#cad cupcake

[pan-fried-autism]

does anyone here like. know what this show is. oh well

[c-kiddo]

(about cr2 rewatch again) i litrally love tmn so much i will frow up. theyre so good. the cast are so good at embodying them. they dont sound like people trying to be characters sm of the time they sound like just (weirdo) real people it makes me crazy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[zenlesszonezero]

[littlebosslady7]

The top is giving Vex and Percy.

The bottom is giving more Cad and Jester like Cad trying to explain a recipe.

Or Percy or Vex trying to make cupcakes for their kids' birthdays.

[waltwhitmansbeard]

ugh now i can't stop thinking about it so

what cars would the mighty nein drive?

jester: she's just what a 60s vw bug would be like as a person. bubble gum pink with giant yellow flowers. an antenna topper of a cupcake and a "the traveler is my co-pilot" bumper sticker in the font from the beginning of legally blonde.

fjord: a wood-paneled station wagon. just an absolute boat of a vehicle that all of the kids (re: the rest of the nein) can pile into. insists you can't have the aux but everyone routinely ignore him. no seatbelts, we die like mollymauk.

caleb: you know those tiny german cars that seem like they were built for children to drive? one of those, maroon but you can't tell if that's the paint or the rust, at least one missing rim, can't sit in the back seat bc it is piled all the way up to the ceiling with books and papers caleb swears he's going to read someday. the glove compartment is a hazardous zone. floor littered with coffee cups.

beau: no car, this lesbian daddy drives a crotch-rocket, bright red and obnoxiously loud. she parks it wherever she wants and throws the tickets away. no helmet, no speed limit, we die like mollymauk.

yasha: no car, prefers to walk everywhere she can. if she has to go somewhere long distance, she'll crunch herself into a cab or cling onto beau for dear life. she'd prefer to get a ride from fjord, tho.

caduceus: there is one (1) car for the entire clay family, a secondhand sedan they traded for on craigslist, but it's too small to actually fit everyone in it, and there's always arguments about who needs it most, so mostly cad bikes everywhere (also a craiglist find, the chain is rusted but it works well enough)

veth: soccer mom van. she pretends to hate it, insists she "cooler" than the vehicle suggests, but actually she finds it incredibly handy. everyone hates sliding around in fjord's station wagon so when she's on the group trip, everyone fights to get in her car. also her stereo is better. the back is littered with bumper stickers that veth just finds. none of them pertain to her particularly. if she comes across a bumper sticker, it goes on the car.

kingsley: also a motorcycle, but somehow louder and gayer than beau's.

essek: absolutely REFUSES to get in caleb's car, says "that's not how i'm going to die," this is a miata twink for sure, sleek black and fast as hell. hates bumper stickers but jester snuck on one that says "my child is an honor roll student at the solstryce academy" but "honor roll student" is crossed out with "professor" written over it and "child" was replaced with "boytoy"

(vox machina version here)

[ludinusdaleth]

i am saying this mostly because jester constantly stanning ludinus is really funny, but i think an au where he actually IS a nice old guy with cool powers and essek is the godkiller villain would be really fun, especially how it'd change the how the nein operate around the end of c2

you know essek would be instantly forgiven & woobified by everyone in a way ludinus isnt cause hes old and not a twink honestly i think about similar ideas often. jester and the m9 as a whole definitely began their attempts of "naturally being so absurd it steals npcs hearts" when they met the guy, they just didnt meet him intimately enough - i think with enough insane amounts of being endearing weirdos maybe things could have been different - especially if essek hadnt become their pet project. i think there is a very cute visual in jester endearing two over-a-thousand-year-old men to her side (ludinus & artagan) and her forcing him to try every cupcake flavor she finds. also, she wanted to give him a tusktooth tramp stamp - thatd become reality here. i think watching the deconstruction of the very heart of an empire & corruption (including the corruption of cads home) and the topic of redemption in that case would be complicated & fascinating & unavoidable even moreso than esseks circumstances. i also think essek would have been a very interesting villain; it is very, very easy to see his arrogance could grow into something more and he would have been the monster lud created, on top of the war they were bound by. interesting au potential there!

[stormberry-12]

he's a tramp ~ jj maybank x reader

pairing: jj maybank x kook!fem!reader

warnings: slight language ig, mega fluff, not very edited like always ✌

notes: inspired by my fav Disney movie EVER, the first part to my Disney inspired series

He's a tramp, but I love him Breaks a new heart every day He's a tramp, they adore him And I only hope he'll stay that way

He's a tramp, he's a scoundrel He's a rounder, he's a cad He's a tramp, but I love him Yes, even I have got it pretty bad

"Let go of him, you can't just boot him!" you protested from across the room, JJ looked deep into your eyes and swallowed whatever he had just snagged off somebody's plate, security's arms still on him.

