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[nobodymitskigabriel]

Gabriel fans stay winning.

[mikessuffering]

*takes of Anon glasses* alright. Let's show you a different version of yourselves! I gotta do em on at a time tho-

This is princess Cassidy, around age 3. She had a very different life-

After being murdered at the age of three, she went on to possess the Springlock Freddy prototype animatronic. The animatronics in her universe have souls of their own, made of magic. Each animatronic had a different relationship with their spirits. Freddy and Gabriel had a father son relationship, Chica had a more playful version of mother and daughter relationship with Susie, Bonnie was a father figure to Jeremy and also a mentor, Fritz was Foxy's first mate and son, while Cassidy and Golden Freddy where like siblings.

The spirits don't remember who killed them, except for Cassidy. All the spirits were too scared to get close to anyone, so the animatronics killed nightguards so Cassidy would feel safe enough to check and see if it's the killer. They ended up killing thousands of nightguards before they found him. Many of those nightguards were innocent, and/or played vital roles at home, with their deaths effecting more people than just the nightguards.

But after killing William Afton, using Springbonnie. Cassidy lied and said it wasn't him. Because she and Goldie made a "friend" named Chara. Chara was a demon of Genocide, forced to feed on something called L.O.V.E that can only be obtained by murder. Afton had actually made a deal with this demon, and they're why he killed in the first place in this AU. Cassidy wanted to continue killing people so Chara would still be fed. What is "L.O.V.E" you ask? It stands for Level Of ViolencE.

After years of murder, and fruitless searches for Afton, humans find out where all the nightguards are disappearing to. They try and go to war with the machines, but the animatronics surrender and pleaded for their lives. Not wanting to explain why Freddy and his friends were killed on live TV, humans decided to lock animatronics underground with an ancient spell.

Skip a few years, and a society has been started underground. Made up of old animatronics, and nightguards possessing the suits they were stuffed in. Freddy went on to be king of animatronics, Foxy the captain of the Royal Guard, Bonnie the Royal scientist, and Chica just opened a shop that sells baked goods. Golden Freddy goes on to be like the prince of the underground.

Skip another few years, and doctor Bonnie did the impossible. He found a way to raise the dead. He brings back Cassidy, and she gets a second chance at life. She becomes the princess of the underground, and she and Golden Freddy become the underground's hope that they can right their wrongs and have peace with humans.

Here's a photo of the golden royals. In this picture Cassidy has grown, and turned ten.

Your opinions?

"Wow! Thats a really cool Au! The storyline makes sense. The only thing I didn't really understand, is why I was killing. I would never actually kill people, and once again, sorry to Mike, I thought you were William. But the fact that we were killing the nightguards to find the killer made sense. But this is an au, so I completly understand things are different. And I like the fact you made it make sense. I also love the relationship between me and golden freddy, that concept makes a lot of sense, its kind of like the relationship between me and CC. We are like siblings. And don't tell Micheal B. (Micheal Brooks) and Kelsey, but he is my favorite other soul that lives in Golden Freddy. So i'll give it a 9.5/10. Also, the rest of the Golden Freddy souls say the same." Cassidy (golden freddy) says.

"Don't mind Cassidy, she can sometimes get a little bit off topic. But she's still pretty good with reviews. I agree with her, I really like this AU and it has a good concept that makes more sense then other AUS. Also, love the drawing, I could never make something so good! 10/10" Charlie (puppet) adds on.

"I really like this AU, it makes sense unlike some other aus with stuff like 'Elizabeth is a brat' and stuff like that. Like Charlie says, I really love the artwork, and also, the plot twist with the L.O.V.E thing was really good, I wasn't expecting that. 10/10 for me." Gabriel (freddy) says.

"Aigh't mate, I'm just gon' make this simp'le 11/10. This 'AU' is great." Fritz (foxy) says.

Jeremey (bonnie) nods. "Yes, I agree with everyone. I really like this au, it makes sense, and it had a great story line. You don't see that in many aus, 12/10 for me." he adds on.

