#bc i would like to write and develop her some before i release her to the wild

[fanplastik]

⋆｡𖦹°⭒˚｡⋆ temporary bio ⋆｡𖦹°⭒˚｡⋆

Born from a complete accident, Material Girl/Plastic Woman (aliases of Pollyanna Armstrong) is a hero with wondrous powers. With a seemingly infinite ability to stretch, she is malleable, elastic, and more flexible than any gymnast you'd see. Not only can she stretch to great lengths, but she can also change her size at will. Plastic Woman has displayed an incredible ability of near complete invulnerability, with things such as knives and bullets bouncing off of her. With great powers come weaknesses, and she certainly has a few. Extreme temperatures (hot or cold), chemicals (such as acetone), and being unable to change color are all things she is susceptible to.

BASICS:

Name. Pollyanna Armstrong

Nickname/Aliases. Polly/ Material Girl, Plastic Woman

Age & Birthday. 27, August 12, 1997

Gender & Pronouns. Cis female, she/her

Orientation. Bisexual

Height. 5'11"

Distinguishing features.

Blue eyes, dark brown hair.

Lack of eyebrows, eyelashes, and fingerprints. Occasionally wears false eyelashes and draws on eyebrows .

Smooth, rubbery skin.

Eyes that seem to follow one around a room (usually hidden by glasses or goggles of some kind).

Art by me. Designs are subject to change.

PERSONALITY:

Positive traits. Resilient, optimistic, adaptable, gregarious

Neutral traits. Unconventional, heedful, emotional, animated

Negative traits. People pleaser, apprehensive, ruminative, naive

POWERS/ ABILITIES & WEAKNESSES:

Polly has a malleable physiology after her accident, leaving her body in a fluid state of neither entirely liquid nor solid. Think of her as human Oobleck (non-Newtonian fluid). Due to this, she can pretty much mold her facial features into anyone she pleases, or change the viscocity of her body. She can essentially harden or soften parts of her body as needed. For example, she can morph her hand into a hammer and have it work as effectively as a real one just from hardening her flesh. Another example would be her having a melting effect, where she softens her flesh into a more liquid state. Because of this fluidity, she is also scarily accurate at impressions, as she can literally mold her vocal cords to a different shape to produce different voices.

Because of Polly's molecular makeup, she is invulnerable to piercing damage, such as stabbing or a bullet wound. Knives and bullets tend to bounce off of her, but if you manage to melee her otherwise (a punch, a blunt weapon, etc.) she can be stunned. She cannot change colors, however, so if she morphs into a certain item, it will have similar colors to her suit. It makes it hard to be sneaky sometimes. However, she can increase her strength by briefly increasing muscle mass. Another additional ability is that she can alter her size at will, growing as large as a skyscraper or as small as a few inches.

Extreme heat and cold can disturb Polly's abilities by forcing her into a single state, either solid or liquid. This effectively renders her helpless, as she'll either be frozen or melted into a puddle. However, if she is returned to a normal temperature, she can slowly regain shape and strength. To make these weaknesses effective, you'd most likely have to separate her into pieces and disperse them far apart from each other so she can't completely rejoin. Chemicals, such as acetone, are more effective, as they cause genuine damage to her. They are corrosive to her flesh and make it more difficult for her to regenerate.

BACKSTORY (TW EATING DISORDERS, BODY DYSMORPHIA, BODY HORROR):

Pollyanna Armstrong began her modelling career at 19, favored for her features. She was youthful, doe-eyed, tall, and lithe. Her Agency relocated her to Manhattan, as there were plentiful opportunities, and they wanted to showcase her on the runway as soon as possible. They also wanted to keep her successful for as long as possible, which included a rigorous skincare routine and diet, which left her self-conscious by any perceived flaws. Acne, gaining a pound or two, or even the potential idea of getting a wrinkle kept her hypervigilant and neurotic. She walked many a runway, travelled across the country and world, featured in multiple magazines and ad campaigns.

But now, at 27, Polly feels stuck in life. She was beginning to get too old to model for many agencies around yet was too young to permanently retire. Her contract's end haunted her both when awake and asleep, looming over her head with the constant reminder of the inevitable. She'd been held under the agency's thumb for years now, giving into their demands out of fear she'd be out of a job. And here she was, right back at what she was scared of. Even so, she was determined to at least squeeze a few extra months at the very least out of the agency. But that was Pollyanna, trying to fight for any ounce of positivity she could find despite her trepidation.

It was the middle of June when she'd had her accident, the 18th, if she was remembering correctly. It'd been a particularly hot day, and Polly decided to treat herself to some pampering. Spa days were supposed to be relaxing, but in an anxious spike, she let her mind get the best of her as she started to mix products together. Creams and lotions and masks and toners were slathered on in pure desperation to retain the looks people treasured so much. Glancing at herself in the mirror, she realized how silly she looked, but before she got the guts to wash it off, she felt it burning.

It was the most painful thing she'd ever felt, and when she finally began to splash water onto her face and looked up at herself, she let out a bloodcurdling scream. It was as if she was a Picasso painting with how her features seemed to be distorted or melting off of her face. Before she could rub her eyes to see if she just happened to be seeing things, she felt the rest of herself slowly sinking to the ground. Attempting to catch herself, she gripped the edge of the sink but panicked further when all that she could see was being turned into goop.

The reality was that she’d unintentionally created a chemical reaction that was changing her body’s own chemical makeup. It took a lot of willing herself back into a solid form to be able to stand on her own two feet again, and even then, she was wobbly and clumsy. Polly could only watch herself in horror for the next week, having holed herself away in her apartment to try and regain some sense of normalcy in her appearance again. The only way she knew how to get her original face back was from pictures of herself, but even then, something always feels off.

Today, she’s a hero, or at least that’s what she’s trying to be. She’s nowhere near seasoned and still hasn’t discovered the limits as to what she can do, much to the terror of civilians. Sure, she saves them, but does she have to look like that? Polly took up the hero gig quite accidentally, especially after she realized she’d never be able to model normally again. Her first rescue was someone who’d almost fallen into the path of a subway—her arm had stretched out nearly instinctively to grab onto them and pull them to safety. She felt overjoyed that she’d prevented an injury…until she felt the eyes of several confused passerby’s on her. After a few attempts, she was able to bring her arm back to normal and she scurried off on her way, deciding to miss her own train to avoid the looks and possible questions that’d come along with the event.

Despite feeling like it’s Freaky Friday everyday, she tries to hold her head up with hope for the future. Surely she’ll get to prove herself as trustworthy if she keeps trying! Can she at least can an A for effort? Or a hug… a hug sounds nice.

[hungrydata]

Ok so, ik I'm busy, but I can't NOT talk about the new episode. So...

SPOILER WARNING FOR EPISODE 5 OF THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS

I won't write an essay now, but holy gosh moly. This episode was great. And I hate that it ends with a cliffhanger. But it makes sense since Goose said that eps 5&6 were focused on both Jax & Ragatha, so they are very likely tied together (hopefully we don't have to wait another 6 months, but you also can't rush art of course)

I also don't want to break down the episode, there are people who can do that way better than me. I just wanna talk about some fun stuff.

First of all, I tried my best to figure out what everbody's saying here (Only Jax is subtitled in english, however the other two are as well in other languages, so I used them if I had difficulties with what they're saying):

everything I am not 100% sure about or was roughly translated via the different language subtitles, is written in brackets

JAX: I very much did not enjoy that one in the slightest. If we ever do anything even close to that again, I'm getting violent, and I'm going to kill Ragatha.

GANGLE: Uh... I... don't really think it [brought out the best in me], even if it [was the cause of my mask].

RAGATHA: Oh, I really do not think [I was that innocent at] that time, I [did release] (?) some things I normally never say.

I know that some of this is not accurate or something is missing, but it's really difficult to understand what Ragatha and Gangle are saying. Therefore if you know anything, help is very much appreciated!

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Now I wanna talk about rather obscure stuff. Like Kinger being right handed. I never posted anything about it, but I discussed with my friend about what each circus member's dominant hand was (bc I was bored, can you blame me?) and while I still think that the animators just use whatever looks good and can bring the message across the best (like Gangle sometimes drawing with her left hand and with her right hand, based on what perspective we view her, or how basically most characters use their left and right hand for difficult tasks equally, just so that the viewers can see it better, and it's probably easier to animate as well if you don't have to think about it)

Anyways, Kinger is right handed confirmed to me. (Jax is left handed, tho I need to rewatch all episodes and shorts on Glitch's channel to get more information about that, same with the other chars, tho I'm 98% convinced that both Jax and Gangle are left handed, tho that might just be delusion idk)

Btw the Anime and Intermission section were beautiful. Now we know why it took so long, but it was definitely worth it.

Also RIBBUN AND MAID DRESS HALLELUJAH!

ngl this looks funny

I feel like the shippers are going crazy with this one, especially people who ship Funnybunny (and the Bunnydoll Nation is either in shambles or enjoy it as much as the time Ragatha got deep fried.)

As a Ribbun enjoyer, I am definitely eating the toxic crumbs up like Jax did eat Gangle. Also thank you Goose for giving us so many great catchphrases that I am going to use from now on.

Also, THE LORE. And why can I genuinely relate so much with Jax. Why. Idk how to feel about this. And he actually cares let's gooo!

And I gotta say. Love the beef between Jax and Ragatha, and I also like the friendship between Jax and Pomni that slowly but surely develops. I also like the detail that here, Pomni votes against the maid dress. I could imagine that she just thinks it's childish, but it's also a sign that she knows Jax would hate it and wouldn't want to stir chaos.

ALSO HE SAID THE LINE HE SAID THE LINE!

You detached it yourself, idiot.

