#either way i dont think that version does it justice

[yandere-veronica]

Something I hate about the 2022 film of the Heathers musical is that the director seemed to try to make Veronica into just like a weird dweeby nerd rather than what she is--a death obsessed babygoth.

She should be picked on not because she's weird in a star trek way but because she's weird in a morbid fascination with death way, a feet-turned-inward-wont-look-you-in-the-eye-but-viscerally-imagining-spilling-your-guts-on-the-pavement way. Like. I don't understand why a yandere school shooter type would have any level of investment in her portrayal in the 2022 version, or why she would be obsessed with a yandere school shooter type.

Sure, she says she likes the "rush" of JD, she says he's a drug, she's supposed to like the killing on some level but it kind of feels to me like she's just completely grossed out and isn't even in denial about liking it. I don't feel her thinking JD is a drug at all. She's just saying words. Like, what, is he just so good at kissing you can't stay away? Is that it?

But a death obsessed babygoth who looks at JD and knows they are one soul in two bodies? Who thinks to herself you're me but if I had the confidence to finally say fuck everybody else? Who is fascinated with him not because he can throw a punch and kiss good and gives her the time of day but because just seeing him has unlocked something within her and she can't stand to lock it away again?

Now that's a girl worth bombing a gym over.

[olive-gardens-breadstick]

MORE DC HEADCANNONS

bruce wears his mothers pearls, he gathered every last pearl in his little hands before the police got there and either had the necklace remade by a trusted jeweler whom he watched over as they did or remade it him self (after doing copious amounts of research of course)

monopoly and clue are banned from game night

diana is supposed to be the goddess of the moon and hunt, in Greek mythology but diana is actually the goddess for that in roman mythology. now

Aphrodite made the gauntlets she wears to like make sure she uses her powers for good (i think dont quote me on that) what if zeus suppressed his actual daughter, artemis within diana so she would kill ares when the time came (bc rome came after greece and diana wouldnt know ares wa her bother)

when bruce’s kids find the pictures on him with the cats (most of the notes on the back are written by oliver or martha) then spend hours looking through them because their dad is happy in these photos!!! he’s smiling!!

they also digitize them all (front and back) and put them on a flash drive shaped like a paw

after finding them in the attic they decide to snoop around for some more pictures of their dad before batman and find ONE (1) photo of him oliver harvey and harley at a drive in dress as the characters from rocky horror (bruce - dr frankenfurter oliver - janet harvey - brad harley - magenta) upon finding this the immediately to question them they go as civilians and get nothing out of oliver almost nothing out of harvey and way more than they asked from harley

despite being an alien clark is terrified of the ‘alien’ movies

clark met bruce as a teenager and bruce is so thrilled clark has no recollection of this

before they found out bruce was batman he was the justice leagues ‘if i had to pick a guy’ and it took oliver every fiber of his being to not think about it or piss himself laughing

the teen titans and young justice and similar situations when dick and tim were robin

at one point steph said ‘we cannot possibly ALL be dating superman it is not mathematically possible’ at dinner

damien is the only one to ever actually date a superman (jon) and when they ask jon why he would date damien he just shrugs and says ‘once he stops biting and you start to observe him carefully you can see he cares a lot just like bruce!’

the ‘just like bruce’ comment sends them into the stratosphere and they immediately start observing and sure enough jon was right bruce doesn’t say much but does things, when one of them mentions something something about it is done and dealt with (tim’s grapple got crumpled by bane? a new updated version is by his suit next patrol. cass mentions she wants black point shoes? in her bag and broke in by her next practice. steph mentions how she wants batburger before patrol? she’s gotten it twice before the night is over.) they mention this at the league while bruce is away and oliver confirms he’s always been like that, something he got from his mom

star fire hates the taste of actual strawberries but loves strawberry flavoring

kon loves lemon anything and once was in the news for just eating a lemon (tim and rest absolutely flamed him for it)

dream tried to skate board in a dream once and ate shit( it rained in the dreaming for two weeks)

dream’s favorite human food is an extinct banana

[fang-of-the-weak]

An ordered guide.

"Yuzuriha, Kotoko. 20 years old. Someone who plans to fight for your sake- well. I suppose that depends on you, too."

Information.

Hi there! This is an rp/askblog for Kotoko Yuzuriha! By default, asks or roleplay are done in the perspective of trial 2 Kotoko. However, you can also specify which version of Kotoko you want to interact with!

The versions of Kotoko are as follows:

(📷) Pre-milgram Kotoko, post-murder, but before the incident of leaving Lucky behind. Lucky is still around with her

(🐺) Trial one Kotoko! Self-explainable, has knowledge of everything up until Es's first nap (so aware of everyones verdicts/behaviours up until then, but hasn't beat anyone up- and Es is still awake)

(⚖️) Trial two Kotoko, motherfucker supreme. Has knowledge of everything up until Es's second nap. Beat everyone up. You know what she's like. Currently not handling her guilty verdict very well.

Something important to note is that if you're talking to trial one/two Kotoko, the interactions are the voices she hears in milgram! How does this work with magic anon or giving Kotoko an item? Don't worry about it. (the exception to this is if youre, say, another rp blog! in which case shes just talking/interacting with you as an actual person.) (Pre-milgram Kotoko is just actually on tumblr.com)

Please remember that Kotoko's way of talking is usually blunt/abrasive, and can come across as rude or disinterested. This isnt either of us mods being angry at you we swear!! Kotoko's just. Like That. she is also...infamously hard to get information out of. Dont be afraid to start pressuring her in your asks or getting creative with it if she's not telling you something! However, be aware that Kotoko is pretty easily agitated/annoyed/impatient in scenarios such as those!

Lastly, while both mods try to stick pretty close to Kotoko's canon characterisation/lore, some stuff will be headcanon! This is mostly in relation to Lucky, prisoners Kotoko doesn't talk to/about often, anything about Kotoko's life that she hasn't told us about (SERIOUSLY, WHY DOESNT SHE EVER TELL US ANYTHING?), etc.

The rules of this place.

-While both mods ARE adults, please don't be too nsfw! Lighter jokes(?) like accusing Kotoko of being like, a bottom or something are fine- but please dont get weird with it!

-Please do not send shipping asks/interactions outside of sapphic Kotoko ships! (Both mods are uncomfortable with romantic 0310, 0910, etc. sorry! So for example, 0210 and 0610 would be fine!)

-Anon magic allowed! We sure hope nothing nefarious happens to Kotoko...

Mods...what?

🫀 mod Canis - doesnt know what pronouns are. has spent an unorthodox amount of time analysing kotoko. not actually that big of a canine person. more likely to be the one responding with kotokos low empathy autism swag at full force. was forced to go back through this post and capitalise everything. thinks mod lupus is a freak for capitalising things. mod lupus misspelled empathetic

🔬 Mod lupus - Uh ig you could use she/her or whatever you feel like. Major in biology. Why is this important? No clue. I study Kotoko under a microscope like a lab specimen. I like cats. You can expect the more smart and empathic Kotoko answers to come from me or smth. I hate her. Also hate mod canis for complaining about capitalisation. mod canis should look up what empathic means and realise they are the same thing.

Post tagging.

Posts follow this tagging order:

#[🖊️ rely on me. go on] - Non prisoner asks

#[♟️ observing...???] - prisoner asks/interactions, the ??? will be replaced by the prisoner number. 011 for Es. Jackalope is 000.

#[🔎 need further investigation... ???] ocs. if they have a prisoner number it goes there

#[🦷 together we'll be able to create the right milgram] rp tag

#[📰 reporting] text posts

#[📌 valuable information] random reblogs

#[📷 the person who cant be saved] pre milgram

#[🐺 what should the punishment be?] trial 1

#[⚖️ laughable justice] trial 2

#[❓she would not fucking say that] ooc for the funsies

#[mod emoji:] mod comments and notes

creator of the dividers here!

[autumnfangirler]

Can I ask 3 and 22 from the Sidestep ask game for your Steps? 👀

sure thing!

3. What is their villain name? Why did they choose it?

Caine- their name is Lycan! in all honesty he wouldnt bother picking his own name, BUT i need to continue his dog motif so theyre getting a unique one as a treat

Cyrus- hhhhh ok. see i can see cyrus taking up two different names– either puppeteer or heartbreak. im sticking with puppeteer for now but ill explain for both. on one hand, puppeteer really is the best way to describe his viewpoint at this point in time. hes the one pulling the strings here, and everybody else will play along. theyre nothing more than tools, puppets, putting on a show for his own amusement, and the fact hes known as a telepath really helps. on the other hand, i can see him using heartbreak as a way to kill sidestep all over again: the more the name heartbreak is used, the more the memory of sidestep dies. plus he sees himself as heartbreak 2.0– he uses the lessons he learned and channels it to the new an improved version, one who will finish what they started

Cecilia- Lupin! one, because the name was pretty, and two, because arsene lupin was the greatest fictional thief of all time, and she's confident she can live up to the name. shes just cocky like that LMFAO

Cynthia- at first i was certain that shed leave her name up to the press, but i think shed be a bit more hands on with how she comes across to the press, if only to further her goals. that said, she ended up deciding on the name Echo. she sees herself as a shadow of her former self, but with just enough intact to deliver a message, one that the people need to hear before its too late (love me my justice steps)

22. How do they feel about their telepathy? Is it a gift? A curse?

Caine- listen to me ok. listen to me. caine cannot introspect to save their fucking life. the only way hes learned how to place his own emotions is by using his telepathy to compare others emotions with his own. it helps them get through conversations with their head afloat, quickens decision making during fights, and most importantly, keeps them under the radar. he doesnt know what hed do without it. and even though hes the most prone to sensory overload, he wouldnt want to live without telepathy. hark is always there whenever they need some peace and quiet anyway.