"I invited him here! I'm a member of this club..."

"Y/n..." your mother hissed.

JJ blinked and turned around pushing the guard off of him, "Sorry bout that-" Chaos erupted and he turned back to you, " Y/n, come on! Workers of the world unite! Throw off your chains!"

Your father rolled his eyes and grabbed your arm, "You can't hang around these kids."

"I'm sorry-" you tugged away from him running off.

"No, Y/n!" both your parents cried at the same time. You ran at JJ and he caught you in his arms spinning your around. Your midsummer's dress blowing in the wind.

"WHERE THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOUR GOIN'?" you heard Pope's dad yell at him as he, Kie, and John B ran out the other exit.

You turned to follow them.

"No, Y/n/n-" JJ grabbed your hand, "wait a sec, lets go this way..."

"But the pogues..."

"They're fine. Come on!" he ran in the opposite direction of the rest of the group and you reluctantly followed him.

You and JJ had a weird past, you used to think he hated you, the ways he would talk about how bad kooks were right in front of you. Or how he would complain when Kiara invited you that it was a pogue thing, but after a while, you grew somewhat fond of each other. Late-night drinks just the two of you were a common occurrence and the friendly bond got pretty deep. JJ talked to you about his dad and you talked to him about the planned-out future that was forced upon you. All and all, You and JJ had turned into a decent team.

You had walked into town, stopping at a restaurant.

"Tony's!" JJ grinned over his shoulder at you, making jazz hands at the sign. You waltzed towards the front door to get a look inside, it looked cozy. "Nah, this way Cupcake, I got my own private entrance..."

JJ walked around the fence to the back of the restaurant, there was a big dumpster, an alleyway looming in the distance and in front of you was a worn out picnic bench.

"Wait here," he whispered walking to the door, knocking lightly.

"Just one minute, Imma comin', Imma comin-" a voice called from inside. "Eh! JJ!"

"Hiya, Tony-" the big man scooped JJ up into a big hug and you giggled at his attempt to hug him back while getting the life squeesed out of him.

"Jay, where have you been! Hey Joe, look who's here!"

"Well, whatcha know? It's blondie!" Joe cheered. "And all dressed up, how nice, where did you come from Midsummers?"

Joe and Tony cackled until they cried, trying to picture JJ Maybank at Midsummers.

"Hey, Joe go fetch Jay some meatballs, yea?" Tony said, and Joe scurried inside.

"I was at Midsummers actually, it's a long story..." JJ rolled his eyes playfully, "Anyway, I brought-" JJ searched the shadows for you unable to see where you had gone in the dim streetlight.

"Oh look, he brought his imaginary girlfriend too," Tony quipped, once again falling into a fit of laughter with Joe from inside.

"Y/n!" JJ hissed.

You walked over to JJ and gave a meek wave to Tony, who’s eyes widened, "Nice to meet you, Jay, I should really get going-"

"OH JOE! LOOK, LITTLE JJ'S GOT A NEW GIRLFRIEND!" Tony cried in excitement.

"Uh..." you fumbled, not wanting to correct the kind man that you two weren't actually dating.

"Well, son of a gun! He's got a kook girl!" Joe laughed, poking his head out the back door.

"Get a double batch for the two, okay Joe!"

Joe sprinted back inside and you looked over at JJ with a questioning look, he smirked and shrugged his shoulders. Tony was a very large, plump man and he seemed a little older than his skinny little sidekick Joe. You watched Tony's playful interaction with JJ and grinned to yourself, you loved him. He was a pogue but shit, you loved him.

"Well, we's so grateful for ya Y/n," Tony smiled wrapping an arm around JJ's shoulder, "We know JJ don't got much goin' for him on the outside, but on the inside, he's got a biiiggg heart!"

You let out a genuine laugh and JJ looked genuinely insulted.

"I'm just kidding little Jay," Tony chuckled giving JJ a good slap on the back, hard enough to knock the wind out of him.

"MEATBALLS!!!" Joe called and Tony rushed you to sit on the picnic bench, you sat next to JJ on the side with no bird poop and watched as candles and flowers were placed on the table along with the largest bowl of spaghetti and meatballs you had ever seen.

"There ya go!" Tony placed some forks on your table, "The best spaghetti in town!"

You thanked him and picked up your fork, JJ had already started to dig in and was slurping his noodles, getting sauce all over his face. You laughed and stuck your fork into the bowl, spinning the noodles around the prongs.

"What?" JJ complained in mock offense, mouth still full.

You started to copy his actions, slurping the noodle swiftly into your mouth, the end of it catching your nose and spreading sauce all over it.

