#honestly I think the biggest problem is I've got too many ideas of where this crossover could go

[thegamingcatmom]

Hiiii,, soooo, how do you think the sisters would react when MC wanted to do something nice for either one of them, but it all blows up in MCs face. Like, everything goes wrong?

I've got a few ideas, but I want to hear your thoughts.

😏

Honestly?

(That gif is perfect for them.)

They´d be swooning because their mate´s done something nice for them, how could they not swoon?? They don´t give a damn whether it works/looks as intended in the end. It´s the thought that matters, even Kate understands that. 😏

In fact, I think they´d be more charmed if it didn´t work out as planned because can MC get any more precious??

I guess the best way to describe them would be:

Oh...honey-

Because MC´s all huffy and puffy, crossing her arms and muttering under her breath in utter annoyance and frustration (at herself). So, yknow-

The turns have tabled.

(Usually it´s her wives exhibiting that behavior.)

In other words:

She looks every bit like a grumpy toddler.

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Btw: Since you haven´t specified what that "something" MC has done for the sisters should be, I just went with something she´s crafted herself. (Like a vase with the sisters initials or something. Perhaps the date of their very first meeting too. 🤭)

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Tanya Denali:

can´t hold back her smirk

(not that she´s trying)

yknow, the one where only one corner of her mouth lifts

(ye, the sexy one)

also can´t refrain from teasing a lil bit

just a smidge

eyes glowing and all

"Someone has discovered their artistic streak, it seems..."

(because, whatever MC has attempted to do, the result is rather unrecognizable)

cue MC becoming even huffier and puffier

cue Tanya becoming even more of a tease

"I do appreciate the artistic freedom. Very...abstract."

right, MC´s done now, about to leave out the door in utmost indignation-

well, she planned to

the hand taking a hold of hers stopped her

"I am merely teasing, poppet..."

wrapping her arms around a still pouting MC

starting to sway them from side to side

"You are too precious..."

pecking her lips

again

and again

and again

until MC can't hold back her smile anymore

causing Tanya to beam back at her

"Thank you, my love. I adore it..."

she means it

Kate Denali:

she´s a tease as well

but in a different way

meaning: in a more straightforward way

as in: she'll list the many things you could still do with that...monstrosity

"How 'bout a footrest?"

"OH! We could store it up the attic with all the other Halloween stuff?"

"If we cut out a portion, we could use it as mailbox."

"Or a piggy bank."

"Now that I think about it...it kinda looks like one, doesn´t it?"

she says it all with a mischievous look on her face, ofc

eyes twinkling and all

then she sees the look on MC´s face

-> 😠

which only makes her grin even more

-> 😠

"Oh cmon, Princezná. Don´t be like that..."

tries to wind her arms around a still very grumpy MC

only for MC to refuse, huffing and puffing, turning her back on her

that works for her too, no problem

slinks up from behind to wrap her arms around MC

lays her chin on MC´s shoulder

sways them from side to side

"You´re sexy when you´re grumpy, yknow that?"

MC: "I´m not grumpy."

also MC: 😤

Kate: "So sexy..."

also MC: *trying real hard to keep that smile off her face indeed*

also Kate: "By the way...I love it."

she means it

Irina Denali:

can´t contain her giggle at the sight

a giggle that is most angelic

so much so that, instead of storming out or being grumpy, MC is just pouty

teary eyes and all

Irina feels bad immediately

"I´m sorry for laughing, baby..."

wraps her arms around MC

tries to catch her gaze

tries even harder when MC refuses

rewards MC with the biggest smile once she does catch her gaze

which prompts MC to smile back

just a smidge

the disappointment over her failed attempt at surprising her wife is still very evident on her face though

"Maličký..."

foreheads are touching

"I love it."

she means it

MC scoffs at that

"Truly. How could I not? You´re the one who made it."

MC is basically putty in her arms now

they stay like that for a while

and a while more

until-

"But...do tell me, sweet girl-"

MC: 👀

"...What is it?"

...

they both break into laughter at that

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Well?

What do yall think has the sisters in such good spirits? What kind of monster has MC created here? 👀

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Thanks for your ask! 💋

[corrodedseraphine]

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pairing: steve harrington x munson!fem!reader | mentions of Steve x Nancy

chapter summary: When everything in Hawkins is trying to come back to life, you and your friends get a crazy idea for your future.

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Today is my birthday, so as a gift I decided to publish the first chapter. 😂

Honestly, I have no idea what to expect from this, the idea was sudden. I see this story as one of those where you can interact with some of the characters if you feel like it, I thought it could be a fun variation. This chapter is a small introduction to their lives, I hope it's not too boring.

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"Oh my God I can't believe you still got it!" Chrissy giggled as she took the floral dungarees out of your closet. She had the same pair, unfortunately, while she was still able to fit into them without a problem, you, sadly, were no longer getting into yours. 

"I have too many memories with them to just get rid of them." you replied with a smile. "I can't believe I have my own room." 

After the apocalypse that swept through Hawkins, the government in an exchange of silence offered you all many amenities. You, Eddie and Uncle Wayne were given a small house on the outskirts, your neighbors were Max and her mom, and Argyle lived across the street with his mom and grandparents. 

Chrissy, as your best friend, had helped you with unpacking and decorating your room, but now the clothes scattered on the floor were to help you find something to wear to the charity festival taking place in the nearby town, which will raise money to rebuild Hawkins. Hopper immediately got you all involved to help. Chrissy will be in charge of face painting, and you'll be at the same booth doing colorful braids, and right next to you will be Robin doing henna tattoos. Eddie and Argyle are to be in charge of the audio system, and Steve has been given the role of coaching the basketball team that will be playing at the game taking place at the very end. 

"We'll finally be able to do sleepovers without chasing Eddie out of his own home," she laughed.

"Right." you replied.

"And what do you think about that?" she asked throwing a yellow dress in your direction.

"Chrissy we are going to a festival not a fashion show." you rolled your eyes. Ever since the scars from the demobats' attack appeared on your body, you didn't feel comfortable in your body and wanted to do everything to stay out of sight. 

"Come on, I'm sure Steve will appreciate this beautiful dress on a beautiful girl." she giggled.

"Chrissy!" 

"What?"

"You're mean!" 

"Why mean? I've been trying to get you the boy you've been in love with since the moment you saw him in that tragic sailor costume at Scoops Ahoy!"

"We established a long time ago that Steve would never look at me that way, besides, he's in love with Nancy." 

"Nancy who cheated on him and called bullshit. Nancy who is in a relationship with Jonathan, open your eyes y/n, in all honesty I think you have a chance, find at least some hope in yourself, come on!" she said in a very dramatic way.

"Hope is the mother of fools." You rolled your eyes.

"For that matter, I can be the biggest fool in the world, for both of us." she smiled broadly. "Now go change into that beautiful dress, I don't want to hear a no!" 

In the meantime while you were dressing up Robin and Steve arrived at your house. You recognized it from Robin's annoyed voice and the unusually fast words out of Steve's mouth.

"Get him away from me because I swear I'll murder him tonight!" she shouted. 

"Jesus, can someone tell me what's going on here?" you asked running down the stairs. 

"Steve has officially lost all his brain cells!" 

"Oh come on, I really don't understand why you're angry!"

"I'm not angry, Steve. I'm worried because you're going right into the lion's mouth, you're on the perfect path to end up with a broken heart all over again!" 

"Now we definitely need to know more." interjected Chrissy. 

"So, Henderson told me that Nance and Jonathan broke up-"

"And the Dingus thinks that coming back to Nancy is the idea of the year!" interrupted Robin throwing his hands in the air.

"Why not?! She already fell in love with me once, she can do it again!"

"Excuse me but are we talking about the same Nancy? I'm sorry to be the one to make you realize that this is the same Nacy who cheated on you with Jonathan, who never loved you and called you bullshit! Do you want to feel like that again? Do you really want to relive it all over again?" 

"If I'm not mistaken you were always the first to say that everyone deserves a second chance!" 

"Oh I'm so sorry I'm worried about my best friend because I don't want someone to take his heart again and dump it!" 

"Me and my heart will be fine without your care!" 

"Okay, enough!" Eddie shouted. You were all shocked by their behavior, because when the two of them argued, it was like the end of the world was near. "It's time to cool down, I propose a little swap. Robin will go to the festival with me and Chrissy, and y/n will get into Harrington's glittering chariot and keep him company on the journey. I think this will be the best solution and...the safest."

Steve wordlessly left the house slamming the door, everyone looked at each other in shock until finally all pairs of eyes were on Robin.

"Are you okay?" asked Chrissy approaching her slowly. 

"I just don't want him to suffer again, everyone knows that she never loved him, after all, she even admitted it herself..."

"You just want to protect your friend, it's not a bad thing, we want the best for him too." She gently placed her hand on her shoulder. 

"Of course we want, but in this case trying to pull him away from her may end up in unnecessary drama." Eddie added. 

