#can we stop treating him like he is a force of pure evil who has never once felt a human emotion in his life

[anteakwa]

mogami fans need to unite and cleanse his ao3 tag cuz i’ll be so real i’m sick of the 100 fics of “mogami is an evil two dimensional force that only exists to further traumatize mob”. doesn’t even need to be happy i just want to read something that won’t completely wipe every ounce of character mogami has for the sake of making him a cheap villain in a fanfic. like if you genuinely believe with your whole heart that mogami held any ill intent towards mob then i need you to go back and rewatch season 2

[cologona]

See in my eyes the greatest tragedy of DITF is that events were leading up to Bruce and Jason finally resolving this simmering issue between them, where Jason thought being Robin was what gave him a place next to Bruce, and Bruce was treating his, Dick, and Jason’s trauma as identical.

The thing that busts my balls about Robin Lives is that it has the broad strokes of what the hypothetical timeline where Jason lives should have.

Bruce realizes his mistake in uncritically projecting his own trauma and coping mechanisms onto his sons, growing from hyperactively empathetic into genuinely compassionate. Jason gets security (emotional security, which given that superhero comics are a story of symbols means it’s the most important kind) from the reassurance that he is loved regardless of his title as Robin and gets to really choose if he wants to be a vigilante or civilian. He gets to grow up.

That Jason doesn’t survive in the main timeline is a tragedy because instead of that emotional resolution and eventual growth we just get a teenager’s corpse and a father regressing into the worst possible version of himself.

But Robin Lives isn’t interested in any of that. It knows but it doesn’t care, because a lot of that great juicy stuff is just relegated to stray panels and background exposition.

Despite the narration being from the POV of Jason’s own therapist there’s very little description of what Jason’s actually going through at all. He gets like a few panels on one page max to voice his thoughts and the rest is what? A bunch of vague drivel about how he’s so broken and traumatized. More frequently the therapist narrator is talking about how beautifully and nobly Bruce suffers. Gimme a break!

As far as Robin Lives is concerned the most interesting thing Jason can do is be a wretch. As far as it’s concerned Jason is nothing, he’s a prop, he’s a moral landmass over which the forces of the two real main characters of this story fight.

I can’t express how much contempt I have for this story, with that ending which is clearly trying to make a Deep Statement about ~the cycle of violence~. Except if it was really invested in the point it was trying to make it’d take more interest in Jason himself as the principal subject. It would give a shit about how valuable the opportunity to heal is.

It would not have Jason get help and grow into his own as an adult, only to inexplicably become evil because what- he killed Joker so that means the moral disease transferred to him? See how stupid it sounds when I say it out loud. According to Robin Lives there’s just no hope once you’ve been Broken. You are doomed to become your abuser.

And that shallow symmetry this story forces the characters into, with Dick and Jason becoming the new Batman and Joker rubs salt into the wound. A dichotomy between those who are Good (like Bruce and Dick who respond to trauma by becoming even more pure) and those who are Weak (like Jason and -apparently- Joker, who go into hysterics and subsequently catch the disease of Evil). How OOC the characters felt should’ve been a warning to the writer that something was off, but alas!!!!

I’ll stop here now because I’m getting too heated to be coherent, but yeah I Dislike This Comic.

[miwhotep]

A theory on the reason behind Milverton's motivation as a villain

@diveintovortex 's recent Milverton deep dive analysis posts gave me a sudden idea about what can be the actual reason behind Milverton's motivation as becoming the true evil personified, but I didn't want to flood the reblog with what is only a theory from me, so I decided to make a post on my own.

Milverton views tempting people to sin as true evil what is above society's morals and laws - that's why he took on his hobby of turning people into villains, because he wanted to be the THE true evil force. But what if his goal of becoming the devil is just a fake motivation - what Milverton makes up and lies about to HIMSELF? What if it's a motivation not mainly to ramble to other people about, but a motivation he convinced himself to be the reason for his actions... when actually, it's just a way for him to get away from his human self.

I know I said this lot of times, but again - we don't know Milverton's age, but based on the manga's artstyle of representing different ages, Milverton is quite young, maybe in his mid 30s. (Just look at Lestrade for contrast - he is 40, and he defintely seems older than Milverton. Based on his look, Milverton is in the same age league as Mycroft who is in his 30s). And despite this, he has completely white hair. YuuMori might have fun sometimes with unnatural eye colors (William, Louis and Milverton), but the hair colors are always natural. And we are in the victorian era, so it's highly unlikely that Milverton dyes his hair to be white (why would he do it, really). But another reason why someone can have white hair at young age - is trauma.

Remember: Milverton is no noble. We don't know what life he had before becoming a successful businessman (what he achieved by blackmail and not with money) - but he has a background of a commoner.

Also remember, Milverton treats Ruskin with respect and care - so he is capable of caring, he is not soulless no matter how hard he likes to make it look like that. This means he wasn't evil from the start - before becoming a villain, he was a totally normal human being.

Here, I don't want to theorize on what happened with Milverton, but whatever it was, was most likely deeply traumatic for him and turned him to be evil. And the reason why he chose to becoming the force of true evil, a personification of evil instead of a person who does evil because this way, he thinks he is able to get away from his human self what only caused him pain. He wants to become the devil to stop being human, to stop suffering, to stop having trauma, to stop feeling. He lies to himself about his motivation: he thinks he tempts people to sin because he is true evil and that's what true evil does - but he actually turns people evil as an act of revenge against society, to get more people through on what he went through and get more people to become like him. That's why tempting people to evil - like in Whiteley's case (what seems to be Milverton's usual method based on what one of the bodyguards said to him "you are sure fond of this method, Mr. Milverton") - is through causing them trauma - like he most likely became evil because he was unable to deal with his trauma and it ended up corrupting him, too.

So tempting people to evil actually comes from pain, anger and thirst for revenge - but Milverton would never admit this, because in that case, he needs to face with his human side - so he made out for himself a Bible explaining session as the reason behind his actions.

It is purely a theory, but I really like this idea: it wouldn't make Milverton less evil, of course - but it would make him a more understandable character. Someone who is evil, who is deeply messed up - but in the end, just a human.

[mdhwrites]

I think Luz's morality is an interesting topic. The more i think about it, the worse she seems.

She befriended Amity, after knowing the kind of things she did to people like Willow, which is fine. But, then she has the gall to try and FORCE Willow to become friends with Amity, even after she explicitly told her not too, and Luz should KNOW that. If your friend tried to make you befriend your biggest bully, youd be pretty pissed.

Luz is also rather selfish here, she treats looking into Willows memories as a theme park, for the 'bAcKsTORY'. The writers kind of have Amity call her out, but its framed as Amity being in the wrong. To be generous, maybe its solely good intention? but when you consider she gets with Amity, and how she uses Willow being bullied in wing it to essentially have her Azura sports fantasy, it... seems less so.

Also, youre right that Luz lies ALOT in the show. like JESUS. and its unforgiveable in FTF, your gf TOLD YOU TO STOP. It just makes Luz look self absorbed and apathetic to other peoples struggles and feelings, especially when shes having a pity party over 'hElPinG BeLoS' when there are people who arent sure if their FAMILIES ARE ALIVE WITH HER.

So... the short answer to this ask is that protagonist morality in general isn't nearly as 'pure good' as people like to make them out to be, they're usually more Lawful Neutral... But even compared to that, Luz is kind of a bad person and the longer the series has gone on, the worse that has gotten.

But let's first talk about protagonist morality in general. See, we all think "Main Protagonist and Paragon are the same thing!" No. Absolutely fucking not. I actually don't get where this opinion comes from, especially since even a cursory glance at most shows will have you going "Boy the main character is tempted to evil easily."

Because really, how many main characters don't fuck up all the time? Most plots in an episodic format either start with a fuck up by the main character or screwing up is used as a way to escalate things. This is often motivated by either trying to do the right thing, their own goals that can conflict with their morality or... Just being used for the morality play of the episode.

Now there is an easy saving grace to this: Main characters are meant to learn from these moments and they go fix the mistake. In theory, it shows their good heart and lets them grow as a character. There's a reason people get annoyed when a character has to go through the same lesson over and over again after all or do just ignore their mistakes and not suffer the consequences or put in the work to fix it and thus not deserve the consequences.

Which... Brings me to Luz. And her lying. NOW, I will actually admit that this is mostly a Season 2 B thing. I went back through the episodes and while her motivations are questionable (if you only ever work for forgiveness and never do random acts of kindness, your kindness comes into question) she actually isn't lying constantly or in a way that doesn't fit just being used in a minor way to help the episode... Minus the big one obviously.

Which is where I have to give credit to the show for making it so that her lie to a mother IS a white lie. It actually doesn't paint her as a bad person. Should she be lying? That's a philosophical debate for people but she was going to be gone regardless and so for her mother, the experience isn't that different. The only real problem is that when Luz is asked if she made friends, she has to say "Yes, but we aren't going to be able to keep in touch."

And then that lie gets complicated... And then devastating. And that's not the first lie in S2 that has hurt someone she supposedly cares about. It happened first with King. Her lying that he believed her was genuinely devastating for him. And her lying to her mother did the same thing.

So that's two already.

Then we get Falls and Follies where she straight up promises to STOP KEEPING SECRETS. Because her secrets, which classify as lies of omission, especially if asked directly about said thing, hurt Amity. Her girlfriend.

So she has now emotionally hurt and theoretically felt bad from hurting her found brother, her actual mom and her girlfriend. And now she has made a promise to stop.

Now, I actually want to address something here. One person tried to make a case "Oh, you can't actually keep that promise on Luz. What was she supposed to do? Tell every secret she's learned in her life, even other people's?" No. And don't pull that strawman shit with me. The point was going forward. That's what matters with promises.

Sorry means NOTHING without action. Because words are easy. Actions are what matters.

So... Then we get Reaching Out where she obliterates that promise... And suffers no consequences. In fact, the episode paints it as we should be sympathetic with her and forgive her for the lie she kept. You can feel bad for someone and still condemn what they did but the episode absolutely doesn't.

So that's FOUR EPISODES, within 15 episodes, so almost a third of that time, has been dedicated to "LUZ. STOP. LYING."

But we're not done yet. No... No we've got one more.

There is the multiple months long lie of omissions of A: I helped Belos and the Collector accidentally and B: I am not going back to the Isles. The first one is... Well it's dumb and it gets non-resolved because no one gives a shit which thank god because, again, it's dumb.

The second one though. This one is used... Because the writers know Luz is going back. So they never think about this one and still include a moment like Amity quoting Luz back at her. "I don't know what my future will hold, but I'm happy you'll be a part of it."

And Luz says nothing. That is one of the biggest moments of lying by omission you can make because by saying nothing... You're agreeing with her. You're letting her keep that belief despite knowing it's wrong.

Yes, she has her excuses but what happens to Luz, compared to what happens to others with this lie and action.

For Luz... At worst she has to live with the guilt and question of 'What happened to those I loved?" Despite, you know, reasonably being able to believe they're just going to die. Or that they're dead already. And she'll spend the rest of her days (generously) trying to forget that she ever went to Isles. This genuinely the kindest way I can put this.

