#feel like it’s mostly Mel lmao

[rachadoodz]

Part predictions part wishlist

[ididntthinkiwould]

I was inspired by all the tiktok edits using Mexican songs for JayVik, so I decided to do an AU where they're mariachis!!

Viktor's cane is hanging off a string in his belt, it's something I saw a man using the other day while on public transportation and I thought Viktor would totally use it too lmao

More about the AU:

🔹️In this AU both Jayce and Viktor are Mexican, Viktor's parents are immigrants that met in Mexico, his dad is Polish and his mom is Czech, but Viktor was 100% born in Mexico

🔹️Jayce and Viktor met when they were kids, they instantly became friends

🔹️They started singing together when they were kids at the parties Jayce's family organized to entertain the guests, but they were really good at it

🔹️as they grew up Jayce's aunts and uncles started inviting them to parties specifically to sing

🔹️family's friends then started inviting them to their parties to sing and paid them, that's when Jayce and Viktor realized they could make money out of it

🔹️they both studied in the UNAM, but kept singing on the side as a way to make money

🔹️The idea was using the money they got singing on bars and parties as a way to fund their research

🔹️Then they met Mel, who owns a very important record label, she convinced them both to sign a contract with her

🔹️Viktor isn't so sure about it because singing was just their side job, but Jayce tells him that they could make even more money to fund their research, so Viktor reluctantly agrees

🔹️both of them know how to play several instruments, but after they sign the contract with Mel, Viktor mostly focuses on playing violin and being the harmony to Jayce's vocals, they go from being a duet to Jayce being the main singer

🔹️They get extremely famous very quickly, Jayce becomes a celebrity

🔹️Mel and Jayce then start dating

🔹️Viktor dislikes how forgotten their whole research is while he gets sicker and sicker. After some time he start experimenting with illegal drugs as a way to cure his illness

🔹️this leads to an accident caused by Viktor that ends up with Sky's death (Sky was one of the musicians they play with during concerts)

🔹️Viktor is pretty shaken by it, but Jayce doesn't notices as he's to focused on the fame and his relationship with Mel

🔹️during a concert, a bomb goes off near the stage and Viktor gets badly injured

As a bonus, the song I think Jayce is singing here to Viktor is "Paloma Querida" here's a translation of a fragment because that song fits so well with JayVik:

"You found me in a dark path

Like a pilgrim without direction and without faith

And the light of your divine eyes

Changed my sadness for happiness and pleasure

Since then, I feel loving you

With all the strength my soul gives me

Since then, dear dove

I've changed my chest for a dovecot"

Aaaand, that's all for now, let's see if I get around to making the other illustrations I have in mind for their divorce and them getting reunited lmao

Hopefully it won't be full illustrations because the lineart in this one was kicking my ass lol

[sticcmann]

Jinx and Orianna designs for a Sinco au where everything basically plays out the same except silco and singed have been together for 13 years as of season 1 act 3

Jinx is raised by both of them. She assisted Singed until she was 16 when she got her own lab and started working mainly for Silco. Singed is a man of medicine, so he actually gave Jinx antipsychotics regularly, and she recovered and stopped taking them 3 (more research pending?) years before act 2

The events of the show are mostly the same — Jinx has a psychotic relapse after she finds out her sister isn’t dead and does the shit she does, except Singed, when he got his hands on exploded Jinx, doesn't just let her walk out of there, and so no dinner party :DDD everyone lives. Silco and Jinx fire the rocket together after a heart to heart about Jaycies deal and the war between Piltover and Zaun starts. Mel, Ekko and Jayce still disappear, since those circumstances are not connected. Jinx is on the frontlines, Vi joins the firelights. Caitlyn and Ambessa are trying to navigate martial law

Singed still makes Warwick (feels immense guilt for it in relation to Silco, but its ultimately for his daughter) and he is used in the frontlines (kind of what ambessa wanted to do lmao). Silco finds out he is Vander eventually, and Singed has to show him the Orianna room! He visits herald Viktor (because he might be the key to reviving ori) but then Viktor gets killed by saviour Jaycie and Singed brings Warwick to save him. Then he takes some of Viktor’s newly formed cocoon fluid and injects it into Oriannas tube (like in og arcane in that one scene). Orianna is resurrected and Jinx must learn to live with a new little sister. Meanwhile war is still going on.

I have not thought of the evil mage Viktor situation for this AU yet since that is a big part of arcane season 2 but after the war is won and idk how long it takes silco and singed get married!!1!1!

Orianna in this au is also raised by silco and singed. She’s attending private ballet classes and learning mechanics (after the war lmao)

[meggannn]

Games I Played in 2024

I played a lot of games this year (finished 33 but dropped a few others) and thought I'd write up some quick reviews. Didn't include Metaphor Refantazio since I only played the demo of that (really enjoyed it though), but I did include Hades 2 since I put in 100 hours into it and I think it's pretty obvious I like it lmao. listed in chronological order of when I played it

Howl: Hate to start out with a game I dropped, but I was just really bad at the puzzles in this one lol. You play as a deaf woman who is immune to the "howling plague" which turns people into feral beasts, so she alone travels the land to help villagers and try to find a solution. Really neat concept, I was just bad at the grid-like puzzle system.

Kena: Bridge of Spirits: 3/5 Thematically it's maybe a story more appropriate for children, in that you play as a young woman charged with taking care of spirits who have moved on and looking after the environment, but the combat was hard enough that it felt more suited for adults, which made me kind of wonder what the target audience really was. Visually it's stunning, and it's got all the elements of a typical AAA game these days (collectibles, puzzles, zones to explore). I found the plot a little simple, like if Disney wrote the game and Pixar animated it, but the gameplay could occasionally get hard. I've never played a soulslike game before so I can't comment on whether it is appropriately challenging for a "soulslike," like some have debated.

Persona 5 Tactica: 4.5/5 I enjoyed this one! The gameplay feels like Fire Emblem strategy set in the Persona world, which can be a bit simple in the main story maps but gets increasingly complicated in the challenge/side maps, especially those where you have to accomplish an objective in one turn. The chibi art style might turn people off but this feels very at home with the main game's story and themes with two surprisingly fun new companions.

Venba: 4.5/5 What a surprise I like the cooking game about a family adjusting to life and dealing with Asian diaspora. I think it could've been longer because I was enjoying the recipes but it did make me cry. Phenomenal soundtrack too.

Eastshade: 3/5 The idea is that you're a painter and you can walk around an island and capture the scenery on your canvas to fulfill requests from locals. Unfortunately it felt more like Crafting: The Game which wasn't really what I signed up for but it's still a relaxing time.

Dépanneur Nocturne: 3.5/5 A short little game I picked up randomly. You go shopping at a convenience store late at night and find some weird things on the shelves. Unexplainable, cute, kinda fun.

Hidden Through Time: 3.5/5 A cute little find-the-items game with the ability to make your own themed maps. There was a lot of variety in the levels.

Yoshi's Crafted World: 3/5 I played this at May's when I was catsitting at her house lol. Cute time-waster for a platformer I'd recommend for kids but honestly got a little grindy at the end.