Welp I'm outta pictures to post here. There's alot more like Jax having a friend that looks like a frog, and Goose mentioned in one post that the person that abstracted before Kaufmo was called Ribbit (yk, like the sound a frog makes). I thinke there's likely a connection. And considering that Pomni was supposed to be a frog first, maybe that's how Jax and Pomni also will become closer friends. Can't wait for the next episode

And knowing what Goose said, it's not gonna be a wholesome one. After all, even tho 5&6 are split between Ragatha and Jax, this was still the Ragatha episode, and the next one will be "more centered" around Jax. I'm scared.

Also as much as it pains me, I think Gangle will be the one to abstract. The fact that she didn't have an evil doppelganger and with the teaser of her symbol loading, it's too much of a coincidence to not happen. Pls don't Gangle you're my baby ;;-;;.

(so much so to "not an essay" lmao. "Not an essay" my ass)

Also. DaY 172 bc yes

[neyafromfrance95]

It's annoying how suddenly these sexist lorebros demand the appearance of Celeborn and Celebrian when no one cared about them before these incels decided that they hate "Guy-ladriel."

i had another person in my asks tell me that i shouldn't be writing why i don't want to see celeborn in trop bc shipping wars are bad, but i don't think that people who are demanding celeborn's introduction are genuine shippers or fans, almost all of them just hate galadriel and want celeborn to come in and "tame" her.

and i'm not "hating" on celeborn by simply explaining why i don't want galadriel's marriage phase in trop. which i will summarize for the last time:

i think celeborn & celebrian are nice but npc. which is ok! they have their place in the story - the background family of galadriel's (and elrond's) that is just there without impacting her journey that much.

the cast is already too large for a 8 episode format and it *is* affecting the individual character storylines in a limiting way. it's clearly challenging for them to properly pay attention to each character's development/storyline. introducing more characters that aren't that neccessary to begin with would simply get in the way of existing relationship developments and water them down.

there is so much possibility to explore that which has not been touched upon before (galadriel's relationship with the darkness, sauron, even elrond and other elves)! why retell the same story over and over again instead?

and even if folks want to see other characters from tolkien, there are much more interesting and significant characters so why not push for them? it's obvious that the incelbros want to tradwife galadriel to fit their fantasy of the divine feminine or some shit. like from the very start of the show these people have been going "galadriel doesn't make sense! what about celeborn? what about celebrian?" when trop was clearly not intending to tell a story of "domestic" galadriel. but naaah, when we see a female character have an audacity to hold a sword and run around, we gotta domesticate her asap!

anyways, i really want to be done talking about celeborn, please release me from him, it's getting tiring, let's move onnn!

[elainsgirl]

I dont get it.

Cassian had those sexual desires about nesta before acosf but when its azriel, its just lust??

make it make so much sense.

But anyway, I believe Cassian and Azriel had many parallels in the books.

Acosf/Chapter 16

• Cassian hadn’t slept well. It was hard to sleep well when he’d been so aroused he’d had to pleasure himself not once but three times just to calm the hell down enough to close his eyes. But he awoke before dawn aching for her, her scent still in his nose, and another release had barely taken the edge off. •

then azriel's bonus chapter

• Sleep, they seemed to whisper in his ear. Sleep. I wish I could, he answered silently. But sleep so rarely found him these days. Too many razor-sharp thoughts sliced him any time he grew still long enough for them to strike. Too many wants and needs left his skin overheated and pulling taut across his bones. So he slept only when his body gave out, and even then only for a few hours. •

Acosf/chapter 58

• “Because I was fucking jealous!” he roared, wings splaying. “You looked like a queen, and it was painfully obvious that you should be with a princeling like Eris and not a low-born nothing like me! Because I couldn’t stand the sight of it, right down to my gods-damned bones! •

Az bonus chap

• He left the rest unspoken. Because her mate was here, sleeping a level up. Because her mate had been in the family room and Azriel had needed to stay by the door the whole time because he couldn't stand the sight of it, the scent of their mating bond, and needed to have the option of leaving if it became too much. •

Also when they both mentioned how they felt envy or jealous when seeing their brother(s) in love.

this is just me saying random stuff below lol

I really don't get the hate for elriel at all. Saying theyre sibling coded is just forcing it. Nothing about them is sibling coded, especially after that bonus chapter. (they really gave strangers-friends-lovers) This author's writing is not that hard to understand. why are majors coming to the internet about this book and to mostly just hate on elriel? like... please stop.

I have nothing to say about gwyn or lucien because what is there to say? theyre good characters but not those characters I am so interested about. I would say im more interested in emerie! She deserves more attention!!



BANG ON, ANON

👏👏👏

The spinoffs are explicit NA novels. ACOSF quite literally was filled with explicit scenes, Nessian agreed to a physical relationship only for most of the book. No one batted an eye. No one said nessian isn’t endgame bcs Cass only lusts for Nesta. Yet god absolutely forgive Azriel for having explicit thoughts on the woman he’s literally interested in and said woman - just like Nesta - WANTED HIM BACK. If it wasn’t mutual - if Elain didn’t want to kiss Az back, then it’s a different matter. But she wanted him without hesitation.

I think elriels hatred from the bonus comes down to a matter of things:

. Whether they acknowledge it or not - some antis see Elain more “childish” & “pure” compared to other characters due to her being more feminine. To see Azriel have such thoughts towards her, made them uncomfortable bcs they don’t see Elain as an adult but a child. In other words they infantilise her - which is why they complained about the bonus.

. Instead of taking elriels bonus as part of the development of elriels’ relationship in previous books, they view it as a standalone event. They see it as the only “major” elriel interaction- so for those antis, they wanted to see Azriel show and tell us readers how much he cares & loves elain him staying away from her and buying her a beautiful necklace which symbolises her personality isnt enough Its like everything he’s done for elain previously doesn’t matter. Him giving her TT doesn’t matter, him spending his solstice night listening to her talk doesn’t matter. None of it does bcs they’re only focusing on his bonus. They’re only focusing on Azriel’s thoughts that particular night/time - Oh Az didnt confess his undying love for her right then and there? Clearly he doesn’t care about her. Thats their way of thinking - which is limited and takes a lot of things out of context

The last factor ill share for now, Antis hold Elriel to a different standard then every other ship. Elriel have always been hated, more then every other couple bcs some say Azriel deserves better and the other half want Lucien to be relevant & happy. When you have to accept the reality of something you hate - naturally you’ll hold it to a higher standard then the norm. You’ll nitpick at every single thing bcs you dont like it and want to find faults to justify this dislike. Thats what happened with elriel especially when its compared to ships like Gwynriel and Elucien - who are “perfect” in comparison (bcs they’re not developed in the least therefore easy to mold them to your preference) and make up for everything elriel lacks.

Elriel have so many parallels to other couples - you’ve mentioned some above. Sjm has a clear pattern for acotar- elriel fit this pattern in every way, shape and form. But when you dig deeper into elucien and gwynriel they don’t fit this pattern & parallels.

Anyone that says elriel is platonic- even before that bonus - honestly deserves a rlly big side eye with a side of judgement.

anon, anyone that says they have a major in x and proceed to share the most basic analysis known to man and then further proceed to use the wrong context and purposely act obtuse when it comes to elriel makes me laugh. “i have a degree in english lit and its clear Az only wants a mate 🥸” - Azriel then falling in love w a fated woman that quite literally defeats the purpose of him solely wanting a mate…

I was 14 when it first read these books. At that ripe age, elriel were blaringly obvious to me. I kid you not when I learnt of these ship wars I was genuinely flabbergasted at how people where actually doubting elriel. I didn’t have a degree in anything bcs its not needed. These are basic books with basic cliche tropes and plot. Everything is right there for you to pierce together.

I love Lucien - Im interested in his story. Gwyn didn’t stick out to me. - She was just a typical fantasy side character. I loved the companionship she gave Nesta but even in SF i was invested in elain. Noting everytime she came on page, paying extra attention when her name was mentioned etc. i also love emerie - she definitely deserves more love and recognition as well as her own story of reforming Illyria.

[iridescentmirrorsgenshin]

HIIIIII

Omd I love your work so much the analysation between Kaveh and Alhaitham is just so ??? (Beautiful wth I probably read like 99.9% of your work bc I just love reading the analysis between them) literally EVERYTIME you post I get so excited like it just makes me smile

Anyway if it’s not rude to ask, Ive read some of your fanfics about them and I just wanted to ask how you make them so.. accurate? Ive just recently started writing fanfics and do you have any tips?

Also knowing how much you analyse these two are there any like details about them you found out abt the pair? I would normally do it myself but im not even up to the Sumeru archon quest 😭

And another thing, do you have any head canons revolving the two or do you just stick by the canon? (If you do head canons i would LOVE TO HEAR THEM.)

