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godsofhumanity · 3 months ago

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Could you write some new Hera/Zeus headcanons?

okie i think i've actually managed to think of some new stuff!! hope it's okay, and sorry for the wait!!!!!!

first, let me link my previous Hera x Zeus hc's: (one) (two)

now. i wrote previously about how Hera and Zeus started off; essentially, after accidentally killing Metis (the ONE other goddess besides Hera whom i hc to be Zeus' "true" love), Zeus finds it impossible to let go of the past and decides that he needs to isolate himself from everyone so that he never gets close enough to someone to hurt them like he did to Metis.

BUT, Hera actually encourages Zeus to let go of that mindset, forgive himself and move on because he's the King now and he needs to take responsibility.

in this list, i wanted to elaborate a bit more on that.

so, Rhea and Zeus are very very close. i think Rhea has the best relationship with Zeus because, y'know, he's the hero. he's the only one she actually managed to save. she feels sooo proud and indebted to him. and, even though she tries very very hard to make that same relationship with her other children, it's very difficult because the others in the Big Six are already "adults" when they're set free from Kronos.

even between Zeus and his siblings; everyone is very cordial and everyone loves Zeus and thinks he's cool, but there's a bit of a clique between Hera, Demeter, Hestia, Hades, and Poseidon-- they're the ones who were trapped in Kronos' stomach. they're the ones who understand that trauma. Zeus, sympathetic as he is, just doesn't get it. he can never get it because he's never experienced it.

so, when the news breaks out that Zeus has done a Kronos and killed Metis and his first child (unborn, but still),, that's really unnerving for them.

i think the rest of the siblings are like, "uhhh too soon!". it's scary. he's supposed to be their brother and the guy who's King, but then he goes and does That and everyone's a little bit.. scared.

Rhea, of course, recognises that there's a rift now between the siblings, and i think she does her absolute best to squash it.

Kronos becomes mad because he gives into his paranoia and pushes all his siblings away. Rhea wants to avoid that by encouraging her children to stick together.. to forgive Zeus for his mistake and not make him feel like an outcast.

but, as i said, Rhea and her other children don't have that strong of a bond. it's not truly unconditional. they won't do just anything and everything she says.

Hestia, i think, was not a "newborn" when Kronos swallowed her, she was a few months old and she has memories of Before, so even though she does love Zeus, i think she just didn't have the strength to approach him directly after Metis' death.

Demeter, Poseidon, Hades feel much the same way.

Hera is unwilling at first. but i think she sees Rhea's exasperation, and she knows that Zeus would've done anything for anyone of them if they had made the same mistake, so that's why she's the First one to go, "yeah okay. i'll talk to him".

i like the idea of Zeus sitting in a forest, sitting by a lake-- he used to practice sparring with Metis by the lake (lake = water = Oceanus = Metis' dad). so the lake is like,, Zeus' connection to Metis.

and. because he's a weather god, the skies are very grey and gloomy only in this one place that he's sitting. and it's bucketing rain. he's drenched, but he pays no notice. he's just miserable.

when Hera first approaches Zeus, i think Zeus tells her to go away, and she insists on staying, and he argues more, and then, in a fit of anger, he releases lightning and sets a tree on fire, and that freaks Hera out-- it freaks Zeus out too because he didn't mean to do it. he has no control over his powers. Zeus' anger is a recurring theme in many later hc's i have hee hee... see: Prometheus, Hephaestus

but, scared as she is, she doesn't leave him. she stays with him, and in typical Hera fashion, she scolds him for acting miserable all the time and never doing anything about his problems.

i hc that Hera is the one who tells him to get his off his mopey ass and start training harder to get a grip on his lightning and his strength so that he won't make the same mistakes again.

and she gets through to Zeus.

in the Iliad and in some other myths, Hera is shown to be proficient in fighting-- she beats Artemis at archery and is quite a force to be reckoned with even though she's not the "goddess of war". but Enyo and Ares, her children, are gods of war. i think they get that from her.

i hc that Hera is brilliant at using swords and bows and spears. it's so natural for her. but Zeus, even though he has so much physical strength, he's not that great at being focused and precise.

but, he trains with Hera and she teaches him to do better. and it works. with raw power, speed, precision-- he's unstoppable.

now, like i've said previously, in all these interactions, they're really just friends. but i think that's where all the romance starts. their bond is like gold being tempered in the fire. each of these non-romantic interactions strengthens the romantic relationship they eventually develop; it gives them a strong foundation to stand on, and i think that's why they last in spite of the obvious highs and lows of their relationship.

much later on in their relationship, when Hera becomes pregnant with their first child, Eileithyia, i think this is a very important milestone in Zeus' life. it's not his first kid, but it is his first kid with a goddess that he truly loves. not a goddess chosen because Fate said so or because he thought it would benefit the future generations of gods, or because it was just a "happy" mistake with some goddess in a tryst... this is his first child with a goddess he would move the world for. there is no ulterior motive here; Eileithyia is born from pure love. just like Athena was with Metis.

so, for Zeus to remain calm during Hera's whole pregnancy-- the pain of losing Metis still fresh, Kronos' curse still whispering cruelly in his ears from the shadows-- it is a huge step for Zeus to remain in control of his fears. he is there for Hera when their daughter is born, she's the apple of his eye and he won't lose her, he won't accidentally destroy her like he did to his other unborn child (of course, time will reveal that he did not, in fact, destroy his other child hee hee but that's for another story).

and, Zeus' strength in this matter 100% comes from Hera being his rock. she's the one who put in the time to train with him and help him get over his fears.

#so yeah!#zeus x hera #hera x zeus #hc #anon #anonymous #asks

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mamawasatesttube · 11 months ago

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hi do you have any kon comics recs?

oh boy do i!!!!! ♥

for his origins, you'll want to read "reign of the supermen" (probably easiest to read it as a tpb, because the individual issues are all over the place). this details his creation and escape from cadmus, his relationships with clark and john henry irons, and his early attitudes!

after that, of course. well. superboy (1994). i love this comic. it is deeply flawed. it's 100 issues long, so it's a bit of an undertaking, but in my opinion it's essential reading to actually understand kon as a character. he gets groomed and exploited in many ways in this book, and it is not handled well because it's treated as acceptable as the fantasy of any teenage boy (the grooming and sexual abuse), or played for comedic effect (the financial exploitation). but understanding those facets of kon's backstory are vital to get a read on him as a character. sb94 also does a really great job of establishing him as someone kind, creative, and incredibly lonely and depressed. he's passively suicidal for pretty much the entire run. he's a really good boy. and some of his relationships with his supporting cast (roxy, serling, dubbilex, guardian) are just sooo <333

next up: young justice (1998)! this is the fun one with a lot of shenanigans. the depth here is mostly understated for characters like kon, tim, and bart (who have their own solos outside of it) and i'd say the kon experience here is enhanced by having read sb94 first, because there are certain arcs that follow up on things going on at cadmus and stuff. after yj98 is teen titans/young justice: graduation day, which basically shows how yj disbands after donna troy's death.

after that is the unfortunate mess that is teen titans (2003). this comic is not good, but it is important. this is where the lex retcon happens, the mind control arc happens, and the tie-ins to infinite crisis all happen. kon dies in infinite crisis, returns in final crisis, and rejoins the team towards the end of tt03.

next up is adventure comics (2009), the first six issues of which get into what kon does in the wake of his resurrection. superboy (2011) (i) (not to be confused with the n52 superboy solo) follows up on some of these themes and shows his adventures in smallville! both are pretty solid.

if you Really wanna dig into everything going on towards the end of postcrisis continuity, i'd rec getting into a tpb of the new krypton arcs! kon isn't around for everything there (he's dead for the first parts), but by last stand of new krypton, he's back and running around with the legion (this includes the last few issues of adventure comics '09, too).

in n52 kon is just. not there. the "kon-el" in n52 is just straight up an entirely different guy. (incidentally, this guy is where the edgy "kon means abomination" thing comes from. this is a retcon. kon's name originally is the name of a dead cousin of clark's that clark says he would be honored if superboy would accept.)

if you want to read anything post flashpoint, he gets reintroduced to continuity in young justice (2019). then the house of kent arc in action comics sort of explains his situation in prime earth continuity. stuff like yjdc (which i have not and will not be reading, so i certainly can't recommend it) takes place after this, and kon appears some in various other action comics arcs going on lately, but none of those are major appearances really. he did have his recent mini solo superboy: man of tomorrow, which was... fine. nothing spectacular imo, but the covers are cute and i have all six issues sitting on my desk because kon <3!

i know this is kind of long. my bad i love to ramble about kon kjsdhf but!! if you have any questions or anything i'm happy to elaborate or clarify further!! but in the meantime. go forth, and happy kon reading ❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜🩷💖

#answers #towtafwita #kon #this is not a comprehensive list of every single one of his appearances but it is all major runs #shoutout also to superboy and the ravers which takes place early in sb94 era #i LOVE the ravers but its def not what i'd rec as an entry level kon comic skdjhfkds #the basic kon arc is just. rots -> sb94 -> yj98 -> tt03 -> ac09 + sb11

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becauseplot · 4 months ago

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Still feel is one of my fav fics ever and it made me so happy to see more stuff from this AU! Your post-osnf headcannons are sooo good!! Actually im a big fan of your ordem headcannons in general tbh

If you dont mind sharing more on it...Can you maybe tell us a bit more about your ideas for the effects the symbol left on Thiago? Like, is he still connected to it or to Santo Berço somehow?? I find this consequences stuff really interesting and id be cool to hear more about it

Aw thanks!! I'm glad someone's getting some enjoyment out of my rambles <33

I can go a bit deeper, of course! Warning for the fact that this does get pretty sad and heavy, sorry :(

So Santo Berço really is gone. Equipe E destroyed it. The effects that Thiago is now dealing with are essentially mental scarring: a mix of normal human PTSD with a paranormal "flare" to it. The Symbol has seared itself not just onto his back but onto his mind as well. His dreams of the Symbol are due to trauma and the fact that, just as he suspects, he was never meant to escape it. It is stuck with him now. Anything touched by Death cannot go back to the way it was before, after all.

I kind of like to think about his mental state in terms of Ordem's "sanity" system as well. He recovers plenty of "sanity" while in injury recovery, since he's given time to rest, away from stressors. Eventually, he starts to do work for the Order again, but he quickly learns that he can't handle stressful, paranormal events like he could before (systems-wise, he has a permanent de-buff/disadvantage in the sanity checks) and missions---even the short one he starts out with---just put too much strain on his body. So, he winds up becoming part of the Order's cover-up team, helping fudge official reports and write up those "logical explanations" that Veríssimo sometimes references.

