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thelilylav · 8 months ago

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We only see each other at funerals

(On Jason, Thalia, Nico, Bianca, and their parallels/connections)

The Titan's Curse (Rick Riordan), @/anxiousmaya_, Right Now (Gracie Abrams), The Battle of the Labyrinth (Rick Riordan), Joan of Arc (Mary Gordon), The Lost Hero (Rick Riordan), Episodes Toward and Elegy for Halley's Comet (Lindsey Drager), Jason Grace (Riordan Wiki), The Gods Show Up (Michael Kinnucan), The House of Hades (Rick Riordan), What the Living Do (Marie Howe), The House of Hades (Rick Riordan), Planet of Love (Richard Siken), The Blood of Olympus (Rick Riordan), Tangerine (Nolune), The Blood of Olympus (Rick Riordan), The Blood of Olympus (Rick Riordan), I Bet On Losing Dogs (Mitski), The Burning Maze (Rick Riordan), @/abhorarchive (Twitter), The Burning Maze (Rick Riordan), Seventeen (MARINA), The Burning Maze (Rick Riordan), @/rollercoasterwords, The Tyrant's Tomb (Rick Riordan), @/the-overanalyst, Where Things Come Back (John Corey Whaley), Grit (Silas Denver Martin), Softcore (The Neighbourhood), The Tower of Nero (Rick Riordan), Frost (Mitski), @/moonbends, I'm Your Man (Mitski), Sun Bleached Flies (Ethel Cain), The Tower of Nero (Rick Riordan), Three (Sleeping At Last), My Art

#nono you don't understand it's about the siblings #it's about how thalia lost jason once only to get him back and lose him again #it's how jason and bianca both walked into their deaths with their eyes wide open #it's about zeus trying to kill nico and bianca and him doing nothing to stop jason from dying #it's about thalia being in the hunters and nico hating her but he knows how to grieve with that kind of loss #so he'll help her. for jason. for bianca. because no one deserves to mourn a sibling alone #like these four barely interact but they're soooo connected i could go on forever #i'm so sad thalia and nico never actually got a scene together after the burning maze #and ALSO #it's about the fact that reyna is one of the most (if not the most) important people left in their lives #LIKE #do you think thalia found out how close nico and reyna were and started watching her more closely #because every person the two of them have shared has ended up six feet under #so reyna gets annoyed with how protective thalia is but she doesn't stop her bc part of her can tell thalia needs it #and nico constantly checks to make sure reyna's life force is still strong #bc he never wants to be caught off guard by a death again #ok im done now i promise #the trials of apollo #trials of apollo #nico di angelo #reyna ramirez arellano #reyna avila ramirez arellano #web weaving #fanart #my art tag #thalia grace #jason grace #percy jackson #percy jackson fanart #bianca di angelo

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feroluce · 5 months ago

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So I went to the wiki page for the henghill Bullet & Brain mission of 2.2 looking for some dialogue I had missed and

a) I found something incredibly tasty that slotted into some other thoughts I'd been having, more on that on another day, and

b) I saw this super fun little trivia at the bottom, which!

I knew Penacony characters like Boothill took a lot of inspirations from old movies, but I didn't realize it was even in his and Dan Heng's relationship, that's so cool!!

It fits them very well, it's such a fun reference. "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" was an old buddy Western film (from 1969- nice) about a pair of outlaws. Butch Cassidy was the leader of a gang, and described as clever, affable, and talkative. Meanwhile, his closest companion, the Sundance Kid, was known as a man of few words.

Cassidy's original birth name was much more plain, but similar to Boothill, he took on a new moniker when he became an outlaw. "Cassidy" had been the last name of his beloved mentor, who taught him how to shoot and ride. And Sundance Kid was known as he was because Sundance was the name of his hometown, and it was the only place that had ever managed to catch and jail him, back when he'd been younger (also similar to Dan Heng, but ouch).

These two stick together like glue throughout the length of the film- through Cassidy's leadership of the gang being challenged, through a train robbery gone wrong, through being pursued by mercenaries, and even through fleeing to Bolivia and trying to start over together.

