#aughhhhhhh why does it have to be like this

[tooies]

auggggh figuring out hoe to answer interview questions is the worst part of job hunting i think. literally it's like this is someone that you're trying to make a good impression on but you're literally supposed to just straight up lie to them in order to make yourself sound better and i can understand that it's what they're expecting you to do but it still feels like disingenuous and wrong somehow

[cyclonestudios-alt]

nothing is worse than trying to reblog all of my liked posts on a side blog I specifically created for such an event, realizing how many people that'll annoy, but I have to do it cause that symbol keeps popping up and it gives me a sense of impending doom

[loverofallthingssmart]

it is so horrid to me that there r people who will listen to my word vomit and not interject like what do u mean…pls stop me r u serious rn…

[rexecutioner]

Watching the beginning of episode 11 of When Angels Fall always makes me scream and want to cry like

LAURANCE AND DANTE AND GARROTH AND KATELYN AND AUGHHHHHHH IM SCREAMING MY SISTER WHO HASNT WATCHED MUCH OF DIARIES FINALLY UNDERSTOOD (this is my third rewatch)

AND THEYRE ALL DEAD NOW. IM GONNA SCREAM. THE FUCKING FLASHBACKS UGHHHHH :(((((((((

WHY DOES MYSTREET HAVE TO BE IN THE FUTURE :((((

FUCK YOU IRENE FUCK YOU APHMAU :(((((

Have a goofy ass edit i made about a month ago of zana

[monstrousparalysis]

The live blogger strikes again

Sorry a "shark on spider legs with just matching guns attached to it"!??!?????!?!!!!!!! "It's okay, you said you'll walk me home" when I find you charlie slimecicle I really love how quickly arthur has become fucking insane he literally ate someone and then the grenade right after vampire baseball and then the disco grenade why is he crazy. Like he's doing self reflection right now but like he can never go back now he literally ate someone I love tragic characters who were doomed and then damn themselves even more wowie. Anyways I'm normal HOLY SHIT HIT FAKE FACE IS FALLING OFF EUGH THE METAPHOR FOR FALLING FURTHER INTO MONDTERHOOD ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME!!!!!!!! "Am I too late? Have I already lived to long? And fallen too far? Just when I started finding answers. Can you not survive this vampire world unless you become a monster? What would you have done for her? What would you have done if I never killed you?" KILLING MYSELF OVER THIS RIGHT FUCKING NOW!!!!!!!!!

AUGHHHHHHHH ARTHUR BENNETT THE MAN THAT YOU AREEEEEEE

I'm so there with you bestie his arc in the finale makes me fucking Insane. He's literally becoming a monsterrrrrr God I love those and he's being so fun while he does it and he is killing people so much yippee!!!!

Anyways I also love that his tragedy is like Such a self fulfilling prophecy to me. This man would Not have eaten those people if he hadn't been convinced from the start that he was already a horrible person beyond any redemption. And of course, that's the essence of tragedy, because he would never forgive himself, but AUGHHHHHHH *starts howling*

[iwritenarrativesandstuff]

Trimax Thoughts Vol. 11 Pt. 1

Well, we're back after last week's suffering. Stream of consciousness ahead!

First off I find this a clever way to hide the hair! Dynamic posing! The poor unsuspecting fools who haven't read volume 10 would look at this and have no idea why we're sad.

Live Zazie reaction:

Augh, Livio driving the car... Vash asleep in the back... this does something to me.

He's so cute. He's not suffering or anything look at him.

Both Brad and Livio reaming him out for being too trusting that's so funny to me

To be quite honest, I feel like Livio was very much a victim in all this... that doesn't make him blameless in the situation but it was very much Chapel who grievously injured Wolfwood enough that he chose to take the double vials, and it was him who manipulated Razlo to be dependent on him and Livio to think serving was his only purpose. That said, there's something very heartwarming about Brad being so upset over Wolfwood's death considering his usual untrusting nature and the fact that he really didn't know him that well.

Livio apologizes for his body stopping the bleeding so soon after getting punched. Buddy. No. 😂😭

I feel so bad for the Plants in all this. However, much as it sucks for humanity, I'm very glad to know they can exert enough influence in order to resist killing their sisters and brother and are able to express their free will in some way... could they have refused commands before this point then? If so, that begs the question of why they didn't.

Someone arriving from space???

Oh, so the Plants feel an affinity with Knives. Is that because they agree with him and his methods? Is it because he's absorbed so many of their sisters already? Do they feel his pain and loneliness? I'm so curious.

Meryl!!! I missed yoouuuuu (and she immediately sticks out her tongue and flips a double bird at authority. love her.)

I love this... such a sweet and quiet moment with these two amidst the chaos. Milly putting her perceptiveness to good use to try and support Meryl as best she can. It makes me wonder about that 7-8 month gap and how these two survived not just what is basically the apocalypse, but also the struggle of Meryl's trauma from having Vash's memories dumped on her. I bet Milly was pretty instrumental during that period.

"It's too bad it will never be the same again." IN COMES VASH THE STAMPEDE SWINGING IN ON A LADDER

AUGHHHHHHH. This is so sweet aaaaaaa. Oh my god I just realized this is the first time they've actually seen each other since that town chased Vash out and Meryl had a breakdown. Where he thought she was scared of him. But she wasn't!!! He started to realize it after Marlon, but now he sees it!!! They are. so precious to me... :')

The Earth fleet is close!!! ...that's kind of bad actually.

Luida: "What happened to your hair?" Vash, very loudly: "ANYWAYS TIME FOR THE LAST STAND HUH?"

Oh Milly... I'm intrigued by the way she just plays along with it... she really is a lot like Vash. I wonder why Brad even did that though. I kind of feel like it was to keep people from acting aggressively towards Livio, as saying he died would lead to questions that would probably reveal Livio was at the center of it. Not for Livio's sake of course (I don't think Brad really cares about him) but Vash trusts him, Wolfwood sacrificed himself for him, and they really can't afford infighting at this point. ...never mind that Milly wouldn't have reacted that way anyways.

Ok lol I'd just been thinking "what happened to Zazie's arm and then..

hdjfhbvdjfvh

Oh, the coins are back. Interesting. Legato faceoff soon?

