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so like. what the fuck just happened <- me after reading three 500-page books crammed with so much information that you would think there would be some context and answers as to wHAT THE HELL IS EVEN GOING ON THE WHOLE TIME
#so yeah i finished nona#i feel like i’ve gained no information#from the whole series#finishing gideon i was like#yeah this is sick i’m excited to learn more!#and i learned so much more#but it’s DOESN’T ANSWER SHIT#what did i expect honestly#you go in expecting a lesbian necromancer murder mystery#and you come out with both lesbians being at least kind of dead#one of them hasn’t technically kind of appeared for a whole book#neither of them are doing necromancer things#and everything that is happening is a mystery instead of only the murder#hrngh#the locked tomb#nona the ninth#tlt#the locked tomb series#the locked tomb spoilers
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Reddie (IT) Fic Rec
If there's anything that I consider myself an authority on, it is reading Reddie fics. This has been my hyper fixation since I watched the mini-series as a child. Since the glowup of the community, I have read SO MANY fics. These are all of the ones that I feel like are must-reads and have personally myself re-read countless times like my life depended on it. If you liked a fic, make sure to leave kudos and comments for the author! (Feel free to come and chat about it with me as well!)
Obligatory disclaimer: Just because I read a certain trope, or idea does not mean that I agree with it or align my values with it. Read at your own discretion.
the word's been passed (this is our last chance) - quarterdeck 44k one-shot
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“Uh, Spaghetti?” Richie waves a hand in front of his face, looking worried now. “Hello? Do you want to let me know whatever it was that was so important you had to drag me awake for it or -” “I have a turtle in my pocket that speaks to me in my head and is possessed by Bruce Springsteen,” Eddie blurts out. “Also I think it may be God.” Richie stares blankly at him. “What,” he asks flatly, “the fuck.” “Or a god, at least, I don’t know,” Eddie continues, “Either way, I think it was the one who brought me back to life, so. You know. The chances are very good.” -- It's been forty years. Eddie Kaspbrak is just trying to make it out of the river.
THE BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN FIC!!!! I feel like I talk about this piece at least once a week. If you at any point liked IT or felt interested in Reddie you have to read this fic. It is truly so amazingly well written, and I can't say enough kind words about it and I've read this fic at least 10x. Basically, Eddie comes back from the dead but he has a Bruce Springsteen turtle helping him guide his way. It's cute, it's campy, they're both dumbasses in love, and I believe this was one of the first instances of the iconic "The Turtle CAN help us," tag. A minor side note, quarterdeck is an amazing writer and will be recced either in this list or another list again. If you're looking for a good fix-it, dumbasses in love, and Bill rightfully getting his shit wrecked, look no further!
2. keep talking. i’ll keep walking toward the sound of your voice. - theappleppielifestyle 16k one-shot
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Eddie makes another noise, not quite a scream but not anything else either. Stan drops his hand. “Hey, Eddie,” he says. “Welcome to the peanut gallery. I wrote you a letter, but I guess you won’t get it now.” (Or, Eddie and Stan stick around as ghosts after they die. Unable to make themselves known to the other Losers, they have to find other ways to communicate.)
Big big fan of Stan and Eddie being sarcastic besties. I also love the ghost trope. This is such a good read. Basically, Eddie and Stan are ghosts and are watching the losers from the veil. We also get Patty in this one who is such an underrated character. If you're looking for a read that is slightly introspective but not super lore heavy that features Stan and Eddie, read this!
3. the mind's a funny fruit - joldiego 22k multi-chaptered (must have ao3 to read)
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A man wakes up in Derry, Maine with no memory and a hole in his chest. He names himself Richie and moves on from there.
Now normally, I am not a big fan of original characters being in fics. It feels random and inorganic and doesn't really serve a narrative focus. This fic is not the case! The lesbian B&B characters are so fun and cute and are actually fleshed out enough that you care about them! Basically, Eddie wakes up in the sewers and finds himself adopted by a sweet couple after not being able to be identified and has no memories. As time goes on, he slowly starts to remember things. If you're looking for a fic that highlights Richie's trauma from losing Eddie, the trauma of dying, and overall Loser Club feels, you should read this!
4. and nothing hurts anymore, i feel kind of free - elsaclack 13k one-shot
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“You have to remember,” Richie says. “You have to remember, Eddie. They need you. He needs you. They can’t do it without you.” Eddie furrows his brow. Everything about the conversation thus far has felt familiar, almost like hearing a once-beloved song for the first time in several years, but these words fall foreign on Eddie’s ears; he is very suddenly overcome with the distinct feeling that he’s no longer listening to Richie speak. He clenches his jaw against Richie’s shoulder, but does not open his eyes. “There isn’t a lot of time,” not-Richie says. “It’s watching you. It’s coming for you. For both of you.” The warning stirs something to life - fear, bone-deep and chilling. Eddie gets the feeling that he knows what it is, though he can’t quite grasp the memory; it slips through his fingers like sand in the breeze. The lights move faster, and Eddie does not dare open his eyes. “You don’t deserve this,” not-Richie says mournfully. “You never did.” “Why, then?” Eddie asks before he can stop himself. Not-Richie is quiet for a long moment. “He needs you,” he says eventually, “and you’re braver than you think.”
If there was a reddie fic that I could force everyone in the fandom to read, it would be this one because it is so underrated! I look at it and I can't believe that it's not one of the top rated fics because the writing is that good. All of their works deserve more praise, and it truly astounds me that more people don't know about them. The style that this fic is written in is amazing! The only complaint that I could really make about it is that it's not very read-aloud friendly due to said style. Each paragraph ending leads into another portion of the story which sounds weird, but it works so well! It's really hard to describe this fic so you should just read it and see what I'm talking about, it's not even that long!
5. you belong with your love on your arm - elsaclack 33k one-shot
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Maggie received the enchanted mantel clock three days before Richie’s first birthday as a gift from Wentworth’s Great-Aunt Grace. It’s a beautiful, ornate thing - three delicate, spindling silver arms branching out from its center, each arm bearing a sepia-tinted portrait in its thumb-sized head of Went, herself, and Richie, respectively. Maggie can tell right away that it’s hand-made - one simply can’t find this kind of craftsmanship out of any old trinket shop down on Diagon Alley - and she finds herself fighting back an absurd wave of tears as she traces her fingers over the thin glass case protecting the clock’s face, watching the way Portrait Richie silently babbles up at the hand-lettered word Home over his head.
Another Elsaclack because I love them and they need more recognition. Obligatory fuck JK Rowling because this is an HP setting fic. This fic takes the two ideas of Maggie Wentworth loving her son more than anything and HP and forces them together and it's beautiful. Now, I am not a big fan of reading fics set from an outsider POV. I want to know everything that is going on and it feels like a waste of time to have to get to learn things from an outside perspective. Not the case here! The POV is very organic and nothing is really lost. Basically, this is a Maggie POV detailing how Richie meets the Loser's club and goes through Hogwarts, with slight canon from IT taking over at minor portions. Can't recommend it enough.
6. for a better run, pile your clothes - petalloso 13k one-shot
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Richie liked the thrill of knowing he had been just fast enough, the skim of air at a barely missed strike. He liked egging them on, a matador of the violent. Mostly though he liked the way Eddie made him feel, like he was nursing a broken heart before he could ever work up the nerve to confess and have it broken in the first place. And maybe that was fucked up but it was more than that, too. Eddie was wicked smart, stupid hot, brave and beautiful, and sometimes Richie looked at him and he was already looking back and Richie thought maybe. And then Eddie would bite his lip and look away and Richie would think no. (Vigilantes by night, best friends by day, Richie and Eddie are in love with both versions of each other)
Now, this is not tagged as such but if I had to describe this fic it would be as such: Miraculous Ladybug, College AU. And that basically sums up the entire fic. You've got the iconic four-square love angle superhero vigilante and they're in college trying to make it through life. It's a really cute AU fic and I love it a lot. If you're looking for less clownery and more dumbasses in love, this is for you.
7. Parent-Teacher Conference -trickdaggers 75k multi-chaptered
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Eddie loves his job, he really does. Even with all the shit a group of twenty-six ten year-olds can throw at him, he still loves what he does. Really, the parents are far worse than the kids, too many of them fitting the stereotypical mold of what an obnoxious LA parent is. He rarely interacts with them face-to-face, most discussion passing through the middlemen of their nannies and drivers, or via incessant emails about their uniquely-named child’s dietary restrictions. His actual students aren’t even the cause for at least half of the issues that plague him as a teacher at a private Los Angeles elementary school. Most of them are well-mannered, capable, socially aware kids, if not a little spoiled thanks to their environment. But then there’s Little Miss Peggy Tozier.
Now, I am not a huge fan of children centered fics. It often feels like someone just self-inserting themselves and the child has no depth and is kind of just...there. Not this one! Peggy is such a well-rounded character and actually serves as a plot point! Plus! As someone who is a teacher, the teacher life that Eddie leads here is very accurate and very funny. Basically, Eddie is an elementary teacher and has Richie's daughter in his class. Richie's daughter is a class clown, and Eddie repeatedly keeps trying to make attempts to rectify the situation whilst Richie tries to get in his pants. It's very light-hearted, the conflict quickly and easily resolves, and the pacing is done very well so you don't get that "nobody in the real world with a brainstem would do this." Highly recommend if you're looking for a light read that you can pick up and put down when needed with light easily resolved conflict!
8. if you could return (don't let it burn) - ShowMeAHero 19k one-shot (part 1 in a series!)
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“Not that I’m not enjoying our banter, buddy, but word on the street is you got a problem you could use some help with,” Richie says. “What’s bugging you at two in the morning on New Year’s Eve?” “New Year’s Day,” Eddie corrects again. “New Year’s Day, then,” Richie allows. There’s another beat of silence before he hears Eddie sigh audibly over the phone line. "I’m thinking about leaving my wife.” “Why’s that?” Richie asks. He’s already hooked. He genuinely cares about all of his callers and wants to help, but something about Eddie’s got its nails in him. Honestly, he doesn’t mind all that much. It’s a nice change of pace, to feel something. “We don’t get along all that well,” Eddie tells him. “I… I don’t know. We don’t really have anything in common. She’s sort of controlling, I guess. And I think I might be gay, so—”
I have so many feelings about this one. I love the trope of "we've never met but I would die for you." Plus, this fic is centered around Eddie saying Fuck Myra I want to be gay! Which is great! Without spoiling anything, Eddie is having a crisis and wants to divorce his wife. He finally gets the courage after listening to his favorite radio station which is hosted by Richie and calls into the station during a listener segment to let them know. He then continues to keep calling in and informing Richie and his listeners of his life accomplishments. There is unfortunately no Africa by Toto. I will say the part two actually deals with clownery and is a continuation and should be read but isn't needed. If you're wanting a canon divergence meet cute, read this!
9. footprints in the snow - hyruling 62k multi-chaptered
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Eddie meets comedian and rising star Richie Tozier at a comedy club, and his life is promptly turned upside down. His Twitter followers jump from 80 to 80,000 overnight, he's being photographed in the subway, and the dreams that have plagued him his entire life are becoming increasingly specific and haunting. Richie feels strangely like the home he's long forgotten, and falling into friendship with him is the easiest thing he's ever done. But the closer they get, the clearer it becomes that Richie is hiding something.
I won't lie the situationship in this fic made my fight or flight activate but it's a very good read and I believe this is one of the fics that the fandom in general regards as a must read. Now, I haven't re-read this one as much as I've re-read other fics in this list but it stands out in the list for its ending. I genuinely bawled big boo-hooed my eyes out reading it. The plot, without giving anything anyway, is very intricate and well done but explained well enough that you can understand what's happening without feeling like that picture of Charlie from It's always sunny. If you're looking for a fic that is very plot heavy, very heavy on the fornicating, and want a FWB to lovers, this is for you!
10. Tales Of A Washed Up Nothing - TheBlackLagoon 8k one-shot (part 1 in a series!)
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In which Richie watches too much Cheers, Sees a therapist, Gets a pet turtle and Saves Edward Kaspbrak’s life by playing Street Fighter.
I love this series so much. It so accurately describes the relationship between therapist and client as well as how do you move on after your whole world comes crashing down. It's a very realistic dealing with trauma and death fic but has a happy ending (but you have to read pt 2) To summarize, Richie is in a depressed slump and starts having some funky turtle dreams all while trying to cope with losing Eddie. So good I love it so much. If you're looking for a fix it fic that focuses in depth on Richie's Big Feelings, read this!
11. tell me we're dead and i'll love you even more - quarterdeck 100k multi-chaptered
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Richie Tozier is a chatterbox. The infamous Trashmouth, most relentless of babblers. Always has been. Loud enough to wake the dead, is what his parents and friends always say, but Richie doesn't know how to tell them that the dead were never sleeping. If they were, he'd have a hell of a lot more peace, that's for sure. -- or: Richie's Voices have more of a basis in reality than anybody thinks. He'd say it's a secret he'll take to the grave, but even that wouldn't be the end of it for him
Another quarterdeck because I love them and owe them my life. This is such an intricate and touching story. Essentially, a canon divergence in which Richie is like that one character from Ghost Whisperer in which he can hear ghosts and therefore has more knowledge than anyone else around him. It is written so good, and you get really invested in the story very quickly. Also, Frank is in this! Hurray! Basically, if you want a Reddie fic that is super heavy on the story line that features supernatural elements outside of the clownery, this is for you!
12. i am easy to find -zach_stone 47k multi-chaptered (Must have ao3 to read and is part 1 in a series!)