"And what do you think y/n?" asked Robin. 

What were you thinking? Many things. You definitely agreed with her that going back to Nancy was not the best idea however your reasons for thinking that way were a bit more personal. For a long time you had been trying to come to terms with the fact that Steve wouldn't look at you as anything other than a friend, but you hadn't quite succeeded. Maybe this was just what you needed? To witness and see for yourself that the place at his side belongs to someone else? A painful but quick rip off of the band-aid?

"I think Eddie is right, it doesn't matter if we like it or not..." you sighed, and Chrissy sent you a sympathetic look, she was the only one who knew how you felt about Steve. That would be enough of the hope she was trying to ignite in you. 

When you got into the car Steve sat quietly clenching his hands on the steering wheel. There was an expression of irritation and nervousness on his face. You knew it wouldn't be the most pleasant thing for you to talk about, but you also knew that since you couldn't have him in your life as a lover, you at least wanted him as a friend. And what do friends do at a time like this? 

"Do you want to talk?" you asked quietly, watching the irritation on his face mellow and turn into sadness. 

"I just- I don't understand! Why is it so bad that I want to go back to Nancy?" 

"It's not, Steve... Robin is just worried, no one wants to look at the breaking heart of their soulmate." 

"Why does everyone think right away that she will break my heart? Maybe this time it will be different?" 

"You won't know unless you try." You smiled weakly. "Whatever happens...you can count on us, and I know Robin will support you too. If it works out for you, we will all be happy for you." You extended your hand toward him, and after a moment he gave you his and squeezed. "But, if it doesn't go so well and she breaks your heart, we'll all be happy to help you put it back together again." 

You didn't expect him to pull you close and lock you in a hug mumbling a silent thank you into your neck. It felt so warm, his scent entered your system slowly. Your heartbeat definitely sped up when, instead of letting you go, he pressed you even tighter to him. As you reciprocated the embrace, you desperately wanted to remember this feeling for as long as possible, the way his arms embraced your body, the way his hair gently tickled your cheek, and how everything together created a place you'd most like to never leave.

"You are the best." he whispered right into your ear, and you naively wanted to tell yourself that the shudder that went through your body was caused by a gust of wind that came in through the open window. Feeling your flinch, he moved away, and you quickly closed the window to hide your embarrassment.

"So…" you began, not wanting an awkward silence to fall between you. Despite the fact that you and Steve now considered each other good friends you very rarely managed to spend time just the two of you. "Excited about the match?"

"Yeah! But also damn stressed." At the very mention of the match he beamed. "The guys are in great shape, but I'm afraid that after a long break they might have some slight problems with chemistry y'know. Especially since we had to change the captain after what happened to Jason…"

"I'm sure they'll do great, they had a brilliant coach." let out a playful laugh.

"You will come, right?"

"Sure I will, go Tigers!"

"go Tigers!" he laughed and started the engine.

All the way he talked about the strategies they devised for the match, you didn't quite understand everything, but when you asked questions he didn't seem annoyed. On the contrary, he was very eager to answer all of them with a smile, quite as if he was pleased with your interest. Your favorite part was when, with a gleam in his eye, he told you how much potential he saw in Lucas, the boy had great talent in him.

When you pulled in Eddie, Robin and Chrissy were waiting in the parking lot. They were joined by Argyle, Max and Lucas. Robin, with a serious look on her face, approached Steve apologizing for her earlier behavior, to which he immediately hugged her, saying that he was also sorry and understood her worries.

"Thank God the world is in balance again!" exclaimed Chrissy clapping her hands.

"I really don't know if we would be able to survive another end of the world." you laughed and started walking toward your stations. "Oh shit."

"What?" asked Eddie.

"Steve I forgot my bag from your car, can we go back for it?"

"Yeah, sure."

When you got back to the car, you quickly pulled the bag out of the car and slammed the door, catching your dress with it. You only noticed it when you felt something preventing you from walking away from the vehicle.

"Hey, careful!" the brunette ran up to you and, with an amused expression on his face, opened the door releasing the material. "You look very pretty in this dress, don't ruin it." he grinned.

"Oh." There was an error in your brain caused by this compliment. All you could do was stare at him and feel your face getting hot and certainly red.

"Come on losers, what is taking you so long?!" fortunately your brother's impatient voice got you back on track and with a quick step you moved towards them.

"Tooold you." said Chrissy quietly catching you under the arm.

"How the hell did you hear that?" you asked hissing through your teeth.

"I hear everything." she giggled, and you rolled your eyes.

After a full day of braiding, your hands were begging for a rest, especially when your most demanding customer turned out not to be little girls but Argyle and his long beautiful hair. The artificial, light green hair perfectly matched his real black one.

You took a seat next to Max in the front row with pleasure. Next to you sat Robin and El. Argyle, Will, Mike, Dustin and Eddie sat a row behind you. Your brother was initially reluctant to watch the game, but you watched in shock as Argyle successfully persuaded him to do so, explaining that his three friends would be there, and his support would definitely help them. Thus, you all watched as Lucas scored the winning points for the team, Chrissy as the born captain of the cheerleading squad motivated the team to play, and the crowd to cheer and Steve almost fainting from stress in the last minutes of the game.

No one was surprised when, after the win, Lucas immediately jumped on Eddie with excitement after hugging and kissing Max, thanking him for coming. The metalhead unsuccessfully tried to mask his emotion, making him a momentary target for jokes. Steve looked around. Everyone knew exactly who he was looking for in the crowd, however, today neither Nancy nor Jonathan showed up at the festival despite the fact that the rest of their families were actively participating. Seeing his disappointed face made you sad, and the thought that you weren't the one he was looking for in the crowd nailed you even more.

"Yo, Lucas!" suddenly one of his teammates approached you. "I'm hosting a little party at my house, y'all should come!"

At that moment, six pairs of eyes turned toward you. Funnily enough, you were the first ones they turned to for permission, and not their own parents.

"I know that look…" said Steve and rested his hands on his hips, taking his "mom pose."

"Please, coach!" said Lucas, hitting that name right in his heart. Moments later, he was joined by the rest of the puppy eyes.

"Fine!" he groaned. "But there are a few conditions! You don't get in the car with anyone other than me or Eddie, no alcohol, cigarettes or drugs-"

"Oh come on man, who are you trying to fool?" interjected Eddie. "All we can do is believe that these crackheads will be responsible with what they drink and do."

"Just- be safe okay? And Timmy, write me your address on a piece of paper so I know where to pick them up from, and you." he pointed to Max knowing that she would be the most reasonable of them all. "Call me when the party is over."

As the excited teenagers disappeared from sight Argyle suggested that since the younger part of the group was celebrating today, you should follow their example. Thinking of a place where you could feel the magic of your new friend's purple palm tree in peace, Eddie suggested a building that had been abandoned long before the "earthquake."

The building where Hawkins radio used to be headquartered and the place where you used to hide from Wayne, whenever one of you or together got into some trouble. The old tenement welcomed you with the smell of dust, because there was no electricity you had to rely on portable flashlights to light your way, and then a room with an old couch, chairs and equipment needed for broadcasting.

When everyone had taken a seat, Agryle fired up a joint and all of you except Steve and Eddie began passing it around. You were discussing the course of the day's events when suddenly your black-haired Rapunzel moved over to the big console and microphone.

"Goooood eveeening Hawkins! This is Argyle and you are listening to Upside Down Radio!" he said causing you to laugh. "Today's guest is none other than a world-famous star of the heavy metal scene…" he began, slapping his hands on the table pretending to drum. "Chrissy Cunningham!"

Robin nearly choked on a laugh seeing Eddie's surprised face when he didn't hear his name.

"Oh thank you so much!" Chrissy played along. "I am so happy to be here and represent my band Corroded Coffin!"

"Ha, ha, you both are sooo funny. " Eddie rolled his eyes. "If you didn't get your guests' names wrong you'd even have a good career on the radio." he bit back.

"Hey! I would be a perfect match to your band!" Chrissy tried to look offended.

"Sure thing, candy girl."

"This place is so cool, dude." Argyle said looking around. "Maybe we should actually think about bringing it back to life?"

"We?" asked Eddie raising his eyebrows.

"Yeah, all of us! Instead of looking for a job, let's create one for ourselves!" he replied excitedly.

"We could get the government to rebuild this place, each of us could have their own program!" Robin quickly picked up on the idea.

"People could call us, or leave messages, ask for advice or order songs!" The excitement quickly spread to Chrissy as well.

"Wait, are you guys really serious about this? How high are you?" asked Steve.

"Actually, it sounds like a really good idea." interjected Eddie, who was completely sober. "We even already have a name." he chuckled.

The conversation got really heated, ideas came to your heads at the speed of light, even Steve, after a moment's hesitation, got involved, saying it was a much better option than going to work for his father's company.

"So what do you say my dudes? Ready to create the dopest radio in America?"

