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arcadian-vampire · 1 month ago
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Website update!!
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Updates include:
-Cleaned up code a bit, especially the css
-Resized every page to hopefully fit different screen sizes better
-Reorganized main page
-Made buttons fancier, waow
-New 88x31 button featuring both Candie and Kalamari
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-New pages, including another art page, simplified art gallery, 'about me' page, and a page about my beloved baby boy Aither (still a work in progress)
-Filled in first page of Chai Chai gallery, yippee
-Temporarily removed music player due to copyright concerns
-Piko
-New custom cursor that's a wii controller! :3
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hyydrochloricacidd · 24 days ago
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"like carrying a bunch of sand berries"
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teenagefeeling · 4 months ago
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a definitive ranking of vegan imitation meat products widely available in american supermarkets:
field roast frankfurters. 10/10 incredible, would recommend to meat eaters as actually tasting better than the meat option
morningstar black bean burgers
starlite foods taquitos
primal jerky (spicy flavor is the best one)
planet foods taquitos (made of hemp, which is kinda unique)
everything else morningstar does. most "yeah, that's decent" company in the world
gardein fake chicken, but only the breaded kind. (this is also the brand that brings us "b'ef" but i don't like that one)
quorn pesto & mozzarella chicken patties
no amy's because all the amy's stuff i like is just actual vegetables not pretending to be meat and no impossible or beyond because they fucking suck
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ultimateluckystudent-writes · 7 months ago
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Hey Bunny,
I wanted to ask about a03? Are you still active or did something happen? I hope you're doing okay.
Aww thank you for asking!!!
My ao3 is bunnyhopkins now, instead of bunnywritesbunnyhops! I'm still active, I just posted a fic in June actually! (Warning for dark content if you check it out) I'm just kind of inactive from the dr fandom these days unfortunately :( but I promise you, I am a-okay!
If anyone ever wants reach out to me to chat abt anything fandom or writing related, my main is @bunnyhopkins ! It's just a personal blog
Somebody asked me about my outline/ending for my Ultimate Housewife! Fic..... I'm thinking of posting that, as unfortunately, it is likely discontinued...
I still check in on this blog and everything because of the ppl I have met through here <33 I just tend not to use it anymore
I'm pretty into MHA these days and was into TMA before that... I will always always be writing, just maybe not for DR in the near future <3 my sincerest apologies to anyone who was hoping for more, I have been in your shoes before I promise, and I know it sucks
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claudiablogger · 8 months ago
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god i hope lestat is put through the fucking wringer in s3 god knows i need more catharsis. seeing him killed wasn't enough i need it to happen to me and the next best thing is subjecting him to the Horrors . it's bad to project onto fictional characters etc etc let me have this
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minglana · 3 months ago
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its so good that my dad does not want me going into his field bc then i dont have to tell him that [redacted] me la repanpimfla completely
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kuiinncedes · 2 years ago
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ahhhhh
#ni/mona thoughts y’all LOL#actually before the ni/mona thoughts#we watched pu/ss in boots tonight w glowstick club which was actually so good i knew nothing abt it#and i wasn’t expecting much tbh but i keep seeing it like in posts w ni/mona and across the s/piderverse as like just amazing movies#that happen to be animated hehe but yeah anyway pu/ss in boots (the last wish) was rly good :D#but we voted on the movie to watch and nim/ona was one of the options and obv i just want to rewatch that lol#but now i’m fucking rereading a fic for the like 5th time and i’m like fuck#if we watched that idk how i would feel trying to not reveal how not normal i am abt this movie XD#my friend read the graphic novel before and she was kinda like graphic novel superiority kinda thing#which i totally get and i used to be that to an annoying degree lol 🤩#but like i loooove the movie fuck i love the movie and it made me slightly not rly interested in reading the graphic novel#like from what