Hope this isnt too much to ask!! (Also ignore my horrible punctuation it’s normally better than this i swear)

Anyway like i said your work is amazing and byebyeeee have a good night/day/afternoon

-🍀

hiya!! AHHHH i'm so glad you enjoy my brainrot analysis of these two <333 i'm way too invested so i'm happy that people are invested in them just as much!! HELPPP now i'm kicking my legs and giggling that's so sweet :'''')

firstly !?!?! thank you for checking out my fics!! and !!!!!! i'm glad you like the characterisation! :'''') when i first got into haikaveh, all i was doing was reading fics before i got to sumeru. i had ideas for writing, but i was way too scared of actually getting them up in full in case they were inaccurate, because i felt that i didn't have a great grasp on their in-game characters? (not that this fear should stop anyone - where would haikaveh nation be without the authors who wrote for haikaveh before kaveh was even released??)

personally i spent a lot of time going over their individual character stories and voice-lines, as well as constantly rewatching character trailer videos and clips where haikaveh are together onscreen, and also apart, so i could start the essay, and this definitely also helped me develop a voice for both of them in fic in terms of dialogue and inner monologues.

for me kaveh's inner monologue is going to be almost the complete opposite of alhaitham's, where kaveh's empathy comes out in overthinking, and is fuelled mainly by emotion as he tries to rationalise his perspective (in relation to interpreting alhaitham), whereas i write alhaitham's inner monologue to be more observation based, and where emotion is implied rather than stated - which i find is used in his character stories, particularly character story 5 where his past is given. although no emotions are mentioned, it's evident how essential his grandmother is to him, only there is no detail about how he felt when losing the last of his family, and having to arrange her funeral, and enrolling in the akademiya when he previously believed it to be boring, and the years spent after his graduation, up until the point where kaveh moves in - in contrast to kaveh's character stories which are extremely detail heavy in these regards.

there's a clear contrast between kaveh and alhaitham's experiencing of emotion in inner monologue, especially when it comes to alhaitham's grandmother's last wishes, as it's an impactful line about her wanting him to lead a peaceful life, and there's no further elaboration on this; the emotion is there to be interpreted, whereas kaveh will be explicit about his exact feelings at the time, and how these feelings change, or don't change.

for me, both are interesting to write, as kaveh's empathy ensures that he will be in constant motion, avidly aware of each shift of mood in any conversation, or aware of a thought that alhaitham might be chasing. if writing when alhaitham and kaveh are not in sync, then justifying kaveh's mindset and his interpretation of alhaitham can fuel the dialogue (whether it be typical banter or strained conversation). on the other hand, alhaitham's emotions are more subtextual, perhaps he'll notice kaveh beginning to frown when working, which shows that alhaitham has been staring at kaveh rather than reading, or something. i interpret his inner monologue as him being thoroughly aware of how he feels towards kaveh, and therefore he has no need to reiterate this when thinking - again, in contrast to kaveh, whose mood and feelings fluctuate depending on those around him.

those are just my personal approaches in case it's of any interest to you! if you're hesitant to write because you feel like things won't be 'in-character', i'd argue that fanfiction as a medium ensures that works can't be in-character as it won't be the game's canon; especially as characters can be reinterpreted for each person depending on the plot and the themes. in general, i'd say write whatever, and however you want, so long as you're writing something. you can come back and edit it later, and you may find that new ideas come to you as you start writing. so long as you're having fun!

as for things i like about them in terms of in-game canon(?), i would say that aside from the writing of their dialogue and their character stories, their arguments on the bulletin board posts around sumeru are so sacred and special! when you get to sumeru i highly recommend running around to find them! it feels very rewarding to click through each post to find alhaitham responding to each and every post that kaveh makes <3

additionally, there's the idea that as alhaitham accidentally created an aesthetically pleasing rug print design, with (supposedly) kaveh doing the same by creating a practical, affordable rug, mirroring each other's traits of artistry vs practicality (thanks to haikavehtimely). the devs being thorough in their haikaveh propaganda is so insane, but if i had made haikaveh i would be doing the exact same thing???

as for design inspiration, the idea of them resembling plato and aristotle in terms of their beliefs is rather interesting?? especially with kaveh talking about beauty having a whole form, in that it's a concept intrinsically understood! especially with their splash art poses in mind (which is written about in the haikaveh bible)

blessed be headcanons! i end up writing them into my fics, but i think the spaces in canon leave a lot to interpretation, so i think i end up working around that? a lot of them are domestic for me, for example, kaveh definitely has a skin/hair routine, and i think while alhaitham may not go to such lengths, he values cleanliness and has a lengthy bath time (alhaitham likes the smells of kaveh's skincare and kaveh likes the subtle smells of alhaitham's bath oils).

also!! that kitchen is TINYYY!! i think it's !?!?!? that alhaitham canonically had that research lab redesigned into a house, and approved a design that had TWO bedrooms, even after kaveh rejected the building?? i think he prioritised his dreams of a reunion over realistic living conventions and that kitchen is atrociously small, and kaveh complains about it all the time and clowns on alhaitham, so they have to scrunch up when cooking, or they establish a cooking schedule, which, a lot of the time, goes out the window, as they go to the tavern or get take away <3

thank you so much for your ask! it was really interesting to explore all these questions, i hope it's been useful to you in any way :''') and thank you for your support!

[somepsychopomp]

Monster Athena AU chapter 5

I'm honestly very surprised I got this all done today, I thought I'd be way too tired to write anything but here you go. This is almost definitely the last preview I'll be posting to tumblr bc now I'll be moving onto editing for Ao3!

(also for anyone curious-yes this AU will eventually feature adult!Odysseus trying to mitigate the damage done by his giant morally ambiguous mom who likes to eat people. But for now, let me have fun by traumatizing this poor 10 year old.)

word count: 2.5k

Odysseus clung tight to Athena’s neck feather, pressing himself as flat against her back as he could. He didn’t want to open his eyes, belly taut and his breaths coming out in rapid little bursts as he dearly wanted to be put down. Since the first time Athena plucked him in her talons and carried him off, she’d carried him to a few select locations around Ithaca to judge where best to place his future palace. Every time was a nauseating endeavor; if men were meant to fly, they would have been born with wings. At least he was permitted to ride atop her back, an honor no mere mortal had ever experienced before, instead of being clutched in her foot. 

“No more whimpering, Odysseus.” Athena said over the wind. “Open your eyes.” 

He did so if only to be released from this torment sooner. Odysseus squinted against the wind to examine the cliffs on the far side of Ithaca. They weren’t as steep or rocky as where his father’s house was located. Here, the land was almost terraced in the way it gradually dropped into the sea, with broad outcroppings adorned with patches of pines and oaks, speckled with poppy flowers and hardy little shrubs.

Athena said, “After all my observations, I have come to the conclusion that this is the most optimal location for your future home. Defensible with a good view, and enough space to accommodate a modest port to advance Ithaca’s trade.” 

This part of the island was almost entirely unsettled because it was rather hazardous to reach from the land above, the ocean beyond peppered with stony pillars and a rough seabed that threatened ship bellies at low tide. But Odysseus tried his best to imagine a grand palace overlooking the sea with enough additional space for some pastures and slave quarters. The mild, sloping cliffs did eventually flatten out to offer a thin strip of rocky shore. The stone pillars would do some work to slow down a large navy warning to invade Ithaca, but a small trading vessel would have no issue reaching the future port. 

Athena added, “The stone here is the best on the island. You could develop a nearby quarry and cut down the trees here to build your palace. And steps can be cut into the cliff face from above.” 

If she said so. 

“Very good.” Odysseus said. 

In his limited experience, he didn’t think owls were well known for their hovering abilities like the nimble kingfisher or kestrel. Nevertheless, Athena battered her massive wings against the sky as she twisted her head this way and that to fully examine the land from above. 

“Please… can we land?” Odysseus asked. Never in his life did he use the word please as often as he did with mother Athena. 

Her head twisted all the way around to look at him. 

“Does being in the air still frighten you?”

Odysseus flinched as a bit of rough wind from the sea ruffled his hair. He did not want to look down. 

“Mama, I don’t have wings like you.”

The word was like bile on his tongue. Odysseus wanted his real mother, the woman relegated to the strictly formal title of Queen Anticlea while Athena stole her right as his birth giver. Athena huffed at him and combed his hair with the tip of her beak. Slowly, much more slowly than she would fly on her own, Athena provided a gentle descent until they touched down on the widest strip of land available. She pressed her belly to the ground and allowed Odysseus to slide off her back. As soon as his feet were on the blessed ground again, his shoulders hunched at the feeling of her beak adjusting his cloak and hair again. 

She went through the motions of nurturing him, but Odysseus had no idea whether it was genuine or a performance, as if this is what Athena thought a mother had to do. 

He hurried away from her under the guise of exploring. His hands and feet were healed after his escape from Athena’s nest, though his palms were still pink and tender. Odysseus scampered over a fallen log as the sound of rustling branches followed him. Athena kept her head bowed to avoid the low foliage. Here, the trees weren’t quite as tall as elsewhere on Ithaca. Odysseus found an outcrop of boulders that reminded him of the day he found the boar. Skirting past them, he was shocked to have stepped on the banks of a small pond. The pale green water had no fish, but some seabirds on the opposite side dipped their beaks before spotting Odysseus and fleeing. 

Athena shoved her head through the trees to judge his find. “This could be converted into an excellent source of water for cattle, or perhaps a pool for water foul.” 

Odysseus nodded in absent agreement, knowing there was no contesting her will. He picked up a flat stone and threw it, watching it skip across the smooth surface of the pond. As the ripples radiated outward, Odysseus thought back to his father and his incredible talent for sending stone skipping at least three times before submerging. 

His lower lip began to tremble. 

“What upsets you, child?”

Odysseus didn’t answer her. He clutched the hem of his cloak to hide the way he clenched his fists. 

“Look,” Athena said, twisting her head to uproot a young, springy tree and dropping it at Odysseus’ side. She said, “Though the trees are not the tallest, they are made of good wood. They will serve your new home well when it is finished.”

“In how many years?” Odysseus asked, unable to contain himself or the bitterness seeping into his voice. 

Athena clicked her beak at him. “Patience, little one.” 

She already explained that even with the greatest mind lending her wisdom to the endeavor, building Odysseus’ new palace would take years of peasant labor and craftsmen constructing his mosaics, furniture, and other adornments. 

Meanwhile, his father’s house was lacking a proper entry hall, allowing rain and wind to torment the inhabitants. Temporary provisions in the form of waxed tarps could be used to cover some of the damaged roof, but not all of it. Odysseus and his true family would fall into destitution if they had to spend the resources to both construct an entirely new palace and repair the previous one, or go into debt by borrowing wealth from neighboring allies. 

Any which way, the choice was already made for them. The house that his forefathers built could crumble to dust and Athena would not care. She had her sights set on greater, grander things. 

To Odysseus’ surprise, he was snapped from his thoughts as he witnessed Athena dipping her head to drink from the pond. He assumed such water was too unclean for a goddess. But then again, the gods were wild and cruel creatures, subject to no rules but the ones they set for themselves. Odysseus took his opportunity to wander away again, not far but just away from Athena. 