Hades 2: (Personal GOTY) 5/5 Though it came out in May, I played this pretty much throughout the year. It is in Early Access, but I truly believe this game has more polish and content than most finished games have on release, so in my heart it counts. Melinoë is a wonderful character, there's some real depth, heart, and humor to the writing, and the world has gotten even grander and denser than in Hades 1. The stakes are high in that she has to defeat an undying Titan over and over again to save her family, but the game still feels quintessentially Hades while also reshaped to fit Mel's character and journey. I feel like the team knows exactly what they want and what they're doing. Supergiant doesn't miss and I'm very excited to see what future updates hold.

Synergia: Dropped. This is a cyberpunk visual novel with robot yuri about an overworked detective who purchases a new household android for company. I ended up putting it down because the writing was... mostly fine, but when it stumbled, it felt very awkward and unnatural; I also realized the main writer was a man, which made some of the "oops, I have to sleep naked" lines coming from the childlike android feel fetishy at times. It wasn't constant, but it was prevalent enough to bother me. Still I've seen some wlw enjoy it anyway or even embrace those aspects, so what I don't like someone else might.

Harmony: The Fall of Reverie: 3/5 This one has a neat concept. Polly, the main character, is tasked with keeping balance between two worlds while juggling the desires of Glory, Bliss, Power, Chaos, Bond, and Truth, who are anthropomorphized characters you can agree or disagree with in their direction to lead humanity. The gameplay idea is that you can see the consequences of your choices branching out before you make them, which at times is really cool because it lets you plan what you want, but at times also feels like you're really just looking at the behind-the-scenes of the developer code lol.

Hello Goodboy: 2.5/5 I must've misjudged this one because I think it was either for real little kids, or it just wasn't translated well. It's a story about a kid and his dog in the afterlife. Felt approachable for teaching kids how to play a video game for the first time.

Hohokum: 3.5/5 At first I could not get into this for the life of me but then it clicked after a few sessions and now I think really fondly on this weird, abstract experience that is more of a toy than a game. I only mark it down because I found the map so damn confusing.

Pentiment: 5/5 No notes, full stars, going right up there on the shelf of "games I'd recommend to Disco fans." This game officially made me a Josh Sawyer fan. I didn't think I'd get invested in a story about 16th century Bavarian monks but I cried several times.

A Tiny Sticker Tale: 4/5 A cute puzzle game set around the idea that you can pick up stickers of items and people, and place them somewhere else. Nice for an afternoon!

Pyre: An excellent 4.5/5 that I look more favorably on in hindsight than when I was playing; I want to give it a 5/5 rating but something about the combat really didn't click for me. You have been banished from the Commonwealth after an unmentioned crime, and after finding allies, you discover you can guide them to partake in ancient rites that will grant ascension back into the Commonwealth one at a time (if you're successful). To earn everyone's freedom, you basically have to play basketball while juggling all three of your main player characters on the field, who all have different abilities and movement speeds, and I struggled with that. That said, the story is Supergiant at its absolute peak, and I think it has the best soundtrack of all their games, which is saying a lot. There's light character roleplaying, but the main choices are made for you in how well you play fantasy basketball: the game will move on whether you win or lose, and the story will adapt.

Landlord of the Woods: 5/5 I really enjoy Madison Karrh's games and Landlord of the Woods is no exception. It's a short puzzle game about finding a new job and showing up on your first day... except your job is a landlord to a community living in the woods who do not want a landlord. Lighthearted yet also creepy, ironic without being jaded, it's delightfully unique.

Insomnia: Theater in the Head: 4/5 A short narrative/puzzle game about a woman's struggles with insomnia. Really captures the energy of all the wild thoughts running through your head at 2am.

Detective Grimoire: Secret of the Swamp: 3.5/5 Starting to show its age but I really like detective games where YOU have to figure out who did it. It is also fortunately not very punishing but you do have to think a little.

Roadwarden: 4/5 This gave me maybe the closest feeling of roleplaying Dragon Age Origins that I've had since playing Pillars of Eternity, just with a smaller budget and largely text-based. You play as a Roadwarden, who is charged with keeping the roads of a peninsula safe from monsters and bandits; but you have another job from your supervisors to see if the peninsula would be open to trade in the future, and would require new merchants and changing leadership. You can be a hero, an asshole, you can sell out the villagers, or quit your job and live with them... there are lots of small discoveries and connections to be had in this game.

Sarawak: 3.5/5 Another short little game, this one a literary mystery set in Oxford and Malaysia, about a woman investigating her parents' histories. I find myself really enjoying these small narrative adventure games as I get older.

Catlateral Damage: 2.5/5 Wish I enjoyed the "cats knocking stuff off stuff" game more, but truthfully it got a little boring after ten minutes.

Planescape Torment: 4/5 Clearly a long-beloved game for a reason, and I see how it inspired Disco Elysium. The combat is horrible and mechanics are old as balls, but the story and writing are top-tier. You play as a man who wakes up in a morgue after dying with no memory of who he is, and you have to hunt down your memories through the clues your previous lives have left you. But it's not a detective story, it's more about reinventing yourself and deciding who to be in your new life. The OG Harry du Bois, in a way.

En Garde! 4.5/5 What a goofy game! It's a quirky, funny action/adventure game that fully embraces the swashbuckling energy of fencing with a woman lead, which is a nice difference. The characters are flamboyant, the lines are overdramatic, and the game is very self-aware of its genre and embraces it. Found the enemy waves a little overwhelming at times but nothing insurmountable, it just has a lot of mechanics.

Robotherapy: 3.5/5 An interesting little premise about a robot that wants to be a therapist. The writing is fine, but occasionally weighed down by its need to be funny; still it's got a few interesting twists.

Lieve Oma: 3/5 A short story about a child who goes walking in the woods with a grandmother hunting for penny buns throughout the years. This kinda touched me because I never knew my grandparents well.

Hatoful Boyfriend: 4/5 Yes, I'm about a million years late to this game. Turns out the pigeon dating simulator is, in fact, really interesting, genuinely funny, and an absolute horror show at times.

Lego Horizon Adventures: 3.5/5 What the hell, it has Aloy shooting machines and Varl loving comic books and Sylens as a DJ. It definitely feels like it was made for kids who have watched for years over their parents' or older siblings' shoulder as they play the more difficult Horizon mainline games. I did wish it were longer and the gameplay a little more complex but I had fun with it.

stitch.: 4/5 Great little puzzle game where you group certain numbers of stitches together to form shapes with a truly INSANE number of puzzles.

Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery: 4.5/5 A short narrative adventure about an artist trying to paint "the finest scenery" with some simple puzzles. It reminded me a lot of Ghibli films, maybe not as polished but with some really heartbreaking twists and moments for me about inspiration, communing with your fellow artists, and also the passage of time.

Wavetale: 4/5 A 3d platformer about environmentalism and worker's rights that takes place in a flooded world with only boats to get around... until Sigrid discovers a supernatural ability to run/ride on water thanks to the help of a mysterious shadow. I didn't think this was going to get as deep as it did, and while I think it did go a little long, I respect the vision even if the platforming was kinda clunky.

Summerhouse: 3/5 Another game that's more of a toy than a game. You unlock different walls, windows, roofs, trees, people, etc. to build your house. I like the style of this one, just wish there was more of everything.

