensional and even hypocritical, especially when we learn about her past friendship with Snape. Rowling’s reluctance to explore Lily’s complexity leaves her moral standing somewhat hollow, given that she rejects Snape for his darker choices while forgiving James for his own troubling traits.
In the end, both Lily and Petunia are driven by a desire for social respectability and stability, but their different worlds shape those ambitions in distinct ways. By elevating Lily to an untouchable status as Harry’s “perfect” mother, Rowling misses the chance to flesh out the complexities that make her choices relatable, instead framing her as a near-flawless martyr. This leaves her character feeling almost like a “Mary Sue” figure, unable to reconcile the murkiness of her past or the double standards within her relationships.
#lily evans#lily potter#petunia evans#petunia dursley#vernon dursley#james potter#severus snape#harry potter#harry potter meta#harry potter analysis#harry potter headcanons
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I've always seen Helluva boss as a show that try so hard to be something isn't, and after reading your articles about BoJack horseman and how hb directly borrowed some of its ideas . It's started to make sense so here's my take:
Helluva boss can't be BoJack or anti-BoJack , there is room for inspiration sure . But the difference between two shows make it odd whenever someone try to compare them. Since BoJack is story of American man who happened to have a horse head, therefore the protagonist is forced to obey the morality rules that we as audience have . Helluva boss is story of demons live in society that only value violence , the rules of morality is broken in this world so where it makes sense for the show to calls out BoJack's toxic dating patterns, why should i care for blitzø's that man cannonly makes fun of children deaths of cours he's not a good partner. Another thing that BH like other many adults cartoon is critical of American culture (Hollywood culture for BoJack case) and while HB trying to do the same it only water down its world , you can point out to something relatable to our society without loosing the fantasy elements in your world especially if your otherworldly character travel to the human world constantly and see it from stranger point of view, but hb didn't do that it just turned the hell to american , and maybe this is thing bugs only me as non-western . It would be more entertaining if we explore the hellish society as something new and fresh.
(out of topic sorry)
But even if we want BoJack-like show the writer clearly don't know why BoJack works but I don't need to tell you since you already wrote about that, I remember watching a clip of livestream where medrano admit she blind-love her favourite media without critical thinking and I think this is her biggest weakness, she's the kind of person who would see something cool in TV so she applies it to her OCs without a further thinking which explains the directe reference of others show like BH
These are excellent points. There's a saying in writing that goes "Write what you know". The team who wrote Bojack knew the ins and outs of that Hollywood bubble due to professional experiences. And because Bojack was written by a diverse team of creative people, they even addressed how eating meat would work in a universe with sentient animals. They had the experience and knowledge of setting as well as basic life experience to ask obvious questions in the name of world building.
It's why I argue that Medrano appears to be someone with very few life experiences. Not only does her story lack emotional depth, having a shallow well to draw from, but basic rules of world building are neglected in a way that is very obvious due to a lack of human curiosity.
Writing what you know isn't supposed to be limiting. Instead it's supposed to challenge you to ask more questions. Expand what you know to incorporate it into your imagination.
#vivziepop critical#helluva boss critical#helluva boss criticism#helluva boss critique#vivziepop criticism#spindlehorse critical#vivziepop critique#anon ask#anonymous
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So basically you're saying Roman and Jimmy are the bad guys who hold Jey back and should be blamed for everything and Sami is the innocent savior who never did anything wrong?
That’s not what I was saying/implying at all. Go back and read that post again.
What I’m saying is that all these guys are part of a very complex situation. All of them made questionable decisions - good and bad - at times and they all need to deal with the consequences of their actions (some more than others).
There’s a lot of hurt feelings and bruised egos and broken trust on all sides and things will only work out if everyone involved owns up to that.
I’ve seen so many different versions of “who is the bad guy” and most of them are valid to some extent. There’s honestly no right or wrong here, there’s only subjective interpretation.
