#he’s my 5th favourite character. i get him

[jounosparticles]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RANPO <3 i love you

[nothing-feels-party]

Hey it’s PETAH! Why is he in the poolrooms? Uhhhhhhhhhhh… I don’t know.

Peter’s first modification was just the wings, back then they actually worked. Unfortunately his fourth mutation or the nails turned his means of flight into a means of crucifixion. He can no longer balance himself, and neither his wings nor arms can move.

Needless to say Peter didn’t take this well.

It is likely that another mutation, even a small one, would sever his wings and limbs as debilitating mutations tend to be overrided. However he is unwilling to risk this and has been much more careful about avoiding Jaclao since this mutation.

Peter is also 100% sure that Jack is his brother and that has been the one thing keeping him going, knowing he has to protect his brother and sister. So he’s not gonna take the whole “Jack is actually a brainwashed Jaclao piloting a corpse” news well both because of his intense hatred of the creatures and the loss of his brother.

[rayroseu]

5th Anniversary Diasomnia Crumbs!

OKAYY FIRST OFF THE GROOVY 😭😭✨💖💞💖💞 CROWLEY AT THE CENTER YAAAAASSS!!!! YANA TOBOSO IS VERY YASASHI NO DE FOR DRAWING HIM AS THE FOCAL POINT WUAIDYOAHKH���️🗣️🗣️☝🏻☝🏻✨💖💞💝🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Also WITH THE RAMSHACKLE GHOSTS... I was prepared that they might not be included in this groovy but they're here!! 😭💝✨ They're here and happy with all the faculty members!! I'm!!! I LOVE THIS ARTSTYLY BECAUSE IT MAKES EVERYONE LOOKS SO SOFT,,, Goodbye,,, Yuu found family group picture finally happened,,, I can die in peace 😭😭🙏🏻🙏🏻💖💝💞💝💖

ALSO Vargas trying to strike his best pose that highlights his flexed muscles brilliantly DESPITE being at the corner of the group pic is everything, PEAK CHARACTER COMPOSITION, he looks so content that hes not even aware that Trein is just so done at him, he barely even smiled lol 🤣

Faculty teachers are so silly this is everything I've ever wanted 😭💝💖💖💝💖💝

I'd like to remind that in 4th Anniversary, the feast happened as per Crowley's curtesy 🥺 The fact that the catering of the party is focused on meat and Grim is waving a barbecue is a nod to that 😭🙏🏻✨

Also love how Crowleywas in charge of the 4th Anniversary because the 4th year is the last year you'll get while studying in NRC!! So it feels like he's sending us off to an unknown realm or whatever because we're out of candidates to guess who'll be the groovy for 5th Anniversary XD (plspslpslsmeleanoranddawnandbaulcmoncomnonnnkahs)

Not these bunch having a group pic again halfkwhdkhsj Their poses are so in character XD Of course Vil is still flawless even at the back and Malleus has the most normal pose because he's not accustomed to cameras 🥺✨✨

Hopefully I'm wrong, but I really do hope they do an animated pv for 4th Anniversary as well and not just a call back video for the released cards... 😭😭

EYESHADOW FLAWLESS EYELINER ON FLEEK LIP GLOSS STUNNING THAT CLASSIC SMIRK WITH FURROWED EYEBROWS THAT LOOKS LESS LIKE A SMILE AKDHKSHD He is perfection He does no wrong 😭😭💖💝💖

OKAYY NGLL i missed seeing new art of Malleus... I'm so glad he's back 😭😭 and beautiful than ever 😭🙏🏻🙏🏻

I love how they drew his lips here!! ✨✨💞💞

I'm so excited for this to be translated actually 😭😭🙏🏻✨✨ I love more silly stuff from TWST lol

Laughing at this cover though,,, NOT EVERYONE BEING GIVEN TUNA CANS FROM GRIM,,, OMG

Are we finally having the tuna can lore and why its Grim's favourite food this year?? OMGONGDKS😭😭

theyve been highlighting that nowadays... I feel like tuna cans will never be the same once Book7 or 8 even leaks something about Grim 😭😭

Babes wake up, new diasomnia family photo just dropped ‼️‼️😭😭😭💚💚💚

Lilia is so adorable kahdkhwd Not him holding a can upside down 😭🙏🏻💞💞💞 never stop being silly old man,,, 🥺🥺 💖💖

His :3 is my everything,,, 💞💞🙏🏻🙏🏻💝💝✨✨✨

[britishsquidward]

if it’s no trouble can we get some more college chip?

Admittedly I got a little confused because "more" implied the one I already draw, the teen version, because in which case ABSOLUTELY you can! He's very fun to draw and he's my 5th favourite SpongeBob character, so no trouble at all! And a bonus Spot here for you, too :)

If you DID mean the ACTUAL college version of him, though, just shoot me another ask and I'll get that done for you, no problem!

[seventeenlovesthree]

Koushirou Izumi's clothing style - a meta analysis

When it comes to Digimon and fashion, you can tell that certain characters have - mostly consistent - preferences. Most obviously, every character has colours they are usually (but not exclusively) wearing, certain motives and symbols keep returning... And for some characters, their choice of clothes is - more or less - arc-defining.

While looking for references for some art pieces on Pinterest, I stumbled over one of my favourite Digimon Adventure 02 concept artworks:

We never see Taichi, Sora and Yamato wear their Summer uniform in the series and Koushirou literally only wears it in one episode - but looking at the ensemble here, there was something that caught my eye specifically. And this observation took me down a little rabbit hole in terms of what exactly Koushirou's style is, how it changes through the series - and what it may mean for his character as a whole in my humble opinion.

It simply felt like the perfect opportunity to post all these ideas as a contribution to @izumikoushiroweek 2024 and the prompt "Dressing Koushirou".

Adventure (+ Our War Game), age 10-11:

Analyzing Adventure won't take too long, because we don't have a lot of variety at this point - however, it still gives us the baseline for what we will have to expect for the entirety of the series.

Koushirou wears very "boyish" clothes that can be, more or less, considered to be common for a "computer nerd" in the 90s and early 2000s; wide, if not oversized button-down shirt (big emphasis here!), t-shirt, wide shorts, (colourful) sneakers. It's all "comfort over function" at this point, because, as pointed out, he seems to prefer wide clothes. While his signature (crest) colour is purple, his favourite colour appears to be orange, and there are usually lots of earth/nature tones too.

Honorable mention goes to his trademark Japanese school boy undercut hair with a middle parting, barely able to tame the spikyness.

