#cue french rant

[morelikeravenbore]

nothing to do with anything but i saw this and thought of sebastian saying this to aura lmfao

He absolutely 1000% would say this to her 😭 and she wouldn't understand LOL 

Aurélie: we kissed and you got a... hello?

Sebastian: 👀

Aurélie: ...

Sebastian: 👀

Aurélie: wait.

[wrongcaitlyn]

Ok so you’ve mentioned that you think about this tyt universe a lot, and I know as writer that once you fall in love with a world you created, you see it a lot in like your everyday life😭. So feel free to use this little ask as like an opportunity to dump any extra info that you’ve thought of but is too insignificant too put in the story :) Love your work💟

i've had this sitting in my inbox for a few days now but i want you to know that when i first received this ask i literally sent it to my friend and said "i think i just received the sweetest ask ever" because😭😭 THIS IS SO SWEET AND IM SO SO GRATEFUL BECAUSE LITERALLY YES. YOU'RE SO RIGHT. I SEE TYT EVERYWHERE😭😭

unfortunately when i then went to frantically type a response, it became like that case where you're asked to share a fun fact about yourself, but then promptly forget every interesting detail about yourself. and so i couldn't figure out what to say - so i decided to just create a draft and hopefully let the ideas come to me naturally, so that's why this is such a late response!!

i'm not sure if i've shared this already but i used to be heavily obsessed with the idea of nico performing at the reputation tour as a surprise guest

also just generally his friendships with any irl celebrities

kayla always "invites" nico to concerts (which nico goes to because he will literally go to any concert if asked), but it's really just because there's a possible chance of being pulled backstage and meeting the artist with a famous singer next to her (nico is fully aware of this) but also bc nico's a rlly fun concert buddy

kayla out of the apollo household is the most up to date with any sort of pop culture, which is a bit ironic seeing as she's one of the two who have absolutely nothing to do with the music industry

nico braiding hair is one of my absolute favvvv hc's, and i was able to fit it in with kayla during one of the greatest of luxuries chapters, but he 100% also braids the hair of the girls in his crew (if they want it), and kayla ofc, and piper sometimes - he used to braid bianca's hair and bianca used to braid his (until she died, at which nico started to braid his own hair because he liked it out of his face and it became like second nature to quickly put it in a braid - at least until he cut it off lmao)

^^ and this is very cute bc i imagine that darren did lots of braids for kayla (girl dad darren my heart) when she was like practicing archery and stuff (and this was when she had longer hair, i imagine she cut a good chunk of it off in middle school and continued to cut it a bit shorter every year since then), and so when kayla moved in with apollo, he watched so many youtube tutorials to try and get it right until nico walked in on an attempt at making two french braids and was like "uh, want some help with that?" and cue a braiding lesson for apollo. apollo knows how to braid hair now (even though kayla doesn't need it as much seeing as her hair is so short), but she still has nico do it a lot of the time (brother sister bonding my heart THEY'RE SIBLINGS YOUR HONOR)

there is a picture somewhere of little will leo and nico at the T party (backstage meet and greet) of the speak now world tour with speak now era taylor. will never did realize until like college that apollo had reached out ahead of time to make sure he was chosen for a meet and greet (fun fact, sn world tour had an la date on aug 23) on his birthday, and thought that andrea had just chosen him randomly

bryce lawrence is out there somewhere fuming at nico's success and will attempt to make hate pages to discredit him but will never succeed

octavian is also fuming but he has no idea why this nico guy seems to hate him sm

related to hate comments, i was just texting @wronghuntress about this the other day (no but srsly she knows literally everything about this au i send her at least five rants a day in relation to itKSDJF) but nico 100% responds to hate comments as if he's also a hater. his self-hatred is the biggest joke in the fandom.

some hater: "he can't sing"

nico: "ikr"

but somehow the hate makes him realize how stupid his past self-criticism has been and actually helps him... become more confident in himself?? what???

will is incredibly confused bc that's what he's been trying to convince nico of for years and you're telling him HATE COMMENTS DID IT???

okay i feel like i still have so much to add so you know what, i'm gonna keep this as an open door to ramble abt anything whenever i like just by reblogging this post. so i will probably add a lot more as time goes on and i can remember more little tidbits of lore that i want to add on!! but thank you SO much for the ask you have no idea how much this made my day <33

[onegianthotmess]

Just imagining Arthur meeting Min when she first arrives at the mansion without knowing a word of English or French-

Arthur is trying to flirt while Min just looks at him funny and then to Comte because he is the only one who knows Korean in this house of idiots and Comte is trying to reassure Min that Arthur isn’t a bad person while simultaneously trying to politely tell Arthur to fuck off.

And somehow eventually, like six months later, Min is using the Holmes novels to help better her reading skills because she can speak English and French better than she can read them. And Min loves the novels, sometimes spending two to three days reading one of the books nonstop because she’s so enthralled by the mystery and unexpected turns the stories of Sherlock and Watson hold. They make her want to write her own stories for people to read so they can experience this same joy she feels whenever she opens a Holmes novel.

So imagine Arthur’s shock when he sees the former empress curled up in a chair reading the very first Holmes novel, which is her favorite.

