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Realism is Bad, Actually
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* Description: * We say we love "realistic" fiction like Batman, Red Dead Redemption 2, and Horizon: Forbidden West. We say we love when our characters "act like real people" and "have realistic dialogue." But it's worth asking: Are these things ACTUALLY realistic? And if not, is realism even worth trying to capture?
* chapters: * 00:00:00 - Intro: Concrete Monsters 00:04:17 - Part 1: Using Realism 00:10:34 - Part 2: Investigating Realism 00:17:27 - Part 3: Criticizing Realism 00:40:32 - Intermission 00:43:17 - Part 4: Replacing Realism 00:59:16 - Conclusion: Sounds Good 01:08:39 - Outro & Poem
* Sources: * ---Books ------âGamic Realismâ: Player, Perception and Action in Video Game Play - Hanna Sommerseth ------Half-Real: Video Games between Real Rules and Fictional Worlds - Jesper Juul ------Hunting the Dark Knight - Will Brooker ------Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn't Exist - James Gurney ------Maps of the Imagination - Peter Turchi ------Method and Madness - Alice LaPlante ------reality tv: realism and revelation - Anita Biressi and Heather Nunn ------Rules of Play - Eric Zimmerman and Katie Salen ------The American Monomyth - Â Robert Jewett and John Shelton Lawrence ------The Militarization of Childhood - ed. J. Marshall Beier ------The Rules of Play - Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman ------What is Cinema? - Andre BazinÂ
---Articles ------âA Grounded Investigation of Game Immersionâ - Emily Brown and Paul Cairns ------âFoley Sounds vs Real Soundsâ - Stefano Trento and Amalia De GĂśtzen ------âFootsteps with character: the art and craft of Foleyâ - Benjamin Wright ------âMaking fictions sound real â On film sound, perceptual realism and genreâ - Birger LangkjĂŚr ------âPerceived realism and the CSI-effectâ - Logan A. Ewanation, Susan Yamamoto, Jordan Monnink & Evelyn M. Maeder ------âReading Realism: Audiencesâ Evaluations fo the Reality of Media Textsâ - Alice Hall ------âRealism in FIFA? How social realism enabled platformed racism in a video gameâ - Sam Srauy and John Cheney-Lippold ------âSelling Marvel's Cinematic Superheroes through Militarizationâ - Brett Pardy ------âSkeleton Keys: Teaching the Fiction of Narrative Truthâ - Douglas P. Felter ------âSocial Realism in Gamingâ - Alexander R. Galloway ------âThe One Measure of True Love Is: You Can Insult the Otherâ (Interview) - Sabine Reul and Thomas Deichman ------âThe Perceived Realism of African American Portrayals on Televisionâ - Narissra M. Punyanunt-Carter ------âVideogames of the oppressed: critical thinking, education, tolerance and other trivial issuesâ - Gonzalo FrascaÂ
---Videos ------"Reality Isnât Always Right" - Solar Sands (  ⢠Reality Isn't Alw...  )  ------"SHUT UP ABOUT PLOT HOLES" - Patrick (H) Willems (  ⢠SHUT UP ABOUT PLO...  )  ------"What's the Point of R-Rated Superheroes?" - Patrick (H) Willems (  ⢠What's the Point ...  ) ------"Why Do We Care if Movies Are "Realistic?" - Patrick (H) Willems (  ⢠Why Do We Care if...  )  ------âMASSIVE sound design breakdown of The Lord of the Rings Trilogyâ - INDEPTH Sound Design (  ⢠MASSIVE sound des...  )Â
* Further Watching: * ---"How Animal Sounds Are Made For Movies And TV | Movies Insider" - Movie Insider (  ⢠How Animal Sounds...  )  ---"Does Representation Matter?" - Legal Kimchi (  ⢠Does Representati...  )Â
* quote reads (in order of appearance) * ---Caelan Conrad ------Twitter: https://twitter.com/CaelanConrad ------YouTube:  / caelanconrad  ---Mica (Ponderful) ------Twitter: https://twitter.com/PonderfulYT ------YouTube:  / @ponderfulyt  ---Little Hoot ------Twitter: https://twitter.com/hoot_little ------YouTube:  / littlehoot  ---Aranock ------Twitter: https://twitter.com/Aranock1 ------YouTube:  / @aranock  Â
* edited by Charlie Flowers * YouTube:  / @xxinrealtimexx  Twitter: https://twitter.com/xXinrealtimeXxÂ
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#Zoe Bee#realism#realism is bad#plausibility#typicality#factuality#involvement#narrative consistency#perceptual pervasiveness#what is realism#immersion#mirroring experience#mirroring reality#emotionally evocative#idealized version of reality#audience story contract#dress-up
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In New Joseon, is there a school that teaches you a sleek way of speaking? The Story of Park's Marriage Contract ě´ë
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#the story of park's marriage contract#kdramaedit#kdramanetwork#kdramadaily#kdramasource#dailyasiandramas#labedit#cinemapix#cinematv#userhannah#udeokmis#samblr#moonlightsdream#lee se young#bae in hyuk#todays ep was just to make the audience feel single af
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seems like you want to be a doctor for the wrong reasons⌠it shouldnât be about being able to be âpretentiousâ someday
this is a one piece blog
#i jest. i post other things too#SORRY i know it can be a pain in the ass to feel like someones audience is cringing at you but this a teaching moment ime#i dont post my whole life story on this fucking. blogging platform#i could tell you about rediscovering my passion for actual medical studies in 2021 after staying away from the field for most of a decade#thats because i was laughed at by trusted adults who thought kid being smart is funnee#i could tell you about how my adhd makes it very hard to get motivation unless im helping people and improving their lives measurably#i could tell you about how after pushing through the anxiety around having/contracting illnesses i feel more sure in pursuing biomed#but i wont and shouldnt have to#also i was just kidding when i said that. look at these tags I CAN BE PRETENTIOUS ASF RIGHT NOW đĽđĽđđŁ#ok. time to screenshot this for posterity for when im out of my op era because memeing on this ask coukd be timeless
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Bonus: Movies are actually written in such a way that account for the limited time they have. At least the good ones and older movies are. There's more and more "dead" time in modern movies as the writers have to pad things out to hit the 120-150 minute mark studios demand.
