#i wish they'd had better development tbh

[heretherebedork]

Is that what we're calling it now? Is that what he's saying he did?

Yeah, Yeaaah, Ugh, I at least like Keen a bit. Captain's just obnoxious. Poor Keen, though. Being literally used for sex work without consent and without any share of the profit by someone you think is in love with you? Rough.

[werewolf4vampire]

god the environments were so much nicer in legends: arceus

[captain-hen]

ranking the 911 love interests™ based on how canon has treated them, from worst to best:

marisol: has been treated the worst BY FAR. doesn't have a last name. doesn't have job. is barely even involved in the storyline of her own boyfriend cheating on her. rip

ali martin: deserved better honestly :( only appeared for two episodes after the earthquake arc, to get together with buck and then have conflict with him...and then they broke up off screen.

natalia dollenmeyer: pretty much in the same boat as ali. again, rip

ana flores: at least she got a bit of a personality when eddie broke up with her?

tatiana: didn't see much of her but the show allowed her to be a bitch and then grow from her mistakes so kudos for that

tommy kinard: pretty much still a plot device, only has the advantage of actually having a backstory at this point. will have to wait and watch!

eva matthis: had significant development and had an impact on the narrative, continued to haunt henren until season 5. very well-written tbh!

taylor kelly: personally i found her boring as fuck, but at least she got a personality, a job, independent character motivations and a backstory. which is more than i can say for the rest of them!

shannon diaz: probably the most complex guest character on the show by far. continues to haunt the narrative. wish they'd let her rest though.

abby clark: don't think she actually counts as a love interest tbh, and she was literally the protagonist of s1. 10/10!

[thecatspirits]

Lately I've been thinking about how I would rewrite the Power of Three and incorporate it into my Xenomoggy and Hollyleaf's character really jumped out to me the more I thought about it. All three main characters had their personal issues (though Lionblaze's weren't really developed or explored) but Hollyleaf really spoke to me as someone, who like many others, struggles with self-esteem. Her grandfather, Firestar, was a prophecy cat, savior of the Clans and leader of ThunderClan. Her grandmother, Sandstorm, was the best hunter in ThunderClan (and she should have been deputy :\) Her mother, Leafpool, discovered the Moon Pool. Her father, Crowfeather, was a prophecy cat and part of the Traveling Group. Her adoptive mother, Squirrelstar, was a part of the Travelling Group and is a leader. Her adoptive father, Brambleclaw, was a prophecy cat, a part of the Traveling Group and was a leader (albeit a horrible one). Her brother, Jayfeather, was a prophecy cat and time traveller. Her brother, Lionblaze, was a prophecy cat. Her supposed best friend, Cinderheart, was a reincarnation of a medicine cat (though this wasn't really a good thing tbh) Every cat that Hollyleaf was close to (excluding Crowfeather ofc) was "special" in some way. And what was she? The product of a half-clan relationship? The daughter of a medicine cat? A murderer? From Hollyleaf's perspective, she was nothing compared to them. From the moment she was little, Hollyleaf's goal in life was to be important and yet no matter how hard she tried she could never live up to her family's legacy. I so wish they'd really explored Hollyleaf's self-esteem issues in-depth. How it drove her to cover up all her supposed short-comings in whatever way she could, even if it meant murdering someone. How the guilt of even existing drove her to reveal everything. They even could've added in that though Hollyleaf thought she was doing it for the sake of the Warrior Code, deep down she's doing it to disgrace the cats she's grown to despise for all their lies and the fact they represent everything she never thinks she can be to feel better about herself. How Cinderheart disagreeing with her actions made her finally break and run away. I so wish they'd had her time in the tunnels be spent realizing that's she's not worthless and that's she's more than her family's actions and legacy, that she can be her own person and find purpose and fulfillment. Heck have that be the purpose of the fox cub instead of it just randomly showing up (tbh that was probably what they were going for but I don't think it worked too well). I wish they'd had her own up to her mistakes and prove herself to herself and everyone around her. Then have her process her feelings on Dovewing and realize she's not being replaced. Then have her talk and connect with Ivypool and help Dove and Ivy to reconcile with one another. I just wish the authors had realized Hollyleaf's potential and utilized it. I wish Hollyleaf got the story her character deserved.

[beanghostprincess]

Why is shanks/buggy so underrated in this side of fandom? It’s much more loved in Japanese one, one of the most popular for shanks. I feel like this one prefers other mlm options for him and I don’t get it. It got better after OPLA I think but still. Sorry for my English!

Oh! This is actually such an interesting question. I was talking about this the other day and I came to a conclusion with my friend about this. Basically, there are a lot of things to take into consideration here. The screentime, the age of the characters, the chemistry, how they're perceived by the fandom and canonically, etc etc etc.

The first thing I thought about was the screentime, honestly. Shanks and Buggy grew up together and they have a deep bond, however, we've only seen that through flashbacks (one in quite literally episode 8 of the anime, another one in Wano that isn't even about them and they're just side characters in this flashback, and in chapter 1082 of the manga. But it's not even a proper flashback because we already saw that when Shanks talks to Whitebeard about Buggy, it's just Buggy's interpretation of it) and we only have like one scene of them together that isn't even two minutes long. So, quite obviously you'd think "well, the ship isn't as popular as other ships because they barely have any screentime" and I think it's correct but also not quite. And also, this would also have to apply to the Japanese fandom at the end of the day. Fandoms don't give a single fuck about screen time if the chemistry is right, really, but there's always this factor, y'know. Lawlu has less screentime than Zolu and yet it's more popular somehow because people absolutely love their dynamic. Then, if you stop to think about it, both Satosugu (Jjk) and Soukoku (Bsd) have the same dynamic and concept as Shuggy, but they're by far the most popular ships in their fandoms. They're basically the same ships but Jjk and Bsd give them proper development and story because they're shorter series. One Piece is a long show and we still have many things to see, even if we know it's gonna end soon, so I guess that we'll still have to wait to see more of Shuggy. Once we do, I'm sure it'll become more popular. Also, Shanks' personality is very diverse because he's all mysterious and all, so I kind of understand why people don't want to make content because they still don't have him figured out.