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Richie grabs the edge of the polaroid and slides it out from underneath the comic books. It’s a picture of a group of kids, all sitting on a porch in someone’s backyard. He recognizes his tween self pretty quickly — stupid hair, enormous glasses that made him look constantly bug-eyed. He’s really hamming it up for the camera, grinning with his arm slung around some dark-haired kid with a cast on his arm. He can’t remember who the kid is, who any of these kids are, but the way they’re all huddled together and smiling like they really give a shit about each other… he doesn’t remember ever having friends like this. “Who the fuck are you,” he whispers at the kids in the picture. He flips it over, and sees his own childish chicken-scratch handwriting on the back. Bill, Bev, Ben, Eddie, ME!, Stan, & Mike. September 1989! -- Or, 25-year-old Richie Tozier doesn't know why he can't remember his childhood, or why he has nightmares about yellow eyes looming in the dark. Then he finds an old photo of friends he can't remember, and things start to change. A "what if Richie and Eddie found each other again during the 27 years" fic.
I've always found the concept of the Loser's Club not having any memorabilia from Middle School/High School and not finding each other ridiculous. Like yea sure they lost all of their memories from their primitive years, that happens to everyone, but you don't have a picture or anything? This fic rectifies that situation and applies the universal truth that Richie would have found Eddie in the 27 years if Stephen King hadn't been an overdramatic bitch. Very lore heavy fic that deals with PTSD and two dumbasses finding their found family <3 also Stan lives!
#IT 2017#IT 2019#IT chapter 1#IT chapter 2#reddie#richie tozier#eddie kaspbrak#stephen king#Reddie fic rec#Reddie fanfiction#reddie fic#losers club#it eddie kaspbrak#it richie tozier
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she’s getting into something (he’s going all or nothing) —
(or: lanie doesn’t do bets. or lessons, for that matter. there’s also not a lot she wouldn’t do for her friends. unfortunately.)
(or or: the ep8 business date/craps game but a little to the left. extremely to the left, some might say. possibly not even on the map anymore)
“Okay,” Lanie says, because she’s pretty sure they’re getting confused here, “hang on, sidebar real quick.”
She drags Wendell-as-Vic off to the side, just enough that no one should be able to hear them. It’s both easier and harder than usual, but somehow not in a way that cancels out.
“Wen,” she says quietly, staring him dead in the eyes, not taking her hand off his shoulder. “Wendell. You are aware that I, actual person Lanie Woodward, am not a lesbian, right?”
He stares at her like he was not, in fact, aware of this. “…What?”
Lanie sighs, rubs at her temple. “I’m— what do you mean what? I flirt with half the customers that come into the store!”
“I’ve never seen you flirt with a guy!” he whisper-shouts frantically.
Holy shit. Holy actual shit. There’s a voice in the back of her mind that isn’t hers yelling at her not to cry, but she feels pretty damn close to it.
It’s not— Lanie is not subtle. That has never been a word in her vocabulary. If she grins and laughs and leans a little closer during conversation than strictly necessary, people assume things, and that’s easier than dealing with her actual emotions. But this is not that, has never been that. She’s aware that she’s an awkward third wheel in whatever the hell Wendell and Liv have going on, but she’d assumed everyone was aware of that. It’s, like, her entire deal. Usha winks pointedly at her and Dang laughs while Russell attempts to be comforting when she groans too loudly and Paula— well, Paula might not actually be aware of it, but that’s perfectly fine with her.
But anyway. She was under the impression everyone knew, for the most part. Hell, Dave’s gotten onto her about it numerous times! Which, to be fair, he kind of does anyway, but fuck him because she’s nineteen and already in debt and—
Lanie sighs. Swallows. Glances around for anyone remotely resembling a bartender. Finds no one. “Is there a bartender here?” she asks desperately.
The weird clown man in the back steps forward, bowing slightly. Lanie squints at him, recognizes him as the guy who set up the kiss bet, and nods.
“Can I get, just… the strongest thing you have. In general.” She makes a vague hand motion that means nothing.
“Lan—” Wendell starts, stops, tries again. “Cara. I don’t—”
She waves him off. “I’m fine. Or, I will be fine in the next thirty seconds, if someone gets to it.” She raises a pointed eyebrow, something she’s never been able to figure out how to do as herself.
The clown man bows deeper. “Yes, ma’am.”
Lanie cringes, but nods, and he sets off to… somewhere. The where isn’t important. She’s currently unpacking the difference between what she’s meant the past few months and what everyone else has apparently assumed she’s meant. Or at least what Wendell has assumed she’s meant. Which is nothing.
She thinks she might have an aneurysm.
But that’s— they don’t have time for this right now. They have to learn how to play craps — and then pretend that they knew how to play craps the whole time, because Kingskin’s entire thing is crime and gambling and whatnot, and they can’t risk being found out now — so that Wendell doesn’t fucking die in the movie or whatever. Either that or he… kisses Liv on the mouth. As Kingskin and Vic Ethanol. She’s getting flashbacks to every high school party she ever went to.
Is it wrong that she doesn’t really care who wins? Probably. She’s also murdered several people at this point, so maybe her morals are a little off. Sue her.
Liv glances sideways at her when she sits back down. “Everything okay?”
“I think I’m going insane, Livvy,” Lanie mutters, just loud enough for only Liv to hear.
“Oh.” Liv frowns. “Do you want to head out?”
“I mean, I’d love to, y’know, survive,” Wendell cuts in, swinging around to sit on Lanie’s other side, which does not feel convenient if they do lose the game.
She’s not complaining or anything. It’s just impractical. From a logical standpoint. Obviously.
“They legally can’t kill you,” she says, bumping their shoulders together — a feat that’s a little more difficult now that their height difference… exists at all, really, but is more exaggerated than usual. “Pretty sure you made sure of that.”
“I didn’t do anything!” he protests weakly.
Lanie rolls her eyes fondly, and Liv laughs, and Wendell huffs but doesn’t say anything else. If she squints, it looks like he’s blushing, but that would be— well. Actually. It would be ridiculous on Vic Ethanol, sure, but she knows Wendell well enough that it’s hardly even surprising. It’s just… strange, seeing it on someone else’s face. Which is kind of a summary of their entire experience here so far.
The clown guy returns with her drink. He pauses in the doorway when he sees them, but recovers quickly, only looking at them a little suspiciously as he hands over the glass, the liquid somehow both muddy brown and bright pink at the same time. Right. She has a reputation to uphold, and the fact that her best friends slash main flirting targets are not women is not helping Cara’s whole lesbian thing. The lesbian thing being that she is a lesbian.
Maybe that’s Lanie’s lesson here. Stop being an obnoxious freak.
She’s never been good at taking lessons to heart.
“You all know how to play, yes?” French fry man asks �� Pommefriete, whatever, it’s a stupid name. His accent is slowly getting less French and more incomprehensible.
“Um. Yeah. Definitely,” Liv says awkwardly. “But if we could get, like, a refresher? For the table…?”
This is going either nowhere or very badly and neither of those are great options.
“Just so we’re on a level playing field,” Lanie adds. If she leans a little more forward than necessary, well. “You wouldn’t want someone to have an unfair advantage, would you?”
Pommefriete shakes his head. “Certainly not. A refresher for the table it is!”
She lets out a very small sigh of relief. Wendell bumps their legs together under the table, and Liv flashes her a grateful smile when they make eye contact. She sends one back — it was Liv’s idea, after all. She’s just… using her resources. Yeah, that’s it. Pretty privilege works, kids.
Unfortunately, it isn’t enough to save their dice rolls, which end up being very bad. Lanie still doesn’t entirely understand how the game works, but the numbers are low and that’s not usually great in dice games. She leans back in her chair, lets out a low whistle. There’s not much else to do.
“Practice round,” Wendell mutters. Liv nods, determined.
Lanie takes a sip of her drink in preparation. It’s far stronger than she’d expected, even with her request, and it tastes strangely like nail polish remover. She coughs, attempting to muffle it with one hand and failing miserably. She’s still decidedly too sober to deal with literally any of this, so she takes another drink and pretends it doesn’t burn her throat on the way down.
There’s a tension in the air, electric and terrifying. Lanie isn’t even involved in the game, or the bet — they’d offered, but her luck has always been terrible — but she’s still on the edge of her seat. Metaphorically speaking, that is.
The dice clink against the table. Liv swears under her breath. Wendell goes deathly still. Lanie kicks back the rest of her drink before even bothering to look at the numbers. It’s entirely worth it once she does.
“Well then,” Pommefriete says, sounding just smug enough that Lanie actively resists the urge to not punch him in the face. “That’s the way the dice fall, I suppose. Or, roll, rather.”
He laughs as if he’s made some sort of clever pun, and not just a statement of fact. Next to Lanie, Wendell’s still completely frozen, and she covertly elbows him to drag him back to the present. He jolts, stares properly at the dice on the table, and seems to physically hold back a groan. She can’t say she doesn’t relate, and she’s not even part of the deal here.
“I, uh.” Liv moves like she’s going to mess with her hair, then seems to remember she doesn't exactly have hair to mess with. “Do we just…?”
Her hesitance is strange to see on Kingskin, but it makes it easier for Lanie to pretend that this is a normal situation for the three of them and not borderline life or death. Like they’re playing Truth or Dare at a sleepover, and not gambling Wendell’s life away.
The dynamite sticks out from behind the table. She thinks she sees red for a second.
Lanie has, over the course of their time in the movie and even before it, watched Wendell and Liv dance around each other. She’s seen Wendell forget how to form sentences like a functioning human, noted carefully as Liv’s feelings seemed to slowly blossom into something new. It’s cute, really, and she’s used to being the third wheel in their whole deal, used to being the advice girl, the therapist friend.
She scoots her chair back to give them space. Liv places one monstrous hand on her thigh to stop her and leans in.
It’s a painstakingly slow affair. Which is fair, because she doesn’t think either of them have kissed anyone before — not that she’s one to talk — and they’re two of the most awkward people she knows. When it comes to each other, at least. Thank god Liv is at least a little assertive when the situation calls for it.
They’re still incredibly far apart. The fact that everything feels like it’s going way too fast doesn’t change the actuality of the situation. Lanie sighs, leans back, catches Wendell’s eye for half a second and raises an eyebrow, pointed and teasing and a little jealous, all at once.
It’s just a Liv thing, he’d said. She doesn’t know if she still believes it.
“You chicken?” she says, like a challenge.
She doesn’t mean to say it, really. But there’s a buzz in her chest and a warmth in her bones, and her brain doesn’t feel completely tethered to the ground, much less her own head. It’s not entirely her fault she’s saying the first thing to come to mind.
Lanie isn’t particularly quiet, most of the time. The alcohol is doing nothing to help.
Wendell sputters, avoiding her gaze even as his face reddens. Liv pauses for a fraction of a second, glances at Lanie and immediately looks away. She doesn’t know what to do with any of this information. Her brain’s so fuzzy she might not even be retaining it.
(She is. It’s going straight to the back of her brain, highlighted in several different colors and cataloged under what the fuck what the fuck what the fuck. She’s used that box a lot more recently.)
They’re leaning in again. Not that they ever really stopped, but it’s actually happening now, and Lanie really feels like she shouldn’t be here, or should at least be looking away, but Liv’s hand is burning a hole through her thigh and she doesn’t even know if she could move if she wanted to. She should want to. This is weird.
The voice in the back of her head — the one that isn’t hers, technically, just trapped in its own body — has dulled down. Logically, Lanie knows Cara’s in there somewhere, probably shouting at her to leave the situation, but she can’t hear the woman unless she actively tries. And, for reasons she thinks are pretty solid, she doesn’t really feel like trying. She’s got… other things on her mind right now.
She hasn’t been able to take her eyes off of either of her friends in front of her, which isn’t much different from usual, actually, but there’s a flash of movement in the corner of her eye, and even in her clouded state she manages to clock it. Pommefriete is dashing away, more subtle than anyone else in this goddamn film.
“Fucking—” Lanie mutters, then continues, at a normal volume: “I hate to break this up, trust me, but french fry motherfucker is currently getting away, and I feel like we should maybe do something about that.”
Maybe it’s her words, or her voice, or the fact that half of those words weren’t even words because she’s slurring them just barely, but Liv and Wendell spring apart, nervous and hesitant. Lanie rolls her eyes — she loves them, really, but there’s a time and a place and yes she’s being a hypocrite, but that’s not relevant. Blame the fact that she’s getting drunker by the second.
They, eventually, dash out the door, hopefully hot on the tail of the clown guys who apparently want them dead. It doesn’t take long to find them, mostly because they’re brightly colored and in a large room. Lanie reaches for the gun in her pocket, then switches sides because that’s her taser, actually, which is also her MacGuffin and not something she wants to be throwing around for no reason.
And then it turns out they don’t even need their weapons, because the hotel staff spring out from literally nowhere and, quite literally, commit murder in their own hotel. It feels far too convenient, but then again, they’d said they’d protect their group when they walked in, no murder rules aside. Which is kind of just an everywhere rule, actually.
“Holy shit,” Wendell says, awed.
Lanie laughs. “Again. You did that.”
She doesn’t know how she knows that, or even if it’s true, but he smiles in response, a little proud, a little shocked, and something warm fizzles in her chest.
Liv, on the other hand, looks more downtrodden, slumping out of Kingskin’s ramrod straight posture. Her halberd sits loosely in her hand, resting against the floor. Lanie attempts to process this, connect the dots that feel way too far apart. She doesn’t get a chance to before one of the clown guys pops up from the floor, apparently not completely dead, and Liv brings the halberd down right across his neck. There’s a grin on her face as she does. A subconscious shiver runs down Lanie’s spine.
“Holy shit,” she echoes, barely above a whisper. Wendell nods slowly, eyes wide.
Never Stop Blowing Up is not a slow paced film. It’s quite possibly been the most insane god-knows-how-many hours of her entire life. She’s committed several crimes by this point. And she doesn’t know if it’s because they’re just standing around, for the moment, or if it’s everything crashing down at once, or what, but this feels like far too much. Like they’ve crossed some sort of invisible line she hadn’t even known existed.
Don’t get her wrong, she’s not upset about the series of events that have led up to now. She’s just… having an adrenaline crash, it seems. Not the greatest time, all things considered.
Liv leans down, tosses Wendell his dynamite, which he fumbles with for just a moment. Something feels like it clicks in the back of Lanie’s mind, but she’s far too out of it to know what. Or care what, for that matter. She would love to get out of the room with several dead bodies. Maybe even find the rest of their friends.
