#god this show has so many plotholes...

[worlds-4th-best-dad]

After reassessing the source material, the fact that Rea discusses the Omekata Cult incident because a coworker of hers was affected, but not the Sakurami Middle School bombing that affected her ONLY SON is even crazier! Like, her son was one of the lucky survivors to a terrorist attack! I donʼt think she even sent a call at the least to see if her son is alright. If I was in her position, I wouldʼve skipped work to see if my son survived!

Hell, even if she couldnʼt have skipped work, she didnʼt even sent Kurou to see if THEIR SON survived! In the Sakurami Tower incident, we saw Rea confront Kurou when her son didnʼt come down with him. If she can tolerate Kurouʼs bs enough to ask for her sonʼs whereabouts, then I think she can send her ex-husband to see if her son survived the middle school bombing.

i feel like this is the first thing anyone has said in the last 10 episodes that has made ANY sense

[misshorrorotaku]

The more I think of episode 8, the more it kinda annoys me.

Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the episode, but fuck man, does this finale REEK of one of two things: either the show was cancelled, or the writer couldn't think of any way to satisfyingly tie up all the plot threads they set up. Hence why nearly each one got a very quick, very brief "here you go" before moving on the main shit.

Nori and Khan's reunion? Quick, albeit cute scene where Nori acts bashful and Khan thinks she's hot but doesn't quite know who she is.

V's return? Oh look, V's back and here's some fanservice as she's on a raptor like so many of you did in fanarts. Not gonna address how she survived, or how she got this thing to do what she wanted it to, just here you go, she's, back. Anyway, time for fight scenes.

J's reaction to Tessa being dead, something it was subtly implied she didn't know back in episode 6 when she acted confused as to why Tessa wanted her to stay behind? Not even gonna include this, she just implies she's scared and wants to be on the winning side. We'll even toss in her saying she never needed V and N just so you don't notice we've given this character basically no character development and she exists just as a final barrier before Cyn. Please ignore she attempted to kill N with absolutely no hesitation the second set got the excuse to, making it make absolutely zero fucking sense she cared about either of her teammates.

Doll? You get a quick image of her corpse just before the credits. Please ignore the glaring plothole that SHOULD have meant she survived her wounds, since ya know... Uzi does the exact same with a worse wound, coming back from a fatal error simply cuz her core was placed back on her chest cavity... Which was the case for Doll the ENTIRE time she was injured, as it never left her body. (This is the most egregious one to me. No dialogue or nothing, not even a scene of Lizzy, her best friend, looking sad at her death. This was a MAJOR CHARACTER, and all we get to tie up her story is a flash of her corpse to tell us "yep, she's dead folks.")

Ooo, how about how Uzi is gonna resist the solver? You get a quick scene at the start that implies the necklace her mom gave her somehow gives her resistance... Please ignore this has never been implied at any point before in the story and the solver was VISIBLY shown taking over her body while she still had the fucking necklace on in the previous fucking episode.

They even kinda hand wave Nuzi, and don't even give us the long-awaited kiss. I'm not saying it was 100% necessary, but fuck man could it have helped the episode a lot of we at least got that.

... I enjoyed the episode. I did. There were lots of cute moments, the fight scenes were cool, and I loved Cyn...

But by the fucking GODS did this seem like they were just trying to end it with no regard for the story they'd set up. I am 100% in the camp of "Murder Drones was cancelled, they just don't want the backlash that comes with cancelling a well-loved show." The rushed nature of this finale and the fact it was advertised as the "season finale" up until I think episode 7 makes it glaringly obvious they intended to let these plot points breathe. To do SOMETHING that wasn't a rush-job.

Again, for the third time, I enjoyed the episode. I do love what we got. but I will forever mourn what we could have had. If it even just got room to breathe, longer than 20 fucking minutes, it could have been satisfying. It could have tied up these plot points just fine. But it didn't.

Such wasted potential.

[showtoonzfan]

Just want to preface this by saying i love ur analysis sm- u put my exact thoughts into words when i cant verbalise whats wrong with a particular writing decision 🥲🥲

Anyway, smth ive noticed is how... little time vivzie actually spends on writing or characterizing or fleshing out her characters.

Which has to be the weirdest thing so far bc every writer and artist ive met agree that its the best part of making an oc! Its so fun to think of backstories and tie that into their current personality and generally just figuring out random details to get to know your characters!

Like, my ocs are my best friends, i know everything abt them from their trauma and childhoods, to their favourite food and music.

But time and time again she proves that her characters are at best acquaintances... the fandom fleshes out the characters so well and with so much love and care and thought that vivzie herself cant do and its just sad.

Not even mentioning the hundreds of retcons and how characters will just change personality randomly or act out of character which results in the work feeling like a fanfic of itself. (Ironic considering some fanfics have better and more consistent characterisation)

It feels like shes making it up as she goes, instead of having an actual plan. Just shoving random ideas she likes or picks up from the much more creative fandom into the 2 shows without actually stopping and thinking abt the consequences or implications.

Theres so many decisions shes made that irk me so bad... the ideas individually have potential but they either dont fit the show or have to make huge retcons and result in the plot not making any sense.

Also, ngl but she has the worst case of tell dont show ive ever seen my god 😭😭 like... you realise you have to show things instead of just fucking singing it or having a character say it??? Or is that another thing that the fandom has to do so they can convince themselves that the show has good characters??

Atp idk how to salvage the show... i keep finding more and more plotholes and unless i literally turn my brain off and only focus on haha funny dick joke or pwetty colors, these questions keep popping into my head making it a painful unenjoyable experience.

Again, if the fandom has to justify your bad nonsensical hypocritical worldbuilding then you failed. Massively.

Anyway im very sleepy rn just wanted to rant a bit bc im a writer and artist myself and it pisses me off how someone gets their show on the air and still doesnt care abt putting in effort into their plot or characters beyond aesthetics and random ideas that dont go well together...

You’re speaking facts! And it’s honestly like..kinda funny too that people who have their own OC’s can flesh them out and deep dive into their arcs/backstories ect, yet a professional showrunner who’s had these characters for YEARS can’t even give the majority of her characters flaws or quirks, or even consistency, same goes for Helluva Boss.

Viv is a really good example at letting inspired writers know what not to do when making a story and characters so at least they have that lol.