But then again, screen time isn't really the problem. It's just one of the factors. If they had more screen time, they'd be more popular for sure, yes, but it's not exactly what makes them less popular in this side of the fandom. Otherwise, it'd be equally as popular on the other sides too. The Japanese side of fandoms is different from this one and tbh they often don't take into consideration things like cancel culture and proship discourse or the standard beauty regarding age because they just post whatever they want and scroll past what they don't like (god I fucking wish we were like that because I am so done with these things). Besides, isn't Buggy like a very beloved character over there, aside from Oda's favorite? At least from what I've seen, they take his character way more seriously than this side of the fandom does, honestly. And it bothers me because he's such a complex and great character, and people never see it because they use him either for memes or to keep saying "omggg turns out the clown is hot!! Can you believe I want to fuck a clow-" yes, Samantha, we know you want to fuck the clown. It's not weird. It's not new. Do you even like the character, at least, or you're just using him to say how kinky and quirky you are? (And I don't even care about the sexualization of characters because, again, fictional characters are fictional characters and you don't have to take everything so seriously. I have tons of characters I don't like that much but only stan because I find them hot and that's alright. But damn, it bothers me sometimes).

Anyway, with this, I wanna say that there are other things to have in mind when talking about this.

Recently (I know it's not exactly new but in fandom years? Recently) there has been a huge thing surrounding the term "old men yaoi". People are so down bad for middle-aged men and they see two of them together and they instantly go "omg they're soo married" but that's- That's it? That's just it. They don't even ship them, they just find the concept of older men hot because "omg he's such a dilf" and they want to fuck both of them. But they never end up doing anything with it. They try to be so groundbreaking like "ohh I am SO woke by shipping these two old men! See? Breaking stereotypes!" because both irl and online, age has always been a very stigmatized thing. Apparently you can't be in a fandom if you're older than 25 because then you're weird, and if there's an actress older than 50 she's instantly useless for the industry.

What I want to say with this is that most people in the fandom are young. They're young and they like attractive, young, hot people and they don't want old, unconventionally attractive men. They don't want them unless it's to give a "hot take" and to be super progressive and woke. Do you know what they like? They like Dilfs. They like Shanks because he's conventionally attractive and good with kids and he's the standard for a Dilf. Because he's hot and mysterious but also silly and quirky and "he's almost forty that is so hot something something daddy kink". And they don't want to see him fucking someone his age because God forbid this man has a personality outside being a Dilf. Younger people in the fandom constantly read y/n fics regarding Shanks because they want him to fuck them and not Buggy. And they can't project in these old men, so they publicly say "oh, Shanks and Buggy are so married" because it's just a fact the fandom made clear, but they don't really like the content. Because liking Buggy sexually, apparently, is just so weird. Or as a character. Nobody wants to say their favorite character is the failguy clown. It's a hot take when you say that Buggy is hot because people keep being all weird about it when... Uh... He's- He's just a clown. Guys. It's not weird. Or bad. Who raised you to think that? God, I find Monet extremely hot and she's half-bird. Could we please normalize these things? They're fictional characters. And also, stop reducing Buggy to his jokes or the fact that he's a clown because his character is GREAT and complex and it just bothers me so much.

This makes me think about this whole "background couple" thing. Which are basically couples that are canon or that are so popular and obvious that people, instead of making content for them (because why would you make content for a canon couple?) just place them in the background instead. There are so many fanfics in which Shuggy is a background couple. Or studies in which, instead of analyzing them, they're used only for parallelisms. This happens with, idk, Saboala? Frobin? Yamace? People don't like couples that everybody agrees on. They don't like m/f ships because they can't be woke!!!!! And queer!!!! (when they easily could but whatever). They don't like ships that everybody likes because!!!!!! They're canon already and why would you write about them???? And so, Shuggy stays a bit more as a side couple instead. For being old and unconventionally unattractive and not having much screentime, but being extremely popular. Not in a "content" way, but in a "knowledge" way. Even the general audience thinks their bond is crucial to the story, c'mon.

One of the differences that this side of the fandom has with the Japanese one, as I mentioned before, is the cancel culture and proship discourse thing. They just don't have that concept. And that's perfect, honestly, I wish we could just scroll past what we don't like too and live peacefully because the discourse is getting tiring. And also you have to admit that, because of the anti propaganda going around, now fandoms have turned into the most puritan thing in the world. Beware! Sex! Age difference between fictional characters that have a consensual and healthy and mature relationship! Oh! God forbid teenagers have sex with people their age! Ohmygodjustshutup. And so, Shuggy isn't a problematic ship. Not even close. But inside the OP world, people do say they are brothers. They keep talking about each other like that, too. And I don't even think it's the typical "we say they're like brothers so you don't think they're gay because they're both guys and guys can't kiss" (I am having flashbacks from the IT fandom). They do have the same parents. Like- We all agree Shanks and Buggy were both raised by Roger and Rayleigh and they consider them, if not their dads, parental figures at least. Right? And you're aware that doesn't make it incest, right? Both things can coexist. Foster families are a thing. Lots of people who grew up together and consider the same people their parental figures end up dating because they don't see each other as siblings. Well, most people don't see it this way and hear the word "brother" and run from it like it's a fucking virus. The Japanese side of the fandom doesn't give a fuck because they're fictional and because they're y'know, not brothers? And even if they were, cancel culture and proship discourse is so fucking stupid to them because they follow the "don't like don't look" thing. But on this side of the fandom, a lot of people see them as brothers and the other half sees them as a divorced couple and apparently nobody knows how to fucking read this manga and have a proper fandom experience without jumping to each other's throats at the minimum disagreement.

So, to summarize: People on this side of the fandom don't like Shuggy THAT much and it isn't such a popular ship in comparison to the Japanese side, because young people don't like older men together, they don't focus on unconventionally attractive characters, are afraid of any little possibility of cancelation, and also, well, Shuggy doesn't have much screentime anyway so there's not much we can do with that.

[pjunicornart]

SAW UR POST WAS IMMEDIATELY INTERESTED :3!!1!1!2!211

can u feed us lazy four info, like how did they meet? fav hangout spot? some random stuff they do together? stuff like that :3 if youve had time to develop them??? considering u probs plan on writing lazy wilro.....