When she didn’t call him back, he went a little farther, coming across a tiny stream in a muddy bed. Maybe the stream somehow fed the pond. Maybe there was an even greater source of water nearby. Odysseus dipped his feet in the cool stream and squatted down for a closer look. He dug his fingers into the mud and pulled out a clump, tilting his head as he examined his find. Though he didn’t know much about pottery, this mud had the same color and mild grit he associated with firing clay. When he was a little smaller, the palace potter would let him play with the clay as it was processed for sculpting and firing. Odysseus would delight in making lumpen clay dogs and little people and have them go hunting together. Of course, when they dried out they were very easy to crumble, but all the potter had to do was submerge the bits in water again to make clay. 

He rinsed his hands in the stream and journeyed beyond. A snake darted from under a grubby shrub and slithered away. Odysseus wished he could follow it; he loved exploring the palace gardens for baby snakes to dangle in Ctimene’s face. She used to squeal in terror up until very recently, where once or twice she tried to make a grab for them like Heracles in his cradle. 

If anything, he wished he could be free again. Free like a snake, free like Athena herself. Odysseus didn’t know how much longer he could withstand her constant, incessant presence in his life. 

“Odysseus!” 

He turned and waited for her to appear though the trees like some lumbering giant. Her silver eyes gleamed at him through the green boughs. 

“I found clay,” he said. 

Athena took a glance at the nearby stream and hummed in thought. “Very good.” 

She bid him closer. Not with words or a look, but through her very will. Odysseus felt his feet being compelled to carry him to her, and knowing he had no choice, he started walking. He stood under her shadow with his gaze cast to the forest floor. 

“You seem troubled,” Athena said.

“I’m tired.” 

“Have you not been sleeping well?” 

Since Athena declared herself Odysseus’ mother, she spent every night carrying him to an intact portion of his father’s roof and settling on top of him until sunrise. At least she plucked some of her own feathers and used some blankets to provide him with a little bit of bedding. 

“I…”

Did he dare?

“Speak,” Athena said, louder this time. Odysseus’ lip began to tremble again. 

“I want my bed.” 

He wanted to eat meals with his family again, play with his father’s dogs, watch his mother weave, tell stories to his sister, and sleep in his own bed again. He couldn’t stand the suffocating weight and warmth of Athena brooding him as if he were her chick. 

“Your bed can be brought to the nest.”

And Odysseus, crown prince of Ithaca and firstborn son of Laertes, stomped his foot as if he were having a tantrum. 

“I want my bed! I want my room. I want…” he found himself unable to speak as he choked on his words. At first, he thought it was Athena’s doing. Then he realized he was crying. How often had he done that since encountering Athena for the first time? 

His belly was full of raw, blood-soaked meat, but what he really wanted was bread and olive oil, cheese, grapes, dates, quail eggs, salt, seasoned duck, grilled goat meat, fresh venison, oats, and vegetables. Odysseus was hungry for more than Athena could give him and at this point, he wasn’t afraid of meeting his end by her hand for saying so. He said, “I want to real food.”

Immediately after, he thought about his parents and sister and what retribution Athena might seek against them for his behavior. 

For a long while, Athena did not move or speak, yet Odysseus felt crushed under the weight of her judgement. 

“I’m sorry,” he said. 

“Odysseus.” 

The dirt below him became speckled by his tears. 

“I’m sorry.”

“Odysseus.”

He looked up. 

There was a woman in front of him. Tall with backwards legs and the face of an owl. Athena cupped his face in her clawed hands and carefully wiped his tears away. 

She said, “I understand this period of your life is difficult. I’ve done my best to give you what you deserve as my pupil. But you must remember now, you will be made into a warrior in my own image.”

The words came to him without thinking, “A warrior of the mind.”

“Exactly.” As Athena spoke, her beak did not move. “Someday, you shall be the greatest of generals. You will pillage cities before razing them to the ground. You will grow your nation’s wealth and take an abidance of slaves to both serve you and feast upon. That is who you are meant to be, an extension of myself. My owlet. My warrior. These wants you have now are frivolous to you.”

His lips parted. Perhaps if he were speaking to one of his real parents, he’d push back. Even against his kingly father. Laertes was not a tyrant or a negligent ruler despite his own personal difficulties. He never once struck Odysseus or disciplined him through grueling punishment. 

He sealed his lips, swallowed, and had an idea. 

“If you let me to sleep in my bed again, you would be able to spend the night hunting and going where you wanted again.”

Athena cocked her head to the side, that third eyelid of her gliding across her silver eyes. 

“You’re the goddess of war and wisdom. Surely, there’s more to your life than just me,” Odysseus said. 

“Your tutelage is a great concern of mine. I will hunt during the day with you at my side soon.”

Odysseus thought back to the terror that the boar struck into his heart and wanted to start screaming again. 

“I… but what if there’s a new war?” Odysseus asked, “Right now? What if one broke out before I was ready? Would you spend every day and night with me then? You would let the other gods take what is yours?”

Athena’s feathers raised as her eyes narrowed and she hissed, the sound raspy and shrill. The trees shivered in a sudden gust of wind. Odysseus thought he went too far when he felt Athena’s pointed claws press again his skin, but they didn’t draw any blood. She grabbed his chin and forced him to meet her gaze. 

Athena said, “Tread lightly, Odysseus. Someday, you might very well encounter my kin. Ares is a horrid and gluttonous brute, Apollo a sadistic tormentor. Artemis knows no compassion when it comes to the hunt, Hephaestus would have pulled you apart to see what your beating heart looked like, and Dionysus would have had you ripped to shreds already for your childish temper. Do not mistake my kindness and concern for weakness. The Fates were as generous as they could be to have allowed you to meet me over any of them.” 

She leaned forward and grazed his ear with her cold beak, “When I can trust you, I shall grant you the independence you seek. To an extent.”

This time, she did draw blood. Athena’s claw cut his chin open as she pulled away and Odysseus winced. He hurried to stymie the blood, but as soon as he tried, he could already feel the wound sealing shut. Still, there was blood on his chin and hands, and most likely a new scar born of Athena’s kindness. 

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End note- yes Polites will be showing up soon. I fully intend on abusing the fact that he’s Ody’s oldest childhood friend :)

[facewithoutheart]

Ten Questions for Writers

Thanks for the tags @shrekgogurt, @artsyunderstudy, @youarenevertooold, & @roomwithanopenfire I’m enjoying all this navel-gazing a whole bunch actually & I’ve done this before but it’s been awhile… sooo

1. How many works do you have on AO3? 169 (niiiice)

2. What’s your total AO3 word count? ~950k (yikes) although some of that is Birthday Man and collabs with people from WIP fest. Don’t ask me to do the math tho; that’s mean.

3. What fandoms do you write for? I’ve written for HP, Check Please, and RWRB although right now I’m mostly a CO writer with a toe dipping into 9-1-1. I have one Captain America fic posted and some WIPs I don’t know if I’ll finish. Nobody look at that AFTG fic; it’s pure crack.

4. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not? Whoo boy do I have thoughts here. I want to be the kind of writer who replies to comments and I harbor so much guilt that I’m not; I know I miss out on opportunities to connect with readers, and I genuinely appreciate comments so much; I hoard them in my inbox like a greedy lil affirmation dragon. I write to engage and connect. So, like, I know I should but at the same time I hate forcing interactions. I like them to spawn organically. I keep my circle small because I get really emotionally overwhelmed and then I feel guilty when I can’t give people what they deserve. And I’ve also never been comfortable with compliments or gratitude, I don’t trust them. So here’s a bulk of emotional trauma no one asked for to say: I don’t reply to comments as often as I feel I should and I’m trying to release the guilt I feel about this while also recognizing that not commenting probably has a direct negative affect on my ability to meet my goal of connecting through writing and at the same time my mental health probably couldn’t withstand the pressure I would need to place on it to get to where I’m replying to comments regularly. Hi I’m a mess who’s trying to love herself and often falls short of that goal; aren’t we all?

5. Have you ever had a fic stolen? No.

6. Have you ever co-written a fic before? So many actually! I didn’t think I’d ever get to a place where I trust someone else to the level this would take but I’ve been really lucky to work with some amazing writers even if not all of those works went anywhere. I actually don’t even think I could realistically tag all the people I’ve collabed with bc I’m afraid I’ll miss someone and isn’t that amazing? Personal growth; we love to see her.

7. What’s your all-time favorite ship? Oh man. I want to just be lame and say it’s me and Mr. Face 🤣 I shipped us when no one else did. Um! Snowbaz is always going to have a special place in my heart, but I’m really leaning into Buddie right now because of age and wanting to explore people in their 30’s still figuring out their lives while battling PTSD and late-in-life sexuality realizations. For, um. Reasons.

8. What are your writing strengths? I do like my dialogue a lot; dialogue is often where I start my scenes and I develop from there. I think I’ve done a good job of honing my ability to vary action/dialogue/internality a lot. I also think I keep people engaged or maybe I just keep myself engaged which is good enough for me. Sometimes I’m funny although sadly not as much recently.

9. What are your writing weaknesses? I struggle with remembering to add in physical descriptors. (Like oh shit have I ever mentioned this character has eyes?) Logistics are a frequent source of pain. (Wait, where were their hands?) I think my plots are kind of basic and boring; I don’t come up with really vivid and detailed concepts. I use the wrong words for things. I really hate detailing out backstory. I have to reread my fics a million times to maintain character consistency. Etc.