#it's like studios want movies to be 3+ hour long stage plays#only without intermission and opting for quick cuts so viewers don't get bored#6-8 episode mini series are in a weird point where it's not enough time for a tv show and way too long for a movie#so with a few exceptions it's just... bad#especially if worldbuilding is needed so it's either ignore it or exposition dump#but then if a show can be binged in 1 or 2 days they don't have to pay out as many royalties#and if it comes down to keeping more money or producing something people like we know where studio execs fall#(see also: netflix cancelling or rebranding shows for their 3rd season to reset the 3 season threshold)#(once you know about how rebranding the third season acts like cancelling a show so netflix doesn't have to pay out you see it everywhere)#(all the benefits of cancelling a show in season 1 or 2 but keeping the audience around and the cast locked in a contract)#shows written to be aired on tv now have better writing since they're afforded 8-12 episodes to get everything in#which is spread out over months for a weekly release#instead of 6-8 episodes being dropped at once and designed for people to binge in 1-2 days#that's just an awkward amount of time to develop the world/characters#especially when studios cheap out on the writer's room and crunch them so a show/season has to be knocked out in a fraction of the time#i have a theory that one of the reasons for all the reboots/remakes/adaptations aside from nostalgia is#that it gives the writers content to pull from so they don't have to start from square one#since it takes time to come up with a world/characters/story from scratch#and studios don't want to pay for what takes months if they can pay for weeks instead#plus all the legal stuff they can pull if they get a license for an older/lesser known ip#which may include pulling the whole thing years down the road once the license is up so while they may not make any more money from it#they don't have to pay royalties at the full amount anymore either
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Fifth Harmony is my doomed by the narrative trope
#contract signed before they ever walked on xfactor stage.. .#the repeated talking points âwe can finally have control over our work and be ourselves!â#no really this time!#&the part the audience chorus plays whether we want to or not. and we can never change the story even though we are key actors in it#marrying ur tour manager#all of them believing in predestiny and that gods plan is looking out for them......
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Hii! I love your fics and was wondering if youâd do a pt2/blurb of one of them? The one where lando is jealous of oscar and reader, and they have jealous sex afterwards? Well I was wondering if you could write something for afterwards where lando is insecure and reader comforts him that sheâd never actually leave him for oscar. Its fine if you dont want to do it just liked the idea so I thought Id share it.
Aftercare Lando x FemReader
cw... aftercare, past mention of sex, fluff, comfort, slight jealousy, oscar being a problem, etc...
notepad... I don't often do story things mainly cause it doesn't get much interest in the audience. So if this gets as big as my other smuts of lando then you might have me on board hehe.
Part One
He was sitting up tense, the both of you completely naked. It was clear that even if you let him take out his anger on you sexually, he hasnât fully recovered. Your lips were aligned with his neck, slowly trailing down to his shoulders. You were attempting to ease him up a little. You two were exhausted, but you wanted to comfort the man you had come to love.Â
âWhatâs on your mind?â You asked calmly, massaging his other shoulders as your breasts were pressed against his back. You know what was on his mind, and you wished for him to explain it so you could speak to him in all contexts.Â
âNothingâŚâ He trailed off; he was low in his tone, and you sighed as you pressed your head on his one shoulder.
âYou know you canât hide a little thing from me.â You knew it was wrong to press, but you had to. âIf it is about Oscar, just tell me.âÂ
âOf course it is about Osc. He is nothing but my competition. I am conflicted.â You brushed his air a bit as you took a deep breath in.Â
âThe rookie who impresses all who watch,â you chuckled, kissing his shoulder. âIt reminds me of someone. Sure, he is competitive, but so are the rest of the drivers. You already signed a multi-year contract with McLaren; you have nothing to fear.â You attempted to comfort him, but he truly continued to be tense.Â
âThis is my life racing. Oscar is a good guy, but all he does is make me realize I am temporary if I donât show results. Look at him, flirting with you. He lost Lily, and now he is after everything in my life. His helmet is similar to mine, and I had to change it to be different.â He began to tell you all in his mind, and he realized it was eating him up.Â
âAndâŚâ You rolled your eyes and sighed. âSo what? Isnât that the point of the sport? Training to be better and not lose your seat. This job isnât forever, Lando. He is your partner, and competition treats him as such. Stop worrying about such trivial things as helmets. I know one thing: you deserve the seat. That being said, what is so wrong about leaving Mclaren and branching in the future?" You kissed his neck once more and left a mark. âI would never leave you for Oscar. He may be hot, but you are hotter and have such a nice morning voice.â You whispered into his ear.Â
He was quiet and a bit surprised you told him so straight forward. But you were like that always, and you meant well. He laughed and grabbed you, pinning you to the bed. You screamed a bit and sighed.Â
âYou are right. These worries are annoying.â He kissed your lips and sighed. It was a beautiful night in Monaco. All he wanted was to cuddle you. âLet's just rest; fuck the others.â He laid beside you and pulled you in closer. His voice is low and perfect.Â
âI love the way you speak.â You mumbled as you rested your head on his chest. âDonât stop.â
#fanfic#x reader#oneshot#f1 smut#f1 x reader#f1 imagine#f1 fanfic#f1 2024#lando norris smut#lando norris fanfic#lando norris fluff#lando norris imagine#lando norris x reader#lando norris#lando x reader#mclaren x reader#ln4 x reader#ln4#ln4 fic#ln4 imagine#lando smut#formula one x reader#formula 1 x reader#formula 1 smut#formula one smut
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Thinking about Furudo Erika and the "without love it cannot be seen" quote again.
Many attribute Erika as a criticism on the Sherlock style sociopathic detective and to an extent that's true but she's more important as a symbol of the contract between the author and audience as elaborated in Chapter 7 of Umineko.
The author promises not to trick the audience with bad faith mystery writing and the audience must promise in return to approach the fiction with sincerity and accept the universe that the author writes.
It takes two to create a world. One to create it and one to acknowledge it. Without love it cannot be seen.
Erika is the munchkin rules lawyer at the TTRPG table who wants to "win" what should be a collaborative storytelling experience. She represents disrespecting the fiction and trying to "win" at the mystery by peeling apart the narrative at the seams. Refusing to acknowledge the imagination of the author and forcing them to engage with reality on their terms.
The Great Detective trope is just fine. But they have to be a part of the world they are in and play by its rules and respect both the fiction and the audience. Like Will does.
To engage with the story and have faith in the author is to love and with that you can see the story being told.
I feel this should apply to all storytelling. Approach all fiction with love. Go on a ride with the author and see where they take you. If they respect you, I promise it'll be more fun.