SO. 👏

All of the Lazy Four exist within the same universe. So we have Wilbur, who lives in the Robinson estate on the outskirts of the city. Penny is a pop star originally from Chicago, but now lives in the city due to the rich estates and luxuries. Pop star life, y'know. Violet is a skater girl who goes to Wilbur's school. It should be noted that within Lazy Days, the Parrs DO NOT have superpowers. But, I did give them professions/hobbies which elude to them (Mrs. Incredible is a silk ribbon dancer, for example. Keep this in mind). Last but not least, Hiro is a third generation Japanese-American immigrant living in his grandfather's cafe with his older brother and aunt.

How they met: Well, Wilbur, Violet, and Hiro all go to the same school. So they met there. As for how they met Penny, there is a story there. Because of who Cornelius is, he has quite a lot of connections and "high profile clients" as his PA would put it. A couple of years ago, he was sent on a lengthy business trip. He had to bring Leo (Wilbur's baby brother) along since he was only a year old at the time. Wilbur was 13 about to be 14 when this happened. Wilbur tagged along because Neil promised they'd do something awesome for his birthday, and he didn't let work get in the way of that. This was a trip to Norway, so they figured they could do birthday festivities there as a special occasion. But first, Neil had to meet up with his client, who just so happened to be Penny's father, her manager. While the two men were discussing boring business stuff, Penny and Wilbur were able to hang out. At the end of the ordeal, they had exchanged numbers and kept in touch. Back home, Wilbur (over video calls) introduced Vi and Hiro to Penny, and the rest is history.

Some stuff they do: They mostly hang around the Robinson estate, because the family is fun. Well, also the hot tub and theater. Individually, Violet hangs out at the skate park, Wilbur in the home library, Penny in her garden, and Hiro wherever food is, tbh. Boy can't get enough of sweets. Not related to the kiddos, but Neil became good friends with Helen because they were in the same silk ribbon dancing class. Vi thinks her mother is better/more flexible, but Wilbur laughs in his father being a gymnast, yogi, pole dancer, and silk ribbon dancer. Take that Vi!

Miscellaneous points: - Wilbur is always reading something. Sometimes, he just can't shut up about the newest book he's reading. - Tadashi is still alive! Because I like him. The fire still happened, so Tadashi does have severe burns he has to treat every day. Luckily, Wilbur's father knows a thing or two about treating burns. - Sometimes Violet secretly wishes her siblings could be like Wilbur's. Quiet and polite! - It's pretty well known that Leo only likes to be held by/in the presence of Neil. However, he tolerates Penny and Wilbur. Probably because they were there when he was away from Neil for the meeting. - All of them are babies when it comes to horror. Except for Violet. She loves horror, especially psychological horror akin to Cooking Companions or That's Not My Neighbor. - Penny has three dogs. Bolt (duh), Lightning, and Shock. - If we're talking about Wilro, Wilbur calls Hiro "mio dolce." Half of Wilbur's family is Italian, so he knows some words/phrases. "Mio dolce" is a pet name. It can mean "my sweet", "my love", or "my cake." - Whenever all four of them are in Hiro's aunt's cafe, they ask for the day old donuts. - Violet can't whistle or snap her fingers. - Hiro is only slightly terrified of Wilbur's little sister's (Mazie) pet snake. Its name is Bananaconda. - Yes, Hiro knows how to bake! Instead of being a prodigy in inventing like his bro, he's an advanced baker with very intricate techniques. All figured out by the time he was nine. - Penny became a pop star when she was twelve. She mostly did kid's TV beforehand, before she got her career in music. Think... Miley Cyrus and Ariana Grande, just without the gross tongue stuff and home wrecking. - Violet does name her skateboards. Her favorite is Pico. - Wilbur is canonically bisexual, Hiro is pansexual, Penny is a straight ally, and Violet is a demigirl lesbian. - Bit of a sad point here, but Wilbur did struggle with an eating disorder (anorexia) when he was 12 and 13. Unfortunately, he inherited his father's body dysmorphia.

In regards to the Wilro fic... It will be inspired by the one Wilro image I did. It will also be pure fluff, since these are teenagers and I'm not about that gross shit! =D They'll be in the Robinson estate, and I'm unsure if we'll see any more Robinsons. We'll see. I gotta do some planning.

[kitkatt0430]

Congrats for managing to finish The Flash! You're braver than any U.S marine, tbh. I left it when I could, lmao. It's been. . . wild seeing how it played out. Okay, here's a fun question: top 10 missed opportunities they failed to take. And which of those you wish to explore in fic? I'm sorry if this is a lot but yeah.

P.S: Eddie is genuinely back and alive??? No B.S?? I am shookth.

Thank you. I get most of my courage from my dog, who lets me rant to her about poor plotting when I watch Flash episodes as long as I give her scritches and encourage her vendetta with the squirrels. :D

Hmmm, Top Ten Missed Opportunities...

In no particular order

1.) Not bringing Harry back in S5. He still had a lot more story to tell and exploring how he learns to live with his new disabilities would have been better than what we got with Sherloque. I mean, the new Wells always winds up growing on me because Tom always had a lot of fun bringing the Wells variants to life, but Harry leaving the Team was very abrupt and his story wasn't done. And now it'll always be this big question mark hanging over the character.

This is definitely something I'd be interested in exploring in fic. I've done so already to very small degrees, but it's definitely something I want to take a deeper look at eventually.

2.) Leonard Snart leading the Rogues. There was the build up and no payoff, thanks to the Legends stealing Len and then killing him off. Leonard Snart and his Rogues are a big deal in the comics, so not having that group come together as a legitimate threat to Barry in the show is always going to be a big disappointment. It meant no more Lisa Snart too, which was really unfortunate.

Guess I'm just gonna have to keep writing my 'Rogues as a dysfunctional found family' fics and imagining what could have been.

3.) Failing to give Cisco a proper send off. After promising an interesting plot for Cisco before S7 began, the build up for him leaving was basically a series of background events in other people's stories. His final episode, though very fun, felt very much like they'd forgotten Carlos was leaving the show until the last minute and had to scramble to send off Cisco.

I've kind of written around the issue, but for me the fix fic is Cisco not leaving at all. So I don't think a proper send off story is in the works for me to write.

4.) Making Frost a lesbian. After failing to keep Hartley in the pilot and having a queer character on the main cast from the start, they should have had an openly queer character on the show at some point. Frost would have been a great choice for this and it would have avoided the relationship with Mark Blaine who was a character that never should have joined the main cast. Allegra being queer would have been lovely too. Or Chester. Just... someone ought to have been out.