So let's see what elements he will keep and what will change:

02 (+ Diablomon Strikes Back), age 13-14:

As mentioned, the concept art above was what inspired me to make this post in the first place - because I couldn't help but notice his pants there. If you compare the way he wears the Summer school uniform to the way Taichi and Yamato wear it, three things come to mind:

The older boys wear the shirt very casually, whereas Koushirou has tugged it in - which is definitely a change to how loosely he wore his button-downs before.

Taichi and Yamato also don't wear ties in comparison to Koushirou. So far so good, these are the most obvious aspects...

And then there are the pants - which are particularly less "form fitting" than it is the case for Taichi and Yamato. Considering how he used to wear wide shorts in Adventure before, one may think that this is related to "comfort over form" again, but it collides a little with how "correctly" he wears the rest of the uniform. So my assumption here is: In one of the dramas he mentions "one of the female 5th graders in computer club who is taller than me" and we can definitely assume that he was referring to Miyako there. He says that he is "working very hard" to catch up... Which leads me to believe that he wears wide pants in anticipation of getting a growth spurt. Which is not only practical in general - but would also spare him/his mom the stress of constantly buying new uniforms.

In sum, we learned that he is the only male character in the entire season who wears his uniform correctly - with the spunky shoes being the only glimpse of "individualism" there. This is an interesting contrast - and will actually turn out to be quite a pattern for him: When it comes to important duties and business, he will make sure to wear his clothes appropriately and neatly (which, at this point, is important if you consider him taking so much responsibility for the 02 kids as their team mom dad). Outside of that, we still see the habit of wearing more comfortable clothes:

Koushirou definitely likes to wear layers (similarly to but not in the same way as Taichi btw), the good old button-downs or hoodies over shirts in particular, it's all very cozy and simple - and while he hasn't completely abandoned his associated colour orange, he seems to have adopted a second favourite colour to his wardrobe as an addition to the earth tones: Green. We later learn that his mother used to buy the clothes for him, so based on her excited expression in the first shot, watching him put on his green school uniform blazer for the first time, they may have realized how well the colour complements his red hair. The wide shorts and pants are also still there and he also seems to prefer basic long-sleeves (and stripes) at this point (which may or may not have been inspired by his own Digimon partner's colour schemes, very sneaky).

Last but not least we have the hairstyle - he's been growing out the undercut to even everything out and starts the season off with a VERY short cut and a side-parting. Very neat and, at first glance, very easy to tame, since the spikes are a lot shorter at this point. The side parting did not last for long though, so the middle-parting returns through the course of the season and he also grows it out a little.

Overall, the dichotomy of "business serious-casual" and "comfy-cozy" is already coming through, but we haven't come to the heavy lifting yet:

Tri (+ the Stageplay), age 16:

As I have briefly pointed out in the intro, for some characters, fashion is an arc-defining factor. For teenage!Koushirou, his interest in fashion is basically a B- or C-plot that - in my opinion - could have been handled in better ways, but I will get to that.

First of all, let's start with the "easy stuff": Hair and uniforms.

His way of wearing his uniform hasn't changed much from 02; he is still wearing blazer, shirt and tie "correctly" - but his pants are not as wide as they used to anymore, as can be seen on the promo art I have used above. (Since he has surpassed Mimi in height and is basically as tall as Sora, he may not expect to grow much further, so he probably chose more fitted pants at this point.)

The hair, especially the spikes and middle parting, are still pretty much the same and thus - probably - still very difficult to tame. It's notable that he has grown it out more in comparison to 02 though.

Now onto his private wardrobe: We see him confiding in Takeru, telling him that now that he goes to high school, he intends to pick clothes for himself, but... Shopping has proven to be quite difficult for... Various reasons. So instead, he created a software to generate outfits for him, with... Varying degrees of success. So through the course of the first few movies, it's heavily implied that he's making use of that software and also Takeru's advice - who appears to be a little bit of a mix between a "k-pop-fanboy / hobby-novelist with a Starbucks order in hand" and "an absolute fashion disaster" himself, but he seems to enjoy being Koushirou's wingman and assumes that his sudden interest in fashion stems from him wanting to impress Mimi.

And this is where things get a little more complicated. I will not go into too much detail about why I think that this was the wrong approach for his arc, because I have already talked about it in full length here. To summarize it very shortly: Koushirou's arc had ALWAYS been about him learning to be himself. That him being the way he is is perfectly fine and that he doesn't have to hide his true self - being adopted, smart, into computers, with all his flaws and quirks, whatever it may be. Him trying to bend over backwards to impress somebody else contradicts his arc and the only reason to include it at this point is for him to come to the same conclusion again. Of course there are underlying insecurities all over the place - especially since he actively seeks Mimi's approval. The school festival should have culminated in a scene in which he and Mimi - dressed up in a costume that was heavily criticized before, thus criticizing Mimi's way of being as well - should have had a talk that went along the lines of: "You know what? It doesn't matter what you wear, as long as you are comfortable." (Which... In itself leaves room for a lot of subtext as well, but I will get to that by the end of the post.)

So long story short, what we see through the course of the first three movies is him being quite experimental: Overalls, wild patterns like koi karps, lots of layers and a peculiar interest in bowties... He also adds several new colours to his arsenal, reds, blues, even his signature colour purple makes a prominent appearance. All for the sake of appearing "less plain", and to have more variation in his style.

While he has abandoned shorts from his wardrobe at this point, he - just like Taichi - likes to wear 3/4 length pants. One style of clothing he hasn't abandoned is his button-down shirts and (open) collared shirts in general. This has been a constant so far and I doubt that we will ever see it change, since they basically feel like "comfort clothes" for him. The interesting part here is, like we discovered before, the consistent contrast between "private" and "important occasions/business settings":

Once he's out with his parents for their anniversary, once he shows up at the school festival in a whole suit, once he wears his school uniform: He WILL wear the (bow-)tie correctly, the collar will be tight, the shirt will be tugged in, no funky shoes either.

Once he's in a private, less "official" setting, the collar will be more loose (!), the shirt will (most likely) be pulled out of his pants, the style will be more comfy, the shoes will be more "funky."

We've seen that since 02 already and it's nicely represented in Tri as well - the stageplay even dared to merge two of his outfits from the first Tri movie, a casual and a serious one, to create the perfectly "nerdy" mix for him: (Shortened) Shirt and vest from the anniversary (with an open collar and without the bowtie), 3/4 pants and yellow sneakers from the "let's look for distortions" scene. So we can tell - he DOES have preferences and may not even need a software to tell him what he naturally gravitates towards!

So let's fast forward a few years to see how it'll all develop...

Kizuna (+ The Beginning), age 21-23:

Unfortunately, we don't really get a glimpse of his private wardrobe as a young adult - but we can still be pretty sure that the patterns we spotted before are still going strong:

First of all, it can be assumed that he stopped experimenting for the most part: The hairstyle went back to the roots, for whatever reason he returned to his elementary school undercut, the middle parting and spikes are still there, but less wild. The associated colour orange also returns - and even makes its way into his business wardrobe, as he is back to wearing neckties instead of bowties.

