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animeandfilmotaku · 26 days

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烏は主を選ばない-[A Raven Does not choose its master]-Intrigue and Insight.

In my normal regular brain, this is honestly my reaction to this series via a meme

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But I am a serious film review writer, and I really really need to gush one of the best anime series I have watched in recent years, so shall jump into the world of Yatsugarsu.

I may come late to the court drama genre party, thanks to Apothecary Diaries (薬屋のひとりごと) [FYI I really highly recommend this, if you love strong female characters and intriguing plot twists), so unfortunately I have to wait til February 2025 for Season 2 (I should read the novels too, as I heard it is also good), but it would be another show that I will recommend. As for now, I need to talk about this series 烏は主を選ばない [A Raven Does not choose its master]

So it started simply about Yukiya, a country boy from Taruhi who has unexpectedly cross pass with Prince Wakamiya (the true Kin’u), to be his aide (Though Yukiya has his sassy ways when dealing with his antics). So for the first half of the series- we deal with the 4 consorts vying for Wakamiya’s hand in marriage. I said it was great, it was cool, the intrigue is amazing with every plot twist from each consort having its own affairs and personality-all vying for . Not going to spoil for one of the biggest twists for that arc, but not all that it seems in the courts, that even Yukiya-an observer be like I am too old for this shit with these delulu nobles.

I would say Hamayuu is my favourite among the consorts, because she radiated intelligence and wit that every time I see her, I be like QUEEN, I love you so much 😩

However I wanted to give the shout out to the next part of the series that totally solidify the series for me as a whole, so after the selection process of the consort is officially done (With oh course revelations of our lovely consorts, again no spoilers), trouble seems to brew at the countryside as there are mutated yatsugarasus and killer were-monkeys (These things scared the shit out of me TBH) prowling through the villages, killing the residents- which Yukiya is pulled back to the Prince’s side, to investigate these horrors. I guess that is how Game of Thrones fans feel like with the plot twists they watched, because Raven’s plot twists are muah Chef’s kiss. Like every time I be like ‘This so-so is SUS” and the same time, did not expect the unexpected with the motivations. Like from the intrigue on who shall win Wakamiya’s hand, now it become like there are drugs???? There are evil monkeys???? Gang pacts????? Quoting that Lady Gaga Meme;

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You can say it makes you want more of its twists and turns in Yamauchi’s inner worlds.

Not to mention, I love the world-building that it is not jarring at all, but rather it serves you like a 9 course Michelin meal, which its politics, surroundings, mythos and livelihood interweaved so beautifully. I admit I am jealous how it is written, as I cannot even pen these worlds so intriguing and yet so brutal, which could be similar to real life.

As David Lean, one of my heroes said ‘I'm first and foremost interested in the story, the characters.’ and it really shined through the series, with the relationship between Wakamiya and Yukiya, who lived different lives; Wakamiya burdened with the destiny of protecting his fellow crows and Yukiya, a witty kid who learns that the world he lives is not what it seems and yet bonded by loyalty. They propelled the story through their observations and interactions with their allies, enemies or conspirators.

On the side note the endcard after every episode done by Natsuki-sensei (The illustrator for the Yatsugarsu series) which are so gorgeous by itself (I saw an online website where you can buy the postcard set itself, which I am jealous as it is expensive)

I am quite upset how this anime flew by the radar, with the more popular ones, but if you love court intrigue, refreshing world buliding and complex characters, this series is for you,and I hope you enjoy the ride as I was

I am hoping to get my hands to work on the novels by Abe-sensei itself so I can read it by itself, because it is just amazing

#a film geek's watching #LIKE FR this is a PSA to watch Yatsugarasu #A Raven Does not choose its master #yatagarasu series #yukiya #Wakamiya #karasu wa aruji wo erabanai #anime review #hamayuu #Asebi #Shiratama #Youtube

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thequeerlibrarian · 10 months

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Read in 2023

January

1. Ash Princess by Laura Sebastian - 5/5 ⭐

2. The Silmarillion by Tolkien - 4/5⭐

3. Seide und Schwert by Kai Meyer - 5/5⭐

4. Lanze und Licht by Kai Meyer - 5/5⭐

February

5. Drache und Diamant by Kai Meyer - 5/5⭐

6. Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo - 5/5⭐

7. The Art of Starving by Sam J. Miller - 5/5⭐

8. The Magician’s Nephew by C. S. Lewis - 4/5⭐

9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis - 5/5⭐

March

10. Chain of Thorns by Cassandra Clare - 5/5⭐

11. The Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis - 2.75/5⭐

12. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo - 5/5⭐

April

13. Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo - 5/5⭐

14. One last stop by Casey McQuiston - 3.5/5⭐

15. You Deserve Better by Anne-Marie - 3.75/5⭐

16. Lady Smoke by Laura Sebastian - 5/5⭐

17. Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia C. S. Lewis - 5/5⭐

18. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader C. S. Lewis - 5/5⭐

May

19. The Silver Chair by C. S. Lewis - 5/5⭐

20. The Last Battle by C. S. Lewis - 4.75/5⭐

21. King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo - 5/5⭐

22. Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo - 5/5⭐

June

23. Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Book by Suzanne Collins - 5/5⭐

24. Summer poems by Hermann Hesse - 5/5⭐

July

August

25. Star Wars: Brotherhood by Mike Chen - 4/5⭐

September

26. Harry Potter 1 reread for work

27. Harry Potter 2 reread for work

October

28. Harry Potter 3 reread for work

29. Babel by R.F. Kuang - 4.5/5⭐

30. Poems ll by Hermann Hesse - 4/5⭐

31. Poems by Shakespeare - 4/5⭐

32. If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio - 5/5⭐

33. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka - 4/5⭐

34. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams - 4.75/5⭐

35. Coraline by Neil Gaiman - 4/5⭐

36. Watership Down by Richard Adams - 4.5/5⭐

37. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum - 4.5/5⭐

38. Star Wars: Stealth by Karen Miller - 5/5⭐

November

39. Star Wars: Wild Space by Karen Miller - 5/5⭐

40. Crush by Richard Siken - 5/5⭐

41. Star Wars: Labyrinth of Evil by James Luceno - 4/5⭐

42. Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers - 4/5⭐

43. I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki by Baek Se-hee - 5/5⭐

44. Was fehlt, wenn ich verschwunden bin by Lilly Lindner - 5/5⭐

45. Dracula by Bram Stoker - 4/5⭐

46. Hamlet by William Shakespeare - 4/5⭐

47. Die Farbe der Rache by Cornelia Funke - 4.5/5⭐

48. Star Wars: Siege by Karen Miller - 5/5⭐

December

49. The girl who decided to go for it by Alice Bromell - 5/5⭐

50. Pride and prejudice by Jane Austen - 4/5⭐

51. Star Wars: Jedi Quest - Path To Truth by Jude Watson - 4.5/5 ⭐

52. Macbeth by William Shakespeare - 3.5/5 ⭐

53. The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater - 5/5⭐

54. Murtagh by Christopher Paolini 4.5/5⭐

55. Star Wars: Jedi Quest - The Way of the Apprentice by Jude Watson 4/5⭐

56. Star Wars: Master & Apprentice by Claudia Gray 4.5/5⭐

57. Just eat it by Laura Thomas 5/5⭐

58. The picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde 5/5⭐

59. Star Wars: Padawan by Kiersten White - 5/5 ⭐

60. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace Graphic Novel - 4/5⭐

61. Star Wars: Attack of the Clones Graphic Novel - 4/5⭐

62. Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith Graphic Novel - 4/5⭐

63. Star Wars: A New Hope Graphic Novel - 4/5⭐

64. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Graphic Novel - 4/5⭐

65. Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Graphic Novel - 4/5⭐

66. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens - 5/5⭐

67. Star Wars: The Trail of the Jedi by Jude Watson - 4/5⭐

68. Star Wars: The Dangerous Games by Jude Watson - 4/5⭐

69. Über mir die Wolke by Clara Louise - 4/5⭐

70. The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater - 5/5⭐

71. Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater - 5/5⭐

Dnf:

✖️ Star Wars Episode I

✖️ A Court of Thrones and Roses by Sarah J Maas

✖️ A Touch of Darkness by Scarlett St. Clair

✖️ Luft nach unten by Aron Boks

#updated #read in 2023 #reading wrap up #to be updated #for later

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the-king-andthe-lionheart · 2 years

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There was this line in the book [Fire and Blood] that always fascinated me. Daemon's wife, the Lady Rhea Royce of Runestone fell off her horse and her skull was crushed in the fall. And I read that and was like, "that's such a weird detail to include with no context around it. [...] Obviously Daemon went home and murdered his wife."