Arthur gets over his initial shock and sits in the chair next to Min, asking if she likes the Holmes novels at all. And cue Min going on a long rant about each novel and why she likes them, why some scenes were a little weird or just plain bad in parts, and why it’s an amazing series that pulls someone in and practically has them in an iron death grip that refuses to let them go until they finish the story. When Min says she can almost never put a Holmes novel down until she finishes the story, Arthur feels this strange bittersweet sense of pride.

He hates the Holmes novels and hates the very main character for obvious reasons (they’re obvious reasons to anyone who’s read his route. I highly recommend if you also like sad bitches) but he also feels proud and strangely endeared that he’d managed to get such an incredibly enthusiastic reaction out of such a calm and serious woman like Min.

But, he quickly put his little facade back up and thanked her for the compliments before stating that he’d written the novels and pointing out his name on the book. And Min is surprised because she never knew Arthur’s full name, only his given name. She figured that “Arthur” was a common name with Englishmen and left it at that. She didn’t expect a man like Arthur to have a way with words outside of flirting once she’d learned enough English to understand what he was saying.

But this opened a whole new can of worms and the two spent hours talking about books and different kinds of writing and how authors go about the process of writing books. Eventually Arthur was starting to help Min with the process of writing her own book and got her a typewriter and everything, even helping her come up with a pen name.

Yeah, and that’s how their relationship starts and it progresses and goes on and then they end up kissing and getting married and the end-

[passionwillow]

I just recently stumbled into the SWAT fandom and I always love another perspective, so I would be curious who you'd see with me (though if someone from another fandom is jumping out at you, I am curious too :) ).

I am a queer, bilingual (German and English), disabled (AuDHD) woman, so living with me is not easy (sensory sensitivities (cannot leave the house without sunglasses and headphones), struggles with social interactions/cues (I will take what you say at face value so you have to be direct with me or I will not get it) and low social battery, focus issues, the whole nine yards). In my friend group, I was always dubbed the "mom friend" (including the first aid kit and the protective behaviour for others. Like I won't say something if you disrespect me, but if you disrespect my friends, you will meet the fury of the heavens). My brain is running 100 miles an hour and switching gears super fast. One moment we chat about the weather and the next I rant about how Lafayette's "declaration of human rights" wasn't one of human rights because like they are teaching it in school because in french there are two different plurals, based on whether it's only men or if there are women in the group (like one is enough. My french teacher would be so proud that I remember at least one thing XD ) or why I think Burial at Sea is the worst thing to ever happen to the Bioshock franchise (I will die on that hill). I always have a documentary or video essay running in the background because I cannot stand the quiet otherwise which means that I know the most random shit imaginable (like in the 15th century at some tournaments knights weren't allowed to wear armour that had bible verses or imagery of saints engraved because it was considered white magic and therefore an unfair advantage) or I rewatch a movie/series for the 100th time, sometimes saying the lines with the characters and in normal conversations I often answer with quotes, likely from some obscure play I saw ages ago. I live with a cat in dog's fur (Akita) who taught me patience and I love going for walks with her, preferably in the forest because it's beautiful and the quiet really helps to calm the running thoughts and sort shit in my brain. If I am not falling down research rabbit holes for random hyperfixations, I love to write or do fibre arts (spinning, weaving, dyeing, sewing). In my former life, I was a theatre girl (and I still miss it sometimes) and even though it is sacrilegious, my favourite Shakespeare will always be Much Ado About Nothing (what can I say, Beatrice and Benedict are goals). My perfect vacation is a city trip spending my time in museums (even if I hate that usually, it's so full with people but hey. You gotta do what you gotta do), my favourite painters are Van Gogh and Botticelli, my favourite painting is Starry Night by Van Gogh, my favourite book as a child was Igraine the Brave by Cornelia Funke, and my favourite singer is Freddie Mercury. Oh and if it wasn't already showing, I cannot keep stuff short for the life of me and I've been told that I talk too much.

I commend you if you are still with me reading this and I hope you are having fun and if you are not, please feel free to skip it. This is all for fun after all :)

I hope you are having a lovely day wherever you are and may the muses smile upon you.

This was absolutely fascinating to read. I loved every second of it. 😂

I see you with two different people.

Hondo from SWAT for sure. He’d LOVE to listen to you talk about anything and everything. He’s fiercely protective of those around him and is definitely content staying in and watching movies or documentaries.

But McGee from NCIS also popped into my head. I think he’d be SO fascinated by you. He’d love to talk history or movies or- whatever with you!

Your quotes during conversation would make both of them grin, and McGee would be with you through every hyperfixation.

[unleashed-fest]

UNLEASHED! FEST: WEEK TWO

Week two is done! That's all the animals and creatures we have for you this year! We're bringing you a list of all the incredible works of week two here and we will post an anonymous masterlist soon. Keep an eye out!

🐾

🐾 ART

Feathered and Fabulous (Draco/Harry, digital art, T) Draco runs a successful Instagram account for his pet peacock. Harry takes every opportunity to flirt.

how the hell... (Draco/Harry, digital art, G) Harry has no idea how a white highland cow got inside 12 Grimmauld Place, nor why it seems to have a strange affinity for the fancy French chocolates one of his admirers keeps sending him...

🐾 FIC

Charlie (Draco/Harry, 1.7k, T) Harry's trying not to be jealous that Charlie's moved in with Draco.

No capacity for feelings (Draco/Harry, 2.9k, T) Draco's Basilisk might or might not be depressed. Whatever the case, he would never ask Harry Potter for help.