“Are you feeling okay?” Liv asks, her brows furrowed.
It takes Lanie longer than it should to realize the question is directed at her. “Never better,” she says, and the slur of her speech immediately contradicts it.
Neither of them seem to believe her.
“Right,” Liv says, audibly holding back a laugh.
Wendell loops an arm over her shoulders, and she leans in on instinct, only then remembering that Cara’s 5’4 on a good day and not Lanie’s comfortable 5'10. She’s never had to lean against him like this — never been able to, really, they’re about the same height. It’s weird. She’s also not completely upset about the whole situation.
Liv’s hand — Kingskin’s, really, but Lanie cannot find it in herself to care enough to differentiate the two right now — darts out, then retracts, like she can’t quite figure out what to do with it. There’s a dazed sort of look in her eyes, which might be bold coming from Lanie, who is notably drunk off her ass right now, but the fact that it’s there at all is… a little concerning. Then again, a bunch of shit just happened in the span of maybe half an hour, more emotionally taxing than anything else they’ve done so far.
Mostly it’s just been explosions. These are like… mental explosions. Or something smarter than that. Again, her brain is not in her head right now.
They make it back to the lobby, eventually, and Lanie has to blink to reprocess the deep purples and bright pinks scattering across the room. For a moment, the only coherent thought that comes to mind is holy shit they’ve got bisexual lighting this place fucking rules. And then Liv snorts next to her, and she realizes it is not just a thought.
She likes making Liv laugh, though. She’s gorgeous when she does, when her eyes sparkle and her lips curl into a smile to create the most beautiful sound Lanie’s ever heard. It’s even better when she doesn’t pretend, when her eyes fall shut and her head tilts back and she grins like nobody’s watching, and it’s breathless and melodious and if Lanie could play it on repeat every day she would for the rest of her life. It doesn’t happen often, but Lanie’s pretty damn funny. She’s heard it enough to make it count for something.
At some point in the process of being too gay about her friend’s laugh, she’s been handed off to said friend, Liv’s hand warm where it rests tentatively on her back. Lanie blinks up at her, which is also new — god, someone should teach Cara about platforms, or, like, inserts, or something — but also not a terrible thing. She kind of understands why girls go for taller guys.
“Wendell went to go get water,” Liv explains quietly.
Lanie stares at her, eyes no doubt strangely wide and pathetic if the way she feels is any indication, processing the information. Her brain is currently the equivalent of Internet Explorer right now, so it takes a moment, but eventually she nods, and Liv lets out a sigh of what might be relief.
“Anyone ever tell you you’re really pretty?” Lanie says suddenly, because she needs Liv to know, and sure, it’s a little weird saying it to Kingskin, but it feels like if she squints enough, tilts her head, she can almost see Liv herself in there. “Cause you are.”
Liv coughs, flushes a shade of red that only proves Lanie’s point. “Um. Thanks!” She sounds strained, but not upset. “You’re, uh. You too. You’re also… really pretty. And cool. And, uh.”
She cuts herself off, glances away, scratches her cheek. The words send a thrill up Lanie’s spine anyway.
There’s the hint of a smile on Liv’s face, though. Lanie tries not to think about that too hard before she spirals. It’s pretty simple — there’s a paper airplane flying out the window, and she slips out of Liv’s grip to follow it, ignoring her protests. Her brain tracks movement and bright colors and pretty much nothing else. It’s not entirely her fault for getting distracted.
Someone bumps into her, as to be expected in such a crowded building, but they seem to do a double take, which is less expected.
“La— Cara?” Russell’s voice says, distant, and Lanie turns to see Jennifer Drips, in all her glory. He stares at her in confusion, which slowly morphs into more concern than she thinks is warranted. “Are you… good?”
Why do people keep asking her that? “Feeling great,” she says, attempting to lean on the nearest table. There is no nearest table.
Russell catches her before she can completely tip over, sets her upright. “Lanie,” he says, worryingly serious, “what happened to you?”
She pauses. That is… a very good question, actually. “Uh. Wendell ‘n Liv—”
“Didn’t do anything,” Wendell interrupts out of nowhere, his voice at an octave she didn’t know voices could hit. “Nothing happened. She’s drunk.”
He passes her the water. She stares at the cup, then back up to him. Raises an eyebrow teasingly. Grins when he becomes obviously flustered.
“You do care,” she says smugly. It doesn’t come out as smooth as she would like, but it gets the point across.
“Yeah, well.” He gestures vaguely at nothing. “I’m going to go, uh. Talk to Liv. At the— at the blood rave. If you… wanted to come.”
Lanie considers this, deeper than perhaps the situation requires. She shakes her head. “I think— I’m gonna chill with Russell. We’re buddies. Besties. Pals. Uh.”
Wendell gives her a look she doesn’t think she could decipher if she were sober. “Right. Well, uh. Don’t die?” he offers. Glances up to Russell. “Please make sure she doesn’t die.”
“Sure thing,” Russell says, amused. “Have fun.”
“Love you!” Lanie calls at Wendell’s retreating figure. She turns back around before she can see him stumble so hard he nearly faceplants.
Russell definitely sees it, but doesn’t comment on it, just looks at Lanie, expectant and amused. “So, what did you say is happening with them?”
She lights up at that, grins, because she loves to gossip and she loves to talk about her friends. “They’re, like, making out in the blood rave or whatever. I dunno. So—”
“I’m sorry,” Russell interrupts, and he does genuinely look apologetic. Ignoring the fact he’s obviously trying not to laugh. “The what?”
“You know.” Lanie shrugs. They all know about the blood rave, duh. “The blood rave. I dunno. Not my business. They almost kissed, Russell. ‘N I was just kinda… there. In the middle.”
Rest in peace to Russell’s brain for trying to figure out what the fuck she’s talking about right now. Godspeed, soldier. She can see him connecting the dots, and waits patiently for him to do so — it’s not that complicated, really. Why is everyone so confused about all this?
“So— hang on.” Russell actually sits down on the ground, which is kind of weird considering how many chairs there are here, but Lanie just follows suit because standing is getting tiring, actually, and her feet are starting to hurt. “What do you mean in the middle?”
Lanie huffs petulantly, like a toddler. “We played craps, ‘n the french fry fucker had Wendell’s MacGuffin, so we bet on it, and it was either that or he ‘n Liv kissed. We… didn’t win. It was so bad, Russell.”
“The kiss?”
“No— well. Maybe?” She considers that, then shrugs. “I dunno. I wasn’t part of that. I was just… in the middle. Literally.”
Russell stares at her, Jennifer’s piercing gaze boring into her soul. She doesn’t entirely blame him, this time. Her brain was just as foggy in the moment.
“So no one actually kissed.” It’s a statement more than anything, as if he’s processing everything. “And you’re… okay with that?”
She shrugs again. “I like being the guy in the middle. ‘M not that worried about it.”
She’s surprised to find she really means it when she says it. Anyone with eyes can tell she’s absolutely down bad for her best friends slash coworkers slash multiple question marks at this point, but she’s genuinely never really expected it to go anywhere. Especially now that Liv seems to return Wendell’s feelings, even if she’s not completely aware of it herself. Sometimes Lanie uses the only two psychology classes she ever took for good.
Russell frowns, which confuses her, because she’s not upset about any of this. “But you’re into both of them.”
Jesus fuck, why is this a conversation she’s having with a coworker nearly thirty years older than her?
Because she’s drunk and no one else will listen to her, most likely. And anyway, Russell’s initiating at least seventy percent of it, so it’s not entirely her fault. Just mostly.
“‘S like… imagine a tricycle,” she says, only half sure of where the metaphor is going. “Three wheels. Two of them are in the front, and then there’s the one in the back. The two are like… bonded or whatever. Besties. Lovers. Worse. I dunno.
“You can’t get, like, stability without the third one, though,” she explains. Her eyes feel less dry than they were a minute ago, and when she reaches up to rub at them her hand comes back tear streaked. Huh. “It’s there for emotional support, or something. And it doesn’t mind being at the back, ‘cause how else do you get to see the other two?”
“That’s…” Russell trails off. “I don’t think tricycles are set up like that.”
Okay, so it’s not a perfect metaphor. Sue her.
Lanie groans, probably a little overdramatic. “Shut up, I’m making points. You get it.”
He smiles like he just might. “That makes a lot of sense, though, Lanie. I just think maybe you haven’t been paying close enough attention.”
And then, like he hasn’t just casually dropped a bombshell like that on her, he pats her shoulder before standing up and wandering off. She thinks she sees him with Usha, but she’s too busy staring at the ground and trying to refocus her brain as she runs through every interaction she’s ever had.
It doesn’t go well, not at the moment. Later, though — later, they’ll end up on a speedboat to the Amazon, and Lanie will squeeze herself between Liv and Paula and shiver in nothing but a tank top. Later, they’ll end up in Alaska first, and she’ll throw up off the side of the boat when Usha takes over driving, and Wendell will quietly confess that he and Liv didn’t kiss the night before.
Later, Liv will run off, and they’ll find out about Dave, and they’ll storm the White House when it flies away, and a million other things will happen that Lanie won’t comprehend at the time, much less afterwards.
Later — much, much later — they’ll have time. Time to choose, time to talk, time to figure things out.
For now, Lanie passes out in the middle of the floor until Dang nudges her awake with his foot and dreams about almost kisses that aren’t an almost.
#here it is. the 4.4k nsbu oc insert fic of my dreams!!#this is so embarrassing#i am mentally unwell about my own d20 ocs and i luv to incorporate them in the actual universes#unfortunately this is very cringe but hey#reese’s fics#reese’s ocs#lanie woodward#i’m too afraid to maintag this LMAO#daft pretty boys lanie song of all time btw!! if you even care!!!#they look so pretty from afar… like the gates of heaven have opened now and my one true love has just waltzed right out…#THERES ONE TJING ABOUT ME THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW I CANT HELP FROM SPEAKING MY MIND#it’s so this fic coded. augh#sky full of stars
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Omg welcome back! I had a request in mind for a while and was so sad ur blog was dead! How would the male romance options in Inquisition react to the Inquisitor coming out as a lesbian after romancing them?
I'm sure I had an order to how i rowed up characters but I can't remember so. I took Dorian out of this because i feel like it'd have to be it's whole own post going into both a gender discovery and sexuality.
Blackwall: He tries to be supportive. Keyword tries. It's hard to disconnect the hurt that comes from a break up and to translate that into being a supportive person to someone he at one point could call his own partner. It takes a lot of time, admittedly a bit too much time if you ask some, but he comes around to the idea. Blackwall can't help moping around for at least a week though- throwing his mind into whatever he can to avoid thinking about it. He probably has a tiny little voice wondering if it's something he did or if it's an excuse but he snuffs those out pretty quickly. He still gets to be their friend, that's what matters.
Cullen: This man is so used to the revolving door that is good and bad luck in his life; that when this gets thrown at him? He just sits down for a minute and thinks. He wants to clarify he is supportive, and Cullen pretty much tries to pretend this does not at all affect him. He's happy the Inquisitor figured themselves out, he is supportive as all hell and he does try to push those feelings to the side but- you still have to mourn a relationship you lost. So he does take that time, it's hard and he for sure pretends he is fine when he isn't and pushes his own boundaries on what he is comfortable about but - the guy just wants them happy. If that isn't with him, that's so fine as well.
Iron Bull: Honestly, isn't surprised. The guy probably had an inkling before the Inquisitor did just a little bit. He has no issues with it, sure he may need a month to feel upset but he is so chill about this it's the smoothest transition. The kind of ex that will help you find a girlfriend once he has moped for a bit; probably tries to hook you up with a charger just because he thinks it'd be funny.
Solas: Listen- I want to say Solas would take this well. He wouldn't. Solas would be PETTY, he would be UPSET. He tries so hard to keep his cool but he can't help the slight sass that falls out during the conversation; he apologises for it later but his pride is very easily bruised. The type of guy who cries to spirits about it in private and in front of the Inquisitor acts like it never even happened. Relationship? What relationship? Solas eases up on his avoidance eventually but damn it's a bit of a rough patch.
#dragon age inquisition#dragon age reactions#companions reaction#cullen rutherford#The Iron Bull#Iron Bull#Solas#Blackwall#u cant tell me blackwall wouldnt make the saddest wooden toy horses while listening to olivia rodrigo if he could
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From Broken Bow to Calypso - Check-in #13 - The Animated Series (S1 & S2)
All Star Trek By Stardate Review Posts
Whew... I did it y'all, I made it through what many consider to be the low point series of all of Trek as a franchise... (and yes I know others consider that to be Discovery, but everyone's got an opinion)
The Animated Series.
And you know what? It mostly wasn't that bad.
Both seasons are reviewed here, since it's still only 22 episodes and they're short.
SEASON ONE
3/31/25 - 232 - Beyond the Farthest Star I actually did not watch any Star Trek yesterday, 3/30, the first day in 2025 I didn't get in at least one episode (or well, a half of a double length episode.) I think after just absolutely sprinting through most of TOS S3 I deserved the break, and also I was busy pretty much every minute from waking up to going to sleep. Anyway, here we are, starting TAS. Absolute BULLSHIT that only Shatner/Nimoy/Kelly are in the opening credits still. Nichols, Doohan and Takei deserve it, too. Probably Majel come to think about it. Doohan does like 80% of the misc. male voices and Nichols, and hey, Majel do them for the female voices in this show. They deserve the credit. The starship they find in this one has a really cool design. Life support belts are I guess a great way to keep having to draw space suits and keep thing more visually appealing. Yay Sulu gets to have the conn! This episode started promising but then turned into an all-poweful being takes over the Enterprise episode. But I guess then it's kind of also an all-powerful computer! Poor lil being is just super lonely. Grading on the TAS curve, overall it was decent. But also, I miss our boy Chekov. Arax is a cool design but just a stand-in.
