#i already gotta be a Brave Boy(tm)*

[exxistential-nightmare]

Sometimes the mentally ill experience is chewing the inside of your mouth to get enough saliva to swalow your tablets

[ryhmus]

MARIQUEST 2

MARI hosts another DnD session for Kel's birthday...

[MARI is once again setting up the board game on the living room table of the Kel and Hero's home, the others are sat around with thier character sheets from last time out on the table, as a finishing touch, she puts on her wizard hat and sets her hands on the table]

MARI; "Welcome back adventurers, to another round of...Spires and Seekers!"

[She looks to Kel with a bright smile

MARI; "And I'm so happy you could join us today, Kel!"

Kel; "Aw~ you didn't have to for MY birthday."

MARI; "Of course I had to! After so long we just didn't have the time for any sessions. We've been busy!

MARI; "Now let's just have to pick up where we- Do you smell smoke?"

[A smoke alarm starts to sound, HERO looks alarmed and sprints to the kitchen.]

HERO; "Oh no! not the cookies again!"

MARI;"Um, guys? we might have to delay our session for a bit, I'll be right...with you...Hold on HERO! I'm coming!"

[The remaining members look to Kel, he eyes the board and in particular; the Spire Master's hat]

Kel; "Hey, got an idea..."

[Kel picks up the wizard hat and snugly fits it on his head]

Kel; "Well since MARI'S gonna be busy. I'll be your Spire Master today in...

MARI KELQUEST; And the Awesome Quest for the Awsome-sause! (*tm*)

Kel; Eh? eh? pretty sweet right? right? I've never done this before so I hope it's good..."

[AUBREY exchanges looks with OMORI who shrugs]

AUBREY; "Whatever works for you birthday boy."

Kel; Thank you, where did you guys leave off in your last game?"

KEL; "Uh, gee, it's been a while, I don't remember what we were doing..."

BASIL; "I wasn't even here for this.

Kel; "Let's make a new story then, I'll start off *ahem*."

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OUR STORY BEGINS IN THE SMALL FISHING TOWN OR...ORANGE...JOESVILLE, IT IS A PEACEFUL TOWN FULL OF PEACEFUL PEOPLE WHO DO PEACEFUL THINGS LIKE FISHING AND OCEAN STUFF...ALSO THEY GOT THIS STUFF CALLED AWESOME-SAUCE AND IT'S REALLY GOOD AND...

BUT!

...SOME EVIL PIRATE DUDE WHO HATES FISHING MESSED UP THE WORLD AND WANTS TO DESTROY THIS VILLAGE, CAUSE HE REALLY, REALLY HATES FISH...THE FATE OF THE TOWN RESTS ON THESE BRAVE SOULS...

AUBREY, THE FEARLESS BARBARIAN WARRIOR OF THE NORTHERN BUNNY FOLK!

HERO BASIL, THE VALIANT KNIGHT-PALADIN OF A FAR AWAY KINGDOM.

STRANGER...THE MYSTERIOUS- OH HOLD ON HE'S NOT HERE TODAY, WE'LL JUST SKIP OVER THIS...

KEL THE WIZARD...A MASTER WIZARD OF BASKETBALL AND AWESOMENESS!

AND OMORI, THE SHADE, SHADOWY AND SILENT ROUGE, QUIET AS THE NIGHT...

THEIR JOURNEY WILL BE LONG AND PERILOUS AND EPIC AS HECK! BUT TOGETHER THEY WILL...

SAVE THE WORLD!

...

AUBREY; "...Cool story so far...(sucks in a breath) yep, good story."

Kel;"Hold on, gotta give you your character sheets and-"

AUBREY;"Wait, wait, wait, we've already got character sheets."

BASIL;"I don't. I don't know how to play!"

KEL; "Oh! You can have HERO'S spot."

Our adventure begins, with our brave adventurers resting at the local ocean-bar, the bar-maiden comes over and asks-

AUBREY; "I punch KEL in the face...again..."

KEL; "Come on AUBS, really?"

