#i wont spoil how he handles it BUT ITS AMAZING

[1ddotdhq]

💀Wed 28 Oct ‘20🏡

Zayn is back, Louis has pink hoodies (sort of), Liam is tik tokking like a pro, Harry feeds fish, Simon Cowell’s surgery recovery has stalled and is going poorly (great! couldn’t have happened to a more deserving human), but we’ve got too much real news to waste anymore time on that asshole! 

We ended last night with ZAYN SINGING TO US!! Beautiful black and white footage of beautiful Zayn and his perfect voice; he shows us little snippets of himself crooning James Bay's Hold Back the River and Paolo Nutini's Last Request (not for the first time on this one, he did this song before in the lead up to Icarus Falls... more on that in a minute) while reading lyrics off his phone, captioned 'Cover Sessions.' Good god but I have missed his ethereal warbling! The post alone is an unexpected blessing and a gift but the implied promise of more to come?? YES PLEASE I CANNOT WAIT. Some wonder if it could be for a Spotify Sessions, others are screaming about how Icarus Falls' drop was preceded by weeks of black and white cover song videos on instagram (when asked at that time if he was releasing something he said “yes why else do you think I'd be on here singing for you??” LOL, adore this man, but also, hello!) Anyway yesterday we got not only music and the promise of more to come, but also interaction! He chatted in comments, offering a coy 'maybe' to a comment saying 'acoustic', posting laugh cry emojis at his own jokes (“no YOU stop”), and sending love back to his happy zquad, who were of course overwhelmed and over the moon. He's cut his hair off but with all he's given us today can we be sad? It's a small price to pay. James Bay reposted the cover of his song-- “nice one man x.”

Then, Louis officially dropped his Kill My Mind Lyric drop (on the 28th!!!):  the lyric being represented is “the devil in my brain”, and it is indeed a skull with a tophat over a cauldron. The new stuff features the cute little logo embroidered on various black cold weather wear items (including a sweater!) and says 'lyric drop 2' inside the collar of the shirts. BUT! There’s more! We’ve got some more wavy walls hoodies in pink lettering, as well as fuzzy red lettering and a marble red and pink design. Love it! However, it was discovered that this new merch does not ship to India or LATAM (except Costa Rica) and honestly?? RUDE!! Louis’ LATAM fans are the FUCKING BEST (no I’m not biased wdym???). They do, however, ship to Vatican City for some reason so catch the Pope in his Walls merch! Louis did respond to this issue on twitter, though, and said, “I’ll get more info on this ASAP. Anywhere else?” so dioceses all over the world will soon be able to rock out in their KMM merch. Celebtm also came back for round three to tell everyone that they were removing themselves from the narrative until January (good riddance), but not before leaving a message from Michael Straus (ugh) to Louis and his “son” (the quote marks are theirs, not mine, in case you’re wondering where they stand on the issue). Straus’ last hurrah included claims that Briana gets a direct deposit from Louis (or his team) on the first of every month, spends it all immediately and is left destitute for the rest of the month, and that neither Briana nor Freddie have health insurance. He then offered to help Louis get custody of Freddie. Um, right. I’m sure his help would be invaluable. Also, we all agree that he’s a liar and likely doesn’t know shit and is trying to make himself seem like the hero instead of the gross misogynist he is right? 

A story was also released about Harry’s car breaking down in the UK over the summer. He did what anyone would do (I suppose?) and knocked on someone’s door to see if they could help. Well, it turns out their daughter is a fan, so they invited him in for a cup of tea, and allowed him to snoop around her room. They even took a picture of him feeding her goldfish! The photographer who took the picture is (coincidentally?) a professional, who has worked with Kasey Musgraves before. The fan did not get to meet him, but he signed her album, and left her a note promising to meet her at a concert, which he would be inviting them to. Harry has done some other cool things in the last few days (being politically active IS cool), and has started filming DWD in Palm Springs. He was spotted by a fan (though no pictures were released) and he signed her phone cover - it reads “Golden” with a little heart. 

Harry also ignited discourse by *shuffles papers,scratches head in confusion* his endorsement of Joe Biden? Well, there were a few layers to this condemnation. The first were the people who... thought he might be a Trump supporter and were disappointed that he was not? Well, uh, clearly they have not been paying close attention, because this man has been seen this year in a BLM rally, has shouted “fuck Boris, fuck the government”, and has waved multiple different pride flags (including the trans flag!) at his concerts. IDK how that screamed Trump supporter to some people. And then there were the people who were angry that he captioned the tweet “I would vote with kindness”. The words I have seen thrown around are “disingenuous” “privileged” and “this is not enough.” Well! Harry has often been criticized for encouraging fans to simply “vote” without talking specifics; now he's endorsed a candidate, just as requested! And while no one actually LIKES Biden there is no question (in any world except absurd fandom wank circles) that this endorsement is the correct one out of the viable candidates. He is not saying that Biden is himself kind, which yes would be weird, he is saying that voting for Biden is the kinder choice and you know what? He is correct. If you think that we at 1ddotd are gonna condemn him for taking a stance against a fascist, uh, THINK AGAIN!