[funkylilworm]

Why I think that killing off Adam was the biggest mistake Viv could make

TW: ranting and spoilers

This entire blog is just gonna be me going on a rant about my opinion on why I think Adam shouldn't of been killed off and why he shouldn't be killed off so early and shit , not only did I not see it as unnecessary for the plot, but there's so much Vivienne could of done for his character other than just throwing the whole character away in just one season , I'll be listing things for what they could of done for Adam's character

1. Plotholes

I'm just gonna say it right here and right now, Adam was killed off waaay too early and not only would we be left with many many plot holes like, where is both of his sons (Caine and Abel), the potential they could of used for his character, and ect.

2. Character potential

^^this fucking scene^^ , because the thought of when Adam first pulling up and being like "Hello, Adam here!!" Is just so fucking funny to me (just less plagiarized, and more unique)

and maybe his arrival leads to his words "Hell is forever" ,his own song gets used against him sense not only did he have the audacity to go to the hotel to get back into heaven but he has said it himself, how redemption isn't possible

But references aside ,Adam can have some potential for his character, like maybe he not only comes to the hotel not only for the intention of going back to Heaven because he hates being down in hell but also for the intention of plotting some revenge for what the hotel residents all did to him

,but the longer he stays there the less and less he tries to plot his revenge , the more and more he realized how flawed heaven and heaven's people are most of the time, and ect.

And ect. and he's so indenial of it at first and doesn't want to believe it but no matter how much he tries there's no denying it , deep down he knows it's true but he doesn't want to believe it

3. Character potential (again)

Like maybe Adam has become fallen in the first place because not only did him sinning in Heaven eventually catch up to him, but maybe also because after finding out the exterminations were unnecessary after Sir Pentious entered the heavens gates, it was finally time for Adam to take his fall

They can also actually start touching on Adam's trauma and how it affects him, his trauma being : being forced into a relationship the moment he was created (Lilith and Eve) , having to be the father and/or decendant of all of the human race , having been kicked out of the garden after Lucifer has second handedly invented evil into the world , and said evil causing his son to kill his other son(which is his and God's fault also)

Like maybe sense Vivziepop is putting a slight different spin to things to Hazbin hotel, she doesn't really having to follow the entire list (sense it's her show) , she can still do something with some of it and still find a way to bring it up and with that it could be the reason behind how he behaves , his personality as a whole, and why he wears that narcissistic mask (while it doesn't necessarily excuse his actions)

4. Character design

If Adam was to somehow end up coming back as a fallen angel, as a sinner. Viv can find a way to go crazy with his fallen design, like any other cartoonist in this world, I know that those cartoonist has seen fanart and fan creations of their shows, movies, and characters

I've seen my fair share of seeing really really good fallen designs for Adam and I'm fucking here for it , they're all so good

,it just needs to happen

5. Character development & redemption arc

Like mentioned in Character potential 2 , Adam can have some potential for his character, like maybe he not only comes to the hotel not only for the intention of going back to Heaven because he hates being down in hell but also for the intention of plotting some revenge for what the hotel residents all did to him

but the longer he stays there the less and less he tries to plot his revenge , the more and more he realized how flawed heaven and heaven's people are most of the time, and ect.

And ect. and he's so indenial of it at first and doesn't want to believe it but no matter how much he tries there's no denying it , deep down he knows it's true but he doesn't want to believe it . Like maybe Adam just still acts the same but without him realizing it or acknowledging it he's just becoming a better person and maybe even comedically he just thinks that the misfits gave him a disease /illness when that's not the case

Maybe in the next seasons he could even become a better father to his sons, Caine and Abel but similar to Lucifer, let them do their own thing sense those two are basically adults now and hey, Adam could be more like a cool dad

I feel like Adam has more cool dad energy

6. The relationships he'll end up making

Just imagine the relationships Adam slowly but gradually builds during his redemption arc, like maybe him and Charlie ending having like an fun uncle and niece kind of relationship or something, maybe slowly but gradually he becomes like another friend of Angel Dust's, and ect.

As he processes through his redemption arc he can end up making friends and building relationships down in hell , possibly in the near future Charlie, Vaggie, Angeldust, Alastor, Cherri bomb, Husk, Nifty, Razzle, and Lucifer doesn't fight against him but with him if another threat were to come

7. There could be another antagonists that's worse or maybe even a bigger threat than Adam

Maybe another antagonists could be made that's more of a mystery and even a bigger threat than Adam , that's just like Adam (or not) but amp up the bad traits he has, maybe this time Adam could be the one helping the others fight and rebel against this guy in his own way

8. Another musical number

Another musical number with them singing badly about heaven in song in the near future but this time with Charlie ,Vaggie, Angeldust, Alastor, Cherri bomb, Husk, Nifty, Razzle, Lucifer, and most of all Adam but the reprise has a metal spin to it and this time Adam joins in and does it with his guitar

9. Another reason she shouldn't of killed off Adam is because she'd be killing off fat /plus size representation

Another reason I feel like Viv shouldn't of killed off Adam is because she'd be killing of fat character representation and I wouldn't want a chubby character like Adam to be killed off

,of course we have Mimzy now but she doesn't count sense she's just one character and only just one character and as much as I love Mimzy I feel like the show needs more than just one or two fat characters

And for the people that think "He isn't chubby" , try again and look at him again , how he sits , lays down (like how he was laying after her got shanked in his arm by Charlie), and ect.

10. I just want some vulnerable moments with Adam

Whether that be Adam bawling his eyes out, having a panic attack, having a mental/emotional breakdown, or ect. I just want to see a vulnerable side of Adam, Adam angst if you will

Okay I'm done ranting, bye <3 <3

[shijiujun]

Final Thoughts on KDTM + Finale

Where do I even begin?! Honestly this show was filled with a number of plotholes but as long as you're not watching for logic but stupid men in love it's 100% fine XD Like there's really so much to love about the mafia fam dynamic, and this one gave me so many surprises!!

Perfect acting, much better than most Taiwan BLs I've seen - none of that awkward whatever, they were super into it, and it's no wonder too since Hsu Kai is a long-time actor and Jiang Dian is a talented boy who already has an award for a role under his belt, and it SHOWED?!

They've got the childhood friends growing up together plot, the student x teacher, the on-the-road saving thing, all the smexy plots, and they're really not shy to show just how much they desire each other, but it didn't feel like the smexy scenes were THE point which is such a feat considering how many there were LMAO, they've got the old man yaoi, the EVERYTHING

DRAMA >>>> NOVEL so much like the drama filled up so many holes and even then we could probably have used another 10 episodes - novel really left out everyone else but Bai Zongyi and Fan Zherui

Every frickin like trope I liked was there, there was a bit of whump toooooo and like?!?!!? All the usually cringy stuff was great too in this one ;-; (like ahem couple cushions my god)

I AM JUST A LITTLE SAD WE DIDN't GET the part about Fan Jiang Ruichen and his boyfriend (?? maybe 7th uncle ahem??)

