#character: george

[knoxs2nd]

i looove how parent/child love is handled in umineko, and the differences between everyone's perceptions of how to show their love, and how to view other people's loves

krauss was always told he had to become a suitable heir by kinzo and was raised accordingly, even though he really didn't want to. krauss shows his love for jessica by being more hands-off, unlike his own childhood, and even encouraging "un-heir-like" hobbies like her boxing.

natsuhi was given away by her family in a marriage she didn't want. she shows her love for jessica by being strict and controlling. natsuhi wants jessica to always feel that she supported and cared about her future and success, and to never feel "given away" without a second thought.

meanwhile, jessica sees natsuhi's "love" as stifling and has to deal with it by running away to school and hiding her true self from her mother. while they don't go deeply into jessica and krauss's relationship, the vibe i get is that she gets along better with him.

compare that to lion, who thrived with the strict parenting style and always recognized how natsuhi loved and cared for them. as an alt!yasu, what matters to them is having family/unconditional love in the first place and not necessarily how that love manifests.

eva was always told she would never amount to anything, and to stop trying so hard. so she shows her love for george by telling him he'll amount to great things, and to always try his hardest. she will always support his journey. hideyoshi lost his whole family so he shows his love by always striving to be friendly with others, and to always bring positivity to other's lives, because being together with family is the most important thing. so he steps away from strict parenting and lets eva handle it.

and we know about george's feelings on eva's love for him, even though he, just like jessica, recognizes that their mothers love them. however, he admires his father and wants to be just like him!

rudolf got ignored and had to carve out his own place in the world - and it wasn't with his family. he loves battler by letting him do his own thing, so much so he lets battler leave the family register. if being away from them will make battler happier, then rudolf'll accept it.

meanwhile, battler has a complicated relationship with rudolf whose parenting style makes him think rudolf doesn't actually have any familial feelings at all, and resents him for it. he adores asumu though, who was outwardly kind and loving to him!

battler even forgives rudolf and agrees to return to the ushiromiya family when he realizes that rudolf actually DOES love his family, after spending so many years convinced rudolf never actually cared after all

and rosa...also ignored, but also bullied to kingdom come by her siblings for being "stupid." so she sees maria, who's also susceptible to being bullied, and tries to make her into being someone who would NOT be bullied. who could be "normal."

maria though...she's the only one who can actually see rosa's love for what it is, though, past all the layers of abuse, control, and trauma, that the other ushiromiya cousins struggled so deeply with. so she resolves to love her mama, regardless...

[dsmp-for-kink]

dteam together where one of them has wings and they cuddle. i need them wingfic shit. no smut bc whats more intimate than trusting someone with your wings?

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[toorumlk]

the weasleys, circa 1995

[bethsvrse]

me, a writer, at 3am: WHAT? I CANT FIND THE SPECIFIC FANFIC THAT I MADE UP IN MY MIND WITH A WHOLE PLOT AND ORIGINAL CHARACTERS??? WHO DO THEY THINK THEY ARE??? DO THEY EXPECT ME TO WRITE THE STORY I THOUGHT UP OF???

[queen-paladin]

I love you hated female characters. I love you female characters who are flawed. I love you female characters who mess up and try to do the right thing after. I love you female characters who get the undeserved vitriol from fans. I love you female characters who fans completely condemn because of one mistake they made. I love you female characters who fans completely condemn because of one mistake they made as a child. I love you female characters who people blame for ripping apart their ships instead of the larger forces that be. I love you female characters who get all the hate as the male characters who do worse in canon get absolutely none. I love you female characters who get hated on because they told a man “no.”

[akascow]

hey uh not for nothing but uhhHHHH

blue... and red ? alrighty

[stark-lord]

Dead Boy Detectives (2024)

1.02 — The Case of the Dandelion Shrine

1.04 — The Case of the Lighthouse Leapers

[geraldtheoceanman]

i am never making something with this much detail ever again

[reyenii]

since edwin is very closed off, except for when he’s with his best friend, charles, costume designer kelli dunsmore reflected his buttoned-up mentality through his bespoke suit, complete with bowtie and collar. edwin’s outfit, along with charles’ period garb, were designed to help them stand out more in modern day port townsend. “i knew edwin would, because no one dresses like that now,” says dunsmore.

dunsmore wanted everything about charles to feel “a little bit cool and underground,” from his union jack and the who bull’s-eye patches to his checkerboard pins. his little cross earring and chain on the outside of his shirt are also meant to be homages to the ’80s.

in the show, crystal’s hero color is purple, which you’ll notice in her velvet coat and long silk letterman jacket, which dunsmore thought of as a psychic cloak with hand-embroidered patches, including the wilting rose of england.

her brown trench coat represents an explosion of everything going on in her mind. dunsmore decided the scribbled words and drawings are a result of crystal writing all over it to express her inner turmoil. there are even lyrics on there from the song she’s listening to on the tube when she meets the dead boys.

david’s connection with crystal seeps into her wardrobe, too. since david wears a flower shirt, dunsmore’s team hand-painted flowers onto crystal’s black boots. and niko is wearing a dark sweater with flowers on it when we first meet her, as an homage to crystal. the costume department also drew the same rune pattern the dead boys use to exorcise david in episode 1 onto crystal’s trench coat and on the tab of her wool bomber jacket. “so she’s always got some sort of protection,” says dunmore.

