#c: jq

[gothic-ouji]

does anyone knowww a bah blog or similar who's reqs are open and they accept layer requests (like, whole new layer in hs plus new alters and such)? I know it's a lotttaaa work but i figured i shuld ask :(

i dunt really know how to build a new layer on my own, mostly why i feel some extra help wuld be cuul

also if you're a polyfrag system (cis or not) who has layers / large inner collectives that function independently, can u tell me what that looks like for u? how is it structured and how did u discover/develop it? my anons are on if ud rather be anonymous >0< help me outttt please

[pollenallergie]

maybe i’m just delusional (always a possibility) but i feel like jq could’ve done a way better job of playing willy wonka that timothée chalamet… like we’ve seen him play ralph, we’re about to watch him play his most morally questionable character yet. he could’ve totally captured the whimsical, unhinged, murderous essence of willy wonka. whereas ole timmy tim seemingly plays the most straight man (in the comedic sense) version of willy wonka i have ever seen in my life. in the words of jade thirlwall:

[catherinnn]

also fuck you know who, I'm sick of them

[eirone-and-cheese]

see tags

also: oh to be a concubine with the beauty, confidence, and high-standing to be perched on the arm of the emperor's couch, ass *and* a tit out (also she has the cutest nose, wtf), wearing nothing but jewelry, a metallic girdle, and the flimsiest srip of deep red linen, teasingly petting the neck and shoulder of said emperor (and closest enough to him, in affection, that he has no qualms about grabbing for--and pulling on--your hand).

also also: awww, I just realized that Caracalla is petting Dondus in the 1st gif X3

Geta and his concubine watching Hanno's fight

Gladiator II (2024) dir. Ridley Scott | » requested gifset by Anon

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[trash-inu]

is there a reason you stopped drawing JQ as a trans woman :c just curious

oh no! I like both :3 I set a poll asking what people prefer I think it was even? so I have trans queen sketches as well I just didnt finished any of those yet(last JQ sketch I finish was actually almost 2 years old XD;;;) I draw JQ art super rarly anyway so I just finish what I feel like in the moment.

[thehauntedrocket]

Vintage Record And Book Set - JQ (Johnny Quest) (c.1960's) (Japanese)

[eirone-and-cheese]

the fact that Lupita saw this guy and essentially pinched his cheek and went 'aww, you're cute, kiddo, I'm gonna take you under my wing and show you the ropes.'

meanwhile the majority of his fanbase went 'sir, please, I wish to bear your children.'

will never stop being funny to me.

joseph quinn at paris fashion week (2023)

[softsnzstuff]

Y’all remember the not good Fantastic Four movie with C/hris Ev/ans??

Yeah well I made the realization that JQ plays the same role (h/uman T/orch) and like there’s a 95% chance they recreate the thermometer scene and they’re gonna say he’s burnin up

🫨🫨🫨🫨

[mermaidsirennikita]

I started historical romance with the older books, they are so good or at least for me they are and I have trouble finding HR from thsi years that are actually as good as the older ones, I feel like the older romance heroes are more memorable and bolder

Imo, there are definitely historical romance authors currently writing in the subgenre who are doing it UP--S.M. LaViolette, Sarah MacLean, Joanna Shupe, Adriana Herrera, Cat Sebastian, KJ Charles-- come to mind, but a lot of those authors have been writing for a good while. So they have a brand, they don't need "break through" (though they have to fight against current tradpub trends, which is a formidable issue).

But for newer historical authors, there are very few being picked up, and I think that historicals are basically being left to apologize for the issues that are pervasive in the entire romance genre and always have been. And I don't know why this is, exactly--is it because there is a surface-level "reckoning" with history in tradpub?

(I say surface level because the vast majority of top execs are cis white men, so like, MMM? Are we reckoning when by and large women and people of color and most likely a lot of queer people can't get through the door to C-Suite, or at least can't get through as easily?)

Is it because a lot of people think of "old school" romance as bodice rippers (which are invariably historicals)? Which isn't true, by the way--there are tons of old school contemporaries. I own a good chunk. The big PNR boom of yore when authors like Kresley Cole and JR Ward were killing the game happened in the late 90s/early 2000s and into the late 2000s. Those books are like... getting on up there lol.

Personally, I don't think Bridgerton did historicals any favors--I think it did the opposite. Imo, many people were just minding their own business, not at all interested in reading historical romance, and then got into Bridgerton and got into fandom (in which everything is hyperbolic) and read the JQ books, and... yeah. I personally don't love a Julia Quinn book by and large; she's just not my style, though I do enjoy The Viscount Who Loved Me and When He Was Wicked.

BUT! Though I won't pretend that her older books are the most problematic books out in historical romance land... Yeah. A lot of the Bridgerton books haven't aged super well, and they're not necessarily what I'd recommend as baby's first historicals. If you have zero context and suddenly read these 20 year old books, which were written by someone who was, imo, not trying to like... push a lot of envelopes? At the time? Who did just want to write a sort of fluffy books about very cishet, very white people in pretty conservative relationships without a lot of thought towards things like gender, class...

