#baby king vs baby elf

[isilwhore]

I can’t wait for this scene to go down without the menacing glares or dramatic volcano imagery. No one looks evil, no one is yelling.

Just two sad little jelly beans having a civil conversation:

[venisonhare]

Overall cos spoilers with what happened to the dusk elves and pre barovia but also not really? Bc I changed some stuff for timeline clarity. For my players on tumblr, I trust you not to read this thank you <3

Now that I'm drawing him, I never realized just how actually insane rahadin is. Well, I did but I mean before barovia became a secluded realm from Feyrun. Essentially, in order for the timeline to make sense to me, instead of making rahadin of barov's generation, I made him almost equal in age to strahd. I just didn't find how it made sense that rahadin was almost 600-700 years during the campaign. If barovia has been secluded for 400-500ish years he would have to be a young for elvan standards or a withering old man. He's not classified as a vampire nor undead so my brain was having mass difficulty believing that's how old he is. After strahds turning, he had rahadin become undead to keep his trusted chamberlain with him forever. Anyway, in order to add more nuance to the situation and reiterate that strahd was indeed a war general, I made it so he went with strahd against the dusk elves instead of lord barov. I gave rahadin a twisted sense of national pride in which he believed that since his people fled from the elven wars and remained neutral oh so long ago, he began to resent any amount of weakness amongst them. In his mind, the drow put up more of a fight even if they were banished to the underdark. This weakness embarrassed him to the core. They were protectors and guardians of the amber temple. Why or how could it be that they were so weak? In order to make sure that his people learned a lesson, he went to go ask the von zarovich's for assistance to dethrone the current dusk elf monarch. He promised them land and the crown. Rahadin believed that if anyone made it out alive, they would be of the finest, strongest stock and would ensure the future survival and strength of his race. Maybe a small part of him wished to lose the war to prove him wrong but as their troops pushed further, as strahd pushed further, the dusk elf weakness sent him into a spiral. The woes of his own people cursed him with the deadly choir. During this time, strahd and rahadin established themselves as allies as before, strahd was just a tool to get what he needed but he seemed more capable than any dusk elf he's ever seen. During this war is where rahadin began to establish his unwavering faith and loyalty to him. When they reached the castle, rahadin beheaded the dusk elf king and took a knee, giving the crown to strahd. As his new dusk elf chamberlain deserved respect for such actions, strahd chose to simply be lord of this new land and not king as rahadin didn't believe such a title was worthy to his people. While the new changes to the land were being made such as the renaming of the land and castle, rahadin made sure to try and find any stragglers or weaklings that may be hiding instead of fighting. He firmly believes that no dusk elves besides himself resides in barovia. Should he ever find kasimir it would be the equivalence of hydrogen bomb vs coughing baby. Because of what he's done for his people (as rahadin truly believes this was a necessary evil to ensure the future strength of the dusk elves) rahadin remains eternally loyal to his now undead lord. He views strahd as the true epitome of what strength should be, so he offers himself mind, body, and soul to him. He is also a little fruity for his lord but that in itself is weakness so he refuses to touch the subject or acknowledge its existence. Anyway I love my fucked up little meow meow to me he is so izzy hands in love with blackbeard core. My favorite npc in the module idc how many atrocities he's committed.

[lesbiansforboromir]

SPOILERS FOR LOTRO's KING'S GONDOR AND THE NEW BOOK QUESTS BUT as always I have a gripe with the major storyline, which is this mirroring of Arwen and Vidumavi. I understand the point of it, to inspire this xenophobic backlash that drives people to look to the heirs of Castamir in the first place and give us a reason to go to Umbar and I also get that the whole concept of middle men vs high men vs men of darkness has been somewhat scrubbed from the game's concepts of race and racism but STILL I JUST... Gondor didn't disapprove of Vidumavi because she was nebulously 'foreign'!!!

She was of a 'lesser' race of men, the movement against her in Gondor was a eugenicist one, they did not want to 'soil' the line of the kings with lesser blood that might incur issues like smaller life spans. This was an upper class southern dunadain issue! And in-text, Tolkien says essentially 'no don't worry, dunadain blood is stronger so it didnt effect their lifespans', as if we need that reassurance! As if the concerns were justified and needed to be assuaged for us! And Arwen, being both an elf of royal descent and literally the niece of Numenor's founder, is just fundamentally not the same.

Eldarion and Eldacar are not in the same position of mixed 'lesser' blood, the introduction of Arwen into the King's line is meant to 'reinvigorate it', what is the beef that gondorians have for her? If the common gondorian populace was looking for a 'foreign' figure to insight their ire, then why isn't Aragorn himself a target? He is just as foreign as Arwen is, both geographically and racially. The rohirrim are a descent of Vidumavi's people, why isn't Eowyn an issue?

If we're going for a mistrust of elves as the root cause, well that's also an issue for me since Gondorians do not need to call upon xenophobic prejudice to have an issue with elves. Couldn't their worry be the precise opposite? It has been a long time since Gondor was a majority dunadain country, most if not all people are 'middle men' by SOME descent, and now here we are with a 'pure' dunadain king whom was born to an isolationist cult that spurned the company of the common folk and associated mostly with the high-beauty eldar.

What will these new rulers think about their subjects? How will this effect their politics, their plans? Aragorn is no Steward he has all the rights of a King including the DIVINE right, what will such a glut of power be used to do? And how will a previously-immortal queen relate to her very mortal subjects? These are all very pertinent questions, especially considering that Gondor was expecting Boromir 'the rohirrim are true and valiant, our allies' II to rule them once Denethor was gone. It's a big and unexpected shift towards Dunadain and elven supremacy for Gondor, would that not inspire political concern?

Like here;

Aithil mentions that an elven sense of superiority over humans is something she has encountered! Which could be a lie, if it wasn't for the player having been through in-game Lothlorien and witnessed the way elves treated Nona. So it just kind of feels like an a-historical loss to position Arwen as recieving the same animosity as Vidumavi, relegating it to undeserved bigotry when the issue of elven superiority is real and believed by many characters, including Aragorn himself! And also minimising the bigotry Vidumavi and her children suffered to just 'oh they just didn't like foreign people', there was a very specific reason they did not like her!! It frustrates me.

Though admittedly I understand LOTRO can't go too far into these issues, lest Aragorn's kingship begin to look a little less like a beautiful and noble thing that will bring peace and happiness to all middle earth. And in any case I want to go to Umbar so whatever it takes to get me there comrades, I'll kiss Aragorn on his dumbass baby head if I have too. BUT STILL!! I wish there had been some other way to do that.

[yu-gi-poll]

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Thank you to my sister @marwamarwa for making the bracket image! It took a lot of work & I really appreciate it :)

This will be a 128-contestant, single-elimination tournament. The bracket will be split into four sets, each comprising of 16 polls that will last a week. Each set, aside from being shown in the above image, will be listed below alongside the date it'll be posted. When the polls come out, I'll link them below.

Match-ups written out below the cut:

ROUND 1A

Will be posted on Thursday, 10/12, with all 16 polls being queued for between 12 PM and 2 PM EST.

Kuriboh vs. Sangan

Kuribabylon vs. Kuribandit

Kuriboh Brothers vs. Silent Magician

Dark Magician vs. Dark Magician Girl

Magician of Faith vs. Witch of the Black Forest

Pumpking the King of Ghosts vs. Maha Vailo

Great Mammoth of Goldfine vs. The Snake Hair

Man-Eater Bug vs. Morphing Jar

Diabound Kernal vs. Divine Serpent Geh

Guardian Eatos vs. Guardian Dreadscythe

The Claw of Hermos vs. The Fang of Critias

The Eye of Timaeus vs. Timaeus the Knight of Destiny

Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon vs. Obelisk the Tormenter

Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon vs. Blue-Eyes White Dragon

Ancient Dragon vs. Dragon Master Knight

Black Luster Soldier vs. Magician of Black Chaos

ROUND 1B

Will be posted on Saturday, 10/14, with all 16 polls being queued for between 12 PM and 2 PM EST.

Flame Swordsman vs. Jinzo

Gilford the Lightning vs. Gearfried the Iron Knight

Alligator's Sword vs. Rocket Warrior

Beaver Warrior vs. Catapult Turtle

Baby Dragon vs. Time Wizard

Red Eyes Black Dragon vs. Thousand Dragon

Psychic Armor Head vs. Red Eyes Black Dragon Sword

Air Fortress Ziggurat vs. Chaos Emperor Dragon- Envoy of the End

Castle of Dark Illusions vs. Labyrinth Wall

Gate Guardian vs. Shadow Ghoul

Relinquished vs. Thousand-Eyes Restrict

Illusionist Faceless Mage vs. Legendary Fiend

Toon Dark Magician Girl vs. Toon Summoned Skull

Giant Soldier of Stone vs. Summoned Skull

Celtic Guardian vs. Breaker the Magical Warrior

Curse of Dragon vs. Winged Dragon, Guardian of the Fortress

ROUND 1C

Will be posted on Monday, 10/16, with all 16 polls being queued for between 12 PM and 2 PM EST.

Dragon Lady vs. Dragon Piper

Kung Fu Nyan Nyan vs. Thunder Nyan Nyan

Kunoichi Ayame the Ninja Girl vs. Ninja Master Shogun

Insect Queen vs. The Legendary Fisherman

Prinzessin vs. Thorn Princess

Hexe Trude vs. Globerman

Harpie Lady vs. Valkyrie Brunhilde

Harpie Lady Sisters vs. Harpie's Pet Dragon

Cyber Harpie Lady vs. Amazoness Chain Master

Cure Mermaid vs. Injection Fairy Lily

Darklord Marie vs. St. Joan

Shinato, King of a Higher Plane vs. Exodia Necross

Exodia the Forbidden One vs. Winged Dragon of Ra

Right Arm of the Forbidden One vs. Slifer the Sky Dragon

Holding Arms vs. Holding Legs

Agido vs. Mystical Beast of Serket

ROUND 1D

Will be posted on Wednesday, with all 16 polls being queued for between 12 PM and 2 PM EST.

Marshmallon vs. Watapon

Petit Dragon vs. Shining Friendship

Flying Elephant vs. Zera the Mant

Barrel Dragon vs. Metalzoa

Machine King vs. Robotic Knight

Axe Raider vs. Orgoth the Relentless

Alpha the Magnet Warrior vs. King's Knight

Beta the Magnet Warrior vs. Queen's Knight

Gamma the Magnet Warrior vs. Jack's Knight

Knight of Twin Swords vs. Reflect Bounder

Cosmo Queen vs. Mystical Elf

Musician King vs. Trap Master

Black Tyranno vs. Serpent Night Dragon

Poison Butterfly vs. Parasite Paracide

La Jinn Mystical Genie of the Lamp vs. XYZ-Dragon Cannon

Glassman vs. Gearfried the Swordsmaster

[catholic-character-tournament]

Round 2 - Side A

Propaganda below ⬇️

Enrico propaganda

He grew up in the church and became a priest. so devoted to his faith he ended the UNIVERSE to achieve the perfect world aka heaven

Hes Catholic but also so gay for this one vampire that he ended the world for him

He is LITERALLY one big metaphor for the catholic church as a villain. He’s a guy who believes himself to be a martyr on a fundamentally altruistic quest that will better humanity and the world, but in truth hes a destructive force blind to his faults and hypocritical of the atrocities he commits. Even his altruisim is just a lie (that he does believe himself though) because it all just stems from a deep rooted desire he has to alliviate the guilt he feels. Also hes obsessed with ”the world to come” to the point that hes downright nihilistic towards the current world he actually lives in, as well as the other people in it. which i mean. lol. Ultimately hes an insane delusional queen and he should win this because he is just That catholic. also he is a catholic priest :)

his names pussy bc he served cunt (in a catholic god honoring way)

I want my bestie’s guy in bere

No one could feel guilt to this level if not catholic

Religious Allegory mostly woth how his power(white snake) is contradictory it has white to make you think of good things but it contrast with snake a creature that tempted adam and eve. Although he is a Man of faith his stand’s design is far from it being incredibly intimidating and lined with the genetic of dna whihc is scientific compared to faith.

