#and i think she and Callum are besties

[digitalclowns]

I think they’re besties

[m4rs-ex3]

i feel it goes without saying that the introduction of a """love triangle""" is stupid and like i don't even wanna talk about it because just like no not happening why i don't even want to think about it UNLESS. it's just astrid continually and low-key flirting with rayla. jus for fun. as a treat

[they-stare-i-ship]

I finished reading the atlas paradox

and now you're subjected to my SPOILERY thoughts.

Parisa Kamali: I love Parisa, I have loved her since the first book. I LIKE HER SO MUCH she's funny she's mean she's cool she's kind. She's incredibly powerful. She's so interesting and I really enjoyed how she slowly became "her royal softness". Whenever we have her pov it's so fun. I love how she's not scared of Atlas and how she challenged him. I can't wait to see what she does in the next book. I'm actually excited to see how Dalton has changed and how she reacts to them in the next book. Her relationship with Nico makes me so feel so nice. I also need her to be kiss Reina sometime in the next book.

Nico de Varona: he's been my annoying lil baby since the first book. I loved how he became more fleshed out in this book. I loved how lonely he got, his relationship with Reina and Tristan really intrigues me. HE'S SUCH A CHILD sometimes and I love him for it. Obviously I have spent the two books insane bc I knew he was in love with Gideon, I just knew it and they're just *chef's kiss* also speaking of his relationship with people, I think him and Libby will be stunning as besties, I truly cannot perceive them as romantic. They act so sibling like or even just asshole bestie like.

Reina Mori: when we started with this series I actually had more hopes from her. I feel like she didn't do much (especially in book 2) and my girl really doesn't understand communication. If she just talked to people sigh. But honestly her God thing, I am down. Go off, I'm excited to see her go off the rails bc people didn't talk to her the way she could have understood. I am low-key in love with how funny the duo of Reina and Callum is, tbh. I also get major ace vibes from her.

Libby Rhodes: honestly she was my second least favourite amount the six when we started. She desperately needed the corruption arc we got in the later half of the book. I think I will like her a lot more now. Her crush on belen was stunning to read. I can't wait for Libby to fuck shit up, literally fuck everyone up. And I genuinely truly deeply want her relationship with Nico to just be friendship. Friendships are equally as important and the fact that the universe made them parallel to eachother is my favourite thing.

Callum Nova: honestly I didn't really like him much during the first book, he was fine but we had more interesting characters. BUT DAMN CALLUM NOVA POST HEARTBREAK?? ~~ exquisite ~~ he's so fucking funny and hopeless and sad and pathetic. he is so desperate for love and so upset that he was denied it. He's my pathetic lil meow meow. Also I would LOVE to see him use his powers more in the future. As we keep learning about it, I keep loving him. Also I need Tristan to beg Callum to take him back.

Tristan Caine: actually I didn't enjoy his povs at all in the first book, I couldn't wait for them to be over. He is still my least favourite among the six but in the second book he was more interesting and fun. I'm a lil anxious of how Atlas is gonna use him and his powers. I don't care much of him but I want him to beg Callum or regret it for the rest of his existence. Also I hate LibbyTristan as a romantic permanent thing, they can fuck around and have fun but pls end at that.

Gideon Drake: I have loved him since day 1. He was the softer kinder balance to Nico's aggressive and abrasiveness. He is so interesting, his origin and his powers. I spent both the book wishing we had more of him. Now that we are out of the library maybe he'll get to play a more active role in the book. I am obsessed with Gideon (bc Nico is obsessed with Gideon) I love the tidbits we learn about Gideon like how Libby always liked him more or how max travelled with him for the rescue of the "prince". I want Gideon to have everything he wants, that's all.

Atlas Blakeley: I have been thinking of Giancarlo Esposito as Atlas the entire time. There's no explanation it's just vibes

Ezra: I'm glad he's dead 💖

[lovelytsunoda]

INDYCAR DRIVERS AS ROMANCE BOOK TROPES

summary: I give romance tropes to my favourite funky indycar men. if y’all actually want to see me do any of these, please tell me in the comments 🫣

dedicated to my bestie @magnummagnussen who helped ghostwrite and give her ideas on a few of the tropes! (sorry for not including sting ray bestie, I have his trope to callum!)

pato o ward

reverse grumpy sunshine!!! pato is a bright ball of sunshine and in an ideal romance book he would pair with a girl who is a little grumpy (just a little bit) and cynical about falling in love and then dear sweet patricio would sweep in and show her just how magical being in love can be and show her that soulmates are real and life doesn’t have to be doom and gloom all the time

josef newgarden

single dad x nanny trope! I can see this playing out as recently widowed josef (probably not the right word) struggling to balance being the only caregiver for his son next to his racing career. cue y/n, the nanny he hires to watch after his son while he’s away and competing. he’s scared to fall in love again because he’s still grieving what he once had, but his son grows attached to y/n and how could josef not fall in love with someone his son loves so much?

kyle kirkwood

second chance romance! he lost her once, and now that she’s back in his life he won’t give her up!! the way I see this one playing out is that maybe they were together before kyle made it to the big leagues, back when nobody in america knew his name. but while she was deciding which ivy league scholarship to choose, Kyle is thinking about his career. she gives him an ultimatum, and he picks racing. so she goes to her big fancy school and forgets about him. but when a family tragedy brings her back to florida and she comes face to face with kyle, who is now a grand prix winner, hes desperate to keep her from being the one who got away.

