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Incredibly messy list of reasons why Saiteru is real and why I ship them (with occasional examples)

(and a little fan art to draw the attention)

Disclaimer: I did not read the manga, I watched anime and then searched for examples in manga as in supreme source

A little introduction.

There's a two things about Saiki K. that I need to mention before I will try to prove that Saiki actually likes Teruhashi back.

First of all, hope we can all agree on that, Saiki as the protagonist is unreliable narrator. This comes both from a) the form of the series - the fact that we as viewers don't see things the way Saiki does (just like with his X-ray vision, he's unable to see Teruhashi's appearance, but we actually can - so he says she's not that special or pretty while we can appreciate her beauty) and b) his view of relationships he has. He can deny his friendship with Nendou, Kaido and others all he wants, but we, as viewers see in every episode that he loves them dearly. He can say all he wants about how he's not gonna solve other people problems, but he helps every time and so on.

An secondly (kinda follows the last statement) he is tsundere. Not even kinda tsundere - he's hereditary tsundere and takes this after his grandfather.

Those two points I based my proofs on establish one big thesis - we're not gonna get any real straight verbal confirmation from Saiki that he has any feelings towards anyone, especially Teruhashi. So instead we gonna do what shippers do best - thoroughly search for any indirect evidences that something in fact goes on between them.

This list is based purely on objective and subtle changes in Saiki's patterns of behaviour.

So here's reasons why Saiteru is in fact real in no particular order:

Mixer issue.

The thing going on between Saiki and Teruhashi changes after Mixer date (there's also a post here on the subject of how it changes everything which I do not intend to repeat). I just wanna say that there were a million of ways of how it could go with the basically same outcome. But no. From Saiki actually showing up at the mixer to control things like some sort of power broker to the very end of the issue there is:

Kusuo's irritation at those guys generally;

his mentioning that he knows Teruhashi's preferences (like, yeah, he reads people minds, duh, but how much exactly he had to read her mind to know her favourite song or joke? It's not something you think about all the time, you know);

appreciation of her thoughts about him;

smile;

admitting he would/does enjoy this;

and rock-paper-scissors. This just blows my shipper mind - he actually participated in gambling on Teruhashi and actually won the game on purpose just for the sake of it. Of course it played out as a joke, but guys, GUYS! He literally won Kokomi-chan! On purpose! He participated in something this ... morally questionable, even though if he felt indifferent about her he would'd just thought something like "she's not an object to gamble on her")

Saiki usually tries to ignore his friends inviting him to some special events (New Year eve or Kaido's secret base and so on) until it's absolutely rude to decline or there's a chance something will go wrong or his mom is nearby. But these few times Teruhashi didn't even ask him to go somewhere (milkshake incident, mixer) he avoided her asking him but still followed her around.

He did in fact say "of-fu". Out loud. While being completely silent all the time. No more comments (mic drop).

Cultural festival lottery.

This one is tricky and requires analysis. So there's actually two lotteries involving Teruhashi - first one to choose her group for Okinawa trip and second one is cultural festival committee members. Both lotteries is drawn by Teruhashi knowing she will draw Saiki with Kami-sama's help and Saiki knowing she's gonna succeed. But in the Okinawa lottery he overplays her and uses X-ray vision and telekinesis to change her draw.

And in the cultural festival committee member (which happens after mixer) he just...don't.

And it's not even about avoiding Teruhashi personally, this time it's about avoiding huge pain in the ass cultural festival committee member is. As for me, personally, crush or no crush, I would do everything to not have such responsibilities. And he just chooses not to do anything? Even though this time it would be worse than a trip in one group of six, it would require them actually working together, possibly with no one around.

Cultural festival issue #2. Saiki admitted that their superpowers work together perfectly and when combined they are in fact invincible. While doing something so trivial as school play.

Prior to that he worked together with his actual psi-team with some actual superpowers over something not so trivial (stopped train) and even though he admitted he wouldn't do that with such efficiency without them but he didn't say a word about their powers complementing each other, their working together this well or something like this - but he did say something this cheesy to Teruhashi, your usual perfect bishoujo.

Kusuo felt incredibly irritated when his brother bothered her (and kinda proud of her when he paid him back with her powers). Saiki from first chapters would've just use the crowd to teleport (like he actually did with Teruhashi when he didn't say "of-fu" for the first time) and left those two alone. Also, do you see it here? Saiki, you're being a little bit hypocritical, don't you?

He stops avoiding her or plotting so that she fall out of love with him after mixer issue.

He's incredibly annoyed at her brother but still deals with him instead of just disappearing out of his sight (especially birthday present episode).

I don't actually think that issue with her overwhelming herself fits here. He would do the same for Kaido or anybody of his friends. He's irritated at guys but it kinda rational reaction for him about the cause of someone's suffering. He kinda opposes himself and them, but he has a god complex, he always does this.

He constantly complements her after mixer. Constantly. It's basically praises to her whether they are working together and he complements her superpowers, or he helps her with press club and compliments her anti-stalker skills or her overwhelming herself just to maintain her perfect bishoujo image and he compliments her dedication.

He actually thought that she's pretty at the end of the series. Legitimately. No other comments, just this. Okay, maybe also that I'm happy that he had a chance to look at her without his powers. But also it means that if he really did like her before this, which I think he did, he liked glowing skeleton/humonoid body of muscles. You know, perfect form of liking other person without knowing how they actually look.

Reasons why I personally ship them.

(Obviously) Kami-sama is on Teruhashi's side. No matter what. Like come on guys. Its inevitable at this point. Even Saiki stopped resisting.

Teruhashi feels super comfortable with Saiki's friends - as opposed to literally every other guy in their school when she has to overwhelm herself just to talk to them. On contrary, Nendou, Kaido and Kurosaki usually have no problem hanging out with Teruhashi. Like yeah, they blush sometimes and act like she is blessing them with her presence, but they do not put the same kind of pressure that everybody else does.

They both have super weird (pervert) elder brothers they suffer from.

He sees all her imperfect thoughts and feelings and still choses to respect Teruhashi for both her good qualities and her flaws. (But guys, actually, how great this trope is? Someone knows all your dirtн secrets and bad thoughts and still chooses not only to love you (not talking about Saiki, cause it's debatable, even though I do think he loves her back, but generally speaking) but actually respects you for that?)

Saiki's almost omnipotent powers can't beat Teruhashi's powers of luck and ability to be loved by Kami-sama. And her powers are only powers in the show he has to reckon with constantly and that challenges him on multiple occasions. Not only that - he actually loses to her almost every time. Which is ironic, cause the only time Teruhashi did really lose against him in every possible way - it was the first time she appears in manga, when he didn't say of-fu and she eventually kinda fell in love with him.

This one goes a bit deeper then this post meant to be, but Teruhashi's life is actually terrible. She learned to enjoy it and to get the best out of the situation she's in, but that is truly a nightmare. Her brother is a pervert who is able to give her underwear as a present and wishes he could marry her. All of the boys literally block her way on regular basis. She has a fanclub who can approve or disapprove her social interactions (i don't think she pays much attention to them, but what if she knew they tried to tell her crush not to talk to her?). Press club is constantly after her, trying to take or photoshop embarassing fotos of her (borderline pornography). And every one of them sees her as an object. As a doll. A beautiful picture. So it's only consistent for her as a character to fall for guy who doesn't fall for her act and sees her as she is. It's beautiful. She needs that.

In conclusion (if someone will actually read to this point) I wanna say that for me the best ship is the ship that didn't happen but was implied. Especially with such complicated characters like Saiki K. It gives so much place to debate, to search for subtle evidences that there is some sort of affection or that there's not, to interpret facts and play with them, trying to understand authors intentions and finding some clues and hints...it's just so much more fun that established ships.

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Miss You (Promise us that you will return)

Word count: 2,015 Pairing: Kiana Kaslana | K-423 & Bronya Zaychik, Kiana Kaslana/Raiden Mei (mentioned) Characters: Kiana Kaslana, Raiden Mei, Fu Hua, Bronya Zaychik, Seele Vollerei, Theresa Apocalypse, Captain Hyperion Summary: You see your dear friend, right before you. You haven't seen her in 8 years. ...Or it's HoF!Kiana and Silverwing!Bronya interacting in the dorm because I want to see them interact.

A/N:  :')) i got silverwing bronya but at what cost my sanity and my wallet

Posted on Ao3 back on January.

***

This place brings back old memories.

Bronya sits on the couch, swinging her legs off the edge. It’s been a few years since she saw this dormitory. The Captain had asked her to visit one time, and now she’s here, observing younger versions of the people she knows of.

And herself, she guesses. Looking at her younger self makes her want to curl up in the corner and scream internally.

“Ah. You’re new?”

Bronya looks up to see Kiana, looking at her with a smile. Her heart ached at the sight of her, silently wishing that Mei was right here with her so that she could see Kiana, at least one more time, even though it is a younger version of her. Bronya nods, answering Kiana’s question.

Kiana hums, and sits beside her. “Well, welcome. I didn’t know the Captain recruited somebody else.”

Kiana doesn’t recognize her, but that’s okay. Bronya is more than content with the fact that she can talk to her right now. “I just arrived yesterday.”

