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Just wanna say, I love your tags sm on my post!!! I find it so fun to pull comparisons with both zinnia and volo because they have like. A similar character skeleton. Or whatever that means. They're so different yet their relation to their respective deity definitely feels, as u said, 2 sides of the same coin.
And 100% agree with the last comment- I only started thinking about their similarities when I realized how much of the fandom dislikes zinnia and how much of the fandom likes volo qq
Ahh thank you so much!! I'm so sorry I'm responding to this so late, I am just awful about actually sitting down at a computer lately unless it's for work . . . and my work network doesn't allow me to access tumblr because I'm employed by haters đ but I'm glad you appreciated the tags! I remember I was actually a bit hesitant about leaving them because I didn't know if they would be Too Much or not, so I'm glad that wasn't the case, haha.
And yeah, Zinnia and Volo definitely foil each other in many ways. What's really interesting about it as well is that, unlike Volo, Zinnia was actually rebuffed by her deity to her face, when it came to a destiny she was literally raised for, which we know since her flashbacks in her Evolutions episode show that she was training to catch Rayquaza as part of her Lorekeeper destiny since she was a young child:
She could arguably be a little older in that second flashback, but not by much. So Zinnia was raised to be the Lorekeeper since her childhood. Her life's purpose was not only know and be able to pass on the history of her people, but also to be able to mega evolve Rayquaza and, together with it, destroy the meteor that would threaten the planet. She knew that doing this would likely result in her death (indicated at multiple points in her dialogue), but she was so devoted to doing it that she went through it anyway. And she managed part of it; she did manage to summon Rayquaza.
And then . . . Rayquaza rejected her. To her face. In favor of some random (by comparison) kid.
By all accounts, Zinnia had every right to be furious. Her deity has rejected her in favor of some rando when Zinnia devoted her entire life (and was willing to sacrifice her life) to it. But is she furious? Does she take it out on May? No. We know that she's lowkey suicidal (some of her dialogue suggests she's almost hoping she'll die in the effort to stop the meteor so that she can be reunited with the original Aster in the afterlife), but she still takes it in stride because the most important thing is that the meteor is stopped. So she helps the rando as much as she can, and then leaves to figure out what she can do with this life she didn't expect to have.
Then, on the opposite end, there's Volo. Volo, as far as we know, was never raised with any special destiny in mind. To be fair, we really don't know anything about Volo's backstory except that it's heavily implied he's a descendant of the Celestica people. But that's it. We're never told that he had a destiny to fulfill alongside Arceus. Instead, Volo himself decided that he was going to summon and meet Arceus, and Volo himself decided he was going to summon and meet Arceus wholly for his own reasons, and Volo himself never actually came face to face with Arceus, and took that as a rejection, and then tried to murder the random kid Arceus chose over it, as if it's that random kid's fault.
It really is the complete opposite in every way. Zinnia had every reason to believe that Rayquaza would agree to work with her, yet when it refused, she took it in stride and did what she could to help. Volo had no reason to believe that Arceus would want to work with him, and when it refused, he absolutely lost his shit and tried to murder a child. There's a reason why Zinnia got closure by forming a sync pair with Rayquaza in Pokemon Masters and why I'm pretty damn sure Volo is not going to get the same treatment with Arceus, lmao.
And don't get me wrong, I love both characters. Personally, I hope Volo never gets better. Don't get me wrong, if his motivation is supposed to be that he wants to make a world where his people and culture were never lost and where Hisui was never colonized, then I do think that's a sympathetic motivation, and certainly I came away from PLA thinking that Kamado was more despicable than Volo, mostly because the game treated Kamado like a sympathetic, misunderstood man despite his blatant bigotry toward the DP clans. But Volo is at his best when he is absolutely off his shits and I want him to stay that way. Like the fact that he actually tried to murder the player is iconic. Love that energy for him. Keep it coming.
But that doesn't change the fact that, yeah, he is off his shits. And any sympathetic motivations we can give him are headcanon because Game Freak didn't feel the need to elaborate. And more importantly (and to the point of your second paragraph), yeah, it really gets me that people are constantly vilifying Zinnia (including downright calling her a villain) for trying to save two worlds and ultimately bowing out gracefully when her destiny was stolen from her, yet fawn all over Volo or Lusamine. I'm sure the fact that Zinnia is a darker skinned woman (as opposed to the the blonde hair and pale skin of the others) has nothing to do with it. [/heavy sarcasm]
Anyway, this is a very long (and late) reply. I'm a very verbose person, haha. But thanks again, especially for giving me the chance to talk more about this; I appreciate it! đ
#pokeattorney#lorekeeper zinnia#trainer volo#again i love volo. man is absolutely off his shits and that's so entertaining#but this fandom does have a tendency to treat darker skinned characters . . . badly#and Zinnia has the double whammy of having darker skin (esp depending on the art) AND being a woman#and the way the fandom treats her unfortunately REALLY shows it
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Flirting Gone Wrong
Relationship: Remy LeBeau/Gambit x Reader
Fandom: X-Men
Request: Yes by Anon
Warnings: Fluff, Brief Angst, Brief Mentions of Suggestive Themes
Word Count: 1,040
Main Masterlist: Here
X-Men Masterlist: Here
Summary: After a while, most people would throw in the towel. Thankfully, or unfortunately, Remy is not most people.
Consider A Donation: Here
Remy was at the kitchen, sulking as he stared at the group on the other side of the room. No matter what he did, no matter what he said, they just would not join him in the fun. After a while, Gambit thought that they might not be interested in him. But Storm had put a quick stop to that thought in his head. According to her, they really did like him, yet, for some reason they were not acting on it.
For months, he had been trying to make a move on the person. And every time he did it, they found another way to negate his attempts. Each time he laid down a line, they took it literally or chuckled it away. If he tried to wrap an arm around them, they ducked out of the way. If he tried to give them pastries or treats, they always split them with whoever else was around.
Safe to say, Gambit did not think that they liked him as Storm claimed. But he kept trying. Hoping that one day he would be able to win them over. However, there he sat. Sulking over the fact that they were laughing about something with Rogue and Wolverine across the kitchen.
âAre you going to sit there and stare at them all day?â Jubilee asked, saddling up to where the Cajun was.
âI jusâ donât get it, petite. Storm says they like me too, but they ainât doinâ nothinâ to prove that. Jusâ treatinâ me like one of the rest oâ ya.â He lamented, dropping his chin on to the heel of his hand. Remyâs body sagged with the weight of a deep breath leaving his body.
âGambit, listen. When we have our nightly talks, I can tell how much they like you. Theyâre just a little afraid to show it. Have you tried talking to them about it? Maybe seeing why they wonât return the affection?â This gave the man pause. He shook his head when he realized that he had never stopped to ask them why they were acting like this.
âWell, thereâs your problem,â she shoved Gambit gently, âgo talk to them about it. Because, if Iâm being totally honest, I canât deal with another day of you two pinning after each other. Itâs frustrating in a sweet way.â
âYouâre right, petite. Gambit should just go talk to them. Been beatinâ âround da bush too much.â He said with such conviction that Jubilee cheered. As he began to walk across the room, Remy stopped, turned back around, and held a worried look on his face.
âWhat should I say?â Jubilee rolled her eyes, but got up to go near him anyways.
âSomething thatâll get you two together and not this ridiculous pining!â
The girl turned him back around, and shoved him hard towards the group. He stumbled, and nearly fell which caught everyoneâs attention. Feeling his cheeks heat up, Remy chuckled nervously. Gambit shot a dangerous look back at the girl that had pushed him, who only smirked at him in return.
âYou alright there, Gambie?â They asked, coming closer to offer a helping hand up. He only hoped that his confidence did not fail him now.
âCourse I am, pistache. Listen, can I talk to you real quick? Alone?â Remy wondered quietly. They nodded and began to lead the both of them out of the kitchen towards the hallway. Sitting in silence for a while, Remy kept his eyes trained to the floor below as he tried to muster his courage back up.
âSoâŚâ they started, âwhat did you want to talk about?â The man was trying very hard to put his thoughts into words, but that was going horribly. They sat in silence for another minute before he composed himself.
âDo you like me at all?â He blurted out.
âOf course I do, Gambie. Why-â
âNot as a friend or another member of da team? But as a romantic partner?â
It was now their turn to become silent. Chewing their lip, their eyes stayed on the ground below them. Remyâs silver boots were now the most interesting things in the world. They knew that he was trying to get their attention back on him by calling their name, but they felt their mouth getting dry.
âAnd what if I do,â came their question once they could speak. Remy came closer to them so he was now in their bubble.
âWell, Iâd love nothinâ more, pistache. Cause Iâm right there with ya. Jusâ neva thought you liked olâ Gambit is all. Neva game no signs or nothinâ.â His hand scratched the back of his head as he admitted his feelings.
âOh, no, Gambie. Donât think that. I just never expected you to like someone like me.â Tilting his head to the side in what could only be described as a puppy tilt, Remy looked confused.
âWhatcha mean, pistache? We both mutants.â They groaned just a bit as they realized they needed to spell it out for the Cajun.
âNo. Thatâs not what I meant, Remy. I mean, I never expected you to like someone that was asexual.â When he did not speak, they continued. âI donât feel any sexual attraction. I want to go on dates and have a relationship, but sex grosses me out. I just donât see the point to it.â
They teared up a bit when Remy had not spoken still. Realizing he had a fleeting moment, he rushed to take them in his arms comfortingly.
âOh, pistache. Donât think that now. Gambit donât care. You jusâ keep beinâ lovinâ you, and weâll figure it out from there. Ainât gotta do nothinâ you uncomfortable with now.â He ran a hand over their head as he spoke, hoping that his words were able to get through.
