#can you believe i was one of the naive optimists being like 'maybe this live action will be good'

[hella1975]

idk how to feel about the atla live action show but I just saw that the guy who’s playing zuko mentioned zukka in an interview and I’m kinda foaming at the mouth, going feral at the moment

ENOUGHHHH. T-MINUS ONE DAY

[the-oblivious-writer]

Too Sweet

Wednesday Addams x Reader

Drabble

Summary: You and Wednesday were simply night and day, contrasting personalities preventing any chance of pursuit

Warning(s): No dialogue, pining!Wednesday, & no pronouns but the word 'goddess' is used once

Notes: Based off of 'Too Sweet' by the lovely Andrew Hozier, this song feels wenclair coded - hopefully I get the energy to edit them to it one day. This is my first time writing for Wednesday, so constructive criticism is more than welcome, and much appreciated! 🙏 (as it always is)

Wednesday despised you. She loathed every fiber of your being, every word you spoke, every path you chose. Yet no matter how deep her hatred for you ran, it was all out of pure spite.

You were close friends with Enid, so inevitably that meant you and Wednesday often found yourselves in the same atmosphere. Sometimes you and Enid would have sleepovers and it did not take long for Wednesday to discover you were an early bird opposed to her late night writing sessions. 

You always looked so peaceful while resting. How do you sleep so well? Wednesday wondered. What do you dream about? It’s silly and utterly ridiculous, she knows. But her mind can’t help but stray when it comes to you. You have shown your own concern when it comes to the Addams’ erratic sleep schedule, if you could even classify it as one. You have always said to others—including Wednesday—to live right, to go to bed before the daylight. 

You wake up to watch the sunrise;  it was repulsing how rottenly pure that is. You were drunk on life, a poet—but far from Wednesday’s brand. You had a bright perspective; it was naive, yet wholesome. Your poetry revolves around the optimistic, steadfast side of life—while Wednesday’s consists of more realistic themes such as death, betrayal, and eternal heartbreak. It was a drastic contrast.

Wednesday could never bear such a naive way of life, so she simply doesn’t understand how you do. It was such a frustrating thought, the way you went about. Don’t you just want to wake up dark as a lake, smelling like a bonfire, lost in a haze? You lived such a reserved life in her eyes; treating your mouth as if it's heaven’s gate, your body like it’s the TSA. 

She wasn’t oblivious to the glances you spared her; it was an internal battle refusing to meet them. But there were consequences. Wednesday has seen horrific things, things she believes would force a person like you into abandoning their wide-eyed outlook on life; she refuses to be the one who corrupts you. She wishes she could go along, don’t get her wrong. You were a goddess on earth, inside and out; bright as the morning, as soft as the rain, pretty as a vine, as sweet as a grape. Tooth rotting was what you were, but Wednesday did always deem herself a masochist. 

If you can sit in a barrel, maybe she’ll wait. But until that day, she’d rather take her whiskey neat, raw as the honey in your tea, and coffee black as the ink you use to craft your sugar coated poems. Your sweetness was too overwhelming for her to carry, the looks you gave her alone were laced in your perfection. 

Everything pointed to the evident conclusion; you’re too sweet for her.

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A/N: I feel eh abt this one, but I need to experiment with Wednesday more if I wanna get used to writing for her

[itsabouttimex2]

hey 👋 could you please do more of platonic yandere hawks x teenage bartender reader pls ? :)) I love your work

(Aw, thank you! I’ll go back and tag this series as “Teenage Bartender” since I’ve got a few fics for it now)

Patronage

Out of all the people you’ve ever served, Mr. Takami is definitely your favorite patron. The League of Villains ranges from outright bad to somewhat decent when it comes to personality, each causing you trouble in their own way.

Mr. Bubaigawara is also pretty alright, but you have to cut him off after a while so he doesn’t drink himself to sickness. He’ll switch from thanking you for looking out for him to criticizing you for being a “mood-killer” in the same breath. You like to believe that the kinder half of him is the “real” one. It always feels more sincere, in your opinion. You try to see the good in everyone around you, after all. No matter how hard it may be, or how dangerous or depraved the individual is.

Maybe you’re an optimist, Keigo Takami thinks to himself, nursing a non-alcoholic strawberry spritzer. Or maybe you’re simply too naive to see the dangers of the killers and criminals around you. Maybe it’s a case of feeling obligated to love the unloved, to accept the spurned, to try and save those dedicated to hurling themselves headfirst towards irredeemability. Maybe you sympathize with them, with what they’ve been through in their tumultuous and checkered lives.

No matter what the reason is, what really matters is that you, in spite of whatever horrid circumstances have landed you in the middle of these villains, playing caretaker and maid and nanny to drunk, belligerent murderers…

You’re still kind.

That’s why Keigo truly believes that you, more than anyone else here, can be redeemed.

Not only because of the way you treat him, but also the way you treat your “coworkers”.

When Toga gets immediately drunk off of whatever cutesy cocktail she begged you to whip up, you help her get to a couch and make her lay down, leaving a bin by her side. When Shigaraki is having another one of his tantrums, you line up all the broken glasses and worn down equipment you have onto the countertop so he has something to focus his aggression on. You listen close to all of Spinner’s rants about Stain, even if you don’t understand a word he’s saying.

You see something in them, clearly. Keigo isn’t quite sure what it is exactly, but he’d love to know. Do you care about them? Do you think they could redeem themselves? Do you think you can off-put their suffering and bloodthirstiness by being kind? Do you consider them to be family? Do you consider him family?

You’ve been around him long enough to see him as a friend, surely. You treat the winged double-crosser with the same forthcoming kindness that everyone receives when they sit at your counter, ensuring that he’s happy, hydrated, warm, and not-

“-hurt? Mr. Takami, did you get hurt?”

“Sorry, kiddo. Didn’t quite catch that one. Run it by me again?”

“That mission ran a little long, didn’t it? Usually you’re back a lot sooner, so I wanted to make sure that you were alright, Mr. Takami. You’re not hurt, are you?”

Keigo is a well-guarded man. He doesn’t give away too much and he’s good at hiding his feelings and thoughts. Still, he can’t keep himself from smiling right now. With a gloved hand, he reaches out to ruffle your hair.

“Just fine, kiddo. Things got a little troublesome- when don’t things get troublesome, huh? But i got the job done no problem, like always.”

You try to meet his smile evenly, taking his drained glass and giving him a fresh drink in turn. There’s a moment of strange silence, something’s there’s never been between the two of you.

“I’m really glad,” you quietly admit to him, breaking the lull. “I think you’re… you’re the only one who talks to me the way you do. I don’t…”

He leans forward, propping his elbows on the table and resting his chin on his twined fingers. “Talk to me, pint-size. You’ve got my ear. I’ve got some time to kill.” He adds the last line just to make sure that you know he won’t mind if this takes a while. Even if he didn’t have the time… he would make it, for you.

“I really, really do like everyone! Really, I do! But it just feels… it all feels so endless, Mr. Takami. If someone isn’t mad at me, they’re puking on the floor. If they aren’t puking, they’re crying in the corner. If they aren’t crying, they’re picking fights. If they’re not fighting, they’re breaking things. If they aren’t breaking things, they’re mad at me for something. It just goes on and on, and I- I just-“

You pause, your breath hitching inwards sharply as you bury your face into your hands. You put your palms flat on the countertop, staring at your weary reflection on the polished surface.

“I’m so tired, Mr. Takami. And I feel like I’m never gonna get to take a break.”

“Okay, come over here,” Keigo guides, leading you around the counter by your hand and towards where he remembers seeing you head each night. Your personal room, he assumes. “The bar,” you try to argue as he pulls you along, “needs me at the counter. What if someone comes by for a drink?” Your words fall on deaf ears, it seems. “Most of the league is made of grown men, kid. Trust me, they can stomach a few hours without alcohol.”

He opens the door, giving himself the first view of your room he’s ever seen.

Knowing that you can’t see the face he’s making, the undercover hero allows himself to frown at the sight.

This isn’t a bedroom. This is a storage closet with a small bed and a nightstand. It’s barely four feet wide, and just about six feet long. The sort of room you’d put spare brooms and mops in, where you’d hide away a half-used gallon of drain cleaner or spare dish soap bottles you had gotten on sale. A place too claustrophobic and enclosed for anything except supplies.

But instead, this room had been given to you, a literal teenager who was giving their all to support the League in spite of getting nothing out of it.

For just a moment, his blood boils.

The League can pretend to be good. They can pretend to be heroes and freedom fighters. They can pretend that they’re fighting for a fair and just society. They can pretend that they aren’t monsters and murderers.

But this is how they treat their own. He’s always known this. The League of Villains prioritizes powerful, dangerous individuals above all else, prioritizes those who can spread chaos and mayhem in the name of their destructive goal. And you don’t fit into that powerhouse category, so you get shuffled away, tucked out of sight when they don’t have you serving them or playing babysitter to grown drunkards.

Keigo thinks he understands it, at least. But the truth is that some of the League do care for you. Twice, Spinner, Magne, Toga, Mr. Compress… all of them do care about you, as a friend or as family. And in turn, you care for them.

But he doesn’t think of that. As he helps you into the cramped bed, he thinks of “saving” you, and getting you out of here. Of bringing you home and keeping you safe from the harms and horrors of the world around you.