Cyrus- he sees his telepathy as a weapon. one that gives him an upper hand in situations where fists wont help, so he can turn it more to his favour. but its a double edged sword, and sometimes it can be a hindrance more than a help. it made it harder to remain emotionally detached, especially from a certain someone whose thoughts never shut up. still, telepathy is a useful tool in his arsenal, one that he intends to use to the fullest

Cecilia- her telepathy is as much a part of her as a limb. yeah, she uses it a lot less than other steps, but its still something uniquely hers, and she cant imagine living without. or she can, but oh boy does she not like the image. she doesnt experience sensory overload much, so she tends to take comfort in crowds and noisy places, where she can pick apart the thoughts and emotions of the people around her, a bit like people watching, if you dont watch the people lmfao

Cynthia- ive said it before, but she has mixed feelings on her telepathy. shes grateful for it when used to feel other peoples emotions, because it grounds her in a way most other things cant. she also cant help but use it to make sure shes doing things right. but it still makes her feel guilty in a way she cant shake, like shes invading others privacy even when she cant help it. its part of the reason shes drawn to ortega– she doesnt have to worry about her telepathy causing unnecessary snooping into their thoughts

[ihavenothingtodo10220]

the only reason peopoe bring kids into the world is to make them suffer then use kids as the excuse for the way the world has become cause older generations wont own up to anything. eyeroll. bombastic side eye. criminal offensive sideye. simple answer: dont have kids but society has attachment issues and every other idjit has to either have a clique to belong to or some type of "relationship" whatever thay is pfft i dont know. i mean did u see the video clips of people goong doolally bc target brought out some new stanley colours. it was grown ups, teens, even some men going doolally bc stanley cups exist :/ tf is going on over in the states?

maybe when im in such a negative headspace im too much of a scorpio but society does do a lot of emotional damage to its people so why shouldnt we shit on things? id petition to shit on every royal palace there is...

Honestly yeah people nowadays are having kids for all the wrong reasons. Like even from personal people I know there having kids to heal their own inner child or trauma, and to live their dreams, and just to be pregnant and shit. And it’s like…What? And even people in my family are having kids knowing damn well you have three special needs kids already, an older son who is fucking neglected borderline because you have three whole ass special needs kids, and has no one to talk to and is flunking every class right before graduation because he needs some attention, and then there’s the eldest daughter who’s…Got so much going on. Both are the sweetest coolest people ever though and we’re TIGHT. But it’s like…They just had another kid? Mind you they don’t even have the capacity for that shit since the eldest daughter sleeps on the couch when she lives there (she’s like their half sister usually lives with her GRANDMA though because her mom’s…A character who doesn’t want her ex to really see her much but also kicked her out to live with her Grandma as soon as she hit 18 and the child support stopped coming which is all sorts of wrong.) And like…Your kids are suffering from it. AND YOURE HAVING MORE JUST BECAUSE YOU CANT WRAP IT? Like you’d think they’d learn their lesson two accidental babies ago and her almost dying birthing both but I dunno.

And don’t get me started on the Stanley craze. It’s a mid cup I could buy versions of that are better from the clearance section in home goods at checkout. AND HAVE. It’s like toilet paper and fucking popeye’s chicken sandwiches all over again. I’m convinced everyone’s either losing their shit or is fucking bored atp. But yeah I’m like 99% sure your Scorpio influences may or may not have something to do with it but idk what my excuse is. Maybe it’s because my Scorpio stellium big sister practically raised me and taught me most of what I know. And my natural inclination to justice and fire sign mars so I’m rly passionate about it?? But again I have no clue. Either way I’m fed up though.

[cognito-ergo-hazard]

might i recommend, in no particular order:

Rubber (2010) a psychic tire goes on a murder spree while the people making the movie try and fail to figure out how many 4th-walls there are. maybe dont start with this one if youre not used to watching weird movies

One Cut of the Dead (2017) a really good half hour zombie movie done in one take, followed by a half hour of backstory and finally the same zombie movie again from behind the proverbial camera. and then as the credits roll they let you see it again from behind the actual camera

Re-Animator (1985) adaptation of the lovecraft novel. barbara crampton has the worst week ever through no fault of her own and then gets sexually assaulted and dies

I Like Movies (2023) the filming of an unexplainably popular sci-fi umpteenquel during the early days of the pandemic. nothing else i could say would do it justice. its not good but its certainly a ride

11:14 (2003) i refuse to spoil this but it accomplishes what Pulp Fiction (1994) attempts, and with way less rape

The Man who Killed Don Quixote (2018) terry gilliam directing adam driver. turns out he really can act. who knew? i don't know why you havent heard of this either, but it was in preproduction hell for 30 years

Mad Heidi (2022) switzerland is controlled by cheese-themed fascists and heidi (yes, that heidi. like from the children's book) has to do a Warrior Nun about it. fully crowdfunded

Battle Star Wars (2020) the 21st century version of 1950s low-budget sci-fi C-movies. so deeply earnest that they don't even shy away from the fact that theyre using a repainted energy sword toy as a prop

The Car: Road to Revenge (2019) haunted smartcar does a bunch of murders to try and hunt down the girl who rejected the guy whose ghost it is. sequel nobody asked for to the cult classic The Car (1977) but personally i think it's better than the original

Phantom of the Paradise (1974) phantom of the opera as directed by brian de palma, except that it's also swan lake, the phantom is a robot bird, and the owner of the opera house (played by paul williams) is also faust and dorian grey

these are not my favorite movies, although there is some overlap there. this is a sample platter of some weird shit

NO ONE CARES TO CULTIVATE YOUR SELF BUT YOU

YOUR DEVELOPMENT IS YOUR OWN RESPONSIBILITY

REACH OUT INTO THE UNKNOWN AND GRAB A WEIRD MOVIE YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF

[37-children-of-the-dreams]

So, imagine if Six at first tried to go to Klipse to sleep, cause he's his dad and Six loves his dad. I even dont have any ideas how Klipse would react - either let Six be for a night but then tell Hargrave to take Six for himself for a nights, or just says no so upset Six go to Hargrave/Hargrave found upset Six himself and takes him. In last two cases, Hargrave later yells at Klipse for that.

Also, comicon would be soon here, local one, on 7th october, and since my face is literally Six's, I'm best candidate at cosplay for him, but I have hair, and I dont know where to get that bald thingy for actors.

Also, I here remembered all cartoons and games from 2000-2013 which werent welcomed in main fandom if it was part of some series, but I liked them, but main thing, damn, they were violent. A lot. For children shows/games. Also, some of them are getting reboots now (I dont know if we can count monsuno, new bakugan series are "cheap bakugan parody" like monsuno was called and has same characters at some point), but Percy Jackson?? This movie appearing on tv each summer here, and goes the whole summer, every day. No one likes it. Same like with monsuno. And monsuno dont get reboot, but Percy does. No justice in the world. Monster high is rebooted. Beyblade metal fusion is rebooted. Bakugan being rebooted twice already. Crash (bandicoot) titans/mutants version kinda rebooted into not that bad way(hope you dont know what I mean). Transformers Prime rebooted at some point (Transformers Earthspark is new series, and they have more simmilar to tfp series art style and even some scenario feels familliar). But I still think that we probably can get monsuno reboot, cause as we saw, team is still there. Man of Action too). We just need to wait... New bakugans are kinda monsuno too, so kinda counts a bit.

I think if Six asked Klipse, Klipse would do it, but he’d be on a chair feet away from Six reading to him either a biology or chemistry book so Six would get bored from hearing about mitosis and carbon monoxide that he just falls asleep. Six is okay with this since he gets time with Klipse and an education before he sleeps.

Hargrave wasn’t happy with Klipse for doing that at first, but considering Six is happy and getting an education, he let’s it go. I mean, Six will never go to school, so this really is his only education.

Now, anon, if you have any type of transportation and enough money, plan a day to go find a Halloween party store or any store that sells bald caps, and ask any employee where they are and if they know what to do with bald caps. If not, go online and there’s bound to be at least a few options. But do it soon or you might need to replan for Comic-Con. I needed red glow in the dark paint for a TRON inspired painting, but it was Halloween season and there was none in my local stores.

Also, yeah. Monsuno does deserve a reboot. All the shows and movies I watched as a child and all the books I have read in elementary school have gotten reboots or a new spin-off. Well, most of them, I still haven’t gotten over TRON Uprising’s cancellation and wish that one had a new season. Anyways, while Monsuno isn’t as popular as other shows, it should try to get a reboot since the monster card game or children’s game is rather limited now than when I was a child. I know children now are more interested in playing online games, but I’d love toys and figurines that I couldn’t get as a child and if they rebooted Monsuno, maybe I could finally get my own Monsuno.

[visualmemoryunit]

Hi i'm curious about chrono trigger and want to play it but the old menu graphics and long af load times on an emulator make me put it off. Could you as a chrono trigger enthusiast share some reasons to play and what you personally like about it (without spoilers)😄?