I don't want to say too much more, since the mission title is referencing one specific movie that I've never seen. I kinda wanna watch it now, though, just to see the inspiration that went into Boothill and Dan Heng and how they get along. I just think it's really sweet that these two were literally made to be the best of bros, how lovely is that. 💕

#honkai star rail #this can be ship or plantonic tbh yall are always free to tag my ramblings as you please haha #just! they're so sweet!!#FWENDS #i would love to see more of them being a dynamic duo further down the line ♡#i think the film moved things along a little quicker but the real life Cassidy and Sundance were actually in south america for a few years #they fled there to get away from pursuers along with Sundance's girlfriend Etta Place.#supposedly they managed to buy a small ranch and the three of them lived peacefully (and even lawfully!) together for like three years-#-until the law caught up with them again #at some point Etta Place returned to the US reportedly due to illness rather than not wanting to get caught like in the film #Sundance may or may not have escorted her back. but whether he did or not he returned to South America with Cassidy #the two of them eventually got into a huge firefight with authorities where Sundance was fatally shot and Cassidy chose to end his own life #that's the most common story anyway. some also say Cassidy snuck back into the US again where he lived quietly until his death.#but it reads kind of like rumors of Elvis Presley sightings to me BSMZKNSKS #the film ended much more happily with the two of them getting into shenanigans and a freeze frame of them in a hail of bullets haha #i wanna see Dan Heng and Boothill fight together too it would be so cool aaaaaa #they would be great at getting into shenanigans! as we've already seen!!#fun bonus info: Boothill's ult literally puts black bars at the top and bottom of the screen to look like a widescreen Western movie #fun bonus info 2: Cassidy was regarded with respect by some people bc he never stole from the poor he only robbed big companies #this is actually nicer than Boothill is in canon bc he openly admits he will rob someone blind if he doesn't like them BSKZKKZMSKDK #(although I feel like its implied he has more standards for this than he gives himself credit for.#like he makes it pretty clear he doesn't particularly like Argenti at first and thinks he's annoying as shit but I'm sure he didn't rob him #...would have been real fucking funny if he did though oh my god I would love to see him try that. it absolutely would not work BSKZKNSKSJS #hsr #henghill #bootheng #dan heng #boothill #hsr boothill #hsr dan heng

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15-lizards · 2 years ago

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house dayne hair, fashion and aesthetics please c:

Ask and you shall receive 🔮

Since the Daynes live kinda near the marches, I feel like there’s some crossover between Dornish and Stormlander fashions going on. It’s hot enough in the day to wear loose cotton clothing, but cold enough in the evenings to wear snug and heavier coats and over garments. (Also the picture on the left is my new headcannon for Ashara and Allyria)

I think there is a variety of headwear that the Daynes use. In the sun and hot weather they use cotton veils and coverings to keep their scalps and necks and faces safe from the sun. In colder seasons they wear heavier fabrics to keep their ears and neck warm. And for ceremonial/celebratory stuff, they wear small headpieces with gauzy veils. Not much for practicality but it looks pretty 🫶

For the parts of the hair that are uncovered, I like to think the Dayne women braid it with silver silk, especially if they’re wearing purple clothing (gotta rep the team) but I think it’s also a Dornish thing in general to braid it so that it looks like a spine/spear cause unbowed unbent unbroken (also shoutout to @dreamsofdany who was doing hair drawings and came up with that idea!!) and I think unmarried girls especially like silk turbans/head wraps but they still wanna show off their silky hair so maybe it’s a trend to pull out the curls (the westerosi version of girls pulling ‘the strands’ out of their ponytails)

Also I fuck with these outfits in particular for the Dornish as a whole (well mostly northern dornish bc it would be too much to wear in like sunspear) idk maybe as some sort of traditional attire for either weddings or cultural events or maybe pregnant women wear this kind of silhouette in particular bc it’s just more comfortable and practical. Also the men totally wear this as a ceremonial/wedding fit bc I think the hats and fringe and embroidery go hard

And when I say jewelry you say silver. I know most of the Dornish are probably gold jewelry girls, but the Daynes have to stay true to their purple and silver brand. The women probably have ancient family heirlooms that are “made from the same fallen star that Dawn was forged from” that they hand down generation to generation. So the worthiest knight gets to become the Sword of the Morning, the baddest Dayne girlie gets to become the Lady of the Dawn or something

#asoiaf #asoiaf hair and clothing #heyyy anon sorry this is late I kinda got caught up in school #also I didn’t expect to end up doing a kind of greek/Armenian mashup for the inspo but I’m kind of loving it #and I know you said aesthetic which makes me wonder if I should start doing aesthetic posts that would be kinda fun ngl…#anyways I hope u like this 🏄🏻‍♀️

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supjello · 2 years ago

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"Your son?" "My apprentice, but I think of him like a son."