“Understandable.” Kiana chuckles. “I’m beginning to like you already.” Bronya just looks down with a small smile on her face.

How long has it been since she last saw her friend? 8 years, almost a decade. All of them had gone through a hard time, and somehow, Bronya is lucky enough to see her again, even in this small dormitory space. 

“Anyways!” Kiana crosses her legs. “Tell me about yourself.”

Bronya freezes at that. She doesn’t know what to tell Kiana. Should she say that she’s technically from the future? That she knows what’s going to happen? She doesn’t want Kiana to be conflicted, and she also doesn’t want to jeopardize the future.

“Well, I’m a game designer.” She settles with that statement. Kiana’s eyes suddenly sparkle with curiosity and glee. Bronya smiles at that.

Some things never change, even when they mature and grow up.

“Game designer?” Kiana asks her excitedly. “Tell me, what kind of games? How do you design the characters?” Kiana stops herself, and barks out a laugh. “I’m sorry. When it comes to gaming, I tend to get out of control.”

Don’t be sorry, please. This is really refreshing to see . But Bronya doesn’t voice that out. Instead, she just chuckles, and shakes her head.

“It’s alright. I understand.” She waves it off. “Trust me, I don’t mind.”

“Ah,” Kiana snaps her fingers, “so you’re used to this? Are you famous?”

Oh God. Bronya buries her head onto her hands, as she hears Kiana laughing to her delight. Kiana, for goodness sake, give me a break. 

“So?” Kiana’s teasing voice rings in Bronya’s head. “Are you famous?”

“Not yet-” Bronya blurts out. She realizes what she says, and screams into her hands. Kiana laughs harder at her answer and at her predicament.

“I’m joking.” Kiana says to her, and she turns serious for a moment. “Bronya, I’m joking.”

Bronya freezes at that, and slowly looks up to Kiana. “You…know?”

“Of course!” Kiana says, as if offended by her hidden assumption. “Let me guess, the younger me didn’t recognize you.”

“Sort of.” Bronya recalls the moment she first stepped into this dorm. Kiana’s younger self, the time when they were all still studying in St. Freya didn't recognize her. But Bronya isn’t offended. She understands that she looks different now. She even acts differently. It is really understandable that she won’t recognize her.

But this Kiana recognizes her. And she doesn’t know why.

“You’re from the future, huh?” Kiana smiles at her. But Bronya looks away. Because the future they are living in is safe and bright is mainly because of the person right beside her right now. She doesn’t have the heart to tell her what happened, she can’t.

Bronya wishes for the nth time that Mei is here. It will do her good to see Kiana again.

“...How is everyone?” Kiana asks. Bronya takes a deep breath. 

“...We’re all alright, Kiana.” Bronya smiles reassuringly. “We are all alright.”

“Ah.” Kiana lets out a weak laugh. “So the plan worked.”

Bronya blinks, and in a spur of the moment, she grabs Kiana’s collar, and pulls her closer forcefully, gritting her teeth. “What do you fucking mean by that?” She asks angrily, shaking her. But her grip on her loosens when she just sees Kiana smile in resignation. She speaks the next words quietly. “Why did you…”

“Bronya.” Kiana places a hand on Bronya’s. “I…I have planned to do this since before we battled Otto.”

Bronya doesn’t let go of Kiana, she just looks down, and heaves a breath. So Kiana continues, knowing Bronya needs to hear this. They both need to hear this. It's for closure, for both of them. “I knew what we needed to do.” She speaks softly, as if she is speaking to a child. But that’s what Bronya feels at the moment. She feels like she is a child, helpless and vulnerable. 

“And…I did it willingly.” Kiana says. “Or…in my case,” she chuckles, as if trying to lift Bronya’s mood. It doesn’t work, but it is worth a try, “I will do it willingly when the time comes.”

“But…Mei.” Bronya mutters. Kiana’s breath hitches at that. Gotcha.

Mei will always be Kiana’s weak spot.

“Well, I assume that she is as strong as ever.” Kiana says, her voice shaking. Both of them don’t pay it heed. If they do, both of them will break down in this dormitory. “Because I’m sure all of you are closer than ever.”

Bronya wants to tell her everything that happened. How Mei struggled to find a new purpose other than fighting. How Mei will call her each night, telling her that she misses Kiana, that she doesn’t know what to do.

Bronya answers her calls with the same thing.

She misses Kiana.

The calls increased when Mei and her squad were investigating St. Fountain.

(Bronya stretches her arms, and rubs her eyes. It’s already 3 am, and she is not closer to finishing work.

“God,” Bronya stands up from her chair, and walks to her shelf, picking out a book, “what an ungodly hour to be awake.”

Her phone rings from her desk, and she internally groans. She snatches the phone from her desk, and looks at the contact. 

Mei.

Bronya stops at that, and answers the call. Because she will always have time for Mei, she will always have time for the people she cares for.

Even if it's 3 am, and she still has work to do.

“Mei.” Bronya answers. “What’s up?”

“Bronya.” Mei’s voice rings in her ears. She could practically imagine Mei’s relieved smile while talking to her. “I’m glad you answered.”

“Always.” Bronya says in a light tone. Mei barks out a laugh, which makes Bronya smile. 

Happiness. Mei needs to smile more.

“Did you know of the disturbances in St. Fountain?” Mei asks her. Bronya pauses at that.

She does know. She vaguely remembers Overseer Theresa calling her and telling her about the situation. The Overseer also wants Bronya to come back to the battlefield as the new acting squad leader.

But Bronya isn’t too sure. She left the battlefield for a reason; and that’s because she had been in it all her life.

Did she have a childhood? All they all did was fight the Honkai, kill.

Aim precisely and shoot. Do not miss a target-

Bronya shakes her head to get rid of that thought. She hasn’t given Theresa a concrete answer yet, and she still doesn’t know what her answer is. “Yes.” She finally answers Mei.

Mei sighs at that. “...I don’t know what to do.”

Bronya keeps quiet about that. Because she also doesn’t know. What are they supposed to do? Well, fight of course. But it gets tiring. It wears them out, to the point of collapsing. It does a lot to their mental health and stability. 

At the end of the day, they’re still humans; former herrscher or not. They have limits.

“...What do you want to do?” Bronya answers her with a question instead. She hears Mei breathe shakily at that. “Be honest with me. What do you want to do?”

“To fight.” Mei answers her as confidently as she could. Bronya could still hear the shakiness in her voice. “Because, like she said, fight for all that is beautiful in this world.”

“...yeah.” Bronya gives out a shaky laugh. “Yeah, that’s a good answer.”

“We will not give up, right?” Mei asks her in a small voice. “We will not give up. Because she didn’t.”

“...You’re right.” Bronya lets out a wet chuckle. “We will not.”

Now she knows her answer.

She calls Theresa in the morning, and says yes to her offer.)

“That doesn’t mean that you don’t deserve to be there with us!” Bronya exclaims. They are making a scene, they know it, but they don't really care at this point. They need to do this for themselves. “We want you there too!”

“I want to be there with all of you!” Kiana shouts at her, silencing her. Kiana heaves a breath. “I also want to live, to be happy, to be able to be with you guys!” Bronya lets go of her collar, and Kiana voices out everything tearfully. “I want to see your success, I want to see Mei smile, I want to see and hug Aunt Theresa, and I want to see Fu Hua doing what she wants.” She chuckles wetly, rubbing at her eyes. “...I want to be happy too.”

“But why?” Bronya asks her, clenching her fists. “Why then?”

“Because I love all of you.” Kiana finally says to her. “I don’t want all of you to suffer again; I don’t want to see children, like us, being thrown to the battlefield only to be forced to grow up quickly because of everything that is happening.” She looks at Bronya, and smiles sadly. “I don’t want anyone else to experience what happened to us.”

“But we could have done it together.” Bronya says. She thinks of how Mei and the others will react to this. What would Mei and the others think if they hear everything that Kiana is telling her right now? 

What would Mei feel?

What would Theresa feel?

What would Fu Hua feel?

Bronya especially wonders about Fu Hua. They haven’t heard from her for some months or so. She is traveling, for once, doing what she wants. And Bronya is happy for her.

But she wonders, how did Fu Hua cope?

They all coped badly at first. That is understandable. But they learn how to adapt, how to live with it.

But that doesn’t mean that it still doesn’t hurt.

“But,” Kiana cuts off her thoughts, and reaches out to ruffle Bronya’s hair, “I am sure of one thing.” Bronya leans on her touch, and Kiana smiles at her. “I will return. Remember that.”

“...I…” Bronya sighs, and closes her eyes. “I will remember that.”

We will all remember that.

“And besides, I have to propose to Mei-senpai. Oh, and I want to see you and Seele be happy.” Kiana says in a joking tone, lifting the mood. But Bronya knows that she is serious. She turns red at the implication. Oh, she is serious indeed. “I want to see your game too.”

“...Of course, Kiana.” Bronya smiles at her. “Kiana idiotka.”

“Oi.” Kiana laughs. “I’m not an idiot anymore.”

“You’re our idiot.” Bronya says, and suddenly lays her on the couch, eliciting a surprised noise from Kiana. “Shush.”

