#and then three gods were like ‘yeah i did that. anyway can you perform a Task?’

[helimir]

Whatever happened to the threat of broadcasting the Downfall tapes? That knowledge that was supposed to turn the whole world against the gods? Was that ever an important part of Ludinus’s plan, or did he decide that it wasn’t as important as sucking up Lilliana’s powers once he realized he couldn’t trust her?

[he-calls-me-kitten]

Sugar, Spice and a Tempting Vice

VA! MC x OM! Characters

"Hey Levi, any new game recommendations for me? I just finished the last lot of books Satan suggested." You asked, plopping down your head on his shoulder to look at his screen.

"M-MC! You have to warn me before you do such things!" He muttered, his ears turning red as he scrolled some webpages pages for you. "But okay yeah these are the new games that are out recently... see anything you like?"

"Oh my God! It's out it's out!" You pointed excitedly at the screen. "Pretty Little Things is out! Finally!! I was dying to tell you all about it!"

Levi visibly stiffened up. "You-you were waiting for this particular game to come out? Are you sure it's not another game with a similar sounding name?"

"Nah uh this is the exact same one. Look up the list of voice actors in this game!"

"WHAT?! MC WHY IS YOUR NAME IN HERE?????"

"Yes! This was the new part-time job I couldn't tell you about since it was still in production! Im so glad you can just play it now!"

"...it's uh ready for download on all platforms already...so which character did voice?"

"Oh spoiler alert, my character is the only one that doesn't have a name, you have assign me one, the same way you name yourself. They even designed the characters to resemble all the VA's and add in some of their personalities, isn't that sweet?"

"Hahaha y-yeah definitely sweet! I'll be sure to check it out soon!"

"Great! Lemme know what you think of the game okay?!" You squeezed him in a small hug before you left.

Later in the Demon Brothers only group chat:

Levi: Code Red! Code Red! ASHSKSHSKSKSJJSKKS

Mammon: WHAT WHAT THAT MEANS AN MC RELATED EMERGENCY RIGHT??

Asmo: OMG are they OKAY?? Should I go check up on them in their room!?!

Satan: I'm already on my way.

Mammon: NOT BEFORE ME YOU'RE NOT!

Belphie: Is MC hurt in anyway?

Beel: Did they pass out from hunger?! I can bring them emergency snacks right away

Lucifer: Can you lot not lose your minds everytime MC is mentioned? Pathetic. Levi, calm down and tell us what's wrong.

Beel: But Lucifer I just saw you hurrying up the stairs to MC's room too...

Satan: Typical Lucifer. By the way, MC is perfectly fine, happy even. Levi what are you on about?

Mammon: Yeah MC can't stop smiling! It's a good thing that happened, you idiot! Why would you scare us like that?

Asmo: Omg apparently MC voice acted in a new game! Levi I need you to download it for me ASAP please!

Beel: Me too, please.

Belphie: Me three.

Lucifer: I've already done it, you all can do it yourselves if you could do your own work for once.

Satan: Oh shut up, MC just did it for you right now as they did it for me.

Levi: It's a Dating Simulator. With multiple H-rated DLC endings. And MC is one of the dateables.

...

Levi: Hello?!! Did you guys not see my message?!

Levi: Seriously no reaction?! You guys aren't freaked out by this?!?

Beel: I just heard several doors opening and closing at once.

Asmo: Oh come Levi, I think you already know what our reaction is Levi ♥️ How can we possibly hold in our excitement after such a news!?

Levi: Are you all downloading the game together?!!! Y'all are hogging the bandwidth too much, my download speed has gone way down!!

Simeon: Hey

Simeon: I heard some demons in a cafe, raving about a game where MC plays one of the main characters?

Solomon: Indeed MC just sent us all a link right now.

Simeon: Oh is that so? I'll get Luke to help me download it after he's done with his.

Levi: Luke is playing it too?! I don't think it's appropriate given it's certain hidden endings!!

Barbatos: MC already made sure of it. He only has access to the sibling and friendship routes. It's a special version they added for all ages.

Diavolo: It already has downloads in the ten thousands. I'm really glad to see how MC is beloved by Devildom.

Levi: Are NONE of you affected by the fact that there are erotic routes with MC's VOICE?!!

Solomon: Oh I personally cannot wait hear my adorable apprentice's performance.

Barbatos: Ahem. I'd rather not comment on it.

Simeon: Same.

Diavolo: Same.

Levi: Sigh. We really are just a helpless lot at the mercy of MC.

To be continued...

[dujour13]

Owlcatober 25. Smooth

Fandom: Wrath of the Righteous

No spoilers in this one but it does make reference to some shenanigans in The Lark and the Crow.

Also on AO3

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They nabbed him just as he turned the corner and hauled him up hard against the alley wall. Both arms pinned, trachea crushed by an elbow, Woljif began a choked incantation and then stopped himself as three overfed moon-like faces loomed into sight. The Brevan braggarts.

Ah. No need to panic after all. This was salvageable.

“What can I do for you gentlemen?” he wheezed. His tail snaked along the wall and hid itself behind his leg, recalling a previous incident with these same “gentlemen.”

The middle one leaned in. His breath stank like Gran’s—only instead of cheap moonshine, the top-shelf stuff. “Those potions of Mighty Prowess and Virility you sold us. They don’t work.”

“Yeah,” said the left one, popping the cork on a vial and knocking back its contents, and then staring pointedly at Woljif as nothing whatsoever ensued. “Do I look mighty and virile to you?”

“Uh. I don’t get it. What in the Nine Hells?” He managed to shrug them off him with the big innocent puppy-eyes. “Lemme try one a’ those.”

A vial was thrust at him and he downed it in one gulp. Very much exactly what he expected, because he was the one who brewed it: cheap mead mixed with beet juice.

He screwed up his face. Looked at the sky. Folded his arms over his chest.

“Huh.”

“You are gonna pay up, guttertief, one way or another.”

“Holy Inheritor and all the good gods, I been grifted!” Woljif cried, blinking up some moisture in his eyes. “I can’t believe it. Those scoundrels! And I gave ‘em every last copper I had to my name and now my ol’ Gran’s gonna go without supper, all because I was too green to see it, and with her sick and all. Oh, what have I done?”

Over the course of this performance the Brevan who had drunk the potion began to make an odd face.

If it weren’t for the subtlest hint of jasmine on the breeze Woljif would have been hoodwinked. As it was he watched with carefully suppressed glee as the Brevan puffed himself up, flexed his muscles and let out a bellow like a bull.

“It’s kickin’ in,” Woljif said helpfully while the other two Brevans looked on in wonder at their companion.

“Then how come the other potions didn’t work?” One of them turned on him and made as if to push him up against the wall again but he ducked aside.

“Must be you gotta build up a head a’ steam, a little, you know, emotion. A little rage. A little passion. To start the fire.”

The Brevans nodded, wide-eyed as their companion whooped, picked up a barrel in one fist and threw it down the alley, where it splintered spectacularly against the wall.

“I got a few more in stock,” Woljif called after them hopefully but they were already gulping potions and heading whooping back out into the city.

As soon as they were gone he started to slip away in the opposite direction but there before him out of thin air was the chief, every clashing color of the rainbow and smiling from ear to ear.

What was that weird flipping-over feeling in Woljif’s chest? He made a mental note to see Sosiel and get his heart checked.

“Anevia caught wind you might be in trouble, so I came down to make sure you were all right.”

“I had it under control,” Woljif muttered. Why did his face feel so hot? It wasn’t the “potion,” anyway, that much was for sure.

“I know,” the chief shrugged. “That was pretty smooth. I hope you don’t mind if I had a little fun with the old Elysian enchantment.”

Is he pullin’ my tail?

Not a sign of it. Nothing but a complicit gleam in his handsome hazel eye.

The shy smile that crept up on Woljif was quickly effaced. “Yeah well, I reckon I owe you one.”

“Buy me a drink?”

“Sure.” Woljif’s whole stupid body said it before his brain could catch up, and then he spent the walk to the Half Measure grappling with wild swings of humor between sourly calculating the price of Andoren wine and giddily aware of the comfortable glow of the chief at his side, and it wasn’t until he was seated at the bar at the Half Measure watching Siavash take a long, appreciative sip that he realized he wasn’t the one who’d been smooth.

[katnisspeetaprim]

Jeon So-Hee meets Han So-Hee

So this is a drabble for my slice of life series! We aren't at this point in time during the story yet, but I realised I gave their daughter the same name as Han So-Hee, who was in the Seven MV, so I thought this would be super cute!

Warnings: None

Word Count: 621 M.list

Yours and Jungkook’s daughter, so-Hee, had been bouncing off the walls all morning, telling anyone who would listen that she’d be watching her daddy film his new music video.