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Rank And Responsibility. Or: The Hairpin Scene from Jinshi's POV.
Be warned now about the consequences of choosing to do an English Lit degree - you end up doing lit crit for fun. With that in mind, let's break down the hairpin scene at the end of Covert Operations (Episode 5). Mild spoilers for Jinshi's arc are below.
While this moment does kick off the romantic subplot, with all the implications that giving Maomao the hairpin out of his own hair has, I would argue that this is not the moment Jinshi realizes he's in love with Maomao. Instead, from his point of view, this scene demonstrates how Jinshi handles failure.
Holding Power In An Open Palm
This is still very early in the story. Our first hint to Jinshi's true rank does come in this scene, but for now we know him as the manager of the Rear Palace. For the three thousand people who live and work there, for all intents and purposes, Jinshi is the highest authority they will encounter. He literally has the power of life and death over them, either directly in the case of the servants and eunuchs, or in the case of the consorts, his word to the Emperor directly can serve the same purpose. We also see Jinshi use this power early on - he's not just there to keep order, but also to test the consorts' loyalties and virtue. We never see what happens to the lower-ranked consort who attempted to invite Jinshi back to her room, but at the very least that report ensures that her already small chance of the Emperor choosing her as a potential mother of the nation is utterly cut off - and if she doesn't bear children, she will be discarded.
We also know that Jinshi will not hesitate to order corporal punishment if he views it necessary - for example, when Maomao discovers that the toxic face powder is still being used by Consort Lihua's ladies in waiting, she mentions in the aftermath that the eunuch who failed to recover the powder was flogged, while the lady in waiting who hid the powder is put in solitary confinement. These are brutal punishments - and if we consider the historical inspirations, these are also very restrained consequences. For hiding an item that caused the death of the prince (unfortunately, the more valuable child) and has put the life of one of the Emperor's favored High Consorts in danger, Jinshi would be utterly within his rights to order executions. If ignorance is a sin, ignorance in the face of knowledge is a greater one.
Microcosm of Li
For all that Jinshi holds his power lightly, he also takes the responsibility that power bestows upon him quite seriously. It's worth noting that Jinshi takes over governing the Rear Palace shortly after Maomao's service contract is purchased. (Remember, Xiaolan talks about the "beautiful, new eunuch that's been posted to the central courtyard," which tells us that Jinshi has not been in the Rear Palace long enough to become a fixture - he's an object of speculation and admiration from episode 1).
In context it's clear that, with the birth of two Imperial children, his job is to ensure the survival of the Imperial line and investigate why children of the Emperor are dying consistently in one of the wealthiest and safest places in the entire empire. We're shown him running in between Lady Lihua and Lady Gyokuyou to ensure that their very sick children are being seen to properly, investigating what could be causing it, while also managing tensions as rumors about the Emperor's children being cursed begin to spread and outright accusations of sorcery are being thrown between consorts. While the audience might immediately scoff along with Maomao at the idea of one consort cursing another, if Maomao hadn't found the cause of death, those types of accusations followed by Lady Lihua's and Princess Lingli's inevitable deaths could have ended with Lady Gyokuyou's execution.
The Rear Palace is a reflection of the nation as a whole. No Imperial heirs plus the deaths of two High Consorts with various foreign and domestic political ties had the potential to thrust the entire nation into chaos. Jinshi's choices have very real consequences, so when Maomao discovers what the true cause of death is and sends her warning, Jinshi looks at Maomao and doesn't see a person. He sees a "perfect pawn." A tool, one with talents that have ensured that at least one Imperial child has survived and providing a rational explanation why these children have died so that it can be prevented from happening again - and a skill set that can be turned to preventing any more shenanigans in the Rear Palace that could threaten the empire's foundation.
And, as Gaoshun points out, in the beginning of the hairpin scene, she is a toy. Maomao amuses Jinshi up until this point.
For all that Jinshi is shown wielding power with a light hand and a responsible mindset, it literally doesn't occur to him that the people working in the rear palace have stories - some tragic - about how they came to be there. They are resources to be used as befits the Emperor's (and therefore the nation's) need.
Hidden Beauty
When Maomao turns around and Jinshi doesn't recognize her until she speaks, he's shocked. He thought he knew exactly who and what this girl was - ugly and unremarkable, except for her intellectual brilliance and the challenge in managing her by other means than empty compliments and smiles. He attempts to recover and assumes that she is enhancing her looks - and is shocked again when he realizes that the face Maomao has presented to him so far is a protective mask against attracting attention. In a world where beauty is both a currency and a tool that others covet, Jinshi doesn't understand why Maomao would deliberately devalue herself like that. So she tells him.
This is the moment Maomao becomes a person to Jinshi.
Not a toy, not a pawn. Someone who has been ripped from her home and her life illegally and sold off. It's in this moment that Jinshi is forced to confront the ugly side of the society he lives in, people who would rape Maomao out of pure convenience or just take a "borderline marketable" girl off the street in order to get extra drinking money.
Worse, Jinshi is complicit in Maomao's captivity. The Rear Palace has bought her contract - and as the manager of the Rear Palace, Jinshi is responsible for everything that happens within its' walls. The fact that Jinshi does not personally oversee service contracts is irrelevant. The buck stops with him. If the Matron of the Serving Women or whoever is below her is buying these contracts without checking their sources, that is Jinshi's fault because he has allowed a lax enough system to flourish. He has failed to govern this microcosm of the nation wisely, with thought for the welfare of the least powerful among his people. Worse, he has failed to even notice the problem - Maomao may say she's angry about having been kidnapped and sold, but she doesn't react in a way that indicates anger. Instead, she's resigned. Yes, what happened to her was wrong and she's angry about it, but there's literally nothing she or Jinshi can do.
Or Is There?
Jinshi offers Maomao two apologies, the first of which is our first hint to his true status. "I'm sorry we couldn't police them better." Maomao immediately blows off this apology - she points out that there's no way Jinshi should have known and has a very "all's well that ends well" attitude about her situation - her contract will be up eventually and in the meantime she's managed to land in a fulfilling role. Essentially Maomao is telling Jinshi that this apology is not his to make - he's overstepping his responsibility. And, if Jinshi were simply the manager of the Rear Palace, she would be right. It's his job to ensure that the Rear Palace is properly staffed, not to regulate that all contracts comply with the law.
