#and i was right about the terrible casting. what was even any of that. thats not barbie and its DEFINITELY not ken.

[phantajam]

my hot take about descendants is that NONE of the core four were ready for a relationship until maybe like, the third movie (rant in tags)

[weeb-polls-with-pip]

Autistic Anime Boys Prelims - Propaganda Division - Group 6

Propaganda:

Kiriwo -

"Seems innocent at first and he's just a guy with a special interest in magic items, but watch out."

Arjuna -

"MASKING KING!!!!!! ok joke aside one of his biggest things is that he's super scared that if anyone gets too close to him they'll notice he's not perfect/has a 'secret darkness' (that's literally just a guy) and overall a lot of his storyline is a strong parallel for being neurodivergent and becoming more comfortable with accepting it. he's also super strict and hard on himself for any sort of failure that isn't in line with what's socially appropriate but at the same time he doesn't always have a good grasp on what that is which is how you get stuff like him blowing up a forest to try and impress someone. it also runs in his family bc his brother is autistic as hell too."

Sherlock -

"God, where do I start? I mean what Holmes adaptation, even if he's not the main character, would this be if he were not autistic coded? And our combo of autism and ADHD is absolute perfection, all tied up with a pretty, excitable face. Hit him with the crime hyperfixation and do not make him wear socks."

Apollo -

"Not canonically autistic but he has ZERO volume control plus he scripts/repeats stuff (“I’M FINE!!!”), sometimes mimics other people’s speech patterns (like replying “ja” to Klavier), sensitive to loud noises (stayed backstage at a concert cuz it was too loud) and bright lights (complained about the stage lights being too bright at the same concert + screamed when opening the hatch to the bright stage at magic show), and has been really into space since he was a kid, which could definitely be a hyperfixation (not to mention how he read every single one of Phoenix’s old case files back when he admired him). Plus he’s a little TOO normal, to the point where it circles back around to making him the odd one out, which is absolutely what masking feels like for me. Even when he tries to be fun and weird he gets strange looks/made fun of for not being weird in the right way. The list of autism symptoms is just a checklist for him at this point."

Heiji -

"90% of the cast in detective conan is autistic but heiji is the most autistic of them all."

Urara -

"Another alien who is so excited to dance with everyone that he does not understand that his intended purpose of inviting people to dance via water communication is brainwashing them into dancing and is causing extreme chaos. He nearly causes an apocalypse by being so excited about dancing but he apologizes and tries to make friends with Yuki at the end of the story. He is extremely soft spoken and try, finding it difficult to begin conversations and fidgeting."

Shu -

"speaking specifically about the first season but he was the "explains everything so the audience knows whats happening" guy. he was pretty antisocial (not sure if thats just how he was or if he lived alone [which was fucked up cause he was 11]) . im trying to think of more but my brain goes hghghhhggggh im just a big fan of him."

Vash -

"ain’t no way i’m the only one who’s submitted him. go look at the gif of him crawling in the dirt like a bug while he dodges bullets and get back to me."

Hyakkimaru -

"Due to a terrible curse he has lived his whole life without several body parts including his eyes and ears. Because of this he is often overstimulated and awkward in new situations (when he doesn't do what he does best, killing monsters and samurai with his sword arms) He can't say or express much, and often comes off as strange and creepy, but he is actually a cutie patootie full of emotions, has a big heart, a keen brain, endless inner strength and loves the people close to him! This adorable, cursed, demon slaying boy deserves everything!"

Kei -

"He has the tbh face. Also he canonically has sensory issues and gets sensory overload. He constantly wears earbuds. He has an extremely rigid sense of morality and considers himself a savior figure. He has a hard time relating to other people and is a bit awkward in his interactions."

[hazshit-hotel-hater]

I’M STUCK ON THIS FUCKING PLANET. I’M STUCK ON THIS GODDAMN EARTH.

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That’s right!! I’m talking even more about sinner bodies because I’m CRAZY!!! RAAHHH!! 🤪 SHES SO CRAZY WE CANT TAKE HER ANYWHERE!! 😝 it’s 3 in the morning and I can’t stop thinking about this goddamn TV.

I think Vox is genuinely the most fucked up character in this rewrite currently. Not really morally fucked up, there’s definitely worse people, but physical alterations in hell out of the main cast he definitely has it the worst. In my last post I talked about how Angel formed in hell and I want to go back to this because Vox did not form in hell as a TV or even a robot at all. He got formed on the road after dying in a car crash and was literally just this fucked up clump of wires and metal panels and had gross little robot hands and he had to make everything else himself and wait for his body to adjust to it, so he literally cannot regenerate normally. He didn’t even have a face yet or screen of any kind, just a little camera to see out of. If his screen shatters he needs to get a new one or if his body breaks he needs to get it repaired, thats why he’s able to upgrade his body and stuff.

And like yeah some tech sinners do just form as robots but Vox just is a fucking mess and I think about it all the time and thats why his demon form is all fucked up like that and I think thats partially another reason he hates Alastor’s ideals so much sometimes because hes like “technology bad!” even though he literally is also partially a tech sinner and hes just stupid but like without technological advancements Vox literally would have nothing like they wouldn’t’ve met, Vox would not have a company, etc, etc and thatd probably help a lot of people yeah like the Vees would not fucking exist but ignoring that, just on a personal relationship scale I imagine your “friend” being like “man I really hate the thing that gives you life and allows you to live a somewhat normal existence” hurts a bit.

Technological regeneration is a bit more confusing and hard to explain than biological regeneration since machinery can’t really “heal” in real life. The concept sounds almost bewildering, like you can’t cut a wire and have it slowly heal like skin would, you’d need a whole new wire. But Vox internally, the things that allow him to move and live how he does now, it’s the only part of him that he can heal, and to him, it’s still “defective”.

Vox is disabled mentally and physically; he has Autism, ADHD, and epilepsy, all of which he is unable to be medicated for due to his new body. These are all things that he hates to acknowledge and will become irrationally upset by if they are mentioned to the point he will actively to deny certain aspects of disability. Being a man from the 1900’s-1950’s his views on mental disabilities and mental illnesses are… less than uh.. “acceptable” for today’s standards. He often disregards slurs towards this being called slurs and insists that “They used to just be words” or “It’s a medical diagnosis.” yet still gets incredibly upset when he is ever called a slur that actually could apply to him. In a way he tries to come off as purposely ableist so that he doesn’t have to confront this aspect of himself that he doesn’t understand. His knowledge in technology or sharks or economics aren’t “special interests” to him, they’re just “regular things a man likes”. He can’t process what a hyperfixation is. He doesn’t know that it’s normal for him to be unable to speak on occasion or that certain textures make him severely uncomfortable. These are either seen as weaknesses or “average people things”. Aside from how terribly disabled people were treated back around the 50’s, he views the neurodiverse aspect of his mind as something that only serves to further push him from grasping the feeling of regular humanity again.

For physical disabilities, he doesn’t lie or deny that he has epilepsy, yes he has an intense disdain for mentioning it, but for very few people he is close with he will disclose this information to them privately. There are a very select few people that are aware of this and two of those people are Velvette and Alastor. This post isn’t really about diving into Vox’s epilepsy so I’m keeping this concise because I have another post to put all of that in. Hope you all enjoy the wacky art :)

The binary says “Trust us” for anyone curious

[fand0mswithbunny]

this is so different from the other posts i do but fuck it. descendants 4: rise of red review, spoilers ofc, we still boycott disney's ass, pirate this movie like uma and her crew ate the intro of this movie instead of watching this from disney+

keep reading if youve seen it or dont care about spoilers but tldr: if you havent seen it and see this as a spin off movie instead of a 4th installment, i say go watch it. its basically how i feel about the 2024 mean girls movie, im just here for certain characters, dynamics and songs, and a bit of the actual plot, its fun but definitely not for everyone, i liked parts of the movie/plots tho

okay honestly overall, despite the fucking terrible rushed ass ending, i still honestly enjoyed a lot of aspects of this movie.

songs, generally i liked. yeah its all pop-y but yk, none of them were unbearable, i loop red, whats my name (red vers.) and love aint it what about it

the editing was. a choice at times. like it will cut at the most random moments and when red was being transported and fell from that. pipe. thing in the castle it was so. disney channel editing core LIKE OKAY I KNOWW OFC IT IS but grahhhhhHH

the cg was good, direction was. also a choice at times. idk how to explain it but it felt like every scene was being directed like a music video and not like a MOVIE esp the lighting oh my god idk what it is but its so GLOWY AND WEIRDD

the characters themselves, i love the main cast, red, chloe, ella, bridget, etc. were all cool. IM A FIRM RED/CHLOE SHIPPER THEY ARE GIRLFRIENDS IDC and i also liked the dynamic they have with their past moms it was nice

oh yeah i dont mind how they wrote mal, evie, jay, and ben outta the story, i mean they gotta explain their absence yk. and i loved the carlos tribute, you can tell china was genuinely not acting in that tribute scene.

the vks were. okay. i dont mind that literally every villain/princess/disney protag goes to high school. this whole series basically feature length fanfiction anyway, idc personally about that. its weird URSULAS SISTER was the main antagonist. like i get having a completely new villain aside from the vks parents or something but. ursulas. sister??? besides you could tell me shes ursula and ill believe you.