Bro tries to kill a child

serial killer priest bro

HE IS INSANE He spent his whole life believing in fate and when his world turned around Shakespeare tragedy style he made it his mission to bring 「HEAVEN TO EARTH」, which means TEARING AWAY THE FABRIC OF REALITY SO THAT EVERYONE IS AWARE OF THEIR OWN FATE. How does he get there? Simple! By using a half-baked horse to SPEED UP TIME UNTIL THE UNIVERSE RESETS AND LAUNCHES EVERYONE INTO A NEW WORLD. How did he GET this horse??? Oh, as one does - his (dead) best friend’s toe bone grew into a baby made of leaves that vored him, but he survived and grew even more eyebrows than he already had. And that’s without getting into the STUFF that makes him a phenomenal, S-tier, fine wine that EXPLODES and causes you to see VISIONS type of character. That’s just the surface. But, ah, that’s Catholics for ya. Vote Enrico Pucci for king of the Catholic tournament. 👍🏻

Aymeric propaganda

He’s the lord commander he’s the bastard son of the archbishop (basically pope but ig they couldnt use that title) i think he wants to forsake the church itself but strongly believes in the spirit of the religion

gay french catholic elf struggle tweets

big boobs

[firecraker-j]

The 100 Favorite Movies Challenge

Tagged by @superfan44

13 Going on 30 (2004)

22 Jump Street (2014)

3 men and a baby (1987)

Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)

Baby Driver (2017)

Back To The Future (1985)

The Bad Guys (2022)

Balto (1995)

Barbie (2023)

The Batman (2022)

Big Hero 6 (2014)

Billy and Mandy’s Big Boogey Adventure (2007)

The Book of Life (2014)

The Brave Little Toaster (1987)

Brother Bear (2003)

Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017)

Chicken Run (2000)

Christopher Robin (2015)

Coco (2017)

Deadpool (2016)

Detective Pikachu (2019)

Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead (1991)

Dreamgirls (2006)

Elemental (2023)

Elf (2003)

Emperor’s New Groove (2000)

Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)

Finding Nemo (2003)

Forest Gump (1994)

George of the Jungle (1997)

The Great Muppet Caper (1981)

Gridman Universe (2023)

Gokaiger Goseiger Super Sentai: 199 Hero Great Battle (2011)

Gurren Laggan the Movie: Childhood’s End (2008)

Gurren Laggan the Movie- The Lights in The Sky Are Stars (2009)

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to The Galaxy (2005)

Hotel Transylvania (2012)

How The Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)

Inside Out (2015)

The Iron Giant (1999)

The Incredibles (2004)

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)

Kaizoku Sentai Ten Gokaiger (2021)

Kamen Rider: Beyond Generations (2021)

Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)

Last Night in Soho (2021)

Legally Blonde (2001)

The Lego Movie (2014)

The Lion King (1994)

Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)

Meet The Robinsons (2007)

Mega Monster Battle: Ultraman Galaxy (2009)

Megamind (2010)

The Mitchells Vs The Machines (2021)

Monsters Inc. (2001)

Napoleon Dynamite (2004)

Oliver and Company (1988)

Pacific Rim (2013)

The Peanuts Movie (2015)

The Phantom of The Paradise (1974)

Power Rangers (2017)

The Prince of Egypt (1998)

The Princess and the Frog (2009)

The Princess Bride (1987)

Promare (2019)

Ready Player One (2018)

Redline (2009)

Rise of the Guardians (2012)

Robin Hood (1973)

Robots (2005)

The Road to El Dorado (2000)

Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998)

The Secret of NIMH (1982)

Shazam! (2019)

Shin Kamen Rider (2023)

Sonic The Hedgehog 2 (2022)

Spaceballs (1987)

Speed Racer (2008)

Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse (2023)

Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse (2018)

Spirited Away (2001)

Storks (2016)

The SpongeBob SquarePants movie (2004)

Tangled (2010)

Tarzan (1999)

The Thief and The Cobbler: The Recobbled Cut (1993)

Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie (2012)

Tokyo Godfathers (2003)

Toy Story 2 (1999)

Transformers: The Movie (1986)

Tron: Legacy (2010)

Turning Red (2022)

Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial (2010)

Up (2009)

Wakko’s Wish (1999)

Wall-E (2008)

Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1987)

Zootopia (2016)

I tag @xfangheartx @yoshifan30 @katrinthecat @helthehatter @tkrx @snackasm

[cowhides]

estar guars

thinking abt darth jar jar and how he’s physically yoda’s opposite (long and gangly vs small and stout, floppy fin ears vs soft pointed elf-ish ears, red vs green, long taut marshland dinosaur face vs circular soft wrinkled face w large eyes, clumsy sloshing/drunken fist vs measured and calculated movements) and how a simple change of body language and voice could easily turn his goofy-esque frame into something way more intimidating. He’s already taller than the human characters, so if he straightened his back and squared his shoulders he’d be quite imposing with that alone. I also think his long floppy gungan fin-ears could potentially frill out like that one lizard and that would go crazy. What looks like a soft duck bill would peel back to show sharp teeth, claws for catching fish now much more sinister looking, same with his eyestalks and the yellow tint they have. I always hated how his feet are weirdly stout and not some kind of froglike webbed situation but then again when you think abt how nimble hippos are in water despite having those same kind of flat stump feet i guess it could work. His typical outfit almost makes his hips seem round and heavy, kind of that goofy silhouette again with a cartoony potbelly, but that extra weight that makes him look approachable could be shriveled away over time/as his plans progress, like how palpatine gets fucked up during he and mace windu’s confrontation in ep 3. I’ve always been partial to the idea that jar jar was darth plagueis and he learned how to escape death (unbeknownst or otherwise to his apprentice, sidious) by either plain bodysnatching a nearby outcasted gungan or potentially, if we were to rmr ep 9 despite how ludicrous it is and how much i hate it, he could’ve latched onto a force sensitive person and had them spontaneously reproduce and birth him, like palpatine apparently had shmi do w anakin. I think if lucas had had his friendly voice be less like a loud nasal honk/squeak and not in that forced and kinda 😬 space-patois, his original arc could’ve been preserved and his presence would be more tolerable. Bc i get that he wanted him to be unassuming but it just swung too far in that direction and made him loathesome rather than sneaky. I think his post-reveal voice should’ve been a sort of gravelly reptilian hiss too, really spooky that way but still making sense w his biology as opposed to a generic Evil Guy Voice. I also think the king gungan should’ve looked more like the rest of them lmao instead of looking like another species entirely, maybe with different coloring or some sort of frill/crest to make him stand out, like how queen bees look slightly different from regular bees.

Speaking of, i wish they had padme not be a teenage queen but then also say that naboo apparently has elections. Either she’s a teenage monarch from a royal family thrust into power v suddenly like king tut Or the planet has free elections and someone maybe a parent was elected to a position of power. I get that they didn’t want to do another princess after leia but she could’ve been an ambassadors daughter or smth who went into politics herself once she was old enough and it would’ve made way more sense. Maybe this is elaborated on more in the eu but as far as the movies go it’s just kinda funky and messes with my suspension of belief more than droids and space magic ever could.

I also think when it comes to baby anakin in ep 1 that choosing to make him sort of…idk over-competent was the worst mistake when it came to his character. If midichlorians were going to be involved it would’ve been way more interesting for anakin to have a low to nonexistent mc count and that be the puzzling aspect, not the opposite. It would’ve been way more interesting to see him struggle to keep up through the events of ep 1/being constantly compared to other padawans and that be why the council discounts him so readily, even when he’s grown. I always wanted him to be saved from maul by obi wan more directly, maybe even with obi having to choose between him and qui gon, with qg urging him to protect and train anakin and sacrificing himself to buy them time to escape or smth. it’s like lucas felt the need to prove anakins legitimacy to us when like…we already know who he’s going to be lol there was no need for that, and having him be vulnerable and be a traumatized child instead of a self insert for the kids in the audience/george himself would’ve been way more emotionally poignant and also call the jedi order’s abducted child soldier practices into question way earlier, bc the movies don’t touch on that enough imo even when their other flaws (aiding and abetting a hawkish neoliberal regime, repressing emotions to the detriment of everyone around them, relentless bureaucracy and top down hierarchy, general aloofness and lack of concern towards the galactic citizens they snatch force-sensitive younglings from) are more evident. I did always love the yellow cruiser he flew in ep 1 though lol it’s v elegant. But I wish Naboo had been a little more adventurous with its architecture bc it just looks like the venetian hotel sometimes. It’s just a letdown when the gungan city was so cool.

Anyway. the masculine urge to blame all of sws problems on toy merchandizing.

[sillylotrpolls]

Well, this got popular. XD Lots of interesting things to say about this poll, so buckle in for a longer-than-usual results post.

Character Trends

Much as I want to properly analyze all the notes and make a lovely spreadsheet so I can see exactly how many of you monsterfuckers picked "fuck" for the Watcher in the Water, I am unfortunately constrained by personal limitations (a job, thyroid issues, re-reading all of One Piece, etc). Still, there were noticeable trends.

Many people judged on names alone. This did not work out well for Shagrat, but actually is in keeping with Tolkien's whole linguistics thing. Come to think of it, naming a baby elf must be absolutely agonizing. No wonder Elrond just gave up and named one of his kids "Elf-man."

On the other hand, even though many of the names were unknown to spinners, quite a few people looked up their character before choosing and wrote about their journey of discovery in the notes. This made me very happy. ♥

If you got a "good" character with whom sex would be dubious (an ent, the bird), you almost certainly picked "marry" and then commented about the wonderful new mode of transportation available to you.

If you got Merry, you almost certainly made a "marry Merry" joke. As it happens, there is a song about this.

The phrase "lavender marriage" is much better known on tumblr than I thought, and for some reason was used almost exclusively to describe an arrangement with Bilbo.

Many, many people were concerned about breaking up canonical relationships. I knew enough to specify in the notes not to worry about LaCE; it did not occur to me to explain that FMK is simply a game about how shaggable you find other people played when you don't feel like truth or dare.

Speaking of, quite a few people also upset there was no "just friends" option. It's FMK. "Friends" is literally never an option (especially because the game is usually about three people of the opposite sex; heaven forfend you do something so unmanly as suggest friendship with a woman) (no I do not wish to get into the heteronormativity of FMK at this time).

