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[fandomenforcer]

Hooked Heart pt6

It has been a month since Hook was sent to prison. Everything in Neverland had gotten better especially with crime rates going down. Ruby was now pacing in her flat. She had closed her bakery today because she was deciding to go through with her idea to reform Hook today or put it off a little longer. After a while, Ruby grabbed some paper and a pen and started to write a letter.

Hook,

You probably wonder why i am writing to you, especially since i happened to help Peter Pan, Wendy, and Tinkerbell put you in prison. For the record, all your actions have consequences and you are making the first steps in paying them. Have you ever considered trying to change yourself to be a better man? Power can give you a lot, but it can also corrupt. What you did with the power you had was wrong. You could have ensured that technology is available to everyone and kept the corrupt in line. Not cause mass chaos! Yes you had lived with chaos through your life while trying to maintain your idea of order, but keeping that mindset now doesn’t help you at all. You are stuck in a hole, Hook. Let me help you find a way out. Give you chance to start over. I sent you a curry bun with this letter. I recall you ordering it from my bakery a while ago before this all happened. Give you a small break from prison food.

Consider my words carefully, Captain.

Ruby Heart

Ruby sealed the letter and addressed it to the prison with Hook’s name on it. She made a fresh curry bun and placed it in a to go container and place it in a delivery box. Casting a spell to preserve it until Hook opens and eats it, Ruby attached the letter to the box and had it delivered to the prison. Two weeks later, Ruby had received a letter from the prison. She opened it and read:

Miss Heart,

You are right to assume that i was not expecting to receive anything from you. What do you mean about me not using the power i had collected unwisely? I did what i believed to be best for Neverland. There is nothing wrong with my mindset, but i doubt you see that. Thank you for the curry bun. It definitely was a nice reprieve from the food i am given here.

Well wishes,

Hook

Ruby scowled at the letter and immediately went to write a new one.

Hook,

Saying technology is only for the privileged? It was not the right thing to do! Have you noticed that the privileged has caused more harm than good in Neverland? I have since i have grown up seeing it happen in my homeland. Your mindset makes you tyrannical in a way and what you did proves it! Please heed my words Captain. Hear me out and actually look over and pass the wall you figuratively built around yourself. i’m sending you some homemade meat pies that i created to be eaten while walking around and with your hands. Please Hook! Please hear my words and please hear me out!

i’m begging you to listen Captain James Hook!

Ruby Heart

After sending the letter and some homemade meat pies, she received a reply in only two words:

I’m listening.

Hook

After that, Ruby and Hook would be in constant correspondence with Ruby sending food and snacks she makes in the bakery. Her alchemy skills come into play with the food to help Hook see things more clearly and actually begin to change. Three months later, Ruby was working in the bakery when the postman delivered a small package to her.

Ruby: i didn’t order anything.

Postman: was told to bring it here. Have a good day.

When the postman left, Ruby eyed the package and opened it. Inside was a beautiful necklace with a pendant of a red ruby heart surrounded by sapphire flames. There was a note underneath it and Ruby gently removed it out from beneath the necklace.

To the Heart whose flames touched my own. Captain J. Hook

Ruby gasps softly and placed the note down. She hears customers come in and overhear the conversation they were having.

Hook was out of prison and on probation.

Ruby folded and placed the note in her pocket and put on the necklace. She smiled at the customers and filled their orders while her mind was on Hook.

Weeks go by and Ruby is sent random gifts from Hook: charm bracelet with a hook, heart, sword, and fairy; a red scarf made to look similar to a pirate’s flag but with a hook through the heart instead of the traditional skull and crossbones; and a diadem that was black with red rubies and blue sapphires adorning it.

She would receive little notes about how she captured his heart and how he is the true treasure he has been seeking. One day, Ruby was cleaning the bakery, getting ready to close up for the night when she heard the door open.

Ruby: We are closed.

Something cold with a sharp point touched her shoulder softly and she froze.

Hook: I know, but i wanted to see you regardless.

Ruby stopped cleaning and gently lifted the hook off her shoulder and looked at Hook. She was wearing the necklace, never taken it off since Hook sent it to her. Hook noticed and smirks.

Hook: You seem to like my gifts.

Ruby: Can’t help it if i thought they are lovely. Heard you got probation?

Hook: i have. As long as i cooperate with Pan and the police, i can roam around as long as i don’t cause trouble.

Ruby: How long is your probation?

Hook: 5 years, but if i continue to be behaved it will be reduced to being off it sooner.