Ryan Condal said this after episode 5, and I want to examine it. Mostly because I think this is the wrong conclusion to make, and I have wholeheartedly disagreed with the interpretation that Daemon killed his wife even before I really cared about him as a character. So I want to look at the entirety of this passage:

A year later, in 115 AC, there came a tragic mishap, of the sort that shapes the destiny of kingdoms: the “bronze bitch” of Runestone, Lady Rhea Royce, fell from her horse whilst hawking and cracked her skull upon a stone. She lingered for nine days before finally feeling well enough to leave her bed…only to collapse and die within an hour of rising. A raven was duly sent to Storm’s End, and Lord Baratheon dispatched a messenger by ship to Bloodstone, where Prince Daemon was still struggling to defend his meagre kingdom against the men of the Triarchy and their Dornish allies. Daemon flew at once for the Vale. “To put my wife to rest,” he said, though more like it was in the hopes of laying claim to her lands, castles, and incomes. In that he failed; Runestone passed instead to Lady Rhea’s nephew, and when Daemon made appeal to the Eyrie, not only was his claim dismissed, but Lady Jeyne warned him that his presence in the Vale was unwelcome. (Pg. 374, Fire and Blood)

So now I want to argue against the notion that Daemon killed his wife.

The Source:

Fire and Blood is a biased source of history written by Archmaester Gyldayn during the reign of Robert Baratheon, who uses several historical sources that may or may not be true in his recounting of Targaryen history. Maester’s learn their craft at the Citadel in Oldtown where the Hightowers are Lords, and it is said that the Citadel was founded by Prince Peremore the Twisted, the second son of King Uthor of the High Tower. The Citadel has always been incredibly loyal to the Hightowers. The Starry Sept in Oldtown was also built by Lord Triston Hightower, in honor of his mentor and earlier regent, Septon Robeson. The Faith of the Seven has always had issues with Targaryen’s. Oldtown in general just seems to have issues with Targaryen’s. Once you read Fire and Blood, one thing is for certain, during the Dance of the Dragon’s Daemon is painted in a really bad light, and he’s accused of killing a lot of people even though some of them make no sense. The telling of Fire and Blood is pro-Green. And yet….Daemon was not accused in Fire and Blood for killing his wife, Rhea Royce, unlike all of the other accusations of deaths thrown at him, so let’s get into the reason why he couldn’t have done this.

Daemon was nowhere near the Vale when Rhea Royce died. He was all the way in the Stepstones. I’ve seen people say that he could have easily flown on Caraxes and immediately disappear after killing Rhea, but why didn’t anyone see his dragon if this is true? And I’ve seen people say that maybe Daemon hired a Catspaw or an assassin to kill Rhea Royce, and I have to question why they would leave Rhea Royce alive? Rhea Royce survived for 9 days after cracking her head, and was actually awake. If someone tried to kill her then why didn’t she say so? Now let’s argue that she doesn’t remember her attack, like Bran doesn’t remember who pushed him from the tower, but I still have to question why Daemon or an assassin would leave Rhea alive? Surely Daemon has enough money to employ a good assassin? Maybe not a Faceless Man, but someone skilled enough and ruthless enough to do the job right. After all, we aren’t talking about someone who would make the same mistake as the literal 12 year old Joffrey Baratheon in the main series. However, I have to question why Daemon would do this now? Why wait so long to kill his wife in the books? Daemon married Rhea Royce in 97 AC and Rhea dies in 115 AC so why did it take 18-19 years for Daemon to do this? It’s obvious they never got along, so why not cut his losses a couple of years in, and then marry someone he actually likes/loves or stay a bachelor for a few years? Like I don’t even think you can argue that he was just waiting around for Rhaenyra, because why? Rhaenyra was born the same year he got married, 97 AC. So if he was waiting for Rhaenyra, why not cut his losses earlier in order for him to try to wed Rhaenyra as soon as she flowered? Instead Rhea Royce’s death comes after the rumors of Daemon and Rhaenyra being sexual together AND Rhaenyra was already wed at this time to Laenor Velaryon as they married in 114 AC. And let’s not forget that as soon as Daemon left the Stepstones he began courting Laena Velaryon and then wed her. It really doesn’t sound like he was doing what was depicted in the show - killing Rhea to try to wed Rhaenyra.

I also don’t think it’s an odd detail to say that Rhea Royce fell in a hunting accident and cracked her head without context, after all we get none of the gritty details about Aemma Arryn’s death beyond the fact she died in childbirth. It’s not like it says one way or another if Aemma died from childbed fever or hemorrhaging or a c-section. I’m not even sure what Ryan Condal thought was weird about that statement. My guess is that he doesn’t realize how dangerous horses and horseriding can be. I grew up around horses and people who ride horses. It’s typical for people who regularly ride to get injured in some way by horses. When I was a kid, my mom’s horse reared up and smacked my mom in the face, knocking out a couple of her teeth and she had to have stitches. I’ve been around people who have broken their ribs, hurt their backs, broken their collarbones, etc. all from riding horses. Horses are also animals that can spook easily. And let’s not forget that the Vale is rocky terrain. It’s more than plausible to get thrown from a 800-1500 pound horse and smack your head on a rock, cracking your skull. Even the most expert of riders can be thrown from a horse at any time. HORSERIDING IS DANGEROUS! Now if you don’t believe me I’ll give you some facts:

Each year, horse riders are injured, hospitalized or killed as a result of horse-related accidents and injuries. Despite technological advancements in equestrian safety equipment, horse riding continues to be found more dangerous than motorcycling, skiing, football, and rugby. Whilst injury can occur simply from handling horses, falling from a horse constitutes a dangerous fall from height, possibly at speed. A rider’s head can be elevated up to 3 meters (9.84 feet) from the ground and horses can travel at speeds around 50 kilometers (31 miles) an hour. source

Now let’s look at some motorcycle accident statistics in America:

There were 89,000 motorcycle accident injuries.

45% of motorcycle accidents result in more than a minor injury.

There were 4,985 motorcycle deaths in 2018.

4.24% of all motorcycle accidents are fatal.

80% of all motorcycle crashes result in injury or death.

Now let’s look at how common head (and other) injuries are from horse related accidents:

Head injuries are associated with approximately 60% of all equestrian deaths and 18% of equestrian injuries.

Aside from death, brain injury survivors may suffer personality changes, intellectual and memory impairment, or epilepsy.

Head injuries are associated with approximately 60% of all equestrian deaths and 18% of equestrian injuries.

Aside from death, brain injury survivors may suffer personality changes, intellectual and memory impairment, or epilepsy.

Falling or being thrown from a horse accounts for the majority of mounted injuries, while being kicked or trodden on, accounts for most dismounted injuries.

Dismounted injuries require hospitalization approximately 42% of the time, while mounted injuries require hospitalization in only 30% of incidents.

Fractures, soft tissue damage, and head injuries are the most common types of injuries inflicted by horses.

The arm, leg and head/face are the most common body parts to be injured. source

It is not outside the realm of possibility that Rhea Royce did die from being thrown from a horse, thus smacking her head on a rock and dying 9 days later. It is more than likely, because like I said even the most expert of horse riders can be thrown from a spooked horse and die. I also want to mention how incredibly unlikely Rhea Royce was hawking alone. Lord’s and especially Lady’s in her position would not go off alone, and usually hunting/hawking is a social sport for both men in women in our real medieval world. Rhea should have had other ladies and attendants with her. It would be incredibly weird, and awfully plot convenient for a noble woman to be off hawking alone in a territory surrounded by dangerous mountain clans. The fact that Daemon isn’t outright accused by the source, tells me that there were witnesses to this event.