Very happy there was like no real amnesia and I have to say everything closed up from start to end more or less, even the last minute knifing :DDD

They really gave every CP enough screen time and I love that they were so damn extra to put every single other BL drama actor in, I'm just sad we didn't get FRICKIN CHRIS JAKE but it's okay we take what we get, because this show is proof that all our Taiwan BL couples live happily ever after okay?!!! EVEN BUY SALT CP they live in other jdramas and whatever else not JUST ARGH not this one and MODC in actuality

AI DIIIIII MY LOVE the most thoughtful, most feral, most sweet and loyal and devoted MEOW MEOW

SO MANY GOOD LINES from the drama <3 The humour was super on point as well and the slightly sad parts too <3

I WILL BE CRYING MYSELF TO SLEEP FOR FOUR WEEKS GOING COLD TURKEY FROM THIS SHOW

[t4twnyclaw]

i think i have many thoughts about a starless clan arc, and only ONE of them good. spoilers for the ENTIRE ARC below.

CONTEXT: ASC is the only arc that I actually followed from start to end, when I got into TBC and AVOS those arcs were already complete and I spoiled myself and had a general idea of the plot and characters of that arc. ASC is the first arc ever in the WC series that I followed from start to finish; and I finally understand when other WC fans mention forgotten character arcs/unfinished plot-lines and rushed endings because oh my god ASC had all of these issues.

first of all. the villain. Splashtail.

I'm not going to lie I really enjoyed him in STAR. He is no Hawkfrost or Brokenstar but his kit-stealing motivations in Star were actually really nice to see. If this side of him was explored earlier on , oe eluded to I wouldn't be as disappointed but the problem here is: that his character shift slipping into madness isn't as smooth as it could be, and I feel like this in the previous book as well, where he seemingly drops his 'nice guy' facade completely.

Tigerstar the First's spiral into evil and madness is done way better. He's depicted as a loyal abiet a bit ruthless warrior, and a respectful family man (He does genuinely care for his kids.) and then he spirals and ends up killing and threatening his clanmates in gruesome ways. (Leading dogs to Brindleface, just blindly killing Runningwind and Redtail, Gorsepaw. etc.)

But at the same time you can see why people follow him, and why SC was eager to elect him as leader. He actually shows leadership skills. He feeds SC, he's a *warrior*.

The way Splashtail's descent leaves ALOT to be desired. It sucks because I loved the Macbeth-like lens they try to spin with Curlfeather and Splashtail but it just ends up falling flat, to me. Splashtail is just some teenager with no charisma skills but he could've been written like Tigerstar 1.

Unfinished plots/Plotholes

While ranting and raving about Splashtail I remembered how in the earlier books, It seemed like He and Berryheart (and their supporters) had a plan together from the beginning. But then STAR comes around and Berryheart and Splashtail's plan seemed to just be...her joining him? merging SC and RC? It seemed like it was a bigger deal in the first few books but it just felt like it fell flat here. Was their plan to try and vote Tigerstar 2 out of his position?

Tree specifically is mentioned twice, having to mediate the SC invading RC situation and both times I'm pretty sure we don't get a follow-up. And he seemingly did a bad job because RC still is really really, hostile against SC. So...Maybe he shouldn't be a mediator if he can't even mediate...correctly?

Leaders can be 'voted' out yet RC doesn't do this with Splashtail when he threatens kittens and obviously doesn't have the best interest in mind anymore.

One of the first lines Nightheart has is about Leadership being fluid, and being a shared responsibility between a few cats. In STAR, RC does just this when Splashtail is killed, even having two representatives during a gathering. I don't understand why RC just tried to disband instead of trying this out...

In STAR Sparrowtail has a conversation about family vs clan duties to Tigerstar 2. as if Tigerstar 2 doesn't CONSTANTLY put his family above his clan.

In STAR Frostpaw acts like she's never heard or seen of Leopardstar but...isn't Leopardstar the first Starclan cat she ever sees.

When Nightheart returns to TC It's implied Finchlight knows what heartbreak feels like, in regards to romantic love. WHO DID SHE LIKE...

Things I liked

Frostpaw, that's it. Frostpaw's POV actually carried this entire ARC. Even in TBC Bristlefrost and Rootspring's POV's may have dragged a bit (especially Rootpsrings) But they still contributed to the plot and characters greatly. Here, Nightheart and Sunbeam POV's mostly involve just each other and their feelings for each other to the point I think, it's obsessive.

I liked the warrior code changes, and I liked seeing Berryheart try to get Tigerstar 2 demoted, even if it was disappointing to actually witness and see play out.

I REALLY loved the names Splashtail gave Mistpaw and Greypaw. and I really like the idea of leaders giving new names as a punishment-of sorts. It reminds me of the cruel names from the first ARC.

I loved the relationship between parents and how that effects Frostpaw and Sunbeam. I wish we actually had more content of Lightleap and her parents, maybe to see how that effects her but whatever...

final thoughts

Sunbeams relationship with Nightheart wasn't anything new I really wanted to see her interact more with Lightleap and her family. Just, overall having Sunbeam STAY in SC instead of *immediately* joining TC would've been better. We have had all these arcs in TC's POV and just having Sunbeam stay in SC would've been SO MUCH BETTER!!!!

Having her realize she loves SC's territory and wants her kits to experience what she experienced so in the 2 month timeskip she and Nightheart move to SC instead would've sufficed.

overall. maybe a 4/10. and that 4 is completely from Frostpaw.

[dayscapism]

I will never watch another final season of ANY TV show ever again. Especially not from Netflix. Yes, I just finished watching Umbrella Academy season 4.

Season 3 was horrible in many ways, too, but it was still salvageable. Season 4 is the worst thing I have ever seen put to TV. (With the sole exceptions of Claus and Claire Bear precious uncle/niece relationship. And Viktor confident, trying his best to save everyone, including Ben. Nothing else! Nothing else is worth SHIT this season..)

I'm literally crying. Nothing, not even season season 7 of The 100 has made me this angry and sad.

This season buried everything, plot, world, the canon, the characters, the relationships. Everything! It ruined everything. And none of it made sense either! The number of plotholes!!! A first draft has fewer plotholes. And what a horrible message! You're telling neurodivergent, traumatized diverse kids/people shouldn't exist???