colton herta

accidental pregnancy!! their relationship was falling apart, the distance and the pressures of colton’s career. eating them alive. words were said that couldn’t be taken back. so they called it quits, he moved to nashville and she tried to keep her head down and finish school. until she missed her period. her world seems to be ending with those two little lines, but she still cares about him. she can’t just keep coltons child a secret from him, this disaster is as much his fault as it is hers. so she goes to indiana the weekend before the 500 and she tells him. tensions are running high between them both, but they’re trying to do right by each other and the baby, and the experience reminds them that maybe they were meant to be together all along.

marcus armstrong

brothers best friend!!! y/n ilott knows that marcus is off limits. since she was fifteen she’s thought all her brothers friends were gross anyways. marcus was always by far the most annoying. fast forward a few years and they’re racing together in the same series again and suddenly marcus armstrong isn’t a gross as she remembers. and has his voice always been that sexy?? but callum can NEVER know.

david malukas

wrong number! let’s face it this man is too lazy to make contacts for half of the names in his phone. he was so sure that was sting rays number. why wouldn’t it be, the man from idaho had typed it in himself. turns out, it wasn’t sting ray at all, but some random college student who lived over a thousand miles away. he starts to text her when she gets bored, eventually progressing to face time calls, and begins to get flustered once he has a face to put with the personality. ends with him flying out to meet in her in person.

christian lundgaard

fake dating! he shouldn’t have done it. every bone in his body told him not to do it but the panicked look on her face was enough to make christian agree to pretend to be her boyfriend to scare off her cheating ex boyfriend, who was making her seriously uncomfortable. it was just supposed to be for the weekend, until the guy started leaving her alone. but a lot can happen on one race weekend and suddenly it doesn’t seem so fake anymore.

callum ilott

childhood friends to lovers! they were always just supposed to be friends, but if that’s the case, why does callum hate her new boyfriend now that the relationship is getting serious? why does y/n still feel like something is missing? cue a drunken night out leading to the hottest sex callum has ever had and lingering questions on both sides about what they really truly want out of life and love.

TAGS:

@clemswrld @httpiastri @libraryofloveletters @sidcrosbyspuck @scuderiasundays @scuderiamh @lorarri

[notsofriendlyfriendlyreminder]

Here is my take on The Atlas trilogy characters after reading the first two books.

SPOILERS YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED

Libby Rhodes - I find her type characters annoying, but omg I loved her in The Atlas Paradox, and while I ind Ezra interesting, you go girl kill his ass. Also I need more of her alone, mainly using her power alone, but I want to see that from both her and Nico, while they're both physicists, I think it would be cool to see even more differences between them.

Nico de Varona - I feel so bad for my man his boyfriend is being hunted and his girlfriend got kidnapped and his bestie is having god complex issues LMAO, no seriously love him, liked him in the first book, loved him even more in the second, him AND GIDEON love it. Also nearly cried when it was said how alone my guy is, he needs family and he will look for it no matter what

Reina Mori - her god complex is so fun yet so crazy to watch unfold, while she is on the side I think her inner monologue is very interesting to read. Not my favourite character, but she and Callum are imo a great duo, need more of them. She and Parisa should just kiss and be besties.

Parisa Kamali - An icon, a legend, gave us the spiciest scenes in the book so we love her for that. Her power and character is perfect, mainly her decline and her helping my boy Nico. Didn't care for her and Dalton that much (overall I didn't care for Dalton) BUT very excited to see more of true Dalton (The prince?) in book 3

Tristan Caine - GET YOUR FUCKING DADDY ISSUES IN CHECK PLS AND THANK YOU!!!! Jk I love all my bitches equally, but him getting so close to all male figures in his life... nope, him and Atlas could make an unstoppable duo but worry not! His gf is back :) Overall Tristan was always a very hit or miss character for me, can't put a finger on why.

Callum Nova - I love him, like forreal, he is my new obsession, he is absolutely hilarious, I love his energy, the shit he causes, he is there to just do shit and I live for it!! Also made me cry, and you know I love blonde bitches that make me cry (cough cough Howl). Overall I need to read more books about Callum Nova type characters, because yes please. Also dw you don't have to hide your hairline from me I will cure your alcohol addiction <333

Ezra Fowler - girlbossed too close to the sun, very interesting tho, but I love Libby more

Gideon - LOVE LOVE LOOOOOVEEEE pls stop talking to your mama

[an-actual-attack-helicopter]

BOIS IT’S THAT TIME AGAIN

TDP TRAILER ANALYSIS TIME!!!11!1!1!

okay so first we see the dragang coming back to katolis after the fire

then aaravos has summoned the spirits of the dead. i’m guessing this is the same spell he used when he helped viren bring terror to the other kingdoms. looks similar.

this one is interesting. the color of the staff makes me think he’s a dark mage.

meeting with queen aanya

then they go to a cave with big crystals. at first i thought they were fire rubies but those a red and these are orange. but who knows maybe it’s a variant. could also just be normal ass crystals.

then callum says “humans, dragons, elves…we all make mistakes” while that fateful scene with aaravos and leola plays. i don’t want to stretch but could this possibly mean aaravos is forgiven? at least by callum? 👀

then we see some viren and claudia scenes too. callum also begins claudia’s catchphrase. that can’t be good. the the parallelsss

kosmo tells callum that if he ever uses dark magic again it’ll overwhelm him. this can only mean one thing…

HE USES DARK MAGIC AGAIN 🤭🤭🤭

claudia goes lava beast mode probably using aaravos’s spell but she looks way cooler doing it than anyone else.

VIREN FLASHBACKS WOOO THE SHOW ISNT DONE SHOWING HOW TORTURED AND TRAGIC HE IS POGGG

“fly my pretties” lol also why does bestie have a black eye 👀

to be continued….