Hell yeah!

im gonna say first off that if youre trying to play anything but the super nintendo version it is not worth it unless you happen to have a hacked 3ds to play the ds version(its expensive as hell so i cant reccomend buying it). there are animated cutscenes in later versions that you wont be getting w snes but the other versions are either hard to emulate or just hard to play. if you happen to have a hacked 3ds or a ds flashcart id say do the ds version but i can never recommend emulating ds games on pc. the cutscenes are on youtube anyway.

but anyway! its a really fun jrpg! its got an incredibly unique battle system thats difficult to explain but like... every combination of two characters has unique abilities they can do together, and you can only have 3 members to your party at a time, so its fun seeing who can do what together, but it doesnt punish you for picking characters just because you like them.

all of the characters hail from different backgrounds and most from different time periods and you generally get to see snippets of what their deal is whenever you go to said time period. they all have their own motivations and personalities and stories going on that youre just coming in on midway.

the character design is by akira toriyama of dragon ball fame and i think it really works in its favour honestly. ofc crono looking exactly like goku is a bit odd at first but w the rest of the art style and enemy design i think it all fits together nicely. it also has one of the greatest soundtracks in jrpg history which really fits to put the whole thing together.

finally i just think its a very... sweet game i guess. like, the premise is youre time traveling to save the world, but its not... its not really about that. youre time traveling mostly just to fix things and help people. everything you do in one period affects the later ones.

there are multiple endings, but the best one is when youve fixed as much as you can. doing the peaceful thing, doing the right thing, doing the helpful thing, will always always benefit you in the game. and i think theres something charming about that.

its just a very unique experience and i have by far not done it justice but it is widely considered one of the greatest games ever for a reason.

the opening cutscene is probably the best way i can cap this off because i think it gets across a lot about the game. if that doesnt scream that this is gonna be an experience i dont know what does.

[peaterookie]

Lupin III Chapter 53 Review

lupin manga is back boys (and Happy New Year!) the cover is a bit lackluster i dont think i really needed to see lupin's head on a signpost thank you very much

im sure nobody remembers this but this chapter continues off on lupin's business ventures he's like posing as a businessman called takinogawa and fucks up a couple of business for no reason, remember that? this time hes targetting a company that wants to advertise their new motorboat prototype called The Angel

lupin's in charge of advertising! AND GUESS WHAT HE DOES he just hangs some women on the side of a cliff!?!!

(the dog is there too) (also don't worry the models got released, but in a rather unpleasant way.)

so lupin's boss isn't very happy with that, clearly he's not satisfied with the advertising, saids its too boring, and the whole hanging the women on the side of the cliff isn't very… safe.

so basically he wants another commercial something that "must capture the spirit.. the essence.. of 'The Angel.'"

ok then zenigata shows up at the company and he's like huurrddurr wheres that shithead lupin he's actually gonna do something this time dw

he reveals to the boss that lupin and takinogawa is IN FACT! the same person and then they freak out since he immediately disappears!

im not sure what it actually says but the tokyopop version says "Taking a sick day. Regards - L"

not only did he take his ass with him he also stole from the company: all their camera equipments, 30 million yen, and… The Angel.

what is he gonna do!?

so lupin is now riding the angel on random ocean and there be a random ship

lupin invades the ship and threatens to explode it if the captain refuses to give him his stuff AND IT TURNS OUT THAT THE CAPTAIN OF THE SHIP WAS ZENIGATA DISGUISED ALL ALONG

I HAVE NO IDEA WHY THE SHIP BIT WAS EVEN HERE TBH lupin had no reason to do that, but he also has no reason to do this bit here either lupin escapes out of the ship, lands on The Angel, and starts… filming a commercial for the boat??

and... honestly

as much as i hate it the tokyopop script of this bit is so fucking good a summary of this next part can't do it justice so here's the entire fucking commercial directed by lupin himself

( I DONT KNOW HOW THE WOMAN GOT HERE EITHER. )

i feel so horrible for laughing at the panel where lupin says "THE ANGEL IS FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY! AND IT'S MORE AFFORDABLE THAN YOU THINK!" because i just imagine the woman screaming in the background like lupin why the hell are you doing this leave her alone

and this is basically the end of the commercial and the chapter

zenigata can your ass pilot a ship better

[thealmightyemprex]

Live Action Movie Batmen ranked worst to best

So I will confess I am still waiting for the definitive live action Batman ,but these are the Batmen we have and so I wanna put the cards on the table and say which are my faves and which arent

Just movies,only including West cause he was in a movie .Also no animation cause then we would be here all day

George Clooney

The blandest of Batmen

Christain Bale

God I hate this performance.Both variations of the voice are terrible and I just cant take him seriously

Ben Aflek

So I havent seen either version of Justice League ,so just going by BVSDOJ and Suicide Squad and while I like the costume.......He's bit too violent for my taste and way too....Snydery .Also suckjs that he is the only batman without his own movie

Val Kilmer

Middle of the road .I definately like him but theres not much to say about him

Michael Keaton

My childhood Batman .Looks the coolest and Keaton does an excellent job

Adam West

Most comic accurate batman ....To the Silver Age that is.I dont care what anyone think I love this version of the Caped Crusader

Robert Pattinson

Its a diffrent take on Bats.....But I love it .I also like that he is BATMAN for most of the movie .I didnt see Robert Pattinson ,I saw Batman

@ariel-seagull-wings @personofsinterest @professorlehnsherr-almashy @princesssarisa @amalthea9 @lord-antihero @marquisedemasque @metropolitan-mutant-of-ark @filmcityworld1 @the-blue-fairie

[koheletgirl]

Oh you mean combo AUs? (Cause I love those too dw) How about… mailee tangled au?

oohh oh it has a name! oh ty exciting

tangled mailee is interesting! i hadnt actually thought about it before (was too busy thinking about tangled yueki). okok let's do thissss

so listen i could totally see this go either way re the casting. it feels obvious for ty lee to be rapunzel - just bc i can see her singing when will my life begin and ive got a dream etc. she has the vibe, you know? at least more than mai does.

but then again there's a certain magic to ty lee as flynn rider. and mai as a gloomy rapunzel? like i need that. i feel like that would be the superior version. which is why im going with the other one

if ty lee is rapunzel, idk who her kidnapper would be. i also dont really care. it does have to be a mother figure tho

what if zuko and azula cameo as Those Two Guys? not really doing justice to their characters but it would be so funny no redemption for you zuko

mai works with them to steal the crown (or whatever we want that item to be) and then betrays them and ends up in the tower

ty lee hits mai with a pan (or chi blocks her. whichever) and makes her promise to take her to see the floating lights (we're going with floating lights here it's pretty). also ty lee has momo

does mai have appa? who knows

we're at the snuggly duckling. i want chit sang to be there. toph should be there too. the boulder.

HAVENT ANY OF YOU EVER HAD A DREAM ??

ok so this is where im a little lost bc i dont have a villain. so we'll have to skip some plot for now

🏮🎆💖🛶👩‍❤️‍👩

[kylewalker-peters]

thinking about your bake off AU....... me and claudia were discussing an F1 version i would personally love ur thoughts on this

this is genuinely the best au ever and i can never do it justice but here's some ideas i have

this is so hard because there's like 50 million footballers and 20 spaces in this god awful sport. and i also don't wanna do like just a straight comparison either cause the idea of comparing any footballer to lewis... i'd throw my own self in jail

right so i dont care about taa at all but you do so in light of the southgate news he's giving the vibe of "guy who won junior series in his rookie or second season, got to like alpha tauri and then was overlooked for a promotion to one of the big teams in favour of everyone else" despite somehow winning a race in a shitbox of a car and if southgate was in charge would probably be sent off to fe or indycar or something to free up a seat.

okay i know i said i wouldnt do comparisons but sadly i DO think though not at all equal deccy would end up being the danny ric of the grid like un four chew nat lee he does have the charismatic appeal and also the glow up. outside of that comparison i think he ends up being a solid midfield driver, there's always rumours of him making the step up but everywhere is already taken and the contracts never align and people just don't want to spend money buying him out because it'd be so high because he's so key for said midfield team so he gets a couple wins but he never challenges for a championship. OR i'd argue grealish could fill that danny role but i truly truly do not think that man would be smart enough to remember what all the buttons on that steering wheel do. like it's just not happening is it... i can suspend disbelief in an au only for so long. he'd crash trying to push one button cause he'd look down trying to find it rather than remembering to concentrate on the bloody track

if i give spurs players past and present some championships the way i cannot give them trophies at spurs erm... look away. but also dembele wins like 1 championship but is forever an underrated driver and people don't appreciate his racecraft but other drivers on the grid hate to battle him because they know he's sooooo good. wait jan and mousa teammates yeah!!!!!!!!! they win a championship each. gonna say harry and son are teammates at some point and absolutely DOMINATE because the work SO well together and helping to develop the car. dele and eric ARE teammates when dele first breaks into the sport like they WERE the blueprint back in the day we cant ignore. would have dele and son as teammates but it'd only be for like half a season and then dele's arc gets DEPRESSING!!!!!!! it's like if pierre had been demoted to alpha tauri and then flopped there too and been demoted out of the series altogether. i do think richy and romero as opponents but also actual teammates era would leave them like ocon and perez bitchy tweets and all because there wouldn't be the need for getting along that they have rn and that's important to me.

sissoko is a FLOP like nicky latifi but arguably maybe worse, has one good season but just fully is not a good use of a seat but then he goes to a different obscure series i cant think of and does well because i said so and also i'd be sat at home rooting for him even as he finishes 3 laps down and calling him the GOAT. no wait it's like when he scores he gets a podium and i'd have passed out and filmed the ceremony like i was literally there.