"Like everyone said, this au makes sense and has good plot points. It also sounds like something that could happen! Definitely. I also like me and Chica's relationship, I wish I had another person in this suit. As much as I know I'm lucky to have my own personal space, it gets a bit lovely sometimes, you know? So, to sum it up, i really like this au. 10/10." Suzie (chica) says.

"Thank you for asking, @glitterdragonthegreatprotector , we really appreciate your hard work on this au. Also, great drawing! I 'L.O.V.E' this au. have a good day mate!" Mike says attempting a dad joke at the end.

"CC says; that joke was terrible Mike." Cassidy replies.

"Your just jealous of my sense of humor!" Mike says jokingly. Then he laughs.

"Thanks for asking, now if you don't mind me my shift is over for the night, and tomorrow they are going to go back to killing me. See you later." and then goes out the door.

A/N

hello everyone, this is the mod. I just wanted to say, that if you want to talk to alive, soul, or undead version of a character please specify. Right now, you were just talking to undead! fnaf 1 and undead! mike afton. So yeah, just so you guys know. But I do also really like this Au. 15/10 for me. See you all later! -mod

[aahsokaatano]

King I would love that essay about Changing Channels

Fjdjshjdhdjd thanks for reading my tags Jesse you're the real VIP here.

Okay SO "Changing Channels" is the 8th episode of the 5th season of Supernatural. I give this information bc it's important in looking at the context of the episode - now I've complained a LOT about how SPN is terrible at giving us canonical timeframes within the episodes (y'all i was SHOCKED to discover the first season is supposed to cover a little over a year's worth of time, I thought it was like... 4 or 5 months) so I can't say for sure how long before and after the other episodes happen in-universe around "Changing Channels" BUT

The episode before is "The Curious Case of Dean Winchester" where Dean and Bobby bet years of their lives in a game of poker with a witch. The episode after is "The Real Ghostbusters" where Sam and Dean end up at a fan convention for the in-universe Supernatural novels.

Why am I pointing this out? Because it's important, please, no audience participation, this is like a Brian David Gilbert panel.

[under a cut bc this got...... STUPID long. Who knew I still had this many opinions about SPN in 2020?]

Okay first of all I wanna talk about the cinnamon topography of this episode - I love the way the first 5 seasons are shot because you really feel the americana gothic horror aesthetic they were going for (I have a whole ‘nother rant about the first 5 seasons vs the last 10 but thats for another time). Everything is a little washed out and grey-toned, the camera angles generally serve to make Sam and Dean appear even taller than they actually are (larger than life - again, another post for another time), and there’s honestly a LOT of shots from the ‘monster’s’ perspective, which is really neat! I’ve said it before (on another blog - YES i have a dedicated spn rant blog, don’t @ me hdjfhfjfh) but the episode that really got me hooked on spn back in the day was the second one, about the w*ndigo. Yes, it’s a racist, culturally appropriating shitstorm, but the way its SHOT is fantastic. I’m honestly not a horror fan, but that episode could have easily relied on jumpscares and they DIDN’T and it was scary as all fucking hell and just - fuck okay getting off topic. 

In “Changing Channels” we get that distinctive grey-washed tone in the beginning and the very end of the episode, but the middle? When they’re in TV Land? Everything is bright. Almost comically so, I mean - okay look at these two shots of Sam (apologies about the crappy phone pics, netflix won't let me screenshot)

This one is from the start of the episode, in the "real" police station

And this is from a little later in the "TV" hospital

Ignoring that my phone is washing him out a lot in both pics, you can still see the warmer tones in the hospital shot as compared to the cold greyness in the police station one

Okay, now look at this picture

Dean inside the Impala, and those warm tones are back. Why? Because even though Sam and Dean believe that they’re back in the “real” world, they aren’t - so instead of the grey-washed shots that we’re used to, its the bright and warm shots that we see in “TV Land”! So the viewers pick up, even if its just subconsciously, that the boys aren’t out of the woods yet - everything is still too bright to be the in-universe reality we’ve come to expect from SPN by season 5

Which is also why i love this shift so much

These shots are literally SECONDS apart. The first is in "TV Land" and the second is in the "real" world. I have some red strip lights behind my bed, which are reflecting off my laptop screen - notice how much brighter they seem in the second picture? That’s because literally all of the warm colors have been drained out of the shot. As soon as Gabriel snaps them all back into “reality,” things get so much colder.