JJ started laughing too, "You got a little something-"

"Where?" you said, looking down at your nose and making your eyes go crossed.

"Right here," he swiped his finger across the tip of your nose, "Oh, shit, it's spreading-"

You laughed as he spread the sauce all down your cheek, tongue sticking out in concentration. You swatted his hand away and wiped your face with a napkin, still grinning from ear to ear. Sweet music started streaming from inside the Italian dinner, you lifted more noodles to your lips and craned your head to peek inside.

Your face suddenly got pulled to the side by the long noodle that JJ also had tangled up around his fork and your lips brushed softly against his. Sparks flashed through your body and you pulled away blushing, looking back down at the bowl. You both cleared your throats awkwardly.

JJ glanced over at you through his lashes and pushed the last meatball in your direction.

"You ate all of them," you mumbled, the kiss still lingering on your lips, not remembering having one single meatball and now they were all gone.

"I saved the best one for last," he countered. "just for you.”

“Wow. Thanks,” you replied sarcastically making him chuckle quietly.

“Y/n…” JJ started, “I uh- this. This wasn’t a joke to me…” he whispered the last part like it was a secret not wanting to be shared.

“What wasn’t?”

“This dinner, this night, the time I spend with you on a daily basis…” he continued rambling about different moments you thought you had shared but had never been addressed until now.

You felt yourself blush and a small smile played at your lips.

“I’m glad,” you said. He returned your grin, lips meeting yours once more. This time the kiss was intentional, soft but determined. He pulled away just as fast and went back to the remaining noodles in the bowl, smirking to himself.

The pogues were ecstatic after you and JJ started dating a few days later. Honestly, it was quite a shock to those who didn’t know you, but ever since that night the two of you were inseparable. Y/n and JJ, kook and pogue, lady and tramp.

[willowbirds]

CR Game: gnome and paladin~!

gnome: who is your favorite male player

Probably Taliesin. His characters are all so different yet similar to each other (it’s hard to explain) and his character always feel so alive. He makes me emotional, he makes me laugh, and my favourite thing, he always has a banger line to throw out into the world. (Also his characters are so well designed I’m biased OKAY!)

paladin: what is your favorite friendship / paladin: what was your favorite badass moment (there’s 2 Paladin options and I don’t know which one you were asking me so I’ll do both)

Friendship: (I’ve only really watched c3, highlights of c2, and TLOVM so I’m going to pick from Bell’s Hells to be safe) It’s a hard pick since I love the friendships BH all share, but I really have a soft spot for Imogen and Ashton’s friendship. They don’t get a lot of solo moments together, but even when they are with the rest of the party their dynamic is still truly there. Imogen teasing Ashton about using his Titan form, Ashton teasing Imogen about her mind reading, Imogen scolding Ashton while still making sure he’s alright, Ashton protecting Imogen during combat, A: You’re a super hero. I: Ashton, you are so fucking special, DO YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN!!

Badass moment: Even though i haven’t watched c2, many of MN’s moments are stuck in my brain. I think the Cupcake moment gets a lot of praise so I’m going to praise Caduceus’ ‘I hope you will find someone to mourn you when you’re gone’. Like, THATS SO FUCKING COOL! Cad is a character that never raises his voice and is always as kind as he can be, so when he straight up tells Trent off it is so satisfying! He says it so politely and it ROCKS the table! So excited to hopefully see it animated in the MN animated series!

[moonst0n3]

re: the rtgame themed keychain interest form - i was wondering what the difference between made-to-ship and preorder would be for you in terms of cost, time and production. i don't have a strong opinion on this, so i wanted to know what you think!

(also i know it's probably not the final design but your cupcake design is so. holdable. i love her so much)

First of all, this is my first ever ask in my past 7 years on Tumblr so I'm celebrating a new milestone 🥳😄 Secondly, to answer your question! Here's a very loose breakdown just to get an idea: If I were to make 50 of them, as a start and so I have a few left to absorb into B grade and sell at the local con this august, it would cost me 240$usd, which comes to 314$cad in my currency. (About 20h of my minimum wage job, so it would cost an entire week's worth of work to cover) There's also the costs associated with shipping materials, packaging and stuff but since it's my first time I'm sure people would be understanding if it's not the prettiest :') If they were made-to-ship, I'd have to first absorb the cost and then hope to make it back by selling them. If they were preorder, I'd have the money in advance so I wouldn't have to cover the cost myself. I'm lucky enough to not have big bills to pay, so I could theoretically handle the cost but I guess the advantage that comes with preorder is that I know precisely how many I'd need to make and already know who would want one. I could make a new form regarding that but people have a tendency to talk the talk without walking the walk if you get me haha

But whichever one it ends up being (probably made-to-order since it seems to be winning the poll), the shipping costs will have to be covered by the person buying the keychain Which I do feel guilty about but hh,, canadian post is cruel Sorry for the long post! And thank you so much for the interest and kind words! That applies to everyone else who also replied, voted on the poll and shared! Love you guys 💕

[dinocos-golden-boy]

Christina and Dakota head canons on how they grew were they close did they fight a lot yea know did they have they siblings rivalry 

AHHH! Love the Ranger asks! Keep them coming! :D

Since both girls grew up on the air attack base after being born and their parents now firefighters, Piston Peak is the only home they know. They are born a year apart from each other.