winksy and international baby girl kinda scream "i was ripped off with the promise of an f1 seat by zak brown and all i got was this stupid t-shirt" and then stay in indycar or something

maguire drives for like fucking haas or something and you genuinely do not know what he'll do. he seemed fine, decent, good even in junior formula and got his big move to f1 and just lost the plot. he's either anonymous in races or is being a Menace but even in his quiet races there's always the anticipation that he'll smash into another driver just to make himself feel better. like there is Always the chance of a safety car or a red flag if he's starting either because he's crashed into someone else or just decided to take himself into the barriers. you don't want to drive against him because you don't want to blink and suddenly have DNF-ed because of him.... but he also might get a penalty that boosts you up the grid without puncturing all 4 of your tyres somehow so... swings and roundabouts

marco reus is one of those goated goated goated drivers maybe we'll say he's like a lifelong ferrari fan like he is bvb and he signs to their academy and does well in junior series and spends the odd season at sauber/alfa and when he gets to ferrari everyone's like oh shit here we go and then the car is absolute CRAP but he simply wont abandon ferrari. like he's there forever he's the ride or die for that stupid team and instead of injuries we'll say it's constant DNFs and so he never wins a championship but he's hands down one of the biggest what if drivers. he's also so kind to younger drivers and if he can guide them in any way to make sensible contract decisions and help them mentally not pin everything on winning championships then he will.

like i hate ferrari but dare i say then here comes jude bellingham starboy?..... no i shall. he wins f3 and f2 as rookies at a super duper young age (rather than skipping junior categories like a certain dutchman) and ends up in the sauber by the time he's 17, in the ferrari by 18 and teammates with marco. if the ferrari garage was competent and the car wasn't a pile shit it'd be embarrassing for other teams... sadly that isn't the case. they make the best out of a bad situation and the genuine talent both of them possess drags that team to places it shouldn't be. marco is coming to the end but still got it and while still competitive he'll retire before he has to find a lower team. very much a mentor to jude as he progresses in as much as you can be in an individualistic yet team based sport. think we still see jude's temper sometimes flare up though over his career he deffo gets a hold of it and he deffo calls his engineer fucking shit at one point for a bad strategy but i also think he's not content to stick with ferrari if they're going to be rolling the circus into town every week and unlike marco WOULD jump to merc if they suddenly started outperforming (anyway this got too close to real life so let's leave that there)

as much as i hate to say this about my best friend erling, he's giving me red bull driver vibes I'm so sorry to myself and also him.

WAIT i've only made players drivers lemme see if any would be good engineers. maybe it's just because every tom dick and harry says he's smart but like i DO see ben davies being a good engineer maybe he can be sonny's. or wait hang on maybe i make dier dele's engineer rather than teammate hang on wait no hang on let's do that instead. i know there's nothing but hot air and joe rogan quotes up there but i think that would actually be soooooooooo perfect.

conor coady and tyrone mings are absolutely engineers and they work on the same team just managing a driver each and the social media/marketing team is constantly bullied into releasing footage with them after people clock they're not only fit but also good mates. so it'll be a video with drivers being silly and then INSTANTLY the exact same video concept but with those two.

jordan pickford either engineer or deranged team principle that is good at his job but also calls someone the c word over the radio and causes the PR team a sleepless week trying to deal with it.

dare i say hugo is the dilfy team principal who leads his team to like 10 championships in a row? yes i will.

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Tags by @74n5n (Ill take your word for it) and I dont mind the Yunoposting we Should unite to Yuno-Amane parallels post (the cats…oh the cat symbolisms…)

Yeah I think Yuno percives herself as something immoral and dastardly, a witch stealing away the world’s prince and what not. (God I Hope im slowly infecting the Milgram Fandom with my rgu terminology bullshit- I havent even Gotten out The Devil side of the Prince yet) but even when Yuno is going “look how Horrible I am!” She gets cast as either the damsel or the prince anyway.

Cat as Symbol of Sin and Impurity Never Dies and Yuno potrays herself As That Cat! That the most honest version of herself is the Impure Cat seeking to corrupt moral society.

Not to get into More Rgu Bullshit: But Rgu it deals a lot with the romanticization of fairy tales and stories and how they shape our society. That these stories have a tangiable impact on the way we view and interact with the world and their ability to enforce unhealthy hierachies, systems and worldviews. Prince and Princess are Roles people play, and since their strict, used to uphold a hierachy, and need someone to be a damsel for it to…Work it harms people! Both sides really but since its so unbalanced men are Encouraged to keep it in tact because even if its unbalanced it Benefits them.

Its more benefical for the audience to keep Yuno as either a Girlboss or a Victim ,because it makes it easier to Enforce an Image of Yuno onto her. To keep the story simple and non-complicated and to make her an easy win for the Audience’s sense of justice…if that makes sense, again idk much about Yuno.

Amane is a Monster in both outside perception and in her own view of herself. For differnet reasons but similiar root that its cause of her behaviors and actions. Amane was not treated as human and thus doesn’t believe herself to be one. Not really at least. She depicts herself As The Cat as well and all that.

The thing with Amane is that she doesn’t really Hate that about herself, like she does but she also Loves It. She doesn’t Want to be anything else and she doesn’t Need to be anything else. And that’s Scary, cause if the monster doesn’t Want to become human (to become better, more “moral”, more “normal”) then what does That say about normal human society?

She’s dangerous cause she poses a threat to the simple uncomplicated story that Yuno keeps on being shoved into. I think it’s fascinating.

Quick clarification on the “Amane doesn’t lie in her MVs” thing- no one does…just at all. The most is just telling the story from an extremely biased perspective (Muu) or being Very Vague about it (Shidou)

But Amane is intriguing to Me (cause its Amane) but also cause even in Magic everything was just…shown to us. Just- you don’t need to dig much. It’s surprisingly straightfoward in a series full of MVs that Aren’t. Especially for an MV that literally potrays itself as a performance.

I vaguely remember the lead up to Purge March and the theories people had about her crime (that stagelight Got To People) but what happened was just…a lot more straightfoward then what people expected. The stagelight really was just part of Magic’s set, the cat was a cat etc etc.

The biggest question was the nature of the victim (maybe victims) but even then in Purge March, Amane is Painfully Honest about that. Unless they make a big twist that her victim didnt do anything to her (which…well…I doubt it to say the least) there’s not a lot left on the specfics or details of her crime. Even if you believe it wasn’t her mother we have Two Other People she Very Clearly shows did something that got her hurt. Unlike characters like Kazui and Shidou with seven hundred unanswered questions (what the fuck are you DOING Shidou)

Idk, I just think its an interesting change from everyone else.

[desertdragon]

👤 for Yugiri? Oh and also for a NPC whom Vaste is friends with.

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I get to talk about the wife first 😮‍💨; also like I DM'd you I'm gonna do 3 just for fun

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So I change a lot about Yugiri's future and her present, but not her past. Her past is exactly the same as normal; she was born and raised in Sui no Sato, she has both parents and two brothers, she was daring and reckless taking trips to the surface lands out of curiosity, and her meeting Shun who would become Hien is what changed the course of her life. She sacrificed it all to do what she thought was right. In this part all I do is try filling in for whatever isn't accounted for from a character perspective. The emotional, important details and minutia and all that shit.

Anything in this tag already has my essays or observations on Yugiri as she is. I'd like to compile some of that while focusing too on how she changes in my AU and what her future then is like. As a notice that tag will also be updated whenever ideas strike and I post them too.

Building on the stuff I've written before, I think Yugiri's ability to have compassion while still setting her boundaries, as well as being raised in a stable isolated society, all makes her a great person to see the value in something socialist. The whole reason she attached herself to Doma was because its colonization and the stories she heard from Shun's royalist perspective angered her so much as a child at the injustice; as well as the nobility and resolve she saw among the warrior class. It was an emotionally driven decision as the foundation of how she perceived justice.

A few people in the fandom agree that Yugiri needs to learn to live for herself, rather than as a tool or the eyes of someone else. I've even seen a few fanfics where this was attempted, with Hien either being accepting or not talked about. The need for independence is correct, but I feel people see it in a shortsighted way. None of those depictions took into account the grander moral, social, political, and further emotional nuances it would be attached to beyond pitching the concept's basics. Living for herself would completely tear up her world!

Though to be honest I'm a little glad? I don't trust this fandom and most fandoms to wipe their ass without burning their houses down somehow; so I'd rather get shallow basics than more fake deep rhetoric that's full of misogyny, racism, and bootlicking. As if the game story itself wasn't full of enough bootlicking as is.

So then coming from that, how should we discuss Yugiri in terms of her personhood and relation to Vaste? Her relation to Doma needing to evolve? This is sort of the fun part about writing for characters canon forgets exist because it's mostly free game.

I've failed to write this subject with any narrative consistency (which I'm gonna fix when I write the novel length version of Vaste's entire life because just short fiction like I've been doing is getting me nowhere) BUT her relationship with Vaste was under crisis at least twice. Both were huge character building moments that had her reevaluate herself and her life.

Neither time had anything to do with usual couple arguments or disagreements or just growing apart since 1. They're the types who work out how they feel between each other with consistency and enthusiasm for communication ie. They don't do that petty hold it in until I explode on the person I love because they should be able to mind read type shit & 2. I don't think they would grow apart because of how strongly they feel for one another and the sense of trust they formed by again, consistent empathy and communication!

What strained and almost fractured them came from morality, beliefs, and ideals. The first time was when Vaste confessed how much evil she had done while working under the Scions & Alliance. Obviously all sides involved in that share the blame, and yes Vaste was abused and manipulated in multiple ways, but she still did the things she did. She still killed countless unarmed civilians, she killed kids and at times child soldier conscripts of the Garlean army while in the field. She still upheld and represented governmental dominance. Even if there were times she stopped mid act and instead tried to covertly save these people or be defiant, it doesn't remove the times she didn't save them and didn't resist the oppression she worked for.