[raayllum]

PLEASE EXPLAIN THE S6 LORE 😭😭😭

i've been so busy with school lately that i missed out on all of it am im so confused. ive been a diehard fan since the show came out and ate S5 up so if you could, as an expert of your craft, please explain what's happening for me and the other besties who live under a rock, i would forever be in your debt 🎀🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

OKAY so luckily this is belated but there's not too much:

Here's the lore we know going into S6:

The statue of Aaravos and another figure that we saw in 5x09 is another Startouch elf called the Merciful One (they/them) and they're in S6

Twitter puzzles for fans to guess episode titles for s6 have been going for a hot sec, and we have all the titles (confirmed) except for 6x09 now:

Startouched

Love, War, and Mushrooms

The Frozen Sea

The Starscraper

Moonless Night

Moment of Truth

The Red Wedding

We All Fall Down

??

Leola from Leola's Last Wish (5x02 stargazing scene) is mentioned in Tales of Xadia as the unicorn who helped give humans primal magic, though there's reason to believe she may have also been a Startouch elf herself.

6x05's moonless night could refer to Rayla + Rayllum / Ruthari ("My love will be with you even when the moon is not") or the previous Queen of the Dragons', Luna Tenebris', unsuitable heir who we also know is in S6 in some capacity.

6x06's "Moment of truth" is likely a callback to Runaan's statement about Rayla being an assassin ("there's a moment of truth, and in that moment, you hesitate" 1x02) and also possibly a callback to Callum's line ("moment of truth. let's see if I can really do this") after he gets the Sky arcanum.

6x07 is a reference to Game of Thrones' "Red Wedding" which is an infamously violent and devastating episode.

6x08 seems to reference Flowers of Elarion from Tales of Xadia (I'll be providing a better post explaining why shortly) as 1) Elarion a human city is mentioned in the Midnight Star poem / 3x01 and anchors its connection to Aaravos, and 2) the flowers turn to ash in the morning ("ashes, ashes, we all fall down").

I think this is all the most prevalent lore that might be confusing on the outside, but if I missed something and/or didn't address the thing you're confused about please let me know and I'm happy to answer if I can!

[oatflatwhite]

HI LIZ plz may I trouble you to share any thoughts at all about mota 🎤

OF COURSE

ok so we're only a couple eps in but i am already <333 about so many of the characters. bucky and crosby especially my beloveds. i really love all the comparisons being drawn between bucky/nix buck/winters and crosby/webster but i also love how the mota boys are distinctly their own characters. i don't want to say they're cocky and full of themselves because like... some of the easy boys are too lmao. but it's a very different dynamic between the characters than i'm used to seeing in the other hbo war shows and i am living for it

on that note i was a bit wary about most of our main charas being officers but after 2 eps i don't mind a bit! honestly sometimes it's hard to tell rank with all their goddamn fleece lmao but i love how despite being a literal honest to god major bucky is still so chaotic. bless him. the singing scene took me out, and the bike race when they crashed and he and buck were like pulling at each other's clothes to try and get in the lead before the air raid siren went off..... cinema.

can't believe they called out the heavy petting <3 the raf boys are just like me fr <3

crosby is such a silly goose thank you for the silly goose representation. he really works as the narrator and i love him bc he is genuinely so relatable, my overthinking bestie. also him still being starry eyed over his wife signing her name mrs jean crosby oh my word.......... it's giving harry dragging his reserve chute halfway around europe for kitty's wedding dress <333

i also really love the variety of characters/roles in the war they're showing! there's obviously more scope to do that than in bob but also it's a different television landscape and i am so excited to see ncuti on my screen <3 i hope we get a lot more of lemmons too! i can't remember who made the post but someone compared him to doc roe and i was like OH that's why i liked him so much uh huh uh huh. so true. also NINETEEN YEARS OLD?

i had a hard time adjusting to austin butler in ep 1 but he really pulled through in ep 2 for me and i'm very keen to see where he takes the character! and i have LOVED callum turner since channel 4's glue (which i watched a fucking decade ago but still think about bc of how powerful it was and he was in it) and he is absolutely killing bucky. it's giving nix without impulse control. honestly all the cast are amazing, the only one i really struggle with still is isabel may as buck's gf......... i literally cannot see her as anyone but katie from alexa and katie, so in my mind she's literally still a 15 year old girl. but who knows, she could win me over in the future

the score and title sequence are so good too!!! the pacific still has my absolute fav opening titles and band is second but even though the score is obviously new it still feels a bit... nostalgic, i guess? similar vibes to the other shows and i am HERE for the way it makes me feel <3

there's like so much more but that's all i can put into words rn. cannot WAIT for the rest!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ol1verdrawsyt]

CALLUM'S THOUGHTS ON DA DIALTOWN DLC!!!!!

major spoilers under the cut!!! if you haven't played the dlc n don't wanna be spoiled, then don't read this lol

OK SO FIRST THINGS FIRST, THE SPRITES ARE INCREDIBLE! I love how Roger carries his stupid lil briefcase around with him everywhere. Roger is so autistic coded and nobody can take that away from me. Also this route made me love Rogergingi more than I already did so :P

Peter is the guy ever. I love that despite how grumpy he is, he genuinely does care about Roger and wants to see him succeed. Also I wanna see what his wife looks like cuz he mentions her a lot. May or may not have a design for her but yk.....

JOEEEEEEE ☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️i love him so much im actually screaming, i missed him so much. he was one of my favorite characters from the franchise we do not speak of and I'm so glad I can love him again w/o it being associated with that!!!

I got all the endings, with my 2 favorites being the good ending and the good ending and the one where the green civilian shows up

IM ACTUALLY SO HAPPY THAT THE GREEN CIVILIAN HAS A NAME NOW BUT I AM. NOT CALLING HIM THAT!!!!!!!