Because for Amity... It means that she only gets to find out that the person she probably thinks is her soulmate dumped her when the portal closes. That she is entirely alone and was lied to and betrayed by the person she trusted most.

And the rest? Well, they had been planning on Luz being there. On being able to use her strength and her connections. Their plan is now compromised, they're weaker as a unit and they also have to deal with the betrayal now that they're in a land that seems like home but also not and is far more dangerous than they're theoretically used to.

Luz has condemned ALL OF THEM to death.

And what did she do before this? Oh... you know, go on dates, have fun with her friends, be willing to be by their side without saying a single. Fucking. Word. The pictures prove it. I mean... How do you do a milkshake date with your girlfriend, your supposed 'cotton candy haired goddess' while knowing your time is limited and you're going to do what in most romance stories is considered to be the literal worst thing you can to your partner? Except maybe cheat on them? MAYBE.

It is GENUINELY reprehensible. Especially since Luz DOES blame herself for this. She breaks protagonist morality here though by deciding "Nope. I don't know how to fix it and I might make it worse so fuck it. Let it all burn."

Because even if that's not what is said, even if that is not explicitly Luz's intention... It's what she does. Period. She doesn't say "Guys, I'll sit back, let you make the decisions because I don't trust myself anymore." No, instead she makes a HUGE decision, all by herself, with no input, despite her choices hurting people being what she is CLAIMING to be the problem (even though she hasn't even thought about her GIRLFRIEND'S feelings in this).

And there's a LOT of contradictions like this with Luz where what she says and what she does... Just doesn't match. At all.

But this has gone on long enough. I hope I made my point clear just hoe fucking awful these lies make Luz out to be. And how at some point it goes from being "A deep flaw the character needs to work on," to "they're just a bad person."

[cardboard-guitar]

im back

with an idea

which I’m gonna bounce off you guys, if you think its not ass, i might write it if i finally stop procrastinating over every little thing.

seo é an idea is mó agus níos tábhactach:

“The world is run by kings, sweet Sister. We have no say in what they decide. Sauron is our Savior. He will do what is right. We must trust in our kings.”

Morna is a southron, her family are old merchants. All trades were shut off a century ago, when Gondor committed an act so heinous, it sparked a war. Southrons have lived in poverty ever since. She hears tales of the old gondorian trade routes, and the money they made. She sees the old roads, the fine houses in disrepair, memories of a bygone era.

Her brothers are sent to fight for Sauron. Sauron is their hope of a future. Dark is his armor, but he burns with the pure white heat of his love. The north is corrupt, fractured and kingless. Sauron alone can unite them. He will not forget those who aid him, nor those that oppose him. He was reborn, killed by the northern savages, and sent back to save them. He promises the Southern King that the south will prosper under his rule, and that he can remain as a steward of sorts.

He sends them gifts, of finely crafted armor. Elven armor, and mithril helmets, like those the old stories told of, that the northern king’s most prized soldiers wore. The South Stands with Sauron. The Southerners are his Chosen men. They wear these helmets with pride. Dwarven-forged swords follow.

The men march out, the greatest force of men seen in an age. Morna and those who did not march remain. They wait for weeks on end, awaiting news. When they are showered in mithril helms, the heads of their owners, her kinfolk, still attached, Morna realises things have gone terribly wrong. Scattered orcs march on her home, trapping them in their houses. The North rallied, and defeated their Great lord. Sauron is defeated. Their families are dead. The false king sits on the throne in Minas Tirith.

 He seeks to make apparent peace with the South, and has asked for an envoy. Her people scattered and broken, Morna is one of the 9 chosen. Nine, for the nine families Sauron chose to elevate from total poverty. Nine for each of his Shadowed Generals.

The future of her people now lies in her hands. She must walk into the Viper’s Nest, and treat with King Elessar, Evil Incarnate.

[cannoli-reader]

Good take.  Viscerally, it IS cool. The underdogs rise up.  The marginalized take power.  This is a superficially satisfying thing to happen.  It comes on the heels of, and is directly connected to, the Asha’man going to town on the Shaido, who, by this point have earned nothing but contempt from the reader and are as good an excuse for human-on-human violence as we get in the series (even counting the Seanchan & Children of the Light, two factions many readers wish got more comeuppance than they did).  

A lot of the problems that people have with the material immediately following this book is that they are still embracing the superficial “action" level of the series, and the story moves away from that, to get into character conflicts and internal struggles.  Right on the heels of Dumai’s Wells, we get the bargain with the Sea Folk and Cadsuane arriving on the scene, and they become among the most-hated non-antagonists in the series because they are not all about showering praise and glory on the main characters, and do not fall over backward in awe and admiration but rather force the characters to see how far they still have to go and to confront limitations.  A certain very basic way of reading the books as a pure action-gratification story runs into a wall when the story stops handing out treats. 

Even the sexism complaints are rooted in this.  Because WoT is so broad in its scope, there are a variety of characters and factions available, and a lot of different ways to embrace the story.  One thing many readers find admirable or enjoyable at first is the female power structure, and vicariously thrill to relatable female characters exercising power unapologetically without answering to men or a patriarchy.  That this state of affairs is just as wrong as the Asha’man dominating Aes Sedai, escapes their notice until the fun stops (from their perspective) and they feel like they have had the rug yanked out from under them and the girls-in-charge story they though they were getting collapses into another male power fantasy, where the women have to kneel to the man (the romance-novel appearance of the original cover of the book* depicting that very scene does not help).  

WoT is neither a girl power fantasy, nor a male underdogs fight back story.  It is about how either gender’s supremacy is toxic, and how people have to come together and appreciate and respect one another.  Dumai’s Wells is cool and awesome and it is the start of the downward spiral of Rand.  The whole book sets that up beautifully, with the constant atmosphere of inaction and frustration in Rand’s arc, to make the action-gratification of the battle more satisfying and his abuse at the hands of the various Aes Sedai seeming to justify his moment of triumph, all on the immediate level, and on a deeper level, throughout the book, we see Rand’s attitude has taken a turn for the worse, since the hammer-blows of his first large scale battle, Moiraine’s feigned death, Morgase’s apparent murder and witnessing the deaths of his friends at Rahvin’s hands, which ended the prior book.  He has started keeping his List of Dead Women, he has begun holding friends at arm’s length, and his approach to politics has become considerable more cynical and manipulative than his idealistic agenda in Tear.  Lews Therin’s voice has actively started talking to him, instead of just popping up as a random memory or reflexive skill he never learned in this life. All the seeds of a turn to the dark side are sown, and they bloom in his demand that the Aes Sedai kneel. 

And as is the case so often in WoT, you can honestly see why someone would WANT to do this, want to bring this about, without writing it off as an evil impulse motivated purely by unworthy motives.  That’s the beauty of The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan (and no one else), that everyone always has a plausible and legitimate reason for everything they do.  Even the more generally despised attitudes of the Children of the Light and the Seanchan are rooted in the inarguable fact that every way in which the world of WoT is worse than the real world is due to the actions of channelers. But this quality of the writing mean that it is also really easy to identify with certain characters and to embrace certain in-story perspectives, and as a result, many readers have blinders and miss when a character starts to go off the rails or fail to recognize how something unpleasant is actually to the character’s benefit, or a much needed correction.  At Dumai’s Wells, the readers who embraced Rand’s perspective saw their boy avenged, those who were excited about the formation of the Black Tower or annoyed by the Aes Sedai had their dreams come true, and those who reveled in the feminine power structure had their toys taken away.  Cadsuane and the Sea Folk and the Seanchan would shortly thereafter return to take other peoples’ toys away.  And then Brandon Sanderson would come along and wreck the toys of those of us who were into the character development and world-building. 

*I refer to the cover by Darrell K Sweet, showing Rand in a billowy shirt standing over a cringing woman with a shawl bearing the Flame of Tar Valon.

~ listen I can't seem to wrap my head around how people don't really understand that Dumai's Wells was indeed a win for the Dark? I thought it was obvious? People are either seemingly against it (saying that it was proof that the books are sexist or w/e) or that it was badass (which goes against the obvious theme of the chapters and the aftermath reactions from, especially, Perrin).

Canonically I'm pretty sure it was a win for the Dark. As well as I figured that it was to show that where the supposed "matriarchal" society was not working as will the supposed "patriarchal" system not work either. SINCE I AM FULLY ON BOARD for the "they have to come together at the end" theory that should have been fully fleshed out for A Memory of Light but, of course, we didn't get to see much of that. but fml people it had to play out.

Rand having Aes Sedai swearing fealty was not seen in a positive light in the books so I'm not sure why people are like YEAH SO COOL or UGH THIS SEXIST NARRATIVE.

anyways someone could articulate this better I'm sure. I'm rambling. I just keep seeing BOTH opinions and never one where it's taken at this point of view unless it's a quieter take. AM I MISREADING THIS, EHHH?

[i-cant-sing]

Pls idk why but I keep thinking about Sukuna and pregnant reader ( platonic ) 💀✋

Platonic Yandere Sukuna x pregnant reader

Hmm, lets see what my brain thinks about that.

Okay, so maybe reader is Sukuna's daughter, his youngest, and well somehow she was born human- didn't have any curse powers or techniques, maybe some very weak cursed energy but still, she was fragile like fine a porcelain doll.

Perhaps thats what made Sukuna become so attached to you- your humanity. How he had made something so pure and innocent, so weak and in dire need of his protection. You weren't like any of his other offspring, no hint of malice or evil could be detected from you. You were naive, gullible, soft, everything that Sukuna wasn't and yet, you were his favourite person to spend time with.

He's just so enamoured by you, the way your brain works and how big your heart is, his own heart warming when he hears you laugh and he has a lazy smile on his face when he's sitting on his thrown and you climb onto his lap with great difficulty, all because you wanted to give him a kiss.

Needless to say, you were treated like royalty. Everyone knew you were Sukuna's little princess and they would try to manipulate you to get favours from the demon king, which infuriated him a lot and he'd end up slaughtering anyone who tried to use you to get to him. It gets to the point that he limits the people he allow around you, being just him, Urame and one or two of his most loyal servants.

As you grew older, Sukuna became more possessive of you, going as far to keep you locked up in your room for hours until he felt like he should let you out for some fresh air. But despite taking all measures to guard you, someone still managed to steal you away.

It was a sorcerer.

Now, this is where the story could go two ways. 1. Reader gets kidnapped by an evil sorcerer, someone like Psuedo Geto/Noritoshi Kamo and is forced to go undergo his experiment and become pregnant. 2. Reader is saved by some sorcerer, potentially Toji, Gojo, Megumi or Naoya. Reader may or may not have fallen in love and well, decides she wants to have a family with them.

Anyways, whatever route we go down, one thing is for sure. Sukuna is going to kill whoever stole you away from him, either right away or later if you manage to stop him (momentarily). Then, depending on his mood, he is more than willing to terminate your pregnancy whether you want to or not. The only way he doesn't abort it is if it endangers your life.

During your pregnancy, while Sukuna does not care for your fetus one bit, he does care about your health. He doesn't wait on your hand and foot, but you don't ever remember not lacking anything you would need. When you're sleeping, Sukuna would often come and sit by your side, staring at your pregnant belly with the slightest pang of guilt. He'd brush the hair out of your face before kissing your forehead, promising that he'll fix everything.

