#do not get me started on the episode where he put on a wig and skirt listen i want to do things to him and make him beg and pleads on his k

[tokuteasings]

Okay, but you cannot tell me Goshikida Kaito doesn’t like roleplay. He lives for dressing up

*deep inhale*

Ohhh it's illegal for him to look any fucking gorgeous than he already is.

But Kaito is def into roleplay. He's all innocent so he can't help but fumble and has this cuuute little blush to his cheeks and he's squirming in his seat as you look down upon him. His hands neatly behind his back as you take his chin into your hand and force him to look up at you, your thumb skittering over his lips and he parts them ever so slighty.

He wants to tell you something, to dart out his tongue to lick obediently but you glare down at him and he shrinks. "What did I say about disobeying me, honey?"

And Kaito whines under your touch, a sheepish small smile, "I'm sorry..." he squirms in his little business suit he has as the secretary to this roleplay.

You smirk and lean down, "Good boy," he whines at the name, leaning further into the touch you bless him with.

You need to do this more often, when you wake up to see Kaito covered in hickies and marks

[ln4author]

𝖳𝖧𝖤𝖸 𝖣𝖮𝖭'𝖳 𝖪𝖭𝖮𝖶 𝖠𝖡𝖮𝖴𝖳 𝖴𝖲 — Charlie Bushnell fanfic (parts of instagram and chat au)

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WELCOME TO EPISODE 01, ARE YOU READY FOR IT?

@ellarue

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ellarue Tempus Frangit ���️ Thank youuuuu ladyyyyy for the photos @gwendolineuniverse

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masonalexanderpark Beautiful as always <33 Do you know who will also think this? TOMM, let me go show him the true face of his little sister

↳ ellarue show... show and you will see where your makeup ends up.

↳ masonalexanderpark IT WAS A JOKE ELLA, YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU HONEY <33

↳ ellarue UHUMMMMMMM ME TOO <33

gwendolineuniverse You're welcome dear, they look really pretty, but with a model like that it's hard not to.

↳ ellarue Don't talk like that or you will kill a delulu🤭🤭 (I'M THE DELULU)

↳ xochitl.gomez STOP HITTING ON MARRIED WOMAN ELLA

↳ momonatamada She can't take it, a beautiful married woman appears, and she is like this 🥺🥺

↳ ellarue SHUT UP KKKKKKKKKKKKKK I HATE YOU GUYS, please ignore them Gwen <33

↳ gwendolineuniverse It's fine dear 🤭

momonatamada I wanted to get out of the banality of saying that "you're beautiful", but you as Delirium are another level

↳ xochitl.gomez I remember when she tried on the wig for the first time, she freaked out thinking it would look ugly for the role, like... GIRL, HAVE YOU EVER LOOKED IN THE MIRROR?

↳ ellarue I promise, you are the bestiess I could ask for (It doesn't even look like I wanted to kill you two seconds ago)

↳ xochitl.gomez I love the aesthetic of us being like, FUCK YOU BITCH <33

↳ ellarue @Netflix I NEVER SAID THAT!!!!!!!!!!

user1 Qual a chance de eu e Delírio nos casarmos? (What are the chances of me and Delirio getting married?)

↳ user2 Talvez no dia que ela estiver sã? (Maybe the day she's mentally healthy?)

↳ user1 Merda! (Shit!)

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I throw my cell phone on the bed laughing, I loved it when the comments turned into complete chaos.

The weather today was very good for sleeping, the problem is that, at the moment, I'm having an insomnia crisis. My insomnia attacks always intensify when I'm working on something important, but I always try to ignore them. And that's exactly why at 00:37 I'm scrolling through Instagram, even though I wake up in 5 hours and a few minutes.

My cell phone vibrates at my side, easily gaining my attention. Who could be sending messages at this time? Did something go wrong? I turn on the screen looking for information and then...

"iamcharliebushnell liked your post"

Ah... it was nothing important... Starting to reassure myself again, I go to the profile of the person who liked my photo, something I do whenever I have time. And wait, does Mo follow him? He looks a little familiar to me.

My interest in the profile becomes sudden, or maybe it's just sleep starting to speak louder. Browsing the account I find photos from the end of 2023 that make me understand the reason for the familiarity. He is Luke, like Luke Castellan in the Percy Jackson series, aka one of my biggest crushes in the series (if we don't count Clarisse).

There was just one problem... When we are in the sleep stage, we don't think very well what to do. Or sometimes we don't even think about it. And that's my excuse for liking a photo of him from months ago.

To make my situation worse the next day, I felt my eyes finally get heavy, sleep would consume me and I could finally have a night of peace. Or that's what I thought. I fell asleep a few minutes after that.

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I woke up quickly with the alarm, also who wouldn't wake up when they have Momona and Xochitl screaming in their ear. Yes, they made a personalized audio for me to use with an alarm, that's why I love my girls.

I pick up my phone, seeing that its battery is empty, great, I forgot to put it on charge last night. I walk to the bathroom and continue with my standard routine.

On the way to the film set I was finally able to turn on my cell phone to check the news and the thousands of notifications from my friends didn't seem like a good thing...

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Hey darlingsss, this is the first episode of this fanfic, I hope you like it <33 As it is the first chapter, it was a little shorter than the others and more stationary, as it is just to introduce the protagonist to you. I really hope you like it, really do!!!

*Spoiler: The next episode will be from Charlie's point of view.

*Obs: If you couldn't see it correctly, here's the screenshot from Instagram.

Tag list: @siriusblacksgf @idiewhenrhythmgamesdie @taygrls @jules-loves-lukecastellan @lostinhisworld @iludidaefodida @goopoems @lucycarlisleswife @blairfox04

[upslapmeal]

Notes from the Taskmaster 16x10 recording

The last two episode recordings I went to, I meant to make comprehensive notes when I got home afterwards that I would be able to look back at and post when the episode aired. I did not, in fact, end up doing that. So this time I was determined to have lots of notes, and made them on the go in the breaks in recording. However. They were made in a rush and I never went back through them to pad them out (you'd really think I would have learned by now). So instead of just having to rely on my memory, I ended up with an almost coded list of words and phrases that it's taken me pretty much 2 weeks to sit down and decipher lol. So with that said:

the pre-episode Greg-Alex entertainment was Greg getting Alex to sing a song about a recent news story to the tune of a song suggested by the audience - in this case it was Trump's lawsuit (the one in May 2023 since there are...a few) to the tune of Wuthering Heights

Alex really went for the whole live thing, and was constantly referring to it throughout the episode

when the contestants came onstage, I obviously first saw Sam in his bright colours and blond hair

we were right on the back balcony and my first impression from that distance was that he kinda looked like Jamie Laing lol

Greg made a passing comment about how he's been dressing in grey but I was completely taken by surprise when the vt rolled and he looked completely different!

I had assumed he'd actually buzzed his hair and didn't realise it was a wig until the ep aired

Sue made comments throughout the episode about how Sam looked like Dahmer

Lucy's prize task story, unsurprisingly, went on for ages and included a whole story about the holiday they went on that I tragically cannot remember

I was so glad they didn't cut 'untaffled' because I looked through my notes before again before watching the episode and couldn't for the life of me remember what she'd said

Greg's said that his immediate response to naked Alex in the prize task was that he was 'smooth like an eel'

After Julian's prize task there was a discussion about how people wanted to be buried, and at one point (I wish I could remember the conversation leading up to this) either Greg or Alex said they would be buried 'together forever in the Victoria monument'

There was a whole long debate about whether Sam intended to use nature as part of his doughnut task, and whether the bird toppling Ms Doughnut to her death should be counted

Greg told Sam to 'convince me to give you 3 points'

Sam went on talking about how amazing nature is and how we're all connected and at one point said 'consider the statistics.....3000' (I'm 99% sure this is what he said and I didn't just forget the rest of the quote)

Julian's exercise name was absolutely not a one-off, to the point they started running a 'cunt count' for the episode

Sue talked about how she had recently had an ADHD diagnosis, and that she kept viewing tasks holistically rather than paying attention to the details. This was specifically in relation to the exercise where she just did the same thing 4 times

I'm not sure if we saw the full extended version of Hotel Taskmaster, but we definitely saw a cut that included more than the aired version (though tbh I think they do that for most tasks and I just noticed this one bc we got the extended version)

We got an 'I put it to you' from Greg that Alex-as-Qrs looked genuinely cool

Lucy described Alex as having 'tight metallic buns' which Greg later referred to as his 'robot arse'

I cannot stress how much of a breakdown Susan had in the studio about the forks and marbles - you get a glimpse in the episode but that was nothing!

Susan also took AGES to do her throw in the live task - she kept on being about to throw before being interrupted, or saying her arms were too short, or that she needed a wee, or having a fit of giggles, and the longer it went the worse it got lol

Greg and Alex also had a go at it, and Sue wanted another go without the pressure. Greg and Sue got the ball in but Alex didn't

Don't ask me to remember the context, but at one point during the record, Greg told a story about someone he knew (whose name he said he would tell the others backstage) who would have sex in a cow mask and would demand 'LOOK AT ME!!!'. Anyway that was referred back to a few times in the ep

When Sam was given the trophy he just stood near-motionless with it for what felt like ages before we got to the hugs and everything

And now we enter the magical world of ~what on earth was this note referring to~ where I just hope someone else who was there (@politicalprocrastinator how's your memory?) sees this and can fill me in on what I've forgotten:

At some point around the prize / first task I wrote 'correct dog guess'. Whose dog? What was being guessed? Absolutely no idea

At some point there was a joke about the 'former Prime Minister', I think the idea being that by the time the episode aired we'd inevitably have a new PM? but I honestly can't remember

Someone called someone else submissive in a way notable enough for me to have written 'submissive' as a one-word bullet point, but not notable enough for me to actually remember

And now three bullet points which I will present in their original form:

Birthday

Bum hole in back

Get in bath

[evangelineshifts]

I need to tell someone this at least.