3/31/25 - 233 - Yesteryear Revisiting the Guardian of Forever! Just casually running around the timelines, no big deal. Guess it's good that the Department of Temporal Investigations isn't paying attention. But hey a half-Aenar first officer! Amanda is DEAD, so Spock doesn't exist, they both dieeed. I wonder if they adopted Michael in this timeline. This really is a good episode despite the wonky reasoning that they're just playing around in timelines. Seeing Vulcan, and child Spock. The return of Mark Lenard. "Selek" claims to be descended from T'Pel! The area design on Vulcan is just really good, been pretty impressed so far with that in both episodes. When the I'Chaya stuff started happening I remembered that the last time I watched this, it was on a day where I had to put one of my cats to sleep and I had completely forgotten. It WRECKED me. Anyway, look, this is a truly great episode, probably the best of TAS, better than a lot of TOS episodes lol. Should be canon, even if the canonicity of TAS is highly questioned except in Lower Decks.
3/31/25 - 234 - One of Our Planets is Missing Not a bad little story, probably going to be higher overall on the TAS list, kind of a cool concept of flying around inside a giant sentient life form world eater? Yes, an all-powerful being type episode but honestly a cool concept and high action relatively.
4/1/25 - 235 - The Lorelei Signal OK so according to what I quoted in my Spock's Brain blurb, this right here is voted the WORST episode of TAS, so we're whiplashing wildly 2 episodes after Yesteryear. Ah yes, the siren song episode. I mean, it's real dumb, but at least the ladies get a lot to do, so I like it just from that perspective. Also, TOS/TAS isn't going to answer this, but I do wonder if gay men would be effected and/or lesbians. OMG KIRK, you know that men are being affected by this planet and yet you send an all-male beam down party??? SRSLY? Oh right, man-dumbing properties of this place. Hell yeah, Uhura TAKES COMMAND!!! Promotes Christine to acting CMO!! Sorry, no, this episode fuckin' rules. I mean, yeah it's got a shitty "women suck the life out of men" theme on the planet, but once again the stuff happening on the ship is amaaaaaaaaaazing and I love it. The women are both the threat AND save the day. Uhura finally gets some awesome shit to do. Christine also just straight up shoots some bitches. Spock reaching out to Christine telepathically is a nice touch, ok you know what, he still does have feelings for her, here's another of the few ways that the Spock/Christine SNW relationship actually enhances instead of distracts from TOS/TAS. Maybe I missed something but like, if SPOCK got that old that fast, the rest of the dudes should have been dead hours ago. OK so all the other ships that got caught in the siren song and came to this planet every 27 years were ONLY staffed by men, or what did they do with the women on those ships? Obviously none of them were as awesome as Uhura and Chapel. Oh, also this is an episode where they use the transporter to return the men to their healthy bodies, like in that one TNG episode, and then it's never spoken of again. (*edit* Nope,t hey do it again in the last episode of TAS.) Uhura also gets to play diplomat in the end. So, basically, women are the cause of AND solution to all of men's problems. Got it. Man I had a lot to say about this episode. Honestly as goofy as it was, I really enjoyed it, for the Uhura and Chapel awesomeness, if nothing else.
4/1/25 - 236 - More Tribbles, More Troubles They really went all in on this being a sequel to TTWT. Cyrano Jones, Klingons, Sherman's Planet, Wheat… A true "Hey remember how much you loved THIS? How about MORE OF THAT?!?!" Honestly though it's pretty fun. The Klingon weapon is a lot like what the Romulans were doing in the Romulan War books so uh, I'm going to say they got the idea from there instead of vice versa. How come the Enterprise crew can't find all the tribbles when they are GIANT tribbles!? How does the Bridge Tribble keep getting up into Kirk's chair!? Seems cruel to the tribbles to beam them to the Klingon ship. But in the end it basically had the same conclusion as TTWT so, honestly, it was a good episode but a bit too much of a rehash of TTWT.
4/1/25 - 237 - The Survivor A Shapechanger episode! I like how gently it caressed Kirk and then lifted him and put him to bed. OK but… then the alien doesn't restrain Kirk in any way so Kirk just wakes up a little white later and goes back to work!??!!? Well, okay because it's not actually evil. Once again the new lady character is is a love interest, yawn on that, but really the story here I thought was pretty good. The alien was just tyring to do what he was gonna do but changed his mind to like, save the Enterprise (after putting it in danger.) Not a bad ep.
4/1/25 - 238 - The Infinite Vulcan Walter Koenig wrote this one! Still miss you Chekov, baby! Awww, Sulu and Plants, he loves botany! Annnnd it almost kills him. Plant people! How fun! Plant people that kidnap Spock. Um… there sure have been a lot of tentacles in the last two episodes. OH HEY, IT'S THE SPOCK 2 EPISODE! Yeaaaah just what we needed, a giant Spock! I'm so glad Lower Decks canonized this ep. Man, why are aliens always messing with SPOCK'S BRAIN? Leave Spock's Brain alone! These guys sure have a lot of confidence that they can impose peace in the galaxy with like 100 ships and 50 Spocks. Good luck when you meet, say, the Borg! Well anyway, Sulu gets a lot to do relatively here, which is nice. Honestly, once again the concept is out there with lots of holes but I'm really enjoying these episodes so far.
4/1/25 - 239 - The Magicks of Megas-tu How could they say The Lorelei Signal is the worst TAS episode when an episode where they go to the center of the galaxy in a couple of hours and then SATAN SHOWS UP exists? Oh and also these guys are actually the people who lived in Salem and got put on trial? And ALSO Kirk and Spock can DO MAGIC from BELIEVING? Oh my god, this is so much worse than literally any other TAS episode I've watched so far. Amazingly bad.
4/2/25 - 240 - Once Upon a Planet Oh no, not this place again. It was a bad episode the first time, do we have to go back here? They had a BAD TIME the first time. Bones freakin' DIED. Maybe it will be better this time?? Wait, wait, how does Bones NOT know about the Queen of Hearts? And yet HE was the one who brought the whole Alice in Wonderland thing up!? Bones. C'mon. Gross, they kidnap Uhura and basically call her a slave and the Enterprise her master. I was like "Hey a plot for Uhura" then they make it kinda ick. PUT HER BACK IN CHARGE. The scenes on the ship on this one are mostly Doohan talking to himself (and Majel a little.) OK the signs pointing the way was almost funny. I really did like that Spock talks about Amanda loving Through the Looking Glass and then Discovery ran with that bit, as she read it to Michael and Spock. Anyway, it's an all-powerful computer that Kirk wins over with logic. Meh.
4/2/25 - 241 - Mudd's Passion It's our final appearance of Harry Mudd, and he's selling "love potions". Gross. Jess!Chapel would NEVER use a potion like this. Hate this storyline for her. Hate this entire storyline. If they had HR back in the TOS era Spock should be going there directly and filing a report on Christine. It does track for Harry Mudd to be doing something so slimy and gross though! Man, I really enjoyed the first several episodes of TAS, really hating the last few so far. Anyway, goodbye Harry Mudd, forever, (unless you show up on SNW, which I hope you do, but even then at this point it'd be in the past.)
4/2/25 - 242 - The Terratin Incident Everyone is shrinking! That's actually a really cool concept and one that would have probably been cost prohibitive if not in animation. Really fun visuals here. Felt like the end fizzled a bit but I like that it was a civilization that just needed attention and help and this was the only way they could get it. Pretty decent little episode.
There's a big DATE gap here! I didn't watch Star Trek for 4 days because I was doing a little... staycaiton? Was at a local gaming con that my friends and I attend every year and there was NO TIME for anything but GAMING. I wasn't home most of the time! Sunday I was home starting late afternoon but only had the stamina for one episode. I'm still way, way ahead overall of my 2 episode a day goal, though.
4/6/25 - 243 - The Time Trap Oh hey, Voyager basically ripped this off for The Void(?). But Kor is back! Pretty good TAS episode overall. Liked seeing all those species getting along and forming a society. Just don't have a lot to say.
4/7/25 - 244 - The Ambergris Element Kirk and Spock become fish people. This was like, fine. Not great, not the worst. Again, just don't have a lot to say.
4/7/25 - 245 - The Slaver Weapon Slaver race, huh? Just gotta have Uhura in there, and with a race that thinks women are dumb. At least Spock tells her he thinks she's great. Kinda do like that this one is just Spock, Uhura and Sulu though. Good lesson with the gun blowing itself up because of dumb guys. Oh and written by Larry Niven, which is kinda cool. And the fact that there's NO Kirk is really notable. Sulu and Uhura got so much to do and were so capable, I really ended up liking this one, top 5 TAS episode.
4/7/25 - 246 - The Eye of the Beholder Wow, this sure is an aptly named episode… Spock finds a bunch of insects "strangely attractive". After a fun episode with Sulu and Uhura, we're back to the main three here. It was fine, kinda fun with the telepathic slugs and making humans zoo animals, but I may have liked it better when The Orville did it.
4/7/25 - 247 - The Jihad The title of this one is making me nervous right off the bat. Not sure it was needed. But hey, a heist episode with a lot of aliens cooperating. Dara propositioning Kirk is pretty risque for a Saturday morning cartoon. And hey, Kirk actually turns a woman down for once. Big twist ending! Honestly liked this one, too. Action packed and some interesting new characters, and hey I love a heist episode.
SEASON TWO
4/8/25 - 248 - The Pirates of Orion AKA Spock might die and Kirk is real desperate about it. McCoy is also very concerned. Of course it's Orion Pirates who are responsible. Male Orions, no females around. Also they say "Orion" weird the entire time… Or-EE-ahns, and they're kinda blue instead of green. And wearing real dumb outfits. Oh right, they use this offshoot Orion group in Lower Decks later. I love how much Lower Decks canonizes TAS, haha. Episode is decent, I like that the Orion captain wasn't really evil, just suspicious and trying to keep his crew safe.
4/8/25 - 249 - Bem It's BEM! Bem's race is later seen in LDS, so I was looking forward to this one. Uhura gets left in charge up on the ship, which is pretty great, seems crazy to have taken Scotty, Spock AND Sulu to the planet. But hey, Uhura even orders Scotty around, I LOVE it. Bem is one annoying little asshole. UGHGHGHGGHGH it's an all-powerful godlike being episode, though at least she's a she and voiced by Nichelle and she was very good. Honeslty, just okay episode.
4/8/25 - 250 - The Practical Joker The Enterprise gets a personality and she's a practical joker. This episode has everything. Romulans, food spills, Kirk is a Jerk, iceskating down hallways, A HOLODECK, Uhura, McCoy & Sulu hanging out together and almost dying in said holodeck, McCoy threatening to beat dudes up, a labyrinth, space fireworks… that sure was a wacky hijinks episode! The solution to the hijinks is super dumb but at least the Romulans also had a bad time.
4/8/25 - 251 - Albatross McCoy gets accused of mass murder, except it turns out he didn't. Gotta admit, I'm trying to get through all of TAS S2 in one day and be done with it, and I'm getting a bit tired of it. This one was just okay. I literally barely remembered it and had to re-check Memory Alpha for the plot five minutes after I finished it lol. McCoy performs a miracle and saves himself and the crew and all is well in the end.
4/8/25 - 252 - How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth Definitely had to go read up on this episode's origins before I could say anything about it. One of the two writers was an actual Native American and the themes here are based on actual lore (as opposed to the mess that was Chakotay's origins). They specifically wanted this writer to write a NA-centric story which was actually nice. The design of Kukulkan is pretty great. The episode itself overall is just meh. Another all-powerful god episode, and this one meddled in earth's past.. It's fine.
4/8/25 - 253 - The Counter-Clock Incident Hang on, Mrs. April was the first medical officer on a starship equipped with Warp Drive? So she's what, 150, 200 years old? Because they had warp 2 ships, and Daedelus class ships long before the NX-01. Just another TAS impossibility. Also, Robert April lookin' old and pale here, haha. I like SNW April better. This is only what, maybe 10 years past SNW now? These other people are going like Warp 50… the Enterprise goes Warp 20 and nobody's a Lizard. Honestly the logic in this one is insane, or I guess almost nonexistent. How the fuck do you give birth to a senior citizen? No, stop, I don't want to think about this. This opposite universe is giving such The Alternative Factor vibes and I do not want to remember that episode. But seeing the crew as kids I guess is kind of cute, I guess. Can't say I agree with the April's decision -- they don't even remember the last 50 years or whatever when they decided to not stay young. Not sure I'd make the same choice they did.
This ended TAS on a Meh note. For FIVE years, this was the last Trek, apparently the longest gap the fandom ever had between new content.
FINAL TAS THOUGHTS:
The Animated Series is a real mixed bag.
There's some pretty good episodes here! Like in TOS, mostly early on, haha. And some kind of boring ones, too many all-powerful being/computer episodes (but fewer by ratio than TOS.)
Some nice revisits to familiar faces, but I think they rehashed things a bit too much in like MTMT and going back to the Paradise Planet.
The background designs are amazing. Honestly every episode had really nice designs that I really liked to look at. Some very cool new aliens, too.
I missed Chekov, but Sulu and Uhura get a lot to do, especially Uhura in some episodes, and so that was a big bonus.
There were some interesting stories that couldn't be told in live action, so those were great to see, even if they didn't all quite work.
I did like the soundtrack except for the fact that they had like 4 or 5 songs and they all got used repeatedly in every episode. No money for much scoring, I guess.
HIGHLIGHTS:
Yesteryear, The Lorelai Signal (FIGHT ME!), The Slaver Weapon. Maybe The Practical Joker because I just enjoy hijinks.
LOWPOINTS:
The Magicks of Megas-tu, Mudd's Passion for Christine's storyline.
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RATING THE REST OF THE SERIES
I have a friend who's seen "most" of Star Trek except not the newest stuff, and wants to do his own rewatch but of maybe like 20 - 40% of the episodes, not everything. He mostly wants to hit the episodes that have historical significance, Franchise significance, Series significance, or are just really good episodes with no real significance other than being great.