It's a role that's...much easier on him, after everything he went through. He does notice a pattern between his stress and the frequency of the Symbol dreams, so it's much better this way. He will, on rare occasions, help his friends out in the field with intel gathering (perhaps encountering a Horror on the way, which is never fun), and with he gets to serve as a sounding board for Liz's investigations, both her personal ones and the ones she does with the Order.

There are...other effects of the symbol. That he doesn't like to talk about. He's taken a sickly comfort in swirling designs, ever since he woke up in that hospital; back when he dealt with the nightmares on his own, before Liz and the others knew about them, he used to go to bed with reminders to himself ("Your name is Thiago Fritz, you live in São Paulo with Liz, she's in the bedroom upstairs...") written on his arm surrounded by swirls in the hopes they might calm him down enough to think and read it. He ponders his father's pocket watch more than he should, taking solace in the even, steady tick of time moving at the right pace as much as he does watching the second hand go around and around. He finds himself tracing circle after circle after circle with his finger when he's lost in thought or anxious about something...

He finds himself taking comfort in it. The Symbol. The thought makes him feel ill.

Over the months between osnf and opd, his mind slowly starts to deteriorate. Anything touched by Death cannot go back to the way it was before, after all. The frequency of the dreams has always been correlated with his stress and thus fluctuates, but on average they start to get more frequent, and the more intense ones happen more often, and it slowly gets worse, and worse, and worse until---

---he "zones out" one day, thinking of the Symbol. Thirty seconds, nothing much, it must just be on his mind. Then, he starts to fully disconnect from his surroundings, in his own head, pondering the Symbol for a minute or two. The white void starts to creep into his vision sometimes, reality losing meaning and definition, for several minutes at a time. Minutes turn to an hour, two hours, more, if no one is around to pull him out of it.

Thiago, as much as he hates to admit it to himself, is very, very tired. His mind and body are worn out, abused, overused. The thought that he's been living on borrowed time ever since Santo Berço comes more often than he'd like. At the worst of times, he feels like he's orbiting and closing in on some final, finite point. But he'll never tell his friends this because he knows it'll scare them because fuck, it scares him too. (Though, the times where it doesn't scare him are...even worse.)

#lol sorry i turned my comfort au into something sad it happens <333 i was asked for consequences here they are #i may come back and add more to this but for now i gotta go #i have like.......an *idea* of a fic for explaining/expanding on this but we'll see if it gets written #dont mind me im just rambling #my writing #curlyosnf #asks for curly #posting this with no proofread i am SO tired fhdsjkfhjkds #90 Seconds to Midnight AU

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raileurta · 7 months ago

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Miguel was reading over a report from a Spiderman variant when the doors to his room opened. Unsurprisingly Miles Morales walked through holding one of the empanadas from the cafeteria. He and Miles have steadily been creating a positive relationship ever since the train incident, it has been slow, hard work. Miguel can't say that it hasn't had good results. He dare say that they may even have a filiation type relationship. Miles quickly swung up to his platform and began chatting about nonsensical things. Miguel said a quick hi to the young spiderling and then went back to his reports. Eating the empanada miguel thinks to himself that he probably appreciates Miles' company.

Miguel casts a quick glance at the little spider, he takes in the way Miles is presenting himself. Something seemed off with Miles. His posture, his smile, the way he talked, it had an undertone of...... nervousness? Miguel didn't know how to broach the topic of Miles' behavior; feelings were far from his forte. After 10 minutes has passed Miles has yet to state what is on his mind. Logically Miguel should ask Miles what is going on but Peter always says to let people tell you when they want to tell you. Another 15 minutes pass of Miles talking but not telling Miguel anything. Every so often Miles looks like he wants to say something important but chickens out at the last second before telling him.

It is.... inconvenient for Miguel.

Miguel decides enough is enough and asks Miles "What is wrong Morales? You look like you need to tell me something."

Something flickers past Miles' face before he tries to school it in too a grin. (It's disgust his brain says)

"I don't know what you're talking about tío. I am a oh k."

Miguel notes to himself to sign up Miles for the Spider HC's lying classes, the boy is a terrible liar.

"Morales don't lie to me, I can practically smell the nervousness coming off of you."

Miles blinks at him, before his face falls down into that of a nervous grin.

"Eh haha, can't lie to you can I Miguel?"

"You're just an awful liar Morales."

"Hurtful bro."

The room descends to silence. Miguel looks at Miles expecting an answer out of him. He just jubs the back of his head before saying

"peterkindaaccidentlytoldmeyouresortofasociopst-"

Miguel placed a soft but firm hand on Miles' shoulder;

"Miles, aranitá breathe. Now calmly and slowly tell me what you said."

Miles gives him a look before taking a few breaths of air and trying to speak again.

"I- um Peter told me that you can't really feel stuff well. Before you get (mad?) (irritated?) at him he didn't mean to spill your secret. We were at my house hanging and I was talking about how you are a bit of an asshole, which is rude now I know what I know but Peter made an off-handed comment about that he can't get rid of it. I didn't get what he meant so I asked him about it. He said because of your disorder and stuff. I told him 'what disorder?' Peter then started freaking out because he thought you told me about it. Once he calmed down he simply just told me that 'Boss can't feel emotions that much because of a disorder he has. Ask Miguel about it while I go cry.' Now here we are"

Miles did some finger guns at him looking like he wanted to throw up. Miguel had listened intensely throughout Miles' story and Miguel can easily say he understands why Peter thought that; he was still angry at him but he understood his logic. Miguel has essentially acting like Miles' second dad and Peter most likely thought that Miguel explained it.

"I will deal with Peter later but since you are here Morales I assume you've got questions for me?"

"Yeah if you don't really mind?"

"I do not mind Morales, that's why we're talking anyways right?." Miguel raised a single eyebrow at Miles.

"Oh yeah good point hahaha."

"Sooo how emotionless are we talking? Are you a sociopath? What emotions do you feel the strongest? Can you tell what someone is feeling?"

Despite Miles' earlier hesitation he seemed to be much more upbeat now. There's a child like curiosity written all over his face.

"Based on me and Lyla's estimate around 70-85%. I'm not. That is a very outdated term. Anger, and sexual desire. Most of the time yes. I have memorized the facial expressions for each major emotions. I just can't tell with more nucained and mixed expressions."

"Huh."

Miles began pounding what else to ask when he began to think back. Until he thought of it, a question that he has been thinking on and off for awhile now. Taking a breath Miles steeled himself for the answer and with some fear trickling in he asked:

"Miguel, do you..... hate me? I mean like do you resent me for taking the place of my original spider and the collider stuff?"

Miles faced his head down and rubbed at his arm anxiously. Miguel could feel what little of heart he had shatter at what Miles said.

"Awh no my sunflower I don't hate you."

Miguel kneeled down to Miles' height and put his hands on the kid's shoulder. God this kid was so small compared to him. Everyone was especially children but he felt so small under his hands in this moment. Like Miles was trying to appear smaller to hide himself from an oncoming threat.

"Miles I have never hated you. Even when I first met you I didn't hate you. I was... just so angry; angry at you, angry at the anomalies, but I was mostly just angry at myself. I hated that I let another Peter die under my watch, hated that I was forcing a kid to let his father die, and I hated that I couldn't stop someone from making the same mistakes I made.

I...... hated that I didn't feel guilty about it. What kinda monster doesn't feel bad about forcing a kid to kill his dad?!"

Miguel's hands began trembling.

"I hated myself so much, I still do but it doesn't excuse me projecting my problems onto a kid. God Miles you're only 15 you've already had such a rough life and I just messed it up a thousand times more. You didn't do anything wrong. It wasn't your fault your Peter died, that the spider bit you, and it still wasn't your fault when the collider went off. You did the best you could in the situation you were in."

"I was wrong about everything Miles."

"For shock sake I haven't even apologized to you for the train incident. I want to be a better person, I want to be better for you Miles. No mental illness or disorder can excuse what I did to you. I'm so sorry. For every time I have wronged you, in any way possible. I'm not saying this so you can forgive me in fact you should hate me. I don't deserve to be forgiven for what I did. You're a good person Miles unlike me, a very good person. I can't wait to see what person you grow into. I am so proud of you."

Miles by this point was crying a little. A few tears were slipping down his face with each one being brushed away by Miguel.

He didn't know what to say. Miguel laid out his whole heart to him. Miles was completely speechless. He did the only thing he could think of, he hugged Miguel. His mamá always did say that actions speak louder than words. Miguel was momentarily shocked at his actions before quickly returning the hug. Miles felt so warm and safe in Miguel's arm. He was tucked into the taller man's neck with his large arms swallowing him up. It was as if Miguel was trying to shield him from the world. Miles snuggles deeper into his cocoon of flesh and muscle. Miguel's arm tightens slightly around him in an almost protective manner. Miles sighs contently, who knew Miguel would have been such an amazing hugger?

Miles doesn't forgive him, not yet anyways but somewhere in the future he thinks he can. But for now he enjoys Miguel's comforting embrace.

-The end

#miguel o'hara #miles morales #parental miguel o'hara #if you're wondering where Lyla is she's under maintenance #atsv #protective mama bear Miguel #i love the dynamic of a emotionless person who just wants to do good #and the person who helps them #peter b parker #hurt/comfort #fanfiction #fanfic #i can't believe I actually completed this

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smashy-headcanons · 1 year ago

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So I watched the Super Mario Movie finally

(Actually I watched it on and off with some friends but wanted to wait until I saw the full thing until I said anything. Also at the time of posting it's actually been like a month and a half oops.)

This does mean that I'll be allowing posts about it (I will make sure to tag spoilers tho).

Many excitements, many concerns, all questions finally answered (for now). Of course, I have many thoughts. Sooo, dump time!

I consider the movieverse to be an AU rather than directly tying to the game universe. Yoshi's Island supports the idea of Mario and Luigi being born in the Mushroom Kingdom (or that universe, anyways) while the movie has them living in a more realistic setting.

As we expected, Jack Black as Bowser? 👌

I originally thought that there would be multiple power stars instead of just the one, and that Bowser would be going kingdom to kingdom to collect them. I feel like it wasn’t given as much importance as it probably should have gotten.

SMB Super Show theme makes a return! They’re really pulling stuff from everywhere.

Just so I don’t sound like a broken record I’ll only say it once. The role for Mario should’ve gone to Charles Martinet. Pratt wasn’t grating but it really did just sound like Just Some Guy the whole time. I get Mario is our isekai protagonist but come on.