The hurt is palpable with poor Livio here...

Oh! I was right about Brad's reasoning! Cool! Also I think that's the friendliest we've ever seen Brad-

HJDHBJDHCBS???

BRANDON I'VE SAID IT BEFORE BUT EVERY INTERACTION YOU RISE FURTHER UP MY LIST OF FAVOURITE SIDE CHARACTERS

"Ya need to learn to let people help ya out" <-YES.

And of course Vash deflecting by playing up and overdramatizing what is probably a genuine reaction... I really think he knows this already but he's walled himself off so long. He appreciates everyone, he really does, but... them getting hurt is always going to be far worse than them being disappointed in him or himself getting hurt. It's not just because he cares about them... it's also just as much because he cares very little for himself. I also think he just... can't, right now. "Don't tell me something like that now" <- yeah because he's a gaping wound at this point. All he's done is put a stopper on his fresh grief, and he cannot afford to open it else he'll probably shatter and he can't right now.

??? Did Legato just kill Zazie? (Or I guess Zazie's body...) Also, he can walk again??? Huh???

Wow Zazie just took out Elendira and Knives... that's impressive actually.

AND THEY HAD A WORM IN THEIR VAGINA???

Oof, I don't actually want that to happen to Knives... that's pretty horrifying.

Ok. Ok Legato. I will readily admit you are one of the coolest people in this manga. That's incredibly badass. The amount of mental coordination he'd need to puppet himself around is incredible. And the reveal that he is literally puppeteering is fascinating. GIVE ME THE FORBIDDEN LEGATO LORE

So Vash is... making bullets with his powers? Ok... interesting. Wonder what they do? ...also he's using more of his powers. Hm. :/

Whjdfhsdfhb Livio jumpscare

Look at my dorky little guy

I'm so happy for him and his new haircut/outlook. (I bet Vash would know a little something about that huh? *cough cough* Eriks)

??????????? Hi Zazie. This was random...?

Oh, so this is Chronica! She's introduced pretty late in the manga. She's also an Independent it seems! And much more knowledgeable than either Vash or Knives. There's an entire generation of Independents from Earth! They have implanted neural blockers to prevent fusing??? Implications that fusing like what Knives is doing has happened before??? Hello??? Need to chew on this.

Vash WHAT are you doing freaking out like that hdfjhbsdfvh. Livio trying to calm him down like :|

Hjhsbjdfhbvs now they're all screaming at the bug... which. which is drawn like this.

...I wonder if Nightow-sensei was also upset by volume 10 and the rampant comedy right now is him coping...

Hjhdbfjhbfv they're so stupid

"...i'm gonna touch it" energy. HHDBSHCBHJBEJ VASH NO

...you know I do think there is something to be said about Vash acting like the irresponsible and foolish brother to... Wolfwood's brother. There's just. Yeah.

I love them both so much they are so stupid

Vash calling Elendira a bitch is so funny to me, especially because before the Ark he didn't seem to really know her at all. How much do you want to bet she dropped by just to annoy and vaguely threaten Vash and Legato while they were locked in that 7 month stalemate. Vash hears her walking into the room and is just like "GDI NOT AGAIN LEAVE ME ALONE".

Livio beloved... finally he's found purpose for himself... (please be careful against Elendira... I love you.......)

"Sometimes it's not easy to explain the power of someone's presence. Especially when it's someone so greatly and deeply connected to you. Some people can't even say it. But this helped Vash the Stampede realize... that he was feeling the same thing in his heart." <-he continues to haunt the narrative... but gosh what a thing to communicate to the reader here. what a thing, to realize how much you cared too late... but what a thing, also, to realize you had at all :') they both miss him so much… but he’s also their resolve

FINALLY we get to know how the Plants feel about all this!!! I feels so bad for them man. I feel they're similar to Vash in that they don't want anyone hurt really... but they're not able to fight their own fight. Pretty heartbreaking stuff.

Meryl... :'(

YES MILLY. CALL HIM OUT! Meryl is worried. Let her be worried.

AUGHHHHHHHHHHHH THIS IS SO CUTE!!! He's going to come back it means he's going to come back it means don't worry I'll find you again I'll come and find you this time I ahsjdcbhasjdvhbsjfhbv Vash you can be so sweet when you are not actively avoiding any and all emotional situations with people who care about you!!!

Chronica's going to turn off her limiter :O

Elendira: Hi :) *stabs you*

"I don't like nice men. They die so easily. He was like that too." <- Oh you did not just go there.

Elendira I think just has no faith in people. She looks actually a bit upset when she says "they die so easily" about "nice men". Then there's the "no matter what Vash the Stampede does, there will always be humans who ruin it." She's decided that while she wants Knives to succeed... if he doesn't, she'll just end the world regardless. Hm. Elendira you are so interesting to me.

Ohh... protecting the kids... Livio... :')

It's JASMINE???

YES! Livio has found his resolve! The cloak from Jasmine, the hat from the little kid! You can do it buddy!

[doodle17]

Oh, I was thinking in relation to the other games Considering that the major change made in the Lobotomy Family AU is that Raz is found by Cal when he's around 6 months due to a water incident Then it would be reasonable to think that Gristol Malik did go to Loboto for help with his scheme. He would most likely threaten Cal as well as threaten to do something towards Raz. [Similarly to what Cal would do towards Sheegor with Mr. Pokeylope] So it wouldn't be unreasonable to assume that the plot could follow similarly to the original games. The biggest difference is Raz, who would very much NOT be someone you could make do your bidding. So I wonder who Gristol would try to trick then, Lily? Or would he still try to trick Raz and become so frustrated that he almost reveals himself as the Gristol. Like "I'm royalty, Listen to me!" While Raz keeps messing with him And if Cal does take the job to help him, then Raz would most likely be left behind, does he ever wonder where his dad disappears to? And does he ever try to follow? Also, Do you know what caused that water incident? Like did something happen to Nona? (And did everyone survive?) And another tangent, in cannon it's implied that Cal has a kid, so does Raz have any siblings? [Excluding the Aquatos] Thank you for your time And thank you for being the great mind that you are Hope you have a lovely day

I think Gristol would definitely try his best to trick Raz, but as you said yourself, Raz isn't very easy to trick in the first place. And he does try his best to follow his dad around when he's off doing his scheming and stuff. But no matter how hard he tries, he always gets caught by Crispin. He may be blind as a bat, but you can't get anything past that guy very easily! Raz is very curious, but that's how he is with everything. He just wonders why his dad who shares everything with him hardly talks about his work with him.