its nice seeing filipino prince charming thats it thats all i gotta say RAHHH PHILIPPINES BABYYY 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 MY MANS GOT THAT 'PINO RIZZ OKAYYY

the plot was actually fun, but yeah I WISH WE COULDVE SEEN CASTLECOMING WE WERE ROBBED OF THAT i knew when red and chloe got the book there was like 10 minutes left in the film but cmonn we couldve had Morgie, I DONT KNOW somehow freeing the rest of the vks and them STEALING THE POCKETWATCH AND RED AND CHLOE HAVING TO GET IT BACK, GET ANOTHER 30 MINUTES IN THE FILM MAYBE, ANOTHER ACTION SEQUENCE, CASTLECOMING. but its finee im sure theres a fanfiction in the works somewhere that has that exact premise because thats what fanfic is for babyyyy

imagine. during the dance chloe and red are scrambling to find the watch, they see the vks, they find bridget crying because her best friend isnt there, she thinks ella bailed on her, they have to find the watch but, they gotta make her feel better right? red comforts her while chloe chases after them to find the watch, ella comes to the dance late after deciding, fuck my stepmom, get your hands dirty parallels, something something, the four of them all stopping the vks together, THEN they travel back.

i should just write a fix it fic for this movie at this point damnn i impressed myself

but yeah the ending does leave a lot of plot holes, if bridget didnt change from the past WHO DID, if Red even CONSIDERED a VK in this timeline? if not then WHO IS IT?? IS IT CHLOE?? its hella rushed, its ass, but i guess we'll find out in the 5th movie ig

also i thought they were totally setting it up for Ella to be the one that humiliated Bridget in the past, like the "I saw through her" in Love Ain't It we NEVER GOT ANY CLOSURE FROM THAT WHAT HAPPENED?? sighhh its okay its fine

i see this movie as a spin off movie rather than a 4th installment of the universe because it pretty much is, like its basically its OWN universe with the lack of the og cast and new characters. i unofficially coin it as the "Descendants: Redverse" because it just makes more sense

so many questions, mainly WHY, but yeah, still liked it, would rewatch. certain. parts of it. but honestly? a 7/10. leaning towards a 7.5

is this a recommendation? not sure, depending on who you are you could totally love this film or hate it, i say give it a chance and completely ignore the busted ass ending <3

anyways KENDRICKKK FANFIC WRITERSSSSSS- DROP SOME MORE CHARMINGHEARTS FANFICS/D4 FIX IT FICSSS. AND MY LIFE, IS YOURRSSSS

[theamazingdigitalraceway]

How would the cast react to waking up sick? I have a feeling seth is just "Absoltely not, thats litterally possible, #%%# you for even suggesting that!" And then he drives into a wall

A/N: computers get viruses too

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CAINE: He's scared. He has VIRUS!! Full system lockdown. He's purging his code with anti-viral software, panicking the entire time. He stays away from everyone, doesn't host a race that day, and doesn't even use his snap because he doesn't know how the virus will affect it. What if the abstractions get loose? What if HE gets loose??

POMNI: "We can get sick here!? Are there ANY upsides to this place??" She whines as her hat was glued to her pillow. She didn't want to get out of bed anyway.

RAGATHA: This day has put her over the edge. She is cursing this place. She is pulling out her hair. She is ready to throw herself into the cellar.

JAX: His grin has literally been wiped off his face. His mouth has glitched completely out of existence. He couldn't talk and was VERY upset about it. He kicked everything in sight.

GANGLE: She's a tangled knot and can't undo herself. She's very sad. Please help.

ZOOBLE: They sit up in bed, feel terrible and lay back down. They're not dealing with anything else today.

KINGER: "It's too bad I can't work on this. I was always good at removing viruses and bugs." He mutters to himself as his body wacky-inflatable-tube's around.

GUMMIGOO: "What is happening??" He's glitching out in weird ways and can't move without his body going in five directions at once. He struggled the whole day to do anything, because he's too stubborn to just wait it out.

LOO: "Oh dear." She doesn't feel that dancing and that alone makes her sad but what makes it worse is the fact she can't touch anything without clipping through it. Including the ground. She spends the whole time ragdolling.

SETH: "Well, this is annoying." He can't go five feet without his motorcycle going somewhere he doesn't want. He can't leave the In-Between, his teleporting isn't working right. He just lays down and stares into the vast nothing around him. "If this is how I die, make it quick."

ABEL: "Seriously?" He grumbles. It's another thing that plagues him and Caine probably won't remove it. He continues to suffer and it only makes his anger grow.

[hot-take-tournament]

HOT TAKE TOURNAMENT

PRE-PRELIMINARY #19

Submission 55

Tohru Adachi is a better character than Goro Akechi

[SUBMITTED JUSTIFICATION UNDER THE CUT]

Pre-preliminaries will be used to determine what qualifies as a hot take. Propaganda is encouraged!

Also, remember to reblog your favourite polls for exposure! (exposure like when your exposed to critical levels of radiation)

They're both terrible people but P4 doesn't try to justify Adachi's actions even if you pick the accomplice ending and side with him, meanwhile P5 constantly goes 'but he was sad tho :( his daddy doesn't love him so he's allowed to kill ppl' after the reveal that Akechi's the traitor. Also I did the math and in the cutscene where the train gets derailed alone Akechi killed at least 100x more people than Adachi did in the entire game. There's nothing wrong with liking evil characters (IMO) but acting like they're sweet innocent babies is lame

Adachi and Akechi have similar roles in the story. They’re both the subject of the main mystery of their respective games, the killer and the traitor, and in order to hide their involvement, they have fake detective personas (lowercase p personas not Personas). The issue is that while Adachi’s fake personality is a lovable dork who goofs off work by hanging out in the lobby of a department store, “accidentally” leaks critical information about the case to a bunch of teenagers, and has a weird friendship with an old lady who thinks he’s her son, Akechi's is just generic “crime bad, criminals bad” detective man with zero substance to any of his interactions with the main cast outside of literally all of them fucking hating him (the correct and morally right response to Akechi talking to you). But that’s just their fake personalities, right? It’s totally fine for a completely false, constructed persona to be a little shallow, right? Well Akechi’s real personality is just as bad. I already mentioned how his entire motivation is “Waah my dad doesn’t love me so I’m gonna help him achieve his goals then kill him” which is completely fucking stupid by the way just kill the dude and be done with it if thats what you’re gonna do anyway man, but his personality boils down to ‘generic angsty villain whos gonna get a completely undeserved redemption arc’ (thankfully cognitive Akechi killed him before that could happen, the one good thing he did and it wasn’t even really him). Adachi’s real personality is completely unhinged, his big motivation speech can be summed up as “ACAB!” “But you’re a cop!?” YEAH AND I’M A TOTAL BASTARD WHAT PART OF THAT DON’T YOU GET!?” You love to hate him, and that’s what makes a good antagonist, not feeling sorry for him because his dad doesn’t love him. Guess what Akechi, a lot of people's dads don’t love them and none of them became domestic terrorists to try to regain his love and respect!

And you might think that I’m exaggerating with how the player is supposed to sympathise and eventually forgive Akechi, but after he explains his awful motivation, the first person to extend a hand of sympathy is Haru, the girl who’s father Akechi murdered in front of her like two months prior. The second person is Futaba, who spent her entire adolescence traumatised because she thought she was such a shitty daughter that it drove her mother to suicide BECAUSE AKECHI KILLED HER MOTHER IN FRONT OF HER (the dude’s consistent I’ll give him that.)

[mammonistheman]

Greetings, I'm not sure if I'm doing it correctly, but... Could I please have a (Casino Cups AU) Cuphead x GN? Reader x Mugman, obviously a V-poly, where the reader is a human with magical abilities?

Because the AU primarily revolves around the Cupbros attempting to get their powers, I imagine the reader would help them with studying and researching the Calix Animi, or teach them some of the magic that they can do, you know? If this violates your guidelines, simply ignore this! <3 •_•’

(Headcanons, a scenario, or even a oneshot can be used as the format for the request. I am not picky; you can do whatever you want! :D)

AAA thank you so much for requesting my first Casino Cups request!! I love this concept and thank you for being such a sweet♡ I did this in a headcanons format, but I don't mind if you want to request a different format at all!!

Also i am so sorry this took forever im literally mortified about my lack of motivation D:AND IT'S TERRIBLE DJDJDJND also I just based it on the reader teaching them magic idk if thats right djfjd ALSO AGAIN I RUSHED IT CAUSE I GOTTA PUT OTHER THINGS OUT IM SO SORRY ITS NOT EVEN GOOD it feels really weird idk I'm so sorry djdjfjfn

Head cannons for being in a V-poly relationship with;;

Cuphead and Mugman with a reader who is teaching them magic;

It would be quite a shock to you at first at them working under and for the casino; after all the battles they've worked through with fellow employees, just an ordinary(but not ordinary) bar tender/waiter/waitress such as yourself would have better judgement than to work here. Although that, you're glad they did.

It didn't catch your attention at much firstly, but got rather intrigued by the fact they wanted their powers. Mostly as of you grew up with them, and took granted for them over the years.

What first caught your eye of the two, apart from their cup heads, was their total hot and cold behavior. They were total opposites! It was entertaining; to say the least. As you grow closer and eventually end up in an V-poly relationship, they're familiar with your magical powers at this point.

It's around the time of laughing off their bickering or something one of them said to another; that you mention to the two how their magic techniques would be really different as for how they work and communicate as well.