i’ve heard abt it LOL like i just want these soft gay knights and shit idk man#AND AND what’s soooooooo fucking compelling to me in the movie is their RACE I LOVE THE POSTS ABT RACE IN THE MOVIE IT MAKES ME GO CRAZY#ITS SO GOOD and like i’m pretty sure they’re all white in the graphic novel i haven’t looked into it but ik it was changed might b wrongtho#but anyway like ik it’s different obviously and i’ve seen that the story is just fundamentally pretty different and for different audiences#but yeah i’m losing my point LOL i fucking love the movie <3 and imma keep reading movie fic and probably not the graphic novel sndbdhdjdjdh#i would love to watch it w my club but i wonder if i’ll say anything CD#*XD like DID U GUYS KNOW THIS WAS VOICED BY EUGENE FROM TRY G/UYS DID U KNOW HE WAS CHANGED TO EAST ASIAN#DO U SEE THE MODEL MlNORITY MYTH ALLLLLL OVER HIM#DO U THINK ABT HIM BLEACHING HIS HAIR FRIM CHILDHOOD#i’m so normal abt a fucking gay knight named ambr/osius goIdenIoin BRO#anyway LOL while we were watching last wish the death guy was kinda scary and me and another friend were both like creators out by him#it was so funny i love her sm lmfao 😭😂 i brought up watching en/canto and being creeped out by it too and she was like same#idk it was just good it was so fun we were just like kids animatedmovies need to be less fucking creepy bro like imma have nightmares XD#meanwhile my other friend like 😐 y’all fr#HEHE I LIVE IN THE SAME BUILDING W FRIEND WHO WAS ALSO CREEPED OUT BY KIDS ANIMATED MOVIES (just to identify her in this post LOL)#I LIVE IN THE SAME BUILDING AS HER NOWWWWWWWW 🥰🥰🥰🥰#also our unit is lowkey at like . street level which is fun LOL#but it’s ok c: anyway bro idk why i’m saying so much lmfao bye gonna finish rereading this fic and sleep dhffhdjbxxjd#jeanne talks
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melodic-haze · 1 year ago
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thinking abt sub firefly and how cute she would be !!!! even tho she's a stellaron hunter and could kill you at any moment in her sam form she'd still follow ur every command bc of her massive praise kink she's just like that!! 😓😓😓
☆ — DEMO TRACK: sub!Firefly x dom!Reader
☆ — TYPE: NSFW
☆ — CONTENT WARNINGS: Reader with a dick/strap referred to as such
☆ — NOTES: I FINALLY GOT TO HER OUGGHGHH ANONNNN I DIDN'T FORGET YOU TRUST MEEEE I love Firefly so baaaaaaad
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ANOTHER PERSON WHO CAN KILL ME WITHOUT A SECOND THOUGHT IF SHE WANTED TO 🥰🥰🥰🥰 oh how I do love power differences
God she's so cute despite being absolutely deadly, nobody can fault me for wanting to bully her a lil bit right??? :((((((
Firefly would do anything for you no matter what (or, well, for as long as the script allows it). You could make an off-handed comment about how you wanted this little thing and she'd come up to you w the exact same thing the next day. You could ask her to do something and she would drop whatever she was occupied with just to cater to you
She's sooooo unbelievably eager to please, it's like you could as her to do ANYTHING you asked and she'd eagerly meet your needs.......and that includes less-than-innocent exchanges too 🫶
Oh she'd be so perfect, always desperate to fulfill your every demand and going above and beyond to please you. If she were giving head, she'd tell you that you don't need to make any moves whatsoever bc she'll be happy to do it for you :(((( this sweet sweet girl ily
You consider yourself extremely blessed to witness the sight above you.
After all, it's not every day that someone has a Stellaron Hunter on their lap in pursuit of euphoric release.
So many people were afraid of the entity named SAM and the sea of flames he could bring upon those that needed it per the script that Elio gave him, and yet.. here 'he' was, in much more of a vulnerable state in the form of a lovely lady eager to please.
All you had to do was say it, relay your demands; she would give you the universe if you wanted it all to yourself. But for now?
For now you had settled upon commanding this supposedly feared servant to Destiny's Slave as if she were your own in this little tryst of yours.
(And hell, barring Elio's little group, she may as well be.)
You hear your lover moan, you hear her whimper, you hear her shaky exhales as she bounces on your cock over and over and over. Her pace alternates between a slow, tantalising grind to a fast, hard ride of desperation—the pace switching at the most perfect times due to a mix of your brilliant direction and the mental notes and drilled habits within Firefly's pretty little head from all the times you've done this erotic form of song and dance.
You can't help but stroke her cheek as she moves on you, can't help but to shift your hand over to toy with her hair lightly as she does her best to please you (and herself). And you just can't help but say those two words--
"Good girl..."