As for the water incident, the Aquatos were just victims of circumstance, at the wrong place at the wrong time. As for if everyone, if anyone survived, we'll just have to wait and see 👀

As for the whole Cal having an actual kid, while I'm like 87% sure it's Bobby, for the sake of the au I'm just gonna assume it's the other popular theory that it's just Linda. Which is kind of cute to imagine Linda as an older sister figure to Raz

Also THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE COMPLIMENTS AUGHHHHHHH ♥️♥️♥️

[aqqleshiqqing-archive]

FINALLY. CREEPY BLACK 💥💥💥 THIS IS THE BEST THING EVERRRRR 💥💥💥💥💥💥 AUGHHHHHHH. SECOND FAVORITE SONG THATS FINAL. (but then again all the songs are so likeable and repeat-worthy i cant rank these all mf)

EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS SONG. AAAUHHHHH I love it so so much. I'm so glad I tried to read about creepy black before this came out so at least I'm informed - this is probably one of my favorite stories (as a pokepasta) as well mostly because it doesnt try to scare you with jumpscares but through the storytelling, and you actually have to play through the entire game to really understand wtf is happening. it's uncomfortable and unsettling and that's why I love it

okay but I do love how they interpret the characters here, it's a bit different from the original but it adds more charm to it if you will 💥i'm sure i said a lot of things in the rhys post that may repeat itself here but, im really fascinated by the idea of how ghost treats its innocent victims because in the game, we never really got to know what happens because it just cuts to black and its left to interpretation on how ghost "curses" the victims. red - or redwood now, as stated before is now an elderly pokemon professor, not a champion anymore. and he's currently trying to understand the incidents across kanto that has something to do with ghost - i like to think the incident is still ongoing but it has definitely affected the people with massive impact. he's now fortunate to come across the perpetrator, but has to bear witness to how it likes to play around with its victims. part of me thinks that carmine the victim is struggling to get out free, possessed (i cant see his pupils, which tells me he's PROOOBABLY possessed.) he's being treated like a toy so all he can do is just, panic really. be hopeless

the ending of the song is interesting to me because i personally dont know what does the ending mean. it's a jumpscare of carmine and ghost, but what does that entail? did redwood lose - and ghost is ready to take its next victim and use carmine to do it? who knows. i adore it a lot anyways

the song is so good. (listened to the instrumental so many times) i'm not very good at complimenting music but the faint whistle that i hear when the music gets at the meaty part is so fun because it sounds so OOooOoO spooky (ghosts DUH) i love it mwawma. chromatics are very good (however for the longest of time i assumed the deeper voice was for redwood and the raspy voice was for ghost bruhhh so it gave me a funny whiplash while i was playing JDSAKJFKGHSJ)

gameplay wise, i wasn't able to grab any leaks except for just a few seconds of the song so everything from here on out was new to me - the way they introduce ghost and carmine in the black background was so chilling, and i was playing in the dark first time. can you imagine seeing this poor kid float aimlessly in the air? in such a dragged manner and you see the horrifyingly overjoyed ghost just playing... and then red appears. i dont have much to say here i just loved it through and through :DD this song doesnt have much gimmicks but i really like how the arrows occasionally turn transparent which makes it harder for me to notice the arrows (combined with the habit of me wanting to stare at the opponent and the animations so i wouldn't notice the arrows appearing LMAO) i managed to beat this on first try! sure there were a lot of arrow spams but it was super fun nonetheless.

while i was recording my gameplay, i paused and came across rock carmine heeheheh look at him!!!!

[diaborodevil]

You know what I’m going to defend everyone’s least favorite ultimate alien from Ben 10 being ULTIMATE WILDMUTT that’s right ULTIMATE WILDMUTT

So first we ask why do people dislike “it’s because he’s a lazy ultimate” yeah that that’s the kicker “what it’s a lazy design for an ultimate” canonbolt “what” ultimate canonbolt just turns metallic and gets spikes “so” your calling ultimate wildmutt lazy for minimal changes “but it is” oi what about ultimate big chill “what about him” he’s just got fringes on his wings and gained eyebrows “so he looks like fire now” you know what let’s move on

So why am I okay with this design “cause your stupid” you shut up “no make me” okay okay just ignore him so ultimate wildmutt he’s red now has dorsal spikes and a tail with a spiked tip “yeah it’s lazy” okay wise guy do you know what people miss about ultimate wildmutts design “uhhh” didn’t think so ultimate wildmutt has a different posture of sorts compared to base wildmutt “wait what” yeah he goes from having a more ape like stance to a more big cat like stance “huh” well this is important because

Power trade off is an important thing in the 8 ultimates “but wildmutt doesn’t trade anything” okay so what’s wildmutts ability “enhanced senses” yes but that can’t be traded since it’s essential “but that’s his only ability” no wildmutt also has his incredible mobility “so what’s the trade” mobility type “huh” he switches from great arboreal movement to great ground movement “okay but what about”

“Wildmutt talking” what do you mean “he talks when he’s ultimate” so he also talked when he wasn’t ultimate “no no he doesn’t he makes animal noises” yeah but he makes multiple noises in the stretch of a sentence and even responds to things so he talks we just can’t understand it “then why can he be understood as an ultimate” he’s evolved

“You know what no he sucks” well that’s an okay opinion I’m just stating why he isn’t completely bad “no he’s irredeemable trash” woah I’m just stating a different opinion “he’s a complete waste of an ultimate form” you know what that’s enough “oh what are you going to do”

This *shuuuu pow* wreaaggghhhhh

“Hah you think that’s enough to stop me”

Grrrr *pow* ULTIMATE WILDMUTT

“Oh your trash now”

Grrrrrr

“Oh oh no no wait wait ahhh ahhh no no no stop stop I’m sorry i’m sorry ah ah no aughhhhhhh *snap thud*”