But you took it more seriously as of their purpose and their desire to know of the Calix Animi; which you had grown familiar with as of your ancient weilding family. They hold deep secrets; of what you're aware of, so you offer to help the two.

This first set off you being their mentor for whatever spell they had wanted to learn. You started off with basics before developing into harder motions; so that they could learn and get used with such magic and their castings.

Cuphead; on one hand; will rock with any kind of magic if it will help him laugh up a joke or use it to his own advantage. This may not be the best things to teach him, but being bored most of the time; it is fun watching him run around creating trouble until you're brought into it.

It will be hard to teach him, too many steps can make it a bore for him so he ends up slacking unless he has to use it as material. One of the very first magic spells will probably be something out money or a prank, you may not be pleased with whatever the outcome; but hey... he's learning.

Mugman will be transfixed on your abilities and will ask questions like he'd run out of time if he didn't. Most spells will actually be useful and practical to help him throughout the day; or maybe even some spells to use as punishment against Cuphead if things get out of hand.

Mainly; you'd be sitting with Mugman off shift; just helping him research and walking him through spells. It's an accomplishment watching his eyes light up in victory at his new found ability; but in the long run would leave him with a bigger burn of desire to learn more and leaving you the one in a boredom mindset.

Luckily for that, somewhere not far off has Cuphead causing trouble for you to be set free from his question overloads. You really love the guy, honest! But it's like your brain is an engine coming to a bust with working all day and then that.

Mugman will be easy to develop and give harder challenges to, as of the attention he gives and his interest in the matter. Cuphead will be running behind, but you're for sure not just letting him. You'd probably pull a few magic rooted pranks on him as some sort of motivation to get back at you.

Cuphead would have more a chilled and relaxed technique and approach to his magic usage or ability; while Mugman will have a stronger fuel to use it for its purpose and most likely will grow strong in parts like protection, defense and castings.

As for the Calix Animi; when you think they've (just about for Cuphead) have reached a level of understanding, it would be most likely that you have known of it through family members and their knowledge. You'd have strong magic roots, only producing with other magic knowing people; that had helped you grow strong and knowable today.

So they may earn more information by snooping and sniffing out answers of such people you know.

But with that information, you may also use traditional magic that might not be flying around so much. These textbooks that have taught you the very same would be handed out to the two, which also give them the ability to truly learn about earthy, grounded materials that would've been used in older years.

Any textbook of such power may give away any information of sorts; which does motivate you to also help read through any suspecting pieces and textbooks.

Overall; you help them grow spiritually as well as people. You may piss a few people off with the fact Cuphead is pulling more pranks easier than ever; but you truly ground them to a certain point and help them with finding any myseries of Calix Animi as well.

[t4tdanvis]

2, 17, 22, and 29 for the aph ask game!!

02. favorite main character, side-character, ship, and villain?

(all of these are from mystreet i do not know enough about the actual lore of mcd to give favorite anything for that LOL)

main character - honestly? nana. i love her :>

side character - is dante a side character? i would consider him a side character for most of the series. but yeah him (and if he doesnt count, probably michi if she counts)

ship - i cant decide between vylene and danvis. if shipping too many gay ships is a crime then *holds out wrists* lock me up!!

villain - i love ein so much i support transmasc rights AND wrongs <3

17. any headcanons you're attached to?

far too many. just to name a few: gene having freckles, aroace aphmau, dante being obsessed with video games, travis being a system, gene having been blonde as a baby, vylad + aphmau being childhood besties, also dante + travis being childhood besties, travis playing the guitar, vylad doing roller derby, literally 99% of the cast being trans in some way... the list goes on. i am attached to many many headcanons an unhealthy amount and i am happy to talk about any of them

22. who's the character that you most identify with and why?

saying travis would be a cop-out because i am a fictive of him, so i will go with nana. i too turned to fandom and shipping and used it to cope an unhealthy amount with things i went through as a child + made my childhood online name center around something very weird and dumb. she just like me fr

29. any general unpopular opinions?

mys gene did nothing wrong actually. jess portrayed him incorrectly. i look at any of the shit he did in pdh and i go "he would NOT fucking do that". my "in this essay i will" is that laurance could and would be more toxic in laurgene than gene would be

also nana is a lesbian in every universe ok? ok. i do not care what canon says. she told me herself shes a lesbian. zane is transfem and zanechan is sapphic. ok?

i dont really have any other unpopular opinions. i do think travlyn sucks ass and is terrible but like. thats not even an opinion its just canon their relationship is awful LOL. danvis and katecole are infinitely better than dancole and travlyn do yuo hear me

[digisurvive]

I was gonna send this ask days earlier (but then I forgot) but actually the Kaito scene I was referring to was the one in the factory. I just think it's a nice insight into Kaito, he knows he's fucking up and he's trying Really Hard Not To but it's not easy.

I really appreciate what they did with Kaito I think they could of made both of him into just...horrible irredeemable pieces of shit and not make him part of the main cast (or kill him off). But he isn't, and I like that the game doesn't write them like that.

Maybe I just care a lot about siblings in fiction but I really like Kaito because of how much he fucks up! Because he really does try, the game does Not let you brush him off as just a terrible brother.

Kaito is Hard to Talk To and is a Jerk but he's genuinely trying his best and carrying loads of baggage. You could brush him off but that won't actually...solve anything, Kaito will still be stuck where he is which is bad for both him and Miu.

Though, what I've seen Kaito is a more lukewarm character, not hated in the same way a certain glasses boy is but definitely not as liked as the rest and it's probably because 90% of the time he's Violence Protect Miu Violence ohmaybeIdocareaboutthesepeople Violence.

Though...Kaito is kinda in a situation where it's hard to write him outside of his relationship with Miu, because he as a character is just so centered around Miu and, again he is horrible at expressing his emotions which makes him seem less complex than he actually is.

Honestly like most people I wish they killed Kaito in Harmony instead of Miu. I can imagine him swooping in to protect Miu at the last second and getting dragged off, so he still gets killed by his goal to protect Miu while we get to see how Miu really really feels about his brother and, in a roundabout way, more insight into Kaito.

(I'm now also vaguely reminded of this one VN that had a character who's main flaw was not trusting anyone so they couldn't write him getting into any close moments with the other members of the cast so using ghosts (whole thing) they change the POV character in his route to him so they could keep that trait while still letting you get insights into his character.)

Oh I rambled a lot...very sorry! I Just...Kaito....ough...

Ah, I know what scene you're talking about now!! My bad for getting confused, I had recently replayed act 9 and I was like akdkdkkdkg *foaming at the mouth about the slap in the gym :[*

But I see where you're coming from, particularly in this franchise with a lot of protective older brothers, we tend to see them in right for wanting to protect them little siblings and Kaito is just.... So wrong even when you understand where he is coming from.

I don't know about how the fandom feels about him despite the fact I do check the tag (in general, I don't think there's that much fan engagement for this VN </3), so I'll only talk about my thoughts about him. I tend to go through periods where I really like him and periods where he really gets on my nerves because of the stuff you wrote in the ask. He can be difficult in the sense you wish Takuma would confront him directly (but in true Takuma fashion, he's very mindful not to overstep his boundaries most of the time), but I think the fact one of the more consisten ways to raise his affinity is to leave him alone speaks volumes about how he's used to getting by, trying to solve everything on his own and not being used to be relied on by other ppl nor relying on others. He's also a kid who's really been neglected and has had to shoulder a lot of responsibility so it makes sense for him to be more than a little neurotic 😂 I think it's a feat for the writing to still be able to portray his proclivity for violence in a way that feels unsavory when this franchise is all action and fights (Thats one thing I did wish Survive had been able to pull off better. To give you feasible alternatives that aren't fighting for some of the plot beats, but that's for another post).

He does have his nuances, like how he's aware that he can be a pain in the ass and difficult to deal with. And wrong, most importantly. I think a lot about that Wrathful dialogue he has with Aoi where she's lamenting her final defeat as Plutomon bc... She was supposed to finally have the power and agency not to make mistakes anymore! And Kaito tells her there's no such a thing as someone who doesn't make mistakes and he himself has had to rely a lot on the others to tell him he's wrong 💔 (which really reminds you of how hard Takuma works to get him to go with the group to the amusement park in pt4, how he has to very timidly set the example for him in act 6 and etc...) I honestly like him a lot in Wrathful, I think it's where you get to see a new side of him even if in a really bittersweet way.

Speaking of how he knows he's in the wrong, I do like a lot that moment in Truthful where to raise affinity with him, you have to tell him to give Miu some space while they're looking for the Northern shrine. I think it speaks volumes about how his friendship with Takuma has evolved that he's at a point where he won't see it as a stranger sticking his nose where he shouldn't. He's just such a family little man, In a US vs the world mentality, it's interesting to see him grow to consider Dracmon family too and slowly reconsider who's important to him beyond that narrow social circle.

Switching Kaito's and Miu's places would indeed be interesting (and I Def Get where People are coming from with this angle for a myriad of reasons), yeah, but I also Love Aoi and Kaito as foils so I still like what we got 😂😂

ANYWAY. thanks for the ask, I love talking about digisurvive w/ u, so ur welcome to ramble anytime

[pilotheather]

yeh

forcingmyself to pull it together for this episode. amen

What is occurring. IS TH. are we fuycking slitheening? you're insane if you're slitheening on me right now. IN THE BRIDGERTON CAPTAIN JACK BAIT EPISODE? lies.