I completely disagree with Ryan’s interpretation of this part of the text. It seems to me this is a man who didn’t check his facts on how dangerous horses can be or look at the context in which this could have happened. It’s obvious, he pretty much considers Daemon more of a villain than a truly gray character at this point in the show, which is incredibly unfortunate considering this quote:

Over the centuries, House Targaryen has produced both great men and monsters. Prince Daemon was both. In his day there was not a man so admired, so beloved, and so reviled in all of Westeros. He was made of light and darkness in equal parts. To some he was a hero, to others the blackest of villains. (Fire and Blood)

So far we haven’t seen much of Daemon’s light in the show, and there are certain photos from trailers that suggest Daemon is going to go around killing more people that are “in his way”. I can only hope that we will see more nuance for his character in the writing of the show going forward, that doesn’t entirely depend on Matt Smith’s acting to make him seem more complex. Now don’t get me wrong, I don’t hate the show, so far I am loving it overall, but that doesn’t mean I can’t have criticisms, and so far my biggest criticism is the whitewashing of Alicent and Otto in the first 5 episodes to make them “more sympathetic and complex” while not even bothering to do the same for the characters that make up Team Black, yet more of them are surprisingly still complex and sympathetic even with flaws! Shock. Gasp. And I’m not saying I expected Daemon to be whitewashed, I didn’t. Daemon isn’t some poor little meow meow. However, I expected him to be more of a middling gray character, rather than utterly chaotic and murderous, character with invented impotency problems. I love me my gray characters, so I wouldn’t EVER want Daemon to be whitewashed by the narrative. However, showing Daemon killing a bunch of people now in the story, I fear, is only going to cheapen a hugely significant event he orchestrates out of obvious grief and anger most likely in the beginning of S2. But not only that, in my opinion the whole opening scene of episode 5 was not only poorly written but poorly edited and directed. It was confusing. At most they should have left Rhea Royce’s death open to interpretation like Daemon’s supposed “heir for a day” comment about whether he actually said it or not and in what tone and context. I mean we already knew that Viserys exiled him back to the Vale, so in my opinion I think at the very least it should have been left off screen with the next time we see Daemon sauntering into Rhaenyra’s wedding. And frankly, they could have used that five minutes to further establish the future relationships we’ll be seeing in the 10 year time jump. And while I’m not a book purist, I just don’t see the point in re-interpreting and actively creating a different scene when you honestly can’t argue about the way Rhea Royce died. In the show Rhea Royce was paralyzed, and Daemon obviously killed her immediately with a rock, but in the books Rhea Royce lingered for 9 days before dying, and she wasn’t paralyzed, as she was walking around the hour before she died. So why completely reinvent this part of the story? I’m sure you all will counter that they changed Aemma Arryn’s death, by her having a c-section, but that’s not the same. We didn’t get any details beyond “when Queen Aemma was brought to bed in Maegor’s Holdfast and died whilst giving birth to the son [...]” There are no details here saying one way or another how Aemma died in childbirth. It could be easily said she did have a c-section, so it’s not an entirely new thing they created. Aemma still died in childbirth, when Rhea Royce obviously instead died the day she encountered Daemon, despite lingering for 9 days in the books. Maybe if the interpretation and the scene had been written and filmed better, I’d be more forgiving, as I’m fairly forgiving of most of their decisions, but I just think re-imaging this scene to be something so different than what was depicted in the books, regardless of unreliable narrators (which honestly doesn’t count when it comes to straightforward causes of death, because why lie about things like this, when it’s obvious they aren’t trying to blame someone for the fall?).

So regardless of my own opinions about how the scene was written, directed, and edited, and how Daemon has been being portrayed so far, I really hope I’ve convinced you all, or at least gave you food for thought, that it’s not out of the realm of possibility that Rhea Royce in fact did get thrown from her horse, and sustained a serious head injury from the fall. As it’s definitely more common than I think Ryan Condal knows.

#daemon targaryen #house of the dragon #hotd #asoiaf #a song of ice and fire

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sunnydaleherald · 8 months

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The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Sunday, February 4th

Trick: Ladies, gentlemen, spiny-headed looking creatures, welcome to SlayerFest '98!

~~Homecoming~~

[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

A Friendly Wager by Bobbie23 (Giles/Jenny, Gunn, Wesley, G)

Complaints "Act II", a Usenet era story crossposted by pgadzikowski (Scoobies, G)

Scar Crossed Lovers by Maxineeden (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

Do You Trust Me Now? by Maxineeden (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

[Chaptered Fiction]

Raven - Chapter 1 by sparrow2000 (Xander/Spike, G)

Spidey Does Angel - Chapter 1 by megamatt09 (Spider-Man crossover, Peter Parker/Cordelia, other pairings in future chapters, Explicit)

Early One Morning, Ch. 12 by all choseny (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

Afterburn, Ch. 11 by Melme1325 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

Unborn, Ch. 3 by Lizzie Queen of Meigas (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

If You Don't Want Him... Ch. 1 by Spikelover4ever (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

Pages of a secret notebook, Ch. 1-4 (COMPLETE!) by though_you_try (Buffy/Spike, PG-13)

Dawn Rising, Ch. 42 by Luna (LotR crossover, Buffy, FR15)

To All We Guard, Ch. 3 by simmony (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

Lie to Me, Ch. 6 by In Mortal (Buffy/Spike, Adult Only)

Out For A Walk... Bitch, Ch. 9 by MaggieLaFey (Buffy/Spike, Adult Only)

Coming Through, Ch. 13 by hulettwyo (Buffy/Spike, Adult Only)

Chapter 1 of an X-Files crossover by enchantedquill-40 (Buffy, not rated)

[Images, Audio & Video]

Artwork: parents and children by cutetanuki-chan (Giles & Buffy, baby Giles & his mom, Jenny & her baby, Giles/Jenny mentioned, worksafe)

Drawing: paisley rekdal, "philip larkin's koan" by genericaces (Angel/Spike, worksafe, blood)

Drawing: Angel by pinkpersonsblog ()

Fanmixes: The Mixtape Chronicles, part 5-6 by Julikobold (Buffy/Spike, G)

A Spike/Drusilla Valentine's day card ft. poetry and art by Ashmaenas (T)

[Reviews & Recaps]

Question - Is there a moment/scene/episode that hooked you? by Tome

When suspending disbelief becomes difficult by Tome

Who the hell wrote these DVD descriptions? by Curious_Paradox

[Recs & In Search Of]

Reacting to Reactions! AtS Season 5 by Stoney

[Fandom Discussions]

Buffy Summers: One Girl in all the World by veronyxk84

Spike is a fixer-upper in the “this old house” kind of way by still-nix-d-goffic, raisedbythetv89

[Faith should have been an Angel series regular] by hersterical, thepunkmuppet

Buffy movie based on the TV show? [what if there was one] by varveror

[I'll never watch the deer scene in Bargaining the same way again] by burnmeup82 and others

How do you think it would go if the Initiative started chipping, then ensouling vampires? by Christianduty

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atamascolily · 11 months

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princess tutu re-watch, episode 9

Narrator: Once upon a time… Woops, wrong story! … or is it? (strongly implying the evil raven is forcing Rue to dance a la The Red Shoes)

Okay, here's something I never thought of before: if Drosselmeyer is the writer of this novel (ostensibly), then who the FUCK is the narrator supposed to be???!!!! Are there any older lady characters in this show??

Rue (standing by a fountain staring at her hands): "Curse these sinful hands!"

lol at Ahiru's friends live-tweeting (heh) the drama between Rue and Mytho

Fakir (standing by a fountain staring at his hands): "Curse these sinful hands!"

Oh, hey, I thought the pizza shop was a one-off joke, but here we are again!