It was confirmed that Liam’s mystery collab is Dixie D’Amelio, of tik tok fame, and I’m going to refrain from commenting until I hear the song! Liam continues to lean into both Christmas and Halloween by doing his spooky tik toks and NOT putting jump scare warnings in ANY OF THEM, thanks so much for that one Liam, love it loads! His fun, spooky, dorky ones (in full AWESOME looking makeup thanks to MUA Abby Roberts who’s quickly becoming a regular) are amazing though, and I will miss it when Halloween is over. And Niall was on the Elvis Duran show, mid-golf game with his cousin actually, to talk about them about his concert, the venue, the cause (calling his crew “like family”), and calling out the government (go Niall!)! He ALSO took to twitter and said, “I wish I could vote”. He would also not be voting for Trump, in case anyone actually needs that spelled out.

[crazy-bxmbo-bxtch]

𝕐𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝔸𝕥𝕥𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕆𝕟 𝕋𝕚𝕥𝕒𝕟 H𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕠𝕟𝕤

I'm only writing for the characters I know, I'm rewatching the series.

Hange\hanji has they\them pronouns

～(^з^)-☆

Eren: Possesive, he may have anger issues, and just because he chokes you does not mean he hates you...he just is a little upset at the moment.

He first met you while training, and he was stunned by your beauty and dedication. You always distracted him, but he pulled together just fine. When he is in his titan form, the obsession is still there, always looking for you. He'll put you in his mouth and rest you on his tongue. NOT SWALLOWING.

"When this is all over, you are going to marry me. I mean it."

Mikasa: She is very patient with you. She knows how it feels to be taken against your will. Scared, confused, but not to worry, you only there for her to love on.

Protective as hell, you think you can handle a fight, ha, don't make her laugh, she loves to hurt people in your favor. She is prepared for anything in order to protect you.

"Y/n, c'mon, let's go to bed, im tired. This bitch thought she could talk abou you behind our backs, that cunt."

Armin: Bro is a top tear. TOP TEAR. Manipulator. He out thinks you by using his intelligence, and it fucks with your mind. He could convince you that you have known each other from when you were younger. And you would believe it.

Don't even try to ask for help. you're not gonna get it. Man can catch you by surprise with his strength. He can whip ass when he needs to. And whoever gets in his way can catch his hands.

"Y/n, don't you remember the promise you made, we are supposed to be together forever."

Jean: this arrogant ass mf, always following you, like bitch personal space, do u know her? He'll befriend you so u have no suspension of him being a creep.

Is he pervy, yes, and he's aware that he is pervy, i mean, it was no accident when he walked up and just so happened to trip over air and grab your chest. But he thinks ur dumb so...

"My bad, didn't mean to bump into you, I'll be more careful next time."

Sasha: I can personally see she wants someone who can and will feed her, so prepare to be the house wife of her life.

Very obsessive. Likes to spoil you, tho. Whether it's a massage, a special day out, or a special day in the room... she loves you to bits and peaces.

"I'm home, look Y/n, i killed a deer, this will taste amazing for dinner."

Connie: Mans is delusional, thinks you love him back, he wants to build a family with you, he adores you.

Now he can get cocky, so you just gotta ingnore him till he gets all mad and begs you to look at him. Works every time.

"Y/n, c'mon, you can't be this angry right. I didn't mean it."

Annie: Agressive, always watching, but you never know. She love to see you smile, you are her weakness. And her only reson for living.

She always looks to your needs instead of her own. Loves to just listen to you speak. It warms her heart to see you taking about something so passionately .

"Hey, Y/n, what are you doing? Please tell me, it seems interesting"

Crysata/Historia: As Crysta she was kind careing sweet, and always looking after you, very submissive and would do anything you asked her to.

As Historia tho, she takes the lead and is in charge of your whole life. What you eat, wear, when you sleep, when you wake up, its all up to her. You have no freedom except your thoughts.

Crysta" Y/n we sould get to bed, you need energry for tomorrow"

Historia"Bed NOW, this is the sceond time I've told you. Next time i wont be so nice"

Yamir: Cocky as hell, and bitchy, always bossing you around, makeing fun of you becase you can't be on your own without screwing up.

Always by your side. Wants to marry you, be with you the rest of your life, there is no escape.