And there will soon come a day that you tumble out of the villain’s claws and into a hero’s talons.

[1moreff-creator]

Happy Birthday Eden Tobisa!

Turns out our favorite clock girly has her birthday on New Year's Eve! What a nice date for such a nice girl! Let's do a character analysis, fun facts, and songs!

-We know relatively little about Eden's backstory. The most notable thing we know about her life before the killing game, apart from her fascination with clocks, is what is revealed in her chapter 2 secret: "Ever since you kissed her, you were afraid your sexuality would ruin your friendships." Which is pretty straightforward; she's canonically a lesbian and is worried it would negatively affect her friendships.

-Literally the only other thing we know about her backstory is that she lived in Japan for a small period of time when she was younger, before moving back to the US. This was revealed in a Q&A.

(... You know, I made a deranged theory in my Mai post that maybe the girl that Eden kissed was actually Mai. It wasn't very serious, since it was just a silly way to try to explain what the hell Eden's quote in the Mai page could mean. But... we know Teruko was in Japan for a while when she was younger, and it's theorized she knew Mai before being separated from her at some point. Combined with Mai's name being seemingly Japanese, it could imply Mai also lived in Japan at some point. And if that's the case, it's possible she met Eden there? To be clear, that's still an insane possibility, but I do find it a funny possibility, which is why I'm sharing it)

-Apart from that, Eden's defining trait is her optimism and her trust in others. She sticks to Teruko's side even after she starts pushing everyone away in CH 1, and confesses to her that she believes "not caring about others is the worst way to live." She's importantly not naive, she does know their situation is horrible, but still she constantly searches for an exit and tries to build good friendships with the others.

-This includes baking with Min, Rose and Teruko in CH1, inviting Teruko and Arei to make clocks on CH2, etc. Basically, she's awesome and nice and mature.

-Also she loves clocks. Regular Ultimate stuff, she can apparently spend hours and hours working and losing track of time.

-Although for such an optimistic character, her secret quote is quite ominous. "You can't go back, no matter how hard you try." We have zero clue what this means at the moment, but at least it does fit the symbolism of time always moving forward.

-Meanwhile, her quote in the Mai page is "She kept calling the number, even though no one picked it up." This is even more incomprehensible! Eden, what in the world are you talking about?

-Alright, David MV. She doesn't have a color in Color Theory, but her numeral is XII (twelve). Go to 1:48:28 in this video for an explanation. God it's so convenient to have that lol.

Alright fun facts!

-As stated, her birthday (December 31st) lands on New Year's Eve. Maybe representing new beginnings or change, which certainly goes well with her character. How nice!

-Like most of the cast, she's American and right-handed.

-She's one of the only characters with dyed hair. Her hair was originally just brown.

-Her favorite color is daffodil yellow, because it's happy, and her least favorite color is blue, because it's "kind of a downer color." Areden shippers in shambles.

-Her favorite ice cream flavor is honeycomb. I didn't even know that existed but go off queen.

-She enjoys cute fashion, but also enjoys wearing androgynous style clothing.

-She likes food which is fun to make or prepare. How nice!

-She's biracial; her mother is black and her father is Japanese. This is why she spent a bit of time in Japan when she was younger.

-Her name in kanji is 飛佐【とび ・ さ】楽【いーでん】. Gonna leave any actual meaning as homework, but it's worth noting her name was anglicized. I think that would translate to "Iden", but her mother liked the name "Eden", so they went with that instead.

Finally, songs that remind me of her!

-Positive Parade by DECO*27

-Gone Fishing by Ghost & Pals (friendship!)

-Aura by Ghost & Pals

-In Iolite by Ghost & Pals

-Magnet by minato

-Those Who Carried On by Ghost & Pals

-I'm Glad You're Evil Too by PinocchioP

And Happy Birthday! And a happy new year! Well wishes to all you Tumblr peeps. Take care!

[forestshadow-wolf]

What if...

Cw: violence, death (but not of soap, ghost, or Maizee (their daughter), gore, brutality, soap and ghost being good dads, pre-established found family, long post

This scene from the punisher (ghost as frank btw) but...

More about them being adoptive dads

See they may have left the military life behind them, but the made a fair amount of enemies. For awhile they were able to stay hidden, or soap and ghost were able to take care of them without Maizee noticing. And price helped them drop off the radar as best they could, but they wanted Maizee to have good life, not be isolated from the world.

Ghost, being legally dead, was sent on a lot of high risk missions that would follow him for a long time, maybe even to death. At the time it wasn't really a problem. At the time he was only The Ghost. At the time he was never supposed to make it out of the military. And then he did. With Soap.

And Soap? Well the military was his life, his career. He joined as soon as he could. That's a lot of time to make enemies. Especially since he was often volunteering to take on some of the most dangerous mission, volunteering to go with ghost, volunteering to go where Noone wanted to. It was easy enough to make enemies. Soap he's a bit of a realistic personality, optimistic? Sure. But he knows what not to hope for. He joined at a young age, had no real world civilian experience (like how to hold a job, go to events, ect), he often went on risky business. He knew there was a high likelihood of him not getting out of the military, and he was fine with that. And then he did. With Ghost.

The bounties on their heads were easy enough to take care of and live with, for the few year they lived in retirement before Maizee. They knew how to take care of themselves, they knew they had eachother's backs. It was the same as before, except now they didn't have to wake up at tue ass crack of dawn, and they can make pancakes for eachother at 11 o'clock in the morning.

Then they adopted Maizee, and it was good, they were good. Happy. But the bounties hitched up a notch. People thinking it'd be easier to get them. They think maybe they could use the kid to get to the two men, right? Wrong. Soap and ghost are both extremely protective of their kid, as it turns out. After a while the hunters stop coming as much, only the eager and inexperienced ones go after them now. They've become the John Wick(s?) Of the bounty hunting world. It's two fold, three, really.

See if you get them both there is a 88%... 73.4%... ok like 52.33% chance of living with minimal long-lasting damage. They end up arguing in weather the hunter should live or not, bla bla bla, how would they go about doing it. Honestly good chances of life there, hope you get both and not just one.

Just ghost is maybe 30% chance of living. Either he kills the hunter or he doesn't. Simple as that. Nothing much to say. He's ruthless, sure, but merciful. Won't draw out a slow death, one bullet to the head, or at least as quick as he can make it. Or he'll break a few fingers and let them go, if he believes with 100% certainty that they won't touch his family ever again. If you jave to choose to go after one or the other, choose him.

Uhh... extreme gore (as ideas. I didn't describe them unless it was to clarify. But like... it's bad... you have been warned)

Because soap? Soap is scary. The chances of you living? 100% and you might think 'oh but isn't that better than being dead?' Oh, but you'd be so so terribly wrong about that. John Soap Mactavish can make living so terrifying you'd think death was a far off myth only for children to believe in naively. Soap is very much aware that more than half your bones are in just your hands and feet [thank you Hank Green for that terrifying fact] and he WILL go through the effort of breaking every single one of them. He will laugh in your face, as he runs the glacial edge of a (illegal) 3 bladed knife down your cheek. He'll take half of your fingers. Not five. Half. Take the second knuckle of all 10 fingers. He will peel the skin off your stomach, just the skin. Geneva convention? Try Geneva checklist. If he ever got held for his crimes they'd have to invent so so many new terms fo what he's done. And the worst part? He leaves you alive. Patches you up, makes sure you live, swears you to secrecy on threats of making is so much worse. And then at the end of the day, he washed the blood off his hands, his face, off his tongue. He changes into new cloths, burns his soiled ones. And then he goes home to his husband and his daughter with a smile on his face and takes the out for icecream and a walk in the park.

Ok the gore part is over now.

I assume after the bounties come in less and less they grow more lax about watching for them. At some point it's been years since they've had an attack, right. Maizee is almost all grown up, but of course she'll always need her dads :)

I expect that after so much time the number on their heads has racked up to the trillions... each. Plus a bonus for "the kid". And well greed is.. a hellva drug, ain't it?

A group snatched 19 yo Maizee up, knowing her dads would come after them. They of course have heard the stories, but often times they are just that. Stories. Tales to scare disobedient children into submission. (They will find out that they are just stories... because the reality is so much worse) *clears throat* uh anyways...

Before her soap or ghost can reach her she she snatches the gun out of one of their hands and fires two shots into tone of their chests and one into the other. She- she's never killed anyone before... ghost and soap rush up the stairwell faster at the sound of gunshots.

She's breathing heavily, starting to panic. Ghost is quick to assure her.

"No. No. You didn't kill anybody. " he gently takes the gun from her hands. Then he tightens his hand around the grip of the gun, and fires two more shots into the brain of the guy behind him. "See? You didn't kill him, I did." He says gently. "You did what you had to, to protect yourself."

She begins to calm down, collapses into his chest. And he holds her. Behind them, he can hear soap give the second guy an insurance bullet to the head, then drab both bodies down the stairs.

They go home. Ghost agrees, after much begging from soap himself, to let soap take care of the rest. They estimate they have a few hours before the others come after them. It's already late, the three of them have a cup of hot cocoa. Then ghost goes to watch whatever movie Maizee wants to watch, in her room. T.V. cranked up loud enough to drown out any other sound that might have been heard from outside the room.

Soap takes a seat outside on the porch steps. A cup of coffee with a shot of burbon in one hand, a shotgun in the other. It's loaded with 2 shots of of birdshot. 3 more shell lined up neatly on either side of him. And he waits.

