#her losing everything is her darkness

[sleepynegress]

Shuri Meta: A Dark Prince and his Kidnapped Bride...

Once upon a time... There were (and still are... see: Red Riding Hood for free on youtube rn, which also uses some of this construct), girls who embodied a kind of beauty and innocence, with a suggested hint of darkness and the beginnings of exploring desire, being seduced by a dark figure.

These constructs were (and still are) popular... Pretty girl, embodying beauty, and purity (but with an obvious dark streak, that comes from grief, neglect, and so many other possible places) and a dark prince who is struck by that. He gives her gifts...but he also takes. A baby brother, killing a unicorn in order to drape the entire world in permenant darkness. Hell, even the gown is a common trope...(within WAKANDA FOREVER they name some of these in Riri's lines noting it and still....*woosh!*) Ultimately, the goal is for her to be his bride, to dwell in the dark with him. To mutually destroy and then rule over it together.

This was and still is a basic archeotypical space girls play in, either as a way to explore burgeoning desire in womahood in a fictional imaginative space or to tread a well-worn road, they enjoy. ...And I mean ANCIENT. These stories been around since BC and AD in most cultures all over the world. But in Hollywood... That particular space was almost exclusively *white* And envisioning an Afro- and/or Metzo/Indig-fantasy construct?????? *PSSSHHHH* To even begin to bring up that was possible, would likely get a WTF look and then, laughter and tears. And this is despite the fact that these constructs are at their oldest in these cultural spaces.

And yet, here we are... In a film, that bravely and fully jumps into the grief pool...and still has laughter, character development, and an arc, that includes the beauty being seduced by the dark prince trope.

And this time....She's *not* snow white skin.

She's deep brown skin. She's not long dark wavy hair... She's short carefully beautifully constructed coils... She's not embellished with sparkly blush and pink gloss... Her brown skin is dotted with white mourning ritual paint. She's not *even* biracially acceptable, with beige skin and long curly hair...& not even as a dark-skinned young woman, has she been "softened" in a way that comfortably signals "we still added these things that subliminally signals feminine/desirablity markers for you to help soften the fact that she's dark", i.e. long micro-braids, false eyelashes, et al ...and yet, here she is, with a story-arc, that heavily samples this construct and even some black women & girls are startled by it.

[moeblob]

OC again gomen ... (her name is Yuma)

[secretsofthewilde]

Dark (2017) text posts 4/4

Credit: @shedrewthehallelujah

[pickled-flowers]

Back on my edgy shit i guess

[hajihiko]

The implication of Sonia choosing to see everyone as a coven is incredibly funny, but also really sad, local group of survivors made to do rituals in the moonlight because Sonia was sad and Souda is vaguely terrified a demon is going to eat him

Sonia's coven idea and Fuyuhiko's Partners in Crime idea aren't so different; both are stuff they know doesnt fly with the general public, that they are nonetheless very immersed in, and having people who are fine with being involved and won't react with scandalous shock is very important. It's kinda like, accept my most messed up part (that I know of) and we're in it for life.

That said I totally love the idea of her doing a Bonding Ritual (literal) with everyone to cement that feeling of belonging. Just for funsies! (Maybe somewhat in Gundhams memory), but it's a little ominous for everyone else. They'll do it! For her! But hhm....

Also, she will listen to their darkest- and I mean DARKEST- memories without judgement of any kind- not enthusiasm, quite, but like, interest in knowing what it means for them, how it changes them and how they've changed- so you know. Her morbidity helps sometimes.

[opens-up-4-nobody]

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[ectonurites]

SUPER DARK TIMES (2017) DIR. KEVIN PHILLIPS ↳ JOSH TEMPLETON, ZACH TAYLOR, & ALLISON BANNISTER

[hanzajesthanza]

if i thought the witcher was painfully realistic. i was wrong. it is a very clear fairytale that comforts and soothes. even in its realistic take on the genre, it inspires, even in its tragedy, it comforts.

evil is defeated epically in a final battle in the darkness, the valiant heroes fall together, the lovers die united, and all pass into legend and are remembered for ever and ever. and the spirit of our hero returns now and again to save and deliver us from evil… they become legend and in that legend they are immortal…

[just-some-friendly-fun]

"You're Not My Bi-Han,"

Heads up! OC x Canon stuff!!

I've been thinking about Feng-Shi and Bi-Han for the last couple of weeks (and months probably) but the new season that's come out with Dark Sub-zero definitely sparked something within the back of my brain. So, I decided to write up just random headcanons of how Feng-Shi would react and vice-versa, especially with a mentions of what their Feng-Shi from their timeline was like.