If you killed the Witch King, you made an "I am no man" joke. However, quite a few people still married or fucked the Witch King.

Quite a few people married not for love but for property. Fair enough.

Gender mostly wasn't an issue, which I thought was nice.

A lot more people married or fucked the spider than I anticipated. Still, Shelob generally prompted instant "kill" responses.

Also more not-killed than I expected: The King of the Dead.

It was occasionally difficult to discern a tag of #fuck as being "I picked fuck" vs "fuck I hate that I got this character."

All the characters that you would expect to be popular marriage material were, but anyone who got Eowyn was especially thrilled.

And finally, regardless of character or choice, a lot of notes were pretty funny.

Feel free to reblog with your own observations; this is but a paltry sample of notes.

Going (Semi-)Viral

First, I once again want to emphasize that I did not originate the concept for the "FMK Wheel." @pollsnatural has been using the Wheel of Names for polls for some time now, and I just happened to see one because @the-villainsandheroes occasionally inflicts my dash with Supernatural content even in this, the year of our lord 2024.

However, there's no question that between their poll and mine (both posted on June 3), FMK wheels took off. Like, seriously took off.

See for yourself

In hindsight, it's obvious why. In no particular order:

Spinning a wheel is fun.

Poll posts are short and easy to comprehend.

Everyone loves a "what would you do?" scenario.

"Fuck" option provides a bit of titillation.

Uncontroversial content (for tumblr) that everyone can enjoy.

Plus, depending on what you spin and your personal preferences, spinning the wheel elicits one of the following reactions:

Delight

Outrage

Sexy thoughts

Utter confusion

Hilarity

All of these are likely to inspire a comment or reblog, which causes the poll to be seen by even more people, and the cycle repeats.

HOWEVER.

The poll didn't remain popular forever. Much like a forest fire, it burned hot and fast, but within a few days pretty much everyone who was going to see and reblog the poll already had. In the last three days of the poll, it picked up less than a thousand votes a day (utterly paltry compared to days one and two).

Changes over time

The spread of votes for this poll changed greatly as it was reblogged. Unfortunately, it did not occur to me to take screenshots as I had no idea just how drastically it would do so. Instead, I have created some lovely artist's renditions for you.

Very early on, when the poll was only seen by terminally online followers of this blog and people who follow or frequently check the #lotr tag, "fuck" and "marry" were running just about even, with "kill" a distant third and basically no "but..." votes.

A little later, as more followers and tag-checkers had a chance to vote and the poll was spreading a bit, "marry" had a very large lead while "fuck" and "kill" were about even.

The poll then went semi-viral, and as it did the "kill" and "but..." options began creeping up largely at the expense of "marry."

This is almost certainly due to votes from people who didn't know the characters but who wanted to play the game and vote anyway.

To be fair, I generally wouldn't want to fuck or marry a stranger either.

Had it occurred to me, I might have included an option like "I don't know the character I got and don't want to look them up" but where's the fun in that? And it's not like FMK has ever been a game with objectively correct answers.

But, if you are ever running a poll and want to target a specific demographic, you should really consider adding an option for people who want to click a button even if they're not who the poll is "meant for." You can't fight human nature, so embrace it instead (and also get some extra data about who your poll is reaching).

Comparisons between fandoms

I initially entertained dreams of doing some data analysis comparing the ratios for various fandoms (aren't you interested in which fandom has the most fuckable characters?), but the number of FMK wheel polls quickly became overwhelming. Combined with my ever-fluctuating energy levels and a busy period at work, well. Still, I can't resist comparing just a little, so here we have a very small sample set to compare.

Links: Baldur's Gate 3, Dungeon Meshi, Shakespeare, Ace Attorney

These ratios are all pretty different! And if you keep digging in the polls, some are even more unbalanced than these.

Why? Most obviously, in most wheels, a main character is given the exact same weight (that is, chance of being spun) as a background character with one line. (For a weighted example, see this LazyTown poll.)

I don't think anyone would say Ace Attorney doesn't have marriageable characters; it's just that it has so many side characters and villains who are, shall we say, undesirable.

If you do any cross-poll analysis yourself, I would love to see it. (paging @poll-stats ...?) Drop a link, reblog this post with a comment, @ me, whatever. Same goes if you create a masterpost attempting to index all of the polls or whatever. I live for stuff like this.

In Conclusion

This was very fun! And if you enjoy this kind of analysis, stick around; it's kind of what I do here. But if my posts don't go (semi-)viral again for a month or two, that'll be quite alright with me.

Before voting, spin the wheel and get a Lord of the Rings character.

Not sure who your character is? You can look them up on this Tolkien Gateway character list, or just vote based on vibes.

For the purposes of the game, assume your vote is not "LaCE compliant." (That is, fucking an elf does not instantly mean marriage or death for that elf.)

Poll concept from @pollsnatural.

[loganslowdown4]

I’m gonna attempt to break this down and point out all the stuff in the guys’ rooms for the newest episode because there’s a ton of Easter eggs in here and it’s fun to compile a list!

🧸🧸🧸🧸🧸

And I’m a complete nerd 🤓

Ok let’s start off with

PATTON’S ROOM!

* Ernie plushie (Sesame Street) in homage to LNTAO

* Light blue dad pyjamas

* Chocolate (baby Pound Puppy plushie) from Moving On

* Winnie The Pooh quilt

* Reindeer plushie bean baby from the 80s (I literally used to have these)

* light blue Cat poster

* Orange tabby cat statue (he loves cats, ok?)

* Mrs Fluffy Bottom (bunny plushie from Prince vs Villain short)

* The creepy glowworm from babyhood

* ‘You make me want to die.. of laughter’ misleading compliment card from Virgil from the 12 Days of Sanders Sides (Xmas)

* His glasses

* A plate with a cookie (and a second cookie because he earned it)

* Framed photo of friends (combats the lonely feelings)

* Catholic Youth Bible (from swearing Oath in SvS)

* Braided friendships bracelets in the Roman Virgil and Logan’s colours

* Embroidery thread to make more friendship bracelets in his, Janus and Remus’ colours

* Pizza plushie (from opening shot Thomas saying ‘YouTube Time’)

* Light blue lamp

* The smell of Christmas (in a box!) from Moving On nostalgia episode

* Stitch plushie from opening scene ‘YouTube time’

* Plus the room has the glittery quality that his room did in the moving on episodes

ROMAN’S ROOM!

* Red plush blanket and red silk pillow case fit for a prince

* Red/pink full face cooling sleep mask for beauty sleep

* Wearing his (Beauty and the) Beast onesie from ATHD

* Up poster (part of his 101 Disney poster collection) (plus it mentions ‘adventure’ which is what Roman would want to dream about)

* Glitter/sparkle aesthetic in his room magically flying around; also a soft rainbow glow overlay

* STAR THINGIES (he got them back from the echo-y mind palace)

* Reading Lord of the Rings (TFOTR) (red and white cover!) plus dudes on an adventure with a king and hot elf? It does scream Roman, doesn’t it?

* Plus multiple bookmarks so he can reread his favourite parts (or find parts that the other sides would like)

* Oh hey Katana

* Little Roman fan made wooden dolls

* Pictures from skirt PS, 80s PS, selfie as Prince from vine days

* Sticky notes (red): YOU GOT THIS PAL! (either from himself or Patton); WWLOJD? (What Would Leslie Odom Jr Do?) plus a picture of the man himself (a crush? 😏); Take Dance Classes AGAIN (is this in reference to Thomas can’t dance? ‘I can box step with the rest of them! 5 6 7 8 no need to demonstrate!’)

* Scented candles for sleep

* REMUS omg was I right about them sharing a room? Hahaha he steals a star thingie because he knows Roman loves them

* Roman Youtooz toy from last year

* Lavender sprays for sleep

* Moisturizer for skin care (a prince has got to slay)

VIRGIL’S ROOM!

* Dark aesthetic from Accepting Anxiety episode

* Purple and grey bedding

* Watching a Jack the Ripper conspiracy video on his computer (re: what videos he would make if he had his on YouTube channel from Q&A)

* Green Day t-shirt (specifically American Idiot album) (also featured album on wall in Accepting Anxiety episode)

* Plain purple sleep hoodie (the man cannot be without a hoodie)

* Whiteboard with ‘# of days since last total disaster: 5’ but who knows what his definition of disaster is…

* Black dry erase marker for whiteboard

* Cobwebs on night stand

* MARCUS! Plushie spider

* Patton’s FamILY card

* Huge (almost empty) purple bottle of melatonin (used to aid sleep)

* Book for Grimms fairy tales (decidedly did NOT swear on his ‘bible’ from SvS)

* Nintendo switch

* Not sure what the things standing up are? Maybe candle/lights?

* Also a mood light off to the side

LOGAN’S ROOM!

* The periodic table on the wall with rainbow colours (that’s just perfect)

* Dark blue dad pyjamas and eye mask (probably for a proper nights sleep) plus he replaces his glasses with an eye mask

* Dark blue matching bed sheets because UNIFORMITY

* All the plushies! All of them. I think he needs the most comfort

* Gravity Falls journal #3

* Another self insert fanfic from Roman! (Possibly not the Sherlock one that Roman wrote for Christmas because this is thinner and has different stickers on the cover, but ahhhh that’s so SWEET)

* Blank cue cards for new slang words to learn

* A FINISHED Rubix cube

* His glasses

* A crossword day by day calendar

* A blue alarm clock 11:30pm? (although it’s pretty late, Logan, is that really a good sleep schedule?)

* An empty jar of crofters (because they are so darn collectible)

* A 10th doctor funko pop (and a Tardis underneath all the plushies!)

* A blue mood light behind the plushies

* And he has a Clapper lol

THANKS FOR READING EVERYONE!

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Equinox

For @tolkiengenweek day 5 - loosely on prompts “culture” and “traditions”. 

Posted late in the day because I kept meaning to write fluff and then this happened??? Anyway let’s play the Lindir whump game, because he’s my woobie babie who gives me cuteness aggression. 

My headcannoned Lindir (Hobbit films specifically!) backstory has had me no thoughts head empty and this happened to be the perfect time to also sneak in some headcannons about Sindarin vs Noldorn vs Silvan cultural values as well. Quick disclaimer: I think the Silvan elves are really cool I promise they just happen to be jackasses in this particular moment in time. 

SUMMARY: Elrond finds a stray in Thranduil's forest and takes him home. Because of course he does.

CW for bullying and for mentioned interactions which are not exactly but could be metaphors for harassment.  

Read on AO3 

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Thranduil was nothing if not an excellent host, but there always came a point where the autumn festivities in Greenwood became a little too rambunctious for Elrond’s taste. Usually, this happened around two o’clock in the morning when it seemed all of Greenwood the Great was gathered in Thranduil’s caverns and submerged up to their ears in wine. 

Elrond had never had much of a stomach for alcohol. It affected him earlier than the others (a point Celebrían loved to tease him on), and so eventually he left her to enjoy the current musical game she was absolutely thrashing their table at and slipped out on his own for some peace and quiet.

The cool night air snapped Elrond’s muddy senses back into place, just the way he liked it. The moment he was outside he felt as if he could finally think again. 