"Why did you even join the force if you can't do shit for your self"

Levi: Agressive and awkward, he does not know how to express his feelings, so he could give you a compliment and you would think it's an insult.

Does favors on the down low. You could ask one of the cadets to do something, levi over hearing it, does it. And no one knew who it did. Especially if it's a personal favor.

"Wow cadet, seems like your not a complete fuck up after all"

Hanji/Hange: always has you with them at all times. They just can't get enough of you, they have many nicknames for you.

Thinks you are the cutest thing to have ever walked this earth. So adorable. They have you wrapped around their finger, with their charming smile, you can't scence the crazy...well except their natral crazy.

"Ah, Y/n my dear, you are just the cutest thing, such a sweetheart.

Erwin: In charge. That's it, no back talk. Wants you by him at all times. At meetings he would have you sit beside him or in his lap as he does paperwork. Asking your opinions, and praiseing you.

Don't disobey he is fond of punishment. He can always put you to bed early. And not let you go outside for a day. It won't bother him.

"Y/n, how do you feel about this, for our next expedition. No, you cant come this time, im sorry."

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REQUESTS: open

I will only write who is on this headcanons list for now.

[okkotszn]

Hii helloo i saw that your request is open and i'm new to your blog also and it's pretty cool!! Can i ask for like a fantasy type for haikyuu?? Like them as seven deadly sins? What sins they are and how they handle it with they meet their soulmate, Your choice of characters!! I hope it makes sense )): take care!!

YEAH SURE IT MAKES SENSE i've never done smth like this with the sins so im gonna try my best :,) my apologies if its not what you expected

haikyuu characters as the seven deadly sins

characters ; tsukishima kei, oikawa tooru, kuroo tetsurō, bokuto kōtarō, tendō satori, kageyama tobio, kenma kozume – their timeskip selves

warnings: slightly suggestive in the lust section for obvious reasons, a few curses here and there but everything else should be fine

notes: i tried my best 😭 anyways i hope you enjoy :D (yes i thought of the obey me! brothers while writing this.)

❦ tsukishima kei as the sin of pride was something he was well known for. he walked with his head held high and with a thick air of arrogance surrounding him. people whispered wherever kei went. one deathly glare would shut them up though, and he would go about his day like normal. of course, never in a million years would kei admit it, but those small comments hurt. even the sin of pride gets a bit insecure at times. but then he met you. you were the one person who actually accepted him for who he was. you could put a smile on his face and there was this softer side of himself that he only showed you. he didn’t let the quiet whispers that followed him everywhere get to him, because the only thing in kei’s head was you. he’d still never tell you that, though.

❦ oikawa tooru was the greediest person one could come across. whether it be money, food, power, etc, he wanted it. oh, that new line of clothes that gucci just came out with? he needs it. and he’ll get it…after pulling a few strings. tooru’s spending habits often leave him broke, but what can he say? it makes him happy seeing that new porsche in his front yard. having you by his side, he’s still greedy, but for something else. your love and affection, of course! he catches you eyeing that new Louis Vuitton bag in the window and it's in your hands a second later. His love language is gift giving, with a hint of physical touch too. please hold him in your arms! tooru is a sucker for that. (just be prepared to be spoiled rotten until he has half a penny left in his bank account)

❦ kuroo tetsurō was known as a master of provocation. is there really anyone better to hold the name as the sin of lust than him? of course he’s slept around, sending flirty winks and sultry smiles towards anyone surrounding him regardless of gender (pan king bc i said so). he has to fulfill his needs somehow! being with you is enough for him though. generally without a partner, he’ll have a couple of one night stands here and there, but always remains devoted to his partner whenever he has one. even if his partner is asexual, that wont make him love you any less. cuddles will happen often, though! he loves praising you and bragging to everyone about his stunning and handsome s/o. tetsurō loves pda, but will always be sure to tone it down a notch if you aren’t comfortable with it.

❦ bokuto kōtarō can get envious very quickly. doesn’t matter with what – if someone gets the last cookie instead of him or if his pet gives someone else more attention than he gets. he will get jealous. he’ll get all whiny and pouty and his emo mode appears often. hugs from you help him of course! if someone flirts with you while kōtarō is around, he’ll wrap his arms around your waste and glare at the person until they walk away. he has two love languages – words of affirmation and physical touch. he tries not to overstep your boundaries and will give you space whenever you need it. he feels a sense of pride whenever someone stares at you and he thinks, “wow. i have an amazing s/o, and they’re all mine.”