Like… here’s my personal interpretation (without all the mushy feelings and stuff):
Sami originally came in to fix his reputation and to feed off of Roman’s popularity, I’m very aware of that. He grew to love the family though, especially Jey, and that’s something he didn’t anticipate going in and it made things very difficult very quickly.
Roman has loads of unresolved trauma and trust issues of his own to deal with from the Shield days and other things, and that’s not an excuse for the choices he made regarding his family and the things he put them through, but it sure makes the situation a lot more grey than black or white. He’s trying to hold on to control in his own way. His character is so interesting to watch and study, honestly.
Jimmy, even though he hides it behind humor and smiles, has a boatload of ego, insecurities and abandonment issues going on, but like Sami said last night, he’s not a bad guy, he just makes bad decisions sometimes. When he fucks up he’s always trying to fix it in his own (sometimes misguided) way.
And Jey. There’s just so much to say about Jey. He’s constantly stuck between a rock and a hard place. It’s been like that for years. He’s owned up to a lot of past mistakes and a dealt with a good bunch of his trauma ever since he joined Raw and has definitely grown the most out of everyone involved.
And let’s add Solo too. Even Solo isn’t the inherently bad guy people wanna make him out to be. Roman made him Tribal heir and he stepped up when Roman disappeared. He made shit work in his own way, cause he felt like he didn’t have a choice and he learned from the best. So now he doesn’t want to play second fiddle anymore and who can blame him?
What I’m saying: None of these characters fit the good or bad/ black or white category and that’s what makes this so compelling. There’s probably a hundred different opinions on this debate out there and I love that, cause it’s entirely up to our own personal experiences and moral perception how we see things and whose side we’re on.
At the end of the day this all comes down to a clusterfuck of misunderstandings and bad communication and questionable decisions and I’m loving every second of it. There’s nothing else like it.
#lovely anon#m answers#replies#the bloodline#asks#wwe#wrestling opinions#sami zayn#jey uso#roman reigns#jimmy uso#solo sikoa
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# — THE MAILBOX is open for business. god do i need a fucking megaphone or something. HELLO?
this is a c!quackity ask blog ! !
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this blog functions on dialogue instead of written out paragraphs of literature.
IMPORTANT: in order to keep my blog tidy i don't respond to reblog replies. i also don't write any literate rp ( eg; *character sits down and does a thingy* etc etc ). this is an ask blog first and foremost so i focus on dialogue to communicate action / location / etc.
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+ las nevadas era, mainly. if there's specific asks that require a response from vice pres quackity, i can also adjust to that easy peasy
+ he's an avian hybrid! he NESTS OFTEN (usually within an amethyst geode) and tries to preen his wings. quackity has a history of being mocked for his instincts and avian attributes, much thanks to a certain ex-husband :/
+ this bitch loves a good debate. motherfucker is a lawyer (sorta) so hit him up with a challenge every now and then. give him fun facts. Threaten him. ask whats going on in his life! throw in curveballs
+ my portrayal is pretty much canon aligned so. yk anything goes. las nevadas is important as hell to him!!!!! c!charlie's his confidant— of course. fond of c!tommy. he also, painfully, misses c!schlatt. yearns for c!karl and c!sapnap yet refuses to speak of them. c!wilbur is a Bitch /pos . come hom.efrom the war you coward
+ on that note, i would prefer to avoid interaction with positive/good depictions of c!schlatt for this blog. no disrespect to those who do prefer that, i just personally want to uphold the importance of how schlatt's abuse informed a Lot of character development for quackity. thank you!
+ i violently swerve between serious interactions and utter hysteria in my replies to asks. its like a fucking lucky dip here 😎
+ also. shipping isn't a goal here, so attempts to woo quackity will nawt end in a romance plot or anything. ofc there'll be flirting, especially with canon characters he's had relations with (schlatt, wilbur, eret, karl, sapnap). i hc he's had a fling with technoblade at least once LMAO. also during las nevadas he has fortnightly .....gatherings with foolish. he wouldn't fuck a citizen, but he'd fuck a coworker! morals, what're those again?
all anons welcome!!! ADMIN IS 21.