That aside, we mainly see him in his work attire as the boss of his own tech company: White shirt with the orange tie and a closed collar (short-sleeved in Summer, long-sleeved in Autumn), black pants + brown belt, black business shoes.

And once again: Depending on his surroundings, the difference in how he presents himself is still intact to some degree: The outfit is still the same, but once he's just with his friends, shirt and pants appear to be wider again, whereas they seem to be more tailored once he is in "business mode" - this can be seen in particular in The Beginning, where he function as PR Digimon expert and gives interviews to the media.

Long story short: He kept his dichotomy alive for the majority of the series.

The epilogue, age 38:

Even the epilogue shows us that he could never give up the wide, collared shirts (wide collar, no tie, pulled out of the pants!) in nature tones after all. The most notable part here is probably the hair - not only did he grow it out to the point that the spikes vanished almost completely (aside from the long, pointy bangs), but he apparently managed to FINALLY get the side-parting going after all.

Final thoughts (and a few headcanons):

I've once conducted a whole post on how I felt like Koushirou broke a few gender stereotypes in interesting ways for a series that was created in the 1990s and early 2000s (and not only because he was the only male character who basically never had a male voice actor or because 02 basically turned him into "the mom" of the group). I feel like it's no coincidence that his arc and the way it is portrayed actually speaks to a lot of people who consider themselves as neurodivergent, non-binary or trans. It's a story of self-acceptance, about someone who used to question his whereabouts, who didn't know where he came from, who he was. He didn't consider himself to have much "worth" aside from being a human extension of his laptop and also tended to mask his insecurities (at least in front of his parents) with a polite and very correct demeanour.

The way fashion is interwoven into it all may not have been conducted perfectly, but the fact that it is tied to self-discovery still leaves room for interpretations and headcanons. While his personal clothing style has always been rather "boyish" (and not feminine in the slightest), him gravitating towards oversized clothing in private settings while conforming (!) to a very correct and neat dressing style for important occasions still is a curious contrast in this regard. Hiding behind his computer, hiding behind a software to tell him how to dress (and being uncomfortable going shopping physically), hiding his generally slender body behind (mostly) wide clothing because he may - or may not - experience something along the lines of gender-dysphoria is a headcanon that a lot of people can relate to. Especially if you take Tri overall as a metaphor for him figuring out "his preferences" (in both sexuality and gender and thus the scene in which he looks at a kimono - presumably made by Sora - will forever live rent-free in my head, especially because it is a more feminine piece this time).

In the end, it can all be just a matter of perspective - the most likely explanation is that he simply prefers comfort in private settings, but can easily adjust towards a "serious business mode" whenever the situation requires it. Through the course of the series, you may argue that the characters that had the most influence on his casual style were Taichi (layers), Mimi and Takeru (being a little more experimental). On the other hand, you may also take Tri as your average "the nerd cannot talk to women and doesn't know how to dress, so he makes disastrous choices" trope and call it a day. But personally, I feel like, since Koushirou does have obvious preferences that are mostly consistent, it really is more a period of self-exploration. And like I said before: I wish the outspoken conclusion for him had been: "As long as you feel comfortable, you can wear whatever you want."

[nuperflore]

🪷 — Prologue

Masterlist here.

"Another one, Akira?"

[M.name]'s voice rang out making Akira turn his body towards where the voice came from. His thoughts came to a halt and instead yelled out in surprise, "[M.name]! You scared me."

The said boy simply chuckled and Akira took his sweet time enjoying the presence of the slightly taller male before him. Ever since he got his past life memories back, he couldn't help himself in indulging himself in the presence of [m.name].

[M.name] [L.name], member of the light music club and the 5th love interest for his brother, Makoto. However that might not happened anymore for as his brother is already taken by the fan favourite, Haruki.

Akira internally saddened because in his past life, [m.name] was a forgotten love interest that few people are actually interested in. He won't lie, he's one of the majority of people that forgot about him.

"He's so mysterious that I don't feel connected to him at all.."

"He's not charming at all.. so boring instead..."

"His dialogue has no meaning! His route is also difficult to get.."

Those are just few of the bad reviews that the poor character suffered. It seems that the developers even forgot his existence but want to include him for plot wise.

To summarise it all, the way to his route is by entering the music club, difficult because you have to pick very specific choices to even start entering the room, which Makoto has done but by the looks of everything, him and Makoto are on friendly terms. Suspicious to Akira because isn't he supposed to be hung up on Makoto? But he guessed that it's just another air of mystery around [m.name] that he now admires.

"Anyways, is that another love letter? Got lucky this time?" [M.name] grins cheekily him. "I wish! But no it's another one for my brother.." Akira's sigh dejectedly and put the love letter in his bag, "Ahhh i really wish a cute girl would give me one for me!"

"Maybe instead of moping around for a girl to come by, go get yourself one!" [M.name] nudged Akira playfully. "Like her~" [m.name] points to the two girls greeting from behind them. To which Akira got startled and wave back then simply smacked [m.name]'s shoulders lightly but they both just laugh together like best friends.

The two walked out of the school together before [m.name] spoke up, "Wanna go to the store and get some snacks? I'm thinking... Yakisoba bread!"

"Again? You're reeeally obsessed with that huh?" Akira teased.

[M.name] whined out, "Can't help it if it's good!" Then laugh to himself on how ridiculous he makes himself sounds.

Akira chuckled as well before remembering that Haruki was in their home today and he cannot miss them! "Sorry [m.name]! But I gotta head home soon, problems y'know ehe.." [M.name] blinks registering him before his regular smile appeared making Akira internally passed away thinking, 'I CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF THAT SMILE.'

"That's alright, I get it. Maybe next time?" He offers. Akira agreed before jogging away and waving goodbye to the responding male.

Once Akira went out of his sight, [m.name] slowly brings his hand down as if they went limp. His smile turned to a slight frown and the light in his eyes dimmed as though they had been washed away. Leaving one more look at the direction Akira went before turning to his route home.

Back to his mess but heavenly of a room.

[raayllum]

You didn't think I forgot about my 5th favourite character cube, did you?

So the Key of Aaravos is a key of some kind to a special magical tome Aaravos has, presumably you put it in facing the arcanum you want and the book offers you knowledge. Why Aaravos would have this book (did he have to learn other magics manually, rather than just have automatic access as a First elf?) or why design it this way is unclear. Perhaps it ties back to the Cosmic Order and the way they seemingly safeguarded who did or does not get primal magic accordingly, and Aaravos' dark magic was a complete disruption.

