#i wasn't planning on posting this today

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i swear i am normal about him

[donelywell]

April 27 2024

Band Battles! Amy and Sonic agree on a lot of things, but which band is the best will always have them bicker.

[banditblvd]

I'm so fond of them

[simplyfurnituredirect]

She <3

[firefletch]

The main takeaways from Dracula so far:

Communication is good and healthy and important and if you stop doing that everything will go horribly wrong and people will die (based of him honestly and I agree)

Everyone who is smart and intelligent keeps a diary

[miraculouslbcnreactions]

“it could mean that they didn't think further than season five and we're about to get a lot of awkward writing.”

Genuinely, I’m pretty sure this exact problem is about to rear it’s ugly head into the plot so hard. Once it becomes obvious enough next season, I think this is about to become the biggest gripe people have with the show.

I don’t subscribe to the “Chloé was rewritten by TA out of spite” theories—however—it is almost **impossible** that season 5 didn’t, at the very least, have the bones of the plot laid out *when it was still intended as the final season,* and then those bones were **heavily** rearranged when contracts were signed for Miraculous Ladybug to continue production beyond that point.

This is quickly having a domino effect on the plot, where storylines are being re-sculpted left and right to somehow tie-up the arc of the previous 5 seasons, whilst still maintaining pre-reveal status quo for the seasons still to come. The most glaring problem with this is, of course, that they had to royally shoot Marinette in the foot to make that work.

I don’t want to put my tin-foil hat on too much, but Adrinette getting together sans reveal is just a symptom of the show continuing past it’s original intended “end of life”. We were likely supposed to get exactly what is holding Adrinette back from being interesting right now—the reveal—in the original midseason finale of season 5 instead of Kwami’s Choice.

What’s an even more cynical thought—if season 5 was the end of the show like intended at one point, there is ZERO chance that Marinette would have even NEEDED to lie to Adrien about his father. *THAT’S* what frustrates me most about the season 5 finale. Not that it’s shocking, not that it subverts expectations, that it’s so glaringly obvious the main character is making a decision simply because the plot for future seasons implodes on itself if she thinks logically for 1.2 seconds. It’s not interesting. It’s only there because they wrote themselves into a corner they never intended to be in 5 years ago.

And as the seasons tick on and on, the cycle is just going to continue to chase itself in circles under the guise of “drama” and “plot”, but in reality the episodic nature of the show means that none of the plot lines will ever conclude in a satisfying way

(Post that inspired this ask)

it is almost **impossible** that season 5 didn’t, at the very least, have the bones of the plot laid out *when it was still intended as the final season,* and then those bones were **heavily** rearranged when contracts were signed for Miraculous Ladybug to continue production beyond that point.

Now that is a theory I can get behind and will even admit to subscribing to. Season five absolutely feels like it was written to be the final season and we know that it was, originally, supposed to be the final season. It's not a conspiracy theory to say, "I think that they may have committed to elements of season five before they got a sixth season and that ended up making season five into a bit of a mess."

I'd be fascinated to know the behind-the-scenes timing of things and what was written before the season-six greenlight and what they were allowed to change after season six became a thing. Things like scripts, lore bibles, and plot lines get signed off on by a lot of people! It's entirely possible that the writers' hands were tied on certain elements of season five. If the leaked, season-five Bible is to be believed, it says that it was signed off by TF1 & Disney and has a date of 1/29/21, about three months before season six was officially announced, implying that major elements of season five may have been set in stone all the way back in early 2021:

[Image description: footer for the leaked Bible reading "Ladybug - Bible FINAL VERSION updated season 5 - approved by TF1 & Disney 1/29/21 - CONFIDENTIAL]

This may mean that the writers literally weren't allowed to make major changes to season five because they'd already gone through the approval process for the overall plot. It's also possible that they could have redone things, they just didn't have time based on production timelines or maybe they did have time and just couldn't think up a new version of season five in the time they had. There's no way to be sure with the limited information we have. Maybe season five is exactly what they wanted it to be!

It's hard to buy that, though, because a lot of the awkward writing makes so much more sense if there was supposed to be an identity reveal at the end of Kwami's Choice. Like why Adrien is worrying about how to tell Marinette that he's leaving, but he never once stops to think about Ladybug. If he knows they're the same person, that's suddenly perfectly understandable.