âYou really donât care?â
âNon, pistache. Just care âbout you.â
The tears went away near immediately at this. Pulling away, they were able to look him in the eyes with joy this time. Raising onto their tiptoes, they pressed a soft kiss to his cheek, causing him to blush. He reciprocated as soon as he got the go ahead, and boy did he enjoy watching their cheeks light up in flames.
#rebelliousstories#writing#xmen imagine#x men 97#x men comics#x men imagine#x men movies#x men#remy lebeau imagine#remy lebeau#remy lebeau x reader#gambit x reader#gambit#gambit imagine#deadpool and wolverine
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omg when halloween comes weâre gonna need a top!jj smut (ofc) where they dress up and râs outfit is very revealing
they go trick or treating with henry and the rest of the bau, so jj has to keep her hands to herself. eventually henry goes to bed and jj finally gets her hands on r
youâre the person i can see writing this AMAZINGLY
Cute Costume
Fandom: Criminal Minds
Pairing: Jennifer Jareau x fem!reader
Genre: Smut
Words: 4k+
Summary: There are not many good costumes to choose from when you need to buy one last minute. Unfortunately for you, you're stuck with a very revealing one. JJ is loving it, though, and even if you have a party to go to, she's finding it hard to keep her hands to herself.
Warnings: fingering (r receiving); oral (r receiving); edging kinda; top!JJ, bottom!r; clit play; nipple play; praise kink; JJ has a thing for costumes I guess?
A/N: This is a little different from the request. I just kind of ditched the trick-or-treating with Henry idea for a costume party... but anyways I hope you enjoy!
âGod, this is ridiculous,â you muttered to yourself as you twisted and turned in front of the mirror. Currently, you were squeezed into a much too short for your liking, Dorothy dress. The way you grimaced at yourself in the mirror as you took in the way the skirt of the dress stopped far too high up your thighs was almost comical. You tried to pull down at the fabric, but it still remained just as short as you suspected. âOh god,â you groaned again as your eyes made their way to the massive amount of cleavage that was visible with the top of the dress.Â
Your eyes turned back to the other pile of outfits still waiting in their packages for you to try on. This was supposed to be the most modest one. Garcia picked out all of them, of course. And there werenât even a lot to choose from to begin with. Not when Halloween was just a few days away. You hadnât even planned to dress up, but Garcia decided to throw a last minute costume party and you couldnât say no. Or, well, more like JJ agreed for you. And even with her party being semi-last minute, your costume planning was even more so. JJ had promised to go with you, but now itâs the day before the party and that still hasnât happened. Why you thought Penelope would be a good alternative to costume shop with you, you didnât know. All you did know was that you were seriously regretting that decision now. Apparently, when you said you wanted a cute costume, you two had very different definitions.Â
Still in your short, little Dorothy dress, you filed through the other bags of costumes you had yet to try. It seemed like everything else had less fabricâ meaning it showed even more skin than youâd like. If you went out to look for more costumes would you even be successful at this point?
âHey howâs itâ oh my gosh!â Penelope peaked her head in the changing room that moment, cutting off her own question the moment she saw you. âThat. Is. Adorable!â She opened more of the changing room curtain as she took in your outfit and suddenly you had the urge to cover your whole body.
âPenelope,â you hissed, âall of these costumes show too much skin!â
âJust wait until you have the leggings and the shoesâŚâ she didnât seem to be listening to your protests. âOh, and the basket! Itâs perfect, you look so cute.â
âNo, nope, no.â You shook your head. âThis dress is too short. We need to go back out and find something else.âÂ
âI picked out the best I could find in the time we had,â Penelope pointed out. âSo your only option is that one or to try the others.â
You looked back at the other options and thought it over. Part of you wasnât so sure Penelope really looked for other costumes that fit your one request. There had to be something cuter⌠but then again the store was really cleared out. If you sent Penelope back out there for a second look she might come back with costumes you hate even more than the untried ones. Do you gamble for something better than this Dorothy costume or do you settle?Â
âDid you try the Harley Quinn costume? I think thatâs a good one too.â Garcia was now going through all the others she picked for you to try. âMaybe that one is-âÂ
âNo!â You panicked. That one showed your whole midriff and the shorts seemed shorter than the dress is. Dorothy might be your safest bet after all. âThis is fine,â you looked down at your dress and gulped. âI love the Wizard of Oz. Dorothy is great. It's veryâŚâ you gave Penelope a forced smile, ââŚcute.âÂ
âIsnât it?â Penelope beamed at you, obviously proud of her own choices for your costume. âYou look great!â
And thatâs how you got saddled with a costume youâd never in a million years guess youâd be wearing. Penelope did set you up with all the rest of the accessories. The stockings, the red shoes, even the basket with a small dog plushie that was supposed to resemble Toto.Â
Much like when you were in the storeâs dressing room, it was a day later and you were now staring at yourself in the mirror with the same look on your face. The grimace was deep. You couldnât imagine your wifeâs whole team seeing you in this outfit and taking you seriously ever again. But then again, you thought about Penelopeâs costume choice and you were a little relieved that you wouldnât be the only one in an outfit you (and most others probably) would categorize as sexy. At least with Penelopeâs sexy bunny outfit, she really knew how to wear it. It was perfect for her and she wore it with confidence. You, on the other hand, looked quite nervous and uncomfortable as you looked at yourself in the mirror. Sexy wasnât really your vibe⌠especially in a public setting, but thereâs a first for everything, right?
âHey, are you almost ready?â JJ called from somewhere in the house. You couldnât bring yourself to answer her, not when you were still stuck staring at yourself. Your mind was running through every possible back up plan you could think of, but there was no plan B for a costume change. The only options were excuses to cancel. Maybe you could say Henry was sick? But they probably knew he was with Will this weekend. What if you said you were sick? That wasnât going to work and you knew it. JJ wouldnât lie and she seemed like she really wanted to go to the party either way. Could you fake being sick to JJ? Maybe if you made it convincing⌠That wouldnât work either. She would see right through you. You were screwed.Â
âHey, is everythingââ She cut herself off when she came to a skidding halt in the middle of the bedroom. âHoly shit.âÂ
You spun around so fast and your heart felt like it leapt in your throat. When your eyes landed on her, you froze much in the same way.
You had the same reaction that JJ did when you saw each other in costume. She was dressed as Supergirl and you didnât think there was anything more fitting. Lucky for JJ, she had this costume ready so she didnât need to shop. She looked so confident in it too, heroic even. There wasnât a better costume. And it made her fifty times more attractive to you, if that were even possible.
Meanwhile, as JJ took in your short dress and the cleavage popping out from the top of it just right, her pupils were blown. She was practically salivating over how hot she found you in that outfit. Everything, in her opinion, complimented your body perfectly and all she could think about was getting her hands on you.Â
It was really unexpected for her, to see that this was the costume you went with. She really didnât expect for you to agree to something like this, but she knew it was all Garciaâs doing. Thank god for Garcia, JJ thought as she took in the way the dress made your legs look.Â
âWow,â JJ said with a heavy breath. âLook at you.â She suddenly was taking quick strides to where you were still standing frozen. She stopped right in front of you and her eyes dropped to your legs again before slowly dragging back up your body.
âWow,â she sighed again. âThis costumeâŚâ
âUgh,â you groaned. âI know, itâs not really me.âÂ
âItâs just very unexpected,â JJ said as she reached out and played with the frill at the end of your dress. âBut not bad. Definitely not bad.â Her hands were quickly making their way under your dress. There wasnât much of your thighs that werenât exposed by the shortness of the costume, but JJ was making quick work to run her hands up what wasnât shown.Â
âHey- Stop!â You whined as you swatted JJâs hand away. âIt was all they had, okay?â
âUh huh,â JJ hummed as her hands moved up the backs of your thighs. âItâs so⌠short.â
âYeah, well,â you huffed, your hands bracing against JJâs shoulders as she kept trying to practically grope you. She didnât seem to care that you were trying your best to keep her from being all over you. âThereâs not many options when you go looking for a costume the Friday before Halloween and you still want to look cute.âÂ
âCute,â JJ repeated as her hands kept creeping up your dress. You let out a gasp when her hands reached your ass and she squeezed, effectively pulling you completely into her body. âCute isnât exactly the word I would go withâŚâ she trailed off as she leaned forward and kissed down your barely covered chest. You bit your lip and tried your best to pretend like this wasnât having an effect on you, but the way she was groping at you and pressing her body into yours had you blushing.Â
âJJâŚâ you warned as her hands left your ass, only for one to return between your inner thighs. âJJ we have a party to-âÂ
You were cut off with another gasp as you felt JJ boldly push your panties to the side with her fingers and press them to your clit. JJ looks up from where her lips were attached to your breast to see the flushed look on your face and the grin she gave you was nothing short of satisfied with herself for eliciting such a response in you.Â
Part of you wanted to roll your eyes, but the way JJ quickly began rubbing circles against your clit only made them flutter closed. Your nails dug into JJâs shoulder as she pressed more firmly to your clit. âYou know,â She whispered against the bare skin of the top of your breasts. âI take it back. You do look cute like this.âÂ
She was being such an ass, but deep down you fucking loved it. Your hips barely moved against her as she kept playing with your clit, but she noticed and smirked even more at your actions. Your nails were digging harder into JJ now as she kept playing with you and you were sure your face was bright red from the way she was quickly working your body up. The fact that you were already so wet was embarrassing, especially when you had to leave at any minute.Â
JJ, on the other hand, was enjoying this. The way everything about that costume just made it so easy for her to get hands on you was just another bonus in her mind. She kissed your lips and you immediately melted into her. You could feel her smirking against your lips as you kissed her back, but didnât even care with how she kept touching you. When she pulled back from the kiss, all too soon, her lips fell yet again to what was exposed of your chest and she trailed them down with kisses and bites that were almost rough enough to leave marks behind.Â
âWhat if we had a quickie before the party?â JJâs voice was muffled by the way she had her head buried in your chest again. âI want to fuck you in that dress.âÂ
âJJ!â You finally had the sense to stop her from all that she was doing. âWe donât have time for this!â You pushed at her shoulders now and her fingers stopped.Â
âSo?â She said, looking up at you with the biggest pout.