Once you've given birth, Sukuna will immediately take the baby and either kill it or give it away, not caring if you wanted to begged him not to take your child away from you. You're his child, you're nowhere ready to be a mother, and in his eyes, you'll never be. He'll hug you to his chest and rub your back, not faltering as you hit his chest or sob, he'll shush you and coo that he's your father, and that he knows whats best for you.

From then on, you can kiss your freedom and privacy goodbye as Sukuna will never let you leave his sight, always making any and every decision for you. Because he truly believes that...

You're only safe as long as you're with him.

[yanderecandystore]

Could you please do a fanfic for a male version of Yandere! Lady Dimitrescu (from Resident Evil Village game) with the reader.

I really like the Resident Evil franchise but I'm too lazy to know what the hell is happening in the older games XD I'm so sorry about that-

I loved watching playthroughs of Resident Evil Village (can't buy the game ;-;), but I felt like it was a bit empty, idk- I felt like the lords weren't really explored enough.

Also the Duke is the best husbando in the whole game- Fight me! >:3

TW/Tags: GN = Gender Neutral, I normally forget to properly name it when it's gender neutral, most of the time I just say "reader" // maybe ooc // lazy genderbent, I'm terrible with names // size difference // servant reader // mentions of gore/cuts/bruises/blood and deaths (and torture- I'm so sorry-) // reader gets hurt // mentions of vomiting

It's Dinner Already [Yandere!M!Dimitrescu x GN!Reader - Short Fanfiction]

It's dinner time already, unfortunately for you, of course.

It feels almost like a routine at this point- Which in a way, it is! You always take care of your tasks during the day, while dreading the inevitable time for dinner to arrive again.

Everyday, at this exact same hour, you and the other servants would prepare a meal for Lord Dimitrescu and his lovely… Sons…

As someone who has started "working" for their family only a month ago, you can positively say: Starving in the cold woods next to your village would have probably been a more merciful death than the ones you have witnessed at this place. You weren't as accustomed to such brutal executions at your village, actually you hardly even witnessed so much death, at least not so up close.

When you came here, you didn't expect to be instantly comforted and treated with respect- You were a commoner looking for an possibility to thrive in a noble's house, you were basically an easy target for any entitled selfish lord to easily belittle you and make you work for them until your hands would turn to dust. Yet nothing could have prepared you for such an odd situation.

Vampires. Monsters. Fiends if you were bold enough to insult them. You weren't exactly welcomed as much as you were snatched in and now forever trapped inside this castle. You can still hear their laughter… Their insane expressions of pure glee, the way they have bursted into maliciously laughing at your pain as you screamed for help trying to open up their door again and be free from that nightmare.

The chase didn't last even a second, they stabbed your legs with their scythes and brought you deeper inside this hellhole, as you cried your eyeballs out. The sons had brought you back inside so their father could take a look at the "intruder".

An absolute titan amongst the mortals. His height was only a sick reminder of how much power he had over the castle, over his sons, and now- Over you.

He may not have been as massive as he was threatening as you remind him to be, but at the time you were just in awe of his height considering you have never seen someone as tall and as mighty.

Then again- You have never seen vampires as well. Were they the same vampires as the books you've read as a kid? You weren't so sure of it…

You were hoping that if you begged for life and for forgiveness for having disturbed their peace, that they could spare you and let you go back to your village. Sadly enough, you commented on how you were only trying to look for a job as a servant.

You probably shouldn't have given them ideas, but it's too late to think about your mistakes now, however.

The sons begged to see your blood spilled, yet Lord Dimitrescu was merciful enough to grant you your "wish", as he said.

It has been a month ever since you were trapped inside and forced to work as a miserable little servant, and even if you didn't suffer the worst forms of punishments that they had in-store for you, you couldn't help but fantasize about just running away and never turning back.

You're so tired of this castle, of the smell of carnage, of the undeserved and over the top punishments, and especially of the people who would subjugate you to such things.

But at last, it's dinner time already, and you can't keep them waiting.

You feel your hands shaking as you walk out of the kitchen and into the dining room where the masters of the castle were so graciously waiting for you. You know what they're waiting for- But you can't let them distract you, for those that commit accidents are faced with fates worse than death.

Although you would rather do this process quickly, you can't afford mistakes to happen, so you take your time to set not only their meal in front of each one but to also pour "wine" into their glasses. You do all of this without looking directly into their eyes, only bowing down to each one and saying "excuse me"s in what they would call a "decent tone", as the smell of their disgusting beverage starts to irritate your nostrils. If you didn't know the main ingredient to Sanguis Virgins is, you probably wouldn't have this immense disgust over it, but right now just the thought of it makes you want to gag.

Only villains could so easily drink blood, and still make a living out of it.

Your internal thoughts of pure hatred against this whole situation almost completely blinded you to the fact that they were eerily, very quiet.

….

On most nights they would be talking with each other while occasionally making comments about you or your presence. Obviously they were all pretty nasty comments that they somehow expected you to back it up in some way or another, it's when they try to insert you into their conversation that makes you hate this occasion so badly, but it normally ends as quickly as it begins.

But as you are pouring wine to Lord's Dimitrescu, you notice that they haven't said a single thing while you were there. You stop what you're doing as you realize that they were silently observing you this whole time, and as you look into their expressions you come to think that maybe you have messed up-

Somehow, in some way or form, you may have messed up- And the fact this mistake could cost your head only agitates your already very worried mind.

….

A small moment of silence continues before the middle son, Cassandro, starts to chuckle in an almost innocent way- As if he was a kid who just said a bad word for the first time- And as he bursts into sudden laughter, Daniel leans towards Bello and loudly whispers:

"- I told you, they do this every time." To which Bello only replied with:

"- It's almost like hypnosis in a way."

The three sons were mesmerized by your ability to trap yourself in your own mind. They're probably aware that you do this as a defensive mechanism but they still find it comical in a weird way. You feel yourself get more tense as you look up at Lord Dimitrescu and see him staring back at you, with an unreadable expression across his face.

Before you could come up with an excuse to whatever you may have caused to disturb their dinner, the Lord himself spoke.

"- How inappropriate. As my sons, you three should know better than to laugh at our servant's airheaded mind-"

And as he said that, their smiles begin to disappear and be replaced with frowns and a bit of shame as they become stiff at their father's words.

"- And how inappropriate of you, too. To be so distracted in the presence of your masters, that's quite rude don't you think?"

But as he continued their bodies begin to relax once again as they realize he wasn't focusing on them- He was focusing on you.

Words have completely disappeared from your vocabulary as you start to think that maybe you won't be able to see another day after their meal is over. You try to mumble some possible responses before getting interrupted by him once again.

"- It's very rude, so very rude in fact that I think we deserve some answers. What were you so distracted about? What were you thinking that could have possibly taken over your small little head?"

Right now, he was sounding a bit condescending, thankfully not as angry as he would have been with the other servants right about now. Every little mistake was used as excuses for punishments- And if you were walking on thin ice before, right now you are one-step closer to breaking this entire lake and getting yourself killed by the freezing temperatures of the water below you.

Thanks to your luck (or maybe lack thereof, depending on how you see this) Daniel came to "your rescue" by coming up with an excuse for you.

"- Maybe they were hungry." He said without any indications of it being a joke or a lie- As the youngest yet craziest of the bunch, he always had that weird "naive yet dangerous" energy coming from him. He was naive enough to make that statement when it's very clear that you actually despise being near them, but he still was a son of Dimitrescu.

You know better than to underestimate any of these people.

The Lord didn't seem completely convinced as he side eyed Daniel who was blissfully eating his meal without acknowledging his dad's glance or his brother's looks of disapproval.

Without a warning you were pulled closer by your wrist and forced into sitting next to the Lord, who made a sign for another servant to bring you your food. This… Doesn't feel right at all, you're waiting for the worst to come yet you don't feel like you can ever prepare yourself enough for what they have in store.

"- M-My Lord- This isn't needed, I'm fine. I'll just continue my duties, if you can excuse me-" You plead, while trying to get up from your chair.

"- Oh but what host would I be if I didn't take better care of my guests? Poor thing, you must be starving if you can barely serve us wine-" And as his tone gets progressively more sarcastic and a bit louder, you can hear his sons snickering from the other side of the table, but you can't see them since you can't take your eyes away from him.

You're worried that if you look away for just one second, that you may not be able to see ever again.

"- It's so sad when one of our guests feels hungry- What's worse is when we are also very, very hungry."

"- Thirsty, even!"

"- Oh, I can feel my throat drying just at the thought of such misery!- Our dinner seems to be ruined."

You hear their whispers, you hear how they are clearly joking about this- How overly dramatic they're being over something so miniscule as you just- Ignoring them.

Let me remind you this is all because you refuse to look them in the eyes, that you refuse to give them any satisfaction for the heinous things they have done! You've seen so many people get hurt inside this castle only for their sick and twisted thirst and entertainment.

"- Indeed, my boys. My appetite is ruined, though dinner is not over yet-" Lord Dimitrescu spoke as he looked at his sons clearly enjoying your inevitable pain, but before he could continue he turns himself to you again, putting a hand on your arm and saying:

"- Wouldn't you agree?" Loud enough so that his sons could hear it, but soft enough to send the tiniest shivers down your spine.

"- …!"

"- No, no- Please, not again!-" He wouldn't dare do this, would he??

But before you could react he had already done it, you barely noticed how fast he had grabbed that knife to slice your wrist- His hand firmly gripping your arm as he made a deep enough cut so that your blood could be easier to access.

It somehow hurts just as badly as the first time his sons have stabbed your ankles and dragged you across the floor- At least you're not bumping into things like before, and even if it's a deep cut it's not as big as it could be if he used his claws to actually do this.

Oh, oh those claws- You almost thought he would use them on you… Those were something else. You can't remember exactly what happened, and why it happened, but you remember seeing him use those on another servant who may have crossed the line at some point.

Well "crossed the line"- More like "casually inconvenienced him". Lord Alcino may act like an incredibly high noble but he acts so childishly and in such an egotistical manner that you are surprised he can even have a castle like this in the first place! You don't remember what the servant has done to be so cruelly dismantled, but you don't doubt that it was for a stupid reason!

You miss that servant actually- Probably the only person who you actually talked with, and the first one to actually taught you how to do your job… You two could have been friends if he didn't intervene.

You briefly remember those moments before getting to experience the most weird sensation of all- Having your bloody cut be licked and sucked on. It hurts and it stings in a way that not only makes you want to cry but to also gag at the thought of you feeding this monster.

You refuse to look at him even in this scenario, you refuse to see him feeding off your blood… Sometimes you wish you were just as poisonous as some species of frogs, poisonous enough to make his mouth burn so he can experience a fraction of the pain he causes to others.

You tried fleeting away, you tried getting up and moving away but his grip on your arm only helped you in getting closer to him- You have your eyes closed as your only option is to cry and muffle your agony.

But as always, he is not satisfied with you just ignoring him. This was supposed to be a lesson, yet you're clearly avoiding your teacher as best as you can- But not today, little flower, you're not getting out of this so easily.