every color niko wears is inspired by what’s happening in that episode, from the green post-sprite exodus to blue when she’s feeling sad. niko only wears a white look, with nods to her japanese heritage, in the finale as a reset. the charms on her obi belt represent the colors she’s worn all season.

night nurse is someone who’s in control all the time and likes things to be in their proper place. dunsmore looked to vivienne westwood for inspiration, since everything in night nurse’s world is a bit exaggerated. (by the way, niko’s orange monochromatic look is a nod to her scenes with night nurse and night nurse’s red hair.)

since david is a demon, he finds a london boy that looks cool enough for crystal to find attractive. that meant dunsmore dressing him in a shearling jacket you’d find in “all the guy ritchie movies,” black pants and creeper shoes. the costumer’s mood board for “david the d” featured radiohead and amy winehouse and her husband blake, who often wore hats similar to the one you see david wearing in the show.

pay close attention to monty’s leather jacket and you just might spot an inlaid crow feather or two.

it’s not only esther who wears clothes with a gilt, old-gold color — cat king and night nurse also do as a nod to their villainy. (esther and cat king also have similar fur coats.) amidst her beauty, dunsmore wanted esther to be a little rough around the edges. she wears a cuff around her hand that’s adorned with a snake and a ring with teeth all around it to represent the teeth she’s collecting from all the little girls. her eye necklace is meant to be her witch pendant.

mischievous as ever, cat king has (cat) eyes everywhere and is aware of edwin’s affection for charles. so he wears charles’ socks the first time he meets edwin.

[blazeturbo102]

I still think about how Gwen's dad pointed a gun at her, and then got mad when Gwen didn't want to talk/look at him.

Like, sir, you pointed a GUN to your teenage DAUGHTER. You raised your gun back up after she unmasked.

Like, you found out Spider-ghost was your daughter and you still thought she killed HER best friend?? And on purpose??

You had a duty as a police man to what?? Shoot your unarmed teenage daughter if she tried to leave?? Instead of trying to let her explain at least??

Even Aaron let Spiderman go when he found out he was his nephew, and he was the villain.

[k-wame]

FEMME (2023) | dir(s). Sam H. Freeman, Ng Choon Ping

[knoxs2nd]

yasu fantasized for years about battler rescuing her in her greatest time of need because he's her prince and loves her. he promised!

battler: actually only "rescues" kanon by helping him pick up the tools because he's just a nice, helpful person. kanon is literally a stranger to him.

battler simply throws a wrench into yasu's whole worldview that people act out of Romantic Love, and it is the One Element Of The World that could both make and destroy people. it's the one thing that could save her and make her Worthy of Being Alive.

yasu likes to imagine someone being with her when she's being scolded or suffering, like with natsuhi scolding shannon and kanon showing up out of nowhere and going SHE'S THE WORST, or how the other servants bully yasu and shannon is standing there and trying to cheer her up.

but...in the end, all that kanon and shannon do for yasu is encourage her or vent with her and talk through things with her. they don't (can't) actually do anything about the situation. they help her brave the bullying by standing strong and helping her withstand it .

kanon is shannon's younger brother. shannon is yasu's best friend. they are how she envisions familial and platonic love. you could also bring people like genji and kumasawa into how yasu views familial love and friendship. they helped make her life more fun and bearable...but they don't really make life worth living. she was still contemplating just ending it all and going to the golden land. up until battler offers her a glimpse of potential escape from rokkenjima, and she thinks it's because of romantic love.

romantic love is the one thing that could free her of her life, that would drive someone else to rescue her and break the cycle. for a long time, yasu pinned those hopes on battler.

but then, george ends up being the "prince" to shannon.

he notices shannon being belittled and doesn't just stand by and try to tell her to chin up, he helps her out! and then, yup, it turns out that george has a crush on her. yasu was right that it's because of romantic love that someone would go out of their way to help her.

same deal with jessica. who really approached kanon and stepped in and wanted to change things for kanon because she has a crush on him. even though shannon and jessica have been best friends for years...yasu doesn't see friendship as love that is transformative.

and then battler in episode 1, the outsider to the family, both:

1) helps kanon out, a literal stranger, not out of love, but because he's a nice person

2) actually tries to step in with rosa abusing maria, family he hasn't seen in years, because he feels this is wrong

even in episode 2, battler stands up for kanon, who is still effectively a stranger to him, because he feels like kanon is being unfairly blamed!! battler clearly isn't in love with anyone at that point. he just steps in because he sees people are suffering or maligned and it's WRONG

yasu: so the guy i was in love with and pinned all my hopes on to rescue me, because he loved me, not only forgot about it and did not rescue me, but is also just a NICE PERSON who would HELP ANYONE OUT????? *laughs hysterically and bitterly*

then on oct 6th, battler did try to rescue yasu, who he barely knew and was most certainly not in love with, because he noticed her suffering. battler, when given the chance, extended that kindness and acceptance to yasu too, and made her feel loved at the end...

[dsmp-for-kink]

George challenges XD to a sex competition and Sapnap and Dream get to be judges

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[visenyaism]

revisiting daenerys chapters

[bethsvrse]

please PLEASE learn how to tag your fanfics. Don’t tag fluff when it’s angst, don’t tag smut when it’s fluff and please don’t tag characters that ARENT EVEN MENTIONED IN THE FIC!!!!

[irlplasticlamb]

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