Kel; "For real or in the game?"

AUBREY; "Either way's good, he's got a really punchable face."

Kel; "Roll the dice."

KEL; "I swear, if you get lucky a second time I'll-

AUBREY "Ooh ho ho! a 20...~"

KEL; "Oh come on..."

Kel; "AUBREY punches KEL in the face so hard that he flies into a wall and it explodes! Everything blows up!, the bar is but a smoldering crater left in the wake of AUBREY'S mighty blow!"

AUBREY; "Heh, I'm a bad...ass..."

Kel; "Hey! no swearing!"

KEL; "Why you...Well I shoot her with my...MAGIC MISSILE!"

AUBREY; "Roll the dice...Hehe, maybe you'll hit something this time."

KEL; "I got a...10! Get a load of this!"

Kel; "KEL shoots a magic missile and narrowly grazes the owner of the former bar, who is now furious and demands payment for the destruction of his establishment."

BASIL; "Uh I-I offer t-to do work to help him raise enough money to help him rebuild."

Kel; "Roll for initiative BASIL."

BASIL; "Do what? what's initiative for?"

[Kel skims through the Spires and Seekers guide]

Kel; "The book says, you gotta roll this dice thing anytime you want to do something."

[BASIL picks up the die and tosses it]

BASIL; "Uh... it's a...20? that's good right?"

Kel; "BASIL pays the owner of the bar for all the damages but now you have no money! What you going to do?"

AUBREY; "I think we should go look for some jobs to get money."

KEL; "Agreed..."

OMORI;"Hmhmm..."

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Kel; "So it's a fabulous day in orange Joe'sville-"

Aubrey; "Hold on. I thought the world was messed up?"

Kel;"Oh yeah, it's dark, and cloudy now..."

BASIL;"Well that's was quick..."

Kel;"...and it's storming milk from the sky... lots of dead, smelly fish everywhere..."

KEL; "Smells like butts and dead people..."

[Everyone gives KEL strange looks]

Kel;"...And it's being attacked by pirates..."

AUBREY; "Already?!"

Kel; "Yeah we're doing this already! The pirates were waiting to ambush you."

BASIL;"I can cast a healing aura I could-"

KEL; "I USE MAGIC...MISSILE...BARRAGE!"

Kel;" Roll it! mini me!"

[KEL rolls the dice, his eyes light up as it lands on a perfect 20...]

KEL; "YES! YES YES YES YES! LET'S DO IT!"

BASIL;"Ow! Not so loud KEL, I'm sitting right here."

KEL;"Sorry BASIL."

Kel; "KEL launches his magic missiles, they careen through the sky like a flock of eagles and dive into the waters amidst ORANGE JONES' fleet."

[*Slams table and makes explosion noises*]

Kel ;"Then it utterly annihilates them in a massive plume of magic smoke! The pirates AND the ocean are wiped off the face of the earth, WITH ONE STRIKE! KEL BLOWS UP THE OCEAN!"

KEL; "WOOOOOOOOO! HECK YEAH!!! I JUST BLEW UP THE FREAKING OCEAN!"

AUBREY;"Those poor fish..."

KEL; "Take that, pirates and ocean!"

BASIL; "Won't the people starve without the ocean?"

KEL: "They can just pick up all the dead fish lying all over. They don't even have to work for it anymore."

AUBREY; "KEL...fish need water to live, the ocean doesn't have infinite fish, they need to reproduce in there. And also, you know? they go bad after a while?"

KEL; "..."

KEL; "Oh...oops..."

AUBREY; "Great job...dummy. You just doomed everyone."

...

One epic, hastily re-written campaign filled with convenient plot-holes, poorly balanced epic battles, overpowered, game-breaking loot and many more magic missiles later...plus a bathroom break...

...

[the friends are all sat around the table, looking well invested when HERO and MARI walk in covered in soot]

MARI; "I see you started without me...Is everyone have fun?"

KEL; "Yeah! I'm the strongest wizard ever! I blew up the ocean, and the pirates and the aliens too!"