“Fucking lay on my lap, you.” Bronya obeys, and Kiana laughs in delight. “I wonder what the others will say when they see us like this.”

“Unbelievable! Being civil for once?” Bronya teases her, and they both laugh in delight. They both turn quiet for a moment, until Bronya speaks out in a small voice. “Let’s stay like this for a while.”

“Yeah.” Kiana relaxes against the couch. She runs her fingers through Bronya’s hair, and Bronya closes her eyes at the touch. “Let’s."

“I will return. Remember that.”

Bronya smiles.

***

[towerofgodscreamblogwink]

me reading 2-3 but i’m pretty sure someone’s gonna commit war crimes, bam needs a break (i’m trying to conclude whether or not is he’s commiting war crimes) and khun wakes up and what the fu

honestly it’s also my fault for wtf is happening 

alternatively, don’t read it

.

is this me or did bam just went “ugh” at someone.

👁👄👁

you mean furries

did bam just -

ah

tbh i have mixed feelings bc bam already killed someone in s2 and haven’t paid much attention to it but rn manhwa tries to again make it a point or tries to make it a point *now* that bam can kill ppl so im like e

also i wonder if he’s commiting war crimes accordin to our international war law rn, cause he’s technically killing for the sake of war *before* official declaration

unless there already was decleration

and there’s also the thing that he was attacked

jesus christ help

same picture

"You're not just a clown, you're entire circus"

" A h  s h i t "

Wow Siu is not screwing around with how pretty khun is

also no seriously some break im gonna get a heart attack

me: looks at khun bein pretty while ded

me: wow i sure hope this doesn’t awaken anything in me

:’) i’ll murder siu

Lmao that's cute

ya guys r fuckin assholes

why he keeps lyin - im sure if he said that it’s to help a friend davi would help?

me sad

i mean im glad but now im sad for devy

(ignore the fact i can’t remember his name correctly)

AHHHHHHHH

hello princess

my sleepin beauty

oh sweetie i saw that panel long ago and i was *screamin*, he wakes up after 2 years and right after he asks w h e r e ‘ s b a m , b a e 

also i just noticed, does he already have a braid there? did someone was braiding his hair? i figured someone was changing his clothes since he had different shirt

what’s with this clothing

it’s the mix of sleeping gown and brothel mama style

“are you having nice rest”

“rest worthy *dying for* u know”

“dude.”

bby

YO IS SHIBISU PETTIN HIM

im sorry but look at the fucking quality khun is drawn with and then at shibisu

siu

don’t play favourites

pfff

👁👄👁 what

well he was in a coma, what did u expect

👁👄👁 

like my balls

if i technically had em

that hmph tho

‘and nOOOOOoooOOOOooOOW, HoooLLYY SHIIIT!’

slurp

oh my fucking so his design jsut gave me chills for some reason and now I REALIZE IT’S BECAUSE HE LOOKS LIKE TAKOYAMA BOY FROM BNHA. THE BIRD BOY. OH NOONONONONONONONO.

i’ve read “we were hungry” and i was like understandable

Bam: *calmly* Louie.

Bam: Shut the fuck up

take 2

take 3

that kid: i’m sorry how the fuck does it relate to me in any way

bam: oh actually we just wanna reunite his...him...he...with his...father...or something... *calls hwaryun* was this what we were supposed to be doin? ye?  not murdering people on the spot this time ya? k thx *hangs up* ya ya we cool

that kid: *trembling* what the fu

bam: listen kid you help me i give you free boze how about this

that kid: i’m not sure im legal yet-

bam: free boze it is!

tower of child abuse intensifies 

that kid: i’d like to call my mom -

bam: HAHA!.. You have no mom

that kid:

bam s3 shouldn’t be legally allowed near children headcanon

[c0untb00z]

I would just like to clear, I don't hate the BBC Dracula 2020 Show. In fact, I actually like the idea of Dracula being set in modern times like in the show, but I would like it a lot better if it wasn't written like a fucking reader insert fanfiction.

Don't get me wrong, I love me some reader inserts every once in a while but they're meant to be on Wattpad. Sometimes, you can find really fucking good fanfictions that could genuinly be movies, but this really just feels like someone wrote an erotic fanfiction for Dracula. It almost reminds me of a worse version of 50 Shades of Grey with less kinky sex.

First and foremost Agatha Van Hesling. I actually kinda liked her personality, how driven she was and determined to never give up, but she was literally created for a love interest. In Dracula by Bram Stocker, Sister Agatha is a nun that nurses Jonathan back to health, claiming he was 'sick in the head' as he ranted of what he had seen and warning others of Dracula. She doesn't even have a last name.

However there is a Dr. Van Hesling in the book, hes dutch(???) Professor that mentors and taught(????) Jack Seward who was in love with Lucy, who was fed off of and eventually killed and eventually undead by the means of the one and only Dracula. Dr Van Hesling plays a large role in the plot of the book. He has an open mind and was able to draw connections between things that some others couldn't, as he had access to more sources and could speak to most off the charecters involved. He's the first person to present the idea of a vampire, and Lucy turning into one. Thanks to Jonathan he was able to identify the vampire feeding on Lucy as Dracula and finds out how to kill the vampires.

So basically Agatha was literally fabricataed for the sole perpose of being there, to fall in love with Dracula or something.

I know we all are horny for Dracula. I'm horny for Dracula. Vampires are fucking hot but the sexiest part of vampires is that they ya know. Kill you and are mercily and heartless. The show does show that in a lot of parts and even decapiates a nun and yeets it into a gaggle of nuns which i fucking died at. But it also, humanizes him way to much, hes literally a monster. The scene in the boat with lord whats his name really portrayed that. It was really,,,, weird cause me being a kinky fucker I don't find the particular phrases of "you're going to need to be quiet now," and " youre doing so well" that creepy and if anything a little hot but looking at the circumstance and the look on that kids face, it was like r e a l y fucked up. Which is why i liked that scene. It showed just how fucked up Dracula is.

To be fair i did like Cleas Bangs acting and casting as Dracula. He had a certain charm that was ever so s l i g h t l y off. I heard people say he just 'made up an accent' but fuck you guys its a fucking danish accent you incolent twats anyways. He could be really funny at times and i actually apprecited it.

However the casting AND acting of the modern parts is absolute shit. Ep.3 is where i kinda gave up on the show and finsihed it for the sake of torturing myself. FIRST OF FUCKING ALL LUCY i cannot fathom how P I S S E D i am about Lucy. Why did they have to make her a phone obsessed basic asshole with no regards to anyones emotions besides her own and the extent of her personality is 'getting likes on socail media is all i care about because it makes me feel validated so im gonna wallo in self pity because i was obiously written by white man in his 50s that would have made me white if he wasnt forved to throw in diversity points" like shut the fuck up steven king.

Also lucy and mina never meet??? Theyre in different fucking time lines??? Theyre friendship and love for eachother was fucking golden how dare you rob that form me and give me a garbage bag full of shit with a shiny little bow on top in its place jesus f u ck.

The cemetary scene was o k ay i gues?? I liked the little nod to the book with the bloofer lady and the concept of random sprits being undead because of unfinished buisness. But this really just felt like it was slapped in the show for the sake of going on a date with Dracula in cemetary. I actually kinda apperacted it but it just felt awkward.

Also who the f u ck is Lucy's friend? The gay one??? Like,,,, is that supposed to Arthur???? His chatecter was so fu king weird and offset he just didnt feel like he should be in there. Hes literally just there for a-50-year-old-man's-interpretation-of-young-women-now-a-days verson of Lucy to have a gay best ffriend.

Ok i not even sure if i want to talk about Quincy. It just hurts. It physically hurts me to think about how d i r t y they did my baby. His charecter is the defination of american chivalry, just as great as regular chivarly but with a little extra cowboy vibe. Quincy is jist the biggest,,,, sweet haert,, like he asked lucy to marry him in his cool american cowboy voice cause he knew lucy loved it and it always made her laugh. And even when she turned him down becayse her heart belonged to arthur, he stayed. All he wanted was for lucy to be happy and all he requested was that they stay frirnds. Hes also invovled with taking fkwn dracula although hes not a main charecter percice ly as he doesnt have any entires in the book he still has an amaizing precence and sometimes while reading the book ill be readying one of dr sewards passanges and think "huh i wonder what quncys doin. I hope hes dooin good. Cowboy vibes n stuffs" amd boy dles he do that. Everh dracula film adaptataion robs us. R O B S U S of quincy morris best scene. In the middle of dr van helsing ranting about vampires( thats basically what half of the book is. I could write a 4p minute mono louge of his rambling jesus how does sweard take note of all this) quincy litterally just walks out. And nobodg really pays any notice beside glancing ag his leave and shrugging at one anouther and going back tl listneing tl van helsing explaining his vampire fan theories quincy moris , the quincy morris from texathe untited states of the amerkca the land and the free and also cowboys.stands outside of the bouilding and pints his gun up at. Dracula whos in the shape of a fucking bat eves ddopping outside the window and just fucking,,shoots it. Now he doesnt hit it cause thatt wouldnt be as fun as brutally stabbing the fucker witja wooden stake. But S T I L L. And the fucking bullet hits the window that everybodys in anprobably causes arthur to shit himself the ppoor boy. Can you belive that theh didnt fucking flim thatfor any dracul? Now i i under stands why not put in this adaptation because quincy is only mentionsed like three god damned times. And when theh DK mention him jesusnshit they literally jsut made him some popular jock from amwrica just to conter jacks white twinky ass and then they had him propose to lucy in the middle of a fucking night club and she says yes???? Lile ok jut throw Arthur out a window then cause cause fu c k him i guess. And then after lucy dies he jjsy fucking moves ?? The only thing thta makes this version of qincy quinccy is the fu king name and fact hes from america

Ok now jack fucking seward. He reminds me of when ylu forget you had a pb&j in your back pack so in the bos after school you pull it out cause yoyr hungry and yoyr mom put WAY to much jelly on it so now its like. All obsorbed into the bread and joggy and squished. Just sad and really white. They even had some kid call him whate bread and they werent fucking wrong. His obly personality traits were ' omg i love lucy but shes a hoe ;,,,((' and being connected to Zoe.