10. First fandom you wrote for? Hey Arnold. I wish I could find those fics; I bet they suck.

Tagging 10 peeps @sillyunicorn @mostlymaudlin @martsonmars @bookish-bogwitch @cutestkilla @ivelovedhimthroughworse @thewholelemon @palimpsessed @aristocratic-otter & @you-remind-me-of-the-babe

[jade-of-mourning]

sooooo I’ve recently stopped being dead to the world

I had to backtrack and reread down to your answer to my last ask (which,,, thoughts,, when you manage to beat them into submission pls pls pls pls share everything) because I haven’t touched tumblr in a hot second but then I saw your post about lok s1 (and specifically s1 korra) and,,,

okay so this is me and my dumb hyperfixation talking but how do you think the rest of tlok would’ve gone if makorra wasn’t ruined. like just in general, what do you think would’ve changed?? if anything??

keeping this short but like. brain worms are munching. cuz the way their characters developed and how they each influenced each other. how would that have ended like. romantically. like what if korra burned bright and bright and bright and offered her soul and her strength and every one of her fingernails in love and mako bit his lip hard enough to offer blood in a kiss. what if they were a little bit insane by the end of everything.

sorry that doesn’t make any sense!

love

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hey snailon!!! i've missed you <3 i've been hella busy myself (cough i have four ap tests in a row next week) but it's always lovely to see you around haha

hmm there are definitely a fair share of really well written meta regarding a not-slanderized makorra, but i don't really have any specific links on me rn. i'll just give you my sparknotes version of what i'd imagine, which might end up combined with stuff i've read from other people that i don't remember reading

i'd probably postpone them more than the series did — which, granted, they did write it with one season in mind, so i'll give them that. (i would argue that it's still a valid explanation for certain writing choices, because even though the books were commissioned before the release of their predecessors, it's not like the writers get to just rewrite the ending spontaneously bc episodes aren't constructed chronologically lol) okay ignoring that tangent

i'm okay with the love triangle in season 1 as it is because even though it's insane, it also checks out on all parts for korra, asami, and mako in terms of backstory and personality at this point in the story. korra is socially unaware because she never interacted with people her age or really Society, asami is desperately lonely and values good intent above all else, and mako is also impressively socially stunted and has the pressure of financial concerns as well. (if it were up to me, i would either just commit to korrasami or makorra from the start and add in the third if going in the throuple direction. i'm going off on a tangent again)

i have conflicting feelings about endgame. on one hand, makorra is so full circle by concluding the way they do here — mako's first encounter with korra he treats her like he doesn't give a shit that she's the avatar, the first person to ever do so; yet, by the end when korra's absolutely devastated and believes her only value was as the avatar, mako tells her straight up that he doesn't care if she's the avatar or not, as he has all along. it's genuinely so cute and i could honestly write so many more words about it than i did. but at the same time, i just would like to think that after the shitshow love triangle, they would put off getting together, perhaps as an overcompensation upon recognizing how they hurt asami.

since the latter route is the au i've decided to follow, so be it. in endgame, korra and mako still have their full circle moment and spinny-hug, but instead of kissing in front of naga they just longingly pine into one another's eyes. excessively so the viewers know. okay cut

season 2 they are rekindling their friendships with asami and asami is tired of watching them dance around their feelings for one another and also maybe pining just a little bit for korra but huh what. i would actually have to rewrite the entirety of lok to shift s2 into a readable mess. korra is still amazing as always and saves the world as always. oh also throw in some korrasami with the family betrayal theme. yeah i don't want to think too hard about this

see the struggle is that i love krew!friendship in season 3 so much but at the same time i feel like end of season 2 is the perfect time for a makorra get-together instead of a makorra breakup, seeing that korra has literally changed the entire world all by herself because she is so amazing. so alas, we'll go with end of season 2. mako no longer lives under his desk to hide from korrasami and in the two weeks between s2 and s3 they are done with their honeymoon phase so they'll just be as they are through s3 tbh. honestly there was so much makorra shipteasing throughout canon s3 that i don't really think there'd need to be too much rewriting. they're still the level-head/kick-the-door-down-subtlety duo within the krew dynamics and they're still clearly very important to each other specifically. the makorra hug before korra goes up to face zaheer might be drawn out even more and maybe something sweet couples say idk. (i have so much rizz i know wht i'm saying)

korra gets even more trauma for a lifetime (again), and three years pass. korra writes to asami once as in canon because by the time she feels human enough to pick up a pen, she doesn't even know how to talk to mako, let alone try to address the guilt of ignoring the guy who devoted himself to her so thoroughly. asami understands what it is to lose. mako (& bolin) has lost more than anyone else once perhaps but i think that the trauma repression means that that was never processed and he would be terrible to talk to about any of this. he's been there, but he doesn't understand it, if that makes sense.

okay so korra comes back, makorrasami dinner (ig the shitling that canon wu is is there also), makorrasami train fight, then we have remembrances and beyond the wilds — y'know, the korrasami/makorra episodes respectively. korra is now experiencing feelings for both of them Oh Fuck. by default i would say that masami has been hooking up through these three years but since makorra was a thing through s3 then i retract that; however, their friendship has rekindled very deeply as the only two members of the krew left in the city. and mako & korra have not discussed what they were or what they want to be at all, just been adamantly dancing around the subject.

blah blah kuvira blah blah city blows up then the wedding then bam!!!! mako's love confession to korra is actually a love confession to korra (wdym "i'll follow you into battle no matter how crazy things get; i've got your back and i always will" ISN'T a confession of love). korra is joined by both mako and asami after tenzin leaves, asami grieves, and the three of them have a moment together that has very heavy implications for throuple-ism. then bolin pulls up very devastated that he has missed the final krew party. cue the laughter, cue korra's final delivery of "i'll always try to restore balance" bc it should've been here instead as the three of them stare at the changed city before them, and cut.

(yes krew should've had the final scene together. i've said it before that i don't think korrasami was particularly well written, but i still like them and the ending is still very sweet. however, i hate that they completely disregarded the rest of the cast for the final episode instead of giving them a scene together, even if not the very last one, bc of how that translated over into the entire fandom… i mean what. and the spirit world vacation is a sweet sentiment but also i feel that korra would never immediately go leave on a vacation immediately after everything that just happened and her declarations of duty. i don't think i articulated that very well. but yes.)

[delugyu]

hiiiii, how are youuuuu, user delugyu, dearest !!

lol i was planning on binge reading your drabbles last weekend but i had (and still do) so many shit to do ughhh, throw a brick at me, i can’t do this uni student shit anymore

i’m going to start with the taehyun drabble omgggg, he’s so dreamy, so appetizing. i love how you make him so gone for mc and how he’s not afraid to show it. also that part when he’s like ��come to me, you don’t need other men” 😵‍💫😵‍💫 and when he bites mc’s panties and makes them snap against her, fanning myself as i write this

now beomgyu’s, i do agree !! this one will not be a victim of my truck, but i still want to see him suffer, sorry. part of me wants him to get what he wants and the other wants taehyun to ask her out so i can see him lose his shit lol. that’d just make the next time he sees mc more freaky imo !! like he has to prove himself. also the panty stealing (realistically speaking tho, what do u even do in that situation!? lmfaoo, did mc just went back home like that?) and the spit thingy ????? also mc is soooo cute, i want her too, ngl

anyway, i think this beomgyu actually likes mc, he's so sweet and attentive compared to c3 bg 😭😭 like you can tell this mf actually cares about her. how he always kisses her face, ughhhh. their soft moments are what make me want to see them together, but also make beomgyu suffer, angst looks good on him idc

finally the soobin one !! another one that just made me WEAK. i thought you'd focus on beomgyu's POV, but i'm glad you didn't (as much as i would have liked seeing him suffer lol), soobin is so fucking sweet and i love that he's still desperate but in a much softer way, just !! made me lose my mind. i must have told you with every other member, but you write them so well !! i just love how you write hehe

also, my baby is a gray tabby cat !! i'm not really good with descriptions, like his paws are black and he looks a little stupid. sorry lol 🥲 i have and instagram reel saved bc the cat looks just like mine, though i think anons can't send links either so fuck me ig !!

astrology anon

ASTRO ANONNYPOOOOOO !!!

all is well in life as of current, i got an 80 on an exam that i was so sure i failed so #yay 🍾 weather is starting to get kind of nice too which is making me happy. taking walks is sooooo much better than using the treadmill. i feel ur pain omg the final stretch of the semester is so brutal. i’m at the point where i’ve accepted some of these assignments are just not gonna get done 😭😭

IM SOOOO EXCITED HEHE i love that taehyun drabble so much… he’s just so perfect… YESSS i’m such a sucker for possessiveness like i sneak in a possessive line of dialogue wherever i can lmao. idk what abt panty snapping makes me so feral but it does something for me every time… im so glad u saw the vision

the drabble series gyu is soooo much more bearable than c3 gyu LMFAO like u said he cares a lot abt mc and it’s so sweet hehe. we can always agree on gyu suffering more tho like one thing i love to see him do is cry and beg<3 not gonna say much but i’m so interested to see ur reaction to part 5 LMFOAOOAJJSJS i should have that ready for release this weekend maybe

THE PANTY STEALING INCIDENCE…. my formal and canon explanation here… just her wholeheartedly believing they got lost somewhere, meanwhile they’re just tucked away neatly in his nightstand. so not only does he succeed in stealing her panties, but now he gets to watch her walk away in his sweatpants… we know he’s got a possessive streak so that probably stroked his ego a little. probably made him stroke something else too

LOLLLL idk what’s up w me and spit kink recently cause this is a very new development. it didn’t do much for me before but suddenly i’m like yeah… saliva….. yeah…. also mc is super duper cute and u r so right to want her 😋

hehe i loveeeee writing little sweet moments between gyu and mc, it just makes the smut soooo much better idk i love the air of innocence it gives a scene. and beomgyu has plenty more suffering to endure fear not 🤍

ackkkk in soobin’s drabble i definitely wanted to show his desperation in a diff way than i usually do lol. he basically had an i love you kink, the amount of times that phrase was said LMFAO. i’m so glad u like my writing for each memberrrr 🙈🙈 omggg stop flustering me while i’m in public!!!! now the world sees me smiling like a fool at my phone!!! hehe <3

a gray tabbyyyyyyy stop i love tabby cats so much…. “he looks a little stupid” the absolute best quality any pet could possibly have. so effing cute i want a kitten so badddd 😭

blessed be thy day ! fruitful be thy harvest ! lol tyyyyyy 😚

[stuft]

I watched 2 movies on the airplane the other day. I almost watched Anora since it was there and I hadn't seen it, but so many people said it wasn't that great and I don't even know what it's about and wasn't in the mood.