I went through and started a list, color coding the episodes into several categories:
(Green) This is a very good episode, worth watching even though it's not story essential
(Orange) A pretty good episode you should watch to be entertained, but is skippable.
(Bright Yellow) This is a story-essential episode for all of Trek. Quality not promised.
(Pale Yellow) This is a story-essential episode for the SERIES. Quality not promised.
(Red) This is a bad episode you shouldn't watch.
(NO Color) This is an average episode with no overarching story or significance. Watch if you want. (At last half of the episodes are this.)
So I thought I'd go back and make a list of all the Greens (or yellows that should be greens but i prioritized the Yellows in colors) and Reds for each series here. I'll probably go back and edit this to each series / season's final thoughts at some point.
ENTERPRISE
HIGHLIGHTS: (Green) Dear Doctor, Carbon Creek, Twilight, Similitude, E2, (Yellows I'd consider green) Most of the Shran episodes, The Vulcan Trilogy, the Klingon Augment episodes, The Coalition Forms trilogy, In A Mirror Darkly 1&2, the Terra Prime episodes.
LOWPOINTS: There's a lot of "Meh", but Rogue Planet, Precious Cargo, & Extinction are the worst of it.
All Shran/Andorian episodes, all heavily Vulcan episodes, most Klingon & Romulan episodes, and all of the arcs in S3, Broken Bow & First Flight, plus Regeneration are marked as Historically/Franchise Significant.
The Temporal war & Xindi arcs are marked as series significant.
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DISCOVERY S1&2:
It's hard to not mark basically everything as series significant, since every season is such an arc, so I noted that.
HIGHLIGHTS: Magic to Make the Sanest Man go Mad (Harry Mudd kills Lorca a lot) is the only green, but The Escape Artist short trek is also marked green, as is The Trouble with Edward.
Franchise Significant are The Vulcan Hello/Battle of the Binary Stars, Lethe, Brother, An Obol for Charon, If Memory Serves and Through the Valley of Shadows.
Such Sweet Sorrow 1&2 I could go either way on Franchise/Series significant.
I didn't put anything as a Lowpoint. It all just blends together, and what people hate is scattered everywhere, I didn't think ANY one episode was any worse than the average?
STRANGE NEW WORLDS:
It's hard to not mark almost all of them green, haha.
HIGHLIGHTS: Spock Amok, Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, Those Old Scientists. Also with The Elysian Kingdom, Charades and Subspace Rhapsody as orange, but I wanted to mark them green, too.
Franchise Significant: Ghosts of Illyria, A Quality of Mercy, Lost in Translation.
Series significant: Strange New Worlds, Momento Mori, All Those who Wander, Hegemony.
Lowpoint: I put Under the Cloak of War and Lift us Where... but noted they're not bad, just really HARD to watch.
...most of SNW has a color lol.
THE ORIGINAL SERIES:
HIGHLIGHTS: The Naked Time, Balance of Terror, City on The Edge of Forever, Amok Time, Doomsday Machine, The Trouble with Tribbles, The Ultimate Computer, The Enterprise Incident, Let That Be Your Last Battlefield.
FRANCHISE SIGNIFICANT: The Cage/The Menagerie (with the note of skipping the Cage rehash if you've already watched it), Space Seed, Metamorphosis, Amok time, "Mirror, Mirror", Journey to Babel, The Tholian Web, Plato's Stepchildren, The Savage Curtain.
LOWPOINTS: The Alternative Factor, Catspaw, Bread and Circuses, The Omega Glory, Elaan of Troyius, The Paradise Syndrome, And the Children Shall Lead, Spock's Brain, Lights of Zetar, The Way to Eden, Requiem for Methuselah.
(Orange/Good episodes were also The Corbomite Maneuver, The Conscience of the King, Court Martial, The Squire of Gothos, A Taste of Armageddon, Errand of Mercy, Operation: Annihilate! (which could be yellow because George), The Immunity Syndrome, A Piece of the Action, Assignment: Earth, Specter of the Gun, For the World is Hollow, and Day of the Dove.
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Technically I guess the next few days I'll be "falling behind" a bit on my 2 episodes a day plan, as I'll probably just get through one movie a day. And I have SEVEN movies to watch! (Plus a Short Trek!)
Seven movies? Yeah, that's right. Section 31 comes after The Undiscovered Country and before Encounter at Farpoint.
I haven't watched the Section 31 movie and have tried to avoid other people's opinions as much as possible. It's weird to go this long knowing there's a NEW STAR TREK THING and I haven't watched that Star Trek thing, but I left it until now so that I'd have something new to look forward to, for a little while.
But hey, before that, four good movies, one OK movie and one not so great movie to come! I'm excited!
#star trek#star trek the animated series#star trek tas#the animated series#star trek by stardate#annakie's star trek stuff
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star trek update time. last night we did ds9's "hard time" and "shattered mirror," which, WOW
hard time:
so i knew going in this was going to be an obrien suffering episode but i did NOT expect it to escalate to an ONSCREEN SUICIDE ATTEMPT. JESUS CHRIST
first of all, even real prison would have been less evil than fake prison. argrathans are VILE
kira was so niceys to him when he woke up :( even though you could tell she was super uncomfortable
i read that this episode was originally supposed to be about that lower decks bajoran girl...i'm kind of glad it didn't happen to her, tbh, but also, what did happen to her was still so fucking horrible
episodes that make a great case for why julian bashir can and should join the obriens marriage. he can still see garak on the side!!
i mean was this not julian and miles: the episode?
it was just SO good. everyone trying really hard to help and no one being able to help because obrien is LYING ABOUT IT AND GOD. THEY WASTED THIS GUY ON TNG! FIVE YEARS ON TNG AND THEY GAVE HIM ONE GOOD EPISODE! ONE!!!!!!! HE STOOD AROUND AT THE TRANSPORTER DOING JACK SHIT AND FOR WHAT
i actually thought for a second at the end when they were starving in prison he was gonna eat that guys. tarsus iv blinders. actually what happened was kind of worse
suicide scene. what can i even say except bashir is the most gentle man and good person. and god obrien fucking CARRIED it. five years on tng and i didn't know he could do that except for one fucking scene which was also about the cardassian war
bashir assuring keiko obrien always bounces back and then he almost KILLS HIMSELF.
AND THE THING IS YOU GET IT! he was really scary when he killed his cellmate! he was scary when he hurt quark and almost hit molly! you can see why he would be frightened of himself! it's that moment of absolute rage and then it's over and that guy is dead on the ground and you can't undo it. even though he wasn't REAL and then julian talks him down ANYWAY god i'm actually not even making any coherent sense bc it was just That good. god. GOD.
shattered mirror:
mixed feelings about this one, but mostly positive
i really Don't like how easy it is for characters to hop back and forth between our verse and the mirrorverse. ds9's mirrorverse already takes SO much mystery out of the original, which i could except, but having jake's not-mom and sisko's not-wife pop over for a visit for nooo reason is like. too much really. it should be harder. seeing her should be a bigger deal
about five second after the words "this should be a bigger deal" left my mouth it started being a bigger deal and i immediately took it back lol bc im weak but ultimately thats the kind of writing i'd wanna see for mirror jennifer
i think her using her knowledge of their grief against them WAS fun and evil actually even if it was also evil to me. and jake was already lonely because nog was gone too GOD. hey, also, speaking of nog, why was quark all "oh jake comes down here and pines for nog like every day" like are they boyfriends?? young love? whats going on ds9
speaking of gay people, um. worf and garak. the. the bondage collar. the way we both at the exact same moment had the exact same thought, which was: slave bikini leia. whatever they had going on in this episode was so homoerotic there was even penetration (with a knife).
one thing mirrorverse will do is kill people. odo, quark, rom, and now nog and jennifer. i called both their deaths before it happened but jennifer dying was still SOOOOO. god. at least this time they got to say goodbye?
SO thrilled to see mirror kira again, ik nana visitor was against the evil lesbian stereotype but what if i did wanna see her just lez out now and again? it's pride month i have rights
theme of the evening: mood whiplash. we went from obriens suicide attempt to fun edgy horny mirrorverse worf and garak bondage to sisko and jake's shared grief over jenifer to mirror kira doing ✌👅 at the camera every chance she got. my head was spinning by the end of the night. good for them though
TONIGHT: ds9's "the muse" and voy's "the thaw"
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wanna talk about your OCs I would love to hear about your OCs who are they 👀
Oh dear. Sorry I forgot I hadn’t posted this it was in my drafts lol Doing my historical OCs because, well. I wanna and I feel like if I delved into any of my fantasy/sci-fi ones we’d be here ages
Fred Norefleet.
Of all the naval and broadly maritime ocs I have conjured over the years, he’s the most pathetic. By god is he trying his best, but he has continuously come up short in everything he’s done. He tries so hard and his life until recently was just other folk deciding what he was gonna be for him. He’s silent unless spoken to, tends to miss the forest for the trees, stares at you really intently when you’re talking, wishes more than anything to disappear into the background and his first words were probably “I’m sorry.”
That being said, he’s deeply loyal and supports his sisters and uncle financially with his wages. He’s a prime navigator and very detail-oriented, a team player and quite sneaky when need be and might actually make a lieutenant if he didn’t have a spine made from celery. He’s also quite sensitive about his lack of any formal education, receiving the good chunk of it when he became a midshipman. Quite protective, especially after the wreck as a kid. Became a bit of a chronic helper and control freak after that. Absolutely shit at fighting but an excellent sailor. Once dug shot out of his own hip, made it into a coin and carved a ship on it to give to his Friend. He’s that kind of person. He’s trans.
Morwenna Norefleet.
If Fred’s first words were “I’m sorry” then Morrie’s were “WASSON MATE.” The older of the twins by a minute, she and Fred were stuck together like glue until he went away to sea. She taught herself to read by studying the Bible and writes regularly to her brother. As both of them swapped names and gender, they’re quite close. She wants to open her own public house and inn or at least buy one (all the papers in Fred’s name of course). She’s a total flirt, especially with the out of town tinners and any “foreign” sailors (upcountry), even though she’s never settled down what with the whole trans thing. Morwenna embroiders very intricate flowers and landscapes. She once tried to do a ship for her uncle and it was less of a ship than it was a box with sticks. When Fred wouldn’t speak after his shipwreck and time spent stranded when they were 11, she felt really hurt. Especially when he went away to sea the same year, she was really lonely and would often sit in the St Juliot’s graveyard and cry privately. Nowadays she’s alright! Constantly worrying about her brother but also, she’s looking after her other sisters and their children and her uncle and working in an inn and working in the pilchard cellar. Her hevva cakes are amazing. She’s the strongest person in this family, has a deeply rooted sense of self and has boundless self confidence without ever being arrogant. Community and family are what’s important to her most of all, she teaches what she knows of Cornish to her little family members and teaches them to write and read and once hit one unruly patron so hard he woke up crying.
Callum Tredwen.
A mess. Is actively being hunted down by his own brother, is an ex-navy lieutenant, a mutineer and now smuggler. He’s on a suicide mission. He’s a lesbian and has an extremely doomed and unspoken relationship with his first mate. He’s probably committed multiple war crimes, he took a 21-year old doctor hostage and kidnapped him. He ought to be dead but he just won’t die. He’s a dick. An asshole. He’s all the confidence of Morwenna but without any compassion for others (lies, he does, he just rarely acts on it), the anxieties of Fred without any of the perspective. He hits first to avoid ever being hit himself. He refuses to let himself be loved or taken care of. He’s gotten his dearest friends killed and his own self maimed. This man wants blood and he’s going to get it, whether it’s his own or someone else’s. It’s been years and his gender is still “eeeeh.” The 2nd messiest fucker.
#sorry it took so long#morrie is the only one doing Okay here#like yeah she’s got problems#but tbh she deals with them better than the other two#Tredwen and Fred interacting is so fucking funny to me#they couldn’t be further apart and yet share so many similarities#I love Morwenna though she’s so fun#she’s having her own adventures while Fred is having the worst time of his damn life. boys about to punch in his final card ya know?#she’d KILL him a second time if he did tbh#go to the underworld and drag his ass back up to kick his ass and hug hi#she’s a good sister!#she and the uncle are BFFs it’s great#I can’t write cis characters they all become trans or some flavour of queer#my BOYS (and GIRL!)#thanks for the ask!#ask#oc
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What Ever Happened to Tila Tequila?
Hey hotties, so for my first blog I want to talk about someone who I had somewhat of a fascination with when I was younger and that's Tila Tequila, for the younger people who have no idea who this woman with the funny name is, Tila Tequila is.. or was a television personality, singer/rapper, blogger, occasional actress, socialite, and model. But most importantly, she was pretty much the world's first social media influencer. See, after being suspended so many times on the now-defunct Friendster, Tila Tequila joined MySpace in fall of 2003 and by 2006 she became the most friended person of the MySpace. From what I've read, I believe she was apart of a rock band at the time of joining MySpace but that's kind of irrelevant to the story, anyhow, in 2007, MTV offered Tila Tequila her own reality show, the concept was a dating show that offered both male and female bachelor and bachelorette's, respectively titled A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila (Get it because Tequila and Shot?). So bam not only was she the most followed person on MySpace but now she was a pioneer for the bisexual reality television world. The show ran for two seasons and although she picked a gentleman named Bobby, they never even went out together let alone ever have her phone number. The following season, she picked a girl named Kirsty but in the biggest plot twist, Kristy rejected the offer and gave the world (me at least) one of the best season finale's in dating show history, with Kristy looking at the mansion one last time before entering the limo to leave Tila all alone crying in her bedroom to "Keep Driving" by Woodale I mean it was really good to me at least. The show was then handed down to the bisexual twin hooters waitresses Rikki and Vikki Mongeon better known as the Ikki Twins. Around this time, Tila began dating bisexual socialite and would be heiress to the Johnson & Johnson fortune Casey Johnson (who I will be making a blog on) and on December 9, 2009, Tequila announced via Ustream, her engagement to the socialite. Unfortunately on January 4, 2010, Casey Johnson was found dead inside of her Los Angeles estate by a housekeeper. Casey's cause of death was later revealed to be diabetes which she had struggled with from the age of 8. In my opinion, this was the beginning of Tila's mental downfall. Although, Tila had began to rebrand herself as a blogger under the name Miss Tila and began coming out with more music, in August she was attacked at the Gathering of the Juggalos festival. The same month, her lesbian sex tape was released to the public via Vivid Entertainment. Tila went quiet after this and the only thing I could find was that in January 2012, she discussed converting to Judaism, stating "I just feel like the Jewish people have such a beautiful way about them, and I can't wait to officially be Jewish! Shabbat Shalom." Strangely enough, in 2013, she uploaded a blog which she titled "Why I Sympathize with Hitler." She went on to say the following, “What do you think war is about? People DIE in wars that is why I am against wars… I understand the Jewish people went through some shit too, but hey guess what?? SO DID THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE WHO SUFFERED IN EVERY SINGLE WAR THST [sic] TOOK PLACE! You were NOT the only ones! So please, if the rest of us can forgive and forget maybe it’s time you do also!!!”