Now last and definately least the god forbaden ending. Just thinking about it gives me a fucking head ache. So , jesus, zoe, who is agathas great niece or someshit, a d looks exactly like her (its literally the same fucking actress) is a detective lile scitist reasearching dracula. So dracula is illedatly attracted to her becasue he thinks shes like agathas reincarnation or soenshit. So he tries tk drink her blood at one point and spits it all out and pukes and sjit cause her blood is poisonous bevaise she has fucking c an c e r. So later we find out that draculas weaknesses ( the sun crucifix) arnt actually real hes just afraid of dying so he has like irration fears or some shit so for some fucking reason. They deside. Its a good iea to end the show with this:

Dracula fucking drinks all of zoes blood killing her and himself because her blood poisonus. And ghe fucking emd scene is them like,,, in the sun???? Or soemt hi ng??? And theyre naked and like presumably fucked and dracula says some shit like " its doesnt have to hurt" and i almost tore my wrist open wiith my teeth because of how shitty this ending is.

Not lnly is it disrespectful to zoe but agatha, agathas whole thing was K I L I N G. dracula she wanted him fucking D E A D she woULDNT FUCK HKM

And like just after finding out that he can be in the sunlight with out fucking dying and that crosses just make him umcomfortable or some shit he just desides to kill himself??? DUDE YOU JUST FOUND OUT YOURE PROACTICALLY MORE INVINCABLE THAN YOU WERE BEFORE AND YOU JSUT FUCKING OFF YOUR SELF ??? HE COULD HAVE FUCKING RULED ENGLAD AND SPEAD VAMPIRISM OLL LVER THE FUCKING COUNTFY AND WORLD KF HE TRIED HARD ENOUGH AND HE KILLS HIMSELF BECAUSE THEY WANTED A STUPID SAPPY ENDING

anyway if anyone actually goes through the effort of reafing my god damn eS S A Y about Dracula that i finkshed typing (im not gonna bother editing tbh) at 4 fucking am. Then thank you and please get a life

[houseki-no-suffering]

The Lustrous’ writing system

(contains minor and major spoilers from the manga!!)

Writing and reading are recurring elements in Houseki no Kuni. Phos’ first job is to write an encyclopedia and we know that the gems possess a vast library. Writing is so important that Peridot’s main occupation is making paper for other gems to use, just like Alex’s job is being a scholar and writing about Lunarians. 

Also, while Admirabilis, Lustrous and Lunarians seem to share a common language, they do not share the same writing system (when showed a dépliant of the Moon facilities, Phos is unable to read it). So which script do the Lustrous use?

Since it’s sensei that educates the gems in writing and reading, we can assume that he taught them a type of script that humans used when he was originally created, so we can try to identify it starting from the scripts that exist today.

First of all, there are many types of writing systems, each with their own conventions, and they are classified according to what the different symbols of the system stand for. While linguists still kill each other in their sleep over classifications criteria, for the sake of this post I’m going to adopt a simplified version of Daniels’ classification. So we have:

Logographic: like Chinese, each symbol is a morpheme (a single unit of meaning, like 王, king)

Syllabic: like Japanese kana, each symbol is a syllable (け, か and こ, ke, ka and ko)

Alphabetic: like our Latin alphabet, each symbol is a distinct phoneme, vowels included (like A, B, C etc)

Abugida: or alphasyllabary, it’s in between Alphabetic and Syllabic,  sequences of consonants and vowels are written as a unit like in Devanagari and Tibetan ( क् + प/ पे = क/ कॆ, K + a/e = Ka/Ke)

Abjad: like the Alphabetic, but symbols are only for consonants, like in traditional Hebrew and Arabic (ב‬ ,ג‬ ,ד‬, B, G, D)

Featural: the shape of the symbol resemble that of the sound, like in Korean Hangul (like ㅁ, M, that looks like a mouth) 

Another thing to account for is the direction of writing: when the gems write they go top to bottom, vertically and right-to-left like we can see from these pictures:

Pic 1 is of one of Alex’s drawings: the paragraphs align on the right side of the paper, while there’s room left on the opposite side of the sheet, at the end of the second paragraph. The second pic is of Rutile: while it looks like they’re taking notes left-to-right, they could also be editing what they just wrote because the entire page is already densely written. Also notice how they write with a stylus, not a brush, because this detail will be important later.

Similarly, here we have Ghost, Sensei and Phos reading right-to-left, starting from what would be the last page from a Latin script user’s point of view. Notice how the titles of the books are on the left of the binding. Sensei is also reading right-to-left: this is from the panel where he’s teaching a new book to young Phos so he’s reading the first pages, the ones on the right.

So we have a top-to-bottom, right-to-left script, which hints at the gems’ writing system being based on an East-Asian script, since they’re the ones most often written vertically&RTL. 

It would make sense for the Lustrous writing system to be Asian-based: the story is highly influenced by Buddhism and the mangaka is a Japanese woman. Yet, while I do believe that the script the gems use is Asian (or, well, similar to known Asian scripts) I don’t believe it’s Japanese. Let’s look at some examples:

(Lustrous script vs Chinese/Japanese cursive)

(regular Chinese/Japanese vs cursive form vs Lustrous script)

The gems’ script does resemble Japanese and Chinese cursive, but there are a few issues. First of all, cursive is hardly intelligible even for skilled readers, because it is regular writing that was drastically simplified and smoothed out to create a beautiful and abstract appearance: it’s more of an art form than an ‘actual’ writing system. Also, cursive is created by the movement of the brush never leaving the paper, so we would expect the gems to write with a brush when we know that they actually use a stylus. 

Finally, since cursive is just a type of calligraphy, we would expect some of the writing we see in the series to look like regular Japanese and Chinese, like the script on the left in the first picture, yet it never does.

(Lustrous script vs Traditional Mongolian)

What we do have examples of are the tidy and geometrical vertical lines that characterize the Lustrous’ script. They write vertically in a continuous swirl of characters that is similar not only to Chinese Cursive but also to another East Asian alphabet, with whom the Lustrous script also shares a lot of other characteristics: Traditional Mongolian, a script derived from the Old Uyghur alphabet, a distant relative of the Egyptian hieroglyphs.

I have a couple of examples to raise my point and they have to do with the few images of single letters/symbols that we see in the series, like the one below, from ep.12.

I couldn’t find a higher resolution picture, but look at the paper sheets on the wall of Alexandrite’s room: the one on the left is about the different types of Lunarian apparitions, while the one on the right is about the island where the gems live. 

If you squint your eyes a little, you can see that, above each portion of text in the image on the right is a symbol, probably a letter or a number to classify the different types of information. Same thing for the left image: there’s a symbol next to each ‘model’. 

When Alex tests Phos’ knowledge, they do refer to numbers to classify the different types of models, so let’s say for a second that those symbols are numbers. Even if the picture is not super clear they are not angular enough to be Chinese/Japanese numbers: 一 十 二 三 四 五 六 七 八 九 十 (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10). Now look at Mongolian numbers:

They look swirly and rounded like those in the picture. Also, remember how Mongolian writes top-to-down? If you stack these numerals up in vertical sequences (like in dates or two+ digit numbers) they will acquire the same length of the ones showed in the picture.

Finally, we must also take into consideration the type of script. Remember that very long list at the beginning of this post? Well, how do the gems differentiate among symbols and sounds? Do they use an Alphabetic script like Mongolian or a Logographic one like Chinese? Do they use something different altogether?

Thanks to Phos’ never-ending curiosity, we do have one example of how the Lustrous’ write sounds and it’s from when Phos tried to speak with the Lunarians and heard them saying ‘fu’ and ‘a’:

When they write those sounds down, they use two different characters: one for ‘fu’ and one for ‘a’. 

Now, the manga is written in Japanese and Japanese uses a syllabic script, so it can’t write single consonants. Instead, it attaches the vowel ‘u’ (or sometimes ‘o’) to a consonant to suggest that it should be read by itself. So we could think that the ‘u’ in ‘fu’ is mute and that the Lunarian said ‘f’ instead of ‘fu.’ However that ‘fu’ is used to make a joke just a couple of panels later, suggesting that it could also exist as a syllable on its own, not a single consonant.