FINALLYYYY SOME SONICCCCC ACTIONNN BAYBEYYYY

can someone tell me why we're having a yaoi event with "Jonathan Groff" whose name ive heard from annoying people. sorry annoying people.sorry "Jonathan Groff".

can someone tell me why theyre playing bad guy by billie eilish on them violins

OH OKAY YTEAH I FORGOT WE ARENT SLITHEENING. ITS BIRDS THIS TIME. SORRY.

a second yaoi event with jonathan groff has hit the towers

god those trap special effects help me. and it's DEADLOCKED? oh they siad the line.

its so funny cuz hes different to jack, but theyre also angling for some sort of comparison here- too many parallels for them not to be- but like a silly little role reversal between him and the doctor.

THEY HIT THE YAOI PENTAGON?

when he promises to take him to gallifrey and if rankly dont even know if thats possible or not any more. is it around. is it not. who knows dude.

Rogue you have to have gay sex with me. Rogue you have to do this to save the day. Rogue listen to me now.

the aliens themselves saying cosplay is fucking insane

rogue is so sacrificng himself with all of them isnt he

classic. rubys dead again.

wait is she actually fucking dead this time i mean she has not ufcking changed

um. okay so now maybe she is

RUBY SORRY YOURE ABOUT TO BE SENT TO HELL. WATCH ME NECK IT WITH "JONATHAN GROFF". YOU'RE INSANE.

i feel terrible but heres the awkward thing. i didnt really care that much when i thought ruby was about to die. look the thing is- and i think ive been seeing a lot of this sentiment- is that theyre both stacked. theyre great casting. theyve got great chemistry. but at the end of the day we're not getting nearly enough episodes and the ones we are getting with them arent between the doctor and ruby in. or theres n ot enough of their dynamic thats explored properly. even in this one for most of the episode theyre separated. we just need... a a standard-adjacent episode. its too much trying to break the mould every single week without a form to return to or a precedent to set. i feel like if there was just more of them together driving it forward it would be soemthing more

anyway i liked it

[mesosauridae]

There is no way i just saw people comparing the very real problem of misoginy in gaming and streaming with a grown cishet man who keeps making questionable decisions for what? Casting him in a more vulnerable light to avoid talking about his issues? Denial? Ignorance?

No, your streamer doesnt receive backlash because the character he roleplays as in m/necr/ft has stereotypically “feminine” cultural traits or whatever (as if other male presenting characters dont also fit into that category, but thats another discussion) Like i cant believe we have to make this any more explicit that the problem isnt the character he plays, its the content creator himself

He refuses to cut ties with his friend who has done terrible things over and over again (and himself admits he aknowledges this and doesnt condone it so, like, why is he still close friends then?) said friend who is currently being accused of grooming and despite all the proof to back up the claims the cc still said he will remain neutral about it and has even publicly shown support for this friend

My only surprise here is people being upset about people feeling uncomfortable and loudly declaring their unhappiness as if they dont have every right to

[snickerdoodlles]

#kinnporsche #necromancy AU #i feel like there's so much im leaving out of this lol #if anyone remember cash from my OC list #he's a reoccurring cast member in this one #because necromancy AU isn't named necormancy AU because of the necromancy #it's necromancy AU because of 2 jokes i wont let die #1. pol screaming every time he sees big #(big's starting to think it's personal 😤😤😤😤😤) #2. big's presence fucking up cash's accounting sheets #those are in fact 90% of what i already have written #also i say im not writing this one but i also wrote more while checking my notes to make this outline #maybe the true necromancy was me resurrecting this WIP along the way #ask game: fics im not writing #OH ALSO #everything of mine has patricide obvs obvs #but my story notes are Literally just #''korn gets eaten by a crocodile'' #i dont even remember how that happens #but thats apparently how korn dies in this one #no reanimation for him

okay so, about the bolded tags -- Cash is my long-suffering accountant OC for kinnporsche. i haven't properly written him into anything except this AU. so here's a few of him ❤️

Cash vs a necromancer's purchase history

Cash has had a very, very, very trying week. 

A full system crash during audit season! A plethora of bribes to clean up a warehouse explosion and minimise news coverage! A glut of new hires to cover replacements and the increased security needs! A jackass stole his lunch from the breakroom fridge! No one holds any respect for this family’s accountants, and they hold even less for the idiot in charge of this department (aka him). Nevermind that the whole bloody castle would come crashing down around their ears if he ever dared take a vacation.

Cash pops back a handful of energy pills and washes them down with a mouthful of coffee that scrapes down his throat like paint thinner. If he’s lucky, his terrible habits will kill him before dinner time, but since he knows he’s not, Cash just sighs and pulls out the folder for the new family accounts. His work pile is neverending, but maybe it’ll run away by the time he finishes this checkup. 

If Cash were one to speculate (which he isn’t), he’d wonder why Khun Korn requested two new allowance stipends for Khun Kinn’s boyfriend and the boyfriend’s brother. Usually, Cash is in charge of paying off the boyfriends and boytoys so that they stay far away and unattached to Khun Korn’s preferred heir. Cash firmly tells himself he still doesn’t care, lest he ask the wrong person the wrong question and get a bullet in his knee for an answer, and checks over the account details to ensure everything’s in place. Fear of Khun Kinn trying to give him another raise keeps Cash from sighing enviously at the account balances, and he quickly moves along. The boyfriend’s brother’s account has already procured several charges, which tells Cash he’s in for a treat with this one. 

Cash opens the details on the charges and nearly walks out right then. Snake blood! Powdered hen’s teeth! Dehydrated newt! What the fuck, why couldn’t this kid just buy questionable porn from shitty sites with more viruses than videos like a normal teenager?

Cash drains the rest of his coffee in one go. How he’d love to kick this up the ladder, how he curses that he’s the top of it.

Cash does not have a contingency for necromancy in his accounting system 💔

Cash and Big cross paths in a hallway

Cash does a double take

Cash books after Big frantically

“COME TO MY OFFICE THERE MUST BE A FUCK UP IN YOUR PAY STUBS”

...

Cash: pretty sure we paid for your funeral too that’s going to be annoying to sort out

Big: [sweats nervously]

Cash makes Big get his affairs in order. Big finds this rather unfair, as he'd been putting this off until death freed him of this responsibility the first time around.

Big looks between Cash and the stack of papers on the desk hopelessly. He didn’t even know the Theerapanyakuls had employee contracts, he’d thought Kinn was joking back then. Rigor mortis is helping his already specular poker face a little too much right now, because Cash is still looking at him staring at his new contract expectantly. 

Big has stared down more intimidating things than an employee contract. He has.

Big takes a breath he doesn’t need. “So I just sign the last page?”

Ooh, wrong answer, definitely the wrong answer, Cash has a wrinkle between his eyebrows now. Big didn’t even know he had the facial muscles for that. 

“No,” comes Cash’s acerbic tone. Big hadn’t known Cash’s voice could come in a pitch other than ‘drone’ before today either. “Someone as rich as you does not get to just sign a page and be done with it.”

Big stares. He’s having an out-of-body experience, but not for the right reasons. 

“I’m what?”

Cash doesn’t sigh or roll his eyes, but Big gets the sudden impression he’s seriously disappointed the accountant.

“You are a multi-millionaire,” Cash repeats, speaking slowly like he’s talking to a child, “At your pay grade with your savings, we can’t just ‘sign a sheet and be done with it’.”

Big has died and returned to life. He can take bullets to the chest without flinching or harm. He survived a whole horror slasher marathon with Tankhun and Chay. Cash’s blank poker face and vague impression of sarcasm make Big want to curl up and hide in shame.

Big stares at Cash blankly, hoping for a sign for what he needs to do.

Cash sighs through his nose. “We’ll start with naming a beneficiary.”

“A what?”

Are Cash’s eye-bags bigger now than they were five minutes ago?

“Someone who gets your money if you die.” Cash pauses. “Again.”

Big stares blankly, again. Cash looks close to showing an actual emotion. “Surely you have one? Why else would you save so much money?”

Big didn’t realize he was saving money. Big didn’t even realize he was getting a paycheck. Big had forgotten his account pin code when he turned twenty-one and washed the whole thing from his mind, and he’s been rationing his cash bonuses for smokes, booze, and lube ever since.

Big gets the feeling that if he tells Cash any of this, the man might wither to nothing from sheer disappointment.

“…put down Chay,” Big says weakly.

Cash nods, satisfied. “Good. I just need his given and last name.”

Big stares blankly, again, and Cash visibly droops with his next sigh.

Cash causes the suffering for once

Chay approaches Cash and shyly asks how he might get enough allowance for a really really really special date 

Cash thinking about Kinn’s really special date for Porsche: …..I’ll see if I can get you 5

Chay thinking Cash means thousands not millions: thank you so much, that would be more than enough 🥺❤️ 

then Chay sees his new account balance and he runs to Porsche to scream about these fucking mafia men 

Porsche: oh yeah he probably thought you wanted to do a helicopter ride

Chay: …….