#ask blog#quackitychirps#askblog#quackity#c!quackity#dsmpblr#dsmp rp#dream smp#mcytblr#mcyt#roleplay#oc roleplay#oc rp#slimecicle#ok to rb#rb encouraged!!!
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My English teacher asked me ‘do you think the antoganist can be a hero’ and I don’t think she was prepared for the ESSAY (like two paragraphs) I wrote
#I’ve been told by multiple teachers throughout my life that I am ‘too wordy’#and I only picked up the habit of talking a lot because of one English teacher who didn’t actually grade her papers#she just glanced through them and my super long responses would get me 100s every time#so I just write long responses by habit#I like writing#this is my only excuse#we had to write boasts#so I wrote a giant thing about writing fanfiction#and my teacher gives it back to me with a note ‘great! I’ll use this as an example’#so ya know#next year a bunch of kids are going to have to read my page and a half about crushing the souls of fans everywhere#I hope we get more creative writing assignments#i got distracted#so yeah we’re talking about hero’s and villains or smth#I really like villain characters#and especially morally questionable characters#my favorite kinda character isn’t bad but they’re DEFINITELY not good#Dazai. im talking about Dazai
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STUPID SHIP MEME DRAWINGS.
I just think they should kiss maybe?
Obsessed (positive??) with the dynamic of guy who betrays his country so he can run off with the militia he's been working with because he gets a case of loyalty feelings so bad he goes and blows himself up X morally upstanding traumatic backstory woman having the worst fucking time of her life (again) who really just needs someone to be as fanatically loyal as possible to her, as a person who is really into the inherent eroticism of the hierarchical military power dynamic focus on loyalty and the use of "yes ma'am" as I love you.
Obsessed (negative) with the propaganda implications that we seem to have ignored of the fact that the three most important people in an arabic woman's life are 2 (two) white guys and her brother, who betrays her and becomes a villain in the later games, and the fucking insidious-ass narrative choice of placing one of said white guys in said militia as like, the tacit fact that this organization is ok only because the western white guys are cool with it. Stop introducing more ULF people just to kill them!!! I SEE YOU WRITERS!!! YOU CAN'T HIDE FROM ME!!!!!!
because, once again, the character dynamic? I am sick for it. He dropped a building on himself for her and then came back???? He came back???? He could have gone anywhere but he came back to her???? I'm unwell. I think I have covid. I need to go lie down.
Anyway my city now my characters now smashing them together like barbies watching that .gif of them staring at each other eighty times reading all the fanfiction goodbye
you shouldn't blow yourself up in the furnace I want to blow myself up in the furnace for you as my own personal choice and you should order me to do it because you're such a good leader what is wrong with youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrgh *gnaws on furniture*
WE DON'T EVEN GET TO SEE HIM COME BACK TO HER. THANK YOU FIC WRITERS YOU KNOW THAT REUNION MUST BE SO ANGST THE COMPLEX DYNAMIC OF SACRIFICING YOURSELF FOR SOMEONE AND MAKING IT OUT AND BACK TO THEM AGAIN!!!!!!! THE GUILT! THE YEARNING! THE LOYALTY! I AM GOING TO EXPLODE.