This is the first major split I take from canon regarding Yugiri. The game at no point meaningfully considers or explores the purpose or reality of being a soldier or government servant, despite its emphasis on politicking, war campaigns, war crimes, and even bio weapons like Black Rose. The game is extremely pro establishment, and when it does mention things like rape, murder, colonization etc. when done by soldiers serving a government, it's in quiet throwaway lines OR it's explained and resolved in the most stripped down form, then these simplified nuanced issues can be solved off screen or with one act. Or its ignored. Even slavery which is a topic present with Copperbell Mines, Beast Tribes, the Arcanist class, & Yotsuyuu's stories is simplified as either what Bad Eggs do, as a natural cost of economic success, or something that largely impacts One Person, rather than the systems of oppression they are.

If I go by base game Yugiri, no way would she stay with Vaste I don't think. If I wrote Vaste as close to how the game portrays the WoL and these topics, then she becomes a caricature- the typical hero who commits war crimes and serves the government with her activities never questioned and never even explored. She would be all of this, without meaningful impact or consequence (TW: Rape Mention in passing):

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^ Redditors realizing this is the same issue superhero comics and comic movies have, where instead of someone with immense power and unlimited resources helping humanity’s betterment as a whole transcending petty borders, they become tools of State interests and propaganda agents

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Also it's almost as if even in our fiction governmental organizations and their ally organizations still are only designed to benefit their own agendas, and any good they achieve for the public and human rights is pure coincidence or part of a public relations image, wow, surely this has no real life basis :^)

A Vaste and Yugiri written under normal game constraints would be very difficult to have last OR it could last but be hollow; it would require Yugiri to be even more of a blinded hypocrite than she already can be, and it would require her compassion at the core of the character to break. This wouldn't be a bad thing (it is still a character and has potential to be complex- think exploring Yugiri's Worst Self) if it weren't for the fact that it wouldn't be written in a mature way. It would be written as her and Vaste being unflinchingly in the right for this behavior because they fight for the "Good Guys".

Instead Yugiri would undergo a crisis weighing the evil of mercilessly killing, exterminating really, down to kids. The sheer level of blood on someone’s hands for that is too much, especially again with how Yugiri’s nature includes looking out for the helpless. Then you pit that against how it was ordered by a government body; by a united government body who sheltered the Doman refugees, and the fact that looking at how she herself is a government agent, she was taught you have to serve with undying loyalty.

But how do you serve when something so disgusting is asked of you? Isn’t there a point where as a person you have an obligation to resist when inhumanity is expected of you?

Then you combine this with how it forces her to examine her own sins in a similar vein. What about the things she’s done for someone higher than herself? Could she have stopped during some of her own killings? What exactly were some of the reasons for that behavior? It couldn’t all have been just, especially once we see that Hien is fine with pardoning sex traffickers because they share nationalities, how he doesn’t question the system that enabled it. It couldn’t all be just when working for government interests inherently means advancing one group’s desires over others, by any means necessary. There’s also no feasible way everyone she killed could have been bad people worthy of death.

The issue within her becomes complex, as much as what made Vaste do what she did is complex. How angry can she really be at her when Yugiri has killed just as thoughtlessly, just as much to appease other’s need for power they disguised as righteousness? Why was she measuring herself by these easily manipulated metrics, which then proved she’s so capable of ordered violence like a dog on a leash? Why does she dehumanize herself as a tool? Fuck, what about the subject of political prisoners?

I imagine she had to take time for being alone physically and mentally. She tries arguing against the feelings it all stirs in her mind, the things she held back by the skin of her teeth. Then the longer she's left with herself, she realizes she can't look at the people she's followed, she can't look at Hien, without being reminded of dead people. She can't look at them and not have her morality question itself, she can't look at any action Doma takes without questioning everything it's trying to stand for.

When the lines that used to seem simple become blurred because Yugiri is forced to see her mirror in someone, it opens her character down one avenue of gaining independence. Ultimately the goal is to face this mirror and either reject it in denial of her own evil, or accept it and change into someone better.

Which goes into the second crisis- abandoning government bodies altogether. Leaving Doma behind, seeking no masters but herself, walking away from her lords and their laws. Once she reconciles change on the individual level, it has to impact her relationships and groups too. Its the test that cements her commitment to being someone new.

Also when I say that I don’t mean Vaste is phrasing it as a test for her lol, I mean from a writing perspective. Vaste would continue fighting for what she believes in regardless of anyone else, she stops being people’s tool; though the loss would hurt her for sure. I think its the exact quality Yugiri gains by finding conviction in herself and Vaste’s example. Having conviction in yourself allows you to die on your own terms, succeed fueled by your own initiative. I’d love seeing Yugiri become that person, especially because it feels both natural and necessary.

It would still be a shock on some level for her to take this second step, but she would do it with less hesitation. She’s flexing her freedom for the first time in years; that childhood spark for daring never died beneath the surface. It was just sleeping. Once she regains it and throws off whats holding her back (ie. the royalist brainwashing and its components) she’s unstoppable. She’s calmer but less distant, she questions everything but also accepts facts as they are. Her anger is tempered and focused and it has always been an extension of her capacity to love the world. She begins awakening to a sort of enlightenment after liberating her mind.

Fighting Hien and besting him in a duel is the symbolic breaking of the final shackle. Everything that could and did hold her back, every doubt, it all comes to the point of no return. She will have her own future or die trying. She faces it with unbreakable determination as much as she does sadness.

They were friends once, and in the bottom of her heart I think she will always care at least for Shun the boy regardless of Hien the man. But that relationship is finally not enough to stop her from seeking her own justice. They were also master and retainer, such a relationship can never be equal by its definition. The old growth has to die for the new. She wants people who will stand beside her not in front.

She’s remade her identity before this because it felt right, I think she’ll be alright.

I want it clear too how much it is a relationship of equals between Vaste, herself, and their friends. If she opposed them she simply wouldn't have followed them, and I don't think she would let herself be strung along what Vaste wants to achieve just because they're together- in fact they would probably fight to the death if Yugiri remained loyal to what she already fights for. No amount of good relationships, fear of being alone, or crazy good dick is worth being a slave who lacks any independence for lmao. She comes to them because she believes in them as much as they do her, because they all see her and put her back in touch with humanity.

I say that because I've seen so many people including other women make their WoLs literally a dependent accessory with zero personality that doesn't revolve around their male NPC love interests and pretend it's sexy like congratulations you're upholding misogyny, here is your Woman Hater medal 🤡🏅 thank you for continuing to devalue us all as cum socks and emotional labor props, they write with this tone unironically in full seriousness (TW: NSFW, Misogyny):

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TW: Suicide mention

Emotional vulnerability is so so important too. Yugiri comes off as holding hers back because of the dehumanizing nature of her position and training. Its really clear whenever she’s upset, emotionally strung, or expressing kindness and gratitude, in the Japanese even her speech mode changes. I want more scenes like the riverside talk in Stormblood, which was really the only time (besides another single one later in EW which I will not spoil for You specifically, though my followers should know since Aislinn @/lettersnorth mains ranged melee) where she knowingly allows the player past her facade.

With the gift of hindsight that conversation isn’t just contemplative and sad watching her self esteem fall, I think its one of the signs for when she goes to assassinate Zenos later. It has this air of tense finality to it even though she’s not openly saying anything suicidal; regardless of how the player chose to respond to her musing, its clear whats happened before this moment still weighs on her with what comes after. The fact she fully resolved to kill or die trying when dying was 99% certain proves how little her life is worth to her. Its eerie coming back to that cutscene for me. She’s lost everything since she left Sui no Sato and what she has left she sees no future for herself in it; she focuses on what it means for everyone but herself. And if she dies then that’s just how it is.

This is uncomfortably reminding me of myself and Vaste ahahaha.

When she grows past this I think she’d be sensitive to reading when someone is going through the same lows. Especially after being with Vaste and seeing how suicide also impacted her. She pulls from their shared experience on it and is the first to discourage people or open herself to listening. Its double serious for her, coming from the mentality of “I am disposable.”.

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One of the big themes I have with my characters is bonding though shared suffering; I would apply the same logic to Yugiri. Once she embraces the suffering she has endured, has caused, and has seen others carry she can become more understanding as well. I feel like she would see it as a rebirth in her mind as much as it is from a writing angle. She has died twice now; everything after is witnessed by fresh eyes.

Symbolically she may hold a funeral for herself or another gesture in a similar connotation such as reciting the Mantra of Light- if they have Buddhism or its equivalent in this universe. I kinda want to believe they would since we already have a Shintoism proxy. They have a Shinto wedding by the way 😳 Moss knows what it looks like because I wrote a quick prose mock-up for them hffdgdg I have pages of notes just for Yugiri's attire details

Of course this coincides with Vaste's presence itself granting her aether new powers. That was intentional because I love when character growth progresses alongside their abilities and potential. Forcing her to get greater powers also forces her to continue honing her self control as much as her physical prowess. The responsibility expands her good qualities while encouraging continued reflection on her bad ones.

The new sense of greater power also helps her feel less powerless and better able to help others. I don't just mean her fighting skills. Back in SB when she was devastated at seeing Domans shun her for wanting to help them, her powerlessness was mostly from naïveté. She saw these people not from an empathizing human perspective, but as an outsider who wanted to play hero. They were a concept, a picture painted by what her soldier and royal friends had told her- a project in need of saving. Facing the reality humbles her, and I think gaining independence (as well as being open to the perspectives of those around her) after separating from her bubble keeps helping her progress in this.

In terms of her fighting skills through, they aren't just honed, but she's in greater tune with her body and aether than ever. She recognizes the increased responsibility it comes with too to prevent hurting the wrong people in a fight, as well as scaling herself in battle depending on her objective. Her superhuman speed and reflexes are phenomenal; combined with her control over lightening aspected aether, she becomes known as the God of Lightning to those who've witnessed her.