This would change the type of script the Lustrous use, because if Phos wrote down ‘f’ and ‘a’ (instead of ‘fu’ and ‘a’), then it would mean that the gems use an Alphabetic script, like Traditional Mongolian. On the other hand, if Phos heard ‘f+u’ and wrote down the syllable ‘fu,’ then the gems’ script could be Syllabic, like Japanese or an Alphasyllabary like Tibetan.

As for other types of scripts, I don’t think they are using a Logographic one (like Chinese), because if they were, then Phos would have written all the different ways in which the sound ‘fu’ could be represented, just like when Japanese speakers tell each other which kanji to use to write their name correctly. This is because each symbol stands for a morpheme (a unit of meaning), not a phoneme (a single emission of sound), so the same unit of sound can be written in different ways. 

Phos is looking at the sounds they just wrote to come up with an idea about what they could possibly mean: it would make sense for them to write down all the possible combinations of sounds for ‘fu’ and ‘a,’ not just one.

What we can say for sure is that the Lustrous’ script is not Abjad, because the vowels (like ‘a’) have an independent symbol. And speaking of independent symbols, if we come back to Mongolian for a second, we can see that the symbols for ‘initial fu’ and ‘independent a’ do look a little like what Phos wrote down:  

If this were true, then the Lustrous’ script would work like Mongolian: an alphabetic script where letters have different forms depending on their position in a word (initial, medial, final or independent).

There is one problem with Mongolian, though: it’s written vertically, top-to-bottom like the Lustrous’ script, but left-to-right rather than right-to-left. So if the gems are indeed writing in some sort of descendant of the Traditional Mongolian script, then it was modified to allow right-to-left vertical writing, like in a mixture between Chinese cursive and Traditional Mongolian. 

For example, the two Lustrous letters above look like a mirrored version of the Mongolian letters below, and that could explain how one system writes RTL and the other LTR.

Among all the existing writing systems that I have analyzed, I think that Traditional Mongolian and Chinese cursive are the ones that resemble the way the Lustrous write the most. Among the two, I believe Traditional Mongolian shares more features with the Lustrous script than Chinese cursive, except for the fact that Mongolian writes left-to-right.

If the gems really did write in a parent script of Mongolian, then it would be interesting to know if they also spoke a descendant of the Mongolian language or if sensei taught them Mongolian script because he was created in Mongolia, but this post is already long enough.

I’d love to hear what you think about the Lustrous script though, and if I made some mistake or forgot to mention something, feel free to add to this meta.

[nobume-date]

Top 10 Husbando

Thanks for tagging me! @lordbunshin @lemonicebar wanted to know my husbando  😉

I believe everyone here definitely have a crushed on 2D characters but it takes more than pretty face, great body, intelligent and super power to be the best husbando IRL or so called IkeDan*. Like, will they be there when we need their help? Will they make us a porridge when we sick? and stuffs...

*IkeDan = Ikemen Danna (イケメン旦那) = The hotties who possess husband material, recently popular word among Japanese women.

Personally I think it’s not fair for anime’s characters because otoge’s characters originally were created to be an ideal husbando. Plus all anime already finished, no more season 4-5-6 with a wedding or happy family story like otoge did. So i’ll go with 5 husbundo from anime fandom and 5 from otoge fandom.

P.S. Srsly, I had a hard time for choosing just 10 husbando from hundreds husbandos in my list.

Anime Husbando

5. Kuroba Kaito @ Magic Kaito KID

This IQ 400, playful and kind gentleman, full-time high school boy, part-time phantom thief is definitely a hero for both boys and girls in fandom. Well, he was born from Gosho Aoyama who wrote Detecive Conan after all, this character surely has a charmingly deep and various dimensions. 

Kaito might be too young to be considered as husbando but with all of his good traits, he’d definitely grow up to be the best one. Besides, I love a sweet & thrill in love life 😉

4. Kinomoto Tōya @ Cardcaptor Sakura 

Touya-niichan is my first love in anime fandom since I was a kid and still have been in my heart until now. Thanks to Clear Card Arc, I have a chance to see him in college version and more striking handsome due to advanced CG technology in anime industry. 

He is cool, kind, athletic and very popular with the girls even he is a bit loner who has only Yukito as a BFF. He did many jobs so that he can pay for college on his own, despite his father is a college professor who could easily pay for his tuition, very impressive responsibility as a mere high school boy. 

He is also good at cooking and helps with house work, yeah husband material. Even he’s always tease his little sister Sakura but that nothing to do with me ;p Well, his caring for family is the best clue for being a potential future husband and father.

3. Karasuma Tadaomi @ Assassination Classroom (VA Sugita Tomokazu 😍)

Who wouldn’t fall for this super cool badass fighter? He’s an elite agent sent from Japan's Ministry of Defense to supervise Koro-sensei. 

Karasuma is a strict but kind man, though he keeps a distance between himself and the students due to his status as an agent and his own professionalism. He is also extremely dense when it comes to love, but isn't so oblivious that he doesn't figure it out eventually. Even though he comes off as distant, he's not completely devoid of emotion and seems to be able to express happiness very rarely; most notably, during violent situations.

Judging from how he taught his students as the physical education teacher in Class 3-E, he must be a strict dad who raise his kids to be a strong fighter both physically and mentally. He is a perfect husbando for waifu who need someone to keep her on her toes. His love life is hilarious and interesting bc his waifu is a b*tch. Well, if you watch this anime you’d know what i mean 😉 Hush hush... I bet he is definitely a wild beast on bed, fu fu 😉

P.S. Let me clear this, I’m not that b*tch but I still need him bc it’s thrill for having such a cool & elite agent as a husbando.

2. Yanagi Kazuma @ Kaze no Stigma (VA Ono Daisuke 😍)

Due to his family circumstance and ex-lover’s tragedy, he has become too powerful and overprotective in an effort to be able to protect those important to him and not to lose them again. Even Kazuma shows his arrogance and egotistic side most of the time, he'll protect people who are naturally weak and have no chance of becoming stronger.

He is a snarky sarcastic and anti-social, rarely interacts with others unless business is involved. But he’s very caring and protect his beloved Ayano and his little brother Ren. He can do house chores and cooking. When he fell in love he’ll be unbelievably sweet and gentle yet still be a big tease making Ayano (and me) doki doki occasionally; e.g. licking a splashed wine on her cheek saying it’s a waste if he don’t drink it, kissing her hair when he confess to her. When he kissed her neck and said “You better get ready because I’m selfish and have a strong desire” I was melted ☺️☺️☺️

P.S. When I finished watching this anime and found out season 2 never come bc the writer had died since 2009 I cried like my own relative died 😭😭

1. Usui Takumi @ Kaichou wa Maid-sama (VA Okamoto Nobuhiko 😍)

You couldn’t count yourself an 2D otaku in Shoujou-Otome line if you don’t know him, he is a LEGENDARY HUSBANDO for Shoujou manga and anime.

He is everything as an ideal husbando for me, looks, brain and talent at everything. Playful but not wishy-washy. Flirt but not creepy. Devoted but not possessed. Helped but not spoiled. These traits also very like Masamune Ikesen too. Despite having dark past about their own families, Usui didn’t strong and friendly as Masamune, well, he’s just a normal high school boy after all 😉

But in manga, he eventually grown up to be a great doctor and also an amazing husbando who let his waifu living apart for a sake of her dream job.... such a board-mind and patient husbando 😊

Otoge Husbando

5. Kirishima Kaoru @ Our 2 Bedrooms Story by Voltage

This aloof, cool, talent editor is MC coworker who emit an aura of “leave me alone” but actually kind & gentle and very cuddle when you’re in relationship like Ieyasu but he’s a straightforward type and isn’t sarcastic or snarky at all.

His stories weren’t exciting or twist like the others but very real and relax.. his coolly cuteness and kindness somehow made me calm, like laying in a corridor under warm sunshine after the battles with all tough guys 😆

Now it’s Wedding Season already and I’m the most lucky bride in the world😊

4. Soryu Oh @ Kissed by the Baddest Bidders by Voltage

Head of Hong Kong’s Mafia who scared everyone away with his scary & cold  vibe but love omrice 😆 Hate women bc they’re reek of perfume and only chase after the rich. Anyway he is a gentleman and the only bidder who treat MC as a human being and protected her from any harms.

When you captivated his heart, he’d turned to be a doting BF who protect you with his life. Even he’s a man with a few word but his expression for love is so deep and intense. On bed? also a sexy beast 😆😆 A special story “Happy Family with Him” also show how wonderful he was as a father.

Now we’ve married and live a happily in NY season 5th already 😊

3. Okochi Minato @ Our 2 Bedrooms Story by Voltage

An ace senior editor of a big shot publisher who is arrogant, big tease and tsundere but his sexy & sweet side made me melt. He is such an sharp-tongue alfa-dog who always mocked MC as a Pomeranian but bickering with him is so much fun. Even he is a super self-confident but he secretly worked out bc he wanted to impress MC with his well toned body when they xxx ☺️ yeah... he’s a bit... horny sexy beast ☺️😆

Even he’s hopeless around the house to the point he could literally explode the kitchen but he tried hard to cook for his beloved fiancée by joining cooking lessons. He always be there to help MC for both work and personal life and also let MC helped him occasionally.