Of course they're all queer characters when I write them, so... :D

5.) Never fixing the STAR Labs building. It's a little thing, but restoring the building would have been a great metaphor for the team pulling back together after a time of upheaval. Or perhaps showing the differences in the timeline after Flashpoint.

I did address this point. With squirrels. :D

6.) Taking away Cisco's powers instead of developing them further. Cisco's powers in the comics are truly phenomenal and watching Cisco grow from fearing them to enjoying them on screen was lovely. The abrupt one-eighty on his feelings towards his powers in S5 looks far too much like a bad reaction to breaking up with Cynthia and reeks of the show runners not knowing how to handle writing Vibe. After all that build up for Cisco as Vibe, throwing it down the drain was a massively wasted opportunity.

Giving Cisco back his powers or having him never ditch them at all is definitely something I feature in my fanfics with Cisco that take place in S5 or afterwards.

7.) Not making Hartley more like his comics self. They had every opportunity to grow his character, especially when they reintroduced him post Crisis. And they never did despite clearly being aware the comics character is a much beloved one.

Hartley fix-its are definitely a favorite flavor of my fanfic writing, however. And my fanfic reading. :D

8.) Wally 'graduating' from Kid Flash to Flash. Wally is one of the more popular Flashes in the comics and he deserved to have that acknowledged on the show.

This is something I'll get around to writing fix-its for eventually. I still can't believe the show ended and Wally is still just Kid Flash with the yellow and red suit.

9.) Not having children as metas. We got Frankie, but that's basically it. (Jax was a high school student in 2013, but had graduated by the time he showed up in S2.) The accelerator had to have affected children. Teens sneaking out at night, late night school events like band concerts, younger siblings at football games, etc...

I'm not great at writing kids, but addressing the lack of children as metas is something I want to write. Such as my much younger Joss Jackam that I want to return to at some point. (Also because that version of Mark Mardon is adorable too.)

10.) Only having Flashpoint as a single episode. Flashpoint was a big deal in the comics and would have been a lot more impactful if it had been a longer arc.

Personally, I think the resolution to Flashpoint should have been tied into Nora's death coming full circle for Barry. Though I did think the episode where that night did come full circle was well done. But eventually I will wind up writing my own version of both Flashpoint and how Barry came to tell his S1 self not to stop Eobard from murdering Nora.

And, yup, Eddie's alive again in canon. He's been thoroughly mind screwed by the Negative Speed Force and is still it's Avatar, but destroying the N!SF's crystal and actively choosing not to hate Barry - to set aside his resentment over the life he didn't get to have - seems to have had a profound affect on the interior of the N!SF. Hopefully Eddie's innate good nature will have prove to cause a permanent change to the N!SF itself, making them allies for Team Flash in the future. Though, as Eddie noted, he's not always going to agree with Barry or want to do things Barry's way, so... it's an interesting place to leave him even if I disagree with how he got there.

[bootlickerhawks]

bakudeku? kacchako? izuocha?

Don’t Ship It : Bakudeku

Why don’t you ship it?

Their relationship never compelled me tbh. And the behavior of the more radical and vocal Bakugou/bkdk stans has turned me off the ship entirely.

What would have made you like it?

Their relationship reminds me too much of the toxic relationship I had with my so called friends in middle school so I don't think there's anything I could change abt them without taking away what makes this ship unique.

Despite not shipping it, do you have anything positive to say about it?

Despite my personal issues with the ship I could always understand why people would ship them. They have an interesting interpersonal conflict and they play an important role in each other's character development. Plus on an aesthetic level their designs and personalities are complimentary and make for good fanart/fanfic.

Ship It : Kacchako

What made you ship it?

This is the ship that got me into bnha lmao (more specifically saisai-chan's metas abt them got me into bnha)

and like 90% of the kacchako fandom I got into it because of the Sport's Festival Arc 😂

What are your favorite things about the ship?

Their personalities clash in a really fun way and I like that Ochako doesn't take any of his shit and even called him out on it. Plus I think they'd make a great team and I love meself some battle/power couple vibes 😤

Is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship?

I haven't read a kacchako fic in years but the trend of having Katsuki be Endeavor 2.0 and wanting to make babies with Ochako for eugenics reasons was fucking nasty.

Portraying them in a very cishet way is also another ick of mine (tho that one is common to most m/f ships)

Ship It : Izuocha

What made you ship it?

I'm not a super big shipper but I think they're really cute together ^^

I like that they have the vibe of friends first romance partners second. A lot of shounen m/f ships focus so much on the romantic aspect (*cough* the girl pining for the guy *cough*) that they neglect the friendship/platonic bond. I have a hard time getting invested in ships if I feel like they couldn't just hang out, have fun and crack jokes together.

What are your favorite things about the ship?

I like how supportive they are of each other. I especially loved their convo abt Toga and Shigaraki and Ochako standing up for him when he came back to UA (even if her speech was pretty cheesy lmao but I forgive it)

Is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship?

I don't think it's an unpopular opinion to say that I wish we'd seen more content of them hanging out and bonding.

Ig my unpopular opinion is that I think it's kinda unfair to compare it to naruhina/sasusaku/ichihime or whatever other underdeveloped romance you want to compare it to. Like, yeah Hori could have done a better job at writing their romance but for the most part I'm okay with the way it's handled right now.

I think at most we'll get the implication that they're together in the future and possibly we'll see Ochako confess at the end of this arc.

[whiskyarts]

TIME FOR THE BROTHERHOOD ASK GAME!

⚔️🌑🛡️

1. Who is your favorite brotherhood member and why?

2. Who do you think is the oldest?

3. Who do you think is the youngest?

5. If Adira had an animal companion, what animal should it be?

6. What are some post series headcanons you have?

7. What are some pre series headcanons you have?

8. Who do you think would be better with kids?

11. How do you think they met?

12. What have you named Hector’s animals in your mind?

13. What is an unpopular opinion you have about the brotherhood?

14. Do you think the brotherhood should continue with new members?

15. What are somethings you wished we could have learned about the brotherhood in the series?

17. When did you enter your brotherhood phase?

18. What is a cool headcanon that you liked from someone else?

19. Favorite brotherhood fanfic?

Shoutout to you for just sending the whole thing ksjdhfjkdsf

Under the cut because I think tumblr will have a stroke if the post is too long lol

1. Who is your favorite brotherhood member and why?

God, choosing is HARD because I like them all for their own reasons!!! I guess I'd have to say Adira, but that might just because we got to see her the most, so she got the most development?