#faralex#tailor made in a lab to make me specifically crazy#fucking immaculate dog loyalty commander x subordinate dynamic marred by REAL LIFE POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS#especially funny since she keeps being like “I am not your CO” “you do not have to take orders from me”#while alex is like “HOW HIGH DO YOU WANT ME TO JUMP COMMANDER FARAH BABY PLEASE ur so sexy tell me how strong ur moral backbone is hahahaha#biting and maiming the call of duty writers#the dragoon diaries#farah karim#alex keller#farah karim my wife farah karim I love you so much as a character why do they keep doing you dirty#local woman desperately in need of a display of unconditional loyalty receives random american man who will die for her no questions asked#foreign man with moral code like a dead fish (CIA operative for six years) suddenly develops spine (Farah Karim)#Alex is cute but YOU KNOW THAT MAN IS A WAR CRIMINAL BIGTIME#call of duty#call of duty modern warfare 2019#art#dragoon draws#long post
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i contain multitudes and can say that i am a little :( about vex and percy being teammates with benefits because i think there’s something particularly heartbreaking about the dynamic that was neither of them ever said a thing even though they both were aware of it and it took losing percy for vex to finally admit it and Even Then, she couldn’t say it to percy’s face when they got him back, percy was the one who had to make the first move (that they were both alive for at least) and he was only able to do that because he’d heard her confession, because he never would’ve thought otherwise. to be clear, i also very much enjoy the story being told, i think i just wish they’d maybe committed more significantly to This Is A Campaign-Inspired Story Rather Than A Retelling sooner in the show so that maybe there would be a bit more grounding or set-up for the storylines the narrative is focusing on (and i understand why they wouldn’t), because i think they’re doing very well with percy’s arc for example, because they started with focusing on his and keeping his beats mostly the same and that seems to be much the same case as some of his second wave of meaty character stuff has arrived. but with vex they’ve aimed for the same character beats but it doesn’t always feel as earned or really feel like much character at all; i think saundor particularly was a bit of an :/, since in the campaign it was really a catalyst for vex interrogating her role in the party and her morality and something she struggled to get over and that haunted her far beyond the walls of that tree, but in the show it hasn’t really had a clear impact on vex beyond the scope of the episode itself — syldor certainly has, but the challenge that saundor presented didn’t really have much weight beyond its moment. and obviously a large part of that’s also probably just, 7 protagonists and wanting to expand the perspectives to antagonists and give more room for side characters is a lot of things to cover. and, i say with love, perhaps a bit too ambitious for a 12 episode per season, ~22 minute runtime show if they want their characters to have the kind of depth that really makes campaign 1 shine the way it does.
#rambly thoughts sponsored by early morning haze and complex feelings about different medium storytelling#but i truly do question the choice to have such expansive parts of the story be showing the perspectives of antagonists or side characters#especially when it has a clear cost on the consistency of character depth#i think vex in particular suffers from it because she’s such an internal character that to get the most compelling of her beats right#a Lot of care has to be put into it#but as it is#a lot of the vex story beats are only really felt if you have the c1 knowledge to recognize them#obvs i think there’s likely a more obvious one upcoming#but . i miss vex who only cared about vox machina to the degree that it made her morally shitty to others#and i’m :( we won’t get to see that journey in the show. but alas! that’s what the campaign is for#this also is like. the continually questionable choice to change the trinket backstory in kith and kin having rippling consequences#to be clear this is in no way a like. i think there’s favouritism or anything i have no doubt in the casts ability to advocate for themselve#that said i do think that maybe their choices aren’t always the strongest writing wise !#my complaints or critiques tend to be ones about vex in particular because she is my blorbo of all time#but in general if not for my love of cr i don’t know if i think tlovm is a particularly strong story. it’s entertaining certainly#tlovm spoilers#tlovm#critical role#cr1 spoilers
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I'm really sick and tired of Yue Qingyuan hate and mis-characterization in the svsss fandom.
So many times I'll read an otherwise fine piece of meta or fanfic, and suddenly BOOM, here comes this disgustingly OOC Yue Qingyuan to serve the role as a "villain" in contrast to either bingqiu or liushen.
It's really so ridiculous?? He's an important yet unobtrusive side character outside of the Shen Jiu extra chapters, and the creepy, possessive, "can't-take-no-for-an-answer" fanon bastardization version of him has near nothing in common with his canon personality and actions.
He's so mild mannered, kind, and respectful in canon, and his story with Shen Jiu is outright tragic.