The good ending was so fucking sweet, dude. The music being a quiet, calm version of the funfair literally made me cry, and then Roger showed up and he went with Gingi and UGHHGSJDFKDSF

with that being said, I'm a lil confused about Peter in the good ending?? Why was he suddenly like "HHAHA I TRICKED YOU TO TAKE OVER THE FACTORY!!!"???? I didn't see it coming at all, and it's not like a good twist imo. It feels so out of nowhere. Peter is Roger's best friend, the whole thing was wanting his friend to succeed, why did he suddenly switch to some 'master manipulator' who' tricked Roger into handing the plant over to him'? Idk if I'm just bad at processing things and I missed something, but I'm so confused abt that

but other than that THE GOOD ENDING MADE ME UGLY SOB, ROGER DESERVES EVERYTHING. Coming from someone with experience with that shit, Roger is such a good rep of how constant berating and basically verbal abuse hurts someone and changes how you think and act. ALSO HIS TALK WITH GINGI. OH MY FUCKING GOD.

I LOVE GINGI DEPTH. I LOVE WHEN THEY SHOW EMOTIONS THAT ARENT PRIMAL RAGE AND HORNY. I LOVE WHEN MCs ARE GIVEN MOMENTS LIKE THIS THAT SHOWS THEM BEING VUNERABLE!!!!!!

gingi n roger have so much in common and i can't wait 4 the fanfics

also the evil endings.... holy shit dude. Those were fucking awful to get, i felt like such a pos for having to do that. I do love evil gingi in the mingling tho

THE CALLUM HINTS???? HOLY FUCKING SHIT??? MORE GINGI = CALLUM CONFIRMATION??? I CALLED IT??? I love the callum images that show up, hes so goober shaped and i need 2 make those my discord pfp

NATHAN HANOVER IS THE BEST. THE NEW OST IS SO GOOD AND I NEED IT RELEASED NOW SO I CAN LISTEN TO IT ON LOOP FOR THE NEXT WEEK OR SO

SIDE NOTES THAT IDK HOW TO CATAGoARIZE:

i love all the bg characters introduced!! fabron n omair are so rad :D

the bgs are rlly cool

i love gingi waving shit aroudn

GINGI STIMMING CONFIRMATION????

roger and peter are the besties ever

the new randy sprites were rlly cute hes so cringefail boyloser

OLIVER MY BELOVED FREAK

yorik...

its actually tragic that norm didnt appear

bunny n abel fighting!!!!!

but most importantly

GABBY!!!! GABBY MY BELOVED!!!! IM HER N1 FAN!!!!! I SCREAMED WHEN SHE SHOWED UP!!! I WISH SHE WAS IN EVERY SCENE AND GOT HER OWN ROUTE AND WAS THE MAIN CHARACTER AND

[teruthecreator]

norm for the askgame ^^

PAPA NEEDS HIS SILLY PIIIIIIIIILLS

Sexuality Headcanon:

bisexual but he’s too busy being like 39 and the sheriff of dialtown so absolutely no time to unpack dat goku

Gender Headcanon:

cis guy. tho any and all butch norms i accept with open and loving arms. sometimes a man can be so butch do you understand

A ship I have with said character:

(looks pointedly at my mingus ask) uhhhhhhhh ANYWAYS other than normingus i also rlly rlly like normgingi!!!!! probably my second favorite gingi ship (first being oliver and gingi) and definitely one i think about often. the like immediate blood bond they forge over the course of ch3 is insane like norm goes from wanting to kill gingi dead to DOING IT ALL FOR THEM WAHHHHHHHHH WAHHHHHHHHHHHH. also dare i say he’s a little yandere for gingi??? i don’t mean that seriously me and my friends just like to call him yandere. he has a yandere face and everything it’s great. anyways idk if i’d call normgingi wholly romantic but it’s certainly something. norm already had a wife but maybe he now has a second one??? in the form of a trash goblin??? idk i dont think they have a label for what they are and it confuses norm but he’s decided just to roll with it for now

A BROTP I have with said character:

norm with the rest of the dateables cast is so fucking important to me. literal besties squad. like the dialtown tool friends epilogue series made me just become OBSESSED with all of them interacting casually. and like every aspect of it is funny and good. i have a hc that norm builds a house just behind the funfair (like in a semi secluded spot) and that house is the hangout center for the entire polycule. karen is over there painting the scenery, olivers hosting movie nights, randy just Comes Over whenever shes too scared to stay at the ticket booth, fucking BIGFOOT drops by sometimes to hang. it’s just kind of beautiful the life norm leads post ch3 like going from being a hermit and wanting to stay secluded to having this rich tapestry of friends?????? genuinely brings a tear to my eye i LOVE NORM AND HIS FRIENDS WAHHHH

A NOTP I have with said character:

i dont really like norm/callum To Be Quite Honest. just isn’t my thang. also don’t care about norm/mr. dickens seems like we are filling a Yaoi Quota with that one but also you could probably convince me of it if u were compelling enough

A random headcanon:

(stares openly at tryt) so i have some opinions about norm’s family… HJGNFHFJFBFJ in seriousness tho i have this whole backstory devised about norm’s wife and the child they have right before he gets shipped off to space and the life that his widowed wife and child lead after he’s gone. his wife’s name is betsy and his child’s name is sylvia-grace but she goes by sylvie and they lead a relatively normal life in arizona until sylvie’s old enough to move out and then she goes to california. betsy dies long before norm makes the jump to the present, but sylvie is still kicking! she has a wife and two adult children of her own by then. i don’t think norm would ever get to really Meet them but that’s for very specific reasons that i map out in my fic The Road Yet Traveled, so if this idea intrigues you feel free to read that or just send me an ask! i could talk about this little family forever