Now it’s Wedding Season 💒 already and I’m so happy with him 😊

2. Oda Nobunaga @ Ikemen Sengoku by Cybrid (VA Sugita Tomokazu 😍)

The tyrant Demon King and a dutiful BF who has an unbearable cute side I couldn’t resist. He called emergency war room to consult how to improve his GF’s mood after 3 days Silence Treat 😆 He was jealous of his own bear avatar 😊 He love Kompeito and secretly(?) steal it from his own kitchen every night😆, etc. So damn sexy and alluring, got me every event, couldn’t keep calm around him. I’ve a bunch of arrogant, intelligent, rich and powerful husbando but no one is as charming as him... srsly.

He’s sweet and kind...when he want to be 😆 An open-mind husbando who is enthusiasm  to learn new things. Also such a dutiful dad who’d read a bedtime stories for his kids every night 😊

1. Date Masamune @ Ikemen Sengoku by Cybrid (VA Katou Kazuki 😍)

Since I played his routes both Dramatic and Romantic in row on last X’mas, I fell hard for this playful dragon and he has been my no.1 since then. Who could refuse he possess a super husband material? Here, here here and here.

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 it

fo

 r

 ,”

“Don’t

know,

Back in

     the old

            d

  a

  y

  s

   i

   t

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  a

   s

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 quest giving

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 n

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   does

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     d

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      ed

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      n

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  rated,

Gauntlet

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          g,

“Wha

   t’s

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D!Gil

Sta

  n

  d

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  g

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 n

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  c

  hed

 Ove

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  er

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    a

    Se

    e

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   gaun

     t

     let

      i

       n

     th

      e

      ro

       o

         m,

          a

         blu

          e

         on

          e,

       “Sweet,

         I was

          won

         de

         r

          ing why we didn’t have one of those

         l

          i

           k

            e

         ever

           y

          one

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           l

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e

I

       Ca

        n

     Bri

      n

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      it

   Bac

      k

   And we can get it

cleaned up in time for the

  fes

   t

   i

   v

   al,”

   D!Gil

     l

   Sai

    d

   hap

   p

   i

  ly,

 The festival

The day they would be officially made the big seven’s

   protegee

       D!Petra

        al

        ready getting

        bother

          e

         d by

        Radar

      While the others were getting along

              swimmingly,

         Star

           tin

           g in the

         Blu

          e

       Distinc

         t

      When things

    went

       wrong

       When

        D!Gil

         l

    touched

       th

       e

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      t

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       t

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        in

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      blu

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           n

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         e

         n

         t

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        for

        The

      disconcerted

       procession

         Follow

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            to

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            e

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           the

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            By

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 all

  of them had been marked,

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  l

Whisperin

 g,

 Direction

 s

  fo

  r

  th

  e

 Templ

  e

  ,

D!Luk

 a

 s

 Lea

d

 in

 g,

The

protégés

following

  with

  them

   “It’ll

    be

     a

   go

     od

     Tim

       e

       fo

         r

       the

        m,

      Mak

        in

        g

        it

        to

        th

         e

        e

        d

         g

         e

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         e

       The

         y

      Encounter

        e

        d

      Jack

     “The

     world

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        s

     big

      g

      e

      r

     tha

      n

     yo

      u

     thin

      k,”

     With a flick of his

    hip exposing

   extra edges

     to the

       map,

       Joini

        the

       gr

      ou

       p

      on the

     journey to the

     ol

     d

   tem

    p

   le

  Bypas

       sed

      w

      i

     t

     h

   eas

    e

    Thei

     r

    journey

    eventual

      ly

   lead

     in

     g

   th

   e

  m

  to  

   a

  fight with a

 Bi

 g

 ger

 than

 e

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 pect

 e

 d

 talkin

 g

 robo

 t

 Spe

 c

 ial

Interes

  t

bein

 g

pai

 d

 t

 o

            D!Gil

              l

  It sound

 ed

 present

Dis

mis

i

n

g

D!Luk

a

s,

Ho

w

           ev

            e

            r

            it

          wa

          s

         over

          T

           h

           e

        Gauntlets

        stop ped

      whispering

       an

       d

      glowing

       But

      remain

        e

        d    

      Resistant

       ,

      Hop

       e

       fu

        l

         ly

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         wa

          s

          ove

           r

           ,

           T

            h

            e

          Next

          Day,

          The

          robot

          came

          b

           a

           c

            k,

           Des

            tro

            y

             ed

             a good par

  t of the

 tow

 n

 Insist

 in

on speaking to

D!Gi

 l

 l,

Despite

 D!Lukas

(Deliver

   in

   g)

  th

   e

         finish

  in

 g

bl

o

w,

No

 t,

going

 a

da

 y,

Wit

 ou

   t

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   n

  flic

    t

    i

   n

  t

  h

  e

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 e

Bio

m

 e,

Hav

  i

 n

 g

Finished

   up

est

a

blishing

Champ

 ion

cit

y

th

e

Cele

b

rat

ion

Continu

in

g

i

n

s

n

o

w,

Th

e

Protégées

 left

be

hin

d

in

tow

When

th

e

Ad

min

C

a

m

e

a

knockin

tha

 t

da

 y

tra

 p

Puz

D!Aiden

  +

Jack

D!Petra

   +

D!Jess

   e

  The

  four

D!Gil

l

was

lock

e

d

o

u

t

   Went

  Sep

    arat

     e

     Dir

    ec

     t

     ion

     s

   D!Aiden

   jus

    t

  bur

   n

   e

    d

  th

  r

  ou

  g

  h

 t

 h

 e

 i

c

e

D!Jess

 e

 +

D!Petra

           “So when

         we

           re

            you

            going to tell

             me,

            That

            you’r

             e

            mov

 in

 g

 t

 o

           champion

           (s)  go

            ld

          ci

           t

           y,

           I mean

             you,

            Stella’s

              pe

               t

             Miss

              ad

              ven

               tur

                 e

                fin

                 al

      ly

     se

      t

       t

       lin

        g

      down,”

       “Well

            I-argh

            I don’t want to

talk

about

  th

   i

   s

 an

  y

  mo

   r

  e

   ,

   ,”

D!Petra

Stomp

   e

   d

 Of

  f

 “W

  ha

    t?”

 D!Jess

 e

 baffled,

       “Wait

                  Incredulous

“hold on you were the one that was all about adventure

             and how me

                         and D!Lucas

     friends

     don’t spend enough

     time

adventuring

     with

     you

    but now that i

         find out

  you’re

   retiring

        you don’t want to talk

             “ hm, i-“ rock

                “ I just -

      wish                                      

      to  

       know

    what

     where

       your

       minds

         a

          t

          ,”

                   Quiet

       Sil

          en

           c

           e

          al  

         l

         th

         e

      way

      th

       er

       e

       The

       four

       Solv

        in

        g

       al

       l

       th

       e

      puz

      zle

        s

        in

      brea

       k

       nec

         k

        tim

         e

          ,

       Settlin

        The

        Clock,

         D!Aidan

          Mak

in

g

            i

            t

          th

           e

          Same

           Tim

            e

            a

             s

 t

  h

   e

  fou

   r,

  Th

  e

  Aut

             Emerging from

            one

             of

            hi

             s

          ma

           n

           y

         Hid

            ey

          hole

          s,

          to

       Behind

          D!Aid

          en,

         Scar -

           ing

           him,

           “No

            no,

            no,

           You were supposed to use your

              brain

                an

              smarts

     to

   def

     ea

       t

      t

      h

       e

       m,”

        Red

        jew

          el

          s

        decorated

          hi

           s

         fi

         gur

           e

Don’t

 you

want

   to prove

    that

   you’re

   better

     than

     them,”

     “Power,”

      Aut

      cut

      of

       f

     D!Aiden’s

      Swift

       ‘no,

         ’

      And

      yo

       u

     cheated

       Stil

l

        los

         in

        g

        to

      go

     ld,

D!Aiden

 not

Allow

 ed to

interject

tha

 t

the

 y

wer

 e

team

 m

at

 e

 s

“D!Petra

how

 ever

 that’s

    a

 worthy

  team

       ma

         t

         e,”

   D!Petra

    eyes gl

    itter

     e

     d go

     l

    d

  D!Petra

   takin

    “As for

    yo

    u

  fai

  led

cham

p

ion

 s

There’s

a

pl

a

c

e

you

’ll

lear

n

to

pl

a

y

b

y

m

y

rul

es

,”

Desert

Not jus

 t

 an

 y

 But a pri

 by the farthest

 ed

 g

 e

“Warden,

 ”

“Ye

  s

 Sir

 ,”

Scurrying

up,

Salutin

g,

“New

Ar

 ri

  v

  al

  s

Special

 tre

  a

   t

 m

  en

  t for

 tha

 t

on

e,”

Poi

nt

i

n

g

at

D!Aid

e

n,

“Ye

s

Si

r,

”

D!Aid

en

a fe

 w

 i

 n

D!Gil

Stil

l

Hadn’

t

Arriv

e

d

(Bein

g

h

eld

by

the

Aut

 like

  a

 pet)

       t

       h

       e

     bac

       k

    D!Axel

       -

   D!Jess

    e

   Slow

    in

   g

  dow

  n,

 “I

wouldn’t

 try

any

thin

 g

wouldn’t

wan

 t

 th

  e

 leve

 r

age

  t

  o

 ge

  t

invol

 v

  e

  d

would

  we,”

Warden

Cal

 led

fro

 m

th

 e

f

ro

n

 t,

“Le

 ve

 r

  a

  g

  e

   ,

   ”

   A murmer

     goin

       g

      u

      p

      ,

“Wha

   t

 Le

  ver

   ag

   e

   ,

   ”

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[shenmeizhuang-blog]

legend of the dragon pearl: the indistinguishable road – midway musings

(This is a 90-episode drama, so at this point, I’m really up to Ep 45. Exactly, right smack in the middle of this show.)