I mean, look. I'm not particularly outraged by those books. I don't think they handled sensitive shit very well a lot of the time. The Duke and I just... is actually a pretty fun book until you get to the assault. And it's not even the existence of the assault for me, but just like--how it was written, the minute choices made, etc. So that's what the new Bton fans read first. Then they see Anthony bitch about Kate not wanting to have sex with him on the wedding night, they read about Benedict ignoring Sophie's resistance and pushing her even when she explains why she won't be his mistress, they read about Sir Philip having sex with Marina while she lays there crying, it's just... It's not the most shocking shit I've read by any means, but if you are someone who's never read HR and people tell you "this is what the gold standard is", then yeah. I can see why you'd assume the subgenre is trash. I don't think you SHOULD lol. I don't think anyone should dismiss an entire subgenre off of one thing. But that's the internet and that's fandom and it becomes a cult mentality where people are posting out of context screenshots and getting 30K likes or whatever.

So then you don't read historical romance, and you say "Books Bad", and EVERYTHING that the romance genre has grappled with a is still grappling with as a whole suddenly seems a lot bigger in historicals. Misogyny? Present in every subgenre. Consent issues? Oh, you bet. Racism or a lack of representation? Every subgenre. Homophobia and a lack of queer rep? Every subgenre. "But the dukes" okay but the billionaires.

And that is not to dismiss what is wrong with many historicals. But I say this to say that when I read a lot of older historicals... For one thing lol, there are many of them that honestly do age pretty well or were pretty progressive at the time, which is just the case for pretty much any subgenre. Not everything is going to be super problematic. But for another, even the ones that are imperfect and do need to be critiqued tend to have a fearlessness and vibrancy in just like... the plots. The writing. Everything is BIGGER.

I do kind of feel like there's a pressure on the current historical romanced space to make it like. Small scale. Not controversial. Contemporary but in ball gowns. Nothing offensive, but also nothing that seems intimidating to read--like these LaViolette books I've read that are super gothic (and indie pubbed lol) or these Gaelen Foley books where there's like a rebellion and a sea voyage and a swordfight and a kidnapping and relationship drama all in one book. That's too big, so let's put them in a ballroom, or let's have a plot where they recite second wave feminist treatise that are about and for white women, basically.

And it's a snake eating its own tail issue, because for all that a vocal online set may critique a subgenre for being Too Much, they won't read the books that are Too Little. And the people who aren't online go "that looks boring" and move on. A contemporary romance can exist with a small plot because it's supposed to be somewhat reflective of our lives, in a romanticized form. A historical becomes knockoff Jane Austen if it does that, and I don't think the audience for that is as big as tradpub thought, maybe?

So the subgenre conforms, and then people don't buy it, because some of them just dismiss these tamer books as bodice rippers because they think all historicals are. And some of them just aren't interested because they think it'll be boring.

So anyway, this was way too long a response, but that's some of why I think we are where we are with sort of milquetoast historicals. And there are authors doing the shit still, but I think it's harder for NEW people to do the shit.

In tradpub. That is.

[joe-moi]

if u survived the chrissy wake up era and the a era of the jq “fandom” you deserve a car simply because i have never fought the urge to argue with someone that bad

The urge to argue with people online is sooo high sometimes

you are entitled to financial compensation if you survived any or all of the following:

crissy wake up

Two con cancellations

first A pics

Italy vacation summer 2022

September 2022 (all the Twitter drama)

a in the band pics in someone’s house

gladiator casting

Rumors of him making out with an Italian girl at the party on the roof

second a pics

h c & v q

and essentially every con (especially Dallas June 2023)

[eirone-and-cheese]

I wonder what he meant by Geta feeling like "he probably isn't deserving of this power." It's the word "deserve" that gives me pause.

"he can't stomach [having this much power/ responsibility]." <-and here's another piece that I found intriguing.

"Power. What do these, what did these characters cling to... Well I think obviously, they're so young to have this kind of inconceivable level of influence and responsibility. And Geta, especially, I think is very aware of the fragility of the-- of the power that he has. And his need to kind of bolster himself through intimidation and fear, means that it's very very difficult to trust anyone. And I think ultimately, he just doesn't trust himself.

The trappings of power are really felt by these two men--these two boys, I should say--and the lack of- the lack of integrity around power, understanding that power is a responsibility. And, it corrupts! And I think that Geta is very aware of the fact that he probably isn't deserving of this power--who is? But he certainly can't stomach it."

(yes, I had to transcribe the whole thing just so I could analyze it, apparently my listening comprehension has disintegrated 😭)

Joe talking to Sensacine about Geta's sense of power

[peppermintbuttlemon]

People using images of JQ in that period movie to get to know if he's well hung... guys, him in "Hoard" it's way better, in one scene he shows up in a freakin' speedo, a tiny underwear, and you can clearly see he's all balls and not much c*ck. He's a big balls guy and that's it 🤷🏻‍♀️

Man I hate balls. Hell is balls. Sodom and Gomorrah is balls. It’s just that guys don’t have much going for them and THEN balls are added on top of that??? Must women be beaten down at every turn?