Fakir, at a literary speak-easy: "I'm here to see a man about a book."

I just realized that the piano in the ballet studio has all the old-fashioned punch cards, so it can play without an accompanist when the penguin is busy.

Fakir, looking at a picture of a knight getting sliced in two: GOSH I SURE HOPE THIS DOESN'T AWAKEN ANYTHING IN ME

Edel: "Depends. Are ya feeling lucky, punk?"

HOLY SHIT EDEL IS A PUPPET (I mean, okay, there were plenty of hints she was doing stuff for Drosselmeyer earlier, but now we've gone from subtext to text).

Rue (talking to Ahiru): "Weird… this must be what it's like having friends. A novel experience."

Ahiru: "BIRD GIRLS OF THE WORLD UNITE! HIGH-FIVE!" (okay, okay, she has no idea Rue is Kraehe and neither does Rue, but I couldn't resist)

Neko-sensei is romantically pursued by a goat. I have no words. At least she's a fellow teacher??

Ahiru's Friend #1: "Don't worry, Ahiru, we love you in spite of your fuck-ups!"

Ahiru's Friend #2: "Actually, we love you ESPECIALLY for the fuck-ups!"

Ominous flock of crows: Hey little girl, want to join a GANG?

the parallels between Rue and Fakir as they cope with Mytho essentially breaking up with them are excellent.

so the school is an arts school! we have dance, musicians and art students, how about that?

Malen, the art student we will never see again: "I am obsessed with Rue."

Ahiru: "It's okay, me too! Let's be besties!…. oh wait, it's a shard again, isn't it?"

(the fact that Mytho's devotion still seeks out Rue IS proof he genuinely loves her, though)

hey, uh, Drosselmeyer? femslash and OT3s exist, so stop being such a heteronormative dick, okay?

the birds turning into shoes effect actually looks pretty good! like Animorphs, but ballet!

Rue's transformation into Kraehe in this episode is so similar to Homura's transformation at the end of Rebellion that it's clear the animators of the latter were taking notes

and the fact that Kraehe screams and the feathers initially appear as thorns is a big hint This Is Not Good for Rue at all.

Fakir making a dramatic entrance by busting THROUGH the window and grabbing a glass shard to stab Kraehe is Peak Everything. This boy should have been a theater kid.

Unsurprisingly, this makes Kraehe revert back to being evil when she was on the cusp of giving into Tutu's persuasion/charisma roll. NICE JOB BREAKING IT, HERO.

also HUGE SHOUTOUT to "The Old Castle" from Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition for being such excellent music for this episode.

#princess tutu #lily liveblogs

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celtfather · 11 months

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Black Tower #635

Climb the Black Tower with the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #635.

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0:11 - Hanneke Cassel "The Green Lady / Olivia’s Jig" from Some Melodious Sonnet

5:08 - WELCOME

7:38 - TJ Hull and Amanda Caretta - Hull "Mr. Cunningham's Maggot" from Tippy Taps

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22:26 - Jim Sharkey "The Three Ravens" from SWEET ANNE'S ROAD

26:51 - Gordon McLeod "Christy's Waltz" from Still Fiddlin'

30:32 - Lauren Oxford "On Death" from Lauren Oxford

34:56 - The Dustbunnies "Gillingham Ramshire" from What Goes Around

39:29 - Don Gabbert "My Name is McCann (Ed's Campfire Waltz)" from Donovan's Fancy

42:48 - Kevin McKrell "I Can Breath Again" from In Quarantine

45:23 - THANKS

48:21 - Derina Harvey Band "Grow" from Waves of Home

52:21 - Beltaine "Whisky Rye" from Mercy

55:22 - Screaming Orphans "Sweet Forget Me Not" from Paper Daisies

59:31 - Mànran "Black Tower" from Ùrar

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1:03:38 - The High Kings "The Streets Of Kinsale" from The Road Not Taken

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her-koss-portapros · 1 year

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09 - 24 - 2023

Today’s been an okay day. It’s been peaceful in my quiet mind. I woke up late and talked to Spencer for a moment. He was telling me about the bus schedule from El Ejido to Almeria Beach, and I was listening as I made my coffee in the Mr. Coffee pot, the way that I like it. Five scoops of Veranda roast to five cups of water. Eventually he hung up with the excuse that he needed to eat before catching the bus, but I was wondering if his deeper reasoning was that talking to me made him sad and uncomfortable. I could tell that he was close to crying as we said goodbye without ending on “I love you.” I sat with this in mind as I ate a cinnamon blondie for breakfast alongside my hot coffee.

I decided that I would clean around the apartment and my reward for cleaning would be a trip to Goodwill. Thrifting always seems to prove fruitful. Seeing random, outdated pieces of clothing and objects that I would never purchase. Finding something that isn’t perfect but is good enough. And of course, it’s in my budget. Goodwill has a distinct smell to it, as well. The best one that we have in Atlanta is located in Buckhead - around a 15 minute drive from where I reside on 386 Parkway Dr. It’s in the depressing part of Buckhead, as I see it. Though really, all of Buckhead is quite depressing to me.

I didn’t end up thrifting though. I did clean; I threw in a load of laundry, I unloaded dishes and vacuumed the 550 square feet that I walk on everyday. While doing this I listened to my favorite podcast. Every episode is informative and usually about something happening presently in society, but is explained through a historical lens. The two ladies always start their episodes by chatting about normal things happening, gossip, the rest. And today I really only wanted to listen to the chit-chat and gossip. I didn’t have enough space in my brain for learning.

After cleaning I told myself I’d lay out in Piedmont park for a bit before going thrifting, knowing that I was leaving the house without eating anything except for that blondie at breakfast. I took with me the Goodwill bags that had been sitting in front of my A/C vent for over two months now - filled to their brims with clothes I’ve intended to donate. I drove the long way into Midtown so that I could turn right onto 10th to find a place to park. There was plenty of parking at noon-thirty on a Sunday. I parked and walked to the spot where him and I threw the frisbee a few weeks ago. On the first of September, actually. But there was no disc to throw and there was no Spencer to laugh and lay with. Instead, I laid on my beach towel by myself, and I admired the juxtaposition of the warmth I felt on my skin in direct sunlight against the cool shade under the tree I chose to lay under. These past few days without him have just barely felt real.

I was ravenously hungry by the time I got up to leave, and realized that thrifting was going to have to happen another day. I went home and ate eggs, then a full carton of raspberries, and finally three scoops of coffee-chip ice cream. And then I slept.

The way that light hits certain furniture pieces on a sunny Sunday afternoon in my studio apartment makes me full with gratitude. I slept for two hours - from 4pm to 6 and had bizarre dreams that I can’t recall. I got up and then showered, then threw a frozen pizza in the over. A fourth of the pizza I would eat tonight, the rest for lunch at work tomorrow. And then I watched Netflix’s documentary on Joan Didion; the first Netflix media I’ve seen in a long time that doesn’t make me cringe. I love Joan Didion, and I love her mind, her writings, the way that she studies humans and the world around her. So now I’m writing this. It is 9:51 on the 24th of September. It’s a Sunday. I’m equal parts sad and grateful for what I have right now. I know that nobody will ever read what I write, but what’s important is that I write anyways. For myself, I guess.