âYou know how I feel about being late.â You took a step back on shaky legs, trying to regain composure and pretend like the ache between your legs wasnât tempting you.Â
âCome on,â JJ whined. âYou canât tell me youâre good to go to the party now afterââÂ
âYes, weâre going now.â You didnât want her to finish that sentence. She was going to break your resolve so fast if she kept looking at you like that. And you really did hate being late.
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For someone who had such a serious life or death job like JJ, she really could be such a child. The way she sat next to you in the car, pouting the whole way, was ridiculous. You couldnât stop yourself from rolling your eyes every time you looked over at her. She was also sure to let out very loud huffs any time her hand slid up your exposed thighs while you sat and you managed to swat it away.Â
You had hoped that once you got to the party, JJ would be distracted enough by other people to stop being fixated on your costume. You were so wrong. If you were talking to someone across the room, you could still feel her eyes on you. Or more specifically, on your legs. Even if she was in a conversation with someone else, she was still frequently trying to check you out.Â
When you were near her, she somehow was able to sneak subtle touches or just flat out grab your ass when no one was looking. It had you blushing like crazy, but no one seemed to notice. Lucky for you, you thought.Â
All of JJâs grabbiness did annoy you, but not because she was doing it necessarily. If you told her to completely keep her hands off she absolutely would. No, it was annoying you because it was reminding you of that unsolved ache between your legs that you chose to leave with. The more she touched your thighs, the more you squirmed and then that reaction just fueled JJ even more. It got to the point where you tried your best to stay on one side of the party with other friends while she stayed on the other. But that only worked for a while, as she kept trying to gravitate towards you.Â
At one point, she wasnât paying attention to the path in which she ânaturallyâ tried to move towards you. She took a few steps backwards in your direction, hoping to land next to you, as she kept up the conversation. Only with this attempt, she took too far of a step back and bumped her back into yours.Â
âOh shit!â She exclaimed and you turned quickly to see that her actions had led her to spill her drink all over the front part of her costume. Part of you wanted to say that that was what she got for teasing you so much in public, but you held back. When she looked down at her wet clothes and back up at you she was wearing this helpless puppy kind of expression and you knew what she was going to ask before she even said.Â
âWill you help me get cleaned up?â Her eyes didnât show any ulterior motive. You looked at her for a moment before sighing.Â
âOkay,â you gave in. âCome on.â You pulled her to Penelopeâs bathroom, effectively missing the victorious grin that JJ had as she followed.Â
In the bathroom, you immediately knew where Penelope kept some towels so you went shuffling in the right cabinet for them. Bent down and sifting through your towel options, you were completely unaware of JJ creeping up behind you. That is, until two hands again grabbed your ass.Â
âOh my god!â You jumped up and spun around. âWeâre in Penelopeâs bathroom!â
âSo?â JJ gave you a guilt grin. âYou just look so good in that outfit.â She took a few steps closer until there was barely any room between the two of you.
âThereâs people outside.â You poked a finger in her chest, trying to talk some sense into her.Â
âWe can be quick and quiet.â
âYouâre all wet,â you pointed out. âYouâre going to get me all wet too.â
âThatâs the plan,â JJ beamed and you just rolled your eyes at that.Â
âYouâre insufferable.â You swatted at JJ again, but she didnât seem deterred. Her eyes were back to being glued to your breasts and the way the corset of the dress pressed them together just right.Â
âI need to touch you.â Her voice was low this time and the way she said that wasnât cocky or whiny or anything other than just hungry. You gulped at this shift and your eyes met JJâs again. Her pupils were yet again blown and you watched as her eyes dragged from your chest down to your legs. She took another step closer, one of her hands trailing down your body until it reached your legs. Her nails slowly dragged up the exposed skin of your thighs until they reached your dress, but that didnât stop her. Her nails kept dragging up with the fabric of the dress coming up with them.Â
âLetâs get out of here,â you said breathlessly, not really processing that you said it at all.Â
âAbsolutely,â JJ agreed eagerly, her hand already tugging you out of the bathroom.
âââââââââââââââââââ-
If you thought the drive to the party was bad, this was way worse. JJâs hand stayed high up on your thigh the whole time you drove and she didnât miss the way you squirmed under it. Her eyes were also locked on you. The way she looked at you had your heart rate increasing too and, if you were being honest, just this alone was making you wet.
You fully expected JJ to drag you into the house and throw you onto the bed, but to your surprise she walked rather calmly to the door. It was when the door shut behind you that she did finally pounce. âOh my god!â You yelped as JJ pushed your back against the front door and immediately fell to her knees. Her arms were hooked around your thighs in no time and her face immediately buried between your legs. Before you could even process it, her lips, tongue, and teeth were on your inner thighs and you were scrambling to grasp at something for support.Â
You settled for the edges of the door frame as one of JJâs hands snakes up your thigh and pulled down your panties. Immediately after that you felt her tongue take one long lick of your folds. Your nails dug into the woodwork of the door and you whimpered the second she repeated her actions.
Good thing Henry was at Willâs, you thought as a full blown moan left your lips the second JJâs tongue met your clit.Â
âFuck,â JJ mumbled against your pussy. âIâve been dying to taste you all night.âÂ
âM-mhm,â you mumbled as your eyes fell closed. The way she was lapping at your clit already had caused your thighs to tremble slightly. She was wasting no time in working you up the way you were before leaving for the party. But this time you werenât going to tell her to stop.
Except, after another minute she did just that. You huffed and looked down, only to see JJ give you yet another smug grin as she peaked her head out from under your dress.Â
âNot yet,â she taunted before getting up. Her hand immediately reached for yours and pulled you to the bedroom. You reluctantly followed on shaking legs. When you reached the bedroom, she pushed you down onto the mattress with surprising force.Â
You looked back up at her to protest only to stop when you realized she was stripping in front of you. No matter how many times you saw JJ, it never got old and you immediately blushed when she caught you staring.
âYou look so fucking hot in that little dress,â JJ praised as she fully undressed. âBut Iâm going to want to rip it off you now.â She stalked towards the bed until she reached the foot of it. Slowly, almost like a predator hunting its prey, she crawled onto it and over to you. Her hands grabbed at the ends of the dress, pulling it up slowly. Blue eyes never left yours as she pulled the whole dress off you and you let her. With your panties already off and somewhere in the hallway, you were left completely bare now.
JJ tossed the dress somewhere in the room and immediately fell onto you with her lips attaching to yours. âItâs so fucking hard,â she said between kisses, âto keep my hands off you when you look so good.â Her lips pressed harder and harder to yours and soon you had parted your lips for her tongue to invade your mouth.
Arms wrapped around her waist so that you could pull both your bare bodies together. The way she slightly rocked herself into you had a small whine fall from your lips. Her tongue was busy running along your own as her nails yet again dragged down your body until they got to your thighs. She slowly parted your legs even more under her before circling your clit.
This time she only did that for a few seconds before moving her fingers further down to circle your entrance. Her lips left yours and moved back to your chest, only to leave actual marks this time across your breasts. When her teeth clamped down onto one of your nipples and pulled slightly, you hissed. But that hiss quickly turned into a loud gasp as, without warning, JJ entered you with two fingers up to her knuckles.Â
âOh god,â you cried as her fingers didnât even take a second to set a fast pace. She was putting her whole body behind the way she pulled her fingers out almost completely only to slam them back in.Â
���Thatâs it,â JJ cooed after releasing your nipple. âThatâs my good girl.â
âFuckkkk,â you groaned as she fucked her fingers up into you. She wasnât wasting any time and it felt like both a blessing and a curse. The rough way she was fucking you wasnât something you expected or prepared for, but god did it feel so fucking good.
With your arms around her waist, you held her impossibly tighter as both of you practically shook the bed with how hard she was fucking you. You tried to keep up, fucking yourself on her fingers with each time she pumped them back up into you. With the way she had been teasing you all night and how she had played with your clit off and on, you were already getting close.
JJ knew it too and she started to whisper praises in your ear as she curled her fingers inside you. âYouâre taking my fingers so well,â she purred. âI need to feel you cum on them, baby.â She pumped her fingers even harder into you and you couldnât stop yourself from crying out.Â
âCum for me,â JJ continued. âCum all over my fingers.â And you did with a pathetic whine. JJ helped you ride out your orgasm, slowly as you came down from it.Â
After a moment, JJâs body relaxed on top of you and you felt a gentle kiss to your lips.Â
âHoly fuck.â You let out a breathless chuckle. âAll that for some silly costume?â
âYou looked really hot in it,â JJ said, grinning down at you. You just rolled your eyes and started to lift your hand to swat at JJâs shoulder. Only, JJ caught it mid air and pinned it back to the mattress with impressive speed and force. âBut weâre not done yet.â
And she really meant that. At some point in the multiple hours of JJ enjoying your body, you had missed a text from Penelope. It seemed you had totally forgotten to say goodbye when you two hurried out of the party. But from her text it seemed like she had a feeling this was how it would go. You just knew you werenât going to hear the end of it the next time you saw herâŚ
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I've given it a lot of thought about making a post like this, because I didn't want to just add to the already extended discourse on the subject, but I keep reading opinions and I just can't stay out of it.