Following up on that thought: Good fucking lord the “do you think the accents were a bit much” line pissed me off SO much. Poking fun at your franchise is one thing, but announcing the first movie for the franchise in 30 years, giving the titular character’s voice cast to a guy who sounds nothing like him for the sake of Big Name Actor instead of to his original voice actor, telling people upset at the choice to essentially shut the fuck up, and THEN proceeding to joke about the— Jesus Christ I can’t type this anymore. On to the rest of the review.

Ohhh my god the Bros.' relationship is SO good in this movie. Luigi's adoration of his bro, Mario's adoration but also embarrassment at Luigi bringing up their mom, Mario IMMEDIATELY getting ready to throw hands for Luigi's honor, their MUTUAL protectiveness towards each other, it's all just *chef's kiss*.

When they announced Spike as a character I didn't think it was going to be Foreman Spike from Wrecking Crew (good reference tho) I thought Spike was going to be this thing

As unexpected as it came to me, I actually really liked them making Mario the underdog of the family. It adds motive to Mario's eagerness to be Helpful and gives him a good reason to stay in the Mushroom Kingdom at the end. I can also see this attitude shifting to Luigi in the sequel.

Pauline cameo hell yeah.

I actually like Toad in this movie--both his voice AND his role.

I love that they made the Dry Bones so... eerie. I would've liked to see some sentience from them (at least in a later scene), but I can understand that doing so would likely take away from the eeriness.

If you wanna see Mario being a pathetic wet paper towel then you will enjoy this movie.

I have... mixed feelings about this version of Peach. On one hand, I love that she's taking a more proactive role and that we get to see her as both a ruler and protector of the Toads. On the other hand, I'm. not particularly fond of how she treats Mario in the first half. Peach as a character has been defined by amicability and kindness towards both new and familiar people from the beginning, so her initial rudeness doesn't feel very "Peach", if that makes sense. It makes sense that she'd assume Mario to be an enemy, but after that point it stops feeling in-character.

The more serious tone they gave with Bowser was also something to wrap my brain around. Over the course of the games Bowser's been gradually "declawed" as a villain, so I love that they really put emphasis on his cruelty.

I'm surprised they actually touched on Peach's origins, if only briefly.

I love Donkey Kong's portrayal in this movie. A lot of games don't give him much personality beyond "monkey lol" so I love that they took his other personality traits and expanded on those.

Cranky Kong running a kingdom wasn't the role I expected, but it is a fun take that I like.

Wrinkly Kong isn't dead lol

Diddy Kong having to be told to be quiet was a fun touch.

Funky Kong cameo improves my opinion on the movie. However he is hard to get a look at and doesn't have speaking lines, so that score must sadly be reduced a little.

One of the few allusions to Bowser and King Boo's alliance we get. King Boo didn't stick around to help during the fight, but he did make it to the wedding so that was cool.

RIP to King Bob-omb. Poor dude didn't deserve what happened to him 😔

Peaches (the song) was funny but not what it was hyped up to be.

Sequel with Yoshi hinted after the credits 👀

No Bowser Jr. or Koopalings despite everything. I'm wondering if they'll put him in the sequel.

Uhhhh I'm not sure what else I can remember, but this is long enough as it is. I had some nitpicks with it but I did like it despite my complaints.

#super mario movie #mario #luigi #princess peach #king bowser #mario movie spoilers #mine #long post #not a headcanon

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cookii-moon · 1 year ago

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Fic rec week catch up because I’m lateee

I’m sorrryefngfnegjef it was hard to think of fics because. I’m really bad at bookmarking. BUT!!! I went back. Through my entire history. And picked out all the fics I like. So now I can make a list !,, and also late by like 2 days sooo time to catch up!!!

Day 1 / July 16th: Canon and/or Lloyd

Pleasantly surprised by the amount of Lloyd content I have ready to go. Most of it is team focused with a Lloyd POV, so hope you don’t mind. I also have a few Lloyd fics I haven’t gotten to reading at all but do have bookmarked. So.

Guys. Guys you know this one. Come on guys. It’s like. An iconic movie verse fic series.

Buuuut if you by some miracle have not heard of it - Essentially, Garmadon, upon wishing on the mega weapon during season 2, ends up isekaing Show Lloyd to the movieverse and Movie Lloyd to the show verse. The respective ninja now have to work to return them to their home worlds, and maybe make some new friends and have a bit of an adventure in the process.

I’m not done with it but I am halfway through and the series is long, but a very fun read! Completed (though the series is still ongoing I believe?) and Canon divergent.

..can I rec a series? Yes? Ok.

A work in progress trilogy where Harumi is a ninja instead and Lloyd is a 1000 year old being causing quite a lot of trouble for the ninja, but finds himself cooperating when the Oni come for ninjago.

Very good and long read. Definitely a rec. Might make you cry. The first part is complete but the entire thing is incomplete. Canon divergent.

Lloyd centric platonic soulmates AU with a twist. Soul bonds can hear eachothers thoughts when completed. They’re so sure Lloyd is their missing link. Untiiiill his birthday rolls around. As Lloyd continued to go without a soul bond, he starts feeling more and more left out. It’s basically good old angst with a happy ending hehe. Incomplete and canon divergent.

a shortie but a goodie. Lloyd learns of all the ways his friends have control over their powers, and also the ways they don’t, and maybe gets something out of it. Complete. Canon compliant.

A two chapter short fic about some of the nifty little tricks Lloyd’s picked up from his childhood. A very cool premise and a fun little read!! Complete (I believe?) canon compliant.

A fun little fic where after the tornado of creation Lloyd is blasted into the past and now has to serve under his younger evil self to try and stop him from releasing the serpentine. Incomplete. Canon divergent.

I do have a feeew more but. This list is already long. So. Sorry that there’s not many canon based fics it’s just that the first prompts usually encompass fics that. Focus on the ninja. So it’s easier for me to order them based on ninja. Because unfortunately I mostly just read any fic tagged as Cole honestly.

Day 2 / July 17th: AU and/or Movieverse and/or Jay

Jay unfortunately falls under the what I like to call “I-have-lots-of-stuff-about-him-bookmarked-but-I-never-got-to-reading-them” effect. Aka the IHLOSAHBBINGTRT effect. BUT!! I have a precious few…

Without further ado!

first FFN fic rec! A story about Jay and Cole’s friendship over the years through Jays POV. It’s been a while since I read it but when I did I loved it so much.. you gotta read it for yourself… it’s beautiful and you will probably cry. Maybe. Happy cry or sad cry. Either or. Complete and Canon compliant.

Short fic about all the ways the ninja have adapted to being homeless from before being found by Wu, while Jay is trying desperately to understand why his friends are so strange sometimes. Complete and canon compliant.

Jay is horrible at Communicating: the fic. Misunderstandings spiral into other misunderstandings which results in Jay going rogue and on the run while the city needs him. If you don’t like screaming at characters through the screen over miscommunication, this fic might not be for you, but hey, it’s a good fic for what I remember. Incomplete.

Day 3 / July 18th: Angst and/or Kai

finally we’re in the present,,, oh my god… ok so. Uh. Unfortunately I do not have many Kai centric fics. Sadly.

so for the angst prompt, take this.

Multi chap unfinished lava fic. Most of it is alternating POVs but Kai is definitely there and it’s definitely angsty. Go. Cry. Be in pain. /j.

That’s all for today sadly,.. tomorrow is Cole… expect me to be there screaming :).

#ninjago #jay walker #ninjago jay #ninjago kai #ninjago lloyd #kai jiang #ninjago au #kai smith #kai ninjago #jay ninjago #lloyd ninjago #lloyd montgomery garmadon #lloyd garmadon #ninjago fics #lego ninjago #ninjago fic rec week #ninjago fanfiction

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cant-get-no-worse · 1 year ago

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helllooo

what are your thoughts on scaloni having doubts about his future in the national team ? what do you think is going on ?

love your takes they’re always so well put together

Hii Ro 🫶In the 7 hours it took me to answer, a plethora of information more or less clearing up what happened appeared on twitter sooo... but since I had 2 or 3 other asks about it I'll take the opportnity to round things up briefly for people unaware of the general situation! I'm in no way an expert btw, this is just what I understood/lived as an expat arg and got from my arg side of the family.

So as per Gastón & other news outlet, Scaloni (perhaps some other members of the technical staff of the Argentine NT as well) has had a problem with the AFA for some time now. If we had to resume state of affairs :

The AFA (Argentine Football Association) show

Governing institution of football in the country which would deserve a fourth star of its own for its spectacular dedication to worsen itself by the years. A true marvel of corruption and incompetence display. Its first chairman had presidency from 1979 to 2014, and after he died things went a bit avok (not to say he hadn't already himself some corrupt payments scandals to his name). But essentially, before there was one mogul-in-chief who ran things, whereas after people started to mess it up even more.

For a quick and famous example of how things were (are) run there, the 2015 presidency election opposing Luis Segura to Marcelo Tinelli saw them tie at 38 votes each. There were 75 voting members in the comity.

Anyways what does it matter eh, Segura (elected) lasted two years before he was forced out for "aggravated administrative fraud" (fancy terms they have).

Evidence of discontentment from the players can be found in press comments and some Messi's instagram posts circa 2016 where he highlighted AFA's "disastrous" way of running things. It was also made public by a security agent that they had to come to Messi amidst an internal dispute with AFA to ask him to do something about their 6-months due salaries — quite maddening if you think about it. Regular informations of coaches and staffs not being paid for the competition they'd worked in would come out.

Precedents beefs

Amidst all those organisational/financial/political corruption issues, it's no surprise then for there to be precedents of players, employees and coaching staff beefing with AFA. Tata Martino and his entire team resigned in July 2016 following disagreements.

Tapia

AFA current chairman Chiqui Tapia (in place since 2017) is quite a controversial figure, drawing wide support & affection one day and outrage the other. A few time ago he was praised for having relocated a U-I-Forgot world cup in Argentina, allowing our evicted team to come back to the competition (only to lose again lmfao). Recently tho, it was more outrage that prevaled for how AFA passed a regulation stipulating that the Argentine first championship wouldn't have a three-places relegation anymore. Many pointed it as the death of an otherwise already wobbly championship. He's also branded with various nicknames such as Chiqui Mafioso, pointing at his meddling with politicians (including former Economy Minister and 2023 presidential elections runner-up, Massa) and other shady stuff.

So what's up with Scaloni ?

So now here are a list of stuff people/journalists have come up with over the day regarding the potential reasons for Scaloni's declarations + some own thoughts :

6 days ago - still in the middle of Argentine's presidential elections - a journalist asked Scaloni in a press conference about the clubs' privatisation - a tumultuous topic that has been thrusted on the hands of politicians for more than a decade now. Some think the journalist was mended by Tapia or others to get Scaloni - coach of the National Selection, fresh out of a treble and thus getting lots of media attention and support from the people - to publically stand against the privatisation of the clubs and thus directly or indirectly to give support to presidential candidate Massa, supported by, as I was saying earlier, Chiqui Tapia.