So this new pjo show is a complete joke, especially to some of the oj book fans(like me) who are so disappointed by how it turned out. The acting was stale(actors weren’t given anything to work with so fair), the visuals weren’t anything to speak of, the plot was nonexistent, everything was going too fast or too slow at all the wrong times, there was so much telling and almost no showing it felt like a voiceover or something, not only did they completely change what happened in half of the original book but they also added new and completely unnecessary scenes, to top it off the episodes were 30-40 minutes long with each episode having a budget of FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLARS. From the start of this they already messed it up, they promised a book accurate series but they’d be better off calling it loosely based (Percy is supposed to have black hair but his actor has blond hair and they expect me to like it??) they changed everything that didn’t need to be changed and the quality was so bad it makes me sick, and everyone is defending it and they’re all saying how good it is and yet there’s almost nothing good about it at all. And everyone’s defending the actors ‘oh they’re just kids’ they’re also getting paid to do this why aren’t they showing any emotion??? So it completely ruined any chances of this show being good and now I’m getting it practically shoved down my throat by every app and site I visit so it’s just sickening me even more and I’m trying to leave it alone but nobody is letting me because they’re saying how ‘good’ and ‘accurate’ it is. And rick(the book author) said he chose the cast because they were the best for the characters but none of the cast was actually good in this series(they were more in character out of it and that’s a whole nother slap in the face), the best thing I have to say about them is that their best performance was when they weren’t in the scene over explaining(which was almost never) the show never gave us any time to figure things out or be interested because it’s just so badly written it drags down everyone else involved. So now not only at i waiting for the ‘real’ pjo fans to realize that this show sucks but I’m also waiting for this show to get cancelled because it know it will. It sucks, and after waiting almost a decade this feels like a slap to the face. Why? Why would they completely change almost everything that made the books good? And I feel like what’s worse is that whenever anyone puts out any valid criticism on how little they stick to the book(making Percy blond, making clarisse skinny and not masculine) they get harassed into silence as if that’s a good argument? Is it so hard to put on a wig or some eye contacts or smth? You’re telling me these bland script writers are all they could find with a 15 million dollar budget? And where are the new faces? Everyone in that show is some kind of nepo baby or well known celebrity so that doesn’t work either. And it hurts so bad how they butchered the books to make this knockoff barely well thought out show. I hope this show never gets a season two because I’m actually sick thinking about how they’re gonna butcher that book.

I agree with some of the stuff said here except for the things to do with the actors. I think with the material given they did an excellent job with what they had. Their emotions were more in micro expressions which is really all they could do cause the setting was so serious and not in an action type way (which is when actors usually get to use big facials) through out the majority of the show. As a viewer I can understand why you think they’re acting was stale or emotionless but as an actress myself I can see it was anything but. They did really well considering the circumstances. And as for looks I really don’t see the point of making a big fuss cause that’s one thing I do agree with Rick about (one of the only things) as long as they embody the characters they can play them. And you can tell that from the way they act at the very least outside of the show that they do embody their characters amazingly. There’s no doubt in my mind about why they were casted. I do think that RR was a bit in over his head when trying to be so involved with the making of the show. I feel like overseeing the writing process just to make sure that they’re getting it right would’ve been enough but I think he got a bit too excited to try and make this something memorable and to his liking that he sort of overshot it. I wish there was a way that they could like redo season 1 or make some sort of redemption in season 2 but I’m a bit skeptical. These kids deserve a shot though, I’ve been following them all since the casting announcement and they’ve been working their ASSES off. They all read and reread the source material, they made an effort to interact with the fans and give as much insight as possible to the filming process, the kids themselves made an effort to become good friends with one another which really they just had to be friends at the least but they have frequent sleepovers and hangouts all the time from what I can see. They really care about this project and I think that in and of itself means that it’s worth fighting for. If not for Rick, for them and for the fans who DO like the show. They deserve their chance.

I do appreciate you feeling comfortable enough to share your thoughts with me!! Your opinion is completely valid and understandable!!

[my-rose-tinted-glasses]

My memory is terrible so I wanted to do a breakdown of my stuff every once in a while. Might be monthly, might be whenever I feel like it. Also there are too many shows on and something is always finishing or starting so a month is a lot.

BL - Currently Watching

1000 Years Old [2/12] - It's silly, and entertaining and makes me laugh. The friend group is delightful and I'm having a good time watching them. Was excited for a minute when Yo suggested a haircut for Pun because I cannot handle that wig. 🤞

Anti Reset [5/10] - This is one of the most frustrating shows I've watched in a while. The show doesn't seem to settle on what is actually trying to say about the AI of it all, and when it says something I'm not crazy about it. Why is it so frustrating? Because they are so fucking endearing when they're together on screen. I wanna love this show so much.

Cherry Magic Th [11/12]– I love them so much. I'm fascinated by the choices that the show is making. As a big fan of the manga and the jbl I came into this with reservations and this show is just blowing my mind. This was the best episode 11 of all time and Tay/New are delivering. My heart is so full with this.

Cherry Magic Anime [7/12]– Another helicopter ride! Yay. The date song was hilarious. We're now getting to the point where they are dating and Adachi is feeling guilty for lying so I'm curious how the show will adapt the next phase of the relationship.

Dead Friend Forever [10/12]– Glad to see we are all on board with Tan's murderous impulses. It's been so much fun having more people join in on the fun. As for me, I NEED White to stay alive. That's really all I want. Getting curious about how Perth factors in to all of this.

My Strawberry Film[2/8] - I feel it coming. I see sadness in my future. But I'm bracing because I'm loving the look of this show. And pining boys are my favourite type of boys. I'm ready.

Ossan's Love Returns [8/9] - The videos messages destroyed me but then that ending made me annoyed. I don't know what to expect in terms of Kurosawa but I hope he's not actually dying and there's a really good reason for all this. Medical mal practice might be the thing. Although as @twig-tea pointed out to me, since it was said in show it might not actually happen. I want happy for the ending anyway.

Perfect Propose [5/6] . Why must I only have them for 6 episodes??? I need more. Kai is everything to me, and that back hug followed by that smile melted by cold heart. Hiro's boss needs something heavy to fall on him from a great height. And please Hiro,sweetie, I need you to eat better and sleep.

Although I Love You, and You? [7/10]- Sakae is letting me down. And by that I mean, the show is letting me down. Sakae needs to put his foot down with Mizuki and go back to being a fool in love with Soga.

To Be Continued [1/8] - It's not amazing. but I'm a sucker for second chance romance and there are two couples so there's a 50% chance I will like this. We'll see. Also, they need to start hiring younger actors for the high school flashbacks. This goes for A Secretly Love too. Having 27 year olds and up playing ten years younger just won't do. It's terrible.

Unknown [2/12] - I'm intrigued. Not completely sold yet but I'm liking it so far. Also nothing would keep me away from watching Sam Lin again.

Also watched the first episode of A Secretly Love and caught up with City of Stars but it's on the 'I need to shut of my brain' schedule so I'm not necessarily watching to weekly.

BL - Finished

Cooking Crush - I will miss all of them. I loved it so much. The whole cut/uncut version thing was annoying and the editing was weird at times but overall this was wonderful. Communication done right. Relationships and character growth was stellar and both couples won my heart. Aungpao really surprised me, considering he was surrounded my pros on all sides. Dynamite was a joy to watch. And OffGun delivering with all the kissing. Everyone should watch this.

The Sign - I mean, what they did to this show is absolutely insane. Not airing the finale like the rest of the show. Having to pay extra for happy ending is ridiculous (although I kinda predicted this and @lurkingshan is my witness. I said as a joke and it turns out reality is a joke.) Then waiting 2 whole weeks for whatever that was. Just the most unsatisfying experience. Go read this from Shan because I agree with everything said there. Also @bengiyo final thoughts here really echo how I felt about this show overall.

Happy Ending - 20 minutes split in 3. Why? No idea. Was it a happy ending? I think so. Was it cute? Sure. Was it great to watch Seong Hyuk again? You betcha. But I didn't love it. I need Choco Milk Shake S2, like, TODAY.

Playboyy - It ended.

Rose Watches OJBL - I feel bad about this. I didn't watch any of the ones I planned to. This might seem like whatever but I've been trying to catch up with awards season films, because since uni, me and a couple of friends always do it and finish it by watching the oscars together and so ojbl was were I dropped the ball. Gonna restart soon though.

Not BL - Watched this month

Night Has Come Death's Game Shop for Killers

That's it for right now. As usual my ask box is open for gif requests and any other questions. All my gifs are under #rosygifs.

Have a good week💜

[immaturityofthomasastruc]

IOTA Reviews: Illusion

You know, It's really sad how this is a Lila episode, and she somehow isn't the most annoying character to come out of it.

Let's get into the fifth episode of Miraculous Ladybug's fifth season: Illusion

We start off with a news broadcast where several people are interviewed about the recent developments this season. There's an attempt made to show differing perspectives, but while half are recurring characters who are confident Ladybug and Cat Noir will beat Monarch (Xavier, Mr. Damocles, and Alec), the other half are antagonistic characters who either blame Ladybug for everything going wrong or are too stupid to care about the bigger picture (XY, Chloe, and Bob Roth).

This is one of the overarching problems with the show, its refusal to show any nuance in its arguments. We already know how easy it is for the writers to blame Marinette for things whenever there's a conflict, but whenever there's an argument where both sides make interesting points, the opposing side is almost always represented by an antagonist or jerk who frames their view in either a condescending or idiotic way so it's easy for the viewer to brush them off, and the same can be applied to their side of the argument as well. Hell, it's already happened twice this season with Lila and Chloe (Multiplication, Determination). It just comes across like the show is pretending to act like its conflict is deeper without actually showing any real nuance with it. I get that some arguments aren't morally gray, but if you're trying to discuss Ladybug's past failures, put more effort into showing how the people of Paris would see something like this without knowing the full context.

Also, this is a minor thing, but I actually like how when we see Alec on the talk show, he's wearing a wig like the one he had in “Wishmaker”, and has the same positive outlook on life he had at the end of that episode. For a show that usually plays loosey-goosey with its continuity, it's surprising to see the writers actually acknowledge the character growth of someone as insignificant as Alec.

Congratulations, Miraculous Ladybug. You managed to give a very minor side character a consistent arc. Now if only you could put the same amount of effort into writing your main cast.

We cut to Adrien's room where, shock of all shocks, he isn't exactly a fan of his image being used for a high-tech ring without his consent. He storms off to see his father, but it turns out that Gabriel is experimenting with the idea of not being such a terrible father for once. He's making breakfast, saying that Adrien can call him “Dad” now, and even admits that he's been very neglectful towards his son ever since Emilie “disappeared”. Yeah, he's cooking breakfast in his white suit and haircut that makes him look like a grandpa for some reason, but hey, at least the kitchen isn't on fire.

Of course, Gabriel still isn't really good at comforting his son, as seen with his response to Adrien's concerns about Alliance.

Adrien: Speaking of which, Dad, I'm not really comfortable with having my face on all these rings. That's actually why I didn't want to be a model anymore, to avoid that. Do you understand?

Gabriel: Of course, I understand, my son. But that's the point; it's just an image, it's not you! And since this image frees you from your obligations, we, the Agrestes, are able to spend more time together. But if you'd rather everything went back to the way it was before, just say the word.

Adrien: You're probably right.

Gabriel: You'll see, my son. Alliance will bring us closer.

“I know you're concerned about me using your image for something that I could have hired literally anyone else for, but if you would rather go back to being a model on a strict schedule, just say the word.”

Father of the year, ladies and gentlemen.

We get a decent interaction between Marinette and Alya where they discuss ways that Monarch could be giving Miraculous to his Akumas, unaware of what the Alliance rings do. Alya comes up with an interesting hypothesis that Monarch is using the Dog Miraculous to swipe them back, and honestly, that sounds like a much better plan than “develop a cutting-edge AI ring and hope whoever I akumatize had enough money to buy one”. I like this bit, as it shows the two thinking of ways to stop Monarch beyond beating whatever Akuma he sends out next. It honestly could have been a really interesting story arc to see Marinette, Cat Noir, and Alya learn more about how Monarch is using the new Miraculous he got instead of having us know what he's doing already.