Yes, that’s right – in order to retain the greatest accuracy and objectivity, I resisted temptation with three released episodes left unwatched – all for the sake of this post and you, the readers.

JUST KIDDING! It turns out that in the case of Longzhu (the pinyin of this show’s [shortened] native name, as the full title, 龙珠传奇之无间道, is a bit too cumbersome), wherever I stop to provide “commentary” really doesn’t matter. In fact, in trying (admittedly not very hard) to write this post, it became apparent that the best meta viewers can create for this is either live-blogging or the snarkiest recaps ever. Because let’s be real – there’s really nothing to analyze or synthesize at all (yet? Eh, I highly doubt so.)

So, of course, I’m doing neither. Let’s start from the basics. From what I’ve gathered, the “plot” is something like this (maybe?):

SYNOPSIS: Lots of weird mix-ups happen, resulting in a Ming Dynasty princess with a terminal illness (supposedly curable by the emperor’s tears) with no idea of her real identity and betrothed to a fake Crown Prince entering the Forbidden City to help this secret organization overthrow the Qing Dynasty. Naturally, she and the young Emperor Kangxi fall in love, but, 45 episodes into the show, apparently not yet, because everyone is stuck dealing with corrupt officials both in the palace and in the countryside.

Comments and comparisons on the web have revealed this as essentially really this weird mash-up of Princess Huai Yu (identity and love-line with Kangxi), Mischievous Princess (fallen princess + wild personality & young emperor + attempting to overthrow the new dynasty), and The Duke of Mountain Deer or The Deer and the Cauldron (anti-Qing organization, (b)romance with Kangxi, finding some key treasure, helping Kangxi defeat Oboi). But since I’m a relatively newer drama watcher who hasn’t seen these shows at all, I’ll give the scriptwriter the benefit of the doubt and accredit these plot points and bits of humor to the writer herself (spoilers and lots of roasting below the cut):

To be brutally straightforward: Longzhu is really a visceral mess. If I really bothered to pick out all the show’s flaws and plot holes, I would have more than enough material to write my own 90-episode drama. But from basic things from the questionable costuming (see: our protagonist Li Yihuan’s fugly “prostitute” outfit, the concubines’ hairstyles, or really overall a clear low budget) and shaky execution to ridiculous mistakes such as thinking Oboi’s (鳌拜) last name is “鳌” or “O” (lmao…), even when he’s clearly part of a prominent Manchurian clan under the Eight Banners (I’m especially sensitive about historical accuracy when it comes to the Qing Dynasty), or just the very many plot holes riddled everywhere, I must say I’ve dropped better shows.

(There’s also the matter of watching The Firmament of the Pleiades alongside this, which definitely highlights a lot more flaws than usual. For one, both shows deal with a young emperor trying to assume full power, but the way either show deals with such really speaks measures of the genre differences.)

Another thing that’s been nagging me for the longest time is: why go with this plan – training these kids lots of weird stuff like espionage – at all, instead of mobilizing the masses? Why endanger important people like the Crown Prince in this “dangerpous plan”? If Zhu Cixuan is so smart, why would he so easily display his amazing medicinal abilities, rather than display himself as “good enough to become an imperial doctor, but not the best” to avoid suspicion? Why hasn’t there been suspicion?

So what’s the saving grace? Throughout the sometimes decently interesting “missions” our leads, or the recruits of the secret anti-Qing organization 明珠谷, accept, there are indeed moments of hilarity.

There’s no denying it; it’s a nice show to get a good laugh out of, be it from sheer stupidity or mostly Yihuan’s quirky and adorable persona.

The plot goes by both quickly and frankly nowhere, making each episode easy to breeze past without much thought; given the amount that I fast-forward through, I tend to watch it 5 or 6 episodes at a time. Frankly, the show should be grateful that my Chinese is decent enough/the language is simple enough that I can watch this at 1.5x and 2x speed, because otherwise I’d definitely be dropping this. I think. I guess the producers and promoters really didn’t have high expectations for this, either – they’re actually dropping 12 episodes at once for Premium Youku and Tencent Video users every Sunday, which I find a strange format.

Even so, I’m still not quite sure how this is supposed to be 90 episodes. Although, since Princess Huai Yu was apparently 105 episodes long, maybe, just maybe, it’ll all work out.

Yet already Longzhu is showing signs of some dragginess – I guess out of ideas after the whole initial set-up and Oboi arc, the writer decided to pull a In The Name of the People and have our characters leave the palace in disguise and deal with corrupt officials in the countryside … for the freaking past 20 episodes, and judging from the YouTube thumbnails, it’s not going for a while. (I know the show is trying to depict Kangxi as this super awesome emperor who really cares for the well-being of the common people, and does crazy things like copy Buddhist scriptures with his own blood to end a drought, and honestly this was never going to be a good palace drama, so it’s not too bad, I guess.)

Of course, throughout all this, we have this complex love heptagon thing with multiple “enemies-to-lovers” relationships, as typical when dealing with people from two different dynasties. There’s been lots of tension and character interactions presented throughout the stupid plot, but weirdly it feels that everyone is pretty much still at square one, with honestly little meaningful development. (When was this show ever about meaningful development?)

(Oh wait, I think I was supposed to talk about this show’s strengths and ended up roasting it again.)

Easily the best thing about Longzhu is the cast’s solid acting and wonderful chemistry – given the mostly flatly written characters, actors for the corrupt officials such as Oboi, Liu Dezhao, and Qiu Gui have managed to give memorable, even adorable, performances. Even very minor roles, such as the suffering peasants, are portrayed with admirable nuance, despite some of their really stupidly made-up names.

Of course, I am largely fond of the leads. From real-life couple Yang Zi (portraying protagonist Li Yihuan) and Qin Jun Jie (Emperor Kangxi)’s sizzling chemistry, as well as Qin Jun Jie’s hilarious and intense expressions, to **Mao Zi Jun **(fake Crown Prince Zhu Cixuan)’s charisma (is that him looking ridiculously hot in the Qing hairstyle? I think I under-appreciated his beautiful face in The Glory of Tang Dynasty, but here I’m half-drooling) and Shu Chang’s phenomenal acting in differentiating (probably long-lost twins) Shu Wanxin and Xue Qincheng, this drama easily fits into the “great cast and acting but trash plot” category. (Also kudos to He Zhonghua for masterfully portraying long-lost twins Li Dingguo and Li De Fu (Eunuch Li), characters who frankly couldn’t be more different.)

(And, yeah, Allen Ren cameos in this…for like ten minutes…)

Combined with my fondness for the actors, the characterization is overall likable (Kangxi might be a bit too pushy and clearly doesn’t really get boundaries – typical of royalty – but I like how he’s motivated, though at times (like most characters in this show) prone to bouts of stupidity), with characters from both the Qing and anti-Qing largely rootable. I also adore certain side characters such as 索额图 and his nephew, so I actually haven’t resorted to looking for an OTP cut.

However, as likable as Yihuan is – I like the whole “jack of all trades, master of none” idea – I can’t help but complain about how Yang Zi seems to almost always be typecast into these sort of roles. Lu Xueqi in Noble Aspirations (Chusen) the notable exception, it seems that most of her roles – even Xiang Xiang from the critically acclaimed Battle of Changsha – are largely “quirky, immature, and adorable foodie with exaggerated expressions”. No one is involved in this production is particularly concerned by this, either – the official promotions actually call Yihuan the “ancient version of Qiu Yingying” (Yang Zi’s character in Ode To Joy).

Another problem is: given that the main appeal is Qin Jun Jie and Yang Zi’s relationship and strong chemistry, the show should know to service us with OTP moments, but apparently they’d rather show the characters dealing with corruption and a revenge plot-line that, frankly speaking, no cares about.

Then when I consider dropping this, they serve up fanservice of all kinds on a platter. The experience is something like:

Me: cringes at the off-putting execution

Longzhu: Look! An Allen Ren***** cameo!

Me: Yeah, I’m not relating with this who anti-Qing revenge plan. Maybe it would be better if I skipped these parts

Longzhu: But look at how likable these leads are!

Me: Okay, this is getting draggy

Longzhu: Hey, it’s a flashback featuring 李嗣兴 (re: RJL cameo)!

Me: They’ve been at this stupid corruption arc for so long; maybe I should drop this

Longzhu: K even though the OTP won’t be mutually admitting of their feelings for a while, it’s fine because we’ll drug them with an aphrodisiac! Then they can have an intense make-out scene!