Between Horizons: (GOTY RUNNER-UP) 4.5/5 Hidden gem of this year! Despite having just a few things in common with Mass Effect 1, it reminded me a lot of that game (red-haired default female protagonist on a spaceship suddenly thrust into a position of authority and tasked with tracking someone down). It takes place on a generation ship deep into its journey when suddenly systems are sabotaged and rebellion looks like it's brewing. Stella, the new Chief of Security, has to find the culprit before the mission reaches a point of no return. REALLY good puzzles in this one imo, I actually had to pen-and-paper some stuff to figure out who did what.

Dungeons of Hinterberg: 4/5 Another hidden gem in which dungeons appear around the modern-day Austrian Alps, sparking a sudden wave of tourists and dungeon-crawlers to visit. Part Zelda and part Persona, you explore dungeons by day and hang out with friends and locals by night. The game questions us on if the tourism brought to a small town as a result of the magic spawning there is actually helping, or if the capital and greed it brings might change the village for the worst. The game is about 1/3 relationship sim, 1/3 combat, 1/3 puzzles; I enjoyed all three to varying degrees but I think the puzzles are the strongest.

Paper Trail: Another grid-based puzzle system I dropped (I'm noticing a pattern). You play as a young woman who runs away from home to go to college, and she can "fold" corners of reality to make bridges, connect landpaths, etc. Gorgeous environments and neat concept, I just struggled with it.

1000xResist: (GOTY RUNNER-UP) 4.5/5 Half of Tumblr should be playing this. It's a scifi game set in the distant future in which aliens have arrived on Earth and brought with them a devastating plague that kills most humans. A girl called Iris is the only person who seems to be not only immune but also now immortal, who is cloned/later clones herself throughout the years (first to study a cure, and then to keep company/create a new society). You play as Watcher, a clone created a thousand years later to record Iris's life, now known as the ALLMOTHER's, life, and ensure her authority goes unchallenged in a post-apocalyptic world. I can't even talk about it more without spoiling but it tackles authority and rebellion, identity, memory, bad friendships, generational trauma, modern Asian American/Canadian diaspora... If you enjoy any combination of the following you will probably enjoy it: Everything Everywhere All At Once, Evangelion, Imperial Radch, Arrival, Ghost in the Shell.

not included are my gatcha games lmao which are currently animal crossing pocket camp (og and complete) and fire emblem heroes

[miadearden]

Arcane Season 2 Act 2 thoughts!

I think there’s something to say about this show’s willingness to kill off kids that every time Isha was on screen in this act I was saying “is it now? Is this where they’re going to kill her? I know this kid is getting offed at some point the only question is when”

That said, I do like the death they chose for her - how it ties back to Powder use of the hextech gems all the way back in 103. Lot of parallels in general between Isha and Power, and it was pretty clear Jinx (and Vi) saw that.

While we’re mentioning Jinx and Vi - holy shit episode 5. Not that we have the last three episodes yet, but ep05 is definitely my favourite of the season so far, if not my favourite of the entire show. Jinx immediately going to Vi when she finds out about Vander, the parallels between their conflict and the conflict between Silco and Vander.

Also the bit of history we get of Silco, Vander and Felicia, Vi and Powder’s mum, being this trio of friends who were all envisioning a better life and wanting it specifically for these two little girls. Just adds that bit of extra tragedy to Felicia’s death, Vander and Silco’s rift, and everything that happened after.

And then we get Vi at the end of the episode trusting Jinx’s conviction that Warwick is Vander and because of that they’re able to reach that bit of consciousness left in him together. Yeah episode 5 had me feeling all the feels.

I don’t have too much to say about the other storylines lmao I’m mostly still thinking about Jinx and Vi but hey I’ll try.

Confirmation that Mel has magic! And somehow it ties to the black rose which is interesting. I liked that the rose was trying to use her brother’s image to get her to figure out her powers (paralleled nicely to the sibling theme with Jinx and Vi too) and that Mel realised that. Not much else happening there, no doubt it’s going to come into play more in the last act with the things that will be happening there.

I think the ball was dropped a bit on Caitlyn in this act? Like we see her push back a bit against Ambessa in the starts of the act, but generally she felt pretty passive up until ep06 when she decided to team back up with Vi. I might have to rewatch these three eps again (and closer to the last three eps) to get a better idea, but yeah generally I think Cait fell a bit flat.

Not much to say on Jayce, as I’m sure we’re going to learn what happened with him at the start of ep07 (and Ekko and Heimerdinger too - THERE WAS NO EKKO THIS ACT I’M SAD) - however it was very funny in our watch party as we were all screaming JAYCE NO YOU’RE GONNA FUCK EVERYTHING UP during his actions in ep06. And well, yeah lmao

All of Viktor’s cult members screaming in unison and bluescreening when Jayce killed him was fucking haunting.

I was getting kinda worried partway through this act that we’re doing to much that we’re not really going to be able to wrap up properly. I’m still a little concerned, however with the way the last episode ended I think we’ve cleared a few things off the board that will make the final act tidier.

Predictions - I think the Piltover v Zaun is going to be put into an uneasy truce at this point, as the main conflict will now be fending off Ambessa and the Noxians. Secondary conflict - whatever Jayce found out about hextech and the arcane. Also now that Jayce is back on the map and in the same area as Ambessa, its possible she’ll finally get her hands on the scientist she wants to make hextech work for her, so that’s how those two plots will converge.

I think for the most part, the Vander subplot will be classed as over now, and probably most of the Viktor subplot too (though I’d say there might be a few more effects on that part). And we’ll get a lot more Mel and Black Rose stuff going on as it relates to Ambessa. I wanna hope we’ll get a lot more Ekko too? (he’s in the opening twice, I wanna believe he’ll have a big part) Though at this stage, apart from him also going on the hextech trip with Jayce and possibly learning what Jayce did, I don’t see where too much more of him will fit in.

As for Jinx and Vi, I wouldn’t be surprised if Isha’s death and Vander’s going beyond the point of being saved might put a rift back between Jinx and Vi. Particularly with Vi reconnecting with Caitlyn and likely wanting to help her against the Noxians too. I wanna hope that won’t be the case, but I don’t really expect this show to be a happy ending type show.

Anyway, yeah! I think that’s all the thoughts I have. Until next time!

[jrwibaby]

After recent ep on judgment, agere Mel 🥺

Her regressing hard after everything and just holds bucks hand bc she's so shy or overwhelmed to ask for anything more and she doesn't like personally know them deeply yet so she just disguises this simple hand holding as her being still a little hurt from that phone call.