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Tag 9 people you’d like to get to know more

Tagged by @celestialspark - Thank you for tagging me ❤️ This came out a little longer than I expected

Last song: According to my YouTube history (I really don’t understand how to use Spotify and I don’t think I ever will at this point), that would be Stranger by The Mechanisms, from Tales To Be Told, Volume II. Idk why, but this song vibrates my brain in exactly the best way. (I feel like that about a lot of songs in this album, especially Lost In The Cosmos, which is honestly weirdly relaxing for a song describing a slow death in painful details, and Pieces, but like, only the chorus)

Show I'm watching: Well, the last show I’ve seen was the newest episode of Helluva Boss, watched it with both of my partners, one of whom knows nothing about this show. It was fun, though, well, don’t want to spoil anything, but I was hoping for something else. Besides that, I intend to watch Stranger Things soon, cause I have read some great fanfics (I wanted to check if any of the authors are on Tumblr, so I could tag them, but for some reason, I can’t open ao3, which is quite concerning considering what happened this month) and decided I might try, even though I am good 7 years late. However, I am not watching it yet, because from what I know so far it feels like the kind of show that will permanently rewire my brain, so I am waiting til I can watch it with my friends, cause I am not going through that alone. If we consider podcasts shows, then I am an active listener of Dracula Daily, the voice acting is great, and I am already swooning and fanning myself like a victorian lady at Quincey P. Morris, which is to be expected, he’s one of my favourite characters. I can’t wait for this year’s holiest love entry tho, I want to see Tumblr go wild for it again. Also, season 2 of Not Quite Dead is coming out in a little more than two weeks (a fair warning to anyone who follows me, I already know I will be insufferable about it ❤️). I binged season 1 in one sitting, I am so excited (there are precisely 0 fanfics for this show on ao3 so far, I am working on changing that, but I’ve been suffering from a serious case of can’t-finish-wips-disease for quite a while now, so we’ll see how it goes)

Book I'm reading: If we’re talking new books, then right now nothing, but the last two I’ve read were: 1 Noce za nocami by Małgorzata Wilk, I loved it, it was exactly what I wanted, and I was so excited to finally get it, I read it on Wattpad back in the day and I preordered it the moment I was able to. It just feels very cozy to me. If you a) know Polish, and b) like gay vampires, I highly recommend it 2 Vampireology from the Ologies book series, cause I’ve never seen it before, I found it at a convention and I may be an adult, but it had vampires and was full of shiny secrets, you can’t possibly expect me to resist that Besides that, I am currently relistening to an audiobook of The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater, because the first time I listened to it, I was in a really bad place mentally, and this in tandem with some incorrect beliefs I had about this book caused me to miss some important things the first time, so now I am doing better I plan to listen to the whole series again, and I am really enjoying it! I know this series goes into some very dark places, but at the point at which I am currently, it is just full of pure joy of exploration and awe-inspiring discovery and listening to it makes me really, really happy right now

Currently obsessed with: Fandom-wise, The Magnus Archives, closely followed by The Mechanisms, a lot of things mentioned above are either basically obsessions, or very close to becoming that, because I can’t just be normal about things Also, vampires are my obsession that has been a constant part of my life practically since I remember, and I doubt it will ever change at this point. If for whatever reason you want to see me ramble, ask me about my opinions on any vampire-related trope or theme, and you will probably get a pretty substantial essay

Tagging: @suaveotter @laceandsteelgirl @kind-ghost @doofus-and-dragons @fall-festival @katenotbishop @wet-snail @rhymingteelookatme @graceful-not

#tag game #implied dracula spoilers #I'm looking forward to the replies

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seekers-who-are-lovers · 4 months

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The power of a true golden raven

Episode 9: Lady Raven

As a true golden raven, Wakamiya/Nazukihiko can 1) open locked doors with just one word and 2) make old, dry cherry tree branches bloom again.

Episode 4: Imperial Council

Things that his brother Lord Natsuka cannot do. It probably explains why Wakamiya can easily blend in as one of the commoners, apart from the fact that he’s not always present at the Imperial Court, avoids crowd bc he can easily be identified, prefers not so many attendants as he only needs people who he can trust. Also, they run away from him as he is purported to be demanding, meticulous and exact. So the feeling is probably mutual.

Now, I am still waiting for the solution of the first-ever scenes where Wakamiya and Yukiya’s first meeting seemed to be inevitable.

Why is their fate intertwined?

It gives me the impression that based on his power of observation and his keen understanding of his surroundings, he can easily map out the events in the future. And that recruiting Yukiya has already been set on the table. Like a bucket list.

I am curious how did he find out where he lives and eventually learn his family background is. How long had he been observing the two children as they got lost in the woods? I wonder if this all happened during his “education abroad,” i.e. when he was absent from the Imperial Court.

#yatagarasu #yatagarasu series #the raven does not choose its master #wakamiya #yukiya #yukichi #episode 1: a lady out of place #episode 4: imperial council #episode 9: lady raven #karasu wa aruji wo erabanai #yatagarasu spoilers #yatagarasu speculation

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teachingmycattoread · 2 years

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Things We’ve Yelled About This Episode #3.0

“When shall we three meet again?” Act I Scene 1, Macbeth, William Shakespeare.

Pong (game)

Jane Austen

Garth Nix

Brandon Sanderson

Discworld (Terry Pratchett)

Terry Pratchett

Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Mansfield Park, Jane Austen

Emma, Jane Austen

Sanditon, Jane Austen

Emma (2020)

“How very dare”, The Catherine Tate Show (2004-2007)

The Old Kingdom (Garth Nix)

Terciel and Elinor, Garth Nix

Nicholas Sayre and the Creature in the Case, Garth Nix

The Keys to the Kingdom series, Garth Nix

Mister Monday, Grim Tuesday, Garth Nix

Tamora Pierce

Supernatural (2005-2020)

The Empty (fandom wiki)

Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gailman

Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett

Reaper Man, Terry Pratchett

Wyrd Sisters, Terry Pratchett

Witches Abroad, Terry Pratchett

A Gothmog:

A Wook:

Tower of Babel (wiki)

Sam Vimes, Lady Sybil; Discworld characters

Benoit Blanc (fictional detective - see Knives Out (2019) and Glass Onion (2022))

Dorothy L Sayers

Murder on the Orient Express, Agatha Christie

Murder on the Orient Express (2017)

Death on the Nile, Agatha Christie

Death on the Nile (2022)

William Shakespeare

Merchant of Venice, William Shakespeare

Much Ado About Nothing, William Shakespeare

Hamlet, William Shakespeare

The Lion King (1994)

Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare

David Tennant (imdb)

The Raven Tower, Ann Leckie

Ancillary series, Ann Leckie

Small Gods, Terry Pratchett

Blorbo from my shows (meme)

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984-1985)

Jeremy Brett (imdb)

Hound of the Baskervilles, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Leverage (2008-2012)

Leverage Season 5 Episode 9:The Run Down Job

Alec Hardison (Leverage character)

Sherlock (2010-2017)

Sherlock Season 2 Episode 2: The Hounds of Baskerville

Elementary (2012-2019)

Elementary, Season 2 Episode 18: The Hound of the Cancer Cells

Alanna the Lioness, Tamora Pierce

Jeeves and Wooster, P. G. Wodehouse

Ask Jeeves

Yahoo

Google

*hacker voice* I’m in (meme)

Press f in the chat (wiki)

Clippy (wiki)

Matt Berry (imdb)

Ben Kearns, voice actor on twitter who does Matt Berry impressions (example)

Map Men on the pronunciation of British placenames (youtube)

Howl’s Moving Castle, Dianna Wynne Jones

Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)

The Four Branches of the Mabinogi (wiki)

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (wiki)

Green Knight (2021)

Dev Patel (imdb)

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

Merlin (2008-2012)

“Are you aware that your wife is a troll, sire?” Merlin Season 2 Episodes 5 & 6: Beauty and the Beast (youtube)

Charlie Hunnam (imdb)

Jude Law (imdb)

Pacific Rim (2013)

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017)

Vortigern (wiki)

Eric Bana (imdb)

Guy Ritchie (imdb)

Gildas (wiki)

Ambrosius Aurelianus (wiki)

Gideon the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir

Gaslight Gatekeep Girlboss (meme)

The Final Empire, Brandon Sanderson

Temeraire series, Naomi Novik

Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer

Uzumaki, Junji Ito

Wheel of Time (2021 - ?)