She kills Zenos by the way- I'm sick of her getting bodied every time they've met like she can't fight at all not even landing a single hit. She masters her glow up and blitzes his ass to death. Vaste doesn't kill him because it's what he would want and she also feels Yugiri deserves the satisfaction.

I have things I want to write purely showing off embracing her powers, and what mastery would look like. She's as precise as Vaste, and with upgrades she gets downright surgical. Lighting also has uses besides frying people, like letting her touch resemble a stun gun, or used for cooking and lighting fires if she wants etc.

Also yes I don't think she can cook. Simple things like rice balls or skewering fish over fire? Maybe, but nothing that requires cooking actual meals. From the way it seems she left Sui no Sato too young to have realistically learned much about cooking from her parents. If that changes or I get corrected information I'll reconsider it. For now from what I remember she would've had to leave home permanently as a teenager since when first meeting Shun she was a younger child. Especially since she took years to move up the ranks of her ninja training before she was considered a master.

Point is the game is rather vague about it, so that's what I'm going with. She knows survival skills for the field, but not so much life skills. Life skills take a backseat when your life is framed as disposable. What she can remember from her parents lessons at this point is probably hazy. It would be interesting to think her dad tried showing her a bit on stone masonry though. Since they live under the Ruby Princess there's a good chance women in that community are treated fairer. Maybe her dad would've tried preparing her to inherit the trade alongside her brothers.Those skills would be useful and an important tie to her heritage.

I think she keeps up with it from time to time, talking about stone quality, chiseling, building, different types etc. Most likely she can tell you something about if a stone incorporated building is livable. In the epilogue she runs a dojo for a non lethal version of the marital arts she learned as a ninja, but she also reconnects to stone masonry. Their new village will never be Sui no Sato, but it starts taking influences for every carpenter she helps or fellow stone mason she advises. Her younger son learns from her and continues the trade. She encourages him just as her father did for her; though the tradition it keeps her father alive in her heart.

Stonemasonry also allows her access to working on gravestones for the locals. When she does it feeds into her relationship with death. She gains a greater intimacy with it, with how the dead should be treated, a greater understanding, how she wants to be memorialized when she dies etc. It puts her in contact with the grieving in ways that let her help rather than destroy as she once did. It helps her find peace while contributing to her penance.

Plus it's funny imagining her trying to cook still learning like "Making dinner for my amazing boy girlfriend~" meanwhile Vaste and the others are like "Who the fuck is burning down the kitchen???!" Before they run in to save it (Lewena crying over the cheese being safe, and Mercuo & Syv hugging the wine bottles)

So if I had to sum the transition it's:

- Soldier blinded by power, naivety, misplaced loyalty, lies, and dehumanization ->

- Questioning purpose, re-evaluating loyalty as a concept, reconnecting with humanizing herself, discovering her boundaries, desires, and needs, questioning those around her ->

- Accepting her flaws and free will, doubling down her resolve, realizing she has the power to choose and change her world, acting on this change ->

- Being self assured yet humble, daring yet measured, calm and knowing when to act or when to wait, embraces her identity and personhood, tempered but fluid who knows where her principles lie

And finally everything carries her forward after magic and gods are gone. What she's learning are life skills, reclamation of humanity. Building her strength of character can only leave her a better person. She becomes patient, expressive, strengthens her honesty, solidifies her self worth, knows her wants and needs, sets boundaries, and is empathetic to others without robbing them of agency/objectifying them. Her views on violence calm too, and she matches Vaste's "No killing, violence only when necessary" philosophy. There's been more than enough war for the both of them; more than enough needless blood on their hands.

As a parent later on this tuning toward humanity and the world helps so much too. She's a mom who listens first, is honest without ever being demeaning or cruel, leads by example, and tries to reinforce balance constantly. She would never leave anyone feeling left out or confused on purpose; they will always know they're loved and won't be spoken over. She refuses to let her temper get the better of her whenever it's difficult.

Her kids will not repeat her ignorance nor her own parents mistakes. That's something she and Vaste have on their minds without hesitation. Also we have proof family is important to her because of how much she talks about missing them as is. It's about recognizing the humanity in others. It's about learning to listen to people over treating them like something to save. A reversal of her primary negative character trait.

She's the one who chose the kanji for their Doman/Hingan (Japanese) names too, after talking it over with Vaste. Yoshino's name reflects her being goodness and a blessing, while the boys names I HC are her brother's names, just different kanji. I thought it would be important to her character to honor them like that if she had sons. Ujihide's name is spelled to mean Family Flower (helping to reflect being born during Spring- EDIT: in double checking my research it can also mean the calyx of a flower, which is the green protective layer for an unopened bud, reinforcing a comment in the next section- consider also the meaning Family Protector), while Yoshitsugu's means Inheritor of Justice / Continuing Justice .

* As a side their Zulu names in order mean Peace/Silence, Threshing/Divination (as well as bird wings flapping- which links again to Zulu interpretation of birds as change, another meaning is to extinguish flames, the most common meaning is To Beat), and Victory. The first continues the theme of Yoshino representing hope and blessings as the eldest; meanwhile as the older twin, Ujihide's name reflects protection for his younger brother.

In the old days of both Zulu and Japanese culture twins were a bad omen and undesirable. It actually surprised me over the years to learn how many cultures have hated and feared twin births; there's a lot of negative superstition. If I had to guess the bulk of it comes from twins being a harder birth with a higher mortality rate. And how rare multiple babies in one go is. So when Vaste realized there was a second baby in there she named the older one something to repel bad luck. It's also a slight tongue in cheek joke because it's like his birth divined the coming of his brother after him.

For Yoshitsugu, Manqoba just means Victory or Winner. Yugiri agreed with her that since he was born a bit of a runt compared to his siblings and seemed reserved even as a baby, he should have encouraging names. They don't play favorites, but they do pay close attention to learn what makes him confident and sociable, and when he'd like alone time or to be in his thoughts.

In closing on her I want to write a character who's Vaste's foil, I wanted to fix how the story left her behind and flesh out what she has, and I want yet another example to prove the point that you can only change corrupt systems by stepping outside them. I want to expand a character I like by applying my narrative style.

Right now for Yugiri music, I’ve been listening to Khamsin’s theme off the MGR OST: The Hot Wind Blowing

On a personal note, when it comes to portraying Yugiri I'm very sensitive to avoiding racist stereotypes. I always try being mindful that I don't show/write her as the Submissive Asian Woman or the Cold Scheming Dragon Lady Asian Woman, or the Naturally Smarter Than Everyone Asian Woman. I'm not Asian so I will never be perfect at avoiding these, but I do everything I can when I check my drafts over and over to think about what I include, why I include it, and how the portrayal comes together.

As with my dark skin characters and Vaste I also encourage any East Asians who might find my Yugiri portrayal to correct it if they want. Racism is rampant in fandom and I've even seen people not just hurl slurs but substitute Chinese for Japanese in FFXIV's influences and vice versa; the old "All Asians Look The Same/Are Interchangeable" racist belief. It is beyond offensive and exactly what I wish to avoid, so I advise any non Asians writing Yugiri to be mindful too. If you write a racist portrayal you deserve to get called the fuck out.

The source material gave us scraps; they really are doing another underutilized another interesting dynamic a character can bring while making more for the fucking hollow boring Scions. It sucks, she’s not even the only character they do it to (certainly not the only woman either); in general a lot of the side stuff is better than the MSQ honestly. I also think its so funny that Lyse got more development once she left them, only to get thrown in the Female Character Development Waiting Cell, where she’s still sitting holding her Gucci handbag to this day.

EW was the first time since HW they tried injecting meaningful personality and character development into Scions but I feel like it was both too little too late plus feels shallow after two interim expacs of nothing consistent. Purely from a character writing perspective; obviously they push the story along but that's all they do which is the problem fksdofk (the Twins are in this weird middle ground on that in my eyes though, Urianger is on thin ice)

Anyway time for Estinien

Bestie <3

The biggest thing I love about him is how independent he is. In a game full of people riding your ass over anything to the point of a hollow personality, love seeing someone find a middle ground. His arc revolves around healing and inner peace, above all being true to himself. Yes he can be funny but people get way too caught up making him a meme or rude rather than pay attention to anything else.

He has heart, which is something he guards beneath the rage. Maybe guard is only part of it; he spent all his life focused on anger and revenge I think he forgot it in the back of his mind. It wasn’t as important as killing Nidhogg, and making sure everyone and everything helped do so. The longer it goes on though the more he realizes whats happened to him by drowning in hate; he was never totally blinded in order to do that, whatever he might’ve thought otherwise. He was on the path of losing his humanity. And that fact conflicted with a desire to let go and a desire to hold on.

He shares enough in common with Vaste like this that despite his initial rudeness I think she could tell in his eyes there was more going on. She saw what she was becoming whenever they first spoke. That bonded them right away beyond sharing being Azure Dragoons. He wasn’t in a position to truly help her then because of his own problems, but he would’ve been dispensing advice without realizing it. His honesty continued to be refreshing and grounding too as time passed with people continuing to dehumanize or idolize her.

I love his self reflection, in fact I think he’s one of it not the best at it of the entire cast. The fact that it started not when Nidhogg died but during them being bound together speaks to both the wounded child and unfulfilled man he was beneath rage. The moment he learned the truth of the Dragonsong War, when he felt Nidhogg’s being within himself, he’s been on a journey of understanding. He recognizes Ishgard’s corruption both in the present and the past, which led him to remove himself from an oppressive system while doing penance for his sins and the sins of his heritage in good deeds.