I just know paeon would know and kinda,, act like a more formal caregiver

I think Mel even regressed isn't all that fond of Joe just yet so she just mostly sits by buck or paeon and curls up in a ball for awhile

finally finished listening so i can post LMAO but yes agree. buck is just happy to be someone mel can trust, and paeon is always willing to protect those who need it. i think jaguar means well and just doesn't realize he's being... odd... about it

mel probably would be just as silent as usual, but stick a little closer to the group this time. she feels just a little safer, but it's the safest she's felt in a long time

[gardenerian]

hey mel! i was thinking about ian and mickey (shocker!) and i wondered, do you think ian was mostly worried about his bipolar disorder when it came to his relationship with mickey? he did think that caleb would have left him once he’d share about his disorder and with trevor even as he started being maniac, not wanting to be on meds etc. he didn’t think of breaking up for his sake. when ian is hiding, coming down from the mania and has a talk with trevor, he doesn’t really think that what happened might have made trevor sad/worried about him etc. ( as trevor didn’t care about him at all but mostly about the attention being shifted lmao ). i thought that if ian really cared about his other relationships he would have had ‘the talk’ about it like he did with mickey in season 5 and season 10, right? but both trevor and caleb seemed not to care and just mind their business whenever ian’s mood ‘shifted’. would it also be something that messed up with his self esteem, having boyfriends that didn’t seem to care, leaving him behind when it got too much or seeing as a bother? i mean. i do think that he has never loved anyone else apart from mickey and when i think of his past relationships and notice these things, i feel like he really just wanted a distraction or forced himself to move on gaslighting himself? what are your thoughts on the matter if you want to share your thoughts of course!

oh hi wow hello. been a minute since i got an ask like this, thank you! let’s see if my brain’s still got it, hmm?

i think…. ultimately, mickey is the only person ian ever saw a longterm future with. even when he was very sick, he saw mickey as his partner. once the diagnosis and its impact came, i think ian stopped seeing a future for a while. and though i do think part of the s5 breakup is for mickey’s sake, i also think it’s just a result of a desperate, clawing teenage grief. ian was always someone who knew himself and knew what he wanted… once that foundation was shaken, he just shut down. 

so much of ian’s relationship with caleb is combative - almost like he’s daring caleb to confirm his fears about himself/his past and leave him. even still, i think it’s less of a fear that caleb himself will leave him, but an overarching fear that everyone and anyone would leave him. he’s still healing and his post-diagnosis confidence is shaky. part of this journey for ian is just figuring out what’s possible. i don’t think ian’s feelings for caleb are particularly strong, i just think the relationship is a catalyst for ian to start moving forward. caleb is a poorly-written character and that whole arc is super disappointing, but ultimately it allows ian to start imagining a future for himself… just one without caleb.

i always thought that ian was a bit more invested in trevor… his feelings didn’t match those for mickey, ofc, but i think he was finding his way a bit more. or at least, he was enjoying who he was with trevor? still, i don’t think he was thinking of trevor in any longterm capacity - the pacing of that relationship was weird. i don’t think caleb or trevor really knew ian, i don’t think ian really let them know him. i think they saw either what they wanted him to be, or what he projected to them. and i don’t think he let himself know them, really, either. i’ve always said that ian was looking to fulfill different needs with caleb and trevor, but it was never partnership. you’re right, i think that made it easy for them to let ian go. ian always worried about what he had to offer... i think mickey is the only one who just wanted ian.

this is all to say that yes, i think mickey was the only person that ian wanted to be part of his future. he’s the only one that ian let himself imagine a future with. for a lot of his s6-s9 story, ian did a lot of rebuilding, but i don’t think it ever truly included love. he made a lot for himself, but it was never fully realized. mickey electrified it all, y’know? so when it comes to his bipolar, and moments when the future feels uncertain, i think it scares ian. if his mental illness makes him feel unreliable or unworthy, of course he’d worry about losing mickey again. this is the only relationship that allowed ian to be his true, entire self - but if you feel like you might lose yourself, what happens then? THANKFULLY mickey is steadfast and devoted and so patient, and ian learned to feel safe in that!!! he will trust himself!!!! and he will trust mickey to help him when he can’t!!! 

how’d i do?

[tragicvampireromanceisland]

id love to hear more of your dream prod thoughts! it was really funny reframing the fact that yeah, the emotions probably really do just have authority over everything and anger was Laser Focused on gettin rid of a director that put riley in danger

HIII yes i'd love to talk more about dream prod!! 😁 i'm gonna go ahead and put it all under the cut though, since 1) probably gonna be LONG and 2) i feel like it's too soon to talk about spoilers out in the open dhkjhkjgh. but!! yes anyways

YES god i really loved all of anger's bits in the show. loved how protective he got 🥺 one thing i always found interesting in the first movie was that the long-term workers did not really seem to...care that sadness and joy needed to find a way back to hq? might just be working in long-term that does that to you LMAO!! really fascinating that the guys working in dream productions do defer to the emotions to some extent. in a way emotions themselves are very integral to dreams! and i loved all the little things that showed this, like paula desperately looking for a happy memory to come up with a dream for, or how gigi's nightmares mostly consisted of green and purple orbs (sidenote SIGH i really wish we got to see disgust and fear interact more considering this. especially since even the sleepwalking memory was green and purple, iirc? buuut i digress. NOT just the disear brain talking i promise but maybe also a Little /lh).

also found it very interesting how the machine jean brought in to measure the. "excitement" of the dream is also a bit dependent on emotions i would say? i'm getting real technical here, but i'm wondering how riley could still react to the dream with other emotions who are not on dream duty (and even then, the ones on dream duty aren't using the console...) despite them being asleep...🤔 definitelyyy overthinking this LOLLL but it's very cool to look at the inner workings of dream prod overall! i love that they introduced daydreams in, too...and this sort of worldbuilding of how daydreams are constructed differently compared to dreams at night. really good contrast for the paula xeni rivalry!

SPEAKING of mannn i loved paula and xeni!! WHAT a fun duo. one thing i noticed was that paula's insistence on "fun" dreams and living in the past was an interesting mirror to joy's previous behavior before her character development across both movies...i thiiink this was intentional, and it's fun to see that riley growing up isn't something just the emotions have to adjust to, but everyone else in the mind word as well 🥲 i wasn't expecting to find the paula-xeni dynamic as funny as i did, either. the bit where he steals her boots made me laugh out loud LMAOO. ALSO going to mention mel here too GOD. THE PUPY. I LOVE HERRR...was talking with a friend the other day about how interacting with the personification of a hormone lets you be affected by that hormone...really cool annnd makes sense considering these guys are all brain cells LOL. makes me wonder if hypothetically this could affect emotions too...? hmm!

anywaysss i loved all the callbacks to things from the first movie...i kind of wish there could have been some acknowledgment of how joy and sadness literally broke into dream productions in the first movie since, well. that's a Pretty Significant Thing that happened. BUT it's fine HKJFHG i thought the callback to canadian boyfriend was real fun. i willll say, given both disney and pixar's....not so good reputation with this sorta stuff, i was concerned the romance! episode was gonna be. one of those "See we PROMISE riley isn't gay!!!" sorta things so i'm glad that's not the direction it went in, and that they kept the resolution for that vague. AND i love love that they really played into the romcom element with all the tropes like the love triangle. AND sadness and joy watching it together!!!! MAN. SO CUTE. 🥺 in general i adore how much joy and sadness are just. besties now. they hang out together!! they LIKE hanging out together!! AUGH. ANYWAYS. romance DID end up being my favorite episode of the bunch! joy and sadness appearances obviously. helped with this LMAO but i loooved how it really showcased paula and xeni's strengths as a team. AND I WILL NOT LIE. that sleepwalking scene did kinda stress me out and i am a grown-ass adult. i also always love when real-life phenomena get translated into the mechanics of the mind world. the camera suddenly moving on its own was sooo cool.

i ALSO found it interesting how the characters all seem to have different views of what's best for riley...jean is the antagonist obvs but! interesting that she had a rationale for the dream xeni wrote, kinda "shaming" riley into growing up...even more interesting when you think about how shame was eventually written out of the second movie drafts, AND how anxiety's original character was rewritten a couple of times because it seemed like both of them were "self-sabotaging" riley too much. interesting that jean could somehow fill this role...! i wonder if that concept was carried on into this show.