The rest of the bounty group shows up. Walking arrogantly up his driveway. He takes another sip of coffee, then sets his cup down beside him. For once (not really, but you get it) he's the one shrouded in shadow, not ghost. He notes idly that he never sees women coming after him anymore, must have more common sense than the testosterone filled man-babies before him.

He waits. Let them get close. Then racks the weapon. The four guys jump at the sound that seems to echo endlessly through the night air. He doesn't worry about the sound reaching his daughter as he fires one shot center mass on the guys on the left, and the second to the guys on the right. They stagger back as he reloads and reracks. Eight shot may have been overkill he thinks, emptying the two shots again. They go down. He zip-cuffs them and loads them into the back of his old dodge charger.

He sits back on the porch to finish his coffee. Takes his empty cup and the rest of the shells inside. The gun and ammo goes back into storage, cup gets washed and set on the drying rack. He knocks lightly on the door as he opens it, they're still watching the movie they put on.

"Hey. I have to go out for a bit, I'll be back in the morning." He says softly, so as not to disturb them. Ghost nods his head, and maizee reaches up for a hug. Of course he gives it to her.

Then he gets in the car and peels out of the driveway. He makes one stop at a drive-thru to get a cup of black coffee, with a quad shot... and a cake pop. "You boys want anything?" They don't answer "nah, didn't think so."

There's an empty warehouse he privately owns, on the "empty" side of town (yes, ghost knows about it). On the official records it's empty-ish, it's mostly squatters and shaders here. They're mostly good people, who got dealt a bad hand in life, and the reality is that life tries to compound bad luck. He knows some guys that keep his building clear, clean, in exchange for getting to sleep there when he's not using it, he leaves them some non-perishables when he can.

He unlocks the door, rolls his car in. A few clangs on one of the metal supports wakes his guys, they leave without complaint, he thanks them as they go. They know the deal, one night then they get it back.

He unloads the guys, sits them in chairs. He checks the food and water before he does anything else, notes what he needs to restock. It's his routine. Then he sets to work.

He gets back home with an empty car in the early morning, not quite the wee hours but pretty close to it. He'll go out to the store tomorrow for groceries.

He makes breakfast then puts the food in the oven to wait. Ghost and Maizee won't be up for a few hours yet, so he gets to go wrap his clean arms around them and sleep for a bit.

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This went longer than I expected, but as requested, more girl dad au. Guys I'm actually so delusional about them. This obsession has gone far longer than I thought it would... help

[a-sad-machine]

The truth (part three)

uhhhhh, hey there! I’m alive? :D

I also thinkI might change the style with making a part per region, since characters are getting added to regions retroactively and i dont wanna go and edit every region. mayhaps I’ll just do it in version installments from now on? like, with the newest characters or smth

Anyways, enjoy!

Sumeru

once again, starting with the characters who would know who you really are: Alhaitham, Aranara, Nahida, Wanderer

Of course as the archon of knowledge, Nahida would instantly know who you are! She would definitely be the one to catch on the fastest and luckily for you, since she has experience with being confined in a place for too long, she won’t tell on you! Though she’ll try to not leave you alone in these dangerous lands, either accompanying you herself or checking in through others’ minds.

Through his brief time as almost god, Wanderer will recognise that something is off with you, in a probably-is-a-god-style, almost right away. If you slip up and mention anything from his past he’ll be even more suspicious, after all those memories should be long gone, right?

Alhaitham knows. I am not sure how, he just does. He is just built different ig. But jokes aside, he is very observant and smart enough to connect the dots. Might try to ignore you, since he doesn’t want to deal with the situation, as well as his newly acquired duty as ‘acting’ grand sage

the ones that are suspicious of who your are: Cyno, Dehya, Tighnari

Both Cyno and Tighnari will both share their suspicions, but they have duties that usually don’t involve you too much. Cyno needs to hunt criminals (which you aren’t) and Tighnari is bound to his forest. Unless you’re unlucky enough to encounter criminals or eat the wrong mushroom, there is very little chance for them to find any incriminating evidence.

Dehya is a seasoned bodyguard, where she has a lot of practice reading people and her surroundings. She’ll get weird vibes from you, as if you’re constantly hiding something, but won’t push too much if she doesn’t see you as a threat.

those who are too naive to question the identity of the creator: Collei, Dunyarzad, Faruzan, Nilou

Collei, Dunyarzad and Nilou all are too optimistic to think they have been lied to about the creators identity. All three have also been through quite a lot, Collei and Dunyarzad with their Eleazar affliction, and Nilou with her struggle against the academia. They’re still very kind though, so they might be fun to be around without having to worry about revealing clues to who you are. 

lastly, the ones who don’t care, or don’t seem religious: Candace, Dori, Jeht, Layla

Both Candace and Jeht are children of the desert, which can be a hard place to live in. While they don’t not believe in the creator, they have a lot of responsibilities to take care of, leaving little time to worship a god who has not helped them with their struggles of survival. They’re more likely to judge you for traveling the dangerous sands, especially if you are alone and not a seasoned traveler yet.

Dori might notice something off about you, but as long as you’ve got enough mora to buy goods from her store, she couldn’t care less about your identity. She’s also part of the blackmarket, where customers hiding their identity isn’t uncommon.

Layla is too tired to care most of the time. Unless you meet her nighttime persona the chances of even talking to her for long are decently low. She’s more worried about her studies and deadlines rather than a random traveler. Though you have to take care to not be too obvious when you have her attention, she is pretty smart after all.

(And another part done! I thought Dunyarzard and Jeht deserve to be here, since you spend so much time with em! and I know, I didn’t include Kaveh, but I haven’t done the recent event quest yet so idk what he’s like qwq )

(Next time will probably be mixed nationalities, including Kaveh, Mika, Baizhu, Yaoyao and maybe even Kirara! I’ll have to wait till enough characters are released for a while part tho)

[viccharine]

i will defend Snow White until I DIE 🍎

more commentary about my fav princess under the cut (including all the stuff about the live action):

(long post)

i dislike the girlboss-ification of Snow White as much as the next person but omg leave Rachel Zegler ALONE!!!!!!! ppl act like thinking Snow White was “boring and/or anti-feminist” was an unpopular opinion—literally EVERYONE and their mom HATED on Snow White but the MINUTE Rachel Zegler says the SAME THING everyone comes for her????? smells like misogyny. (not even mentioning the fact that maybe PR has something to do with what she’s saying??)

(also, people hating on Rachel Zegler for THE COLOR OF HER SKIN?????? blah blah blah “it’s snow WHITE!!! she has skin as white as SNOW!!”— i think we as a society can move on from the idea that a character’s defining characteristic is the color of her SKIN. it’s just as easy AND ACCURATE to interpret the “Snow White” thing as her being pure of heart/pure as SNOW in order to remove her skin color from being such an important part of her character. don’t act like everyone saying that Rachel Zegler can’t play Snow White because she’s “too tan” isn’t racist/colorist)

more about Snow White as a character: i think she is a wonderful character and not at all “anti-feminist” or boring!!! she’s just a girl!!! while her age isn’t mentioned in the movie, she’s referred to as “little princess” which obviously indicates that she’s pretty young—she’s a young girl who’s been abused for most of her life yet still manages to be kind and empathetic!!! sure, her primary dream is to meet her true love, but MOST YOUNG PEOPLE ALSO WANT THIS!!! there’s nothing wrong with wanting love or with being sweet and kind!! Snow White first and foremost survived abuse and several near-death experiences (INCLUDING TWO ASSASSINATIONS) and managed to come out kind-hearted! she’s silly and kind and a little naive but also optimistic and a romantic!!!!! leave her alone!!!!

and even saying that, sure she’s from 1937 and very stereotypical—so there’s nothing wrong with adding aspects to her character that make her more modern/three-dimensional! it’s ok guys, you can admit that the original Snow White is not necessarily the best representation of women while also acknowledging how game-changing her movie was AND how Snow White is a wonderful character!!

characters can be sweet, kind and gentle but still strong and independent!! they aren’t mutually exclusive!!

as one of the first feature length animated films, of course Snow White isn’t going to have a lot of dimension (NONE of the characters do), and that’s what remakes are for!! stop coming for Rachel Zegler for saying things that aren’t at all wrong. like omg, you guys are acting like she hates all women or something. i would love it if she became a leader and took control of her kingdom!! I would love it if she took more action against the evil queen!! that DOESN’T MEAN Snow White is no longer kind and gentle and pure. Rachel Zegler is NOT demonizing Snow White or changing her character!!! is it so hard to believe that a girl who is kind and gentle and a romantic ALSO wants to be a leader????

also, I think her and the prince are cute!!!! yes he is VERY one-dimensional, so i would love it if the live action Snow White expanded on the prince’s character like the live action “The Little Mermaid” did!! his age is NOT mentioned in the film, there’s no reason to claim that their relationship is predatory. he searched for MONTHS for her, and once he found her “dead” he cried and kissed her goodbye (which is how I personally interpret it!!!)

the kiss can just as easily be changed to a kiss on the cheek/forehead, or removed overall, and the story will still stay the same!! the prince’s love for Snow White is what saved her, and that can be conveyed in a way other than a kiss. for all intents and purposes, they are just two kids in love!!

the prince was not the one who saved her from her evil stepmother—snow white was the one who ran away and made a life for herself, the prince just woke her up and the VERY END of the movie, stop ignoring all of snow’s actions throughout the film for the one (1) thing the prince did at the end.

tldr; Snow White is dated but not necessarily anti-feminist, and Rachel Zegler is justified in how she talks about Snow White and doesn’t deserve all the hate she’s getting.