#pentiment #andreas maler #casper ziegler #my art #it took me about two seconds to go full 'if anything happens to my beloved casper i'm killing everyone in this town and then myself'#'and then no one will be around to solve this murder mystery because we'll ALL be dead'#(some spoilers to at least where im at in the game>)#my andreas loved his son but found no love with his wife #(though he wanted to. he really wanted to.)#drifting off alone and finding this kind of 'what if' when he took casper on and began travelling #and it wasn't fair to anyone involved. not his wife who had to face loss alone #not andreas who was trying to cover up the hole august left with another family's son #not casper (though he wouldn't know this- since he didn't realize the extent andreas really cared about him like a father)#but most things went unspoken and most consequences unseen #so there was just this deep undercurrent of silent fatherly love and worry beneath every interaction #between the two #and it KILLS me even though i know 99% of this was me reading between the lines they let me choose #i wonder if my andreas kind of secretly wished casper's family didn't make it through the turmoil #it's a fucked up thought and i think he'd feel extremely guilty if he ever caught himself thinking it #but there's got to be some extreme dread there about the idea of the apprenticeship ending and this boy he considers a son cutting ties #and really having to face going back to his wife who he (rightfully) feels guilty about leaving.#even if she never loved him #and even if only pain was there to return to #ANYWAY #I FEEL TOTALLY NORMAL ABOUT ANDREAS MALER #edit: guess who just completed the game. guess who’s own art is now making herself SAD

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arolesbianism · 3 months ago

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I caved and made them real. Obverse me losing more and more motivation to draw as I made each of these back to back lol

#keese draws #oc art #oc #pmd #pokemon #pokemon mystery dungeon #pmd oc #these guys are inspired by my usual pokerogue team #oh also imagine a question mark after every he/him I have the trans woman beam pointed at all of them #these are just initial concepts for the actual characters themselves now that I’ve developed the world a lil bit #but yeah these 4 were childhood friends who wanted to be in an exploration team together but had to split up for years #tart and quart both had to move away and cart ended up leaving his hometown to try and become a real adventure a few months later #cart and bart remained in contact for a few years before cart got caught up in some crime circles #he was incredibly trusting when he was younger so he got taken advantage of and ended up digging himself a deeper hole in an attempt to be #manipulative back and eventually he got scared enough that he tried to reach out to a guild and acted as a spy for them in turn for them #eventually helping to clear his name and allowing him membership #there were parts of the deal that were unfair and kind of shady but he was desperate enough to pretend he didn’t notice #after he joined he started immediately putting out listings for new team members and he fully planned on being super picky #but when two of his childhood friends applied he was over the moon about it #and immediately accepted both of them #now quart also applied because he had recently ran away from his old life and was desperate to have a new one #and he missed his old friends deeply so when he saw one of them actually managed to start building the team they all wanted to make he was #quick to apply even if he was rusty as hell on normal non contest combat #cart didn’t recognize him at first and mostly only let him have a trial run because he thought it was funny that an eevee of all things was #applying for a high level exploration team and he fully planned on telling quart off immediately afterwards #this ofc made quart very upset and angry but he didn’t try to clairify who he was because he just assumed that time had made cart into an #asshole which isn’t wrong per say but quart didn’t realize cart didn’t recognize him #it was a rough trial expedition but cart found himself actually quite impressed with quart’s slight of paw skills and his impressive biting #speed so he decided to give quart a real chance instead of a mocking one #eventually quart laughs for the first time around him and that makes cart realize who he is and that makes him feel horrible

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kashilascorner · 2 months ago

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Oh ok. I get now why a lot of people didn't vibe with the ending.