"Yeah, but let's talk about this tomorrow when y'all not higher than a bat's ass, 'kay?" laughed Eddie.

"And who's to say!" you shouted.

"Hey, shut up! I'm totally clean today!"

"Uniquely." you stuck out your tongue in his direction.

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[chaifootsteps]

I have so many conflicting ideas about Hazbin/Helluva, where I can't ever join the hate watching crowd because I still, to an extent, enjoy the show if only for its potential. The most recent music video kind of cemented this for me, because... I really liked it. I don't want to feel bad for liking it, because that's silly and separating art from the artist is indeed a thing, but knowing what goes on behind the scenes... it's a bit tricky to reconcile with.

Stolas' songs (You'll be Okay, Owl in a Cage, Look my Way - even though that last one wasn't written by Sam Haft) have always been my favourites, and if I'm being frank, the only ones I've liked. I really like his character design too. Even now I'm uncertain about admitting that because so many people who send in asks to you rag on about how ugly Viv's character designs are, and while I do think they're confusing and impractical I have never considered them "ugly". Maybe I'm writing this so if anyone else feels this way they don't feel so alone? Not being a part of any sort of crowd is a bit of a terrifying place, even if it is ultimately a good thing.

I have ideas for possible Helluva and Hazbin fanworks but I'm scared to do anything about them because, with the creepy adolesent mob mentality the fandom seems to have, I'm afraid I would look as though I'm promoting the show, when I really just got inspired by, again, the potential. I don't want to write out a whole long explanation (that no-one will read) detailing my thoughts on the series and Viv because I might get taken the wrong way, and saying zilch and staying silent seems like the best option and yet also just as poor of a choice.

On a final note, and this is just whishful thinking of a better universe, but I think Hazbin and Helluva would have been a lot more successful and potentially less controversial if it had done the same thing as Daria Cohen, where each "episode" was a music video (because I honestly got more whole enjoyment out of the Look My Way animation than I have out of like, the whole of Season 2), and the whole entire thing could have been told through song (allowing for the more abstract imagery that Viv seems to have a better grasp of while also keeping the projects possibly more manageable). Obviously this would demote it purely to a passion project because she wouldn't be making nearly as much money off of it... which, when you think about it, is probably a good thing anyway.

Sorry for the length!

You don't have to apologize for a thing, Anon! As long as you're not giving her money or making weird excuses for Vivzie herself or named DaniDraws, there's no wrong way to love HH/HB. It's why for every ask I get trashing the designs, two more want to hug these characters close and steal them. We've got people here who hate it all and think it's always been a port-o-toilet fire full of ugly characters, but plenty who genuinely love it -- and I think as more of the fandom sadly hang their heads and come over to the critical side, that number's only going to increase.

Seconding the Daria Cohen bit. I don't know that it would have saved the show in the long run from its biggest problem, which is Viv's cruelty and ego, but a more Vampair or Mystery Skulls Animated-esque setup where each episode is a music video would have played to Viv's strengths and masked her weaknesses.

[stillresolved]

Get to Know Me

NAME : ferre NICKNAME : ferre :) PRONOUNS : they/them, will respond to 'comrade' as well HEIGHT : 5'2" BIRTHDAY: july 29th AESTHETIC : scrunchies, everything is rose gold sans clothes, one well-used green jacket, big plushies, plaid cardigans, black cat on bed, (non ice) viet coffee, messy room but everything has a place (ghibli-inspired), too many blankets, calling home frequently, phone calls and long messages to friends, buying/making food for friends & community, your native language spoken to family, emojis in sets of three, podcasts in the dark, there will always be good people even in bad circumstances. LAST SONG YOU LISTENED TO : very few friends (saint lev*ant) FAVORITE MUSE/S YOU'VE WRITTEN : oh, i can't pick >.<, but aside from both of my single muse on here at least, i do have a soft spot right now for nell <3

GETTING TO KNOW THE ACCOUNT ...

WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO TAKE ON THIS MUSE : more often than not these days, the muses i pick up are usually minor characters who i wish got more screentime/development but never did. so my interpretation is in a way, wish fulfillment. it's actually kind of interesting to me this shift since my older muses (mana, calum, and lamon) were inspired by different parts of my life/identity.

WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE ASPECTS OF YOUR CURRENT MUSE : i guess i can do annie? at least in my interpretation of her, while she is sweet, i didn't want her to be completely soft? like yes, she's polite, but she's also very wary of people (men specifically) and in my lore, she's not very forgiving either. oh and she has (had) eldest daughter syndrome :) I guess i like that with her ( and all of my muses ) these days, i feel like i'm able to give them a balanced characterization if that makes any sense?

WHAT'S YOUR BIGGEST INSPIRATION WHEN IT COMES TO WRITING : wanting to explore stories and characters that probably wouldn't be as popular or as deeply explored in prose or television!! honestly, i've been doing this for so long i guess i can't imagine a period where i wouldn't want to write? this is also one of the few hobbies that i've held onto for years and as long as i have my friends on here, i have no intention on relinquishing <3

FAVORITE TYPES OF THREADS : anything with character development!! i love those threads where the interiority of muses can really be examined and how these interactions ultimately change each muse whether for better or for worse. i do also enjoy my short threads where it's just banter too though :D

BIGGEST STRUGGLE IN REGARDS TO YOUR CURRENT MUSE : hmmm....well i don't usually have problems with writing my muses, mostly because by the time i debut them, I have a solid idea of where i want to take them. that and it's not a matter of struggling to write them so much as how often do their muses come out. i don't like writing replies for the sake of churning them out so i like to think that allows me to write my muses true to who they are when they are ready.

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[pbear]

One thing I've always felt about Miraculous is that it has good potential and the ideas are there but they're not developed in the right ways that make it a good series. After watching the movie, I just felt it even more.

The animation. Gorgeous. Looking at this movie felt good.

The songs. Not great. Especially since they didn't get Cristina Vee to sing (why?). They weren't bad songs but they weren't anything special to me. Although, I did like how the song about Marinette first becoming Ladybug was to the tune of the theme song.

I've seen so many people saying how Movie!Gabriel is better than Show!Gabriel and they're right. I felt like I got his motivation a little better from the scenes where he remembers Emilie.

Master Fu is so extra in this. It's funny.

I'm not sure how I felt about Tikki and Plagg running off to find their own users. In the show, I liked that Master Fu chose Marinette and Adrien after they showed him kindness (and that happens with Marinette), but I also do like that these mystical creatures have their own judgment on who holds their power.

Honestly, more Alya and Nino wanted. More of Marinette and Adrien in their everyday lives instead of as superheroes would have been interesting too.

Definitely more magical aspects to the powers of the Miraculous. Like, that yo-yo was dragging Marinette everywhere before she had control over it. Cat Noir didn't show as much as that which was something I liked from the show. That Adrien felt more comfortable in the superhero role before Marinette.

Also, NO LUCKY CHARM????

We saw Cataclysm once, although it didn't work out in their favor and Ladybug fixed everything at the end but I was waiting on that Lucky Charm.

Also, no Chat Noir transformation sequence. I would have liked if he got at least one dramatic one like Ladybug.

Bro, they're finally equals and working as partners and that's the importance of taking down villains is to work together. The show could never.

The intro painted the Butterfly miraculous as inherently evil which I get because you need it for the plot. But I always believed that the Miraculous were powerful objects and that one is not evil or good. It depends on the person wielding it whether that power is used for good or bad.

The movie shows you can have a satisfying reveal without needing over a hundred episodes for it.

Overall, I enjoyed the movie. It summed up the parts I liked about the show and put them together nicely. The show isn't bad. The biggest problem I have with it is that it's unsatisfying because everything is drawn out and it feels like we're going nowhere at times. That's why I dropped it so to be fair I cannot speak on most of season 5.

I don't know if we'll get another movie like this one (the ending suggested something). I don't think we need one if we don't because this wrapped things up well.

[doorsclosingslowly]

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Describe your comfort zone—a typical you-fic. Hm idk I try not to repeat myself too much because I have so so many WIPs to work on. Probably the blorbo du jour with a strong narrative voice and selective perception is suffering due to something that's probably their fault, but someone manages to empathise with him and that doesn't solve the problems it still means something that they don't see blorbo as scum. Either that or a discord shitpost discussion about sex that got way out of hand and now "glove fingering uti" has sprouted feelings

Share a snippet from one of your favorite pieces of prose you’ve written and explain why you’re proud of it. (not going too far back bc I'll only be depressed I havent written much this year

Lexicographers were all liars. They put words into the dictionary for things that did not exist, such as “joy” and “calm” and “sleep”. Most emotions were invented, presumably for some malign plot specifically targeting Gríma and obviously connected to stealing his job. What else could they steal from Gríma, after all? He had nothing, not even dignity. Not since Saruman had taken over the department. He’d been so friendly to Gríma before Théoden’s illness and retirement. He’d commiserated about Gríma needing to take over some of the Department Head duties on top of his actual job, just because Théoden was less and less capable.