★ Meeting Dark! Bi-Han

Upon first interaction, Feng-Shi was a little more than taken aback by this... "Evil" version of Bi-Han, and it'd be a lie to say if she wasn't the least bit worried about the idea that her Bi-Han could become anything like this one.

Cold, callous, not a single bit of remorse. Feng-Shi believed that this dark version of Bi-Han as a collective of every of Bi-Han's worse traits taken to new heights and it definitely drew concern out of her. He was everything her partner was and wasn't, at least she didn't want to believe it.

It wouldn't take her to realize and say with defiance as the cryomancer would step forth that, he wasn't her Bi-Han. She wouldn't, she'd refuse to see any bit of Bi-Han in this figure, and if anything. She'd see him as a threat, even if he shared the same face as her partner.

Wheras for Dark!Bi-Han's reaction to seeing canon timeline Feng-Shi? He'd be surprised, because his Feng-Shi died, in battle beside him.

He had encouraged her madness, encouraged her fury and all of her worst attributes, her manipulativeness, her everything-- she was Dark!Bi-Han's everything, and they could've ruled together for years and years!

Until fate decided, that his choice for power required consequence, because if he was going to rule at the very top, he'd have to rule alone. The price of power came with the cost of his Feng-Shi.

And now seeing her before him, was like a second chance.

If he could do it once, he could do it all over again-- all to have his Feng-Shi back.

Because if there was anything that this Dark Bi-Han was to Feng-Shi, in his previous timeline, he was an obsessive lover.

And if all it took was stealing another timeline's Feng-Shi and corrupting them, then he'd do it, just to have her by his side again.

☆ Meeting Light/Titan! Bi-Han

Like with Dark!Bi-Han, of course Feng-Shi would be taken aback but all for a different reason. This Bi-Han before her didn't bear metallic gauntlets that dripped blood at the claws, nor glowing white eyes devoid of his humanity. They were softer, kinder and less... Exhausted. He seemed healthy, mentally and physically.

She was almost stunned at the change and for some reason, it hurt her to know what timeline this Bi-Han came from, the one where he didn't have to betray the Lin Kuei and had a healthy bond with his brothers, a timeline where he wasn't wanted dead or worse by the allies she's made in her current timeline.

The sight of this Light! Bi-Han would make her feel relieved that her Bi-Han did have potentiality to be good, he can be good, but maybe just not in this timeline, which was where the thorns settled at the sight of this rose that appeared before her.

Amidst all her silent pain to this revelation, she'd definitely be a little more lenient to interacting with this version of Bi-Han because after all, unlike the Dark version of Bi-Han, this one wasn't so obsessive nor controlling.

He was everything that her Bi-Han was when they were alone, caring, soft, sweet, and gentle but he loved like his heart was on his sleeve. No restraint, hesitation, nor mind to the environment around them or to the eyes that'd watch, and most fascinating of all.

He was kind to other people around him, humble, and respectable without demand for fear in order to establish his reputation. He definitely would've been someone who met Kagome's expectation and won her favor rather than the current one.

The Light! Bi-Han would treat her no differently than to how he would've with his own Feng-Shi. She was just as kind, quiet, patient, and gentle as he was. But like his darker version, he too, lost his Feng-Shi. So if anything, this interaction would equally bring relief and pain to the both of them for what they couldn't have in their respective timelines.

[majorasnightmare]

sits here thinking about all the fic ideas i have for my durge and isobel and punches a hole in the drywall because i have unmedicated Cant Focus Disorder

[imminent-danger-came]

how would you rank the ninja from worst to best based on the ninjago seasons youve seen?

Nya and Wu are the best, everyone else is the same to me

[iniziare]

Tag drop: Seele (Honkai: Star Rail). Listen, I used to write her and I miss her a bit, and also: there's Belobog people around. And also, well, she's much more interesting than people give her credit for. Also, prepare for some 'rewriting', because Belobog's pacing in specific ways kind of blew a little bit much.

[gidle]

there’s like. only half of October left

[lohstandfound]

thinking about my graphic novel series again. i have way too many thoughts about it

[tuxedo-rabbit]

The Durge experience in Act 1 talking to companions: Oh thank god, I'm not the onle one with fucked up shit going on. Everyone is being so nice and supportive, we'll figure it out together :')

The Durge experience in Act 3 talking to companions: Please don't be judgey and mean, please don't be judgey and mean, please don't be---

[whatohitsonfirewelp]

The magic of the first avengers movie is something that they were never able to remake again.