Either way I'm deeply intrigued to see how and why it came along to Earth, whether we'll see the book again or something like it in s6, and how the Key relates to Aaravos' plan for Book 7: Dark. Callum being anchored to primal magic as much as he is will likely lead to its own kind of chaos, never mind with the dark magic corruption looming over him, either.

[generic-enthusiast]

prompt request: cherry and bob on their first date WALK WITH ME ON THIS ONE

okay okay so I will definitely be writing this in the near future but for now here's the skeleton of my idea because I'm impatient ok (i've never written either of these characters so bear with me):

we open with a Marcia and Cherry scene

Cherry's getting ready to go on her date with Bob and she's kinda not all that excited because she's gone out with guys before and she always thought they were sweet and smart and nice and whatever but they turned out to just be assholes who were into her because she was pretty and popular

so even though she likes Bob, she can't convince herself that he's different from everyone else

I have developed a whole strategy for how she'll pick out her clothes

I love Marcia so even though she isn't in these bullet points you better believe she's gonna be in the fic

Then Bob appears

Cherry describes like an archetype of what first dates are usually like and Bob will subvert. every. single. point.

like 1st one is the guy always shows up with flowers that are always a pain because they die quickly and Cherry doesn't even like flowers all that much but lo and behold Bob shows up with a chocolate chip cookie from her favourite place

when she asks he says she mentioned once that she doesn't like flowers and finds them depressing and that they ran into each other in the bakery a couple months ago and she said it was her favourite place

Bob is down bad okay

1.5th point because I'm adding this later and don't feel like editing everything: the guy will always say "you look pretty" the moment they see her and Cherry doesn't like it because it feel artificial, like it's just their obligation to say it

Bob trained with Bev (idk if you've seen/heard of the musical but she's a Soc girl they made up to be friends with Cherry and Marcia) about what to say to a girl and compliments her earrings in particular and the colour combination

then the 2nd point is that they always bring her to a way too fancy restaurant that neither of them really like

They go out for a picnic and it's actually a really pretty setting and Bob is a terrible cook so he brought like sandwiches or something that his mom had to help him make

also 3rd point. guaranteed awkward silence when they have nothing to talk about, followed by the guy rambling about himself.

First question Bob asks: what do you wanna work as

and they talk about how Cherry wants to be a kindergarten teacher

then she asks the same question back and he says he wants to be a lawyer

when she asks why he just says his dad's a lawyer

maybe a cute moment where she says he’s his own person? idk

4th point: at some point the guy puts his hand on her thigh or something and she tries to wriggle out as subtly as possible

subverted, as usual

I'm sorry but Bob absolutely will earn the "stood out from the crowd" and "he was sweet" title, okay? In Ponyboy’s words: Cherry's smart. She wouldn't like him just 'cause he's good-looking

5th point: they're ridiculously smooth and are still flirting with her on the date, and it feels like they're trying to conquer her or something and it's incredibly uncomfortable

Bob stutters a bit and messes up and goes back on his words and will accidentally make like fifteen innuendos and apologise each time but Cherry likes it because it makes her feel like he actually likes her and is nervous (that's because it's true mijita)

finally, 6th point: they always try to kiss her goodnight even when she makes it abundantly clear they won't be seeing each other again

Bob actually fucking shakes her hand and goes to head back to his car

They end up hugging goodbye and make sure to coordinate a second date

the end

they're very cute and I love them. I hadn't ever thought about them really so thank you for the ask <3333

[cherlockgomes]

Uncle Rick: Beloved Children's Author Turned Capitalist Sellout

TW: Controversial opinion.

Discussing the show and the new Percy Jackson novel.

Welcome to my rant about the way the PJO universe is going. First of all- the show. Yes, a lot of people (not excluding me) were upset about the casting. I loved the picture I had in my head of Annabeth and Percy, Luke and Grover, etc. However, the arguments made on behalf of the casting- how they look isn't crucial to their story like how Hazel's might be, and how Rick Riordan assured us they were perfect for their roles because they fully embody them, made sense. I realized I was still wrapped up in the 5th-grade mindset that was clinging to the concept of a character that had nothing to do with their essence. Thus, I was convinced to approach the show with an open mind.

After watching all the interviews leading up to the show, I was convinced. These three fully embodied their characters. I could see Percy in Walker's sarcastic wit, Annabeth in Leah's demeanour, and Grover in Aryan's chemistry. My inner child was excited for a book to screen redemption of one of my favourite series.

It had the premise for a great show—a good cast, the author working closely, and what seemed to be a good set design. How miserably it failed. It was so...soulless. There's no other way to put it. It lacked depth and the magic that made the books so special. They rushed through the scenes, not giving the actors enough time to shine. I'd describe it as spreading their light too thin, making everything flat and one-dimensional.

Take the scene where Percy gets claimed, for example. In the books, it was this paramount moment where the entire camp, including people like Clarrise, were forced to bow down to him- showcasing how powerful he was. Even a person like Annabeth, who was supposed to hate any of Poseidon's descendants because of their parental fued had to bow, showing how the Olympian hierarchy forced you to show your respect. It was the moment Luke saw Percy's potential.

Now, in the show, this moment seemed to be brushed past. Yes, it was there, but as I mentioned, it lacked depth. Walker looked tiny when he was meant to tower over them.

This brings me to my other point. Recently, Riordan released a book called Percy Jackson and The Chalice of Gods. It was meant to show Percy, Annabeth and Grover as college students and their lives after the battle. But, like the show, it lacked that magic. Moreover, it felt like the characters were merely half-baked. Yes, their original characteristics were there, but it felt like they hadn't grown. They were meant to be in college, but it felt like they were just entering high school. Certain places felt redundant and average.

I couldn't help but feel disappointed by the show. What was meant to be a redemption felt like a broken promise. Conversely, the book felt like a cash grab playing on our nostalgia, disguised by a fun quest with the original three. It's only a step up from what Disney accomplishes with their live-action remakes. Not to mention, it feels very JK Rowling-coded.

Not cool.

[laniemae]

Chances Ojima dies this chapter? /Genuine

Hate to admit it but the chances of Ojima dying this chapter are incredibly likely, I’d say around 80%.

I know I’m usually the one to scream about how Ojima is “certainly gonna die” like every chapter but this feels different as usually it starts off with me feeling safe about him and close to the bda he shows up a bit more and suddenly I freak out about death flags. But the motive hasn’t even dropped yet and he’s already got a ton of screen time, big scenes and info about his character. With the bleeding plot coming into play, his relationship with monomoko and being her favourite student, painting the balcony shutter, and us learning more about his trauma. Like legitimately we’ve gotten so much content of him so early on in the chapter I cannot believe how he won’t die this chapter because he’s been so important. I don’t think a tetro character has raised this many death flags up until now and I’m usually the type to say that we shouldn’t scream death flags at every scene, or we should wait until the motive, but like this is just so much Ojima content. Like I should be happy getting a lot more screen time with my favourite boy but I’m just in complete anxiety knowing that this most likely is his last development before he dies.