Stormlight Archive, Brandon Sanderson

Man makes plans and God laughs (Yiddish proverb)

The Twitter Fiasco (wiki)

King Chaz, aka King Charles III of England, aka. Parasite in Chief in his Idiot Hat

The Crown estate vs. Twitter (BBC article)

Whispers Underground, Ben Aaronovitch

Rivers of London series, Ben Aaronovitch

Next Time on Teaching My Cat To Read

The Inimitable Jeeves, P. G. Wodehouse

#tmctr #tmctr ref

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willowchord · 2 years

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Sending you a Naruto ask post (in whole); do if ya want ❤️

1) favorite village

2) favorite kage

3) which villain would you most like to fight

4) favorite chunin exam fight

5) how would you have cheated during the chunin exams

6) byakugan, sharingan, or rinnegan

7) which battle was your favorite

8) favorite female ninja’s outfit

9) favorite male ninja’s outfit

10) favorite ninja’s hair

11) how would you wear your headband

12) what would your ninjutsu be

13) what ninjas would you want as your teammates

14) which opening is your favorite

15) which closing is your favorite

16) how long have you been into naruto

17) do you mostly watch or read naruto

18) favorite character

19) least favorite character

20) do you own any naruto merch

21) in the akatsuki what color would you paint your nails

22) who would you want your partner to be in the akatsuki

23) have you ever played any of the naruto video games

24) weapon of choice

25) favorite clan

26) favorite uchiha

27) what animal would you summon

28) favorite filler episode

29) favorite arc

30) otp

31) brotp

32) favorite non-human character

33) favorite bijuu

34) favorite jinchuriki

35) what ninja occupation would you choose

1. Leaf

2. Fifth Hokage, Lady Tsunade

3. I want Kabuto to destroy me

4. Gaara V. Rock Lee

5. With my Byakugan, obviously

6. See 5.

7. Gaara v. that bone bitch

8. Hinata's

9. Kakashi's

10. Sakura's

11. Around the neck, loose

12. Ice Style! Ice Release Jutsu!

13. Shikamaru and Temari

14. Season 2

15. Also season 2

16. I started as a kid but didn't think ab it for 15 years

17. I watch Naruto

18. I like Shikamaru and Hinata

19. Sakura, she exists to cry

20. I wear a leaf headband as I write this

21. Burnt Orange

22. Deidara

23. Shinobi Striker!

24. Giant Fan

25. Whichever one the Sand Siblings are from

26. Itachi

27. Raven

28. Kakashi's True Face Revealed!

29. Sakura's love arc

30. Shikamaru and Temari

31. Neji and Sasuke

32. Gababunta!

33. One-Tailed Shikaku

34. Gaara

35. I am here to work at a ninja pet store, where ninja pick their summons.

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vixvaporub · 2 years

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October 24th to October 30th Reads:

Happy Halloween!!!!!

Currently Reading:

Chainsaw man - chapters 11 to 12

Noragami - chapter 31 to 32

Peach mermaid - chapters 19 to 34

Coral: tenohira no umi - chapters 8 to 9

Updates:

Raise wa tanin ga li - chapter 29.2

Juujika no rokunin - chapter 103

Even if you slit my mouth - chapter 53

Call of the night- chapter 145

Bitten contract - chapter 46

A sign of affection - chapter 30

Completed/Caught Up:

The tainted half - chapters 1 to 20 (caught up)

Sultans love - chapters 1 to 16 (completed)

Dropped:

Lady devil - chapter 1 *spoiler* it has incest

Anime:

Raven of the inner palace - episode 4

Chainsaw man - episode 3

Spy x family - episodes 15 and 16

To your eternity, season 2 - episode 1

#vixupdates #I like to go into series pretty blind but man whenever I unexpectedly get into contact with incest #I'm like really.... wtf

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onesheeptwosheepandachicken · 3 years

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26 Reasons why Qrow is not Ruby’s father and why Taiyang is Ruby’s father

In response to the toxic aspect of the fandom attacking CRWBY and demanding that their desires for Qrow be chosen over canon, or how they feel their theory is more valid than the show itself? I have researched RWBY to make this 26-point Discussion as to why Canon is valid, and fancanon is not when it comes to Qrow Branwen, Ruby Rose, Taiyang Xiao Long, and Summer Rose.

1. “Monty said NO” Most obviously. Monty Oum.

He said in this tweet that ruby and yang are half-sisters…half-sisters, which means they share the same mom or dad…in this case Taiyang….

https://twitter.com/montyoum/status/492070189731565568

Now people have claimed “he obviously meant step-sisters or cousins” Why is it that every time we show the English dictionary to you people or ask you to read it, that you claim you are being attacked or that you claim Monty was misleading us?

2. The writers said NO

Miles Luna debunked this theory on Reddit…

He pointed out that Ruby sees Qrow as a Role model, so she adapts her colors to be similar to his.

And you don’t need somebody to be blood to be your role model.

https://www.reddit.com/r/RWBY/comments/7x3w4s/crwby_ama_w_miles_luna_kerry_shawcross_and_paula/du5d67g/?

3. “Rooster Teeth said NO” Rooster Teeth even said that Qrow is "Ruby and Yang's Uncle" They also said “Ladies, he’s not your man”

https://twitter.com/RoosterTeeth/status/1067205612331782144

4. “But what if Summer had feelings for Qrow? Why does Qrow Serve Ozpin?” Qrow said in Volume 6 " No one wanted me... I was cursed... I gave my life to you because you gave me a place in this world... I thought I was finally doing some good... " So he was saying he wasn't wanted, so no relationship with Summer. SUMMER DID NOT WANT HIM. And he was literally saying he served Ozpin because Ozpin gave him purpose. It’s pretty sad how people think Qrow can only be a complex character if he obsesses over another person’s wife and child. What , you wanna make him Severus Snape, the Lilly Potter stalker who insulted a girl’s face and tried to poison a boy’s pet and publicly outed a teacher?

https://rwby.fandom.com/wiki/Qrow_Branwen/Quotes#So_That.27s_How_It_Is

5, "But Qrow could be lying" Except in volume 6 Qrow literally said "Don't lie...we're better than that"

And in volume 7?

" Long time ago. I just found working alone tends to be for the best "

" Gotta say, I’m still not really used to working with other Huntsmen in the field. "

And finally World Of Remnant on Patch.

" Nice place to raise a family, if you're into that sort of thing. "

https://rwby.fandom.com/wiki/Qrow_Branwen/Quotes#So_That.27s_How_It_Is

6. “Qrow fans claim that Ruby and Summer form a core part of Qrow’s character and backstory.” WRONG! The main accusation for demanding Rooster Teeth / CRWBY change the backstory for Qrow would accomplish nothing.

Raven already pushed Yang onto Taiyang to raise on his own.

Qrow forcing Tai to Raise Ruby alongside Yang while Qrow could regularly visit, and while Summer lived with Taiyang, Yang, and Ruby?

It would cheapen Qrow’s character….blood isn’t everything. Neither are cliches.

7. “But what if Qrow gave Ruby to Tai to raise after Summer’s death?” Volume Chapter 6, Burning the Candle.

Yang tells Blake that she (yang) and Ruby were raised together by Summer and Taiyang…not by Taiyang on his own, but by Summer and Taiyang.

Yang clearly had memories of being raised by Summer and Tai both, which meant that Summer and Taiyang lived together raising Ruby and Yang for Several Years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZkN-53h5Os

8. “Does Taiyang care about Summer or Ruby?” Taiyang was noted to have shut down when Summer didn’t come back…. Yang noted this in Volume 2 Chapter 6, and Ruby mentioned in the first episode of Volume 3 that Taiyang missed Summer. Qrow also said that Ruby is Taiyang’s “Special Angel”…. Ruby has also pointed out numerous times that Taiyang is Overprotective of Ruby. In fact, Ruby's conversation with Penny about overprotective fathers.

9. “Qrow knows Taiyang is Ruby’s Father. Taiyang knows Ruby is Taiyang’s daughter. Qrow has referred to Taiyang as Ruby’s father during volume 3 and 7. Taiyang referred to Ruby as his daughter in volume 3.

10. “Why didn’t Taiyang train Ruby in Martial Arts?” Taiyang is a martial arts fighter. Ruby has neither the build nor the personality for ruthless hand to hand combat like her sister… Taiyang would trust Qrow, despite his semblance. Remember how bad Ruby was in v5?