Unfortunately after Kate's accident, Blade is overprotective of both of them. So, they're restrained to the base as they grow. This becomes harder once they grow a little older, since they both want to try and learn how to fly. Especially Dakota. She always dreams of flying just like her father. She would always make an attempt to try and escape the base, only for Blade to take her back and scold her for leaving.

By the time they're 7 and 8, Blade slowly begins to calm down with his overprotectiveness and lets them go out occasionally. Sometimes he'll take them out when he goes spot fire scouting so this way they can learn what to watch out for if they have to do it alone. He also teaches them how to fly and how to avoid downdrafts.

Of course though, this didn't mean they wouldn't misbehave at times. While they are calm, much to the relief of everyone including their father, they needed to be disciplined. Sometimes they would wrestle together, or even have little fights which would mean pulling each others rotors, pushing each other down, or simply just running around and chasing each other. Blade didn't mess around. Both as a fire chief and a father, and he certainly wasn't going to let his girls get away with that. Luckily, they didn't need anything more than the occasional swat or time out, since they always obeyed his orders and commands.

Now personality wise, they’re different. Christina is the chill and calm one. She tends to forget what’s in the past and focuses on the present. She easily forgives anyone if they do something on accident. Dakota on the other tire, however, is not so calm. She tends to pull a fight and gets upset over the smallest things at times. This usually happens when it comes to Cad and the lodge. One time one of the waiters spilled their tray of drinks all over her and she got upset. Cad tells her to stop acting like a drama queen, in which she tells him to shut up. Blade ofc was not happy with the altercation, and immediately disciplines his daughter for being disrespectful, and even takes her back to the lodge where she apologizes for her behavior. Blade isn't heartless. He knows the waiters have enough to deal with. And he's determined to make sure his girls are taught manners in public and in the eyes of their family.

Bonus! Time for some general HCs:

• Christina loves to bake. She can bake anything. From cupcakes and cookies, to large cakes and pastries, she's the head chef and anyone on the PPAA Team can confirm that. She can also whip up an amazing lasagna. Heck, she'll even grab Dipper at anytime that she's free to make a delicious dessert or dinner dish. As a bonus, they sometimes save these deserts for dinner after the team finishes their meal.

• Dakota was training all throughout her life to be a firefighter. Unfortunately though, a series of events occur, and she later on changes her career from being a firefighter to being an EMS Helicopter where she airlifts patients to the hospital. She wants to work in the city such as San Diego, but her and Blade have a few fights about it.

• Christina plans on enlisting for the US Coast Guard, where she wants to work in Search and Rescue. She wants to put her life on the line in hopes of saving others, just like the rest of her family.

• Dakota loves KPOP songs. Especially BlackPink. She loves doing stunts with the rhythms and beats. Eventually she finds a lot of albums and songs her mother released before she died. She holds them near and dear to her, though she never tells Blade. She hides them in a secure spot in her hanger, hoping he doesn't find out.

• Even though some might see Blade as neglectful, he's clearly not. Kate's accident really screwed him up. He's unable to look at his kids the same way. And Chrysler forbid he should go through tragedy a third time, he would nosedive into the Pacific Ocean and never return. He knows he can't take back the time he ignored his girls or didn't spend much time with them, but he's trying to make the most of what he has left before they get ready to leave the nest.

[starseedfxofficial]

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[izzyeffinhands]

Compliments were everything and his mystery man had been giving them to him for weeks. It was different in person though. The flirting was different too, sweet and a tad awkward between the two of them. He’d beamed at the fact he liked his cupcakes, but being called sweet in such a sweet little way? Oh it had him smiling.

Izzy was just happy he could make him laugh about the situation. Stede had looked so upset, even moreso when he’d first started to laugh. He quickly learned he didn’t like seeing him frown. When he’d laughed about it he was relieved. He wanted to question more, ask him since when had he last naked, but since he seemed to stop and even close up he didn’t pry. He figured he’d tell him in time.