I just think I really nailed the vibe of a guy who's annoying and self-centred but also genuinely honestly miserable. (this is the catfishing AU, which kinda takes place after Saruman successfully and with Gríma's help conquered Rohan/the art department of a university and then that didn't improve Gríma's ennui at all somehow, in fact life is even worse)

Stephen King once said that his muse is a man who lives in the basement. Do you have a muse? I have an insatiable need to tell myself stories when I don't have anything to do & huge trouble falling asleep. I would make up shit about anything but if I do it about blorbos, I also get to talk about them

What do you look for in a beta? I've never *looked for* a beta specifically bc I'm very scared of bothering people, but I've shouted into the void in case anyone was interested in betaing my work and I've been super happy about working with Alyssa, Ro, Rumpel and Daro on various stories. My biggest needs are probably for someone to judge whether it all makes sense, bc to me a lot of mental jumps make sense that may confuse someone not trapped in my brain, leaving my third person present and nonstandard english phrasings intact, bc that's on purpose I'm not trying to win a grammar prize I'm trying to turn thought processes into text, and also just generally being a person I know and trust. Trust to put in the effort to understand and to be interested in where I want to take an idea and not where they would like to take it. And also especially I have to trust that I'm not forcing said beta to read something they hate, that they would tell me they want to stop and not force themselves to keep going, bc I've worked on myself enough to be ok with publishing a flop fic now but I'm very scared of making someone do something they hate

Thank you!!!!

[heretherebedork]

Hello there.

Been reading your opinions about A Boss and a babe and I find it interesting because before it started I wasn't really looking forward to it. It seemed like it was not going to be my kinda show. And you seemed somewhat on the other side of it. And then I started watching and something weird happened. I liked it. A lot. I can't explain it, really. Everything you say about the show is true. I can't even deny it. So many things make absolutely no sense.

I should hate Cher. I'm not a big fan of that specific kinda of goofiness and mannerisms. But I like Cher. I, of course, like Gun, but that could just be the fact that I think Force has a gorgeous smile and I think that was the only reason I got through Enchanté.

Except for a couple of side chars this show should bore me and irritate me to death. It's not a great show. There are several problems with it. And yet, I find myself smiling through most episodes. I really can't understand it myself.

Anyway, just wanted to share.

Hope the show improves just so at least you get to enjoy it a bit more too.

I wish I liked it, I really do.

I love the side characters, honestly. I adore them. Three, Zo, Jack and Thoop are the only reason I can get through this without much greater suffering.

The problem for me is that I can't... I just can't do shows where nothing makes any sense. If I can't find some kind of sense or growth that works I just... I can't.

I wanted to like Gun, he seemed like such a good character but then he turned out to be... nothing. Everyone describes him one way but everything we've seen of him says otherwise and I just... augh! I can't do it, honestly. And it's frustrating because I like the kind of archetype he's supposed to be but... isn't.

The show is occasionally amusing but so was Paint With Love and neither of them worked for me in any way.

I really don't think there's a way the show could improve at this point but I've been wrong before. Enchante seemed fantastic and then ruined itself entirely in, like, two episodes so... anything is possible!

But, yeah, my biggest problem is just that I can't do brain off shows. I'm always thinking and if the show tries to tell me one thing and show another thing... it doesn't work and I get frustrated.

I see what they're doing with Cher but yeah, manic pixie dream boys just aren't my jam. They can be done well but the show has to give room for that and this show is... not. Not at all.

I'm glad people are enjoying it. I really am. I wish I could.

But instead I'm going to sit here and be frustrated that Gun said that Thyme had every right to the video game they started making together and that is definitely sounds like the game was Thyme's idea but kept working on it nonetheless instead of making even the slightest changes? Like... why? Why would you try to race him instead of just making a slightly different horror game? Listen to Jack! Let him make suggestions! Change the name! Not hard and a much smarter business decision.

... Yeah, this is why I doubt I'll enjoy the show, sadly. Don't worry, I won't tag my negative things, lol.

[penrose42]

I think I need a break from TF2

I got so unreasonably angry at an enemy medic using the Vaccinator that I made homophobic remarks and almost got kicked off Uncletopia. I apologized once I figured out it wasn't that particular medic but their other one, but honestly I'm just so fucking tired.

It's not even that the vax is the most OP weapon in the entire game, it's that Medic's balance as a whole is complete and utter bullshit. He's a class that nobody who knows what they're doing wants to play, and the people who do play him either are too new to realize how unfun he is or are in a group and don't give a fuck about the other team having fun at all. It's just a clusterfuck of the problems of the game as a whole; matchmaking needs tweaking to break team stacks, some weapons are in dire need of rebalances, both nerfs and buffs alike, and for the love of god an actual tutorial would be a godsend. These poor baby engies have no idea what they're doing and I just die a little inside every time one of them sets up on last during setup.

But again the biggest problem I have right now is with Medic. He's a chore more than actual fun to play. His playstyle is so stale that I'd honestly argue that Heavy has more variety, and I can prove it. With Heavy you can play as: Default Heavy Fat Scout Boxer Heavy Hoovy All varying means of dealing damage, if that's your objective, and all have varying skill floors. Medic you have: The Meta The "My team is bad so I need to run the Blutsauger and Quick-Fix" Meta And that's pretty much it if you're solo queueing, but if you're with friends then there's: Pocket Medic/Medic Girlfriend

Really it all just boils down to "stand behind someone while clicking on them and right click when you're in danger" and that's it. How engaging. Oh and be sure to turn around because nobody else will because why would you ever spycheck when you can do literally anything else.

The absolute worst part is that I've played Overwatch, and while TF2 blows it out of the water in so many ways, this is one area where I honestly think it's vastly superior. You have a choice of a dozen support characters who play and feel so unique to one another that I'm honestly itching to go back simply because I like the variety of their support characters. Ana is not Moira who is not Brigitte who is not Mercy, but that's actually one of the best parts of the game! Every character has their own playstyle and it's all great and unique and fun! Saving my teammates from certain death because I threw Baptiste's Immortality Field at the last second is really, really satisfying! Going on a massive killing spree as Moira and jumping out of existence is exhilarating! Wall riding as Lucio, shield bashing as Brigitte, heal sniping as Ana, it's all so varied and fun! You hear that, Valve?! Healing can be fun!

Meanwhile in TF2 we have the Medic. Sure Engineer is there, and Heavy can throw a sandwich, but it all pales in comparison to Medic. The class nobody wants to play until you're forced to. The class that decides games, but you need to sacrifice your own sense of fun by doing so. And sure clutch crossbow bolts are satisfying and require skill, but there goes one out of your two weapons that are supposed to be good for short range self defense, which I'm not even going to blame you for because the Syringe Guns are just so heinously bad at what they do that they're a fucking joke.

I know they need to be bad, but Jesus fuck at least make them good at their intended job. Passive reload would be all that's needed. Just that. Let me stay alive without needing to rely on my dipshit teammates who are too stupid to know the difference between their ass and a hole in the ground.

And before I forget, I recall from a Shounic video something that just irritates me to no end. Apparently either during development of TFC or TF2, they were thinking of implementing destructible environments, which Demoman could break to enter certain areas of the enemy base, but scrapped it because they didn't want to force people to switch to Demo just to access that area and switch back to whatever they wanted to play. But they didn't consider that when they designed Medic? The class nobody wants to play but someone fucking caves in to play because you're getting absolutely fucked over by the enemy team who knows what they're doing while everyone on your end is a fucking gibbous vision who's A posing staring at the wall? Well fuck me then.

I'm just so tired. I see nothing but new players playing Medic and I change to help but they change the second I do. I want to have fun but I can't with how dull and repetitive his gameplay is and of course, if I don't play Medic, nobody who knows what they're doing will. I understand why people like the Vaccinator. Sure it's just one more button but at least it's something different from "stand behind person while clicking on them". I swear Medic needs just something new. Idk if it's just the game's age coming through or what, but Medic just needs something. I don't know what that would be. New unlocks? Reworking existing weapons? Both? Neither? I have no clue.

What I do know is that for the first time in the 3 years I've been playing I've uninstalled the game. I just need a break.