He went for a walk down beneath the crimson maples and sparkling-gold aspens, enjoying the crunch of the dry leaves underfoot and the particular crisp quality that the air always had this time of year. 

After about five minutes of walking, he took a turn down a smaller trail and that was when he heard it: quiet crying.

Whoever it was did not sound particularly upset. The tears were more fretful than anything else. Still, Elrond gravitated toward the noise without really thinking and came across an ellon sitting on a bench beneath a giant blood-red maple tree, fussing with his half-braided, rather jarringly messy black hair. 

As soon as Elrond entered the glen, the other elf looked up and flushed bright red and ducked his head. 

“I don’t mean to intrude,” Elrond told him with an apologetic half-step back toward the main path. “But…are you well?” 

“Yes! Yes,” the other elf insisted at once, and then just as quickly backtracked to: “No, not strictly speaking. I ought to be honest. But I will be. ‘Well’, that is. I will be well shortly.” 

It was such a roundabout answer that it made Elrond smile. There was something too: a quality to his cadence of speech that was peculiar. 

His face was blotchy and tear-streaked and he looked as if he was just one misstep away from dissolving into tears all over again, and so Elrond couldn’t help but fish out his handkerchief from his pocket and offer it to him. 

“Oh, I couldn’t,” the other elf said, sniffling. 

The corners of Elrond’s mouth twitched. “I insist.” 

Tentatively, the other elf reached out and accepted it. He held it like it was a holy thing, only cradling it in his lap, not daring to bring it to his face. 

“If you would rather be alone, I understand,” Elrond tried again. “But you seem quite upset.” 

“I am,” the other elf said abruptly, and then blushed again. 

“Would you like company?” Elrond offered. 

“--You’re the King’s honored guest!” 

Elrond actually laughed. “Thranduil considers me a bore at parties and will try to get me far more inebriated than I generally like to be. I will not be missed.” 

“No, I mean…I’m—” the other elf looked down at Elrond’s embroidered handkerchief in his hands. “I’m nobody. And I would be truly awful company right now— and I am sure you have better things to do because you’re Elrond Peredhel and you’re a lord and I— here I am blubbering in the gardens for no good reason—” 

“What is your name?” As a general rule, Elrond disliked interrupting people, but he worried that the other elf might dissolve into a circle of self-abasement if left to go on much longer.

“Lindir,” he answered. 

“Lindir,” Elrond repeated. “Well met.” 

“Well met!” Lindir replied in a baffled, surprised voice. He let go of Elrond’s handkerchief with one hand to push self-consciously at his tangled hair. 

“Would it be alright if I joined you, Lindir?” Elrond asked, for the other elf still had not given him a direct answer.

Really, what he was trying to say was that he did not think the other elf should be alone. There was something about this that felt instinctively wrong, and even if the other elf did not wish for company, Elrond would have insisted on walking him back to somewhere less isolated.

To Elrond’s relief, Lindir was indifferent to company. Elrond came over to sit on the stone bench with him beneath the giant spreading maple tree. They were quiet for some time (save Lindir’s fretful sniffling), and Elrond was content to sit and look up at the stars and trace shapes in them, waiting to see if Lindir would talk or if he would prefer to sit in the silence. Either suited Elrond just fine. 

Red maple leaves sifted down to the ground beneath their feet. The air was alive with the sound of all the night-things: crickets, warbling loons, mockingbirds, the occasional screech of an owl as it hunted through the canopy overhead. Thranduil’s party could be heard, too, but the din was pleasantly muffled and thus wasn’t intrusive. 

What was intrusive, however, was the anxious pressure that seemed to be mounting in Lindir’s body. Elrond could feel it: Lindir’s heartbeat speeding faster and faster; the nervous tapping of his foot against the ground; the pressure like steam in a bot of boiling water, threatening to spill over.

Eventually, it did. Lindir blurted: “I enjoy the King’s parties. He is a very good host.”

Elrond hummed his agreement but offered nothing else on the topic.

This only seemed to make Lindir fret more. He fidgeted with the handkerchief in his hands, then fussed with the ends of his hair. 

“It’s just that…I am not…” his voice shrunk. “I am not very well-liked. Or— or wanted there. I don’t like the noise and— and I am the only one who doesn’t braid his hair, because I cannot-- I am not allowed--” 

It clicked, all at once, falling into place. Elrond realized what Lindir’s accent reminded him of. 

“You’re Silvan,” Elrond said, turning to look at him. Lindir had an almost perfect Sindarin accent, but there had been a peculiar quality that Elrond hadn’t been able to name but now could: the effort of a trained tongue, painstakingly taught to corral the Silvan lilt. 

Lindir swallowed and nodded, still fussing with his hair. “I have never… I haven’t earned any good braids. I am the only one my age that hasn’t. I’m a coward. And they…” he sniffled again. His round eyes were growing wet again, and he looked so horribly embarrassed and small. “They talk about it. About me. So… I never have a good time. That’s all. The King is an excellent host.” The refrain was repeated. A hasty deference: the way a dog will show its belly or lick its pack-leader’s mouth. 

“The King wears no braids,” Elrond pointed out.

“He’s Sindarin,” Lindir protested. “And no one doubts that he is a mighty warrior.”

Elrond cocked his head. He knew, of course, the importance Silvans placed on such things. Silvans perfected the art of bushcraft and hunting as obsessively as the Teleri perfected their ships and wayfinding arts and the Noldor perfected their masterworks and lore. Silvans were disallowed from wearing certain styles until they had earned the right to them through deeds of valor or feats of great skill. 

Lindir, apparently, had neither? 

Gently, Elrond said: “I find it hard to believe that you are a coward. That’s a strong word to use.” 

“Oh, I am,” Lindir sighed with miserable resignation. “I am afraid of high places, and of spiders, and of very deep water or strong currents. I cannot swim and I cannot skin an animal without losing my lunch. Dirt and mud upsets me. Death upsets me. Just about everything upsets me. My first instinct upon seeing anything even remotely dangerous is to hide. I am a useless coward who can’t even make a good joke and I couldn’t get a campfire started if you held me at swordpoint to do it, and I shall never earn any braids, save a minstrel’s which are hardly worth anything—“ and at this he fussed with the ends of his hair again, at the crimped mess where it seemed a set of braids had been hastily unwoven, “So—” he sniffled and finally gave in to using the handkerchief to dry the tears that were beginning to leak out of him again. “I am not really sure what the point of me is— for I shall never amount to anything—“ and there he cut himself off to apologize, to shrink, as he seemed so accustomed to doing: making himself smaller so as not to take up more than his due.

Elrond found himself growing quite hot. 

“Who told you that?” he demanded to know. 

Lindir’s pink mouth parted. Two bright spots of color came into his cheeks and he looked down at his shoes. “Well, no one. Not specifically.” 

“Were these minstrels’ braids?” Elrond asked, tentatively touching the crimped, mussed strands of hair by Lindir’s ear. It always felt strange to be so informal, but time and marriage to Celebrían had eased that very Noldorin sensibility. 

Lindir looked so ashamed of himself that he was on the verge of bursting into tears. He nodded, seemingly too upset to speak.

 “Did you take them out?” 

Elrond’s stomach sank when Lindir shook his head.

“Did someone else?” 

A long, heavy pause passed between them. Then Lindir said: “They— they were very drunk— it was meant as a joke—”

“A joke is only a joke if everyone finds it funny,” Elrond seethed. “Who was it?” 

Lindir shook his head in a panic, and though Elrond wanted to press him he forced himself to take a deep breath and tamp down his outrage. It was, of course (he had to forcibly remind himself of this) not quite the same thing as if it had happened to a Noldor, but it was still unthinkably cruel to pull out the one set of braids that Lindir seemed to have actually earned.

“It’s— It’s stupid. That’s why I’m a coward,” Lindir muttered tearfully, “I have no mirror to fix them and I’m too ashamed to walk back like this—”

“Let me,” Elrond said at once. 

Lindir stared at him. Elrond resisted the urge to backtrack. Such an offer was not nearly so intimate for Lindir as it was for him, and he could shove down his own discomfort. This was far more important. 

Something broke in Lindir: a crack the way a dam cracks. Air rushed out of him like water: a sigh, a choked, relieved nod and then a quiet: “Yes, thank you. If– if it isn’t a bother—”

“It isn’t,” Elrond said fiercely, and asked him what kind of braid he ought to make. 

He accepted Lindir’s guidance and set to work. They fell into silence while Elrond braided, and Lindir —to Elrond’s private relief— seemed to relax enough to allow himself to actually use the proffered handkerchief. 

Elrond tied off the first braid and brought it around Lindir’s shoulder so he could feel the shape, then set to work on the next one. 

Lindir ran his slender fingers over the texture thoughtfully, then quietly remarked: “You know. You’re really quite-- quite good at braiding hair.”

He sounded so shocked that Elrond had to bite back a laugh. “Were you expecting me not to be?”

Lindir’s cheeks stained pink again. “N-no! I only— I had thought that—” He scuffed the toe of his boot against the red earth, seeming to grapple with his words the way a person might grapple with a wet bar of soap. “You seem like the kind of person who-- who has-- you know-- the kind of person who--”

“The kind of person who has my hair braided?” Elrond finished for him. “Rather than the other way around?” 

It was a distinctly Silvan custom: the braiding of a senior’s hair as a sign of deference and respect. Their leaders hardly touched their own hair. Captains would have their hair braided by subordinates before skirmishes or hunts. Children, when old enough to be taught, learned on their older siblings and parents, and on and on it went. 

When Lindir nodded, Elrond went on: “The Noldor do not have the same sensibilities.” 

Lindir sounded genuinely shocked. “They…they do not?” 

“No,” Elrond said, and offered nothing more on the subject because if Lindir did not know, then he would not tell him what the Noldorin sensibilities on hair were. It would only serve to make things awkward and the last thing Elrond wanted was to give him the wrong impression. 

The thought occurred to him: “Have you not left Greenwood?” 

“I–I have never had the occasion to,” Lindir admitted.

Elrond tied off the second braid and started work on a third. “Would you like to?” 

“I am not sure where I would go.” 

Elrond’s hands paused their work. He measured his words with care when he said: “If you are unattached here, you could return with my company to Imladris. I think it would suit you well.” 

Regardless of Lindir’s answer, Elrond would tell Thranduil about Lindir’s treatment. This was, of course, not strictly a crime, but he knew his friend. Thranduil held vehement contempt for weak-minded bullies and Elrond had little doubt that he would see this matter swiftly sorted. 

But still, it bothered him. Lindir was only one among thousands of Elves who resided in Greenwood, and Elrond could not ask Thranduil to see to his continual personal safety. This had clearly not been the first time such a thing had happened to him and Elrond was certain it would not be the last. Imladris by comparison was smaller, more diverse, and would suit someone of Lindir’s temperament very well. Though Elrond had only known Lindir for an hour, he felt compelled— no— responsible— for his safety. How could he abandon him to be tormented for traits he couldn’t help? Elrond would not leave him like this. Not when it was in his power to offer sanctuary. 

Lindir had been quiet for some time. The space between was filled with the warbling loons in the nearby lake and the rustling of the turning maple leaves overhead. Elrond felt the need to clarify.