Still on the political, journalists report that last week Massa asked, via Tapia, for a photo with the national team's players who refused : Tapia thus tried to pressure Scaloni in persuading them to do so.

General weariness of the way things are ran at AFA - who apparently have not taken their three peat as a hint to professionalize a bit and have still not paid the coaching staff or players for the WC win in Qatar. They also have been running up and about the globe to face really lower-ranked selections in order to bring cash in which not only tires everyone due to travel but is not to the taste of Scaloni as he'd want to keep playing against levelled opponents in the perspective of the 2024 Copa América and to find an actual usefulness to the games instead of pure exhibition for money.

So all of this = could be a way for Scaloni to publically put pressure on AFA during the break before the next international break in March, to see how they are going to react and let him time to decide if the issues have been fixed or not for him to continue as head coach.

It's worth noting apart from the political turmoil that Scaloni has also been head coach of a national team for about three years now, experimenting immense pressure which is of course at its culminating point now that they've won everything and are expected to continue to do so. A lack of motivation, a feeling of being overwhelmed by the pression can be factors for his statement. In this, I'm dabing a bit into personal experience as I'm recalled of Pep Guardiola's similar situation with FC Barcelona. Once you're on top of the world, with world-class/heavy names players filling the locker room, in a place that puts football above much things, you're bound to take a pause and look around to figure out what the sweet fuck you're going to do now. As they say it's not the destination that counts, it's the journey : the motivation can drag you for one, two, three years to every culminating point you see shining, but once you've conquered all those peaks, you can be left quite empty-handed and disoriented cause you have to find a new hunger to hit a new road again.

So here's a resume + my take of whatever's happening at the moment! I think that it could go either way, although I would be surprised to see him go before the Copa América. Whatever he does, honestly, and even though I'd be truly fucking sad and bitter to see him go, I wouldn't say a bad word about his decision, whatever it may be. How could we say anything about the guy who ended several decades long drought of trophies, put a team as close as a family together and led them to win us three trophies in the span of two years? I love him very much and whatever he does, I'll just be thankful. but yeah aimar do your job omg keep him until june for gods sake

#friends ask <3 #anon ask

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hinatastinygiant · 1 year ago

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3 | Scarlet

Pairing: Itadori x Fem!Reader

The Encounter

FLASHBACK ~ SEVERAL HOURS EARLIER

On your way to finding the campgrounds, the four of you find yourselves in a small convenience store on the edge of the woods. It's a small place, but its shelves are stocked with a good variety of snacks, drinks, and camping essentials.

You navigate the aisles with Fushiguro, grabbing a few things you'll need for your trip. Energy bars, bottled water, and a bag of chips fill your arms. Then, you head to the checkout counter where a clerk around the same age as you stands behind the register.

Nobara seizes the opportunity to flirt with the rather attractive cashier. "Hey," she greets him, flashing a smile. "How's it going?"

"Um, it's alright," he answers, sounding a little confused. "Are you guys heading into the woods?"

"Yep! Campsite 17! You been there? Man, it's going to be sooo boring out there but you could make it a lot more interesting..."

While Nobara's working her magic, you and Fushiguro put your stuff down on the counter. You pull out the money you have from your pocket, counting it and sorting the bills.

Itadori then sets down a package of matches and a first aid kit on the counter.

"Uhh, I've got work..." the cashier then answers Nobara.

"Oh... bummer. Well if you change your mind I'll be around the campsite," she then winks at him.

"Yeah... okay..."

You then pay for the snacks and gear and then make your way out of the shop. Nobara sighs, looking disappointed.

"Don't worry," Itadori says, patting her on the shoulder. "We'll find you a new target soon!"

You look over at him and roll your eyes. "Why do you have to say it like that?"

"Like what?!"

PRESENT TIME ~ FUSHIGURO'S P.O.V.

Nobara and I go to the same convenience store from earlier today. The familiar surroundings meet us, with shelves neatly stocked and overhead lights casting their artificial glow. Nobara moves fast, snatching the first bar of chocolate she can find for our evening s'mores.

With her prize in hand, she rushes to the checkout counter, and there he is, the same cashier from earlier, still at his post. His eyes widen slightly when he sees Nobara approaching, a hint of recognition mixed with a touch of resignation in his expression. I can almost hear his internal groan.

"Hi there," Nobara says, leaning her elbows on the counter and grinning up at him.

"Oh, it's you again." He sounds less than thrilled, but there's a slight pinkness to his cheeks.

"Yep, it's me!" she answers, oblivious. "Sooo, did you change your mind?"

"I'm working," he answers quickly.

"I can wait," she insists.

"Nobara, leave the poor guy alone. Just pay for the damn chocolate so we can go."

"I'm trying to get a date," she hisses back.

"I don't care," I whisper. "Just buy the stupid candy."

"Fine," she grumbles, tossing the chocolate bar on the counter.

The cashier sighs as he rings it up. "That'll be 500 yen."

She hands over the money, and then the two of us start making our way back to the campground.

When we return to the campsite, I notice Itadori zipping up our tent. His hair is a bit messy, like he was just napping in there. But then I notice that Y/N's wearing his sweatshirt. Oh, he must've gone in and given it to her and then took a nap.

Nobara then calls out to me from the campfire where Y/N is. "Hey, can the two of you go grab some more firewood from the trunk?!"

"Sure thing," I answer.

Itadori and I make our way to the car, popping open the trunk. There's a pile of firewood already in the back. I start loading my arms up with as much as I can carry, but Itadori stops me.

"You think we need all that?" he asks.

"It's better to have too much than too little," I answer.

"Yeah, but it's not like we're using the fire to keep warm. I mean, it's pretty nice out," he shrugs.

"Is it? I think Y/N looks a bit cold," I note.

Itadori turns, his eyes scanning Y/N for a second. "She's got a hoodie on," he points out as if he hadn't noticed.

"Yeah, yours," I point out, closing the trunk and walking back over to the campfire.

Itadori follows closely behind me, the two of us returning with a reasonable amount of firewood.

Nobara starts the fire with one of the matches. We all then sit in a circle around the flames, roasting the marshmallows on the end of the sticks.

"This is fun, right?" Itadori says with a grin, holding a perfectly golden-brown roasted marshmallow in the air. "Now we just need a spooky story to complete the experience!"

"No," Y/N and I immediately answer.

"Fine," he sighs, looking a little disappointed.

Nobara laughs. "Why do you two hate horror movies so much?"

"Because they're dumb," Y/N and I reply once again in unison.

"Okay, okay. No horror stories, I get it," Itadori then says, his attention turning to the other side of the campfire. "How about that shitty weather we're supposed to get then?"

"My phone said it'll rain all day tomorrow," I confirm.

"Well, that's no fun," Nobara frowns.

"I'd take rain over a curse any day of the week," Itadori chimes in with a nod.

"Me too," I agree.

"So you promise there really is no curse then..." Itadori continues.

"We've only told you that like fifty times," Y/N rolls her eyes.

"Well, yeah but-"

"It almost seems like you kind of do want there to be a curse here," she cuts him off.

"I mean... I guess it would make for a fun story," he admits, laughing.

"A fun story? You really have no survival instincts, do you?" Y/N shakes her head.

"Hey! I have survival instincts!"

"Really?" Y/N challenges, crossing her arms. "Cause you're pretty quick to rush into battle without thinking about the consequences."

"Oh, come on, I'm not that bad."

Nobara rolls her eyes and interjects. "Will you two stop bickering like an old married couple and let the rest of us enjoy this lovely evening?"

Itadori and Y/N both freeze in place.

"W-we're not..." Y/N sputters, looking at Nobara. "Don't say it like that."

"Whatever!" Nobara laughs, clearly amused by their reaction.

Itadori clears his throat. "It's getting late," he then announces. "Maybe we should call it a night."

"I agree. We can let the rain put the fire out. Let's go to bed," I agree, getting up and dusting off my pants.

Y/N and Nobara stand as well, the four of us saying goodnight and making our way to our tents.

Once I'm inside, I start changing into my pajamas and decide to question Itadori again about the weird Y/N wearing his hoodie situation.

"So, why'd you let Y/N wear your hoodie?" I ask.

"Huh? Oh, it's nothing, really. I just didn't want her to get cold, that's all."

"But you said it wasn't cold... and it's not like she didn't have other options."

"Geez, Fushiguro, why do you keep bringing it up?" Itadori laughs awkwardly, scratching the back of his neck. "It was just a nice thing I did, that's all."

"Alright," I say with a sigh, dropping the subject. "Fine. Let's just go to bed."

The Encounter

Taglist: @liyahsocorro @Bandit6199 @little-aruma

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visionarystoryteller · 1 year ago

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Love Meets War || 3

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X/OC - Emileeah Rogers - essentially you

Wardlow - Micheal Wardlow

Warnings:

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Emileeah stood in the far part of the tunnel to the stage, capturing pictures of Wardlow standing on stage basking in his win. Once she got a few good shots, she moved back into the guerilla looking at some of the pictures she had taken, before taking some more pictures of Orange Cassidy and the Bestfriends, getting ready to go out for a match. Once Micheals music ended, the bestfriends and OC moved to get in position and Emileeah moved to lean against the brick wall, looking at the shots she captured.

She hadn’t really been paying attention until Ares started to yip. She looked up at saw Micheal making his way straight towards her in his sweaty glory. Emileeah moved her camera in front of her face and snapped a picture of him. Micheal stayed unfazed but had one thing in mind. She let the camera hang from her neck as Micheal got closer. Once Micheal was close enough he put his hands on Emileeahs face and brought her to her tippy toes and smashed his lips onto hers. Emileeah moaned into the kiss and tried to pull him closer.

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Emileeah was snapped out her daydream when Micheal looked at her up and down after calling her name. The kiss didn’t actually happen. None of it did. Emileeah blinked a few times and shook her head. Micheal tilted his head.

“You okay small stuff?” He asked her as he bent down and petted Ares.

“Yea yea, just was thinking about something for pictures, sorry” Emileeah replied sheepishly. God was she embarrassed.

“You sure your okay?”

“Yea” she smiles at him.

“Okay, I’m gonna take Ares off your hands and go get cleaned up. I’ll meet up with you when I’m done okay?” Micheal asks. Emileeah grabs a hold of her camera that was hanging around her neck and smiled up at Micheal.

“Sounds good” she says. He kisses her forehead and walks off with Ares. Once he was out of sight, Emileeah let out a long sigh. Britt who was across the hall, had seen her daze before Micheal had come back and made her way over to her. Britt leaned against the wall next to her.