Like and even going to story themes, we’ve been getting a ton of development with monomoko and her empathising with the students and questioning the killing game. And since Ojima is her favourite student it makes so much sense for him to die this chapter which could lead monomoko into even more of a spiral as she values his life which could lead to her potentially standing up in the finale of chapter 5. And I could especially see this being the case if Ojima is a killer where she has to send him off to be executed himself, and with how much Ojima is saying how he believes he’s gonna die in the school but also saying that he knows he won’t kill anyone would be ironic.

Also with the mural he’s painting on the balcony, I can’t stop thinking of how perfectly devastating for him to die there would be if he’s a victim. Being killed in front of the painting of the outside world you’ve been yearning for, having your last chance of freedom stripped away like that. Just imagine the unique 5th bda with Ojima’s blacked out sprite in front of the colourful mural unique to that one location. It’s such a perfect setup for him to die there that I can’t possibly imagine that it could go any other way. I heard someone say that if this is the case the student reconvening at the body would be called [Sunset] and just ouch…

God just writing this is making me tear up. Even hearing any discussion or even mention of the likelyhood of Ojima dying this chapter just makes me feel sick despite how much I also say it myself. It just feels different this time as the signs are here right from the beginning of the chapter that I am so so confident he’s gonna die and can’t let myself rest as every day feels like I’m getting closer to my comfort character dying and never being able to see him in an episode again. Like I wanna give my reasons for maybe how he could not die this chapter but at this point it’s so certain I don’t wanna get my hopes up at all so I’m just gonna be sitting here until he dies this chapter and I’ll have to deal with the fallout. If anything I hope an Ojima interview is our one way of giving him some extra screen time before he’s gone forever.

[thereadingchallengechallenge]

Review: All Shall Mourn by Ellie Marney Rating: 4/5

Simon Gutmunsson is on the run and he's taken his sister with him. To lure him back to the US, the FBI need Emma Lewis, the only other person Simon seems to care about, and her partner, Travis Bell. Lewis and Bell said they were done with the FBI. But Simon Gutmunsson cannot be the one that got away... It's been a long time since I followed a series as it was released. I've become the kind of person who buys the books as they come out and then reads them when they're all done. But None Shall Sleep was the bright spot in a very long COVID lockdown and as soon as I finished it I knew I wanted more.

Emma Lewis remains one of my favourite female characters of all time. She's tenacious and caring and self-sufficient and it's been an absolute pleasure to get to know her during this series. But I feel like this book was more about Travis, whom I also love, but am slightly less invested in. I just struggled to connect with his personal journey.

I also really struggled with how much travel there was in the story. So much time was spent hopping from one place to the other, always with new background characters to introduce, and I feel that really took away from the pace and the opportunity to dig deeper into the characters' emotional states. I also would've really loved to keep seeing Simon and Kristin's point of view like we had in the first few chapters.

Because Simon and Kristin. Oh, my dears. You clever, horrible creatures, you. I always had certain inklings about these two, especially Kristin, and it was thrilling to have some of those inklings finally confirmed. But again, the repercussions of those confirmations were never quite dug into enough for my taste.

But as series finales go, All Shall Mourn was just the ticket. It's a fast-paced cat-and-mouse thriller that shows the characters, both good and evil, at their very best and brings the story to a satisfying conclusion.

If you want a YA mystery series that will drop your jaw and turn your stomach, All Shall Mourn releases in paperback February 5th 2025 and is available for ebook preorder now.

I received an ARC of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review.

[thecomfywriter]

sike yall i'm back.

did i ever post this? if not, merry christmas ig idk

tov lore facts

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there's a deleted scene of her and cara giving each other massages during a spa day. as a result, when she went to train fire magic with alan later on and she set herself on fire, she started to sizzle, causing alan to panic and push her into a fountain. she was not pleased.

cara is a better swimmer than morreial because she spent most of her childhood underwater and, as a result, can fill her lungs with water and stop breathing to switch into her amphibian mode

there's a deleted scene of alan that was too dark to share because it was one of the more cruel things he did to his friends, something he doesn't really do otherwise. he induced a panic attack in morreial by triggering his ptsd in order to get him to reveal some damning information about himself whil he (alan) eavesdropped on his argument (morreial) with his parent's (the jervees). at the end of it, he ends up trying to blame the alter ego when the guilt kicks in, only for the other voice to respond with, "what are you talking about? i told you to leave ten minutes ago.”

he learns to swim from morreial and trusts him like a brother

morreial was my token traumatized character before younger me realized that it is NOT okay to have a token traumatized character. as a result, morreial's trauma responses are more typical of a clinical ptsd diagnosis. interestingly enough, he is the only oc in tov to cope with his trauma in a healthy and productive way, as he canonically goes to therapy

the reasons behind morreial’s infantile memory retention (he remembers being a baby vividly) is explicitly explored and explained in draft 3. every draft afterwards removes the explanation, so you never get the confirmed revelation of how he remembers everything (the basis of his trauma tbh)

i changed morreial’s name six times and at a certain point, at 7am before getting ready for school in the winter, i got frustrated and hyphenated all the names i could remember. hence morreial. just smooshed them all together

morreial was the antagonist of draft 2

there is CANONICALLY a rumour that evan is actually morreial's illegitimate child because of how SIMILAR they are

evan’s love language is making people necklaces and jewellery with the stones he mines

my fav evan arcs ranked:

evan in the rings (eoj)

tc arc (cos)

evan in the north (gotn)

evan, slayer of ividor (soc)

evan of the hollow (lotf)

the timelines and eras of soilaila are as follows:

the zaverenian era

the dragon era

the nainorean era

the cairoyas era

the limious era (aka the era of limiouses)

the transitional era (aka the post-incident period)

the singer era

the word ‘el in galka means “of”. due to the morphological changes to the cairoyas tongue and vocal chords in the beginning of the cairoyas era, the pronounciation of soilaila was originally “soi’el aila,” which means “land of the elemental deities”

there are motifs with the numbers 5 and 7 due to both of those numbers being my favourites (7 more than 5); 5 families of the zaverena, the arcane family being the 5th; the five members of the ____ family; the 5 elemental deities; the 5 heavenly deities; the 12 chapters of the arcanic scriptures (7+5); the 7 eras; the 5 nobility statuses; the 5 branches of hellash; the 5 sins; the 5 stages; the 5 breeds, etc…

people in soilaila are called “cairoyas”, which is a supernatural species capable of magic from the families of soilaila