“It is merely an offer. Do not feel obligated to say yes only because it is a lord making it.” 

“No–!” Lindir blurted out. He turned to face him on the bench, leaving the third braid only half-finished. “No, I have always wished I was somewhere else, but I never knew where that somewhere else might be. I only...I don’t want to be a burden on your house. I have no talents to speak of.” 

Elrond touched the half-finished style with a soft smile. “Are these not a minstrel's braids that you have earned?” 

“Well…” Lindir flushed red. “Yes, but—” 

“I and my House hold a great deal of love for minstrels and song and poetry and lore,” he said, strategically leaving out the fact that he was a minstrel himself, lest Lindir find it intimidating. “You would be wanted and welcome in Imladris.” 

Lindir’s luminous blue eyes grew somehow rounder, wet, and heartbreakingly hopeful. “I would? I would be wanted?” 

It was if he had never been told such a thing. 

Elrond swallowed back the choking mixture of rage and sadness welling up in his throat and simply inclined his head once.

“Yes, you would be wanted.” 

He returned to his work on Lindir’s hair to give Lindir some space to think. It took him twenty more minutes to finish the style, for even though it was not a lot of hair to braid, Silvan braids were much smaller than the ones Elrond was used to weaving. He doubted that the ones he wrought were anywhere near to being as intricate and well-shaped as whatever Lindir had been wearing before, but it hardly seemed to matter for how Lindir would not stop touching them with that small, wondrous smile. 

Once Elrond tied off the last braid, Lindir turned back to Elrond with shy determination.

“I would like to go to Imladris and be a minstrel,” he announced.

Elrond beamed at him. 

“Then you shall.” 

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how the owl house characters celebrate Christmas

Hooty: Loves Christmas songs and will spend the 12 days singing doing full renditions and recaps of every single holiday song he has ever heard. Hooty does not I repeat NOT actually know how to sing. When Raine moves in it becomes one of their Christmas missions to end the torture and try and teach Hooty

King: Kings favorite part of the holiday is all the yummy treats and free samples that are given around this year. He will go around to ever store/shop/and vender in town and ask/demand tribute of holiday goodies.

Eda: When Eda was little she used to love Christmas. She and Raine did all their shopping together and invites silly renditions of tired old carols to make each other laugh. Her and Lilith would decorate the house and have have annual family Grudgeby matches “Eda and Gwendolyn vs Lilith and their Dad”.

Since the curse and pushing everybody away, she has become a bit of a scrooge around the holidays. She makes sure to get special gifts for King and Hooty yes, But her new Holiday traditions consist of getting drunk on apple blood and destroying peoples holiday lights/display. Now that she has reconciled with so many people from her past she is trying to get back into the holidays and celebrations again; Luz is a big help.

Luz: When she is on earth. Camila enlists Luz as her clinics decorator and the pair make about 400 treat bags for the animals as well as cookies for their humans. 

For her first Christmas on the isles Luz is Christmas crazy. She has to find the perfect gift for everybody, has to decorate every knock and cranny of the owl house, has to see every show, event, and party, and also throw the biggest and best party the isles has ever seen at the owl house. Eda and the lot are worried that Luz isn’t taking breaks to sleep and will eventually pass out once her exhaustion catches up to her. what actually ends up being thrown is a fun, quiet, gathering of their family/close friends.

Clawthorne family: they take all of Gwendolyn’s beasts to the park and set up holiday carriage rides (Mr. Clawthorne drives, he is very good driver even with one eye) a no violence used circus (Mrs. Clawthorne) and since Lilith’s come back they set up a petting zoo for the really little kids and have her supervise it. History nerd Lilith’s favorite part the holidays is the history behind the tales and traditions. So every Christmas she will pick one and research everything she can about it. While running her parents petting zoo she uses the opportunity to teach the kids what she has learned. Most of them ignore her, but a few find it interesting and repeat what she told them to her parents after being picked up. This completely makes Lilith’s Christmas. After this they all go to the owl house.

The Blights: So the Blights defiantly go all out throwing a big Christmas party with all their investors, that's really just them trying to cash in on the comical/sale/money making part of the holidays. They make all three of their kids help with the set up, then dress up and attend. None of the blight siblings enjoy this party, and all have favorite Christmas events outside of it. Amity loves Christmas at her job. They do a toy drive, and she gets to wear an elf costume and read holiday stories to the kids. The twins throw their own Christmas party (battle themed) up on the knee where they make snow-forts, monster snowmen, and have all out snowball wars. They invite all practically all of Hexside and its one of the most talked about parties at school.

The Parks: Willow’s dad’s are definitely those parents who go all out for Christmas and have kept the same holiday traditions going since Willow was a toddler, even the ones she has long since outgrown. Willow no longer cares about getting her picture with Santa or looking for the elf on the shelf. She doesn’t get the same enjoyment from meant-for -babies-Christmas-movies, and is finds the matching Ugly Christmas sweaters her dads always want the family to wear completely embarrassing. As a Christmas gift to her dads she sucks it up and smiles through all of these traditions with them ever year. What she really does enjoy is that every year they spend days making homemade decorations that can be safely eaten by birds and wildlife and then go out and decorate tree’s right in the woods instead of cutting one down and bringing it into their house.

Gus and Perry Porter: Perry as the top reporter in the boiling isles has invites to al the big Christmas events and parties so he can cover them, but is also predictably working all through the week of Christmas. So in an effort to still get to spend time with Gus he makes it a requirement that he receive two invites t everything he is meant to cover and brings Gus along. Harry knows which events/parties Gus enjoys and which he finds lame. Perry is required to say good things about every stop; but will try to stay longer at the ones Gus enjoys and speed up the time they have to spend at ones Gus does not. For stops he knows Gus doesn’t enjoy but that they will be required to spend long amounts of time at (i.e. the Emperor’s Castle) Perry save’s Gus’s gifts for then (almost exclusively human trash) and will allow Gus to bring said gifts into the party to occupy himself. Gus’s favorite celebration this year is the one held at the owl house, in part because Perry is allowed to turn off the camera and they can just relax together.

The Emperor’s coven: So as people have pointed out Belos is likely from puritan times. I think, that while different from modern day celebrations, puritans had Christmas, so I imagine Belos would do like an old fashion Christmas. The coven would spend days cleaning the castle and making it spotless. On Christmas day they do an extra long service praising the “titan” and reaffirming their faith and loyalty in “his mission”. But once that is over they head into the banquet hall and eat a large feast and actually have a sorta nice time. For gifts Belos gives Hunter new armor and adds upgrades to his staff, and Hunter will show them off to the coven at the party. On later missions he will become very anxious about making sure he is using them the best he can. But for the feast such things are just for fun.

Raine Whispers: So every Christmas Raine puts out a new album of songs and they rocket right to the top of streaming services. The bard coven begs Raine to do a live concert, which they only agree to on the condition that they are allowed to use special equipment to mitigate their stage fright; i.e. a blind fold and magical ear peaces that block out any noise more than 2 feet from their body. The fact that Raine can still play expertly while blind folded is a big reasons they got so well known in the track. Skara wants to play with them one day... Eda may or may not sneak out to these concerts, knowing that Raine will not see or hear her in the crowd. Once they get back together she is part of the concerts.

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hello! you are very welcome to ignore this (lol) but i've fallen into a bit of a hole regarding berserk (a manga i have never read) and have spent the last 2 or so days reading all of your meta on griffith (which is very good and compelling!) i'm sending this ask because while i've been able to piece together the plot enough to read your meta, i come up quite short wrt understanding the moonlight boy situation. would you be able to expand on that, and how he relates to griffith?if so thank you!!

also (sorry this is the same person asking about the moonlight baby again) is the moonlight baby separate from the fetus? i've been thinking of them as one entity which maybe is why i've been confused...?

No problem! Thanks for checking out my meta even though you haven't read it and welcome to the hell hole that is Berserk lol. Btw if you don't want to read the manga for whatever reason, which is totally fair lol, you could check out the 90s anime which covers the best and gayest arc pretty accurately, with a little less (though not none) sexual violence, and less graphic rape + sex when it's still there. Though no worries if you're not interested.

So wrt the moonlight boy, basically, ok. I'll take you through the relevant events to its existence step by step lol, it's kind of ridiculous and hard to explain.

So Casca and Guts fuck, then Femto rapes her during the Eclipse. Turns out that Casca was pregnant from fucking Guts and Femto like, corrupted the 4 day old zygote cells with his demon jizz and turned it into a demon fetus. Casca promptly miscarried it and between the Eclipse and Griffith's rebirth it's been zooming around, using magic to save Casca and occasionally haunting Guts during the Black Swordsman arc.

(Sidenote, Miura wrote the Black Swordsman arc before thinking of any of this, so back then it wasn't written as a demon fetus but as a pathetic looking demonic reminder of Guts' own weakness and inner darkness, imo. Not super relevant, but it if you read it eventually the Black Swordsman arc make more sense if you keep that in mind.)

Anyway, now comes Griffith's rebirth. There's a whole lot of weird shit going on here, but the basics are that there's an apostle that looks like a big walking behelit, and he made a sacrifice for "a wish" which is granted when he brings NGriff into the world. He does this by casually eating the fetus as he happens to walk by it, which then grows into NGriff and hatches from the egg-shaped apostle.

So now NGriff exists and was formed out of that demon fetus flesh. He goes to see Guts on the Hill of Swords to test to see whether he still has emotions, and uh oh his heart has started bthumping while watching Guts fight Zodd. He dismisses that as lingering feelings caused by the demon fetus he incorporated into his body.

Then Casca is endangered by falling rocks and Griffith saves her life suddenly, and then flies away on Zodd and contemplates that, connecting it to the fetus in his mind. Personally I interpret this as the fetus affecting Griffith when he saves Casca, but not making his heart flutter at the sight of Guts.

Guts takes Casca to go on a journey to Elfhelm and meets his rpg group along the way and now on full moons they keep seeing a mysterious kid who Casca is drawn to, and who disappears by morning. This is moonlight boy. At one point Schierke speculates that it's Danann the Elf King taking the form of a child to check up on them and help guide them. There are also strong hints that it's Guts and Casca's kid, so that was always an easy assumption to make.

The most common take in fandom as far as I could tell was that it was the soul of the demon fetus escaping Griffith during the full moon to hang out with Casca, because the full moon gives magic users an extra burst of power.

Plot happens, yadda yadda yadda, not too long ago we got a chapter that is somewhat indicative of NGriff physically transforming into moonlight boy lol, though still vague enough to keep me hoping that that wasn't going to be the case.

Finally here we are, with this final chapter werebaby Griffith is confirmed. The amount of Griffith's feelings that are the fetus' feelings vs his own is unconfirmed, but the final page is strongly suggestive of Griffith's real feelings.

SO! tl;dr, Moonlight Boy IS the fetus, and every full moon Griffith transforms into it and goes to hang out with Guts and Casca, and the vague dream-like memories of this make him cry when he demorphs and wakes up.

I'm sorry you couldn't just enjoy Berserk meta without learning about this lol.