“ Well then I suppose it’s a good thing that you have a talented and iiiii—-iiiincredibly handsome neighbor that just so happens to know how to bake then. “ Izzy wasn’t confident about his voice, but he damn sure knew he was good looking. He wasn’t everyone’s taste, but he knew he was attractive. There was a downside to that though. All the stupid fucks threw themselves at you. And yeah — one-night stands were sometimes a damn near necessary thing, but his life was lonely. No one really tried to get to know the real him. It was all just about looks and there was nothing Israel hated more than a fake fucking person. He needed someone real, someone tangible. He wanted depth and complication in his relationship and life. He wanted to be loved. “ Maybe I could give you a baking lesson, sometime? I mean.. if you were into that sort of thing. “ Smooth, Izzy. He just asked him out in a very.. strange way, but the flirtation was there. He wanted the blonde to know he was absolutely interested. If he wasn’t, he wouldn’t still be standing there.

“ Oh? “ He waited patiently but then took the letter with a practical cad of a smirk. That smirk dropped when he fetched the actual letter and started to read it. Fuck. Any sort of sexy, overly flirtatious mask simply dropped. That confident smirk drifted into a sweet smile, eyes softening as they traveled the page. Oh he was.. soft for him. He’d fallen hard for him and he knew it, over the weeks his fondness just grew stronger. .. and his sweet poem. He’d keep this little note, just like all the others. They’d go into the growing collection that were secreted away upstairs.

Finally, he looked at him. His voice was much softer now, sweeter. “ You know you might not be the best baker but you are simply an extraordinary writer. .. and I’m not saying that to get into your trousers, I just.. say it’s because it’s true. I have all your little poems and notes upstairs..—-“ FUCK. He just told him. He couldn’t believe it. He outed his own damn embarrassing secret and now he started to blush a brilliant shade of red. He looked down shyly, the softest laugh at his own embarrassment escaping.

“ You want to know something funny? “ Izzy slowly raised his eyes, and with his head tilted downward he was forced to look up at him through his lashes which gave him that demure, practical Princess Diana look. “ I don’t even like my voice. I couldn’t dare sing anywhere but my flat. But then your sweet notes just started boosting my confidence about it. So more and more I was just singing.. going out on the balcony so I could sing. “ Dramatic pause.

“ To you. “

The bookshop? OH! Brief flashes in his mind now played of various times he’d ran into him there and he’d smiled at the thought. And then when he bowed, and really really formally introduced himself, Izzy chuckled like a girl amused at a man’s desperate attempts to get her attention. But he found it cute really, and he wasn’t about to rain on the man’s parade.

“ Right! I really like it there. It’s nice and.. quiet. Cozy. I’m not really fond of those enormous chain bookstores. Plus, it’s a small business and as a small business owner myself I want to support those as much as I can. Plus, you have great coffee and tea. “

He supposed then he should tell him what he did. He obviously baked, but he meant for a living. Stede could have thought it something different. “ You know the bakery more toward south side, The Cupcake Fairy? “ Which hilariously was what he’d become leaving treats at this man’s door. “ That’s my bakery. “ He said proudly, chest out a bit.

Now were they flirting? At the moment they behaved a little like teenagers on their first date which was rather precious. But Stede kept talking, fussing about his cupcakes and looking an absolute mess. He figured he should intervene before the poor man dug himself deeper into a hole. “ You were making me cupcakes? “ The idea was terribly sweet. But he did laugh a bit. That’s what this disaster was? Oh my. It was extremely adorable, but he had to laugh. Maybe he could make him laugh too, make him relax.

So that was when he grabbed an oven mit again and opened the oven door, peeking in. He pulled the pot off of the little burned, roasted, and toasted bundles that hadn’t even risen properly to get a proper look, pulling out the rack, then looking back at him. He tried stifling his laughter. “ —Ah—hm.. “ Oh but he couldn’t, standing up. “ As romantic a gesture as this was? “ He stared at him with playful, pleasing eyes as he also playfully teased. “ Don’t try to bake for me again? Leave the baking to me. “

He placed the mit down and stood up with a smirk, again giving him what must have been the 20th time over as he sucked on his tongue. “ Good thing for you that I’m kinda partial to messes then. And my shoulder is fine.. can’t say the same about your door though. There’s nothing to forgive, you silly twat. “

[wolveria]

The fastest cupcakes in the West.

May cause indigestion and a loss of credits.

[alipopsie]

perhaps some of my more. unorthodox fanart, but laura's awesome move on cr this week, along with how long it's been since I last baked something, made me spend all of today making some blueberry cupcakes.

also had to mostly improvise the recipe for the cupcakes, coulis and frosting because the internet gave me muffin recipes and I needed cupcakes. I did use some guidance from a raspberry cupcake recipe but it was. a lot of guesswork

which paid off bc they taste AMAZING!!

also I made dust of deliciousness from ground up silver cachous so it sparkles but you can't really see it :(

[sky-scribbles]

Rewatching Campaign 2, and I had a very important realisation: Immediately before the Nein leave Uthodurn for Rosohna to enlist Essek’s teleportation servives, Reani gives everyone a flower crown.