Things like this were no new rodeo for the young girl, having been exposed to her fathers career practically as soon as she was born, but her excitement never dwindled. One of her favourite things in the world was watching her dad and uncles perform, she’d even gone as far as to say she wanted to be an idol just like her dad when she was older! But that was another conversation for another time, one that Jungkook would be all too happy if she never bought up again.

You’d arrived on set a while after jungkook. Neither of you wanted your daughter to be stood around needlessly for hours. Even though she loved being on set, they weren’t the best place for children.

As soon as the assistant walked you on set, So-Hee was already bolting away from you and towards her dad. You noticed they weren’t currently filming so you saw no reason to stop the excited child. Jungkook was stood to the side of the set with the actress Han So-Hee. They were both wrapped in towels, having just finished filming a water scene.

‘Daddy!’ Jungkook’s eyes lit up when he heard his little girls voice. He kneeled down as she ran to catch her and keep her at arms length since he was wet and didn’t want her to catch cold. She pouted at not being able to hug him.

‘Ah baby! I’ve been waiting for you!’ he ruffled her hair, causing her to squeal and bat at his hand.

You smiled brightly at the interaction as you made your way over and stood next to the actress. She looked over and smiled at you.

‘Hi! You’re Y/N right?’

‘Yeah that’s right. Nice to meet you!’ She looked at you for a second before smirking.

‘And I’m guessing this song’s about you?’ Your face lit up with a harsh blush at her insinuation. God, you could have killed Jungkook when you heard the explicit version of Seven, even your closest friends had began making jokes and comments about the song, though it was all in good fun. Plus it’s not like he was lying and you knew deep down that you loved it really.

So-Hee tilted her had back with laughter.

‘I’m kidding! I’m So-Hee by the way.’ She reached her hand out for you to shake, which you did. You were about to reply by saying that you knew who she was and that you were a bit of a fan, when your daughters head snapped to the woman, eyes wide like saucers.

‘Your names So-Hee? But that’s my name!’ All three adults began to laugh.

‘Baby, more than one person can have the same name!.’ Jungkook explained through giggles. Her small face scrunched up, as if she were considering this new information, before turning back to the older woman.

‘So...Since we share the same name, does that make us best friends?’

‘Ah yes 100%!’ Han So-Hee didn’t miss a beat before enthusiastically responding, even bending down so she could look the young girl in the eye. ‘You can even call me unnie if you like!’ Your daughter bounced up and down with excitement as she continued to fawn over her new friend.

‘I would hug you, but I’m soaking wet.’ You turned to see Jungkook now stood beside you with a coy smile.

‘Shame. Guess you don’t get a kiss either then.’ You smirked back

‘You’re evil.’ He chuckled, leaning in a kissing your cheek anyway. ‘Oh yeah? Then why’d you write a song about me?’

[maespri]

collection of my favorite moments from watching leigh whannell, james wan & cary elwes' commentary on saw (2004)

this post is long as hell but by god did i get a lot of laughs out of watching it i had to write everything down

cary (referring to opening title card): that was a beautiful font- how did you decide on that font, james? james: we put a bunch of fonts on the wall and threw darts

cary: there it is. this is one of the best openings of all time james: who says that cary: me

cary (referring to adam getting out of the bathtub): well it’s great. there you are, flopping onto the ground like a fish.

leigh: if i had opted to sleep in the bathroom every night, would you have done the same just to be my brother in method acting? cary: not a chance leigh (sadly): ok cary: i don’t care, you can call me what you want- leigh: and i have on several occasions-

cary: here’s adam listening to the tape now leigh: ah yes, the look on his face of… something james: this was me giving leigh instructions. i was saying to him, “leigh, now… (laughter) what i want you to do is act the way you did when i first told you what your prospects were as an actor. i want that same look of… despair” leigh (laughing): that same look of DREAD (laughter from all three)

cary: i gotta tell you leigh, even though we’re friends- james: you suck! cary (laughing): you suck! no, no. you did a really great role. it was a really great performance, i was really impressed leigh: thank you. i would say to you, there’s obviously room for improvement, but you- y'know (jokingly) if you keep going the way you’re going, you’ll be a fine actor one day cary (solemnly): thank you

leigh (talking to cary): i remember mocking you on several lines. you’d be like ‘give me the tape,’ and i’d be like ‘gIvE mE tHe tApE’

james: saw is the best comedy i’ve ever made

cary: no but you gotta figure- we’re trapped in this little room where they’ve sealed us off, and… we were stuck in there for seven days, and if you didn’t get along in that little space, man, it was gonna be a long, long, shoot leigh: and it was (laughter)

james: saw was never about just killing people in cool ways cary: well that’s part of it

cary: i remember seeing [the reverse bear trap] when you guys sent this little dvd to me, and i thought right away, “you two have to be the most twisted people ever to come up with this concept.” and THIS? [referring to billy] the doll- WHICH YOU MADE! james: i made it in my bedroom. this is what i do in my spare time. leigh: it’s quite scary actually. you go over to james’ house and as you approach his house you just see like a light sparking in the window like a mad scientist, and a scarecrow in the front- cary: and the scarecrow is just him in disguise (laughter)

james: but no, we’re not really this twisted in real life cary: that’s what was amazing, i met you guys in real life and you were so… so boring

cary: who was operating billy anyway james: i was cary: you weren’t letting anyone else touch that doll james: yeah man, only i get to stick my hand up that dolls butt

leigh: i called this doctor and said, “so im writing a script- what drug is there that you can inject someone with and they wouldn’t be able to move but they can still feel pain?” and this doctor’s like “…what’s this for?” (laughter) and im like “it’s for a script i’m writing” and he’s like, “riiiight…”

cary (talking about makenzie, who plays diana): do you remember off-camera where she had to cry for about 2-3 minutes and she… she just went into a place james: she just found a place and she went there cary: and i thought, “how old is she, six? what six year old can do that?!” james: i turn to leigh, and im like, “look at her, man! you should be taking lessons!” leigh: i actually saw cary with her in the corner one day and i was like, “isn’t that sweet- cary, the more mature, more experienced actor is giving makenzie advice," and when i got closer i heard cary asking, ‘how do you do it?!’” (laughter)

cary: i should point out, by the way- james wasn’t even sitting in a chair for the first few days of the shoot, like for about a week leigh: he couldn’t reach. those chairs are so high. (laughter) james: NO- leigh: he was like, “somebody get me an apple box!” cary: i just kept thinking, “my god, get this man a CHAIR!” james (joking): well my producer said to me, “if we get you a chair, that’s gonna break the budget” (even more laughter) james (continuing to quote producer): “we can’t afford a chair, james. what the fuck do you think this is? this is not a hollywood film!”

cary (seeing the pig mask on a table): there’s the famous pig head… which i don’t remember seeing in this version leigh: you were ASLEEP by this stage of the sundance screening (laughter) leigh: i had to keep nudging you like, ‘cary… the films still going, cary…’

leigh: and like any good villain, jigsaw smokes out his lair with fog and beautifully placed lights

cary: where did jigsaw go to school to learn these incredible talents? james: arch-nemesis school

leigh: certainly when people watch saw the first thing they think of is italian renaissance art cary (referring to the scene of adam pretending to die of blood poisoning): or really renaissance acting in this scene (laughter)

cary: and we find out here when adam gets zapped that they’ve got us on some... electrical wiring system... leigh: don’t go into it too much, cary, it’s best not to (laughter) leigh: just- of course it’s electrified, why wouldn’t it be? james: just do what i do and kind of glaze over it...

lawrence (in the film): oh, stop acting leigh: i’ve always thought that moment with cary was a slip into reality where cary goes, “stop acting!” (laughter)

leigh: certainly, i mean, when you make a film, you... you have to account for the unintelligent people out there, and i think we kept that in mind (laughter) cary: what do you mean by that leigh? leigh: well- i- james: that was spoken by LEIGH WHANNELL, he lives at THIS ADDRESS-

james (talking about billy in adams apartment): the doll actually wasn’t meant to be in this scene, but i remember when we sent the script to the producer, he goes, “we need more doll,” and this was the only scene i could think of sticking him in cary: and billy was available, wasn’t he? yeah… (laughter) leigh: after fierce negotiations with his agent, we managed to get him

cary: do you wanna tell people where you came up with the idea for the pig mask? james: cary, that’s just another one of my fetishes that i don’t wanna get into right now

leigh (making fun of adam): the only surveillance photographer in the world that uses a flash leigh: he’s had two private hire-ers fire him

(after a pause of silence) leigh (quietly): i think my favorite line in the film is coming up cary (thoughtfully): i like this scene here james: are we actually watching the film now??

leigh: this is actually a line i repeated lawrence (in the film): he’s a bottom-feeder, just like you leigh: that line- i went (mockingly), “hE’s a bOtToM fEeDeR, jUsT lIkE mE?” and i thought, ‘that’s gonna be great, that’s gonna make the final cut’ cary: (losing it laughing) james: yeah that was the first thing i cut out

leigh: james would hold a- i think it was a prop gun- to my head and say, “act, you bastard, act!”