Chay kicking down Big’s door: I HATE THIS FUCKING FAMILY AND MY BROTHERS GONE TO THE DARK SIDE

Chay didn’t even know he had like, an allowance? he was given a card and he just assumed it was attached to Porsche’s account, which could prooooobably withstand him buying noodles every couple of days? (gotta be careful about going out tho!!!! hia says they have enough but he’ll say anything if it means spoiling him, Chay doesn’t want to take advantage even if he’s mad at him 😤👏)

then he learns he not only has a monthly allowance of several thousand, but Cash just dropped like a million into his account (that he didn’t even know was all his!!!!) for ONE date. Chay makes Kim instant ramen he got free from a school event and takes him out on a walk in protest

Kim: ……you know it’s fine to spend papa’s money, right?

Chay: don’t be silly P’Kim electronic money isn’t real

📖 for kinnporsche the series? your ideas are just so good!

thank u nonny!! 😭❣

this one took me a while to type because it is my weird whacky fic child who i love very dearly but struggle to explain. so, uh.

✨ Necromancy AU ✨

Big dies in the warehouse. Porsche gets Arm to get his body out, gets Kinn to delay the cremation, and gets Chay to reanimate Big.

(because reanimating the dead is just something Chay can do, because he figured it'd be a good skill to learn and he's my most specialest boy.)

Kinn (who's at the morgue for Porsche) is flabbergasted, Khun (who's at the morgue by a miracle) is stunned silent, and Kim (who's here because Khun texted him but didn't say Chay would be here) is more shocked by Big than Chay's abilities.

(Kim is the only person other than Porsche to just accept necromancy as A Reasonable Thing For Chay To Know. this is why they're Chay's favorites.)

anyways so Big is now awake and surrounded by this family. this is hell. not just for him, his sudden undead status is causing a lot of problems:

Porsche just had Chay bring Big back, he didn't like...tell anyone what was happening or make a plan for what to do with him.

Kinn just figured out his new guard roster, and now he has to redo it to accommodate one very grumpy and very loyal Big who now doesn't need trivial things like sleep or food.

there's the looming specter of Khun's upcoming dry cleaning bill because he won't. stop. poking. Big.

Big is trying very, very, very hard to ignore that not only do people know he knew about Porsche and Kinn, but that he loves Kinn so much he died protecting Porsche.

speaking of, Porsche just thanked him for saving Chay and (in a quieter voice) for saving him.

Big is in hell.

despite all that, Big's plans for his new life are to just go back to being Kinn's perfect guard. he is ignoring the awkwardness, none of this is fine, none of this will be fine, but it will be NORMAL.

this is hampered by the fact that whoops, turns out the undead need to hang around their "masters" for at least a few hours every couple of days to "recharge" so to speak, as discovered by Pol when he screamed so loud he set a fire alarm off because he stumbled over Big's body face down in front of Kinn's door at 2am.

this is even further hampered by Korn, who will absolutely not stand for his preferred heir being guarded by someone who might be more loyal to someone other than him. Korn uses the "recharge" issue to force Big out by way of making him Chay's permanent guard.

so now Big, the perfect bodyguard who only got better at his job in death, is now stuck hanging around a high schooler who doesn't get into trouble and just wants to make music with his bitchy boyfriend.

(because oh yeah, mr. the untamed nerd Kim is obviously ridiculously into Chay being able to resurrect the dead and leaks feelings before he can run away and sabotages all future attempts to ghost Chay (insert necromancer joke here). Kim's fears of love and hurting those he loves will cause different problems.)

anyways, Big is suffering. not only is he stuck guarding Porsche's baby brother (who! he's realizing he likes as a person! will the horrors never cease!), Chay keeps being nice and thoughtful and looking out for him as a person and asking after his happiness and shit (the horrors!! are not ceasing!!!!). when Big finally has enough of all this Being Treated Like A Human Being business and asks Chay why he even cares, Chay blurts out "Big, do you even want to be alive?"

because this has been eating at Chay ever since he brought Big back at the morgue. because he never knew Big and never asked if he'd want to be alive again, Chay just did it for Porsche, who wasn't doing it for Big but for his own guilt. and then Big's old life was like an ill-fitting glove, because he and Porsche can't be bitches with Big's sacrifice hanging over them but don't know how to act when they aren't being bitches, Korn won't accept him back because he only sees his own paranoia and none of Big's loyalty, and Kinn might appreciate Big's loyalty but he won't fight for it either, not when he's trying to juggle the rest of Korn's messes coming to fruition. Big's been completely forced out of his old life and any ties he might've kept to the other guards (as few as they were) are ruined by the others' guilt and discomfort, because Big might not have died in the first place if literally anyone had listened to him during the Tawan debacle, which they could ignore when he was dead but can't when he's alive and there in front of them.

and the whole confession draws Big up short because no one's ever asked him what he wants before. Big was just the son of a mafia enforcer who got scooped up young by the main family as a personal guard for Kinn. Big's never even considered that what he wants could be an option. even when he first came back, his main considerations were on the ways he was a better guard for Kinn. Big's chosen more things for himself in his weeks with Chay than he has in his life, and he never stopped to think how he feels about that.

he does now. kinda. this is Big after all. but after both forty-three excruciating minutes and three days, Big finally answers Chay, "i never lived for me before. it's...nice." Chay, who's gotten quite good at reading between the lines after all the exposure from Kim and Big, beams and makes him help him pick his electives for his first semester of university, because Chay's determined to help Big find a hobby and he's overcome far tougher things than emotional constipation.

[[ ask me about fics im not writing ]]

Bonus

small scene snippet from shortly after Big's first brought back to life, right after Kim's walked into screaming, stolen Pol's gun, and shoved Chay behind him for protection, because i love themm

Kim opens and closes his mouth silently before sputtering, “But you— I heard— What…?!”

Chay worms his arms around Kim’s waist to get his attention and his head pops over Kim’s shoulder. “It’s okay, phi,” he says soothingly, “I brought him back.”

Big gets an eye full of Kim’s face flashing through four emotions he recognizes and thirty he doesn’t, which is thirty-four more emotions than Big can deal with. Kim twists around in Chay’s hold, just enough to squint at him from the corner of his eye without letting Big out of his gun’s sight line. 

“You know how to resurrect the dead?”

Chay drops his chin onto Kim’s shoulder with a huff. “Why do people keep asking me that? It seemed like a useful skill to know!”

“Obviously,” Kim scoffs, which is the first original response Big’s heard to that all day. “I meant you can do it? What, we’re you bored and just googled ‘how to make a zombie’ one day after school?!”

Chay rolls his eyes and pokes the undersides of Kim’s ribs. Shockingly, Kim pushes further into his hold, rather than away. “Don’t be silly. You have to be trained by a shaman to make a zombie.”

Kim actually turns to look at him dead on. His gun is still trained on Big. 

Chay cocks his head to the side. “What? I just googled ‘how to bring back the dead’ and went from there. It’s basically CPR!”

“That worked?”

Chay looks genuinely baffled. “Why wouldn’t it?”

Kim stares at him incredulously before suddenly going boneless in Chay’s hold, squishing him back against the wall. Chay does not protest being squished between Kim and a hard place. He actually looks delighted by it. Big would like to go throw up now. He doesn’t know if corpses can do that, but he’s willing to make an effort. 

“Of course it works, you’re you,” Kim grumbles. He knocks his head against Chay’s and rubs in a move so cute Big will throw up, death be damned. “If life worked for me like that...”

Chay beams and pats his stomach. “I’ll teach you!”

Turns out corpses can't throw up, but they can gag so hard they choke.

[pandemoniclucio]

Since we are doing anime can we please have a bleach one where the M6 are forced to watch Mc turn into a hollow by the devil and Mc hollow form is almost like ichigo’s hollow form and lets just say Mc went out of control and caused chaos in the Devil’s realm (kicking the devil’s ass but anyway) and the only M6 got Mc to stop was knocking them out and lets just say Mc doesn’t fully look like a hollow but doesn’t fully look human either and there stuck like that , and the mask comes off there eyes look like hollow eyes.Lets have alot of angst but somehow a good ending please.

Hi, sorry this came really late. I just came back from a visit to my grandparents. Their WiFi was terrible & since they live close to the beach we spent most of our time there or by a restaraunt or by spending some time with the family. Also, I've never watched Bleach before so I tried watching a bit to get the gist.

The Arcana HC's #15

I watched the scene where Ichigo turned into a Hollow, he was essentially dead and the Hollow was a survival mechanism, according to the Wiki, to protect Orihime.

Setting: M6 watch the Devil kill MC, are devestated until MC comes back as a Hollow & beats the shit out of the Devil. Then it goes from there.

Asra

They rush to your side the moment you stop moving. They are heartbroken & overwhelmed by shock that they try casting any sort if spell that is close to revival.

They were happy to see that maybe one of their spells was working & you were still alive, but they noticed a dark energy surrounding you.

The dark energy surrounding you was groeing so they turned their attention to the Devil & before they could accuse him of cursing you, you stepped it. to both their shock. Wehn you turned to make sure Asra was alright, they saw the mask & knew you were now a Hollow.

Even though they wanted the Devil to get some payback, they didn't expect it to go this violently. They were almost certain that your brawl would tear down the entire realm.

Before you could cause any more damage, they cast a sleeping spell on you then binded the now beaten up Devil & magically dragged you back to the Oasis.

They were relieved that you woke up & seemed to be back to normal - temperment wise. But they eventually broke the news about what happened to you.

The news was shocking too say the least, you didn't know how to react. They just watched as you slumped back into bed, while they go off to make some tea. When they came back they comforted you while carassing your face & telling you that it would be okay.