HERO; "I see...Kel's been narrating?"

Kel; "I do make a fine DM if I say so myself."

AUBREY; "I'm surprised to say this but...I'm having a lot of fun with this."

BASIL;"Yeah! even OMORI looks like he's enjoying this."

[OMORI looks over at MARI, he has a faint yellow shimmer around him]

MARI; "That's great! because we just finished baking the cake and setting up the party!"

[Immediately the group all stand up and excitedly rush into the kitchen]

Kel; "Heck yeah! celebrating time!"

KEL; "I want to wear the party hats this time! It's my birthday too!"

AUBREY; "OMORI wants to cut the cake!"

OMORI;" Hmm..."

[MARI goes over and begins to pack up the Spires and Seekers board back into it's case]

MARI; "Hey HERO? You think you'd want a turn at being the Spire Master next time?"

HERO; "I got a script for one that I'm writing, care to read it?

MARI; "Let me guess? You're the charming prince and I'm the princess? How sweet.~"

[HERO blushes]

HERO; "I-It's...not done yet..."

[howlingday]

tragic backstory (tm) au) the grimm dragon awakes and atlas lacks the firepower to kill it. the cameras watch as the brave huntsmen under jaune do their best to hold it off till the refugees can make ti to the ship but when they finally ground the damn thing disaster strikes ruby and yang are stuck under the dragon their aura holds but for how long? jaune takes up a lance and charges his mount.

King's Rule

I can only think of me and you.

???: ... .p!

Jaune: (Feels his feet dragging) Mngh...

???: .et .p!

Jaune: Wha...

Yang: Come on, get up, Jaune!

Jaune: Yang?

Yang: Jaune! (Stops dragging him, Holds him up) You okay?

Jaune: (Leans against the wall) What happened?

Yang: Cave-in. You fell and konked your head. You good?

Jaune: Still woozy... How's everyone else?

Yang: Communications are down. I lost contact after I got down here. But it's just us here right now.

Jaune: Wait, the dragon-!

Yang: Is gone. It ran past us, causing the cave-in. We're trapped down here now.

Jaune: Any way out?

Yang: Not without risking another cave in.

Jaune: So we wait.

Yang: Yeah.

Jaune: ...That's not good enough.

Yang: Huh?

Jaune We need to think of a way out of here.

Yang: How?

Jaune: ...I don't know, but there's gotta be a way out.

Yang: Listen, Vomit Boy, the only way in and out was those stairs, and that Grimm tore his way up, closing it behind him because his fat, ugly butt couldn't fit in one go. We're trapped!

Jaune: Wait, it what? Say that again.

Yang: It's fat, ugly butt?

Jaune: Yes! Er, no. Kinda? Just- (Sighs) What do you mean it couldn't fit in one go?

Yang: Well, it got stuck halfway out, so it had to sort of wriggle and slam it's way through, causing the cave-in.

Jaune: ...That's it!

Yang: What is?

Jaune: There's another entrance in here!

Yang: How do you figure?

Jaune: Well, how did it get in here? Grimm aren't living creatures. They don't grow like humans or animals.

Yang: Oh! I get it!

Jaune: Yup!

Yang: So you know where to look?

Jaune: ...Nope.

Yang: (Sighs) I should have known. Well, let's get lookin'. No telling where it could have came in.

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Touché: The end is nigh! The end is nigh! Take cover, for we meet death in the eye!

Cinder: No, we don't! (Huffs) Everyone, just calm down. The students reported the Beowolves outside the village have stopped coming in from the forest.

Baker: And what of the rats?

Cinder: The rats are still in the town square. It's like a black carpet with... Nevermind. The point is, no one is leaving this building until help arrives.

Emerald: Which is coming when exactly?

Cinder: Soon enough, I'm sure. (Looks to Ozpin) Right?

Ozpin: Yes. Beacon Academy is coordinating with Atlas as we speak to resolve the matter as soon as possible. Right now, I imagine Glynda is sending out students to positions in the surrounding area.