most people have a specialty magic, but never discover it

the average age to discover one’s specialty magic is 12 years old

the year of nain is a milestone age in cairoyas culture, symbolizing the transition into adulthood and magical maturity (since that is the age in which a person niches into a specific magical family)

a child from parents of 2 different families will only inherit the magic of one, but will be capable of both until their year of nain; after their year of nain, whichever family their specialty magic hails from is their innate dominant family

the original year of nain was 14 years old before i aged it up to 18

the cairoyas do not have last names due to the century naming rule

the century naming rule is the law that states no two people can share the same name in soilaila; everyone must have a unique name and cannot reuse a name until the turn of a new century (i.e. there are no other alan’s that have been born within the last century because the name had to have been reserved only for him during his mother’s pregnancy)

the expecting mark is a temporary runic tattoo expecting mothers / pregnant women receive that support prenatal health of the mother and the child, as well as marks the mother’s eligibility to prenatal services (free healthcare, prenatal nutrition, magical enhancements and support, on-call doctors+midwives, and a reservation of two names per biological genders for the century naming rule)

it is against the law for a pregnant woman to not receive an expecting mark if she chooses to keep the child, as it is considered a form of child endangerment

the end of the limious era was marked by hilbert’s betrayal, as he became the first and only limious to ever lose his title

limiouses get a decade life extension for every year of service

hilbert had been a limious for 60 years before he lost his title, earning him 600 years of extra lifespan

the man to train hilbert into a limious was a man by the name of coze limious

when a person becomes branded as a morregal, their blood turns black, they begin internally bleeding and sometimes even vomit their original blood until it is entirely replaced with morregal blood, and they get an M engraved into their forehead through black magic. the entire process is torturously painful and results in the loss of all cairoyas rights and identity. including one’s name. the original name is conjoined with the brand “gal” (i.e. if a man named sebastian ended up being a gal, they would call him sebagal after his branding)

gal is considered a slur in soilaila, while the full word morregal is criminalized to use unless you are von doro or jer’vazir

minor titles of nobility are often destined through suffixes (i.e. ra, ja) whereas larger titles have their own prefixes or statuses (JQ, JE, J, JV, etc.)

in order to join the military ranks, you must abandon all other titles you possess (i.e. a ja that becomes a member of the military would lose their ja status); this is how raheer ends up losing his ja status and why evan is prohibited from enlisting

in lotf, the soilailan militia operates discreetly under jervee amara’s supervision

the el- prefix is used for nobles who married into their titles rather than earning them; for example, if jervee revenold was not a jervee on his own, but married riyzela and became a jervee through matrimony, he would be called el-jervee revenold instead

the only exceptions to the el- status demotion is with El-Hycan and El-Nooz

inen’s are the title for people capable of becoming a limious, whereas inene’s are inen candidates (remember what i said about the process being more thorough now? they learned from their mistakes lmao)

echoe and myuk are inene’s and should be referred to as echoe ne // echoe-ne and myuk-ne // myuk-ne. despite this, evan only ever refers to them as echoe and myuk

the original reason why evan doesn’t like myuk is because in ditm, she steals from him thinking he wouldn’t notice (he does.)

ditm is the acronym for the blueprint of the entire lotf series, which was originally just one book. it stands for “diamond in the mud” and refers to evan’s sword, which has many parallels with him in that version of the story

ditm was basically an epic because it was cos (cos+gotn) & eoj (eoj+mott) combined

soc’s original premise was meant to take place in the present day. for reference, tov takes place in the 1500s for the human calendar, and lotf takes place in the 1600s. soc’s of plot was set to take place in the 2000s.

ditm was named diamond in the mud as a parallel to evan’s xena sword, which holds a significantly less amount of importance in the lotf series. since the xena sword is a brilliant but violent diamond that blinds anyone that looks at it during its peak reflection, is found in mud swamps in the deep caverns of soilaila’s underbellies, tucked and hidden away, are rare, and incredibly powerful and lethal, it was meant to be a parallel to evan, who was a hidden child created in filth and yet horrifically lethal, beautiful, and powerful. a stone of the gods, as some people called it. and the material of yozar’s sceptre

in draft 3 of tov, caramel’s trauma and its relation to her stealing and illiteracy was more explored as you discovered the reason why she hates the schooling system, steals despite not needing to, and how she uses these survival skills as crutches or coping mechanism to deal with her constant feeling of social insecurity

there’s a deleted scene in draft 3 in which it’s revealed why cara still works a laborious job despite being wealthy (thanks to caramel): she was distributing all her earnings to the abandoned orphans of the vanin ring in order to fund their educations and ensure none of them ended up like her. when morreial discovers this fact, not only does he join her, but drafts up and submits a bill proposal to the jervees to set up publically funded orphanages and schoolings for the orphans who lost their families during the incident. the jervees actually turn down this proposition, which results in a fight between morreial and his parents, the very fight that alan takes advantage of to enter morreial’s mind

draft 3 showcased the preferential treatment alan got over everyone in soilaila by the jervees, including favouritism over their own son (morreial). this is a big reason why draft 3 morreial is so snarky and resentful of alan

draft 2 had a scene where alan and morreial went dolphin riding together and ended up racing each other. alan won, and morreial was pissy for the rest of their trip.

due to the campiness of the draft and the presence of “theatrical morreial”, draft 3 has an extremely quotable scene that i still mention randomly // burst out into to this day. it is when they are walking in a desert, morreial starts cosplaying as a god to prove a point to alan, and then proceeds to point to the skies, trying to beckon rain and thunder (because he’s a water dancer), and yells on the top of his lungs, “let us WALK!” but because it’s a desert and there are no clouds, he gets nothing, and he ended up shamefully putting his arm back down and grumbling at alan to get a move on instead.

the warehouse scene™️ in the og og draft is homologous to the ruins scene in the canon draft of sai, except in that draft, alan allows the dragon to try to fly away before shooting it down (kinda more horrifying when you think about it. he watched it fall to make sure it died after giving it false hope of survival)

in draft 2, alan doesn’t kill à black dragon in the ruins, but he does come back to the villa the next day and kills morreial in front of everyone.

draft 2-4 had a confrontation as the pre-climax scene, where markum, alan, caramel, cara, morreial, and hilbert were all sitting in a room trying not to strangle each other. when von doro joins the conversation, everyone fails and proceeds to jump hilbert

in draft 2-4, morreial’s blood was integral to breaking the magic ban. that’s the reason why von doro wants him so bad (to the point of shattering his mind in the process oops)

[craetor]

Heyy!! I'm uh...SUPER late O_O

I only now found your saiouma art from 2021 (im a newgen forgive me 🙏) and I dunno if youre still into danganronpa but I am now your biggest fan. Because you are a fucking GENIOUS!!