Of Magical Beings Being - Magical (Draco/Harry, 30k, E)Out of the blue, Potter's letter says: I need your help. And Draco, ever a fool, goes. Cue magical houses, fluffy Beings with a sweet tooth, mutual pining level: infinity, and truly outrageous amounts of tea.

Peacocks of the Bride(groom) (Draco/Harry, 7k, T) The Big Day is here! Draco and Harry are finally getting hitched. Will the wedding be a smashing success or will peacock-induced chaos ensue? (It’s the latter, for sure)

Sun Shower (Draco/Harry, 5.9k, T) Each afternoon, Harry and his cat lounge in their sitting room, make an elaborate snack, and then head out for a walk. When they run into a certain tall, pale-haired man and his scruffy dog, they find their routine shifting.

the strays (Draco/Harry, 13.8k, T) Draco befriends stray animals in his back garden, unknowing that one of them is actually an animagus.

Two cute foxes, one embarrassing rant (Harry/Fred/George, 1k, G) Fred and George needed a role of their own, even considering how they were Fred & George and not Fred and George. And, if no one had made the effort to recognize them, to distinguish them, they would have managed to be seen and noticed. At least that was his due to them. This didn't mean they wouldn't want to be appreciated for who they were.

Wings and Slings (Draco/Harry, 24k, T) After the war, Draco Malfoy decides to turn over a new leaf and in doing so, opens an animal sanctuary for sick and homeless magical creatures. Everything is going well, until he is given a feral herd of hippogriffs and has to ask for outside help to be able to get anywhere near them. Only, it's the very last person he would have asked for help from.

[a-noone]

In true Dork fashion, I got into an argument with one of my partners about the Universal Translator and xeno-gender. Rants under the cut.

I was explaining to him about the like, 0.01% of people who saw the excerpt from my writing where Kirk asks two six-dimensional creatures their pronouns, one that looks like an hourglass with no other visible features, and the other that looks like some kind of sea worm, and people online were like, "this is an anachronism!"

He replied, "yeah, honestly, having them ask pronouns makes no sense in Star Trek."

And I said to him, "in the context, knowing nothing about their culture, how would you know? How would you know if they have gender, or what the genders are? What social cues would you even look for?"

And he says to me, "the universal translator is the ultimate scripton. In TOS, they never said how it worked. In TNG, the pin they wear translates things directly from their brainwaves."

To which I replied:

Also, if it's brainwaves, why won't it translate French?

The UT comparing brainwaves assumes that other species have brains like ours. They could have hive minds like ants or bees, or they could be intelligent individuals who think with nearly their entire body. And are you telling me that the ship's computer is telepathic?

You do realize that a sentient species similar to an octopus isn't far fetched AT ALL, right? They have 9 'brains' which are spread throughout their body. Where they light up when thinking about sex may be wholly different that what lights up for a human.

Assuming similar brainwaves, you thinking about your concept of femaleness, and the UT shunting through the concept of "she" isn't going to protect you from stepping in it if the person is actually a "he."

Also, why would you assume that every culture has a he or she?

Ants have three genders: queen, worker, and drone. You might argue that works are female, but they cannot become a queen, nor can a queen become a worker, once they are fully developed. They are phenotypically distinct. And how are we to know, if we ran into such a species, how they would think of themselves? Would you automatically know in advance without talking to them? For all you know, their pronouns aren't based on gender at all, but rather upon what job they do in the colony. How would the UT and its hypothetical mind-reading abilities help you to know this without talking to them?

There would be untranslatable pronouns, and you'd have to learn them. Just like the UT doesn't spit out "sword" when a Klingon says the word "bat'leth," or "popcorn" when they're talking about gagh, even though "tasty-finger-food-snack" brainwaves occurs when humans think of popcorn and Klingons think about gagh.

What makes sense is that the U.T. works off of both algorithms and libraries, and that if you meet a new species, you may have to sit in orbit and let your computer absorb a lot of their transmissions before you can go down there and have a conversation.

What makes sense is that people have implants (like the Ferengi do in DS9), and that they somehow do noise cancelling.

Honestly 100% of those Prime Directive stories where humans get modified to blend in, and then use the UT, and no one notices a lip-syncing issue are absolute hogwash.

So yeah, UT is a scripton. A technology with no basis so that we don't have to deal with translation. Even so, I don't know how it would wave away the issue of how to politely address someone without first ascertaining how they think of themself.

[tetsunabouquet]

I am reading articles before going to bed but the comment section of one is keeping me awake.

Its an article about the decline of America, and cue the stupid Americans defending their country. There was literally one comment about 'how great the US is', listing all the great things that they have bestowed the world, like Facebook, Instagram and FRENCH fries.

How stupid can you be to see the term 'French' and be like, 'yeah that is American'. Technically there are a few countries claiming they were the first but none of them is the US

It's especially epic cringe levels every time they are trying to discuss and compare themselves to other countries. There are not one, but two comments from people saying stuff about Japan's 'lack of cultural influence' when Japan's comic and animation industries have been beating the Americans for the past few years.

Don't even get me started on them comparing the US to historical European empires. There is one in particular that is talking about the fall of the Roman empire, but its not what happened at all, they literally mention nothing of Germanic tribes and the dawn of the Frankish empire which is what primarily caused their fall. I mention before I was raised and have roots in the Dutch south, where the tribe who initiated the start of the Germanic rebellion lived. 2000 years later and we are still proud of being their descendants. You do not talk about the fall of the Roman empire without mentioning my ancestors as their cry for all tribes to gather and beat the Romans oppressing them was instrumental to their downfall.