(& etc.)

Despite being a very flawed show, I think I might actually watch all 90 episodes, and not just for the cast – it’s stupid and cliche (remember: based on the premise that the emperor’s tears can cure our heroine’s terminal illness), but somehow inherently likable and decently addictive. I guess…I’m looking forward to the angst and falling-out?

*****Allen Ren is this bundle of talent, cuteness, and extra-ness with super nice micro-expressions who also is probably the closest person to my bias.

[pendragonness]

If anyone wants a novel-length recap on my (limited) adventures at the Sundance Film Festival... (I’ll throw in some photos to keep it interesting)

I am. so exhausted. I was exhausted after the first three days, and it never really calmed down. Between working all day, and a couple late night/early morning shifts, then having to commute back to the town with my hotel, and back in the morning, I never got more than 4 hrs of sleep a night and sometimes less. And the only actual meal I usually ate was a rushed breakfast from the hotel, then my food was just snacking on granola bars or half a bagel, and that was the day. I’m fucking beat.

But I did see 14 films, so, there’s that! The first night of the festival I went to I Don’t Feel At Home in This World Anymore, because a) there were only a few films showing and it sounded the most decent, and b) it stars Elijah Wood so I thought he might be there. He was. I saw Elijah Wood in person. It was unexpected and alarming and delightful. I also got to ask the director a question during the Q&A and made kind of a mess of the question bc Elijah Wood was being forced to hear me speak and that freaked me out, but

lmao little did I know what the next night was gonna be

So like a month ago when I made the post about having learned that Max Riemelt had a film showing at Sundance and was like, ‘does that mean he’ll be there, pls, etc etc..’ I was totally bullshitting myself. He wasn’t actually supposed to be there, guys. I wasn’t prepared for that. I wasn’t prepared to accidentally sit in the row in front of him, four seats to the side. I wasn’t. prepared.

I was talking to my friend and looked across the room and stopped midsentence bc

And I stared, a lot. So much. The ‘friend’ I’d made definitely wasn’t understanding my lack of focus on her and didn’t really care that I was having a crisis about Max Riemelt being approx. 8 feet away from me for the night. He was on his own, seated next to the director and producer, and just idly looked around and flexed his jaw constantly??? A couple times someone in the crew would talk to him and he’d be all laughs and smiles and omf. There was a moment where I was definitely gawking again - so overwhelming, guys - and he turned around and caught my gaze immediately and kind of gave that look like when you think someone’s said something but you didn’t quite hear it? which made me jump basically and look away bc I’d been caught, but we definitely made glancing-eye-contact a few more awful times and I was just so not chill. During the film (Berlin Syndrome; fantastic, btw) I was still not chill and kept casually glancing to my slight right, going from watching Max Riemelt on screen to watching Max Riemelt watch Max Riemelt on screen. aheruhgf. It was delightful. 

And then, right as the climax was building in the last 5 minutes of the film - it froze. Just stopped. The audience gasped, I looked over and Max had his hands over his eyes lmao. But it stayed frozen, the house lights came up...and then it played - having skipped ahead to the middle of the final climax. Then froze again, and I saw Max mouth “what the fuck” then just stare up at the lights akjehrujf. And then he and the director walked off, presumably to talk to tech people, and the film skipped to show us the end. So they cut it off, and we had the Q&A, which was very sympathetic (Max commented about being so upset he was shaking at the fuck up) but also fun, Teresa Palmer was really cheery and talkative and Max was pretty funny and damn cute (he was re-enacting the musical score at one point, that was something, omg) and there were good questions and discussion - altho the freaking director pointed at me for my question and then the producer said things were working again, and we were going to finish the film so I never got to have my moment but ok. 

(literally every venue intentionally creates the WORST FUCKING LIGHTING FOR PHOTOS)

And then at the end of the film, because apparently Teresa and Max aren’t important enough to need the security barrier like everyone else I saw, they were all just chilling in their seats as the audience walked out, so I got to walk past Max and had about half a second to realize I could talk to him if I wanted (it’s kind of acknowledged as common courtesy to leave the talent alone at screenings, or just give them a little space, so I had kept quiet in my 5 min of freaking out before the film started. altho now of course I wish I’d just had the balls to say something simple. I wanted to bring up Freier Fall so freakin badly but like. how would that have worked lmao.), but was that okay?? what to say? all I could think about was trying NOT to gush some ‘I LOVE YOU SO MUCH’ shit, so naturally that’s all I could think to say ajeryiuehf and then panicked because I had zero time, so I just garbled out some sort of “thank you so much, that was a beautiful film, thanks” and the director nodded and smiled but Max just stared and nodded and said “thank you” and I stumbled away before I could go super red in the face or god knows what because I was stressed and so fucking overwhelmed. Honestly seeing Max in real-life-person overwhelmed me more than anyone else I saw, and I saw a fair few people, somehow. I think I’ve decided it’s something to do with him being a foreign actor? Like, he’s supposed to always be in Europe, not somewhere where I could encounter him. Not my first fucking year at Sundance. And then the fact he actually made eye contact with me a few times and vaguely spoke at me......lmao what the fu c k

And then the next night I went to the premiere screening of the #1 film I had wanted to see at Sundance, Wind River. That screening went like it was supposed to, and I got to ask Taylor Sheridan about setting the film in Wyoming and such and the answers were wonderful and there was fantastic discussion and it was a fucking wonderful film and I tried so hard to see it more than once but my fucking work schedule made that impossible, whatever, I’ll wait 9 months or however long it takes. 

One of the stand-outs of that night though (other than Gil Birmingham being there, which also super delighted me) was when Jeremy Renner was asked to explain how he approached and portrayed the emotions his character has to do deal with, and in answering the (fairly average) question, he choked up and had to step away from the mic for a second to pull himself together. Everything he said in his answers to questions was just really emotional, interesting stuff, and that response was especially overwhelming. The film knocked the breath out of me, but the Q&A made sure I didn’t catch it back. That was amazing.

So I knew the rest of the festival had to just be downhill, and technically it was, but I still enjoyed everything. The next best film was probably Call Me By Your Name, which I had planned on seeing a couple weeks ago, largely because I can be superficial and dumb and queer Armie Hammer in Italy sounded majorly appealing. I was torn between two different screenings, because I couldn’t go to the premiere since that was one of my two night shifts - and then a really awful snow storm was coming in, so my boss told anyone who had to drive a distance that they could leave early. She tried to let me leave super early into the shift, and I felt bad that they were going to be really short staffed on such a late, busy night (we were hosting the premiere of some awful film about The Grateful Dead and the band was going to be there) and I didn’t know what I’d do with so much freaking spare time anyway, so I said I’d be okay and I’d stay. And two hours later I realized I fucking. could have actually gone to the premiere of Call Me By Your Name. I think it’s the only film (that I wasn’t working) I went to see that wasn’t the fucking premiere. And I cannot let that go. whatever.

also shout out to Casey Affleck for not being at Sundance and therefore I missed seeing what would definitely have been a better film (A Ghost Story was definitely Not Good) and was deprived of seeing Keanu Reeves in person because I thought I’d get to see Casey and that was a waste!! gdi.

Those were honestly the ‘important’ parts of the fest for me. My body hurts like hell from standing mostly stationary for 7-10 hrs a day every day for the past 7 days, my health and skin are awful because my eating habits mostly didn’t exist and weren’t good when they did, I could sleep for 3 days if I was allowed to, and I don’t feel at all interested in shit here, but I still can’t believe I had that experience. I do plan to apply next year, even though after the first two days I wasn’t sure I could actually handle that, and the amount of hours I worked really did interfere with seeing some films and that irritates me, but we’ll see. 

I also came to the realization that hearing other ‘filmmakers’ my age-ish talk about films and the industry and their beliefs and goals and shit really stresses me out + annoys the hell out of me. Most of them come across as really pretentious and fucking miserable and I despise it all pretty quick. Or I feel like I’m totally lost and talentless and there’s no hope for me. But it’s the actors I get most excited about, that excite me the most (other than Taylor Sheridan - he gave me fresh life, I swear). It’s hearing how the actors work and understanding how they approach their work, and imagining what it’d be like to work with them and see my writing or vision or whatever become real through them that excites me. I found myself ditching films I wanted to see for the sake of going to premieres to see actors I really like. Which is definitely not the purest approach to filmmaking, but whatever... It was just an epiphany I had, I guess. Not sure where that’s gonna go.

The festival did also help me re-focus about filmmaking too. I’ve fallen way too into routine here, with the country club and the unending monotony of my weekly schedule. I finally feel like I CAN start to write the scripts I’ve been wanting to start for months. I’m actually excited to start job hunting. I don’t feel as nervous at the prospect of moving, if that happens. And - really great - I’m mentally reset about a lot of things lately i.e. The Work Guy. I literally don’t care at all now, am not interested or bothered by anything. I am totally refreshed and have my regular priorities back.

I’ve come away from Sundance feeling predictably ‘inspired’ and totally exhausted and wanting to always gawk at real-life-person Max Riemelt and always hear Jeremy Renner talk about life (he seems so lovely, wtf) but also mentally and emotionally reset and I hope those are all good things

[stopsubstanceabuse1-blog]

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