I also full agree that the lie at the end of season five feels like another stalling tactic and not a piece in a well-crafted narrative. It's really common for the writing to get stilted in TV shows and movie series that get renewed past their expiration dates because no plot can last forever. Even the best writers can't draw a concept out to the end of time and Miraculous doesn't seem have the best writers. Now that they've been greenlit for ten freaking seasons, I think we're in for a wild ride and I don't mean the fun kind. Serious identity shenanigans like the love square are not designed to last for 86+ hours. (The show has 26 20-minute episodes per season, so if you multiply that by 10, you get a little over 86 hours + specials and such.)

I just don't see how they're going to draw out the identity reveal for another five seasons without making the love square a toxic waste dump, but I also don't think that they're ever going to do an identity reveal in the mid game. They're saving that sucker for the end no matter how much it ruins the story. (Watch season six prove me wrong, lol. You never know.)

[layraket]

Day 24 – Alt - Survivor’s guilt 

Character(s): Twilight (LU)

Words: 598

Summary: Time was something more than a leader, something that kept them together. Twilight doesn’t know how to replicate that.

Whump scale: 1 (see the full scale here)

Warnings: Major Character Death mention, grief

Part 1 in Day 14, Part 3 in Day 31

(I do not consider this too heavy, but mind the warnings.)

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It’s been a week since they arrived at the ranch, maybe it was Hylia being merciful of them for letting them have a break. If that was the case, that’s one of the few things that he will be thankful about her.

They spent their time helping with whatever Malon needed, her dad not being able to do some chores that needed strength. They knew that she will need that help a lot now.

Wind together with Warriors helped to take care of the old Epona, the captain teaching the youngest how to properly brush her hair and how to help her muscles to not be so stiff, this being very important now with her age.

Sky was as always with the cuccos, now Legend joining him, maybe to try and learn from the chosen hero how to properly take care of them without being in a life-threatening risk.

Hyrule, Four and Wild were exploring their surroundings, that was something good, specially for the two adventurers of their group, them refusing to come out and do some activity was starting to worry them all.

And for Twilight, he didn’t know how to feel.

Everything was casual, normal if he could dare to say. But at the same time, it was not. There was a lack of a deep laugh, some sort of bad joke, someone to stop a jokingly fight already knowing that it would escalate to something more serious.

Twilight didn’t know how to fill that space. Even if he tried, there would be someone who will never have it filled.

Malon pretends, a lot. She plays this rough attitude to not worry them, but he knows more than she lets show. He had been there for her in sleepless nights, keeping her company and give her comfort. He knows its not enough, it will never be.

She will be a mother, of who? He already knows, the child who is growing inside her will become a strong rancher, someone that will search a new place for his new life, not daring to go too farm from his roots. Someone that will find a beautiful ordonian, blonde hair falling on her shoulders like a golden waterfall. Someone that will have a sweet boy, one who will grow up half of his life in a small village where he’s different, but accepted and loved.

Someone that will never know who is his father. And someone who will never be able to show his son who is his grandfather either.

He talks with the boys, distracting them from their current situation, still not wanting to forget who was the one who filled the dreadful empty space.

He needs to be there with them, even the captain can’t keep himself together, for Farore’s sake.

He needs to be there for them, keep himself together. Or else, they will crumble without a support.

When a portal appears, they all gather their belongings and say goodbye to Malon and her father. If Twilight stayed a little longer to tell her some extra things, nobody saw.

Before he went through the portal, he saw a silhouette, one too familiar.

Yeah, that’s right, he always had been there, Twilight just had chosen to ignore it. Behind Time there was always a too similar spirit when he was being Wolfie, and if Wind’s eyes drifting to something behind their old leader was a signal, that meant he wasn’t going insane these times.

He went through the portal, saying goodbye to this era, and his mentor. Doing a last promise:

He will keep them all alive.

[i-eat-deodorant]

they can be quadruped. as a treat.