He knows he has a responsibility, and he’s acting on it in tangible ways when he helps Dragons and honors them.

He’s a guide for how I want Vaste to be; a warrior who recognizes who he is, what he’s done, and how he may be part of the community of humanity.

I wanna talk about why I think he’s out of touch at times and not great with socializing beyond Dragons.

It makes complete sense while also explaining how out of touch he is with things others see as normal (including money spending). He picked up the spear at age 12-13 and never put it down; literally and metaphorically training was what he did whenever he wasn't asleep. Alberic probably tried teaching him life skills, but it went unheard if he did. He still has a childlike grasp of things like buying for himself, taking care of himself, others reactions or thoughts about what he might say/do, self care etc.

Of course he’s like that! He never saw the value in being anything other than a tool for his own vengeance! Only years later once he’s come out of revenge can he see he’s stunted himself. I feel as if he’s playing catch up on this too since Heavensward, not just his wandering warrior philosophy. Speaking of that he reminds me of Raiden in Metal Gear Rising, accepting violence and combat as the fabric of his identity, but using it to help the weak and personal atonement. Often times this level of self acceptance when it comes to a negative trait is written so negative action has to be the result. Its nice to see a subversion thats meaningful without being another “Give in to your darkness while accepting no consequences”

Also when he was a villain, I was living for it. I loved when he and Nidhogg shared the role because from a character stand point it made sense. The game had this track record with its villains where they reflected the flaws in the world or society that produced them. Nidhogg reflected the suffering a greedy militant nation will inflict on another race when it stands to benefit; Estinien reflected the despair single minded hatred brings as it eats away who you are and your human essence. Ysayle saw the paranoid murders, rapes, classism and abuses of power rampant in Ishgard which made her side with the oppressed, its foundations built on slaughter of a minority. Yotsuyuu as we know was sexually sold and abused every way by the standards her country upheld, how it viewed women. Fordola is brainwashed, manipulated, and groomed into a reflection of her conquerors.

Really it was a fantastic tradition the Warriors of Darkness then later Meteion continued (I fucking loved Meteion & Hermes actually)- and then people amounted it to memes. Estinien and the others deserve better than that. Heavensward tied his struggles in a way that showed how mental weakness from our faults and deprived needs makes us easy prey for manipulation. Through him it deepened a personal aspect to what Nidhogg and Ysayle were doing; in the sense where the game gave us three characters exploring the failings of Ishgard and war itself. Had the expansion solely relied on Thordan to make its point then it’d be paper thin.

You could see every Heavensward villain/antagonist except for Thordan, and some villains in Stormblood (Yotsuyuu & Fordola) as having It Has To Be This Way fit over their fights

Estinien is great not only for his arc progression and down to earth personality, but because he’s one of the last symbols of when the game was at its best. A time when the game narrative started moving up with stumbles and promise. It took until Endwalker for me to feel even a fraction of that old thrill again. The writers saw they needed a foil character further commentating on when violence becomes senseless; fuck if they didn’t deliver.

His dedication to his agenda first continues to be a breath of fresh air; I want more characters who recognize when they contribute to oppression as he did then take steps doing something about it. I want characters who evolve their philosophy. Every time I see him being a dragon’s biggest fan asking nothing in return its a highlight. Because I remember when he would’ve butchered them all.

He’s my beloved for doing so. The game features mature topics, and characters like Estinien execute on the theme. They better not fuck him up or I’m adding him to my collection. Also him and Aymeric have a thing going on, bisexual husbands. Estinien sees he's fucking up when he does and he learns to correct his behavior. More male characters need to learn that shit, even in general. He loves fiercely. His word is his honor. He understands himself. He is healing. Love this fucking man.

Also I forgive him for anything bad because he worked on it or is working on it so he has always been my babygirl. I see a lot of myself in him too.

So the last bestie is...

Mercuo

I thought about using Gan but I’ve been feeling him ^ lately. Next time I’ll talk about Gan and also his design. Not everyone in the Guardians of Time agreed with or liked Vaste at first. In fact only Weyd, and Syv took a definite positive interest in him on first impressions.

You can argue Lewena somewhat liked her when they first met based on what I wrote a long time ago; however I don’t count it since Lewena’s thoughts were doubts and anxiety. Also she only exposed a glimpse of her powers because she thought it fit the situation while trying to show Vaste a ‘Look I’m special too its not just you’ side. Trying to show her value next to a famous person.

The others had a range of conflicting emotions or self doubts about if she could understand them, because of their low self esteem and differing views. Mercuo’s reasoning made him emotionally withdrawn and externally curt. He didn't dislike Vaste herself so much as the fact that as WoL she's an authority figure, she's allowed the privilege of sanctioned violence. He didn't trust her responsibility nor the role itself because authority betrayed him. He's seen intimately how ripe for warping it is, to the point he questions it's usefulness since it creates an exploitable imbalanced dynamic.

TW: Child Sex Abuse mention

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As in his backstory the trauma of seeing the man who became his father figure molest and attempt assaulting children was the final shattering of his faith in authority figures. His parents had already given him up long ago, the priests before he entered the knighthood by and large didn't expect much, and everyone lorded over him because he was from The Brume and a Duskwight. Not to mention his father figure almost got the chance to molest him as well which was further devastating in hindsight.

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He has reason not to trust the authoritative individual; he had an idea not to trust the system because Ishgard and poor people don't mix, but seeing it defend his pedophile mentor because he was highborn is the final straw. He puts trust in others when they earn it, and he has every right to. He and Weyd get along because she is genuinely forward thinking as a person and how she sees class systems.

She's seen firsthand the greed of Ul'Dah and the piranha tank it becomes at the drop of a hat. She's seen the neglect of the common man, the bribes, the brutality as policy, the corrupt divided powers. They have similar feelings in common. She had to earn his respect from tireless communication as well as her bearing. The heaps of money for his services was the plus. Vaste has to match that energy and conviction to him; he has to see by her actions she's intent on defying a system.

So first impressions wise he has no idea on any of this so he's on edge. He warms up the longer he spends time around her but the real shift comes when she opens up. Like Yugiri he has a crisis moment in their friendship. How can he feel anything toward a kid killer other than rage? She didn't get upset with him for not wanting to be near her for a time. He spent a long while thinking on it and on how she wants to change.

He thought about how the system broke her down to be capable of it, of how the Templar Knights did similar with him. He was a cop at the end of the day, he'd seen his share of police brutality in Ishgard. Back then though he was too young as a teenager to fully grasp the weight of what he saw and did beyond gut emotions.

In the end what bridged the gap was how hard he saw her trying. She put her money where her mouth was rather than mope but take no action. She started defying the Scions openly, and spoke out whenever she could. He watched her closely to find a grasp on her humanity. Not only that but she came up with the most insane plan he ever heard, killing gods so no one else can suffer as much as they did. This spoke to him, as a Duskwight, as a poor class Ishgardian, as a man.

They became hard friends once they reconciled these differences. If she had been only about her words he would've never changed his mind nor given her trust. If she wasn't serious she'd never have shared with him such a batshit crazy plan either. He understands she's in pain and is paying for it, like he is when he remembers his father figure, how he had to kill him for what he'd done. It's built on compassion and some empathy.

Otherwise though he's a romantic, a risk taker, an adventurer through and through. I don't just mean romantic in that he treats G'azef like a king either; he views the world as full of beauty in unexpected moments. Walking though nature is beauty, walking through towns is beauty, the moment when something gives you a full feeling in the chest is beauty. Hearing others laugh and share stories, joys over drinks is beauty. Sharing pain, is beauty. It's intimacy with the world around you that's romantic.

He's not shy toward new experiences either, though he won't do things he finds obviously stupid. If someone isn't getting him into a new thing then he's breaking their shell in a heart to heart way to do the thing too. Whereas Gan is obvious and enthusiastic when doing this, Mercuo can be that but also subtle. It's about reading situations, which he's done to survive since childhood. As a side effect it made him good at reading people and their emotions.

He keeps up loyalty to places and people he cares for. Chasing Comet's bar the 'Star Dancer' is one such place. He loves everything there, drinks, food, the company etc. Chasing Comet and Kind Dawn love his listening ear or hearing him jumpstart a good party or wild story. They also know him as one of the few who consistently pays his tab. Whenever they need help he'll jump in if able, which always helps. Comet can see on his face that he does things out of earnest, because it's right; it's a trait she finds is lacking in others. So he always has a home there, even on the occasions he does mischief.

He and K'ali do jockey each other over getting work as mercenaries, but there is respect. They may tease and bicker and be petty but neither does anything genuinely insulting. They respect each other's work ethic, skills, charisma and so on. There's been times where he's seen her off beneath the swashbuckling demeanor and stepped in; either with a word or by paying for her tab.

The times when she's been too distraught inside to remember to shave were his first clue that she's intersex, but he didn't bug her about it. He saw her anxiety over forgetting to upkeep how she presents and had the tact not to treat her any different.

When she finally did confide some in him, he was accepting. He also knows how much she cares for her brother N'ali. He wishes he had a family relationship like that; as time passes he gives that role to Syv somewhat. In any case he sees she has heart even when she's being a shit. Without her around things would be less bright.

The sword to him is so important because despite the painful memories he has using one, it's still symbolic of finding his first calling. Of finding freedom out of the slums and loneliness. Nothing can ever take that half away. He trains to the point it moves as an extension of his body; a skill he's proud of beyond belief. It is both an art piece and a tool of death to be respected. He and G'azef met through the sword too. They fight side by side as each other's embers in the clashes of life. They are in love so thoroughly to embody the sword in one another.