General Opinion over said character:

norm has very quickly climbed the ranks in terms of the dateables. like i adore karen and oliver and randy, but norm is just….ohhhhhhhh he’s norm allen!!!!! he has such an interesting outlook on life and again i think he kinda brushes up with mingus in terms of like . characters i think deeply about. i mean i literally wrote a 30k fic that is Mainly about norm’s reconciliation with the past in forging his future. he’s just a guy i think about often!!!! also i do a voice for him and i will randomly pull it out in vcs just to make everyone laugh, which automatically means he’s one of my favs :-)

i turned his face into a penis one time. dont remember why i did that

[mikodrawnnarratives]

crack au but the more i wrote the more i took it seriously: After almost-dying-but-not-dying as a baby, the reason maggie doesn't get found is bc a prodigy nearby accidentally uses their power on her. And turns her, into an actual magpie. The specifics of the power effectively cursing other ppl to turn into any kind of animal when they feel xyz emotion. Prodigy never realizes and leaves b4 fixing anything

Kids from the prodigy children's home take the injured baby birdo in to be sort of like a class pet, nursing her back to health. At some point she's shooed out of there for taking up resources, its a children's home not an animal shelter! Maybe if they hadn't, she'd have eventually shifted back into a human and things would have played out differently. But oh well, she flies away and quickly finds herself at home at Renegades HQ, becoming an absolute MENACE

Where the renegades are she'll sometimes trail along and snag the shiny and valuable trinkets she spots. Seemingly NO ONE can befriend her, she can get very snappy and really REALLY LOUD when she's upset. She still has the mind of a human, but when u've been a birb most of the time ur whole life, you're gonna act like a birb. Oh what a menace

She acts the friendliest with Callum, meaning some days she's nice and some days she'll cause problems. But at least usually she won't knock things over if Callum is there.

Adrian comes second in terms of friendliness, him and Callum being the only ones that know how to get da birb under control. Sometimes he'll draw up distractions to get her attention, like shiny things that have no actual value since he made them. It gets her attention for long enough for anyone to get back their valuables, but not long enough to actually trick her into thinking what he made was real.

Maggie is as smart as a hooman but she also has birb temptations and the silliness compels me to believe that she can both be smart and briefly fooled as a birb

I think Callum would be the first to figure out that Maggie's actually just a human that got turned into a birb, but wouldn't have much evidence to prove it before his death. Adrian would have his suspicions but he wouldn't be able to do jack shit about it by the time the events of the trilogy come to stress him out.

Nova contemplates shooting the fucking birb oh so many times, but she's much less inclined to those ideas when she hears the theories that actually Maggie is a human turned bird. Then its more a matter of will someone tame this thing already, why hasn't she been turned back yet?!

When Maggie gets a hold of Nova's bracelet in the supernova version of this au, Nova would have to do a bunch of chasing her around to find the nest she's keeping her bracelet in (there are numerous nests too its frustrating). Maggie is REALLY NOT HAPPY when Nova sticks her hand into her stash, especially when Nova grabs the bullet too.

Maggie retains her Asset Perception and Telekinesis but really doesn't use them very often as a birb. Much more the FEW occasions as a human pre reveal, its easier to use telekinesis than practice grabbing stuff as a human after all. It isn't impossible for her to use her powers as a birb, but she'd have to be very stressed to do so, such as when her most prized possession is stolen from one of her safe spots. And as a baby birb, after being nursed back to health, she found were the bullet had been put miraculously and stole it back, hiding it in a secret nest until she'd have to move.

She'd probably figure out her backstory via ppl repeating how they found her to other ppl. Some details would probably be lost like the status of her family but doesn't mean its impossible for her to piece together later.

And since i can't NOT talk about trinket duo, Max is the only one Maggie is pretty much ALWAYS friendly with. She's hesitant to trust at first, but warms up quickly much to the shock of EVERYONE. Once they become besties, everyone goes to max when she's being a nuisance. At least prior to the reveal

The reveal that Maggie is actually a human AND she's Evie Artino would back to back bombshells for everyone involved god could you IMAGINE it would be insanity, especially for Nova. Like, what do you mean my baby sister became A BIRD is she dreaming wtf is this

As stated earlier, the curse would allow her to shift back given some requirements, probably that she feels safe and isn't in any survival mode. Being a human vs being a birb have different advantages after all. Callum would get close to seeing her shift, but only ever actually see either Human Maggie or Birb Maggie, never the in between. And like i said, the stressful stuff going on in the second and third book would make it hard to get this addressed anyway

Potentially the first time someone, aside from Callum, sees her as a human would be in the final battle and she gets shot with Agent N and goes down. She'd be assumed dead until Nova would realize post battle that there.. there is a kid here. A kid sobbing by the corpse of Callum, sobbing like its the first time you're crying and you can't control it. The case that carried the serum either on the ground nearby or still lodged in the kid's arm, i can't remember if they did the same amount of damage as a bullet atm so lets just say theres a wound but probably not serious enough to be fatal

Nova wouldn't have enough time to realize its THE FUCKING BIRD but the kid's appearance makes her heart hurt. Maggie wouldn't be able to make many coherent words, if any at all, but she'd glare daggers. Nova might try to calm her but ultimately puts her to sleep, an issue for later

Later comes around, Max's power would probably change her back, this time round just giving it to her as a legit power instead of a curse. Nova, after healing and processing more important parts of the last few days, would be very confused about where she went. No one knows anything about a girl like she described.