[medicinemane]

I'll say it again, I think the biggest problem... or one of the biggest at least, is people's total unwillingness to accept a little grey

They have the true perfect answer and everyone else should just go along with them, because if they don't or if this answer doesn't actually provide the definite comprehensive solution to this or that problem... well that would be a real fucking bummer

And like... yeah man... it's a real bummer

The world's kind of a sad place. There's plenty of good, but there's plenty of sad stuff too

It totally is sad when a cute little mouse gets eaten by a bird but like... we can't be going and trying to find a way to teach predators to... eat lab grown meat or whatever (I forget what their insane solution is, but there really are people who think we have to fix nature having meat eating predators and it's like man... if I were all powerful I would stop it cause it does make me sad, but I'm not so I just live with it)

And there's just so much stuff like this, that's not silly and goofy like this anymore, but actually legit serious stuff, and people take these super simple reductive views of things and just... turn a blind eye to all the issues with it and just state it'll work out because it's right

It could be the most morally upstanding thought ever had, and it's still not much good if it's not practically feasible

We live in an imperfect and messy world, within broken and often malicious systems that are echoing out of the ages. If your solution involves "well if everyone would just..." well they won't

We have complex problems, we need well thought out comprehensive solutions that honestly no single one of us is probably able to make a solution for that won't miss some really important factor that's gonna throw a big wrench into what we thought was a great idea

So talking with people who disagree with you is great, because you can both look at a problem and you can cover each other blindspot because what's important to you they never considered, and you never noticed that massive flaw that's a personal bug bear for them

Except... no one wants to do that. You sit down to try and find a solution, they say "this is the one solution", you say "well... here's the problem with that", and they say you're a monster for not just agreeing with them

Cause too many people these days can't accept grey. They can't accept people having good intentions but different methods

And like... you tell me I'm not describing actual people from across the board, from crazy anti carnist nonsense to actually serious political issues across the spectrum. You tell me this is a strawman

Of course we need to strive to improve but man... I can tell you what the roadblocks to a lot of stuff I want to see happen are... which also means I've got some slight ideas on ways we might get around them, but I'm aware that the things I want to see aren't perfect and will take some amount of compromise, that they have things like logistical hurdles

I don't know... I just want to be able to have civil conversations with people without worrying they'll turn on me the moment I'm not in lockstep with them, cause damn if I don't know a lot of people (nice people even) who are exactly like that

I want to see these problems we have solved but... damn is it hard when people are so damn rabid, and once again, I argue it's the unwillingness to accept a complex world where there's not always a cut and dry answer that's making people so rabid

[kitkatt0430]

Okay, so what if Fringe and The Flash took place in the same universe?

Fringe ended January 2013; the accelerator incident that created the Flash occurred in-universe December 2013.  So Fringe Division could have easily been sent to investigate what was clearly a Fringe Event in Central City.  Walter’s gone (I know there was a time skip at the end of Fringe even with the Observers defeated, but lets just say Walter’s gone already, mmkay?) but I’d like to imagine that maybe the team has started branching out and growing.  So maybe a small team headed up by Astrid - who is long overdue this kind of promotion - shows up in Central City to investigate the incident and determine what sort of fallout they may be dealing with here.  

Astrid gets to Central City and starts investigating STAR Labs; who is going to show up on her radar here?  The main STAR Labs trio of season 1 of course: Harrison Wells (Eobard Thawne) himself and also Cisco Ramon and Caitlin Snow.  But also the other employees of STAR Labs.  The ones who are jumping ship, who are being quietly pointed towards earlier retirement, who are getting laid off by Wells because ‘STAR Labs’ is downsizing in response to this ‘tragedy’.  And one name keeps popping up.  Hartley Rathaway.  So Astrid tracks him down for an interview and finds him suffering from his newly enhanced hearing.  Hartley is no longer just a potential source of information implicating Wells in criminal negligence in the accelerator incident; he’s evidence that the city itself has become an ongoing Fringe event because of how he was altered by the dark energy released that night.

Broyles isn’t convinced that one person is evidence of an ongoing Fringe event.  Or at least he knows he can’t justify an ongoing presence in Central City based on Hartley’s enhanced hearing alone.  So Astrid has to find more ‘meta humans’.  (Would that even be a term yet?)  She’d hire Hartley as a temporary consultant, giving him the means to create the hearing aids he desperately needs to tone down his now painful hearing to something more manageable but also inadvertently promising him revenge - she is investigating STAR Labs and building a case against Wells, after all - and she knows how to deal with bitter, angry scientists.  Without really meaning to, Hartley winds up loyal to Astrid because she gave him the means to put his life back together after Harrison tore it apart.

But while all that character development for Astrid and Hartley’s going on, they still have to find more metas to justify a permanent presence in Central City for Fringe division.  (Astrid doesn’t want to leave the job undone and Hartley is starting to realize he doesn’t want this job to be temporary.)  And they do start discovering metas.  Starting with the comatose Barry Allen, whose unusual seizures and rapid healing have also attracted the attention of Harrison Wells.

I’d have Fringe Division in Central City wind up as a joint task force between the FBI and the CCPD headed up by Astrid, with Hartley as their lead scientific advisor and Joe and Eddie attached to it on the CCPD’s side.  They’d have a lab with little nods to Astrid’s time working with Olivia, Walter, and Peter - a piano for playing when their brains get stuck looking for inspiration, a little cow figurine to represent Gene... 

So now there’s this massive, on going Fringe event and the Observers marooned in this timeline are drawn to it, maybe thinking they can somehow use this to their advantage in reinstating the path to their future.  There’s William Bell, who in this timeline became the very sort of megalomaniac that Walter was so afraid of becoming himself, drawn to the promise of powers beyond anything even he’s imagined... perhaps even a new method of cheating death.  So the Fringe Team in Central City could easily create a whole new ‘season 1′ with stories dealing with new metahumans and tying up loose ends that Fringe’s truncated final season didn’t have time for.

But imagine beyond the first season of The Flash.  Maybe Earth-2 is The Other Side and the accelerator incident here had ripple effects there, causing Harry’s accelerator incident that same night.  (Though that’s my general headcanon regardless of whether I toss Fringe in there too.)  The breaches between the two Earths allow for new story lines with the other Fringe Division and Walternate.  A return of the shapeshifters, perhaps, seeing metahumans as a potential method of finally stabilizing themselves.  Fauxlivia and Lincoln and Scarlie vs Deathstorm and Killer Frost and Reverb... and not to forget Zoom, of course.

[maple-the-awesome]

We'll Meet Again...I Know When || Chapter 1

Pairing: Bucky Barnes x GN Reader

Words: 1,875

Overview: Given your old-fashioned personality and obsession with all things 1940s to 1980s, it’s no wonder that most people refer to you as an ‘old soul’ who would’ve rather lived back then than in the modern era. Little do they know, you already did, but with your previous life as Hollie Stark cut short, you’ve been left with some…unfinished business, to say the least. Top of your list? Finally getting to marry your thought-to-be-lost fiancé.

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CHAPTER ONE: WORSE TIME ALONE

"How many laps did you make?"

"Six...you?"

"24," despite how out of breath you currently are and the roll of your eyes at Steve's smug face, you still manage to crack a smile between the constant huffs of air exiting your mouth.

"I'll have you know six is very impressive. I watched kids in school cry after just one," you defend before chugging down the contents of your water bottle.

Glancing at the blond who practically towers over you from where you sit on the ground, you notice he looks like he could run at least seven more laps before breaking a sweat,”...hey, there's this diner a few blocks down that has really good burgers. We should go."

You knew what he was going to say before even asking the question which is why there was slight hesitation behind it. Regardless, you still chew on your lip when he gives a shallow chuckle, shaking his head," sorry...I've got plans today."

"Oh come on. Super soldiers need to eat, right? And plus, I heard this place has a great senior discount," you press on despite feeling a pierce of guilt in doing so. You're fully aware of what today is, however, there's still a part of you that wants him to confirm it himself. Why? You’re debating your true intentions. Maybe you feel bad that he thinks he has to spend today alone. Maybe you secretly don't want to spend it alone yourself. It's a hell of a day for that, after all.

Despite your hopeful smile and false ignorance to the date, Steve doesn't budge with his answer, although, he does give you an apologetic smile," sorry, but I can't cancel today. Maybe next time."

"I'm gonna hold you to that, Rogers..." Once again, he chuckles which sounds more convincing this time around much to your relief, however, it's only a temporary fix to the aching you feel internally.

It's been three years since Steve returned after having been miraculously frozen in ice; a possibility you had never expected and quite frankly believed to be some cruel prank when the news first reached you. Hollie had been alive for nearly thirty years after Steve's 'death'. You had been living your second life for twenty-two years. Not once did you think Steve could possibly still be alive after all that time, so it's safe to say you felt very conflicted upon seeing him for the first time in decades. You were happy- never mistake that-, there's just one tiny problem: he doesn’t know your secret.

If you were still Hollie and visibly old as dirt, your reunion with Steve would've been a tearful one because he'd know exactly who you are and the history you both share. The problem is you aren't still Hollie and, honestly, you'd be offended if anyone said you look ninety-five.

Right now, in this life, you are (Y/n), a talent agent of SHIELD entrusted with working directly alongside the Avengers. Until that moment three years ago, you had never met Captain America. It's a consequence that you know enough about the forties to help him adjust to the modern era. It's pure luck that you seem to understand him as well as you do. It's a secret to him that there's so much more to you than meets his eyes.