--when she reacts so delightfully: her breath hitches as her hips stutter in movement, though she still continues to move; she lets out a loud moan as her eyes nearly roll to the back of her head and her steadying hands gripped onto your thighs with a sudden increase in force.
She doesn't answer you back vocally but that's alright—she hasn't cum yet without your permission and she was still determined to please you.
She's such a good girl, and she'd do whatever it takes to deserve your praise and your praise alone.
She would take WHATEVER you give her. Soft pampering??? By god she's all OVER IT SING HER UPPP!! A rough pounding? She's durable, she says she can take it :3 Overstimming her until she can't think anymore?? Or maybe even edging her until she wants to go batshit wild but can't bc it's you?????? Go right ahead, she's all yours to play with ✌️
Makes EVERYTHING worth it for her, when you constantly praise her for allllll the good things she's done. Tell her that she's been so good to you, tell her that she's the sweetest girl ever, tell her you wouldn't have anyone else to tend to and be tended to, tell her that you love every bit of her and go into detail❗️❗️❗️ She'd go HILARIOUSLY red, both from sheer embarrassment and from the hot manifestation of her lust pooling in between her thighs
All you need is to say that she's fully and utterly yours, that you wouldn't have it any other way, and not only will she respond in kind, she'll go above and beyond....in any way you want her to
In short guys I love Firefly I can't wait to roll for her 🥰🥰🥰
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plus some sfw and nsfw of James hetfield (preferably black album era like early 90s) thank youuu :)))
ok ok ok
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-he’s got this intimidating aura and everyone kinda thinks he’s scary but you don’t think they could be more wrong
-he’s very caring and soft with you, i always think abt how his talking voice in most of skom is soft and patient and calm and like i feel like that’s the voice he would use with you all the time
-he tries his very best to deal with his anger better because he hates when he upsets you in any way, including if he lashes out on you on accident, he always apologizes sincerely and makes it up to you
-physical touch is his love language for sure, he wants to be close to you allllll the time. he likes when you hold his arm cuz it makes him feel big n strong >:3
-you’ve helped him with being able to properly express his emotions a lot, he feels the most safe and vulnerable with you compared to anyone else
-if anyone messes with you, he’s protective but he doesn’t immediately go to beat ‘em up or anything, he just has that intense and intimidating personality to other people and he is usually able to scare em away without getting into fights
-he’s really shockingly good at being thoughtful and remembering special stuff that you like or is important to you
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-obviously, he likes dominating you all the way
-he can potentially be rough or gentle, most of the time he chooses which route he takes based on what you’re feeling up for
-but he’s always your dom
-he takes really good care of you, by the 90s he’s pretty experienced and educated in the sense of knowing how to make you feel good
-sometimesss he kinda uses his scary stage persona in bed, like he’s mean and what he says goes, but you giggle to yourself bc you know he’s really a big softie deep down
-i think in the 80s and maybe some of the early 90s he was a little less romantic and sensual in bed but eventually he grows to prefer being more slow and meaningful
-he kisses you better after if he ever hurts you during sex, like bruises and bite marks
-and he holds you. the whole time. during, after. he just loves being in close contact w u as much as possible <3
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dontbelasagnax · 10 months ago
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Hello there! I am loving the talk Abt ma space boys game :) if you're still up for it how about #s 2, 4, and 13?
Hi!! I'm definitely still up for it!! I also love talking about them (allllll the time) 🧡💙
otp ask game
2: What would they do if the other woke in a manic state after a nightmare?
(I'll be answering this as if op wrote "distressed" instead of "manic")
In the event Cody is the one waking up from the nightmare, Obi-Wan would wipe his tears, hold him tight, and press kisses to Cody's head as he reassures him. If it's a particularly bad one, he'll have Cody breathe with him while tapping the beat of their breathing exercises onto Cody's arm.
When Obi-Wan wakes from a harrowing dream, he'll be paralyzed with fear and anxiety so he needs Cody to cuddle and lay on top of him to ground and center him. Some tender lovemaking is also a great distraction.
4: Which one is more protective? Who needs to be ‘protected’?
They're both definitely protective of one another but they know when to stand back and let their partner handle the situation on their own. It's the deep mutual respect and trust they have, really. I don't think either of them need to be protected more or less- they know each other well enough to know when it's time to step in and do some protecting.
13: Who’s the bigger tease?