Their downfall was a plan orchestrated by an oppressed tribe who wanted to be free, pretending anything different is a lie.

But then again, with people like Candace Owens making educational videos about slavery where she literally denies that Romans even had slaves, its no wonder Americans don't know what actually happened to the Roman Empire and that it was slavery that actually caused their downfall due to the aforementioned rebellion literally being the tribal chief becoming enslaved under some kind of false suspisions. That the Romans sent him back after they realized they made a mistake and that he was wrongfully enslaved didn't matter, it was all the proof the tribe needed to have that the Romans would enslave them at any given opportunity. So they rebelled.

I could continue on, but I fear I will be ranting endlessly because of how stupid Americans are.

EDIT: Thank the angels for that American apologizing. As there actually is an American apologizing that they are usually exporting their worst products instead of their best ones and how they haven't been this ashamed of their nation since the Iraq invasion. I want to agree but at the same time I'd like to give them a hug for having to bear the shame for stuff like gun export and their recent flopping pop culture.

EDIT 2: Alright this might keep me up all night but oh my, an American just unknowingly roasted themselves by saying in an argument how culture is the better dressed sibling of religion. Now I understand why Americans whose country on an average is more religious then a bunch of European nations combined, have such poor fashion sense.

[syrupsyche]

enjolras + 9 & 21

9. could you be roommates with this character?

YES. As someone who is currently rooming for uni, I know all too well how people might read their roomies' behaviours the wrong way; either being too extroverted, introverted, 'weird' etc. Enjolras and I would be introverted enough to leave each other alone, and too preoccupied with our own work to worry whether or not we're being 'sociable' enough. If we realise any similarities (either I start ranting about post-colonial literature/war literature, or he rants about socio-political issues) we'll probably just go :D and continue to ignore each other /pos. Maybe it's the [insert undiagnosed whatever] in me, but I like my own space and privacy to just Think, and Enjolras would be perfect for that.

21. if you're a fic writer and have written for this character, what's your favorite thing to do when you're writing for this character? what's something you don't like?

I love writing his dialogue. In my mind, he's a pretty straightforward person, using just the exact words he needs to get his message across and that's that. In a similar vein, writing his internal dialogue is very fun too bc most of the time I'm writing about him being confused over social cues/emotional feelings and that's just me babey.

Unfortunately I'm not too caught up in 19th century French politics, so it's still a struggle to write exactly what he wants to talk about. That's why I usually keep to personal conversations in my fics, but Enjolras isn't Enjolras without his ideals yknow.

[doberbutts]

When I was living in Maryland I had a customer come into my job and ask for a dog food that was "really finely ground, like mush". I responded "oh, like a pate?"

Cue several minutes of him angrily ranting at me about how this is America and we speak English in America and he didn't want to hear no fucking Mexican and stop speaking Mexican and start speaking English.

For those of you unaware, pate is a French word, and also the proper English loanword for the style of grind.

It also wasn't just because I'm visibly not white, as my white manager joined the conversation, I asked her for "really finely ground dog food, like mush", and she ALSO said "sure we have plenty of pate varieties" and ALSO got the angry yelling rant about how he was tired of Mexicans taking over the country and not speaking English.

I will remind you. Pate. Is a French word. And also the correct loanword in English.

To him it did not matter that we were using a French word or that the correct word IN ENGLISH is pate. It didn't matter that neither of us were Mexican. It didn't matter that not one lick of Spanish had even come out of our mouths, or that the word he was looking for was SPANISH and not MEXICAN.

He was racist and xenophobic towards Mexicans. It didn't matter that my manager and I are not Mexican and were not speaking Spanish. We still experienced a taste of anti-Mexican and anti-Hispanic bigotry, because numbnuts heard a French word and lost his temper.

Anyway every time someone says "you're [identity] so you don't get called [slur]" I think back on how I had a very angry white man screaming in my face for several minutes about how I was a stupid Mexican because I dared say a French word in his presence. Bigots are stupid. They don't care who they hurt as long as they think they have the right target.

I truly don't understand when people imply that only people who are REALLY (insert identity here) get called (insert slur here). Idk, when me and 3 friends got called "dykes" out a car window (which was likely aimed at me bc I was the only one with a non-fem presentation at the time) I don't think they cared that none of us identified as lesbians. They only cared that we (esp me) looked like masculine women.

they think real life works like a math problem where lesbian + bigot = slur being said, and not a bigot just calling anyone they think is a degenerate whatever slur comes to mind first.

[spidertalia]

Introduction (2.0)

Welcome to my Blog! Here you'll find all my Hetalia related art, as well as occasional ramblings and rb's of other people's lovely art.

A bit about me:

I go by Spider!

I'm 22

I use they/them pronouns and some neos ONLY. no she or he

I'm from Florida, USA (unfortunately). EST Timezone.

I'm autistic AND I have ADHD. Understandably, I do struggle with social cues a lot, so please reach out to me if I say or do anything to let me know. Most likely, I won't realize when I've potentially said or done something to upset someone, so please let me know.

I draw quite often

I am always open to new friends! However, I am generally bad at reaching out first, so please do message me if you wanna be friends!! I promise I'll respond.