❦ tendō satori was a chocolatier, which is both the best and worst job for the sin of gluttony. he makes chocolate and has to try and resist the thought of eating it all up, even when he’s painfully hungry. sometimes his urges got the best of him, and he’d have to redo a very large order of chocolate truffles just as he was about to call his customer and tell them the order was complete. the poor client was so confused as to why it took him longer to complete. you, however, always help him out. you helped him make a stash both of you can eat from whenever he feels a bit hungry while making chocolate! tendō absolutely adores you, the void in his stomach is full when you’re around.

❦ kageyama tobio basically embodied wrath and was always scowling wherever he went. he has an “angry pillow” he keeps in his room that he absolutely beats the shit out of whenever someone strikes a certain nerve in him. his revenge plans are lowkey the best and he always enjoys watching people get what they had coming. even so, you help him keep his anger in control! he cracks the smallest of smiles when he’s with you if nobody is around. if someone bothered him while he was out, he’d go to you and just hug you, face buried in the crook of your neck. doesn’t matter if you’re taller or shorter, tobio will find a way.

❦ kenma kozume was the sin of sloth. his eyes were always drooping and ready to fall into a deep slumber even if he got an abnormally large amount of sleep the night before. it was just so pleasant! warm blanket surrounding him, soft pillow under his head, nothing could beat that comforting feeling. well — maybe the feeling of you hugging him, under the covers with him, soft breath fanning the back of his neck was a clear winner. kenma loves putting his head in your lap as you brush your fingers through his hair as he listens to you talk about your day. his breathing would calm and he’d fall asleep to the sound of your soft humming, only to wake up to you cuddled into his chest.

[cloudy-dayys]

obsessed w ur clef headcanons. do u have any more u can share? (luv ur art btw <333)

i would kill everyone on this planet for you and then myself tysm 💙💙

more clef headcanons (i will not be referencing 4231 in any of my clef posts just because that is very triggering for me, instead im gonna say he and 166's mom met one day when clef was in his late 20s, shit happened (ya know, they fucked), and boom he had to go and kill her and take 166)

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· he was never really a child or teen, he was just a monster that happened to break into the foundation's reality one day (i say this bc i cant really imagine him as a child or teen, he's more monster than human and we may never know if he was a normal human that adopted these powers or came from smth else)

· he is both a reality bender and anchor, more so using his bending powers more

· he has many forms, whether the 'human' one is his true one or not is still a mystery, seeing as those he may not be showing his true capabilities or if he has another twisted form that is a lot more powerful

· he may be a rival of kondraki and they hate each other's guts, but he still respects him a lot. clef even met draven (kondraki's son) and admires how konny is a good dad, so he only gives kondraki a hard time and doesn't actually dislike him (clef 🤝 kondraki: good dads and clef finds it cute)

· more than anything, he wants to take meri out on a dad and daughter day. go to the movies, the mall, buy her anything she likes, etcetc. he thinks she deserves to be spoiled rotten (and she does!!)

· but he really dislikes how his daughter is super christian, so if she ever finds out he may be the devil or even states he could be anything satanic or sinful, it wont be pretty on her side

· his face isnt that comprehendible until u personally get closer to him. if ur a complete stranger to him, its impossible to directly look at his face without some sort of problem. it'll seem like static or as if nothing is there, and itll make u want to look away since its too much for ur brain to handle (can make people have headaches or their eyes sore). if ur a pal or a well known enemy of his, you'll see some features like his sharp and terrifying grin, and sometimes his 3rd eye (which will make anybody be in distress)

· he, surprisingly, has a great voice. what makes up for his lack of face or any horrifying features is his voice. sometimes you'll hear him hum a melody or quietly sing a song in his office, he sings more calming songs than anything energetic. if ur lucky enough he'll hop his ukulele out and start singing a wonderful and peaceful song

· he loves guns, but not in a weird way. back to my first headcanon, once he entered this reality and had a somewhat stable form, the minute he found out theres metal shiny things you can hold that make loud kaboom sounds and have many varieties hes like "holy shit!?!? that is so cool!!!!!!!" and its really his comfort item. he usually goes to any open range and practices bc it is a great distraction and he loves holdin em (like a stim!). he cleans em regularly, like a hobby of some sorts

· he's made his own songs before, but he keeps em in private. he may sing em for his daughter though!

· hes more in touch with anomalous beings then regular humans, cause every anomaly thats been locked up by the foundation can relate on something

· "hm. this small anomalous child has no (good) parental figure in their life? well that is clearly my child now. i am their new dad"

· he is very intelligent, you can never prank, trick, or pull any game on him. he can read gestures and cues very easily, and can pick up any weird vibes or feelins within his area

· hes definitely an anarchist, i dont make the rules

· he sometimes wishes he can live a normal life ina suburb home with an amazing s/o and his beautiful daughter and they live happily ever after. then he proceeds with "well where the hell is the fun in that?"