Maggie can't help remaining as a bird post Callum's death, even tho she technically has the ability to change back. The grief would be too much, and i think she would act like a traumatized bird would in this scenario. Feather picking, is much quieter, decreased appetite, etc.

I think Max friendship would lessen those issues both since she'd be human around him more often, wouldn't feel birb urges and feels safe, AND also bc Max would tattle. He doesn't want to see her accidentally hurt herself with going to ham with feather picking after all, he researched that it could happen.

Maggie would be given bracelets to remain human for periods of time so she can get better control of her abilities, keep herself safe, and get used to being a human. She's not happy about that at all but her complaints will only be heard if she learns to talk like a human, not a super difficult transition given Magpie's can mimic noises, but its still a challenge.

First words: "fuck you" Not to Max, she knows why he told even if she wasn't happy about it. No, those words are for Adrian, who is the person Max told first. It makes so much sense to Adrian he doesn't even ask any more questions before believing Max, to his brother's shock. Later when Maggie won't act like a stressed birb while as birb, most of the training is with Danna due to power similarities

As a human Maggie can walk, kind of, she's shifted to being a human before, but she'd much rather fly. Much too clumsy as a human. As a human she almost never goes anywhere without Max, both feeling protective of Max and also needing the support. But that isn't too different from how she acts as a birdo since she'd absolutely hop around while following Max. Its just she doesn't want to go anywhere without max as a human.

The Evie reveal would probably come a little later after the Being Human Confirmed revelation, and thus ensues both sisters having complicated feelings about it. Probably wouldn't be all too different from my other ramblings about how it could go down, but Maggie's grievances more in line with "you tried to bat me away with a broom one time" They'd make up eventually, not like theres much in the way of them reconnecting in this au after all. Nova never imagined that she'd see a bunch of Evie's firsts when she barely turned 13 but here they are.

[lindszeppelin]

Something I think is quite interesting kaia used to follow Dua lipa and dua used to like a lot of her pics but randomly stopped mid 2021. Kaia unfollowed her, shocking I know (not sure when).

Considering their boyfriends are both besties, you'd think they'd probably know one another but dua clearly stopped caring about her when she started dating callum. Dua is an actually interesting person and I wonder if she found kaia boring and surface level 💀

I don't think Dua not liking pics of Kaia since 2021 has anything to do with Callum considering she started dating Callum in January this year. It would be Dua's feelings about Kaia, and she stopped caring about her at that time, and seemingly still hasn't cared about her. And Kaia unfollowing her is petty too. Just goes to show they don't fuck with each other. Dua is a smart, educated woman and she rose up from nothing. So she could see though Kaia.

[m4rs-ex3]

i was gonna do one of my "so glad you (nobody) asked--" but y'all were actually thirsty for it so HERE WE GO

tdp characters as pokemon trainers

(dizclaymoors: not actual teams of six, there will be pokemon that seem very obvious but are absent bc i didn't think they fit the Vibes, sometimes i'll make a weird choice of pokemon per evolutionary line - occasionally there's a reason but most of the time it's for the aforementioned Vibes)

bold = ace / potential ace

callum (specialties - flying, electric, water)

emolga

gyarados - it's like if he adopted the leviathan

castform - weather, sky magic, you get it

altaria

frogadier - i cannot explain the choice to give callum the frog and especially not the choice of frogadier out of the whole line but. the Vibes

chinchou - felt like a mandatory inclusion

rayla (specialties - fighting, steel, ghost, [hah])

tinkaton - this thing has so much rayla energy it's insane

dedenne - this felt like such a given i was a little stunned when it occurred to me that dedenne really doesn't share that many similarities with stella. also callum and rayla both have pikaclones that is so fucking cute

marshadow - trying not to overuse legendaries/mythicals but COME ON

phantump

doublade - doublade specifically for obvious reasons

froslass - slay recognizes slay

ezran (specialties - dragon, fairy)

dachsbun - need i say a thing

dragonite - the most ezran dragon type there is

gastrodon - he loves giant sea slugs!!

frosmoth - bro would absolutely snag a snom and having it as a frosmoth just feels right

mimikyu - he would love this misunderstood baby

sliggoo

togepi - egg

bellibolt - frog

soren (specialties - normal)

these are actually all alternatives to his true team, which is just six shuckles as per that one post that someone needs to find for me

bidoof

psyduck

ditto

dunsparce - you might be noticing a bit of a theme

dragapult - i'm breaking that theme just a bit. this might be an association because of that one post about the dragapult where it's just inexplicably named zubeia

toedscruel - shroom

claudia (specialties - dark, poison, dragon [ironic])

malamar

hydreigon

noivern

sableye - this thing is like a more devious version of sparklepuff (that she won't murder [hopefully])

morpeko - cute little baby who's also evil

galarian rapidash - unicorn hehe

dragalge

terry (specialties - grass obvi)

eldegoss

lotad

shiinotic

leafeon

breloom

sawsbuck - hahahhahhahhah get it. tarngedner

(cannot choose an ace for the life of me)

corvus (specialties - dark, steel)

corviknight - this pokemon was made in corvus' image

ferroseed

galarian linoone

lycanroc

umbreon

janai (specialties - fire obvi)

arcanine

aegislash

armarouge

ninetales - giving her an arcanine and a ninetales feels wrong but they both fit her so well)

aaravos (specialties - psychic)

cosmoem - cosmoem specifically bc it has the "mystical cocoon that could turn into anything" vibe yk?