[grokebaby]

Okay more attention for Mewmew as well time to make a wall of text talking about em.

Can you imagine how hard it must be to remain optimistic and cringily whimsical in a world like this? Especially with the kind of life Mewmew has faced? M joined the galactic alliance initially to, ykno, play heroics when times were different, mew was younger and the world felt easier to conquer (in the non evil way ofc). Then splash, witness mass death, large scale disasters and violence. Did you know Mewmew never told the alliance m had the normal cat form? That's how m was able to move on to a different, more peaceful life. Can you imagine the scoffs, eyerolls, condescendion and covert bullying one gets when they talk in Uwuish naturally, can you imagine trying to train yourself out of it? Out of the way you feel most comfortable talking in?

Quite literally hiding the softer side of yourself from others to remain strong and retain respect from your peers.

Evilicus was of course the meanest about any mannerisms or speech style Mew let slip but that'd be expected of a nasty personality like them. But the people who are supposed to work beside you, quipping about it even after knowing that that's just how you naturally talk, for some time now? Ouch.

Imagine, Mewmew having to exist beside stern serious faces who lament about the poor state of the world, as if it's the default? As if it's how it always will be? Imagine, being told how naive and, frankly, stupid you are for believing otherwise. "Maybe you're not suited to working here" they told mew, because m had the audacity to say No, the world is a very beautiful and hopeful place, and living beings don't naturally default to selfishness. No, not even demonic entities. "I'm sure-" Mew said, "I'm sure even Evilicus' goons laugh and live a little between battles, I'm sure of it! I'm sure they don't all hate the world and wish for destruction, of course they don't! I'm sure, many of them are scared and tired!"

"Well, that's too bad", they replied to Mew. "Doesn't change the situation, and there's nothing we can really do about it".

Yeah, obviously. But are you people allergic to acknowledging it? Stop celebrating over seas of corpses just because they belong to the opposing side. "They're monsters! We're allowed to feel accomplished for saving this lot!" - at the cost of lives. Thinking, feeling lives. "It's war. Get used to it"

"Maybe I don't want to get used to it.." Mew thought. Too late to back out just yet, though. Evilicus' powers grow by the day, and it's too big of a risk to ignore. "Just this one." Mew thought, "Just take care of this one, then you can leave and finally see a happy face around. Then you can rest. The world just needs to be saved, and this threat detained." m told mewself every night. Then - Maybe then, mew can go back to being ms most genuine self. The one that talks in nyas with a straight face.

Evilicus is defeated, great work team! Time to finish them.

What? Like, kill them?

Obviously. Imagine how much suffering Evilicus caused. Obviously kill them. They deserve it.

"Regardless of if they do -" Mew argued "It doesn't fix anything now! We need to focus on rehabilitation over punishment!"

Seriously, Mewmew? That's insulting.

"Is it..?" is it so insulting to want all life - evil, wicked, nasty life too, to have it's own value? No matter what? Does the value of your life decrease the more you hurt people? Is it really equality if your value can decrease through your actions? Is that humane?

"Just this one", mew thought. "Save one life more, and then you can go home and be done with it." save Evilicus, and that'll be the last heroic deed you do, Mew told mself. And then you'll have done enough world changing, and can focus on simply making people smile.

And that persistent, hardheaded mf kitty did it. Mewmew saved one more life, arguably the most wicked of all, the one least deserving of a hero. Rest well earned.

But it's not so cut and dry, is it? Nothing really is. Evilicus now lives - on unwanted time ofc. Someone doesn't simply disappear after being defeated (no matter how much they'd want to). Evilicus shows up, and of course, time to still help this one wicked, nasty life to carry on. Patch them up, feed them, and send them off again. Then Mewmew can rest easy once more, knowing m didn't leave a helpless person (a wicked, horrible person) to suffer and potentially, slowly die.

But it's not so simple, is it? It never fucking is. Evilicus is an asshole, frankly, and wears Mewmews patience to the minimum, even outright hurting em in the process. Why do you still bother. Why are you still so fucking kind. Aren't you tired of it.

And Mewmew says "No, I'm not. I won't get tired of being kind. That's impawsible!"

But nothing is impawsible, as Mewmew used to say.

However, it pays off, doesn't it? Imagine, being nice and decent to the worst person you know, it does actually make a difference. You can actually make a difference. Imagine. Evilicus can indeed feel remorse. You can't believe it either but it's happening?

Mewmew finally sighs a small sigh of relief. Maybe now, we can rest easy. Could you imagine?

[ohheyitsokay]

some incomplete, unfounded, and unpopular thoughts on the new ai announcement:

I'm choosing (maybe stupidly) to feel tentatively optimistic about it.

one of the things people who are trying to move to other platforms are quickly discovering is that the high likelihood is that many many of the other options are also likely selling your work either over the table but without clear disclosure or under the table.

unfortunately, frankly, I was operating under the assumption that some portion of my things were already being used. does that suck, in a frustrating dystopia way? yeah. but we also live in a world in which I'm acutely aware technology is advancing far faster than rules, regulations, and laws can keep up? also yeah.

secondly, I was also not surprised to hear the announcement because... we know tumblr has needed the money and has been forced to prioritize keeping the website afloat (longterm) over keeping its users happy and comfortable (shorterm). we know that businesses have never been our friend. they need the money, and I truly believe there were worse options for them to get it and worse ways for them to have screwed us over, and it wouldn't been standard to not tell us about it at all.

honestly i wish other platforms disclosed the deals and gave an opt out option. I hope this sets a president for other social media.

so glaze your art, be careful about your posts, toggle off the sharing whether or not it matters, and understand the internet has never been safe. persist anyway. enjoy creating and enjoy your friends and we'll figure it out. keep pushing and pushing for ai regulations and data selling disclosure and all that stuff - read up on it when you get the energy and don't get dragged down when there's too much to fight for. find and support people who have expertise in the areas we don't understand fully and do your best to keep plowing forward.

persist, with passion for what we create and determined optimism for what we can change and apathy for things outside of our control.

I am sure I'm making naive arguments about these things but I simply do not have the time or energy to be devastated every time a company makes a choice that knowingly or unknowingly impacts me. I've got people to love and art to make and I'm trying my best to be educated and make change but I refuse to die over it. this part is just me saying please don't come for me

tl;dr while the new ai deal is discouraging and scary, i do not think it's a catastrophe. and artists (of all kinds) have always and will always persist

[tarot-by-e11e]

Hello! Hope this ask finds you in good health.

I wish to partcipate the halloween demons game.

Question -What inner demons you didn't realize are protecting you?

My initials are A.P.

Thank you for your time and energy. Have a nice day! 🤍

Hi AP,

Thank you so much for participating in my Inner Demons ask game.

Please do comment on what mythical creature you resonate with once you see this?

So the cards I pulled are: Lovers, Ace of Wands, Knight of Swords

Have you been told that you're too understanding, almost idealistic? A bit too giving and accommodating? Some might go so far as saying you're too in love with the idea of being in love, that you get disappointed at real-life romance?

What others perceived you as this gullible love-obsessed naive romantic, is actually your Inner Demon known as Compassionate Empathy.

Being hopeful in love and happiness makes you optimistic and dreamy while living in a world that thrives off negativity and cynicism. You remained a firm believer that all that you see is good, despite witnessing human cruelty. There's nothing wrong with you. So you shouldn't be mean towards yourself when others hurt you. You know you did nothing wrong to deserve the hurt they've inflicted. It's just that, not everyone knows how to care for and handle a loving heart like yours.

Now being there for others might make you forget that you have wants and needs too. That you get tired too; that you need help too. Maybe that's why what you desire is enthusiasm and excitement in your life.

Now, you already know how to be in harmony with others; with being in harmony with yourself, you'll need to get excited with living YOUR LIFE the way YOU WANTED it to be. That includes being honest with yourself. What do you truly want? What really lights you up? What keeps you going?

And how you incorporate your compassionate empathy to achieve this spark in life, you'll need to be assertive and strategic about it. Don't just plan the life that you want, actually take the actionable steps in order to turn that dream into reality.

So with having big dreams, it can be overwhelming right? So one suggestion is to break it down into chapters, and in those chapters, a series of actionable steps to get you, bit by bit, closer to your goals in life.

This concludes the end of your reading. Do let me know how this resonates with you. Feel free to show some support via my Buy Me A Coffee here (This reading is for entertainment purposes only.)

[themostop]

Not sure if maybe I’m understanding the definition wrong here but as I understood it a walkable city is one where you are able to easily and legally get around it while walking. It is not one that lacks roads and public transit but rather one that possess sidewalks all throughout. For example the city where I live (which I won’t name because of privacy) is mostly connected by highway-like roads with no sidewalks, meaning the only way to legally/safely get from one part of the city to another is via car or public transportation (of which the only options around here are bus or Uber). There are some parts connected by sidewalk, but my options for places I can walk to are limited by the amount of traversable terrain regardless of physical distance. Especially if I wanted to get there on crutches or a wheel chair.