If I ever see any of the writers in real life... the gods help them... I want to make them dissapear from existence by a magical instalove octopus, then jump in time and burn the scripts of this season so it never happened 💔

First the 100, then Lucifer now Umbrella Academy. Please, no more. STOP RUINING OUR AMAZING SHOWS!

[mrstsung]

Ok look. Mk legends Cagematch was good.

But idc it doesn't feel like a prequel to scorpions revenge. There's too many inconsistencies. And it felt like raiden making johnny cage the "chosen one" and fucking shoving liu kang to the side like that is just wrong.

Because making the only white American dude the star regardless if he's actually a good guy or even an honorable person or not. Is fucked up. Because mortal kombat is majorly centered around various asian cultures (admit from a western perspective and that is a problem for another time and post.)

So yeah there's several SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH THEM MAKING CAGEMATCH THE "PREQUEL"

The mk legends movies should be absolutely treated as separate aus and universes and self contained.

Also nrs if you're aware of this.

Fucking make shang tsung actually fucking badass as he should be and make your asian characters not just someone to dance n jive for your entertainment while giving pseudo "kung fu wisdom" for your amusement. And not just make shang a bad guy to beat up and shoehorning your lowkey racism and xenophobic crap at. Thank you.

-Sincerely q mortal kombat fan who's sick of your shit.

Anyways. Back to johnny.

Johnny cage is awesome. But only if he's done right and not shoved into the spotlight and actually what his character is about. Which is making fun of and light of Hollywood actors. While showing Johnnys heart of gold. He doesn't need to be main guy. Because that doesn't exist in mortal kombat. Because everyone is dying,surviving and fighting for their fucking lives! There's not hero. They all are heroes in their own way,even the supposed " bad guys" . There is not right or wrong path. Just a path. And thats THE FUCKING POOOOOOIIIINTT!!!!

Mortal kombat is about one group of assholes fighting another group of assholes to protect their own crappy piece of existence filled with other assholes in colorful ways. Pretty much.

Like every damn fighting game. However we play mortal kombat for the characters and the lore and the world it's in. And the bloody goodness. However nrs/boon/etc seems to have lost that and mk severely lacks on its world building and lore consistency (if it ever had any) and it sucks that fans have to do the work they should have already have done.

But yeah some characters like Johnny cage shouldn't be in the spotlight all the time. And should be complex,well thought out,well written,side characters. And if they don't have any place to go fucking further in the story. Then they should just leave it at that. Their story is done,move on to something and someone else in the story and world to work and build upon. Like people these days dunno when to end the fucking chapter with a character. Liu kang is prime example! Love him. But good lord there's nothing else to be done. His story has been told. A thousand times. Let someone else shine. That isn't the white American male character that was ment to be a SUPPORTING ROLE!

I love all of them,all these characters. I do. I just feel like people miss the point of them too? And so many other characters have so little to them and representation that it gets stale.

*sigh*

Anyways. The mk legends movies are good. But only if you treat them as separately and as they are. Entertaining.

That's all the mortal kombat stuff is worth these days. Just entertainment. Which is fine. Nothing wrong with that.

But for fans who want more it's been hella disappointing for years! And when we gets something nice,it gets either scrapped for something mediocre and "marketable" or it just gets flat out ignored for mid tier games.

Mk9(if you ignore the character favoritism),maybe 10 for the gore,and mk11 if you ignore the dumb plotholes. Were good games. But lacking in a lot of areas.

We've yet to have a mortal kombat game that is good from start to finish that is faithful to the original arcades and premise(a divine tournament and system to protect the realms/worlds and a death martial tournament for the gods. And the rules of mortal kombat respected,enforced,shown,and taken to heart. And all characters get a turn in the sun and even the bad guys get some love and nuance to them. And the women are fucking respected but that's apparently asking for too much 🙄) I've yet to see one that respects that. But nope all we are left with is just ha ha bloody funny game.

Anyways. Back on topic. With the mk legends movies with a grain of salt. But i still enjoy them none the less.

[gureiify]

Ok. Lets actually look at what choices would matter from origins, 2 and inquisition.

One by one. Cause my thesis is, not that friken many!

Lets start in origins, what big major choices were there to begin with? You could choose not to recruit some chars, but lets assume you recruited everyone.

Does Liliana die? What do you do with the ashes? Neither of those matter at all because She shows up in DAI and the ashes get blown up.

The real choices that matter here are who ended up on the throne and who kills the archdemon. No matter what, archdemon dies. There is a 'Hero of Ferelden' who kills it no matter who that is. Or if they die or not. That might matter to a warden. But to the greater north almost 20 years later? Not so much. Same with who rules. Ferelden is considered a backwards nation, the boonies. Nobody in the north cares at all.

Morigans baby. Existing or not, old god soul or not, that is tied up in DAI. He'd be a young man in DAV, off on his own and she'd likely want him far from this nonsense.

NOW on to 2.

Anders blows up the chantry. Meridith and orsino fight. Varric lives, becomes viscount. All of these happen without input from the player.

Do you betry isabella or keep her? Either way she lives.

I honestly can't think of any choices Hawke makes that have far reaching consequences beyond kirkwall besides the chantry mage Thing.

And then we're on to DAI.

Mages or templars, the war happens, and who you side with really only matters in the south. Tevinter was never involved. In Rivain you do get a small quest from Rowan about her circle getting annulled due to some over zelous templars. Does Antiva even have circles?

Who's on the throne in Orlais? It doesnt matter. Inky is dealing with the south, which is getting nuked by darkspawn. You're never going to be involved with them as Rook, so why care who has the biggest hat? You've got more important shit to worry about.

Lastly, the Well. Who got to drink? If it was your inky, they should have that Knowledge and be more helpful. Or at least made a reference to it. Thats one of the only missteps i think DAV made.

The other being Hawke. If the ended up in the fade, we assume nightmare ate them? But it would be nice to KNOW. If the warden ally did, Hawke goes to Weisshaupt, so where are they? Are they there for the siege? This is the one choice that would have benefited from being explored. I can understand ignoring it from a dev perspective but it does feel like a big empty plothole.

For Morrigan, she ends up with that knowledge anyway, if not thru the well then from Mythal.

So really, all these choices but in the scope of the story they were telling, did any of them have impact seperated by decades and miles?

On the game dev side, pulling back and not spending time iterating for all these choices even in flavor text makes sense when only a small percentage of players will see or care.

The Keep made sense when the games were all in the same area and relatively close in time, and it was such a cool concept and feature! But it doesn't need to be included if it's not going to add anything.