Your mask fell off after you hugged Asra, they took it as a sign of good news, but they saw that your scalera was still pitch black & your scalera, a haunting shade of yellow. They tell you but say that you look good either way.

They try to help you with the transition amd will try to find a cure or a reversal spell to turn you back to normal, if thats what you want.

Since you both were both planning on traveling anyways, the Hollow transition sped up the process since you both agreed that any Soul Reapers will have a harder time finding you.

Nadia

She was shocked. She ran towards your fallen form to make sure, she wasn't right. Unfortunately for her, her worst fears seemed to come true.

She was ready to face the Devil. She berated, humiliated and insulted him while doing her best to fend him off with her sword, but before he could land a serious blow you pushed her out of the way.

She was shocked that you were alive & that you didn't seem injured by the Devil's latest attack, she grew even more confused when even the Devil gave a confused look your way and revealed that you went through a drastic change.

She was horrified when you acted out more violently then the Devil, she got a good glimpse of what happened to you when you nearly tore the place to shreds & saw that you were no longer a human.

To get your attention from the beaten Devil, she threw a piece of rubble past you. Then, once she got your attention, calmly but slowly approached you. Once she got close enough she took your hands in hers to reassure & get you back to your senses.

Before you both left the realm, the Devil got one last laugh before revealing that you have become a Hallow.

Nadia defended you by continuing to insult the Devil before taking your hand and leading you out of the realm, allowing you to process in the silence.

As soon as Nadia & you reached the portal to Vesuvia, your mask fell off, giving both of you some relieve. However, Nadia does tell you that your eyes haven't changed back yet, because she doesn't want to let you believe a lie.

She immediately gets you comfortable before, having a private meeting with Asra & Julian to see if there is a cure or anything to help you.

Thankfully since nothing else except your appearance changed, she allong with Nazali & sisters to help keep any Souls Reapers away from you & offering your services to get rid of other Hollows. So you don't have to worry about leaving.

Julia

The moment you fall to the ground, he dashed over. When he noticed your heart wasn't beating he paniced and began to perform every form of medical ressusitation.

He was devastated, angry and shocked. If it weren't for the fact that he still had Portia, Mazelinka & friends to try to save, he wouldv'e committed a Romeo & Juliet.

The moment the Devil got up close & personal with him, via grabbing his face, Julian is shocked by the punch that hits the Devils face which causes him to let go of Julian.

He was mortified to see that you have now become a Hallow, but nonetheless happy to see you alive and literarily kicking the Devil's ass.

He noticed that things were getting a bit out of hand, you were busy using the Devil as a weapon to severely injure his servants & break down some of the infastructure.

He called out your name to make sure that you would hear him. It caught your attention as you dropped the Devil & rushed over to him, thinking he might've been in danger.

He decides that it's best for him to show & tell you that you were no longer completely human by first getting you to notice the mask that was almost permanately stuck to your face and gentky tell you that you had become a variant of Hollow.

You were shocked, confused and scarred. You didn't know what to do, so you just stand still only moving to give Julian a tight hug, then allowing him to confess that he's just happy you're alive.

Once you two get to the Docks, your mask falls off. You werea bit dissapointed that your eyes weren't back to their original colour, but Julian reassured you that you looked good even if you gave off a spooky impression.

He will try his best to study Hallows along with Asra, hoping to find a cure in the meantime. When he's not busy trying to get you comfy he occasionally makes a horny joke about your new abilities.

As much as he loves Vesuvia, he loves you and his family more. So he agreed along with Portia & Mazelinka that you would probably be safer.

Muriel

He saw the Devil/Lucio kill you, by ripping out your heart, then watched as he threw your lifeless body at him. He was devestated, not only has the love of his life been killed, but he knew he couldn't do anything to fix it.

He was about to succumb & admit defeat, but decided to continue what you both had started. He was ready to face the Devil head on, until you stepped in to punch him in the face.

He was shocked to see that you were alive, he thought it was a blessing from the other Arcana. That was before he got a good look at the mask & spine-chilling eyes. You transformed into a Hollow.

Even though it was a good thing that the Devil was losing, he grew ever more concerned by the fact that you were pushing the violence too far.

He managed to get to you before the Devil wound up dead, then caught your arm before you could land the final blow. Once you realised that it was him & not any lackeys, you calmed down.

He didn't know how to tell you, but he knew he had to try. However before he could get to the point, Asra, Nadia & Morga found you both, their shocked looks managed to tell you enough before you dashed off into the woods.

Muriel eventually caught up with you nearby a river. Sitting by the edge & staring at your reflection. He sat beside you in silence before apologising that he couldn't help you soon enough. You hug him and he reciprocates, and cries into your shoulder.

Only when a tear starts to form, does your mask fall off to reveal your face, your both a bit shocked, but since you looked back at the water to gaze upon yourself, you found out that your eye's haven' reverted back to their original colours.

He tries his best to keep you happy or cheer you up & tells you everyday that your appearance isn't what he and the others like about you, but your personality.

Since you both are relatively far enough from the city & only really travel to Khamagalai's Village, he doesn't worry much about any unwanted guests getting to you.

Portia

She was horrified when she saw you go limp. She tried everything she knew to try to wake you up, but to no avail. She fell to her knees in dispair.

When she laid her eyes on her aunt, she was consumed by rage, took out her weapon & charged forward. Until she is stopped by you getting there first.

She was happy that you were alive, extatic really. She was almost happy to see some fear in Tasha's eyes but quicklly joined her when she revealed that you have now become a Hallow.

Her concern grew when she saw how badly you were beating Tasha up, the went on a continnued rampage.

She stood in front of you, to stop you from landing the killing blow to her Aunt. She calmly pointed out that Tasha was injured & that you've practically destroyed the Devil's realm.

Once you've calmed down, she slowly approaches you then pulls you into an awkward hug, until you reciprocate it.

You already know due to Tasha, that you have become a form of Hallow, so Portia reassures you as you expose all your fears & worries. She soothes you with the promise that she'll always be there for you & believes that you won't hurt anyone else.

As soon as you left the palace, your mask fell off. You were both happy to think that the form might be temporary. She does tell you that your eyes are still black & yellow, but she looks on the positive side and tells you it might go away in a week or so.

She tries to help you in any way she can, she also keeps an eye out on you in case you start to lose your humanity.

She's agrees that the open water of the sea was probably better than staying in Vesuvia. Even though you haven't changed personality wise, she does know that some people won't be able to see past that.

Lucio

He did rush over to you, hoping that you were alive. He tried to give you CPR & chest compressions, but ended up sobbing when he realised that you were dead.

When he was about to get attacked by the Devil, his feelings of dispair temporarily disappeared, when you managed to block the attck.

Those feelings returned when he got a good glimpse of the mask now covering your face along with your now black scalera & burning yellow irises.

He lost concern for the fact that you have now become a Hollow in favour of silently cheering you on as you beat up the Devil. He gained concern again when the destruction got out of control.

When you seemed to be finished with the Devil he cautiously approached you, he had his hand near his sword in case he had to use it. But thankfully he managed to calm you down.

Once you've calmed down, you notice the worry & fear in his eyes, in which you catch a glimpse of your reflection in. You take your time to check out your appearance.

When the realisation sets in that you have sort of become a Hollow, he watches as you fall to your knees, eventually he kneels down to his in front of you before embracing you as a form of comfort.

Your mask fell off when you both reached a river, you both were relieved to see that you were beceoming less Hollow-like, but you than noticed that your scalera were still black & irises were still an eery yellow.

He tried to talk to you about your transition, telling you a bit of his more ghoatsly life & how he faired before you found him. He then promises you that he'll try to find a way to get you back to normal if that's what you want.

He fully supports any plans you might have, he's a bit surprised that you agreed to become a mercenary with him. But it made sense considering the Reapers might be after you now.

Sorry this took so long, I also had a bit of writers block and I really don't write angst that well.

[teddy06writes]

Everything Falls Apart

requested by this anon who decided to rip my heart out: "hello!! i just finished speed tunning through your account and i love your writing! and im really sorry if this request is too much!! i wanted to request what will the dead poets react to it being y/n instead of neil that y'know y'know.. wink wink☹. i hope it can be more to the romantic side if you dont mind😩. tysm and have a nice day/night!!<3"

The Dead Poets x reader {implied polyamory, if you want separate, let me know and I can make a separate version}

Trigger warnings: character death (yours), suicide, suicidal thoughts, swearing, grief, I'm upset

premise: You were good, you were really good; but that didn't seem to be enough for your father. You're acting debut ended with you being practically dragged out of the theater by your father, with a promise to keep you away from everything- and everyone- you loved, so you could get a useful career. The idea of leaving Welton, of leaving your boys, to go down that dark path you didn't choose- it was too much, and now everyone would feel the affects of your decision.

{please send me fluff requests- I almost broke down crying too many times writing this}

{also I might make a different universe of this version, thats happier, of a poly relationship, cause I feel like that could be good}

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Neil knew something was wrong, before the show was even over.

Something about your attitude on stage had shifted, and, when he had the chance, he searched the crowd, finding your father, standing at the back of the auditorium, looking mad.

He'd tried to ask you, between scenes, but neither of you got much time offstage.

"I thought you said you had talked to him?" He whispered desperately, in the tiny break before curtain call.