You'd be breaking your biggest rule by telling him you're Hollie. Now, it’s not to say you haven't toyed with the idea before. You want desperately to tell him, but at what risk? You'd look truly insane telling him you're his dead friend not to mention you might lose your job if you insist on it too much. One wrong reaction could cause a domino effect that destroys everything you’ve been working to preserve. It doesn’t matter what today is; that’s a risk you refuse to take when you’ve worked this hard just to have your past life’s family still around.

"You doing good?" Natasha leans back against the counter, her arms stretched out as she looks over to you. Even with her question, you don’t look away from the scene before you.

The boys are in a circle in the living room with Clint making some poor joke that still manages to make the whole group laugh. Usually you love nights like this where you can watch everyone let loose from their busy lives, but tonight has been different. Tonight you feel suffocated. Even Steve was smart enough not to put himself through the pain, giving Tony some excuse similar to the one he had given you this morning. You should’ve just done the same.

"Why wouldn't I be?"

"You know, I'm a spy trained to recognize body language and you've been pretty distracted all night. Somethings on your mind," it's no longer a question, but rather a statement. She knows it's true and so do you.

Taking a sip of your drink, you keep your lips against the glass for an extended amount of time while debating how much you should admit," today’s an...anniversary of types, you could say."

Natasha's expression softens. True to her words about being a gifted spy, she can tell simply by that glimmer in your eyes that you aren't referencing something joyful," and you've been keeping it to yourself all night? Do you want to talk about it? We can go somewhere more quiet."

You inhale a bit too deeply which you know she hears, but you face her with a soft smile anyways," thanks, but I'll be fine. It would be a lot to explain."

'Too much to explain,' you take yet another drink from the glass that's basically empty before pushing yourself off the chair,” I think I should get going. I don’t want to walk home too late.”

Natasha's eyes follow you, the frown on her face evident,” do you want me to drop you off? We can steal one of Tony's cars and go for a drive around town. Might distract you a bit."

Her offer would be tempting any other time, but you shake your head while wiggling on your coat with a smile," nah, I'm an adult and a trained agent. I think I can walk myself home."

"Leaving already?!" Tony calls out, the rest of the group turning heads to you with smiles," the night's still young!"

"I'm tired and old. I can't stay up as late as all of you," you half jest, smirking at his groan as he throws his head back in mock annoyance.

"Hey, don't go around saying you’re old. If you're old, then what does that make me?"

"Don't worry. I'm sure Steve would be happy to invite you on bingo nights and show you his old man diet if you ask him. Have a goodnight everyone," you receive a chorus of 'goodnights' before the evaluator doors shut, leaving you alone to fall back against the mental frame with a tired sigh.

The distance from the Avenger's Tower to your apartment isn't terrible. Just a few blocks to the subway and a train ride away. You manage to echo out most of the trip with your own tired thoughts which are normally a welcomed distraction from all the weird smells and strange people, however, they only manage to weigh you down further tonight.

Even upon closing the door of your apartment, you let go of a heavy sigh before kicking off your shoes somewhere you don't care where. Shedding your coat and letting it simply fall to the ground, you practically drag your feet into the bedroom where you carelessly collapse onto the soft covers of your bed. You remain there for a good few minutes, soaking in the familiar scent that your friends often joke reminds them of their grandparents, then again, they say everything about your house reminds them of an old person. The only person who appreciates your antiques is Steve which is no shocker.

Looking up, you meet eyes with the picture on your bedside which makes your heart even heavier than it has been all day. You've really tried today; you've tried to think about something else and distract yourself from the past, yet here you are teary eyed after an entire day of keeping your emotions damned up from your friends; emotions you worry they could never understand.

You carefully pick up the picture before rolling onto your side with it in hand. You smile sadly through the darkness," you know how many times I hear people say time heals all wounds? Meanwhile I'm here nearly seventy years and a new life later, still heartbroken...Crazy enough, I actually think it was worse this year, too. Then again, I think it might be because of the 'situation'.

"Steve always goes to the museum on days like this. They got this nice little exhibit set up for you there that he visits. I wanted to offer to go, too, because I feel bad that he has to mourn on his own and honestly, I didn't want to be alone today either, but it's not exactly easy to weasel my way into that part of his life. If I were still Hollie to him, sure, but I think it would be pretty weird for me to tell him as (Y/n) 'yeah, I miss him just as much'...I don't think that would make him feel any better.

"I spent most the day in the lab with Tony actually. I think you'd like him. He's just like a mini Howard, but like, the good parts. I mean, I love Howard, he was just an idiot when it came to raising kids. I was always worried he might drop the ball with Tony, especially without me around to spoil him with attention, but I gotta say, he ended up pretty good with all things considered. A smart ass like his dad, but that's just a Stark thing. I doubt you'd deny that."

You take in a breath, hesitating before continuing," I'm grateful; I really am. Even in a new life, I get to remember all the amazing times I had as Hollie. I've even been lucky enough to build this life around those I knew and loved as her. I still get to be friends with Steve even if he doesn't realize the bond we have, and I get to be proud of Tony which I wish I could tell him without it being weird. It’s just…I miss you so much, James.

"They say people are reborn when they have unfinished business to tend to, but all I ever wanted as Hollie was to marry you. I can't exactly do anything about that when you're not here, although, I wish I could...Like I told you sixty eight years ago to this day, I can't imagine spending my life with anyone other than you and as I hope you can see, Barnes, I sure meant that; one life to another, you're the only one for me," you press a kiss to the picture while squeezing your tear-filled eyes shut as if that would magically bring your fiancé back. Looking back at the picture of his smiling face, you try your best to smile back even if it’s a broken one," I wish you were still here with me, James…"

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[marvus-xoloto]

Marvus Pale Headcanons

I'm going to do my best to keep these organized, but ngl I have so many thots abt marv. Head empty, heart..... full :) So... Let's start broad and narrow it down?

Marvus to me reads as somebody who has a hard time differentiating his feelings between concupiscent and conciliatory. He's got enough of an emotional IQ to understand when a relationship isn't working for him or is entering unhealthy territory, so black romance tends to be a little easier for him to navigate than red romance.

Within red romance, Marvus's experience with intimacy is sexual. I mean, the man exudes sexuality and he's kind of the face of sexual desire on alternia just in general. When people get to know him, it's usually flirtatious, implicitly sexy, and invasive.

So with all of that in mind, when I think of Marvus and red romance, I do think he struggles with: a. differentiating sexual intimacy vs non sexual intimacy b. opening up and letting go of his persona completely and c. commitment in general.

For these reasons, I do think he's prone towards gravitating towards an all in one red quadrant; I would say rails with pails, but I really think he'd struggle to keep his feelings all sorted. Marvus is not exactly the kind of person who likes to keep things in boxes, anyway. Not only is it easier for him to navigate intimacy- sexual or not- when there is no boundary, I think Marvus dislikes the idea of romantic boundaries at all with people he has feelings for in general. Quadrant vacillation isn't his thing for these same reasons.

Okay, so with all of that out of the way, let's get onto the specifically pale romantic fluff 😎💕

Marvus's favorite way to be touched is firmly; some people like to escape reality a lil bit when they're getting pale and jiggy with it- and sometimes Marvus does, too- but he generally prefers to be grounded. He's a very intelligent person and he likes to think and strategize his way through problems rather than let them sit and stew.

So with paps, he likes the standard shoosh-pap, but he also likes (and I wrote this in my fic, read it love it reblog it praise me for it etc) when his moirail goes thumb to cheekbone, fingertips to spine. He has sharp angles to his face and he enjoys when his moirail traces them. He also understands intimacy very well this way: he loves feeling your hands around his throat, and the trust between you two in that moment.

He's a very thoughtful person, and his love languages are both quality time and gift giving. He learns all sorts of minutiae about your hobbies, and always picks up small little things that make him think of you. He's also really good at reading people; I've spoken about this before so I won't go in depth here, but he's very good at talking you out of your bad mood.

I argue that Marvus, while he doesn't like feeling idolized in his quadrants, does like to feel special and praised in redrom specifically. Celebrating his albums, or working on songs together, or even just showing up at his studio make him feel like you care, and let's him feel connected to you.

Marvus does like his secrets, and there are times where you dig and you dig and you dig and you still can't unearth them. It takes a while for him to trust that you won't run to the press with it.

He can be a little hot and cold at the beginning. Because Marvus is out on tour a lot, or on interviews, or just generally got damn busy, he sort of like. Lives out of his limo and party bus a lot. In his mind, this isn't exactly the environment for a deep romantic bond and it's a very difficult environment for trust to grow. But he does crave that closeness and unconditional love from another! And honestly, his space is his biggest blessing: he needs a lot of distance in all of his relationships in order to not feel smothered. He likes to feel as if he desperately misses someone and he plays up the pining soo much lol. He wants your attention.

Yeah that's all I got right now! I feel a little unfocused, but if y'all want me to go deeper or clarify on anything specific, just ask! (Please ask me abt marvus my blorbo love of my fucked up mind. I'm begging.. Asks are also open for other characters <3).