So idk maybe lets all think critically about what choices actully would have been worth including.

[aimmyarrowshigh]

What are your thoughts on Kamala taking lead with the Young Avengers?

In the MCU? I like it -- I feel like her fandom of Carol and the Avengers makes it fit to have her go out and try to create a new superhero team of other young heroes, because she would be the one sitting there thinking about it and going, "The Avengers are gone, but the world still has problems. I can't solve them all on my own/learned teamwork with Monica and Carol/can honor Monica by being a hero/love other nerds who love superheroes," you know?

And especially given Secret Invasion, it wouldn't make any sense to have Fury be the one to put together the Young Avengers. Although the timeline with him is fucky because they switched the release dates of The Marvels and Secret Invasion, so whatever.

And in the comics, Kamala was the leader of the Champions, so it totally makes sense that she'd lead the MCU Champions/Young Avengers crossover team (because they're not going to have both, let's be real. There's also so many fucking movies/shows). Billy and Tommy are currently too young AND have THE most confusing backstory in comics, so putting either of them in charge wouldn't make the most sense. Cassie is on the West Coast. Kate is, as she tells Kamala, a bit older, and also Hawkeyes tend to be pretty solitary workers. Skar is... whatever the fuck is going on there that I'm pretending isn't going on over there. Peter is busy trying to eke out a living on his own in this universe, so he's probably both busy AND too traumatized to make new connections this soon. Eli hasn't made his heroic debut yet, although we've seen him. Yelena's a Thunderbolt. Love Thorsdottir is way too young. Phyla-Vel is in space. Toussaint/T'Challa and Morgan are too young. I feel like Kamala's the only one who COULD do it in a reasonable way, you know?

I feel like I'm forgetting someone. RIRI! Riri could do it, but again, she's older in this universe (college) and my insane "the MCU could make sense if they would do [X]" brain keeps insisting that she's going to be MJ's roommate at MIT in Ironheart or SM4. BECAUSE THEY'RE BOTH AT MIT. AND MIT CAN'T BE *THAT* BIG. IT WOULD MAKE SENSE, MARVEL. PLEASE MAKE SENSE.

I want the Young Avengers to be so good that it knocks me on my ass. I want it to be so good that it knocks Trendy MCU Haters on their asses. And I want Kamala to get to have that. Iman is SO wonderful and Kamala is SO great, and I want people to love her the way she deserves, dammit.

Also, if VisionQuest isn't canceled (which, who the fuck knows) -- I want it to be exactly Vision (2015), which is just exactly WandaVision but this time Vision's the one who created a fake family out of heartbroken madness. And I want Viv Vision in the MCU. I love Viv Vision so fucking much.

Also, I want My Blorbo Nadia! It could happen!!! Hank banged a lady named Linda while Janet was boinking Bill Murray in the Quantum Realm, so Hank could TOTALLY have a daughter that was in the Red Room (WHOM NATASHA AND YELENA FREED??? IN BLACK WIDOW??? MY HEART?!!?) and is a science genius who comes to find the Pym/Van Dynes and is just like, "Hello, I am here now, I love you, family!"

I don't know how they can reasonably have Hulkling after the MCU's version of Secret Invasion AND how the MCU Kree are so unilaterally evil. But also, the MCU is homophobic af so they probably won't have Hulkling anyway. >:(

Just... ::exhale:: There are so many fucking threads open within the MCU thOH MY GOD I FORGOT AMERICA CHAVEZ ALSO THERE ARE SO MANY OPEN THREADS AND I'M TRYING TO TIE THEM TOGETHER ON MY RED STRING BOARD AND THEY WON'T TIE TOGETHER, HOLLIE, THEY WON'T TIE TOGETHER.

I just want. The MCU. To be cohesive. And make sense. And close its plotholes in ways that are narratively satisfying. And also, Steve is on the moon.

[well-dressedwords]

My Picks: Top Dramas of 2023

This is really for me to refer back to when people ask me what to watch. In no particular order or category:

Meet Yourself - having leads that were already well-established in their adult lives and careers was sooo refreshing. And though my heart got utterly torn out in episode one, I was completely invested in seeing Xu Hongdou's journey through grief and back into truly living.

The Blood of Youth - I can't recall why I gave this a chance, but I am extremely glad I did. I possibly watched the whole thing 3 times from forcing friends to sit down with me, and I appreciate the humor and characters even more on re-watches. The only romance I remotely cared about was the tragic one, but that was okay because romance was not the point of the main plot.

The Trust - I had actually watched the animated version of this story, which is maybe the 2nd I watched all the way through, and I loved the live action as well. The lead actors did a good job playing each other, and the humor was a nice relief during a hard time of the year for me.

A Familiar Stranger - I think I finally am okay with short dramas because this one was so well done. I adored their relationship, and even despite how terrible the secondary couple could be, wished for them to have a happy ending (in another life). I considered watching My Journey to You for Cheng Lei alone after this performance, but just couldn't get through it.

The Scent of Time - I know "popular" opinion is that the ending ruins it, but as a writer, I can accept the different possible endings - the novel's version where she gets her peace and someone to be her loyal companion, as well as the dream ending where she will have to work again to make a life for herself with the prince. I will eventually make a post on my thoughts about it. But it made me fall deeper for Zhou Ye and excited to see other dramas with Wang Xingyue...

Story of Kunning Palace - I love Bai Lu. I haven't watched all of her dramas, but there's something about her that I really enjoy in the right story. I liked that Xuening was still flawed and so was Xie Wei, and yet this time all of her harem get (relatively) happy endings. I was also surprised by Liu Xiening's performance as the princess. In some respects she had more chemistry with Xuening than either Zhang Zhe or Xie Wei. Wang Xingyue, did you intentionally do two projects with this premise on purpose?? [Also, those aggressive kisses?!?! Zhang Linghe, I didn't know you had it in you.]

A Journey to Love - I haven't finished it as I only watch a few episodes per day, and I did spoil myself on the ending. I can accept it because there has been so much foreshadowing. I'm here for the mature relationship, the humor, the friendships, the princess (my god, the PRINCESS!) and to be baffled by people disliking Liu Yuning.

Honorable Mentions:

The Starry Love - I need to go back and watch the episodes I fast forwarded through... I was more invested in the older sister's love story initially. Nevertheless, this is one I will rewatch.

The Love You Give Me - not at the very top because the plot feels overused and there were too many plotholes for my writer's brain. But I love their chemistry and Quanquan was worth sticking it out for.