Jinshi apologizes again. This time, he offers no other context. He doesn't accept Maomao's absolution of responsibility - because he knows (even if we, the audience, don't) otherwise. It can certainly be read as Jinshi refusing to accept easy absolution, and the rest of those witnessing the scene, apart from Gaoshun, certainly take it that way.
Instead, he takes the hair stick from his own hair and places it in Maomao's. Their entire relationship has just been upended; Maomao is a person who has been gravely wronged and it is Jinshi's responsibility to begin to make it right. Aside from the personal implications of giving her the hairpin (and the faint blush on his face makes it clear that he's aware of them), it is a form of restitution. There is an unspoken social contract Jinshi is offering that Maomao does not understand in the slightest. It never occurs to her that Jinshi would do something for her with no thought of what he would receive in return, because of the difference in their social ranks. But, from Jinshi's perspective, that social difference is the point. He has failed her and, as the person of higher rank, it is his responsibility to do what is within his power to begin to remedy the situation in front of him.
And, of course, in that moment he sees Maomao in a new light, the other meaning of gifting her his hairpin has fertile ground to take root in Jinshi's mind.
#the apothecary diaries#kusuriya no hitorigoto#jinshi#maomao#jinmao#long text post#apothecary diaries meta#kusuriya anime#knh#jinshi x maomao#jinshi and maomao#lady gyokuyou#lady lihua#princess lingli#gaoshun#hair pin#episode 5#covert operations
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You're My Best Friend (Homelander x Reader)
Summary: Homelander was a test tube baby, raised in isolation in a cold, clinical lab. But that doesnât inspire America, does it? Vought tasks you with creating the idyllic backstory for its hero, and what starts as a limited comic run spirals out of control when Homelander himself demands your help in making the story a reality.
Note: Gender neutral reader, but no other descriptors are used. Based on a request by @crash-and-cure as well as a bastardization of one of the sweetest love songs ever written (sorry, John Deacon!) This got kinda meta? Do not interact if youâre under 18 or post thinspo/ED content.
Word count: 2k
Warnings: Emotional manipulation, I guess some gaslighting on Homelanderâs part? Do not interact if youâre under 18.
When Vought hired you to create their long-awaited Homelander origin comic series, you were thrilledâuntil they gave you so little information about his childhood to work with, you werenât even sure you could come up with one comic, let alone the ten they requested. The details about his childhood were minimal, not even a full printed pageâa loving mom and dad, played baseball, did well in school, strong sense of justice from a young age, his friends called him âJohnny.â Your requests to meet with Homelander so you could get some stories from the man himself were constantly denied.
You almost considered dropping the project, until you decided to throw caution to the wind and pull from your own childhood and set it in good olâ generic suburbia. Some of the storylines were based on your own experiences or things that had happened to people youâd grown up with, though you changed enough names and details to not link it to anyone in particular. Except yourself, of course. Using a pseudonym professionally meant you felt no need to change your own name in the comics. Sure, making your cooler fictionalized self Homelanderâs childhood best friend was a bit self-indulgent, but no one would know, really.
To your relief, the editors at Vought loved your ideas, making minor changes before bringing the storylines to their comic artists to bring it to life. The result was Finding Homelander: A Boyâs Journey To Be a Hero. The issues flew off shelves when they were first released, ironically praised for their relatability and authenticity. Vought extended your contract, asking you to produce the cartoon adaptation and another ten issues.
Still, in all of that, youâd never met Homelander. A representative from Vought emailed you to let you know to tune in to his interview on a talk show one day, saying that heâd be talking more about the cartoon project on it. You recognized the host, Tracey, always chipper and having some extravagant giveaway for her audience members. Daytime TV was never your thing, though.
âI think what resonates with so many people is how relatable your childhood is,â Tracey said, holding up a copy of Finding Homelander issue #3, where he saved âyouâ from getting hit in the face with a baseball at one of his games, catching it with ease. Itâd been the happy ending to a short storyline of him struggling to find his place on the team and you encouraging him to not give up. âYou and Y/N were pretty close, do you still keep in touch?â
âYou know, Tracey, not as much as Iâd like, unfortunately. Adulthood can be so busy, you need to cherish those childhood memories,â Homelander said. âI did give them a call when the comics first came out, and wow, the laughs we had over those old antics of ours. Talk about a walk down memory lane!â
You guessed the bullshitting was all part of the promotional circuit for Homelander. Knowing this childhood of his was your own fabrication, you couldnât help but wonder what else about him was fake. Maybe he wanted to maintain his privacy, you could certainly understand that. You couldnât shake the voice in the back of your mind that said it wasnât so simple, that the narrative Vought pushed was a cover to hide something in Homelanderâs past.
âNow, Iâve heard rumors of a cartoon show based on the comics in the making, is this true?â
âIt is! Iâm excited for this project, getting back to my ârootsâ so to speak. Iâll be voicing myself, of course, but itâs funny youâd bring up Y/N, because theyâve agreed to voice themself, too.â
âHow fun!â Tracey exclaimed over the roar of the talk show crowdâs applause and cheers. âI guess this is the hopeless romantic in me, but I hope this reconnection leads to something a little more. Iâm just a sucker for childhood sweethearts!âÂ
Homelander laughed along with the hostâs giggles, âWell, you never know.â
You balked at the television, mouth agape. Surely he couldnât be talking about you. âY/Nâ could be anyone with your same features. Vought had probably hired a professional voice actor for the role and were pushing the authenticity angle. The whole situation felt odd.Â
When you checked your work email again on your phone, you nearly dropped it on the floor.Â
SUBJECT: Meeting with Homelander This Week
The email contained a list of days and times throughout the week wherein Homelander would be free, apparently wanting to meet you to thank you for the success of the comic series and discuss upcoming work. Yeah. That last part you sure as hell wanted to discuss too. You responded with the soonest time available, in a meeting room in Vought Tower the following evening. As soon as you hit âsendâ, you wondered what exactly you were getting yourself into.
Anticipation filled your gut as you went about your day leading up to meeting the supe himself. What would he be like, really be like? Was there even a version of Homelander that wasnât hopelessly manufactured for the masses? You knew then that his upbringing was a lie, and thus stood the probability that so much else was, too.Â
When you stepped into that meeting room, you hadnât been expecting his face to light up at the sight of you.Â
âHomelander, hi, itâs great toââ
âNo need to be so formal, Y/N! You can call me Johnny, just like old times,â he said cheerfully, in on a joke you clearly hadnât been aware of.