“Sooo, what was that about?” Britt asks, bumping her shoulder slightly. Emileeah looked over at Britt and bit her lip.

“I totally just daydreamed Micheal kissing me. Like on the lips.” Emileeah says sheepishly. Britt looked at her with a raised eyebrow.

“Well well well” britt says with a smile. Emileeah waves her off.

“I…I don’t even know” she shakes her head.

“I say go for it” Britt shrugs. Emileeah looks at her a little shocked.

“Oh please Em. I see you two. He’s totally putting the moves on you, which I haven’t seen since me and his wrestling early days….although that girl was a bitch…not my point. He likes you. And don’t think I didn’t see how red you were the other day before me and Austin came and sat with y’all…what did he say to you?” Britt asks with a smug look. Emileeah giggles and waves her off.

“I am not telling you that” Emileeah laughs. Britt giggles.

“Ooooohhhhh okay okay, but I say go for it” Britt says.

“Maybe” Emileeah says.

“Cool, I gotta go find Austin, I’ll text you okay?” Britt asks. Emileeah nods. Britt pulls her into a hug and kisses her cheek.

“Love you girl” she says as she walks off. Emileeah laughs and smiles. Britt really was a great friend.

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Emileeah had finished posting the pictures that she transferred from her camera, to the social media accounts when she heard Ares paws and nails on the concrete. She looked up and saw Micheal and Ares coming straight towards her.

“Hey small stuff” Micheal says leaning on her desk.

“Hey” she smiles up at him. Ares barks at her. Emileeah turns her attention to Ares and gives his head a kiss and pets him.

“Hi boy” she says.

“Oh so he gets a kiss. Damn Ares, stealing my small stuff” Micheal says. Emileeahs heart skips a beat as she hugs Ares around his neck.

“But look at how cute he is!” She says with a pout. Micheal bends down and looks Emileeah in her eyes. Emileeah tried not to look down at Micheals thighs, they were stretching the fabric so tight.

“He is cute, I’ll give him that, but not as cute as you and you know it” he says, as Ares backs up a little to look at his dad and Emileeah. Emileeah went silent, the tension between the two building more and more with every second. Micheal looks over her face, her cheeks had a red hue and her eyes where shy but he just couldn’t look away. Emileeah turns her head to look over at Ares. Micheals hand reaches out to her cheek and turns her face to him. Micheal take a chance and leans forward and pulls Emileeahs head in a little bit and places his lips on hers. Emileeah squeaked a little when she knew what was happening. Micheal was kissing her. She suddenly pulls away. Micheal furrows his eyebrows a little and looks at Emileeah.

“Okay daydream over now Em” she chided herself. She bunches the bridge of her nose and takes a deep breath. Micheal raises an eyebrow and smirks a little. She thought she was daydreaming. Emileeah opened her eyes and saw a smirking Wardlow.

“Not daydreaming small stuff” Micheal says. Emileeahs mouth drops open. She blinks a few times. Then she pinches her arm and realizes that just actually happened. A small squeak falls from her throat making Micheal let out a quiet growl. Emileeah covers her mouth with both hands. Micheal chuckles.

“I…oh….uh” Emileeah giggles embarrassed.

“Do you want me to do it again?” Micheal asks. Emileeah looks into Micheals eyes and nods just enough he sees and grabs her cheeks in both his hands and places his lips back on hers. Emileeahs hands grip into Micheals forearms as the kiss grows more intense and Micheals tongue pries Emileeahs mouth open, he inserts his, gently caressing his tongue with yours. All too soon, Micheal pulls away.

“Wanna go get some food and relax in my room?” Micheal asks. Emileeah smiles shyly nodding. Micheal stands up and grabs her hand and helps her up. Emileeah grabs her camera bag and purse and Micheal puts his bag on his shoulder and Ares leash, walking out of the building together.

#visionarystoryteller #storytellingg #storyteller writes #story teller g #storytellerguniverse #all elite wrestling #aew #wrestling imagines #Micheal Wardlow #AEW Wardlow #wardaddy #Wardlow #mini series #fanfiction

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riddlerosehearts · 7 months ago

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Ok, I need to know your fob album ranking and top 10 songs, GO!

oooh okay so i need to start by saying that i am heavily biased toward their older stuff because... i've listened to fall out boy since i was probably too young to listen to fall out boy AFGKJDF and their pre-hiatus albums essentially shaped my music taste and helped me get through a lot of difficult times in my life. so i'm really just generally more attached to them than the rest but i do like every single one of their albums at least a little because they all have songs i love. i also had to think about this a bit and am still not sure if it's a perfect ranking because i'm incredibly indecisive. but this is what i'm feeling right now! (also i apologize in advance for adding a bunch of commentary and rambling instead of just giving you the ranking LOL)

albums:

from under the cork tree - was the first FOB album i ever listened to so i'm biased but it's so fucking good. especially if you include the bonus tracks from it. there is not a single song on here that i don't love.

infinity on high - contains my favorite FOB song (okay maybe it's illogical that my #1 song is from my #2 album but listen... it's a very close #2), aesthetically has the coolest album cover, and it's just fantastic all around--again, especially if you include the bonus tracks.

take this to your grave - i feel like a lot of people hate TTTYG nowadays and i'll never understand why. it's a great album. it's classic pop punk and just pure fun.

folie a deux - literally never understood the hate this album got when it came out!! it's so good!! i remember listening to the whole thing the same day as it dropped and loving it and being so confused seeing how much people complained about it :(

so much (for) stardust - okay i actually love this album so much that #5 feels too low but if i switched it with folie then #5 would feel too low for folie so idk 😭😭 my favorite post-hiatus album BY FAR though. it's sooo good and it's also special to me because i literally never got to see fall out boy live until they toured for its release last year.

save rock and roll - has some misses for me, as do the albums i've ranked below it, but overall i like my favorite songs from SRAR more than i like my faves from the albums below, and it gets bonus points for how cool the youngblood chronicles is + the nostalgia i associate with FOB's return from their hiatus.

american beauty/american psycho - ABAP gets a lot of hate but i think it kind of rocks actually and putting it at #7 feels slightly wrong. it's really only this low because something has to be and because again, i like my favorite SRAR songs more than my favorite ABAP songs.

mania - i think a lot of people on here get mad if you put MANIA last so i'm sorry afksjgdsf. it honestly just has the lowest number of songs i really like and has several that i don't. though i will say that last of the real ones is a certified banger and i was so glad it had a permanent spot on the tourdust setlist.

songs:

hum hallelujah - my beloved 💙💙 when i saw FOB live they had a slot on the setlist where each night they'd either play bang the doldrums or hum hallelujah and i won't lie, i did feel disappointed for a second when doldrums started. i got over it because i love that song too but. hum hallelujah is one of my all time favorite songs.

i slept with someone in fall out boy and all i got was this stupid song written about me - my favorite song on FUTCT and another all time fave. i also think this is the funniest song title of all time btw.

G.I.N.A.S.F.S. - so jealous of anyone who's gotten to see this played live as a magic 8-ball song :(

calm before the storm - this having a permanent spot on the tourdust setlist got me hyped like you wouldn't believe because they had last played it in 2007. underappreciated banger.

love from the other side - this was literally my top song of 2023 on my spotify wrapped. i made an angsty raeda gifset with lyrics from it not long after the single came out because it made me so insane.

sugar we're goin' down - might be a bit of a basic choice but it was the first FOB song i ever liked and it fucking slaps 💖 also when i saw them live i swear patrick changed the lyrics to "wishing to be the friction in his jeans" which is just. legendary and iconic of him.

disloyal order of water buffaloes

grand theft autumn/where is your boy - again, a basic choice, but sometimes things are popular for a reason!

the carpal tunnel of love

#asks #all-you-had-to-do-was-neigh #SORRY i can never just answer a question normally and have to write essays afskjgsdfg #picking just 10 favorite FOB songs is so hard honestly #i'd love to hear your ranking as well if you'd like to share it!!#fall out boy

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shzmluvrs · 1 year ago

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I had the request screenshotted, but I lost it in my gallery after deleting a bunch of stuff for storage space and can't find it, sooo... my fault, shawty😗.

~ Star✨️

Unexceptable

(but not for the reasons you think, don't trip)

Prompt: Study date turned movie night? I think, yes. Except, obviously, it's not a date. You guys have established that within yourselves multiple times over the period of being assigned this project. So then, why does it feel like a date? And why didn't you think about doing the unthinkable before you did it? Why would you- Oh, nevermind, he liked it.

Timeline: Post S!:FOTG

TW/Content:⚡️These bitches gay. Good for them. Good for them⚡️Cursing⚡️Mentions of struggle/confusion with identity and sexuality⚡️Mentions of death (in a jokey way, you'll see/be able to tell the context, don't worry)⚡️Billy being maybe slightly OOC?? But also maybe not

Reader: Male! He/Him/His Pronouns! LGBTQ+!

Requested By: @bansheecries

Back To Master List

Before the teacher could even call your name, your hand shot up into the air. She stared at you behind her glasses, unsure of whether or not she should bother before inevitably doing so.

"Yes, (Y/N)?"

"Can I work by myself?"

Normally, the sudden attention of all of your peers would make you want to gag and recluse. But, you were willing to ignore it this time, seeing as working with some random classmate you didn't even get to pick seemed a lot worse.

"Well, honey, it's a group project. You can't do all of that work on your own."

'Oh, yes, the hell I can...' Was your thought to her innocent attempt at persuasion. On top of the anxiety working with a stranger caused you, you also knew that if you were stuck off with the wrong people, you'd most likely end up doing all of the work anyway. And get a lower percentage of the credit.

Screw that.

"It's fine, I just really wanna work on my own." You attempted twice, and the teacher still wouldn't buy it as she offered up a compromise.

"How about you just work with a partner, instead? There isn't enough to make equal groups of four, anyway, so... uhh..." She scanned down her list of student's names, stopping when she was satisfied with her choice.

"Billy Batson. You two can work together!"

You couldn't and didn't even look in his direction, not wanting to see whatever reaction it was that he had to this bit of information. You also refused to look in order to hide your own response, absolutely sure your body would just rat you out with the glowing red of your cheeks or the nervous shake of your hands.

Although, you supposed that this was what you deserved for being picky in the first place. Now left with the unavoidable predicament of working with your year long hallway crush, you figured you might as well make the best of it. Besides, you didn't even know if he was...

If he was part of...

He didn't even give off that vibe if you were honest with yourself. And you couldn't draw on whether or not he'd, at the very least, even be an ally. What would crush you is if he wasn't. And what would kill you is if he was in the community and just not into you.