Oh Obi-Wan for sure. Cody is extremely straightforward with what he wants. Obi-Wan on the other hand loves the building tension as he pulls at Cody's strings, watches his usually composed commander become flustered, grow desperate for Obi-Wan, and ultimately feeling Cody's growing arousal in the Force is a special treat.
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lanaunreleasedluvr · 3 months ago
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Dan and Blair: A think piece (lmao)
It's 2am, I'm bored as hell and procrastinating going to bed and all I can think about is Gossip Girl bc I have been binge-watching it again for the first time in like 5 years. So naturally, I have some thoughts. First being: now that I am watching with an adult brain, I have realized how absolutely insane this show is and how diabolical those writers were. Why the HELL did they try to convince us Chuck was a viable love interest for Blair. R4pey shit aside(not excusing it, but pilots rarely ever reflect characters so I'll sort of let it slide), he seriously never had a character arch that was worth rooting for. Yes, he did change a lot in some ways, but was stagnant in many others. the only time I felt sympathy for him was when he was shot in Prague and had a reinvention of his identity. But, I see that the only way that I would be able to connect with Chuck was if he stripped himself of who he actually was. So, personally, I just cannot find it in me to actually gaf abt his character development UNLESS it involves him not being 'chuck bass'(corny as fuck excuse for his behaviour btw). I can't understand how people love his character and will go to the ends of the earth to defend that he turns out being a 'good person' when that mf literally traded the supposed love of his life for a god damn HOTEL. HELLOO!!! Blair forgiving him so quickly after that had me in disbelief. Were the writers so desperate to have Chuck and Blair together that they were willing to sacrifice the dignity of Blair's character for a romance trope. Like good god people, at lease show us you guys have some sort of BACKBONE, and not entirely basing your writing on fan service you cowards. That should have been the absolute end of Chuck and Blair. How TF did Blair, such a strong-willed, self-respecting woman go back to someone who treated her like literal property and valued a hotel over her. This is straight out of a damn Aphra Behn play. The writers absolutely listened to the 12 year olds watching that show (and honestly, why not, that show was clearly a teen soap opera) because that relationship was literally an abuser manipulating his victim into believing their toxic relationship was 'passion' and 'all-consuming'. like no babes, he saw you as an object. Every time she went back to him I let the LARGEST sigh out and had to skip their scenes because all I wanted to do was punch his 5'7 self in the face. How the hell did I root for this couple when I was 13. Actually I know how, I WAS A CHILD!!! How are grown adults not seeing this relationship and SIDE EYEING.
Now, let's talk about Dan and Blair. Yes, they had their flaws, but this is only because the writers made it so. In all actuality, they made perfect sense. At first glance, it does seem a random coupling but honestly upon rewatch, this has been building up since literally the first season. Enemies to lovers is literally the most common trope, and Dan and Blair fit it to a tee, and was done so very well. The tension was there, and Dan was the perfect opportunity for Blair to break from her elitist mindset and grow as a person. Dan coming to like Blair also made perfect sense, she was honestly the woman version of himself in many ways. The writers showed this inverse of each other soooo well, and built up to their relationship SOOOO amazingly. Dan was honestly perfect (In GG) for Blair, he loved her for her, not because of her dark side, or whatever the hell Chuck saw in her. Chuck literally only started paying attention to her when she showed him her sexual side (RED FLAG PEOPLE). But ANYWAYS, Dan quite literally 'peered into her soul' (quote from Blair herself) and loved her so much more than he ever loved Serena (i can't even get into how dumb that ending was good lord). I will honestly never understand why the writers tossed allllll that build up and great writing for CHUCK! Like PLEASEEEE, I BEGGG of a reboot where Blair leaves Chucks sorry ass and either ends up single or with Dan (honestly too far fetched at this point because the writers fumbled so badly).
I realize this is one of the more unpopular opinions and that people will literally die on the Chuck and Blair hill, but I just don't understand why. Maybe nostalgia?? I don't know. I used to be the exact way and thought Dan and Blair were a revolting pair, but now it makes perfect sense why they got together. It really doesn't make any sense that she went back to that bum ass abuser. But whatever, at the end of the day this is a piece of fiction that has no real life impact so I'll end this tangent here.