2. Who do you think is the oldest?

Edmund. I don't have like, exact age headcanons for them, but I just kinda assumed Edmund was the oldest? With Quirin as second oldest (Though if we wanna take some dubiously canon stuff, I think Vedis might be older than them both, but I don't really care about him tbh lmao)

3. Who do you think is the youngest?

Hector, I feel like that's kinda predictable lol. But even he's in his 40's

5. If Adira had an animal companion, what animal should it be?

I could totally see her with some kind of lizard! Like a kimono dragon or smth and Rapunzel would be like "OMG YOU HAVE A LIZARD TOO!!" and Adira would be like "please don't touch hi- oh" while Rapunzel already has the big guy rolled over on his back kicking his leg like a happy dog while she rubs his tummy <3

6. What are some post series headcanons you have?

I like to think that after everything, Varian and Eugene are actually really interested in learning more about The Brotherhood and The Dark Kingdom! Varian because he's just always excited to learn stuff, and Quirin is glad to finally be able to talk about such a big part of his past, and just finally being able to introduce his old friends to his son! Eugene is less enthusiastic at first, especially with just how clingy Edmund is and is constantly like "GUYS LOOK THIS IS MY SON! MY REAL SON!" and they're like yes Edmund we know you said that seven times in the past hour lmao. But Eugene's always had an interest in knowing where he came from, and even as a kid he was writing stories in his head about what his parents and life would have been like, so now that he can actually learn those answers, he's pretty excited about it!

7. What are some pre series headcanons you have?

I don't think they were all inherently super close to each other. Like, they talked sometimes just because proximity, and maybe had a few similar interests, but it wasn't until closer to the time the kingdom fell and they were all realizing they were the last existing members of the brotherhood that they actually felt close to each other.

8. Who do you think would be better with kids?

I think it would depend on the kid, lmao. But I think they'd all be good with kids in their own way!! Quirin and Adira are more patient (though Adira would absolutely teach a toddler how to hold a knife) because kids are LITTLE HUMANS who are STILL LEARNING!! Edmund would try his darndest to be relatable, which I'm sure works great with kids, but less so with teenagers lmao. Hector says he hates kids, but he's actually pretty good with them, though he would pick a toddler up by the leg and go "who's baby is this" sdkfjhjkf He's more of a cool babysitter than the type to ever actually be a parent.

11. How do you think they met?

Oh god I don't think I thought about things THAT far back. I just assumed they met in the dark kingdom at some point and went with that

12. What have you named Hector’s animals in your mind?

I never thought about this either, but I do think it's funny to imagine that, while his binturongs are actually his homies, the rhino was just smth he found faster than he found a horse SOMEHOW, and he just needed a mount sdjkfhjks I will think on this tho. Binturong names. My impulse is something stupid like Fluffy and Boogers, but I think Hector is classier than that lmao

13. What is an unpopular opinion you have about the brotherhood?

Answered this one! Sort of. Lol, I'm not sure!!

14. Do you think the brotherhood should continue with new members?

I like to think the Brotherhood was a much BIGGER group when the Dark Kingdom was in it's prime, but after everything, I think they'd be happy keeping it a small thing just for them

15. What are somethings you wished we could have learned about the brotherhood in the series?

Bro, fucking EVERYTHING, I feel like there's so so so much they could have done, but it was all pushed to the side to focus on the main story aauauauhghghggg

17. When did you enter your brotherhood phase?

I haven't yet 😳

18. What is a cool headcanon that you liked from someone else?

Quirin would kill and die for his pumpkin patch. Hurt his pumpkins, he'll hurt you. This wasn't a headcanon, it was a stupid joke rp on ponytown but it was too good to NOT accept into my box of headcanons kjsadhfd

19. Favorite brotherhood fanfic?

I don't really read fics, I'm sowwy 😔

[ashe-fics]

QL 1x6 Thoughts/Reactions/Kinda Review

Spoilers ahead...

The scene in the bar where Ben is barely registering what Naomi is saying is THE ADHD EXPERIENCE. This is me in any noisy environment. "Sorry huh? What? My brain was too busy hearing the bass tones of a conversation across the room to hear what you said.

2. Basically this:

3. I'm glad we got a bit of an explanation about how the imaging works and why they can see Ben as himself, including on monitors. But I still have so many questions about how the leaping works in this show. I thought they like merged together, but they keep emphasising that Ben has the physical capabilities - and limitations - of the leapee, which only makes sense if his mind is the only thing leaping. But whatevs, I guess I can live with that, I just wish they'd bring it up less.

4. I love that Ian doesn't assume Martinez's gender and uses they/them. *chef's kiss* once again, Ian is the stand-out character of the series for awesomeness.

5. On the same note...

A++ character

6. The ways they skirted around the pilot footage were creative. Such as the handlink screwing up so she is given an older model. For the record I like the older model better if only for the classic noises <3

7. Emotional stuff with Ben's mother was good, and I enjoyed the parallel with the original series pilot, though Sam actually got to talk to his father.

8. Effects were the best of the season, I guess because of the pilot money.

9. Cowboy figurines lol

10. I liked all the timey-wimey talk, but as a long-time sci fi watcher, it was all a little obvious to me.

11. I am intrigued by Leaper X, and what he's doing. If he was in the 19th century too then whoever sent him had the same idea as Ben. After this episode it's been made clear he's not meant to be a villain, but just some guy doing what he's told. And Ben trying to get to the future is an interesting development. For what?? And how does Janis fit into all this, as she planned this with Ben? What does SHE know about the future, and how? She's using Ziggy to predict things now, but that only happened after Ben leaped.

I really hope they start giving us answers peppered into the coming episodes, the suspense is killin' me bruh!

12. Pretty sure this is captioned incorrectly, considering the surrounding dialogue

13. Allison Pregler was right on Twitter and in the QLP insofar as the transitions between 2022 and the leap time were extra jarring this time around. The project stuff was very procedural, and then we get all these dramatic scenes with buildings collapsing in the meantime. I don't know how to strike a balance here tbh. I appreciate what they're going for, but I dunno.