This is the first time he ever got to really taste your blood, as normally you would be behind the other servants while trying to learn how to please him, the only moments where he gets to see you is when it's dinner time, but oh- You're just so cruel!

Escaping inside your own little head while he has to content himself with just your image. Your presence is very much appreciated around this hour, little one-

He has noticed this before, of course, but it was only when he noticed his son's curiosity over the way you behave around them that made him organize this little trap. He didn't have everything planned actually, his plan only involved getting to this moment no matter what- And oh boy, has luck been on his side!

Your blood tastes better than expected of a commoner, your delicate and fearful whines of pain are just as delightful but what really gets him is this tough persona you try to convince everyone you have- You despise him, and it's clear to see why- But he knows his charms will probably work on you one way or the other.

He gripped your face trying to make sure you'll get to him in the eyes as he has a taste of you. Absolutely delicious, especially after you so gracefully "ruined" their dinner.

His sons were just watching as they continued to drink from their crimson glasses. They were just enjoying the show, as everything seems to easily amuse them- Their father was just showcasing how they were so much better than the common folk, and they have no other option but to take notes and to remember what they have to do if they ever feel ignored by the servants in the castle: Show who are the true masters of this place.

None of them were really interested in drinking from you, considering how all three seemed to recognize how their father has taken a liking towards you. No one would dare mess with their father's prey.

If you had enough strength in you, you would start vomiting as soon as this has started, but the more he takes from you the more you feel like you can barely stay conscious.

He wasn't supposed to take so much, at least not so soon- He wanted to just take a sip but he can't deny the fact he would rather drown himself in your blood than to let go.

He sighs, as he notices that you're slowly getting less and less aggressive, getting more and more tired as he drains you from this cut.

You're not unconscious yet, just barely stable enough to understand what's going on.

"- Sigh… Now that was a decent enough meal." He can't praise you for being tasty, can't have you being cocky around him.

"- Here, since I'm done here I'll take you to the servant's living quarters- And because I'm so kind I'll make sure that wound is safely secured and cleaned, so here- Come along now."

And as he stood up he offered you his hand so you could get up yourself, but you don't have enough energy to walk yourself to your room, thankfully you're already ready to go to bed and wish to never wake up again.

And as the nightmare never ends, he decides that if you are going to be difficult then you leave him no choice but to carry you there. How much has he taken from you?? Jesus, he should learn some self-control before doing this again- The absolute brute that he is.

Your vision may be a little screwed over because of the lack of red cells running through your body at the moment- But you have a weird feeling that you two aren't heading towards the servant's living quarters, as you feel like you two are quite literally going in the opposite direction.

Oh but it's fine- Right?

It'll be fine. Surely. After all, he already took what he wanted from you, and he doesn't seem to need more so- You probably won't have to worry about anything right now, dinner time is already over, you can finally relax now….

🍭꒰⑅ᵕ༚ᵕ꒱˖♡🍮꒰⑅ᵕ༚ᵕ꒱˖♡🍰꒰⑅ᵕ༚ᵕ꒱˖♡🍮꒰⑅ᵕ༚ᵕ꒱˖🍭

So I'm sick again- Sorry y'all, I just have a horrible immune system and I really don't understand what is wrong with me-

I'm sorry if you didn't like this boo :(

[eldritchtouched]

I think part of why some of the queer community have latched onto Mohg, Miquella, and Morgott in various ways is because of how relatable their themes are. Each of them represent different concepts and ideas from what I can tell, and have different struggles and relations because of it.

Morgott is simplest because he’s easily summed up as a “pick me.” He desperately wants to prove himself as one of the “good ones,” has wholeheartedly taken on the belief that Omens are monstrous and he’s a cursed being.

But isn’t that what society says of us? That we are unworthy of existing as we are, and that we should desperately seek to become what hates us? That the best we can do is struggle against our nature, but keep doing it and maybe we’ll get a crumb of respect? 

It’s so blatantly obvious that most fan creators have taken to pairing off their Tarnished with him and basically shower him in love until he stops thinking he’s a broken person.

Mohg is ultimately treated by so many as unlovable, a monster who revels in his monstrosity. Especially since queerness has been, for decades due to things like the Hayes Code and the aftereffects of it, coded to villainy and monstrosity. Indeed, many hate him to the point of adding the interpretation that he’s raping Miquella. And they treat him as the most awful character, moreso than Marika (who, you know, committed genocide) or Gideon (who had a whole village slaughtered to get to the Haligtree; which Mohg incidentally didn’t do when he went there).

But isn't that what society says of us, that if we're unashamed, we should be gone? That, if we’re unashamed, we’re monsters who can only hurt? That if we’re unashamed, we’re predators who force ourselves onto others? That, if our relationships look to the outside odd (such as someone looking young but not being young; there’s weird TERF shit about gay/bi transmasc transition = therefore legal pedophilia for gay guys, no really), then that’s just more proof we’re all secret pedos?

Miquella is in a weird position, too, because of his situation. Almost like a mix of both. Miquella is a sort of ‘golden child’ with how Radagon treated him and how he’s associated so much with helping many prior to the events of the game. After Mohg took him away, he’s assumed to be now tainted and monstrous and, indeed, many speculate he’ll be a DLC boss of some kind.

In many ways, his whole thing reminds me of the infantilization and demonization of transmasculinity. Where you’re treated as this uwu pure sort, untainted by Man-ness, until you’re transitioning proper. Then you’re, after a certain point, treated as utterly tainted, having been stolen away by evil queers trying to trans their pure uwu daughter and now utterly repulsive monstrosity. It’s also because, due to various transition barriers, if you transition later, you’re basically stuck going through puberty much later than your peers, and everyone thinks you’re way younger than you are when you’re read as your gender, and man if that isn’t a mood with Miquella not physically aging because of his curse.

[diedbutterflies69]

Drunk in love- Bang Chan imagine.

This is pure imagination. Minors don't interct.

Contains: explicit stuff fingering, blowjob, sex etc.

Red lights mv is the reason for this imagine.

Being alone never bothered you until now. Being alone at a place you don't belong. Sitting in An expensive night club, after quitting your job you decided to have time for yourself and do all the things you missed out so and the sixteenthth goal of your list was drinking in the city's most stunning and expensive club, you decided to get Fully wasted while slurping various wines, champagne, sweet Mimosa etc. but after seeing the price you realised that the one shot of vodka's price was equivalent to your whole month's grocery budget.

So yeah this is how you were struck, with a beautiful woman who gave you rich CEO vibes slightly drunk and was ranting about some buisness stuff you barely knew.

And she was really something else so damn pretty, elegant even her voice was sexy even though you were quite straight you wouldn't hesitate to be her sugar baby cause Money .

You don't understand how a powerful women like her was being so vulnerable infront of you, maybe because you helped her fixing her expensive backless dress, which was on edge of tearing, who didn't expect her to give you such a great treatment and open up to you. It has been 2 hours since you have been with that stunning women, but now you were really tired and was just wished to go to your nest. While being deep in your thoughts that women whose name was Sana (pretty people have pretty name too) her phone ranged .

" hey, your phone is ringing", you said her softly resulting her in giving a whiny look.

" whoever that is calling can suck fuck itself, you hear me , ignore it", Sana said after silencing her phone and again giving you some great intellectual knowledge.

The phone may have vibrated more than 6 times before Sana decided to to pick it and you again knew however was on the other line will be hearing tons of unique insults now ..

"hello, Bang I am absolutely fine and just having drinks with my new found friend, you relax and go, bye" Sana said screaming her lungs out as the music was hella loud. You were quite surprise by how kind she sounded, She called someone Bang as far you remembered , Must be someone special to her you thought.

"who was it? ", You asked her cautiously trying to not appear too nosy. In answer to your question she gave you a big smile and continuing " My little brother, you already know what kind of shit I am going through so he just worried for me, I am lucky right?", While describing her little bro there was a big smile on her beautiful face and yeah she surly was lucky cause the brother you had was a druggist because of whom you used to get really low on money back in days. And now the phone again rung and she picked up guess she really hated how the person on other side of line was feeling.

"Hello again", Sana said her voice really tired and vulnerable. You guessed that person on the other side asked her where she was as she said the club's name next. You really hate this club from the depth of your heart, cause you didn't got any alcohol to taste nor good food. You were bought back to reality As Sana yelled at the person who was on phone.

"I will kill you if you come here", Damn Sana sounded 1999 times more dangerous now and you were scared to death. But a little glad as someone was coming to pick her up and that meant you can go back to your dead apartment too.

"Guess he will eventually come here, I should just get fully wasted than hearing his boring lecture" Sana said after cutting the call , she signalled a waiter to your table and ordering some great quality of alcohol. Yess finally you could too get a little raste too of that sweet paradise drink, you were internally screaming as the waiter bought some nice too good to be true shots. Sana immediately gulping down three shot one after another means she just swallowed your three months grocery.

Now pushing your urge to atleast try one shot, you stopped Sana from getting wasted and distracting . Once again you killing your desires, after about 20 minutes you saw a drop dead gorgeous Man approaching your and Sana's table . That man was wearing an expensive black suit you could feel his intimidating aura even from a distance, his eyes darker than your future, even in those blurry red lights you can easily notice every feature of that hot stranger. You were bought back to reality when that stranger straight up goes to Sana who was little wasted but still sane. You salute her alcohol tolerance level.

" you fine?" The man asked Sana, now you were sure that he was Sana's little bro but you didn't thought by little she meant such a great human with outstanding body proportions. He was so sexy you were internally drowling over that sexy human's visuals.

" You seriously came here? Damn I love my brother so much", Sana said in her voice clearly indicating how drunk she was. She was smiling adorably at her bro but he looked at her with a annoyed gaze.

"get up, let me take you to your house, come", the stranger said and helped Sana to get up from her seat, which made her stumbled and now you clearly knew her alcohol tolerance level was trash, she wasn't able to even stand without any support . Your hands reached her waist in attempt to save her from falling. And that action finally made the man to look at you . your heartbeat increased so much just by his mere gaze at you . And for the first time in night he talked to you.

"who are you", he asked you . Ouch, that was an obvious question to ask but you were disappointed because how boring and uninterested his tone was with you while with Sana he sounded so fuckin caring. But regardless gulping down your nervousness, you replied to him politely.

"umm, I helped Sana slightly and from then we are talking", you knew your explanation was just trash but it atleast made that man realise that you were the 'new found friend' who Sana described on call.

"Okay, can you help me carry her back till parking lot?", The Stanger asked you, his voice now laced up with little gratitude and expectation. You simply nodded your head and wrapped Sana's one arm to your shoulder and helped her walking while that man went to pay the bill.

At parking lot you were standing with a little dead women, while waiting for him , all you saw at parking lot was beautiful and costly cars, something which you won't be able to afford it this lifetime. You never felt this much out of place before. That man's presence bought you back to reality, again feeling insecure as you standed next to Sana. She was a goddess and her brother an alluring devil.

He didn't spoke much to you and simply helped you carry Sana to the Car.