All and all: excellent manga, overall very good final act, too rushed final 2-3 chapters but weak and honestly mediocre epilogue, which makes the high of the ending kind of leave a bitter taste. I think Noda had a good steed and suddenly he had to finish and had to rush all. So the ending in the sense of the final arc was good but the ending proper (final couple chapters) + epilogue......... Not so much

#i liked rhe ending (though made the mistake to read comments so now I'm like 'yeah you are right that did not make sense' when on my own i #probably would not have noticed. but ok. I'll work my suspension of disbelief. HOWEVER the epilogue WAS indeed very lackluster #i get it's an epilogue but it was so rushed. we barely get a closure for ume and saichi and tanigaki did not get to #take asirpa back to uci as he should have (though he was instrumental for that). overall it was super rushed #like we did not even see how Sugimoto was rescued. the epilogue was faaaar too rushed tbh and also too vague in parts #siraishi not really saying goodbye.... also sugimoto and asirpa living together that's cute idc and i think the line into nastyness was not #crossed but oh boy is it a thin thread... i still choose to believe they are platonic soulmates lol but i want to see an official #translation of the volume that's all i say. what else... oh yes. the way the gold never got to actually be distributed doesn't sit right #with me at all but the worst part was definitely the sugimoto/ume thing oh god that was BAD #we did get to see osoma which was cute #OH AND DON'T GET ME STARTED ON VASILY??? We didn't even see him. the epoligue for him in particular was great though but his ending was not #like he just hanged around ogata gor chapters and chapters on end and we don't even get a glimpse of him during the final showdown??#tbh i think noda wanted to do something more with him but realized he did not quite fit into the story and in the end got #caught up with all the main lines he did have to close and he obviously had planned and probably combined with his own exhaustion well #did not go nice for vasily! i also would have liked a more proper epilogue for tsukishima and koito. they deserved it #I don't like how pre-epilogue the tsukishima-tsurumi-koito tension seems to reach a breaking point only to kind of not get resolved because #they have to keep fighting lol.#laura reads #also i get the sentiment of the ending regarding the ainu and i think noda did his best but it seems like a rather soft thing for asirpa to #do like... sure. museums and stuff. i GET it but it goes a little too soft in the actual colonialism that went on from the japanese. i feel #noda starts off fairly critical of that but in the end softens his stance which is a shame but ok. the bar is in hell so this is actually #much better than average from what i can personally gather of my little knowledge #golden kamuy #gk spoilers

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sapphorror · 8 months ago

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Okay, but one of the best things about Lice is the sheer amount of mutual pettiness it showcases between Zim and Dib for an episode that doesn't have them saying even a single word to each other

#invader zim #zadp #zade #iz posting #natterings #zim laughs at dibs expense one (1) time #and then dib gets to spend the entire rest of the episode reveling in his agony #and honestly I can't even hold it against him given it's usually him who ends episodes in such uh #catastrophically unfortunate situations #enjoy it while it lasts buddy it'll be you again next week #sidenote anyone ever think about how thoroughly this experience must've cemented zims convictions #about falling victim to horrible experiments the moment hes caught #the humans were allowed to discover *one* thing different about him #and immediately set about painfully exploiting it #plus between the lice goon running up with the 'discovery' about zims skin #and his uncharacteristic placidity #I kind of take it as implied that there WAS more experimentation between the 'my superior skin' scene and lice queen #oh and another sidenote #how do you think dib felt about being doused in his alien nemesis's liquefied skin #do you think he got home later like “SHIT I SHOULDVE TAKEN SAMPLES”

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bedforddanes75 · 2 months ago

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i think i might just fucking die if i dont post this right now Ok guess what? guess? guess...u wanna guess the colour of my underwear. ok cowboys here wtf ugh anyway dont tell me its bad ill come and get you

me ^

#i HATE how this starts like its making me actually angry.#wah wah wah SHUT UP oh my god literally nothing happens im gonna beat my past self #ok i think this Kind of sucks but i literally got FIVE thousand words i cannot be caught writing anymore than that bitch no way #itll just end up sucking if i try to force more im actually gonna burn in hell for being alive #HEY QT YEAH THERES SOMETHING I WANT TO SAY #OH MYG ODI LOVE THISSONG #bleeggggghhhhhhhhhhh posting BOOOOOO i need a fic blog im gonna beat somebody up #bye bye everypony...#blah blah!#deus in absentia #they hate me because my daddy is rich and im like god damn leave me alone they want me 6 feet deep in a ditch dont hate me cos my daddy is #gatty #BLLEEEEGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH #new word for it PLease #what if i vomit #i hate posting it for real stresses the piss out of me EVERY TIME like please girl whos even gonna see this !!!!!!! LEAVE ME ALONE FEAR !!!#mmm the weather is giving storm 😍😍😍#that is a joke please take it as such #george is ognna be taking something else soon #no he fucking isnt #wait #matty x george #i actually need to die #my fic