Cherry picking an example like New York also leads me to believe that you don’t understand what the word means like op said. I don’t think most people would call NYC a walkable city or at least they wouldn’t list it as a good example of one because of how inaccessible it is. It’s borderline unwalkable between how crowded it is and how bad the sidewalks and crosswalks are.

Unless I’ve been too naively optimistic about other people using this term, most people fighting for walkable cities don’t want to get rid of public transit and roads all together, they just want places to be more connected via walkable routes like sidewalks so that using a vehicle isn’t a requirement just to buy food or go to work, allowing for more people to commute in a way that doesn’t create loads of carbon emissions and being less classist against people who can’t or barely can afford a car. You don’t have to walk in a walkable city. You’re just able to if you want.

”walkable cities is ableist” has to be a psy-op. you can’t be this bad at understanding what the term means.

[cupcaketrickster]

{[ @ambitiousillusions continued from HERE ]}

If someone had asked her, Astrid wasn’t even sure why she was telling Jester all of this. She had always been closed off, well. Ever since coming to Rexxentrum anyway. The person she had been before the Academy, before everything had gone to hell, was so different from who she was today, that it sometimes felt like it had been her in a completely different life.  She missed the girl she had been, sharp and smart, and hungry for knowledge, not afraid of anything. These days it was hard to even get up in the mornings without the crushing weight of the fear weighing down her chest. Astrid hated it, and yet she had been taught to suppress her emotions, so she got up, got dressed and went about her day, because anything else was simply not in the cards.

She could not give up. She could not fail. Glancing up to meet Jester’s eyes, Astrid briefly wondered if the other woman was too naive, or if she had become too cynical over the years. It’s probably a mix of both, but Astrid knows that, deep down, there’s still that girl, that wants to believe in true love, even if it’s never been her priority. Still... “It’s always been us against the world.” She eventually spoke again, “Or...maybe not the word, but it’s always been us. And...we were both terrified to lose each other, especially after we’ve lost Bren. And...” She paused, shaking her head. “Seeing him again...seeing the man he became? It...broke my heart, in a way.” This was her being...unusually honest, but Jester already knew more about her than most people did, and it didn’t feel fair to leave her hanging now.  “I think...Wulf and I haven’t put what we felt into words for such a long time, that it’s hard to even figure out where to begin. But...you’re right.” A slight smile tugged on the corners of her lips as she reached out to push a strand of hair behind Jester’s air. “Don’t make the same mistakes I did.”

there is so much she doesn't know about caleb's life, let alone astrid and eadwulf's. even before tragedy and torment, they lived such a different life than she had, but oh that does not stop her longing for understanding and her unyielding compassion for the three of them. so the tiefling listen's and stays quiet, nodding her head to make sure astrid knows she is listening. she stays close. and she tries not to cave into the urge to grab and hold onto astrid's hand and squeeze it tight in both encouragement and hopefully comfort.

her silence continues, though, as astrid smiles and pushes a lock of her hair behind her ear, violet eyes widening and a bit of a blush filling her cheek, the tiefling internalizing her advice, but not speaking a comment on it, instead her eyes tearing away to look about before looking back at astrid.

“ from the sounds of it, it does sound like it’s been you against the world, together or not. ” and that wasn't fair. not at all. no one should have that sort of heaviness on their shoulders, especially not someone so young who only wanted to learn. " and just because i am right does not make it something that is any easier. it also was not an easy thing to do at the time but... well things are different now, yes? "

maybe she was a bit too optimistic about things, she knows, and it might make the pair of them clash heads on this topic, but she has so much hope for astrid becke and eadwulf grieve, just as much hope as she has for her friends, and she is just hoping she gets to see and know the amazing things they go on to do.

" whatever has changed is okay... and whatever remains is okay too. conversations are easy to have but you both are free now. or freeier... " there's the assembly still, an assembly she hopes to see blown apart by every destructive force imaginable, but without trent, weren't they both a bit more free to make their own choices? even if only for a little while?

jester caves, grabbing hold of astrid's hand. " i can tell you anything you want to know about him. caleb... " she doesn't feel she has the right to the name bren, but she feels odd saying it before astrid. " and i would love to help you talk through what you feel. i know we barely know each other, though, so if you'd rather not, i understand. but i am here for you. you don't have to deal with what's in your mind all alone. "

[countlessrealities]

@sinruby asked: How would you describe your relationship with your family? for Mabel!

Mabel's lips curl in a pensive frown at the question. This is the first time someone asks her about her family and the relationship she has with each member. It's not like she doesn't know how she feels and what that's like, because she does, no matter how little she tries to dwell on it. She just has never been forced to put her thoughts on the matter into words.

The first person she thinks of whenever someone says "family" is, of course, her brother. Dipper is and will always be the person she's the closest to, no matter what might happen. They have always been more than siblings, after all. They are twins, best friends.

However, that's not where she chooses to start from.

"My parents are...alright? I guess. They always made sure Dip-stick and I had all the stuff we needed. Food, clothes, toys, school things..." She trails off and ends the sentence with a shrug instead. "For the rest, they are never around. They're always at work, or away on their own. That's why they sent us to Grunkle Stan's last summer. So they could go on holiday on their own."

Is that how parents are supposed to behave? She isn't sure. That's how it is in her life, and she has never paid attention to what her friends' parents are like. Aside from Pacifica's, but everyone can agree that they are not a role model.

"But it's alright. Dip-sauce and I can handle ourselves! We learnt very quickly and it's...fun, in a way. I get to do everything with my twin! And that's amazing...you would get it if you had a twin too."

She means it. She's more than content to share everything with Dipper, to be independent, to have her life with him. It's what has allowed them to live through and survive everything they have faced in Gravity Falls.

Yet, at times, she wonders.

"Then there are Grunkle Stan and Grunkle Ford. They weren't...great at first. Grunkle Stan was always grumpy, but now I get why. He had lost his twin and...in his way, he was trying to protect us."

Stan also doesn't have the best people skills. Not when it comes to being sincere. He's a conman, he can lie and cheat his way through a lot of situations, but when it comes to baring his soul and dealing with his real feelings? He's as emotionally constipated as someone can be. And Ford isn't any better.

"As for Grunkle Ford, he's...well, he's been away for a very long time and he hasn't had the best life, so...I can't blame him for forgetting how caring works."

A hint of gloom lingers on her features, betraying that there's more to it that she's not saying, but after a moment her expression brightens.

"We had a rough start, the four of us, but hey, what matters is how we ended up! Our Grunkles saved us all, and Dip-Dip and I helped! Grunkle Ford and Grunkle Stan made up and now they are living their childhood dream. And we can tag along! They promised!"

Her grin brightens, as if the idea of battling sea monsters and getting lost in caves populated by dangerous creatures is the best life one can have.

"I can't wait to go back to Gravity Falls next summer! Buuut Dipper and I might even get to spend our winter holidays chasing after Bigfoot!"

Much better than sitting at a table eating pre-made Christmas food and receiving boring presents. Their winter holidays have been fun only when it snowed.

"And then, of course, there's Dip-pick! He's my family. He has always been. We're brother and sister, we're best friends, we're twins. We've been together since when we were just two little cells! We're basically platonic soulmates!"

Maybe she's being naive, or perhaps too optimistic, but she believes in that with all herself. Things have been tense between them from time to time, especially after what has happened during Weirdmageddon. The trauma, the fights, the insecurities, the regrets, the guilt. They have left indelible marks on them both and loose strings that they will eventually have to deal with.

However, Mabel has to hold onto the idea that she and Dipper will get through it all because it's the only scenario she can accept.

"I can't picture my life without him. And I know he can't picture his without me."

[makima-s-most-smile]

Trigun Ultimate 1 (Part1)

With much delay, I can finally join the bookclub with my meagre thoughts and comments. I just try to say stuff that I haven’t seen, I think.

Trigun Ultimate: 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 Trigun Maximum: 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 9.1, 9.2, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5

Chapter 1: The $$ 60 Billion Double Dollar Man

I thought the city in the establishing story was a small one, like in all those westerns of my youth. Few houses, one mainstreet, that kind of city. But with those numbers of daily casualties (), it has to be a bigger one. Damn, that totally did not register when I read it the first time! 

I love how subtly Vash moves. I didn’t see in the first readthrough that he puts his finger into the barrel. And all the while his opponents are boasting, he is taking control of the situation! Nice!

Me, when I see all the Trigun theories!

With the knowledge that they are in April and thus in one of the main cities, the whole number of dead plants makes so much more sense.

Also, how bad are the conditions that they don’t have access to a resident doctor in one of the big cities?! It looks like that woman’s personal plight, but then the waitress lady chimes in with the plants, so the whole city seems to be dying?

I still hc that Vash is in April specifically to avoid another maintenance bug taking more of his sisters. For the humans, but also for the sisters on their own.

Chapter 3: Hard Puncher

Thank you, Speedwaggon, for your explanation…

Look! Glasses! He puts them on! Squeeeee!

Again, this is the entire April city. Not gonna lie, I read somewhere that like 20? Million people survived the Great Fall. Somehow I don’t believe that, if that tiny city is one of the big ones. But then again, this is Nightow still finding his vibe.

Chapter 04: Bang!Bang!

I love how mindful and in the present Milly is! 

Sadly, she never really gets her win. No wonder many people think of her as just a silly airhead, when her mindfulness gets immediately countered by a joke.