Now, an overdramatic old aged man coming out of car, which you think you knew, her deceased husband's dad, Sana had gave you her whole family history , future and economic information, apparently that old man treated Sana as his own daughter and today Sana lost the lawsuit related to her late husband's death and that was the reason for Sana's mad women behaviour today. That old man looked as Sana and it seemed like he was controlling his urge to cry, but nevertheless got inside the car with her to tired to even thank you.

Now here's when the fun begins. You were left alone alone with that alluring devil. But you sadly knew he wasn't even interested in you even 1 % so you got ready to go back to your nest and started walking until..

"wait!, Let me drop you to your home please", he said and wooow how could you say no to that glamorous offer as it was too late at night to get a bus and too hard to get a cab. You acted like a little hesitant but eventually said yes, as you didn't knew how less time it will take him to take back his offer. Following him to his car And again your jaw almost dropped it was the hottest car you ever seen in your life. And it was honour for you to get a chance to be inside it. The man opened the door for you, you not being sure if he was being a gentleman or to was preventing you to touch his car, but nevertheless you got inside it the temperature was warmer inside the car and the air freshener was doing a great job. He got on driving seat next to you and started driving.

After exiting the parking lot he asked for your address, and you just told him to drop next to bus stop cause the building you lived was apparently more like a abandoned haunted place.

he didn't forced you for further answers and started driving to your direction.

You were lost in admiring the Stranger's car from inside and literally got startled by his deep voice.

"listen, can I please drop you somewhere , your place is too far from here, I need the go somewhere today", he said you and your mood literally dropped, yeah it was true that you lived far away from club it took you 3 hours to reach there in traffic, so swallowing your disappoint you replied.

"it's okay, drop me here only", you didn't knew why your voice was so weak at the moment maybe because you wanted a little bit kindness from that man but he just ruined your every expectation.

"I am sorry, but there is another option too" that man said to when you were getting ready to yeet yourself out of his useless expensive car.

"you gonna call cab for me, no thanks I will look for it " you Said and you didn't expect to sound rude. You thought now that man will now won't hesitate to throw you out of window.

But in response he smiled, for first time in night but his smile a little evil.

"no, I meant you can spend the night at my house", he said voice laced up with nothing but purness.

And your heart stopped. Spending a night at someone else house and that someone was a dangerous devil. You immediately said no to his tempting offer but

"Please,it doesn't make me feel good to drop off a such a fantastic women of my car and you even helped my sister, I should repay your kindness, please.."

You were more than just shocked, whatever he just said was something you least expected, he fucking called me gorgeous you thought and your heart literally flied in the sky.

"no, it's okay please drop me here", you said impatiently, the nervousness kicking you on head.

"Relax, I am not gonna do anything to you, don't be afraid" he said you in such a calm tone fully opposite of his devil like demonor, you immediately melted and tried to consider his offer, his house won't be less than any luxury hotel and you being you..

"are you comfortable, letting a stranger in your house?" You asked him honestly you didn't wanted to make yourself a burden to that man. In response to your question the stranger let out a soft chuckle.

"forget me,are you comfortable being in some Stranger's house?", He asked you with strange curious tone. You honestly didn't knew the answer.

"Yes, I am comfortable, you only told you won't do anything so", your voice coming out softer a little innocent. He smiled at your answer, somehow satisfied.

"So should I take car to my house?", He asked you again, damn you wanted to shout a big ass yes, but suppressed the desire by simply nodding. And so the stranger reversed the car back to his house direction.

"what's your name ?", He asked you, looking at you finally he initiated a conversation.

"Y/N, what's your name?", You asked him.

"Chan", he simply replied.

"nice", you said and again silence. You were a super awkward person and that fact wasn't hided from Chan.

"What do you do for living?", Chan asked after some second and you frowned upon hearing that question.

"I am sorry, if it was too personal", he quickly noticed your behaviour you tried to say something "No, I am just unemployed at the moment and I am writer, yes writer", you replied what you said wasn't completely a lie you used to write some articles back in past but your recent job from which you quitted was at a restaurant.

"Wow, writers are amazing, it's great make people connect to your work", Chan complimented you for something you really didn't did. Still you took it and smiled back.

" your work must be tough sir, balancing off an company ain't easy", you complimented Chan back.

" Sana must have told you about what I do, right?", Chan asked you to which you nodded.

Again silence and in 5 minutes the car stopped infront of a skyscraper.

Rich people really live in sky. You thought.

"here we are", Chan said after opening the door for you and handing off the keys to guard.your neck almost got twisted to see end of the building.

"Done looking?", Chan asked you slightly waving his hand infront your face and damn he was veiny. Having a thing for hands was definitely your thing and Chan must have noticed your hungry gaze on his hands but didn't said anything .

"yeah let's go", you replied and started walking with him.

You both entered in heavantor. And again the same awkward air surrounding you both. Maybe it was sexual tension in Chan's mind which you scrapped off as awkward.

"Do you perhaps... Have a boyfriend?", Chan asked with a little hesitation in his, and for the first time in your whole life you got this nervous, he didn't proposed you but his question was very suggestive.

"no I don't, do you have girlfriend?", You answered and asked back.

"No", Chan answered and again silence.

"why you asked?", You again questioned him

"To know if I can make you interested in me or not", Chan said back a proud smirk dancing on his face and you were dead. He said something bold so confidently your mind pure hazey now.before you could say something the doors of hellevator opened.

"let's go", Chan said immediately getting out like he just didn't almost gave you heartattack. Nevertheless you followed him.

He put on the passcode and you both entered in his luxurious house. The house something you didn't expect. Dark, just as much dark as your future, but it looked freaking classy.

Chan showed you a room, to spend a night, but you noticed how he was holding back from something and as well as you. And you knew it was now or never.

"I am already interested in you, why would you want to make me though?", You asked if you thought it was bold but you stuttered as much as students who gave presentations.

But Chan find it alluring about you. Cliché but, he was too in daze after meeting you. And now finally his wish coming true. He smiled and come a little too close to you.

"Because, I am really interested in kissing your beautiful lips", Chan said , if this line would be came out of any normal guy then it would be to cringy, But Chan was your alluring hot devil and fantasy, someone so beautiful interested in me you thought. you tried to say the first thing that came to your mind.

"Then kiss.. me", You said the last word almost like a whisper , Chan smirked at you, you were literally his ideal type he knew you weren't innocent but ironically you were.

Chan's hand reached your cheek and made you look at him, being too embarrassed you avoided his eyes.

"Look at me, Y/N", Chan almost said as a whisper. Gathering your scattered courage you finally managed to look in to Chan's eyes and his eyes were .. scary.

"I can kiss you, right?", Chan again asked you and you sweared nothing is as hot as consent. You nodded a yes to him.

"Baby, use your words", Chan said the word baby rolled of his tongue so erotically.

"Yes", you said not breaking the eye contract.

"is it okay to Call me sir?", He asked you, now you were dead sure that this man was Kinky af. And you won't be surprised if he had a tons of chain in his bedroom.

"Kiss me, Sir", you said literally feeling so submissive to him. A last smile Chan gave you before his lips touched yours and the butterflies in your stomach exploded. His lips were soft, but the kiss wasn't he sucked at your bottom lip almost painfully and when his tongue entered your mouth, butterflies again exploded, his tongue doing wonders in your mouth , you didn't even knew a kiss so deep, so sensual can happen. With Chan's right hand at back of your neck ,the other one reached down to squeeze your hand in a tight yet sensual grip you finally feeling those veins and the kiss getting more heated.

"let's continue this in bedroom, Chan said after finally breaking the kiss to catch breath, he lifted you up in his arms and it felt so fuckin great, he was so strong even though you were little heavy Chan showed no sign of uneasiness. You wrapped your arms around his neck, and while he carried you to his bedroom, you never felt this much safe in anyone's arms as much as this hot Stranger's.

He put you down while unlocking his door, after unlocking he again carried you and softly laid you down on his grey bedsheets. His room was a mix of grey and blue a little weird but you didn't got much time to explore as Chan immediately started his ministrations on your body. He was a great man who believed in foreplay supremacy.

"Aah", you moaned a little as he sucked at your neck the little sound of yours making his dick painfully hard. He got on his knees towering your frame.

"Can your mouth handle this?", Chan asked you pointing at his memeber and were glad to give him a positive answer. Getting up, you undid his belt and removed both his pants and briefs simultaneously, Chan looking at you like a animal the whole time. The moment his erection was visible to you , you were beyond shock, he was so fucking big he won't obviously fit in your mouth, but you didn't wanted to disappoint Chan so you slowly entered the tip of cock in your mouth going little by little back and forth slowly till it was deep enough to hit the back of your throat. You slightly gagged and that sended shivers to Chan's spin ,to get that feeling again his hand wrapped around hair and detaching you from his cock.

"will you be comfortable, if I go rough?", Chan again asked you , and without any second thought you said yes to him. After being satisfied with your answer, he immediately tightened his grip on your hair and shoved you back on his cock, his tip directly coming in contract with back of your throat and a gagged being heard, you didn't expect him to be this rouf but it was such a turn on for you. You stumbled a little as he was ramming himself inside you hands gripping on to his thighs for support. He wasn't moaning too much but grunting and occasional deep breaths.

"Fuck, you have wonderful mouth babe, so fucking perfect", Chan praised you that resulted in your pussy skipping a heartbeat and encouraging you to go Even deeper.

Your one hand coming in contact with his balls which maybe was his string before cumming. He was grunting too much which meant he was close .

"keep going babe, I am gonna cum inside your mouth, will it be okay?", Chan asked and to affirm him you just increased the speed.

"don't let it fall" , Chan said and after a few seconds he bursted in your mouth, a warm feeling welcoming inside your throat and just as Chan commanded you swallowed it all without letting his seeds fall. After fully empting himself inside your mouth Chan removed his cock from your mouth.

"let out your tongue", Chan commanded you in his breathless voice you immediately following his words. Slowly removing your tongue.

You looked so submissive to Chan, the perfect person to fuck he wished to fuck. Chan spitted inside your mouth, your eyes widen on his sudden such a filthy yet hot action.

"Swallow it, babe", Chan said voice fully filled with lust. You obeyed him without any hesitation, whatever Chan was doing to you made you feel like being on cloud nine.

Chan again made you lie on the matteress , him staring at you from top, ever so submissive. Chan's hand directly reached your Fully clothed breasts his mere action made you whimper, your small little sounds were giving him so much satisfaction.

"so fucking sensitive", Chan said to himself as he his fingers were dancing on top of your breast. To eager to see your naked body, he slightly tilted your body to undo the dress zipper after successfully removing it he undid your bra next. Your breasts immediately being exposed to his eyes and Chan just lost his sanity, immediately slapping your right breast as an instict,. You moaned loudly at the sudden pain but it was pleasurable enough to make your panties wet.

"Do you like it, you like being gropped and slapped ,huh?", Chan asked you and your head in pure haze .

"yes sir I like it", you breathlessly said causing Chan to smirk , he loved to know what kind of effect he had on your body and mind. After twisting and slapping your nipples Chan finally decided to take them inside his mouth and paint them with beautiful marks. You were questioning his real identity at this moment his teeth felt like Some wolf was devouring you but it was damn pleasurable.