Before I continue I want to make clear that I've done high approval solas playthroughs and I do believe that a befriended solas cares deeply for the inquisitor. He respects and values them, and you could even argue that they forge a kind of sibling bond or a mentor/apprentice one. So for him to betray that, it's really a tragedy in the endâthe inquisitor hurts deeply for their lost friend/mentor.
That said, and I am truly, honestly, not saying this as a solasmancer, but from a storytelling point of view, the story of a romanced solas is still far more impactful.
Please let me make my case before you draw conclusions.
I am not saying it's more valid, or that you should do it, or that it should be the canon. Just, simply, that it is a more powerful story narratively, and that acting like the high approval run somehow has an equal narrative value is completely unbased. It's a meaningful story, yes, but it does not have the same impact. (To be clear, I'm not speaking in comparison to other romances here since that's based on taste and preferences, just the case of befriended vs romanced solas specifically.)
From a creative writing point of view, the romance employs:
backstory relevance: fen'harel is an important part of lavellan's culture and upbringing. and yes, arguably, that's true for any lavellan, but in the case of a romanced one, there's the beautiful narrative device ofâ
tragic irony: she grew up specifically being cautioned about the dread wolf's treachery, hearing blessings like "may the dreadwolf never catch your scent" etc. and what does she do? she goes and falls in love with him.The dread wolf literally takes her. A befriended lavellan might love him, but will give him nothing so vital as her heart for it to be considered "a taking". And as for other inquisitors, well, they don't even know who Fen'harel is.
unique perspective: (edit because of comments on this post) solas reveals much more of himself to a romanced inquisitor than a high approval one. "it's not right", "it's been so long since I trusted someone", "it will be kinder in the long run", "you saw more than most", and to top that, the ultimate reveal of solas telling her he can remove her vallaslin, which is his way of showing her who he truly is.
denied catharsis: one of the most essential rules of storytelling is that after you've reached the climax of the hero's journey and you've dragged them through all their struggles, you should provide a form of catharsis. that doesn't happen in the case of the romanced lavellan. she ends up alone. I'm not even saying heartbroken, because losing a friend can cause equal pain, but a solas romanced lavellan ends. up. alone. After all that she went through, after having her personhood erased and being forced into a religion that is not hers, after losing her arm and potentially her clan, she ends the journey of the inquisition standing completely alone overlooking an empire that will never thank her. and added to that, we haveâ
continued torment: her lover still visits her in dreams and she can't even tell if he's real or her imagination.
Yes, high approval playthroughs are enjoyable and meaningful and as much a valid canon as any. And yes, it's really unfortunate that they limited such a beautiful romance to a specific race and gender in the game. But please, please, stop trying to argue that the friendship narrative is as powerful a storytelling as the romance. And stop treating solavellans like silly fangirls who can't see past their faves. I admit that there are those who are trying to force the romance as the only valid option, but I'm not talking about those, every fandom has its radicals.
This is not an argument of whether romantic is better than platonic or vice versa. And it's not an argument of whether solas cares more for a romanced inquisitor versus a befriended one. He cares deeply in both cases. It's about the fact that, narratively speaking, the romance delivers a far greater impact to the character and the story than the high approval run.
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I want to address this because I donât really like the direction the Agatha fandom is heading towards and to be honest, I donât really think I want to be part of it anymore.
I donât believe in bullying or using slurs to try and make a point. If anything this is just showing how insecure, sad, and empty your own life must be that you feel the need to say something like this to another human being.
I blurred out the word, because I think itâs disgusting to use it towards anyone and Iâm not going to be showcasing that on here.
Iâm sorry that you are upset about this most recent episode, but despite what you said that does not give you the right to treat anyone this way. Itâs a show, itâs not real!! If you donât like how itâs going just write a fanfiction.
I started using this blog more frequently in 2021 because I genuinely enjoyed Agatha Harkness and her arc in WandaVision, and writing became a very fun outlet for me. Unfortunately, Agatha All Along seems to be changing the fandom into something a lot more toxic and I truthfully donât know if I want to stay on here or not.
Sapphic representation matters, but if youâre only watching this show for AgathaRio then please do not cry and complain when it focuses on the other characters and relationships, romantic AND platonic, in the show.
And one final note, to use the r slur to question someoneâs intelligence is not only INCREDIBLY ableist, itâs also very outdated and very sad.
#Agatha all along#btw anon youâve been reported I donât play about slurs#tbh Iâm really quite upset about this but mainly Iâm exhausted and think Iâm taking a small break#Agatha Harkness#agathario
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What's Wrong with 5B?
(aka: how Itâs a Super Life ruined everything)
The premiere of season 5 was simple. Kara fucked up, felt deeply sorry for it, and revealed her secret to Lena (driven solely by her guilt) after far too long of gaslighting her. Unfortunately, it was a bit too late, Lena was already (rightfully) pissed and about to exact a(n outsized) revenge about it. Easy peasy.
We see Kara struggle with it a little. She gives Lena the superwatch, looking super guilty the whole time. She brings Lena international treats, talks to Alex about how sheâs nervous about interacting with Lena. But she seems to have underestimated the damage sheâs caused - and Lena is going through a major disillusionment.Â
Both of which are mostly in character from my perspective. But with the caveat that, I knew the basic summary of the Rift before I watched the show. So those were moments the characters were already building to in my head. (I know some people think that Karaâs reaction in season 3 was out of character, or that Lenaâs reaction in 5A was out of character, and those are valid opinions that are worth exploring! If I watched the show unfold live, maybe Iâd be in that camp too.)
We then see Lenaâs betrayal and Kara scrambling to pull Lena back from the edge into an anti-villain arc. The Crisis happens, Kara visits Lena, and Lena calls Kara out - âWhat did you think would happen when you came here? That you'd tell me everything in a fit of selflessness, even if it meant that I knew how you betrayed me, and then I'd just keel over and forgive you?â Kara still knows she did something wrong, and vows to never do it again.
Aaaaand then Itâs A Super Life (beloved/beloathed) happens.
I really liked the episode the first time I saw it. I was a supercorp shipper who hadnât read a single fic. And on its face, I mean, they dedicated the entire 100th episode to the relationship between Kara and Lena and trying to repair it. It failed, sure, but they'd make up eventually (again, I was spoiled).
But that episode was really about absolving Kara. It was a bizarre conclusion. Kara no longer had fault, because any reality they tried out wouldâve failed. ⌠which makes no damn sense. Even if no reality could work (Iâm skeptical), Kara didnât know that at the time she made her decisions. She still has fault for the harm she knew she was causing (even if it happened to work out better than the alternatives she didnât know about).
I think this is a narrative shift. This isnât just about the in-universe âKara believes sheâs absolvedâ. This is a writer's ploy to change the narrative and make the audience think that Kara didnât have fault. Writing this as a character flaw mightâve worked, maybe, if they had Kara reexamine her assumptions later. But as a narrative? ⌠the shift fell completely flat.
The rift was canceled at this point. Suddenly it was no longer the story of two peopleâs flaws interplaying in the worst possible way. Suddenly it was: Kara is right, Lena is wrong, let us never speak of it again.
It makes everything that comes after really grating. The end of 5x19 (where Kara goes âmaybe Iâm ready to forgive you nowâ and shakes Lenaâs hand) feels completely empty, because thereâs no acknowledgement from Kara that she fucked up - a fact she fully understood at the beginning and middle of the season! It bleeds into season 6, where we never see Lena hash things out with the superfriends or with Kara post-return. It makes the finale (Lenaâs âYou made me a better personâ) fall flat. At this point multiple people in the fandom have pointed out that itâs Melissaâs acting that is Karaâs saving grace (though even that has limitations, as many of us felt with Sadie). But Kara as a character really suffers - and with it, her relationship with Lena, and Lena's arc - because the writers did not make a convincing argument for their shift.Â
The heroâs always right, I guess? The main character canât have major flaws? (I hope someday we learned what instructions they were getting in the writing room đ)
For my own sanity, I have a whole slew of conversations(/arguments) in my head that I place into season 6 to fix some of this (as well as making Mxy a liar who was trying to make his friend feel better, rather than those other timelines being real). But while theyâre canon-compliant⌠they arenât canon. What we needed was something on screen to make the relationship shine again, to have Kara revisit why her rationale absolving her in the 100th episode didnât follow at all, and have Lena work through her issues with Kara and the rest of the superfriends. But we didnât get that.
Which means everything post-100th will always feel wrong to me.
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this is something that has been bothering me for a while and honestly, i doubt anyone will really care on here since tumblr isnât the problem but im still gonna say something.
ive been apart of a lot of fandomsâi think that fact is clear by how many i write forâand almost every single one of them is toxic in some sort of way. unfortunately, that sort of thing just happens with fans and people who think theyâre entitled to more than they are.
but i am absolutely disgusted to be apart of the cobra kai fandom. there are certain characters/actors that get leeway cause theyâre âlovedâ and sure, thatâs fine. you love a character? you have every right to defend them. and hey? you donât like a character? thatâs fine too.
but the actors are not the characters.
there are more actors than just this example but i think this one is the most important â mary mouser is not sam larusso and the comments made about her, her weight, the way she acts, talks, etc. are absolutely ridiculous and disgusting. 90% of the comments i see under instagram or tiktok posts from or about her contain things regarding her weight that are cruel and horrific.
it really puts a perspective on society and how it views women and i wish i could tell her that none of what is being said is true. here is a young women that is not only gorgeous but is incredibly fit and athletic (sheâs on a show about karate for gods sake and does a good chunk of her own stunts) and has diabetes which affects her body beyond her control and she is being cyber bullied about how she looks.
and sheâs not even overweight!! if she was, it would still be a huge issue but it bothers me how sheâs a normal, healthy weight and being made fun of still.
did yâall forget the show started about victims standing up to their bullies??? about how wrong it was to be a bully?????
or about the fact that her cast mates, people you all claim to love and hype up, would be disgusted by your comments?? theyâre her friends. i know for a fact ralph, billy, xolo, jacob, tanner, peyton (and more) are all absolutely disgusted by this fandom.
im just so upset by this. by peopleâs reactions to her and how theyâve treated her â a human being?! it was bad before but itâs reached a new low.
so let me just make this clear â if you in anyway think these comments regarding maryâs body, a womenâs body, are funny or cool or anything of the sort you can just unfollow me. and do me a favour and comment so i can block you because itâs just disgusting.