So your "best of it" was essentially just getting free, extra eye-candy, at the low, low price of doing some lame school project.

What could go wrong?

"Now, class, I want you all to really focus on working through this over your weekend! It's due Monday afternoon, and not a minute later, so I don't wanna hear any 'Oh, I didn't have the time...!' excuses!"

"Hey..."

You practically jumped out of your seat at the sudden greeting, not even processing that it was Billy's voice until you looked up to meet his emerald eyes.

God, had he always been that tall?

"Yeah, what's up?" Was your painfully played off "nonchalant" response, as if you weren't literally scrambling to gather your loose items together and hold eye contact at the same time.

"I know we could just do this online, or whatever, but I've never really been good at the whole research thing... so, d'you wanna just hang and do it at my place?"

You could only stare, like a deer caught in headlights at his invitation that had ceased any movements you were making to a full stop while the class continued to chatter in their boisterous cliques and groups.

"Huh...?"

"The project." Billy clarified, hoping he wasn't being too quiet for you to hear. He was aware of his tendency to pose as a little distant. Maybe even shy. But with you, he hoped to possibly strive for some sort of friendship outside of his siblings and goddesses (a.k.a. Anthea, unknowingly to the average citizen, of course). He was never around in a single place long enough to actually form a connection, and now that he had been, he figured being partnered up with one person rather than thrusted into a group seemed to be more his speed.

Plus, Billy was intrigued with you enough as it is, always catching your eyes staring into his before you'd quickly look away. Or whenever you'd pass him, there'd be a sudden tension he couldn't place that was gone just as fast it came. Weird, at first, which was what anyone would think. But later on, as spoken...

Intriguing.

"Oh, yeah. Sure, I can do that." You nodded, flushing away any previous anxieties while Billy's lips pulled into the tiniest of smiles.

"Cool. Just meet me outside when school let's out, we'll just walk."

And with that, he was heading back towards his desk, leaving you to anticipate the future events of this afternoon.

The bell rang. Last period...

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It came and went, all thirty minutes of your eighth period class spent with your heart pounding outside against your ribcage and your palms sweating. You would've wiped the denim from your jeans away if it were possible, given how many times you'd run your hands against them. You couldn't even focus on the lesson, repeating in your head all of the things you could and should say and do.

Reminding yourself to act "normal" whatever that truly meant. It was times like these you struggled the most with being at peace with your identity. Technically, you were out. But it wasn't like everyone knew that, nor cared. And for those who did care, it was usually in a negative aspect that left you feeling isolated and abnormal.

But at the same time... you could be thinking about this all too deeply. It was just a harmless crush, and you knew nothing was likely to come of it. You relaxed yourself as you walked through the halls of Fawcett Central, knowing that whatever was meant to happen would. And that it wouldn't happen if you couldn't handle it.

Deep breaths. In, and out...

"Oh, so you're definitely (Y/N)...!"

You were taken aback by such a statement. Was it... obvious? Then again, who else would you be? But still-

"'Sup." You greeted with a head nod, the boy coated in blue returning it with an excited grin and a knowing point. You recognized him but couldn't place his name. A frequent target of the fraternal Breyer twins, the kid who was friends with superheroes, has a whole YouTube account dedicated to The Human Powerstorm...

"Y'know, Billy's been talking about you non-stop, and honeslty... I thought you'd be-"

"Shut up, Freddy..." Billy demanded though his teeth, sending his brother a nudge to the side.

Oh, there it is. That was his name.

. . .wait, what? Thought you'd be what...?!

"What, dude?! I was just gonna say I thought he'd be taller."

Oh, okay.

"We're the same height." Billy grumbled once more, rolling his eyes while you continued to stare. He stated a fact you didn't even realize, always having just assumed Billy was taller than you. But you supposed, now with the both of you standing, you were about the same height. Ideal for hugging.

You shook your head at the last thought, an intrusive one that made you grow hot at just the thought. Instead, you played it off as amusement, adding a shrug and a chuckle along with as you spoke up.

"It's fine, dude. It could be worse. We could be getting mistaken for sixth graders."

There was a pause in the air, the brothers staring until Freddy's smirk grew into a genuine (and... unique) laugh.

"I like this guy!" Was his announcement, throwing an arm around your shoulders. "I totally get why you two got paired up, now."

"Right..."

Billy seemed a little less than enthusiastic about the statement, but only because he'd wished Freddy would remove his arm from around you. He didn't know you like that, and he was already praying things wouldn't be awkward. Especially with his family.

Not that... Billy himself knew you that well, either. Regardless, he stared daggers and was only back to feeling content when Freddy finally dropped it and turned the conversation to the both of you rather than simply bombarding you with a million different questions.

Not that you minded, simply enjoying the walk to their house and seeing this as an opportunity to make new friends, get closer to more people. Certain people. Plus, Freddy's constant sly jokes eased your nerves, making it easy for you to use them as a launchpad in talking to Billy. He was happy to reciprocate whenever he could, but still remained somewhat reserved.

Neither you nor Freddy could truly place why, exactly. But it didn't last long as you approached their large home, yourself gazing up at it while the brothers entered ahead.

"Fair warning, my siblings are... I dunno, they're insane. So just, like... ignore them." Was Billy's slightly ominous warning, which left you to laugh in the slightest in understanding.

"Sure thing."

Your one instructed task to ignore his family was something you failed at almost instantly. How could you when one was cushions deep into the couch, yelling at his switch? Another hurriedly sweeping piles of confetti under a rug in hopes for her mess not to be seen. Two more arguing who gets to pick the next song while Freddy was quick to join the chaos, wandering in between them as if he were the true mediator of the bunch.

And then, the oldest two adults in the house, which you assumed had to be the parents, came into view in hopes to reorganize the child-ridden living room. The perfect chance for Billy to slip you by and upstairs to his room. No one noticing, no one stopping the two of you and causing a scene about the whole ordeal...

"C'mon, let's go." The brunette whispered, eagerly letting you walk ahead as if he were almost trying to push you up the steps.

"Oh, hey, kiddo! How was school?"

"Billy, who's your friend?"

Shit.

"Oh, he's-... We're just partners for a school thing, it's...not a big deal."

Rosa didn't believe that not one bit. Well, the school project made total sense, but the way she watched her son fidget around you nervously and refused to make eye contact, for fear of showing off the red glow of his cheeks, made it evident his feelings resided in hopes of being much more than "school partners".

Victor, on the other hand, thought nothing of it. Elated at the fact that such a partnership could breed new grounds for a potential friendship outside of someone already living in the house. He just needed to instill some much needed confidence and encouragement into his son, and all would be well.

"Ah! I remember those days...!" Victor sighed fondly. "You boys just let me know if you need any help. I happen to know my way around a marker and some glitter, courtesy of Darla."

"Dad, no, please..." Billy began, Darla peaking her head from around the corner of the den at the mention of her name.

"It's just research, we'll be fine."

"I actually... don't mind glitter..." You spoke up with a smile, already amused with the dynamics going on around you. But a quick glance in Billy's direction made you shrug, his joking glare meeting your (E/C) eyes, causing your opinion to change.

"But just research is fine, too."

"Of course." Victor nodded, turning and gesturing towards the boy in blue. He had regretfully gotten himself in the middle of Pedro and Mary's playlist argument, trying his very hardest to play "Keep Away" with the iPod held high above his head and waving it around wildly to avoid snatches and grabs. It was only when he heard his name that he paused, Mary taking the opportunity to yank the device away as he stared.

"Freddy is the one you go to for that. Or Mary, but I think she's busy."

"Well, good thing he has me." Billy retorted, a murmur that was laced with irritation and yet still caused the heat to rise to your cheeks. If you were already this flustered at simple and more than likely meaningless words and slight glances, you didn't have a clue as to how you were going to make it through the next couple of hours.

But, you weren't really left with much of an option, Rosa swift to intervene as she ushered you two away and up the stairs.

"Why don't you two just go on and get started. I'll just check on you later and bring snacks or something, okay? Okay, have fun!"

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Though Billy thought "fun" was near impossible given the circumstances, he wasn't shocked at the fact that your presence was making this all a little more bearable.

A lot more bearable, quickly discovering and admiring how efficient you were with your half of the project. Researching and rewording information seemed to be an ease for you, so much so that you were even able to multitask. Holding an entire conversation with Billy about something completely unrelated while leaving him to focus on the more visually appealing, creative bit of the presentation.

Of course, bliss would never last for as long as he'd hoped, Freddy consistently trying to barge in and join in on the bonding or offering uneeded advice. To both of you, on what should go where and what should be said about your school project. And to Billy, separately, his brother having already assumed the most intense of interests you could have in another person; a crush.

Or when Rosa would pop her head in, ever so curious as to what the two of you were up to, seeing if you were hungry and whatnot. As well as to shoot Billy knowing glances and encouraging thumbs up.

He would brush away the both of them, further amusing you and raising your hopes up in the matter that maybe Billy wasn't just eyecandy. That maybe you really did have a chance, if you played your cards just right. But, you also figured maybe right now wasn't the time. The circumstances incorrect.

'Just work on being his friend, first.' You thought. 'Don't blow it before you even have a chance.'

Even with such self-instruction, it was still hard. Hard to just want to be Billy's friend when everything that happened between the two of you insinuated more. At least, that's what you thought whenever your hands would lightly brush up against one another's. Sharing a pencil and notebook, or simply just because you were sat too close to one another.

Or when when one of you would enthusiastically keep the side conversation going, and then hurriedly look away to avoid such intense eye contact. Shy, the both of you, even though there was seemingly no reason to be. You even found it endearing when Billy would go through the trouble to kick Freddy and Rosa out of the room, away from the scene. Rejecting their offers of snacks or help, just for him to turn around and ask/say things like, "Are you hungry? I could get you something real quick." "Oh, don't worry, I can do that, you don't have to..." right afterwards.

"What, is that a band or something?" Was his next question. Although, this one wasn't as endearing and silly, or grounds for a new topic. No, this one... this one shocked you. Visibly.

"No, it's not a band!" You exclaimed through a chuckle of disbelief. "It's a movie! You've...never seen 'Stand By Me'?"

"No...?" He answered, more in tone of a question while your jaw dropped further to the ground, if possible.

"Never??"

"...Should I have?"

You disregarded it, the both of you now chuckling awkwardly seeing as he wouldn't be able to understand your reference anyway. And yet, you were curious to know what he had seen. Maybe you two would have a familiar favorite in common. Prerequisite for a friendship to thrive, of course. Totally not you just wanting to know everything about him.

"IT?"

"It, what?"

"No, the movie." You laughed. "IT."

Billy looked away, thinking for a moment and then answering the moment his green eyes shifted back to you.