Beep beep weer

So does anybody else have anything they want to say

“He traded his quills for more selective larger spikes”

So the point of this isn’t to make you love ultimate wildmutt just to make you hate him a little less but your opinion is your opinion

[nibwhipdragon]

Joseph and Shadow for the unhinged character bingo :3

Hee hee finally got around to answering this :3

To start, Joseph:

I cannot put into words how much I have feelings for this man. Positive? Negative? Neutral? Yes

He's so, SO divorceable it's not even a want anymore it's a NEED. I'm signing our divorce papers before we even get married, Joseph Joestar divorce speedrun any% [WR]

There's so much wrong with him in the head. He's been through so much and he never got therapy for it and the aftereffects are never elaborated or explored and just. I am ripping him to pieces, disassembling him and using the pieces I like the most in my fics <3 If Araki didn't want to explore the sort of effects going through the events of part 2 on a person then I sure the fuck will, there's so many thoughts I have not posted about him yet, I have so many ideas and thoughts, but not a way to elaborate them and AUGHHHHHHH

SLAMMING HIM AGAINST THE WALL KILLING HIM BURNING HIM ALIVE TAKING HIM TO GET SANDWICHES EVEN THOUGH I DON'T LIKE BREAD ITS JUST FOR THE AESTHETIC OK WHAT THE FUCK AM I EVEN GOING ON ABOUT NOW LIKE BASICALLY I WANNA DO EVERYTHING WITH HIM OK

I could go on for much longer than this, but I'll save you the pain of reading an extremely long piece of text and just move onto Shadow.

I'm surprised you picked up on this, seeing the hedgehog mold in my brain has only recently taken effect, but yeah I'm insane over Shadow too

He just. He consistently hits every single box for things I like. He has that black/red/white colour scheme, one of my favourite colour schemes ever. Despite being the ultimate lifeform, he uses guns. He has a character design that's so gender. He's got trauma from a loved one being (essentially) brutally murdered in front of him. Also from what I've seen of him he seems pretty autistic so that's always a plus in my eyes.

Most importantly though, I fit all his criteria for marriage. I'd elaborate on that but really it all just boils down to me being autistic, so I'll skip through it all. I can get married to Shadow. And you know what comes after marriage?

✨️Divorce✨️

It is fully within my power to get divorced to Shadow the Fucking Hedgehog. Imagine that. My god. Do you know how well I sleep at night knowing that? Sure I have sleep problems so I barely sleep at all but the times I do sleep are even more blissful than before with this knowledge.

You know what? I should get divorced to him right this second. I WILL get divorced to him right now. Once I finally increase my divorce list enough to warrant making a carrd for it (well. I have to put my list somewhere for people to look at in awe, don't I?) he's gonna be right at the top, in all special font. He deserves it.

@kirstenonic05 tagged me in a post with the bingo and said I should do one for Cheval in the tags, so I'll slap that here too.

Can you believe his name means horse in French. Can you believe that. Wild. Instead of just. Changing his name outright he has a completely different name for the French translation, Ren. Crazy. He's my silly little horse man, commiting crimes since age 13 <3

Despite what most people think of him I think his character arc in Stories 1 was good. Cmon. If I was 12 and had my mother be crushed to death brutally in front of me, and had that trauma fester within me with no help at all, AND ended up having access to fire breathing monsters and weapons, I'm sure I'd go on a killing spree too. He genuinely thought he was doing the right thing and the only reason he acts that way to Lute is because he genuinely doesn't understand why he wouldn't take the "safe" way out by killing monsters the moment they were a threat to human life, but instead try to find an alternative solution to the problem where both survive. And then there was that whole emotional manipulation thing with Manelger and Itsy Bits and just...nobody gets him like I do.

Taking him to therapy, he really does need it after all that happened. Divorcing him too tbh

[meganiumgender]

Forgot but persona watch update 🫡 we finished persona 3 a while back (januaryish)!! They straight up just said ok MC go in the dark :,-) I also heard that there’s a continuation of the story that focuses on aigis? Not sure about that tho……

I’m watching the roommate play persona 4 now and i am enjoying the Weirdness of the characters, the dialogue is generally a lot more fluid now too…but also why is yosuke so homophobic (for what purpose 🧐) also the way kanji and naoto’s stories are covered are a little sus sometimes but overall. Good music and I like the store menu designs :-)

Yes!!! I mentioned it last time I replied to one of ur updates but idk if u remember, but it's called The Answer!!

And yeah p4 is...alright! I'm not it's biggest champion, but the characters are fun and it definitely brought up a lot of things ik people now think of as quintessential to the franchise. Yosuke is my best friend who sucks so bad, iirc there was a rumor that he was meant to be a more intimate social link but atlus went so hard on the no homo he ended up being super homophobic fjsjdjsjdb

Naoto and Kanji are two characters I love for what they could have been but not so much what they got fjsjfjsj like... they're fun characters but what the writing team decided to do with them just....aughhhhhhh pain. Agony.

Kanji does hit my specific soft spot trope of 'delinquent who loves soft stuff'... that's my son

[scribblue]

Season 8-11 reactions:

Big batch this time bc I keep forgetting to write/post my reactions after finishing a season ANDNC

Season 8:

Alright so I know this one comes after the movie, and even if I didn’t know that…itsveryobviousAHAHA 

I have to say right off the bat, it was a lil weird to see their movie designs with their show VAs. Lloyd is fine, I honestly rlly like the change both design-wise and voice, I feel like his new voice suits him (and I rlly didn’t like his old VA im so sorry askhvsdf)-- but the others have taken a bit of getting used to. I like the movie designs in the context of the movie but they feel a lil out of place in the show given that the movie isn’t canon. Feels like clashing timelines a bit (and why do Nya and Pixal have the same hair now? Give nya back her fuckass bob /aff) but it has grown on me, and overall I like the aesthetic changes.