After class ends, Nino talks to Adrien about an underground resistance he's forming with his friends, deciding to give each member a condiment-themed title.

Alya: What's up with the sauces?

Nino: What's up is Ladybug and Cat Noir don't have us to help them anymore.

Alya: (nervously) Um... uh... what do you mean, “us”?

Nino: Well, us, you Rena Rouge, me Carapace! (Alya kicks Nino's leg underneath the table) Ouch! What's the big deal? We can tell Marinette and Adrien we used to be superheroes. It's not like we have any Miraculous that Monarch could steal from us. The only ones who need to protect their secret identities are Ladybug and Cat Noir, not us. And anyway, I already told Adrien about Carapace.

Adrien: (chuckles nervously)

Marinette: Adrien knew?! Alya, did you know that he knew?!

Alya: What, no, I swear I didn't know at all! (kicks Nino's leg again)

Nino: Ow! Come on! He's my best bud, I can tell him stuff! You and Marinette tell each other stuff, don't you?

Alya and Marinette: No we don't!

Yeah, remember how shocking it was for Nino to reveal that he and Alya were Rena Rouge and Carapace to Adrien in “Rocketear”, and how we thought this reveal would play into something big like the Season 4 finale, possibly splintering the trust several characters had with each other? This is what it culminates in. Wasn't waiting over a year since that plotpoint was established totally worth it for that gag that once again ignores the secret identity rule?

Also, just because you don't have a Miraculous, it doesn't mean Monarch can't target you like he did last season (Optigami, Sentibubbler), you dumbass.

For the first time in God knows how long, Lila actually becomes relevant when she asks to sit with the four, only to be rebuffed by Marinette and Nino. Using some more condiments and food as props, Nino explains his plan.

Nino: We're gonna film an akumatization.

Alya: And how are you, Comrade Ketchup, gonna be in the know when and where this akumatization takes place?

Nino: Easy, Comrade Beurre Maître d'Hôtel. I'm gonna make it happen.

Yep, this is the plot of the episode, people. Nino's going to try and get someone akumatized. Now I know what you're all obviously thinking: Isn't this cruel?

Adrien: Isn't that cruel?

Alya: Totally! To make someone suffer just to discover Monarch's technique? Super cruel!

Nino: No, it's not! You forget Ladybug always fixes everything in the end with her magic ladybugs! The akumatized victims forget what happened to them.

Oh yeah, this is totally ethical, you guys. Who cares about the emotional trauma an Akuma victim would go through, much less any civilians endangered by their rampage?

To make things even better, guess who Nino wants to get akumatized?

Okay, putting aside what we, the audience, already know about Gabriel that Nino doesn't, why would he think pissing off one of the most influential fashion designers in the city of Paris is a good idea? He says he's targeting him because it's easy to do so during parent-teacher conferences, but why not target someone else who has been akumatized more often than him, like Xavier/Mr. Pigeon? I don't think the idea of a more morally gray plan to stop Monarch is a bad one, it's just that this plan is so stupid, and the writers only go over the ethical implications, and that said plan is so ludicrous, Nino is basically asking for a restraining order.

While Adrien and Marinette agree to Nino's plan, Alya only hesitantly goes along with it, but unbeknownst to any of them, Lila was overhearing their conversation, so she goes to tell Gabriel what they're doing. During the conferences, Marinette barges in and pretends to trip and drop some pizza onto Gabriel's clothes, and I'm going to assume that either the pizza was cold of Gabriel is really good at keeping a cool head because there's no way taking a hot pizza to the chest wouldn't hurt like hell. Adrien and Alya come in with more food, and we get the one funny joke of the episode with Alya half-assing her performance as the half-heartedly throws some cake onto Gabriel's suit. Pretty funny how Nino is conveniently the only one who isn't taking the risk by attacking Gabriel in front of his teacher by filming the whole thing, isn't it?

Gabriel has had enough and does a 180, planning to take Adrien out of school and somehow, Marinette blames herself for going along with the plan... even though she was the only one to not approve of it, while Adrien and Alya did, and even then, the latter two were very hesitant. It turns out this was all part of Gabriel's plan, as we see him transform into Monarch as soon as he gets to his lair and uses Trixx's power to create a Mirage of his civilian form, having a breakdown so dramatic, I'm surprised he didn't end it by saying, “YOU ARE TEARING ME APART, MARINETTE!”.

The illusion of Gabriel turns into the Collector again, and now he supposedly has the Horse Miraculous' Voyage as a power. Adrien and Marinette transform into Cat Noir and Ladybug respectively, and try to fend off the “Akuma”. Back in Monarch's lair, we learn that he somehow has the ability to unify with five different Miraculous at once, choosing to do so with the Bee, Mouse, Horse, and Rooster Miraculous. Why is he able to do this now?

Monarch uses Voyage and heads to the sewers, activating Venom before using Multiplication to create eight smaller clones of himself, finally using Sublimination to give the copies the power of invisibility. Strange, wouldn't wanting to be invisible count as a wish? While looking for “the Collector”, Ladybug uses her Lucky Charm, getting a bag of shredded cheese. The two chase after the illusion, only to fall through a Voyage portal into the sewers, where Cat Noir is almost immediately stunned by one of the clones. Hey, it took five whole episodes this season for him to be incapacitated by an Akuma to pointlessly raise the stakes this time! It's a new record! Ladybug throws the cheese to reveal the clones, who are then chased off by some nearby rats.

Monarch goes back to his normal form, and after a small pep talk, the illusion pretends to reject the Akuma entirely before falling into the water. The real Gabriel detransforms and then pretends to have gotten out. So Gabriel tricked the heroes with his foolproof plan... except for the fact that Ladybug and Cat Noir should have recognized the use of Venom, the hidden clones of the Collector when the video Nino got only said he had the Horse Miraculous' power, the akuma somehow purifying itself when Ladybug still needed to de-evilize it in “Rocketear” and “Penalteam”, the fact that Gabriel should be soaking wet from falling into the water, and the—okay, you all know where this is going.

Meanwhile, Nino sees the footage of the illusion and sees what he believes to be the way Monarch gave the Collector the Horse Miraculous' powers. Nino then apologizes to Gabriel for attacking him, Gabriel forgives him, and Nino invites him into the Resistance, with a bunch of new members. The final scene reveals that in addition to Nino, Alya, Marinette, Adrien, and Gabriel, the Resistance now has Max, Kim, Rose, Juleka, Ivan, Mylene, and to Marinette's horror, Lila. Also, there's a post-credits scene where Gabriel explains what he did to Tomoe when literally everyone watching was able to figure it out.

Okay, so let's summarize. The first mission for Nino's resistance involved assaulting a private civilian, was easily discovered before it could even be implemented, was just as easily foiled by an illusion, now Monarch and one of his allies have infiltrated the alliance as moles, and Nino isn't even aware that his plan was a colossal failure. This resistance isn't exactly going to be like the Rebel Alliance, is it?

Yeah, this episode sucked. It's easily the worst one so far in my opinion. There were a handful of decent moments and ideas here, but my God, the story was just terrible. Morally gray subject or not, it's hard to get behind the heroes when they try to intentionally piss someone off for a plan that the audience knows is going to fail, especially a plan as stupid as Nino's. This episode features Nino at his most obnoxious and unlike Alya, Marinette, and especially Adrien, he doesn't even feel bad for what he did to Gabriel when it ended up being (as far as we know) completely pointless. It feels like the writers wanted to gloss over the ethics of Nino's plan by making Gabriel the victim, because if it was anyone else, it would have made him look like a colossal prick. The fact that he learns nothing and thinks his moronic scheme was a success really doesn't help.

The other characters thankfully weren't as bad. It seemed like the writers were trying to show some self-awareness by having Alya, Marinette, and Adrien object to the plan in one way or another, but it never really went much other than them begrudgingly going along with it, much less calling him out for his actions. At the same time, they all got some decent moments, like Alya and Marinette's discussion about Monarch and Adrien struggling to convey his feelings about the Alliance rings to Gabriel.

It's also kind of weird that it took us about five episode into the season for Lila to finally be relevant again after she did absolutely nothing for the last three episodes of Season 4 and the first four episodes of this season. It was only three and a half years since “Ladybug”, the last major Lila episode premiered, right? But hey, at least the writers didn't overindulge in the dumb Lila lies like her other episodes, and was used more as an informant to kick off Gabriel's counter to Nino's plan.

Putting aside how terrible Nino's plan was, Gabriel's plan still had a lot of problems to it. Like I already mentioned, it's a little strange that Ladybug and Cat Noir never talk about the tiny clones they fought, or the fact that Cat Noir was stung by Venom. I can kind of suspend my disbelief by saying Ladybug was too focused on the battle to think, but why the hell didn't Cat Noir say anything? You would think after working alongside Queen Bee and Vesperia, he would recognize what being stung by Venom must look like. Yeah, Ladybug and Cat Noir didn't know Monarch can now use more powers for some reason, but it still really bothers me, because they should know the Collector can't multiply himself. It's also strange that he made his trick so hard to find when you would think it would be more obvious to see

But overall, this one was just a chore to get through. It feels like the writers saw how much some people didn't like Nino in “Rocketear”, and were like, “You call THAT character assassination?” And speaking of...

THE BIGGEST IDIOT OF THE EPISODE IS... NINO

Was there ever any doubt? The dude talked about his identity in a public place, nonchalantly blew him and his girlfriend's cover when he had no reason to for his Resistance, tried to get his best friend's dad akumatized while not caring about any potential damage, showed no remorse for what he did when his plan blew up in his face, tried to tell Ladybug and Cat Noir about what he learned while they were fighting the Collector, and all that was for a plan that didn't even work because the intel was discovered with ease, to say nothing about how he unintentionally let two enemies into his own Resistance. I've seen a lot of stupid decisions in this show, but never have I seen a single episode where a character makes screw-up after screw-up and doesn't even realize how much of a colossal moron he's being. With the past five episodes I covered and awarded Biggest Idiot Awards to (Ladybug, Alya, Xuppu, Mr. Damocles, and Luka), it was more them not seeing the bigger picture. Here, Nino is honestly trying to help Ladybug and Cat Noir, yet he failed at his job in every way.

[festive-unserious-fellow]

GUYS I GOT THE DAY THE NEW ZOMBIES RE-ANIMATED EPISODE WAS GONNA AIR WRONG I THOUGHT IT WAS TOMORROW I HATE IT HERE- luckily I had it set to record tho so I just watched the whole thing and I have some thoughts so ZOMMENTARY'S BACK BABYYYYYYYYYY

At first I was kinda worried it would suck? Just bcuz everything felt... off. Y'know? Like they got a bunch of things that happened in the movie wrong, the most jarring(to me at least) being that Bucky appearently didn't know Addison wears a wig, that was kind of a big thing in the movie Idk why they cut it, and Addison's reaction to being outted. She was a lot less upset then she would've been in the movie continuity, and her running off instead of just. Putting her wig back on felt kinda ooc Idk- plus the whole premise just seemed really off. Seabrooke devolving into a wasteland of dance battles bcuz Zed and Addison didn't get together, while plausible I guess, just wasn't really explained well enough for me to get into it right away. Also Bucky was WILDLY out of character for a bit there I don't understand why he was okay with letting Bree be in charge... they don't even explain it like they did with Willa not being the alpha anymore it's just really weird!