"Didn't that just come out not that long ago?"

"What? Dude- No." You sighed. "First of all, it dropped in 2017, so no, it didn't just come out. And second, I'm talking about the original one. You know, Jonathan Brandis, all of them..."

"I don't... keep up... who?" Billy stammered, urging you to explain a little deeper.

"Seth Green... Tim Curry... these are well-known people, man."

Apparently not, silence clouding over the two of you as Billy shrugged lazily, smiling to himself, wishing he had a clue what you were talking about. Although he enjoyed hearing you ramble, he wished he could participate a little more. Harder than he thought, realizing he never spent much time on pop culture until, what...? Late fifteen?

He couldn't be blamed for that, could he? He was new to this. He only had three years of experience being an actual, semi-normsl teenager!

"Okay, fine, whatever." You huffed, mocking offense to his uncultured ways. "There's no way you haven't seen 'Breakfast Club', though."

"Uh, way." He sassed with another awkward chuckle, leaving your eyes to go wide in incredulity. "What is that? Do they have a club where they talk about breakfast? Like-"

"No, it's about-... Oh my god, bro, do you live under a rock?"

Sharing a loud laugh, both at his words and the ridiculousness of not having seen (in your opinion) such a masterpiece, you threw more to the table in rapid fire. Lightning round.

"Back To The Future."

"Nah."

"Gremlins."

"Mm-mm."

"Honey, I Shrunk The Kids."

"Sounds lame."

"Ignoring that. E.T."

"That's the one with the kids and the bikes, right? With that alien?"

"Yes!" You hissed in excitement. But seconds after, it struck you. You had to be sure...

"Wait, was it on Netflix?"

"Yeah."

You huffed. E.T. was not on Netflix.

"That's 'Stranger Things', Billy..."

"Nuh-uh." He shook his head. "Mary and Freddy are watching that together, and I refuse to give in to the hype. It wasn't a show, either. It was a movie."

"Earth to Echo..." You sighed, and he nodded quickly, giving an excited point and a smile in your direction.

"Yeah, that's it!"

"Dude..." You trailed, pinching the bridge of your nose before throwing out one last suggestion. He had to have seen this one.

"Goonies."

"Okay, now you're just making stuff up." Billy smirked, turning his attention back to the laptop while noises you couldn't even name if you wanted to left your lips.

"...!! You're literally wearing a shirt for it! Like, deadass merch on your body, right now."

Billy looked down, tugging at his gray T-shirt and looking almost shocked to see the word 'Goonies' written in its iconic font.

"I... just liked the pattern, man. I didn't know it was a movie."

And when he looked back up to meet your narrowed eyes, filled with a sudden determination he could recognize from the many times Freddy or Darla possessed the exact same look... he knew he was in for it.

"Unexceptable."

The laptop was whisked away from his arms into yours, your fingers expertly moving at a fast pace to Google, typing in a website you used to pirate watch movies for free. He watched, intrigued when you typed in the name of the movie on his shirt and hit play.

"What about the project?"

"Trust me, your knowledge on some of the greatest teen films of all time is much more important than some random facts on ancient Greece."

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You were right, Billy found, having thoroughly enjoyed 'Goonies'. As well as 'Karate Kid', 'Super 8', and right now, half of 'Weird Science'. He also noticed another fact, one of which he voiced to you under the light of the computer screen. The only light in the room, minus some coming from the hallway through the cracked door, seeing as the sun had gone down.

"You're really into the whole... eighties scene, huh?"

"Eighties, nineties, early two-thousands..." You trailed, your eyes glued to the screen as Billy's returned.

"I fuck with it." Billy nodded in approval.

"You'd better." You scoffed, playfully nudging him with your shoulder. "These are literal works of art, I don't know how you missed them."

"I wasn't alive when half- No, all of these came out, (N/N)."

You felt the heat rise from your chest to your cheeks at a sudden nickname he had given you. It was the one thing that had finally brought you out of your nostalgic trance, seeing how nighttime plagued the room and how close you two had remained for so much time. Reminiscing on moments that had happened mere hours ago during the other movies. Deep dive talks, laughter, even more light touches you fought yourself to ignore.

Even now, your leg pressed up against his. Should you move it? Had it always been there? Maybe you shouldn't move it if it's been there the whole time. It'd be sudden and weird. Or maybe your leg up against his was already weird, and he was just being polite about it, not saying anything.

Oh shit. You hadn't said anything, either.

"Yeah, well, neither was I, and I still found a way."

"That's 'cause you're weird."

Your head whipped towards him at such a nonchalant statement, and though your brain was screaming at you to play it off in some way...

...Ignore it, act like you didn't hear it, take it as a joke...

"In a good way." He added swiftly, meeting your eyes that were full of offense, but now softening into flatterment while all that left you was a small, "Oh." sound.

"I like being aro- Hanging out with you. You're-... It's cool. Like, I like you, y'know?"

Billy fixing his words to sound more... "acceptable" didn't at all change the meaning of them. Not when his tone was filled with complete adulation for you. When he could barely push it out in more than a whispered volume, and certainly not when his eyes were blown as they scanned each and every feature on your face. Not shamelessly, though. It was more of a subconscious act that he couldn't help, now that he was finally given the chance under less than preferred lighting.

You couldn't miss any such signals if you tried.

"I like you, too." You responded, your lips curving into a tiny smile with attempts to find the words that matched his own. To convey everything you wanted to tell him and more, because you knew "I like you" just isn't enough. It was too vague, too... simple. It could mean everything, but it could also mean nothing. And, natrually, you wanted it to mean something.

Something like...

. . .

Something like not regret, even though that's what you felt immediately after you had pushed your lips onto his. If anything, you hadn't thought you could scramble away from someone faster while seated in a chair (at least, not without falling on the floor) until you did it successfully, just now. Regret festered into shame in mere seconds, and word-vomit was coming up, and out of your throat before you could stop it.

"Fuck, dude. Shit, I'm so sorry, I don't know why I-... I mean, I do, but it wasn't- I should've...asked? I don't know, I just, I-..."

"No, no, no, it's fine, don't worry about it."

'Don't worry about it? Was that a gold thing or a bad thing? As in, just forget it ever happened? Impossible, nope. This whole thing is ruined forever, there is no "forget about it," that's. . . Or like, as in it was cool and he wanted it...? Or, at least, liked it, I don't know. Oh my god, I'm gonna kill my-'

Billy clearing his throat brought you out of your head, and back into the deafening silence that caved over the two of you. Torture, really, the only word you could find to describe the whole ordeal until you found yourself apologizing again.

"Billy, I'm sorry that I-... Y'know..."

"I told you, it's fine." He shrugged, having not even taken his eyes off of the screen. Not... the best sign, although it became clear he had more to say as he looked down into his lap.

"I've, um... never been kissed before. So I just..." He laughed. "Was I any good?"

"You... What?"

Well, now you were just hopelessly lost, aside from being a hopeless romantic. Billy could practically sense the cogs turning in your head, from one, "Did I just steal his first kiss?" cog, to the "Wait, he's gay, too?!" cog, to the-

"You knew??!" Billy laughed at your exclamation, watching as you covered your face and shook your head in full embarrassment. Your repetition of the words going muffled by your palms.

"Oh my fucking god, you knew..."

"If it makes you feel any better," Billy started, gently prying your hands away in order to see you. Or to show off those stupid adorable dimples he had whenever he smiled. Probably both. "Not right away."

"When'd you clock it?" You asked, curiosity getting the better of you as he moved himself so that he was back to being as close as possible to you.

"Right after 'Super 8'."

"Damn."

You thought you would've relaxed by now, free of the feelings, free of the closet, and the emotional turmoil that came with both. But with Billy's palm against the side of your face, bringing you in for more light pecks, you thought that maybe you'd slip into a heart attack or grow faint with how dizzy you were.

"OH MY GOD?!"

Scratch all that. It was now all back to panic and stress again as the two of you actually fell out of your seats this time trying to get away from each other, quickly looking towards the door to find Freddy's eyes near bulging out of his skull while Rosa struggled to keep her mouth covered with her hand. Hiding a wide grin.

"SORRY, sorry, our bad, we'll just-!" Victor stammered, throwing his hand up in an awkward wave, trying his best to shut the door with his wife and Freddy in the way.

"We just wanted to check in, carry on...!"

"We didn't see anything!" Rosa nearly squealed, having clearly seen everything as Pedro was quick and last to add, "You're gay, too?!"

The slam of the door triggered your burst into laughter, Billy struggling to pull himself together.

"Dude, you-..." Your gut laughs cut you off, practically gasping for air in between each giggle while he could only shake his head, glaring at the floor.

"I'm gonna kill my-"

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Idk bout y'all, but I love this fr. Like... I kinda sorta maybe based it off of a friend's experience (not to a T, I actually changed up a lot), but I still think that makes it all the more genuine.

Plus, a lot of the writing/thoughts are thoughts I've had my damnself dealing with my own sexuality and identity and whatnot (I'm Bisexual and Polyamorous), so it really just...

I'm proud. Of myself, of this imagine, of you all out there who are proud to be who you are, and I want you to know that you aren't alone. Because even if you only have one person on this planet who supports and loves you, just know that it's me (and Moon, ofc, so that's technically two).

DMs are always open, happy pride month, and I love you all so, so much🫶🏽💞.