You were a moaner even a screamer during sex , which fueled Chan's lust to give you even more pleasure.

Being done with your boobs now Chan's hands reached your most sensitive part. He wasn't really surprised to know how much wet you were down there when his hands cupped your pussy through the panties.

"my baby is dripping, who caused her wetness?", Chans asked you in dangerous tone you just moaned at his words but he harshly slapped your cunt.

"I asked a question, answer it", Chan warned you his sudden rude tone again surprising you you stuttered as you answered him .

"you sir, I am dripping because of you", you answered Chan and he was satisfied. He entered his middle finger inside your pussy with through the cloth, the harsh texture of cloth making you moaned out. He removed your panties and without a warning entered his 2 fingers inside you and twisting them ever so harshly , Chan was a sex God.

And it was just the beginning of night.

Thanks for reading ❤️.

[fluffernuttermemes]

OUAT S1 Sentence Starters

Sentence starters from dialogue in the television show ONCE UPON A TIME’s first season, aired in 2011. Change wording and pronouns as needed. CW for brief suggestive vibes.

“You’re too late.”

“I will find you.”

“I haven't come here to ruin anything. On the contrary, dear, I've come to give you a gift.”

“That a good book?”

“There's a reason he's locked up.”

“We had a deal!”

“This is not a road trip; we're not stopping for snacks.”

“Tense, aren't we?”

“This is a waste of time.”

“Do I need to be worried about him?”

“The missing pages, where are they?”

“Don't underestimate me, [NAME]. You have no idea what I'm capable of.”

“Do I look like I need a drink?”

“I was only trying to help.”

“Whoever created that monstrosity makes the two of us look positively... moral.”

“Must we do this?”

“If you're going to kill me, kill me!”

“Why would I do that? You’re my only friend.”

“You must trust me. Because, if you don't... there are other ways.”

“Thank you... but I didn’t order that.”

“Doesn't really matter what anyone thinks I did or didn't do. I'm leaving.”

“Are you sure you don't want to talk about it?“

“I'm a [NAME], not a nun.”

“Guess if true love was easy, we'd all have it.”

“See the scar?”

“Is this the only way you can catch a woman? By entrapping her?”

“I have a name, you know.”

“I know how this works. True love? It doesn't exist. It's all arranged marriages and business transactions.”

“This is not a takeover. It's a merger, and quite frankly, it's none of your business.”

“Help me get my ring back, or I turn you over to the Queen's forces.”

“What the hell are you doing here?”

“You two were the only employees on the floor last night. And you saw nothing?”

“Dust? What kind of weapon is dust?”

“You got a lot of anger there, don't you, [NAME]?”

“All I'm doing, [NAME], is what it takes to survive.”

“There's nowhere to hide.”

“Show a little respect. They'll cut your hand off sooner than they'll shake it.”

“Look, you can trust me.”

“[NAME]. Quite a reward. Take [HIM/HER/THEM].”

“You... You saved me.”

“Sorry to bother you so late. Is that spare room still available?”

“I'm here to change your life.”

“There's no need to be frightened.”

“Do you know what this is? Pure evil. Trust me. I've done you a favor.”

“Please, I will do anything to get out of here, anything.”

“No one thinks I can do this. No one thinks I can do anything. Maybe they're right.”

“People are going to tell you who you are your whole life. You just gotta punch back and say, "No, this is who I am."”

“You want to change things, you are going to have to go out there and change them yourself, because there are no Fairy Godmothers in this world.”

“Do as I say or there will be consequences.”

“I wish, but nothing changes. I wish I was better at wishing!”

“There's never been [THING] here. You've just never noticed.”

“Sometimes I think you've forgotten. You work for me.”

“Maybe we can run the elf tonic scam here.”

“We steal from them and they steal from someone else.”

“Oh, it's noon already. I didn't realize.”

“I do not need to defend my professional decisions to you, okay?”

“Listen, we gotta get out of here.”

“Look, this is where they must be.”

“It's my fault. I have to make it right.”

“My kingdom is plagued by a dragon like nothing you've ever faced before.”

“This was but a simple test. The task before us it too big, too important to make light of.”

“So this is how you treat my gifts. You really must be more careful.”

“Do you mean "go to bed" go to bed? Or go to bed?”

“Oh, everyone has a choice, dearie. Just make sure it's the right one.”

“It didn't feel like a dream.”

“You're tired, probably still drunk. Don't leave.”

“You called him? That's definitely not a one-night stand.”

“You've got an army at your disposal. What do you need of me?”

“So, who do you want me to kill?”

“You're not a knight, are you?”

“It's got to be in here. Somewhere.”

“My birthday is in three days. They'll come for me in three days.”

“That's the thing about children: Before you know it, you lose them.”

“Good always loses. Because good has to play fair. Evil doesn't.”

“Choose? What choice do I have?”

“The law doesn't want you to fight, son. The law wants you to die.”

“Seriously? You're complaining about how I saved your life?”

“Looks like you made a deal you didn't understand.”

“You'll see. Magic always comes with a price. And now, it's yours to pay.”

“I know how to recognize a desperate soul.”

“What are you doing in my forest?”

“The person who owned this obviously had great taste.“

“We did all that for an apple?”

“I’ve been looking forward to meeting you.”

[ichigoromi]

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 | 𝐒𝐚𝐤𝐮𝐬𝐚 𝐊𝐢𝐲𝐨𝐨𝐦𝐢 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐧 | 𝐇𝐚𝐢𝐤𝐲𝐮𝐮 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐧

Since I have written about when you become drunk and doesn't recognise him, let's reverse the role here! I have a feeling Omi is a talkative drunk...

All characters are aged up!

Hehehe enjoy~!

Sakusa Kiyoomi

Sakusa frowns as he downs another pint of beer. He was drinking more than usual, and his teammates were worried for him.

You were caught up with your work yesterday and ended up not attending his championship game, which they won.

You two had a big fight about it, and now you were still working overtime, and he was celebrating with his teammates.

Atsumu tried to stop him from drinking anymore, but he kept ongoing.

Bokuto and Hinata were trying to hold Sakusa back from drinking, but Inunaki were having fun, poking fun at Sakusa.

It was rare to see Sakusa slowly getting drunk, and they know it was because of you two fighting.

Sakusa knew it was selfish of him to want you to attend his every game when you had a job that you have to be responsible for.

But, the fight you two had hurt both of you, and now he is trying to drown the pain with alcohol.

He has high tolerance, but he also has limits.

Soon, he is wasted and rambling about how he should have treated you better.

Atsumu was eating this shit up. His teammates were having a field day with drunk Sakusa.

Hinata was the only one that managed to get hold of you, and you just ended work and ready to head back home.

Then now, you have to go pick up your drunk boyfriend.

When you reached the bar that they were drinking at, you wanted to punch him.

But he was so cute, sitting outside the bar, waiting for you patiently like a little pup.

MY HEART CAN'T TAKE THIS CUTE SHIT ANYMORE.

He was drunk to the point where he could not recognise you.

You poked the top of his head, and he lifted up his head to stares at you, then look to the side.

"I know ya don't wanna talk to me, but we need to go home." He shook his head and refused to get up from his spot.

"My girlfriend told me to not get into a stranger's car. I don't know you." Your jaw dropped, and you let out a deep sigh. He was drunk to the point that he does not even recognise you.

Atsumu was howling with laughter, and Bokuto was laughing along with him. Meian was just amused by this whole situation.

"Tsumu, can ya please help me get him into the car?" You were already tired from work, and now you have to take care of your drunk boyfriend, who at this point don't even recognise you.

With the help of the MSBY players, you managed to get him to the car. You thanked them and apologised for his drunken state, but they thanked you for this precious memory instead.

While driving back to your apartment, you felt bad for not attending today's game, but you were watching it live in your workplace secretly.

You were jumping up and down in excitement when his team won and then got a scolding from your supervisor.

He was mumbling about how he was a bad boyfriend for forcing you to come to his game and how he is going to try to better for you.

It was heartwarming to hear him indirectly confessing, but this whole situation has become a kind of comedic. Who knew the well-disciplined man would become such a cute drunk?

"My girlfriend is the best, but I fail to take better care of her..." He pouts in his drunken state.

If you weren't driving right now, you would have taken a picture of him right now.

It was a struggle, a struggle that you would not want to go through again.

Supporting him all the way up to the apartment and him trying to push you away since he still thinks that you are a stranger bringing him home was pure torture for you.

He immediately snuggled on the couch that was a little too small for his giant frame.

"Omi, wake up. You have to shower before sleeping." You lightly pat his face, and he swats your hand away.

"Stop touching me; I have a girlfriend and a beautiful one too. Stop trying to hit on me. I'm a taken man; go find Atsumu or Bokuto." He mumbled against the couch.

Seeing that he will not become sober. You decided to do something really evil.

You head to the bathroom and got a small pail of cold water.

It is now or never. You held the pail of water on top of his head and pour it over him.

"Babe! What the heck?! I know I was out of the line today, but you didn't have to pour cold water over me, and in the middle of this bloody winter!" He exclaimed and glares at you, then you started laughing.

Seeing him soaked in cold water was refreshing and hilarious.

"Now, you have to suffer the same consequences." He stood up and wraps his arms tightly around you.

"Cold! Let me go!" You struggled against his tight hold, which was futile.

"Why are you hugging me so intimately? I thought I wasn't your girlfriend?" You teased him, and he nuzzled his face into the crook of your neck.

He was embarrassed by himself.

"I was drunk and being stupid. Now, it's freezing. Can we take a bath together?" He mumbled cutely against your neck.

Bath time with Omi, heaven.

"Yes, let's go!"

Hey! Thank you for reading, and I've got to say, I love drunk Omi. He is absolutely adorable! I appreciate y'all for reading!

See you in my next headcanon!

Stay safe and healthy!

With love,

Rosalie🍓

[atlasshrugd]

I understand that buffy was very cruel to spike in season 6 when he was trying to do good, making him revert back to meeting her where she was (in the dark) because it was easier to reach her there. But I don’t think we should conflate this with feeling like Spike was the victim here.

A lot of fans have an issue with how Buffy treated Spike and talk about how sorry they were for Spike, which I’m not disregarding. But I do have an issue with people regarding Spike as the victim in their relationship.

You have to understand what Buffy was dealing with at the time. She was dealing with a deep depression of not wanting to be alive, being brought back from heaven against her will. She wasn’t rational and would do anything to feel something again. Spike knew this and took advantage of her confusion and weakness at this time because he knew that deep down she wanted him too. He knew she just wanted to feel something from the start. In OMWF, she sings “I just want to feel” before they kiss. It’s not like she didn’t make her reasons for doing it clear. Spike knew this, yet grows disillusioned with this reality when he realises that those feelings of desperation and loneliness cannot evolve into love and need for him. He loves her, but she can’t love him. She tells him this many times, but he keeps insisting that no, it’s deeper than that, you are just lying to yourself. Ultimately, this causes Buffy to lash out at him because he is everything she hates, yet she can’t deny her need for him (which is, her need to feel). Spike keeps conflating that need for love, and grows so frustrated at her unrequited feelings that he is pushed to cruelty and violence.