#personal#i have never been more disappointed to be apart of a fandom before#cobra kai#mary mouser#sam larusso#xolo maridueĂąa#tanner buchanan#ralph macchio#william zabka#jacob bertrand#peyton list
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Fun fact: I was that anon that Lily responded to about Hunter having no one in that reaction you just posted.
I was 15 at the time, and I actually got into Lilyâs content because of her Disney movie in minutes videos and LGBT in animation videos. I thought she was direct and funny. I loved the owl house but found her takes on the show post season 1 to beâŚoff
She was hyper-fixated on race for some reason, and didnât like Luz in season 3 (who she defended and made videos on btw) becauseâŚshe was sad for a mistake she made? She delved into these issues before, but for this show it seemed like that was the thing she was most passionate about. Some positive takes, sure, but the negative ones seemed to fuel her the most. But it was her takes on Hunter that really had me confused. Itâs like she was watching a completely different show than I was.
I sent that ask not as a hyper-fixated Hunter loving moron as she called me, but as a fan of the show that didnât understand her hostility to a specific character thatâŚdidnât really do anything to deserve it? A character she hated so much it made her turn against the show (allegedly)
Long post (sorry!) but I just wanted to comment about how hurt I was that Lily was just so rude and nasty in that response. She really put anyone who defended him into the same âracist boring, hates POCsâ bubble and just never left it. I was a fan, and how she reacted soured my taste in her instantly. Unsubscribed, unfollowed, done. Now Iâm hearing about former friends calling her toxic, and her bullying YouTubers reacting to her content. I feel embarrassed I ever supported a creator like thatâŚ
She was awful in the Steven Universe fandom, she was annoying in the Star Wars fandom, and she was awful in TOH fandom. Beware!!
Wow, that sounded terrible.
Don't be embarrassed for having followed her content and liking it. Most people in the critical community used to be fans of hers. I used to be a fan of her as well when I was like 14. I just see this as people growing up and thinking for themselves.
I think Lily lost a lot of followers over her take on hunter and even more so "hollowed mind." And it didn't help that she called people who relate to Hunter,"racist fascist that are a part of hitlers youth." It's one thing to just not vibe with a character, but it's another to act like he's the worst character to ever have screen time.
Despite the fact that she's been on the internet for years, she can't handle being online.
Unfortunately, Lily treats all of her fans like that. She'll yell at them for not sending money that right way, All of her exes were fans of her, and She'll answer asks with hostility. Lily is just all around, not a good or nice person.
I'm sorry you felt so hurt by Lily simply because you asked a question.
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Hi, I just wanted to say that I wholeheartedly agree with your recent post. It really bothers me how the fandom, especially those who are supposed to be green fans, are turning on Aemond. Don't get me wrong, I loathe the way they handled his character this season, but it's really interesting how for the last two years we had to listen Aegon stans complain about him being ruined by bad writing. Yet, they never turned on him. He was just the writers' victim, according to them (which isn't untrue). However, those same people (you saw it in the replies) are unwilling to extend the same courtesy to Aemond when he's being treated even worse by the writers for the whole f**king season, all that without having a decent amount of screentime or an actual POV (unlike Aegon who actually got a much better material this season). I guess these fans only "liked" Aemond while he was what Aegon thought of him, "a loyal hound he could set against his foes and who knows his place". Double standards much? Let's get this straight, I hate what they did with RR and Aemond burning Aegon is another dirty trick of the writers in order to divide the green fandom. Apparently, TG fans are unfortunately eating it all up. Nevertheless, it's not the reason the greens are in a bad situation because we saw that Aegon and Sunfyre wouldn't be of much help in battle anyway. Sunfyre could go against dragons like Vermax and Moondancer, but that's it. And Aegon is not a great warrior or a leader. Therefore, just like you said, Aemond can't fight alone so him asking Helaena to join with her big ass dragon isn't unreasonable. Yes, she isn't violent and doesn't want to burn anyone, but nether is Rhaena and I can bet she'll get the Nettles arc, ride the dragon and burn things.. So why does everyone treat Helaena as a little fragile house pet? Aemond is right, she can't defend herself and they would tear her apart. But no, he's also in the wrong here (showing him being violent towards Helaena is so OOC I won't even comment on it). And don't get me started on Alicent. She practically betrayed her faction twice, in ep 3 when she let Rhaenyra go. And she could have ended the war there and then, even before RR. Now she goes to Dragonstone to tell Rhaenyra she'll open the gates for her and this is framed as a good thing because her son is awful and she just wants to save her daughter? Yeah, no. However, Alicent is also defended, it's all on Aemond now, he is the evil villain â˘. Aegon can be forgiven , Alicent can be forgiven, but Aemond can't? It's ridiculous. The worst thing is that I'm saying this as someone who has loved Alicent and all her children since s1.
THANK YOU SO FUCKING MUCH FOR THIS!
Youâve done it, youâve said exactly what I have been thinking!
I wish I had something of substance to add to what you said, but I donât. This needs to be a post of its own.
Aegon was treated horribly by the show. I am a huge fan of his. But now theyâre doing the same thing to Aemond and he doesnât deserve that shit.
Aemond is all that left of the Greens.
This show has butchered every single TG character.
#house of the dragon#hotd#pro team green#anti rhaenyra targaryen#team green#anti team black#hotd critical#hotd thoughts#anti hotd#pro aemond targaryen
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Tsukasa continues to reject Hanako and he is yorishiro . What should hanako do to reach his feelings for tsukasa ? He did not even notice that his brother was crying for him .in your opinion how can hanako return tsukasa to normal??
He has to say that he loves him clearly and objectively, looking into his eyes and speaking the complete sentence, without metaphors, without subtexts, without nonsense.
Tsukasa has difficulty believing in Amane's actions, because he often acts thinking about "the best choice" and not about what he really wants, like what happened to Nene. He didn't want her to stay in the perfect world, but it was the "best choice"
Tsukasa has guided himself through Amane's actions, but he cannot understand him. Amane acts in a contradictory way, we know he loves Tsukasa, but he treats him with contempt at certain times. Even the fandom believed for many years that Amane didn't like Tsukasa because of the way Hanako behaved when Tsukasa appeared.
Tsukasa feels rejected, and Hanako doesn't clarify things, doesn't say how he's really feeling, doesn't say that he loves him. Tsukasa could very well interpret those tears as fake. He is so incredulous that Amane truly loves him that he was so surprised to be saved by him, that he went to ask Amane "why" he saved him.
And if you notice, Amane doesn't say he wanted to save him, he says "I was already saving her and you were there" More clearly, "I didn't come here for you, I came for Nene, but you were there and I saved you too" as a kind of favor. We know he's lying, but does Tsukasa know?
Do you feel any feelings of love coming from these words from Amane?
Hanako loves Tsukasa, we later see him being protective with him and more open, but his behavior makes him feel rejection more strongly than feeling loved.
He saves Tsukasa, but at the same time, he says he saved him "because he was there", it's as if he gave affection and hit him at the same time.
Tsukasa lost all hope, he tried and tried and got no positive responses about it. He makes it clear that he doesn't understand Amane "you despise me but you don't want to be away from me"
Tsu is absolutely sure that Amane doesn't like him, and for him to think that way, a lot must have happened over the years, so, for Amane to be able to convince Tsukasa that he loves him, he needs to do something that never done before, show his feelings clearly in words, being completely sincere.
MAYBE he believes Amane, but still, there are no guarantees. Tsukasa is a boy who has been hurt a lot, he needs much more than a few tears to believe that he is truly loved.
Amane cries when he hears Tsukasa's "indifference", but at the same time says he hates him.
Tsukasa's indifference?
No, it wasn't indifference, it was him accepting that Amane would be happy without him, as he has thought since he was 4 years old.
"If we destroy all the yorishiro, I won't be able to save you"
"So?"
More clearly:
"So? Why is this important if you don't want me around? If you hate me?"
If we were to list all the negative things that Amane did to him, we would spend the whole day and agree with Tsukasa's attitude without question. Amane made Tsukasa suffer, even though he loves him very much, his choices were unfortunate.
He feels this contempt even before he was linked to the entity, when he was 4 years old he already felt that Amane hated him
Tsukasa has feelings, he is a boy who endured a lot alone to make his brother have a good and dignified life, but from a very early age this feeling hangs over them.
We don't know what Amane did at 4 years old besides the push he gave Tsukasa, but at that age he already had that feeling. And follow the flow:
He sacrifices himself and spends years alone in that bizarre house, seeing terrible things over the years.
He discovers that his brother took his own life, making his sacrifice in vain.
Amane acts fearful and indifferent to Tsukasa (until age 12)
He kills Tsukasa
He imprisons him at the boundary (which Tsukasa begged for help for 20 years and was never heard from)
He left Tsukasa alone for all this time, and after their reunion he doesn't show positive feelings towards him.
He doesn't allow Tsukasa to free himself from him, even after death, Tsukasa was forced to bond with him like a yorishiro.
And as we saw, in this new reality, Amane still didn't free Tsukasa and leave him in a worse state, he allowed Tsukasa to become that, on purpose, because the smile when hearing girls who were there to summon Tsukasa with a hole in his face⌠it's not the kind of thing someone who loves you would do.