Okay, so the second thing I want to talk about is some of the very pointed dialogue choices within the “shows” the Winchesters take part in. Not between Sam and Dan and Gabriel, but from the, for lack of a better term, NPCs within the shows.

In the hospital, Dr. Piccolo tells Sam that he is “the finest cerebrovascular neurosurgeon I have ever met - and I have met plenty! So that girl died on your table; it wasn’t your fault. It wasn’t anybody’s fault. Sometimes people just die.” Standard cheesy soap opera dialogue - but lemme just swap some words here and - 

“You are the finest hunter I have ever met - and I have met plenty! So that girl died on your hunt; it wasn’t your fault. It wasn’t anybody’s fault. Sometimes people just die.”

Or even - 

“You are the finest hunter I have ever met - and I have met plenty! So Jessica and Mary died above you; it wasn’t your fault. It wasn’t anybody’s fault [but Azazel’s]. Sometimes people just die.”

Keeping in mind that the NPCs are basically Gabriel’s mouthpieces, its easy to see why so many people ship Sabriel. I’d actually love to see a fic that explores them talking about this moment in particular later on and the kind of gentle forgiveness that Gabriel can give Sam... getting off topic again.

In an abrupt about-face, the herpes commercial (much meme’d within the fandom) is straight up Gabriel shaming Sam. Because if you replace “genital herpes” with “demon blood” it’s.... dark. And very intentional.

So that’s what I did! (I combined all spoken lines to make the message easier to read, rather than splitting them up across 3 speakers as in the episode)

“I’ve drank demon blood. I tried to be responsible... did I try. But now, after being forcibly detoxed, I fight my addiction every day to reduce the chances of passing back into that toxic mindset. Ask your loved ones about a demon blood intervention today. [...] I am doing all I can to slightly lessen the chance of drinking demon blood again. And that’s a good thing.”

Like... the subtext throughout this episode sure is. Something.

Okay this is getting ridiculously long so I wanna wrap up by talking about The Best Scene In The Whole Goddamn Show

I’m talking, of course, about Gabriel’s Confession

“Max,” you might be saying, “there are so many better scenes out there, even within the first five seasons!” and to that i say, again, no audience participation, please. Also, you’re WRONG and here’s why!

Gabriel’s confession hits every goddamn emotional chord that the fandom begged for on this show - fear, rage, grief, pain, guilt, and even, yes, absolution. 

Okay, here’s the scene again for those of you who don’t think about it at least once a week like me

Now this video is missing some of the conversation, but most of it is there, enough for you to see what I’m talking about. Gabriel up to this point has been, essentially, a nameless antagonist - this is the third episode he appeared in, and before this, we didn’t even know he was going by Loki. He was just referred to as ‘The Trickster’. But here, not only do we get a name (a real name at that), but we also get a glimpse of his backstory and a hell of a lot of character development in less than 5 minutes. I mean, Sam didn’t get this much character development throughout the entirety of season 1! There’s a good reason Gabriel has been a fan-favorite for a very long time, and I think a big part of it is this particular scene.

Because here, we get to see Gabriel being vulnerable. And we even see Dean show a little vulnerability, as he can empathize being the third party to explosive arguments between the two people who mean everything to him.

I mean... okay, it will never see the light of day, but I wrote a little bit of a Reverse ‘Verse fic (because I’m a sucker for Reverse ‘Verse) and this was the scene I started with. Not s1e1, not even the resurrection in s4e1, but this scene. Because this scene, more than any other, is critical to the way not only Gabriel’s (first) arc plays out, but also to how Sam and Dean conduct themselves for the rest of the season (and maybe a bit beyond, it’s been a hot minute since I watched s6 and later). Dean is angry but determined, he has a point to make, he is going to save Sammy and if he can’t do that, then he’s going to damn well die trying. But Sam... it’s after this episode that we start really seeing how bone-achingly tired Sam is. It’s after this conversation - where one of the other archangels, one of the few beings who can truly understand how powerful Michael and Lucifer are - says that there’s no other way around this that Sam seems to start inching towards giving in. Saying yes.