âSorry, Johnny,â you said, playing along. âItâs great to see you again.â
He pulled you in for an unexpected hug that you returned. âFigured we should catch up before things really start getting crazy, donât you think?â
You nodded, your nose brushing against him as you did so. Just as your lips parted to offer an apology, he smiled, shooing away the assistant whoâd accompanied him out of the room.Â
He sat down, motioning for you to do the same.
âGotta say, Iâm a fan of your work,â he said.
âThank you,â you said. âIâm not sure I understand exactly whatâs going on, though.â
âWhatâs there to understand? Iâm not allowed to know more about my best friend, our lives together growing up?â
âHow did you know it was me?â
âWasnât hard for me to put two and two together, but considering everyone else around here has their head up their asses, they have no idea,â he said, before lowering his voice conspiratorially and giving you a charming smile. âI havenât told anyone. Whatâs a secret between friends?â
You nodded, overwhelmed by the intensity of his attention on you. âWhat do you want to know?â
He sighed, resting his head on his hand. âEverything.â
So you told him. Not quite everything, of course, but enough to abate his curiosity. At least for the time being. His interviews were sharper, more specific with details rather than rattling off whatever had been in the comics. You watched in shock as convincing photos of his Little League days were posted to his social media accounts, anecdotes provided by his increasingly frequent conversationsâor more like interrogation sessionsâwith you, but in his style, of course. It was almost scary what the graphic design team at Vought could accomplish, not that youâd ever know how, exactly, as they were all under the same strict NDA that you were.
He started spending more time with you, too, and after a while, it did seem like you were old friends. Part of you flinched whenever you called him Johnny, because Johnny wasnât even real, but with your complacency, this fabrication was slowly morphing into a strikingly tangible memory. With each conversation, he drew you deeper into the world youâd been paid to create for him until you found yourself slipping up.
Youâd been showing him a goofy stuffed monkey on your desk, a cute little thing with big sparkling eyes. A prize for getting two out of three at the ring toss. Probably spent more money winning it than it was actually worth, but it was about the effort, the memories made.
âYou remember, donât you? You won it for me at the county fair,â you said without thinking.
He laughed in agreement, as if he actually had. Except he hadnât. Your high school boyfriend won it for you a week before graduation. Sensing the mood shift, he set down your prize and looked at you with the same intensity he had when you first met.
âItâs been a while since we were there, huh?â he said. âWhy donât we go back?â
You furrowed your eyebrows. âGo where?â
âHome.â
With a strong arm around your waist, he took off for your hometown. You could hardly tell which way was up or down, he was flying so high, but he didnât seem to mind the way you clung to him at all. When he finally landed, you recognized the community baseball field where all of his fictional games were set.Â
âGeez, itâs like nothingâs changed,â he said cheerfully.
You looked at him in disbelief. How long was he going to expect you to go along with it? Or maybe the question you should have been asking was, how long were you going to enable him? The end wasnât anywhere in sight as he took your hand, and you walked him through your childhood, further enmeshing him in it until you arrived at the house you grew up in.Â
The middle of the day, no one was home, and so you let yourselves in like you owned the place. Suddenly, the house seemed too small for a man like Homelander to occupy, but he was engrossed in the details of it. He scanned the kitchen, no doubt inspecting the contents of the fridge and cabinets with his x-ray vision. Moving onto the living room, he stared at photos on the wall, the magazines and DVDs that were strewn on the coffee table, giving away your parentsâ taste in entertainment.
âWhich one was your room again?â he asked.
You swore you could feel his breath on the back of your neck as you wordlessly led him to your room. Each step down the hall felt dangerous, as if you were about to walk into a trap. Face-to-face with the closed door, you opened it, standing aside while Homelander looked around, from what you had hanging on the walls to the knick-knacks youâd left behind.
An uncomfortable tension settled over the room when Homelander closed the door of your childhood bedroom. An odd blend of hurt and amusement spread across his face as he observed the way you were eyeing him, body ready to fruitlessly run from him the way a rabbit would a hawk.
âCâmon, after how long weâve been friends, I would never hurt you,â he said, as if reading your mind. âWeâve been through so much together. I mean, we were each otherâs first kiss.â
You froze. Issue #9. That was something Voughtâs editors had added, claiming a romance angle would make the series appeal to the younger female demographic. You hadnât thought much of it at the time.
He slyly backed you into the wall, leaning over you as you slinked down the slightest bit.
âShow me how we did it,â he whispered, his hand caressing your cheek. âSo clumsy and nervous, I can even feel youâŚquivering.â
âHomelander, I donât know what youâreââ
He tsked. âY/N.â
You let out a shaky breath, âJohnnyââ
He hummed in satisfaction. âItâs alright. I know itâs been a while.â
You let him kiss you, sweetly in a way that put your actual first kiss to shame. His lips were soft against yours, his tender movements intentional as he cradled your face, pulling you the slightest bit closer to him when you kissed him back.Â
A sense of familiarity settled over you, warm and comforting like pulling a blanket out of the dryer on a chilly evening. Every time it seemed like you were beginning to overthink the situation with Homelander, he drew you back in with the kiss, a more than effective distraction until you pulled away with a dazed smile on your face.
#homelander x reader#homelander x you#the boys x reader#the boys x you#the boys tv#the boys amazon#homelander#homelander the boys#the boys
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NO ONE ASKED FOR MY TF2 VOICE ACTOR OPINIONS
but I really like the way Robin Atkin Downes characterizes Medic while heâs improvising! His interpretation basically lines up with my ownâthat Medicâs a silly, dorky guy who IS crazy and disturbed, but ultimately means well and cares about his friends. I love how parental Robinâs Medic is to Archimedes⌠in one livestream he did (which consisted of him contemplating performing surgery on Archimedes with a pizza cutter???), he threw the plush across the room while yelling âfly, my little prince, fly!â and I just like that. I think thats something Medic would say. Heâs a weird dork alright
I also like the way he and Gary Schwartz play around with their relationship! They squabble in a very predictable and harmless way, and theyâre always making cheesy romance-related jokes (like Heavy telling Medic he thinks they should seek counseling). I donât think theyâre actually that invested in the shipâwhich is fine, they donât have to beâbut the potential for humor in it is obvious, and they play into that well. The story of TF2 is so wacky and violent that having the characters experience moments of relatable mundanity is surprising and cute. In the Poker Night game, Heavy has a line like âI live in Red barracks. Itâs nice! We have foosball table!â and imo heavymedic is funny for the same reason. Contract killers also play foosball, and they also fall in love, and they also have constant tiny arguments with their partners which annoy their friends
âŚAnd as far as dirty jokes and innuendos go (there have been lots lol), Heavyâs always suave and forward while Medicâs prudish and oblivious, which I also like a lot??? Itâs probably because revealing the muscle brawn gun guy to actually be smooth and romantic is funny (and Medic constantly shooting down Heavyâs suggestions might be a result of Robin being kinda embarrassed and not sure if itâs okay to make these jokes in front of an audience lol)⌠but i think it converges in a great way ok. These guys just happen to keep replicating my own headcanons for these characters. im Eating
#tf2#heavymedic#red oktoberfest#team fortress 2#tf2 medic#tf2 heavy#just rambling bc my sleep schedule's fucked#heavy x medic
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Let's talk adaptation theory, because I've been seeing a lot of accusations that criticism of HotD is just "wanting it to be exactly like the books" and "book purists" not knowing what an adaptation is. So okay, let's talk about what an adaptation is, then.