Someone needs to calculate by those examples how much a donut costs and then how much a bullet does.

Chapter 05: Assault

A riverbed? There were rivers in the past? It would make sense, since worms and thoma are native to the planet and water is needed to start life. But damn, did No-Man’s-Land lose water by twin sun sunstorms?

Chapter 6: Diehards

Somehow I feel like the speech bubbles should be pointing to the other, with Kaite being the one who knows the ins and outs of the ship.

Chapter 07: Rem

Dude’s living partly in a fantasy world… Neon being fully like: It's like in the novels!

Well, Vash, buddy. You could explain Kaite afterwards, why you are so weird, but we already know that you won’t stay to explain!

Not the first time people mention Vash's arm. Totally not becoming important later.

Here he’s an adult or at least a teen, not like a kid as shown later. Could it be that he still feels like the time he lost Rem and only his body aged? His mind is still trapped in that moment.

Kaite lost his dad and fell on hard times. This will not be the last time that we see kids’ desperation exploited in the manga. It is also an interesting mirror to Vash with how he connects to Rem. We know at that point that she was there when the ships fell and died then, too, and that she rescued humanity. And that Vash made a promise with her (more like with himself… but in her memory). Her memory leads his actions, while Kaite’s negative memory of his father led his. Though we see the kid reflect upon them and it more or less boils down to him feeling neglected and left alone for his father’s work and then… well, truly left alone. This is his turning point.

Vash is not wrong with telling Kaite to start anew and all, but that also blatantly ignores how much that kid went through and it has a very optimistic view of the future, maybe even naive. But that is the basis on which Vash is able to move on. It also reflects on Rem, but that is something for later.

What I think is interesting, Vash does not look happy or forgiving in the panel, it looks serious, too serious, too burdened for the thing he just said. It is not uplifting at all…

08: Duelist

Hello, Stormtroopers! How do they even miss his nether regions? Vash just stands there, legs spread apart and they miss everything!

A…hahahahahaha. He doesn’t seem to be, does he?

Lol, Milly gave herself the nickname?!

Okay, but this is massively cool!

Oh, so Neon was actively looking for Vash to hunt him down for killing his family? And then he lets him just go. Like I said, this guy is not really living in reality. A fucking romantic!

[myinnerartist]

Welcome back to part 2 of

My thoughts on Aphmaus’ My Inner Demons!

Its me, Load. Jumping straight into it because i live in fear of tumblr's post character limit. 👍

–...what I gathered from My Inner Demons (pt2)

Starting with some foundational worldbuilding!

Will admit there isn't really enough of it… There would be if there was a season 2 (that was going to be on daemos!) We unfortunately didn't get.

And so all we have is the small moments we see from season 1 and the boys' brief mentions of it.

And only the MENTIONing of a sun from the boys but when we see what's going on on daemos, it's nighttime. Constantly. Not that I don't believe them or question what a sun is to them, is the moon their sun? (I mean, noi mentioned he felt like he was burning when he was in earth's sunlight. And though they sleep less they seemed to atleast at first been somewhat nocturnal.)

But.. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

also don't get me wrong I actually really like that funky idea of worldbuilding! I'm just saying, lol.

Anyway, what was gathered..

We all know that Daemos is cruel, vicious even. It's kill or be killed, survival of the fittest, strongest prevails and the weak disposed of. Most emotion, Love, Kindness, Caring, Cowardice and Mercy? Seen as traits that are deemed reason enough to kill you for just being seen as weak. (exm: Noi)

Daemos the Land is additionally cruel to live on. Both animals and plants are aggressive and are willing or even going to kill you. (So they live in Australia?/JOKING/for legal reasons this is a joke.) (I'm noting plants and animals as well because noi mentioned them being deadly in an episode I don't remember which and, well… it's daemos?)

Okay, that was not alot for foundational worldbuilding.... but its we got.

(already mentioned the magic crisis and that other kingdoms do exist...)

Additional or Other worldbuilding will be mentioned while i talk about

✨️Characters✨️

For characters, let's start with

Noi!

Not much is known about Noi, or atleast his past. We know that he was or is being bullied and was going to be killed or executed for being deemed weak. That is until Asch spared/saved him. And assumedly how he became one of Asch's loyal knights. He seems to respect him the most, or even look up to him. In episode one he was really adamant about being the one to deliver the spirit to Asch first. Leif also was but for him it seemed more for the entertainment and game, rather than Noi. who seemed to have taken it way more seriously, possibly because it meant more to him.

We also know why he was deemed weak was because he LOVES, and cares. Though… despite the world they live in. He chooses to remain the person he is. Or even he can't help it. And i wouldn't call him naive. Yes he's almost naively trusting (despite daemos..) but he's not quite naive in awareness or somewhat knowledge. He knows and understands why he's deemed weak, he himself has said he needs to work harder to prove himself because he loves. Though that can be a double-edge sword cause that could still be considered naivety, but it could also be a form optimistism? Hope. I mean… Asch did spare him, and what reason did Asch have for that? In fact… proving himself might not be for other daemos. But to prove himself to Asch. You saved him Asch, and yet you still treat him like other Daemos do..

Oh, also Pierce!

We also dont know much about him. Other than he used to be a general or soldier apart of Rhals army. Why he no longer part of it? Who knows. An assumption is that he did something- or should i say. Didn't do something.. That Rhal got furious over and maybe was going to kill him too. And then Asch must've intervened. And Pierce became his loyal knight.

He's known in the mid'dom as a gentle giant. He's kind, perhaps considerate because ceral box he stole for ava in the first few beginning episodes. He's quiet, most likely traumatized. And.. for someone who might be seen who doesn't want to cause harm, or atleast kill anyone.

He did pull his blade on ava, and Rhys had to correct him by saying peaceful evasive maneuvers. Yes, this can be benefited from this is what was expected of him from being a soldier in rhals army… but do say. If Asch saved them, how long ago was that? How long has any of these boys known him? From the first episode pierce seems to know him enough to make rhys stop his explanation and just say “we had a delay.” so. There could've still been some room atleast for healing. To learn that he doesn't have to react with violence anymore. But then again. Asch sure does act alot like his brother...

Oh!! Yeah, Leif.

We seem to know more about him unlike the other two, but its… more of estimated guesses in areas.

He was an orphan, was apart of a group of orphans, they seemed to have become a group of assassins as they grew up. And they missions with eachother. Its up until a certain mission, They ended abandoning him. Yes, they could've died and he was left as lone survivor, or they literally left him to die, on his own. And through scenario.. Asch Ended Sparing him. And Leif became his loyal knight. Though i ask, if he was abandoned, why would he trust another person. Why would he join someone else? He would absolutely fear loosing someone close to him whether he looses them through them bleeding out or letting him bleed by himself. ..Unless he had no choice? Who knows! Interesting he's sticking with Asch who threatened to kill them if they stayed behind on Daemos. *shrug*

Oh! Rhys! Oh rhys…

Who are you? We know nothing. Oh, wait. He's Lady Grandmas most trusted student or disciple! He's also the most intelligent.. hes SAID to be calm and collected and rarely angry but i mean. He sure does throw.. Tantrums. Also he doesn't know who mirage is even though its Lady Grandmas familiar meaning she never told him or he was acting infront of asch but we didnt get to see him ever recognize mirage or let us know he knew… seriously. What a big mystery. Oh! And that he most likely wasn't saved, spared, or shown mercy by Asch. More like.. a lil spy planted into Asch's group by Lady Grandma. Here me out, im sorry for mentioning, but the bathroom scene. With the mirror (ill get back to this). AND i swear to fruitloops, there was a scene with him where she was telling him NOT TO LET ASCH KNOW he was Lady Grandmas disciple. But ey that's just a theory, a SHOW THEO-

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And Asch.

Oh… Asch. Hahaha hahaha …

I wouldn't say i hate his personality (though i do), but because hes so fundamentally broken. His purpose and role in the story is complicated, his relaintionships make zero sense-

Hes broken to the point, There are two Asches.

There is the Asch we see in the show, and the Asche overshadowed by the Asch we were given.

Let me explain!!

Asch, you know him. He's a jerk, he's mean, rude, aggresive, A brat who throws tantrums, violent anger issues if not compared to the hurricane his brother is. Hes the one who dare to fucking say to Noi, in the second episode, “Dont be so Weak.” and that is he is the one in first episode to threaten to kill any of them if he saw the ones who dared stay behind ever again.

I dont know what this Asch's purpose is to the story…is he meant to be the EMBODIMENT of Daemos? And that maybe if Rhys was planted into the group, and also evidence through the mirror in the bathroom scene.. hes there to change Asch. If Asch can change, All of Daemos can?

That still… Doesn't fully fit? Though? What does his father represent then? Btw, Lady Bish is not the main villain and She is merely the one who comes before Asch's father. (Though you knew already??) Does the father represent the social expectation of what Daemos should be? And Asch needing to change, in order to take down the social expectation? But then what about Rhal? There is no middle ground purpose left for him. He's... useless. Other than to be a pawn used by his father and not have character growth. Or he does! But Asch kinda. Took it first??

Also. Asch cannot be the one who saved the boys. Theres NO WAY the boys are loyal TO HIM. Or Respect HIM. A man who is alike the ones who abused them. Whether it be alike the ones who bullied and sentenced noi to death becaues he was weak, whether it be the possible sentencing to Pierce to death because he was weak, or Leif. Someone who, there is no way, doesn't have abandonment issues.