All that being said though, I did still enjoy the special, despite it's flaws. It's one of those things where like... yeah the writing's bad, but my god was it fun to watch. The jokes were good as ever, the more minor characters like Bree and Bonzo got some time to shine, RACCOON WYATT RETURNED, we got to see more of Bucky hanging out with the werewolves(AND SPECIFICALLY WILLA!!!!!! BUCKY AND WILLA BEING BESTIES IS LITERALLY MY FAVORITE THING!!!!!!!), we got to see Bree's fuckin. Panic bucket or whatever it's called again which was funny, and of course, the Zeddison was so fucking cute. If there's one thing you can count on Re-Animated to do consistently well, it's Zeddison. I also liked the remixes of the songs in this episode! It was fun seeing characters that weren't even close to singing the original songs getting parts in the revamps(like Eliza in Fired Up or Bucky in We Own The Night). The animation wasn't even that bad tbh. Like, it still wasn't perfect, but it was better than the animation in the shorts, and the dance animation specifically was really energetic and fun to watch.

Also appearently they're retconning Bucky being Addison's cousin on her mom's side? Which is kinda weird, but Ig I can see where they're coming from. Re-Animated is a very simplistic show very clearly aimed at people young enough to not understand how genetics work(which is why Addison's whole deal is kinda confusing and she kinda gets lumped in w/ the aliens most of the time), so it would make sense for them to change that aspect and have Bucky be her cousin on her dad's side instead. Makes things less complicated for the writers. Though FOR THE RECORD, in the movie continuity he IS her cousin on the mom's side, it's literally stated in Z3, so I GET TO KEEP DRAWING BUCKY PART ALIEN FUCK YOU IT'S MY HEADCAN-(I get shot with a tranquilizer dart to make me stfu)

So overall I'd rate this special at like a... 6.5/10 I think. It was confusing, kinda poorly paced at the start, and had some wonky characterization, but once it actually gets going and you start adjusting to the new setting it's a fun watch!

Edit: ALSO it was a really quick moment but wE GOT TO SEE ADDISON AND BUCKY ACTING LIKE THEY'RE ACTUALLY FAMILY YIPPEE!!!!!!!!! They're so sibling coded to me and, as somebody who has a sibling, I thin their one interaction(+ Addison's reaction fo Bucky being missing tbh) just SCREAMED siblings.

[canadiannationalfox]

Murder Drones - J's Get Ready for Bed with me (from my deviantart: Missluckychan22)

(takes place before the pilot/episode 1) Another day of hunting had wrapped for the Disassembly Drone Squad. A fruitful day of slaying on Copper 9.

J lead her squad confidently, gliding on the icy air of the exoplanet. She called back to N who was at the back, "Come on, slowpoke! You really want to get burned up by the sun? I'd be cool with that."

N flew faster upon hearing that, not wanting the looming sunrise to come and cause him to boil away into a puddle of oil and molten metal.

V laughed at N's struggling as she easily kept up with J but held back a bit to not get in J's way.

Once they got back to the dead Worker Drone spire and the Landing Pod hideout, J lead the way in, flicking her elegant silvery pigtails proudly before dusting off her black utility-dress.

V had found an arm outside and brought it in to chew on.

N got inside and was about to go to the spot where he'd hang upside-down for when he'd sleep when a stern voice scolded from the leader.

"Uh where are you going, Dumbass?"

"Oh! I thought-" N began to his boss who he saw had her hands on her hips. His body language changed from being more cheerful to being slightly more timid, even tucking his tail behind him.

"N, it was extra windy today," J started with an annoyed sigh as she threw a fancy silver-handled JC Jensen brand boar-bristle hairbrush and accidentally hit him in the noggin with it before it landed in his hands," so I'm going to need you to untangle my wig before I go to bed."

J couldn't help but smile thinking of her cozy bed, she didn't care the others slept upside-down like vampire bats, since she didn't have to. She waited in anticipation, sitting down at the control panel chair, glaring at N, before commanding, "I don't have all day."

N came up behind J and started brushing the ends of one ponytail very carefully.

"Remember, 100 brush strokes for the whole wig. Not more, not less.. and BE GENTLE!" the bossy silver-haired robot girl instructed, "My very fancy wig is made of real human hair."

V couldn't help but snicker at N's predicament.

N averted his gaze from V, it was embarrassing that she laughed at him, but, it was his job and he didn't have a choice.

J, normally thoroughly enjoyed V making fun of N, but tonight she wanted to put the colleague she had more respect for in her place. J responded with a mocking tone, "Oh, you think you're off the hook? V, you're on look out near the door to catch any roaming drones."

N still silently brushed J's lushious locks, gentle and carefully.

V groaned in annoyance and responded, "Ugh fiiiiine!"

N continued to brush J's hair carefully, approaching the 50th brushstroke making sure that the left ponytail was completely tangle-free.

He asked with nervousness in his voice, "Is, uh, is this ok, J?"

J didn't respond, she was super annoyed with N asking if he was doing fine.

She crossed one leg over the other and continued sitting waiting for N to be done brushing her silvery tresses.

N started brushing the other ponytail gently. He was starting to enjoy his work, having weird flashbacks of brushing some strange but kind girl's silky black hair somewhere in a mansion. He smiled a little thinking about the memory of whoever that was because he could hear her pretty voice saying, "Thanks, N, you're such a blessed lad."

N brushed a little higher by mistake and caught a tangle.

J yelped slightly. She turned around and slapped N across the face, her injector tail snagging the hairbrush out of the only-boy disassembly drone's hand. She shouted, raw rage in her voice, "FOR THE LOVE OF JC JENSEN, N! CAN'T YOU BE GENTLE?!"

J held her hand over the spot where the tangle caught and she reminded N in a coarse tone, "Like I said, IT'S A FANCY WIG, N! Must I do EVERYTHING myself?!" She turned away from him and started brushing the semi-knotted ponytail super gently with the hairbrush.

N headed to go to sleep, since he felt both upset and embarrassed, wishing for someone that would be a better friend to him than V and J.

Once J was done detangling her hair, she climbed up to her room. Took off her dress and put on an over-sized white JC Jensen shirt to wear as a night-gown.

J climbed into her bed and turned to a photo of a girl with long flowing black hair and a bow on her head.

The disassembly drone woman took the framed picture off her nightstand and kissed the photo on the forehead before whispering, "Don't worry, Tessa. I will make you proud and the company proud."

The End

[destinygoldenstar]

🍀Money Isn't The Only Victory🍀 - Total Drama Viewer Reacts to Disventure Camp Season 2 Episode 7 “Not As Easy As It Seems”

Hi.

So you may not have expected this because of... what happened...

But I wanted to react to this show and keep doing it. As a way to... you know... distract, from recent events...

Anyway, let's just go right ahead and jump into it.

"I'm putting together the platforms for today's challenge. Can't you see?"

Oh I don't like the sound of that...

"Didn't you have an intern to take care of these things?"

"Ever since Nina was kidnapped, I swore that I would never let her go for a second."

What exactly is your relationship with this puppet... demon... thing?

"That means this is our chance to get Riya's perfume back."

Oh yeah I forgot about that!

"I used her personal bathroom awhile ago and she didn't even notice."

OKAY LAKE, YOU REBEL.

"Okay, let's split up. That way it will be faster."

That doesn't look like splitting up to be chief.

"I must thank you again. What you are doing for me, I really appreciate it."

Awww

I am liking this Best Girls Alliance.

"Now I see why it is important. Those perfumes are really expensive."

"'Passion Of The Red Lady'. Mom and all her friends use that same fragrance."

Oho. Riya's fancy.

I know she got it from Connor. But she gonna be fancy rich with a million dollars.

"With a million dollars, I will always have the smell of my friends!"

I mean I don't want to THINK that, but think about it. Riya's a broke-ass actress who can't get a role, and is outside of her country with no relationships. And she's in a reality show where the value is money.

"If I was rich and famous, I'd have lots more friends and be lots happier!"

"Well, some people connect so well that when they separate, they feel empty. It's not common, but it's real."

Yeah, I know people like that.

Empty HOW, exactly?

"This brought back some memories."

Oh?

"When I was really stressed out with my homework and started losing my hair... mom took me to the wig shop. When I arrived, I saw a beautiful wig with red hair... but they didn't let me choose it. Mom was very upset with me because of my baldness. So she bought me this... she said it made me look like a good girl."

Awwwww

WEAR IT.

BECOME A REDHEAD. COME ON.

I WANT REDHEADED LAKE NOW.

YEEESSS!! REDHEADED LAKE! LET'S GOOO!!!!

I'm gonna have to get used to it. BUT LET'S GOOO!!!!

"First, you will have to play the classic dodgeball."

DODGEBRAWL.

At least NOW there's an in story reason for it, as she's Chris McLean's daughter and Total Drama is canon.

NUT SHOT!!

WE HAVE A NUT SHOT!!!

"Oops! I'm sorry!"

Oh, Rosa, don't apologize! You're too nice!!

NO ROSA!

OH GEEZ I THINK YOU CONCUSSED HIM.

"What kind of a bum can't blow up a ball properly?"

James, you can say asshole. It's fine.

Even a six year old has more guts to cuss than you.

"Actually, mine works."

"Forget it."

😂

OH MY GOD

THAT HAD NO RIGHT BEING AS FUNNY AS THAT WAS

😂

I'm SORRY

"Team A wins by default!"

That doesn't sound fair at all. You don't want to let Tess cook?

"That's not fair."

Even she agrees.

"Player 2? Who's Player 1?"

Oh I didn't think of it like that.

"He was my grandfather... everything I know about video games, he taught me."

Aw.

An ELDER teaching the YOUNGER generation about VIDEO GAMES? WHAT IS THIS NONSENSE?

"Until three months ago, when he died of lung cancer."

Aw...

YOU AND JAKE WOULD BE BEST FRIENDS!!

"I was super close with my grandparent, and they died."

"OMG ME TOO!!"

"I didn't leave the house for a long time and I cried every day... that's why I decided to audition for this show."

OH GEE, A CHARACTER WHO CAME TO THIS SHOW FOR THEIR GRANDPARENT.

WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS BEFORE?

If Allyson and Jake aren't friends, I'll probably sue someone.

"Life can be crap, right?"

Tell me about it.

"It's enough to take a step forward to see that life has much to offer."

That an AWKWARD way she said that line.

Oh welp. That was easy.

"You see, he's been very good to me these last few days... but I'm worried about trusting him and that he will disappoint me again."

Fair.

I mean just because a guy is sweet in the tent ONCE doesn't mean you can negate all the toxic behavior before.

I mean, I know there's such thing as redemption. I need to see it and be proven it first.