Shen Yuan is never even that uncomfortable around him, he likes the guy!! Views him as an affectionate, doting, reliable older-brother type! He's just uncomfortable because he feels guilty he accidentally body-snatched this poor man's childhood friend/lost love/source of guilt.
His worst flaws are his self flagellation, his permissiveness with Shen Jiu's abuse of Binghe, and his communication issues with Shen Jiu. And two of those things are also Shen Jiu's fault!
It's some really weird character assassination that I normally see reserved for female love interests that fandoms feel "get in the way" of their gay ship.
#svsss#yue qingyuan#shen yuan#shen jiu#scum villian self saving system#i'm just annoyed!#especially seeing it from people who defend much more morally questionable actions from other characters
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why do you only write damsels in distress
fair question. I try not to, but I can see how that comes across. I don’t always think a female character needs to be a warrior to be strong.
That said, I have two fics on my phone where the FMC is not a damsel — but she’s also not good. Extremely morally gray/borderline a villain by circumstance.
The problem is that I write reader inserts. I don’t think morally questionable readers will go over well with the general audience.
#wind + his moon and once more with feeling I love you both#but people are so harsh on morally ambiguous characters — especially FMCs#and these two do some hella questionable shit#so they will likely never see the light of day
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I'm seeing a lot of trigun stampede stuff on my dash, and only have one question... is it gay?
how do i answer this,..
i dont have the full knowledge of the story/the full manga yet, and stampede is reboot so i guess anything is possible, but
there are the themes, you know, so many themes.
even if some stuff is not canon, there are things you take away from it, how they present it, how the relationships work, and what remains.
...and it sure is pretty gay, even if its not explicitly said - and in this way i feel it works better for the whole story.
(i got into trigun thanks to the stampede anime, but the more i watch the og anime, i like it more and more?
look at this shit
and they're always just like that, what's not to love.
Hope this helped ✨️💜
#trigun#replies#i kinda like the vibes that nothing would be canon... like in a way where you ship whatever you like.. bc the main story is a lot#i like the polycule ships a lot.. its just fun to take this piece of media and dissect it into whatever you want to see from it i guess#bc its got like everything#even beside the ships- so many themes that are so cool in this#i was surprised by the religious themes and tbqh i never like those in any other media especially anime? idk it just never worked for me#but this one? they just get it.. its just perfect#also all the gender themes!! and then the morality and questionable choices of like all the characters!! *chefs kiss*#vash and wolfwood's character desings (especially in the og anime) are rlly cool. they're growing on me more and more#vashwood#trigun stampede
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I’m just going say it although the book of death/Shinigami’s powers is cool also the big idea of the gameplay;in a way is kinda useless mostly on the fact the culprit dies,i mean HOW ARE YOU GONNA GET A CLEAR TRUTH WITHOUT A CLEAR CONFESSION!!!,also it just made it worse now that there now a person mysteriously dies out of nowhere,but they managed to put it in storyline sooooooo
Yeah something to think about
I think maybe it has to do with since Shinigami is the God of Death, her power is going to have a connection over on death. But you bring up a good point that it isn’t exactly useful considering it makes exposing the criminals harder.
Until I remember in Chapter 0 after the first Mystery Labyrinth from a YouTube gameplay I watched, where Shinigami comments how Yuma is now free since the culprit is dead, which the YouTuber comments that wasn’t going to work because Zilch was meant to be dead from the start and they only ended up reaffirming that narrative the Peacekeepers were painting to begin with. And I was thinking to myself, ‘didn’t they already figured out that the Peacekeepers were in on the plan in the Mystery Labyrinth? So why did she think the Peacekeepers would let him go if they were planning to frame him anyway?’ And that led me to think really hard about this.
We know Shinigami has the flaws of lacking empathy and not understanding humans at times, since she is an immortal god. I think in her mind, since the culprit is gone, there would be no reason for the Peacekeepers to keep framing him. Plus, again thinking into Shinigami’s mind, I think she believed since the culprit was a murderer would mean they would probably kill more people in the future, so the real goal was to stop a growing threat from claiming more victims like before.