Mercury: And what about his royal highness?

Ozpin: I am certain Mr. Arc is already on top of the situation.

Cinder: He better be. He hasn't answered his scroll since this happened, and no one else has heard from him either. For his sake, he better have a plan to fix this!

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Pyrrha: How many Grimm are left?

Ren: (Via comms) About twenty, maybe thirty.

Pyrrha: Keep track. They've stopped coming in from the forest, but the rats are chewing on anything they can around the town square. For now, everyone stay away from the town.

Ren: Understood. Blake and I will remain on the rooftops. Over and out.

Ruby: Weiss, any sign of Yang?

Weiss: (Via comms) Not since she left to find Jaune. Any sign on your end?

Ruby: No. But that dragon is making me super uncomfortable flying around us.

Weiss: Agreed. But the sun should rise soon, right? At least we'll have something brighter than moonlight.

Ruby: Yup. Just a few hours. Um, by the way, is it a dragon or a wyvern?

Weiss: What?

Ruby: Because a dragon has four legs, right? So wouldn't this be a wyvern, since it only has two legs?

Weiss: ...Over and out.

Ruby: Aw...

Pyrrha: I think you're right, Ruby.

Ruby: Thanks, Pyrrha.

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Jaune: Can you see anything?

Yang: Nope. Just cave walls.

Jaune: (Sighs) This is starting to feel hopeless.

Yang: Hey, look on the brightside. We're still alive.

Jaune: For now. Who knows what's in here with us?

Yang: Well, did you see anything Grimm?

Jaune: No.

Yang: Well, neither did I, which means there's no Grimm. Or, at least, not on the walls.

Jaune: (Points his scroll up) Mm, the ceiling is too high up. The light can't reach.

Yang: Well, let's walk back to the entrance. Maybe we missed something.

Jaune: Maybe, but the way I see it, the solution isn't going drop out of the sky- AIIIE!!

Yang: Jaune! You okay?

Jaune: Y-Yeah. I just tripped on a rock, or something.

Yang: (Smiles) Oh, Vomit Boy, it was a rock.

Jaune: Huh? (Looks back) Is that... a chain?

Yang: Pretty big one, too.

Jaune: Shine the light up.

Yang: Okay, and... jackpot.

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Ironwood: Any word from Oz yet?

Goodwitch: We've established contact, but it was difficult to recieve word from them. Messages typed out are sent out by us are recieved by them, but the same cannot said in reverse. Video contact is also difficult to establish. Wherever they are is dark, and the visuals are often frozen, as well as their words.

Ironwood: A jammer?

Goodwitch: I can't rule anything out. However, how a small hamlet like Mallet can have something so technological advanced only raises further questions.

Ironwood: I am sending one of battleships en route. Do you believe the reports? Is it really a dragon?

Goodwitch: I am praying it isn't, but preparing for the opposite.

Ironwood: As we all are, Glynda. As we all are.

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Ren: I can't tell what's worse. The rats, the dragon, or the fact we were outsmarted by the Grimm.

Blake: It's more common than you think. The Grimm are most dangerous when we underestimate them.

Ren: Even the rats?

Blake: Especially the rats.

Ren: (Sighs) The Beowolves stopped coming. Only thing we can do now is destroy what's left. How much ammunition do you have?

Blake: Two clips, plus four dust cases.

Ren: I have three clips.

Blake: Make every shot count.

Ren: Don't I know it?

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Jaune: I don't know about this.

Yang: Only way out other than here is blocked off.

Jaune: We don't even know for sure if it actually leads out. Not to mention who knows if it could hold us climbing up.

Yang: Well, how about this? Whoever is lighter climbs up first. Once they're up high enough, they'll let the other one know whether or not we can get out there.

Jaune: Okay, so who's lighter?

Yang: ...

Jaune: ...

Yang: Don't look at me, Vomit Boy. I'm not that much heavier than you.

Jaune: Well, let's see who can pick who up. The loser has to climb up.