Ruby, still holding his hook, steps into his space. She gives him a soft smile.

Ruby: So what now?

Hook takes his free hand and place it on her cheek, a genuine, gentle smile on his face.

Hook: I would like to court you properly, if you would have me.

Ruby gives a small laugh.

Ruby: I would love that.

Hook leans down to Ruby while she leaned up to him. The two met each other in a deep kiss.

[kovrikkk]

[arcanegifs]

ARCANE LEAGUE OF LEGENDS S1 -> S2: Vi + 🖕

[my-smial]

Hello hello. I have come with random The Sunshine Court language headcanons for Jean Moreau, because I cannot stop thinking about him.

Neil picks up on Jean's discomfort with speaking French at higher than a whisper and eventually decides to use Nicky's desensitization tactics about it. He ropes in Kevin, and the two of them will not stop yelling at him in French until Jean stops flinching whenever he hears it.

Neil lived in Montreal for 8 months; when he wants to get under Jean's skin, he switches to a strong Québécois accent and Jean acts like his ears are getting burned off.

Jeremy and a little Cat and Laila start learning French, mostly "picked up a tourist phrasebook at the library" level. It's 2008, they don't even have Duolingo. It's years and years before Jean deigns to actually speak French to him, but Jeremy eventually figures out that if he pronounces a phrase badly enough, Jean will correct him out of shear pain. Jean probably picks up that Jeremy knows more than he's letting on when he makes a comment in one of Jean and Kevin's conversations.

The most unlikely, but I find it fun: Jean's family is old money enough that they actually still speak the local Provençal language of southeast France. Jean mostly speaks standard French, but his parents ensured that he can carry a conversation in Provençal out of some twisted disdain for Paris as a power center. Evidence: this is also the kind of person who would name their child Jean-Yves, lmao, a name that was most popular in the 1960s.

Matching with 4, growing up speaking French, Provençal, and English in a massive port city means that Jean can get through a few phrases in most western Mediterranean languages. In addition, being raised as the theoretical heir to a smuggling empire meant he had to learn enough languages to "not get ripped off," as his father would say. He says he speaks 3 languages, because he's fluent in 3 (and it's common to consider Provençal just a backwards dialect, not a full language). But he can also understand random bits of Italian, Spanish, and Algerian Arabic. Some he learned formally, some he picked up from other kids while playing little league exy.

When he gets comfortable on the Trojan's court, he starts yelling back sometimes when little multilingual groups form and chatter, and every time he demonstrates a new language the Trojans lose their shit. Jean has his typical disdain for their excitement; his childhood exy court sounded exactly like this and he doesn't get why they're so impressed.

They keep pulling the "sorry, he doesn't speak English" trick to get annoying fans and reporters off their back for a long time after it should have stopped working. He's given full interviews, come on. Use your brain.

[twig-tea]

Saw the director of Addicted Heroin Thailand had posted this on his Facebook account:

This man looked at the show that was the tipping point of the first big anti-gay censorship wave in China in the 2010s, and decided to remake it and intentionally self-censor, just to see if he could attract the "Chinese BL is superior because it doesn't rely on kisses or NC scenes to show the emotions" audience to Thai BL?

I am so mad about this.

[tea-cat-arts]

You know what, I've read enough fanfic. I'm confiscating Madame Yu from you guys

Free my girl- she did the things she's being accused of, but not as frequently or severely as the fandom pretends, her actions are being taken out of context, and her depth is being reduced to that of a Colleen Hoover antagonist

[fandomnerd9602]

Y/N, a Deadpool variant, slides up to Daisy…

Y/N: hey gorgeous you seem stressed. what do you say you and me find a quiet place to help you decompress?

Daisy: Pool, you realize the risk right?

Y/N: what risk?

Daisy: if you give me too great of an O, I might kill you with my powers.

Y/N: if I died making you feel like you hit cloud nine, that would be a worthy death!

Daisy rolls her eyes and drags Y/N somewhere a little more private

For @scarletquake-n7

[mollysunder]

I have a problem with the idea of a Jinx redemption arc. It's not that I have any issue with the fact that Jinx will be viewed as a hero to the people of Zaun. It's pretty obvious Jinx would be admired, she did a thing the people of Zaun wanted en masse for a long time. The thing about Jinx being the savior of Zaun is that it isn't really a redemption arc, because that's still just Jinx being militantly opposed to Piltover, a thing she always has been.