And the killing thing? I think it’s a way to deal the justice in the holder’s own hands, to off the culprits so they don’t keep harming people from the mysteries they made, or claiming anymore victims from their deeds. In Chapter 1, one of the culprit was a serial killer, who would have gone off to kill more people. And the other culprit could have technically become a serial killer himself since he admired the Nail Man so much. Plus, an innocent man was going to get framed and executed for the Nail Man’s crimes to keep up appearances, and seeing how the Priest was going along with the lie, basically implied he was okay letting an actual, innocent man die in his place. Then in Chapter 2, Kurumi gets framed for the crime, and since execution seems to be a thing, she could have been executed herself, all so the Peacekeepers can keep their lies and appearance in place.
Plus, we have seen that the Peacekeepers don’t necessarily care about justice unless it serves them (or the higher-ups like Yomi in this case). They are willing to cover up the mysteries to convenient themselves and get what they want. And considering they are the police force, therefore the handlers of justice in Kanai Ward, they are the only ones in power that can lock away the criminals in hand and bring justice. But because they are so corrupt and self-indulgent, they are more willing to let criminals go or turn a blind eye or fail to solve the case thoroughly. So the Book of Death is the only way to ensure not only are the criminals are properly dealt with, but also cut away the Mystery Labyrinths as well. Since Shinigami has noted that if the Mystery Labyrinth grew and remain, they would influence other people into becoming murderers or criminals that would create more Mystery Labyrinths as well. As it was theorized by Yakool-Foolio that Kanai Ward’s Ultimate Secret’s own Mystery Labyrinth is what most likely led to the city becoming more crime-filled and creating their own Mystery Labyrinths as well.
It’s also important to note that there are other corrupt officials out in the world like the Unified Government who wants to keep their own secrets hidden away to keep up appearances. So it wouldn’t be far-fetched if there were other corrupt forces like the Unified Government and the Peacekeepers who would keep things secrets for their own benefits. Plus, we learned in chapter five that Number One of the World Detective Organization that he is actually in charge of issuing criminals to be sent to the death penalties, as noted here by Shiut, so I think executions and death penalties are uncommon in the Master Detective Archives world. So it wouldn’t be such a big deal for criminals to just die, even if it is inhumane and cruel.
In conclusion, I think the Book of Death is really a tool used in order to bring about the end of the criminals that threatens peace for everybody and could potentially hurt people (people getting framed, the killers killing future victims, exploiting people, etc). Since there is the chance of corrupt police forces not willing to indulge justice as they should and will let the mysteries remain and therefore the criminals free, the Book of Death is a mean to make sure the criminals and mysteries are gone. It’s a morally grey story where it may not be morally right, but it is not morally wrong either with the circumstances at hand. I think that’s what the Book of Death’s intention are, and why Shinigami thinks the way she thinks.
#master detective archives: rain code#master detective archives spoilers#shinigami rain code#rain code#this took a long time to answer as wel (thanks to procastination)#but the wait was probably for the best because my opinion changed a lot#especially thanks to rewatching one of the YouTuber’s gameplay#especially in chapter 0#rain code analysis#rain code theory#I mean I think these tags counts#rain code spoilers#master detective archives: rain code spoilers#whoo this turned into a huge essay I did not expect#hopefully I made sense and made a good argument#if I missed anything feel free to continue the discussion#really glad I put it off to have a more critical thinking with this question#and may I just say I love morally grey storylines and characters#it’s just so fascinating and makes characters like Yuma and Shinigami so interesting#Elina Sakura answers
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Okay... now it's time to go back to my silly little game...