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jeez the alien thing got confused huh i was worried abt that. I apologize for making assumptions, you don't owe anyone a diagnoses to speak on something, but in regards to system discussion it'd certainly be helpful to understand if you're speaking from direct experience as a system or as a singlet who would honestly not have the biggest place to be judging what makes a system "valid" or not.

in regards to the "autistic people r reborn aliens" eugenics movement thing i apologize for not clarifying further that uh fucking yeah i understand that specific vein of "neurodivergent people (in this case specifically autistic folks) are spiritually markedly Different bc they were aliens in a past life" is like obviously fucked up and shitty. i'm not defending that at all. it's unfortunate that the example we were using was aliens as that kinda made for an unfortunate unintentional connection to that movement to be made.

when i'm discussing this i meant the broad example of anyone having any kind of non-human past lives. I think ur generalizing that every person that experiences that is someone that believes in a eugenics movement. I already said i disagree with what the other person was saying and doing, trying to convince any queer or neurodivergent person they're non-human reincarnations because they're queer or nd is obviously really fucked up. I'm trying to comment on the fact that you're seeming to lump everyone who believes in non-human reincarnation concepts either into this group or trying to dismiss the validity of their beliefs by saying they're delusional or have body dysmorphia, and that that feels kinda fucked up.

I brought up the way you speak about systems too because it really rubs me the wrong way for you to be judging and making fun of systems with fictives/headmates of fictional characters, esp bc like i said i assumed u were a singlet.

I'm just trying to express how the way you're speaking about these things feels hurtful. If you still feel the way you do after these clarifications I'd like to try and understand more where you're coming from if you wanted to explain further?

First paragraph: I firmly do not believe that the idea that someone cannot speak whatsoever about problems within a community without being a member of that community is a healthy thing to have. Especially one as fraught with codependency, toxicity, and unhealthy coping mechanisms as the one we're referring to now. Even at the best of times, I would not willingly want to publicly talk about my mental history in any capacity, shape, or form. The fact that I admitted having a form of dysmorphia earlier today was I think the first time I consensually shared that kind of information about myself of my own volition/without external pressure.

That said, second paragraph: Yeah today's been a fuckin' mess.

Third paragraph: I was not referring to, and it was not my intention to refer to, anyone who believes in non-human past lives/believes they have had such. My definition of non-human in this scenario would fall under something like a wolf, or a fish, or a tree, or so on. It would definitionally not include an alien, or a deity, or a mythical creature, or a fictional character, which is what I was referring to alone. I apologize it took this long to reach that clarification. I've done a lot of research on many aspects of Central and East Asian cultures/religions/histories because I have a special interest for such things. Trust me when I say that it was definitely not my intention to come off as lumping any of that as what you said.

Fourth paragraph: While I will be the first to admit I have some pretty strong opinions when it comes to systems as a whole and as a concept, the only real belief I have is that fictive-heavy systems need to be incredibly careful that they are not forming a toxic relationship with consuming media, and I disapprove of it for much the same reasons I do with pop culture paganism. I do not have any problem with the idea of systems as a whole because frankly I just. Don't care, and I don't want that to be my business. I've only brought it up in these contexts explicitly because it was contextually systems who were doing these things today, and then systems who harassed me based on the misunderstandings borne out of that. I've gotten real fuckin' exhausted of it all so I've started making fun of it rather than treating it in good faith because they're not taking anything I'm saying in good faith, so I'm not going to spend that energy.

Fifth Paragraph: [points to all of this as clarification and explaining further], also, thank you for like. Just fucking talking. I appreciate it, genuinely.

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How long does it take you to complete a vid? As in from point the idea in your head to fully edited and published?

thanks for the ask! It's hard to pin this down bc if I have the inspiration and the time to sit down for hours and edit, then it can only take a few days. But honestly, the majority of projects in my folder for the past year are there for at least a month before being finished and published. I'd say this year's average is six months for a video bc I simply don't have the time or motivation, and I have too many ideas that I'm trying to pin down.

Looking back at my most recent videos:

Jack & Sam | Champagne Problems.

Started editing / blocking out the video idea: 11/11/21

Published: 11/12/21

(a month feels like such an achievement right now!)

Wanda Maximoff | Out of Televisions.

Started editing: 07/03/21

Published: 14/10/21

What happened here was that I edited most of it, then I ended up working on a lot of other projects for a while before coming back to this bc I knew it was mostly finished and I needed something to post!

Stephen & Christine | I Don't Want You To Go.

Started editing: 02/09/21

Published: 05/09/21

Three days??? This was one of those beautiful moments where I have the idea and the time to sit down and work on it. I had submitted a big deadline for my research on the 1st of September, so I was taking the first week of the month lightly and revisiting hobbies. So, that's why I had the time to make a whole video.

Samantha Carter | Goner.

Started editing: 20/12/20

Published: 28/08/21

oof, this one was going really well and then I thought of a cool parallel for Teal'c and Sam and then I ended up editing something for them instead. Then the new year hit with all the videos I wanted to post, so this got lost until Amanda Tapping's birthday this year.

Roy O'Bannon | Old Town Road.

Started editing: 20/07/21

Published: 21/08/21

This one was technically a v straightforward edit and really only amounted to a few hours of work. But other things (as always) got in the way and this project was zero priority 😂

Loki & Mobius | Trust.

Started editing: 20/06/21

Published: 27/08/21

This one was a tricky one bc I was trying to pull the whole thread of their relationship and parallel it all. My biggest mistake was starting while the series was still airing, bc every single week, I had to adjust it after 1x02. I had given a lot of space expecting more content in 1x03 and then I had to completely readjust the tone after 1x04. Then the ending of the show was so weird and open-ended that I didn't know how to end this video and almost didn't finish it. I know a lot of people edit shows week to week as they're airing but I can't do that, I like knowing and understanding the full arc before I start editing anything.

Marvel | Losing Your Memory.

Started editing: 01/07/21

Published: 18/07/21

Okay so this is the last one I'll talk about bc it was like the only time I've edited cleverly and used my time well. I opened this project at the beginning of July but I knew I didn't have the time to edit it for a while. So, while the idea was fresh in my head, I added the song to the track and then went through the entire thing with markers, adding in notes about what content would go where, so that once I had the free time to make this, the idea wouldn't be gone:

I just did the entire song with markers, closed the project and didn't think any more about it, until I had free time a fortnight later. I sat down for a few hours over two days and filled in all the clips and voiceovers I had marked out. It obviously took some adjusting as clips and voiceovers are never the length you imagine them to be.😂 but this is such an invaluable way to get the inspiration down and plan it even if you don't have the time to make it. Bc when you do have that time, past!you has done all the work.

anyway, that's my rant over. Normally, editing a video will mostly take a few hours a day for a handful of days. It's about actually getting it finished in that time and not getting distracted by other ideas for me😂

My editing timeline looks like this:

I'll definitely be relying more heavily on the markers in future to plot out ideas that I don't have time to make yet! And I've learned my lesson about editing an in-depth tribute to a show as it's actively airing!

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Hey, i've recently got into the nana fandom and i absolutely loved it and i've come across nana tiktok which is fun but i've noticed many people don't like ren. Apparently they don't like ren because he was just as bad as takumi, toxic, was manipulative, forced nana to do things in their relationship, was obsessed with her, put trapnest first and many fans have concentrated on what ren said about wanting to kill nana. It is mentioned many times in the manga about them wanting to die together which people just ignore. i completely disagree, i believe people that think that have not understood their relationship or ren and nanas intense love for each other at all. Their mutual feelings have been mentioned many times in the manga and i don't understand how fans have twisted ren and nanas relationship into such a bad one. I would love to hear your opinion cause there are not many people that understand the depth of their relationship.

Hello anon!

Well, I have to say I’m surprised about what you’re telling me because actually I’ve always seen Ren as one of the most loved characters in Nana, so no offence to the people who created the Nana TikTok but I think that they are just a “concentration” of Ren haters who went to TikTok because in the rest of the web they couldn’t find anyone else to spread bullshit about Ren XD  I mean, comparing Ren to Takumi is a pure heresy...Takumi was manipulative because he has a ego so big that he has always seen himself like the best man in the world, everything he does he does better then the others, so he want people to follow his orders and, more than anything else, he want to have always everything under his control. I’ve always said that I completely agree with Kinoshita when he said that Takumi treats the staff, his bandmates and also all the people near to him like soldiers who just have to support his ideas without expressing their own opinion or contradict him. On the other hand, Ren hasn’t really forced Nana to do anything. I mean, did he forced her to follow him in Tokyo? Hell no, he let her free to decide herself how she wanted to live her life, despite he wanted to stay with her so much. Did he forced her to accept his marriage proposal? No, Nana said yes because she wanted to stay with him. The only thing that he has done (and then he regretted it and admitted he was wrong) is continuing to ask her to live with him despite he knows she was still fighting against her proud and wasn’t ready to come back to him like before, but it’s not that he “forced” her: it’s just that he wanted to stay with her everyday, he wanted to come back after work and find his beloved Nana at home, preparing miso soup and giving him her attentions. Isn’t this what a person in love normally wants? 