Yang: Fine, but don't cry to me when I lift you over my head.

Jaune: Yeah, right. (Yang hugs him from behind) One, two-

Yang: Three! HNNNNNNGH! (Drops him) Hah! Hah! How was that?

Jaune: Uh, my toes still touched the ground.

Yang: Oh... Well, I bet my heels don't leave the ground!

Jaune: What is- (Sighs) Whatever. (Wraps his arms around Yang, Looks cute anime boyish) Are you ready, hime-sama~?

Yang: (Blushing) W-What?

Jaune: (Normal) I asked if you were ready.

Yang: Oh, uh, y-yeah.

Jaune: One, two, three! Hup!

Yang: Whoa! (Lifted off the ground) Easy, strongman! (Set down) Fine, I guess you are heavier than me... Fatty.

Jaune: Yeah, yeah. We can worry about your pride after you climb up.

Yang: I'm going, I'm going. (Climbs up the chain) Here's hoping I don't get tetanus.

Jaune: Here's hoping.

Yang: (Climbs up) Just about up there. (Stops) Okay, (Turns on her scroll light, Hooks it to her) What am I looking for? (Pats around) Hm? This feels like a lip.

Jaune: (Via scroll) See anything?

Yang: I think I found how it came down, but I can't tell how we can go up.

Jaune: There's a way up?

Yang: Yeah. It looks like a door.

Jaune: Hm... What if I...?

Yang: Whoa! The door just moved!

Jaune: I found another hanging chain. If we pull on it, it could open the door.

Yang: Gotcha, little bro! Hold tight! (Swings upside down, Feet on ceiling) Here we go! (Launches herself while holding the chain, Rocketing with her shotgauntlets)

Jaune: Yang! (Cavern rumbles) Yang, be careful! You don't want cause another cave-in!

Yang: Well, we don't have a lot of options, do we ?

Jaune: No, but... just be careful. I do want to get out of here, but not at the cost of you being buried.

Yang: Oh... Um, right. Sure. So, uh, you've got a plan for this one?

Jaune: Pull it really hard.

Yang: I think I can do that.

Jaune: We'll do it together. (Grabs the chain) One.

Yang: (Grabs the chain) Two!

JY: THREE! (Both tug on the chain as hard as they can, Cavern rumbles more and more)

Yang: Almost! Keep! Going!

Jaune: RRRRGHAAAAAAAA!!! (Chains whips down, Shockwaves rumble throughout the cave)

Yang: (The door above opens) YES! WE DID IT! WE-! (Rats rain down from above)

Jaune: RATS!

[malepresentingleg]

is it 2013 again? cause i have a rant about teen wolf coming and i feel 16 y/o.

so due to dome heavy procrastination I've consumed a lot of teen wolf content, i skipped a bunch of episodes and a lot of scenes in the ones i haven't but i still have some Thoughts TM

it's good??? i had a Good Time watching, it was funny but intense and dark and i felt Feelings watching, some of the plotlines were meh (or maybe i just skipped them heh) but a lot were interesting and i loved the characters and their interaction

scott. my sweetheart. my baby. such a cutiepie, such a great protagonist 10/10 i love him and would die for him. he's so pure and cute and his little smile melts my heart. i love how he's fundamentally Human no matter how non human he is. he's a great character all around and i kinda wish they didn't do that shit to him at the end (imma get there) or treated him like he ISN'T the protagonist for such big parts of the shows

people KNOW. Stiles knows from day one, allison finds out soon, his mom finds out in season 2! the sheriff in 3, and they just become part of the gang and can help them with stuff bc they UNDERSTAND. shows like that get really tiring when the teens constantly lie to everyone around them and it was very refreshing. the running gag with the coach ruining things tho was funny and I'm ok with it.