ALSO. THE LUCID DREAM STUFF!! very cool. i've always been curious about the reality distortion filters. also a cool way to have riley interact with the mind world! i wiiiish we could have seen more of how...the emotions viewed this dream, what they thought of it etc. since their reactions are present for all the other dreams...i'm honestly very curious about Dream Duty in general, especially since it's not mentioned at all in the second movie. i think it would've been cool to kinda explain the details of dream duty in parallel to the dream production process, sorta tie the whole relationship between the emotions and the mind workers at dream prod together a bit more...buuut overall it was fun to see more of dream productions! definitely my favorite place in the mind world out of all the ones we'd seen across both movies. had a fun time overall!! and honestly my favorite thing about worldbuilding in inside out is how many strange hypotheticals it makes you think about LOL. so while i still got criticisms i'm having a fun time with it 😁👍🏾

[wrightingwithalex]

Hello everyone!

My name is Alex, but people also call me Lex, Lexi, Lexus... Whatever at this point LMAO. I'm not new to tumblr, but I am new to posting on it. I don't really know how all of this works yet so bear with me!

Just to give you a heads-up, I'm really good at English, but it still isn't my first language, so if you see any spelling or grammar mistakes, don't mind it.

So, I'm a writer, and my content is going to be character x reader 99% of the time. What I was thinking is that you guys send me requests for characters and scenarios you want me to write about (of course, as long as they are a character I know of) because my inspiration has been very lacking lately 💀. I will now give a list of all the characters I write for, as well as some rules for when you send asks.

As of right now, I'm not writing anything because I really don't feel like it 😭.

By the way, if you want to remain anonymous, you can claim emoji's so that I know who you are!

I WILL WRITE:

Ace Attorney -> any character within the Phoenix Wright trilogy (Ace Attorney, Justice For All, Trials and Tribulations) 'cause those are the only games I've played so far

Sally Face -> Sal, Larry, Ash

Resident Evil -> Leon, Ada, Carlos, Ethan, Claire

Brooklyn 99 -> Jake, Amy, Rosa, Charles

Hunter x Hunter -> Kurapika

Minecraft Story Mode -> Jesse (male and female), Lukas, Petra

The Last of Us -> Ellie, Joel, Dina, Abby

Five Nights at Freddy's (movie) -> Mike, Vanessa, Steve Raglan/William Afton

Inside job -> Reagan, Brett

Arcane -> Vi, Jinx, Caitlyn, Mel, Victor, Sevika

Assassination Classroom –> Karma

Genshin Impact –> Albedo, Alhaitham, Arlecchino, Ayaka, Ayato, Childe, Clorinde, Cyno, Eula, Furina, Ganyu, Hu Tao, Itto, Jean, Kazuha, Keqing, Kokomi, Lyney, Mona, Navia, Neuvillette, Nilou, Raiden, Shenhe, Tighnari, Venti, Wanderer, Wriothesley, Xianyun, Yae Miko, Yelan, Yoimiya, Zhongli, Beidou, Bennett (nothing more than a kiss 'cause he's a minor), Candace, Charlotte, Fischl (nothing more than a kiss 'cause she's a minor), Gaming, Gorou, Heizou, Kaeya, Kuki Shinobu, Lisa, Lynette, Ningguang, Noelle, Rosaria, Kujou Sara, Sucrose, Thoma

mostly fem!reader and gn!reader –> female characters will be with fem!reader by default (gn!reader only if you request it), male characters are with gn!reader by default (fem!reader only if you request it)

I WILL NOT WRITE:

smut -> kissing yes, anything more than that no; I still feel awkward writing it, let alone uploading it LOL

male!reader (sorry :C)

non-con and dub-con -> I believe in consent

pregnancy trope

extreme age gap -> anything more than a 15 year age difference is a no

pedophilia

Minors can interact, since I'm not writing any smut!

That's gonna be all from me for today. I'll update this list if I get a new show/game I'm interested in, or if there's a change in the rules. I look forward to your requests, and I can't wait to start writing them! xx

[blujayonthewing]

2, 4, 8, 15, & 18 forrrrr all the gnomes please 🙏

[chanting] GNOMES GNOMES GNOMES GNOMES

2. What role would your OC fill in a friend group?

Idri - Oh she's 100% driving this thing. 'Hey you guys wanna hang out?' 'OH we should check out that new place--' 'GUESS WHO JUST BOUGHT NERF GUNS. MEET ME AT THE PARK IN TEN NOT A DRILL'. Melliwyk - Guy who's actually really fun to hang out with but always has something else going on every single time you invite her to do anything; just has to be dragged out of her house for her own good once in awhile Felix - Seems nice, but so quiet you're only vaguely aware of him-- and then one night it's 3am after a house party or a night out and everyone else went home or fell asleep or passed out and you've somehow ended up talking about your childhood trauma and your fraught relationship with your dad; he's the guy you're talking to. Also brings snacks but mostly nobody realizes that was him Indigo - If Idri's saying 'you guys wanna see me do a backflip off the roof of the garage' Indigo is cheerfully offering to get popcorn. Up For Whatever friend, doesn't intervene in probably bad ideas because they kinda just wanna see what happens. There's also a really specific flavor of Theater Kid energy to their general vibe and sense of humor that may be more a My High School Friend Group thing specifically? lmao. relaxed and intentionally eccentric. cheshire cat vibes

The rest under the cut!

4. How do they act when they’re sick, and does it change depending on who they’re around or how sick they are?

idri - complaaaains. doesn't waaanna be siiiiiick this suuuucksssss WEHHH. is intentionally melodramatic because being silly about it makes her feel a little better. is silly even harder when she's Really Sick to distract herself from being worried about it

melliwyk - highkey stubbornly denies it as much as she possibly possibly can get away with, makes herself worse, and then is a grumpy cantankerous ass if she really does have to admit that she can't keep working through it and has to rest instead. Allows herself to be taken care of but is irritable about it the whole time felix - injured animal who finds a private hole to curl up and quietly die in. if he's Not That Sick he'll always insist that he's fine, really, and make himself scarce for several days rather than argue about it; if he's more seriously ill and can't successfully hide it, he won't fight being tended to but he'll be stressed out the entire time indigo - hyperbolically dramatic if it's not very serious-- alas, I am laid low... my thread of fate nears its end.... If you could bring some tea, it may be... my last request....... -- but more serious, themself, if they're more seriously ill; quiet, daydreamy. Polite and gracious if they're being tended to. Probably the only one of these idiots who would go to a doctor if they really needed to without having to be forced to by someone else

8. What’s something that your OC owns that means the world to them? What’s something they own that they don’t like, but can’t bring themself to part with?