clamperl - please someone praise me for my cleverness

spectrier

lujanne (specialties - psychic, ghost)

lunatone - i know it's disgustingly on the nose but try and tell me she wouldn't have one

shedinja - she would love her gimmick pokemon

misdreavus

polteageist

runerigus - this would be her one pokemon that isn't like small and unassuming but this is 100% what she uses to guard the nexus like HELLO (it also is indeed very Baby in reality)

zorua - her disguise bestie

astrid + kosmo (could belong to either) (specialties - flying, psychic)

galarian articuno

woobat

meowstic pair - for the record astrid has the male and kosmo has the female. the Vibes just worked out

hisuian braviary

minior

bonuses!

runaan: decidueye - i had to

associate crow master: murkrow - i had to

kim'dael: midnight lycanroc - i just wanted to

i hope this was some tasty dough (/callback)

[kim-ruzek]

Review of 10x15

I'll admit I was slightly nervous about this episode before watching. Not because I didn't think it would be good because I did (the writing has improved and paddy always delivers) but because depending the episode was guaranteed to be plot heavy and part of an on going storyline, I was nervous that we wouldn't get a decent glimpse into the burzek family household through Adam's eyes, or if we would get a minor update on Kim's therapy. But I really shouldn't have been nervous because the episode was so good on all fronts.

Adam's growth.

I'll get into the actual plot after, because as much as I liked this episode for the plot, I absolutely adored it for how brilliantly it displayed just how much Adam's grown. He's a proper family man, and I love it.

I adored that opening scene. I loved Adam being a dad, being a shield to keep Makayla's life smooth and allowing for Kim to have the time and space to do her therapy stuff and all that processing without having to worry about her daughter. I also adored it for Uncle Kevin, and showing that Mack has some amazing black family members in her family. And I just adored the scene of her and Jordan. And I loved getting that little update on Kim, knowing that she's told Kevin and just that whole scene. Kev and Adam being besties, it being just a fact that burzek + mack are a family, and enjoying seeing this glimpse of them outside work.

And I loved how throughout the whole episode it was so clear that Adam's very much stepped into and embraced the role as dad, and how he sees things through the lens of that. I also very much loved that it's clear, even when things are enraging him or stressing him, that he's very much got a grip on his hot headedness which I just love to see.

Adam seeing Samantha and Callum through the lens of his own little family with his girls was just... Like so good. I like as well that it's harder for him to see it as black and white as not only one of the only parents on the team but as the one in the trenches seeing and experiencing that.

I adore how that Adam and Makayla very much have their own relationship, their own beats that exist outside of Kim. It's theirs, they're family, and at this point it's more irregardlous of Kim than being because of her and I think that's just really beautiful.

Adam's growth and maturity can be seen throughout this whole episode, how he is with Samantha and Callum, how he is with filling in the team, how he talks, how he's with and about Kim, just everything but the thing to me that stood out the most was that adorable night scene with him and Mack. Then, that's where "Adam's a dad" stood out the most to me. The soft way he is with her, the way yet again it shows their individual relationship with each other, the easy way he is at reassuring her about his injuries and that freaking hand holding. It was everything and it's clear Mack is his world, and not just because Kim is, and I love that so so much.

The plot

I still can't get over how well done the plot this season has been, the writing and everything and it's definitely got a really good pace to it. And I love how we've been getting storylines across episodes and they're well built to. I very much like this Beck plot, although it is slightly predictable in that I already thought we knew they were white supremacists before it was revealed, but that doesn't detract from it.

I like the friendship building between Adam and Samantha and I definitely think he'll be instrumental in hopefully bringing Samantha around to help them build a case against their father.

Also in many ways this has felt like one of the more realistic villains of the show for a while and that's made me thoroughly enjoy it. (Tbf Sean also was very realistic, but him being the chief's son took away from that a bit for me).

Additional comments

I think the thing I disliked the most is the yet again insistence of using their real names of their UC work. And I must say I flinched when Adam used Makayla's real name-- although I also did like it. One, because it shows how grey Adam is finding this, he's invested in Samantha and Callum as a family and two because I'm hoping it was like him just discreetly dropping crumbs that maybe Adam isn't alike her father for Samantha to ruminate on.

I loved the burzek scenes we got. Kim staying back twice to check on Adam and make sure he's okay, and asking is just everything. And I died at "our daughter". And the scene in the bullpen when Kim clearly looks to check on Adam and he nods to give her the okay. And just everything. They are a family and I love it. And I love how Adam very much is the wall that is supporting his family, that his presence allows both of them a security but that they both care so deeply for him too.

I also loved how obviously anxious Kim was when Adam was being tested. Her fidgetiness and just everything, like her composure-- I really loved it because one) it shows that he's more than a teammate to her, he's her family and two) it's a continuation of her traumas, that you can tell it's making her more anxious in that scenario.

And finally I adored how strong Kim asserted that Adam made the right choice. It was parent talking to parent, co parents who are family. And also how in the immediate seconds that followed it felt almost way too intimate for the place they were, in that moment Kim wasn't Burgess, but his partner and I just died!

Lastly, I also yet again really love how the other characters got more of a role than previously as it truly does show that character centric episodes doesn't have to be as restrictive as it has been. It has some ways to go, of course, and I would prefer a slight more element of a kinda b plot esque thing, but it's such an improvement and makes me enjoy the episode 100% more.

[potential-fate]

Anonymous OC question of the day!

If you could make a character real, which of your OCs would be:

your bestie

your spouse/partner

your secret lover!

your friendly rival

your enemy!

BONUS: do this for other people’s OCs too!

Pass the game along (anonymously or not)

OH okay this one I had to think about!!!

Bestie: ugh, probably Nathan. he's such an unhinged little idiot. but so entertaining.