But no bestie, he really do be having dick. It’s right there in that laying down pic. (RHYME)

But anyway someone send me the Hoard Joe panties scene. I gotta see this

[the-insomniac-emporium]

SWORDTEMBER '24, DAY 19: MAGNETIC

Item ID: JQ-2419 Item Name: Saber of Recall/Gauntlet of Recollection Category: B-5 Origin Point: Aldentium Maxus, Industrius Sector Owner: Morriette Winchest (C), Naomi Winchest (O) Description: A curved blade, single edged, paired with a single gauntlet. Attached to the gauntlet is a 1st place prize for a junior science fair. The blade is made from damascus steel, and is approximately 85 cm long with a 20 cm hilt. Wiry metal forms a guard around the front of the grip. Encasing the handle is a carbon fiber shell, fitted in place with golden rivets. Hidden beneath the shell are some sort of electronics, as well as a magnetic plate, activated by the paired gauntlet. The gauntlet can be adjusted to fit larger hands, but is designed for usage by a left-handed human or near-human. Although it provides light protection, the armor is primarily meant to house the technology for the item’s gimmick: A blade that the user can recall at will. As the FPA is not allowed to dismantle the item, we are unable to determine exactly how it functions, and must instead attempt to interpret the original owner’s explanation. For a detailed overview, including excerpts from the OO’s submission, see supplementary file JQ-2419-A. In summation: Intricate usage of electromagnetic fields pairs with item-specific radio waves to create powerful, heavily localized attraction, allowing the saber to be retrieved from up to 15 m. Furthermore, the user can activate a lesser form of the magnetic force to prevent the blade from being separated from the gauntlet. Acting Supervisor’s Notes: Hold up… this was somebody’s SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT? Guess the Winchest family is filled with technological troublemakers. Geniuses, admittedly, but the kind that tend to do more harm than good, in the end. Here’s hoping that the next generation learns from the mistakes of their father.

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Technically, Supervisors (acting or otherwise) at the FPA don’t normally get involved with the routine testing of confiscated items. At most, they supervise the testing of particularly dangerous materials. Some of the previous supervisors have had specializations, such as a background in biochemicals, that led to them occasionally getting more hands-on with testing that involved their field of expertise. For Cynthia, it’s literally her hands that have allowed her to test today’s item.

Of all of the 13 employees at this branch who can technically wear the gauntlet, she’s the only one with a dominant left hand.

After watching one of her employees fumble around for a bit too long, she offered to step in, and was quickly ushered to the locker room to don the appropriate attire. Now she’s back in the WTC (Weapon Testing Center), facing off against everyone’s favorite sparring partner: A scrawny looking automaton affectionately referred to as JAXSON, official designation J4-X50. The metal lad is more than happy to pull their metaphorical punches, their programming preventing them from actually hurting anyone, but it certainly feels like a real match to Cynthia.

It’s after two minutes of sword fighting that JAXSON finally makes a move that would have killed her in an actual fight. As it is, the capped tip of their blade stops a centimeter away from her throat. A beat passes. JAXSON pulls away their weapon, stands perfectly straight, and gives a bow before returning to standby mode. In an instant there’s awkward, scattered clapping from the observation deck above, from the handful of employees that were watching the match. The sound snaps Cynthia out of her post-adrenaline haze, her eyes shooting up to her audience.

Their reaction confuses her, at first. Then she remembers that she’s the only employee here with any formal melee training- at least when it comes to blades- and suddenly it clicks that she must have put on quite the show. Were her skills really that impressive? Compared to either Naomi or Yusuke, she hardly feels like anything other than a complete novice. But to a group like this?... Well, she supposes it feels like a nice enough confidence boost, regardless of whether or not she has an actual talent.

A shame they were too distracted to record any data, though… guess she’s in for another demonstration.

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[terraxtant]

Juliet Quinn

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OVERVIEW 

FULL NAME: Juliet Quinn  CURRENT ALIAS: Ms X NICKNAMES: Jules, Letty, Lets, JQ ADDITIONAL ALIASES: Rogue

BIRTHDAY: 2002  GENDER: Cis-Female  SEXUALITY: Heterosexual PRONOUNS:  She/Her

CITIZENSHIP: American (forcibly revoked), Canadian (current) SPECIES: Homo Superior (Mutant) AFFILIATION: X-Men, Brotherhood of Mutants (temporary) BASE OF OPERATIONS: X-Mansion (former), M-Island (former), Wolvie Mansion (current)

APPEARANCE & PHYSICALITY

ETHNICITY:

ACCENT:

DOMINANT HAND: Right

HAIR: C  

EYES: Green

BODY: S

UNUSUAL FEATURES:  

STYLE: C

FACECLAIM: Victoria Pedretti

PERSONALITY 

F

POWERS & ABILITIES 

F

RELATIONSHIPS

FAMILY

F

FRIENDSHIPS 

F

ROMANCE

HISTORY

F

TRIVIA