11. “Qrow’s semblance is not what his fans exaggerate it to be”

Speaking of Qrow’s semblance? He was playing video games with his nieces, taught at Signal Academy, and could train Ruby… Clearly, his semblance is not what theorists make it out to be.

12. “Why doesn’t Qrow treat Yang the same way he treats Ruby?”

Yang is the daughter of Qrow’s sister,who abandoned the team.

During a one on one interaction between Qrow and Yang after yang vs mercury, Qrow called his own niece crazy, after she had been framed.

Qrow was not empathetic to Yang.

Qrow may not like Yang’s resemblance to Raven.

Ruby is the daughter of his two closest friends, so of course he’d prefer Ruby over Yang.

13. “Examples of Taiyang caring for Ruby.”

Volume 2 Ruby was excited when Taiyang sent a package in the mail, not even knowing it was Zwei.

Taiyang was at Ruby’s bedside in V3, and gave her a kiss on the forehead.

He also tried to bring her breakfast in bed.

Taiyang said he wanted to chase after Ruby, but had to nurse Yang back to health.

During the V8 broadcast, Taiyang was upset when the broadcast was cut.

14. “Genetics research”

Black hair is the subtype of the pigment for blonde hair…

Also, Ruby’s got the same hair strand that Yang and Taiyang have.

Finally, black hair is more dominant.

So Ruby doesn’t need blonde hair to be Taiyang’s kid.

https://askinglot.com/is-black-hair-a-dominant-or-recessive-gene

https://www.quora.com/If-a-jet-black-haired-parent-and-a-blonde-parent-have-children-what-color-hair-would-the-children-likely-have

15. “The STRQ Photo”

The photo....Qrow was with STRQ for four years...do you really think Qrow is not allowed to cry on the photo unless he was romantically involved? Can't a man grieve over the death of a female friend that he was NOT in a relationship with? Or are men not allowed to have female friends? Ichigo and Rukia from Bleach for example...friendship. They were his friends, his family. People seem obsessed with the idea that Qrow cannot care about a woman unless he was romantically involved or unless he's their bastard father.

16. “Men and Women…as friends, platonic” Harry Potter as a book showed that a boy and a girl can interact and still be friends…

Why can’t Qrow be Summer’s friend?

Why does he have to be her lover?

We’ve seen Qrow talk about Innkeeper’s skirt lengths and leer at Barmaids who flirted with him.

Also, he’s shown to be bonding with both Clover and Robyn.

People act like he doesn't flirt with anyone , and yet he does.

17. “Bad Luck Charm” Qrow has spent his whole life with his semblance, named after a Crow.

Raised by the Branwen bandit tribe.

“You and I are not the same, you don’t want the burden of my name” Both Branwen and Qrow are names that Qrow hates due to his semblance and past…

People may think of him as cool, but Qrow suffers from self-loathing.

So NO, the Bad Luck Charm song does NOT in fact allude to Qrow being Ruby’s father, but that Qrow hates himself, hence a major part of why he’s alcoholic.

Proof of which is his volume 6 exchange with Ozpin about being useful, which Qrow disagrees with, leading him to drink further. Yang literally said that she had never seen qrow so drunk before in v6.

And Ruby encourages his self-worth leading him to try giving up alcohol….

His alcoholism is tied to low-self-esteem, not relationships.

18. Manga Anthology

Taiyang was shown in the Manga Anthology to have shut down upon Summer’s Death. That impacted his relationship with Ruby and Yang. Qrow? Is relatively unaffected. The good Uncle helping around the house. Taiyang haters and Qrow stans took this to demand that Qrow is entitled to Ruby, despite Taiyang recovering and doing his best to be a father. Anything Qrow does is worshipped like Mother Teresa, while anything Taiyang does, good or bad, is downplayed and smashed. Taiyang loved Summer so much he was devastated by her death. Qrow was unaffected. Think about that.

19. “I like Brats” Why does Qrow spend time with kids he’s not related to? Because he likes kids. You know how there are adults who enjoy being around brats? That’s Qrow. He didn’t have romantic feelings for Summer, he liked being around her because she was like a kid. Similar to how Blake likes Ruby’s idealism? And trusts her leadership?

20. “Taiyang the 2-timer accusation”

A woman on youtube claimed that Taiyang was a 2-timer who cheated on raven with summer, as there was, in her and her friends’ minds, “no way that taiyang could be with half his team” When asked about TaiQrow as a joke, she was angered that people even ship TaiQrow.

But let me ask you this. Are you the same person you are now that you were 10 years ago? People claim that Qrow was somehow cool in beacon…because he’s cool now. But Taiyang, who raises two kids, and holds a job and a house…cannot be ruby’s father…because he’s not cool? And that somehow he was never cool? I’m sorry, I didn’t know you had to be cool to be a parent. I also had no idea people were only allowed to be in one relationship per lifetime. Raven freaking abandoned Tai for the tribe. Summer chose Taiyang over Qrow. People literally make Qrow out to be either an OC in a shipping fanfic, or a Naruto fanfic where Naruto is written to be fawned over by a girl whose canonical spouse, boyfriend, or male friend is somehow rewritten as evil.

1 year…..in 1 year since Raven abandoned Taiyang and Yang, Summer Rose the friend of Taiyang’s who he had known for 4 years, became more than a friend.

So no….Taiyang is not a two-timer…he moved on from Raven.

22. “Why can’t Taiyang talk about Summer?” To WHO? He’s barely got 15 minutes of screentime, and the writers did NOT do him any favors when they had Qrow demand he leave so Qrow could tell Ruby a secret Ozpin trusted him with, before telling Ruby to run away from home leaving only a freaking note. Terrible daughter. Even Yang was prepared to do the same! To a man whose first wife abandoned him! At least Weiss has a legit reason for acting as she does against Jacques, several at least. Ruby? No. Now why would Taiyang talk about Summer’s fighting style to Yang when trying to get her to stop acting like Raven in her fighting style and semblance? Sure if there was more time…but RT at the end of the day isn’t some money-hungry political entity, it’s a startup at the end of the day, they don’t have the ability to do a full anime episode. Also, Taiyang cannot go out on these active missions…he was a schoolteacher who did not do missions until only recently…he was retired, remember.

23. “These fanworks make more sense to me”

Qrow fans have tried using fanworks to justify their theory or ship, the same way Blacksun fans or Adam apologists make similar claims, and even Raven fans try to claim Raven is somehow a good mother. What do these fanworks do? Hate on Taiyang. Dismiss Ruby and Yang being half-blood siblings. Ignore multiple elements of the show or scenes. Occasionally shit-talk the writers.

Every time somebody tries to make a “rwby rewrite” or “rwby alt” or “Qrow is ruby’s father au” they cannot do it without completely rewriting the characters in so many forms and even the show, till Qrow, Raven, Taiyang, and Summer are NOTHING like they are in the show…And ONLY how a shipper wants qrow to be.

Or rewriting qrow to be nothing like he is in the show.

Most Alt or Rewrite consists of making Taiyang abusive, a cheater, or refusing to allow him to interact with Summer, while regularly pushing qrowxsummer at each other.

So no…it’s not that it makes sense to them through some fanart….a headcanon that has been debunked is no longer headcanon. A theory that is shut down is no longer a theory. There’s a reason anti-vaxxers and flat-earthers still exist. Because to them, their theories make more sense than reality. Which is why people still believe Qrow is Ruby’s father the same way people believe vaccines cause autism. Neither are true, and no amount of facts will shut them down, but they’re both popular theories.

24. “Qrow Rings and Cross”

People claim that Qrow was married to Summer or that his cross represents him mourning Summer. Did the STRQ photo, in v3, the same volume as his appearance, not show Qrow with his rings, his cross, and angrily scowling, while Summer was right next to Taiyang?

25. “What about Summer Rose’s choice?”

Remember how I said making Qrow’s character based on solely Ruby and Summer, ignoring everything regarding the tribe and ozpin giving him hope, and the grimm reaper…was bad writing? There’s a reason people hated v5. Raven was proven to be the deadbeat, Qrow was shown to have friends, and that Taiyang knew about Salem, and of course it was confirmed that Yang and Ruby again were sisters by Raven.