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sophieswundergarten · 2 years ago

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So. Everyone who yelled at me yesterday for making a ramble on Reynie going blank and then not resolving it, this is for you: (@lemondropletters, you have been tagged)

Also, it's in a Google Doc because it was definitely too long for a Tumblr post, and ~~I don't know how AO3 works~~

The (vague) premise is that, instead of Constance seeing Curtain's broadcast, they all get to the compound mentally sound, but once there, they split up to look for Mr. Benedict, and instead Reynie finds Curtain. This is the wrap up of what would have happened in the last episode.

#I'm sorry if it's also garbage #My brain hasn't been letting me sleep the last two days so I've just been working on this #And also I've never tried writing fic before so it is highly likely to be bad #But it was certainly a fun experience!#I was like “Oh I'll just rewrite that first post in this new format and then add the notes I had in my drafts”#And from there it somehow spiraled into a five and a half thousand word mess #But I think I learned some things!#And I'm sorry Miss Perumal isn't more help I got caught up in the emotion and I just really wanted the kids to work it out themselves #Especially since Reynie is normally the driving force for those kinds of solutions #But without him it took a lot longer than I expected #Also be warned I use a lot more em dashes then I think I'm supposed to #And I was trying the technique of mostly using the adult's formal names since the main perspective is the kids'#But the point is that I did it. I tried.#And if it's terrible then I will just never do it again #I'm sorry I didn't know how to end it so it's kind of vague and abrupt #I hope it's fairly in-character I tried really hard but messing up character voices terrifies me which is why I've never tried this before #I am genuinely so sorry if this is hot garbage it certainly feels like garbage #Okay shutting up now. Again my apologies #the mysterious benedict society #mbs #reynie muldoon #kate wetherall #sticky washington #constance contraire #miss perumal

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starlooove · 20 days ago

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And on another note despite what I’m focusing on I do think it’s abhorrent to assume everyone who voted for or supported Harris is chill with genocide like yeah that’s like. What blew up online that tori maya shit was stupid as fuck but due to the disorganization and lateness of this campaign there was REAL misinformation being spread especially to our elders by ppl misconstruing info and a large number of ppl genuinely RIGHT NOW believe she’s pro Palestine called for a ceasefire etc. Like that’s a big chunk of the issue happening rn - where ppl literally made up policies for her or suddenly fell for “neutral” talking points bc it’s on someone they like and spread that. Like idk I feel like until everyone can be honest and humble nobody’s getting anywhere

#I lost my point at the end damn #guess I’m just bringing it to ppls attention #ig Im very against ‘this chunk of ppl are exactly like this’ which is why I overly specify #guys if I’m talking about someone I promise I just say exactly what i mean #when I say ppl who voted with XYZ in mind that’s exactly who I’m talking about there’s no strays to be caught #anyways I’m thinking of this bc I’m seeing so many ppl saying vile things about Palestine and saying ‘well this is what you wanted’#like no and that attitude is part of what lost that election bfr #this is what I meant yesterday by terrible timing #bc black women are rightfully exhausted and saying we’re not showing up for everyone else.#and it’s just masking a complicity in a genocide some of you already has #Some of you ALREADY said fuck Palestine so pretending it’s bc Harris lost is so #like I’m sorry this is still about that tori girl #not even her the fanbase she curated #of ppl who genuinely think democracy would save us Harris had our best interests at heart and that genocide is smth to breeze over #and that Maya girl is a weirdo too don’t get me wrong #like it’s that thing where they’re both dead wrong but one person was a biiit more wrong than the other #that didn’t make the other person right at alll #And that Madeline person #I unfollowed bc despite what they were saying #some of which I agreed with #a lot of the FANS got racist fast #guys deleting comments is an option stop letting ur fans be bigots and pretending you can’t control it #y know it’s follow the leader delete the first signs of racism and they can’t fuel eachother hello #anyways that’s a collection of thoughts on ppl ig my point is.#genocide is bad and the way ppl react to that along with other circumstances and factors is never gonna be palatable #especially to ppl calling a politican auntie and BIG SIS GENERAL #fucking crazy btw that last one #and also a lot of ppl were desperate to see a black woman take care of everything so they ignored any flaw she and her campaign had #when these flaws were huge contributors to the loss #and also. with the big ass gap atp I think it is kind of useless to argue amongst ourselves