I fucking called the baby being Wu too but maybe that was obvious AHAHA as soon as they mentioned him liking tea I was like “iknowwhatyouare” and then they confirmed it for me pretty quick

The harumi twist however I didn’t rlly see coming, other than knowing there was something more about her that they hadn’t revealed… I can't say I fully understand the logic of her motivations (revenge, sure, but shouldn't that be against the serpentine, not the ninja? Or even pythor specifically?) But yk its fiiiine I mean after all as long as Garm comes back i'm fine w it AHAHA

and gODDD HIS ENTRANCE IS SO AHDNCNEKCKKDNC AUGHH IM RIPPING UP THE FLOORBOARDS GARMS BACK GARMS BACK GARMS BACK MY BABYGIRL HAS RETURNED FROM WAR (SORTA) i cannot overstate how excited I am this shit had me running around my room like a madman PFNDNFND

Also okay i know hes not rlly his old self but im very invested in how this pure-evil form works and what he does and the angst that's already ensued is so MMMMCHEFS KISS GIVE ME MOREEEE

Its so interesting to see him do the things he never would have even as overlord before, like fight lloyd and misako, and that cliffhangery ending has me immediately needing to see where this goes

Season 9

I forgot to take notes on this one but honestly I didn't have a whole lot to say– I liked it, I thought it was interesting. The realm of dragons was cool. The moments where Garm hesitates is so aUGHHHHHHH but also mixed w the fact that he literally kills ppl??? God. Its so interesting. I could just talk about him specifically forever 

The whole harumi-being-his-daughter thing was….odd, but I gotta say her ending was very apt and satisfying AHDNCN sorry harumi but ur motives didn't make sense so ofc history is gonna repeat itself

Dareth….oh buddy. AHAHAHAHAHA not him getting Brown Powers then immediately pissing them out im– and the "brown town" joke? StoP AHAJAHAHAH I rlly had a moment where I thought he was gonna have a lil arc where he learns to fight better but ofc notttt

I am glad they at least acknowledged the existence of & utilized some of the other elemental masters tho

And I liked the end where Lloyd had to literally Not Fight His Dad in order to win against him. Its so *chefs kiss*

Season 10

For a four-episode season, my expectations were very low and they blew it out of the park. Surprisingly good pacing, plus so many amazing Garmadon and Lloyd moments i sobbbb. It's so nice to see this version of Garm finding his humanity and struggling with that and trying to understand the others & understand himself and the confliction inside and aughhh. Like, the fact that he's a husk of his former self but still saves Lloyd at every opportunity? He tries to mirror smiles bc his was "evil looking"? He looks wistfully at the photo of him and lloyd when no ones around?? The oni at the end telling him they sense "confliction" in him and they can tell he wants to be like the humans??? My heart. Also I totally see why ppl ship him and Vinnie, like, immediately AHAHA that whole scene is so sweet and funny which seems to be a theme for this season. It somehow manages to be hilarious but also so bittersweet and emotional, esp bc its paralleling the early season where Garm spends time on the bounty while helping the ninja. And the way they brought back the tornado of creation and Garm decided to be part of it bc he was worried Lloyd would die otherwise???? AUGHHHHH. 

I'm also honestly glad they let the ending be ambiguous as to what was gonna happen to Garmadon rather than rushing a character arc right at the end. Overall one of my fave seasons (and I'm sure no one is surprised) despite it being so short. (Also I got the comic series that came after this season and its so good)

Season 11

Okay so. I knew going into this one that this season was where it got picked up by another studio, so i was bracing myself for a lil bs, but like...I had so many questions immediately. Which, if you're familiar with my blog, you might already know, bc after watching 2 eps I asked The Audience if it "gets better"– Luckily folks were able to dissuade most of my worries and it did, in fact, get better, but the first few eps were rough. They def took a bit to get settled into the 11min ep format, and I did too. I also just didn't like how they started it with them being bored, lazy, incompetent, etc, and with Wu being so cranky. I don't like Wu in this season for the most part honestly but he does get better too. On future rewatches I'll skip the first four-ish eps (and that anime one…. Ohmygod what was the point of that AHAHA honestly idk why the 2d animation was necessary at all, even when it was used for lore reasons. The human hands….cursed)

it def settled and felt more like what I'd expect from the show. There were plenty of good moments and I liked the ice section a lot– surprisingly, I didn't call Zane being the ice emperor, idk how but that moment was mind blowing to me PFFT

Overall I enjoyed it with those few exceptions in the beginning hehe so I'm interested to see where they take it from here

Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu first watch

Finally started watching masters of spinjitzu (yes, I watched the movie before the show) and I'm gnawing on the floorboards like a rabid animal RAHHH

I wanted to start a thread to share some of my thoughts and reactions as I watch, for anyone that wants to hear 'em or to live vicariously through a new fan hehe

○ Note: I don't care too much about spoilers given that its an old show I've already gotten plenty of spoilers for, but I'd appreciate it if you kept big stuff vague in my comments! Also, there will be spoilers in this thread for any other first time watchers.

Pilot– s1 ep 13:

Okay so my expectations going into this was that it was going to be different from the movie, given how people talk about it online. Honestly I wasn't prepared for how different, but like– in a good way? I really love it so far, and also still love the movie (esp Garmadon), which is probably a byproduct of having seen it with zero context first. Ik a lot of ppl dont like the movie or have crits of it and that's very valid, but I'm really enjoying both of them for their differences.

Some rapid fire thoughts in no particular order (might be more organized next time):

- I really like how much development they're giving each ninja, that was something the movie def lacked.

- I had no idea what spinjitzu was and i was not expecting Ninja Tornados but i fuckinglovethatAHAHA

- Zane is my favorite ninja so far. I loved him in the movie too but the reveALLLL GOD. That was something I was spoiled for but it still hits so hard. Hes so me when I (love me some autism-coded robots). Honestly tho I rlly like the whole cast !!

-I mistakenly thought Nya and Jay were the siblings in the movie bc the dialogue rlly wasn't clear to me, but uh– yeahno AHAHAHA OOPS theyre cute though

-show!lloyd is.... growing on me! Slowly! I know he's got a long way to go and I'm sure he'll get there but his first few appearances was a lil whiny for my tastes. The fact that he's trying to follow in garms footsteps tho and garm doesnt want him too?? aUGH i love their whole dynamic so much.