Language-wise I only speak English, but I am slowly learning French. (Emphasis on slowly)

I own four reptiles!! Two snakes and two bearded dragons (I do post them occasionally on here, pls filter out tw snake if needed). And I technically co-parent my brother's bastard gecko.

My other main fandoms (that you won't see on here) are ATLA/TLOK, Taleblr, FNAF, Spiderverse and The Owl House. I am currently watching Criminal Minds and Percy Jackson and The Olympians, and I do have somewhat of an interest in Jurassic Park, the Monsterverse, PJO and What We Do In The Shadows.

I also really enjoy rock/metal/goth/punk/alt music. I like horror movies, online korean webcomics, goth fashion, cats, horror related media and animation. I'm a fledgling goth (or baby bat) and tend to enjoy drawing characters in goth or alternative fashion, so expect some of that here!

About my Blog:

My favorite characters are America and Canada. Outside of those two, I also like Japan, Ukraine, Romano, France and Prussia, mostly. These are the characters I am most likely to draw

I'm a multishipper with no absolute 'favorite' ship. I like Rusame, Amepan, Romerica, CanUkr, Prumano, Spamano, Spaprumano, Sufin, Prucan and FrUk. I'm pretty neutral on Gerame, Nedport, Asakiku, Giripan, Spafra, Itapan, and a few others. Generally pretty open to most pairings though.

I do not like any -cest pairings whatsoever. I am not going to argue about this. Please do not tag any of my NA bros art as ship; I will block you.

I do have a Statetalia AU and have made all 50 states as OCs. You will see them occasionally here. (If you also like statetalia please be my friend I'm 100% serious)

I will generally put a clarification on posts as to whether or not I mind it being tagged as ship.

I ramble and rant sometimes about my life on here. It will usually be tagged as 'spider talks'.

I don't usually do requests, but if you really want to see something from me, please send it in an ask!

My ask box is open. I highly appreciate asks.

You may rarely see a suggestive/nsfw piece of art on my page. I do not draw such things often, but please do filter out cw suggestive and cw nsfw if you do not want to see that.

I do not write on ao3 anymore, but I highly recommend those who have one to check out this fic! It's rusame and my favorite hetalia fic of all time- characterizations are on point.

My main (Non-Hetalia) tumblr

My Deviantart

[alastors-radioshow]

Cue the overlord pacing back and forth, ranting in French and Haitian Creole interchangeably.

[zcorners120]

ponytail

haven't written for charles in awhile, so here's a quick drabble ;p

charles leclerc x fem!reader MASTERLIST

synopsis; in a challenge video, carlos finds out how charles is so good at one specific hair style..

warnings; swearing, mentions of sex / sexual implications.

"So today, we will be trying hairstyles on these mannequins in front of us, and see who will be the fastest. Obviously, it will be me." Carlos' thick Spanish accent explains to the camera, along with Charles nodding next to him.

"Oh no no, it will be me watch." Charles turns to him and argues, as the camera records their bickering.

"I have a little sister so I know, you only have brothers." Carlos tuts, ignoring Charles' justification and just stares into the camera, shaking his head.

The camera cuts to the first style, a bun.

"A bun?" Carlos looks confused, picking up the reference picture.

"Ah, I know what to do!" His competitive teammate shrieks, brushing through the hair. He gathered the hair to the top, trying to twist and move it around, sealing it with a hair tie.

"That's how it's done mate." He points, satisfied with his work, when it looks more like a messy birds nest.

Carlos' attempt was arguably better, with the hair a lot neater and in place on top compared to Charles'.

"Alright, next one. Dutch braid.." Carlos reads the paper out, looking to Charles before singing.. "Max, Max, Max, super Max!"

The camera cuts as Charles looks into the distance, not a thought behind his eyes as his teammate has decided to cheer his rival on.

"How the fuck do girls do this?" Charles swears, frustrated as his braid was coming out as more a tangled twist.

"I give up, how?" His teammate also whines, hitting the side of mannequin's head, accidentally sending it flying out of shot as covers his mouth in shock.

"Ay, I did not mean that! I am not violent to women!" He rants fast, hearing Charles' laughing as he runs to pick the mannequin head up.

Both of their braids came out quite sloppy and pathetic, but not bad for them.

"Next one is ze ponytail, oh this is easy." Charles reads out the cue card, French accent prominent.

Carlos smirks as he watches Charles put the mannequin's hair into a perfectly neat ponytail with ease.

"How did you learn that, eh?" Carlos starts laughing, along with the camera crew as they watch Charles go red.

"Y/N taught me some things." He says awkwardly, laughing as Carlos comes to tears.

"Okay I think it is obvious who won this one, as Charles has had some previous experience." Carlos spoke to the camera, nudging Charles with his last comment as he looks down at the difference between the two ponytails.

They tried a few other styles, camera cutting every seconds with their squabbles, laughter and rage quits.

"Okay so I hope you all enjoyed ze video, leave a comment down below and tell us who won!" Charles claps his hands, folding them together in front of himself.

"Subscribe and like, make sure to vote Carlos. Bye everybody!" Carlos waves, as the camera finally cuts.

The video blew up way more than expected, with multiple clips making their way into tiktoks, 'f1 crack' meme videos, and most importantly Charles' ponytail skills.