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carneirinha · 2 months ago
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2025 nardwuar interview that shit was beautiful. hearing tyler talk so highly abt MPB n the complexity of brazilian music's instrumentals was like music from my ear bcuz i'm saying that shit ALLLLLL the time ALL the time UGHHH our music is underrated internationally despite the utter quality n it being our biggest cultural export 4 sure. u ppl just stop at bossa nova n samba u don't know the half of it! sit ur asses down n expand ur music horizons!!!! but it just hits different from such an influential figure n honestly expert music producer so that was cool.
also hearing him talk abt music makes me envioussssss so envious cuz i'm always like YEAH i know music n then i listen 2 actual grown fucking adults talk abt music. n then it's just mindblowing. fuck i wanna know things. i wanna know a lot of things i wanna have a repertoire. last things last i think it's HILARIOUS they gave jasper the avatar ost n he was like "oh no i like the last airbender but this is cool too!!"
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waroferas · 14 days ago
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Ou my goodness hmm…….whell I think that complaining about petty things is so much fun so here is my request to hear you complain abt something loz-related?? ^.^ can be a dungeon, item, character, song, mechanic, plot point, etc the choice is allllll yours!! like for example I personally cannot stand the sound of walking on hard surfaces while wearing shoes in botw…….it’s like one step above ASMR wet noises to me
sending you the loveliest gentlest spring breezes btw + LOVE YOU!!!
REALLY GOOD PROMPT .oh my god. need to air out my beef with gyorg so bad.
I FUCKING HATE GYOOOORG ‼️‼️‼️ majora’s mask i love you girl, and happy birthday, but i’ve genuinely never walked away from a game and have been Residually Mad before fighting Gyorg.
in general i struggled a Lot with great bay temple. the timed segments were reducing me to a new level of vulnerability the likes of which my dear friends have never seen before (kind way of saying i was STRESSED THE FUCK OUTTTTTT). plus i kept getting horrifically lost. same god damn problem as the oot water temple i will never ever learn. but all around Hellish.
have i told you im bad at video games. it’s important to me that you know im bad at video games. play session so bad that it was over a year ago and i still get antagonized for it . play session so bad that i had to put a disclaimer on my blog that i got direct and explicit permission to tell my friends to die
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ALSO A DAY BEFORE MY BIRTHDAY? AGAIN?
whatever . i fucking hate gyorg i hate its stupid ass phases i hate its stupid ass mechanics. im pretty sure i Ran Out of bombs? i can’t bring myself to watch someone else play the fight and refresh myself bc seeing someone do it competently might piss me off too bad . it took So Long and i was cheating out of my ASSSSS. don’t ever talk to me about gyorg and i hope great bay temple specifically gets hit by that moon.
thank you hero I LOVE YOU HERO!!!
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milquetoastmews · 7 months ago
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okay I’ve seen you posting about wuthering heights and this is your invitation (if you want one) to yap and share your thoughts about it. i read it a few years back and i honestly… despised it? and i feel like i’m missing something bc like. i regularly read classics. i love engaging with a story’s themes. but something just didn’t click for me, and i’m left feeling bewildered about why people love it. and none of this is judgement on you, i just genuinely feel like i’m missing something, so if you want to yap about it please enlighten me 🖤
so sorry it took me 4evr to respond 2 this omfg
I am literally never not in the mood to talk about wuthering heights!!!!
first things first, I read it over 3 yrs ago so I don't remember allllll the specifics (tho I have been feeling the itch to reread it......)
but from what I can remember (!) here's what I love abt it:
its so immersive! at least, it was for me. I had honestly forgotten that these things had even happened specifically, but I went back and read my goodreads review of it and I mention dreaming about the story and how after I finished it I sat on my bed for an hour doing absolutely nothing, because what was I meant to do? the world I had been living in had just dissipated before my eyes. I had trouble moving on after finishing wuthering heights; I would want to read but couldn't bring myself to pick up another book because that meant fully exiting its world. even though I don’t remember the contents of the dream or sitting on my bed, the feeling I had when reading wuthering heights still comes back to me whenever I think/talk abt it. its hard to put a finger on exactly what that feeling is but I can very distinctly identify it as wuthering heights.