Flash forward to 2015, Tila Tequila is invited to go on the British version of Celebrity Big Brother alongside Farrah Abraham, Jenna Jameson, and Daniel Baldwin. At the time, Nguyen (Tequila's surname) was looking to be payed $175,000 win or lose the game. During her time in the house, she got a long with housemates and seemed to be off, not mentally there, overly sexual (regardless of claiming to have a boyfriend at home), and at times, human. However, on day two, she was called to the diary room, however long later, the housemates were called into the living room and told the following, "Due to events outside the Big Brother house, Tila has been removed from the house." Accoring to what I've read, production confronted her about the 2013 blog. The following day, Tila issued a statement,
"Back in 2013 I made a statement about Hitler not being a bad person, and immediately realized soon after that I had made a terrible mistake that would ultimately come back to haunt me. During that time I had been suffering from severe depression, and drug addiction for many years prior to that" She continued, "I also attempted to commit suicide in 2012 and overdosed on prescription pills. I wanted to die. I felt worthless and unloved as that pain continued to grow causing me further to spiral out of control. Losing touch of myself and reality.
"I have made many mistakes that I am definitely not proud about, but I am only a flawed human who is trying my best to be a better person than I was in the past. Although I cannot do much to change my past mistakes now, I can however, try to make things right from this morning forward, and be the best person that I can be. I am in no way, shape or form a racist nor antisemitic and absolutely not 100% a Nazi supporter."
Apparently this apology meant nothing because the following year, on November 18, 2016, Tila posted a photo to twitter of her with two white men posing with the Nazi Salute to which she titled "Seig Heil". Her twitter account was subsequently suspended.
In 2018, she began posting YouTube videos reffering to herself as the "Bride of Christ" and turned into this religious... for a lack of better words, freak. She didn't seem to be doing too bad until around 2022 when she posted a video slurring the N word with the Hard r and pulled out a gun (I dont know the rules on her so i dont know if I'm allowed to say that) which i believe was fake but none the less, her kids were around and it just seems dangerous. She would say her children are Hitler babies and I don't know I mention all of this to show the mental decline of someone who was actually pretty famous and well off to a terrible...person I guess?
Now if you ask me, I think that Tila was going through a lot, as stated in the 2015 apology, I do think she is bipolar, she openly talked about having many alter ego's, one being named Jane which she mentions in her song Rat Room, but I honestly feel sorry for her, and I feel sorry for the kids, I just think if she was medicated none of this would be happening. I also think Casey's death took a toll on her mentally as well.
Well, I've been writing this for 3 or 4 hours which yes I know it's short but I had a lot to say about this situation.
Until next time, you know you love me, XoXo,
- The Wealthy Socialite
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Phoenix from Phantom of the Paradise! 2, 3, 23
Character Ask Game
Hi Maggie! Thanks for the patience, glad you liked the movie enough to ask me about it haha!
Phoenix from Phantom of the Paradise:
2. Favorite canon thing about this character?
I like how self-serving she is! There are a few Christines in various Phantom of the Opera adaptations (the 1943 one and the one played by Jane Seymour both come to mind) who are truly girlboss™️, ruthlessly ambitious in pursuit of their singing careers and to whom love and romance and, well, men, come second, if not an afterthought entirely. Phoenix is a regular Roxie Hart in a Phantom of the Opera/Faust story. She's particularly willing to compromise on her integrity to get ahead, and she's shown to be genuinely egotistical and swept up in living for the adoration of her public. Yes, it is gendered in that she does sleep with Swan / agree to his marriage proposal as part of the deal, but what's fun about it is she's genuinely more Faust than Marguerite in that she's given personal aspirations independent of the men in her life, with the sex side of things being more a means to an end than the Corruption of the Innocent. More women being ethically questionable in horror, I always say!
It's surprisingly nice especially given the time period that she's not really narratively punished, either; yes, she does lose Winslow at the end, but she's the only one who lives! Maybe she can live on to warn people about the scourge of Satanism and clothed lesbian orgies plaguing the rock opera scene.
Also, I love that she has a deeper register! More alto/contralto ingenues!!!
3. Least favorite canon thing about this character?
With the above being said, I do have to say that Phoenix, like most of the characters in this film who are not named Winslow or Swan, is a bit underwritten and simplistic. I wish we were able to learn more about her; she doesn't necessarily need to have the honouring-the-dead-father backstory most Christines have (although that would be interesting given Swan's whole deal with offering immortality!), but a bit more than "she wants to make it" would be nice, and kind of break her out of the gender stereotyping boxes a bit further. It was cute watching her bond with Winslow, but especially seeing how De Palma's later work would flesh out side characters a lot more, I'd love to see her good points more at war with her single-minded pursuit of stardom. As she stands, she's a bit flat.
23. Favorite picture of this character?
Everyone knows and would likely pick the angelic white dress bathed in the stagelight singing picture, or the classic backstage drama ingenue image of her sitting in her dressing room mirror with Swan looming over her shoulder in the reflection, so I'm going to indulge my perpetual need to be different and choose this one --
The ingenue archetype is usually idealized and placed on a benevolent misogyny pedestal when she performs angelically, but I really love this image for subverting that. Other than the dramtic angle, the look in her eye speaks to a hidden ferocity in Phoenix - perhaps in pursuit of her goals - that I just love.
Thank you!!!
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Curious Archer/ Mad Archer Ship Headcanons

One of two canon Next Gen ships, Alice Swan-Jones and Robyn Hood/Mills!
These two were one of the only things I liked about S7. Initially, I wasn't going to have Alice here at all, since I took the multiverse out of my re-write, but I love her waaaay too much to cut her out.
Tropes: True Love || Hopeless flirts || Fairytale romance || Love at first sight || The grumpy one falls for the sunshine one || Protective Couple
Songs: Dead Sea- The Lumineers || Mess is Mine- Vance Joy || Yellow- Coldplay || Still Into You- Paramore || Love Me Like You Do- Ellie Goulding || All of Me- John Legend
Headcanons Under the Cut: (Changes from canon) (Also keep in mind I changed Alice's parents to Killian and Emma in this AU)
Since both girls are teenagers in this AU, their relationship is going to have a different dynamic than in canon when they are both adults. I just wanted to make it clear that I’m not trying to infantilize Alice due to her mental illness or time stuck in the tower, but because she and Robyn are still teens, and it’s only been a year since Alice escaped her tower.
They met a year after Alice escaped from her tower. Since they had Snowing’s “I caught you in a net” meeting in canon, I gave them the “smacked you with a rock” meeting for this AU.
Alice ended up in Storybrooke, trying to find her lost family. Robyn saw her and thought she was a spy, chasing her down and tackling her in the woods. Robyn was surprised that she was a (pretty) girl, and Alice wacks her with a tree branch to escape. True love, baby.
After everything settles, they do a formal introduction: “I’m Robyn Hood. The new Robin Hood, anyway. The old one was my dad.” “New Robin…so Nobyn Hood?” “...no.”
Robyn was a goner from minute one. Unfortunately, she can’t flirt for shit. Alice, on the other hand, flirts by just being herself, which makes Robyn incredibly flustered, which makes her flirting worse, and on the cycle goes.
Alice knows that Robyn likes her, but she finds herself being cautious about growing close to anyone, not wanting her “bad days” to ruin any relationships she might have in Storybrooke.
Once Alice gets settled at Storybrooke High, Robyn takes it upon herself to show her the ropes and protect her from any perceived slight. Faces have, and will be, punched.
Everything is slow for them, as Alice has never been in a relationship (of any kind), and Robyn is trying reeeeeally hard not to fuck this up.
Robyn calls Alice “Tower Girl,” “Lovely,” and “Starlight,” because she’s a sap. Alice calls Robyn “Nobin,” “Yobin (Robyn with a ‘Y’),” and “Love,” because she is also a sap.
The first time Alice has a “bad day” in front of Robyn, she freaks out and thinks that Robyn will think she’s a psycho and leave. Instead, Robyn talks with Alice and comes up with plans to help her during her “bad days,” and episodes.
Alice has dragged Robyn out of bed to go stargazing with her more than once. True to form, Robyn complains, but she won’t ever say no to Alice’s smile.
They practice their magic together, though Alice is much more gifted than Robyn. Robyn tries not to let that get to her.
Alice’s favorite activity is to watch Robyn do archery. She loves how focused and passionate she gets.
Robyn’s never been all that touchy-feely, but Alice is touch starved from being alone in a tower since she was twelve. Robyn suddenly becomes VERY touchy-feely. With Alice, at least.
Robyn has previously dated Alex Boyd, before they came out as aroace, but that ended real quick, much to Robyn’s heartbreak. Alice hasn’t dated anyone, but during her time in Wonderland, developed a crush on Will and Anastasia’s daughter, Penny, which never went anywhere.
Both Robyn and Alice knew pretty early on that they were Not Straight. Robyn had a brief stint when she was considering she might be bisexual, but decided that lesbian fit her better. Alice just flat-out knew she liked girls when she accidentally conjured some non-heterosexual romance books while trapped in her tower.
Zelena, Regina, and Emma (and Robin, when he comes back to life) all ship the heck out of them. Killian, old fashioned man that he is, is concerned, but comes around eventually.
#ouat next generation#ouat next gen#curious archer#mad archer#alice jones#robyn hood#robyn mills#robin mills#robin hood ii#the next gen verse#the season 7 rewrite#alice swan jones
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Being creative and even silly in a new language really does help it stick, too!
My now-spouse and I took Japanese together, and he used to come up with bizarre, often nonsensical phrases as soon as we were introduced to new vocabulary words or grammar, and listen, I'm woefully out of practice, but the parts I'm least rusty in recalling?
are almost all inevitably stuff from those silly phrases.
I can't forget that you turn a noun into a verb with adding "wo shimasu", because the goofball started saying "haambaagaa o shimasu", which roughly translates to "hamburgering" and it's just. so stupid! so silly!! what does that even mean?? Lol
I only recall the word for "window" is mado, or how to say "that thing over there", because he used to proudly (and deliberately nonsensicallly) declare "ano mado wa boku no desu", which literally means: "that window over there is mine" (with, if you are curious, a youthful masculine pronoun vibe, because Japanese is way more interesting and nuanced with first person pronouns than English; boku is used by young boys and men, and sometimes by tomboys and butch lesbians, apparently, as it's got a kinda butch energy to it that the gender neutral polite watashi doesn't)
part of the reason i recall the verb hanashimasu so well and the only reason I recall the words for "hospital" (byouin) and "corpse/dead people" (shinin), or that the grammatical particle equivalent to the English preposition "at" is de.... is because he came up with the absurd question:
"what language do dead people speak at the hospital?"
(Which, iirc, is something like: "shinin wa byouin de nani go wo hanashimasu ka?", or, most literally: "dead people [subject marker] hospital at, what language [direct object marker] speak [optional question marker at end of sentence]?", because Japanese as an agglutinating language has VERY different grammar from English lol)
(btw we jokingly decided the only "correct" answer to that would be: "ratingo", aka... Latin. Because, you know, it's a dead language? Har! Yeah, we're dorks lol)
(but also that's the only reason I recall how to say the word for "Latin language " in Japanese either, which also helps me recall the pattern to referring to languages in that language, soooo...)
Anyway, POINT IS
Both he and I remember way more random bits of vocabulary and even crucial bits of grammar, because of those "silly, nonsense" phrases!
So, tldr:
Go ham!! Make up silly stuff in the languages you're studying!!! It's fun AND shockingly helpful!! And to language teachers out there, keep in mind that not only does this practice encourage deeper and more permanent understanding of the language, it ALSO means they have enthusiasm for it... and a good reason to add more and more of the language to their repertoire. Like??
I don't know the German for "my hobby is tax evasion" (because I never studied German) but
boy, that is absolutely a construction of the kind my spouse would have come up with
and if he had, I would definitely remember the Japanese terms for "hobby" and "tax evasion"...🤣
I told my students they're allowed to be creative and don't have to be factual when writing about themselves in German because I keep getting questions like "what if I don't have roommates or what if I don't have hobbies" and I'm like guys just make something up! Have fun! I won't fact check you!