[gentil-minou]

"#bushy try not to bring up puppeteer 2 all the time challenge" no I don't think you should. I think everyone needs to talk about this episode more because it's such a great episode but people always overlook it

YOU HEARD IT HEAR FOLKS I HAVE BEEN ENABLED

I've talked AT LENGTH about why Puppeteer 2 is the best episode for adrinette development since Origins, but there was one scene I didn't mention.

That's right folks

IT'S TIME TO DISSECT THAT SCENE

Here's the most important thing: THIS SCENE BROKE THE TENSION BETWEEN THEM

Marinette was struggling to be honest with her feelings because she was nervous around him, while Adrien was afraid of her disliking him.

This scene made them become actual friends. Yes, they were friends before this. But in this one they became closer than ever before, more than just classmates.

Read more because I am going to include screenshots and rant about this episode till the end of time hehehe

Okay, for starters, remember what the mindset of our two leads is right now. You have Marinette who has been thinking about her relationship with Adrien and her inability to confess and talk about her feelings.

Meanwhile, Adrien is desperate to be her friend. The idea that they aren't, that she doesn't even like him is devastating to him. Remember, friends are so important to Adrien (I would even argue his friendships are even more important to him than his romantic relationships). More than that, Marinette was his first friend. (At least the first one he called a friend).

LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HIS EXPRESSIONS THERE.

H E A R T B R O K E N

To have thought Marinette didn't see him the same way, would have hurt him so deeply. So he does what he thinks he has to show her that yes, he is a friend. And Adrien totally knows how friends work Agreste decides that ahhh yes I'm going to play a prank on my very good friend. Afterall, it's how Plagg makes me feel better, so this will work to help me make Marinette feel better. (using English dub here cause I can't speak French but if folks wanna let me know what the differences in dialogue are here please do)

(adrien my sweet summer child you)

Then we have Marinette, who is sooooooo deep in her spiral of being unable to communicate and Adrien her feelings, she's reached a point where she isn't even sure if she can anymore. That's why she did it, she wanted to role-play to prove to herself she can (and if anyone is here to blame it's Tikki for encouraging her, #evil tikki)

She's already siked herself out to the point where when she does see Statue Adrien, her head is in that impulsive I need to prove I can do anything state.

She also really does love Adrien, and being in such high emotions all day of course she's going to be a little lovesick when she sees statue him

And this is all extremely in character for her.

Marinette is hopeless and impulsive to a fault, missing social cues at times but more importantly she thought she was safe here. She was under the impression Adrien was a statue and what perfect timing because she needed to practice!!!! So she takes advantage of the opportunity and does her most Marinette scene of all time. She romances a statue. And remember SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS SAFE HERE.

Salters like to blame this all on Marinette but the reality here is Adrien was just as much at fault as she was.

And so comes the most Marinette of scenes in the entirety of the show. This right here, is her character. Impulsive, silly, dramatic, but with love and a heart several sizes too big.

And she is acting like a 14 year old girl with a crush. Please give her some slack and let her live her life my dudes.

(also you are lying if you say you wouldn't have done exactly the same thing she did and try to kiss the statue I know some of you also kissed posters or pictures or made out with a pillow don't even try to lie)

(side note the animation in this episode is some of the best of the season like holy heck the eye details this scene is worth it for the animation alone)

Like it baffles me that people can call themselves Marinette stans and hate this scene, because it's so her!!!

Not to mention even Adrien felt bad about the prank, rightfully so. But he didn't get upset with her because he understood she wasn't doing something to hurt him. No instead he wants to comfort and reassure her because remember, Adrien genuinely cares for Marinette and wants to be her friend. He moves past her embarrassing antics because he is an empathetic soul who gets it and wants to help Marinette as well. He also recognizes he was also at fault here and rightfully apologizes too.

Then, they actually sit down to talk about it and communicate (although Marinette doesn't explain her true feelings because she is embarrassed, and who can blame her)

And at the end of the day, this is a show meant to be lighthearted and humorous and fun. This was a fun scene that really encapsulates the lighthearted nature of the show. It also shows off these characters in fun ways. Adrien gets to show off his jokester side, which he doesn't often get to do as Adrien. Meanwhile, he gets to see Marinette be a dramatic disaster and more than that they get to break the ice and become real friends.

But also, this scene is a wonderful opportunity for you, the viewer to overcome your own fears.

There's a type of therapy called Exposure therapy where we support someone with extreme anxiety by showing them through a hierarchal ladder that they can manage and deal with their anxiety, that it is possible to sit with anxiety and face it as opposed to just avoiding it.

In fact, avoidance makes everything so much worse.

The thing I hear most from people who hate the statue scene is that they don't watch it. The thing I hear that baffles me is they have never watched it because they are scared of the scene. Some people are so certain they will hate it, they skip the episode entirely or never watch the scene.

And by doing that, you are pretty much just affirming your fears. You are telling yourself that you are going to be uncomfortable and thus you don't even try.

You are basically being Marinette, too afraid to try.

Except Marinette is at least trying to face her fears, and this episode, she even does a little bit. She doesn't confess the full extent of her feelings, but she does share some of her thoughts and is able to overcome her anxiety to the point where subsequent episodes she can talk to Adrien and even confess.

Marinette, a 14-year-old fictional character, can face her fears. Why can't you?

I implore you if you haven't watched the episode, convinced that you can't handle the cringe, try. Just get through it. Think of it as a moment of exposure. Think of it as the first step to face a fear or anxiety you've always had.