Sure, in the actual episode, he seems outraged by the idea, practically scoffs at it - “you want us to say yes to those sons of bitches?” - but it’s after this where Sam really seems run down.

I mean, look at the episodes before and after (HAH you thought I forgot about that first point I made at the very beginning of this post! I did, briefly, but I’ve circled back to it, thanks for being understanding). In “The Curious Case of Dean Winchester,” Sam behaves much as he did since the start of s4, which is to say, ‘annoying little know-it-all brother tossed into the middle of the apocalypse and just trying his best’ and it works well for the mad scramble for any scrap of information that’s happening in s4/early s5.

But in “The Real Ghostbusters” it’s different. This is another funny meta episode - except, while Sam and Dean are technically aware of the joke, they aren’t as amused by it as the audience is. And it’s not because of the ghosts. It’s because they’re just... done. Especially Sam. Dean has that nice little moment with the cosplayers at the end of the episode, but Sam... threatens to shoot Chuck. Sam ‘goes darkside’ more often than pretty much any other character in the show, but that moment is different. It’s a flat promise, not a threat. He’s not being an asshole, like he is after losing his soul. He’s just... done. And it’s obvious to see.

Gabriel’s confession is the turning point for Sam in s5, and it informs a lot of his behavior through the rest of s5, and possibly beyond! Like I said, I haven’t watched past s5 in a very long time, so I don’t feel confident enough to analyze that specific sort of character line, but I feel confident in saying that hearing one of the most powerful beings in the universe basically say “it doesn’t matter what you do - your destiny is unavoidable” and then he’s proven right (Sam says yes to Lucifer, and Dean eventually does say yes to Michael down the line!)... like, that’s really gotta fuck up your world view that was built on free will and throwing off the shackles of fate. Sam managed to avoid his ‘destiny’ in s2... but then it turns out that that wasn’t ever his destiny. Lucifer was his destiny.

Talk about an obscured view of the inner self.

[noonewasharmedinthisxenarecap]

Season One: Sins of the Past

And so it begins. We leave Hercules behind and head into season one of a much superior show.

We begin with Xena’s journey to redemption with Sins of the Past. I think its a really good opening episode. We are treated to enough backstory to keep us interested and enough character introduction to make us invested in our leads Xena and Gabrielle.

Let us begin :)

I really enjoy the opening scene of this episode. The flashbacks to the past and visions of the damage she has done. That village and that boy cause her to rethink her past and it sets the path for most of the series, how am I ever going to atone for the wrongs I have committed? You can see the pain and the anguish as she tries to come to terms with who she was and who she is set to become. These leads us to one of the most hotly contested scenes in her history...the burying of the armour.

This scene is extremely emotional for Xena. I know that there are those that believe that her burying the armour is a sign that she had every intention of ending her life, until Gabrielle came along. I believe its not that extreme. Its my belief that Xena is burying the armour because its connected to her past, a past she is still struggling to come to terms with. To move on and attempt to be good she needs to make a choice and for her, abandoning her desire to fight is an important step in becoming a new person and having a new destiny. It is her way of moving on and moving forward. You can see the anguish in her face as she lays her armour down into the dirt.

But even Xena isn’t strong enough to avoid fighting all together. Her morals kick in and she has no choice but to defend the villagers. Her first step to redemption. She realises that her skills can be a force for good and that she can use her skills to defend and protect. She realises that she doesn’t need to abandon everything about who she is and that she can fight and be good at the same time. Its an important scene and a great starting point.

Gabrielle obviously has a role to play in Xena’s change of tack, even i can't deny that. After buying her armour Xena hides away in the bushes as the villagers are brought in. Suddenly this plucky young woman stands up to the soldiers. Renee plays Gabrielle’s defiance brilliantly. Its so visible in Gabrielle’s face as she tried to weigh up how she is going to get out of the situation. Then she takes action and does a Katniss volunteering to take the place of everyone else (#xenadiditfirst). It’s watching this young woman stand up for the rest of the women that spurs Xena into action.