leigh: a lot of people ask why lawrence didn’t take his shirt off to reach the cell phone in this scene, and james’s response to that is… james: james: thanks for that, leigh (leigh & cary laughing) james: just throw the spotlight on me, sure…

leigh: a lot of people ask why they didn’t just shoot the chain or shoot the lock with the gun, and um… leigh: leigh: well to that i say you’ve stumped me

leigh: this punch that you’re about to see actually accidentally hit [zep's actor]. i felt so bad. cary: ow- did you really hit him? leigh: yeah! cary: oh, brother- leigh (joking): and then toilet lid, too! i just kept getting him in the head! that’s real blood! (laughter)

james: do you know that i went online, cary, and i found some great saw fan sites, and one of them had a link to a site that was filled with all this saw fanfiction. people who had written stories about saw- cary: no, you’re joking- james: -and one of them was about- from your character's point of view, after he crawled out of the bathroom… was about three pages of just this inner monologue going, ‘oh god. my foot’s missing. what do i do now.’ (laughter) james: it was great stuff

[poppy-purpura]

The Tin of Your Sight (TToYS) It was just a city with laboratories and experimental facilities. Tin was not the first of the purpose organisms with the ability to think; technically, he was the sixth. They were not yet called iterators and they did not have large bodies (and obviously they had some specific tasks and established identities). But it was precisely during the time of Tin that everything began to change. He was chosen to grow into something more, to have more opportunities (and jobs). But his construction turned out to be quite a long process and the House (Cult of Drinking Liquid Metals), which sponsored it, decided to first invest in the construction of another iterator - AoS, the construction of which led to easier access to the Void. Therefore, Tin was not the first, but I prefer to generally consider him to be zero. Anyway due to the fact that this city was mostly engaged in development, the whole structure looked more like an anthill. In addition, besides Tin, there were other “non-iterators” in the structure. Later, Tin had to take care of them (many of their processes were under his control). Tin was quite attached to the Ancients, especially to those who directly worked with him, who changed spare parts for his puppet. Although he knew about the religious intentions of the Ancients, he was still not ready to let them go. And he did everything his way, forcing at least some of them to stay.

This is just a sketch for the development of the structure. I usually call this structure an anthill. This is quite rough, because I don’t have a very good idea of the development process of such organisms. Maybe... Someday I'll draw it better.

Here are notes on what the Tin puppet looked like. It even had a slightly different way of interacting with the panels. You can also see here what previous versions of Tin look like. They don't have names, but they probably made them up. Not all of them have puppets, they're more like just AI. They can communicate, their bodies need to be maintained.

The final design of Tin and it is also shown here that it was the Ancient who led the TToYS project who gave him the headband.

It should be made clear that since Tin's superstructure was constantly being expanded and modernized, he had incredibly more freedom than an iterator could have. When he found that he did not want to let Ancients go, he changed their diet by adding certain plants. Yeah, he got them hooked on drugs to control their minds (for obvious reasons he could not perform a lobotomy directly) or something until they were the only ones left. Their religion has undergone a change, so that Tin now enjoys the status of God.

He is not very interested in his local group because he has always been involved in the affairs of the Ancients + he has his "family". He hides his actions from the group and is forced to defend his territory from overseers. Other iterators sometimes try to know about him but he speaks only to the point and simply ignores inconvenient questions. well AoS knows about TToYS's shenanigans with Ancients anyway. But this group has much problems so AoS just pretend he dont know anything

Swits are just... birds who can run and chase creatures. They are not really good at flying, but still they able to do it Overseers are slightly modernized in order to exclude other overseers

He is not very kind to his eldest. They depend on him, but they have their own consciousness and their own small tasks. In essence, they are really just calculators with their own opinions Only two of them has own puppets, other three are just text and some big boxes with em... brain staff (the 4th had puppet but it broken now)

Also he is a spoiled child tehee

[eldritch-spouse]

I wanna Rei to rail me. Can Rei rail me?

[Imagine I just said "No." Also, get fangirled.]

The short imp has been handing signatures out for almost half an hour now. And you had been drilling holes in the line to reach him, distracting people and almost getting into fights in the process.

It's so rare for Rei to do anything in the surface, you knew you couldn't miss it for anything when he announced he was performing close enough you could drive to. In only like two or three hours! There were stars in your eyes as you drove, you were so excited you thought you were going to rip the steering wheel off from how hard you were gripping it.

And there really is no comparison between seeing the imp on a screen and seeing him live. Sure, you got called ankle-biter a couple times when you jumped to see things better, but they sure didn't complain when you did bite the shit out of them.

Anyway- It's almost your turn to get your poster signed, and you're shaking in place like a rabid chihuahua an inch from frothing at the mouth. This is the first time you get to speak to him!! If you fumble this, you'll never ever forgive yourself. Just be normal. Yes, that's it, be normal.

The guy in front of you trots off, Rei immediately beckons you forward with a smooth smile and your heart nearly slips out of your throat directly into his hands. " Ey. You going to stand there? Take a picture! "

On auto-pilot, you step forth, almost crowding the demon in his own booth. Wow, those horns are even bigger up close. They look so cool too. You just want to touch them. " Uhm, hi- " What a wonderful crack your voice just made there. So suave. " I uh- So- Can you- My poster... "

Trembling hands fumble with said poster, trying to open it but failing miserably. The longer you take, the hotter your face gets, and you're sure you can hear him snorting. Eventually, the imp takes mercy on you and rips the thing from your grasp. " Sure, hun. Don't crumble on me, kay? "

He's fast and clean about it, a sense of fulfillment washes over you at the crisp signature on the bottom right corner. Fuck yeah. The poster is handed back to you rolled up.

" There ya go. " Rei winks.

God, he's so hot. You just want to kiss him. You know he'd bite, you studied up on his kind of demon! And besides, you've seen some of his... Less family-friendly stunts. Even if they're censored on the surface, you know he's not packing small at all. Steam escapes through your ears as you swoon. He's perfect.

" God, I wish you'd rail me- "

Immediate mortal shame makes you freeze like a statue. The heat drains from your body and you wheeze in embarassment. Oh God oh fuck oh shit you MORON- As you dart to grab the poster and run, hopefully to never see him again, you find Rei won't let go of it.

Looking fearfully down at him, the imp offers you a huge grin and cackles. " Oh you don't have to wish, cute stuff. Just wait a lil'. I'll gladly reil you... "

Putting aside the bewilderment, you shovel down the need to choke him for that awful pun. You're sure he'll appreciate that more in bed.

[batsplat]

regarding your post about marc not having to engage in undermining his teammates too much bc lack of competitiveness, i first immediately thought of everyone's favorite running joke, "marc accepted bad honda parts bc he could ride over them but they fucked with his teammate" which is honestly the funniest way one could fuck with ones objectively "worse" teammate... like i didn't do anything, is it MY fault he cant ride his bike??? maybe he should find another job, then, what do i have to do with that? god, he's hilarious...

and it also made me think of the ducati move, pecco saying that he wants his new teammate to "keep the harmony" they built the past years and marc, when asked about that, saying "when your teammate is actually competitive, you cannot be harmonious on track, and anyone who says so is a lying liar who lies" (poor enea) (marc, where do you even take that experience from, none of your teammates bar dani in your rookie season were "actually competitive" against you?)... i wonder if next year we will see a meaner, more vicious version of marc, bc i do fear pecco will not be falling into "not competitive enough to bother fucking with" category and i'm both scared and rubbing my hands brow cocked grinning wildly cause heheheheheeeeee