Ok this is mellisa appreciation time. she's SUCH a great, complex and unusual mom-of-hero character. i absolutely love her and her attitude, i love how she's not simply being used as a tool to cause scott pain (just.. sometimes) and their relationship is parenting goals.

also isn't it fucking hilarious how she's a nurse but she just knows everything medical. she's also a surgeon and a mortician and a doctor. ik it's for plot reasons but it funny af.

in general women on the show.. had a lot of potential, i love them, but i hate how they were treated.

allison was all around great imo, her and scott's relationship was built very well and was two sided from the start (unlike... yeah), she has emotions, she's smart and brave, but also human and scared, she kicks ass and, again, exists outside of Scott's GF status (mostly). andddd they killed her. idk if the actress had to/wanted to leave or it was a pure writers decision bc they needed to keep just her father or something, but that would have been ok if not for all the other things

we have 3 main kickass ladies with powers- lydia, kira and malia. lydia spent close to FIVE whole seasons not knowing anything about her abilities/not knowing how to control them. cmon, it gets old. scott masters his powers after a season or two (and had control a lot sooner), parrish finds out what he is like half a season after it becomes relevant etc.

malia- do i need to explain? she was CONSTANTLY struggling controlling her abilities, no matter how badass she supposedly was. and kira oh boy, they did her dirty, didn't they?

kira was such a cute adorable character. i loved her and her little crush on scott and wanting to make friends and being freaked out about relationships, i love her discovering her past and heritage and learning to fight and gaining control and becoming a badass. but. what? they just undid all this? oh no the fox is taking over she has no control no agency of her own she needs to disappear for years now bye :( again, idk if the actress needed to leave but it was so unsatisfying and was insulting to the character. she wasn't even mentioned later a bunch like allison was, just they needed her mom for a plot tool and didn't even acknowledge it was her sword they were breaking. uhm rude?

LET WOMEN HAVE POWERS AND BE AWESOME WITH THEM. and not just minor/bad characters thanks.

i love the concept of a pack on the show and how you don't have to be a werewolf to be a part of it, how scott becomes a true alpha and how he cares about his friends. i kinda feel like in later seasons him being an alpha was more talk than show which like /: meh. like i said, he stopped BEING the main character, just talked about as if he was.

i love how friendship is valued, but i think it could be more.. i mean the scene in the motel, all season 3b, scott and lydia, all the girls with each other.. i love it. too many times tho it "wasn't enough" and only romantic love worked which SUCKS. in 6a i was so happy scott went in to try and remember stiles and the memories hit me right in the heart. then when it "wasn't enough" i was SO pissed and frustrated goddammit. i guess that leads me to the next point-

ships, should i talk about ships? i don't want hate in my asks but oh well it's been a few years maybe there's no fandom to care. I'll start with the end

malia and scott. what. the. fuck. when, out of fucking no where, they had like a lingering look or something i was just "nope. no thanks". and then every scene they had together i had to cover my eyes bc it felt so wrong and bad and awkward. jesus. no build up at ALL, they're like family, i just. ew. no. it felt way too much like "oh we gotta pair off the leftovers" or "the main character can't end up single" well guess what, he fucking can. it was. god. i can't even explain the disgust. when he needed to heal and all she had to do was kiss him ugh. it felt so fake and empty of meaning. i would 100% prefer for it to be stiles (I'll get there) or his mom who snapped him out of it.

melissa and chris, i could get aboard with that. def cute, def weird af since his dead daughter was dating her son but, well.

stiles and lydia is a ship i have conflicting feelings about. i absolutely hate the concept of "the nerd" is in love with the popular girl since freshman year and he's borderline being a creep ("oh but it's stiles! he's a dork and he's harmless" no.), completely obsessed with her and she ignores him but then they end up getting together.. i mean, it sends a bad msg to obsessed boys about how it's worth it in the end, and it makes the whole relationship feel unbalanced from the start, makes her reciprocation feel unatural. BUT, i have to admit the show did kinda make me warm up to this ship by the end, curse them. it was kinda cute. i wish there was more mutualness before it became such an important part in 6a tho.

just gonna put it out there: malia/kira and lydia/allison. i wish we saw more girl on girl interactions in general but the ones we had were very good, great dynamics.