So now I am grading homework where a student is claiming to be from North Korea and his hobby is tax fraud
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deadloch was a surreal experience. i like the murder mystery aspects of the show. suspects have motives and everyone they discuss seems plausible in their own right. when the detectives come to a conclusion it feels natural. i like how the writers pull of the feat of the case not actually stagnating before the detective(s) arrive at a completely arbitrary right conclusion like so many other murder mysteries do. at one point i was dead on the murderer but the show made a great effort to dissuade me and directed my attention to others instead. the red herrings they throw at you feel thought out and not pointless. however the show does lose me in the i believe penultimate episode when all the town's men (or at least the named men) take a bus out of town. this is the point where the show falls apart for me, unfortunately. the ending feels rushed and all the amazing build up they've done so far is their downfall in my opinion. the reveal of the actual murderer is fine, like i said before, i had them clocked as a potential suspect but their ultimate motivation feels somewhat off - or at least not as strong as it could be.
this kind of leads me on to my next point. first of, representation is always good and a win, but this is where i get confused, as a queer man myself i like how many of the (main) characters are part of the lgbtq+ community to some extent even if it seems a bit excessive in terms of realism but i don't mind, but a lot of the comments got on my nerves eventually. i don't care that many townsfolk are lesbian or gay or cross-dressers or whatnot, but i do find it somewhat annoying that so many seem to make it their sole personality trait / have to bring it up constantly. like, i know sven's gay because i watched x hours of this show already and he brings it up all the time. what happened to show don't tell? yes, i know collins' a lesbian 'cos eddie and a whole bunch of other people keep insulting her about it. i'm not against them mentioning it and especially in collins' case they're disrespecting a figure of authority (when phil mcgangus does it, which then plays in the homophobia collins and other characters have to deal with) but what does eddie gain by doing it?
also, the murderer tying in with both eddie's and collins' past feels a bit forced. it can work if done well, but it's not. why did it have to be both of them? wouldn't it have been more impactful if it were just eddie, and collins then choosing to support her, serving as a reminder to eddie that her friends / coworkers do like her?
also what was the deal with miranda and tammy? like, what was the point? they were there in every episode, multiple times, and only for the carruthers reveal? it feels so pointless. whenever they appeared on screen i thought to myself if it weren't for it being on a streaming site, this would be the time for a pee break. i also don't get the humour of the show. i don't want to bang on about it because not every joke is for everyone and shows labelled as comedy often don't land with me (i have the same problem with man down and the cleaner). it didn't deter me from enjoying deadloch, though. the murder mystery aspect drew me in and that's why i stayed. the sound design was great. like, seriously good. so, yeah, overall, i did enjoy deadloch a lot and even if the comedy didn't land for me i would still recommend it. the ending feels a bit rushed and chaotic, and given the pacing of the rest of the show, i think one or two more episode could have helped with that.
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I don’t know if I’ve made a post specifically about this, in case I haven’t I’m doing it now. There was a time I was very addicted to reading sapphic books, so here’s a list of the ones I read and my opinion about it:
*There will be no spoilers, so in case anyone has read any of these books or want more detailed opinions with spoilers just dm me or send asks that I’ll gladly talk more about it
Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - I enjoyed a lot this book. Very emotional (at least for me). I really liked the way it’s written (the characters in the present and throughout the story going back to the past to explain certain things). Main character is a bisexual woman and she isn’t afraid of calling people out when they erase her identity by calling her a lesbian, there’s just some things I think it stereotypes bisexuality even more. There’s also lesbian rep, also some stereotypes about lesbians. Latino rep, though also with some stereotypes. Tw: suicide (also I have some issues about how this was written).
Her Royal Highness - the first thing that I thought when I finished this book was “that was it?”. It feels rushed, I think either the book should’ve been longer to explain some things or it should’ve been a series. The main character is bi and her romantic interest is a lesbian. I personally thought the lesbian rep is shitty. Idk if it was a problem with the translated version but I don’t remember the word lesbian ever being mentioned in the story. The lesbian character comes out to the main character after the other one says she’s bi and the lesbian character just says something like “I’m like you except for the boys part”. That’s how she describes her being a lesbian 💀
Girl Made of Stars - TW: rape (I don’t remember being explicitly described, but the whole story talks a lot about it). Main character is bi, her romantic interest is a non-binary lesbian (so nb rep). I really liked this book, I don’t remember anything I thought was a little problematic or anything in particular I didn’t like about it.
Girls Made of Snow and Glass - I really liked this story, I thought I wasn’t going to enjoy it because it’s not a modern setting, idk exactly when the story is supposed to be, I’d guess Middle Ages or something like that. It really is like a fairy tale but not so childish. Considering is not modern setting I wouldn’t know the sexuality of the characters because they don’t label it, they’re just sapphic. For me it was like a different version of Snow White. Also, from what I remember the main character as well as her romantic interest are POC. I enjoyed how some chapters are through the main character POV and some others are through her stepmother’s POV.
Girl, Serpent, Thorn - Also not modern setting. I’m pretty sure if not all characters most of them are POC. Characters’ sexualities are also not labeled. It also feels like a not so childish fairy tale. I liked it, though not as much as I liked Girls Made of Snow and Glass.
Before You Say I Do - I loved this one, there’s barely any angst, very fluff, feels like a fanfiction which I loved it. The whole time while I read it I imagined both characters as Kara and Lena from Supergirl 😂. One of the main characters is a lesbian, the other one I don’t remember if she’s bi, unlabeled or ends up figuring out she’s a lesbian. There’s some NSFW so I wouldn’t recommend if you’re 18 or under or if you’re not comfortable with that kind of thing.
Cool For The Summer - Main character is bi as well as her romantic interest. I think one of them is Jewish and Lebanese descendant (correct me if I’m wrong though), the other one I think is Russian and Jewish descendant. There’s also an aroace character (she’s a minor character). I enjoyed it, though disappointed about not having any lesbian rep.
Cinderella Is Dead - main character is black. Like the title says it’s based on a fairytale, though it’s not childish. I really liked how society in this book was described. It’s after the whole story about Cinderella. I have to warn that there’s some mentions of domestic abuse and you’re probably going to hate basically all men in this story because it’s a very misogynistic society. The characters are also not labeled.
I’ve also read some books that I don’t think have an English version so I won’t even bring them up.
#stephanie talks#sapphic#wlw#wlw community#lgbt#lgbtqia#lgbtq community#lesbian#sapphic books#long post
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It's really interesting to compare these two! (Some spoilers for both) Carol is a romance where a big part of the conflict is the homophobic society the characters live in (1950s America), and story-wise, Bugsnax is an adventure with romance-focused subplots where homophobia never even comes up. I haven't seen Carol, although I know what happens, but I can say that Bugsnax is also significantly sillier in tone. I know this because the two women who kiss in Carol are called Carol Aird and Therese Belivet, and the two women who kiss in Bugsnax are called Elizabert Megafig and Eggabell Batternugget. Doesn't stop the relationships and character motivations from feeling very real, though.
When I read the premise of Carol, I assumed it would end tragically like every high-profile story about queer romance with that kind of setting, and it was a nice surprise to be wrong. (Slaps a "Does Not Bury Their Gays" sticker onto the movie poster) The movie ends kind of ambiguously, but it's implied that they're going to pick their relationship back up.
Like a lot of romance stories, Carol is about the start of a romance, while Bugsnax, as the main writer described in a recent article, mostly depicts established relationships. It's made clear right at the beginning that Lizbert and Eggabell are lesbians, in the first two lines of dialogue. Chandlo and Snorpy's relationship is a bit harder to figure out until the end, but it's established pretty early on that Snorpy loves Chandlo, and he can't figure out what their relationship is either. (They're dating)
Carol doesn't appear to have any non-binary characters, which isn't surprising given its setting, but I want to gush about Bugsnax's handling of non-binary characters, so: There is at least one non-binary character in Bugsnax. Non-binary characters that appear in fiction (rarely), are commonly depicted as members of species that treat gender very differently to humans, and in games, they're most likely to be player character and maybe some characters meant to mirror the player character. And I really appreciate those characters as well, but it's so refreshing to see one who doesn't fall into those categories. The player character may or may not be non-binary (Filbo refers to them as "they" a couple of times in a line early on), but Floofty definitely is, and nobody ever misgenders them, even though Floofty has alienated almost the entire cast with their personality. Nobody even expresses confusion or needs the concept explained to them. It's great. They're just there, they're non-binary, and they'd like to do some science now.
Bugsnax has more queer content in total than Carol, but Carol is a 2 hour movie, and Bugsnax is a 7-15 hour video game. Carol has a higher... queerness quotient, which might not be a thing, but is fun to say. There's that whole gay road trip. I understand there's a lot of yearning. The whole plot is about these women and their feelings for each other.
Lizbert and Eggabell's relationship is pretty important to the climax of Bugsnax, though. And it also doesn't end tragically. They both survive! And don't break up. I had a second "Does Not Bury Their Gays" sticker and I'm going to put it on the Bugsnax cover art! Right over Filbo's face there.
(Yes, Chandlo and Snorpy can die in the ending sequence. So can eight other characters. They're not being singled out for death. it's a failure state shared by the majority of the cast.) (Actually, it's weird how often people think that Lizbert and Eggabell did die in the end. They do stay on the island while the others escape, but I can't see how you'd get the impression they died unless you were already primed to expect gay love stories... to end tragically... Oh. I see) (They appear in the credits alive and the DLC added two more pictures of them clearly not being dead)
Carol is a grounded romance movie about queer struggle, and Bugsnax is a silly video game with normalised queerness. They're trying to do very different things, so it's hard to quantify which is the "best". It's not even comparing apples to oranges. it's comparing apples to Orange Peelbugs.
In conclusion, queer media is a land of contrasts. I voted for Bugsnax because I really love Bugsnax.


#Bugsnax#Carol (movie)#I could apologise for writing this many words comparing the funny food bug game with a movie I haven't seen but... I won't#The contrast between the pictures was just too funny for me#Also my interest in Carol shot up as soon as I read on the WIkipedia page that neither of them die or lose everything in the end
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bisexual│mcyt hc
warnings: small mentions of hate, fluff
prompt: (requested 1 & 2) “Hello uh I saw one of your posts about the dream smp reacting to you coming out so I was wondering if you haven't already done it can you do dream smp reacting to you coming out as bisexual?”
“Hello yamturd so I was wondering if maybe you could do tubbo, Tommy and Ranboo reacting to reader coming out as bisexual or lesbian if you haven't already done it :)”
pairings: irl platonic! dream, ranboo, tommy and tubbo ; c!technoblade
a/n: if i offend or misinterpret anything in this hc, please feel free to message and correct me otherwise. i will always try to correct or delete this post if asked so <33
sending my love to all those who identify as bisexual <33
wc: (1.5k) - m.list
dream -
considering his prideful personality sometimes, you probably wanted to play with his ego and drop subtle hints
not anything too obvious, but enough to make him kick himself when he realizes
though it was admittedly difficult since he plays into the dnf ship so much that he thinks you’re also joking more than half the time
imagine you two were in a voice call one evening and randomly discussing the recent fanon and what would be funny to turn into canon (to mess with the fandom)
you’ve been recently shipped with two other content creators, both of opposing female and male gender, separately and together
“Honestly, I wouldn’t mind hitting that.” “Which one?” “Both.”
He’d laugh, but you didn’t.
“Wait, you’re serious? You actually identify as…?” “Bisexual. Yeah, I’m pretty sure anyway.” “Y/n, that’s amazing.”
takes pride in the fact that you trust him, but would feign being upset that you messed with him for as long as you did
be jokingly offended if he found out someone knew before him
“Wait…” “Yes?” “You told Bad??” “Yeah, he was one of the first.” “W— Why??”
It was your turn to laugh while he gawked in disbelief.
“It’s Bad! Of course I told him.” “… Fair enough.”
hate is a given, and he’ll always be there to support and defend you
he’ll always ask your permission before taking any action, however, because he respects you too much and knows you can fight your own battles
dream is someone will show relentless support, whether that be through words or moral support, he’ll always be there for you
c!technoblade -
i honestly feel like you never officially came out to techno
as you began to recognize yourself as bisexual, you slowly expressed yourself around him more openly to the point where he unconsciously knew
it’d probably would have hit him in the most random moment after months of assuming he knew
imagine you’re in the midst of battle when techno paused entirely with wide eyes
“Y/n!” “What!?” “Are you gay??”
you would tease him when discussing your love life in one-sided conversations with him; him basically choosing to ignore you when you talk to him
“Honestly, Techno, how could you not want to hit that?” “Please, just stop.”
(i’ve written this before but will stand by this that) he truly doesn’t care for your sexuality
you’re a friend, someone he trusts and relies on, he doesn’t need to consider who you’re attracted to since he sees you for your skills and friendship
the only, and only time he is mindful of your sexuality depends on others unnecessary comments about it
the smp is a known judgement free land, but there will always be someone with ignorant opinions that he is always quick to shut down (or kill)
nothing much can be said besides the fact that you’ll always be y/n to him: a loyal friend and someone he would fight the world for
ranboo -
oh sweet ranboo, dear ranboo
considering how openly supportive and kind he naturally is, you didn’t question the idea of telling him
i’d like to imagine that unlike most where you planned or waited to tell, the moment you knew, he would know soon after
imagine you called him before he began his lore stream to hype him up
you both were talking about more mundane things to calm his nerves as people joined when you brought it up
“Oh actually, before you start, I wanted to tell you something.” “Sure, what is it?” “Well, I— I’m Bisexual.” “…You’re tELLING ME THIS WHEN I’M ABOUT TO START MY STREAM??” “Y/n! I’m so happy for you, that’s amazing!”
he’s incredibly patient concerning how you wanted others to know or when you were ready to be completely out
similar to c!techno with the same beliefs you’re still y/n, and nothing has changed besides you coming out as yourself
he’s your go to when days are rough, because he knows how to help you understand you’re still loved as the same y/n and nothing less
“Hey, hey, listen to me. I love you, y/n. We all do, and you’ll never be alone when things get rough, alright?” (love /p)
knows how to silently deal with hate in his chat unless it becomes evident enough to address it (doesn’t want to bring attention to meaningless words until it becomes serious)
ranboo’s your rock and makes show that he’ll never believe anything other than that you deserve love
tommyinnit -
as someone who took pride in defending the LGBTQ+ community, you had no hesitation when coming out to tommy
if any, your reluctance would come from accepting yourself to the point to be open with other people
it’s not as if he didn’t accept you, he could never imagine doing so in the slightest, but he probably wouldn’t know what to say initially
imagine you both were in the midst of playing bedwars together in a recording for a video
he had been busy gathering emeralds while you remained at the base, and the comforting silence gave you the confidence to blindly address it
“Hey Tommy?” “What, y/n? I’m in the middle of something right now.” “Oh, um, I’m pretty sure I’m bisexual.” “…” “…Tommy?” “…” “T— Tommy?”
it’d be dead quiet for a few seconds before you heard the noise of him rustling in realization
“Wait wait wait, you’re serious? You’re bisexual?” “Haha yeah, yeah, I am.” “WHA—!”
he was happy for you, to say the least
tommy loves to joke, and one he loved to make would be your attraction to both genders
you like women? pog!
you like men? a shame, honestly
if you were publicly out, his favorite bit would be to include you in his obnoxious swooning
imagine he was streaming while talking about his love for women
“Boys, honestly, the ladies just can’t resist me.”