You were already being pushed forward and the curtain rising again, so all you could give him a tight lipped smile, hoping he would understand.

For a few minutes, he had been able to ignore the feeling in his gut, as he looked out over the audience, the rest of the poets cheering, and celebrating with you and the rest of the cast as everyone swept backstage.

The sinking terrible feeling came back as soon as one of the directors approached, "Mr/Ms (y/l/n)?"

Your head had whipped up, turning away from the conversations, "Yes?"

"Your fathers here. He says it's time for you to go."

You nodded, standing up and beginning to gather your things, and starting to the door, only for Neil to grab your hand, "Wait, I'll come too. Everyone will be waiting."

You could hear the forced laughter in his voice, "Okay. Can't keep Charlie waiting, can we?"

You headed out into the auditorium, hand in hand, but that feeling still never left his gut.

~~

Knox had had a nightmare; something god awful, happening to you, and to the rest of the poets.

He wasn't quite sure of what is was, by the time he had woken up, breathing heavily, the details had slipped his mind, but he knew it was bad.

On the other side of the room, his roommates loud snores continued, so he forced himself to roll over, staring at the wall.

He wanted to go back to sleep, he really did, but something in him wouldn't let him.

He couldn't help but feel as if something wasn't right.

Of course, he was right, and he knew that; you hadn't been allowed to return to Welton, after the play, dragged off by your overbearing father, and not given the time to give so much as a few words to any of the boys, or Mr. Keating.

In his mind he tried to rationalize it, that you would probably be back after winter break, your father couldn't keep you away from the boarding school for that long, could he?

Besides, Knox knew that your father had at least seen part of the show, there was no way he could truly be mad at you after a performance like that.

Still, something felt off.

Maybe it was in the way he hadn't been able to give you the flowers he'd gotten, or the way he knew that the plans the rest of the poets had made to go to the diner in town after the performance had been ruined without your presence.

The flowers he'd gotten seemed to taunt him from his desk, and he wished he'd given them to you before you had reached your fathers car; maybe that would easy the pang in his heart.

~~ Charlie wasn't sure why he had to be the one to be woken up.

At first, when the cold hand had gripped his shoulder, oh so early in the morning, he'd thought it was Pitts, waking him up yet again because he'd thought the sunrise was beautiful, and needed someone else to see it with he and Todd.

Unfortunately, he was met with the deeply set frown of Dr. Hager, Mr. McAlister standing behind him.

"What's going on?" He mumbled, sitting up, unable to stop himself from glancing over to where Cameron was also starting to stir.

"Your going to need to come with us, Mr. Dalton."

Fear wasn't an emotion Charlie dealt with well, so he was quick to get up and follow the man out of the dorm, mind moving a mile a minute, wondering if they had found out about the dead poets society.

Dr. Hager led him down the hall to the teacher office for the dorm floor, offering him a seat across from a desk.

Mr. Keating, too, was sitting in one of the chairs, something Charlie had never seen etched onto his face.

"I'll-" Dr. Hager cleared his throat, uncomfortably, "I'll let you explain, Mr. Keating."

"Thank you, Dr. Hager." Mr. Keating muttered, still staring down at his hands.

Charlie frowned, looking between the adults, "What's going on? Captain?"

Slowly, Dr. Hager backed out of the room, as if he couldn't bear to hear what was about to be said.

Mr. Keating took a deep breath, looking up to meet Charlie's eyes, his own full of tears, "Charlie- we've- we've received some rather- rather unfortunate news."

"What happened?" He demanded, "What's going on captain?"

Keating took a moment to steady himself, "Charlie- the school received a call, late last night, after the play-"

A pit seemed to open in Charlie's stomach.

"It was from Mr. (y/l/n). (y/n)-" He took another deep breath, his voice wavering, "Last night, after the play... (y/n)... took their own life."

It took a very long moment for the words to register in Charlie's brain, "..... What...?"

"(y/n)- is dead." Mr. Keating gulped, hurriedly wiping at his eyes, "Mr. Nolan- Mr. Nolan plans to announce this, and begin an investigation into how it could've happened, this morning."

"Captain- Mr. Keating... please tell my your joking," Tears were beginning to brim in Charlie's eyes, and he swallowed thickly, "Please tell me your joking."

Mr. Keating shook his head, glancing up at the ceiling, "I wish I was Charlie."

"What the fuck- what the fuck- no, no, Mr. K-" He trailed off, looking to where Mr. McAlister had lingered in the room.

The man nodded, slowly, "Mr. Keating thought it best to tell you boys first; what with how close you all were."

Tears were falling from Charlie's eyes now, he was crying, and in front of adults, and yet he couldn't bring himself to care.

"You want me to tell them- don't you?" It was almost a quiet accusation.

"Charlie..."

He was already getting up, and leaving the room, pacing back toward his room.

~~

Cameron had been half woken by the sound of voices in his room; and now, as he was attempting to fall back into a proper sleep, he was awakened again, by heavy, almost panicked breathing, and the sound of Charlie's pacing.

With a yawn, he sat up, "What's wrong-"

When Charlie turned to look at him, tears streaming down his face, Cameron cut himself off, quickly climbing out of bed, and moving over to him, "What happened? What's wrong?"

Charlie could hardly make eye contact with him, "(y/n)'s dead."

Cameron rolled his eyes, quickly backing away, "Ha. Ha. Real funny Charlie. You had me worried!"

"I'm not joking," It was the quiet, choked voice that scared Cameron the most, "Their dead... Keating- Kea- Keating wanted me to tell everyone."

"Oh my god... Oh my god... oh my god..." It seemed like in an instant, tears were filling his eyes, already threatening to spill over.

Blindly, he felt Charlie's arms wrap around him, "I know... I know..."

He wasn't sure how long they stayed there, but he did know, that now it would be their job to tell the others.

His hand locked with Charlie's as they made their way across the hall, to Pitts' and Meeks' room first.

"What's going on?" Pitts asked with a yawn as he opened the door.

~~

Meeks stared down at the snow, and the ruined and crushed flowers that littered the ground of the courtyard.

Almost distantly, he could still hear Knox kicking at snow, yelling and shouting at Pitts, who was just trying to get him to stop attacking everything.

Slowly, Meeks lowered himself to be sitting in the snow.

They had to be wrong- Charlie had to be wrong- whatever Mr. Keating had told him HAD to be wrong.

You were just here.

You had just been up in his room, trying to explain the meaning of a poem Mr. Keating had assigned.

You had just been squashed between he and Cameron in a diner booth after rehearsal; laughing at some dumb joke Charlie had made.

You couldn't be gone- you couldn't.

Meeks didn't even register Neil sitting down beside him in the snow, until something was pressed into his hands.

He looked down to find the crown of twigs and flowers you had wore during the play; his fingers curled around it tightly.

"They told me to keep it," It was the most broken he had ever heard Neil, quiet and hoarse, almost drown in tears, "They- they were just-"

"They were just here," Meeks nodded, "They wouldn't leave us! (y/n) wouldn't leave us!"

His tears started up, fresh again as he leaned into Neil's shoulder, "They wouldn't do this- (y/n) wouldn't- they just- they loved living too much..."

~~

Todd wasn't sure what was going on anymore.

In fact, he had only registered a few things after Charlie and Cameron had appeared in the door, Pitts and Meeks behind them.

Neil's reaction had been bigger.

Why wasn't his bigger? Why wasn't he crying out, like Meeks? Or angry, like Knox? How come he felt everything- but nothing all at once.

He was outside now, he knew that much.

He also knew he still had the poem he'd written, the one about you and Neil, that his fingers had itched to write throughout the entirety of the play, clutched in his fist.

He also knew that it was too beautiful outside, too beautiful for a sad day.

"Todd- Jesus Todd! Say something! Please..." Charlie was half demanding.

"It's... it's so beautiful..." He looked up at the fat flakes of snow drifting through the sky.

"Todd..." Cameron was still holding onto his shoulder.

Through the snow, he could still see the lake- he could still see the dock, the dock that had been your spot- yours.

Distantly, he wondered how cold the water of the lake was.

"Todd?"

He took off running.

~~

Pitts felt like his life was crumbling before his eyes.

You had been the glue that held the poets together.

You mediated Cameron and Charlie's arguments, you stopped Meeks from being frustrated when a project wasn't working, you got Todd to come out of his shell, and you had settled bets between Pitts and Neil- hell you had even managed to help Knox rationalize his thinking.

You had been everything.

And now that you were gone...

Everything was crumbling.

Pitts had only just managed to pin Knox down, stopping his from breaking his knuckles against the brick of the building, even getting punched once or twice in his efforts.

Neil and Meeks were sitting in the snow, some feet away, Meeks still trying to deny what had happened; and distantly, he could see Charlie and Cameron struggling to stop Todd.

He'd had to watch it all, watch it all fall apart... as Neil seemed to grow frustrated with Meeks' rambling, Knox managed to fight his way out from under him, and Charlie and Cameron's argument became louder and louder.

Charlie was shouting at him, to just let Todd be, but Cameron couldn't let that happen.

He watched, almost in slow motion as Todd took off running away from them, down towards the lake.

Everything was falling apart, and even as adults and students flooded outside, some helping to drag Todd out of the water, no one even seemed to care.

God Damn Helton. Damn it to pieces, he thought bitterly.