idri - All her lockpicks and other tools were inherited from her mentor, Silas; also, her swords and daggers were all gifts from her circus friends when she left to take up adventuring, and they all mean a lot to her. On the other hand, she relatively recently learned that Silas was actually murdered, and that his killers left a calling card, a foreign coin which she now has; it makes her uncomfortable, but it also seems weird to get rid of it. (further complicated by the even more recent revelation that Silas is alive after all and his death was staged to avoid that murder. It's all very weird and complicated!) melliwyk - There was a children's book, The Queen's Lament, already on the shelves when mel moved into her house; at the time she didn't think much of it, but it has since taken on new meaning after we learned what it meant and why it was left there, and now it serves as a memento for her now-departed house ghost. And god she has a TON of stuff she Hates that she Won't get rid of fgjkhgfd :'D Potion of Hollowness (kills the drinker, destroys their soul and resurrects their body without one), magic cleaver we found in the secret horrorshow chop shop full of chunks of animated corpses (already hated this on principle but recently learned it also severs a little bit of soul if you cut off a body part with it), infernal book bound in human flesh, ring of water elemental command that Probably compells you to start a kraken cult and also seems to hate zhartook personally.... we could do this all day lmao. But it's all magic items, and a lot of it might have real use in the coming fight, she can't just GET RID OF THINGS just because they're ICKY-- felix - He's kind of an easy-come easy-go fellow wrt belongngs; he tends to lose stuff a lot (stolen, dropped and couldn't be recovered, left behind in an emergency) so he tries not to get too attached to anything, but he's managed to hang onto his cloakpin for years-- it was a gift from a little girl whose lost cat he found and returned to her, and he cherishes it. He's not crazy about carrying cultist robes around, but there's a chance he might still need them. indigo - Their star-map golden eye was a collaboration between themself and their teacher; with it they carry the stars wherever they go. As their belongings go, it means everything to them. They have several mundane paper star charts in their collection, and they really don't like them At All but they keep them around in case the captain or anyone else needs to reference them for some reason

15. How does your OC take up space? What do they do with their hands when they talk, or how do they sit in chairs?

idri - she's BIG. she's my smallest gnome, but she's got the biggest personality, and it gives her a big presence; she's energetic, she's got Jumpin Boots and puts them to good use, she talks and gestures theatrically, she sits on tables, she'll sit on your shoulder if you're big enough and seem open to it. part of what makes her so good at stealth is that her normal behavior is such that if idri's around, she's extremely noticeable, so if she makes an effort to get small and quiet it makes for a very effective vanishing act just under the cover of her own typical presentation. melliwyk - mel stands pretty upright, if not leaned back a little; she tends to sort of bustle about, and has really expressive, animated body language, talking with her hands and gesturing often, rolling her eyes with her whole head, and soforth. she shrimps like a motherfucker, though-- if she's sitting she's almost always hunched over something, even if it's just reviewing her own notes while obligatorily picking at breakfast felix - on his own, he takes up exactly as much space as he takes up. he's small enough that he rarely feels he needs to make himself smaller in normal circumstances, usually taking a relaxed posture, but he generally keeps within his own space, walking with his hands in his pockets, or sitting and drawing, smoking, or resting a hand on his chin. he talks with his hands a little bit (or a lot, of course, if he's signing), but in a more reserved way, relatively close to the body. leans the fuck in when he's interested in something, sitting or standing. shrinks into himself when he's stressed, and/or just leaves altogether, if he can indigo - languid at rest, sprightly in motion. they'll lounge, lean on stuff, throw an arm over the back of the seat. I think they stand with their arms crossed often, but gesture rather broadly while speaking. they don't go out of their way to take up space, but they don't really bother making any special effort not to either

18. If they can or would drive, what would their car be like?

idri - idri drives a mini cooper and treats 'driving to the mall' like it's gokarting. it's got stickers and decals on the back and probably a couple little plastic toys in the windshield; the back seat's cluttered but the cockpit's tidy and the exterior is always clean and shiny melliwyk - before she got magic narcolepsy and couldn't drive anymore melliwyk was out here building chitty chitty bang bang in her garage out of one of those weird little novelty cars you see sometimes that look like they were made up for a peewee herman movie. 'how in god's name is that thing road legal' type car. rube-goldberg-breakfast-machine-ass car felix - he'd much rather walk, or take a bus or train! if he had to have a car it'd probably be some really old and cheap used sedan, but he'd take really good care of it until it gave out. there's a first aid kit and some stuff like rope, heavy gloves, old blankets, and probably a pet carrier in the back just in case. ... actually, if he had a car, he'd probably just go ahead and live in there 🤔 indigo - [steeples fingers] I'm gonna go with my gut on this one; I had the thought 'they want a convertible' and also 'they wanna be able to drive into the mountains' simultaneously, so I think... they've got a jeep? roof off, wind in their hair, looking for adventures

ask about my OCs! :D

[archangeldyke-all]

There’s so many things you noticed that I didn’t lol. I think that yes, the guy pulling the chain was ekko. He looks different cuz of no paint and new hairstyle but that him I’ve stared at it for hours.

Okay, I think I’ll just do that lol. It’s just that I prefer to talk with ppl person to person instead of like I’m groups with reboots and stuff. And arcane is going to make me sooo anxious? Excited ? Idk it’s gonna make my heart race and I want to rant about it really well knowing someone is reading yk ? I’m an anxious person and so many things happen in fandom that I barely interact when things are intense. I usually just wait for it to chill. But I can try that; watching as it comes out. It will be good cuz I also won’t be able to keep my excitement at bay hahaha.

This might be annoying, but I’m not a huge fan of Caitlyn, so I get what you mean by how she’ll probably be the character to annoy you the most this new season. I don’t hate her; I just really cannot stand her ignorance and naivety. It really irritates me how she really genuinely has not clue if he reality of things; while being overconfident in her opinions lol (like, “it looks like they bury dead ppl in there” when looking at VI’s home; or “what ? You don’t have parents ?”. Very small examples but the others are too long to talk about lol).

I won’t blame her for wanting to kill Jinx though. But if Ambessa really is manipulating her, I’ll never see her as anything more than a victim. An annoying victim lmao. I don’t know how to ignore abusive behavior, so it’ll be Ambessa then cait cuz despite being manipulated she’ll be doing some horrible shot that won’t help anything at all and it’ll be so frustrating to watch cuz that’s just one of the consequences of her naivety. (Also, how did you get the idea that Ambessa would ? I’ve seen ppl saying that too, but like I don’t notice all these small details all the time :(

And Viiii. There was this physical event organized by like RIOT or sth where they showed an exclusive sneak peak of Vi in her street fighter era (these are not the leaks since they’re official but it was a private viewing and no devices were allowed) and a YouTuber (schnee) that watched it talked about the clip and like made his predictions for the season. I’ve been so excited to see her since I saw his video (again, these are not the leaks but a sneak peak where the vibe was a you-had-to-be-there type vibe). I feel so bad for Vi, she doesn’t deserve anything that’s happening to her😪

I’m not a CaitVi shipper, but yeah I think I’d love to see their kiss too; or like, the start of their relationship being more than yearning. I don’t understand their ship fully but I’d like to see how they decide to be together after all this chaos. It would be very interesting cuz both of ‘em are entangled emotionally in a mostly negative way. What with the whole ‘my sister killed your mother and now you wanna kill her’ thing.

And ouuuu, I know Ambessa is hot but I hope she dies😞. She’s too obsessed with war smh. (I just thought of like, doing a character study on that lol. Like, why didn’t she think to actually do sth peaceful and productive? Why was her first thought ‘they’re must be war for peace to rain’ lol.)