~ Star✨️🏳️‍🌈

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lottieurl · 2 years ago

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HI me again i had a paper to write but i'm back actually talking about the lottie point i was originally going to write about before getting possessed by the urge to write mari nolastname analysis. but basically i was thinking about how passive lottie was throughout old wounds, something that has been talked about quite a bit already. i was sort of thinking about that in relation to what we see in lottie's flashback episode as well as what we see in the s2 premiere of like... lottie is always spoken for, she is silently resigned to other people telling her what these visions mean and whether they're good or bad, something to hide or something to listen to and indulge in. like the scene of lottie at the top of the stairs listening to her parents argue about what to do with her vs lottie watching silently as the group argues about her in the cabin vs lottie catatonic and letting her dad decide what to do with her post rescue like... not only is she never a voice in the conversation but these are also SUCH polarized messages she's getting like. there is something wrong with her she's sick but then she's a prophet and a god in those woods and then it's right back to there is something wrong with lottie we need to fix her. and then something about adult lottie and all her guilt about everything. "we are the ones making ourselves sick". lottie takes all of the accountability and yet has none of the agency. like she Does make decisions for sure, she's not a passive character, but she lets other people decide what position to put her in and then acts from there. and like... how confusing and awful are all of these strong, loudly voiced, opposed opinions (that are honestly both dehumanizing in a way) for someone who is already scared and uncertain of their own experiences and what they mean? i love lottie matthews she makes me sooo. yeah. -cannibal laura lee anon

okay so. seems like the right time to discuss something i don't think i've seen discussed because i think people aren't sure how to talk about it. which... honestly i'm not sure either. everyone can judge for themselves whether they think how the show deals with mental health related issues is good or bad, there's for sure stuff to criticize or at least be aware of. but that's not really what i want to talk about. i want to talk about lottie in-universe and what are my thoughts and interpretations of her character and what she's going through. so! with that out of the way

lottie starts the show as a character who - i assume based on context clues with her childhood flashback and the meds we see her take in the days following their plane crash - has been on what i assume are antipsychotics for years (haven't researched how were psychiatrists prescribing those to minors in the 90s in usa but the show has lottie go through shock therapy after plane crash which is just. pretty damn unrealistic for the 90s so i think we can safely assume those meds are meant to be antipsychotics). my personal take on her character is that what happens to her is a mix of actual mental illness and something paranormal and regardless of that she's forced to quit her meds cold turkey after a traumatic event. even if her body and her mind dealt with it relatively well that's just horribly stressful for a 17yo who's been told for most of her life to fear her mind essentially and that she NEEDS those pills. she's so clearly anxious and then i think she's going through those rapid mood changes and then she's DRUGGED without her knowledge. like quite frankly that sounds horrifying especially in the context of what she's been through? and you're right it's this character we sort of see "in power" a lot in some ways but she doesn't actually have that much agency over herself and her life and i think she's trying to reframe it and change it in her adulthood through what she's... created and i think it's.. fascinating how she's trying to BE what people need her to be and who they think she is? at least so far in season 2. like jokes aside the fact that she's using things she's definitely learned in therapy before plane crash hurts me a little because to me that means she did find those techniques helpful and so she's trying to grasp at what might help her and others out there

#does any of this make sense? no clue but i will just post it anyway #cannibal laura lee anon #yellowjackets blogging #lottie

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imunbreakabledude · 3 hours ago

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well, you wanted to hear what i had to say about wicked (part one)

so now you get it. i will try to keep this brief (by my standards) bc i need to go to bed soon but. it's possible it shall not be.

i have written often on this blog of how the works of art/entertainment that frustrate me the most are those which are almost the best they can be, that have so much to offer, and yet have some bizarre choices that hold them back. The "good and almost great" usually inspires me to complain a lot more than the "meh" or "bad." and such is the case, unsurprisingly, with wicked part 1.

tl;dr version - this shouldn't be two movies!!! and if it was going to be two movies, then the first one should at least be a reasonable length and not almost three fucking hours long!!! (essentially all of my other 'criticisms' are nitpicks due to holding the stage show close to my heart.)

it was so long. that's my headline. it was so fucking long. and I heard from some friends who saw it before me that it "didn't feel long," but sweet oz, it felt sooooo fucking slow to me. maybe that's because I know the stage show pretty well; maybe it's because i have an innately low tolerance for movies over 2 hours and every minute that it goes further past 2 hours it requires more and more brilliance to justify that length in my mind.

but i'm so baffled. "they're adding stuff from the book!" people said, attempting to justify that absurd runtime. "they're adding more DEPTH. because wicked on stage is so FAST and the storylines are so RUSHED."

i suppose you could say it's less "rushed" when they pad things out with extra exposition, super long reaction shots, and then give you a YEAR LONG INTERMISSION. I suppose you COULD say that. but in my humble opinion you don't fix pacing by just arbitrarily slowing things down. (in my humble opinion, wicked the musical doesn't have that much in the way of pacing issues, either; it's intentionally a fast broad-strokes story because that's a big part of what helps it work in that format.)

anyway, there was a LOT of good. good performances, especially from cynthia erivo and jonathan bailey; jeff goldblum and michelle yeoh were expectedly excellent as well. BEAUTIFUL sets, costumes, cinematics. I loved the richness of the orchestrations with even more musicians than the live show... (when i wasn't getting blue balled. more on that later).

i'll just bullet point thoughts about each part now so i don't forget shit

absolutely furious at the omission of the line "that depends on what you mean by 'friend.'" like, wtf? they cut sooo few things from the musical so why that line? it's fucking iconic

likewise, confused (though not upset) at the change from "it's atrocious!" to "It's uncanny!" in no one mourns the wicked. it just distracted me sooo much because they made sooo few changes or cuts to the music/lyrics, like SHOCKINGLY few (other than EXTENDING sequences). and I remain very confused as to why that one word was changed. it doesn't exactly "soften" that sequence, they're still calling baby elphaba "it," they're still calling her ugly for being green. idk how changing "atrocious" affects... anything

this is sooooo a me caring about the books thing, even though it's objectively beautiful and i get "WHY" they did it. i was like: SHIZ IS NOT NEXT TO A FUCKING OCEAN??

also i'll rant about this now even though it's a little early; it bugs me that they acknowledged the geography of oz a tiny bit and mentioned like, several times unnecessarily that Fieryo is a prince of "Winkie Country" while still having him be, yknow, white, and with 0 backstory or depth. like, are we meant to just think Winkie Country is like, the Posh England of Oz? I was not expecting this movie to rewrite Fiyero's character but the repeated mention of that just grated on me

Also like. did anyone else find it weird that in this version, they had actors from a variety of backgrounds (as they should - that is objectively a good thing) but like. then the implication is like. Oz is a post-racial world EXCEPT they still do FANTASY racism!!! but ONLY fantasy racism!!! these people of oz just loooove to get up and arms and be racist against Animals (or green people) but they have no issue whatsoever with any other difference between human beings! that combined with above complete pretending that nothing was ever whitewashed with fiyero just feels.... weird to me! it's not like I think they could've or should've tried to bring ALL the sociopolitical stuff from the books in, but i was just like. idk you could let Fiyero be vaguely from the same "rich white person country" that Glinda is from, instead of namedropping "Winkie Country" so many times??

okay back on track. i totally get why they had animals in the early scenes, and Elphaba's Nanny being a Bear. I get it. but i also kinda resent it because 1) it feels so on the nose to be like 'she had someone close to her who is an Animal, that's why she cares for Animals' when idk i feel like her genuine empathy and also being able to relate to being treated with revulsion is enough? and also 2) Nanny is one of the best characters from the books! it got me so excited for a minute that Nanny (or this Bear version of her) would actually be relevant in this movie but like. nope. lmfao

Okay there was stuff i liked i swear.

I liked The Wizard and I a lot. Especially that shot right on "...if i degreenify you?" - that was super fucking cool.

I really liked everything they did with "What is this Feeling?" - excellently staged and made it feel so alive.

Dancing Through Life was... Fun, and beautiful to watch... even if it could've been sooooooooo much shorter.

And then there was stuff i ... didn't like so much

i didn't like Popular. I don't think Ariana Grande was doing a BAD job by any means. she was mostly fine and at some moments quite good. even if i spent much of the movie wondering if she has had work done that makes her face not move very much or if it was just an acting choice i didn't love. But I didn't love popular for reasons that are mainly not her fault. there was sooo much prop work and the number was sooo busy and i get that it's a movie and they kinda HAVE to make it exciting to an extent but that's a number that can be so fun if you just let the performer take the reins, yknow? and maybe the reason i was unimpressed with her performance overall is because i am someone who used to look up "glinda toss toss" or "popular" clips on youtube with different actors to see all the versions and so i have very high standards for what glinda can be. and it's a HARD role. perhaps harder than elphaba, in many ways. so I don't think she did badly, but I didn't love watching her, and also found it impossible to forget it was pop star ariana grande. but anyway, popular i hated mostly bc of the staging and the weird key changes + riffing at the end.

I am actually so glad that i had not been following news about this film closely and had filtered the tag on tumblr so i was able to get my genuine reaction of surprise to seeing Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth come out. I will say: it was incredibly amusing to me to see them there, to see them play off each other, to hear Idina do the Defying Gravity Riff, to hear Cheno hit high notes and see her put her hand over Ariana's mouth. It made me laugh a lot. however, i don't think it was good for THE MOVIE. for people who don't recognize them, it was a weirdly long and distracting sequence; for me, it pulled me out of it even if i also laughed. like i loved it but in a "i cant fucking believe this" kinda way, not in a "this is great for the movie i'm watching' way.

also that mini-song in the middle of One Short Day, the bit about the Grimmerie that Idina and Kristin did. that kinda sums up my complaint about much of the content that made the movie so long. SO MUCH GODDAMN EXPOSITION. i get maybe a LITTLE more exposition in a film than in the show. but there was SO MUCH of it. "did you know that elphaba has magic powers" "did you know" "Did you remember she has powers" "do you remember she can't control them but they come out when she feels strong emotions" "did you know the wizard is a wizard. he has a magic book. you're about to get the magic book explained in the next scene but let's sing about it for 2-3 minutes also just to hammer it home." etc etc.

Like there was almost nothing (or maybe literally nothing) NEW in this movie that isn't in the stage show. the extra length was completely from repetitive scenes that hammered home exposition OR long cinematic shots. and i get that both of those things are necessary in a film adaptation TO AN EXTENT. but many successful movie musicals have been made that work in the medium of film without doubling the length of the fucking shows! it was not necessary! people were like 'oh they're gonna add more depth to boq and nessa and--' those two had literally the same fucking lines they have in the show! and tbh felt even LESS present and relevant in this than in the show because the whole thing was twice as long and they had the same amount of material! and it wasn't like the time added onto other people, either, it was just... so damn slow!!!! for no reason!!!!

Defying Gravity was cool and all but god it was so fucking long, so fucking slow, and i recognize this is not an issue people new to Wicked would have, but it blueballed me so many times, I would just be getting hyped up and swept into it only for them to just drop out right before the next bit of the song and do a needlessly long cinematic shot. the one that killed me the most was right when she smashes out the window and the chords are hyping up to the final verse and then it just cuts out and there's like a minute long sequence of her just FALLING. i hated that. JUST LET THE MUSIC HAVE ITS MOMENTUM!!! by trying to make it be "cinematic" you're killing some of the amazing grandeur you have ALREADY if you would just TRUST THE MATERIAL!!!

anyway yeah. they did a lotttt so well. which is why it pains me that they insisted on making this two movies and padding out the length soooo insanely to try to justify it.

i know it in my bones that part 2 is still gonna be over 2 hours, somehow, and while part 1 manages to be a kinda-enjoyable experience, part 2 is going to struggle a lot more to be engaging on its own. this was just such a stupid decision when they could've made one excellent, definitive movie. make it 3 hours with an intermission. I would've enjoyed that HAPPILY. this two-film shit was stupid from the outset and it's STILL stupid in execution.

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