Even if he did save them. There's no way these boys would respect him. And it would be forced loyalty because if they dont remain his loyal knights, they'll die.

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…instead, their savior was Asche. The one the boys are actually loyal to. The one the boys ACTUALLY have respect for.

An Asche who IS change. It's not that he needs to change. He is it. He's the one who spared the boys and saved them. He is the shepherd who took in the outcasts, the rejected, the weak.

An Asche who can still have his issues, but he is one of them.

And no. Asch is no way a persona. That mask would've been removed when he learned he didn't have to keep it on. That's he's not a prince on earth. In fact, he would not threaten to kill them, he wouldn't have called noi WEAK! No one else was around. Only the people he can/could trust.

*sigh*

I'll return with ava and lorelai and the other daemos, and my most crucial point...

Hopefully, in part 3!

Edit: i forgot to mention. Rhys purpose technically no longer works if the second Asche was to be the one at play. Because if we're going off the vibe he's there to change Asch, and If there's nothing to change, Then, he no longer has a purpose.

But if he's just there to watch over Asch due to Lady Grandmas request. Then he's safe.

Edit: rechecked the mirror scene. And he seems to be there because the two are to support asch in the decision to prevent his death. And, part of that is to make an alliance with humans and not kill them instead. Which is to also help guide him on the right track, aka change him.

Yeehaw.

Hello, hello, it is i, load!

With something that was a meant to be a response to a reblog chain i hadve with hypnoi...

But I decided to make my response into its own post instead…for I have a lot to say. (I tried to restrain myself but– )

(And in my experience reblog chains that have a lot of reblogs and/or are really long can cause lag. Idk if their device experiences it but just in case i didn't want them to deal with the lag ^^”.)

I also had thoughts about making this type of post before as well. So I additionally took this as an opportunity to finally make it. I hope that's alright.

And now, I just wanna say, I will be going into detail on all my thoughts about almost everything about My Inner Demons. The writing, the story, the worldbuilding, the characters, the scenes, about almost everything.

And additional heads up because despite this show meaning alot to me, and something that I've created related to it has helped me through so much and something I've poured blood, sweat and tears into.

There's going to be sections that may not be pretty. Where I can't hide my feelings when talking about some of these certain points.

Also that I'm not a professional, these are just my personal thoughts, feelings and opinions on Aphmaus show.

But finally getting into it;

My thoughts on Aphmaus’ My Inner Demons.

—- Let's start with a quick recap.

Within an alternate dimension, there is a world known as Daemos. Where a group of 5 individuals take it upon themselves to find a solution to their world's magic-crisis.

Said group consisting of their leader,

a Second-Born Prince known as Asch, Along with his 4 Loyal Knights, an ex-assassin named Leif, an ex-soldier/general of Rhal(the first-born prince)s army named Pierce, an individual who would've been executed just for being considered weak if Asch didn't ‘spare’ him named Noi, and a not very much is known about member named Rhys, who has a student/teacher relationship with Asch's Grandmother.

Said Grandmother helps the five to find a solution to their world's magic-crisis.

A magic-crisis where the source of all their magic, which comes from human souls, is running out. (A crisis caused by not very smart decisions leading to an extinction of humans) (And a Crisis not known to the general populace and other kingdoms. only the royal family and its council from the most powerful kingdom of them all, know of the crisis.)

(Through Lady Grandma) They learn of a possible solution, which leads them to take on a mission to kill the last remaining human for their soul. In order to use it to open up a portal to another world, which they called “ea-urth.”

Here within Ea-urth, is where they temporarily experience utter suffering, And where they meet a human girl named Ava who finds them, and panickedly asks if they need help. Which, they awkwardly stand silently and glare & stare in response instead. (Because Pierce said don't show weakness. *Because Daemos society doesn't allow you to.*)

However she finds Asch collapsed on the ground behind them, quickly realizes he's unaliven’t and performs cpr. Saving his life, and as a show of thanks(/jk) they immediately threaten her. Before then abandoning her by hanging her on a tree by her hood.

They then get traumatized by cosplayers, return to force her to help them. She passes out after Asch turns the tree she was hanging on into ashes, and finds that their horns are real. (he burned the tree down because she didn't believe they were from another world and this in a way pissed him off. :3)

And now with her strangely intelligent cat they mistake as an earth spirit that somehow got outside despite the door being locked. Leads them back to her apartment with them carrying her like a bag of potatoes. Burning said doorknob off because locked and COULDN'T GET IN. (Johnny how???)

And soon after she wakes up, and tries to escape but fails. they spend HOURS. Literal HOURS. Waiting for her to STOP. SCREAMING. (which damn ava you got some LUNGS in you!)

When they finally get her to stop. Conversation and LIEing happens. Both sides. And a police station is involved until Ava dips out on that idea because they start threatening a police officer.

And this leads to her finally accepting she'll teach them how to live on earth!

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… (*deep sigh*) …

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The show is then quickly mostly about (forcibly) romantically pairing the boys with Ava.

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With the occasional beginning or ending scenes within occasional episodes that portrays what's happening back on Daemos.

Which is about Rhals fiance, Lady Bish, (which one must assume is the (temporary) lead Villain of the season) Who slowly figures out what Lady Grandma has been up to, what's she hiding. And repeated hints & clues to Asch's fated sacrifice with more and more description.

The first season.. the show unfinishedly ends with the boys forcefully being returned to Daemos along with Ava magically disguised as a Daemos.

Got all that? Good, now onto

— what I gathered from My Inner Demons… (pt 1)

The story seems to have wanted to be a Harem rom-com (romantic-comedy) with a serious underlying tone & story. And i think also wanted to be for a more mature audience, at least for teens and up. Due to its inclusion of sexual jokes, (somehow minimal or non-existent) cussing, and… I guess violence?

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (listen man i said “wanted”)

In my opinion, the show fails to succeed in what it wanted to be.

– Let's get into the romance first. Shall we?

The romance in this show is not done well. Not at all, To be honest.

The show forces romance onto the main cast whether it fits their character, their inner stories, or if they like it or not. When Ava finally thinks about possible romance, it's because she's being pressured into doing so because of the people in her life. Not just the boys. But adults that she's supposed to trust and be friends with.

And the boys? They don't love Ava. Even if the show tries telling us around the end of the series they do? Also that they suddenly gotten comfortable and adjusted somewhat to daily life on earth that they help do chores now? We didn't see that growth. We saw nothing. This is out of the blue!

If they were intending to be a shojo something jump type of story like ouran host club, this wasn't Previously established, nor does it fit the story (*cough* that could've been told. *cough*) additionally, even if the story was like this, they still needed to show that development!

And for most of the story, the boys only want to marry ava for power, because of a misunderstanding that she is princess of earth (*....Deep sigh…*). But suddenly they all are actually in love with or have a crush on her??

*sigh*

— onto about the comedy

I think, we can all agree… the comedy is atleast a hit or miss, and awkward and uncomfortable at most.

(I'm so sorry for mentioning these scenes 😭) Examples: Like… the bathroom scene with Rhys and Lady Grandma… plus every single… one of those jokes Ms.Oates and Lady Grandma has made.

I'll.. i'll talk about their jokes. Not right now, though.

Anywho,

I personally think the comedy aspect in general doesn't fit the story. Don't get me wrong, every story needs a bit of comedy. But with how serious the ‘underlying’ story is, the comedy is… yikes. Ofc, you could still do an overdramatic(/pos) comedy that ends up transitioning to a more serious tone at times, (Aka Romantic Killer on Netflix, which i think can count as a physiological horror/neu) but i don't think that style fits this story, or at least the story we got.

*deep breath*

– onto the serious tone/underlying story…

The serious underlying tone is overshadowed by the comedy. And the serious underlying story is not just overshadowed, but disconnected from most of the story.

Every. Single. Time. The show gives us what's going on on Daemos, and then goes back to what's going on on earth. Is almost whiplash. Due to the utter tone shift between earth and daemos. Idk how to describe it, but…

When we're on earth, it's a comedy. The way things happen on earth are dramatic, possibly one could even say theatrical and illogical, including the characters themselves. It tries to include serious moments, but again, they're overshadowed by the comedic atmosphere.

But on Daemos? It has a darker atmosphere, it's more serious. The characters on daemos are also taken (somewhat more) seriously. Though comedy tries to coexist within it... but it just feels out of place or doesnt work with what Daemos is described and supposed to be and feel like.

I wouldn't say the shifting of tone between worlds is inherently bad.. in fact it could be used quite cleverly!

In other stories. I personally don't think it works with this story in particular. I'll explain this further, later on.

Additional note; the boys were once treated with this seriousness. In the very first episode, they're in a more serious atmosphere, and treated more seriously! Like, Asch was kinda intimidating when he threatened to kill his loyal knights that respect him if they chose to stay! (... oh, we will talk about Asch.)

But the moment, we see them on earth? Say goodbye to them being treated seriously and as adults!