#brawl stars#its the way this game has some of the best character designs Ive ever seen but the lore is basically a puddle#like the kind of puddle you'll find in a pothole after a rain storm#btw i think the ship discourse is insane because Brawl Stars doesn't have a story#but i do like how most people don't have a problem with Mandy/Chester.#but yeah... uh... Fang is definitely a straightie and it's so crazy to see people say hes gay or bi without pulling up evidence#like you actually dont need to show ''evidence'' to justify shipping him with Buster...#the internet has convinced people sexuality is a gauge for someones morality...#especially if you ship m/f as a bisexual person... you dont know how many times a pick me straight has questioned my bisexuality#because i like m/f and dont hate myself LOL
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As I have somehow become entangled in the Ensemble Stars fandom (I hate it here. Don't follow me to these waters, you guys) and am slowly reading the stories after the main one of music (and after watching the anime), I have come to the conclusion that Nito Nazuna is (probably unintentionally) Velveteen Rabbit coded.
If you don't know the story (spoilers for it ahead, you can read the short story here), it's basically about how a stuffed rabbit given to a boy as a Christmas present gets neglected in favour of newer mechanical toys. During his neglect, an older toy tells him a story about how the love of children to their toys can make them real, which the rabbit desperately wants but has little hope for. But by chance, a nanny gives the boy the rabbit to sleep with, cementing it as the boy's favourite toy. Sure, it gets more worn and other rabbits point out how it can't hop, but at least its loved...until the boy contracts scarlet fever and, for disinfecting reasons, the rabbit has to be taken out to be burned. Yeah, messed up...but as it waits for its fate, the stuffed rabbit sheds a tear where a flower with a fairy grows. The fairy proceeds to tell him that the boy's love made him real and takes him to the forest where he's able to finally hop away with the other rabbits.
I know it's a stretch. But a former toy/doll, incredibly loved but not really seen as real and that destroying him even if he's fine with it...then neglected when his "owner" contracts a sickness...then finding a spark of life that frees him from his inability to move...a transformation from loved doll to a real something that learns to love himself. Tell me that isn't Nazuna, and the rabbit imagery even fits. He breaks free from his constraints not to be alone but to be with others of his kind, to move of his own will with others! It's just so...we are all human and our relationships are so complex and someone else's tragedy that also makes you hurt for them can also be the reason you find your own self -
Honestly, I'm not sure if this is actually Velveteen Rabbit coded since I've only seen that story in the anime, but like...if you squint, it fits?
#jaofisjaeiorjwaeriwejr the anime flashback storyline killed me you guys#and just to let you know while i think shu was definitely...something for his views on mika and nazuna#im not blaming him for abandoning or neglecting valkyrie (seriously eichi what?) like i wouldnt blame the boy for getting a fever#one day i will read the rest of reminiscence (already read crossroads with slightly little context and still died)#and then ill be unstoppable#but guys guys guyssss#nazuna nito being a doll and finding his humanity with the other ra*bits is soooooooo#and ra*bits isnt even my favourite group#anyway dont get into enstars. especially when you dont have time like me#also if you think this is the end of me comparing enstars to literature you thought wrong#i will type more of these comparisons up in future days. this is a threat#enstars#ensemble stars#stuff i say#fandom spamdom#anyway note stop getting into media with questionable ethics writing and views on social and philosophical topics challenge...#seriously the morals of this game are messed up no matter what you believe in or who you are#it is amazing i want to kill it with fire but it compels me#please help#none of the characters in enstars are normal#the one good thing about enstars is that its good to take slow with...since its a game and something you read#unlike my poor neglected bsd and link click. im so sorry guys#but the other flipside is that THERES TOO MUCH LORE AND THE MORE I LEARN THE MORE IM LOSING MY MIND#what is WRONG WITH THIS STORY?
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Again, always very confusing to me when people suffering from The Obsessive Compulsives are Antis™, like these people will not protect you. They believe thought crimes are real. They inherently hate you and WILL throw you to the wolves if they ever come to know about anything related to your intrusive thoughts or the """""weird""""" things they ask you to do in therapy to manage/cope with them.