Then, once you've watched it once, that's great! You did it! You watched it! I am so, so proud of you! Facing a fear is extremely terrifying, but that first step is crucial! Watch it once, and then do it again and again until it's no longer cringe. If it's hard to watch again, maybe ask yourself why? Why is this 30 second scene so tough to handle? Does it remind you of something in your personal life? Or are you afraid that it will remind you of something?

I cringed too when I first watched it, but I never skipped it. And now, it's one of my favorite scenes because it is so quintessentially Marinette that it has to be. To love a character is to love all of them, even their worst. But more importantly, learning how to love someone's faults is the first step to loving them truly, and the first step to help someone love themselves.

Remember, Adrien, the person who was in the damn scene, still cares about Marinette. If you like the characters, maybe it's time to take a page from their book and try it out yourself. Try a bit of exposure therapy, and see how it might feel.

[sylusjinwoon]

{ 73 }

the world's smallest violin.

vincent fabron (CHAMBER) x reader

this whole week had to be one of the worst ones of your life.

for starters, on monday you woke up late and got scolded by your boss for your lack of punctuality.

tuesday, you felt the need to dress in your favorite outfit just to feel good about yourself, only for it to be ruined when it began to rain later that afternoon (and of course, you had forgotten to bring an umbrella.)

wednesday you decided to go out drinking with your friends to cheer up and have some fun, only to end up catching a sore throat when the burning sensation refused to go away even after you had stopped taking the various shots at your favorite bar.

cue you having a cold for the rest of the week and calling out sick from work, finally using up the sick days you had accumulated from your job. your throat still burned, making it difficult for you to even eat meals. all you could do was drink some broth and down copious amounts of cold medicine in hopes of relieving your symptoms for even a moment.

it was now sunday, and you had finally gotten over your cold. your throat finally stopped hurting as your voice steadily lost its nasally quality. currently, you were laying in bed, scrolling through your phone while trying not to feel like absolute crap due to how bad your week was. you finish typing out an email to your boss, telling him that you would make it to your shift tomorrow before tossing your phone to the side.

while you were suffering through such a terrible week, your boyfriend of two years was nowhere to be found. and despite how you had already known that he would be on a rather long mission with protocol, his absence still greatly upset you. the things you dealt with this week left you so mentally drained-

"i've seen so many horrors back in my days with working for the french military, mon ange. horrors that i am grateful that you shall never have to go through."

that particular memory of vincent detailing his past life to you makes you curl up even more. you force the tears that once spilled from your eyes to stop, feeling almost silly for crying over something so tiny in comparison to all the things your lover has been through.

with a sigh, you slowly wipe away at your eyes, feeling them become red and swollen from crying.

i must be playing the worlds smallest violin right now. honestly, get a grip.

you were debating whether you should calm down and further comfort yourself with some hot cocoa when your phone begins to ring, alerting you to a call from vincent himself.

you answer it within seconds, your voice breathless when you say his name with a bit of longing, "vincent, honey, hello. i've missed you."

his rich laughter fills your ears, making your cheeks warm just the tiniest bit. "i've missed you, too, mon amour. i just couldn't wait to hear your voice, and i wanted to let you know that i'm on my way home with your favorite takeout."

the tears began to fill your vision once more, causing your voice to come out a bit shaky, "that's great! vince i've had-"

you cut yourself off, biting down on your bottom lip so as to keep yourself from ranting about your bad week to him. vincent catches the way you had suddenly stopped speaking and asks, "what's wrong, love?"

"ah, it's nothing. please come home safely, okay?" not wanting to cave in, you hang up the call first, heart pounding as your stomach began to twist with anxiety.

there was no way vincent was going to come home and not ask you what was wrong. but truly, you didn't want to burden him with such problems you deemed as tiny inconveniences.

about fifteen minutes later, you see your boyfriend enter your shared home with a huge bag of takeout. he settled the food on the dining room table before bringing you into his arms and pressing a kiss against your temple.

"my, have i missed you. is it me, or have you gotten even lovelier since i had last seen you?"

you roll your eyes and playfully hit at his chest, "don't be ridiculous. i'm dressed in my pajamas and look awful."

"nonsense, mon amour, for you are always beautiful to me." pressing one last kiss against your lips, vincent goes to plate your dinner. when you tried to help, he simply shoos you away, beckoning you to sit as he tells you how much he wants to spoil you due to his absence.

you take a seat and watch with a fondness when he piles on all of your favorite foods, making a heaping plate for you as he places the delicious meal in front of you. with your mouth watering and your appetite returning post-cold, you dig in almost immediately.

"ah, this is so good, i'm so happy to be able to taste things again!"

"to taste again? were you sick?"

vincent's question makes you pause, forcing you to swallow the last bit of food before your anxiety returned. you really didn't want to bother your beloved with stories of your shitty week, knowing he was doing something far more dangerous during his latest mission.

"y-yeah, it was just a cold, but i'm okay now, i promise!" just seeing the concern in his golden brown eyes makes the tears and all of your sadness return at full force. "e-excuse me!"

knowing that vincent was going to chase after you, you run into the bathroom first before locking it. with your back pressed against the door, you begin to softly sob, those negative emotions that built up during the week finally coming to an overflow. you could no longer stop your tears, and when you heard vincent gently knock against the bathroom door, asking if you were okay, did you truly break down.

the sheer amount of tears blurred your vision, and you could feel the buildup of mucus within your nose. fuck, you were actually ugly crying right now and came back to feeling like absolute shit.