Xena then singlehandedly takes on this group of men. Its a great introduction to Xena’s fighting style. Its acrobatic, its tactical, its unique. Its a no holds bar approach to fighting. And we get the spinning around a pole kicking in a circle move for the first time. we seriously don't get that enough throughout the series. After having the apprehend for the majority of the fight, somehow these terrible fighters get the upperhand surrounding her as she drops to the floor. Its interesting to see our “hero” in such a precarious situation so early in the episode. You obviously know that she is in no danger of dying but it makes you question what direction the series is going to take this fighter. Its not until you see Xena scrambling in the dirt that you realise just has smart a fighter she truly is. She reaches into the dirt pulling out her chakram and her sword. Our first introduction to the chakram in the series.

Xena  rescues herself and again takes control of the fight. And then you get this:

Accompanied by a laugh of pure joy. Xena enjoys fighting. She gets a real thrill out of it. Whether its for good or for evil, Xena enjoys a good fight. I think thats why it makes it easier for her to make the decision to keep moving forward. If she can get the same joy fighting to protect people, maybe it will be easier for her to stay on her path. Fighting and Xena belong together. Even a terrible season 4 India arc can't change that. I think this fight is exactly what she needed to understand her place in the world. Saving those villagers is almost as important as saving that baby.

The scene in Potedia is interesting. The village is aware of Xena. Yes she saved them but she is still Xena and not enough time has past for her reputation to be forgotten. She doesn't seem phased by their behaviour, it seems to spur her on a little more. She needs to work to destroy her old reputation. She has a lot of work to do.

So Gabrielle asks to go with Xena and tried to convince her its a good idea by mention she likes to read maps and place names. Seems like Gabrielle may have a bit of a boring life in Potedia, Xena tried to turn her away “You don't want to make me mad now don't you.” It’s seems a bit ridiculous at this juncture for Xena to think this would work. This young woman just stood up to a group of thugs and Xena thinks this would work. But then Xena has not been around real people for a long time,

Xena heads off to see Draco. I like this interaction between them. Draco is clearly enthralled with Xena. We get the hint of a history between them, they used to ride together and they clearly ended on interesting terms which we only know because she mentions his scar. Thats one thing i’ve always lamented abut the series, we never got to learn more about their history together. Where did Draco fall in her timeline? Was he before or after Borias? I’m interested because he seems like he has a bitter integrity. He values his word and he stands by agreements he has made. Anyway Xena asks him to spare the village, he agrees for old times sake. She then tells him she is going home and he are treated to this little backstory:

Draco: "What do you hope to find back in Amphipolis?  Forgiveness? I tried to go home once.  My father almost beat me to death with a blacksmith's hammer.  You'll get the same treatment, I guarantee it."

If this was earlier in Xena’s redemption it may have been enough to convince her not to bother. If it had been Xena at the end of the Gauntlet she may not have gone home. That was a broken Xena and now this Xena has strength and resolve. She can't be swayed by Draco.

We have this odd moment with a cyclops. It seems unnecessary for Xena to have this interaction. There is more implied history and the whole event is over very quickly. It appears to be a set up for Gabrielle. We are introduced to this cyclops so that in the next scene he can tell Gabrielle that Xena had been though that way. It gives Gabrielle an opportunity to show off her greatest worth at this stage in her story, her gift of the gab. Its an odd moment but it works.

Now comes the meat in our sandwich, Xena’s return to Amphipolis. I’m glad they did this in the first episode. In order to understand who she is we need to understand where she has come from. She rides into the village without her breast plate. Its rather symbolic. She feels safe enough to go in with limited protection. This is her home. She should have a right to feel safe here. Its her home.

She walks into the tavern and comes face to face with her mother. Xena looks incredibly hopeful, like she is waiting for a happy reception. Xena has put the last 10 or so years behind her she is hopeful her mother has done the same. It should be a beautiful moment. But mother’s never forget and not only Cyrene shocked to see Xena, she is angered and offended at her presence. In Cyrene’s eyes, Xena was the reason her youngest died not the warlord who ransacked the village. Xena convinced her brother to fight for his home and ended up getting him killed. To Cyrene that is unforgivable.