- the fact that garmadon pronounces lloyd properly throws me all the way off cuz I'm so used to L'loyd PFFT

-I also didn't put it together that Lloyd Garmadon is meant to sound similar to Lord Garmadon. Idk how but it took someone literally saying it in an ep for me to realize

-I love how clear it is that garmadon cares for lloyd and would do literally anything for him but also the angst of him being infused w evil and knowing lloyd is destined to defeat him???? WHILE STILL BEING PROUD OF HIM??? unmatched. I love that so much

-I also just love garmadon's whole vibe but thats to be expected. Much less silly so far (with a few expections) but he's so interesting. I wish they did a lil more with his backstory in the movie. Imso brainrot over him

Anyway thats all for now I'll share more thinks as I watch hehehe

[karamell-sweetz]

hey i would love to hear you rant about the balance in utmv and why it sucks

kris you are my sole enabler. thank you.

short version: the balance doesn't make sense and is overused.

long version: below. might wanna strap in, i don't know how long it is...

⚠️ the following statements are all /lh and are not intended to offend anyone. to anyone currently writing/making something involving the balance, please keep going, i'm sure it'll be great! i'm just getting tired of seeing it over and over again (so i decided to start the revolution /j). ⚠️

❗️also, slight tw: slight mentions of sewer slide, slight mentions of body horror❗️

first of all, the whole fgod error thing is okay. it's a cute concept – actually, maybe all of the "error's broken and bleeding bones" and "error flung himself into the void to escape it all" is more disturbing than cute, but you get what i mean – and i will respect this. i'm pretty sure that 'healing what has been broken' was the pioneer for destructivedeath and errormare — and this i can acknowledge! i just want to let people know that i am getting tired of seeing the same thing over and over again... which is why i'm writing a rant.

my first gripe with the balance: it exists. the whole shtick with the balance is that it's a limitation of sorts, a rule of thumb for ink and error to follow when they're doing their little multiversal god things. now tell me: if the multiverse/doodle sphere is a representation of the creative activity of the entire fandom...... why does it have a maximum capacity anyway? technically, new things are being created every single second of every single day, so if they were to come into existence at the same time then i think error would be rendered immobile at this point, according to the lore of the fgod au.

it'd be like: "*clenches soul area* aw crap. ink's making another useless au again *drops onto the floor* aw crap and another one *writhes* why the heck are there so many aughhhhhhh"

this leads to my second gripe: in a lot of these kinds of fics it's shown that ink is the creator of all the universes.

now that's fine and dandy, but canonically ink doesn't create shit.

he's the multiversal protector, meaning that he just makes sure they don't die. it's not like he himself made the characters within them suffer (in fact i'm pretty sure he doesn't really care for the people anyway, so the existence of the council is just. clever but strange), that's our fault because we made the au, not him! so really if we want to make error suffer less then we're going to have to leave the fandom for absolute dead or sth,,,,, which at this point is sort of impossible. (personally, i have been stuck here for around five years now and i always come back no matter how hard i try to leave.)

oh and i know that he can make living things like gaster blasters and stuff, but he's still the multiversal protector so that shouldn't mean that he can make whole aus on the spot. and i also know that this is an au in itself, but this is sort of a really important detail i think? i hope nobody's sleeping on this.

a third, sort of minor gripe: the concept of sides is also really strangely handled. ink's little council thing is fun tbh but everyone's such a shallow bitch and it's frustrating (which is sort of the point ig but it's worse when that's how they're portrayed in EVERY. SINGLE. BALANCE. FIC.) and i know that there are insiders like blue and idk fresh ig...... but this isn't a spy mission? just communicate with the other side? nightmare's gang is the only redeemable thing about this au because their dynamics are so cute (and i'm a murder time trio + cross fan so i just think it's neat), but even they're kinda shallow sometimes. and also (thank you for this one kris) i thought that positivity and negativity were meant to coexist? there's absolutely NO reason, NONE, why the council couldn't just. get the other team into the meeting and talk it out with them?! it's so easy to solve your problems?? just use your tiny pea brains a little??? my frickingh god???? like literally all of this could have been solved if y'all just TALKED for once oml.

and now for my fourth, final, and largest gripe of all: IT'S SO OVERUSED. i'm not even talking about the balance itself, the plotlines for this au are all copypastes too! for example, error having to sit down with ink and tell him about the balance? ink getting upset about his ignorance? heard it at least five times, honey. what next, are they going to go and save the multiverse from your oc character who just so happens to be messing with everything? and maybe you'll become friends...... oR sOmEtHinG mOrE?

(great bricks, if i see the phrase 'friends..... or something more????.??.????' one more time i am going to rip myself apart.)

i will acknowledge that there are some original things out there, but most of the premises are still the same. and in most of these ink and the council are absolute jerks for no reason at all. please. please please please i'm so tired. if i see one more thing about error jumping into the void istg i will jump with him. (sorry i ran out of steam here but you get what i mean right? the balance is everywhere!)

anyway tldr: screw the balance. it doesn't make sense and it's been milked to hell and back.

thanks for your interest in my (maybe unpopular?) opinion. you are free to disagree (or join me in the revolution!)

ps: im sorry this is a long-ish post. i had a shorter version that i put on my wattpad but it didn't sound very persuasive so i wrote this chunky thing.

pps: i might have gotten some things wrong (i've been stuck in rhythm game hell for about six months now) so feel free to correct me about things! (*´-`)

[celestial-ringleader]

💭👻👀🎈🎀

Thanks for the ask \o/

💭 Any ideas for a possible WIP?

I have actually been discussing an AU with @rewrite-a-million-dreams (which is v long and too complex to explain, but to say the least there’s magic and dragons in it) but I have been plotting out a story based around our ramblings.

👻 2 or 3 sentences from something you haven’t posted yet?

“The air was frigid, sending a minute shiver down his spine after every breath he took as he trudged along the snowy floor, the crush of snow beneath his feet filling the empty forest, alerting smaller creatures as he continued his path. The stranger kept his head hung low, pulling his crimson cloak closer together with his free hand while his other flung his satchel over his shoulder….” -from “Natural” (werewolf AU)

“…Phillip nods, setting down the kit and hurrying to the gourney. Now that he’s closer, he caught a glimpse of hair, then a face, a human face, he stares, absolutely speechless, at the creature the rescue team dragged in…” -from “Off the Deep End” (merm AU)

👀 Favorite response to one of your works?