(x) yeah, it's great! he did manage to completely make honda dependent on him, which is an incredible power move with such a traditionally dominant manufacturer! all possible only because he had such a unique riding style and silly amounts of talent, like you say it's quite the flex. though it's all become a bit tougher to stomach ever since they managed to build a bike that nobody including marc has been able to ride properly... well, I already talked about that stuff here. but I suppose that's their problem now, and the good times were pretty good while they lasted. and his approach did very much cement his role internally! they needed him more than he needed them - conceptually fun and satisfying when a rider has that level of fuck you skill that their absence would plunge a manufacturer into crisis. admittedly less fun and satisfying in practise when that absence is caused by an injury but. you know

anyway, yeah, ducati! obviously pecco had someone specific in mind when he was talking about 'harmony in the team'... and of course, yes, it's hardly going to be a comfortable experience for him. pecco is sensible enough that he would have preferred not to have marc marquez as a teammate, though I do think he does probably have more complicated feelings than that about the whole thing... he's thought a lot about his role in the sport, what his legacy will look like, at times revealed a fair bit of insecurity in how he shapes up when compared to the past greats of the sport. at the end of the day, it's hard to come up with a better way to prove yourself than taking on marc marquez as a teammate and winning. and of course he will believe that he can do it. you can't get that far without insane confidence, he's a multiple time premier class champ for a reason. the only thing I'd add is that marc is still performing a bit of a sleight of hand by pretending like all the conflict will be purely on-track lol. like of course he does like to use this line about how perfectly he can separate everything out... but at the end of the day he'll use everything in his arsenal to get the upper hand, and he really doesn't limit himself to races there

y'know, anon, it's funny because I've had pretty much the same reactions as you in the second paragraph. I still fully believe that part of the reason why marc has had less 'overt' feuding in his career is because he's had less need for it, and one of my like. top three big hopes for the rest of his career is that he's just in that competitive sweet spot where his back is against the wall and we can see how he'll react... there was always the worry with him that he'd just be far far too good until he ended his career via injury - and that looked like it would be happening for a while there. this is the thing, right, nobody really feuds when they're the obvious class of the field - or at least it's a lot less likely. perhaps the three most enjoyable valentino titles are 2004, 2008 and 2009 (if not the most enjoyable valentino seasons, 800cc did have some painfully mid racing). those three are really the ones where he had to get his hands dirty because he didn't have a clear pace advantage. (well, okay, also 2001 with the biaggi title fight and feud but he's still more of a kid there, less clever gamesmanship and more just being a bit of a dick.) I do kind of need the rest of the field to stand up and not let a 32-year old dominate next year. put marc in a position where he really has to fight for it... I want to see him having to do some stage managing of seasons (like valentino became increasingly adept at doing), really get into the nitty gritty of manipulating momentum and picking his moments and having to use his full tool set to figure it out. he has all the tools right there, he's shown it! but so often we've only seen glimpses, because he really hasn't had to go any further... there's so much more potential there, I swear...

but, yes, I'm also not really confident that this is going to happen... I mean, look, I rate pecco I really do, I've been a long time pecco believer... though what being a 'pecco believer' even involves has shifted pretty radically over time, which is kind of what makes his journey so fun, right... he doesn't really fit in the mould of other premier class champions this century. yes, he showed immediate pace in pre-season 2019 - but with every single other champ this century (save maybe hayden), you just have these flashes of something very early in their premier class careers. something special, in race trim not just in testing. it's interesting seeing how pecco's built himself up over the years, how he's really worked away at becoming the kind of rider who can fight for titles on a consistent basis... but because he doesn't really fit into anyone's preconceived notions of what a motogp great's career looks like, it's quite easy to underrate him and underestimate how effective an operator he is. he has a knack for defying expectations, both in the positive and negative sense - but you can't even just call him inconsistent, because sometimes he defies your expectations by being way more consistent than you thought he had the capacity for being. both incredibly methodical and painfully flaky, you never know what you'll get from him... which quite frankly means I also don't know what he's going to do next year. never mind the raw pace, it'd be a good start if he could figure out how to put together a complete season. just... once. as a treat

anyway... this wasn't supposed to be a pecco rant, though I do always have a pecco rant in my soul... look, my point here is that I too can see marc just kind of crushing pecco - because however highly I rate pecco, of course marc has that kind of fuck you once in a generation talent it's unwise to bet against in any era. but hey, maybe pecco will at least make a contest out of it... on the plus side, marc will a) be highly motivated to assert himself within the team at least at the very start of 2025, which should be fun whatever happens for a while, and b) probably not go light on pecco if given the slightest opening. so... so I think we can dream. 'I wonder if next year we will see a meaner, more vicious version of marc' me!! too!! I had a line I cut out from the mind games post about how with any luck we could be entering into the marc marquez golden era of mind games. if not with pecco, then with the new kid! marc's still got another feud in him, he's not that old... the future looks bright again, I believe in him

[zellkernchen]

I need an info dump about Mimi plsplsplspls

OH MY GOD YOU DONT KNOW HOW HAPPY THIS MADE ME I LOVE MIMINSKL SM SHES ONE OF MY CURRENT FAV OCS AHHDHAHSVSAVVAVSVVS

Anyways. Miminskl infodump alright. I don’t even really know how and where to begin. I don’t want to spoil too much of her since I’m writing a fanfic series about her and don’t want to reveal all the secrets yet 👀👀👀 (though I probably will because I absolutely suck at keeping secrets (please feel free to check it out I promise chapter one of part three is coming soon (sorry if I say this too much I suck at promoting stuff bsnxxndbsjbd))) so I’ll mostly stick to 44- 27 BBY Miminskl???

Okay so starting off with her orgins (suuuuper mysterious orgins/s):

Miminskl was born on a very specific planet within wild space territory (I wonder which one it could be 💔) but she didn’t live there for too long, not even a full year before she somehow landed on Corusant. (will be expanded on later in my series in some way) The people who had her at that moment were unlucky and had to have a security check performed on them because they seemed kind of “off” in a way. Then one of the guys was like: “Holy shit, we’re busted. These ppl can’t know that we have a baby that we’re planning to sell or smth” so they run away with the baby and randomly handed her out to some woman. That “some woman” was Snäils Flink who was like super shocked once it happened. Like, this random baby just low key spawned in her arms. She was kind of like: “Okay. This is my baby now.” (Snäils was feeling kind of lonely at that moment since her children had just moved out and she might or might’ve not eaten her husband some years ago) So she sort of makes the selfish decision to adopt Miminskl because she was lonely and thought that Miminskl was the cutest non- Rii’käu baby she had ever seen.

But how did Miminskl even get named Miminskl? You might’ve probably not asked.

Well you see Mimi’s first word back at her totally mysterious home planet was her own name; Miminskl. It was like the only word she really knew to say and Snäils noticed that she was very responsive to that name so she just assumed that her name was indeed Miminskl (she was correct ✅)

Buuut if this question were to refer to the reason of her being named Miminskl by her biological parents then this is your answer: Her dad was absent during her birth/ hatching so he didn’t have a say in her name and her bio mom named her after the woman who raised her. (I wonder who her parents could possibly be 💔 oh, how I wonder 👽/s)

Now to her as a toddler:

Miminskl’s first three years of life were actually pretty “normal”. You know, as normal as it can get when your adoptive family is super rich. She was used to being taken to super fancy restaurants and events on the weekends. But only on the weekends because that’s when her siblings came to visit from school and her mom was definitely not working. Snäils works as a lawyer btw and the Flink family are well known lawyers back in their homeplanet. Snöökle and Kaak are studying law since m the time of 43 BBY.

Though there were three specific events Miminskl can vividly remember from her childhood: A “blood test”, the nightmare (Strike one.) and getting visited by the Jedi order. The blood test and the visit are connected to each other as all children who live on republic territory do a blood test which then gets submitted to the Jedi Order to check for their Midichlorian count. Miminskl’s test was done rather late as she was adopted and all that. So at two years old (42 BBY) she does the blood test. She and her adoptive family were like: “Yeah that’s it. Surely this will never be relevant later.”

(The nightmare is also connected to the two but shhhh)

As some may know, it was indeed relevant later.

While usually the Jedi only recruited new Jedis who lived on republic land at max. 1-2 years after their birth, Miminskl was a slight exception. Her Midichlorian level were some points above the average Jedi Midichlorian count (which is around 10’000 Midichlorians per cell). So of course the Jedi Order wanted to recruit her I mean come onnn guyssss

And then, as some may know too, Miminskl does accept to join the order. Everything is rather normal for a while, Miminskl visits her family whenever she attends one of Rii’käu’s many fests and whatever until when she is around eight years old. She had always been rather bothered by having the most random and nonsensical dreams almost every night but this one was different. She remembered the girl’s face. That was new. And guess what, Miminskl does eventually end up meeting that girl irl too. She had to switch clans because she was butting heads with the other children quite a lot. What a funny coincidence right???

Anyways so from ~ 36 to 27 BBY Miminskl has the best time of her life (this will be expanded on trust 🙏) until one day her life comes crashing down.

Now nothing is okay anymore and Miminskl is miserable. What happened? Bad stuff. Really, really bad stuff. She now uses a cybernetic reinforcement for her recently burned hand and does physiotherapy and psychological therapy. Physiotherapy was a massive success, psychological therapy wasn’t . Miminskl was having a hard time opening up. And not just to her therapist, but also to her Jedi Master, family and friends. So instead of actually getting better she picks up very unhealthy “coping mechanisms”. One of them actually taking advantage of her ability to dream.

Speaking of dreams: As mentioned earlier, Miminskl dreams… a lot. Especially in her early childhood and from 28 BBY to 24 BBY. She dreams of the most cryptic stuff every night. Sometimes there’s even people in her dreams she doesn’t know/ remember, a planet too. With temples, a very snowy mountain and a huge sea. If only she knew who those people were though. Was this a vision? A flashback from someone else? From a previous life?