There is no denying that Spike wants to be good for Buffy, but that desire is like a pipe dream. He tries to do good, be kind, and has genuine tenderness towards her. But that kindness can quickly twist into resentment (one, because soulless vampires can’t feel pure love), because Buffy is turning him into the very thing he hates. Something against his nature. His unnatural feelings for the slayer alone torture him, but to have those feelings constantly denied by her tears him up more, because if he is giving all of himself to her, he might as well have all of her in return. Instead, he gets the shameful part of her. For a while, he takes what he can get, but eventually being regarded as the fractured, shameful part of Buffy’s psyche that she can only half-indulge in takes a toll on him, and he starts to question why he is doing it all in the first place.

People also tend to forget that a vampire without a soul IS pretty much a demon with the past-human characteristics. Soulless things cannot feel the whole range of human emotions, like guilt, remorse, empathy, or love. They can, perhaps, feel shadows of those things. Spike is the most human of all the vampires. He does feel guilt and remorse and love. But those feelings, while to him so poignant, are only remnants of true emotions. And if he feels the intensity of them, it is usually for a self-serving reason. That does not mean he can’t do good and selfless things, because he occasionally does. But his love for Buffy is selfish in nature. He sees her as unconquerable, and if she loves him back, then she will be conquered. They will both be conquered by each other, the very mirror of what they both hate.

He does good things and helps her in fights to win Buffy’s favour. He helps the scoobies for her. But people tend to forget that the only reason Spike was a good guy in season 5 and 6 was because he had the chip in his head. He was forced to ally with Buffy and the scoobies and kill demons. That doesn’t make him a good guy. Like Buffy said, he’s like a serial killer in prison. And in s6, when he thought the chip had stopped working, he immediately goes and finds an innocent girl to bite. This obviously proves that he hasn’t changed. He just wasn’t enabled. How did he expect Buffy to love him when he would still kill innocents? That goes against everything she exists for. And when he finds out he can only hurt Buffy, he doesn’t hesitate to hurt her, until she turns it into sex.

So yes, while I do feel sorry for Spike at times, in no way is he a victim and in no way Buffy is the abuser. They both abuse each other, yes, because it is a codependent toxic relationship, but Spike without a soul is still inherently evil. How can you expect Buffy to treat him nicely when he is constantly taking advantage of her weakened state, drawing her into the shadows, and claiming that she feels things she doesn’t feel? She knows what a soulless vampire is, because of Angelus. She is disgusted with herself. She doesn’t believe Spike’s feelings because she knows that soulless vampires can’t love like that. She knows he is using her just as she is using him. She knows that he would be off biting innocents if he didn’t have the chip. How is that something she can love? When he shows great loyalty, like withstanding Glory’s torture, she acknowledges it with gratitude. He can be good. But she can’t trust in that humanity all the time. He is a wild card. He does good things as much as he does evil things. She can’t trust him enough to love him, as she says in seeing red.

There are a few times when Buffy went completely overboard in her mistreatment of Spike, which she mentions briefly in conversations with dead people. I’m not denying that and I’m not saying he deserves it. There was also that time when Buffy was invisible and she basically coerced him to have sex with her, even when Spike was telling her to leave because “If I can’t have all of you...” This is Buffy being selfish and crossing the line. There are things she’s said to him that are completely uncalled for, such as ‘you’re not a man, you’re a thing. An evil, disgusting thing.’ In that moment when she was beating Spike up, she was beating herself up. She knew she came back wrong and wasn’t even fully human anymore. She was abusing herself by abusing Spike, because he is the unclaimed part of her she doesn’t want to accept.

Anyway, this spiralled out of control, but I just wanted to get my thoughts out. The bottom line is Spike is not the victim in their relationship. They are both victims and have both abused. Spike sympathisers often villainize Buffy in their ‘poor spike!’ narrative, but it’s not as simple as that. Soulless Spike did not deserve to be loved. Buffy was wrong a lot, and she also had her reasons. Spike loved Buffy, but couldn’t love her in the way she needed and deserved.

However, a lot of their relationship fluctuations happened because of the different writers. Some episodes, their relationship seemed to mellow and grow, being based on understanding and care. Other episodes, Buffy would revert to being mean and in denial and Spike would revert to being vindictive and blaming Buffy. I think if they had steady writers who understood both Spike and Buffy’s journeys, then their relationship would have been more consistent and less messy.

[lol-jackles]

⚠️⚠️SPOILER ALERT⚠️⚠️

⚠️⚠️🕷️Spiderman nwh question, so please beware spoilers if you haven't watched!!!🕷️⚠️⚠️

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I asked you few months ago if you thought they were gonna bring the 3 Spideys together for nwh and honestly I'm so f*cking happy they did!!!!

Also, as an Andrew Spidey longtime fan I'm glad he's getting the love and recognition he deserves🤧❤️

I need to know your very detailed opinion on the movie!! Did you like it?or Did you find the plot holes a little too annoying like some ppl ? Who do you think gave the best performance or which was your favourite Spiderman?

Here was your Ask.  I was incredibly joyful when the 3 Spideys were on screen together and interacting, sharing their common pain and encouraging and validating each other; it helped MCU Peter’s bittersweet fate feel just a little less bitter.  Before I get to that, let’s start from the beginning.

Oy, the first hour....the plot holes!  The plot armors!  The plot devices!  So they’re telling me that the Spider man who fought Thanos is struggling with the Green Goblin?  The wizard who defeated Dormammu and almost beat Thanos couldn’t solve this?  Ned can create portals because...bloodline thingy?

Then Andrew Garfield arrived (cue the screaming fangirls and fanboys), and all flaws stopped.  

Sure the plot devices and armors and bullshit were still here, but the story changed and it got good.  And I loved it.  

Andrew Garfield’s charisma, energy, and overall likeability was just what the movie needed to bring all 3 Spidermen to gel into chef’s kiss. And him being able to “redeem” himself by saving MJ the right way and showing multiple emotions was just great acting; almost as if he never stopped playing the role.

Andrew undoubtedly and effectively stole the show.

Toby McGuire, I've always contend that he's played the best Spider Man because he succeeded in the real persona of Spider Man.  People often think superheroes two identities aka Bruce Wayne and Batman.  But they actually have three identities.  Batman is Bruce when he is a confident, Bruce is Batman when he is a scary figure, but both personas are fake, the true Bruce/Batman is the trouble man behind both masks, he is complicated and has ambiguous motivations who sometimes doubt his own actions (Ben Affleck reigns here).   Spider Man is Peter Parker when he is being judged and therefore behaves fearful to express himself, and Peter Parker is Spider Man when he is protected from society’s judgment, so he is relaxed and confident and behaves more freely, but both personas are fake.  Peter is haunted with guilt over his uncle’s death and consequently feels the responsibility his powers brings.  Tobey’s Peter chooses to stay away from Mary Jane because of Spider Man, he loses his friend Harry because of Spider Man, he fails in college because of Spider Man and he loses his job because of Spider Man.  But despite all that, in the end, Peter is still committed and why Spider Man 2 is the best Spider Man to this day.

It was a huge treat to see Toby being able to play the seasoned, experienced, “older brother-type” Spider Man.  It fits him so well, and him saving Peter from killing Green Goblin was such a Spider Man thing to do.  Speaking of which,

There is no denying that Green Goblin played by William Defoe shines the brightest amongst the villains, though Alfred Molina’s Otto Octavius was a bright beacon too. We see Goblin’s conflict, the reason due to which he neglects any help, and hearing his evil laughter after so many years will be a treat for nerds around the world.  The fact that Spider Man tried (and succeeded) to help save and cure each villain is pure Spider Man to me.  That showing of compassion to people who may seem “bad” can be exactly what brings them to the light.  Bitter Sam Winchester girls used to come at me all the time complaining about Sam being forced to work with his abusers and I explain that's what heroic protagonists are supposed to do; to with work with their worst enemy for the greater good, or reform their enemy.

I used to think Tom Holland failed the real persona of Spider Man in the first 2 movies, but in No Way Home now I understand that the first 2 movies are his Origin stories.  Previously I’ve complained that MCU Peter Parker did not have a big goal or ideal and seems to being more concerned about being an Avenger and impress Tony Stark than to truly help others. The whole responsibility of being a hero is never really explored and uncle Ben death does not really have a weight in his character.  Turns out there was never an uncle Ben in the first place, it was aunt May whose death is the turning point for Peter, haunted by her death and consequently feels the responsibility his powers bring.

Peter hugging his counterparts showed how vulnerable, conflicted, and in pain he was.  In fact all three Peters shared their similar pain and was able to encourage and validate each other, something that perhaps the older Peters didn’t realize they needed as well.  I admit, I almost teared up.  Spider Man essentially ruined their lives but they remain committed to being Spider Man in order to help and save others.

Those last 45 minutes were some of my favorite movie-going experiences of all time. Just the sheer joy of the 3 Spideys jumping out and swinging together while being serenaded by Michael Giacchino’s glorious score transported me back to a younger me when I was still an uber superhero fanboy looking forward to the first X-Men and Spider Man movies. 

In the last ten minutes when we see Peter in his new apartment, completely alone in the world with no money and only a handmade Spider Man suit, it felt that Peter truly is Spider Man.  It was deeply affecting.  The fact that this movie ends on such a bittersweet moment, with the entire world forgetting who Peter Parker is, and Peter having to deal with the consequences of the spell, while still being able to smile and be a hero, is the essence of Spider Man and made the trilogy and the movie all the better.   For the first time I’m interested to see Tom’s future Spider Man movies.

My score: 9.8 out of 10.  .5-point deduction for the mediocre first half.  One half point returned for gorgeous second half.  One half point returned for nailing the landing.  One half point returned for fantastic fan servicing that actually served the story and for not being fan service for the sake of fan servicing.  This is probably the best use of fan service I’ve seen in most movies, especially Marvel’s.

[theshy1sout]

Six Eared Shadow

Do you remember the analysis about Mei and Red Son? That was me, and I'm doing this again, but now about Macaque and Sun Wukong

Because what the heck why do they hate each other so much

Ok, so this... This is such a messy chaotic really chaotic mix of a few headcanons and theories I made up and it SOMEHOW turned into a fanfic that I wrote so long that other people made many similar things in meanwhile and now this sounds not original at all, but I wrote it not to keep it in my deep hidden shelf so here we go

(It's based on what I know from the lmk series. I've started to read JTTW, but I'm still not so far to get to know anything about Macaque, but I won't change anything about this theory from now on)

Let's gather some basic information for the start.

-> Macaque is made with a shadow or even he is a shadow (kinda shadow demon, the demon of shadow). I mean, shadow is not only his power, he literally is made with shadow matter. We know that because he can not only manipulate shadows but also go through walls and turn yourself into a shadow.

-> I'm not sure if someone made him or he just "poof" out of nowhere just like Sun Wukong, but according to the story he told about how close he and Monkey King used to be, there's no doubt they had some master/student relationship which later turned into almost equal partnership. What is said, Macaque followed Sun Wukong for a long time, learning a lot from him, 'being his shadow'. They grew in power together, fought together, and (as it is said) Macaque started casting as Sun Wukong shadow, which (surprisingly) looks like he did willingly. Just look at the picture - the shadow is big and bright, it’s powerful and smiling, proud of his strength. He doesn’t look like someone forced to be Sun Wukong’s shadow. It shows how much Macaque admired Monkey King, that he wasn't just a friend for him, he was his idol.