Provoke - After enjoying A Familiar Stranger I had to give this one a shot. There were so many scenes that really captured my imagination. The leads carried their roles so well. It's my first Republican Era show and I suddenly get the appeal. Also, I love Du Jingchuan as a villain. He's so good at being skeevy.

Exploration Method of Love - I struggled through terrible subtitles because I've dreamed about these actors in a drama together. Gao Hanyu grabbed me in Love is Sweet, and Song Yanfei was great in The Trust.

*Butterflied Lover - I've seen one episode because the rest is behind a pay wall... but I am determined to watch it!

*Hilarious Family - at times the humor felt forced, but other times it hit for me. It wasn't compelling enough for me to finish it (yet) though I am curious as to what the ending is going to be.

[blackwatervial]

Twenty Questions for Fic Writers

tagged by @returning-spring thank you so much I was hoping to do this! Which is why I tag every fic writer who reads this!

How many works do you have on AO3? 81. Which is. Hysterical, considering I really only started writing in 2020

What's your total AO3 word count? .....1,404,904. As I said. Hysterical. Girl, where do you find the time???

What fandoms do you write for? I mostly only write for one fandom at a time because my brain can only take so many hyperfixations (1), and at the moment it's Baldur's Gate. After spending over a year in VegasPete land

What are your top 5 fics by kudos? First Impressions (WenZhou, 4.6k) A Sip of Vinegar (WenZhou, 4.1k) Spilled Wine (VegasPete, 2.7k) If you're trouble (WenZhou, 2.1k) Improvisation & Bad Decisions (WenZhou, 1.8k)

Do you respond to comments? Why or why not? Yes I do, or at least I try to! Even though I mostly reply with any variation of "Aaaahhh thank you!!!", I want readers to know I read their comments & they make me very happy. Because I do, and they do.

What is a fic you wrote with the angstiest ending? Stories from a Lonely City. It's XueXiao, difficult to not get angsty with them

What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending? I mean, most of my endings are happy...Probably The Essence of Flame and Frost (WeiLan) bc I wrote an entire 15k epilogue specifially to make them happy

Do you get hate on fics? I once got a hate comment...it was hilarious. I cherish it to this day. It shows me my fic bothered someone so much that they had to take time out of their day to tell me about it!

Do you write smut? If so, what kind? I can read smut (occasionally, while skipping through it), but I'm too ace to write it....big nerf.

Do you write crossovers? Only when I'm in the mood for crack and the fandoms fit really well together. I wrote 2 crossovers I think.

Have you ever had a fic stolen? No.

Have you ever had a fic translated? Yes, multiple, and I'm super honoured bc I know how difficult translating is.

Have you ever co-written a fic before? No, but my beta is helping me so much with brainstorming and fixing plotholes!

What's your all-time favorite ship? I don't really have one, they change over time. And while I cherish the memory of older ships, none has stayed with me. When we talk about the most intense ones, it's WeiLan (Guardian) and VegasPete (KPTS)

What's a wip you want to finish, but doubt you ever will? SandRay Fake Dating AU. Sorry friends, that one's off the table.

What are your writing strengths? I like to think I write somewhat nice dialogues. Also plays on words.

What are your writing weaknesses? Oh my god outlining my eternal nemesis. I just can't do it. Even if I attempt to, I always go off the rails. Extremely problematic when it comes to long fics. Also action scenes are difficult. Smut is impossible.

Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic? Not sure what this asks?

First fandom you wrote for? Ahahahah the good old days of Metal Gear Solid fanfic! Very nostalgic.

Favorite fic you've written? Error in the Code, no competition. This fic means so much to me on so many levels.

[thegeminisage]

WRATH OF KHAN breakdown

i watched this movie with catherine maulthots six days ago and liveblogged it incoherently on a notepad file on my phone because No Way was i opening this devils website when spock could die any moment. i am recording my experiences here for posterity

firstly i did know going in that he was going to die. this made me wracked with anxiety. more on that later. actually when kirk walked up and was like ha ha arent you supposed to be dead i almost lost it .5 seconds into the movie

absolute first thing was that we werent sure whether or not the thing in the beginning was a test. absolutely LOST MY MIND when i realized it was the kobayashi maru. every ten seconds during this movie i went "omg an aos reference" even though i knew it was really the other way around. somehow i thought mister perfect tos jim wouldn't cheat on the test so when they sort of hinted at what he did but didn't say it i was FROTHING to know more

bones's gay little posture. that's it that's the whole bullet

bones coming to jim's place at night was like the opening of some retro gay porno. DELIGHTED to find out that jim's allergies were not in fact an aos fanon but based in both aos and tos canon (re his little old man glasses)

mad that all of the movies seem to flirt with whether or not james t kirk should retire or captain a starship and then never resolve that question ever. it's like will shatner's insecurity about aging was leeching into the very script. girl we ALL KNOW what he should be doing so either shit or get off the pot

birthday gifts cute though. oh my fucking god. a book and glasses and he shows up with both repeatedly throughout the film

khan's tits were amazing. even as an asexual, even queer as a two dollar bill, i am full of admiration for what he had going on. he was rockin it

when they put the little worms into chekov and terrel cathy was like "omg THATS why they called them khan worms" and then i got to say "omg spn reference" instead of "omg aos reference" and we were so excited she wasn't even mad about it. also, they were so gross, oh my god, i couldn't look, she had to tell me when it was safe to unhide my eyes

meanwhile we're also mercilessly mocking the oversight that allowed khan and chekov to know one another. how did that plothole make it into production

EYE personally was very shocked at the amount of non-annoying women in the movie (two??). i liked both saavik and carol though i had to google to see if saavik was a human or vulcan. VERY cute that spock gave her the wheel to fuck with kirk specifically even though anyone but kirk being captain is so WEIRD. spock can be acting captain but not actual captain!!!

i ALSO knew from spoilers that carol had had kirk's fucking child which i may have accidentally also ruined for catherine so when a woman with an adult son mentioned james kirk onscreen we both became a little. unwell.

khan's "i shall have him" this sort of sexual tension is one of many things missing from into darkness. NOT that i want to see b*nedict c*mberbatch have that with anyone bc he is quite literally so ugly i have to cover his face with my hand when i watch into darkness but they should have cast a better person as khan and then made him have sexual tension with kirk.

