#i refuse to write the last part even for lawls

[tmf-confessions]

I love Lander despite hating episode 5, it feels pretty unnecessary, it's poorly written, I think it's an episode Rosy made mostly for self indulgence at The time... I'd cut the episode entirely and I feel as though Luke rejecting Zander or something would just regress him if anything and he'd just continue to distance himself. It could maybe work if another character to step in and confront him about being avoidant, Jake or Luke himself most likely... But it isn't ideal for me personally because I'm Lander-poisoned lawl

I think the best chance to have explored Zander's abandonment and how it still makes him feel today would be episode 10, right after Jake is kicked out. I overall wish we got to see the perspective of other characters (Outside of mostly Jake but also sort of Hailey) more in general but especially after heating the audio. The part that interests me most about Zander and Jake's relationship is how weary I'm sure Jake makes Zander feel, I'd really like to see Zander dealing what is (seemingly) all his fears regarding Jake coming true... I'd like to see him actually cry instead of just holding it in like in the hallway scene, (But I'd also like to see both! Him holding back and acting tough before letting go would increase the impact of course... ☆- >_▪︎) and if Zander really is fine with Jake back in the club; I'd like to have seen his perspective there also explained because I feel like his refusal and fear around accepting Jake into the club was very important and it'd make sense to reflect upon something pretty important for him in the first few episodes again in the last.

I think most characters outside of Hailey and Jake are a little to very lacking because we don't get to see their perspective much. The other TMC member's respective episodes 2-7 are even pretty weak, if you ask me... Milly's episode introduces her well but she doesn't exactly grow any, Luke isn't doing much but moping in his, Lander's is again poorly written/does nothing story-wise, and Sean barely features in his and you're only *told* that his music is important to him and his parent's argue a lot. (Show not tell, Rosy!)

Zander's also introduces him pretty well, definitely made him think about why Jake would go out of his way to help them out if he were just trying to ruin something in the end, and there is a noticeable difference in how he acts after but I still feel like after this his feelings towards Jake aren't explored as well/often as I'd expect when I feel like it was a bit important at the start that Zander didn't exactly feel comfortable around him.

I can maybe imagine a way that uses the both of them to help Zander's character though... Any issues I had with s1 regarding Zander's character has already be done though so... I think in season 2, I do NOT want for the finale to have entirely erased Zander's cautious behavior around Jake (Please, God. T_T) Luke obviously wants to be gentle and kind to his boyfriend doesn't seem unable to tell him when he's being unhelpful/acting poorly. I want Jake to do something(? Not sure what, but something that might not exactly seem like as big a deal to the others as it is for Zander. Maybe something to do with Hailey as well because Luke/Zander/Jake seem to be some of his most important relationships story-wise.) that makes Zander act out a bit and for Luke to maybe confront him about it? He'll want to resort to the usual, getting angry/running away but of course since it's Luke confronting him he'll actually think about why that sort of thing doesn't actually help him in the long run.

I like Zander best so this is all mostly about him... But I do like Luke a lot too!!! His writing issues are just a bit different, Zander has quite a bit more going on than him but ultimately none of it is explored it depth. Luke just doesn't seem to do much at all in the present. The most story-important things I can think of him doing is that I feel like it's definitely implied from the seasons MV that Luke helps Zander push him out of his shell and has been doing so since they were kids, and he also tells Jake about Hailey's stage fright? Obviously your characters should aid eachother's growth but Luke barely does that and he still doesn't do much else... I will meditate on the idea and think more about what sort of thing I think will improve his character outside of the usual "just separate him and Zander" and not the very obvious "make him actually do something"

Very long submission again and I think I also might be a bit repetitive here... Sorry and please ignore any typos

confession #661

[messianfell]

                “Sorry!” Lelouch exclaimed then noticed it was Light.  (,,,) Lelouch’s face went bright red when he realized that he was, in fact, straddling Light’s hips --  //  @justiitio

[matcofernandez-blog]

struts onto the scene like this wwe gif before blowing u all a kiss........ hlo all! i’m bri one of the few admins of vpu, bt i hope u wld all think of me as like. a Cool Mom ;))) any whomst below is a bit abt my fcking horrific son mateo, and HERE is his pinterest board in case u were interested!! ok runs like naruto to start writing

i could have sworn i saw XAVIER SERRANO on campus the other day. oh right, it was probably just MATEO FERNANDEZ. the TWENTY-TWO year old is studying PRE-LAW. i hear the CISMALE is in SOCCER, ARMITAGE INTENTIONS, & CARPE DIEM and and can be both CHARMING and BOORISH. maybe we should get to know them a little better.

ok so basically mateo grew up in manhattan his whole life, was kind of a typical Rich Kid growing up i won’t lie, mom came from old money and never worked and she married a man who was pretty big into the Political Scene so he came from new money, basically everyone? got tht good money

his dad ran a lot of political campaigns and was a lawyer before tht who still did some cases on the side, he was basically the face of a LOT of new york’s biggest cases

ofc mateo thought the man basically walked on water even tho...... his dad wasn’t rly a good man /: it was kind of a toxic relationship he was very typical ‘u gotta be the MANLIEST MAN and get the BEST JOBS or else ur gna be NOTHING!’ and mateo wld just be like Worm.