· he has yet to comprehend human emotions, mental illnesses or neurodivergency, he may be able to trick and mess with someone in their head, but being able to fully comprehend human feelings and such is far out of his abilities. maybe one day though

· mess with his friends or family? hes already at ur house bud. there's no saving ur miserable life now

· the infamous 'dr clef can't be affected by anomalous things or properties' still holds very true. he can be affected by 166's powers tho!

· he speaks 4-ish other languages: old greek/latin, german and french. he can gladly try and take up more languages tho, they amaze him!

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i have more but i dont want to make this too long and borin for others lol

[siredsong]

No cause doom at your service ruined me… episode 14? I think I felt true heartbreak but it all worked out!! I miss them, also regarding your last post about whether you should release what you wrote, do it ;) I’ll read it as well as others on your blog will!!

ahhhhhh lovely thank you so much for sending this 🥺🥺🥺im so glad that ur here and that i have people that are so supportive, it truly means the world 🥺😘💞aHHH i started this by talking about doom at ur service and i kinda just started ranting and spoiling shit so i put it under the break if u guys dont wanna read that shit or get the show spoiled LMAO 

but oh my god dont get me started on episode 14 😭😭😭that entire episode was a rOLLERCOASTER i cant believe they did that to us and thought we’d be able to handle it without bREAKING DOWN cause i dEFINITELY BROKE DOWN SO HARD 😭TEARS JUST KEPT COMING AND COMING AND IT GOT WORSE AS THE EPISODE WENT ON (MIND U I WATCHED THIS SHIT AT 4 AM 😭😭😭) cause they had all those cute moments of them being a couple and being all cutesie and domestic and shit and then there was the LAST DAY and myul mang had the aUDACITY to say “ur human, humans can love again” like sIR WHO ALLOWED U TO HURT ME LIKE THAT and then ePISDOE 15??? HOLY SHIT there were so many little memories of myul mang and i just kept crying for dong kyung cause she was being so strong and OH MY GOD THEY DID THAT WHOLE STUNT OF OMG HES BACK but it was a fRKEIN DREAM heart sHATTERED 😭😭😭and the OST FUCK the music was actually so beautiful and oH i only realized that TXT sang a song for the show after i had finished watching it!!! OH AND THE GUY WHO PLAYS MYUL MANG CAN FUCKING SING LIKE THIS MAN IS ACTUALLY PERFECT FUCKING HELL istg i dont think ill eVER recover from that show gOD but i am glad that they got a happy ending 🥺🥺🥺

and oh my god when i had first finished the show i was crying about it to @pjmsdior and i was saying how myul mang and dong kyung’s love is so special 🥺people who have that kind of love are so lucky where it's so intense and u love them so much that when they’re gone it hurts so bad. like my heart was hURTING for that man like pHYSICALLY and all i could think about was damn i wanna love someone that fiercely where it's amazing and emotional but is so harsh and hurts that much more when they’re not with u. 

AHHHHH IM SORRY FOR RANTING BUT THIS SHOW WAS JUST THAT GOOD AND HURT ME THAT BAD and if u havent watched it i swear u wont regret it ok maybe u might regret it cause of the tears but i think its worth it 🥺 

ANYWAYS THANK U FOR THE ASK LOVELY AND I HOPE U HAVE A GORGEOUS DAY 😘😘😘 

[homestucky]

Davekat fic recs?

hrrmm wow i will have to think. ill probs just check my bookmarks which means i probably wont be able to think of many one chapter fics off the top of my head since i dont tend to bookmark them. also some that havent been updated in yrs i wont put here bcaus thats just frustrating unless theyre rlly notable and may come back i may not link them

also disclaimer that while im not super into smut so its unlikely im gonna recommend just porn fics, some may have some sexy times incidentally i suppose. also a lot of them are dave centric/dave POV bcaus hes my BOY

M.C. Escher that’s my favourite MC by Unda (COMPLETE)  is a wild ride and long but i recommend for sure, very well written n thought out. also check out the other fics in the series bcaus if i recall correctly there are some other shorter fics that unda wrote to give some background or develop characters. but theyre also really great even stand-alone! its finished now and i followed it the whole time :0. cw for child abuse and death 

Within, Without by reinkist (COMPLETE)  i actually read a long time ago so i dont remember it so well. i do remember thinking it was pretty great tho, so i do recommend it. i should probably go back for a reread some time. its just a really good meteor fic that explores everything you’d want it to, and does that well, u kno? its like the fic that u wanted to exist but couldnt find. but here it is!