[darkmasterofcupcakes]

A big project that I’m going to do is ranking/rating all of the movies I currently own...which considering how many movies that is, is quite the task. It will take a while, because I need to watch/rewatch all of them, but I am determined to eventually do it. 

For reference, these are all the movies I have to watch:

Fullmetal Alchemist: The Conqueror of Shamballah

Hetalia: Paint It White

My Hero Academia: Two Heroes

Howl’s Moving Castle

Princess Monoke

Spirited Away

The Secret World of Arietty

Ponyo

My Neighbor Totoro

Kiki’s Delivery Service 

Castle in the Sky

The Cat Returns

Summer Wars

Wolf Children

The Boy and the Beast

Mirai

My Little Pony: The Movie (2017)

WALL-E

Toy Story

Toy Story 2

Toy Story 3

Toy Story 4

Inside Out

Incredibles

Incredible 2

Coco

Brave

The Good Dinosaur

Monsters University 

Monsters, Inc.

Ratatouille

Finding Nemo

Finding Dory

A Bug’s Life

Pooh’s Grand Adventure

Piglet’s Big Movie

Doctor Strange

Peter Pan (Animated)

The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

The Lion King 2: Simba’s Pride

Mary and Max

Pocahontas

Pocahontas 2: Journey to a New World

Maleficent

Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo

Sleeping Beauty

Shazam!

Hocus Pocus

Saving Mr. Banks

Spider-Man: Far From Home

Song of the Sea

The Breadwinner

The Jungle Book (Animated)

Robin Hood

The Aristocats

Christopher Robin

Pinocchio

Snow White

Into the Spider-Verse

Deadpool

Deadpool 2

Scott Pilgram vs The World

Tangled

Meet the Robinsons

Frozen

Wreck It Ralph

Lilo and Stitch

Lilo and Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch

Big Hero 6

Mulan

Mulan 2

Tarzan

The Little Mermaid

Treasure Planet

Oliver and Company

Bambi

Bambi 2

Brother Bear

Dumbo

Beauty and the Beast (Animated)

101 Dalmatians

Aladdin

Cinderella (1950)

Lady and the Tramp

The Lion King (1994)

The Princess and the Frog

Emperor’s New Groove

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

Winnie the Pooh

The Tigger Movie

Zootopia

Moana

The Muppet Movie

The Muppet Christmas Carol

The Muppets

Muppets Most Wanted

Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

Enchanted

Beauty and the Beast (Live Action)

The Jungle Book (2016)

Cinderella (2015)

Into the Woods

Pete’s Dragon (2016)

How to Train Your Dragon

How to Train Your Dragon 2

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

Rise of the Guardians

Logan

Iron Man

Captain America: The First Avenger

Thor

The Avengers

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Thor: The Dark World

Guardians of the Galaxy

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Ant-Man

Captain America: Civil War

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2 

Thor Ragnarok

Spider-Man: Homecoming

Black Panther

Captain Marvel

Avengers: Infinity War

Avengers: Endgame

The Glass Castle

Over the Hedge

Batman Begins

The Dark Knight

The Dark Knight Rises

Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman 1984

Coraline

ParaNorman

The Boxtrolls

Kubo and the Two Strings

Missing Link

The Nightmare Before Christmas

The Prince of Egypt

The Croods

The Croods: A New Age

Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie

The Boss Baby

Mr. Peabody and Sherman

Megamind

The Iron Giant

The Day of the Doctor

A Monster Calls

Paddington

Paddington 2

Peter Pan (2003)

The Karate Kid (2010)

The Spiderwick Chronicles

Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events

Hugo

Love, Simon

Star Trek 2009

Star Trek Into Darkness

Star Trek Beyond

Nanny McPhee

Nanny McPhee Returns

Goodbye Christopher Robin

Room

Now You See Me

Now You See Me 2

The Peanuts Movie

Storks

The Lego Movie

The Lego Batman Movie

The Lego Ninjago Movie

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

The Princess Bride

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Where the Wild Things Are

The Sixth Sense

Once Upon a Forest

Annie (2015)

Steven Universe: The Movie

Saban’s Power Rangers

Soul

Arthur Christmas

Pitch Perfect

Pitch Perfect 2

Elf

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Halloweentown

Halloweentown 2: Kalabar’s Revenge

Home Alone

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

Double Double Toil and Trouble

Murder on the Orient Express

A Quiet Place’

X-Men

X2: X-Men Unite

X-Men The Last Stand

X-Men First Class

X-Men: Days of Future Past

X-Men Apocalypse

Anastasia

Pokemon: The First Movie

Pokemon the Movie 2000

Pokemon 3: The Movie

Pokemon 4-Ever

Pokemon: Destiny Deoxys

Wakko’s Wish

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

War for the Planet of the Apes

Princess Diaries

Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

Ant-Man and the Wasp

The Wind Rises

Venom

Spider-Man

Spider-Man 2

Spider-Man 3

A Dog’s Purpose

A Dog’s Way Home

A Dog’s Journey

101 Dalmatians 2: Patch’s London Adventure

Jumanji

Hotel Transylvania 2

Hotel Transylvania 3

Lion King 1 1/2

My Life as a Zucchini 

Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas

Mickey’s Twice Upon a Christmas

The Little Prince

The Rescuers

The Rescuers Down Under

Cinderella 2: Dreams Comes True

Cinderella 3: A Twist in Time

Kronk’s New Groove

Frozen 2

Joker

The Lion King (2019)

The Little Prince

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

The Great Mouse Detective

Babe 

The Life and Adventures of Santa Clause

Balto

Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey

Homeward Bound 2: Lost in San Francisco

Jetsons: The Movie

We Bare Bears: The Movie

Mean Girls

Clueless

She’s The Man

Jumanji Welcome to the Jungle

The Greatest Showman

Chicken Run

Scooby-Doo

Scooby-Doo: Monsters Unleashed

Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstine

Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman

The Persuit of Happyness

Indian in the Cupboard

Hook

Alice in Wonderland (Disney Animated)

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

Arrival

The Ultimate Warrior Jiang Ziya

The Legend of Hei, Protector of Spirits

Ne Zha

Aquaman

The Road to El Dorado

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas

Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension

Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel

Phineas and Ferb Star Wars

Mary Poppins

Mary Poppins Returns

The House with a Clock in It’s Walls

Inception

Les Miserables (2012)

Forrest Gump

Night at the Museum

Spaceballs

The Blind Side

Scoob!

Knives Out

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

Robin Hood: Men in Tights

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

The Two Towers

The Return of the King

Jumanji: The Next Level

Ice Age

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

Aladdin (2019)

Cheaper by the Dozen

The Dark Crystal

Downton Abbey the Movie

Dr. Suess’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Dragon Ball Super: Broly

The Fantastic Mr. Fox

The Flintstones: Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby

Ghostbusters (2016)

Good Boys

Happy Feet

Happy Feet Two

The Grinch

Isle of Dogs

Jurassic Park

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park 3

Jurassic World

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

Kung Fu Panda

Kung Fu Panda 2

Kung Fu Panda 3

The Little Mermaid 2: Return to the Sea

The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning

Man of Steel

Mickey, Donald, and Goofy: The Three Musketeers

Mulan (2020)

The New Mutants

Planes: Fire and Rescue

The Santa Clause

The Santa Clause 2: The Mrs. Clause

The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause

Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island

Son of Batman

Sonic the Hedgehog

Suicide Squad

Trolls

Trolls World Tour

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Yours Mine and Ours 

Rio

Rio 2

Ferdinand

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

The Addams Family (Animated)

Tokyo Godfathers

The Secret Life of Pets

The Secret Life of Pets 2

The Addams Family

The Addams Family Values

The Secret of Kells

Fantasia

Fantasia 2000

The Fox and the Hound

The Fox and the Hound 2

Turbo

The Bee Movie

Antz

Batman Gotham Knight

Batman Year One

Batman: Under the Red Hood

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 1

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 2

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

Batman Beyond: The Movie

Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker

Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman

Atlantis: The Lost Empire

Atlantis: Milo’s Return

Brother Bear 2

The Parent Trap

The Wizard of Oz

Charlotte’s Web (Animated)

Charlotte’s Web (Live Action)

Scooby-Doo and the Witch’s Ghost 

Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders

The Rugrats Movie

Rugrats in Paris: The Movie

Rugrats Go Wild

Madeline

Annie

Matilda

A Boy Named Charlie Brown

Snoopy, Come Home

Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown

Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (And Don’t Come Back!)

The Land Before Time

The Great Valley Adventure

Time of the Great Giving

Journey Through the Mists

ET: The Extra-Terrestrial 

South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut

In the Heights

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Beetlejuice

Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure

Corpse Bride

Boss Baby: Family Business

Black Widow

Twilight

Twilight: New Moon

Twilight: Eclipse

Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1

Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2

Small Foot

Legally Blonde

Legally Blonde 2: Red, White, and Blonde

Pokemon: Jirachi Wish Maker

Pokemon Heroes

The Man Called Flintstone

I Yabba-Dabba Do

Cruella

Luca

Hotel Transylvania

Tales from the Crib: Snow White

Tales from the Crib: Three Jacks and a Beanstalk

Lucario and the Mystery of Mew

Zoroark - Master of Illusion

My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising

Raya and the Last Dragon

To Grandmother’s House We Go

Our Lips are Sealed

It Takes Two

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

Star Wars: A New Hope

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi

Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith

Zack Snyder’s Justice League

Spies in Disguise

Star Wars: The Phantom Menace

Onward

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Batman vs. Robin

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Dear Evan Hansen

Wonder

Mitchells vs. The Machines

Disney’s Christmas Carol

Porco Rosso

Mickey’s Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse

Twelve Angry Men

The Amazing Spider-Man

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Encanto

Freedom Writers

Eternals

Balto II: Wolf Quest

Balto III: Wings of Change

Detective Pikachu

The Book of Life

Ender’s Game

Spider-Man: No Way Home

Belle

Turning Red

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Pompo the Cinephile

The Batman

5 Centimeters Per Second

The Place Promised in Our Younger Years

[arcadialedger]

TDP Meta: Notes about the Spanish translation

Yesterday, my friend and I watched part of The Dragon Prince in a Netflix Party, so she could watch the series. Having just come home from Spain, she watched the show in Spanish.

And in the opening episodes, she made an observation which I realized was very important.

The use of tú vs usted.

For those who don’t speak Spanish, you should know that tú and usted are both ways to say “you”. Tú is informal, while usted is formal. This is very important in terms of how you properly address someone. When with a verb, they conjugate differently.

And there are some very interesting notes about how they use the two in the Spanish translation. Particularly, with Callum and Harrow.

During Harrow and Callum’s discussion in episode two, the two use different forms. Harrow uses tú, while Callum uses the formal usted.

Though part of this has to do with age (you might address someone you just met who is also a kid or teen with “tú”, but you would never an adult), it also shows the unevenness in their relationship.

Tú is used among family and friends. This translation choice is emphasizing the fact that, while Harrow views Callum as his son, Callum does not yet view Harrow as his father.

Normally, it would be normal for a kid/ teen to address an adult like Harrow formally with usted, especially with Harrow being a King. However, his family wouldn’t. Ezran doesn’t— he uses tú, because Harrow is his father and they have a deep personal relationship. Callum is not ready for that— he still sees Harrow as the king and feels the need to address him formally.