14. To be entirely honest, I kinda forgot a lot of the episode once it hit the leap out and we got the glorious introduction to the O Ye of Little Faith. HOT DAMN gimme that spooky goodness, I am a sucker for cheesy horror.

[prettyboykatsuki]

fang i wish i had ur brain so bad. one of my favourite things to do it make ocs and characters and the hardest thing about it for me is making their personality and how they'd act/say in situations. with the anon who said their character is cocky but lowkey meticulous and you analysed them so good from nearly nothing. I WISH I COULD DO THAT !! i have no idea how to get better at it either fr like i always end up giving up which is my own fault tbh but its saur hard

this is such a nice ask i never know what to say when i see them since i feel like my brain is complete mush KSDFJS. like it always means a lot but i really don't find that my process is too unique or special so i get kind of shy when ppl say stuff like this to me if that makes sense

truly anyone is capable of character analysis with some practice !!! learning to articulate that can sometimes be a different beast (which i find . sometimes impossible) but i think it's just smth u have to try at a lot. its like a lot of deduction mixed with some people watching and trying to clock ur internalized biases

i don't . i don't know how you'd practice it necessarily?? i really just people watch a lot. and read about people a lot. studying the homies in a lab or something. but i definitely think its something u can improve on you know... a lot of it is just developing pattern recognition and understanding how people like contradict themselves sometimes etc

the point is i believe in ur ability to do it ! ! ! not that it's not hard but truly if i can do it anyone can KDSJ

[inexplicably-spookified]

how do you feel about the new kirby game that’s been announced?

completely unsurprised, if i'm going to be honest, a true 3D kirby game was the logical evolution for the franchise. hyped though. hoping we get some kirby 64 references!

[kyejuns]

reaction ; 둘

✎ᝰ┆r : having an idol s/o

✎ᝰ┆fluff ; warnings : none

thank you to the kind soul who helped me out by requesting since i have no ideas 😭😭 I LOVE YOU 😭😭

also these gifs looks more coordinated i think ill start using these instead 🤩

+ i kinda got overboard with baekseung for some reason?? 😨

wish.

i feel like you two would meet via a mutual friend

like a mutual idol friend would introduce the two of you to each other and you'd hit it off and start talking

okay anyways, he would be so proud of you ngl

but as proud as he is he'll be so worried about you because he knows your competitive the industry is

he'll call you or text you during meal times to check up on you to see if you're eating

even if you're dieting he'd make sure you had enough so you won't faint while performing

anyways let's say you have to keep your relationship a secret

it'd absolutely pain him not to be able to hang out in public with you

but at the same time it's for both your career so sacrifices have to be made

so while you have private dates he'd try to lay off anything else he has to do for you and just company you

sigh tbh it would pain him not to wear couple items with you

but once y'all go public 🤩

he'd start wearing all those couple matchy things

and he'd also tweet stuff like ' please support us ' etc.

but overall i do think that he'd prefer getting a girlfriend that isn't a celebrity

keum.

keumdong 🤩

i feel like y'all would meet at like a dance sort of content (like dancing high or 1million dance studio)

so like if you're a singer uhh 😨

like i see him with an idol that's like a main dancer

someone who shares the same passion and interest as him

anyways keumdong

i feel like he'd know all your schedules and would text you after just to ask how it went

he would also send you many dance videos and you would do the same

you two would just help each other even if you're not face to face

tbh he wouldn't mind and would wear subtle matching items like earrings

like he wouldn't care at all 💀

anyways if you're dating in secret

he'd definitely try his best to keep the relationship but like compared to wish he would have his dates outside during night time where there isn't as many people

once your relationship goes public

he'd just bring you anywhere and he'd stop caring tbh

even if you're idols you deserve your own life

so he'd just stop caring and go out with you

he'd be super protective of you when someone says something about your relationship

sigh he's just be more protective about you if you're an idol

but overall he'd definitely prefer a non-celeb s/o

mu.

omg tbh i don't see mu with an idol s/o?

like i really don't see it

but okay let's imagine

i think you'd two be friends prior to debut

so you'd like kinda be known to be friends (like moonbin and sinb)

so like tbh fans who kinda speculate some shit is going on but you'll just play it off as you're just close friends 🤩

anyways he would watch your performance,, like literally every single one even if he's busy

and he'd compliment you on how pretty you were and how well you've done

and he'd tell you to rest and not to overwork yourself 😭

he would also promote your new song on his solo vlives and tbh it'd be so cute

anyways i think the both of you would have many chances to interact

like variety shows 🤩

and he'd be extra caring towards you but you know say it's because of your friendship 🤩

anyways you'd just date privately but like it's just so out there but people just brush it off as best friends 💀

once it's public i think many people will support it since you were previous friends even before debut

kinda expected

but anyways he can finally show more skinship towards you and talk about how much he loves you openly 🤩

but overall still would prefer a non-celeb s/o

a-min.

i heard some idols uses like the inkigayo sandwich to exchange phone numbers

yes i think he'll stuff his phone number in there and get a staff to hand it to you just because you were pretty 🤩

and tbh it'd be smart because it'll attract your attention and you'll begin to start talking and end up as a couple

anyways man's would promote you better than your company

he'd be like ' the song im currently obsessed with is (...) you should check it out! '

it'll be so subtle no one suspected a thing

and ngl he'll probably have a fan acc for you 💀

and he'll probably end up being known as your fanboy after 💀

he'll compliment you a lot public or not 🤩

anyways despite doing so much and hinting so much your relationship would still be private

like fans would be pretty sus of the both of you but it's your lives not theirs 🤩

anyways once you go public i think you would go on variety shows together quite often

it'd be cute

ngl i do see him with an idol s/o like compared to a non-celeb

since he can relate to them and stuff and just talk about their stresses together 🤩

baekseung.

i think you'd be going to the same school, in the same class and that's how met

maybe you've already debuted when you met or maybe you're just trainees then but idk man whatever it is y'all would be friends

and then yes relationship

anyways mans would be so proud of you and always bragging about you to the other members

the other members would end up being so sick of hearing him brag about you and tell you about it just so you could reprimand him and have it keep it on the low 💀

he would keep up with your variety show and especially aegyos so he can tease you about it 💀

just do the same to him so he would stop doing it once he realizes how shitty that feels

anyways like i said in the boyfriend series y'all would gossip together and it will be the same

except you have a lot more to gossip about 🤩

you'll talk about the entertainment industry, idols and your companies etc.