I'll mostly be quoting from Linda Hutcheon's A Theory of Adaptation, because this is the first book most everyone reads when going into adaptation studies. Let's look at several ways we can approach and critique adaptation.
ADAPTATION AS INTERPRETATION
The adapted text, therefore, is not something to be reproduced, but something to be interpreted and recreated [...]
No one expects HotD to be a 1:1 reproduction of F&B. Hutcheon often compares adaptation to the process of linguistic translation, in that there will always be an inevitable loss of fidelity when translating from one language to another. However, the translator is still expected to provide an accurate representation of the source text â hence, adaptation as interpretation and recreation. Some may call this approach "fidelity criticism," an evaluation of quality based on how much the adaptation aligns with the source text.
("Fidelity criticism" is not what GRRM did. He didn't criticize the show simply because it differed from the books, and often even praises changes from the source material if it "strengthens" the impact of the work. His priority was never fidelity.)
This approach has its detractors, but there is merit to pointing out that HotD and its audience will have a difficult time interpreting and conveying F&B's message (story) if the showrunners actively take out key words (characters) and terminology (plot events). If we view adaptation as translation (from one medium to another), then the role of the adapter is to convey the intention and meaning of the source text as accurately as possible. And people do have a right to criticize "accuracy" of meaning if we see adaptation as a process of translation and remediation â which you are free not to, but some people DO come from this angle and are often dismissed as "book purists."
If you see adaptation as interpretation, are you a book purist? Perhaps, depending on what the definition of "book purist" is, but to make it clear, the people who are coming from this viewpoint clearly do not expect a blow-by-blow reproduction, and to argue that they do is dismissing a whole school of thought when it comes to adaptation.
ADAPTATION AS SUBSTITUTION
Another way to look at adaptation is through a "process of substitution." Pretty simple to understand, right? Prose that says "red dress" is substituted for an image of a white gown but with ruby embellishments, two characters are merged into one for the show, and Aemond and Aegon working together in Rook's Rest is substituted for the former betraying the latter. Your mileage may vary on whether you find these acceptable substitutions.
I believe this is the camp GRRM falls into. He brings up fidelity only insofar that he's concerned a lack of it will lead to poor and unacceptable substitutions.
How does one know if a substitution is "acceptable?" Well, I'd like to use the analogy Hutcheon brings up about surgery:
Usually adaptations, especially from long novels, mean that the adapter's job is one of subtraction or contraction; this is called "surgical art."
Good adaptations are like good surgeries: the body remains holistically intact and ideally functions better with the replacements and removals. Bad adaptations are like bad surgeries â hence the oft lobbied critique of an adaptation "butchering" the source material. The body of the adapted text cannot function on its own, being maimed or crippled by the adaptation process.
For example, the adaptational change of making Rhaenyra and Alicent the "heart" of the story has been discussed a lot by fans and critics. It was praised in the first season because it gave the story an intimate and personal "face." But it was lambasted in the second season because it actively deterred the plot progression, "crippling" the pace and stakes of the show.
In GRRM's case, his argument was that while Maelor was an unimportant part by himself, his presence was necessary for the continued function of other more vital organs. He goes on to suggest possible replacements and reprecussions upon the text as a whole. While he expresses disapproval that Maelor was removed in the first place and mentions other potentially "toxic" changes, there's also the (albeit wary) admission that Condal and his team could very still find acceptable substitutes that may stave off the damage he foresees being done to the body.
Again, this is valid criticism and a legitimate approach to HotD as an adaptation.
ADAPTATION AS AUTONOMOUS
Perhaps one way to think about unsuccessful adaptations is not in terms of infidelity to a prior text, but in terms of lack of creativity and skill to make the text one's own and autonomous.
Basically, this approach to adaptation asks, "Is the show still good by itself? Or does it fall apart without its source text and paratext (interviews, podcasts, press releases, etc.)?" This mode argues that adaptations cannot be simply sequels, prequels, or any sort of expansion of the source text. They must be separate retellings that actively evolve and mutate into a species that can survive on its own â mainly, that it adapts to a new context and audience so to speak.
A critique lobbied at the season two HotD finale was that its impact relied solely on the legacy of the prior show and the A Song of Ice and Fire mystery of who truly is The Prince That Was Promised. If the audience had no connection to Daenerys, no investment in the question of who truly was TPTWP, and never watched Game of Thrones, would Daemon's decision to finally devote himself to Rhaenyra make sense? Or does its emotional resonance rely solely on the audience's investment to another story that is not this one? Is it an adaptation of F&B or a prequel to GoT?
There's nothing wrong with it being a prequel, but if it was billed as an adaptation, then the audience has the right to feel misled because both conventional wisdom and esoteric theory agree that prequels are not adaptations. I think this is the school of thought most people subscribe to when they say HotD feels like "fanfiction" â because while fanfics CAN be written as adaptation (like modern AUs, video game novelizations, etc.), a vast majority of them are not. Most fanfics are grafted on expansions reliant on the source text for context.
This is all to say that a lot of criticism levied against the show, including GRRM's, can't be chalked up to "people not knowing what an adaptation is." There are several different ways to approach adaptation â the question is does HotD succeed in any of them?
#house of the dragon#long post#hotd#hotd critical#hotd meta#adaptation theory#hotd discourse#made edits to clarify things and relate it more directly to GRRM's criticism of the show
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anyone else struggling to move on from âExpect scandalous stories they couldnât share beforeâ like why not before?? young audience?? contract obligations?? phard launch??