Ren was obsessed with Nana, but also Nana was obsessed with him. Ok, their relationship had become toxic and they needed to solve a lot of problems, but as you said and as also Hachi said herself, their love was so big and strong that they threaten to collide everytime they met each other. Their love is the biggest, truest, strongest in all the manga. And what abaout Reira then? Wasn’t she obsessed by Takumi? But since she’s the “poor singer princess who felt so lonely”, people defend her obsessive love for him. Ren felt alone too, but unlike Reira he didn’t want to show that so much, he wanted to appear as a hero because that’s what people thought about him, that he was an invicible hero. Actually Ren was probably the most sensitive character in all the manga (and we have seen it, I mean he started to take drugs to kill the pain he felt inside).

About the fact that he said he wanted to kill Nana, as I said I admit that their relationship was come to a toxic point and they needed to talk and be honest and try to solve their problems, but there’s something we have to consider: he said that he wanted to kill Nana, but actually he never tried to do it. You can’t kill someone you love. In the end Ren killed himself while trying to be a better man and stop thinking about killing Nana, that’s what we have to consider. Ren is died while he was trying to make up for his mistakes, which is something that Takumi hasn’t done, so comparing Ren to Takumi is so wrong in my opinion.  Also, Ren was honest about this topic with Nana and he told her openly that he was thinking to kill her: she would have been afraid about this, she would have run away from him, but actually she wasn’t afraid at all. She simply said “I will wait for you at the Sanzu river”. She seemed ok with the idea of diying together, it’s a decision that they shared despite it can seem a bad decision to the eyes of many people. Look at their expression in the panels under: Ren’s eyes betray all his pain, he felt bad because he know that he’s doing something wrong everytime he thinks about killing Nana. Ren was aware that it wasn’t good, he had something that Takumi lacked: the awareness that he was doing something bad. Nana’s expression as I said is totally calm, she doesn’t care about him killing her: she had already said time before that she wanted to die with him.

When Ren died, in the last quote of the chapter Nana said “Hachi, once Ren promised me that he would have taken me with him when he died. I don’t want to be abandoned”. I mean, isn’t this clear enought to understand that Nana was totally ok with the idea of dying with him, even if it wasn’t the best choise?  Takumi forced Hachi to have sex with him more than one time, Hachi didn’t want but in the end she surrended: this is more unsane in my opionion, than the decision to die together that Nana and Ren made without being forced. 

The only thing I can “blame” Ren for is to have always put Trapnest before Nana. He died while going to fetch Reira, not while going to make up things with Nana and celebrate her birthday. When Search magazine published their secret love story, he just didn’t do anything to protect Nana, he just protected himself and Trapnest. When Kinoshita said him that if he wanted to say something to the reporters he wouldn’t have stopped him, Ren’s answer hasn’t been the one of a man who wants to put his woman first:

In the last panel you can see from Kinoshita’s expression that he was so surprised too, and I admit I was myself when I read it. I’ve felt disappointed by Ren honestly, because his words seemed to me only excuses more than a declaration of love for Trapnest. Shortly after, when Trapnest are in England, while talking to Reira about what Yasu did for Nana (punching in the face a paparazzo and putting at risk his lawyer career) he faced his mistake and he admitted that he won’t be able to do the same for her. He felt so bad after that and he started taking drugs.  

All this to say that I agree with you, people who say Ren is like Takumi need to re-read again the manga carefully because they clearly have missed some important points. And yeah, Nana and Ren relationship is so deep that you need to analyze it to understand many things. My suggestion for you: there are other social with Nana groups where I haven’t seen people talking bad about Ren (Tumblr, Facebook, some forums, Instagram, Discord...), so if that TikTok group doesn’t share your opinion and you don’t feel comfortable talking with them, I’m sure there are other people who share your thoughts and would like to talk with you ;) For example @komatsunana has created a Discord group and they are all nice people and don’t hate Ren, so I’m sure she will be happy to invite you if you ask her to join the group! ;) 

Thank you for asking and welcome into Nana fandom! ♥

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CHARMED 03X01 REVIEW SPOILERS!!!!!!!

First of all, I am sooo excited that Charmed is back for season 3. I am honestly so conflicted about this first episode. Entertainment value-wise the episode was a solid 8/10 for me maybe even a 9/10, but it was filled with so many little tropes that bother me that by the end of watching I was left half smiling and half confused and dissatisfied.

But, there was some nice OG Charmed references that I thought were clever so maybe I should go 9/10.

Anyways, I think I'll stick to form. Dislikes first, likes, and then memorable moments.

DISLIKES

1) Jimmy and the memory manipulation/wipe troupe.

I am probably biased because I've hated this move since OG Charmed and especially since Supernatural and its "solution" to Lisa and Ben.

My biggest issue with this sort of thing is that there is no guarantee that changing someone's memories or even how they see themselves/interact with others will PROTECT them.

Granted the girls may not be thinking of protecting Jimmy, but they seem to he continually forgetting that his and Harry's lives are connected. Also that the Faction is everywhere. People believing Jimmy is a good man won't stop people from hurting him or from finding out he has powers. Heck! The guy could get hit by a bus and that's the end of Harry.

I love the sentiment and idea of Jimmy getting a chance to live a life where he isn't carrying the weight of the trauma from being in darkness and believing he is nothing but the bad/irredeemable parts of James (the "whole" person).

I assume because of the fact the potion probably cannot do those things (protect jimmy or strip powers) that we may seem him back if not for the next two episodes, which were supposed to be the end of season 2, then later this season.

2) Mel's Meltdown

So...I have no problem with Mel freaking out about the situation. But I thought they all had collectively done this and moved forward last season. Wasn't that what the whole episode of them getting back thier powers was about? Also, did they really make Mel's freak out about a woman/relationship. Mel who has navigated similar issues seasons past? Mel who gave Maggie a hard time about it last season (technically earlier om the same season since this episode was written to be a part of last season). Growth isn't a straight line to walk and I am okay with similar insecurities and patterns arising in characters behaviors/storyline, but this feels lazy. I want more for and from Mel at this point especially when last season they gave her sloppy and quick "growth and acceptance" storylines (really just a few minutes on the whole of season 2).

3) No explanation of Maggie's power mismanagement

I will say that because her powers are a new development I dont have issue with her not being able to handle them perfectly. If only we could all be automatically perfect at any new skill we want. I take issue with not having a real explanation or solution

Was it an issue of her own repressed emotions making her powers too strong? Was it that these were new emotions she had to try to push onto Mel (chill versus calm in wording). And then the solution was just that the emotions would fade away.

I mean they didn't need a big thing. And the fading away isn't really a big issue with me, but is it unclear because it may happen again? If they don't plan on similar misshaps then I would have preferred to have some understanding of why this was happening to her. But if we something similar later on I can forgive it.

LIKES

1) Hacy

I like that they get right to Macy knowing about what Harry asked Maggie to do. I still felt they hadn't resolved the issue fully at the end of this episode, but I like that everything was laid on the table. I especially love the clarity of thier feelings "I dont want anyone else"/"Neither do I" because some shows take these situations in the direction of having playing up insecurities and jealousy. Aka they spend so much time fighting about how the person wants to be with someone else or being jealous of other relationships the character has *cough* CAOS *cough*. And honestly that was so 2020. I am glad we left that in last year. I crave open and honest communication even if the solution isn't quick and easy.

2) Jordan and Abby's side quest.

I loved Jordan and Harry's day out last season. I think I loved this more.

Not just the possible hints that maybe Abby could be part of a dark trio of sisters, but I love the references to og charmed and the times the girls had to release people from art or got trapped in art. "It happens more often than you think".

I also loved Jordan's sassy-ness with Abby and that reference to Abby and Harry's "deal" last season. Lol to the horrified "Not that!".

The actors did a really good job together and the storyline was strong and entertaining.

3) Viv confirmed mastermind/Julian confirmed dope and more info on black amber.

I mean we knew and it doesn't absolve Julian of blame, but confirming that Vivian's plans have nothing to do with helping or healing and everything to do with amassing power for herself is nice to finally have especially when it gives us more insight into black amber.

Seriously, last season was actually really bad at world building as far as setting up deeper lore. I mean the extent of what black amber can do was still largely a mystery. It can be used to raise the dead, but can't heal human illness????? It can give Maggie and Mel new powers, but couldn't do the same for Macy??? Also how did the girls reach that conclusion given what little we all know of black amber???

Anyways, those plotholes aside, they at least gave us that information. Hopefully it is true and not just misunderstanding.

Moving on....

Episode Highlights

Jimmy riling up Mel: "come on"

Lol

"I just want us"

Jordan to Abby; *grossed out* "Not that."

Viv and Juliana looking at glowing box and talking about magic.