"darling, angel, love, please, talk to me. what's wrong?"

his voice was close, and you were certain that vincent was pressing himself against the bathroom door.

with a sniffle, you finally admit to him, "i don't want to tell you."

"well, why not? i want you to tell me because whatever it is, it's making you cry."

you let out another choked sob, "i had a bad week, but they're not big enough to warrant your concern, vince. go on, have dinner without me for a bit, just let me let this all out and i'll be okay again, i promise."

the silence seemed to drag on for what felt like eternity. you figured vincent had taken your advice and already made his way back to the dining room. letting out a sigh of relief, you quickly clean yourself by blowing your nose with some toilet paper and washing your face. when you began to feel somewhat more presentable was the moment you opened the door-

only to be met with a broad chest standing in your way.

"never feel as though your problems are insignificant, mon amour. for if they make you this sad, then it is not insignificant to me." vincent had managed to trap you in his arms, engulfing your form in his embrace. you cling to him with a desperation, greedily breathing in his scent when you broke down once more.

"but my problems, they're so small compared to all the things you've been through."

he lifts your chin to press a kiss against your chapped lips, not minding the salty taste of your tears, "it doesn't matter how big or small your troubles are. what matters is that it's enough to make you lose that smile on your face. i want to share your burden and know what made you so unhappy because i love you."

you could feel your heart become lighter upon hearing his words, finally making you feel better as a genuine smile paints your lips. "thank you, love, for being such an amazing boyfriend."

"nonsense, it my duty to ensure that you are happy. now come." he adjusts his hold on you so that he was now carrying you, allowing you to rest your head against his shoulder while he carries you back to the dining room, "you can tell me all about it as we eat dinner together."

all stories are written by rei; reposts, translations, and plagiarism are not allowed.

[mariproducer]

This made me realize that in a way both the Felix scene and the Multiplication scene have the same motions of someone leaning in for a kiss, but with Felix it's played straight as u know, a forced kiss, then with Adrien it's played all cute and what not, giving him a dorky smile to make it look "cuter."

You still haven't asked for her consent dude.

Only thing that's gonna heal Adrien's repeated advances for me is an alternate cut of Marinette thinking he's Felix and Alya restraining her from maiming Adrien. Even Ikari "Dozen" isn't interrupting this.

From the audience perspective it doesn’t make it better considering his pushiness and repeated advances as Chat Noir, but from the characters perspective it’s kinda funny.

“Marinette no, I swear that’s the real Adrien, please don’t break his nose.”

[rose-of-pollux]

In honor of Robert Clary, I would like to present my “List of my favorite things/moments about Louis LeBeau”--

(Do note that this is not a final list, and everyone in the fandom is welcome to add their own)

Just the fact that he is the “angry smol” trope that we all love.

The dogs adore him, and he adores them.  And he’s got the German dogs responding to his French instructions.

He can cook anything (except chow mein).  Whether he will or not is another matter (see: his melodramatic overreaction after being asked to make a pizza.  Though, to his credit, he eventually did it.)

His reaction after seeing Klink walk in on them during a mission and being told that there is no back door to escape from: “I’ll make one!”

Bluffing his way through impersonating a chemist by using a handbook of pharmacy and getting his observers drunk out of their skulls.

The fact that he’s claustrophobic, but deals with it 98% of the time; he only fainted twice, and those were in even smaller spaces than normal--i.e., a safe (where he was legitimately running out of air) and a miniature tank (where he was under immense pressure to maneuver the thing).

His entire attitude towards Newkirk, which can be summed up as “That Englishman is the absolute worst and wouldn’t know a good meal if a platter of it hit him in the face. [beat]  He is also mon pote, and if you even think of harming a hair on his head, I will personally see to it that you rue the day you walked in here.”

Is normally super-competent in all of the team’s espionage work... unless Marya is in the vicinity, in which case he falls victim to Heart Eyes syndrome.

Him channeling Indiana Jones and going “It belongs in the museum!” whenever Burkhalter or some other general raids a French art gallery.

From “Don’t Forget to Write,” when Klink interrupts his singing, he responds with a death glare and goes “I haven’t finished yet,” in the darkest tone possible.

This exchange, ca Season 4: Kinch: LeBeau, this meal is sheer poetry! LeBeau: [angry bilingual rant about Klink] Kinch, without missing a beat: That’s also poetry.

Anytime Klink tries to question him and LeBeau responds with an angry rant in French that no one understands.

His Wile E. Coyote moment in “Man in a Box” when he realizes he left all of the explosives next to the bit that’s ignited.  Cue mad scramble.

Acting drunk along with Newkirk in “The Big Picture” to create a diversion: “I MUST!! HAVE!! MORE!! SCHNAPPS!!”

Going into full and complete “temperamental artist” mode in “Gowns By Yvette”

His entire “trance” act in that one ep, which he breaks only once to give a “Mon Dieu, is he really that dumb?” look at Klink in the middle of it.

And lastly, saying what he thinks are his goodbyes to the rest of the team in the Season 6 opener when he thought he was going back to France--especially that slight, subtle cracking of his voice when he says goodbye to Newkirk in particular.

This character has always been one of my favorites in the fandom, and these are just some of the reasons why.