i won't get too much into it but i.. i don't ship st*rek. i understand why they're the biggest ship (two white hot boys that interact with each other, i mean.), and i see the couple of fan service-y moments the show throws at us but just. they don't have my heart, i don't really care about them. not the characters, the characters i absolutely love! (tho this watch i skipped most of season 1 and 2 and 3a and i think that's where derek is the most asshole.. didn't he do really bad things? idr) idk if you want a bad character on the way to redemption with someone you should ship liam and theo who had way better shippy chemistry imo, even tho their ship probably wouldn't be healthy given their dynamic history, huh.

the ship that does owns my heart? scilies. I'm a softy when it comes to best friends to lovers, and their bond and relationship is just. so. pure. don't get me wrong, i love me a good platonic relationship, but there was just one to many homoerotic interactions between them for me not to ship it, hard. (not to be that person but my guess is that if Scott was white it would have been a way bigger ship, but who knows?) i love their love, i love they would do anything for each other, and i feel like there were a bunch of very missed opportunities for them in later seasons :(

so representation. this feels like a show that is trying to be Woke TM but it's not going so well. the main character is supposedly latino but it's never ever addressed. idc about "oh we want a world without prejudice" you can still fucking address it. i mean they went to Mexico a couple of times, stiles keeps saying "Mexican cousin" i mean. god. give us something. did i mention scott was told he'd make a great "nazi youth" ..

and you don't need to be a genius to see the most characters are very white or at least very white passing. and when you don't address their non whiteness they might as well be..

i already mentioned how poorly i feel kira was treated, but also mason, who is a wonderful character, gets no depth? we know nothing about him other than being gay and smart pretty much.

i also spoke about the women already but, they were really really great women characters, but not enough of them, not enough that lasted.

there's not much to talk about disability bc it just wasn't on the show. the only blind character was healed which. /: same with epilepsy and asthma..

i think the show is probably very proud (ha) with their LGBTQ+ rep bc they're like "oh let's make this insignificant couple gay bc hey nbg". examples are lydia's grandma, La Bete and marcel, i think nolan and jiang were exes and then nolan and gabe were a thing? idr if it was explicit. the couple of girls in the tent.. probably a couple more. it's nice, def better than all random couples being straight but that's not satisfying as rep.

Danny was great. i think he and ethan were.. cute? i think he was awesome, i loved danny so much and was very excited to learn he KNOWS at the end of season 3 and was waiting to see him join the pack. instead he fucking disappeared?! wtf. #WhereDidDannyGo

brett was cute rep, especially being bi but i feel like it could go into the insignificant pool which, again, is better than nothing.

mason and corey i just don't have strong feelings about. they were definitely cute and I'm glad they were together, i love mason A Lot. i think this relationship could be explored more, or at least the characters could be explored more to give this relationship more depth.

very interesting how there's no wlw canon couple, not even hinted. just fan servicey hot malia kira dance which /:

not to mention transgenderness. god can you imagine the interesting plotline of transitioning while being a werewolf 0:

i think the rep i was most happy about was ethan and Jackson. even tho i don't think there was build up or clues in the first couple of seasons, I'm happy for the actor who i know was struggling with coming out publicly, and it was very fun and refreshing for the ending. even if we got very few scenes with them the dynamic was 10/10

the biggest problem is obviously stiles. i just don't understand why, if they're so supposedly progressive, they went to that length to queerbait without following through. the whole gag of wanting to be attractive to danny and to gay guys, the whole "aww danny want to have sex with me that's so nice", the whole "do you like guys too?". it's a gag. his alleged bisexuality is the butt of a joke, and it pisses me the fuck off. they don't have to make it a big deal or have him get a bf for it to be official. it wasn't subtle subtext. it was a CHOICE. to put a spotlight on his sexuality but not deliver. -100/10 would not recommend.

also they could talk about his mental health more.

and about Scott's, please and thank you.

and everyone's.

i had some more feelings, like villains changing sides without getting a proper redemption and having no consequences, the wholesomeness of the sherriff and mellisa being each other's kids second parent eichen house (wtf??), and more, but i think i wrote enough for now.

tl;dr- good show with A Lot of problems, will always have a place in my heart bc I'm a nostalgic gal.