My problem is that the insistence that Jinx NEEDS to have a redemption arc takes away from the larger complexity of Arcane's worldbuilding. What does Jinx have to apologize for in order to be redeemed? Why is there so much emphasis on Jinx's character specifically to rectify her wrongs? And the way the fandom often defines Jinx's wrongdoings centers around a vague discomfort in her acts of violence and general instability.

What does it look like for Jinx to be "good", when the actions of many well-intentioned characters that the audience has an easier time being morally-aligned with either generates very little benefit or actual harm? No one in the cast sans Jinx and Silco have taken the material steps (as controversial as they may be) to deal with the problem that is Piltover, and Piltover has always been THE problem for Zaun.

The concept of a redemption arc for Jinx is so backwards because it asks Jinx as an individual to do "better" when it should be demanded of Piltover instead. How do you live to a standard that makes you morally good when the environment around you necessitates violence as it's own form of capital?

Sidenote: This all leads to the one real worry I have about Jinx and Ekko's inevitable partnership. Ekko is the character the showrunners treat as a guiding light in Zaun, which unfortunately makes Ekko an agent of the showrunners' biases. Case in point, Ekko's friendship with Heimerdinger, the architect of Zaun's despair.

If Jinx and Ekko team up, there's a chance she'd up end up working with Heimerdinger too. And it's like, "C'mon, really????"

[tommytomatoe]

babe when someone plays boygenius at the function:

"always an angel, never a god."

[brainrot-jikan]

im not the biggest alhaitham/kaveh shipper (because im a rare pair ho) but it seems to me that in alhaitham/kaveh getting-together fics tend to be... unequal.

the beautiful thing about alhaitham and kaveh is that they're both equally right and equally wrong and equally dicks about it. but the writers for alhaitham/kaveh much more frequently seem to give alhaitham the burden change (the burden of the character flaw) instead of kaveh.

in any good character arc, the main character has a fatal flaw or misconception, and by the end of that arc they have addressed that flaw in some definitive way. scrooge was a scrooge and learned that being that way was detrimental; merlin from finding nemo was overprotective to a fault and had to learn that he couldn't (and shouldn't) control everything and to let go; the wolf from little red riding hood learns that you should stop while you're ahead.

stories centering around romance tend to lean heavily on character arcs, which makes sense. and since romance generally requires two individuals to be vulnerable and open and emotional with each other, it makes double sense that alhaitham/kaveh authors zoom straight into alhaitham's lack of emotional vulnerability.

this bothers me.

in society, individuals are expected to experience and present emotions in a specific way. if someone dies, you cry. if someone smiles at you, you smile back. if you're at a party, you're supposed to be having fun. if you don't do these things, you're seen as impolite at best and a inhuman freak at worst. when these behaviors are frequent it's often viewed as emotional immaturity, or a lack of ability to feel at all. the inability or lack of willingness to conform to societies emotional expectations of you is seen as a flaw and a reason for exclusion.

alhaitham is canonically disliked and avoided for being the way he is. he prefers it this way, but that doesn't mean the people perpetuating this avoidance are in the right. they are the societal pressure to conform that alhaitham blows off. alhaitham could be the way he is for a lot of reasons: avoidant attachment style, trauma, following someone else's example (eg. his grandmother), or just his base personality. it doesn't MATTER. he is the way he is. kaveh having to accept that should be part of the story.

putting the burden of the fatal flaw on alhaitham, making the way alhaitham treats kaveh and the people around him the problem, feels invalidating. it implies heavily that alhaitham's way of interfacing with the world, alhaitham's very SELF, is incorrect. my suggestion is to flip a larger portion of that burden onto kaveh. kaveh 👏 character 👏 arcs 👏

some examples/recommendations:

- make kaveh project his insecurities onto other people but especially onto alhaitham; he's overly reliant on other people for his own self worth, and he perceives alhaitham's lack of positive feedback as a direct reflection of how alhaitham feels about him. but learns along the way that alhaitham doesn't hate him, kaveh's actual struggle is with hating himself and being unable to his own self as worthy of love. maybe throw in how you are responsible for your own recovery, other people can help but you can't rely on them to carry you through self actualization.

- or, kaveh tries to make alhaitham behave more like a "normal" person, to be more pleasant and emotive and forthcoming, and then realizes he's in the wrong for trying to make alhaitham into something he's not, possibly for all the wrong reasons (not because he likes alhaitham better like that, but bc society says that's healthier and a better/more conforming way to be)

- or you could go ahead make alhaitham's issues the main problem but they're too complicated to overcome in a short period of time, so kaveh has to accept alhaitham is doing his best in his own way and not push for unrealistic and unhealthy changes. he could alter his own behavior to give alhaitham space and time and a safe place to land.

that got sappy so it's past time for me to dip out. go forth and ship things; but maybe consider letting alhaitham be a rude stone-faced bastard if he wants to be.