It isn’t until the end of the scene, when the likely loss of Harrow hits Callum, that he maybe starts to accept that Harrow is his father.

Hence why, the next time Callum goes to talk to him, we hear him call out dad. But it’s too late.

It’s an incredibly small detail that is also incredible poignant, and goes a long way in establishing the dynamic between them and the nature of Callum and Harrow’s relationship.

Callum’s birth father died when he was a baby, and Sarai remarried when he was very young. Yet Callum still feels out of place and hesitant to consider himself a part of this family, up until the very last moment.

It’s remarkably sad, but wonderful translation.

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BONUS: Normally Callum would absolutely be using usted with Viren, because he is an adult and a Lord. However, when Callum confronts Viren before the Moonshadow Elf attack, he uses tú! (“I know what you did”, etc).

Because in that moment, Callum has no respect for Viren and he’s spitting his words out in disgust.

[koalaaquabear]

The 5 hour finale live stream just concluded and y’all, it was crazy. It has been a wonderful several months with all you guys and I am so excited for April 8th and Junior Year. 

MASSIVE SPOILERS UNDER THE FOLD IF YOU HAVE NOT WATCHED THE STREAM YET. Here is my clusterfuck of a commentary. Enjoy!

Fantasy High: Sophomore Year Live Reaction -HOOT GROWL BABY it's time. I didn't react to part one but wOW that one was crazy. Get ready for EMOTIONS :'(( -SIG FIG RESCUE MISSION lol #ontour -well ok brennan that canopy shit is scary as fuck -murph is still looking like riz -Zaphriel and Ayda!!!!!!! -"HOLD ME BACK GORGUG" i love u emily -Brennan I stg -Ayda is Gorgug's dad lol -oh shIT they're totally in the cottage -heLL YEAH AYDA!! -oh GOD figayda kiss? exceptional. -if ayda dies i WILL throw dice at Brennan -ok brennan make me cry then -GET THE VAN GORGUG -gorgug truly is the greatest wizard of this age -#hugeblueguy -aww zac oyama i love you -"semi-fallen" oH dEar -gorgug texts zelda IMMEDIATELY i love him -amaZING thank you zelda -"ew, creepy, hate that" -zaphriel is the best character you guys, what a homie -i keep forgetting ayda can fly. like she has wings. i know that. -AELWYN! -nOPE someone is coming through the forest and if it's arianwen i will kill cry -HANGMAN???? -HANGMAN!!!! HIS DOG!!!!! -HANGMAN NO I LOVE YOU YOU'RE THE CUTEST DOGGY -adaine i love you baby -"the weak yogurt man" -what high ranking devil??? -fabian you're adorable -aww fabian has a puppy!! (i get that the hangman is eight feet long don't @ me) -that's the first "the ball" -lou can never have the highest roll -BARDY BOYS -oop kristen and riz time -tracker? i barely even know her -chills, brennan. chills -someone in the chat just said "so did skrank fuck zelda?" -intense muSIC -nononononononono -ragh, tracker, and sandralynn better be all right -ooo a sTICK -HELL YEAH RETURN OF THE RIBBON DANCE -"riz weeps" holy shit i love him -"something bad always happens when we go off together" -#RIZTEN -awwoOOOOOOO -ayda can fly too! -absolutely FUCK this bridge ABOUT 30 MINUTES -poor ayda -please say they're ok brennan -"put your tongue baCK in your mouth" -sANDRA LYNN NO -"what kind of arrows" "you know what kind" fuCK OFF BRENNAN -if baxter dies i will cry -wait faerie fire is a cleric spell..? absolutely fuck me -ok aelwyn let's fuck shit up -calling the bank in the middle of this nightmare forest lol -heLL YEAH ZAPHRIEL -luck check luck check luck check -"y'all are going to turn into dragons" -fabian straight up cries? what a fucking rich kid -NO WAY HE HAD T H E COIN??? -REMOVE CURSE BABY -"nnOOO!" lmao -ally and brennan are in the chat -kristen's religion is REALLY coming in handy -the name was turned into the night yorb lol -"how's that axe feeling?" "..pretty light ;)" i love him -ayda can lift the axe??? exceptional -FIG IS KALINA? ABSOLUTELY RAD -brennan has created a place where illusions are real and emily is holding him TO IT -"do you have a dongle?" incredible -EMILY I LOVE YOU! KALINA IS A YOUTUBER BABY -wretchrot is baCK baby -aelwyn i love that -"i am a low quality child" "yeah ayda you're a bad kid" -"hey bitch" emily axford is a goddess -im sorry cOURT OF ELDERS? -NO I WILL CRY -ROLL INITIATIVE TIME -go OFF hangman -ooo some high initiatives babyyy -zac oyama is my favorite ever -"trackerrr" -brian as soon as emily was threatened said "how dare you" -brennan you FUCK "i'm awake for all of this" FUCK YOU -fig and her mommy issues: an album -absolutely FUCK THE TREE GUY -kick that wood elf BITCH ABOUT ONE HOUR -fuck him UP fabian, shit in his gODDAMN mOUTh -"SPRING BREAK YOU STUPID MOTHERFUCKER" -pleASE BRENNAN LET HIM SHOOT HER WITH THE TINCTURE -spRING break this is for the corn god -okay nevermind riz is holding his action -i love the intrepid heroes they're adorable -"ice feast" fucking love them so much -yES the ball thank GOD -brennan..? -"her rage ends" tracker = barbarian -FIRST NAT 20 BABY -"IT 100% WORKS BUT IT 50% WORKED" -that's the second "the ball" -bOOOOOOO BRENNAN -mad plans for the tree guy -sorry, is his name crAFTME ROOTDRINKER? -oh ok it's aelwyn we're fine -cone of cOLD baby i love aelwyn what a babe -you absolutely hate to see it -ragh my baby i love you -SPRING BREAK -tracker nO PLEASE -TRACKER JUST CRIT OH NO -brennan is really good at acting this btw -wait 14 on a crit??? i mean oH NO kRISTEN, bOO -disPEL MAGIC BABY -ALLY BEARDSLEY YOU ABSOLUTE GOD -aww kristennn is babyyy -tracker nooo don't cryyyy -you've sAVED your GIRLFRIEND -"some of us have already done that today" fig the sHADE -ally simply musT get new dex -absolutely fuck that brennan i don't need that vampire pixie -FUCK IT UP AYDA -FIGHT ME IN THE SKY! -"does a 29 hit?" daMN zac that absolute SHADE -53 DAMAGE?? CHEJ IS SO FUCKING STRONG -"goddamn paper lantern" -absolutely fuck you brennan -nevermind gorgug and adaine both passed the con saving throw -"i don't like you" lou really gets personally upset about this and i love that -nO NO NONONONO aelwyn and tracker are down -FUCK IT UP ADAINE -gdi brennan don't do this to us -ABSOLUTELY FUCK THE TREE -fig is straight up gonna kill her mom -this is scary as fuck -HANGMAN HAS A BREATH WEAPON AND YOU DIDN'T SAY SHIT??? CHOKE ON GRAPES BRENNAN -FUCK EM UP HANGMAN ABOUT 1 HOUR AND A HALF -wood elf is DOWN baby hoot growl -kristen thinks the elf is gak lol -23 DAMAGE??? AC OF 25??? ABSOLUTELY FUCK IT UP FABIAN -SHENANIGANS TIME FOR MURPH -HELL SECRET AGENT TIME -27??? RIZ YOU'RE THE HOTTEST -third the ball -imagine the ball is secretly SO HOT without the hat -YES BRENNAN GOT A NAT 1 EAT YOUR GODDAMN DICE -sweEET -fourth the ball (they've all been Lou cuz of course) -incredible turn murph -kalina is SO GOOD at skateboarding -#bloodphoto -KALINA HAS 23 WISDOM? absolutely fuck me -oh hELL YEAH FIG COUNTER THE COUNTER -emily is doing some SHIT right now you guys (fear spell) -DAMMIT that high as fuck wisdom -sorry WHAT she rips open sPACE??? -BABY BETTER SAVE THE GODDAMN DAY -let's go BABY -"mMMHHHHnnN leET ME tOUCh ItT" baby is fucking weird -"baby vs mommy" i love you siobhan -aelwyn better not DIE brennan -riz baby let's get it -trACKEr -nAT 1??? kristen is unCONSCIOUS?? -HUMAN DETERMINATION!!! THE GRIT BABY] -wait aura of life is badass!! they can't lose damage?? -okay scrap that we're gonna TURN UNDEAD and then MASS HEALING WORD? absolutely incredible -gorgug has so much goddamn health -FUCK THIS TREE DUDE -KILL IT AYDA LET'S GO -"her girl's side" *in lou voice* okAY bRENNNAn -second nat 1 but both of them re-rolled -GEM!!!! -LET'S GET GORTHALAX BABYYYY -"BIG DADDY" -ayda is so turned on lol -KILL IT CHEJ OKAYYYY -fuck this centaur -i'm so nervous -puT THOSE DICE DOWN BRENNAN -"you're gonna drop." shuT UP -riz is fULLY DEAD???? -i hate this. i hate this. i hate this. i hate this. i hate this. i hate this. -sHUT UP BRENNAN -baby is DEAD oh my GOD you absolutely hate to see it ABOUT 2 HOURS -nO NO NO NO NO NO NO PUT THAT CROWN AWAY BITCH -absolutely fuck me, the nightmare king is totally fucking back i hate myself -aww fabian is baby -hELL YEAH FABIAN SPRING BREAK -"i've lost one friend, that's too many" fabian is adorable -"that's a full ass miss, my guy" -sandra lynn just crit on chej :(((((( -14 damage is not very spring break of her (she did 28 but it was halved because gorgug is such a strong boyyy) -LET'S GO LOU -almost all of them are spellcasters wtf (only one who isn't is riz but he has a daily misty step) -fuck em up hangman -fUCK EM UP HANGMAN! d8 + 2d6 +8 i think -figaroth the unfaethable baby -THOSE ARE SOME SHENANIGANS FIG I LOVE IT (she's shattering the rubies to get a revivify diamond) -casts teleport??? aelwyn came here to FUCK -"i would love to teach you this spell" aww the abernant sisters liking each other is my new aesthetic -fuck em up adaine -you can hit the tree on a 12 babyyyyy -heLL YEAH 44 DAMAGE ADAINE IS STRONG NOW -kalina is not even that cool she just said "that's enough of that" in the most uncool way -2 down 3 to go! -omg wait it would be so badass if they could just remove curse on kalina -"Mr. The Insatiable" -ayda is such a sweetheart "i don't care if you want me to date your daughter but i do hope you love me" -"I LOVE THIS SONG" yes siobhan me too -on a DC 20 she got a 31!!!! consider my jeans creamed -SHRED BABY GIRL!!! -KILLIAN IS DEAD! RIZ IS ALIVE! -ayda is so turned on AHHH -I LOVE RIZ SO MUCH "am i interrupting something???" -fuck him UP chej! 3 hits, no crits -hell yeah mr. march!! oh sorry wrong series -a gROUP PROJECT i'm DEAD -someone in the chat called him "snac oyama" and you're rigHT -siobhan's straight fucking this tree UP -the spellcasters are like all out of spells at this point -fuck OFF arianwen. KILL YOUR MOM -"where's your father, aelwyn?" "last i saw, adaine killed him so *shrug*" i lOVE HER -FUCK THEM UP GORTHALAX -abolutely fuck the nightmare king -waIT GORTHALAX IS GONNA KILL THE NIGHTMARE KING -sidenote: fig calls gorthalax pops -dO IT BRENNAN kILL YOUR OWN BIG BAD -this treeant has GOT to be dead -NAT 1 on that attack?? SPRING BREAK BABY -no we haven't seen kalina in action brennan, and we do not want to -OH SHIT THE TIE! YOu just got FUCKed bRENnan eaT youR DICE -yeS AYDA ROAST HER -"GOTTEM!" -i'm sorry i just hallucinated, did you say 6 ATTACKS? -time to go VIRAL BABY -19 intelligence, 23 wisdom, 20 charisma for kalina? absolutely fuck me -riz just got kICKed! you absolutely hate to see it -GODDAMMIT -KALINA IS HOMOPHOBIC CONFIRMED ABOUT 2 AND A HALF HOURS -brennan be like "im about to kill this bird" -absolutely fuck me i hate this -let's go FIG -time to caTCH the bALL -murph has the same thinking face as riz and it's adorable -this is not very spring break brennan -DC 25 acrobatics check? c'mon faBIAN -29????? -fifth the ball (from the hangman) -"there's just something endearing about him" fabian loving his friends is adorable -absolutely fuck me that fire elemental is adorable -absolutely swaddle the ball -well hot take but fuck the nightmare king you guys -absolutely NOT brennan do NOT kill adaine you PSYCHO BITCH -PLEASE ADAINE LIVE -STRAIGHT DEAD? FULLY DEAD? FUCK OFF WITH THIS INSTAKILL SHIT BRENNAN -hell yeah ayda is back and kristen has the revivify diamond -aelwyn FULLY banished that unicorn -it's good to know ragh really doesn't want them to die -YES RAGH IS BACK BABY -fuck em up kristen -s/o to DND Beyond btw absolutely banger website -hell yeah mass healing word is awesome -clerics are GOOD you guys i should play more clerics -FUCK IT UP AYDA -SANDRA LYNN IS BACK BABY -skater chej is my favorite thing -aBSOLUTEly fuck the tree -i have no idea wHAT is happening ABOUT 3 HOURS -fuCK YOU nightmare king -i absolutely hate this battle but at least gorthalax is still standing -gorgug better split this gd tree -"what if we just kill kalina?" yeah zac it's that goddamn easy -brennan almost just fucked everyone -"does she want to borrow my teddy bear?" the SHADE -"MAKEOVERRR" i love you siobhan -this tree SUCKS -battlemaster is cool as fUCK SPRING BREAK -BARDY BOYS also i think that was a nat 20 -i can't imagine the thistlesprings watching the battle livestream and like worrying if gorgug is going to die -FUCK HER UP THE BALL -ABSOLUTE SHENANIGANS FROM MURPH! -with ADVANTAGE BABY -"has anyone seen my hat!?" keep it off baby you're HOT now -"mirrors negate mirrors" "i think oscar wilde said that" i love them -#hotrizweek? -holy shit fig is FUCKING THIS BATTLE UP -HELL YEAH KALINA ROLLS A NATURAL 2!!!! -hell yeah adaine is back and SO MUCH is happening that i'm like forgetting to write down my reactions -kill this woody motherfucker baby -the music is too lOUD -ok it's normal now -fuck em up gorgug -i'm sorry the chat is saying he did 90 DAMAGE?!?!?!? -KILL IT CHEJ ILY -fuck off brennan, absolutely fuck off -ABSOLUTELY FUCK OFF BRENNAN -gorthalax is FULLY DEAD? absolUTELY FUCK YOU -SAINT KRISTEN APPLEBEES -adaine has SOLVED THIS SHIT -god all the abernant names are confusing -fuck you kalina ABOUT 3 AND A HALF HOURS -BRENNAN I STG IF RAGH ENDS UP DEAD -hellish rebuke that bitch -c'MON faBIAN HIT that BITCH -wait is kalina a rogue and a druid? absolutely incredible -FUCK IT UP FABIAN -OMG THE HANGMAN BETTER FUCK THIS UP -YES THE BALL 31 DAMAGE -so the stream just ended. i'll say it again: absolutely fuck me -ok so we're back and kalina got fucked up -WHAT THE FUCK A NAT 20???????? YOU ABSOLUTELY LOVE TO SEE IT -ALLY WHAT THE FUCK IS UP WITH THIS -I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS AND NEITHER CAN BRENNAN -MAGIC IS REAL AND SO IS MY ALLY -i can't believe this. eat your GOD damn DICE brennan! -OMG ARE THE NIGHTMARE KING AND THE GODDESS ONE AND THE SAME? -THEY ARE! THE NIGHTMARE KING IS THE NIGHTMARE QUEEN -brennan is CRAZY AHHHHH -brennan absolutely stop this tension -28 insight. brennan is fucked -GO TOWARDS HIM KRISTEN -YES!!!! PLEASE SAY THIS IS A GOOD THING -ALLY GOT A NAT 20 THEY BETTER BE RIGHT -fear. is. not. real. -this is just like the ending of moana -NO WAY BRENNAN I LOVE YOU (you wouldn't believe it from what i have said but it's true) -this is intense i'm about to cry -you're meeting god and you say "is it too early for this?" -LMAO 5'9" -Moral of the story: IDK and that's OK -ok ally make me cRy -HELL YEAH NEW SHIRT BABY -i'm so emotional -"well oBVIouslY cASsAndRa" i wish every deity had names as normal and human as cassandra -fuck them UP cassie -i love that tracker's just like "uh... babe?" -love having god in your corner -no more hangman puppy :((( -RIZTEN are the CUTEST i love them "i love all of them, riz the most, we know this" -"we still need the crown for our grade" FABIAN I LOVE YOU -"counselo- former counsel- i'm an assistant :(" why do y'all think this man is hot -KILL ARIANWEN -"she tried to hurt me in my shattered state?" "that's her MO" aww adaine my baby -HOLY SHIT PLEASE GIVE GILEAR ALL OF ARIANWEN'S MAGIC -GORGUG YOU SWEETHEART I LOVE YOU -cassandra throwing SHADE -ThE vANdS -aelwyn throwing SHADE -AWW RAGH I LOVE YOU BABY brennan lives another day -"a big bug gave me a riddle" that is NOT what happened -aww the hirelings are all crying and i DO NOT stan -hell YEAH cassandra OH I STOPPED KEEPING TRACK OF TIME IT'S BEEN OVER 4 HOURS -hELL YES HANGVAN -i love you fabian -nO IS CHUNGLE DOWN BIM REAL? -maybe the real chungle down bim is the friends we made along the way -GARTHY i love them -arthuR aGUEFORT - absolutely wild -ayda and arthur is crazy -"snOGGING THE HEADMASTER'S DAUGHTER ARE WE?" -awww that is so smooth fig "you don't need to make me the most magnificent creature because it seems you already have" -ARTHUR PULLS THROUGH -garthy is a cutie i love how they care so much for ayda -oH FUCK ME garthy is ayda's child from her previous life -"your girlfriend's daughter fucked your mom!" goddammit siobhan i can't handle this -if they fail i will cry -CHRONOMANCY!? absolutely fuck me -"professor principal headmaster aguefort" -hell yeah arthur you're killing it -faelwyn? absolutely can't handle it -aww kristen is baby -jawbone and sandra lynn are ok? amazing -jawbone is the best character -"our parents are great" kill me why don't you siobhan -AWWW FUCKING STOP BRENNAN WITH THESE GIFTS -i just cried he wants to adopt her -"you're easy to love" jawbone is fUCKING me up -LYDIA BARKROCK what a badass i love her already -"a pheonix whom everyone she touches is reborn better" fuck off emily -gorgug is a cutie <3 <3 -ABSOLUTELY KICK SKRANKS BIRD ASS -GORGUG CONFIRMED FUCKS -riz is a dork i love him -who knew "you're so much like your father" could make me feel like that -GILEAR IS MOVING THE FUCK IN BABY -GILEAR WITH SELF CONFIDENCE IS MY AESTHETIC -aww jawbone gave ayda autism books? jawbone is the sweetest to ayda cuz OF COURSE HE IS -AYDA GETS HER SPELL!!! -Ayda's Comprehend Subtext is the cutest spell ever -adaine and fig's friendship is too cute -craig has always been down for everything. i don't know craig but i love him -YES HOOT GROWL HOOT GROWL I'M SO PROUD OF RAGH -"BAD KIDS FOR LIFE" RAGH IS A CUTIE -NO FAELWYN IS REALLY HAPPENING I CAN'T -fabian's laugh is so cute -i love how nervous fabian is -WAIT FABIAN AND AELWYN ABSOLUTELY WILL FUCK? -fabian's gonna get his KISSES IN -aww i get how hyped figayda is but they are truly so adorable -weLL EMILY AXFORD I WILL LET YOU HURT ME LIKE THAT -they said i love you :((( -tracker only deserves the best -TRACKER'S GOING TO FALLINEL? I LOVE HER -ragh is going too? gay road trip! -that's adorable -ABSOLUTELY NOT BRENNAN FUCK OFF DO NOT SAY THE NIGHT YORB IS GONNA BE THE NEXT VILLAIN -BRENNAN NO YOU BITCH I HATE YOU THE NIGHT YORB IS THE VILLAIN OF JUNIOR YEAR? -that was crazy. i cried, i laughed. i am fuCKING HYPED FOR CROWN OF CANDY AND JUNIOR YEAR GANG!