every. single. headcannon. that i saw you use here is MY HEADCANNON TOO?!?! like for example the tummy kisses- YOU GET IT!!! ive never seen anyone do it and it is my absolute favourite thing in the WORLD!! tummy kisses supermacy!! Also kokichi getting pampered YEEESSSAAA!!!!!! and I love how shuichi has more confidence and isnt a itty witty crybaby. Absolute cinema. Also back scratches. you get me. so damn well. NOT RUBBING- SCRATCHING!! It feels so damn good and i have so many private saiou fics which involve a LOT of scratchies. I love them so much i need to throw them under a bus. And don't even get me STARTED on chubby kokichi. oh my god. Ive seen so much chubby shuichi but wheres kokichi at :( RIGHT HERE!! i love how hes like still skinny but just has a little tummy because...thats how i headcanon him... hes absolutely adorable im gonna eat him. So uh if youre not into danganronpa anymore- sorry!! But anyways please know you just made my whole fucking day and I love you now ( ˆ𐃷ˆ) .ᐟ.ᐟ also the way you describe their dynamic is so amazing you are the saiouma master

Salutations OP! Yes I still like Danganronpa.

Not to be super parasocial by answering this, but I really appreciate your long message and I want to thank you properly for it, since I don't seem to find a huge pool of people my art resonates with. Happy to see you've bumped into my older DR fan content! I hope you're having a pleasant time in the fandom so far and everyone's behaving themselves.

I honestly really fancy some sweet Saiouma. I like to give them a more happy ending than what they got canonically and that includes allowing them to be more emotionally intimate and physically affectionate than Shuichi trusted himself to be with Kokichi when he was considered highly suspicious in-game.

I also think Shuichi is the boney, gangly one and Kokichi is, as you say, skinny with a little bit of extra here and there that doesn't really come across over his baggy clothes. I like how Shuichi imagines him super worked out & fit in the 5th trial recounting tho. Pookie was Locked In. Being older now I don't feel entirely comfortable speaking about headcanons of teen characters' bodies but yeah. That's what I intended when I made my old art (they were grown-ups in most everything I created. Hope that came across)

[uravityjenna]

My quest of getting Pokémon that represent characters from The Amazing Digital Circus!! 🎪

On May 23rd, 2024 after experiencing a serious life scare, while I was being monitored in the hospital I had the idea of getting Pokémon in-game that are inspired by the characters by the characters from The Amazing Digital Circus!! I wanted to get Pokémon that reminded me of them the most while trying to match their colour scheme with their regular or shiny variant the best I could. I remember talking with my mom and my friends trying to figure out what nature, ball, item they hold and variant each one should be, and after compiling a list of how I wanted everything when I got home I got to hunting! I've been working on this for almost a year and as of two days ago, I finally completed this quest I made for myself! I plan on leveling them all up to Level 100 eventually, but I wanted all of their levels to match so I decided 50 was a nice number and would allow for all of the ones that needed to be evolved to do so.

First up, I started with Jax, my favourite character!! 💘 I decided on Shiny Cinderace for him, and I hatched the Shiny Scorbunny on May 28th, 2024 after 346 eggs!! He has a naughty nature, is in a Dream Ball and holds a Dubious Disc!

Next was Ragatha! I decided on Hattrem for her. The non-shinies didn't take very long to get so I got her the same day as Jax, May 28th, 2024. She has a naive nature, is in a Love Ball and holds a Poké Doll!

Another easy non-shiny hatched on the same day as Jax and Ragatha, was Pomni who is a Mime Jr.!! She has a timid nature, is in a Lure Ball and holds a Star Sweet!

Next is Gangle, who is a shiny Yamask! I was really hoping I would get a girl on the first phase and I was so grateful I did, as this luck would come to haunt me in the next hunt haha. I got her after 729 eggs on June 4th, 2024! She has a docile nature, is in a Premier Ball and holds a Focus Sash!

Right after Gangle on the same day, I got Zooble who is a Porygon!! They have a serious nature, are in a Heal Ball and they hold an Enigma Berry!

Now for the very painful one, Kinger. I decided on Shiny Dipplin for Kinger but I dislike hatching eggs in Scarlet & Violet, so I decided I would hunt Applin in Sword first and then transfer him to Violet to evolve him. Applin has a 50/50 chance of being a male or female, and I definitely got very unlucky with this ratio for this hunt lol. I started with hatching a female Applin I named Grannie after 793 eggs on June 12th, 2024. On July 5th, 2024, I got another female that I named Gina after 1,468 eggs (way over odds). After two females in a row and other life events, I didn't pick up this quest again until recently, and I got ANOTHER female Applin on April 26th, 2025 after 953 eggs that I named Kelly. Determined to get this quest done before the one year mark, I pushed through even though I was getting so sick of not getting my male Applin, and after another 88 eggs, on April 27, 2025 I hatched YET ANOTHER FEMALE that I named Envy. Two days later, on April 29th, 2025 after 329 eggs I got ANOTHER FEMALE APPLIN. I was so done I named her "F OFF" 😭. I had exhausted all of my possible girl Applin nicknames and I was so demotivated. Before I could crash out, very thankfully, after only 14 eggs on the same day I FINALLLYYYYYYYYY GOT MY MALE APPLIN. I was so so happy to finally end this hunt after a total of 3,645 eggs and SIX phases!! He has a hasty nature, is in a Level Ball and holds a King's Rock!

With newfound enthusiasm after finally finishing my hunt for Kinger, I got Caine right after on the same day who is a Slowbro! He technically would be a Mega Slowbro but I can't have one in any of the mainline Switch games right now. He has a rash nature, is in a Timer Ball and holds a Twisted Spoon!

After getting Caine I got Princess Loolialu! I really only wanted to do the main characters that were more important but I quite like her and decided to do her anyways. If I needed to get a shiny for her I probably would have left her out but since she was just a regular Love Sweet Ruby Alcremie, it was very do-able! She has a gentle nature, is in a Love Ball and holds a Whipped Dream! Unfortunately I can't include a picture for her because of Tumblr's app image limit.

Now it was time for Gummigoo, who is a Feraligator. Feraligator is only available to egg hunt in BDSP so he was the only one I hatched in Brilliant Diamond.... Unfortunately poetic how he could never have been hatched with the others.... Anyways. I was nervous about starting this hunt since I haven't actually done any egg hunting in BDSP up until this point and I was worried it was going to be super slow and I didn't have the shiny charm, but I got so lucky and hatched the Shiny Totodile in 134 eggs on April 30th, 2025! He has a brave nature, is in a Friend Ball and holds a Shuca Berry.