his mom? cheated a LOT bt never said anything cause she wanted to get into the new money scene, was always worried tht she’d lose her inheritance n all tht so their marriage was a sham and also she jst wasn’t a good mom? literally didn’t want to have mateo and refused to have any more kids after his dad begged her to keep the baby so he cld have at least one (1) kid it was a LOT

as he got older his parents realized something was Wrong, was always off the rails as a kid and wld have angry episodes for no reason? jst generally has a terrible time biting his tongue and controlling his temper so he started seeing a therapist since he was 10 until last year basically, his mom thinks he still sees his therapist bt he jst lies LAWL

was diagnosed with major depressive disorder and takes meds for tht and his anger issues, we love to have fun!

can be found in a lot of trashy NY tabloids bc of his friends and the fact that their parents are pretty big in the NY socialite scene n stuff n frankly the stories? never good

when he was 16 his dad passed away literally out of nowhere, like came home from a party and police were outside his house?? n he was like Um.

his dad dying kinda sent him into a big of a break down, got rly heavily into drugs and drinking, still has issues w coke to this day bt it was like. Bad, he had to go to rehab for a hot minute bc he overdosed one time n woke up like where’s my phone i gotta text my dealer

is an Asshole. so mean for no reason, he jst doesn’t wanna get close w ppl if he doesn’t have to after he lost his dad. basically went ‘hm. didn’t like tht!’

he can be won over ofc it’s jst SUPER hard to do and if u do it he’s v loyal n There For Life

is actually pretty cool and funny if u do see the good side of him

bt for the most part enjoys making people cry and purposely getting into fist fights to Feel Alive

we love a pansexual king!

speaks fluent english and spanish winks at him

scorpio. ofc....................

[erinhime83]

To go along with the fifteenth anniversary of Mirror Image, I figured I’d go ahead and post up some designs I’ve basically been sitting on for a few years, because I’m trash like that.  Keep in mind that these designs are basically for a version of the story that’s not a collab, so they’re kinda how I would design them now. Well, obviously, since I was the one who designed them.  ^^;

This version of MI goes back to the roots of the story, where they’re all in England for various reasons when they get summoned, and just sort of flail around for a bit, not having a clue wtf is going on.

Jennifer Hannisen/Shizuka and Ryu: Considering this is my character, not much has changed about her.  Every time, I keep trying to give her more traditional clothes, just to go back to something like this.  I was going to give her those weird thigh highs she originally had, but…the skirt is a little too long for that, and the capris make a little more sense.

Jennifer is about to start her senior year in high school, and her parents decided to take her on a trip overseas to celebrate.  She’s a bit of a dreamer, and wishes something exciting would happen just once in her life.  She embraces the summoning just a bit more than everyone else before she realizes that this isn’t the sort of adventure she was looking for.

Ryu is her Guide, and he’s a Dragon Tamer, but just barely.  His dragon is the tiniest to ever be tamed, and the rest of the Tamers don’t think too highly of him.  Except they have to respect him because he’s the Sumikian Guide.  He’s sort of out to prove himself, because he’s been looked down upon his entire life, even after it was discovered he is the Guide.  He and Jennifer get along really well, because they have similar personalities.

Lance MacFarlane/Sethos and Kiya:  Lance’s background a changed a lot, but I think it’ll make sense once I explain it.  Lance is from Scotland, but moved to the US when he was about fourteen due to his father’s job.  He attended the same high school as Jennifer, and actually befriended her to a degree. She’s about the only girl he was interested in dating there, but because he absolutely hated the entire move and knew he was going to be going back home the moment he could, he didn’t want to really attach himself to the place.  She’s the only person he friended on social media, and he sort of regrets not pursuing her. 

He’s a bit of a delinquent, although he’s basically the straight man in his group of friends.  He doesn’t have any real aspirations at the moment, since he’s basically catching back up on his old life for the time being. The reason he was in Stonehenge was for the lawl of it, honestly.  Also, I didn’t really change his design too much, because I really like it a lot.

Kiya is his Guide, and she’s an instructor for the royal family of Azibo.  Most people don’t take the fact that she teaches the princes swordfighting because she’s a woman, but she ignores most of the criticism about it. She’s the motherly one out of all of them, taking it upon herself to take care of these ‘children’ from another world who are just really confused about everything.

Elena Guerrero/Evangelia and Antigonus: Elena is Argentine/Canadian, and out of all of the Chosen, she’s the most popular. But, she is actually just as introverted at the other Chosen; she just happens to benefit from the introversion that allows her to enjoy social gatherings for a short period before she has to recharge again.  She’s the most freaked out about what’s going on, refusing to believe any of it at first and only wanting to go home.  She’s in England because of her grandmother who recently moved in with them who has an obsession with Eva Perón.