By the time Essek arrives to take the group to Mythburrow, only Cad has mentioned removing his (to grow the flowers in the garden).

So for all of the conversation that follows - Caleb requesting a visit to the Scourger, Jester giving Essek the Cupcake (tm), Essek dispelling the magic page for Caleb - almost all of Essek’s dumb chaos friends are inexplicably wearing flower crowns.

No wonder he fell in love with them.

[lostsometime]

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caleb is a good friend

caleb is the black widow (and also river tam. and also ophelia.)

“light them up, pretty”

Astrid & Eodwulf

Empire sibs

Caleb & names part 3

“i want to hear you say it”

crazy/stupid

vollstrucker “brothers and sisters”

“chosen one” follow-up, re: Caleb

she knows him “very well”

terrible rolls in the Happy Fun Ball

wizard morality

Caleb & Yussa & Essek

Caleb & Astrid & scars

Jewish Caleb vibes

Wizards love towers

Caleb & forgiveness

Caleb on schools of magic

Mollymauk Tealeaf

Molly & group-building

Molly & jumping to conclusions

blank slate meta at some point

tal is doing hamlet characters

Cad doesn’t know anything about Molly

stop expecting people to earn things

Mollymauk Pippin Feels

Everyone projects their own issues on Molly!  BONUS: Somebody giffed it!

Beauregard Lionett

early Beau thoughts

Beau and the problem of feeling invincible

Beau is a good friend

Empire sibs

Beau teasing Essek

Beau is good at talking to people!

Beau doesn’t trust maids

Beau hates racists so fucking much

Jester Lavorre

Jester & resurrections

Jewish Jester vibes

Jester & Artagan, meta 1

Jester & Essek, p1

Jester silliness is proportional to stress

Nott the Brave/Veth Brenatto

“i want to hear you say it”

Nott & goblins

Nott and some Hogwarts Sorting Posts 

Nott/Veth morality

“that’s nice”

Fjord

Fjord

Fjord & faith

Fjord & the narrative of the “chosen one”

Fjord & deception through nature

Caduceus Clay

Caduceus doesn’t know how to deal with people who aren’t grieving

Clay family road trips

Cad doesn’t know anything about Molly

Caduceus needs DBT

Caduceus & brain problems

tal is doing hamlet characters

Caduceus & names

Yasha Nydoorin

Yasha

Essek Thelyss

Caleb & Yussa & Essek

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Essek & loneliness

Essek & Bazzoxan

Beau teasing Essek  (BONUS: Verin speculation)

Wizards love towers

Essek is a dummy part 1

Jester & Essek, p1

Essek talking around things

Essek is a dummy part 2

Essek as a reflection of the dynasty’s values

Essek and the scourger

no deep dark secret, essek’s just insecure 

it’s not a big deal! 

stop expecting people to earn things

They should tell Essek how they got the beacon p1

“My intentions were never good; they were important.”

What’s Essek’s problem with Adeen?

Timeline of Caleb getting shanked

Less blame on Essek for the war, more blame on Essek for giving Trent Ikithon new resources

Additional Essek posting

Artagan

Artagan & Vesh

Jester & Artagan, meta 1

it can just be beautiful

Artagan plays favorites with Jester’s friends

Astrid & Eodwulf

Astrid & Eodwulf

Caleb & Astrid & scars

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level 9

Avantika

Homestuck-style shipping

food & drinking meta

food & drinking and social class meta

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Thuron

Some Hogwarts Sorting Posts 

Wizards love towers

Most wizards don’t like each other

More about WIZARDS!!!

Verin 

Verin 2 

Verin 3 (and social structure) 

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Krynn military speculation (this is a post about moirails)

Kryn worldbuilding speculation

What the fuck is the Luxon? (p1)

Additional Kryn worldbuilding

Speculating about Ripley and Dwendal

[princesssarisa]

Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" is Fanon "Pride and Prejudice" (warning: long)

It goes without saying... or in other words, it is a truth universally acknowledged... that Disney's Beauty and the Beast is full of parallels with Pride and Prejudice.