#you know how in erp a big part of it is writing down/thinking about the actual worst case scenario? you know the scenario that#often leads to people being harmed in a permanent way? you know creating a fictional scenario where bad things happen to good#people and you are the cause of them? THE VERY KIND OF FICTION THESE PEOPLE ARE AGAINST EXISTING IN ANY FORM BECAUSE IT#'NORMALIZES' WHATEVER TF THEY'RE ON A CRUSADE ABOUT ON ANY GIVEN DAY#THEY ARE NOT YOUR FRIENDS. THIS WAY OF THINKING IS /ACTIVELY ANTITHETICAL/ TO RECOVERY FROM THIS DISORDER#this is related to the 'does anyone else get Themes™ about writing' question I posed a while back and some of these people..........#if you knew the specifics of what I was writing about you would COMMIT ARSON#IT'S NOT REAL! NONE OF THIS IS REAL!! YOU ARE ONLY GOING TO MAKE IT WORSE FOR YOURSELF BY MORALIZING FICTION IN THIS WAY#I USED TO HAVE CRISES OVER SYMPATHIZING WITH AND ENJOYING VARIOUS HORRIBLE FICTIONAL WOMEN TAKE IT FROM SOMEONE WHO KNOWS DIRECTLY!!!!!!!#and ngl a lot of these arguments about why xyz is Irredeemable™ sound a LOT like my disorder.#(especially in the way they try to like...twist things into fitting into a definition of [insert type of problematic dynamic here] a la#'character raising their voice at someone one time during a high-stakes situation is abuse' or 'people who were friends as children#are Related Actually')#like. you get why. you get why this VERY disorder would think in similar ways to that right. because it tries to convince you that#everything you do is violating various human rights correct? you get why this would be unhelpful right?#IF YOU SOUND LIKE MY FUCKING DISORDER!!! YOU ARE WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!#In the Vents#okay I'm done. this just. It BUGS me.
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Drawing Five according to his canonical UaO epilogue description is so messy and saddening because there's so much to account for that got him physically fucked up and you know the writers were hammering in this whole disfigurement as punishment thing with him
Because first you have the eye hole where Marina pierced him, and I'm not sure if he's still wearing that gauze eye patch on the island because eventually it'll get dirty and he'll have to toss it
Then you have the scar marks from when Setrákus Ra clawed right through his metal skin "like butter" and it's not mentioned whether those marks are still there or they disappeared when he returned to his flesh skin (and it's doubtful those were healed at all, we don't even know if Marina had a proper visit and talked to him and possibly healed those away)
Then you have the goop that created some patchy spots all over his skin and show up all web-like on him
And then how it's implied he starved on the island because he lost weight so fast and is described to have flaps of skin on his arms and torso and a body so skinny you could see an outline of his ribs and spine
Bro he has so much physical trauma on him, like they did the most on him and left it like that till the very end
#number five#not sure whether to put the main ll tag on this#don't wanna put it out there to see but a friend hasn't read ll yet and blocked the main tag for now#well i already told em about five so i think this is fine#hmmm rereading the epilogue and i wanna write an analysis on the justifications of harm without closure#on everyone toward five but especially marina#because she had the most personal reason to hate five but she never got any closure or chose to move on#and it left her character arc hanging because she never found a conclusion to her moral dilemma#how to handle five and what do with her grief if it's painful and no one can relate to her on an empathetic level#because she was the 'moral compass' yet flet that title fleeting her sometimes and didn't know how to process these changes#and then john literally whisked her away from that instead of helping or letting her find a conclusion#and we never hear from her again until the very end of the series without any answers#she was literally the only other person to question these moral changes and aspects and the writers took that from us#similarly to five and his questioning of lorien treating the garde and their lack of will or identity beyond child soldiers#both had the questions but no one heard an answer#if that's intended by the writers I don't buy it because those are really cruicial to the themes of the series and it sucks to leave it out#they just punished and humiliated and disfigured five again and again and again to an excessive degree#dude what that's a lot to throw on him
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