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agnimybeloved · 1 month ago

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regarding that last post... not that black butler's canon has to be uplifting or have dadbastian or a happy ending to be "good" (i'm actually partial to tragedies especially the cyclical kind and would love for the series to straight up end with despair and the collection on the contract lol) but i do think that toboso's largely fumbled the found-family/interpersonal,/introspective aspects of her story and sacrificed a lot of narrative and thematic meat there for low-brow and off-putting comedy.... which is really exactly all she does with ciel's trauma as well-- shallowly using it for the purposes of trauma porn and/or comedy/inappropriate fanservice.

ciel only seems to have reasonable responses to his trauma when its aesthetically convenient if that makes sense. i honestly could go as far as to say that she depicts his trauma fetishistically-- every instance i can recall of ciel having an extreme traumatic response (i.e. vomiting, flashbacks, psychosis) is represented with (imo but honestly.... i'd be shocked if this wasn't intentional...) sexual undertones. his episode during the green witch arc doesn't have one of these moments within the episode itself as far as i can recall, but certainly i think the preceding/inciting medical emergency that forces him and sebastian to bathe together contributes to the reoccurring sexualization of "sickness" (physical & psychological).

not to mention ciel's subsequent episode is treated as the dramatic peak of his ptsd and something that he "overcomes" through sheer force of will (and the threats of sebastian... neither of which are a proper/reasonable way to handle such an extreme trauma response) and doesn't really battle going forward in the story. of course a lot of stories take this "one dramatic moment and then its fixed" approach to representing mental illness, and it makes narrative sense for toboso to want to more or less settle that thread to gear up for the important blue cult arc, but i think toboso's handling of mental illness in general goes so far beyond suspension of disbelief and tastelessness that i think she should lowkey be brained for it. the way she intermittently writes ciel's traumatic experiences as something horrifying and wrong and to be given sympathy meanwhile relentlessly putting ciel in inappropriate fanservice situations that diminish the severity of csa & pedophilia as well as disrespect the complexities of trauma and turn them into comedy... mind boggling...

overall though i think that black butler shows a real mastery of narrative arcs while falling short in terms of character arcs. most of the time these arcs are shown in retrospect with the addition of new backstory, but it feels as if the characters in present have barely grown at all... not that every story has to be character driven and a static character type makes sense for someone like sebastian, but for all that ciel is a unique and mature thirteen year old due to the circumstances of his life, he is still a thirteen year old, and one that has experienced a significant trauma quite recently at that. not allowing him coming of age-esque character arcs considering all that sort of breaks the believability of his character imo.

but i think that coattails does a lot in staying loyal to ciel's character and experiences while also respecting his trauma and bringing the depth and flexibility of adolescence to his worldview and actions that toboso unfortunately seems disinterested in. i love that aforementioned chapter of coattails and its sentiments especially with how it reexamines ciel's actions at kelvin's manor and the worldview that lead to burning it down with the children inside... not that it was an out of character decision for ciel in the moment, but i think it established a lot more severe facts about his character and worldview than toboso is willing to address in her writing and therefore feels unresolved. coattails' remedy to that awkwardness by coming full circle is so intriguing and fulfilling in contrast... it shows how adolescence and trauma can work together to so completely convince one of hopelessness and yet how just a bit of hope can change that worldview entirely. literally just the honest love of a random dog and the mundane care of a guardian... there is a cure and it is this..... what da helllll....