[almondmilklatte]

ok theres not a lot left from the resolution here except that so much still happens that i think just reinforces what we're originally supposed to understand from that climax

im really glad that catalina angel was the catalyst for betty's transformation: im glad lety could confide in aldo and that she didn't even feel the need to change her appearance like i think something interesting could've come from that but the fact that lety just kinda came to depend on aldo so much i think takes the teeth out of her self worth conversion bc they drop aldo into moments like the speech armando gives betty about her being capable becomes fernando telling lety the same thing followed by aldo immediately adding his seal of approval it kinda reads like a myth of consensual sex thing where they keep having to insert aldo to make it ok Ummmmm no offense who even is he. but catalina being betty's angel is sooooeur perfect like of course this divine woman is savvy enough not to be too coddling to betty but still protects her in her journey and gives her advice honestly tear up thinking about this everyone should have a catalina angel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i just said this but betty keeping ecomoda is THE single most important development in the story, beyond her transformation, her forgiveness of armando, her atonement for her mistakes. i love that she mentions it in her final speech to armando and the employees, that she recognizes shes flawed and that she was wrong too. i think its important that they both fueled each other. betty did it for love, she was manipulated, and she was taken advantage of, but she still ended up doing something really dangerous and harmful and she faced it head on like a #girlboss. i read somewhere that fernando gaitan was inspired by hearing this story of a man who had a secretary he treated terribly until the day she quit and then he realized that he had grown to depend on her the entire time. i like, even, that that's the story armando tells betty's father and he emphasizes that one of his biggest mistakes was accepting betty as a secretary :) ik its not true to life but thats what makes it so slay

and like.. until the last minute, ecomoda is something precious to both betty and armando and marcela! even as armando's rejecting the presidency, he isn't doing it because he doesn't care about the company anymore or he's over it, but out of deep love and care for it! he knows betty is right for the role, he knows she's the future of ecomoda and he knows no one will be able to treat it better than her :') again comparing it to lfmb, but lety and fernando not even bothering with that aspect of it is craaazy like it ends up being such an afterthought that marcia keeps the company and its good for her but i think that's also why i didn't like the divino that was following fernando around like what was even the point because fernando doesn't ever make a choice like the guy challenged him to, i feel? meanwhile the story naturally makes the presidency not make any sense for armando by the end, it's natural that ecomoda belongs to betty and his ego never even is a part of it anymore because he casts it aside as soon as he realizes he loves betty more than it. he mentions this in his speech and its very explicit which i really enjoy like it's all laid out so neatly at the end. HELLOA:D"SKDASIJDIOASJD armando 100 times the man anyone else is tbh

both of their transformations were so wonderful to watch like the scene were armando walks doña ines down the runway felt so EARNED and it also reminded u that this was a man who has been in behind this company for years and betty being the one to encourage them to go out there too was so wonderful.. all building up to the moment where they kick out daniel together as a team and decide that betty needs to keep it all fr.. i lurv it i know ppl think the weddinglike reconciliation when they pledge themselves to the company was corny but it makes so much sensedasiodksajdosdjdp because they went thru all of it for and with the company!!! again it goes back with the whole reclamation aspect of the story i love that she didn't want to go back that she felt her story there was done and it becomes a place where everything happens for her, she's recognized for her work, she's respected by her peers, and she can give away the love she's held on to for so long to others AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH u guys betty will ALWAYS be famous.

ETA: i had a whole aside about how in lfmb there are really no villains and they want to make everyone be friends to the detriment of the story bc why does carolina end up w omar????? and marcia and lety being friendly is cute or wtvr but im glad marcela stood 10 toes down on her hate shes so queen for that 😭😭😭😭😭😭 like shes wrong but it makes sense that she will never ever admit to herself that betty isn't evil that her hate is unjustified and that marcela was harsh in her treatment of her. like sure theres space wher betty was wrong to involve herself with a married man and for the position she put the company in but there are SO MANY SPEECHES marcela gives betty about how SHE WILL NEVER BE ANYONE IN THE COMPANY its honestly so funny shes like the tyra banks of ecomoda but only to betty and its doubly funny that she accuses betty of doing all of these underhanded things but is never once yelling at her for the thing betty is actually doing wrong like girl maybe if u had one more speech in you u would've hit the money. i cant yall if u think marcela was the victim idk what to tell u maybe rewatch one of the yelling scenes again. still, she is sympathetic in her situation so i don't agree in making her out to be completely terrible... thats the great thing about the novela.. everyone has layers.... :)

ok so the thing about this show is that it’s also very class related like a lot of the anxiety that armando has about giving the company to betty is that she’ll be corrupted by the allure of the money involved.. not even her specifically but her man who will convince her to be crooked thru seduction so that’s what the tool he uses to try to align betty with his own interests.. so his insecurity toward betty stems from money but also bc it’s intertwined in seduction necessarily he’s insecure about her affections as well bc to him that’s the key to making sure she won’t turn on him and leave him broke

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what's your opinion on homophobic actors ? for example the love by chance cast and their scandal with earth? there might be other homophobic ones idk about but I was just using that as a example I still want you're overall thoughts! would you still watch their stuff? or follow them? or another example actors admiting they used bl as a way for clout some people think thats okay and its justified would you agree?

BL Actor Homophobia 

Oh boy. I don't really follow actor drama. Or I try not to. And I kinda don’t want do this, but I guess I should do a sort of official statement thingy. Since this fun silly side blog of mine has sort of gotten bloated and out of my control. 

Like the giant peach. 

ALT

In general, I think it's difficult to understand any celebrity's actual feelings on anything. 

 Sometimes it may not be safe for them to express their true opinion, because of image, brand, business, studio, agency, management, or family concerns or constraints. They may be more supportive or less supportive than we will ever know. Anything that approaches bullying is going to be even more complex because there are so many elements, perspectives, and entities involved. (Although I will always side with the victim.) 

With regards to interview, vlog, or variety show missteps and misspeaks, a lot of BL actors are BABIES, like so young. Tell me you didn't make a stupid fucking idiot statement when you were in your late teens and early 20s. Well, you CAN tell me you didn't, but I won't believe you. I certainly did. I was a pretty lousy human for a while. Queer af but still lousy. 

And a bunch of queers from other countries jumping in and attacking is surely going to change baby boy’s tiny mind... right? Yeah, no. No, it’s not. Multiple studies have shown that attacking someone only drives them into a corner and hardens their sentiments. 

Honestly? I don't think it's ever a good idea to make a hero out of an actor... they are, after all, ACTORS. I mean, come on, you must have meet some of the breed? 

Make a hero of the BL character he portrayed, certainly! But not the actor for goodness sake. He’s only an actor, after all. 

Celebrity turns people... odd. Or maybe it's just that the type of personality that seeks celebrity is innately suspicious? At least to this curmudgeonly introvert. (The fact that I all too often end up dating the fuckers is my terrible judgement and wicked bad taste.)

Where was I?

In most of these cases netizens take everything out of context, or at the very least hugely exaggerate. People pick camps. Yes there are certainly bad apples, but I think about this with kpop a lot, sometimes it's all shades of grey and no celebrity is as evil, or as good, as we want them to be. They're mostly just gloriously shiny narcissistic pricks (affectionate).

Particularly with something like homophobia, the context of identity (or identity erasure or abuse) is very culture specific. With BL we are often talking about places where, until recently, they didn’t even have a word for gay. I don't like to get outraged in general, it's exhausting. But to get outraged about something that some pretty kid said or did, in a language I don't speak, born and raised in a culture I did not grow up in, to a family dynamic I cannot comprehend?

It seems like, considering all the grey areas, I am not really equip to judge.

It's not the same thing, but I'm a long time melody and I often think about what happened to Ilhoon. As an outsider what he went through seems absolutely insane. But I've never lived in South Korea. What the hell do I know? I can only make a judgement call from my safe little nest where (currently) weed is legal and has been for ages. I guess, at the very least being in Kpop should have taught Ilhoon how to be careful enough not to get caught? 

And I guess that's were I do judge.

If the actor is homophobic (by any standards), and acts in BLs, at the very least he shouldn't have gotten his tiny hypocritical arse caught out, now should he? Tut tut on the brand management, fella. Practice a little circumspection. 

Oof. My cynic is showing.

Look, I’m not that bad, I’m just an old tired queer. We’ve been fighting a long time. Can’t I pass the buck (or blunt or cock) along? 

Mostly when one of these stories crosses my radar I just feel sad. And I don't wanna feel that way around BL (or Kpop for that matter), so I try not to even register it's happening. 

Here, you wanna get outraged, get outraged about this: 

ALT

There are major cultural issues in play here, and when this kind of thing happens to an idol on the streets of Seoul, I’d venture to say, there’s society wide systemic problems at the root of of this kind of homophobia, that the homophobe’s are manifesting - like symptoms of a disease. Sure you can treat the pox (with a damp wet white towel, perhaps?), but darlings don’t you think it’s about time we developed a vaccine? (And maybe I think that’s kinda what BL and pop culture can do to culture, if it gets normalized enough.) 

But currently, with these homophobic incidents? We all lose, and we are all to be pitied because of it. 

I love BL because it leads with love, and that’s the best I can practice at this point in my life. Try to talk more about positive BL dramas and less about negative BL actor drama. Try to be a little more loving and a little less outraged. 

That’s it, I don’t have a solution, sorry. Just... perseverance, I guess? su su na and all that.  

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