Who knows? Miminskl certainly doesn’t and won’t know for a while.

I don’t really know what else to add on here??? I feel like I’ve already rambled and summarised things enough. If you have any more questions, feel free to comment/ ask. I love answering questions especially when they’re related to my own creations. I might even spoil more stuff. I’m just afraid sometimes (this time too) that I’ll reveal too much stuff and people will get bored or disappointed ToT

(But then again I don’t really feel like my minuscule audience even cares about this at all I’m sorry 😭😭😭 (I have self esteem issues and all that 💔💔 (Pov: You were bullied in kindergarten for having niche inerests (Autism go brrrr))))

Hope you did enjoy reading through this though :3

[blum-ent]

The Rap Monster

BLÜM Entertainment Presents…

Piece / By \ Piece: Episode Three

video transcript:

Another confident dorm member struts into the house

"Oh my. We already found Yumi's pair."

Says Ahn Yeseul.

"Hey, I'm Kim Jungmi."

Yeseul perks up.

"Oh? Kim Yumi and Kim Jugmi!"

"Hm?"

"Nothing, you're oozing confidence. I'm excited to see what you have in store."

"Cool! I'm a rapper. I'm inspired by our senior of course, Kim Hyeji. I was a huge fan of Ki-Ti, I had a huge poster of Love Beat era Hyeji on my wall."

Despite her cool demeanor, she slowly devolves into fan girling at the mention of Ki-Ti.

"Wow, me too! I feel like most of us auditioned because we were inspired by Ki-Ti growing up."

"Yes! I already loved rap because I loved Young Money, but Hyeji made me believe I could do it."

"That's amazing! So are we going to get a rap performance?"

"Yeah! I'm so pumped!"

Jungmi charismatically performs her own rap, channeling her biggest inspiration but keeping her own charm. Every syllable is clean and skillfully executed. She uses wordplay but even without them, her lyrics are clever.

"Oh... my... god... you're amazing? Where did BLUM find you?"

"Ahaha! Thank you!"

Jungmi perks up at the praise, clearly proud.

"Your hard work is very evident, Ms. Jungmi. I'm excited to work with you!"

"Right back at you!"

"Okay, are you ready to pick your bed?"

"Absolutely. Can I go to sleep right away, too?"

"No!"

Yeseul replies in sarcastic enthusiasm.

"But if you choose to pair with Yumi, you can meet your pair!"

Jungmi thinks for a moment, but only a short one.

"Yea! I don't know how many of us will be extroverts, so I'm going to take my chances!"

"Good! I'll let Yumi know and we'll all meet upstairs."

Upstairs, Yumi picks what is chosen as the "E" bedroom. In there is Yumi who greets Jungmi enthusiastically.

"Oh my gosh! Another E! We were watching you on the tv. We got another Hyeji on our hands!-"

"No, no, no don't say that."

Yumi immediately gets Jungmi flustered, a feat seemingly impossible a few minutes ago.

"HAHA! Look at your face!"

"...! What? Did you expect me not to flustered when you...! Whatever."

"Yeah, whatever. Just accept that you're adorable and move on."

"Cute?! Do you want to die?"

"Wow... their relationship has progressed scarily quick..."

"But Hyeji is my favorite Ki-Ti member too. She's the blueprint for every bias I had from then on, haha."

Says Yumi, letting Jungmi off the hook.

"Seriously! Every member I gravitate toward is always similar to Hyeji is some way."

"That's what I'm saying! Haha."

"You laugh a lot."

Jungmi notes sarcastically.

"You blush a lot."

"...!"

Hyeji is rendered speechless as she proves Yumi right.

"... I'm going to take a picture of this."

"Okay, wait!"

Both Jungmi and Yumi quickly pose, putting aside their bickering immediately.

"Great! Now I need someone to take a picture with me and Byeol- oh what the heck are you guys doing."

"... Anyway... You have to choose your bed now, Jungmi."

"Cool! I wanna be on the top by the window, so this one."

"Sorry, Yumi already-"

"You snooze you lose!"

Yumi triumphs.

"G****** you."

"What?!"

"What?!"

"I'll choose the bottom bunk then."

"So you can still be close to me?"

"Ugh."

Jungmi settles onto her bed only for Yumi to join her.

"Hey... this bed is kinda nice!

"Get lost."

[batterfang]

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Opinion No One Asked For

Me and my mom just watched the Beetlejuice sequel...

Uhhmm.. I liked the feel and look of the movie with the practical effects and the set was nice. Michael Keaton was still classic Beetlejuice. Jenna was fine as Astrid, though her performance just reminded me of how she played Wednesday. Those are really the only good things I can recall.

There were too many plots going on. Delores literally didn't even need to be there. Honestly if you cut her out of the movie, I don't think it would've made any difference. She didn't serve any purpose and she just stands there and gets eaten by a sand worm in the end anyway.

I felt like the main plot should've probably been more focused around Astrid and her being manipulated by the ghost boy. That could've gone in so many directions but it was a very fast story with a very fast and convenient ending lol. Felt pretty much pointless. At no point did I really feel like Astrid was in serious trouble. Convenient interruption after convenient interruption.

DELIA. I love Catherine O'Hara, but I think she played Delia too much like Moira from Schitt's Creek. Delia was less fanatical and more grounded than she was portrayed this time around. It didn't feel like Delia Deetz, it was just Moira.

Lydia disappointed me too. I felt she was too fragile. She became a doormat. In the first movie I felt she had a strong disposition and after the movie ended she felt even stronger. I just don't feel like the nervous wreck that she became fit the character. There was really no explanation as to how she got that way either other than losing her first husband but, she said herself the relationship ended long before he died anyway. Not that his death wouldn't of been hard to process but, that resulting in her becoming a doormat to a weirdo who continues to make her recoil is weird. Yeah Beeltejuice has been sort of stalking her as well but that started only when the movie began, not before if I remember right. Dunno, just really didn't like the direction that went. It never felt like she had earned the moment of getting her old self back either, she was petrified until the very end where the only thing she had to do was say his name three times to get rid of him.

The soul train sequence was not only not really funny, but kinda just confused me why it was there. Speaking of silliness. I think I chuckled once in the entire movie and it was when Delores sucked the life out of Bob and he shriveled up into a pancake and his eyeballs popped. The humor was not up to par, for me I guess. Me and mom quote the original so much and there was nothing here that had us cracking up like the first one.

Also WHY DID BEETLEJUICE PUT ON A MUSICAL NUMBER WHILE TRYING TO MARRY LYDIA AGAIN?? In the first movie he tried to rush the marriage and in this one he got caught up in a bad song for I swear to god felt like a full 10 minutes.. before Delores bursts in and then just gets eaten by a sandworm within like 30 seconds. And oh HOW CONVENIENT that the marriage contract with Lydia was null and void after Beetlejuice broke some rule of illegally getting her into the afterlife to save Astrid so he just pops like a balloon.

The Maitland's were mentioned once. They found a loophole and were able to move on in the afterlife. Which... I don't feel like they would've done without Lydia. I feel like they would've at least stuck around to keep an eye on her considering they basically finally had a daughter at the end of the first movie. The fact that even Geena Davis didn't have a little cameo or part in the story I thought was really disappointing. Even though I know ghosts aren't supposed to age, I felt like with all the wonky stuff ghosts could do, maybe the Maitland's wanted to age together and they used their ghost powers to change their appearance. Like, aging could've been a little trend in the afterlife or something idk lol. Nothing else made sense really so I don't think that would've been a stretch.

I think that's everything that's in my head.... The writing and comedy was bad, the plot was all over the place, the characters weren't themselves. But I liked the general feeling of the movie. 2/5

[sorcharavenlock]

12. The Three Musketeers.

Nea and I are only two of the members of the Loki Defence Force, our internet group dedicated to Loki. We made another friend there, Kitty.

This is Kitty. She is one of the sweetest and kindest people I have ever met, and wickedly funny to boot. And she has far more common sense than myself and Nea combined.

It is about time we fill her in, so I call a club meeting.

I greet Kitty with a kiss on her cheek, it's been a while since we last met!

I've told Loki to stay out of sight for now. It's better if Nea and I explain everything first.

"Wait! You performed a seance without having any idea what you are doing? And you thought that was a good idea?"

"it was Marianna's idea, "Nea says quickly. "And her crystal ball! I was just there really."

I glare at her, I distinctly remember it being Nea's idea.

"It doesn't matter whose idea it was," Kitty interrupts quickly before Nea and I start arguing. "Please tell me nothing happened?"

"yeah, about that..." Nea shrugs apologetically.

("It was Marianna's idea, I'm sure of it!" thinks Nea)

I quickly explain to Kitty we managed to summon the god of Mischief's ghost.

"You mean you summoned Loki himself?" Kitty asks. "I can't believe that worked!"