i would think that he would prefer to keep your relationship private and intimate so he'd prefer not to publicize it + do his best to keep the relationship a secret

even if it's made public, he'd act as if he doesn't know you during events that will make some fans think that you're having a fight but in reality you're doing well

he just prefers to do all the couple things in private you know

but like i think he'd prefer a non-celeb s/o too

ayden.

i have a feeling that if ayden was to fall for an idol, it would be an idol from his own company aka c9

like you'd probably meet when you guys were still trainees and have probably trained with each other before debut

and like so you'd become friends and eventually develop feelings for each other and you know date

to be honest i feel like as an idol he'd be a lot more low-key in front of everyone even his own members

to the point that sometimes they're wondering if you guys have broken up but no he was just low-key

he'd just quietly sit before he has to perform watching your performance as a source of motivation which is kinda cute💀

like he would work harder because of you and like there'll be a friendly competition between the two of you just to see who's better

since your relationship is so low-key no one would know about your relationship except for members 🤩

tbh the only time they'd find out would be when you personally decide to announce it yourself

like it'd be as unexpected as the daniel × jihyo pairing

overall i feel like he wouldn't mind if his s/o is an idol or not, as long as they have a mutual liking and understanding then it's fine

yewang.

i think you guys would meet by like a singing programme

like a duet special stage 🤩

anyways he would be extremely polite when you first met and you'd take a liking towards him

then you'd end up hanging out outside of your schedule and eventually end up dating

anyways he would stare at you a lot during like programmes where you meet each other

like he wouldn't care and just stare at you 🤩

during like award shows he'll text you and be like ' you look beautiful today '

tbh he would stare at you do much that fans would start to speculate something is going on between the both of you

like he wants to talk to you so bad but the fans just makes it hard

so he ends up publicizing your relationship to go out freely with you 🤩

but to be honest he would prefer an idol s/o

since he'd prefer sharing the same passion + having more common topics to talk about

jeff.

FINALLY JEFFF

alright to be honest he's another one i don't see having an idol s/o💀

like you two were probably friends before you were trainees and ended up debuting

and like somewhere in between you fell for each other and got into a romantic relationship

kinda like mu except you keep your friendship low-key so not many people knew you two were friends

till like past photos resurfaced

anyways i think he'd just be extra caring knowing that you're an idol

since there are many risk factors of being an idol

like wish tbh he'd text you a lot checking if you've eaten and if you're feeling okay in case you overwork yourself

and he'll restrain himself from looking at you too much just in case dating rumors end up surfacing

after all your career is more important considering how hard you've worked to be an idol

he'd only publicize it once dispatch catch you guys

but i doubt that'll happen💀

anyways he would have a personal vlive after telling fans to continue supporting the both of you despite the news

overall, he'd prefer a non-celeb s/o

wow this reaction took long to complete HAHAH

[takohebi]

Jamikali, azujami (hehe), leojami, and the extremely rarepair jamidia~

Jamikali

Whether I ship it or not: I am alright with it, idm seeing cute fanart but actively don't ship it

Why I ship it or not: Hmm, if they had some more character development in canon then I'd like jamikali more. But anyway I prefer both Jamil and Kalim with other characters much more.

My opinion on their canon potential: OH ANGST GALORE! I like discussing jamikali, but ultimately the power imbalance and unresolved bitterness and resentment between them makes me feel disinclined to ship them.

My opinion on fanon interpretations/fandom around it: I like the cute and fluffy art of them. And angsty stuff as well but I don't actively go looking for jamikali.

Azujami (really, chilla? xD)

Whether I ship it or not: I AM THE AZUJAMI CEO DON'T YOU KNOW?

Why I ship it or not: Because Azul has seen Jamil at his worst and despite everything genuinely wants to help him. I also think Azul's fondness for Jamil is a bit different from other Azul dynamics because Jamil's support won't actually help Azul much, since ultimately Jamil is still tied to the Asim family (for now), so Azul's persistence seems to run deeper than simply making contacts (imo at least)

My opinion on their canon potential: SO MUCH POTENTIAL BECAUSE THEY ARE BOTH SUCH SNEAKY BITCHES. They'd be the nrc power couple. They're on the same wavelength and I am sure together they will be unstoppable as they rage against the world that wronged them. ;w; i love them so much aaaahh

My opinion on fanon interpretations/fandom around it: Hmm since it's a rarepair, I greedily eat everything anyone puts out. But I do kinda wish we had more fics where they're just doing cute things together (cute in their own ways, like scheming) Ngl, I love LOVE the angsty, pining content, but sometimes I just want to feel fluffy inside lol.

Leojami

Whether I ship it or not: I like leojami, my 3rd fave Jamil pairing I think? (After azujami and flojami)

Why I ship it or not: Leona is perceptive, Jamil is not the type to talk about his feelings but Leona would just know. I think it has a lot of potential.

My opinion on their canon potential: I like their canon interactions. I am looking forward to more in ch6. I wish they had more interactions tbh.

My opinion on fanon interpretations/fandom around it: It's a surprisingly popular ship despite not having much canon content (I think it's more popular than azujami??) I like seeing leojami but sometimes jamil seems too feminine?? idk how to explain but that feels very ooc, but then again, it's upto people's interpretations.

Jamidia (is it that much of a rarepair?)

Whether I ship it or not: Not actively but I always like when it turns up in my radar. Fave jamil ship after leojami

Why I ship it or not: I think Idia would feel comfortable in Jamil's company. Jamil is quiet, non-judgemental (at least not openly lmao).