He doesn't allow Tsukasa to have peace. But at the same time he doesn't tell the truth, he doesn't say how he feels.
"Amane, you despise me but hate the idea of âânever seeing me again"
Tsukasa shows an expression of relief when he is about to finish off the yorishiros, he has been suffering in silence and alone for years.
So, he must have already seen Amane cry a lot, but it will be difficult for small and petty attitudes to be enough for Tsukasa. Because Amane is doing what HE wants with Tsukasa. He's not doing it for his younger brother.
Tsukasa wants to leave, wants a rest, but Amane DOESN'T WANT IT. He does not consider his wish
Perhaps the best proof of love that Amane can give Tsukasa is to let him go, let him freeâŚ
Or go in his place...
Maybe, who knows, one day we will see Amane be honest and confess everything to Tsukasa, and Tsukasa will cry along with him at that moment.
It's something I really want to see.
And to finish, a little about Tsukasa's thoughts.
Let's look a little more into Tsukasa's feelings and hope that Amane will finally be brave and fair to him.
Even though Tsukasa has done wrong things, he is still that little boy, if it is so that he can finally be loved by someone, that this love is true and full, he will not accept anything less than that.
And that's what I hope.
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Hello. Please answer this. I think it's important these get adressed. me and others of this community have been getting uncomfortable with some of your art. While I see nothing wrong with the Fankai, the rest of it has caused issues for people. First, there is the Natsuki fanfic. While I personally don't have much issue with it, there are some who feel very uncomfortable with their comfort character (Nate) Being changed in such a drastic way, and believe a separate community should be made for that art, as some people have gotten to the point of self harm from seeing their comfort characters changed so much. Next, there is uncomfortable undertones to your "Damonate" Fanfic. It seems very "Loli" esque, with a childish hundred year old woman being with a child. Then there is the sexual undertones to some of the natsuki art, particularly the maid outfit with Arachnia. This is to some extent sexualization of a minor. Then, there is the inequality in the amount of transmasc and transfem characters you draw. 90% of your characters that are trans are transfem, and barely any are transmasc. Then, finally, there is the softcore Arachnus and Toadal Dude art. While nothing is showing, it is very clearly provocative and you have a mostly minor fanbase. I believe that art should be on a separate account.
If you could adress these, it would be good. Thank you.
OK, guess we're doing this.
I've heard a decent few people say they find my natsuki au uncomfortable. I will only say this: no one is making you interact with this content. If you don't like it, just scroll.
I haven't heard anything about the self harm until now, but in my honest opinion; "self harm over someone else doing fanon stuff with a fictional character is indicative of a much larger issue." I say this not to undermine the struggle with self harm, as I have dealt with it myself in the past, but I cannot stress this enough, a random person on the internet's visual fanfiction should not be cited as the reason for that.
Onto the damonate issue. The yokai watch Fandom needs to realize it is a Canon fact "YOKAI DO NOT AGE THE SAME AS HUMANS"
Toiletta is 70 and still a little girl, enma is 60 and acts like a teenager til about shadowside. It is clear that the immortality of being a yokai affects how one matures, so their chronological age does not automatically make them an adult.
And with Damona, she is arguably *very much a child.*
The only time in the games where she is actually treated as a character, she is primarily characterized as a daddies girl who feigned being emotionless in order to get her dad to spend time with her. 2
(I have not seen any full episode of her in the anime, but what I have seen doesn't really disprove the above point.)
On top of that, damona received a redesign in shadowside, the sequel series where Nate himself is an adult.
And it is incredibly clear, she has also matured in this time skip. I don't know why she ages so much in 3 decades when she's at least 190 by the first game, but here we are.
Yokai age is inconsistent, but Damona is one of the more clear-cut examples of being a child.
Onto the maid point: yeah, kinda. I didn't really realize the unfortunate implications until *after* I posted the art. But I do feel that of any maid outfits I could have chose, I used some of the tamer ones as not a lot of skin is really shown on the drawing, or the characters I pulled them from. (The joke with Entoma is specifically that she *isnt* conventionally attractive)
Unfortunately maids in general have been sexualized to hell and back along with a number of other female specific outfits.
On the transmasc point: I actually agree. Mostly cause I use my own experience as a base for making content, and I just don't really have a lot of transmasc headcanons I jive with.
I have tried to rectify this with the oc Toransu being specifically a transmasc character, but I could definitely be doing more.
And on the final point: I will just make it clear here
I AM NOT HERE TO BABYSIT YOUR KIDS.
Social media generally has rules against those younger than teen years making accounts for a reason.
I know kids will lie about their ages to circumvent this, hell *I* did that when I was younger. But it still remains: it is a parents responsibility to track what their children are doing on the internet. Not the random fanartist who makes funky ghost content. If kids are coming across content I have explicitly flagged for my older audiences, that is the parent's responsibility.
I see no point in making a separate account for something I've basically only done once and don't really plan to do often. Even if I did, I've been told my style is very easy to recognize. Meaning by all accounts, I'd likely still hear someone bitching about me doing it.
And while it wasn't a point in this comment, I might as well address it: it's been brought to my attention that people are evidently accusing me of being "a proshipper"
I have never been able to actually understand that whole "pro vs anti" debate, and every attempt to get an answer has just left me confused.
All I will say on that is incest and pedo shit is gross. Apart from that, ship whatever you want, and for fucks sake don't get on people's case for ships you don't like for no reason. There are better uses of your time.
Sorry for the full rant.
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Iâm actually very curious to know why you donât like jonsa! my reasons for example are: their fandom is acting way too insane for a ship that never happened and wonât ever happen; kit harington is unfortunately ugly. what are yours?
There are so many reasons that I dont even know how to begin with.
Alright. Let's go.
1st reason: It is only solely based on the show, and I really mean that. When you get to read metas and posts surrounding the ship, u realize these people never opened the books, while traying to pretend they did. I'm not being entitled. It is just obvious with what they write. Everything is taken out of contest. Especially surrounding Jon's pov and his lack of relationship with Sansa.
+ I despise the show. The only good thing about D&D's creations were the Dragons CGI and the dothraki and valyrian language, and it ends there. Out of it, everything sucks. They have rewrote all the female character in such a sexist and ridiculous way that I can't even start explaining for you.
2nd. I ship jonrya. Ik it is not everyone's cup of tea, but I do. And no. Idc if they become canon or not. I like the concept. I love their relationship. And I love what they can become. Now why the fact I ship Jonrya actually matters? Well, specially after season 7, a lot of Jonsa fans started taking things from Jon PIV that were about his love for Arya, and make it be about Sansa, with ridiculous excuses for their takes. The most commun and easy example being "What do you know of my heart, priestess? What do you know of my sister?" When Jon asks Melissandre, he is referring to Arya. And no. It is not a different interpretation. It is about Arya he is talking about. Another one was "Would you bed your sister?" And Again Jon thinks about Arya, but when you read Jonsa's metas; they say he is thinking about Sansa. Another common Jonsa take is that Jon died for his men in the books, or for Sansa, when again, this is not the case. He died for Arya. And that is explicit on the text with no room for other interpretation. No wonder why the last thing he tought was about her.
Jonsas straigh up lie about what happens in the books to support their takes, or they just read metas here on tumblr and believe it. Idk and neither do I wish to know.
Not only that. They started behaving as they had a moral high ground over jonerys and jonryas... when they don't, it is still incestuos and still problematic to modern standards - not only that, they behave entitled to this day, and attack Jonrya shippers and Jonerys shippers in a real coward way.
Many, many times, I received anon hate telling me to *kms*, slit my wrists. Someone even wished for me to get raped over a fictional ship.
My disdain over the ship is not only with the ship itself, hence taking a lot of Jon's dynamic and bound with Arya to give it to Sansa, which is really important in both of their stories and arc, but mostly about the fandom, and how I was affected by it. If it was treated only like a crackship (what book wise, actually is), as my beloved hitsukarin from bleach, I would have no problem with it.
But the community is far one of the most toxic ones I have ever seen or been in contact with. Actually, dealing with them heavily impacted my mental health.
3rd. I really didnt like Sansa way before dealing with the fandom. Since my favorite is Arya, the way Sansa treated her never vibed with me. (And no. It isn't normal sibling behavior. I am an older sister. I would never do half of the things Sansa have done, not even on 11). After book 1, I felt pity for her, but she still was the last interesting character for me, even if her Vale story was.... I guess, more berable.
After getting into the fandom, tho, Jonsas and Stansas ruined Sansa for me in every possible way as well to the point I read her chapters and I won't feel any kind of enjoyment in her journey or her character. She is my least liked character, not because "she is the most horrible person in the books" (she is not. She is far from being that. ) but because her fans made me feel terribly bitter about her. It is not logical or fair, but again, I'm not trying to be.