First and foremost, of course, there's the central romance. A young woman and a young man meet. The man is of higher social status than the woman and tends to be unsociable, selfish, and rude. The woman is the first person to properly call out his behavior, so naturally they don't get along at first. But eventually they get to know each other better and learn to respect each other, the man becomes kinder and improves his manners, and ultimately they fall in love. Both works also include a possible alternate love interest for the heroine: a handsome, charming, popular foil to the hero, who turns out to a total cad. (Although a key difference is that Elizabeth is charmed and fooled by Wickham, while Belle always detests Gaston.) @starberry-cupcake has also, ingeniously, pointed out further similarities in the structure of the two stories. In both, the hero and heroine's animosity culminates in a scene where the hero behaves especially badly, seemingly ending any chance they had of becoming a couple (Darcy's first proposal/the West Wing incident). But then a dramatic turning point takes place, initiated by the hero, which leads the heroine to see him in a different light (Darcy's letter/the Beast saving Belle from the wolves). From that point on, they draw closer and closer together. But then a crisis involving the heroine's family suddenly separates them (Lydia's elopement/Maurice lost in the blizzard) and the hero shows just how far his growth has come by doing a great, selfless deed for the heroine, expecting nothing in return (Darcy bribing Wickham to marry Lydia and save the Bennets' good name/the Beast sacrificing his last chance to be human again by letting Belle go to save her father). Then an antagonist tries to separate them forever (Lady Catherine forbids Elizabeth to marry Darcy/Gaston tries to kill the Beast), but this only leads to their becoming a couple at long last (the news of his aunt's meddling inspires Darcy to propose again/the Beast's near-death leads to Belle confessing her love and breaking the spell). To all these things that @starberry-cupcake has noticed, I'll add one more. In both, early on, a close relative of the heroine's gets sick from being caught in the rain, which somehow leads to the heroine staying in the same house as the hero (although of course there's a big difference between "Jane has to stay in bed at Netherfield for a few days and Elizabeth decides to keep her company" and "the already sick Maurice will probably die if he stays in the dank, cold castle dungeon, so Belle offers to take his place as the Beast's prisoner").

But there's more to both stories than just those parallels. Pride and Prejudice also has quite a few popular misconceptions attached to it, which don't really reflect the novel. Maybe these stem from the popular 1995 and 2005 screen adaptations, or maybe they predate them, but either way, they're pervasive. And I would argue that Beauty and the Beast more closely resembles the pop culture "fanon" version of Pride and Prejudice than it does Austen's actual book.

#1 – First of all, there's the misconception that both Pride and Prejudice and Beauty and the Beast are stories of a flawed man changed by a role model woman, and that in both, the central character arc is his, not hers. But for Pride and Prejudice, that's not really true. Pride and Prejudice is more the story of two decent yet flawed people who both change and bring out the best in each other. Admittedly, the first half of the book is mostly from Elizabeth's point of view, and it sets us up to view her the same way she views herself, as the most sensible, perceptive person present, who cleverly observes and judges the silly and annoying people all around her. But the book's turning point isn't Darcy's revelation-filled letter alone; it's Elizabeth's resulting recognition that she hasn't been as clever or perceptive as she thought she was, and that her judgments of others have been based more in her own vanity than she realized they were. Elizabeth's humbling process is arguably more prominent than Darcy's, both because she's the protagonist and because it takes place on-page, while Darcy's is off-page and only revealed after it happens. But in Disney's Beauty and the Beast? The central character arc of the story is the Beast's learning to be a better person and becoming worthy of Belle's love. Several members of the creative team have described him as "the real protagonist," which Darcy could never be called. Belle's arc of learning to love him is a response to his development, not equivalent to it. The attempts I've seen to argue that Belle is flawed and does change along with the Beast ("She learns to let go of her grand fantasies and find happiness in everyday life," "She learns that people's characters aren't black-and-white and that they can change," "She learns to be less of a snob about who she considers friendship-worthy," etc.) might have a little truth in them, but for the most part, Belle is a clear-headed role model, who serves as the story's best judge of character and whose good or bad opinion is the narrative's barometer of morality.

#2 – Another popular misconception about Pride and Prejudice is that Elizabeth is a free-spirited, independent misfit who defies the social conventions of her time and place. Personally, I don't think that description entirely fits her, but it does fit Belle. True, Elizabeth is lively, strong-willed, both more athletic and more intellectual than a classic ingénue, and willing to stand up to her social superiors or to turn down an advantageous marriage if she dislikes the man. (Although unlike in the screen adaptations, she never says she's only willing to marry for love.) But she also cares very much – more than any other Bennet except Jane does – about pleasing others and following her society's basic rules of decorum. This is both a virtue and a fault, as it sets her apart from her rude, obnoxious family, yet it also leads her to mistake Wickham's gentlemanly charm for goodness and Darcy's stern aloofness for a bad nature. Besides this, she's outgoing and well liked by most (not all, but most) of the people she knows. But Belle is different. While she also cares strongly about good manners and being considerate, Belle is genuinely "never part of any crowd," with no friends her own age, and viewed as "odd" by most of her neighbors because her dreams, interests, and values are different from others of her time and place. That's part of the point of Disney's Beauty and the Beast: it's about two misfits who find acceptance and belonging in each other. Personally, at least, I don't see that theme in Pride and Prejudice.