#anyway as far as canon goes i genuinely dont care if sebastian never becomes softer or more human or paternal or whatever #i think examining the tiny ways in which he HAS become those things would be very intriguing but #what i do think would make for a way more compelling story was if ciel (and maybe others)#had more dynamic character arcs that contrasted sebastian's uninterest/inability to change #for ciel to slowly develop a worldview and desire for life that began to conflict with his 10 year old one #that so quickly forfeited his soul in a moment of total devastation and loss #or to begin thinking of sebastian as a parental figure no matter how small or unwanted or hated the thoughts #especially with a sebastian that wouldnt reciprocate ciel's regret of the contract or imprinting on him as a paternal figure #like if we're gonna do tragedy lets make it as tragic as possible pleaseeee #in some ways makes me think of spn if that makes sense. ep 1 and the final ep can be watched without missing anything #like if we go from 'ciel wants revenge and is fine having his soul taken' to #'ciel got revenge (however bittersweet it might be idk) and is fine having his soul taken' ending.....#i think that would be sort of boring #i think thats actually what's kind of bothered me about kss in recent years and left me really wanting from the story....#i love love love the narrative arcs and they're my favorite part but as far as the characters i feel like we're almost still at chapter one #why does any of this matter... how has this changed the characters... idk. i feel like we havent gotten much of that #disclaimer i havent read kss in a few years/am not caught up if im forgetting anything but 😭 i feel like i wouldve rememebred...#anyway. another thing i really love about coattails is that its written with sebastians pov and so brilliantly too #the author writes his voice (and everyone) so believably #literally not a single line feels like a throwaway or generalized narrator voice...#i keep thinking about the scene where abberline has his shoes on his head and sebastian thinks its stupid and absurd #and when abberline puts them back on his feet the describing line isnt just #'he put them back on his feet'#but 'he put them back on his feet where they belonged'#and 'where they belonged' is an unnecessary/assumed detail of the action itself but given its written from sebastian's pov #it further emphasizes how stupid and absurd he thinks the whole thing is. 'thats where they belong.... idiot....'#whatever. whateverrrrr.#i love this fic. my fav fic of all time forever i will never find another like it #i just watched the public school arc and was lowkey so disappointed that i had to reread coattails LOL #kss

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quicktimeeventfull · 10 months ago

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also sorry im still not here u may see me online and therefore assume i’m capable of human communication but i am still Recovering From Lyme

#TURNS OUT IT IS A SERIOUS ILLNESS #WHO KNEW #~neurological symptoms~#i think i caught it within the danger zone but kind of at the tail end of the danger zone it was like. definitely not localized #the safety zone i mean #the doctors were like. very alarmed when i was describing the timeline #i got wfh approved though bc i showed up for a meeting & ig i looked so terrible everyone was worried i was like. dying rhdjdjd #sometimes i can talk to people and sometimes my brain just like. shuts off.#i am significantly better today tho i think. perhaps i will try to answer some asks and comments and such #i was tbh kind of worried but im not anymore the antibiotics are absolutely working so *knock on wood* i don’t think there are likely to #be long term consequences or anything

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anotherpapercut · 1 year ago

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my best advice to anyone who's still in middle/high school is to make your teachers think you are the nicest sweetest purest little goody two shoes on the planet so that you can get away with breaking rules fairly openly bc your teachers either won't believe it or will view it as a very minor issue since you're the perfect student

#this is how i broke a kids leg and physically injured a teacher twice with 0 repercussions #also make best friends with the snarky english teachers theyll protect you if you can match their repartee #literally just be like im such a perfect sweet little angel who is so so interested in history class #i would NEVER play cards in the empty orchestra room during class with some other kids. never would i break a rule its preposterous #if you have at least one teacher who views you like this theyll go to bat for you if you ever actually get caught :)#also just be autistic as fuck your classmates will hate you but ur teachers will infantilize you into non agency #i almost got suspended for wearing a hat all the time after being told not to then i told one of my favorite teachers #and she told the teacher who kept getting on to me to leave me alone #another year i feel asleep almost every day in biology and my astronomy teacher told him i was having a really hard time (i was)#so he ended up printing out the slides for me every day and asking my table mate to give me his notes when i fell asleep #which was so so sweet of both of them and i really needed that kindness and ill never forget it #but i think a more disruptive kid may not have received the same level of kindness

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wildevenusian · 2 months ago

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i just don’t understand. why say ur ready to talk if you aren’t?

can u believe this post is what got me to reach tag limit