So I watched Pride and Prejudice bc I had just finished the book and I knew they are re-releasing it for the 20th anniversary and so would never get to see a free version any time soon. It was okay. I find Keira Knightley really annoying, to begin with. But in the book her character really did not like Mr. Darcy, and to me, her wit and sarcasm toward him was not flirtatious at all the way it seemed in the film. And of course the movie had to condense a lot of the information like when Jane got sick at Mr. Bingley's she was there for a couple weeks, not overnight. So of course having read the book so recently, I wasn't sure how much of the info in the book even came across in the movie. Things were much more drawn out of course in the book so you really understood the development. And the actor who played Mr. Darcy, (Matthew McFadyen) just looked sullen, bored, and pouty, not proud and snooty.

But the thing I really hate about these types of movies is the shrieking, giggling clamoring girls. It's annoying and then I can't even hear the dialogue. It's like no one stopped moving or shut up in any frame of the film, at least of the women. I wasn't in love with the book either tbh. The story was good but the writing annoyed me and like what kind of a weirdo uses their own name for the sweet, beloved beauty of the novel?

Okay so then to counteract all this I watched Full Metal Jacket which I had never seen before. Somehow! It was just one of those movies that when it was on tv I never felt like watching it, even though I have seen pretty much every other movie about the Vietnam war that was made in the 1980s. And with so many movies, I would still have seen many clips of them! I recognized some quotes and stuff but none of the scenes really seemed familiar. And it was only a relative few years ago that I knew that Vincent D'Onofrio was in that movie. I never even knew of him by name until The Cell which was like 2000 or so. But I did recognize him from That Episode of Homicide: Life On The Streets, but maybe not until I rewatched it 10+ years ago? idk. But he was one of those guys who has been in a lot of movies that I never saw so didn't know who he was until a lot later. But he was so good in FMJ. And I love Matthew Modine anyway. So that movie was good but kind of weird how it was kind of 2 separate movies, boot camp and then war, and it was but wasn't exactly from MM's character's POV. there was a little of his narration but it wasn't really about him. And then it just ended.

anyway. I guess I should add them to my movie list, along with the 2 I watched on the way over. (A Real Pain and Anatomy of a Fall)

[ravenkinnie]

i love love love the way you write jinx and the way you talk about her and her relationships!!! not to be annoying bc a lot of ppl in the fandom are like 16/17 but the general interpretation of jinx as little more than a victim of her circumstances and silco’s manipulation who should make up with her sister, be caitvi’s slightly annoying third wheel and ekko’s (or lux? lmao nothing against either ship but yk) quirked up gf is soooo boring (like god forbid a girl contains multitudes and is both a meow meow and an absolute cunt) and your take on her is such a breath of fresh air! not sure if you talked about this in a post already but what are your hopes in general for the new season and ofc for jinx in particular?

❤️❤️❤️ that's my pookie and even tho I'm hoeing across runeterra she will always be the one

no fr fr and listen I do feel like I'm fighting in a kindergarten when I hate because I realise it's cause everyone I'm beefing with is 18 and just likes the same YA archetypes as everyone else at that age but if 10k bitches can post it on ao3 I can hate on it. especially because it erases a supremely well done character that they made out of a lol champion I wouldn't even think twice about when she first released like that's a talent and that's work

and also if people want to complain about female characters in media it feels disingenuous to then remove agency from complicated female characters we do have to make them one dimensional - like one thing you cannot say about jinx is that she's flat - in personality I mean cause well. she is an active dynamic character with insane narrative potential and a lot of layers and being both a victim and a victimiser is an important part of that

my main hopes for season 2 are honestly

*I hope its consistent internally with its own ideology </3 I think s1 at the end starts unraveling a lil because it seems to despair for this both sides ass take but it just wouldn't make any sense with league lore or the show itself. here I mostly fear for ekko gkbknj

*everybody should become a somewhat worse person, like vi provably will because she will become an enforcer, caitlyn seems to also be heading for some corruption arc, obv viktor is there, so I think this will be fulfilled teehee

*I want jinx to have her own arc and I mean an arc where she develops her own goal and motivations outside other characters too and maybe this goal will be to love evil till the day she dies, ill take it!! I just think seeing jinx grow outside that child/flighty troublemaker into a full on villain/terrorist will be fantastic and will also give her actual league lore another layer that hopefullyyyy they can continue to build on (and they will never stop banking on jinx like that's basically leagues mascot)

*mel survives </3 like it would be way too much of a loss of a great character to give her so little storyline of her own, she needs to be in s2

*overall, sorry to be a freak but I'm a tragedy lover and enjoyer and I know they are tied to champion lore somewhat now but I still hope it ends sad or bittersweet for everyone. and when you say tragedy people often think of character death but that's probably the least tragic ending you can give a bitch, the true hollowness in losing everything you once were and could have been is what im talking about!!

*I did say this before but I hope jinx kills imagine dragons in arcane universe. first of all they are touring in israel so they deserve that but also it would be really funny to see them on her list of victims like just whole ass imagine dragons under silco or sth

[lucihens]

Hi. I just want to somehow make catharsis about the whole Chenford break up going on and listen other takes on it.

Maybe Im just a girl going through Mercury Retrograde being delulu not wanting to aknowledge they are over. Having said that:

I just know this is not the end for them. But not for plot reasons that we are all speculating. I mean sure for plot reasons is necesary for Tim to get his shit together before taking the next step with Lucy (Eric said in his interview that Tim loves her and its seen in the lie detector scene and all the Tamara moving out storyline that has been going since last season they are sure heading to moving together). Also sure Lucy has suffered many things and is interesting to see her next steps.

But I just know this is for marketing reasons. They need the show to be renewed for another season and a massive cliffhanger like this one when there's a 3 weeks break between episodes where they know people will be engaged on it is a good way on getting that renewal.

They know people still watching the show because Chenford. They have stated they are endgame. But they are producers and writers and plan things ahead in order to keep the show going. Is just trust the process and the fact that they work on this and know what they are doing. I have seen many shows (most of them from ABC) to know they give the fans what they want bc in the end is a product that is sold and know that not doing something your target audience wants equals not product to be sold.

Also, even though Melissa and Eric had said that there are some things coming on Tim and Lucy on the season finale and blah blah blah. They are putting a lot of effort on the breakup promotionally speaking. The interviews released the second the episode finished, the TikToks from Melissa, the whole ice cream promo with letters to the cast about the breakup and they laughing and making jokes (also like the ig account still saying Chenford stan account) is more clear is about making the people engaged and furthermore, making the network renew the show for season 7. They are actors and know they must keep a good relationship with their fans (I mean if you make something that upset your fans then how would you keep getting called to act if you dont have people watching them for you and other actors can), what Im saying Is they are laughing and all of this because they know how it ends and know they end in a place where fans will love it, if not they are basically bullyng us lol.

So long story short: just keeping my peace of mind knowing it is just marketing. By the interviews we know somehow the season finale lets them in a good place, so if season 7 comes maybe we got time to see them making up with more time and development (things this season had been rushed bc the strike, not only here but in most shows) and if there's not season 7 it will end up with Chenford with a sort of an open finale where all points to them giving it another chance in their inmidate future.

Hope i made myself clear. Just wanted to vent haha. And lets chill and cross fingers for season 7 and an Oscar for Melissa and Eric because that break up was so CHEFF KISS like girlll I have felt that pain too.

hello dear anon! thank you for being my very first ask!

i hope you won't regret venting to me because this response ended up....well...extensive. i have many many things to say and a lack of adhd medication to contain them.

i would also like to note that i'm not at all experienced with writing think pieces on the internet. but even though i haven't written an essay since college, i can sure yap. and even though i'm a genius /s, this may not make sense to anyone. so here's what my chronic fatigue and i were able to conjure up:

yes, tv shows are primarily for an audience, whether writers and directors do accept that or not, that's what i'm guessing producers have in mind. tv is literally built 'for your viewing pleasure', and with this show in the past, and by past i mean season 5 especially (and the shock and surprise of 4x22), they (whoever they is) have been manically hitting that red button titled 'DO THE THING THEY WANT' just so they can say they did it and you as an audience can't complain. so yes in my experience, shows very often, if not always, write for an audience, otherwise the creators would just be giggling at themselves in their own private screening room at their custom, personalised tv show made only for them. when you give a show to the masses, it is, in certain ways, their's now. so going against everything an audience wants is certainly an interesting move, and since i have a common disease called 'being absolutely befuddled by the varying degrees of human nature' i don't know particularly what their aim is, what they're hoping this will provide an audience, as well as the show as a whole. what i do know however, is that there is not just one kind of audience, within the watchers of the rookie, there is obviously an abundance of angst lovers, an array of fluff lovers, complex think piece people, and apathetic 'this is what i fill the void of a tuesday night with' people (which is potentially what makes up a good portion of the viewers (?), not just the dedicated fandom we see on social media). with this in mind, the creators, the writers, are evidently incapable of satisfying every single diverse/contradictory demographic. so it's unclear which demographic they want to make happy at a given storyline. is this to give the angst lovers what they want? is this to give the comfortable fluff lovers a kick in the rear? or is this just to keep the average viewer interested in this ever-appealing show? i can't speak for them at all so i couldn't say which, but i also haven't a scooby doo. maybe others could give their opinion on which of these they think the creators are aiming for, because i couldnt tell you. then again, maybe it's all of them. maybe we let the rest of the season play out to completion, and we may know for sure. but marketing a show goes hand in hand with keeping the general audience as well as potential new viewers: 1. happy and excited, 2. interested in investing their time into the show. and given that season 6 is a short season: yes, i'm sure the marketing the break up is one of their best bets at keeping ratings up and viewers in, whether it comes directly from outrage or intrigue. and given how some other storylines seem to fall kind of flat (wink wink nol–), especially compared to last season, the initial lucy storylines and the now tim storylines are what is keeping up the hype for such a small season. and i'm sure (hoping) the other characters will have something to add to the s6 plate to further the impact of such a small season and the plots within. but for the most part 'chenford' is such an electric word. drop it in anywhere and the millions(?) who have ever laid eyes on the show just got a shock. and they know that, so of course they'll use it to their advantage in anyway they can.