I really like Mercuo. I really like all my characters even when I struggle to fill them out. So moving forward I want to do more little by little.

Also I like fitting him in clothes with huge collars because it makes his head hilariously tiny but it works

[sour-n-salty-citrus]

Do you like the backstory for rick? Idk I kinda preferred it when Rick's past was a complete mystery and i dont really care about diane at all. I didn't expect the writers to actually write a canon for him either but I guess they realised how much the audience wanted one for him

Ajdjdjeidjs ack, I'll be honest I'm not... keen on it.

(Bolly-quinn actually puts it into words well how I feel about Rick's backstory here)

I liked the mystery element of his backstory! I know it's always exciting to have things in canon, but like... it being open to interpretation was something I always appreciated.

And... ugh, hoo boy. I'm torn. I mean, I love that Rick is completely different from what dudebros and like- "high iq" redditors present him as. He's a man who loved his wife and daughter, loved them so much he would rather give up travelling the multiverse, becoming a genius scientist, just to stay with them. He was vulnerable, soft, and caring. He wasn't nihilistic and reckless and selfish and some "alpha male who wouldn't let anything tie him down". He was ridiculously romantic, optimistic, sweet and loving, and maybe even kind.

And I don't give a shit.

I don't! I don't care. This might sound incredibly cruel and unfair, but I don't care that Rick lost his family.

Ok- let me explain.

I'm... disappointed. I'm disappointed that losing Beth and Diane is all it was that made Rick into the complete and utter monster he is today (or the start of the series anyway). I don't mean to undermine his loss and grief- at all! It's just... for him to go on a (seemingly decades long) killing spree, slaughtering any version of himself he seemed to come across... christ. Maybe in his eyes, they were all as bad as that One. Which is understandable. I'm very lucky to have not experienced that kind of loss. I haven't had to Grieve the way Rick did. Maybe I just don't get it, because I've never felt it. That's fair.

It just felt... god, I don't want to say excessive. I know, people process grief in different ways, and for some it manifests in unhealthy ways, some lash out at the world, fixate on trying to find an explanation, to find justice, etc. And I like how Rick was an absolute inconsolable wreck at first. Something like that, it needs time to process and overcome before you can start moving again.

I just- I don't know. Something rubbed me the wrong way about it all.

It's like- it's not that I wanted Rick to have spent all that time partying or something. It's just- argh, i don't know! Maybe someone else can put it into better words lol.

I hate that he immediately jumped into not giving a single shit about other people (save birdperson and squanchy!). Like- when he blew up those aliens who gave him whatever it was he needed. Ah- ok, they probably weren't exactly innocent or anything, but still. I think it was just I felt if we ever saw Rick's backstory, I'd want it to be a slow decline into who he is, show him gradually losing so much of his morality and becoming so jaded. Idk i guess i just wanted it to be like, a series of significant (and lesser but still important) events that lead to him going down that path rather than- this ONE thing that just apparently completely ruined him? And yeah ik ik it was a BIG thing, but like- i guess i was expecting.... more? Maybe something like idk Rick trying to save all the other Beths and Dianes and failing, idk, just... something more.

I actually would have preferred it if Diane lived. I dont know, I just- man I really hate the dead wife/daughter turns ordinary man into callous asshole trope. I agree, it's hard to really care all that much for Diane, and for a while I couldn't understand why. I thought, idk, is it internalised misogyny? Do I just not like Diane because I want to ship Rick with someone else?

I think I get it now. Diane, for all her significance in Rick's backstory, just... isn't a character. She's just- the motivation Rick needed to kick off the story. You could replace her with literally anybody else Rick could have loved and it wouldn't feel any different. She just doesn't feel special. She's no more unique than any other Dead Wife. We get nothing, literally nothing of her. I kept thinking, why? Why does this just not hit that hard? Rick's had emotional moments with Beth, with Birdperson, even with Summer and Jerry. And then I got it- it doesn't feel earned. It felt like how you feel when you see side characters or extras in the background of an action movie die. Maybe some faint sadness, but mainly nothing. We as an audience get nothing from Diane, we don't know her, don't get to see how she matters to Rick, don't get to see her relationship with Rick, we don't get any chance to connect with her character. So when she dies and Rick gets his montage of seeking revenge, it doesn't feel earned. It feels more like I'm being told about how this guy suffered than really seeing it (which i believe, may have been the writers intention actually...). It's kind of like a feeling of "damn that sucks bro... and?". There's no real heavy emotional response that I could really get from it...

I actually would have preferred if Rick and Diane broke up, divorced. I feel like that would offer so much more for them BOTH as chatacters. Instead of their relationship being happy and sunshine and rainbows until a Big Bad came in and took that away, I'd prefer it if Rick's downfall was just... his fault. (Actually His fault.) If his marriage fell apart because he couldn't make it work. If he estranged his daughter because he couldn't properly handle fatherhood, despite loving her. If he was flawed, terribly flawed, because of his own misjudgement and shortcomings. I guess my biggest problem, is that this is presented as someone having the perfect life, which is then taken away as a result of someone Else. It's too easy to then say, oh, it's not his fault he's like that! He had his heart broken, his life ruined! He lost himself in a revenge spree, poor thing... I'd have rathered if it was just a little bit more... realistic? If Rick had been the root cause of his own problems. If he'd experienced tragedy, but also been the cause of much more. I just wish there'd been more of a balance? It just felt so rushed. And not because of the montage- it just like Rick became completely apathetic way too fast. I just hate hate HATE the "he was a good guy with the perfect little life until tragedy struck and he was never the same". Rick never made the effort to improve his life, to do better, to be better. He's actively a cruel, callous, unkind person (complex, yes, but these are traits no one can deny he harbours). He's done far worse than was done to him, and that will never be justifiable to me... it just all feels so very cliche and out of place, and out of everything, this was the one thing I had hoped they wouldn't do.

I think the writers are aware of this, strangely enough. I mean, Rick even calls it his "crybaby backstory". I think they didn't want to leave it open any longer, and just got it out of the way. I don't think they really want to elaborate on it anymore. From what I predict, they want to focus on the here and now of Rick (and Morty, haha), and the development of who Rick is NOW, instead of who he WAS. I think they kind of just went, here's your gut-punch, your tragic backstory, now leave it alone. Diane is dead, Rick had a hard past, the series is about moving on and change. Now can we PLEASE get back to the sci-fi shenanigans?

(There was something I LOVED about the backstory though, and that was the soundtrack! Like the music for the Battle of Bloodridge, it fucking SLAPPPEDDDD. I can't imagine making synthwave emotional, but it actually kind of worked! The swell of the music actually did a lot more for getting a reaction out of me than the content lmaooo. It kind of reminded me of Kurzegast's "optimistic nihilism" for some reason... I actually liked the Bloodridge track so much, it got me a little into synthwave, which i never listened to before! The music producers this season have just KILLED IT!)

[ectonurites]

character ask thing: cass cain

yess also this got kinda long bc i used a lot of pictures WHOOPS

First impression

kinda just ‘ohh thats the spooky lookin batgirl who doesn’t talk much but looks really cool’ 

Impression now

after actually reading through a bunch of her comics i have fallen in love w her oh my god like. when i first heard of her but hadn’t read anything i totally thought she was cool conceptually, but actually reading her batgirl (and then i know b&r eternal can be kinda controversial for how it reintroduced her and the changes it made to her but like... i still think there are interesting bits in that version of her story too) among other things just... i love her! she’s way more complex than a lot of people treat her (bc she’s not just... the quiet one who does no wrong. she can be snarky and silly and defiant she just might not use her words for it all of the time)

Favorite moment

this is hard and idk if this is my favorite ever but i have the pages on hand and love this so that scene where Cass went to secretly dance alongside a ballerina and then just NOPES outta there when she gets seen

which then later leads to this in the same issue once she’s back home

i am just so weak for all the instances of cass and dance... her being able to use it as a way to express herself and to communicate when speaking and words are too hard... it means a lot to me. it was def my favorite part of detective comics rebirth. then also gonna bring up this:

i just super love the one issue she shows up in young justice for. like... that description page for her makes me 🥺🥺🥺🥺  and then the ‘dont shrug at me young lady’ makes me loose it sdgfdhjgnf

Idea for a story

i just want a new run of her as batgirl again man. like. it’s what she deserves. and she’s back in the suit so we’re getting there hopefully, or at least to something along those lines, but i just want her to have cool adventures being an incredible fighter with a huge heart who’s working her way towards eventually taking over for bruce as batman 

Unpopular opinion

i definitely don’t hate the Orphan identity for her as much as a lot of people do. like I think within the context of how she has been reestablished it like... worked fine, but i do think that it has stayed way past it’s usefulness. I think the moment after this whole thing happened

she should have switched either back into the batgirl suit or to at least just something else. the fact that she continued to go by Orphan after a comic literally gave us the line ‘Cassandra Cain was no orphan” drives me NUTS

Favorite relationship

ok i almost put this as a favorite moment but decided to just have it as something to exemplify my fave relationship of hers, her & steph

the bond between the two of them just... i love it. they help each other learn and grow in different ways and i’m happy to see current comics putting them together again a lot but it feels so hollow now because it doesn’t feel like the people writing them currently really... grasp their old dynamic the same way, but i’m hoping that maybe that’ll start to change soon.

Favorite headcanon

i talked about it the other day in a headcanons post but just her interacting with other forms of dance besides just ballet too! also like i want us to see her actually do a dance class or something i think that would be so fun.. her having recitals and stuff... it could be so cute pleasee