cathy on the khan worms coming out of chekov's ears: wow, i love that! me on the same thing: i hate it

khan's "i wish to go on hurting you" no comment

khan yell REALLY GOOD. glad to see some things never change. william shatner was like i have been and will ever be a huge fucking ham

when carol marcus went "can i cook or can't i" i decided to go ahead and start liking women again. nature is healing, etc

if i had seen kirk pop that apple in his mouth while talking about how he didn't like to lose before i wrote gambler's knife. well. the fic probably wouldn't have changed much but my brain chemistry has certainly changed now. i can't explain w human words. AAAAAAUGH

spock's line about "sauce for the goose" was so out of character we had to check the transcript and make sure that was him speaking and not kirk. "sauce for the goose"??? sir, you're a vegetarian

the cgi was surprisingly good in whatever version we watched. it really holds up, which is ironic considering we had 20-minute vistas of it in the previous movie, where it was just okay

spock's death. i cried all the way through. don't text.

i did have a vague idea of what was going on when he melded with bones bc you literally cant avoid spoilers but i didn't have Details so i was very shocked for a second until i remembered

SPOCK'S FUNERAL. oh he would have been insulted to hear jim call him human!!!!! but he WAS

kirk trying to run away from his kid was really good. if i hadn't been blinded with tears i would have really enjoyed it. didn't like the "you've never faced death" bit though bc OBVIOUSLYYY he was on tarsus iv.

anyway then they panned to the coffin and i was like SURELY HES GONNA POP OUT AND SAY SIKE but he didn't. he didn't and i just had to live with that. and we had planned to watch search for spock immediately the next day but fate intervened and i had to skip it TWO DAYS in a row and nearly died. the end.

also, i didn't realize the book spock had given kirk was the one he quoted at the end!!!!!!! really horrible.

[sapphire-weapon]

Honestly, it's why I'm relieved that the new timeline is taking a different direction. OG Leon was fucked up, they completely ruined his character, in a way that came across as "nobody at our writers table can agree on what he's like". He declares/shows his belief in something. Self sabotages and does something hypocritical. It doesn't get mentioned again. The cycle continues. You can't complain because Cool Action Hero. I want to like OG Leon and Ada but like... it's really fucking hard to, even outside of Aeon, lmao. The arc is hot garbage with too many plotholes. I genuinely regard Aeon as some of the worst writing in RE history and boy that's a HEAVY statement.

It's not just them though. Chris has had so many iffy stories too... I'll never get over the fucking amnesia thing. It was so stupid imo. Alex was a thing that like... succeeds in her plans but never gets mentioned again. Revelations 1... well... happened. I do enjoy the games. I've had RE brainrot for MONTHS now, but sweet jesus there's so much that annoys me (cough the RAGING racism in RE5, original Ashley and Jessica being more sexist than even Ada, RE6 story deserving to be dumped entirely, Jake the superpowered secret son who just up and left, Sherry being underwhelming). Anyway... love your blog. To stay on topic, god I hope remakes continue keeping Leon consistent and actually making sense! lol

He is an incredible character with a great story at his core, but seeing him immediately being reduced to a total moron that can't keep his opinions or goals straight at the sight of someone he doesn't know? Ruins him. Completely ruins everything he could be. Capcom, fix it.

You really touched on the issue with RE in general: it's been passed through so many dev teams and writing teams, all of whom have had their different visions and interpretations of the canon and the characters, that nothing feels coherent. Because it isn't.

I could write a fucking dissertation on what Mikami's departure from Capcom actually did to RE as a series tbh -- because THAT is ultimately what ruined RE's consistency. RE was Mikami's baby, and he oversaw all of it... until RE0 and REmake flopped and Capcom was ready to pull the plug on the series and then also refused to let him develop RE4 on the PS2 and that was kind of the beginning of the end.

Because RE0 -> RE1 -> RE2 -> RE3 -> Code Veronica is actually VERY VERY coherent. It's stupid and filled with 90s-era writing and dialogue, but it's consistent and logical and makes sense.

But with RE4 being developed under extreme duress and then becoming an overwhelming cultural phenomenon despite that -- but then losing Shinji Mikami's vision and direction almost immediately after launch? Led to Capcom just trying to replicate RE4's success for the better part of a decade, throwing as much shit against the wall re: Leon's character as they could to try to recapture that.

This is why the Remake series is so important. This is Capcom's opportunity to restructure the series under a unified vision again, because it hasn't had one since about 2006.

[gontagokuhara]

po!Nagito: *literally saves hajime from death, lives together with him, has been in a relationship with him since ancient times, has basically been raising children with him for centuries, is quite literally married to him*

also po!Nagito: does he even like me fr

It's like I understand it as a komahina enjoyer but it also makes me wanna cry as a komaeda enjoyer😭 though he's not in the story much your characterization is so full and spot on that like I can fully understand the characters who only show up in 2 chapters (cough cough TAKAA my beloved<3) Like in only 2 chapters of screen-time we literally saw the interior design/gardening geek nagito, the panicked and screamy nagito, the tired dad nagito, the heartbroken nagito, and the god of luck who played rockpaper scissors for his husband's life, again, in like 2 chapters alone!!!! Don't get me started on taka I already rambled about him in the comment section

P.S. It's also funny how literally everyone (mainly kokichi) is questioning the big five's relationship choices 💀 I honestly feel like naegami has something to do with "big five god eye candy"💀💀💀💀💀

just for the record i literally do not mind these asks/questions in the slightest to the contrary i LOOOOOOVE yapping especially about danganronpa especially about my own writing especially about pointy objects. no spoilers, but i do get a little in the weeds about behind-the-scenes, doesn't-fit-in-main-fic stuff

speaking of yapping: YOU KNOW THE DRILL

if only the extent of my yapping was known.........nagito and hajime are my favorite barbie dolls to mash together i love thinking about them i love writing them they are my danganronpa #2 and #3 (gonta <3) i am So mentally ill about them. ok.