Anyway, ppl were saying on the YouTube video that they aren’t showing Victor, Jayce and Mel to keep ppl in suspense or sth.

I really hope they don’t kill sevika off cuz I will actually also not want to watch much. Though I love the characters so I’d have to take a break if they do that. Even if they do, she’ll never be dead to me.

I don’t have any predictions for the season cuz I hate being wrong about them and wi to bathe way things are going, one can never be so sure tbh. I love your prediction though. It makes sense.

yes!!! i think the most fascinating thing about cait's character is her whole personality is trying to get out from under her parent's control, wealth, and influence-- but she's always falling victim to someone else's control, wealth and influence. whether it's by joining the enforcers-- piltover's military, essentially, where the lower levels are constantly controlled by their bosses, who are controlled by the council-- or by teaming up with ambessa!!! the writers are so fucking good at making characters make sense-- of course a naive rich girl would run from one system of corrupt power to another-- she doesn't know that they're all corrupt, she hasn't been hurt by them enough to see through the different facades because she's rich!! (but she will always have a special place in my heart... that scene where cait's out in the rain talking to jayce and she goes 'i suppose i've always been an outcast too' or something?? gets me everytime. tears streaming down my cheeks. that little lonely rich lesbian :( )

HAHAHAHA i agree with you 100% about ambessa, but i think unfortunately, she's the least likely to die this season. she's just too powerful and domineering and influential. but idk!! we'll see, arcane has a good way of killing off important, powerful characters.

i feel really bad for vi :( i wish she just had a few minutes to, like, breathe. she literally gets busted out of prison after 10ish years just to track down her sister, and the only reason she's not thrown back in is because of her relation to cait, which means she's indebted to her forever, but then cait goes and tries to kill her sister and her sister tries to kill cait and she's only been out of jail for like 72 hours!!! she needs a spa day. and some weed. give her a break omg.

i'm not a super big caitvi shipper either (mostly for the reasons said above, their relationship is so rushed and co-dependent) but i feel like i gotta root for lesbians life gives me lasjdflksa;dlfj. and i think it would be refreshing to see a show with writing like arcane's do a lesbian sex scene (or something intimate)-- because i have confidence the writer's wouldn't make it a cheesy lesbian porno hahaha

[drossna]

find a word tag game

tagged by @joyful-soul-collector

rules: fish your WIP for up to 15 words on your given list, then continue the chain with 15 new words for the next person to find. he linked this word generator, but mostly i scrolled my own fic for random vocab

my assigned words: Lullaby, pink, notebook, refrigerator, lunchbox, talk, smile, green, ball, sneeze, laugh, microwave, zero, head, astronaut

all of these snippets come from butterfly soup, which is my 30yrs later post-canon worldbuilding nightmare of a jayvik fic, and a few are unreleased content since i write scenes out of order

Pink:

“It got everywhere,” Callista said, recalling the pink, sparkling mayhem, the shocked faces of her friends, the traces of glitter on the ceiling that lingered for years after. “We had to scrape it off the cake. I thought it was one of my school friends playing a prank.” 

Notebook:

Orianna shared a living space with two other revenants, both of whom Viktor greeted awkwardly. At least they helped him find the cloth bag and notebook that Orianna had left behind, fishing them from among the clutter of frilly clothes and sparkling, glass mobiles in her room.

Talk:

“I expect to wait until the Kiramman seat turns over. Councillor Kiramman is fairly even-handed compared to the rest, but her daughter said she'd fight for another Zaunite appointee—maybe that guy who runs Terrace Hall or one of his colleagues. Big talk or not, I'm too old to wait for another opportunity. The yapping is fucking killing me.”

Smile:

He gestured to the front of the bar where [redacted] was still speaking, his smile so warm Viktor could've sworn he was living this memory for the first time. 

Green:

The connection came immediately, a final puzzle piece aparating into place. The girl in the absinthe-green glass coffin. It was the barest snatch of a borrowed memory, witnessed in the midst of a negotiation nestled within a mounting conflict. 

Ball:

(crtl+f brought this up from the depths of my notes so I’m counting it lmao) Jayce going absolutely ballistic and calling every council member a bitch to their face.

Laugh:

A fond laugh leapt from Mel’s throat, and she tugged at Jayce, inviting him to lean against her. Which he did. “You precious man. I will say this: ages ago, I watched you two become who you are. You grew into each other. Speaking from my own experience, partnership is not one decision but years of small, forgettable ones. You can grieve all the choices you didn’t make, but you still need to honour those that you did.”

Zero:

Viktor snapped a gingko nut off the nearby tree and tossed it in range. It froze a foot off the ground. “Zero gravity,” he said fondly. 

Head:

“I remember when she and Mum were in talks about building this place,” Callista said, voice gentle. “I was little then, but whenever I came home from school, Mrs. Talis would still be there, going over logistics, trying to wrap her head around charity politics. She got so mad every time something as simple as laying bricks needed three different permits— Oh! And once she made me this hot chocolate that knocked my socks off.”

(I couldn’t decide so here’s a second one; it’s Jayce angst all the way down)

He was getting used to the cane and the brace. Every part of it. The putting it on, taking it off, the maintenance, the effort, the exhaustion, the stretching, the weight, the sounds, the feel, the way everyone’s eye caught on it first before flicking to his face. Which was good. He’d prefer they see his leg first. He didn’t need anyone looking too closely and realizing The Man of Progress was walking among them, and those damn posters definitely never included a crippled limb. It made for an excellent disguise, like a shroud thrown over his head that overwrote the entirety of his identity.

i'm not tagging anyone because... i don't have any other writing mutuals? i don't think? i'm in search! so if you see this, consider yourself tagged. give me your snippets. hand 'em over

your words are: fuse, circle, tiny, system, frame, creature, salt, selfish, treat, risk, escape, strange, cramp, year, before.

[ravenkinnie]

i love love love the way you write jinx and the way you talk about her and her relationships!!! not to be annoying bc a lot of ppl in the fandom are like 16/17 but the general interpretation of jinx as little more than a victim of her circumstances and silco’s manipulation who should make up with her sister, be caitvi’s slightly annoying third wheel and ekko’s (or lux? lmao nothing against either ship but yk) quirked up gf is soooo boring (like god forbid a girl contains multitudes and is both a meow meow and an absolute cunt) and your take on her is such a breath of fresh air! not sure if you talked about this in a post already but what are your hopes in general for the new season and ofc for jinx in particular?