its just so gothic. I lovelovelove gothicism. I love that wuthering heights is gothic in every possible way. theres ghosts and haunted manors and impassioned declarations and tragic ends and violent displays of love (more on this in the next point)
ever since I had to read love in the time of cholera for my sr yr english class I've been kind of obsessed with the concept of love as a violence. not violence used to desecrate love, but violence as an expression of love itself (probably also why I love hannibal lol). as aforementioned, I'm fascinated w the macabre of life. its just so interesting to see how many horrible actions can be not excused, but genuinely explained by love. love as a source of madness, desperation, desolation will always be one of my fav things to see in media
its not an unrequited love story with heathcliff the incel "nice guys always finish last" character. catherine and heathcliff truly truly love each other. but they r both in tricky spots. heathcliff is a person of color with a diminished social standing and catherine is a woman. these both hinder their options in life. I like that love does not conquer all and they don't end up together and heathcliff goes literally batshit bcos of it (kinda ties into my last point). the love is requited it just... can't be
everyone sucks!!!!! absolutely nothing means more to me than characters that fucking suck. like fr. every character is so different and yet exactly the same in the sense that you cannot morally justify liking one over the other. they are all, objectively, bad people, but at times u can't help but wish something good would happen to them, if only to find out if they would be better were their circumstances more favorable (they wouldn't ofc; most of the time, they just ruin whatever good thing even gets w in their vicinity)
I found the framing rlly interesting, the whole story w in a story thing. the end of the book was established at the beginning (or at least that's the assumption): lockwood comes to the grange and visits the heights and sees that everyone is miserable. so, the story begins: nelly is going to enlighten him as to how everyone at the heights came to be so rude and forlorn. but, that wasn't the end and I liked that. to me, it felt like brontë gave us a map at the beginning of the story and said "you're going to end up here" but once we got to that point, she just kept going. I think that strikes a rlly optimal balance of both direction and surprise. tbh I just rlly admire emily brontë as a writer
I believe thats all I can think of for now? I def have more to say on how, yes, everyone sucks, but the characters r still complex and the historical context surrounding when the book was written and the social commentary that comes along w heathcliff's identity and all that but I'm tired and feel bad its taken me this long to respond anyway!!! but def lmk what fell flat 4 u, I'm always curious to learn other ppls perspectives on books
(also I for sure did not edit or read this over b4 posting so sorry if it is absolutely incomprehensible)
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nyxi-pixie · 25 days ago
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Sorry to ask for a man in the ask game, but Mori?
actually cackling at this a bit😭 comes to my inbox embarrassed and apologetic for talking abt men. yeah thats what i want to put into the world
favourite thing about them: hes funny to me. crimelord who is soso longsuffering and tired of the freak kids he keeps picking up off the street
least favourite thing about them: yosano situation😓😓😓
favourite line: its from beast but his 'i know more than anyone how effective and versatile ruling by fear is [...] its the most barbaric thing an adult can do' to atsushi. sticks in my head allllll the time
brOTP: i mean im not sure id really call it a brotp but i am always going to be unwell abt his dynamic w dazai. on a less srs note, his cunty trio w chuuya and kouyou 💞💞 they literally hang out i miss them
OTP: im actually not particularly invested but the zskk fukufuku triangle is hilarious to me. wheres my sonic snapcube dub post with the fukuchi mori beef saga
nOTP: not personally into morizai💔
random headcanon: he has a tea addiction. very methodical about it. theres a fic abt this in my bookmarks somewhere actually. that author is a genius
unpopular opinion: i dont think i even need to say it LMAOOOO
song i associate with them: i dont associate any songs w him hashtag fake fan 🙁😔
favourite picture of them: tied up and bloodied mini mori literally saves lives
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hiddenbeks · 11 days ago
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hello. i am finally finished with heidrun's playthrough. time to let her rest and move on to isabeau but not before i ramble abt dawnguard and dragonborn because i have thoughtsssss
first of all dawnguard was just as tedious as i remembered and i think i hate it a little now. it's literally just endless fetch quests and trips to and from fort dawnguard strategically situated in the most remote corner of the map they could find,, normally i don't fast travel but after the first couple quests i gave in and started taking carriages i just wanted to get it over with
the quest design is awful also. after you get valerica's scroll the game tells you to travel alllll the way back to fort dawnguard and only after you've travelled allllll the way you find out dexion has gone blind and you're sent running around the map Again. instead they could have like... had dexion warn you about going blind when reading serana's scroll and this could have prompted you to seek an alternate way to read valerica's. as a moth priest he knows the consequences. or the dawnguard could have sent someone to deliver a message that dexion has gone blind and we need to figure out something else. because obviously they would have noticed him going blind. but these characters have 0 agency and they don't do shit unless you are present i guess!! things only progress when You are there to progress them!!!!!!