I grimace. "Yes, and now we are kind of stuck with him. And he's convinced we can find a way to bring him back to life!"

"Mayhap it is better if I explain myself," Loki interrupts as he sits down. "Hello, Kitty."

Kitty nearly jumps out of her skin as Loki materialises.

"With Niflheim in chaos and Valhalla closed to me, I have nowhere to move onto. Perhaps this means I still have an opportunity to come back instead. As a matter of fact, I am certain it is possible, if not extremely difficult.

But if it were easy everyone would do it!"

"Our biggest problem is that we don't even know where to start," I explain. "The tomes in my house contain a lot of useful magic knowledge, but nothing about returning a ghost back to life."

"Have you thought about contacting Thor?" Kitty asks. "He is your brother after all. And he must be missing you terribly. You are the only family he has left."

"Adopted! And, absolutely not!" Loki snaps. "Whatever was between us, it soured a long time ago. His last words to me were, and I quote: 'You really are the worst brother!' No, our paths diverged a long time ago, Thor made that quite clear."

"According to the internet Thor left with the Guardians of the Galaxy anyway," Nea says as she looks it up on her phone.

"How about Doctor Strange then? He is a powerful Sorcerer!"

"Are you mad? That two-bit, second-rate, good-for-nothing, full-of-himself, arrogant..." We wait patiently for Loki to finish his stream of insults.

"So not Doctor Strange then," I say dryly.

"It is not like we have any way of contacting them even if we wanted to anyway," Kitty reminds us.

We are all at a loss.

"There is one person who might be able to help..." Kitty muses suddenly. "If he is real that is. It could just be a legend."

"Well, anything is better than this! Surely it is worth trying!" Loki exclaims.

"My parents used to take us camping to this place in the woods, called Granite Falls. It was rumoured that a hermit lived there who knows more than anyone alive or dead. If you find him, he will answer one question, but one only."

"Brilliant! Let us go camping!" Loki declares. "I love camping!"

I eye him incredulously.

"You love going camping?"

"But of course I do! We used to go on hunting expeditions all the time, Thor, Father, myself and the other nobles! It was glorious!"

"And how many servants did you bring?" Nea asks, just as suspicious as I am. Loki's face falls. He hadn't thought of that.

After a moment, he brightens up again.

"Well, there is only one of me and three of you! Surely that will be enough to suffice!"

I shake my head at him. he has to stop treating us Midgardians as his servants!

"Well, I for one can't wait! I've never gone camping before," Nea grins as she stands up to leave. "it will be fun!"

Kitty and I look at each other and shrug. It looks like we'll be going camping this weekend!

[blindrapture]

I have been in full-on Recluse Mode lately. in the interest of communicating a little more, let me share with you what games I have been playing lately:

MyHouse.wad (finally! had been meaning to play this for years. I have gotten the default ending and might maybe try to look for more branches of the maze when I feel up to facing all those monsters again.)

FAITH: The Unholy Trinity (fuck, finally, someone made a good horror game. I have gotten the best ending in chapters 1 and 2 and have made it to the final boss of 3.)

I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream (ah! wow! this is not my kind of horror game. it's honestly a kinda average adventure game but one that has subject matter that makes me feel gross and depressed and not want to play it. which probably means other people will like it a lot more than me, as I am coming to terms with the fact my tastes *are* weird.)

Who's Lila? (oh wow... I was so curious about this one but it's *also* a kinda average adventure game? albeit with a Mario Party minigame permanently attached to the screen that you have to keep playing. the Easy Mode just gives you a lot more time to do that, which is a sign that the developers were simply unable to balance it properly and had to give you a bandaid solution. I may have to just watch some YouTuber play this one, as the story *probably* gets good!)

Cyberpunk 2077 (I found a surprisingly cheap PS4 at a local pawn shop and picked this game up with it. the PS4 is good for watching blu-rays, even more convenient than a dedicated player. for gaming it is *comically* bad. I may have a bias against PlayStation, the fucking failure of a brand whose first-party properties have serious "AI-generated corporate brand" vibes.... but I thought I was just being stupid! but no! the PS4 cannot game. the controller feels like cheap plastic, and the console itself has a cooling fan with the volume of a jet engine and it will *shake my entire bedroom* if I want to play any game, any game at all. even doom 2016, which it should be more than capable of running. the *menus* on doom 2016 push the PS4's fans into overdrive, there is no refuge. in cyberpunk I can at least pause the game every 30 seconds and wait 20 seconds for the fans to go silent, before unpausing and playing for another 30 seconds. ....it's fucking awful. gaming with a permanent headache, my whole body assaulted with noise and vibrations. .......but uh, Cyberpunk itself honestly seems like fun. I don't really give the slightest shit about the aesthetic, but to my surprise they buried a perfectly good game under there. can't say the same about Sony and any perfectly good gaming consoles, though. the PS2 was the last competent console they released, and that's the one I have a *grudge* against, because It killed the Dreamcast. for what!! for decades of garbage consoles afterwards?? get a damn Xbox. or, when you want to actually play games for real and stop fucking around with these childish insecure "GAMING FOR ADULTS" aesthetics, just get a fucking Nintendo, like god intended. mic dropped.)

Doom 2, in QuestZDoom. (in VR. I have the first three Dooms just.. permanently installed on my quest 2, along with Half-Life. this is admittedly still one of the coolest things ever, that I can just play these games in VR whenever I want. anyway, I have never actually played through Doom 2. never done it. never even tried to. so my first playthrough is in VR. I average about 10 maps a day, on the easiest difficulty because I have no shame. I did not know just how troll-y Doom 2 was. I also did not know everyone was just *wrong* about the city levels, I'd always heard the city levels sucked! but no! they're the best part!! I had a blast with the city levels!! god I LOVE mazes!!!)

oh yeah, also, Starfield. (I managed to find a mod that forces the game to not use 4k textures, and that actually solved most of my performance issues. it still stops to load every now and then, but it hasn't crashed to desktop in a long time now. so I went and finished a quest. I do *kinda like* Starfield, I like the promise of freedom, and I automatically love anything that's first-person. I wouldn't mind actually *playing through* Starfield. I already like it more than any Fallout game-- that's just a bias, I find mass media's fixation on Wasteland Post-Apocalyptica to be boring as hell, to the point of ruining whatever good there is to find in the media itself. but it is not as good as Skyrim. maybe it could *compete* with other Bethesda games if it.. was actually optimized properly? but then it wouldn't be a Bethesda game.)

and yeah, I think that's it.

will get back to you when I play more video games.

[livvyofthelake]

what were the biggest differences btwn the book + the movie and did you feel like there were parts the movie did better than the book + vice versa 😋

girl from the summer i turned pretty tiktok sound voice oh my gosh i love this question!!!!!! ok. obviously the MAJOR difference between the novel and the film are the like. tenses with which the story is presented. and by that i mean the book is very past tense and reflective where the movie is very present tense and focused on the ephemeral moment. which is SO AWESOME btw. literally genius choice for adapting. many are not brave enough to do such a thing but thank god luca guadagnino was of our world would look very different. could you imagine if that movie came out and we had to read all that discourse for a movie that was also BAD? like i’m always saying this but at least no matter what we can always look back on that horrible era for being online and think well at least the movie wasn’t bad. but it could have been Very Very bad. can i drop a horrible piece of trivia on you all. actually i don’t know if we’re ready for that nevermind. anyway we move on. so the initial idea for the film was to have a narrator and i cannot even express how glad i am they didn’t do that. i think it makes the performances so much better that they did it all without the crutch of narration. which is not to say narration is always bad but in a lot of book to movie adaptations it really is a crutch and it sucks a lot of the time and it would have sucked a lot here so i’m glad the movie took the approach it did. like. in a book you can get into the protagonist’s mind a bit easier than with a movie but i think the movie makes it easy by really grounding the story in the moment. it’s summer and the world is beautiful and people are hard to connect with and it’s scorching outside but water is suddenly the best thing you’ve ever tasted in your life!! it’s a good movie guys trust me i wouldn’t lie to you. and i don’t even like armie hammer (me and my 12 year long beef i will never let go of. i don’t even know what’s happened with the man recently i know there was some kind of Cancellation or whatever but i don’t even care. he was cancelled to ME already before his career ever even meant anything). who narrated the audiobook which i listened to btw. so we’re all aware of the direness of the situation and just how forgiving and saintly i am. he unfortunately did kinda slay the audiobook it must be said. as much as it pains me to say.

as for other differences. a huge one to me is that in the book when elio cums in that peach oliver literally eats it. the movie was LAME AS FUCK for only having him joke about eating it. literally make him put that thing in his mouth i’m not kidding. another one is how the movie did part three and four, essentially cutting a lot of it for the sake of keeping the story present which we already talked about. but also there was just a lot of crap that happened in those sections that was boring and i liked that the movie was just like yeah they went to rome <3 like real say less! and the goodbye scene in the movie was also muchhh better for the movie i feel… i understand why the book didn’t get into it, because it was meant to feel like they weren’t actually saying goodbye and felt they would in many ways always be with each other if only in memory or whatever. but i liked the finality of it in the movie being this whole Event and he has to call his mom to pick him up from the train station bringing you back down to the crushing reality that he’s still only 17 and despite getting to like play grown up for the summer with oliver he literally still has to go back to high school in a month and he’s sad and he wants to call his mom to take him home… like that was crazy stuff wowie… i love it when timothee chalamet cries in a car. you guys should watch hot summer nights. it’s a terrible movie <3 i digress.