[television-overload]

I'm just curious...

If yes: what media/characters specifically? I find this so interesting!

If not: have you ever considered a career choice based on a form of media you enjoy, but ended up not doing it?

[fandomenforcer]

Hooked Heart pt.5

Couple weeks later, Ruby was working in her bakery once more when all of a sudden she can hear arguments and honking outside. She headed to the front window and peered outside. It was pure chaos! Traffic everywhere, nobody able to access anything…pure chaos! Ruby noticed a billboard had changed and it showed Hook saying technology was only for the privileged. Without a second thought, she locked down her bakery and went to her flat. She used hair dye remover to remove the extra red in her hair, to reveal natural blue streaks she inherited from her dad Hades. she changed into an outfit similar to her Rebel days in Wonderland, except it went more like a Rogue. Having her magic cards on her, Red used her powers to shadow travel to the roof and called Peter, Wendy, and Tink. Luckily they answered on the first ring.

Ruby: I suspect you guys know what’s happening.

Peter: We do. We are on our way.

Wendy: did you dye your hair?

Ruby: No, i undyed it. the blue streaks are natural. I will meet you guys at Hook’s tower.

Ruby hangs up and use her Wonderland magic to turn one of her magic cards into a flying hover board. She got on and flew off to Hook’s tower. Reaching the roof, Ruby disembarks turn the card back to normal and stowing it back in its deck. she hides in the shadows using her inherited powers from her father, making her blend into the shadows flawlessly. (A/N: the video is down below!) After waiting a few minutes, Hook walks onto the roof with a sword at the ready. Peter sneaks up behind them, but Ruby wasn’t close enough to hear what words they had exchanged with each other. She watch Hook attack and Peter try to repel him, then sees Wendy appear and call for Peter. Hook goes after Wendy, but Ruby threw one of her magic cards and created a shield in front of Wendy, protecting her. Ruby steps out of the shadows, her red and blue hair flickering like flames and eyes glowing purple from the combination of powers she inherited from both her parents.

Ruby: Attack a defenseless woman? I will not stand for that.

Peter and Wendy: Ruby!

Hook: Well, if it isn’t Ruby Heart, baker extraordinaire. You are more than what you seem.

Ruby: I won’t let you get away with what you did to the city and for trying to harm my friends.

Ruby drew two more magic cards and used them to make daggers. She expertly swung and twirl them around before getting into a battle stance.

Ruby: Wendy, stay behind the shield! Peter, i got your back!

Peter and Ruby teamed up against Hook. Hook fought, getting angry at the team up. He pushed Peter away and Peter was about to slide off the roof. Ruby threw another magic cards and it became a barricade between Peter and the roof’s edge. She then went at Hook, daggers swinging while her hair started to look more like red and blue flames and her eyes glowing more purple due to her getting pissed off.

Ruby: You pirate!!

Hook blocked her attacks, amused and intrigued by her reaction and skill.

Hook: A baker that knows magic and fighting with daggers. Who are you Ruby Heart?

Ruby: Someone capable to send your soul to the Underworld!

The two fought, Peter joining a moment later. Ruby and Peter were soon thrown off, Peter losing his sword and Ruby’s daggers being destroyed. She converted them back to cards and stood in front of Peter, protecting him.

Hook: You have no other weapons, my dear. What can you possibly use to defend yourself and him?

Ruby pulls out her deck of magic cards and begins to shuffle them before doing tricks woth them to show how efficient she is with her powers. With a wave of her hands, her cards glowed red and blue as the formed a floating heart behind her back.

Ruby: Never mess with the Hearts!

Suddenly, Peter and Wendy’s car show up and you can see Tink was inside. Wendy gets in the car and soon you saw holographic clocks surrounding Hook making ticking noises.

Peter: Does this remind you of something, Hook? Tell us how you lost your hand?

A hologram of a ginormous crocodile came out and scared Hook into hiding. You screamed and fell flat on your butt.

Ruby: Peter! Wendy! Tink! Wendy get out of the car with Tink and help Peter up.

Wendy: Sorry Ruby, but we didn’t have time to warn you.

Peter: At least it made Hook back off.

Ruby looks to another part of the roof.

Ruby: Let’s get to the control tower and shut this operation down.