man whatever. anyway. it's not like dawnguard is all bad. i like the characters i like pondering the dynamics between heidrun and isran and serana. there is actual character writing in the questline. it's still pretty thin but compared to the rest of the game it's... something. i also liked that vyrthur was something of a foil to heidrun... vyrthur was infected with vampirism and heidrun was infected with lycanthropy... vyrthur was abandoned by auri-el and heidrun was abandoned by stendarr... vyrthur wanted vengeance or whatever but heidrun was (for the most part) able to move on... much to ponder
overall i prefer dragonborn because of the vibe and atmosphere and the fact that it's more contained and set in a whole separate area from the rest of the game. also the fact that it feels more grounded? weird to say considering all the Everything that happens but like dawnguard is all grand castles and vampire prophecies and whatever. also idc abt vampires. in dragonborn you get to meet the ordinary people of raven rock and the skaal and you get to help them and free them of miraak and it's nice :) and you can hang out with some werewolves too <3
however i think the character writing is what's lacking in dragonborn. they could have explored miraak and his background and motivations so much more as well as like the whole first and last dragonborn thing... what do they have in common... what sets them apart from each other... etc. like the bones are there there's clearly the setup for you vs ancient evil more powerful you and it's a fascinating concept except they don't really do anything with it on a writing level. you never even have a conversation with miraak he just taunts you a couple times and then you fight him. and herma mora kills him. ok
another massive issue i have with the writing is the fact that on several occasions different characters say that working for herma mora is the only way to stop miraak. frea says it storn says it you yourself are forced to say it at points where it's the only dialogue option given and i hate it!!!! at no point does anyone even suggest an alternative. like how do you all know it's the only way?? no one even thinks of trying anything else before deciding that a questionable pact with the daedric prince of fate and forbidden knowledge is the only option?? it's like... the writers couldn't be bothered or weren't given the time to think of any alternatives (or they had the time but todd didn't like their ideas idk) but if the game just repeats "this is the only way" enough it passes for solid writing. i hate it
and the only reason to work for herma mora is so that he will teach you one (1) word of the bend will shout. so that you can tame miraak's dragon. so that you can fly to the summit of apocrypha and challenge him there. this is absolutely the only way to defeat miraak. idk what if there was a way to challenge him elsewhere? you could force him to come out of apocrypha for example? herma mora says that in order to be as powerful as miraak and surpass him you Must learn the full bend will shout but you literally don't even need the shout in the fight against him you only need it once in order to ride his dragon like,,,,,,h gf jhkjfghjkdj the railroading. i fucking hate the railroading. i don't need a clunky new dragon riding mechanic why not let me just climb to the summit of apocrypha as a massive fuck you to herma mora. i think that would be hilarious actually
#tldr i wish this game i love was like. good#and yea im sure all of this has been discussed thoroughly throughout the years but i gotta let this out somewhere!!!#this was the first time i played the game with the specific intent of paying attention to the writing. wish i hadn't tho lmaooo#anyway. isabeau time :)#oc: heidrun#oc: isabeau#oh i also have issues w the thieves guild questline and the part where ur forced to enter a pact with nocturnal#similarly to the herma mora railroading the game keeps telling u that it's the only way to defeat mercer#but like...... what exactly do you get out of the pact? to help you defeat mercer?#an armor set. that you don't even need to wear. it does not matter whether you wear it or not it has no effect on anything except ur stats#the mercer battle is so simple. oh he can turn invisible. whatever. you can easily beat him even without detect life spells#and the powers you get from nocturnal you get After defeating him. so entering the pact before taking him on was literally pointless#like it would have been marginally more convincing if there was Some kind of tangible gameplay benefit that you get thanks to the pact#that actually helps in the fight. but no. game tells you this is the only way so you do what game wants. okay.#its bad writing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#lowkey planning a rewrite of the questline where isabeau says fuck this im not selling my soul to a daedra#and thus ends the nightingale trinity tradition. it's time for the isabeau tradition. she's a visionary baby#im sure there are dozens of rewrite fanfics already where the tg questline and other questlines are made.. better....#but i wanna do it my way for my characters :)#that being said if anyone has any fic recs for skyrim but well written please feel free to share hehe
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