That’s easy, this was something i posted on AO3 a little while ago, it made my heart flip a little bit bc it was one of the first comments I got that was really long (warning a little NSFW):

“This is highly cute and also hilarious and I like it a lot AAAAAAA!!!I have many questions including and now exclusive to why the heck does Barnum have so many spare pairs of clothes in his office? Like dude please, stop living in your office, go home and get some rest and have a bath and change there. If you have a wardrobe in your office then you are working Too Much™. Phillip is so cute in this and also hot damn that boi can do the splits on the lyra in titepants, THAT is a good image yo. Him being worried about his partner is blessed and adorable. He is one good egg. I’m glad he didn’t take advantage of Phin while he was in a state and was 200% focused on helping him get the stuff out of his system. And Poor Phin bab was in so much pain. He needs a good hug that is what he needs. Also all the teeny little things helped establish a mood of environment. I really like the small details like that the little silk pillows on their sofa are Phillips, and that they only brought in that sofa so that Phin could nap when he’s overworking but they also use it to get up to hyjinks together.Their relationship is very heartfelt with a lot of compassion and understanding and I like that they talked things through and Phillip was reassuring and thoughtful. They are really well written and good rounded characters with a lot of emotion and a solid narrative to follow.The story was well paced and easy to read with a really good mix of hysterically funny bits as well as quite touching moments which I think played out really well in terms of the mood of the story.You are a very good writer as well as an artist and I’d love to read more of your work. Keep creating fic, you clearly have quite a talent here.I loved this and 12/10 would read again.” (from @circuskingfeels/Eve on “How Much is Too Much?”)

And of course there’s this other one on a different work (again also NSFW) and it made me feel so good bc they’re a pretty good author:

“God how do I even begin with this. Like how do I

the roller coaster started when you exposed me with that url drop tbh BUT I AM SO. HONOURED. I AM SO HAPPY AND I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT YOU WERE INSPIRED BY MY WHINGEING AND THAT THIS IS THE PRODUCT OF THAT INSPIRATION

One super important thing– I like the inclusion of discussion before the smut starts. That’s very realistic and it was a class act to include it!!

But now we go on to the meat of the subject which is holy CHRIST, your descriptions are INCREDIBLE. Like being able to write filth is one thing, but good god you do it with such attention to detail I? Am awed??? I find that it’s a way to enhance feelings a character may have for another– in this case Phil towards Phin– and you write Phin like he’s living poetry with verses tattooed in every tensing muscle and Phil loves every moment of it. AND I LOVE IT TOO. The detail makes it obvious that Phin is sensitive to all this touching and groping, and it’s! What! He! Deserves!!!!!

I love how Phil kept teasing him too? LMAO. Using the “~” is usually so wild to me but it really conveys this cooing tone… which, again, Phin fucking DESERVES. Augh!!!!

Absolutely wonderful fic. I loved it. I loved the pacing! And seriously, your descriptions are ART. I cannot fucking deal.

As a completely irrelevant sidenote I thought there’d be an explanation for it, but why is Phin reluctant about receiving in this universe? I AM CURIOUS, AS SOMEONE WHO ONLY EVER WRITES HIM AS RECEIVING, SO. also i don’t read the discord stuff oops

or was it because he was a virgin. See how I typed “was”? HA. PHILLIP POPPED HIS CHERRY. i’m so proud

THANK YOU FOR WRITING THIS. THANK YOU FOR SHARING IT. THANK YOU FOR PINGING ME TO READ THIS AUGHHHHHHH I AM GOING TO CHERISH THIS AND HOLD IT CLOSE TO MY HEART FOREVER…” (from @hughbyjackman on “Tease”)

🎈 What’s a spoiler for a WIP or series?

Well,,,i may have spoiled one on the first question lol but I can throw a little tidbit from the back and forth convo between me and Jac:

“okay. so.

to try and summarize it, Phillip (at the time he was a prince) comes across Phineas who he thinks is an average person during a storm and Phin got injured by dragon hunters (who are a big deal in Phillip’s kingdom) and ofc Phil, being a good person, takes him into his castle for shelter and to make sure he’s well (yes Phil is a sorcerer/wiccan) Phineas, not wanting to share his true identity, tells Phillip he used to be a knight for another kingdom and has spent his days since then wandering and bc Phillip has taken a big interest in Phineas, Phillip appoints him his knight whenever he becomes king lets say his father died a few months beforehand and Phil couldnt be happier 

After the coronation party, when it’s official that Phillip is now king, he finds Phineas half transformed in his bedroom (bc the poor thing got stressed out from the party and saw a lot of people wearing jewelry and armor made from dragon scales)”

🎀 Favorite story?

Out of the stories I wrote, my fav has to be “How Much is Too Much?” but from other people i have to say one of my favorites is “Sink Me In” written by @silverlynxx (warning, it’s NSFW but its a good read)

[osmw1]

Poison-Wielding Fugitive   Chapter 62

“... what?”

Celes’ incredulous expression was frozen in place by shock and surprise.

“There was once an infamous monster who had propagated a disease named “Bloodflower” that was based off of this curse, hence why I am familiar with it.” “I have heard that you had eradicated a pestilence before, Cohgray, but this is—”

Though Celes was hesitant, her friend was not; he was desperate for anything that could help his mother.

“Celes! It… might be a good idea just to try it out. No medicine or nothing has ever helped before…” “But your mother would suffer if this fails. Worst case scenario, it might even lead to her death.” “I’m—cough—I’m fine. It would be better than not trying at all—cough.”

“Yukihisa…”

Arleaf clasps her hands together as if she’s praying. Veno is actually kinda amazing when it comes to times like these. I know he won’t let us down.

‘Yes, recognize mine greatness! I shall have you start worshipping me like the little lass does.’

We coulda ended it there nicely, y’know? Plus, it’s not like it’d be weird for me to be praying to the Lord Holy Dragon anyway… I really did respect you for a bit. But no, now you ruined it.