#3 – Belle is a bookworm, and her preference for books over small talk and would-be husbands is one of her main "oddities" in the eyes of her neighbors. Elizabeth is often remembered as a bookworm too, based on Caroline Bingley's catty remark that she takes pleasure in nothing except reading. But that comment comes from just one incident – Elizabeth choosing to read instead of playing cards at Netherfield, not because she really prefers reading to cards but because they're playing for money and she can't afford to join in – and Elizabeth herself promptly refutes it by claiming that she's "not a great reader." Her favorite pastime, if she has just one, is going for walks, not reading; Darcy is more associated with books than she is.

#4 – The Beast has a redemption arc, while Darcy doesn't. Darcy never does anything morally shameful; he's just "disagreeable" and sometimes rude, dissuades Bingley from proposing to Jane (with good intentions), and fails to warn others about Wickham. Even at his most unpleasant, he's always honorable, generous to the poor, and devoted to the people he cares about. Does his positive growth count as "redemption" when he never really sins? The Beast, on the other hand, does do morally disgraceful things: he imprisons a lost and sick old man just for "trespassing," only letting him go when Belle takes his place, he forbids his servants to feed Belle as long as she refuses to eat with him (although they ignore that order), he makes Belle fear for her life with his rage in the West Wing, and years earlier, he was cursed for shutting out an old beggar woman on a winter's night. He's in real need of redemption, which he begins by risking his life for Belle and completes by sacrificing all his hopes for her sake.

#5 – The Beast is a Byronic hero; Darcy is not, even though pop culture tends to think he is. The Beast is initially moody, tempestuous, and dangerous, tortured by his monstrous appearance and living in self-imposed isolation. Even after his personal growth, which makes him less Byronic, his response to losing Belle (which, to be fair, means losing his last chance to break his spell, not just losing love) is to roar like a jungle animal and sink into suicidal despair. But Darcy? He's initially cold, severe, and prone to annoyance, but not prone to dark moods or outbursts of temper. He's unsociable (though whether out of real social awkwardness or out of arrogance is a matter of debate) but he's not a tortured recluse, he's certainly not dangerous, and while he loves deeply, his apparent response to losing Elizabeth is just to carry on with life as best he can and to try to be a better person. Having a few traits in common with a Byronic hero doesn't make him one.

#6 – Modern Austen fans sometimes describe Darcy's character arc as being about "toxic masculinity," which he "unlearns" in favor of healthy masculinity. But is that really true? I would argue that Darcy's cold arrogance is gender-neutral and more related to social class than to masculinity. In Beauty and the Beast, however, toxic masculinity vs. healthy masculinity is a central theme. The Beast really does behave in toxically masculine ways at first (i.e. domineering and prone to rages), but by the end embraces healthy masculinity that allows for gentleness and vulnerability. Meanwhile, the real villain, the boorish, macho Gaston, is toxic masculinity personified, in a way that Pride and Prejudice's gentlemanly rake Wickham never is.

#7 – Darcy is sometimes accused of not "really" loving Elizabeth when he first proposes to her – of proposing just out of lust and only really learning to love her when he's a better man. But this isn't what Austen tells us. While he might not fully understand her until after she rejects him, and while his love might be more selfish than it becomes later, the book never denies that it was true love. In his second, successful proposal, he claims that his feelings for her are "unchanged." The Beast, on the other hand, really doesn't love Belle yet when he first hopes to win her love – what he wants is to break his spell. His arc of learning to love Belle, having never loved anyone before, is just as important as his becoming a better person in general. Darcy doesn't need to learn how to love; just to be humbler and more considerate.

#8 – The Beast changes for Belle, and changes drastically; Darcy arguably doesn't change drastically, and definitely doesn't change for Elizabeth. The Beast's efforts to be a better person are intrinsically tied to his desire to please Belle, and he changes from rough to gentle, ruthless to moral, and selfish to selfless. But Darcy was always a good person, just a flawed one, and he goes through personal growth without changing his core self. This happens when he never expects to see Elizabeth again; he becomes a better man because he wants to be a better man. It's slightly baffling that so many amateur critics accuse him of changing his entire personality to please Elizabeth.

None of these differences between Pride and Prejudice and Beauty and the Beast reflect badly on either. Of course Austen's novel is more complex and sophisticated than the Disney film, but each work is outstanding in its genre: a realistic literary comedy of manners and an animated family movie based on a fairy tale. But the fact remains that while they are full of striking parallels, they're very different from each other too.