Doc Scratch’s School for Supernaturally Gifted Adolescents by medical  (UNFINISHED AND RECENTLY UPDATED)is great, its like a multichapter magic/superhero au thing. its fun and characters in it are rlly well developed, like, i do enjoy a davekat fic which has a good and significant rose characterisation in there too. but theres some serious plot goin in in here too…. very exciting. 

To Be Taken Care Of by shitstuck  (COMPLETE)is good, its god some deep convos about troll v human culture and stuff, some rosemary too. bit of body horror but if i can handle it its not too bad. i just reread it lol. the epilogue changes the tone of things a bit n id be interested to know other peoples thoughts on that ;_;

Don’t Forget the Sun by Weevilo707 is rlly good but sadly NOT COMPLETE AND HASNT BEEN UPDATED IN AGES :@!! hope the authors doin ok  (EDIT: APPARENTLY the author is not planning on updating this one again, but i still think its a good read :^) )

Book Covers by turntechGeneticist717  (COMPLETE) is rlly great also!! big recommend. dave is lookin after a babby dirk as his big brother in college. i havent read it in a while but i remember when it was updating being like !!!!!!!!!!!Aaa!! also there are others in the series so take a look :)

The Truth is in the Eyes by AcrylicMist  (COMPLETE)is like a rlly mythological/fantasy interpretation of canon post game which is very cool????? like the world is sort of medieval or something but w the gods n magicky stuff. rlly interesting. , very dope again havent read it in a while and am running out of steam for ranting about fics but!! yea its sweet w an intriguing plot

The Eurydice Suite by callmearcturus  (COMPLETE) !!!!!!!!!!! i love this fic so much like its bonkers n i just. its like an inception sort of inspired au and i have NEVER watched inception but im just super into the concept. its just. a rlly amazing well written fic w perfect pacing and characterisation like the plot is like a beautiful spider web where time flicks back and forth yet makes perfect sense. theres such a sense of atmosphere. ive reread it so many times. also!!1111111 i love the dave in it, and i love the strilondes family relationsy stuff!! i also feel like it ties everything up rlly nicely despite having like all the main characters in it p much. hell yeaaaa. its my fav by this author whos an AMAZING writer like they just DROP U IN to the world with so much confidence and drop context and background in at a perfect pace so ur never confused but always intrigued. but often i find the atmosphere in their fics almost TOO intense u know?? like i feel like i wake up in a ditch after reading one like wh,,h who am i?? i hate using this word but the writing is weirdly like… “sensual” which i think means the writing is great, rlly strong atmosphere but im not  always 100% able to handle it. this one does not make me feel so dazed and its just.. yess

The Lucky Ones by daniomalley (COMPLETE) is another one i followed as it came out. a cool spacey au. sorry i cant think of anything else to say aaaa

Off Court by levvan (ON HIATUS?) is great tho strong themes of abuse from the start. not that none of the above have that if i havent said so uhhhh yea be wary of the tags i guess. but yes. 

three rounds and a sound by skitpost (UNFINISHED AND RECENTLY UPDATED) is rlly great, like a magic school au. very excited to see whats gonna happen next :0

We’re All Friends & Family Here (And Frankly, We’re Sick Of Your Shit) byLandOfMistAndSecrets (COMPLETE) is TECHNICALLY a dirkjake fic but it has very cute little pastiches of other characters and the DK ones are very cute and well characterised

An Alien and a DJ Walk into a Bar (and Accidentally Start a Relationship) by Kadaaver (APPEARS TO BE ON HIATUS) i was p into when it was still updating. theres not actually MUCH relationship stuff yet if i recall correctly but still. good. and i enjoy the characterisation of dave being p socially anxious.

turntechGodhead is offline by forestknifefight (UNFINISHED AND RECENTLY UPDATED) well relatively recently. i like this one a lot! theres some good beta kid friendship and some good karkat.

Astronomy in Reverse by PunkZucchini, sicklekind (ON HIATUS>??????) cute + features BIGKAT is i recall correctly

Bring You Down by acedavestrider (COMPLETE) idk what to say about this but thats not a criticism. its just a legit cute fic that is good for the heart. human au, earth n whatever. karkat is a student nurse!! yeaa! thats kind of incidental but i like it

Survival of the Richest by ireallyloveicecream (HIATUS???) theres not a lot of it but im so intrigued. some kind of a fae/magic fairy folk kinda thing

Californian Son by LivTC (COMPLETE BUT THERES MORE IN THE SERIES WHICH I HOPE WILL CONTINUE TO BE UPDATED ETC ETC) !! ok this one is kind of sexy n angsty and daves a REAL DICK in it but it rlly well written and i rlly wanna know more jijhihihu

First Contact by yesfir (UNFINISHED AND RECENTLY UPDATED) !! its au but like idk scifi, humans having to make a deal with/coexist with trolls. space colonies!! this one is great… good character development and plot… does that great thing of pacing the revelations of the plot rlly gradually so ur like ! somethings happening here and i must know more!!!