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I was tagged by @enigma-the-mysterious​ for my top 10 male characters list, so here we go, in sort of a vague order? Idk. (Enigma, how could you do this to me??? It was so hard 😂)

1) Obi-Wan Kenobi (Star Wars - kindest, saddest space peanut)

2) Jean Valjean (Les Misérables - book!Valjean, a living angel)

3) Spock (Star Trek - any version, second kindest, saddest space peanut)

4) Lavernius Tucker (Red vs Blue - king of character development)

5) Aramis (The Musketeers - a lover and a fighter, walking disaster ❤️)

6) Athos (The Musketeers - saddest French peanut? damn I love angst)

7) Zuko (Avatar the Last Airbender - absolute cutie-pie, baby, must protect)

8) Cris Rios (Star Trek - third kindest, saddest space peanut)

9) Beleg (The Silmarillion - saddest, most badass Elf peanut)

10) Aragorn (The Lord of the Rings - king of my heart, perfect husband)

Honorable mentions (because I couldn’t not mention so many of my boys) are: Tsume from Wolf’s Rain, Mace Windu and Qui-Gon Jinn from Star Wars, Leonard Church (Alpha and Epsilon) and Dexter Grif from Red vs Blue, Tony Stark, James ‘Rhodey’ Rhodes, Thor and Loki from the MCU, Legolas from The Lord of the Rings, and book!Sherlock Holmes.

Tagging @phenixy-dunnhart @strictlynofrills Most of the other people I wanted to add had already been tagged xD