ANOTHER change i wanna talk about is that frankly the movie never gave misogyny vibes to me with how it treated the women in the story. where the book. well i said this earlier but. i don’t think andré cared about any of those women he wrote. elio’s mother in the book is so nothing and i loved how the film made her more of an active participant in both her son’s life and her own marriage. like she’s not perfect and she was never the weirdly omniscient figure her husband is but she’s presented in the film as very loving and kind and real where the book i swear literally forgets she exists. and then there’s marzia, elio’s sort of girlfriend sort of friend. it’s complicated. it’s not like he ever cheated on her that would imply they had an exclusive relationship understanding that was literally never real. that being said her involvement in the book was like. purely sexual and it was odd. now. this is a book about sex in many ways that must be acknowledged like. elio is like. incredibly horny the entire time and he’s so fucking annoying about it and i love him dearly. but marzia is reduced to a Female Body in a way oliver is never quite reduced to a Male Body and it comes off strange. like oh my god elio we get it you’re bisexual shut UP people like you are why people are biphobic jesus christ. that was a joke but also so real. marzia’s involvement in the movie is a lot more like. she’s a person with her own inner life. which i love naturally because it literally makes a narrative more interesting and juicy when the side characters are also human beings. not all men understand this.

my FAVORITE change from book to movie however. the “is it better to speak or to die” scene…. here’s the rundown. there’s a book elio reads about a princess and a knight who are friends but also in love, and she asks him “is it better to speak or to die?” wondering if he would rather die in peace and honor before getting to experience the love story they could share, or speak the truth and face consequences but finally have it known that he loves her and maybe get to experience even a brief moment of being truly known and loved. you guys all get it. you must submit to the mortifying ordeal of being known to get the rewards of being loved!! anyway so elio reads this book and then talks about it with oliver as a subtle reference to what’s between them as friends with the potential to be more. this is like an act one scene btw i should have clarified that earlier but you understand. anyway in the book it’s just that elio reads this book and tells oliver about it and then they spend the day together inching towards Talking About The Implications before they finally get into it. in the movie the book is read TO elio by his mother, which functionally changes nothing about the plot but EYE like way more because we get elio saying to her “i’d never have the courage to ask such a question” and then we cut to him trying to ask it but skirting around it and using the pretense of just making conversation about a book… also i think the movie’s way of doing that whole deal goes harder because we actually get to see oliver react to it. where the book is very elio focused the movie can have a lingering shot on oliver’s face as he reacts to what elio says from ten feet behind him… it’s my favorite part in the movie genuinely but it was kinda lame in the book… if it had been shot in a way that lent itself to the timeless video it would have been in the timeless video but alas :( like that scene is the whole reason they made it into the timeless video for real…. like IS it better to speak or to die!!??? let’s get into it!!!

something i liked about the book though that’s not in the movie is the inclusion of this character who’s like a little girl that lives near them. and she has like cancer or some horrible illness sorry to her i do not remember but she was friends with oliver, and frankly it made him in the beginning so much easier to forgive for the way he acts there. to be fair this was intentional she’s literally written to personify his redeeming qualities in the midst of elio’s hatred in the earlier stages. where the movie didn’t need her because film has the ability to show things a book can’t. but i liked having her hanging around :) her bailey the sisterhood of the traveling pants realness!

i probably have more to say but these are the big things i’m thinking of right now and this is already so long wow. i literally TOLD y’all i was gonna have boatloads of shit to talk about !!!

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【 book 6 pt. 2 thoughts ! 】

yeah so guess who's starting to play book 6 pt. 2 late *insert sparkles emoji* anyways. if you do wanna see my thoughts, here you go ^^

[ spoilers for 6-45 till 6-49 under the cut ! ]

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[ about : vil the gaymer ]

HELP— the way idia's like "wait but you're so sparkly and a model....do you actually like games ??" and vil's like "and i took that personally—" imagining vil and his costars playing smash on a switch while waiting for their turn to shoot a scene

(no on a real note, how much shit like that did vil have to go thru,,,,like people deciding his likes and dislikes for him based on what they see he's like instead of just asking him T^T)

[ about : azul knows about twitch ?? ]

not azul pulling up with "hmm, yes, i've seen people making money by playing games and streaming it—" can you guys IMAGINE twitch streamer azul. would not know how to play the game. would get roasted by his chat. would then end the stream, practice how to play the game flawlessly for hours on end bc his pride was hurt, and consequently start streaming after to "show off his skills".

[ about : leona and chess.com ]

i find it so fucking funny that leona's only interested in chess games (probably bc he didn't have any friends to teach him abt other games) bc i can't believe its canon that he probably plays on chess.com or sumn whenever he's bored (also idia thanking them for proving himself correct bc the other three were interested in gaming,,,,,clown energy)

[ about : video games hurt academic performance ]

...as someone who had to write a whole ass debate on WHY video games hurt academic performance, riddle, i can definitively say that it only hurts your grades if you choose to disregard doing school work in favor of playing the games (aka, if you split your time up well between schoolwork and hobbies like gaming, you'd actually be more than fine ^^)

and idia is correct, there are studies that show that video games can help increase reaction time among other things (and he's right x2 when he says it's not the game's fault but the person's but also you gotta keep in mind that some games are designed to be addictive so that people will play it for hours on end)

[ about : pride wars ]

yk, i was thinking abt this before, but all the people in this room are pretty prideful about each of their respective areas (e.g. azul and his business, riddle and his grades, etc.) so i WAS wondering when they were going to get into a fight,,,,,

but i did NOT think it would happen between riddle and idia jskfjksdfj the way idia keeps provoking him is so funny to me bc riddle's probably never had someone (other than ace) openly oppose him like that. especially someone older jskfdjskf

meanwhile vil's like "yea riddle dug that hole and put himself in it" and azul's like "yea,,,,he's smart but he just got trolled"

[ about : WE GET TO PLAY VIDEO GAMES ??? ]

OH MY GOD THERE'S VIDEO GAMES ???? THIS HAS TO BE MY FAVORITEST BOOK EVER IN TERMS OF MECHANISM WWWAHHHH the way i'm. so excited. to like. play the video game omgmgggmgmg—

also this is so fucking meta, we get to play a video game inside of another video game,,,,,,

[ about : riddle the gaymer ]

ok lowkey wholesome the way they're all watching riddle game, even if he's terrible at it. like they're all invested in the story and in his progress, and trying to help him out, and teasing him, as friends should ^^

idia trying to give him tips is so funny bc he's saying "go up" and "YOU NEED TO GO DOWN OR YOU'LL DIE" and riddle's panicking jskfdjskf and riddle :'))) my boy, wdym which one is the down button

AND AZUL KEEPS FANNING THE FLAMES W/ HIS COMMENTS TOO the way riddle got offended over being called bad at games bc "i'm not bad i'm simply inexperienced !!" and relegating himself to PRACTICING. the riddle rosehearts practicing GAMING.

[ about : azul's turn ]

FUCK HELP PLEASE VIL I LOVE YOU WHY ARE YOU SO FUNNY JFKDJSKF

also omg i didn't think we'd be getting floyd lore HERE but it makes sense that floyd has game consoles.... azul talking as if he played floyd's games VOLUNTARILY sir just say you were dragged into it and go !!