"What he did to Yul, it didn't seem like it was part of a strategy."

Oh no, THAT was different. THAT was personal.

That was just bias against Yul right there.

"Rather, I would say that he was protecting you."

Yeah, that too.

But mostly bias against Yul.

"If what he wants is an alliance, wasn't Yul a better option?"

HELL NO.

IN WHAT WORLD WOULD YUL BE A GOOD OPTION FOR AN ALLY?

"Maybe he likes you."

"You mean like... he's in love with me?"

I mean... DUH.

But I think LUST is a better word than LOVE. You know what I'm saying?

"The way he kissed you, the tone of his voice, his body movements when he is around you..."

Yeah, lust. That's just proving my point.

COME ON LAKE! YOU CAN DO IT!!

YUS LAKE! GET IT GIRL!!

XD

OUCH. That looked like it hurt.

YEEESS!!

OH COME ON THAT'S BULLSHIT

THAT WAS ON THE POLE!

"Congratulations Hunter! You have won the challenge and immunity."

OH THAT'S BULLSHIT!!

"I mean that we can be friends again and even vote together."

When were you guys friends in the first place?

"But if you have any plans or something, no matter what, I'd like you to tell me and keep me in mind."

I can work with that.

If James is gonna keep his word on that.

"So can we take pictures together again?"

Oh geez, so THAT'S what he was worried about XD

"Hey gang! Me and my boyfriend got back together! Hashtag reunion!"

"I think we should vote for Tess or Ally."

Oh, so we're strategizing.

Yeah I kinda felt like one of them had to leave at some point.

"Hunter's alliance has dominated the game since day one. The only loss they've had was because I set Yul to your team."

That's fair logic.

"So bow down to ME! I saved y'all from the bigger threats here! I am a QUEEN! SHOW RESPECT!"

OOP. BUSTED.

SHE'S GONNA SPILL.

"There's still a long way to go before tonight's elimination. So we can spend the afternoon relaxing and playing video games."

Wow. You guys are ASS strategists, aren't ya?

"Guys, there's something I want to tell you."

"We are SCREWED. Nice knowing ya."

"I just want to say... thank you."

Oh? Awww...

"Thank you for not giving up on me. Thank you for insisting on reaching out to me, even though I'm a mess. I was horrible to you, and yet you treated me with kindness, patience, and love. I... I am very, very happy that I came to this camp. Despite many horrible things I've been through.... meeting you two has been on of the best things that's ever happened to me."

AWWWWWW. HONEY. OH MY GOSH...

I'm actually touched. SWEETHEART.

"Yeah, I could have told them that I was sure Ally or myself would be voted out at the end of the night. But what for? I... I prefer to spend these last few hours together without worries."

Awwww...

So she's just deciding to quietly accept her fate.

I get it. Honestly? I do get it.

For THIS character specifically, I get it.

Well, we know the outcome here.

'James'

Huh. I thought they'd vote Lake. Since, you know, she was the closest to winning immunity.

'Tess'

Op. I knew it.

'Ally'

Wait what?

I thought y'all were voting together. Why'd you split?

'James'

'Tess'

'James'

'Tess'

I knew it.

She accepted her fate.

What I'm wondering is who the fuck threw their vote on Ally?

"Damn! I knew that if Yul left, attention would fall on us!"

XD

I love that his response is to blame Yul.

It's YUL'S fault that Tess got eliminated here.

I don't care what everyone says. Hunter said it. BLAME YUL FOR TESS GOING HOME.

"We must have thought of a plan or something!"

I mean that's on you guys. YOU'RE the ones that said 'nah, let's party!'

At least Tess CHOSE to let it happen.

"At the end of all this, we will meet again and we will be together."

As a polycule!

It goes full circle!

Awwwwww

Bye, Tess! Have a good one!

That's a good end for that character. I will give her that.

Could Tess have strategized to save herself? Maybe???

I don't know, honestly. I don't know what she COULD have done in that situation. Those five were pretty sound in their logic against her and her alliance, so it's not like she could've persuaded them to flip.

And they didn't have any blasted idols, so yeah, that was inevitable.

And if not in that episode, then at some point it would've happened anyway.

So I'm actually okay with it, because you know what?

TESS WON.

Okay? SHE WON.

I said this in a post about Total Drama before. NOT EVERY CHARACTER GOES ON THESE SHOWS TO WIN.

Some of them came here for the experience. Or to get away from bad life circumstances.

TESS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS.

There was nothing in her character that read to me that she was on the show to win the money.

If she won? Great. The money is a bonus.

But what she was REALLY after was to be on that show for a fulfilling experience. Which she NEEDED due to her depression.

AND SHE GOT IT. SHE MADE FRIENDS. SHE GOT A LIFE-FILLED EXPERIENCE. SHE GOT TO BE HAPPY.

THAT IS THE VICTORY THERE.

TESS WON.

So it didn't matter to her that she gets eliminated. As long as she gets to keep her friends by the end. That's what matters to her.

GOOD FOR YOU, TESS.👏

[bengiyo]

Step By Step Ep 11 Stray Thoughts

Last week on HR Violations, Chot got Pat together about respecting people's feelings, and then received news that his fiancé is finally taking him home to see the parents after eight years in a beautiful scene worthy of Bruce. Pat confessed to Jeng with a gross carrot cake, but Jeng was checked out of most responsibility all episode. Rumors started to already at work, Jeng waffled, and now Pat has resigned. Also, Ae and Khanun got married, and she gave Beam closure.

See, and this is why I felt the need to write last week. Rumors about Jeng end with him cornered in a meeting where executives tear him apart as his dad looks on. Even rumors that he's queer have cost this company money.

This is gross. They're worried about Fjord, who just hired them to use BL to sell their gas stations. This is what we're talking about with the underlying commentary in this show. The wealth class only wants marketable gays. Jeng is not allowed to be gay because of his position.

Jeng's dad has always known.

Not them using the gate as a barrier!!

It does make me really sad that Jeng has to admit that he can't protect Pat from any of this, because his judgement has been clouded. It's also sad that Pat had to do something drastic to force them to face this situation.

Oh, the hands fiends are gonna lose their minds this week.

Crying because they're all finally a team and Pat and Jeng aren't alone. Chot said, "Don't look at me like that. They have eyes!"

Oh my god a SWOT analysis.

So Put posted that picture huh?

Why does everyone have these loud conversations with the doors open?

I'm glad Pat finally handled Put, because dude needs to do his goddamn job.

SPIES AND THIEVES!!! Toh was the traitor all along!

We called it on Jeng holding the duties of heir so Jaab wouldn't be required to.

Ben and Saint have good scene chemistry.

Time for an Oishii ad break.

Okay, I love the office team. I don't mind Ying being a BL writer at all. I am enjoying everyone yelling.

Put and his conditions.

Hey, Put came through for them!

These hoes ain't loyal! Jeng bought their loyalty from Pat with a single meal!!!

Ope. Jen went all the way to Japan. The disappointments keep on coming.

Pat, that is clearly your father in a bad wig. What are you going to do with a broom?

We don't get gay boys and their dads that often. This is nice, even if the scene is a bit sad because the dad is foreshadowing the base conflict Pat and Jeng are facing.

The president is ruthless, and Jeng fell right into that trap when he used his own money for ads.

Pat isn't wrong. He can't stay here if his skills are always going to be in doubt.

Well, there's our breakup.

Okay! So Pat is going to work with Put for the next two years? This final episode is going to be messy. Still, I am enjoying this. Pat only seems to thrive in small teams. There's something to be said about how some of us just don't fit into corporate environments.

[rawiswhore]

Various WWF Wrestlers x Fem Reader- "Attention Whore"

I apologize as to why I didn't post any fanfics at the end of June and beginning of July---I was in a different town and wasn't using the Internet then because I don't have a laptop, iPad or iPhone.

This fanfiction may be similar to the last fanfic I posted, but whatever.

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From 1996 to the beginning of 1998, you always stood by Hunter Hearst Helmsley's/Triple H's side, always leading him to the ring, cheering for him and even doing photoshoots with him.

You never would've cheated on him or left for someone else.

However, at the end of 1997, when the Attitude era was coming about and women were beginning to dress more provocatively, you showed up on a "Monday Night Raw" episode dressed in nothing but a very short towel wrapped around your naked body with matching open toed high heels.

You walked past these male wrestlers lined up, where you were beginning to turn their heads sideways and smiles formed on their faces as they saw you.

Those male wrestlers lined up who looked at you and gave you lots of attention were Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Billy Gunn, Brian Pillman and Jeff Hardy.

Some of the sexiest wrestlers in the WWF.

Triple H, Shawn and Billy had their long hair hanging down.

You, too, had a smile on your face as you walked in that towel.

Those male wrestlers gave you attention in that towel.

Considering you were linked to Triple H and you were his manager when DX started off as Shawn and HHH, he didn't mind you being surrounded by other male wrestlers, especially Shawn.

Although, Triple H may as well be angry at those other male wrestlers giving you attention and you dressing like that for attention.

As those male wrestlers crowded around you with smiles on their faces, you giggled in a high pitched voice while you spoke in a rather high pitched voice different from your other voice.

"There's 5 of you and one of me" you mentioned. "So maybe you should go get a couple more guys"

Your eyes looked at Shawn Michaels while your elbow nudged him.

There are other male wrestlers you wish had been in the WWF so you could catch their attention, such as Rob Van Dam (who did almost join the WWF in 1997), Nova from ECW, Chris Jericho, Scott Hall, Tommy Rogers of the Fantastics, Al Snow/Leif Cassidy (if he shaved his moustache off) and some future WWF stars like Christian Cage and Val Venis, but unfortunately, those wrestlers are in other companies.

This entire moment was modeled after an infamous "Three's Company" episode where Janet puts on a blond wig and changes her personality along with it, even one of the things you said was a reference from that episode.

[heyclickadee]

A rambling thought about “Plan 99” and Omega

Here’s the thing about “Plan 99” that kind of wigs me out—besides all the other things, anyway. I actually really like it as an episode. I think it’s good. It’s painful, but it succeeds at exactly what it was trying to do. It just so happens, however, that what it was trying to do—as far as I can tell, anyway—was put us, the audience in the same emotional headspace as a thirteen-ish year old kid who’s lost everything over the space of a few hours(1). Not even a few hours; Omega was unconscious for a good chunk of the real time that passed after the cable car crash, so aside from her trip and arrival at Mount Tantiss, Omega loses pretty much everything over the course of what probably feels like twenty minutes.

And that means we’re right there with her as she goes from finally maybe having a place to call home, having people to rely on outside the batch, having a friend her own age, having these great established relationships with her brothers and a place for them to be safe, and thinking that finally—finally!—they’re going to get Crosshair back and they’re all going to be a family again, having everything looking up for once, to where “Plan 99” takes us. To the Omega and the team losing their one lead on Crosshair, to losing Tech, to losing Wrecker, Echo, and Hunter, too—the last time Omega saw them, Hemlock had Hunter and Wrecker and was going to get Echo, and then send them all back to Eriadu to be questioned by Tarkin, and Omega knows what that means—to having her fear of ending up an experiment in a tube go from being a distant nightmare to a very real, very immediate possibility. She’s not even allowed to talk to Nala Se, who’s at least a familiar face(2).