❤️❤️❤️ that's my pookie and even tho I'm hoeing across runeterra she will always be the one

no fr fr and listen I do feel like I'm fighting in a kindergarten when I hate because I realise it's cause everyone I'm beefing with is 18 and just likes the same YA archetypes as everyone else at that age but if 10k bitches can post it on ao3 I can hate on it. especially because it erases a supremely well done character that they made out of a lol champion I wouldn't even think twice about when she first released like that's a talent and that's work

and also if people want to complain about female characters in media it feels disingenuous to then remove agency from complicated female characters we do have to make them one dimensional - like one thing you cannot say about jinx is that she's flat - in personality I mean cause well. she is an active dynamic character with insane narrative potential and a lot of layers and being both a victim and a victimiser is an important part of that

my main hopes for season 2 are honestly

*I hope its consistent internally with its own ideology </3 I think s1 at the end starts unraveling a lil because it seems to despair for this both sides ass take but it just wouldn't make any sense with league lore or the show itself. here I mostly fear for ekko gkbknj

*everybody should become a somewhat worse person, like vi provably will because she will become an enforcer, caitlyn seems to also be heading for some corruption arc, obv viktor is there, so I think this will be fulfilled teehee

*I want jinx to have her own arc and I mean an arc where she develops her own goal and motivations outside other characters too and maybe this goal will be to love evil till the day she dies, ill take it!! I just think seeing jinx grow outside that child/flighty troublemaker into a full on villain/terrorist will be fantastic and will also give her actual league lore another layer that hopefullyyyy they can continue to build on (and they will never stop banking on jinx like that's basically leagues mascot)

*mel survives </3 like it would be way too much of a loss of a great character to give her so little storyline of her own, she needs to be in s2

*overall, sorry to be a freak but I'm a tragedy lover and enjoyer and I know they are tied to champion lore somewhat now but I still hope it ends sad or bittersweet for everyone. and when you say tragedy people often think of character death but that's probably the least tragic ending you can give a bitch, the true hollowness in losing everything you once were and could have been is what im talking about!!

*I did say this before but I hope jinx kills imagine dragons in arcane universe. first of all they are touring in israel so they deserve that but also it would be really funny to see them on her list of victims like just whole ass imagine dragons under silco or sth

[momoemarias]

OK SO. ARCANE ENDED AND I NEED TO RAMBLE. finale spoilers!!

Jayce: Dare I say best written/best arc of the season. Consistent, protagonist energy, won back the crowd since he got so much over-the-top hate in S1 (the hate in S2 turned into a funny profile pic meme so I'd argue he won back the crowd with this as well, fans were having so much fun with that). I don't really have any notes.

Viktor: On a purely superficial level I think I hauve covid. ohhhh my goddd

On a writing level uh ? I guess I'm feeling mixed? Like the lack of autonomy for a large portion of his arc does not feel great. I think I'm mostly satisfied but it's probably the sheer high I'm feeling from the finale saying that. His arc started to come together w/ Jayce's imperfections speech. Probably the most anxiety-inducing, it's so over/we're so back graph.png arc of the season lmao. I'm sure I'll be thinking about it for a long while.

Vi: man. I don't want to say character assassination but I'm a little confused to say the least... it felt like her relationships with Jinx and Caitlyn just fizzled out near the end. I skimmed the leaks and hoped her having sex in Jinx's jail cell was a joke. Vi fans I'm sorry.

Jinx: Speaking of leaks, I was mad about her death but people are saying the ending implies she escaped so I feel better now. However... it lowkey pissed me off that she did that to Vi? Also how did she have TWO episodes basically to herself and it still feels like they speedrun her conclusion, like what made her ultimately fly the airship and join the war (as in we didn't see her reach a conclusion)? If it were any other character these things wouldn't bother me as much, but Jinx is the closest thing to a main character in this show. I think this won't be the last we see of her.

Ekko: I loved ep 7. I think his MVP status is deserved if only because he got a whole ep devoted to figuring out the Z drive.

Caitlyn: So. Jinx got a moment to tell Cait she didn't know she would kill her mom but Cait can't apologize to Vi. I also don't know how to feel about her arc being sooo wrapped up with Noxus. Another mixed bag I guess.

Mel: Similar to Ekko in the very minimal front half/very significant back half way, but I feel like the pacing made her arc feel a little off? My theory for why is I know that Ekko is going to involve time travel bc of the game, I don't know anything about Mel (but surely she'll be next to enter league after Ambessa right?) So I couldn't prepare my expectations properly? But like. that's not at all her fault.

I also really liked that Mel got to defend herself when Jayce called her out in ep 8. Both with her trying to be someone she isn't and not saving everyone/Viktor from the rocket.

Heimerdinger: I loved his song but his sacrifice felt a little unnecessary.

Ambessa: Wasn't fully convinced why she was included in a PnZ-focused show at first, but I think having a neutral party who wanted to benefit from an outside conflict made sense and made the world feel bigger.

[lyknest]

Thai BL Favorites List Tag Game

thank you for tagging me mel @justafriend-ql & @dragonsareawesome123 & @solana-ceae !!! i always love a chance to talk about thai (mostly gmmtv) bl skksksksksks

favourite bl:

surprise surprise 0 points for guessing its *drumroll* bad buddy!!!!!! of course it is i don't even have to talk about it more

favourite pairing:

TinnGun - they took me by surprise i love them so much its unreal!!!!!

most underrated actor:

listen! book kasidet is so freaking underrated! like after seeing him play gun in abaab, im a lifelong fan! and also SEA!!!! vice versa & 55:15 my beloved 💘

favourite character:

i will forever and always be biased to pran like no character will ever even come close to an extent that it's unfair to include him in this listing i feel because no one even stands a chance lmao

favourite side character:

tiwson!!!! and literally every mark pakin character skskskks

favourite scene:

it's like suddenly every show ever vanished from my mind but like every time tan acted a little cheekily with dr. bun, it was a good scene lmao ALSO this scene below y'all it was a moment (I'm so sad tul decided to leave full time acting 😓)

favourite line:

lives were changed when pran told off his mom and said:

most anticipated bl and why:

yeah no I don't think any explanation is required for this one

healthiest relationship in a bl:

WinTops from Ingredients the Series! nobody did it better than them!

most toxic relationship in a bl:

there are a LOT. i didn't like how any of the pairings in LITA came about. or the second season mess that is IPYTM. and there are some obvious ones like TharnType.

guilty pleasure series:

my guilty pleasure shows are those which i can play easily without having to open my laptop or mobile aka YouTube/Netflix so (Still) 2gether lmao

bonus! most underrated series:

there are a lot, but i feel like we don't talk about the campy masterpiece that was YYY! like I don't remember a single plot point of the show but it altered my brain chemistry forever. also lay talay my beloved

this was the most difficult list i have made in forever thank you for tagging me mel i had so much fun 😭

tagging: @dribs-and-drabbles @grapejuicegay @i-got-the-feels @casualavocados @mantrisanu @morkofday @jyuubin @bellepark and everyone whose gifs i used here (no pressure 💘)

[gardenerian]

Seeing Debbie appreciation is so good. I never understood the hate she gets, mostly on reddit but reddit hates everyone.

lmao i can't use reddit for tv shows or media bc everyone has the dumbest takes of all time, i have to use it for other interests (mel, you have other interests??? since when????)

but yeah! i think debbie really suffered from dumbass writing at the latter end of her story. like the bones were good? the struggles made sense, the feeling that she was lost, the anger and complexes she was facing... it all makes sense! i understand what they wanted us to see. but wow, the execution was rough. there were moments where i was like WHERE IS DEBBIE??? THAT'S NOT DEBBIE??? like i couldn't see her in there. and i just wanted better for her and everything she's been through.

and lately with all the really lovely discussions about her, i am also reminded that like... she's so YOUNG. that's a little girl making her way and she's had so much that was never resolved for her. she doesn't get a lot of the same grace we often offer to other characters. there were moments in s11 especially where i was genuinely not okay with some of her behavior, but as a whole, my love for debbie (and carl, too, honestly) has really resurfaced these days! and it's been fun!