and with this rambling: one thing i'm sure of, the only thing i'm sure of, is that yes: THEY LOVE EACH OTHER. and not just a slight admiration or a tinge of care. actual undying love. incomprehensible love. i don't know a lot about this topic but i definitely love to aggrandise the concept of love, and especially unto something harmless like fictional characters. in the real world, loving someone isn't always enough for sure. but not loving someone at all can also having no bearing in the upkeep of a relationship (i know this from personal experience). so whether or not two people end up together in real life, has no distinguished rule of 'do this and feel that and you'll be together forever'.

but this is fiction! WE make this stuff up. so we can do whatever we want! we can link A to B and say these characters love each other so they must end up together, and still be flawed along the way, because they are not real. so in my opinion the various ideas like "real relationships have people breaking up", "real relationships have people never getting back together", "real relationships have people never breaking up", and to follow, the incessant "real relationships have good communication!" don't matter anyway because ideas based reality have absolutely no impact in this fictional realm. yes bring in realism, be realistic if you want, but don't let reality dictate your fiction entirely (as well as the inverse). nor should you let reality make you want your fiction to be completely unreal. both fiction and reality have complexity in personality and characterisation. people have personalities and characters have characterisation. the one commonality is imperfection. but just because they are similar doesn't mean they have to be the same. it doesn't mean chenford are realistically doomed. and with this the plot that may unfold could be one unexpected, one unreal, or one completely real. tim and lucy could work through their own storylines, flaws and complexities separately and i'd be glad to see it.

i had a lot of issues with how fan service esque the initial 'canonisation' felt and maybe this is not just to market their show, but to finally listen to the majority of the audience, the particular audience that literally helps them market the show. aka the social media citizens. the ones who talk up a storm about what they love about the show and literally rope others into watching it. maybe they'll finally write them with more specific intentions this time, maybe this is what this is for. not just for drama but to give us what we wanted to watch in the first place but heavily missed out on: pining, feelings, dramatic reconciliation. who knows. we won't. not until the season is over and s7 inevitably comes (it's guaranteed).

i know many become angry with this show about what it does and doesn't do but one thing that helps me survive is this: it doesn't matter, the episodes exist anyway. they will continue to exist even if they don't have what we want. all we can do is feel every feeling this show evokes because that's really what it is to be entertained, at least for me. we're not the creators at the end of the day, no matter how much we've created. if something happens we don't like, we don't like it and we talk about how we don't like it. if we do like it, we talk about how we like it. and we praise the actors anyway, for the characters they bless us with. and the creatives, who gave us the masterpiece that is season 2.

and with that, i conclude. this definitely got away from me like the runaway train in my adhd brain. i wrote this sleepy and fatigued and i think i might be brain dead so if there are contradictions or things that make not a bit of sense feel free to call me out on it! especially those who are more experienced yappers, i'd definitely like to know what you disagree with or think has no place in this piece.

anyway, fin. thank you anon and TLDR; chenford will be fine and the show will always favour exploiting the most loved characters for marketing but with every PR box of ice cream sent and every article written brings in one more viewer to our beloved show and at least we'd stand a chance of a season 10.

[rikomoriyama01]

7, 9, and 11 for your tag game 💜

nah love i need you to answer all of them but yeha only fair i do mine to lul

What is your favourite character in the Foxes? I don't really have favourite there i think Neil will be my favourite in future right now it's Renee

And favourite in the series aside form this one? I will let you guess

Drop your beloved head-canons about both! Renee does not in fact believe in god she participated in Christianity for sense of community it gives her, Riko is deathly allergic to peanuts and wishes he was born a girl but not in the trans way. He just know his life would be better if he wasn't a man. I also feel very strongly about him having adhd/bipolar .

Fic(s) you are always happy to recommend or fic tropes you will always read. https://archiveofourown.org/works/12283962/chapters/27922614#workskin Little Boy blue , I generally can be baited into reading any fic where riko is treated with bit more nuance than flat line Disney villain. I adore extreme hurt with happy ending

Which of the books is your favourite The foxhole court i enjoyed this story much more without seeing it's full development also loved Kevin much more before he was pushed aside, my first idea of what this story would be was much different .

Opinions on AFTG audiobook release? Worth a listen juts to laugh at girls voices , but i adore Renees soft tone in it, I think it,s main reason I adore her sm actually.

If you write/draw/create aftg stuff, what is your favourite work of yours?

i adore this fan art a lot bc it,s funny light hearted has clever joke that references rikos obsession with court numbers and has fox jean and riko on it + riko kind of looks like girl here and i think it's very hot look on him

welp the numbers got fucked

Favourite event/plot point in the books Foxes reaction to seths death and seth death, it set really god tone for rest of the story and was the only event that genuinely surprised me bc i did not expected anyone from hero team to drop dead

Least favourite part of canon (can include Extra content) The fact that both foxes and ravens are groups of abused individuals but one word ,, mafia" is enough to put blame for all bat things on riko only even though he was pawn to his caretaker the way she wrote jeans abuse list it feels excessively edgy for sake of begin edgy i find nothing deep or sad about this i can also write down random list of numbers and attach to it words like rape and broken bones

If you could sent Nora an ask and get answer, what would you ask about? i wouldn't ask about anything bc her giving me answer i'm not looking for would feel bad

If you could make an idea of your choice canon to aftg, what would it be? I'd have a riko make a joke about how foxes should be in prison by now considering they are dressed the part (orange) (and most of them broke the law) id also replace neils car lighter burns with something else bc they are annoying to draw

Feel free to share some random hot takes if you like Andrew "murdering" their abusive mother is creepy as fuck and her being abuser or him only teenager with not fully developed brain is not really making this any less creepy and i enjoy his character because of this I don't mind aaron being homophobic , i'm cool with those character being murderers abusers and bigots , it's fictional characters they had not hurt anyone in real life so i don't really care about their fictional flaws and enjoy interacting with their content all the same I don't like only one of the foxes and i don't think this fox should be part of this team i don't really care about story and whatever, it's my personal bias so discussing it deeper makes no sense unless you want to unpack my past and all people who lead me to feel that way rlly

[deniable-masterpiece]

omg stop wait and my first ask you responded too was the sfw and nsfw johnny abc - wait i should request wally ones

but yeah i feel like a lifetime has passed since then, the game is like alright but dead as fuck like it wasn’t nearly as dead as they were saying back in the day but now it genuinley is and it is the developers faults completely - you can’t even fill up a match anymore now because of some glitch they have .

plsssss not the haters, i remember a minor stealing your image and stuff so you had to clock them for being underage and stealing, i remember their response started with like “dear deniable-masterpiece (or whatever you had back then i think it was a johnny username)”

thing is johnny is so fine but they don’t know how to keep their own lore straight, they’re always retconning their shit🎀

OMG almost revealed my identity bc i accidentally turned of anon

you did request a wally one with it, I think it was "wally or Johnny" or "wally and Johnny" but I forget which and I was gonna do it. it's in my drafts but I never finished ittttt

and yeah it's crazy, I remember the resurgence upon Maria's re-entrance and how many people actually played the game since they finally paid off the Maria story and you could play as her. I do hate that the developers just don't push out enough content (like they were supposed to have some big final release for the content pass WHICH I BOUGHT but then they delayed it and im like... really? you guys had months to plan and make content on time for its release and you still couldn't do that.) I remember the horrendous glitches especially with the blood moon map where they couldn't even get the lighting correct so you could see victims on the walls and stuff and basically had free cheats. it's so bad and I want to get back into playing it but its crazy how lobbies have always been an issue

and omfg I remember that flop, I just hate it cause like obviously I posted it and then there was no credit or anything (and I think it was multiple reposts using my pics of stuff in game with different captions and all that) AND OMFG yeah I used to be johnnys-breastmilk (and I would drink it too)

and omfg yeah Johnny is sexy as fuck but I hate that they were really eager to make him a dark, messed up person, but they reeled it in when the game got a fanbase to make him more likable. which like, why? obviously r@pe and necro stuff isn't okay but this is tcm... these backwater hicks have no standards and tbh the dark side of him is what makes him hot. like he goes to the extremes but also shows a reluctance to do it because he was stolen as a toddler and raised to do wrong by someone who isn't his actual parent? its such good writing and such a good use of emotional struggle. does he do what he was raised to do or does he do what he actually wants? but I also love that you can say that he likes the killing, stalking, hunting, eating and violating people and all of that is still in character. its the thought of him being so dirty and grimy both inside and out yet looks so hot. and I hate that they retcon stuff because there was definitely a better story during the development process that got butchered trying to translate it to a video game, which is a shame because I think they masterfully place it at the right time before the first movie, has the right tone, good graphics and a fun and tense gameplay structure. omfg also Maria's death being retconned was the worst thing for Johnnys character because I hate that they gave him feelings, the thrill of being around him is knowing that your time is hella limited and every second you buy yourself is based on how much he likes you but he will kill you

also girl you just should causeeeeee its been a year basically. also Im pretty sure you have me blocked or I blocked you at one point because I never get notifications for your anons like I do everyone else... just a theory. A GAME THEORY (matpat please fuck me)

[m1ckeyb3rry]

FR im glad that probably won’t happen for a while for BLLK since there’s still a lot of material that needs to be made before it can be over…

THATS WHAT I SAID??? I wanna know what editor sat through reading it and approved it for publication like??? And what compels people to put this out there like….imagine having to see this in a bookstore like oh my

Ooooh you’re so right…I think it was the hype from s1 and the gap in between the release (plus the movie!! Almost forgot that existed) that really built up s2 especially since the beginning was very gojo centric….speaking of I almost forgot you consume jjk too, are you caught up with the manga? I have some thoughts…(only some because although I’m technically caught up I got so confused for a very large chunk of it that I barely pieced together what happened for a good section…)

So real he’s way too yolo for the elite life!! He would not give af about social status or keeping up the status quo, maintaining reputations etc. LOL Something about yuki always having some position of status in the social hierarchy as like a side character is something I love like….no wonder he’s a model in canon he definitely gives off these really poised elegant vibes like he is DEFINITELY a noble I’m very excited to see the diff dynamics in hollyhock!!!