The only consolation Omega gets is being reunited with Crosshair, with whom Omega doesn’t really have a relationship, but who’s still her brother despite everything and who would definitely understand what Omega’s going through better than anyone else. Except he’s unconscious and strapped to a table, and Omega doesn’t know what was done to him but she knows it was bad, and there’s a fear of losing him, too. And the only real consolation we get as viewers is seeing Hunter and Wrecker escape, and knowing that they and Echo weren’t taken to Eriadu and are coming for Omega instead—but they’re all gutted and bereft and they have no clue where to even start. So we’re right there with Omega, and right there with Hunter, too, as their worlds fall even further apart.

I’ve said before that I think The Bad Batch is, at heart, the story of a family of veterans trying to find a way to live and a way home, wherever home is, in a galaxy that’s fallen apart and turned into something monstrous around them. And I still think that’s true, but it’s also the story of a little girl finding her family, and who wants to protect her baby brothers. Because, yes, they’re her dads/big brothers/uncles all at once, but there’s a part of Omega that never stopped seeing them as those babies in their tubes. And so, yes, I think we’re going to see Hunter, Wrecker, and Echo enter their John Wick eras trying to get Omega back, but if Omega thinks there’s a chance they’re lost, if she really thinks Tech is lost? If she thinks there’s a chance Crosshair might be the only one left? She’s going to be extra protective of him(3), and if she gets the slightest hope the others are out there, she’s going to go ham trying to get the rest of them back.

1. And without the additional context of whatever season three brings, it maybe succeeds too well. Not maybe—until we get that additional context, it does succeed too well. So I get why there are people who hate it, or who can never watch it again. It hurts, and it’s a little too much like real life grief.

2. Sidebar, but I’m admittedly ambivalent about the timing of the Emerie reveal. I actually don’t mind it, but I feel like it would have been stronger to have left it at “You might know me better than you think,” without the “sisters” line. I don’t dislike it, but I do feel about the same way about it as I did about the Nala Se scene at the very end of “Kamino Lost.” It’s fine on its own, but the imagery of the previous scene—Crosshair watching the marauder fly away, leaving him again, the last clone—the last being—left alive on Kamino, that I would have preferred leaving it there and putting the Nala Se scene (and that specific Emerie line) as an after credits scene or something.

3. I will be seated for Crossdad, but I’ll be extra seated for overprotective older sister Omega.

[yourlocalderp]

A very long and angry essay that will put my head on a guillotine but who cares.

Now before I start, to anyone I may offend or anger in this, I just want to say that I don't care. Call me evil, say I'm bad, announce me the Tumblr fun police, whatever just keep it to yourselves. (Don't actually, I'm bored. Write paragraphs about me on TikTok and slander my name please.)

Also, I'm going to be brutally honest in this, with my genuine feelings out there for the world to hear. If you don't want to read a bunch of words written by a mentally ill teenager who just hates something in the world, then feel free to move on with your life. For all those who don't want to leave/ are actually interested/ readying their pitchforks, then do I have a treat for you.

Now, onto my actual topic. The Marjorine Scotch headcannon fucking sucks and makes no sense.

Let me tell you why.

First of all, it came out of nowhere. She appeared in one episode, and everyone decided "Hey, let's get rid of Butter's and put Marjorine instead mhm mhm definitely a good idea!" Y'all flocked to Marjorine quick as fuck, and I bet a rat ass some of you don't even like her and just want to jump on that bandwagon of the random ass uprise of a character which is a COSTUME of a literal existing character.

Second of all, you all act as if she's been here the whole time. She hasn't, it's BUTTERS who was here, not Marjorine. I keep seeing replies on comments asking why Butters is always replaced with Marjorine going "Well Butters and Marjorine are the same people blah blah blah" as if those same repliers wouldn't go "Marjorine>>>>Butters" like what happened to the "same person" mindset you had before hm? Anyways Butters>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Marjorine like there is no doubt about it if you argue you're wrong and a hypocrite. Third of all, why Butters? Isn't he the most misogynistic, hater of all women, had an episode where he stuck his wee wee out to prove a point, kind of boy? Why suddenly all that is thrown out of the window for some girly girl MaRjOrInE with an unhealthy obsession with hello kitty? He didn't even enjoy being a girl for fucks sake he threw off his wig the moment he stepped his ass out of the girl's slumber party. (Btw feel free to correct me with this part because I refuse to watch the Marjorine episode out of spite.) Why not Wendy with Wendyl? She seemed pretty chill with being a guy. What about Princess fucking Kenny.

Topic 4. Princess Kenny and why she'd make more sense for a fandom to headcannon as mtf.

Maybe it's just because I'm bias to her, or magical girls in general, but why DO I never see anyone headcannon Kenny as anything other than genderfluid? Why does Butters, who dressed as a girl for ONE EPISODE, get the mtf hammer, but Kenny, whom basically EVERYONE called a girl for A LITERAL ARC FOR SOUTH PARK and A FUCKING GAME. Is it because you find Butters more, I don't know, feminine?

Disclaimer, this is where I start going into conspiracy type of shit. Don't take it too seriously because it really ISN'T that serious, but just an FYI, I mean it all.

This brings me to this point; I have a strong belief that some Marjorine people only do the Marjorine headcannon because they see Butters as more girly. Y'all know the ship Bunny? Y'all know how people usually see Kenny as "the man" of the ship? (Yes, I've seen people say that in Youtube comments. Get help.) Well, this makes Butters "the woman" of the ship now doesn't it. Yes, that's right. I'm accusing.

SOME

Take that word in.

SOME

People who ship fucking Kenjorine as to make them your average "UwU boy" and "Mf alpha demon thing who smokes like 30 cigars an hour" but it's straight and Marjorine is your petit anime girl and Kenny looks like he came out of one of those yaoi mangas from back in the day. Like, why is Marj always this cutesy kawaii girl like at least make her crazy?? (And sapphic. Don't be shy, why not make sapphic bunny with Princess Kenny and Marjorine? Then I can at least stomach SOME Marj content.)

I also think Kenjorine is just an excuse to make a gay ship straight. The number of comments I see that go "Omg!!11!!1 I love Kenjorine because it fits soOoOOOoO well with Kenny's character cause he's SO StRaIgHt>.<<<<<<" is annoying. Imagine that with Creek. I know it's a bad comparison with Creek since both boys are gay, but Kenny and Butters don't have confirmed sexualities, maybe Kenny does like dudes, we'll never know. All I'm saying is that why is it that y'all get so pressed when someone turns the "uke" of the ship (Like tweek or butters, lord have mercy i'm going to cry a river.) into a woman, you're only mad about one? (Aka Tweek ones, which is understandable.) At least the Creek people have gotten past that phase of feminizing Tweek to the point he's not even proportionally accurate, the Bunny fandom though.....

Speaking of Kenjorine once again, can you kenjorine motherfuckers get out of the Bunny tag on tiktok? I can't scroll 5 tiktoks without seeing Marj's face and it's gotten to the point that I just had to mention this in here. Y'all have a tag with over 40 million views go use that, after all isn't Kenjorine the "superior" ship to you guys? (After people see this, I bet multiple kenjorine tiktoks are going to appear in the bunny tag and I'll go into a deep depression because I just can't enjoy Butters x Kenny anymore.)

Anyways, last point I'm about to make before I wrap things up, you know those crappy edits of South Park oc's in South Park? That's what Marjorine feels like. She doesn't fit in, she's too "perfect" or whatever, she basically has no flaws to me. Every time I see a Marj headcannon thing, it's always along the lines of: "Marjorine. (insert age). Gets bullied by Eric but stands up to him or whatever like a girlboss yada yada. Epic bf (and it's just Kenny on steroids). Hello kitty enthusiast. (insert a bunch of facts I do not give a shit about)" Like damn girl what about your PARENTS??? Would your parents APPROVE of this? I don't fucking think so, I doubt they'd not ground Butters for even thinking about being trans.

That wraps up everything I have to say so far, maybe I'll come by to update this, maybe not. Either way, here's some final thoughts, as well as my contradictions to every reason I know of why people use the Marjorine headcanon because I'm petty and angry that I keep seeing her.

"She looked happy as a girl!" Did you watch the episode, or did you just see what you wanted to see? He was happy because he was being ACCEPTED. That doesn't mean he liked being a GIRL.

"He wore a skirt that one time!" What happened to "Clothes have no gender?" There's a difference between dressing in "the opposite gender's" clothing, and actually being the opposite gender. If I wore a tuxedo, does that make me a man? No. I'd like to dress up as the genderbent version of myself, but I'm still not a guy. Therefore, this argument is fucking stupid and goes against a lot of shit that people are saying.

"He likes hello kitty!" Again, liking hello kitty doesn't mean you're a girl or something, you're not suddenly a boy if you play Valorant or whatnot, and you are most certainly not a girl just because you play something inherently "girly."

"She's just a girl!!!" He's Butters, get over it. Just plain old simple Butters, leave him be. You people are like the mfs in the exact episode Marjorine was in. You aren't happy with how he was before; you want him to change just to make yourselves happy. Remind you of something in the episode? Where Marjorine cried in the bathroom because no one liked her, and the only reason the people did was they gave her a makeover and made her more girly? You're all just reenacting that episode but pretending that Butters would be happy with it.

Final words

Princess Kenny is better. Also if y'all are gonna type angry paragraphs about me, please send them to me so I can argue with a wall cause it's pretty damn entertaining. I'll even do the courtesy of ranking your insults/comebacks out of 10. I'm so fucking tired of seeing this bitch everywhere it's driving me to the brink of insanity. I know I'm weird and crazy but the Marjorine Stotch headcannon is like a leech in my brain and I can't get that mf out I want her gone she's a genuine thorn to my spine. Out of the courtesy of my own heart, I must say. This fandom truly made me lose all respect I had for a character, and this character wasn't even relevant to anything. She's useless, brings nothing to the plot, and should've stayed a one-time joke. Everyone who says otherwise like "Marjorine is SooOOoOooOO much better" needs a reality check. This isn't fucking "girl power" to you this is the removal of a character for a fandom oc.

Bunny supremacy, stop putting Kenjorine into it's tag, get the fuck out my ship you have your own tag, bye.