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Welcome Pokefans! Welcome to the wonderful world of Pokemon and welcome to my blog! Here I will be documenting my journey through the Pokemon world via the hellish method of Nuzlocke... and there may be some other things that sneak into posts along the way. I wanted to challenge myself to complete every generation of Pokemon game using Nuzlocke: a method of playing the games designed to make them more difficult to complete. I’ll start with Leaf Green and work my way through the generations, posting pictures of my adventures and my teams as they are built (and defeated). I will follow a set of Nuzlocke rules that may not be the exact rules but they will still make the games harder. If you enjoy my content please leave a like and maybe a follow to be kept up to date with each play through. Feel free to PM me if there is anything you would like me to change about the blog or my posts as I am new and would love to make this the best experience for both you guys and myself. 

So without further ado, let’s jump straight in with generation one and Pokemon Leaf Green. Now I know this isn't strictly generation one but honestly those games are not so good to play all these years later and FRLG are slightly longer and offer more diversity when it comes to move sets. These Nuzlocke challenges will all follow the same set of rules and these are as follows:

1. You may only own six Pokemon at any time. 2. When a Pokemon faints it must be placed in the box and is considered dead. It cannot be used again. 3. You may only catch the first Pokemon that appears on a route. If it is knocked out, you must move on and the route is forfeit. 4. You may not capture the same species of Pokemon more than once. You may not capture any evolution of that Pokemon. For example, if you capture a Pidgey on route one, you cannot then capture a Pidgeotto or a Pidgeot. 5. Any items designed to heal or restore your Pokemon cannot be used. Other items such as TMs, evolution stones or key items (fishing rod) are allowed. 6. Gift and event Pokemon may only be accepted or caught if you have not yet captured anything in that area. For example Snorlax in Kanto. 

It's usually customary to nickname all of your Pokemon in order to build an attachment with them, but believe me I will already be attached. I might change this rule later. Also if my entire team is wiped out then the run is considered over and I can either start over or move onto the next generation.

Now that's all cleared up lets begin with Pokemon Leaf Green version.

I chose Leaf Green because I feel like everyone loves Charizard. Time to show the weird frog that is Venusaur some love. Also I had FR as a child so I've played it far too much.

Honestly, these three cuties are the reason everyone loves Kanto. Even though I have a lot of fondest for all (most) of the starters, there's some very nostaligic about the generation one starters and its really hard to choose just one...

...but I did. Meet our very first starter Pokemon Squirtle. I was so tempted to go with Bulbasaur but I ALWAYS use that and I wanted to be different this time.

First battle completed. What a joke this guy is! Actually he nearly killed me so maybe I shouldn’t be so confident. To the winner go the spoils. 

First port of call is to deliver that lazy guy Oak his parcel. Has he never heard of Amazon? Back to Pallet Town we go. This is almost as bad as playing an MMO with it’s simple go here and do this quest line. 

Honestly I don’t mind too much though. Being the brave postman that I am I managed to score a girlfriend. Goals. If only dating in real life was this easy.

Ok now we can finally capture us some new Pokemon. First up on route one... well it could only be either a Pidgey or a Rattata. I’m not sure what I would have preferred. Anyway we’re going with this little guy. Welcome to the team.

Next up is route twenty two. Mankey is a good addition to deal with all those pesky caves later on. Oh and Brock. 

Seriously how did this guy get so far ahead already. Oh yeah whilst I was playing delivery boy. Anyway first real battle and an easy win. Sucks to be you Blue. Move along.

So I don’t want to make these posts too long so I’ll stop here for now. I currently have the first badge so I’ll stick Viridian Forest and Pewter City into the next post. Thanks for stopping by and don’t forger to like my content if you enjoyed it so far. Until next time, Gotta’ catch ‘em all!