The four of them left Hook and the car to head to the control room. Once inside, Peter restored everything to the way it was in the city. As the four about to leave, Ruby noticed Hook driving off in their car. It wasn’t until you all were back in the streets is when she asked why they let Hook drive off…only to find out they programmed the car to bring Hook directly to prison. Ruby joined in the celebrations with her friends now that the city was free.

Later that night, Ruby couldn’t sleep. She had Hook on her mind again. He has so much potential to truly help the city, but his pride prevented him from truly changing. Ruby then had an idea. She will wait a few days before acting on it, but it might work.

Ruby Heart plans to reform Captain Hook.

[starcurtain]

I haven't even started 4.1's archon quest and yet I am still absolutely shocked that I haven't seen a "rough-around-the-edges single dad meets his kid's gorgeous kindergarten teacher" AU for Wriothesley and Neuvillette yet.

The trope writes itself at this point, my guys.

[rhaenin-time]

[trirocksalt]

I haven’t been able to draw in quite some time. Like, physically. My body says no even though my mind says yes. Kinda forced this one out a bit but it felt good to just sketch. Thanks, Arcane S2!

[torchwood-99]

Action Heroines Deserve Your Respect

I hate, hate, hate the fact that we've now moved into a space where action heroines are written off as "girlbosses" "nlogs" "yassified queens" "acting like men" and other bullshit like that. I hate that after centuries of women being oppressed through the enforcement of gender roles, female characters who cross gender boundaries are dismissed with a "ugh a woman doesn't have to fight/act like a man to be strong. women can be feminine and strong too".

I hate that people don't see why there will always be a strain of feminism in the action heroines because her existence; whether she be written well or not, and acceptance is a sign that we're moving past attitudes that have kept women confined and limited.

I hate that an action heroines has to be ten times better written than a male action hero because people; both men and women, are just waiting for the chance to rip her to shreds and dismiss as her as "lazy feminism" "girl boss pandering" and a "not like other girl girl".

I hate that there can be male characters who have little personality other than badass and people can just enjoy them for what they are and take them in the spirit in which they were created, whereas a female action character must never be allowed to be a badass bit of escaper lest she be the worst thing to ever happen to feminism.

I hate that there's less than one female action heroines to every ten make action heroes and their existence is still treated as a scourge in fiction. I hate that a poorly written male action hero is no more or less than a single character who wasn't written well, whereas a poorly written action heroine; whose threshold of being well written is much higher, is seen as an attack on the genre.

I hate that in genres where action and battle sequences are a staple and often provide massive emotional/plot climaxes, people refuse to see why female fans may want to see female heroines in those scenes.

I hate that people who aren't that into action heroines themselves can't just sit stand and shut up and think for a second why their existence means so much to fans of their characters, how long it was for fans to see characters like that become mainstream, and why for girls who see themselves in these heroines more than any other, it's bloody exhausting to hear them dismissed as "shallow" and "only liked because they act like men".

The moments when the music is the most dramatic, the moment everything has been building up to, when the chills are going down your spine, when every split second decision matters, when trust in friends is vindicated, when humanity is stripped down to its bare essentials and you see who these characters are when there's nothing left to lose. When nothing is pretty and soft but harsh and desperate and brutal and ugly. These moments matter so much, and are such a crucial part of the genres they exist in. They are so thrilling and cathartic and moving to watch, and of bloody course there are girls who want to see themselves in.

Not because these action heroines are acting "like men". Because these sequences tell us that the traits exhibited by the heroines in these sequences, the strength, physical and emotional, the resilience, the quick thinking, the camaraderie, the skill, are not exclusively the domain of men. These women aren't "trying to be men". They're trying to live. To defend. To advance a cause. To partake in the world around them on their own terms and have their lives in their hands.

Yes, yes, yes, there are lots of ways to be strong and proactive and admirable but fuck it, a good action sequence is moving and inspiring and fun and can make you feel like you've been on a roller coaster. And when I watch a sci-fi or a fantasy epic, I want to see women in those sequences. To be a part of that onscreen phenomena that is so pivotal to the genre.

When I watch an epic fantasy or sci-fi show, where there are beautiful and thoughtful and terrifying and emotional battle scenes, I want to see female characters partake in them. I want them to be the ones giving the speeches, being in that charge, wielding their swords, terrified, bloodthirsty, rage filled, righteous, merciful, valiant, exhausted, sweat, brutal, honourable, sly, messy. I want them to be in those moments for those moments in themselves.