You can see the hurt and pain in Xena’s eyes:

If her mother can't forgive her, how can she forgive herself. She looks like her heart has been ripped out. She wants to show her mother that she is a changed woman that everything is going to be ok, that she wants to come home. She needs her mother to forgive her so that she can forgive herself. Xena needs to feel some love and she just isn't getting it. What is she doing this for if her mother still hates her? You really feel for Xena in this scene.Its heartbreaking and then Cyrene walks away “This is not your town anymore.  We are not your people.  I am not your mother!” With those words Cyrene has hurt her more than any sword could. Its terrible.

After Cyrene destroys Xena’s heart we have this beautiful moment when Xena goes to her brother’s tomb. She is getting no love from her mother maybe the dead will be more forgiving. Xena shows how far she has come with a simple but emotional speech.

“Since you've been gone, I kind of lost my way.  Now, I found it.  I thought I could start over.  But no--They don't trust me.  Not even Mother.  I can't blame her.  She can't see into my heart.  But I've got to believe that you can.  And I wish you were here.  It's hard to be alone."

And then Gabrielle arrives (stalker much) “You are not alone.” The look on Xena’s face says it all. Its a long time since Xena has felt like someone was in her corner. Maybe if this plucky, chatty young woman can see the good in her then it must exist.

You can see how much she appreciates that sentiment and how good it feels to know that someone in the world cares about her. Its a wonderful moment.

Draco has come into town and he is ready to take the villagers. He seems very slighted by the fact that Xena is seeking redemption. Its jealousy. if he can't have a good homecoming then neither can Xena. After all she has done worse than he. The agree to fight for the villagers and they come up with this horribly unnecessary scenario. Staffs and up on the scaffolding. Seems like a terrible idea for a fight. There is some acrobatics and a lot of standing on heads and spinning on heads. It make little sense but it has the campy feel that plagues Hercules but it kinds works for an opening episode.

We are treated to a lovely scene with Cyrene where Xena finally gets what she came for:

"I forgive you, my little one.  I forgive you.  I'm so happy to have you back again.”

Thats all Xena wanted and it was all she needed. It was a lovely moment and Xena even got a hug from her mum. Its an important moment in Xena’s journey. It shows her that she deserves to be forgiven and that she can be forgiven. It won't be easy but if she can show the world that she has changed, maybe the world like her mother can forgive.

We are then treated to the first campfire scene where Gabrielle admits to be a stalker and Xena seems to acquiesce her coming along for a while at least.

Summary

Forgetting the oddness of Lucy’s American accent (which for some reason sounded so natural in the trilogy and sounds very strange here) there are several things I’m glad changed later in the series, namely that weird looking headband and the fact that the sword is on her hip. It looks unnatural and uncomfortable and Xena spends a great deal of time holding it in place. Also very glad this is the only episode where Argo is referred to as a boy. That’s a yaxi I just cant get used to hearing.

All in all its a good pilot episode. It gives you everything you need and almost makes you forget Unchained Heart. Gabrielle’s chattiness and her ability to talk herself and Xena out of trouble is something i love about season one. Baby Gabby is adorable and is exactly what Xena needs at this point in her journey. Her gift of the gab us a skill that I feel is abandoned after season one and it is one they should have kept around for a bit longer.

All in all its a great pilot episode. It introduces the characters without long drawn out exposition. It does enough exploration so that you don't need to watch the trilogy (but you should because The Gauntlet). Its emotional and its entertaining. It makes you want to come back next week and see where this show is heading and whether Xena will be able to continue on her journey.

TL;DR: Xena looks like she is giving up then a young girl convinces her to keep fighting. her mum hates her then loves her and she saves a whole village from her ex-boyfriend before agreeing to left the plucky young girl follow her on her adventure.

Next up...Episode 2 Chariots of War

*all screen caps taken/borrowed from http://www.angelbacchae.com. Massive thanks