Her design isn’t anything like any of her other designs, but rather something I tend to do with my Greek/Roman inspired characters.  But I really like it!  But then again, I guess that would make sense, wouldn’t it?  I did keep her hair from one of the old designs, so I guess that’s something, right?  I don’t have a real handle on her character other than the fact that Evangelia and Shizuka end up getting rather close despite the differences in personalities.

Antigonus is a bit of a rebel as far as the Guide as concerned, although he himself isn’t a rebel. Guides are always the around the same age as their Chosen, but the current Guide died before the Chose crossed over.  Antigonus was a former Guide before the new generation took over, and he took the position temporarily while they hunted for the new Guide.  Except Evangelia showed up before they found him. So Antigonus, despite being old enough to be their grandfather, is forced onto this adventure.  He was the former Emperor of Caelestis, having given up the position to his son so he could enjoy his later years.  Melohdia is a peaceful country, so most rulers just give up their thrones in their old age.

Desiree Dahlquist/Freyja and Nannin:  Desiree is the one I have the least handle on, but that seems to always be the case.  All I know is that she’s a photographer, she’s from New Zealand, and that she’s the oldest of the Chosen at twenty-three.  Oh, and that she’s most definitely bi, although I’m not sure who she ends up with, honestly. 

I do really like her civilian design, but I also really like the edgy undercut look, so there’s that. I love the idea of her having dyed her hair teal at one point, but it’s growing out now.  And the only reason I changed her sleeves like I did was just because her old sleeves, while looked cool, was a pain to actually ink.  >.<  (And yes, she does still have the feathers on her circlet and her boots, I was just too lazy to put them in.)

Nannin…okay, Nannin is the true rebel of the Guides. See, one of the rules of the Guides is that they’re always the opposite gender of their Chosen.  However, Baldurnan in the time since the last Chosen came to Melohdia, became excessively matriarchal, and they refused to accept a male in such a prestigious position. Nannin, for her part, didn’t really want to take over for the guy, but she was sort of forced to.  The others really don’t have any idea – the other Guides are sort of confused at her presence among them, but don’t really say anything – until they come to Baldurnan and accidentally meet the guy. 

Freyja is given a choice at that point, and she ends up deciding to keep Nannin as her Guide, since they’ve been through a lot at that point, and formed a bond.  It also turns out that the original Guide isn’t exactly the best sort of person, and they’re left wondering if maybe this was supposed to happen.  But that’s one reason why Nannin has colored hair while the others don’t – she wasn’t born a Guide.  She’s actually got the most gentle personality of the Valkyrie, which is the governing body in Baldurnan, but she’s a perfectly capable warrior.

Dimitri Kaminski/Drustan and Raelin:  Dimitri is the only truly foreign one of the Chosen, being Russian whose studying in England.  He’s a wanna-be novelist, and his divining powers sort of leaked into our world s he’s been constantly writing about Melohdia.  Most of his stories are about Chosen from the past, so he has the most knowledge about what’s going on.  At first, he thinks he’s accidentally taken himself into the world of his novel before he realizes what’s going on.

As Drustan, he’s the soothsayer of the group, although his powers are sporadic at best, and only really through dreams.  His combat skills are about on par with Frejya’s, though, so it’s not like he’s completely useless.  He’s biggest boon, though, is just knowing shit that the others don’t, and more or less helping them understand what’s going on.

Raelin is a princess of sorts, being the daughter of the chief of the biggest tribe in Frelic. She’s definitely rough around the edges, and tends to clash with the other Guides because she wants to rush off into battle all the time without thinking.  She’s pretty much spent her whole life trying to prove herself, since she’s one of many children her father had and is forced to compete with them to succession.  She might not want to be the next chief, but she hates people looking down on her because their perceive her to be weak.

I suppose I should explain the whole colored hair thing.  See, I had this random idea to give Shizuka pink hair, just for the fun of it, and got to thinking how it would be neat to make their hair our favorite color (with Drustan having red hair because his color is red).  And once I started doing it, I liked it.  I wanted to make all of them have colored hair, but I couldn’t think of what color hair the Guides should have, save Nannin, so just stuck them with natural hair and colored eyes.  Basically, the people of Melohdia aren’t really restricted like regular humans are, so they tend to have anime features.

The difference in skin tone comes from the idea that they actually have different bodies in Melohdia. I played around with making this a straight isekai, but considering there are parts where they go back, I couldn’t quite do it that way that they’re different people.  It’s a bit more complicate then their souls being transferred, because their bodies don’t exist on Earth when they’re in Melohdia, but I figure I can think about that later. ;P

It’s always fun to think about this story, and sometimes I do wonder if I should just…go ahead and tackle it someday, because it is rather interesting, even if we never go anywhere with it.  But I think I’m hesitant to do so because I feel it’s not really my story to do that to.  But still, its fun to go back every now and then, and I am shocked it’s been fifteen years now!  Feels like not that long ago and ages ago at the same time. :D