Feathered by AlloftheFandom  (UNFINISHED, RECENTLY UPDATED) this ones exciting :3 karkat has only just been introduced to it. its like a magicky world w a bit of mild body horror so far. some good strilondes also… has anyone noticed that i need strilonde family relations in a fic i love….

Soulmates by egossweetheart  (UNFINISHED (fairly..?) RECENTLY UPDATED) this is a souleater au which i dont know a lot about??? but its cool, i am suitably intrigued. bit of body horror. idk as always check the tags. idek why im bothering to specify that. anyways,

 Vladimir and Estragon Cope with Their Trauma by Volo (UNFINISHED RECENTLY UPDATED ETC) afterlife au. so yea TW death. im into it tho

The Importance of Being Karkat by choicescarfsylveon (UNFINISHED RECENTLY UPDATED ETC) karkat has a radioshow, dave is kind of a dick. some parts of that change. i wont spoil which. theres something deeper goin on too…….. mysterios….

anyways here are some fics that i think are cool. sorry it took ages i just wanted to give it a good effort ukno?? its not an exhaustive list but its what i found. thanks to all these authors and hey, while we’re at it, all fanfic authors!! good work and i hope u all know how appreciated it is. anyways i have a headache so i guess ill finish this up. peace!

[bigskydreaming]

LOL in all honesty though I’m way too amused by my own Jack Frost joke and its literally from a Bobby/Christian fanfic I wrote like, twelve years ago or something. It was right after Morrison introduced the idea of Christian in his run for purposes of Emma angst, and then they had that Emma solo, and I took that and ran with that fueled entirely by Rage and Spite, as I am wont to do. I now have no idea where said fanfic is, sadly. This was definitely way before Ao3. I think I only posted it on LJ, on an account where my friends list was like....entirely people from an entirely different fandom soooooo probably why that fic never really caught on. Whatever, I write fic more for myself anyway lmao.

It was pretty good though, think it would’ve held up well. The basic premise had to do with Dark Beast, the AU version of Hank from Age of Apocalypse. See, in the comics, when the few survivors of the Age of Apocalypse reality ended up in the 616 reality after it was destroyed, not all of them ended up in the present. Dark Beast, for example, ended up like twenty years in the past. And he didn’t have most of his memories, amnesia from trauma from the cross-dimensional travel or something. Which is when he met a then teenage Emma Frost, who’d just run away from home after everything that happened with her dad and Christian, and she ended up restoring Dark Beast’s memories with her telepathy, so they actually have history in the comics.

So I went with the idea of, okay what if you let Christian have agency in his trauma instead of giving it to Emma, who lbr, has PLENTY of story material on her own. So my premise was that it was Christian who ran away from home and ended up meeting Dark Beast and restoring his memories. And then Dark Beast, who has always been just as obsessed with creating the perfect mutant as Mr. Sinister is, if not more, because he’s like....equally obsessed with proving he’s better than Sinister....well instead of experimenting on the Morlocks, which is what he went on to do in the comics, he looks elsewhere. He never went after Scott or Jean, because he’s also a coward and Sinister scares him shitless, and DB knew damn well there was no such thing as a reality where Sinister hadn’t already called dibs on Scott and Jean’s genes. BUT, Dark Beast also knew from his own reality who all the other most powerful mutants would end up being....years before their powers even manifested in this reality. And since I’m me, of course I wrote it so that like, DB decided to focus on the other one of the 05 destined to grow up to be an omega mutant. 

And so he had Christian, who was young and easily manipulated because Love Me, I Need External Validation, My Last Name is Frost as In My Family’s Credo is What If We’re All Frosty All The Time....he had Christian use his telepathy to like, prompt Bobby into running away before the actual event that led to Xavier and Scott finding him and saving him and him joining the X-Men. Where Bobby of course ‘happened’ to bump into DB, who took him in along with his other young protege Christian, so he could like, secretly conduct experiments on Bobby blah blah you get it. 