[atopvisenyashill]

i have to watch everything at least twice to understand it but preliminary thoughts

wigs look good so far even tho aegon’s looks dumb. i get they want to go for like “greasy sadboy” here but it looks like they plopped it on his head 10 minutes before they started filming. crazy bc little jaehaerys looked adorable, helaena looked very nice, and rhaenyra’s fucked up wig was divine.

baela and rhaena crumbs were nice and while i think the dresses on the whole looked better, i’m still genuinely annoyed that they consistently choose to put baela in these random no character targaryen style dresses instead of her trousers. it’s fine at least they were at the funeral up close this time, given that luke is their literal brothercousin.

we could have gotten a wall scene AND the cregan tells jace about luke reveal. imo there was time in this episode to have jace at some sort of small dinner where cregan introduces him to some people, talk about the long night, and see jace Relaxed, Funny, And Politicking like the aegon & jaehaerys scenes.

that said, him crying as he tried to report to rhaenyra was well done, and picking up joffrey actually made me yell out loud. i will take these crumbs thanks.

aliotto fatherhusband and daughterwife scene was really really excellent. i might turn into an alicole hater bc i think those scenes were a waste of time and i want alicent to fuck several relatives And larys before that man, if she must fuck a man. we’ll see going forward.

b&c was kinda disappointing? not married to the idea of helaena picking maelor/jaehaera to die over jaehaerys so much as blood or cheese making sure to get in that “hear that your mommy wants you dead” line. THATS what makes it the tragedy, that helaena chooses a child over the other and has to live with it. i Kind Of get the change here, the continued themes of helaena being ignored, the idea that helaena almost wants to spare jaehaerys from ever being king by letting him die (i mean that’s what i was getting from the earlier convo + “they killed the boy” - spare her boy by letting him die, try to protect her girl by ensuring she lives). but then they should have found a way to work in an extra level of psychological torture there with the choice she made.

i DO like that they chose jaehaerys to kill bc they were kinda rushed. they’re doing this for the money, bc they don’t like the hightowers, there’s a different rat catcher for different floors, they’re not thinking about the politics of whether it’s better to risk killing aemond in a messy way or settle for jaehaerys, they’re just trying to get the job done. i think there needed to be a little more oomph in that decision though - either more gore/sadism during the moment of killing jaehaerys or a longer scene with daemon about what to do if they can’t bag aemond that makes the viewer a bit unsettled by daemon.

rhys looked infinitely sexier to me. he dumped his annoying deadbeat husband (viserys) and glowed the fuck up. i respect the game.

in general, it’s the same issue as last season which is too much plot heavy tb scenes whereas tg has a good mix of character & plot driven scenes. it’s so frustrating that they can get the same information across but in a scene that has more character analysis & humor but seem determined to Only do this for the greens. the only one we really got for tb in that regard is maybe the corlys/alyn one.

i don’t want to end on bitching let’s end these with MY FAVORITE PARTS: ✨🖤jace’s fire new look🖤✨ and every aegon scene!

[sapphirebluejewel]

If Next Class had a Season 5/6 (written by me*)

Esme Song-Therapy and diagnoses for her issues obviously. But it needs to be a different journey than we've seen in the past. There are always new ways to treat mental health and it is a continual conversation. But I do think she needs to apologize to Frankie. Also a new hairstyle, please.

Baaz Nahir-Since the actor has beefed up I think his arc will be joining a sport(swimming because iykyk) and becoming more popular and kinda wanting to be more than a nerd. He becomes friends with Saad and some other less friendly people too through the swim team. Has a cute small relationship thing with Megan. Has to learn to balance his new friends with his old ones.

Vijay Maraj-He's involved in student council again. Queer Straight Alliance president for sure. We can discover more about his home situation. My idea is that his dad left when he came out and started a whole new family. Also, he needs a love interest because he needs an actual good relationship. All around just make him a more three-dimensional character. I think his look could evolve as well. We know he's into social media but that has been explored a lot in the past.

Hunter Hollingsworth-Hunter needs to work in his bigotry and while he does he's shunned by the school. This means he is NOT in all-inclusive since well he's not very inclusive. I imagine he gets voted out. That's his whole storyline and he might beg for Yael back but they won't have him. And I want to have him and Frankie bonding and her trying to help him.

Frankie Hollingsworth-So I want her to actually have a healthy polyamorous relationship! Degrassi needs to represent a healthy poly relationship. Cause so far they haven't. I'm thinking with two new juniors and either all three get into it first and two of them and then a third is added. I don't really know all I know is that I think it would be good for her character. Also pan storyline and her going to a therapist to talk about her past and maybe how her father actually affected her. This is probably where her trust issues stem from. And her acknowledging her privilege.

Lola Pacini-Regular up and downs in her relationship with Saad. She wants him to be more involved. Maybe they break up? She goes to talk to Yael about this stuff. But Miles definitely comes back in the graduation episode and they have a talk and he tells her what he would have done if she told him she was pregnant. And just them staying in touch. Also, I'd want to see her relationship with her dad and a storyline with that. I love Lola and she's an interesting character but I don't know what else to do with her.

Yael Baron-Expanding on the nonbinary stuff. They meet others who aren't binary and learn more about all the different types of pronouns. Becoming more confident and realizing they don't need Hunter. Issues with the binder and learning you can't wear it all the time and talks about top surgery. And expanding on their style. Also I want to know why they wore the wig before.

Saad Al'Maliki-Lola encourages Saad to put himself out there more and make friends in Degrassi since it really isn't that bad of a place. So he joins the swim team and starts to make friends with Baaz. Also more of his photography. His relationships struggles with Lola.

Shay Powers-Shay for president? And then she will struggle under the weight of school, sports, applying for colleges, and a relationship. I would push her as the main girl in this new era. She had a breakdown most likely and Tiny comes back to help her through it. To Shay it just seems everything is happened at once.

Rasha Zuabi-Rasha will direct and star in the school play. Part of her storyline will deal with her struggle in her long-distance relationship with Zoe but I think they will ultimately stay together. Degrassi needs a college relationship that doesn't break up at all. She will also struggle with not having many friends at the beginning of the season and not fitting in with the trio of senior girls.

Abra Al'Maliki-I'm thinking a little crush on Baaz especially because her brother is friends with him. I don't think he would like her back just because she's Saad's sister and not like his new image but it wouldn't be creepy or weird. Also, we just see her with a friend around being teenage girls giggling k'now. Her maturing and wearing makeup and stuff.

New Characters

Imani Shaw-Abra's best friend, she becomes insecure about her body throughout the season. Social media should play a role in her insecurity. We just see her being a teenage girl with Abra in the background. Junior as well like Abra who I always think is way younger. African American.

Thạch Ngoc Erin -One of Frankie's new partners who is on the Bright Sparks team. Her shown being an actual good autistic representation. Maybe kind of a mysterious bad-girl image because Degrassi hasn't had that in a while. Junior and Vietnamese. Her parents arrived as refugees after the Vietnam War.

Koda Migizi-A new friend Yael meets in support group. Auditions for play later on. Has to contend with being indigenous and genderfluid. Freshman. First Nation of Ojibwe but I am not well versed in the indigenous people of Canada so tell me if this isn't accurate.

Adrian Qadeeh-Frankie's other new partner and on the Bright Sparks team. He's Jewish and faces casual antisemitism. Maybe Palestinian heritage because that would be relevant to what's happening today. Junior.

Josh Moore-A junior boy on the swim team. Basically, a typical jock who's stuck up, sexist, a bit dumb, and a bit aggressive. Degrassi needs one of those again just to cause issues. Maybe he vapes too cause that's something that goes on with teens now. This isn't an issue that has to be resolved but to just make him more relatable. White if that isn't obvious. He's like Degrassi's version of Spider from Heartbreak High.

Esther Chassé-A sophomore aro spec ace spec person Vijay meets in GSA. Has OCD but that isn't revealed until later and she struggles with it. Starts up the Degrassi radio show again with Jesus. The radio show would be in the background during other storylines.

Megan Chuang-A sophomore girl introduced in season 6 who has a crush on the newly popular Baaz. Her parents have been divorced since she was small. Others may think it's weird but it's all she's ever known. Involved in student council as like a junior representative or something. Her mother is Chinese and her dad is not. Has step siblings.

Jesus Botello-Sophomore is the other half of the Degrassi talk show. He would be in classes with little quips. Uses crutches as a mobility aid and sometimes a wheelchair. Maybe money problems because of whatever causes this disability. How his family's money issues seperate him from others who are more carefree with their money. Latino.

Guglielmo Iggy Brigham-Vijay's boy toy who doesn't actually go to Degrassi. The veiwer won't find out his name and he's just called Iggy throughout. He is not out to his family.

[she-karev]

Costume Contest (Jolex Halloween Imagine)

Costume Contest (Jolex Halloween Imagine)

Age Rating: 12+

Chapters: One of Four

Fandom: Grey’s Anatomy

Ship: Alex Karev x Jo Wilson/Jo Karev

Canon Episode: Between Season 18 Episode 4 and 5

AN: Happy Halloween guys! So this story was last minute when I felt like Jolex needed a Halloween one shot. Like and reblog below and let me know what you think.

Summary: Alex Karev decides to compete at Joe’s Halloween Costume Contest choosing to dress as the Joker to work. He finds out his sister Amber dressed up as the Joker too to their spouse’s amusement. They later show up that night at the bar in the same costume again where the winner is declared.

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October 31, 2021

“So it’s Luna’s first Halloween, any plans for tonight?” Andrew asks his sister-in-law Jo Karev at the attendings lounge where they are relaxing before their shifts. Despite Jo switching to OB she still frequents the lounge due to finding it more appealing than the residents lounge. She is clad in her pale pink scrubs while DeLuca is in his navy scrubs and sipping coffee across from each other on the table.

Jo groans clearly detested, “I was gonna have a quiet night in, eat candy, ignore the trick or treaters and watch Halloween movies with my family like we usually do. But for some reason Alex is in a Halloween hype this year. He even decided to enter the costume contest at Joe’s which he normally calls a clown car competition. I would find it cute if it wasn’t out of character.”

“Yeah well try being married to the Karev who was already a Halloween fanatic when we started dating.” Andrew shares about his wife Amber who is Alex’s sister, “Every year on Halloween Amber and I always go to the movies to check out the scariest movie showing and then after she spends about three hours putting together a costume that always wins her a 100-dollar gift card at Joe’s.”

“That sounds nice.”

Andrew chuckles darkly, “Clearly you haven’t seen the movies Amber drags me to see. Have you ever seen Terrifier? The one with the mime that smiles and eviscerates people?”

Jo’s eyes widen at that terrifying image, “I haven’t even heard of it until now.”

“Then you are extremely lucky.” Andrew commends sipping his coffee, “I couldn’t eat any meat after Art the Clown sawed that naked girl in half while she was hanging upside down.”

Jo stops chewing the bran muffin she was eating before swallowing and putting her breakfast down, “Thanks for making me lose my appetite. What’s Amber’s costume this year? Something as horrifying as what you just told me?”

“I have no idea.” Jo raises an eyebrow at his lack of knowledge, “She always wants it to be a surprise and insists I leave early so she can get ready. She wants to wear the costume during work.”

“Huh, weird that’s what Alex is doing too.”

“What’s his costume gonna be?” Andrew asks just as the door opens revealing Alex Karev as The Joker from The Dark Knight. Jo chuckles in shock at her husband clad in a purple suit, messy green wig and clown makeup that makes him look exactly like Heath Ledger as the infamous villain.

Andrew DeLuca looks taken back by his brother-in-law’s commitment to his costume that is the same as Amber’s which makes him feel disturbed at this similarity.