[ about : leona gaming time ??? ]

ortho's so good at leading people to play games,,,,the way he butters people up is insanneee and telling a story to go with it ??? to make it more interesting ??? and the fact that he's so cute and cheerful, leona can BARELY put up a resistance jskfjsdf

and ofc it's a reaction time game,,,no doubt leona's gonna have an absolute ball playing it bc it's akin to a cat hitting a piece of string repeatedly sjfksdjfk and the way he's playing without strategy bc "it's his fault if he gets hit smh"

leona goes "tch...why am i doing this again ?" as if the clicking controller noises don't get more frantic as he continues to play LIKE SIR i can legit hear you exerting effort, stop acting high and mighty

[ about : ORTHO SHROUHDSFJF ]

leona: so ? what did you mean that this game was for me ?

ortho:

GUYS I'M FUCKING DYING THE WAY HE'S SO CASUALLY LIKE "YEA YK. CATS STARTED BATTING AT IT AND PEOPLE FOUND IT CUTE." and not the researcher doing the same to lions ??? help ???? "according to STYX's records, you're a beastman with lion genes, so i predicted you'd enjoy the game" ORTHO YOU'RE SO FUNNSYSYFUDHF

the way leona can't even refute it bc he WAS into the game and he got a high score anyway :'))) (and not vil calling him adorable,,,,)

[ about : leona and ortho ]

ok but the way leona let ortho down was so soft. he's like "yea like they said i'm such a cat, so i'm sleepy,,," bc he doesn't wanna hurt ortho's feelings snnnnniifff,,,, he knows that ortho's purely happy that he was able to pick out a game that engaged leona, so leona didn't wanna crush his spirits by refusing to play another round

[ about : star rogue, a hero's dawn ]

the way idia was SO EXCITED when star rouge was recommended to vil,,,, he really said pop off !! out loud and started to narrate the story of the game hIMSELF (i love the way he got So Serious for the narration sjfkdsjf that's me when i'm talking about the story line of games i love)

not jamil, vil, and leona (who was, ahem, "asleep" btw)just basking in silence after idia's done with his spiel,,,,,,,guys,,,please,,,you're gonna kill the guy,,,,,

the way the shroud bros both said the tagline sobs i love them sm sm,,,, reminds me about how important of a game star rogue is to them bc iirc they mentioned it before in the starsending event ? and idia's wish was that the star rogue sequel was completeddd

[ about : star rogue sequel ]

have i ever talked about how much i love vil schoenheit <333 the way he stands up against stereotypes that people have against him as a model and actor, the way he's down to trying out idia's favorite video game, the way he listens closely to what idia is saying and tells him not to just dream, but to chase that dream...

on that note, i love how everyone's listening to idia's story. like i didn't expect leona to suddenly chime in, but he did.

also idia is right. a game that's made begrudgingly bc someone's paying you vs because you're passionate and you want others to enjoy it IS different.

(but also what vil says does make sense. sometimes creators can't see the point in making a sequel to something even if they said they wanted to, but having that one fan cheering them on would make a difference)

[ about : RIDDLE.... ]

NOT RIDDLE TAKING THE WHOLE TIME THAT LEONA TESTED THE HYDRA GAME AND VIL TESTED STAR ROGUE TO CLEAR THE FIRST LEVEL ON EASY ??????

wow i love azurid, they're so funny for no reason, the way riddle's so happy about clearing the level and then as soon as azul opens his mouth he's back to frowning (and mama vil scolding them for not taking breaks jskfjdskf)

[ about : azul.... ]

sir i can't. i can't defend you anymore if you say something like this...

[ about : gaming time ]

also these are my scores for the games just bc i wanna document them:

for star rogue, i had to restart 3 times,,,,,the first time i got killed by the boss, the second time, i didn't get killed by the boss but i ran out of time, and third time's the charm >:D

[ about : vil finding out about rookepeyuu ]

vil being like "damn, why would they do something so reckless ?? were they...trying to rescue me ?" and then ortho pulls out skincare and he's like "?? hah ??" and idia's like "omg someone who FINALLY had a normal reaction !!!"

me when vil said the above: *flushed emoji* NO I'M JOKING— but also who doesn't want a kith from vil. we love vil and his tough love, the way he's immensely thankful but also knows how risky it was for them to do this, so he'll scold them <33

[ about : forgotten memories ]

ok but. river lethe beaming all the subjects + sage island residents,,,,mnemosyne being the goddess of memory in greek mythology,,,,

it's kinda...bittersweet. while the beginning was pretty unsavory— i mean. who wants to get violently kidnapped by soldiers ? —the end of their visit was so sweet ? like them all playing video games together, it's so sad that those memories will be erased too. and the way idia just accepts it like it's natural. he's like yea it was bound to happen, which is so saddd uughhhh he's probably used to all this, probably why he brands himself a shut in bc if anyone were to know him as "idia shroud" there will come a point where they'll completely forget about him once he goes to work for styx,,,,,

[ about : mysterious voice ]

*GRABS ONE OF MY SHOES AS A WEAPON* WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU ????

ortho honey, do NOT follow the mysterious, disembodied voice that is coming from tartarus. DO NOTT !! oh god no not the foggg,,,,what the hell is that black fog around him, how did this guy's blot even leak out of the facility, how many people does this guy have under his control, and how hasn't anyone noticed uurhghghghghh

oh my god wait is this guy. one of the ancient phantoms ? the titans ? the ones who the shrouds used to lead the failed rebellion against the jupiter family ?? bc if so, maybe this was what happened last time,,,,maybe the shrouds were loyal but the phantom titans promised that they could grant a shroud's wish if they gave in, and then they fell under the titan's control,,,,

[ about : NII-CHAN ??? ]

HELP ME DID THE VOICE JUST CALL IDIA "NII-CHAN" IS THAT THE ORIGINAL ORTHO ? DID THE ORIGINAL ORTHO ALSO GET DRAGGED INTO THERE WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER AND TRIED TO MAKE A PACT WITH THE TITANS ? IS THAT WHY HE WAS SO SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE VOICE ??

WAIT WAIT WAIT YOU CAN'T JUST CUT OUT LIKE THAT ARGHHHH THE CLIFF HANGERRR *SHAKES FIST*

and with that i gotta stop here :')))) bc i gotta sleep ougughghghhgh i'm so very curious about what'll happen next but sleep awaits ^^ ig i'll play more book 6 when i wake up :'))))))))))

[cheemken]

Some more body swap au stuff bc the angst for this is dope hahah

Abt Cynthia this time cans y'all believe it hahaha

Anyways

So while drawing I was thinking of notes to add for more info and such, and then I got to Cynthia and Wallace and like, man

Cynthia being grateful that Wallace has long hair so she can still hide her left eye. It's odd for her. She's not used being able to see w her left eye again, then again, it's Wallace's body. His body was healthier, sturdier, he wasn't blind on one eye, he didn't have scars on his face. And it was,, she wasn't used to it yknow, she wasn't used to not feeling phantom pains or any kind of pain really, she wasn't used to actually having good eyesight anymore. Like, looking in the mirror, she sees everything; she sees how flawless Wallace skin is, sees how well maintained his hair was, could feel how soft it was, his body was built, and that was to be expected really as he's juggling three jobs he has to keep fit. It was weird for Cynthia, but old habits die hard as they say, and she brushed her? His? Hair to the left side, covering her left eye, she thinks she doesn't deserve to see w her left eye again.

But then, it's tempting yknow, for once she felt like her body doesn't have to force her to rest, she feels great really hahah. So she finally got dressed, she remembered she has to take care of Lisia. Oh no, she doesn't know how to cook. God that's embarrassing, she always relied on her grandparents' cooking until now, and she did try cooking once but ah, well, let's just say the Celestic Fire Dept had to rush to their home

Shit well, she has to try at least, eggs and bacon are easy to make, even Diantha can make those! And Dia is one of the shittiest cooks within their group

So she tried, really tried.

"uhm.. uncle, is everything alright? You're kinda burning them"

"ah, yeah, I'm sorry! I'm just.. really not feeling that well, if I'm being honest."

"oh, why didn't you just say so? I'll cook for us! You just rest up!"

Cyn was having real ass mixed feelings cause for once, wow Wallace really was a good uncle he taught his niece how to cook, and she was doing great! And on the other hand, wow a child is a better cook than her. They had breakfast, w Cynthia trying to strike up conversation, asking Lisia what she's gonna do, who she's gonna be w, smth her grandparents always ask her and her sister whenever they went out when they were younger. Maybe Wallace would ask the same too. And it seems she was right, for Lisia it was a normal conversation over breakfast, she answered all the questions, even shared some stuff abt her last performance, and Cynthia made comments she thought Wallace would say.

Once that's done, Lisia got ready for her own stuff too, telling Cynthia to just stay home, "just call me if you need anything, uncle! I'll just get some pain relievers when I get home!"

"of course, thank you, you stay safe okay?"

"I will!"

When Lisia finally left, Cynthia rushed back to Wallace's room, looking for his phone or for his pokenav. Maybe Steven was okay, maybe he can help her. When she found it, she scrolled through his contacts, finding Steven's name, and she pressed call.

Two rings, then three, finally Steven answered.

"what?"

That.. Steven doesn't answer like that

"Steven?"

"what are you talking about? It's me, Lance! Wallace, is this you?"

"no, it's Cynthia!"

"...what?"

Cynthia groaned, of all the people Steven could've swapped bodies w, the gods decided to swap him w Lance?? She's starting to believe this was some sort of karma, especially after Lance was starting to ramble on too, going on how he doesn't know where he is, in some kind of cave maybe. Cynthia sighed, telling him to just stay there, she'll get him, and maybe they can figure out what's really going on. Arceus grant her the patience, today was gonna be a long day.