#anti jonsa#asoiaf#interesting asking me on this blog#it is been more than a year I've talked about asoiaf here#juli rumbles#anti sansa stans#there are more reasons but these are the core#so who cares#oh yeah#right#my latest post
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What are your thoughts on this video?? This was recommend to me and I watched it and I didn't really care for it..maybe it's just me but it feels like this person seems more salty about V not getting together with N instead of giving actually criticisms of why he didn't like the finale, in fact I've seen most people act act this way when it comes to the finale..it's been mixed since it released and more people have lately been finding reasons to find Nuzi *Problematic* and a bad ship with saying the whole N is dating is "sister" (Cyn) because of Uzi and the solver being in one together in the same body even though that's NOT the case!! Idk, part of the reasons I was never able to fully ship Envy was because of some of the toxic fans and V fans and how they treated Uzi as a character..even after the finale Uzi is still getting undeserved mistreatment and hate and it's truly unfortunate. People need to see and realize that although Nuzi is canon people are still allowed to ship whatever they want canon or not, and just because Nuzi is canon doesn't mean anybody can be a dick and jackass. People also shouldn't be sending threats to Liam and Glitch because of the finale, yes the finale was flawed but that doesn't make it okay to to doxx or hass the studio or creator, MD is Liam's show and he should allowed to do whatever he wants with this show, I've said this in my own post but I think many in this fandom truly took this show for granted and didn't really deserve it..although I'm grateful for Murder Drones and will forever cherish it as it's my comfort show, this fandom is truly a mess and I know that's all fandoms..but the MD community is just so toxic and I wished it was a much better and healthier fanbase. :(
https://youtu.be/mQ5xnKYHGoc?si=6bSwQpiPV10beX-b
I saw the video and holy fuck Media Literacy is DEAD
Iâm all for hearing peopleâs opinions but it really does piss me off when people just start saying crap without properly understanding the characters theyâre talking about
For anybody not wanting to check out the video, basically the guy is saying that N and V shouldâve gotten together and N and Uzi shouldâve just stayed friends or even have a âsibling dynamicâ (pretty much stuff weâve already heard before lol). The issue is that if you have been watching the show with your two eyes you would know that N and V getting together in the end would actually be WORSE for N and V
N and Vâs relationship is very catered to the past, present and future. In the past, N and V had a thing for each other in the manor (maybe even dated) then we have the present where N and V are now genocidal robots with the intent of killing worker drones for oil. N still has a crush on V prior to meeting Uzi while V tries to protect her and N by continuing on their path of death due to her trauma of Cyn and everything that happened in the manor, she tries pretending to forget his name and hides secrets from him, which makes him upset and lash out on her. Then we cut to the future, N and V are now friends and living in the bunker with the rest of the worker drones, theyâre healing but theyâre doing alright now that thereâs finally no hiding secrets from one another
The problem with a lot of people complaining that Envy should have been canon instead is the fact that their entire relationship throughout Murder Drones is all about moving on and the fact that not all romantic relationships end with them being happy together. N and V could never have what they had in the manor again because not only have they moved on from each other but theyâre also building up their platonic relationship brick by brick. N and V were never proper friends and never got the chance to rekindle until Uzi came along, which another thing I want to talk about
I see so many people hating on Uzi for being the reason as to why N and V didnât become endgame but if it wasnât for Uzi. N and V wouldâve never ended up where they are today like if they never met Uzi then they would just end up killing all the worker drones and dying after all the oil is gone, N and V wouldnât even get to rekindle their relationship because it would be stuck to how it was before Uzi came along. The reason as to why Nuzi became endgame and not Envy wasnât because Liam favoured one ship than the other but because N and Uzi were actually communicating. They were friends and understood each otherâs trauma and feelings, which is what made them work. N and V didnât have that until N lashed out on her and she got her character growth
The only part I can somewhat agree with is that we should have seen V apologise to the real N (she did apologise but it was to a fake N instead) but Iâm at least happy that real N was there to know that she was being sincere with her words. Theyâre all traumatised characters, none of them deserved what they went through
He says that Uzi shouldâve stopped having a crush on N which leads to N and V getting together and I just full on stopped the video because how are you seeing the interactions between N and Uzi and thinking that Uzi should have just stopped having a crush on him when Nâs feelings for her were also the same, them not being canon would have actually made no sense because of all the moments we had got of them, hell even them implied to be dating in Episode 7 lol. N and V getting together in the end would have been way more rushed than the ship of what some envy shippers actually claim to be rushed
Not only that but him calling V âjealousâ of N and Uzi being in love because apparently thatâs what she wanted with N, like hell did V tell you that? Sheâs happy for them even if she doesnât look like it (I mean I donât like seeing couples in public either lol)
Nuzi being canon doesnât mean you have to stop shipping other ships that you find better and itâs totally ok to be disappointed that Envy wasnât the main ship. But it doesnât give people the right to just make fake screenshots of Liamâs twitter and blaming Nuzi shippers for the reason as to why Nuzi became canon (apparently we all did a meeting and pay for Nuzi to be canon lmao). Remember that fanfiction and fanart exist my dudes, support your local AUâs too
Basically Envy is a very tragic ship and it was always written that way and guys please stop mischaracterising V it hurts
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My favorite ships ranked!
There's a huge chance this list will change once every two days at the very least, but let's do it!
1. SUPERCORP
Literally my favorite ship ever. They're just perfect for each other in every possible way. Their love languages complement each other perfectly, they can rely on each other, and they work together like the best team in the world. Lena needs love and Kara knows how to offer it without asking for anything in exchange. She will take whatever Lena is willing to give her and be happy about it. But Kara still needs someone that will look at her and see who she really is, no judgment, and someone who she will be comfortable being herself - Kara Zor El - with.
Speaking of fanfic, I think itâs safe to say these fandom has some very talented authors who gave us very well written works. They can also work in every possible scenario, so that's a huge bonus.
Favorite scene: "Supergirl might have saved the city, but, Kara Danvers, you're my hero."
2. SHOOT
Shoot is THAT couple that should have ended up together, but didnât. I don't hold a grudge on it, though, because Root's death made sense to the show's ongoing plot. I can't say they would be perfect like Supercorp because Shaw has some emotional problems and Root is just also in love with a artificial intelligence or whatever, but they would work. Shaw would try - for Root - and Root would love every part that Shaw allows her to see.
Favorite scene: "You can't live with me and I can't live without you."
3. WAYHAUGHT
Do I even have to say anything? Our most perfect CANON couple. They were perfect from start to finish. The way Nicole absolutely adored Waverly, almost like a worship even, but wasnât afraid to stand tall on her ideas and opinions. The way Waverly acted like Nicole hung the moon and stars in the sky just for her, and how we know she would be able to do anything to keep Nicole happy. They're that couple that make everyone's teeth rotten with how sweet they are.
Favorite scene: "You guys make The Notebook look bleak."
4. CABENSON
One of my favorite gay ships, so it has a special place in my heart. In the early seasons, it's pretty clear, at least for me, that Alex and Olivia could have something going on. I believe they were both shoving it away because none of them was ready to get seriously involved with anyone and they knew that whatever they decided to have would be too special to be treated lightly. Unfortunately, time was cut short for them when Alex got pulled away for WitSec.
I do think they will forever be each other's "almost", or "what if", but they're long past that now. They changed too much and they did it separately. If they were together, they would have changed around each other and, possibly, be able to work those differences to stay together. But now I don't think they would be able to keep a relationship. It's a bit sad, but it's also a very good portrait of reality.
Favorite scene: "You like being back on court, don't you?"
5. BISHOVA
I'm new to this ship, but I already love it. They remind me a lot of Shoot, actually. We just know that Yelena needs to find someone who would love her with no restrictions and that she deserves to find love. And Kate needs someone able to ground her, but also someone who allows her to be as silly as she wants, someone that will always have her back, doesn't matter how insane her plans might be. They have chemistry too. Also, I can see them getting together with no drama at all, or maybe something they can easily solve, and then being together for the rest of their lives to the point that they can't even remember a time they didnât know each other. We didnât get to see them that much, sadly, but I keep my hopes up for more scenes of them in the future.
Favorite scene: "You have one fork?"
6. FLEURMIONE
Okay, two intelligent and beautiful women together? Sign me in! I've been in Harry Potter's fandom for many, many, years now and, after giving it too much thought, I can safely say that Fleur would be the perfect match for Hermione. She would challenge Hermione, they would have endless discussions about any and every subject, they would have enough books together to fill up a library, and they would make each other want to be better every day. I also see Fleur being a bit sarcastic and Hermione keeps rolling her eyes at her at least fifteen times a day.
Fleur is constantly curious about the muggle world, always eager to learn anything Hermione is willing to show her. She would have a great relationship with Hermione's parents, mostly because she thinks they're one of the most genius people on the planet because they know how to fix people's teeth. Meanwhile, Gabrielle would loooove to talk with Hermione, especially when they get together to embarrass Fleur.
Favorite scene: You know, the totally canon one when Fleur asked Hermione to the Yule Ball.
7. LOU MILLER X DEBBIE OCEAN
Heist wives? Yes, please.
We don't even need to pretend. These two were totally banging throughout the whole movie. The headcanon is that they used to date, then Debbie made some stupid decisions, met the wrong people, they broke up for a while and then Debbie got locked up. I believe Lou was so angry with her for both being stupid and for ruining what they had because she wanted to get more money than they actually needed, that she didnât even visit Debbie in prison.
While there, Debbie had enough time to realize how much of an idiot she had been, so it's up to her to win Lou back. Meanwhile, Lou knows that she's screwed the second she sees Debbies smile again. She just can't help but orbit around her.
Also, they're the Moms, no doubt about that.
Favorite scene: "Baby, I donât have a diamond yet."
8. DANSEN
The only reason theyâre all the way down here is because I hate CW, but I actually love them more than half of my family. Theyâre married, theyâre moms, theyâre in love, theyâre perfect. Someone as caring as Kelly needed someone to make her go crazy like Alex, while Alex deserved someone that would understand her no matter what. Honestly, I just love them.
Favorite scene: THE PROPOSAL
9. CAROLNAT
Is there any chance this could happen? No.
Do I still dream about it? Constantly.
It's just one of those couples where things would just work. My biggest headcanon for them is that they would be constantly laughing and having fun. Always joking and playing around with each other. Natasha would crave physical touch and Carol would be happy just to be around her at all. Carol would finally find a reason to stay on Earth without feeling guilty about it and Natasha would one thousand percent make a retirement party for her.
Also, they would protect each other so fiercely that no one would even dare to warm any of them.
Favorite scene: The one where Natasha ends up on top of Carol in the training room. Totally canon, trust me.