The ding of discord notified you entering the call, the sound of your laughter immediately coming through.
“I agree, Tommy, I definitely agree.” “Y/n! You are attracted to women, and I am also attracted to women. You can agree women are amazing, yes?” “I can, Tommy. Women are indeed amazing.” “Good lad!” “Tommy, you do realize I’m not only attracted to w—” “Shush, we don’t speak of that.”
he showed his support by normalizing your sexuality, his acceptance quick and easily integrated into your lives
(this is getting long but—) tommy was well aware he lacked some knowledge when being in the LGBTQ+ community, but openly voiced his ignorance as a sign of awareness itself
he was always quick to correct either himself or others, he refused to accept slander of any type in his streams
would probably try to keep it light heartedly, but scold nonetheless
tommy was your figurative cheerleader, always there to include and uplift you, whether that be through the smallest gestures or loudest cheers
tubbo -
poor tubbo
since he wasn’t the most careful with secrets, you probably withheld telling him till you were ready for most to know
this isn’t to deter anything of not trusting him, he’s still supportive and loving tubbo that wouldn’t dare do anything purposeful against you
if anything, you might have forgotten that he didn’t know when you were casually taking about it within a group
imagine you and Ranboo were trying to get him to sleep one early morning but gave up
you started talking about personal stuff and the topic of your love life came up, specifically the attraction to someone of the same gender
“I don’t know, Ranboo, I mean, I think I like them but at the same time I’m not sure.” “That’s fai—” “Wait, y/n. You’re gay??” “Bisexual, actually.” “WaAA—”
his very sleep deprived state was extremely happy and emotional for you
he’s like the little duckling with a knife, like he loves you completely but will try to hurt anyone that offends you
like tommy, he has no personal knowledge when being in the LGBTQ+ community but will solely learn for your sake
whether you’re younger or not, tubbo never fails to remind you that he looks up to you
he gives his all and won’t hesitate to provide in any way he can if needed
“You matter,” he’ll always say, “you’re important and no one else’s opinion matter.”
is proud to be your friend and expresses his platonic love in full, for you’re you and are so brave to be yourself despite all
choosing not to tag my usual taglist just cause its a headcanon with a specific request <33 (huge ty to @basilly and @inniterhq though for the advice/motivation to finish this)
#mcyt x reader#mcyt x you#mcyt x y/n#mcyt headcanons#dreamwastaken x reader#dreamwastaken x you#dreamwastaken x gn!reader#dreamwastaken headcanon#technoblade x reader#technoblade x you#technoblade x gn!reader#technoblade headcanon#ranboo x reader#ranboo x you#ranboo x gn!reader#platonic!ranboo x reader#ranboo headcanon#tommyinnit x reader#tommyinnit x you#tommyinnit x y/n#tommyinnit x gn!reader#platonic!tommyinnit x reader#tommyinnit headcanon#tubbo x reader#tubbo x you#tubbo x gn!reader#tubbo underscore x reader#platonic!tubbo x reader#tubbo headcanon#mcyt headcanon fluff
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Sexiest TLT Ladies Survey Results
About 3 months ago I ran a survey asking the locked tomb fandom to rate the attractiveness of each member of our large and varied cast of lesbians, necromancers, and necromancer lesbians on a scale of 1 to 5. Now it’s time to publish the results! The credit for most of this writeup goes to @misanthropicacegirl who applied a little of her data science expertise to analyzing your answers.
Preliminaries
The survey ran for 3 months and received 357 responses. The overwhelming majority of those were in the first two weeks but a slow trickle continued to come in over the remaining time it was open.
Section 1: Averages
One way to rate our girls is to look at their average rating.
Average Ratings
Gideon 4.25 Camilla 4.22 Harrow 3.80 Pyrrha 3.68 Corona 3.31 Alecto 3.30 Dulcie 3.28 Pal 3.20 Wake 3.15 Abigail 3.06 Ianthe 2.99 Cytherea 2.65 Mercymorn 2.61 Marta 2.57 Judith 2.32 Aiglamene 2.17
Gideon and Camilla are the only ones with an average above 4. Clear stand out winners here. At the bottom of the pack are Marta, Judith, and Aiglamene.
But it’s not all about averages. What are our other summary statistics?
Median Ratings
Gideon 5.0 Pyrrha 4.0 Camilla 4.0 Harrow 4.0 Dulcie 3.5 Alecto 3.0 Wake 3.0 Abigail 3.0 Marta 3.0 Pal 3.0 Corona 3.0 Ianthe 3.0 Aiglamene 2.0 Mercymorn 2.0 Cytherea 2.0 Judith 2.0
Gideon and Harrow both benefit from the median! The absolute middle of the road voter ranked Gideon a 5/5.
Difference Between The Median And The Mean
Cytherea -0.651026 Mercymorn -0.609971 Judith -0.322581 Corona -0.310145 Alecto -0.298817 Camilla -0.219020 Pal -0.197059 Aiglamene -0.174041 Wake -0.151335 Abigail -0.061584 Ianthe 0.011561 Harrow 0.198847 Dulcie 0.216374 Pyrrha 0.317507 Marta 0.425220 Gideon 0.748555
The difference between the median and the mean tells us a bit about the range of feeling, and how much outliers are influencing the average. Most people have an average fairly close to their median. Gideon, Marta, and Pyrrha all move up in the median – they have a couple of detractors who dragged them down. Cytherea and Mercymorn both move down in the median, because their average was raised by a couple of pro-lyctor fans. Surprisingly, Ianthe, who I would have thought would be very affected here is our most centrist/stable. She’s a 3 and she’s staying there.
First Quartile Ratings
Camilla 4.0 Gideon 4.0 Pyrrha 3.0 Harrow 3.0 Alecto 2.0 Wake 2.0 Abigail 2.0 Dulcie 2.0 Marta 2.0 Pal 2.0 Corona 2.0 Ianthe 2.0 Aiglamene 1.0 Mercymorn 1.0 Cytherea 1.0 Judith 1.0
What about on the low end? Whose popularity is most stable? Answer: Camilla and Gideon again. Even down to the 1st quartile, they were still getting a 4. (E.g., at least 75% of people gave them a 4 or higher.)
Standard Deviations
Camilla 0.978607 Gideon 1.017420 Judith 1.120026 Harrow 1.167082 Marta 1.182399 Pyrrha 1.216243 Corona 1.238687 Aiglamene 1.243601 Dulcie 1.274022 Pal 1.356506 Abigail 1.363070 Mercymorn 1.375335 Alecto 1.389682 Wake 1.426035 Cytherea 1.486678 Ianthe 1.491963
Looking at the standard deviation, Camilla has the lowest score too! Closely followed by Gideon, and surprisingly, Judith. No surprise that the bottom of the list features Ianthe, followed by Cytherea, Wake, Alecto, and Mercymorn – all fairly polarizing girls with a wide spread of potential takes.
Section 2: Ratings by Character
This is one more way of thinking about the distribution of answers each character got. I would have expected Ianthe to be mainly 1’s and 5’s, but she’s actually fairly neutral all the way through – nobody really has much of a bimodal distribution. Ianthe does have equal numbers of 1’s and 5’s, however. In contrast, Alecto’s 5’s outnumber her 1’s at a 2:1 ratio, and Gideon has nearly 20x the 5’s as 1’s.
Section 3: Ratings Given Ratings
Are Ianthe girls really so different from everyone else? Maybe a little. The people who rated Ianthe highly were also higher on Dulcie, Cytherea, Mercymorn, Pyrrha, Wake, Harrow, and Alecto– pretty much every morally gray girl on the list. Judith, Marta, Camilla, and Gideon don’t see much of a difference – and Pal goes down!
Here’s one way we could look at this up close to see the change.
This is the same chart from a Gideon perspective! As you can see, Gideon’s rating doesn’t really change Harrow or Camilla very much – their ratings are pretty high across the board without a lot of change. Pal has a stronger connection: if you rate Gideon a 1, chances are you rated Pal pretty low too. The reverse is true with Cytherea: the people who rated Gideon a 1 rated Cytherea more highly.
Section 4: Correlations
This is a correlation matrix! Each cell in the table represents the strengths of the relationship between the row and column character, between -1 and +1. +1 represents a relationship that totally corresponds with each other, 0 represents no relationship at all, and -1 represents a relationship that goes the opposite way. Each character has a perfect relationship with themselves, so there’s a diagonal of “+1’s” going from top left to bottom right.
Section 4A: Top Positive Correlations
They go together, like rama lama lama ka dinga da dinga dong
Top Positive Correlations
Judith->Marta 0.63 Pyrrha->Wake 0.58 Dulcie->Cytherea 0.47 Wake->Alecto 0.44 Cytherea->Mercymorn 0.41 Alecto->Aiglamene 0.39 Dulcie->Abigail 0.34 Judith->Aiglamene 0.33 Ianthe->Cytherea 0.32 Cytherea->Wake 0.31 Abigail->Mercymorn 0.31 Marta->Aiglamene 0.31 Mercymorn->Wake 0.31 Wake->Aiglamene 0.31 Corona->Wake 0.31
Our second house girls go together! Yes, mostly people both voted them 1’s, 2’s, and 3’s, but people generally ranked them the same.
Our next strongest pair is Pyrrha and Wake. Most people put them both at 5, but people who were negative or lukewarm tended to be similar on both. Probably because they are terrifying warrior MILFs.
This Dulcie and Cytherea one is funny because we have 3 very different points happening. People who hated both, people who loved both, and a minor contingent of people who loved Dulcie but hated Cytherea. That last contingent is significant enough to show up, but not enough to throw off the correlation.
What do Gideon and Camilla look like here? There’s nowhere for us to draw a line–almost everyone put them both at a 5. True, some people rated one a 4 and the other a 5–but not enough for us to see a pattern from it.
Section 4B: Negative Correlation
Opposites…. repulse
Top Negative Correlations
Corona->Pal -0.14 Ianthe->Pal -0.13 Gideon->Mercymorn -0.12 Gideon->Cytherea -0.08 Harrow->Pyrrha -0.05 Pal->Cytherea -0.05 Pal->Mercymorn -0.03 Harrow->Marta -0.02 Harrow->Wake -0.02 Harrow->Pal -0.02 Gideon->Ianthe -0.02 Ianthe->Camilla -0.01 Gideon->Abigail -0.01 Camilla->Cytherea -0.00 Gideon->Dulcie -0.00
Basically, this correlation exists because there are two different groups – the people liked Pal and put her at a 5 or 4, tended to rate Corona a 3, and the people who liked Corona (who put her at a 4) tended to rate Pal a 1 or 3.
Pal and Ianthe are also kind of opposites! In this case, there’s a VERY pro Pal contingent (3-5) that all rated Ianthe a 1, and a generally pro Ianthe faction (who rated her 4-5) that was pretty lukewarm on Pal.
Lastly, a totally different pattern: Gideon and Mercymorn. In general, everyone was very positive on Gideon and very negative on Mercymorn, hence our major dark spot at (5, 1). This correlation isn’t as strong, since most people loved Gideon regardless of how they felt about Mercymorn. But there were just enough contrarians who loved Mercymorn and disliked Gideon to give us a negative relationship.
Section 5: Clustering
What if we pretended to do some fancy machine learning, and tossed these into a clustering algorithm?
Two Clusters
Abigail & Aiglamene & Cytherea & Ianthe & Judith & Marta & Mercymorn
Alecto & Camilla & Corona & Dulcie & Gideon & Harrow & Pal & Pyrrha & Wake
If we tried just two clusters, we can see a split like this. I’d call this line the conventional heroines VS the meaner, more frightening and military women.
Three Clusters
Abigail & Alecto & Corona & Dulcie & Ianthe & Pyrrha & Wake
Camilla & Gideon & Harrow & Pal
Aiglamene & Cytherea & Judith & Marta & Mercymorn
We can see a pattern here too:
Supporting characters with some redeeming features and some problems
Main heroes
Mean older women
Four Clusters
Abigail & Cytherea & Ianthe & Mercymorn
Alecto & Corona & Dulcie & Pyrrha & Wake
Aiglamene & Judith & Marta
Camilla & Gideon & Harrow & Pal
Breaking this down into 4 gives us similar slices again.
Older and/or Dangerous women
Bitches horny for revenge, probably
Military women
The Camilla/Gideon/Harrow/Pal quadrilateral of friendship
Five Clusters
Cytherea & Ianthe & Mercymorn
Alecto & Corona & Pyrrha & Wake
Abigail & Dulcie & Pal
Aiglamene & Judith & Marta
Camilla & Gideon & Harrow
Last one! Rolling around 5 clusters we get:
Morally dismal lyctors
Women who’ll try killing the emperor in book 3
Friendly but dead nerds
Military women again
Our heroes
Bonus: Harrow or Gideon?
Can we bring back the simple times of the Twilight fandom? Can we be divided into team Harrow or team Gideon? We turn to the data to find out.
Gideon vs Harrow isn’t a very big divide either, as it turns out. The biggest effect it has is (drumroll)…that people who ranked Gideon higher than Harrow had high rankings for Gideon, and vice versa. Everyone else is fairly similar, and I wouldn’t put money on them being statistically significant.
Though there is a slight preference for Ianthe from the Harrow faction, and for Corona from the Gideon faction, which is definitely funny.
We can also observe some slight team Gideon preference for Judith, Marta, and Pyrrha.
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