Oh yeah. Additionally, they are not treated as adults. What do you mean? They act like children! Which doesn't make sense for… their world and culture they're from. They wouldn't.. act like children, even if the show might imply that daemos are cruel and selfish, but if they TRULY were, this stroy wouldn't.. really work. (I'll explain, i promise)

AND that the boys seem to almost fit the group of misfits trope! They all would've been killed for being weak or being who they are because who they are is deemed weak if Asch didn't save them, spare them, or show mercy! They're alive because Asch took them in and his position as a second-born prince, right? (We will talk about Asch…)

--- This is Part 1 of a multi-part series of my thoughts on Aphmau's show because I have an abundance of thoughts, and there's a character limit on posts! 💜💜💜🫶

See you in the next part! (If you choose to, ofc!)

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Pile 1

Maybe you're still pretty young or inexperienced when it comes to relationships? I'm picking up on a very naive energy here. I feel like you're open to new ideas right now. You might be a particularly optimistic person too (you might not even know it yourself.) I feel like you're someone extremely forgiving and easy going. Right now, you might have a tendency of rushing into things though. You youthfully idealize and romanticize your life, I'm getting a child-like energy here, I'm not calling you child-like, you just seem to have an energy where you don't hold grudges, dream big and you know how kids believe that everything is possible and anything can happen at any moment, that's how you tend to think too. If you're not like this, pick a different pile please. You might have a hard time making decisions though, I feel like in the past you might have ignored a lot of decisions that you should have made, I feel like you could've chosen between two people or whether or not to date one person and you didn't make a choice or that's what will be happening to you soon, you'll be paralyzed by indecision. I'm getting you might be very young again, you're definitely very inexperienced though, you might get really attached to people, not know how to create healthy boundaries and you might also be co-dependent. To be able to form a healthy relationship, you'll have to form a sense of self sufficiency and sustenance. You'll be spending a lot of money on this person who comes into your life. Your temptations will win over your judgement and you might have a hard time with finances. I feel like even though you do want a relationship, you aren't exactly willing to work about it, you might have an idea about love being something that comes to someone by luck or you won't be able to change things in your daily routine to adjust for the relationship, whoever this person is, you'll have a very restrictive approach to them, you won't trust them but I feel like you'll have already rushed into dating them or maybe you live with parents or guardians who don't allow you to go out often and don't allow you to use gadgets very often either, so communication will be ineffective. You'll be really restless and inefficient, even though you won't trust them, you'll feel like they see through you and love you for who you are. I'm getting you both craving for one other in a mental and emotional way. They'll see you to be a very rigid perfectionist 💀. I'm getting you being a mentor and trying to take care of your person but your own emotions might be unbalanced. I feel like you will have a weird and uncharacteristic way of showing affection to them, might be arguing with them and bossing them around. I feel like you'll be having a really painful seperation with them, for some of you they'll literally make you fall in love with them through the phone. They might be a libra moon or rising or have a lot of libra/pisces placements. You both might not have met a lot (or not at all) but when the both of you seperate, it's going to be really hard for you. You'll be thinking that you should have let your guard down, you didn't do enough and took them for granted. I'm getting you feeling betrayed. Maybe all of this already happened though 💀. Too many energies here. I feel like things ending with this person is a blessing in disguise. New chances will be arriving for you, for most of you, even when you move on, you'll be clinging onto this relationship for a long time, might be years or even decades. You'll be missing not only them but also how innocent, pure and bright you used to be until this person came along. This person was probably the first and only person who ever took your emotions seriously, they made you feel understood and cared about.

I feel like you always tried to be the best that you could to people and they still put you off to be either extremely rude or extremely naive but you were still a very forgiving and big hearted person, you forgave people for things very easily which made them think of you to be cold hearted, like I'm not sure how to put it, you weren't even rude, you just came off cold hearted because you didn't take things to your heart and chose to forgive people but you still roast your friends once in a while and since you have that cold hearted image, they see you to be rude and some other people see you to be naive because of your forgiving nature. You might have a resting bitch face too. Some of you might be cancer suns, cancer midheavens, leo Venus or libra rising. Some of you might have gotten into a lot of relationships or people thought you got into relationships with everyone you ever talked to, so they see you to be a heartbreaker. I'm sensing you not feeling the same way you feel towards this person with anyone else. The relationship was very significant and intimately important to you. Other people will probably affect your connection a lot too. Some of you might have a 10th or 11th house Venus, people are always into who you are dating and want to know about what's going on in your life. This seperation and connection will completely change you, you'll be a lot more mature and not be as naive or pure anymore. You might even turn to be pretty money minded and femme fatale-ish. If this has already happened, this person will contact you for some reason.

Pile 2

I feel like this this pile is out of sync with their own surroundings, you might be disconnected from people in your life, you might barely talk to anyone. I feel like you should focus more on your interpersonal connections. I feel like you wish to be alone most of the times these days. You might feel like your life is boring or that it sucks and wish for things to completely change. You might need to learn how to communicate properly and have a lot of mental energy, in order to form a healthy relationship. I feel like the person coming towards you and you will desperately want action but either the action doesn't take place or is all over the place. I feel like you're pretty open to love, might be inexperienced too. You might be longing for a heart to heart connection right now. Something I can assure you is that it's someone new. I feel like you'll just be making decisions regarding this relationship with the opinions of other people, you'll completely lack personal insight and I think it's mostly because you seem to be very detached from life in general. You might trust them too much, something sexually intimate might happen too. I think you'll suddenly start socializing a lot. I'm not sensing the purest energy, for some of you, they might want to sexually or socially use you. Not to scare you but they might abuse your generosity, I'm getting them being an f-boy/f-girl. They will be displaying a false act of power and promise in front of you. I don't feel like you're the most naive person though, I feel like this person is someone who you find familiar, for a very selective few of you, you already know this person. Some of you will meet them when you go back home or in an easy Asian restaurant or event. You should be sure to choose a good thing over a good time. You might laze around a lot after this person enters or leaves your life because you'll be too distracted by them. Your person does find you very adorable. This might be a friends with benefits situation that never really develops too. I'm getting the male lead, Park Jae-eon from nevertheless as their energy. They will probably have the same effect on you as Jae-eon has on Nabi. I don't think this relationship is worth investing into unless you want a friends with benefits situation. This person might be manifesting you 💀. I feel like at some point you'll decisively (on impulse but-) cut them off and not look back.

Pile 3

I feel like you're the pile who's been hurt in the past. Right now, you might be really in your feelings but there will be a transition away from your grief soon, but with emotional baggage. There are memories and regrets but also a lot of hope. You might have been indecisive or had indecisive partners in the past. You'll be very openly curious due to your past mistakes or your past partners having frustrated the shit out of you. You'll need to be courageous, persistent and a little more straight forward in order to form a relationship. Right now, you're being tested, how powerful are you? How much longer can you stay resilient and persist in trying to stay positive? There will be two or three options for you when it comes to love, you'll probably meet them or have already met them in a social setting of some sort. You probably have to work with one or both of them. You don't want a fling relationship anymore and I feel like you might have prominent Earth placements. You'll be achieving stability by avoiding desire, you'll be acting responsibly, calculate everything and try to consider everyone's (including your own) emotions. Are you rich or good with money? I'm getting you not wanting to spend money 💀 you might spend one penny and overthink about how you risked your financial stability for temporary pleasure 😭. You'll make sure not to let your partners threaten your productivity because you will finally be productive after a long time. You'll be really confident at that time, you might end up entering a connection in a rush and regret it later or you'll enter the relationship in a rush but still not regret it, it'll help you to be in touch with your inner voice and understand what you want and need in a relationship regardless of whether or not you regret it. But you know, you haven't healed from the past, you'll be in denial of your feelings for someone from the past. On the outside, you'll be acting really different from how you are actually feeling. You'll be acting like you're fully over it. Your first option is going to be someone who works really hard to finish anything they do and finishing it well. They are a good team player. I feel like you'll be way more focused on your finances and ambitions at the time when you meet them or get romantically involved with them. They see you to be assertive and bold. They appreciate how focused you seem to be. You might communicate very well with them (regarding your goals.) I feel like you'll come off really organized and independent which makes them really admire you.

They see you as the 'queen of swords' who'll use the sword on anyone who comes between her and her goals (not in a negative manner ofcourse.) You'll meet them once you start seeing hope for a better life, they'll see you as their star which might cause them to idolize you a bit. If you choose them, they might break your heart, the seperation will be painful for them too, they'll leave you questioning everything, maybe this already happened and the person here is actually your ex partner and they might be coming in again. The second option is someone who will be taking time to heal. They'll have a calmer aura, they are the type to reflect, contemplate and regrow. This person will see through your 'I'm over the past' act. I feel like you'll be choosing this person since 'the lovers' came out. You'll have a very pure bond where you'll feel like they see right through you and it might make a uncomfortable. The fact that you have a lot of emotional baggage might be hindering the relationship. They'll help you gain clarity and connect with yourself. I feel like you'll be feeling like you're literally merging with this person. This person will help you explore and see parts of yourself that you never knew existed. You'll be exploring new ideas together. You might feel like you're in a whole different dimension when you're with them. They might pick up fights with you a lot though after you start dating, verbally I meant, they'll feel like you might betray them because of your past baggage. Somehow, things still manage to turn out fine in the end. You'll both be emotionally secure and calm after you manage to win their trust. Both of your compassion towards each other might have brought the both of you together. Both of you are very supportive of the other. You'll both act like teachers and mentors to each other. You will be neglecting your healing which will bring about issues again and again, please work towards your healing and the relationship will turn out really fruitful to the both of you.