Now how about Summer? Team leader….took a man and a daughter who were abandoned by her friend…and made them her own. Yang calls Summer Rose “Supermom” and “Her Hero”…was literally willing to storm a bandit camp so Raven could use her portal to take Yang to Qrow, so she could get to Ruby. And yeah, I know the RWBY critics scream “why didn’t Yang just look for Ruby in Mistral?” It’s a bloody kingdom, and Yang was pursuing a lead, that Tai had given her, and Qrow told Yang he’d look after her sister. Remember that? Oh wait, RWBY Critics forget, my bad. Anyway, she’s more of a sister to Qrow than his blood sister Raven, she’s more of a mother to Yang than Raven, and she’s more of a spouse to Tai than Raven. Good Stepmother. Non-married couple. Relationship built on trust. Blood is not the same as family. (Example Weiss’s remark to her father) (Or Dom Toretto)

So making Summer into a throw-away character who dies so that a brooding jerk of an alcoholic can claim character development? Making a woman nothing except a throw-away for a man to get development is BAD WRITING. For God’s Sakes, even Pyrrha was written better than that! She interacted with team rwby, nora was always helping her out, and so was Ren (though those shakes are a crime against humanity” But when Qrow fans try to demand he’s ruby’s father? Their fanworks make Summer as much of a flat character as Preston Harvey from Fallout 4, where they make Summer unable to do anything but be obsessed with Qrow and having his child, similar to how Preston cannot think of anything other than “Another settlement needs your help, I’ll mark it on your pip-boy”

26. Finally, the accusations that CRWBY are lying.

“You have to be ****** if you believe CRWBY when they say Qrow isn’t Ruby’s father” “CRWBY is lying, it’s what writers do” “It’s okay for writers to lie, it’s good for plot” “I’d prefer it if CRWBY was lying to us” “Monty is dead, the writers should change it now” “Monty is dead, nothing else in the writing matters” “Monty was hiding the truth from us” “CRWBY is hiding the truth about Qrow being Ruby’s father” “It makes sense for CRWBY to lie to us” Look at this…Twitter, Youtube, Facebook, Tumblr, Reddit, instagram…. The first quote? Was a woman who was using an anti-autism anti-disability slur defending the theory. Never have I ever seen people so obsessed with a theory that they would deny reality and be rude to the very writers and original creator. But the QrowxSummer and Qrow is Ruby’s Father fandom group has made countless cases of this. THIS is how they defend their theory? And people upvote, like and support these remarks? SHAME SHAME SHAME

Conclusion:

I get how people desire qrow to be Ruby’s father for ships or fanfics.

Even to where they make Taiyang a hated character just for the sake of making sure nobody disagrees with them.

But the attacking of RWBY and CRWBY, claiming that “this needs to be fixed”, or getting angry at RT for not giving you the non-canon ship you want? Claiming that just because you want it to be so, that somehow your ship/theory has “validity?”

That reflects poorly on the fandom and critics.

But then again…. It’s easy to ignore what’s real and what’s a fact that when theorists and ship-pushers and CRWBY Haters on youtube tells you to stop listening to monty and the writers, and instead believe whatever you want and claim whatever you want, Because surely you know what’s better for the show than the people who worked on it, right? Ha ha ha, no. THAT is the ULTIMATE disrespect somebody calling themselves a fan could ever give. And if you think or agree with that type of logic, you should look in the mirror.

I looked for backup sources to defend CRWBY and RWBY, you’ll find them below.

Backup sources include:

https://aminoapps.com/c/rwby/page/blog/qrow-is-not-rubys-dad/422o_0rbCYuoXj36VoB7obK3MXPZRbPKkz5

https://aminoapps.com/c/rwby/page/blog/why-the-qrow-is-rubys-father-theory-is-wrong/z668_nQlIxu0dmRdRpEPxqE3qlWlZEmoE2

https://aminoapps.com/c/rwby/page/blog/qrow-cant-possibly-be-rubys-and-heres-why/8BB5_LPVCmu2bonkw8eEP3Yokg8m8zJlgNV

https://aminoapps.com/c/rwby/page/blog/why-qrow-isnt-rubys-father/lXXx_5QoUQuPVGo3Wgko3wJ52mMBl7644P

https://aminoapps.com/c/rwby/page/blog/is-qrow-rubys-father-short-answer-no/422o_0rbCYupDKezxPxpdje7dRn3nB8YvZ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPbft3KJd6o

https://aminoapps.com/c/rwby/page/blog/qrow-is-rubys-dad-theory-debunk/d33g_pQEcbu1NKQoMEv0kmDpP6N8bmowkkq

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what your favorite RWBY character says about you

Ruby - you have written a 20 page analysis about how she is NOT a bland protagonist and meticulously analyze every expression she makes as a sign of her inevitable breakdown.

Weiss - You were either on board since day 1, or joined the Weiss stans during volume 4. either way, you have a soft spot for tsunderes.

Blake - you ship bumblebee

Yang - you also ship bumblebee.

Jaune - either you love his character arc about overcoming Pyrrha’s death and becoming a competent support fighter to help his friends, or you ship him with every female that moves and think he’s a harem protag who gets all the ladies.

Ren - you took one look at the silent stoic but kind teammate and instantly said; “yeah, i want this one.” if you watch my hero acadamia, your favorite character is todoroki.

Nora - you have been frothing at the mouth for more Nora content since v4, and are super happy with how v8 is shaping up so far. if you watch my hero acadamia, your favorite character is mina

Pyrrha - you’re still not over it

Oscar - you either want nothing bad to happen to this kid, or everything bad to happen to this kid. either way, you have a strong parental instinct.

Penny - see the above, only you probably ship nuts and dolts.

Qrow - volume 7 is your favorite volume. You also probably ship fairgame

Ozpin - volume 6 is your favorite volume. You also probably ship ozglyn

Raven - volume 5 is your favorite volume. you probably ship raven x couples therapy

Taiyang - volume 4 is your favorite volume. you also like dads.

Ironwood - you either think he did nothing wrong, or everything wrong. either way, you still think he’s hot.

Winter - either you shipped snowbyrd back in v3, or you jumped on board the winter hype train in v7. either way, you still think she’s hot.

Whitley - you have at least 10 headcanons for how he acts. you also probably ship richfarmers.

Cinder - i dunno what to say here, there are only like 9 of you. sorry.

Emerald - you want a redemption arc SO BAD that if it happens you are going to burst a blood vessel. you probably ship emercury.

Mercury - see the above, but your favorite character from infinity train was probably simon.

Neo - you have been so satisfied with the last few volumes. all you want is to see your fave kick ass and take names, and that’s it.

Hazel - you lost it at his v8 outfit.

Watts - you’re probably the one behind all the waluigi watts memes

Tyrian - you aren’t here for the plot, or his development - you just want to see this crazy bastard wax poetry and then stab someone.

Salem - your favorite episode was v6 c3 and you want a big tiddy goth gf

Roman - I'm sorry.

Robyn - you heard christina vee was going to be playing a vigilante woman and you were like: “hot”

Clover - you have bought into the ‘staff of creation theory’ and when you’re inevitably disproven you will be so upset.

Sun - you ship blacksun.

Neptune - you either ship icebergs or seamonkeys.

Coco - you were either FURIOUS about the reveal that she’s a lesbian, or absolutely delighted.

Velvet - you lost it when her weapon was revealed. no hype from the show has ever matched the sheer amount of dopamine you got from that moment.

Yatsuhashi - you like the BFG type characters.

Fox - i have never met a fox stan once in my life but he looks cool so im gonna guess and say his stans also think so too

Ilia - you just want good things for her. And really, who doesn’t?

Adam - you are probably a redditor that thinks his character was assassinated, and by character, I mean the headcannon personality you came up for him in your head. You probably watch hero hei and adel aka.

Summer - you 100% believe she’s the Hound.

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