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re: leaks
As the series comes to a close, I feel compelled to offer my perspective on leaks, my role in them, and how fandom has changed for the worse.
I understand that this post will probably come off as sanctimonious or emotional. Thatâs fine. The impending end has made everyone incredibly emotional, and I am no exception.
If you look at my blog, youâll find that I very rarely mention anything about leaked chapters before their official release, and if I do, I tag clearly.
I want to say this outright: the manga chapters getting leaked is wrong.
It is both illegal and morally wrong.
Horikoshi-sensei chose to work with Shueisha to release MHA in Weekly Shonen Jump. They offered him terms for the production and sale of his story, and he accepted them. Shueisha contracts other companies, such as Viz, to release his work to a broader audience and increase his success. You may have reasonable objections to the workload of weekly manga, the pressure involved in running a popular shounen series, or the various publishing companiesâ choices, but I strongly encourage you to avoid projecting these criticisms onto Horikoshi-sensei himself. He has expressed nothing but complete gratitude and respect for his team and colleagues, who have supported him in making his dream come true.
The exclusive first-release of his work through WSJ and its related publishers is one of his rights as a creator. He has the right to control how his work is first presented to the public.
I started reading leaks because I didnât have access to the Japanese chapters. For a lot of reasons, I wanted to read the original chapters before a translation. Along the way I resolved this issue: I have a paid monthly subscription to Shonen Jump+. There are ways to do this outside Japan; if one wanted to contribute financially, it can be done. Regardless of what happens with leaks, I read the official release on their website every week. I recognize that I am an outlier; most people in the English-speaking fandom cannot read Japanese.
Every week, leaks stir up absolute chaos as misinterpretations and badly worded summaries produce patently false, random theories that then spread through the rumor mill of the internet. The same night, pikahlua posts their literal translations. I wonât speak for pika, these thoughts are wholly my own, but their literal translations provide the mha fandom an incredible service that:
combats rampant misinformation produced by leaks
enlightens the non-Japanese-speaking audience to linguistic and cultural nuances that present challenges in translation
facilitates deeper examination of and appreciation for the work as a whole
The first is damage control in the early days of the leak. The second is damage control during the subsequent days, as people argue back and forth about differences between the leaker translation and the official English release. The third is simply a great contribution to fandom. pika works really hard, and some of you have perhaps noticed them tagging me to thank me for providing assistance to them. I help out because, for me, if there is any contribution I can make towards improving readersâ understanding of the text and reducing the chaos that leaks have become, I feel some sense of duty to do so.
Fandom has changed. Modern leakers are not diehard underdogs bringing inaccessible art to a dedicated audience who wants to celebrate it. The Japanese release has a pricetag, but for six other languages, chapters are released online simultaneously every week for free. This kind of access is unparalleled. Leaks are fundamentally unnecessary. The fact that the fan scanlation comes out before the official release is a direct violation of Horikoshi-senseiâs wishes. I can't even put into words how disrespectful it is.
The leakers make the argument that if they didnât leak the chapters, someone else would, but they personally made the choice to cultivate leaks as an event. They set the stage for how this works. They release the 15-some pages incredibly slowly, over a period of an hour or more, with page uploads delayed behind the summaries. If they receive the entire chapter at once, it really makes no sense to not just summarize the whole thing and schedule posts in tandem with each other in rapid succession. If they receive the pages at roughly the rate they post them, why donât they just wait until they get the last page to begin?
The only reason to not do this, as far as I can tell, is to generate attention and earn a reputation for being first.
If they think the chapters will get leaked in some form anyway, why donât they just let them happen and offer summaries to help? I know they must pay money to access these illegal goods, but if their intentions are honest, why donât they acquire the leaks, translate them, and then release theirsâwhich youâd think could be of good, cohesive quality with extra time and careâonly if somebody else puts out a shoddy upload first?
The leakers have twitter accounts with roughly 68,000 and 92,000 followers each. They manage a discord channel with over two thousand users. Hundreds of people post leaked pages untagged within minutes of the leak, commenting with wild guesses about whatâs going on. I see people say that fan spaces feel empty between releases, and thatâs because weâre all hyped up on leak juice, focusing all of our time and energy into this brief frenetic spell and then just waiting for the next high.
Many fandoms go on for decades after the seriesâ end. I think people are concerned mhaâs fandom will vanish after the last chapter because when we consume at such a high rate, there may be no longevity to it. But no matter who else is with me, Iâll be here for as long as it makes me happy to do it.
Japanese fandom hates English-speaking fandom because of the leaks. They hate our asses and block us for posting spoilers, memes, and fanart based on leaked chapters before the real release. I see people be curious and try to peer into the Japanese fandom, to find out how the Japanese readership reacts to things, and I get why, but I just always feel sad and uncomfortable that weâre out here breaking the law, breaking the rules of fandom, and disrespecting the creatorâs wishes, and then we still feel entitled to their spaces.
If the leakers didnât release the chapters early to almost a hundred thousand people, maybe some random person would still get a hold of them. Maybe theyâd still get spread around a little. But not like this. Not in a way that is impossible to avoid, impossible to quell, impossible to discourage.
Iâm sad.
You can think this is stupid or judgmental or moralistic of me or whatever you want, but Iâm sad.
Horikoshi-sensei's ending will get filtered through a bad summary and messy translations before he gets to release it properly on his own terms. I've tried to help clean up the mess they make every week, but it never feels like enough.
Every shred of attention just fuels the fire no one is willing to put out.
And I feel very little else except sorry for it.