Partner: oh man I think some people are gonna yell at me but... Callum? I know I know everyone dislikes him lmao cause he's toxic as hell with Abe but.... he's not that bad I swear!!!

secret lover: .................Lucy. Terrible choice really, but hence the secrecy.

Friendly Rival: I'm lost on friendly rivalries because I've never really had one, but I think I'd want to say Jorah? he'd be a terrible rival, but it'd be fun to 'play devils advocate' just to get him to go on rants about things he definitely knows more than I do about.

Enemy: Probably Pia. That might surprise people, but I've met people like her in real life and I would *not* like her much if she were real. If not her, then Abe. he's simply such a wet noodle made of hypocrisy.

[meganwasbored]

The Dragon Prince Thoughts Season 2 Episodes 5 and 6

(I thought I posted this a week ago but apparently I accidentally saved it in my drafts instead but better late than never)

I finally have the time to watch more I swear this was the most stressful week of my life

Episode 5

-“Breaking The Seal” L E T T E R ?

-I think I’ve been patient enough just open the dang letter before I lose my mind

-“I’ve done terrible things” shoot I forgot he said that is he talking about killing the dragon king or something related to that

-slightly confused about how these kingdoms work, are there multiple kingdoms within Katolis, or are these kings and queens from outside of Katolis

-“it seems I am a crown without an adult, and you are an adult without a crown” !!!!!!!!!

-BOOM GET HUMBLED

-ofc Viren had to make this all dramatic, literally just showing off at this point

-a NEW threat?? Haven’t y’all been at war for idek how many years?? How is any of this new??

-“there are reports of shadows in the clouds, dragons” MORE DRAGONS

-I take it back this room is boring, bring back the special effects

-I can’t tell if the others are scared of the elves or scared of whatever Viren just did

-I was confused why Ezran seems so chill about his father dying but then I remembered that he doesn’t even know, man this is gonna hurt

-“I won’t send my armies to face unknown danger over a two minute speech. I may be a child but apparently I’m the least impulsive of us all. Besides, I hardly call ‘we’ll do what everyone else says’ a decision.” GIRL

-I may as well quote absolutely everything Queen Aanya says because she’s my new hero

-“Sweet words can be more dangerous than hidden daggers”

-don’t mind me just crying over this flashback scene oh my gosh

-“I know you will stand by me through anything” Whoops actually he just stood there as you were murdered and is now trying to kill both your sons

-bruh even baby Ezran is a menace when it comes to jelly tarts

-“why do I deserve this? What did I do except being born with everything?” Harrow buddy you deserve the world

-Viren is a master manipulator and while it makes me wanna hurt him you gotta admit he knows how to get what he wants

-NO POOR BAIT JUST WANTS TO BE LOVED

-dude it looks like Viren actually cared about Harrow a lot what the heck happened to him

-Sarai is literally so awesome why do all the best characters die, this better not become a trend

-Obviously the titan isn’t actually dead idc how dead they think he looks they just went “oh he’s not moving so I’m gonna hammer a stake through him, what can go wrong?”

-Callum and Bait being besties is something I didn’t know I needed

-THE SEAL IS BROKEN I REPEAT THE SEAL IS BROKEN

-fire titan dude is pretty ugly like uglier than I thought he would be

-Venus fly trap looking head

Episode 6

-LETTER TIMEEEEEE

-why did they put this at the beginning I shouldn’t be crying this early in the episode

-they took the dragon egg MONTHS ago??? Did they say this before cause I thought it was like years ago, I’m so confused with this timeline

-IT JUST CUTS OFF???

-YALL BETTER NOT BE MAKING ME WAIT AGAIN TO HEAR TO REST OF THAT LETTER I SWEAR

-oh my gosh I’m freaking stupid this story is how his mom dies isn’t it

-“the injured must be left behind” right when past-Viren earns my respect again he says stupid stuff like that

-“you wouldn’t do this if it wasn’t your wife’s sister” well I don’t see a ring on your finger so how would you know

-“I ask you and your brother to reject history as a narrative of strength, and instead have faith that it can be a narrative of love”

-all these flashback scenes are so cute I just know I’m gonna rewatch the heck outta this episode

-“Rayla, that’s a funny name” it’s literally the most normal name out of every character we’ve met

-The boat guy (I forgot his name so I’m just gonna call him Boat Guy) encouraging Rayla to literally kill people is hilarious

-“I’ve never actually killed anyone”

“Maybe someday! Never give up on your

dreams!”

-“with the heavy heart of the titan, and the additional burden of carrying the wounded” I actually wanna punch him through the screen just the way he said that makes me so mad, like he’s bitter about Harrow not wanting to leave most of their soldiers there to die

-Zym steals my heart all over again every second he’s on screen

-“you can’t control where the river goes, there’s one thing you can know and control, yourself”

-“I want to talk to you about life and growing up and how sometimes there are changes you don’t expect” WAIT IS THAT THE THING CALUM SAID TO EZRAN I THINK THATS THE THING CALLIM SAID TO EZRAN

-“free yourself from the past, learn from it, understand it, then let it go” y’all don’t understand how much I needed to hear this rn

-I KNOW YOURE NOT TELLING THIS POOR GRIL WHAT HER MOTHERS WOULD HAVE WANTED TO GET HER VOTE YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT WHAT HER MOTHERS WOULD HAVE WANTED

-Viren throwing a baby tantrum the second someone tells him no is hilarious, the child in the room is more mature than he will ever be

-that fact that Harrow gave Callum the cube of all things makes it seem like he knew that Callum was gonna be a mage

-“extra-super-secret-bonus-secret” I love him so much we lost him way too soon

-DRAGON DRAGON DRAGON