10. GLORBIA
Might sounds crazy, but hear me out.
Barbie is literally Gloria's dream Barbie, and Gloria is the reason Barbie is alive. Once Barbie becomes human, I can totally see Gloria falling for her without even noticing it, while Barbie takes a while to realize what are those things she's feeling. I do believe Sasha would have a strong part in bringing them together. She would be the one to explain to Barbie what a crush is and what being in love should feel like, and then she would have to give her mom a gentle push to acknowledge her own feelings.
After that, fluff all the way. Gloria would be the most patient person in the world while she sees Barbie navigating human life, just happy to have whatever Barbie is comfortable giving her. Meanwhile, Barbie keeps getting surprised by how strong her feelings can be every time she even looks at Gloria.
Favorite scene: Not a scene per se. Instead, I'm bringing that Tumblr post that says "Ken only has a great day when Barbie looks at him. Gloria always has a great day when she looks at Barbie."
Bonus
11. GAY BELLA
Quite literally, any lesbian ship from Twilight. My favorite one is Rosella, but Bella x Tanya is a close second. Bellice is also a very strong candidate, not to mention Bella x Kate. And, oh, did I hear someone say Bella x Irina or was it Bella x Leah? Honestly, just give me lesbian Bella and I will be happy.
12. ROJARIAS
One of the hottest couples that exist.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
#supercorp#shoot#wayhaught#cabenson#bishova#fleurmione#lou x debbie#dansen#carolnat#glorbia#gay twilight#rojarias#kara danvers#lena luthor#sameen shaw#root#waverly earp#nicole haught#olivia benson#alex cabot#yelena belova#kate bishop#fleur delacour#hermione granger#lou miller#debbie ocean#alex danvers#kelly olsen#natasha romanoff#carol danvers
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It makes so frustrated and upset that so much of the hotd fandom is already rushing to claim that the itâs not racist to combine rhaena and nettles. I really want the showrunners to feel the backlash cuz maybe they might change it? But no ofc not. The bootlickers and delulus are in full force defending everything these showrunners do. Let me tell you though, if Daeron would be cut, the world would have split in half.
Sadly Nettles has never been a very popular character. Even before HOTD a lot of fans have ignored her, her characterization, her race (people only like to admit sheâs Black when itâs time to replace her with someone else), her importance in the Dance, her importance to Daemon, and the broader implications of her character in the ASOIAF universe.
Shes been working an uphill battle since 2013 because sheâs a Black female character in a fantasy novel.
In the ASOIAF universe sheâs further marginalized because sheâs a non-Valyrian lowborn orphan. She survives a war (with her dragon) where many more beloved characters perish. Whether people want to admit to it or not(most obviously donât), she has an extremely close relationship with a desirable male character.
A relationship that gets in the way of another more popular ship (which is really the source of most of these fans âbeefâ with her), but the fandom's treatment of her has worsened thanks to the show's fanbase. Thus we have arrived at this point where people actively want her cut and merged with Rhaena..âŚwho she has absolutely nothing in common with.
All Iâll say to the people who think Nettles must be cut in order to prop up Missy Anne give Rhaena âsomething to doâ is that it really does not have to be this way.
If there is room enough to makeup characters, include every other dragonseed/secondary character and expand on their arcs, there is room enough to include the only canonical surviving dragonseed. There is room to include the only Black dragonseed.* There is room to include the only female dragonseed and the only non-Valyrian dragonseed and expand on Rhaenaâs preexisting book arc.
*It doesnât matter if Alyn and Addam are Black now or that Baela and Rhaena(who arenât even Black, they are mixed) are Black-ish now, Nettles is the only Black book canon character and sheâd still be the only non-Valyrian dragonseed.
I cannot stress this enough, even in regards to show canon, there is no good reason to cut Nettles and give her arc to Rhaena.
There can be more than a handful of âBlackâ characters in the show. There isnât a limit to how many âBlackâ female characters they can have. Rhaena doesnât need to be ride into battle on dragonback to be cool, interesting, and worth character exploration. Nor does Nettles need to be sacrificed in order to âgive Rhaena something to do.â
Just like how Helaena and Rhaenyra, Ulf and Hugh, and Addam and Alyn all exist despite sharing the same gender and racial background, so can Nettles and Rhaena.
Yâall canât have one set of rules for yourselves and another for us. Thatâs not how this will go down and yâall wonât gaslight your way out of this.
Itâs no surprise though that the showrunners seem to share the fandoms sentiments. Nettles unfortunately gets in the way of the narrative (fanfiction) they are trying to tell. They donât care if sheâs axed as opposed to a character like Daeron (who shouldnât be axed either, but he isnât more important than Nettles) because Rhaena exists and sheâs Black-ish now too.
Rhaena is seen as the âsafe optionâ that will appease shippers while at the same time wonât have the majority of Black fans(the racial group, not the team) calling them out for their blantant misogynoir.
She doesnât break the status quo. She doesnât get in the way of a dry wonder bread ship. She doesnât make Missy Anne look bad. Sheâs not a threat.
The amount of times Black female characters continuously get the short end of the stick and get treated like human garbage thanks to the showrunners and racist fandoms boils my blood, but you canât point that out because then you are making it into âa race thingâ and youâre being âungrateful,â blah blah blah
Honestly unless the fandom magically stops being racist(yes it is racism if you think Nettles and Rhaena are one and the same or that Nettles isnât needed anymore since the show has a whopping five âBlackâ characters), GRRM talks some sense into Ryan, or Ryan realizes the value in Nettles, donât expect much.
Iâm remaining hopeful that they arenât stupid enough to cut her, but itâs best to just not give this show any views(thatâs the one thing we have control of and the show isnât even good so itâs not like anyone is missing anything).
#bnasks#bnask#nettles#hotd fandom misogynoir#house of the dragon#anti hotd#rhaena targaryen#anti hotd fandom#nettles ASOIAF#nettles f&b#rhaena of pentos
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Something that has always bothered me about The nightmare before Christmas sequels and the fandom is how Sallys abuse is never talked about or swept under the rug or down played as not that bad. The movie does a great way how showing how abusers can deceive peoplelike every thing is fine but nothing really is. The Dr only hurts Sally when no one is looking or when they are alone and unfortunately when Jack is around he puts on a act like heâs a good guy that would never hurt anyone so Jack is not suspicious Sally is in Danger. I understand this is a difficult subject but I believe one that should be talked about. Sallys story is one of hope that things can and will get better â¤ď¸â𩹠and that you are not tethered to your abuser. ďżź
I believe I've talked about it before, how Sally's situation with the Doctor can be looked at through the lens of abuse, much like Lock, Shock, and Barrel with Oogie Boogie. Dr. Finkelstein is well-liked among his fans, who have arguments against the whole 'abuse' thing, but I think it's an interesting discussion worth having from its complexities. It doesn't get much focus in many Nightmare adaptations at all.
The Doctor is overprotective and overbearing - as his expectations for Sally are not to join in on the Halloween celebrations (which is Halloween Town's most beloved time + purpose), and from that we can surmise that he doesn't allow her much freedom outside of the tower. His punishment to her is locking her in her room with a gigantic piece of wood over the door, for how long is undetermined, but it leads to Sally's escape being something drastic like jumping out of a window.
He treats Sally's restless behavior as a "phase that will pass", with enough "patience". But, really, what is Sally's 'restless behavior' beyond just wanting to go outside and join in on the fun? To meet people, to make friends? Dr. Finkelstein, whether intentionally or not, is trying to cage Sally and enforce that her 'acceptable' behavior is to be content living and serving him, and not seeking a life outside of him and the tower.
There is some emotional manipulation you can see in the movie between the Doctor and Sally, and it comes across a little more clearly in Caroline Thompson's Draft:
And abusers can be good or even well-liked people. The Doctor and Jack clearly have a friendship, or they at least get along well, as Jack comes to him for some lab equipment and seeks his help with the skeletal reindeer, and the Doctor is kind and welcoming to him in return. It's not really clear whether or not Jack *knows* how Sally is being treated at home, in both recent Nightmare books it's addressed and received badly by Jack (who wants to fix the situation), but it could be very easily guessed he may not notice anything if Sally doesn't talk about it and the Doctor presents nothing as wrong. (The Doctor does pull Sally away during Halloween, trying to be quiet about taking her back, so he may not want to make a scene with her and have others know their situation.)
Sally taking the initiative to escape on her own, to use her wits and learn special concoctions to poison Dr. Finkelstein with (a little morally-gray though), and re-sewing her dismembered limbs on is empowering and teaches us that you can overcome your obstacles. What she and the Doctor have is definitely far from a healthy relationship, and something some abused people can relate to - Finkelstein's emotional manipulations and caging Sally inside as a servant, and her poisoning and escaping him in response to these things.
I am glad Sally ends up freeing herself in the end, and that she finds a life away from Finkelstein. I like seeing Nightmare fan-material addressing what Sally has gone through and how she learns to heal + grow from her time with the Doctor, and I also like seeing the same for him in return, to treat his newer creation better and learn from his mistakes and become a better person through it. I don't think he's necessarily a 'villain' in any sense, but a person whose intentions and actions are abusive, as they cause much more harm than good.
#dr finkelstein#doctor finkelstein#sally skellington#dicsussions#cw abuse#tw abuse#anonymous#ask#let me say that this is a very complex subject and these are not all my thoughts on it#dr finkelstein is not a perfect character and his actions can be deemed harmful#in the fact that he's pushing sally away while trying to cage her with him and causes her to. well. poison and run away from him#his intentions are debated a lot among fans. does he want sally as his wife? his daughter? his servant? or just a creation?#despite *why* he does what he does he still *does* it and it's out of a sense of control most likely#i think the screenshots from the draft gets it across quite well
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