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one of my favorite things to imagine in disney twst is yuu (your character) deciding to create a school wide publication. a school digital newspaper for the students of NRC.
the dates of all the upcoming unbirthday parties + plus a nit-picky checklist and particular rules that might apply that week to help out the heartsabyul students who donât wanna deal with âhaving their head offâ
constant updates of the weekâs spell drive tournaments and games , + scoreboard for the season, as well as additional info about scouts and recruiters coming to visit said games to encourage the student athletes to reach out and do their best in hopes of their sports career, even a leader board + and mvps so far
monstro loungeâs weekly specialties and deals as well as hiring info incase students want to earn some extra money on campus, and how to contact azul if youâre from another dorm
reminders of important dates on the lunar calendar for both werebeastmen and scarabia students + the newest imports from foreign lands in samâs shop that might make their dorm feel more like home
news about the newest fashion trends and movies + plus a gossip column that has features on particular students. itâs worded in a riddle, and all names are anonymous so the student body spends awhile trying to figure out who itâs about
new game releases, paired with student options on difficulty and enjoyment. students handles will be tagged allowing for their streams to reach a larger audience + showcases of student art
history on NRC and spooky stories that will be fun to theorize about. legends of trapped souls on campus ground and interviews from alumni and what they think of it or if they were witness to the history
you can also find info about clubs and their recruitment and how to join, when the housewardens will have another meeting with eachother so you can voice your ideas to them in hopes it will be brought up, dates for large student study sessions and after school help, dates for âleakedâ pop quizzes or even large tests that you mightâve forgotten were gonna be later that week. tickets and shows to student performances even dumb quizzes to pass the time. you can find all staff emails and how to even duel your house warden to take their spot. but for some reason that tab doesnât have a lot of viewers.
this digital publication keeps the student body of NRC well informed and is popularly visited, only gaining more traction as the school year goes on. so ofc students have been trying to figure out whoâs been behind it.
all the crisp photos of the spell drive players, the leaked dates of tests, the gossip, samâs stock. howâs one person able to get the news before anyone else is? no way azul would sign a contract with them, plus even azul doesnât have access to all this info. if only he had some sneaky eels who love to be as slippery as they are in the water, above ground. or a few ghost friends able to go through walls and overhear things they probably shouldnât. maybe sam IS in on it, wanting to spread awareness about his goods so he makes profit. even a cat small enough to sneak around when bribed with enough tuna could help out. plus a killer camera from the headmaster. maybe crowley knows whatâs going on but is letting things play out. so far it hasnât gone too far. plus. who would suspect the prefect from another dimension? they have a hard enough time as is. no way theyâd be able to keep up.
#disney twst#disney twst x reader#disney twisted wonderland#heartsabyul#savanaclaw#octavinelle#scarabia#pomefiore#ignihyde#leona kingscholar#riddle rosehearts#azul ashengrotto#kalim al asim#vil schoenheit#idia shroud#diasomnia#malleus draconia#leona x reader#malleus x reader
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i want to talk about warâs effect on individual morality in Golden Kamuy because ethics is a topic that inevitably pops up when war is involved, but Golden Kamuy focuses less on the actual war and more on the impact the war had on the moral values of the soldiers after the fact. Sugimoto expresses in chapter 100 that all the military men (current and former) involved in the search for the gold are unable to adapt to live outside of the military. Being a soldier has shaped their identities. I could do another analysis as to why Ogata continues to wear a military uniform after heâs deserted, but for now, I mainly want to talk about Sugimoto and Tsukishima.Â
Sugimoto admits to dehumanizing people in his head in order to justify their deaths. He did it with the Russian soldiers in the war, and he does it with the Abashiri convicts and the 7th division soldiers, and I think that the fact that he admits to doing it points to the idea that heâs questioning whether or not he is justified in talking all these lives. Did all of those people really deserve to die? Is he a bad person for killing them? I think these questions are very much prompted by his encounter with Ume after the war, he canât assume a normal life because he doesnât have the answers yet, and searching for them is a big part of his character arc.
Tsukishima is similar to Sugimoto in that he didnât really have a life before the war. Both of them were living without much of a purpose, and joined the army simply to stay alive, Sugimoto to escape poverty and starvation and Tsukishima to escape death row execution. And while Sugimoto was given purpose by Torajiâs death and later by his friendship with Asirpa, Tsukishima was given purpose by Lt Tsurumi. He fully believes that he doesnât deserve to live for himself or be anything other than Lt Tsurumiâs pawn. Being a soldier is Tsukishimaâs entire identity, and he doesnât concern himself with moral questions because there is no life for him outside the army. This relates to the philosophical idea of private use of reason, that reason must be restricted in the case of a contract or obligation like being a soldier. Because of his obligation, Tsukishima doesnât have the luxury of independent thinking. Being a soldier allows him to remove himself from the moral dilemma.
While being in the military raised questions of morality for Sugimoto, it gave Tsukishima an excuse to suppress those very questions.
We donât actually see much of the war in Golden Kamuy, only occasional flashbacks, but its effects resonate throughout the story. Different characters are affected differently by similar experiences. I think that Golden Kamuy is so good thematically because it poses questions about who decides what is justified and who gets to be a victim. Even characters that exist for narrative purposes feel believable and fleshed out, and the audience is encouraged to form their own opinions about them.Â
#oops my hand slipped and i wrote this instead of taking notes in class#shut me up#golden kamuy#sugimoto saichi#tsukishima hajime
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hi can I request an au with charles leclerc x fan!reader please. tysmâ¤ď¸
Charles Leclerc x fan!Reader - Social Media AU
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charles_leclerc nice photo! i wonder who took it?
yourusername this guy named chuck leclerc. you might have heard of him
yourbestfriend i have questions
yourusername and you wonât be getting any answers quite yet
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charles_leclerc donât mind me, just signing a lifetime contract with ferrari so i always get to see you in red
yourusername đś what if I told you none of it was accidental đś
scuderiaferrari not how we expected contract negotiations to go but we are definitely not complaining
scuderiaferrari it was a pleasure having you around the paddock this weekend, come back soon!
charles_leclerc iâm working on it
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f1wagupdates social media detectives, go do your thing
lordperceval or maybe respect their privacy since he probably did not tag her for a reason
leclercupdates do you hear that? thatâs the sound of thousands of hearts breaking around the world
lovelyleclerc happy for them but it shouldâve been me đ
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carlossainz55 be honest, have you called him âil predestinatoâ in bed?
yourusername it may have slipped out once ⌠or ten times
charles_leclerc and it does wonders for my ego every single time
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yourusername especially in your fireproofs
yourusername i need a looong cold shower
charles_leclerc good thing our shower is big enough for two đ
leclercupdates some days i wonder if they know that their comments are public
arthur_leclerc oh they know, they just do not care that the rest of us are actively getting traumatized by them
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f1wagupdates charles leclerc was asked about his newly public relationship with y/n y/l/n during a press conference earlier today with y/n watching from the audience
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leclercupdates they have the most wholesome relationship ever
bananaleclerc proud to say y/n and i were mutuals from the start đĽ˛
f1wagupdates do mutuals get a wedding invitation?
ferrarifever iâm delusionally holding out hope for a livestream when the day comes
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