[my-bated-breath]

Can people just admit that azula is a terrible person? While yes, she is a victim of ozai's abuse and indoctrination, she's not exactly innocent either. She also misblames Zuko for her own abuse and if her words at the beach are any indication, she's never gotten over the feelings of Zuko being loved more by Ursa (which isn't true) and still took it out on him to this day.

On my first watch of ATLA, I didn't spare too much thought toward Azula's redemptive qualities, but reading more analysis on her character later on definitely made me more sympathetic towards her. But I also think it's unfair to say that the show treated Zuko much better than it did Azula, or that the show was flawed for not giving Azula a chance to redeem herself, which I've also seen a lot of posts on Tumblr espousing.

I believe that an opportunity for redemption is due to luck and circumstances, which Zuko had with Iroh by his side. Meanwhile, Azula never had the chance to even see the world from a different perspective. I think this is the principal reason why a large part of the ATLA fandom wants to see her redeemed, and I think this is a testament to how balanced the show's writing and treatment of her, rather than the opposite. Because the show does paint Azula in a sympathetic light and illuminates her humanity. Again, her being cruel and antagonistic and thus, resented by the main cast of ATLA, is the result of circumstances that the show takes care to explore in great nuance later on.

That's a very long-winded way of saying that yes, I don't think Azula is a good person. Far from it, in fact. She never had the chance to become one, but the show acknowledges this.

[markantonys]

everyone always makes fun of gawyn for being a dumb pathetic fuckup, but the absolute audacity required for a single non-channeler to put on an unknown & extremely dubious seanchan nuclear infinity gauntlet and roll up to challenge a wholeass forsaken to single sword combat..........you've got to admit that was pretty sexy of him. like, the results weren't so great, but the effort? sexy as hell. king shit.

[murk888]

Hey, friends. Wanna hear something funny?

I got into a car accident today.

But I was very lucky.

A truck went out of control, slid sideways down the road towards me and hit the driver's side with its rear end, pushing my car against a wall for a moment, then spun around again and got stuck, fully blocking the road.

I'm completely fine.

Only a piece of shattered glass cut my finger. Except for that, your humble artist is unharmed.

This doesn't feel real

What a crazy day

[the-badger-mole]

(Katara doesn't appreciate sharing her kitchen with surprise culinary savant, Zuko. He takes over making dinner one night, and Katara insists on making a salad at least)

Katara: (tasting the sauce Zuko's working on) It needs salt.

Zuko: It does not! It's perfect!

Zuko turns away and Katara sneaks a dash of salt into the sauce.

Zuko: (returning to taste the sauce) You added salt!

Katara: I did not!

Zuko: You did! You ruined it.

Katara: I fixed it!

Zuko: Oh, yeah? Well, fix this! (Dumps entire bottle of dressing on Katara's salad.)

Katara: (with forced calm) No problem. It just needs a different presentation. (Dumps salad on Zuko's head.)

Zuko: (with even more forced calm) I see what you mean. Maybe you can give me a few pointers on my side dish. (scoops up a handful of mashed potatoes and smears them in Katara's face)

[schnaf]

23 days until jungsu's 23nd birthday

day 9 - mi gente

[forcedhesitation]

*wheeze* slowly, but surely, working on art of them all

[hannah-heartstrings]

Happy St. Paddy's!

[alicethepiper]

Chapters: 2/? Fandom: Biohazard | Resident Evil (Gameverse) Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Rape/Non-Con Relationships: Leon S. Kennedy/Chris Redfield, Chris Redfield/Albert Wesker Characters: Chris Redfield (Resident Evil), Albert Wesker, Leon S. Kennedy, Jill Valentine, Sheva Alomar Additional Tags: Hurt Chris Redfield, Mentioned Carlos Oliveira, Mentioned Claire Redfield, Implied Sexual Content, it's not actually anything that descriptive, also, SHEVA IS HERE WOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, ive been playing too much re5 guys someone help me actually- Summary:

Three years have passed since Chris Redfield and Albert Wesker died. When Jill gets notice that Chris may be in Africa, she's expecting a body, and she curses the timing. She simply can't go. She won't let Carlos go in her stead, not when he's about to be a father. She won't tell Claire, in case the intel was false. So she goes to the only other person she can trust with this.

Leon S. Kennedy