-> We all know Macaque is a shadow demon, he can easily change his appearance, he does not have to look like an evil clone of Monkey King, especially if he hates him now or something, SO even if he used to look up at Sun as his ex-student or ex-partner, and now we know he is NOT, he would prefer to not look so similar any more.

He can choose any other look, but he doesn't. Why? Well, maybe he actually cannot. Maybe this isn't an appearance he has specifically chosen, maybe this is his 'basic' comfy form and any other form would just take too much energy to keep up. And looking at the really tiny probability of two very similar monkeys just "poofing" out of nowhere, I dare to say, Macaque wasn't born (I mean like Sun Wukong or any other demon), but he was specifically created. And here is a question: on someone's purpose or not? Maybe the power of great Monkey King was so strong so the part of it just jumped from him and formed into another similar creature, but let me say it's just weird and I prefer the theory of Sun Wukong being so bored and lonely after his master's (Tripitaka) death, and he created a brother for himself from his own shadow. Just to have someone, anyone.

So Wukong created Macaque and then what? He trained him, he taught him everything he knew, maybe even he shared his powers with him. Some great great bonding time. But as Macaque said, something drew them apart. It is visible that Macaque blamed Monkey King for this, for 'forgetting him'. Before speculation of what happened then between them, let's focus on what Macaque showed us what he wants now.

We have two episodes, both show different sides of him. In season 1, Macaque's main goal is to steal Monkey King's power from Mk, and then to very specifically revenge. He visibly does not want to defeat Sun Wukong, he wants to hurt him as much as possible. Look: when Monkey King showed up, Macaque totally forgot about Mk. And then, when he's so close to defeat him, instead of that he turned to Mk and tried to kill the teenager. Mk is just a tool to hurt Sun Wukong.

And we can't forget how Macaque constantly pointed out all the weak sides of Sun, he's basically just saying on and on "you're weak, you're weak, you're so weak, I'm so strong, I'm strong, you are so weak". Which really fits the feeling of being forgotten because he was weaker and Monkey King was stronger, better, glorious and famous. Macaque really feels like that, he really tried to make Sun Wukong feel his pain by dominating him.

On the other hand, we see that Sun constantly striked off him. He said almost nothing to him, just "Aren't you bored of keep being in my shadow? It's time to give back what you've stolen" and that was fricking all. For Monkey King, Macaque is a just shadow, always behind him, something you turn around and leave behind to not see it and to forget, like an unwanted past. An unnecessary problem, that irritatingly keeps returning to him. He does not want to interact to not make even a slight more bond between them, he wants to delete him from his life forever, and omg WHY. At this end of the ep, Sun Wukong did not even mention Macaque. He really doesn't care at all (or extremely tries to not care). His HATE is almost touchable, ouch.

In season 2, Sun Wukong LEFT US ALL ALONE. Macaque showed up again, he played with Mk a bit, and... Left? That's the thing, you see, he doesn't need to hurt or kill Mk. All we see is Macaque talking about his past and then letting Mk experience something the 'hero' in the story should have felt. The guilt. When Mk interpreted his story differently, seeing himself as the warrior, Macaque corrected him. Cause he doesn't care about Mk at all. He heard how Mk told him about what hurt him, and here is a funny point, because if Macaque needs to be understood, listening to Mk and talking with him (such a simple act of empathy, they both needed it then, guh) should have been enough. Mk really felt the 'warrior' character in the story, so he understood what Macaque felt. But surprisingly, that was not what the demon carved.

Macaque chose to make Mk feel like Monkey King at the moment something drew the demons apart. He wanted to force Mk to be sorry, to apologize, to regret his mistakes, cause he failed with forcing Monkey King to feel that. But! Maybe he is not as purely innocent and poorly forlorn. We see the flashback for a half of second before Mk hit him with Staff:

We see Sun Wukong attacking Macaque who's in his demon (true) form.

Let's repeat this: Macaque felt as if a friend left him in the past. He said a friend did this to have all the "hero's glory" for themselves. We know Sun Wukong could do such a thing, especially before he met Tripitaka, but 1. In my theory Macaque is created after Tripitaka's death and 2. If (as my theory said) Sun created Macaque to not feel so lonely, he would never leave him for such a thing. So Macaque hides something for sure, something he did, something so terrible that made Sun Wukong attack him and not want to know him anymore. How horrendous thing Macaque did that made Sun Wukong choose to be alone again and to forget his dear brother he created by himself?

Back to the great bonding time, repeating speculation of "oh maybe they even share the powers" and comparing it to Macaque wanting to steal Mk's power, my theory here is saying:

Sun Wukong taught Macaque the technique of the same powers as he knew, but Macaque overused it (probably wanting to see how powerful he is, probably showing off and killing so many harmless people) doing terrible terrible things. So Monkey King took all of the powers from him and left him alone, powerless, with the last painful words: "Dont you dare to show in front of my eyes ever again". Of course Macaque was hurt, of course he didn't see why he's the bad guy, because he did not care about people at all. And of course Sun Wukong was hurt too.

Maybe he came back to the village Macaque had destroyed and following a quiet crying he found a little baby with a heart so clear and he put into him all Macaque's powers, making them sleep until the time will be right... But back to the series!

Yes exactly. Why did he destroy the lantern and leave? Why did he suddenly lose interest in teasing Mk and stop forcing him to feel guilty?

First thing, he saw Mk is ready to fight for his friends seriously. He still cared so much about them, not like Monkey King about Macaque. That was hard to swallow, that was hard to watch for the demon. That was't the thing he wanted to see. And second, the flashback. Maybe the sudden realization that he actually did something bad. Cause Sun Wukong didn’t just leave him, he cast him out. It was hard to admit that he actually deserved this (or maybe much more), it’s much easier to blame others, not yourself. So Macaque felt “that’s enough” and left. Mk brought him to this uncomfortable point of admitting the truth. Which he didn’t want to. Maybe in the following eps, he will see it, but now Macaque just isn’t ready yet. But the last talk with Mk gives me a little hope. He stopped treating him like a tool or toy, he was actually talking with him like with a person, he even warned him about Lady Bone Demon.

Maybe (maybe) one day he'll see that humans aren't just useless creatures he can carelessly kill, maybe Mk will make him care and realize what he's done, but that's just speculation in speculation, he could die before he reaches that point, maybe he is already dead....

And that's it. That is all I wrote on ao3, but in the fanfic I put much more details and I build those characters up much more than here. This is only rough rough short-saying, I'm really sorry if you read it all

Oh and here is a link if you liked this above i'd love if you read the fanfic thank you

[juneisafantasyaddict]

If LB wanted The Darkling to be pure evil, there are literally a lot of things she could have done. But giving him a sympathetic backstory that is actually a legitimate reason for him to turn out the way he did was definitely not the way to do it. If she wanted pure evil, she could’ve given him a backstory that’s just a ridiculous sob story, not “for hundreds of years my people have been hunted and killed because of prejudice and no one did anything about it until I had enough power to.” Do you even realize how easy it is to get people to be on your side when what you want more than anything is for your people to be safe from harm?? That’s literally why we don’t get mad at heroes for killing people, it’s because we know they are protecting vulnerable people.

I’ve seen people say The Darkling is like Magneto (re: his fight against what was happening to mutants), and while that comes close, I think The Darkling is even more sympathetic because at least the XMen had the good sense to have Charles Xavier there to provide a more humane/viable alternative to Magneto’s solutions, and we got to see the difference between their methods. But, in the Grishaverse, we have a monarchy in Ravka that only sees the Grisha as useful for war but also doesn’t let them own property, we have a heroine who doesn’t seem to care about anything except meadows and her childhood crush, we have the entire country of Ravka that seems to only like dead Grisha because “new saint to build a cult over,” then we have the only person who seems to prioritize the protection of these people who have no one and we’re supposed to care that he’s ruthless with anyone he perceives as a threat to his people? When you haven’t given us a viable alternative to his methods? To make matters even worse, he’s not even imagining these threats, he is literally reacting to their aggression, e.g Fjerdans come for Alina, he uses the cut, Zlatan sends an assassin to infiltrate his secure building and kill Alina, but ends up killing another Grisha under his care, he kills the assassin and does Novikribirsk, etc.

This is not a justification of his ruthless methods of punishment for those who are threats to him and his people, this is a “you cannot expect me to focus entirely on his methods when he’s literally the only reason why his people have any semblance of protection” rant. The heroine who we think is going to save the day is basically dragged through her character development and all her progress is destroyed very quickly because of this ridiculous need to pretend that the underdog is always right (Mal, power is evil, blah blah blah).

Somehow, we’re supposed to just be ok with the fact that a group of people who haven’t exactly showed that they care about Grisha suffering are going to save them from prosecution? I mean, let’s not forget that this group includes: Mal who we already know is prejudiced against Grisha, Alina who *sigh* so much potential wasted there, Nikolai who I have decided exists for comic relief because I will not be convinced that a “maybe prince who is also a Jack sparrow type pirate should be king of a country with very complex social and political situations.” Like, I’m looking at this group of supposed saviors and honestly, I would rather take my chances with the 500 year old extremely powerful Grisha who scares everyone. Let’s not even forget that we’re somehow supposed to consider Baghra one of the good guys for “warning Alina,” even though 2 episodes later, we basically see that Baghra doesn’t exactly care about the survival of the Grisha.

Give people a truly evil villain and we will act accordingly. Don’t give us a Magneto type villain with legitimate points and then expect us to treat him like Voldermot or something. You can even decide to not understand Magneto because hello, we are given real alternatives to his problem solving skills right away. But with The Darkling it’s just “he’s pure evil because I said so, but like also this is how he got here, but also he’s super evil, but like do you understand where he’s coming from? but also he’s super evil even though he has points.” That’s not a villain dear, that’s a good person doing bad things and needs to be shown a better way.

You can’t give me an antagonist with a compelling, truly tragic backstory and then be like “now that you understand why and how this character ended up in this dark place and you can see that all this was probably avoidable if so and so did/didn’t happen, let’s totally blow up their life because so what if they’ve deeply suffered?” Especially when there’s a path to redemption right there in the protagonist who you have made sure to establish has a deep bond/connection with this person.

You want to write pure evil? Give me a character that has no remorse, no capacity to care for anyone or anything else, no reason for his cruelty, etc. Don’t give me guy who uses his power to keep his people safe and then falls in love with his soulmate so deeply he can’t stop looking at her and holding her hand in front of the whole country.

Also, can we like actually address the issue that got Nina kidnapped, made the Darkling who he is, and forces all Grisha to basically only have one life plan?

It would be so much easier to believe that The Darkling is a villain if there was an actual alternative to him, but there isn’t.

And btw, in this age of social justice, the fact that LB didn’t think people will see the value in a person from a marginalized community doing whatever is necessary to free his people from oppression is just LOL.

Ok, incoherent rant over.