Morally grey assholes are my personal fav LMAOO when I first read that y/n offers up hiiragi I was like rubbing my hands together (there needs to be a better phrase for this?? Like when villains go hehehe and rub their hands together ykwim?) I love the way y/n isn’t your cliche mc where she just seduces Otoya on spot or something I CHEERED when I read that like let’s go??? I’m so excited to see her selfish side like I feel like in these settings it’s such a unique way to go about the mc?? I remember watching/reading some series with more historical settings (like my happy marriage which I mean. It’s a romance so I guess I should’ve expected it LOL) but the mc is usually very…submissive…? I get how that fits into the contexts of the time too (eugh misogyny) but it’s refreshing to see more bold characters than your token shoujo protag LOL

Also every time you write Itoshi bros crossed out I giggle LMAO honestly yeah their tag is alive and kicking comparatively too and I do see many similar if not identical tropes and prompts (no hate to any of the writers because I have found some gems in there too! Just bc of their popularity and characters very susceptible to similar tropes and ideas lolol)

We love a writer that does research?? I’ll speak on behalf of all your readers when I say we definitely feel the effort you pour in <3 everything’s thought out so nicely I love how your stories develop!!

Umm speaking of developing SLOW BURN I’m a SUCKER for slow burn maybe that’s also why I love your writing too…I feel like you give the story and characters proper time to develop and evolve without rushing them through to a conclusion which makes it sm nicer honestly….like even if some pieces have more open endings I feel like the stories are much more complete because it felt sometimes more slow burn esque? Compared to just jumping straight into a relationship after a few sentences or something

AWW ILL BE YOUR NUMBER ONE YAPPER HAHA It’s honestly hard not to get invested like I need to know what happens next…this kinda just piggy backs off the paragraph above this one LOL also side characters ALWAYS grow on me like it’s a given and BLLK has so many interesting ones ill gladly absorb more content for them…so trust I’m not going anywhere soon!! (Also I think YOURE the one doing the Otoya nation a great service LMAOO)

-Karasu anon

nah because that got APPROVED LMAOAAO maybe the author self-published it?? idk i guess everything has a niche audience so maybe some people are into that…

yes i am all caught up!! i keep up w leaks too so i know everything that’s going on. to be honest i don’t 100% love how the story’s been going and i def have felt my interest in jjk waning as of late but i’m sure gege has some kind of end game planned that will be interesting. reading weekly has def been disheartening as it’s hard to invest when the same fight has been going on for SO long yk?? i feel like things that would’ve gotten me hyped before now just feel like…okay…like not enough is happening chapter to chapter or smth idk. once the arc is finished and it’s animated i’m hoping the pacing feels a bit more natural!!

YES otoya is almost like irreverent i think?? he’s not immature but he just truly does not care he’s doing his own thing. whereas karasu is very concerned w what people think of him and yuki has an innate classiness and dignity to him so i think they could pull off the noble vibe well. though quite honestly karasu gives me more knight/samurai (in this au) vibes — still a fighter, but a more honorable one who has a moral code he strictly follows compared to otoya’s willingness to do wtvr

MORALLY GREY CHARACTERS WHO ARE ACTUALLY MORALLY GREY MY BELOVED 💖 oh yeah 100% if i was going a bit more cliche i could’ve had y/n try to seduce him or smth but i tried to avoid that (although eita does make one slight joke of a sexual nature during their convo but he’s just being goofy so i think it’s okay) as i really wanted to set her up as someone who’s not afraid of being brutal/ruthless to get what she wants. and i agree there’s a lot of more subdued fmc in historical aus but honestly it’s an au so why not give my female characters agency??? i’ve def written the more stereotypically “weak” fmc before but i didn’t want to go that route this time given who she’s inspired by. plus a lot of it is rooted in westernization i think — people view the history of other countries through a european lens when a lot of the time that doesn’t apply. for example y/n being a bastard wouldn’t be a huge problem in japanese society as bastards/cheating were actually relatively common back then!! and even accepted…if a lord didn’t have legitimate heirs he would adopt his bastards and that was that 🤷🏻‍♀️ that’s why y/n being “cursed” and the daughter of a maid, as well as reiji being the legitimate heir, is important to her backstory and why she suffers in the way she does, as well as an explanation for some of her later actions. in a european-based story, just being a bastard would be enough of an explanation for all of that, but in something based on sengoku-era japan, there needs to be further context. but also even setting that aside if i can have ninjas in my story (who i am trying to keep more accurate than their general portrayal in fiction but i’m still going to take liberties with) then why not a ruthless selfish fmc who goes to war and takes over the kingdom?? anyways there’s records of empresses in japan, china, and korea alike, so long story short i think that writing y/n like this makes sense and is about as historically accurate as the rest of it, so why not?? plus it makes for a more fun story

HAHAHA the itoshi bros are like the only bllk characters who i see with a tonnn of fics!! the others don’t have quite as many (although kaiser is getting up there i think). i do think that a lot of the stories have similar tropes due to the nature of the characters…they both feel like very “stuck” characters in that you can’t do too much w them or change them a lot — they’re so into soccer that putting them in an au for example would fundamentally change their characters, so you most likely won’t catch me writing more than a one shot or two abt them. whereas as we’ve discussed tabieitaken, kaiser, nagireo, and even hiori all feel like they have characters outside of soccer so it’s easier to put them in other scenarios and play around with how they’d react to them

I LOVEEEE A GOOD SLOWBURN!! even stories where the characters get together quickly in terms of time i try to really show the buildup. i always want the relationships i write about to feel believable, so i need to write every step of them falling in love or else it doesn’t feel accurate to me. that’s actually an issue i had with peregrine — because it started in the future, after that buildup, i felt weird writing nagi being in love w the mc because it didn’t feel “earned” yet.

oh you can never keep me from my research LMAOAO i’ll take any excuse to do it!! even white butterfly had me googling the flora and fauna of japanese fields to ensure i didn’t mention any animals that wouldn’t natively live in y/n and hiori’s field HAHA

OMG YAYYY I’M GLAD TO HAVE YOU!! i agree side characters always end up growing on me and the bllk ones especially there’s just so many i love and am constantly chatting about…proud to be supporting the otoya nation 🫡 i’m hoping we get a few members of otoya nation and karasu nation alike after season 2 (and yuki nation even though i don’t talk abt him hardly as much as i do abt tabieita)

also i did see your request posts hehe let me finish up my current karasu one shot and a couple of my event requests and then i will get to them 💖 i loved all of your ideas though!!

[bestworstcase]

Listen as someone who loves Ozpin a lot, he got the better end of the deal and we know this bc Light said explicitly he would not be alone. No it’s not a GOOD deal but considering he found and reunited with and had kids with Salem in his first new life? Things only got terrible for him truly after they broke up / tried to kill each other.

Salem watched humanity be Destroyed by the “gods” of her world who thought she should be punished bc they were easily swayed into fighting by making her Love Forever, Invulnerable (can be brown. Apart but comes back together) and then Left Her Alone Until Humanity Evolved once again either by our real world rules or magical rules or a combination of the two.

Listen I’ll write an essay about Oz and his years of fucked up loneliness and body snatching he didn’t want but Salem being Alone for That long without even the release of death at her own hands? NONE of us would handle that well who knows how she rebates when life sprang up again like. She’s the villain for sure she’s fucked up for sure but man I would be too. I would be too

it’s funny that you say this actually because i think the opposite. salem may have been brutally psychologically tortured for millions of years at the hands of cruel and tyrannical gods, but 1. she’s still herself, 2. she understands that she did not deserve this, and 3. she was ultimately able to claw back some agency for herself by jumping into the pool of grimm (which is doubly true if that really did cause humanity’s resurrection, because in that case she actually ended the worst part of her curse).

meanwhile ozma got turned into a parasite who subsists by erasing and absorbing other people’s lives, over and over and over again, entirely against his will and in a manner that also forces him to experience this from their perspective too. and the god of light tricked him into agreeing to this—so he feels it’s his fault—on top of making it his sole responsibility to redeem humanity before the gods lest the whole world be obliterated. he’s been manipulated into a position where the one person who ever made him want to live is his greatest enemy and his whole existence revolves around a hopeless campaign to get rid of her so he can save the world that he only wanted to save because she was in it. and his sense of identity has been eroded so badly that he doesn’t even consider himself to be a person anymore. and he’s convinced all of his suffering is his fault and exactly what he deserves for having failed.

and rwby has been very, very clear that a person’s soul is their identity, their self-knowledge, which means that the nature of ozma’s curse is tearing his soul apart.

when salem found out he reincarnated early she kicked everyone out of the room, tried to calm herself down, had a meltdown, blew the windows in, and then very quickly shuffled her plans around to do damage control and even try to turn this development to her advantage (<- the ‘wring the lamp’s password out of him’ plan). when ozpin’s precarious house of cards collapsed he burrowed down into oscar’s head and went catatonic for months. and if V1 is any indication, as ozpin he regularly spent months on end just dissociating all the time. salem is like… a lot more emotionally functional than he is, and i think that’s entirely because ozma’s form of reincarnation is shredding his soul and forcing him to live in the bodies of people he involuntarily consumes.