The very last Pokémon of my quest, and a shiny one at that, was Bubble!! Shiny Solosis doesn't even look that different in the newer games but the slight blue shade of his shiny compared to his norm colours made me decide he needed to be a shiny. Solosis also has a 50/50 gender ratio and I just had a feeling I would have bad luck, so I prepared myself for a really long hunt. To make up for my horrendous Applin luck, the shiny gods blessed me and I got him after only 226 eggs on the same day as Gummigoo!! He has a quirky nature, is in a Dive Ball and holds a Smoke Ball.

And there we have it, the end of my Digital Circus Pokémon journey!! I'm so happy to wrap up this quest before the one year mark hits from when I started it, and actually it's just a couple days before my one year anniversary of becoming obsessed with TADC! I love all of my Pokémon I planned out and acquired to represent them and I will cherish them forever!! ❤️💙💛

[kay-jay-self-shipping]

My Top 5 Favourite Characters: Voltron

The next character list I'll be doing involves Voltron: Legendary Defender, which is a complicated one to say the least, given how royally the writers f*cked up. Still, I'll give it a go!

1. Lotor

If you expected someone else, you clearly haven't been around my blog for long. Lotor is the embodiment of class and leadership! While he has his bad points, mainly manipulating others, he tries his best to do what's right and guide his people in the right direction. He has a lot more to his character than meets the eye, and I LOVE him for it!

2. Shiro

Not going to lie, I would have had a crush on him, had I not found out he was canonically gay. Now I just want him to find happiness and see him as the best leader and mentor for the Paladins! He's a kind character who is willing to see the good in others, and in a series as judgemental as this, he is a breath of fresh air.

3. Ryner

Could not find a gif of her, but she's the leader of the Olkari.

I mainly think she's awesome because my character in my fanfiction sees her as a close friend, and as a result I associate her with that role. But aside from that, I love how she takes on a mentor role to those she sees great potential in, and find her wise and interesting!

4. Keith

Keith wasn't this high on my list originally, but as a character, he had the most growth from episode one to season six! He went from a hotheaded asshole to a compassionate leader and I respect the hell out of him for it.

5. Pidge

She was higher on this list until she practically sentenced Lotor to death to save her father. I get that she was desperate to see him again, but never trust a tyrant to uphold their word. She's still a cool character, but that moment stained her for me, and lowered her from 3rd to 5th.

Anyway, that's all of them, I hope you enjoyed the list!

[mzannthropy]

Roles I'd like to see Sam Claflin in

So I don't think I'm the only one (for once lol) who likes to imagine roles for my favourite actor. Here are mine:

a detective - he'll be something of the kind in Lazarus (if that thing will ever see the light of day) but I'm thinking a proper private eye, who sometimes bends the law and might have a conflicted inner life. The GQ photoshoot already gave us Sam in a long trench coat, one my absolute favourite pictures of him.

a pirate - he already starred in a pirate franchise; he was apparently set to return for the 5th instalment but they changed their minds (though he was supposed to be a cartographer, not a pirate; I would have liked that as I like maps). He once said in one interview that he would like to do more POTC and become a pirate, I'd be chuffed if this happened, though I'm not sure how likely it is. Still, there's other stories. Maybe a Treasure Island adaptation? Black Sails served as a prequel to this and it did really well, so idk if people would want more from these characters. There is also Frenchman's Creek by Daphne du Maurier, in which the titular Frenchman is a hot pirate, though it's more of a romance. He's already done one du Maurier adaptation, so why not another one?

a heist - you can't beat a good heist, and Sam as slick heist gang leader, elegantly dressed would melt all of our hearts! George Clooney who?

a vampire - vampire fiction is not my thing, but I'd totally be for a vampire Sam, it would be something different.

any action film, preferably with lots of comedy moments - I love stupid action tropes: car chases (gods I can't get enough of car chases), scaling skyscrapers, jumping out of helicopters, breaking through glass without suffering a single cut, shooting guns with both hands while falling, fights in bars/clubs while (live)music plays, give me all of that! One of my favourite scenes of all time is the meat or potatoes one from Sherlock Holmes 2009. I f I could see Sam in anything like that, I wouldn't ask for anything more, I swear! In fact, give me Sam in a Guy Ritchie flick!

a Viking - as I just decided today, Sam needs to play a Viking. Sea, fighting, crazy hairstyles, a romance with a shield-maiden! (And he has worked with 2 Danish directors, Lone Scherfig (twice) and Bille August!)

a firefighter - so that @jesstasticvoyage can have all her Christmases come at once. I thought there could be a film about the Grenfell fire and Sam could play a firefighter. I think it's something he would like to do, he mentioned once that his grandad was a paramedic. Pierre Niney, the other Monte Cristo guy, played a firefighter, so if they already have one role in common, why not two? I insist, though, that he has to rescue a kitten. If he doesn't rescue a kitten, I'm returning the product to the seller!

an elf or a Vulcan/Romulan in Star Trek - bc his ears are so distinct, it would be fun to see him in something where he has to have prosthetic ears. Elf: I once said I'd like to see him in an epic fantasy like Rings of Power, which has elves (or smth else from that universe), but it doesn't even have to be that, a children's live action film would do, honestly. Another option is a Vulcan or a Romulan in Star Trek--which you know, Star Trek is one of my things, though I've not been keeping up with the latest shows.

a character in an Agatha Christie adaptation, but is has to be 1. a good adaptation and 2. not a murderer or a victim. It circles back to the first point about a detective; there are some amateur sleuths in her books, in this case he obvs would not be a private eye as he is not a good choice for Poirot, but he can just play one of the suspects who turns out to be innocent. Possibilities are Major Despard in Cards on the Table, Colin Lamb in Clocks, Geoffrey Raymond or Major Blunt in Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Blunt is supposed to be older, but it a younger one would work too and then there would be a smaller age gap between him and [redacted to avoid spoilers]). And many others.

an artist - he has done a rockstar, a writer, a screenwriter and a cameraman, so all that remains is an artist. John William Waterhouse in a biopic/biopic about pre-Raphaelites perhaps?

a humanities professor - this one has been mentioned by other fans too. Can be dark academia or not.

a scientist or a tech expert in a thriller. Someone who saves or helps save the day.

in the past I would have said a superhero in MCU (or even DC) but I have not been following MCU for a good couple of years now, idk just lost interest I guess (I might return to it). But if the Barbaric series does go ahead, then that's just as good. If not better!

an older Finnick Odair who happily lives with Annie and their son and Johanna as their adopted aunt. They told the wrong story in Mockingjay, it never happened.

anything funny. So much of his stuff is so dark/serious, the guy needs to do more comedy. As the shirtless dancing in the kitchen video proves, he has the talent for it. Come on just make us laugh, Sam!

Add yours if you want!