“Why so serious?” Alex asks causing Jo to laugh while he stands in front of her with a smile lifting her hand up to his lips for a kiss, “You complete me.”

“Oh my god!” Jo exclaims with a smile seeing her husband going to get himself a cup of coffee.

“What do you guys think?” Alex asks normal with a smile, “Am I a shoe in tonight or what?”

“Honey, I know you said you wanted to win but don’t you think your overdoing this just a little bit?” Jo looks at his eyes and smiles, “Are you wearing my eyeliner?”

“Hey, this suit is expensive I gotta keep a budget somewhere.” Jo laughs at this while DeLuca chuckles, “Yeah laugh now but tonight everyone is gonna love this and vote for me and we’ll see who gets the last laugh. Ha-ha-ha!”

“We’ll I wouldn’t hold my breath man. My wife is entering the contest too and she has won every year.” Alex raises an eyebrow and motions himself up and down at the spectacular costume he worked hard on, “Although it looks like she might have some competition this year.”

The door opens once again revealing Amber in her costume as The Joker from the 2019 movie Joker. She is wearing a red suit with a yellow three button vest and teal button down with red and black loafers. Her face is painted in the same style as Joaquin Phoenix’s in the famous movie with her hair tucked inside a green wig.

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Jo gasps and laughs at this coincidence causing Andrew to turn while he sips his drink and spits his coffee out in shock of seeing his wife wearing the same costume as her brother. Once the shock dies, he can’t help the laugh that escapes him and joins Jo while Amber smiles and recites a quote of the man she’s dressed as.

“Is it just me or is it getting crazier out there?” This makes her husband and sister-in-law laugh harder making Amber confused, “What?”

She looks up to see Alex standing by the coffee table in his Joker costume as well with a sly grin and waving at her mockingly. The sight makes her frown and it agitates her that her brother is stealing her Halloween spotlight.

“Oh, come on!” Amber exclaims in anger, “You lazy copycat!”

“Me copycat? You copycat!” Alex retorts offended.

“Since when do you dress up for Halloween?” Amber asks dumbfounded, “You always said I was childish for doing it and now what you decided to upstage me like always?”

“Amber despite what you think I want to dress up for me and me only this has nothing to do with you.” Amber rolls her eyes at the explanation, “So how do you think the audience is gonna pick which Joker to vote for? I’m the oldest and my guy came first so how about I be Joker 1?”

Amber’s eyes widen at that as she realizes what he’s insinuating, “You’re entering the contest? Your gonna wear this at Joe’s tonight and compete against me as the Joker?”

Alex shrugs nonchalantly not seeing the problem but Amber chuckles evilly before proclaiming, “No! No, no, no, no, no, no and have I mentioned no! You have to change!”

Alex scoffs, “Oh no kid I am wearing my wifes makeup, you have to change.”

Amber groans and turns to Jo who looks frightened at being involved in this scrap, “Jo tell off your husband for me and get him to change his costume that he procrastinated last minute while I have been working on mine for a year!”

Alex scoffs and looks at DeLuca who is already regretting being here, “And DeLuca maybe you can tell your wife that Halloween isn’t just her night and that other people deserve a chance to compete against her and win because she is not the center of the universe.”

“Okay both of you enough!” Jo says sternly causing the Jokers to quiet, “Look it’s clear that the two of you are especially childish today and me and DeLuca don’t feel like getting in the middle of your sibling rivalry so here is what will happen. The both of you will change costumes and go as something else for the contest tonight.”

The Karev’s look wide eyed at that with Amber responding, “What?! Jo it’s Halloween day where are we gonna find a costume before tonight?”

“I don’t care, just find something else.” Jo turns to Alex who looks offended at her request, “Honey you work in peds I’m sure you can find a costume and avoid murdering your sister.”

“Bella, I love you but you’ve won the last three years, just dust off on of your many costumes.” Andrew suggests to his wife’s ire, “Hey here’s an idea how about you go as a couple of doctors in a hospital with a very strict dress code policy? Now come on go change shift is about to start and I’m pretty sure clown makeup is not sanitary for the OR.”

Amber groans but follows suit leaving the lounge before having one last complaint, “I spent all year on this!”

She slams the door closed causing Alex to roll his eyes before going to the restroom to change. As the door closes DeLuca and Jo laugh out loud at what just transpired loving this spooky holiday more and more.

That Night

“I can’t believe you got me to agree to compete with you and wear this seriously uncomfortable costume that is giving me a wedgie.” Jo complains as she untightens her underwear under the leather costume.

Instead of going as the Joker, Alex improvised and went straight to the costume shop where there were limited options. His hope seemed lost until he found a Batman costume from the circa 1966 show. He also found a Catwoman costume from the same show that gave him an idea on the best way to win the contest.

Instead of competing solo, he has a better chance of winning with his gorgeous wife who looks especially beautiful in the black catsuit with a gold belt and with a cat mask around her face. The blue spandex costume Alex is wearing is breathable with the mask loose around his face. Unlike his wife’s that she has been complaining about since she put it on.

And to ensure a slam dunk, Alex got a Robin onesie for Luna with a tiny yellow cape. They walk inside the lively bar with their little sidekick inside the stroller as the Monster Mash plays over the bar.

“It’s just for tonight and after we beat my sister who thinks she’s the queen of Halloween. Let me tell you that crown gives her a big head.” Alex chuckles looking at Robin inside the stroller, “But we’ll show her won’t we Little Robin? The Dynamic Duo cannot be beat especially when Robin is the cutest person in this whole party.”

Jo sighs at this competitive side of Alex, “Okay babe this whole over competitive Halloween spirit was really amusing at first but don’t you think your taking things a little too far?”

“That chicks going down.” Alex proclaims seriously.

“Seriously though what is with this whole…Jack Skellington act you have this year?” Jo asks Alex, “I mean any other year you would insist we stay in, watch scary movies, eat candy and ignore the trick or treaters. What’s so different?”

Alex’s serious expression turns thoughtful as he collects his thoughts before responding, “This past year has been hell for all of us and not just because of the pandemic. Meredith almost died, DeLuca almost died, Luna almost died, Amber had PTSD, Avery left, my hospital got bought, everything was a disaster.”

Jo looks at Alex sympathetic over their struggles in 2020, “But then the vaccine finally came out and covid became something we could live with. Things finally became stable and…I realized I’ve been taking my joy for granted. I never really enjoyed things that used to make me happy. Growing up I loved Halloween, trick or treating with my brother and sister, dressing up, I loved it but then I grew up. So I decided to remember a time I was happy with the people who make me happy. We can’t take our lives for granted anymore and I cannot waste a moment with my family.”

Jo grins at that heartwarming confession wrapping her arms around the back of his neck, “You make us happy too, more than you know. And if celebrating this holiday makes you happy then I’ll support you. I mean I’m wearing this ridiculous costume just for a chance to win 100 dollars of food and drinks at Joe’s.”

“Have I mentioned you look purrrrfect?”

Jo smirks, “And here I was thinking that was a Batarang I felt in your pants.”

Alex grins lustfully at his wife until he sees Amber walking across the bar in a new costume. Amber is also Catwoman but instead of the show she is wearing the costume from Tim Burton’s Batman Returns with a whip by her side. The sight sours his mood suddenly at this coincidence once again.

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“Are you freaking kidding me?”

Jo narrows her eyes confused and turns around seeing what upset him to her annoyance, “Oh my god really this again?”

Amber sees the couple and she approaches them with a peeved look, “Seriously? It wasn’t enough you copied me you had to copy me and husband too?! Are you kidding me?!”

“Yes Amber me and Jo knew you guys were dressing up as Batman and Catwoman and decided to steal it.” Alex retorts sarcastically causing Jo to roll her eyes at this fight, “Except unlike Jo you can’t pull off that costume at all.”

“Do not make me use this whip on you Alexander Michael Karev!” Amber yells as her husband Andrew stands by her side annoyed at this with Jo. Like Alex he is dressed like Batman from the Batman Returns movie to pair with Amber’s black leather stitched up catsuit.

Andrew puts his arm around his angry wife to calm her down, “Okay guys this is getting ridiculous, break it up and let the audience decide who’s the best Batman and Catwoman and we can finally settle this stupid feud once and for all and we can get back to sanity.”

Jo tries to pull Alex away from his sister, “Yeah come on honey you look way better anyways.”

Amber chuckles sarcastically, “Please my Batman actually has abs, and that show is so 1960’s. Try not to cry when we beat you.”

“Please cry so I can bask in the joy.” Alex retorts walking away with Jo and Luna leaving the DeLuca’s behind. Andrew raises an eyebrow at his wife who notices.

“What?”

“Was that argument really necessary?” Andrew asks both amused and annoyed, “We can spend 100 dollars at Joe’s without the card. Is this petty feud really worth it?”

“Hey you marry me, you marry my petty sibling rivalries.” Amber points out.

“Is it too late for an annulment?” Amber glares at Andrew smacking his arm with the whip, “Ow! I’m joking jeez! Can we just enjoy ourselves before we go up onstage and settle this ridiculous contest once and for all?”

Amber eyes soften at that proposal, “well you are catnip to a girl like me. Let’s go.” Andrew grins at that as his wife holds his hand leading him to the bar where they have a drink.

Later

After getting on stage and presenting themselves to the audience with other competitors and having ballots cast. The Karev siblings and their spouses wait impatiently as the bartender goes up to announce the winner.

“We all saw some great costumes tonight but only one can be the winner. Hang on to your hats goblins and ghouls cause the winner of this year’s costume contest is…” The bartender opens the envelope with Amber and Alex looking on anxiously, “Alex and Jo Karev as Batman and Catwoman!”

The audience erupts in claps and yells with Alex and Jo laughing at this before going up with Luna and getting their prize. Amber stands them dejected with a frown but reluctantly claps for her family with Andrew who grins squeezing her leather shoulder in comfort before pulling her in for a kiss to her head.

Alex and Jo walk down stage and approach his sister and her husband. Amber lightly chuckles at this result before commenting.

“I never had a chance.” Alex grins at his sister taking the loss well, “You brought a baby with you, I’m hot in leather but I am nothing against a baby.”

Alex chuckles, “Well you almost came close sis if that makes you feel better. Are we good?” He asks holding his hand out for a shake. Amber looks at his offered hand for a moment before shaking it in sportsman ship to their families relief.

“See now that is the spirit of Halloween.” Jo smiles looking at DeLuca, “Sorry DeLuca this just wasn’t your year.”

“Hey I’m just finally glad to be out of this dutch oven mask.” Andrew pulls his mask down exhaling in relief revealing sweat across his face to Amber’s amusement, “Next year I get to pick the costumes.”

Amber chuckles, “Deal. Come on let me make it up to you with a horror movie marathon and a bowl of popcorn with M&M’s and Reese’s with your name on it.”

“I love you.” Andrew says wistfully before he and his wife leave to do just that.

Jo turns to Alex with a smile, “Happy Halloween.”

“Happy Halloween.” Alex and Jo seal this night with a kiss as they celebrate this win and enjoy this family time on this spooky holiday.