‘Silence! In any case, you and the lass should join in on the ritual too. If all goes well, it should prove to do good. It shall help the lass with her class advancement as well.’ “Understood.” “... fine. But if I sense it to go awry, please cease at once.” “Okay. It’ll likely react when we try to lift the curse, so just get ready to knock us out of it before things get out of hand.”

One by one, high-leveled mages and priests began to arrive by the request of Celes’ comrade and they soon started the ritual. Arleaf joined in as well. On the other hand, Celes was nervously supervising the situation.

‘Hmm… including the blacksmith, there seems to be quite a few cases of these queer curses and diseases. I cannot help but feel that there is someone or something behind it all.’

You mean, there’s another monster like Elbatoxin around? That’d be a real pain in the ass…

‘Nay… judging by the source of the hex…’

The magic circle begins to glow brightly, interrupting Veno’s thoughts.

“Aughhhhhhh…”

Lying in the middle of the magic circle is the hexed lady, groaning. She places her hand on her chest as black smoke rises out. And then, the smoke turns into light and disappears.

“I-I…”

The lady leaps to her feet, checking over her chest and right arm. Not a single trace was left of the hex.

“I can feel the strength returning to my body!”

As the color and a smile returned to her face, she runs up to her friends and family and embraces them all.

“What on… but… she may be feeling better, but the curse is still…” “Isn’t it the same as slaying the dragon?” “Hmpf… if she is better temporarily…”

What Celes is saying is oddly similar to what Wayne had said before.

‘Hmm… perhaps…’ “What is the meaning of this, Cohgray?”

Ah, Celes wants the truth out of me. I guess I gotta explain it to her. I thought Arleaf was going to tell her, but it’s only natural for her to hesitate telling Celes about Veno. Alright, time to dole out excuses.

“This curse is a form of Dragonfall’s Charge.” “Dragonfall’s Charge?” “Do you recall from the tales regarding a curse that can only be lifted from slaying a dragon? It is the foundation of this one.” “Yes, there are quite a few legends like that, usually with the hero training hard and then going to battle.”

I don’t know any of the legends from this world, but let’s go with it since it’s working.

‘This curse also has many other derivatives. Other monsters may also be targets, not just dragons. Such is the work of cowardly humans.’ “This is something created by mankind a long time ago and actually has little to do with dragons. Rulers of yore wanted the brave and talented to kill monsters and so they employed this curse. After defeating the target, the hex would then be nullified.”

It’s a dirty trick. Almost on the same level as Forced Possession Summoning.

‘Aye. I am disgusted at how humans keep coming with such despicable methods.’ “The method to undo this hex should already be well-known, but it seems to me like this is a new variation.” “Ah… how can I ever thank you?”

The mother comes to thank us with a hug. I return the hug before continuing the explanation.

‘Beware of being cursed again. It comes from—’ “Oh, please don’t worry about it. Whoever witnessed your son’s talents is to blame. It’s not exactly an impossibility, so do be extremely cautious so that you do not get cursed again.” “Of course. Then… what can I do to prevent it?” “Hmm… the curse can be traced to a statue at a church used when changing jobs.” “What?!” “I’m not quite sure who or where, but it seems to affect the family members of whoever prays there.”

It’s works just like a computer virus. And it’s just evil where they put it.

‘Aye, it is certainly similar to your “computer virus” how it is made publicly accessible.’ “However…” “I’m not prohibiting you from praying. I’m saying you should be careful is all. The problem is that the perpetrator could even know that we’ve undone the hex on you. In that case, what worked this time may not work a second time…” ‘That should not be a problem in the immediate future. I have broken the curse in this area. Whoever created this Dragonfall’s Charge must have spent quite some effort to make it so tricky to lift.’

Wouldn’t it be a better idea to prevent everybody from being cursed?

“In any case, this is quite the powerful curse, so defeating the perpetrator might take some time. But, if we quickly spread out, we should be able to stop them.”

I omitted the important bit about Veno.

‘Do not be mistaken that I am all-mighty. If thou wishest to go that far, then we must go to whoever is behind this. It would also be difficult for humans to place the preventative spell.’ “Religion is important. If you have to pray, you should use a personal item that you know you can trust. And if you must change jobs, then I recommend using another religion’s church.” “But…”

Religion is as touchy of a subject as I thought. I get that it’s an important part of spiritual support. That means I gotta reword it more carefully.

“Oh, don’t be mistaken. I’m not telling you to switch religions; it’s important what or who you pray to. The fact that we are visiting must mean that your prayers are being answered. Whoever placed the curse onto the religious symbol is to blame.” “Mom, he’s trying to say that it’s important we catch the bad guy behind this… so let’s just be thankful that you’re better now.”

Her son reassures his very worried mother.

“You’re right. Then let us wholeheartedly welcome you all.” “I appreciate your thoughts, but we have other matters at hand… I’d like to excuse ourselves instead.”

Everybody in the room seems to be dumbfounded at what I had just said.

“But… you lifted this curse for us. Are you saying you are going to leave just like that?”

I guess I’m being a little too generous. Since I’m at the home of someone who’s pretty strong, I’m sure I can ask for a lot of money. But we have goals of our own too. This just so happens to help Arleaf out with job changing. I’m sure there’s something else we can get out of them other than money. The thing is that it’d be pretty distasteful to demand cash from them.

“Yes, I am. Shall we go?”

I suggest to Arleaf, Muu, and Celes we depart.

“Sure, why… not? We were simply dropping by on the way home anyway.” “Muu!” “B-But…” Celes is still pale and shocked. “Please, accept our gratitude.” “In that case, I’ll have you all share how to break this curse so that we help out people who are still under this hex. After all, this is just a cowardly ploy meant to send your son to his death by having him kill an innocent dragon.”

This way, they can infer that Dragonfall’s Charge is still an ongoing problem. With that, I’m sure the victims and heroes can band up to defeat the perpetrator.

“O-Okay, I accept.”

I come and go without even introducing myself. Well, I’m sure they caught Celes throwing my name around. But still, that’s kinda cool, isn’t it? Cool or not, we hop back onto a coach and head home.

‘Definitely the latter. Such thinking is a slow and insidious killer.’

Man, I don’t want to hear that from you, Veno, seeing how you’re always acting so high and mighty.

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