My opinion on their canon potential: I think they're interesting but I'd need more canon interactions to make a better judgement tbh

My opinion on fanon interpretations/fandom around it: I see a lot of cute fanart which I enjoy! Like hoodie exchanges and stuff, very fluffy and cute ;w;

Thanks for the ask, i could write a whole essay about azujami but i refrained from it uwu

[gold-kobold]

Hey, Goldie, did you watch RotT? If so, how did you feel about it?

ok so like

hear me out

i REALLY liked it

and don't worry, i think we can all pretty much agree that the m-preg was trash in every way and the ending was handled HORRIBLY, but like

i still??? had a great time with it despite those flaws????? like, i get why everybody's super mad, the ending of any film or series is essentially the most important part, and if you flub the ending, you're gonna get an ANGRY response, so the fandom's totally justified in that response, i think (save for harassing the writers or anything like that, don't do that shit oh my god you WILL be dead to me if you do that shit)

but like, i feel like there was a lot of good stuff in that movie that kinda got rug-brushed because of the "wtf factor" of the m-preg and the ending

(also, before i ramble on, let it be known that these are just my personal opinions and it's totally fine if you disagree!)

i feel like i don't even have to comment on the animation, that shit was HELLA good like omg THE ANIMATION WAS SO PRETTY I'M DYING except the staja babies those were nightmare fuel

anyways, the fights were REALLY amazing and suspenseful, and like, i've seen some people complain about nomura and strickler's deaths being pointless, and i do get that viewpoint a little (and btw they should've mourned nomura too like damn, okay main cast, glad to see who the favourite changeling is lmfao--) but honestly, i felt like their deaths were important in showing the sheer strength of the titans, and also in raising the stakes, if that makes sense?? i dunno, i thought it was a bold choice that kinda worked (for me, at least lol)

and hoo boy. toby. i'll, uh... i'll get into that in a minute. i'm gonna put it under a "read more" because a lot of my thoughts on THAT death and why it would've been really important to keep rather than reversing time involves some personal stuff on my side, so i won't bore you with those details yet lol

CAN I JUST SAY THAT QUEEN AJA WAS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THOUGH--

Like, they really showed how tactical she's gotten in her new position, and hot damn, she just looked badass, i wish we got to see more of her shooting that cool gun afdgfdsfhdgjfhgk--

ALSO WANTED MORE ELI BECAUSE OMG I MISSED THAT DORK, he was also 10/10 amazing aaaaaaa

i honestly felt like the story itself was pretty solid most of the way through? it was kinda weird how they pretty much erased jim's "unbecoming" character development, but at the same time, it's like, worries and insecurities from your past CAN come up again even if you thought you beat them the first time, so it didn't totally throw things off for me because i kinda feel jim there in some ways -- i do wish they'd at least mention the similarities to the "unbecoming" episode, even if just in a throwaway line to show that it wasn't something completely forgotten about, idk

anyway, time-travel "fix-it" endings are the worst and i hate them vgfdasfhdjfhgh--

ON TO ME RAMBLING ABOUT WHY TOBY'S DEATH (AND EVERYTHING TBH) SHOULD'VE STAYED PERMANENT

there's honestly not that much more to say in how the ending of ROTT is basically just a slap in the face to everything we've watched so far. a lot of posts have summed up why this was such a frustrating writing choice better than i could. but oh boy, what got to me particularly was toby.

this isn't something i really like to talk about, so please don't message me about it or anything, but i feel like it's important to my point on this scene. so, to put you guys in context of the kind of feelings i'm about to talk about watching toby's death scene, i lost my best friend in middle school to a car crash. it's not totally comparable, obviously, but it's one of those things where like, as a kid, i didn't really think about death or loss of my peers as a thing that would happen, really? and then when it DOES happen it's like, "woah, what the fuck, i wasn't prepared for this on any fucking level" and it's just, like... a really hard-to-describe gut punch of mortality and loss at that kind of age.

the reason i mention this is because i can't recall a single fantasy-like tv show for young audiences in the same vein as trollhunters where they make a child main character's death permanent? like, i don't know how to describe this in a way that DOESN'T sound weird, when i saw toby's death, i felt a weird sense of, like... being seen, or something? like a life struggle similar to mine and similar to many other kids, though it barely gets talked about, was actually being recognized in a serious, long-lasting kinda way. i feel like a much stronger ending than reversing everything they did with a stupid time travel ex machina device is this, like...

just imagine, we get a shot of the characters a little farther into the future -- a stricklake wedding too, perhaps? but as a very end scene, the gang visits toby's grave, and acknowledge the loss, but also the times they all shared together or something--

idk. maybe people are just worried that's too dark a thing to show kids. but i feel like it'd be a really important thing to have in a media like this for those few that can relate to it and possibly move in the right direction about processing their own feelings about loss and stuff

anyway. there's also the complaint about how toby (and recently steve too) only ever got treated as comic relief as well, so this ending would've been more impactful if the writers had given more respect to toby as a character anyway, idk lol, i think i'm done rambling all the same

anyway, 7/10, not enough dictatious and notenrique

[licncourt]

What would be Louis's relationship with each of his (dead and alive) blood-brothers/vamp-siblings (except Gabrielle and Claudia), considering the death of a brother led him to vampirism? (Something more than predictable and tedious romantic rivalry-plot)

Lestat makes so many goddamn vampires I had to pull up the VC wiki to make sure I was remembering everyone jfc

Nicolas: I honestly think they're too similar. They'd either feed off each other's wallowing or just hate each other for the same reasons they hate themselves

Antoine: As previously discussed, Louis seems to canonically not like Antoine, but I assume he'd be generally cordial. But I think any chance of a real brotherly relationship got nuked by Lestat's bs and their very unfortunate history

David: David is the fucking worst and is a huge asshole to Louis, so I don't think we'll ever know what could have been. If he had stayed QotD David, I think they would've gotten on extremely well and potentially been very good for each other, but alas.

Mona: Mona is...a misogynistic caricature of a woman. She's not even a person, so I don't know what to say

Rose: If Rose were a better developed character, I actually think Louis would take to her as a surrogate daughter (he seems very fond of her and Viktor from what I remember), maybe what Claudia could have been in another life if she'd been older when she was turned. Unfortunately, she suffers from Anne Rice NPC Syndrome which means she has no personality and no narrative purpose, so I really couldn't say what the specifics of their relationship would be.

Alain: I'm gonna be honest, I barely remember who this is

All of this has made me realize/remember how many shitty characters there are in VC tbh, and that's too bad because you raise an interesting point. I think, given the right circumstances, Louis could really bond with another fledgling of Lestat's and maybe it would fill some of the void in his heart that Paul left. A well-written character could easily give Louis a really lovely arc where he's able to step back into the big brother/mentor role and now I kinda wish we'd gotten that.