so it makes me SOOOOO happy when people say they get my characterization. getting beneath a character's skin and making them feel both 1) recognizable as said character but also 2) distinct in that they fit naturally in the universe i'm writing them in is The thing i'm most attuned to when writing i think. (that and sniffing out plotholes i am so pedantic about my story telling). focusing on the v3 kids gives me very ample time to flesh them out into a balanced mix of the two, but with characters that aren't mainstays it makes me very happy hearing that it's not just, like, a dialogue machine spitting plot-relevant lines and instead the actual character that's meant to be talking. you know? ALL of that to say nagito is notoriously a tough nut to crack, it's a crapshoot on what you'll see him characterized as (with the potential to be really REALLY good and really Uh not so much), so hearing good things about MY guy <3 makes my heart grow five sizes or whatever

ok ok. god help us all when i post kmha writing again IM insane so moving on: other insane people (kokichi) (rantarou)

i could ALSO yammer on for ages about the messy god drama that i've mapped out in my mind palace. i can get much more specific once the fic is actually wrapped but the big five ESPECIALLY. oh what a mess. oh what a nightmare. there's like 1 and a half sane motherfuckers in that club and the half is presently threatening to end the world along with half the others. so. LMFAO

relationship drama especially (i've said that word so much oopsies) among the gods but the big five.........oh great heavens. it's not even the newest relationship within the big five but naegami has sooooo many haters. junko (makotophobic), mikan (in an abusive relationship, functionally makotophobic), nagito (byakuyaphobic), fuyuhiko & peko (also byakuyaphobic), izuru (thinks they're both cringe), hajime (wouldn't send rantarou/shuuichi to camp no matter how much he begged).....and that's only characters we've seen on screen so far LOL. kokichi is not alone in being a hater rather he's the new generation of virulently homophobic gay people. love wins <3

(also as an aside of the 'eye candy' thing; in the human world makoto doesn't beat the trophy husband allegations, but among the gods the roles are 100% reversed LOLLLLLLLLL when shit isn't hitting the fan he gets sooooo bullied during meetings if makoto isn't there)

okay and LAST thing that i sorta briefly touched on a second ago: no, rantarou has not been to camp before! hajime and nagito have offered COUNTLESS times, especially since shuuichi's mother died, but they've remained adamant on their decision to keep them at home in defiance of junko. they have very, very good reason to be extra vigilant about their kids' safety, and when contending with rantarou's precognition + shuuichi's ignorance on the gods......rantarou has been very informed on things, from a very young age. obviously he doesn't get Everything, but he's kept pretty up-to-date on the affairs of the gods. he knows about camp, he knows there are about a dozen or so there, and he knows who the counselors are — knew who hajime was as soon as he began teaching at he and shuuichi's last school, and who nagito was/had his number from a chat he and hajime had very early on into his tenure as their history teacher.

wow okay. THAT got long (as always) but as always i luv answering them!! so thank you <3

[spongebobafettywap]

Oh man there's a lot more panels/pages which make no sense the more you look at them believe me. Like the one where they show Azazel taking over if Kurt doesn't exist to stop him and all of Destiny and Mystique's plan

Firstly, the bamfs are there... Azazel only has them once he gets to Hell.... He only gets to Hell when Kurt dies and goes to Heaven... Kurt can only die and go to Heaven if he existed in the first place. Also Azazel goes for the Bamfs AFTER Kurt defeated him a first time. So like that's a big plothole

Secondly, yo how tall is Azazel did he get a growth spurt or something cuz he looks taller than Apocalypse even when he's sitting down

Thirdly, in the pile of bodies you see infront of Azazel's throne, there's Storm, Magneto, Jean Grey and the Avengers but also... Doctor Doom. I've said enou- No actually there's more. There's maybe real Angels in the background and the description says "Irene had beheld the obnoxious old fiend bestriding the cosmos" which makes things even funnier because Azazel is now stronger than literal beings made by God and whatever cosmic entities exist in the far beyond... But still gets defeated by someone who now "just looks like him" and doesn't even know MAGIC

"Unless a child was born that he would assume was his own [...] Unless his preoccupation with his heirs would allow for the boy to sabotage his big stupid ambitions -- not once but many times." = (This is why the editors on the wiki pages are going crazy) There's a lot of things wrong about this part, mainly that Azazel can't just assume.

The only people he is able to mind-control have been shown to be related to him, his very children, which is how he got Nightcrawler to his island in the first place. No one else. Really the second you say Kurt isn't related to him you unwillingly lead to the logical assumption that Azazel has mind control powers that work on anyone... Which is false. Next Azazel's Heaven take-over could only happen because Nightcrawler was his anchor there. Nightcrawler was his anchor there because they're blood related. If Azazel has been assuming Kurt was his kid when he wasn't, does that mean Azazel has had the ability to yeet himself to Heaven and never knew (is his jojo stand the actual stairway to heaven or something) ? Does that mean anyone can seal Azazel on Earth even when they're not blood related ? Because that's what Kurt had to do and it was his most selfless sacrifice. Are you saying he didn't need to sacrifice his Afterlife this whole time and anyone else could have just done it because being biologically related to the guy wasn't both his strength and weakness ?

There was really two ways to stop Azazel when he was still going around and having kids (even tho he was stuck in a loop of doing it until he got exactly what he wanted, that being Kurt): Kill all of his kids/stop him from having them or just kill/stop Nightcrawler from existing (cuz he really needed someone related to him with his exact abilities).

There was even one way for things to have never gotten as far as they did and it was literally stopping Margali Szardos from getting into contact with Azazel and getting him to Earth in the first place because Azazel was in his dimension for thousands and thousands of years without once managing to get out until then

... Coincidentally Destiny talked to Margali at some point. (+ 1 plothole)

The writer only refers to Azazel as a monster/fiend (which he is morally) but he pretty much means it as like the magical kind... When Azazel is a mutant and has been on Krakoa for three whole years with other mutants now. He even went through the gates that only let mutants pass. He didn't even cause trouble on the island during that time. Mystique knows he's on the island, Destiny surely knows he's on the island. So why did they let him there if he's not one of them and "Irene had seen that he'd become the worst of [the vaudeville monsters]" ? It's counterproductive don't you think ?

Lastly, I really like how Mystique is saying all of this when she managed to hire Azazel to work for her the last time they met. And he did everything she told him no problem back then too. The contrast is so jarring like the only way to stop this massive warlord and universe conquerer guy is to either have him "think he's a dad" so he plays favourites or give him an actual job

(Another thing I can't unsee because of many friends but Azazel is dressed like mad max fury road character or like he's part of the beast pirates from one piece)

I love the way you wrote this anon. Don't you know Azazel is apparently this all powerful giant being but also is able to be thwarted by his son who is just a weaker version of himself? Oh wait scratch that its only his son by a smaller percentage but still the point stands Azazel is the most powerful mutant except for when he isn't when the story calls for it. Technically all beings are made by God but I get what you mean, he's apparently able to defeat immortal beings created by God like its nothing. I honestly don't understand this writer, its not like he seems to think things through in terms of biology or story but then i guess I don't really understand the majority of X-men fans because they seem to think this is peak story telling even though now the narrative is far more confused and they've upgraded Azazel powerwise and had to ignore recent stories involving him.