But eventually Christian and Bobby fell in lurv and Christian was like what no, this is wrong, bad, not doing this anymore, so they run away together, and then it was basically just me writing them as a mutant Bonnie and Clyde who are gay and do crime together and say like, fuck all the adult mutants who try and manipulate them and other kids like them. Like Xavier, who eventually tried to get Bobby to join the X-Men and Bobby was like lol no, hard pass. Or the Hellfire Club, who eventually tried to recruit Christian except he was like lol no, hard pass. And then they were basically like this Chaotic Good power couple that just popped up here and there fucking shit up in a well-intentioned way that made half the X-Men grind their teeth and the other half snicker, and same with the Acolytes and other various groups. And there wasn’t really anything anyone could do about it because its canon that Bobby’s only real weakness is to psychics and having a world-class psychic as your boyfriend really kinda nips that weakness in the bud. Unless you come up against like, a cosmic-class psychic like Jean Grey, but lucky for them, she just thinks they’re adorable and tends to go whoops, missed them again every time they slip through the X-Men’s fingers.

And ultimately they decided their real mission in life was to rescue really young mutants whose powers manifested early and put them in danger, and make sure they get a chance to grow up without the various factions going ‘we’ll protect you, but only if you grow up to support our agenda and be One of us, shhhh, don’t fight it, just sign your life away on the dotted line, all the cool kids are doing it.’ And also me being me, and it being like 2004 ish? I think? Maybe 2005. Anyway. So my other preoccupation of the time was the Academy X kids so of course we’re talking like Julian and Josh and Cessily and the like, who were all like, adorable little ten year olds at this point in time, but also V. Beyond the Capacity of These Two Hapless Gays to Handle Without Help. Like, apparently omega powers and world-class telepathy do not actually qualify you to effectively parent a mob of young mutant menaces when you’re only 21-22 yourselves, who knew. So they ended up just showing up on the doorstep of one of Emma’s properties, mutant menace mob in tow, as she was the White Queen by now, and Christian greeting her facepalm moment with ‘Hey Ems, remember how you always wanted to be a teacher?’

And then there was this bit where Emma was something like “I’m a bit busy trying to take over the world, darling, try me again after my mid-life crisis.”

And Christian was all: “You can teach and take over the world at the same time, y’know, some of us are capable of this little thing called multi-tasking?”

And Bobby helpfully piped up: “I can pat my head and rub my stomach at the same time.”

Cue Emma’s wrinkled nose and accusing stare at her brother: “What on earth do you see in him?”

But Bobby just turned around and was like: “Umm, for starters, my ass is amazing. Have you not seen it? Here, touch it. Go ahead, you can squeeze it.”

Emma: .....

Christian, shrugging: “Well I mean, he’s not wrong.”

Emma: “If I agree to this idiotic plan of yours will you leave immediately and never come back?”

Bobby, stage whispering: “Tell her we still want holiday visits, so we can be the cool gay uncles who show up and spoil them rotten and thus they love us more than her. But don’t tell her that last part.”

Christian, dutifully: “We want to still come by for holidays so we can be the cool gay uncles who show up and spoil them rotten and thus they love us but no more than you, an equal amount only.”

Emma: “I’m standing right here you imbeciles.”

Bobby, still whispering: “Make sure that includes Easter. I’m pretty sure if I show up in a bunny costume I can make her head explode.”

Christian: “Just to be clear, that includes - “

Emma, a vein in her temple throbbing: “Just give me the children already.”

Bobby, gathering up the kids in a crowd around him, all noisy and giggling and clamoring for his attention: “Okay kids, so here’s the plan. From now on, you guys are gonna stay here in this big old house with Auntie Em!”

Emma, appalled: “Oh. My. God.”

Christian frowns: “Emma, please stop trying to fry my boyfriend’s brain. I’m not going to let you.”

And then the kids swarmed through the door past her into the hallway and there were the sounds of stuff breaking, distracting her for a bit before she like, glared at Bobby and was all: “This is all your doing!”

Bobby, hurt: “Only mostly! Chris and I are a team. A united front. It was a 60/40 split.”

Christian: “Well....”

Bobby: “Okay, 70/30.”

Christian: “You said you were going out to get some waffles to make breakfast in the morning and you came home with waffles, ice cream, and Julian on your shoulders.”

Bobby: “He followed me home!”

Christian: “That’s not how he tells it.”

Bobby, whirling on the ten year old Julian Keller who’s playing a Gameboy and looking entirely unconcerned: “You little traitor.”

Julian flipped him off.

Bobby, scandalized: “He did NOT learn that from me.”

Julian, still not looking up from his game: “Yes I did.”

And that was when Christian started dragging his boyfriend back to their car, before Bobby can get into an actual fight with a ten year old, yelling back over his shoulder at Emma: “Okay, great, thanks so much for doing this, let us know if you need us to bring anything when we come back in a few days with the second batch.”

Emma, distracted and trying to do a headcount: “Yes, fine, be gone already. ...Wait. What second batch? DRAAAAAAAKE!!”

But it was too late as the car is halfway to her big mansion gates by then, Bobby cackling: “Hey, we should totally get a dog. Like a little foofy one.”

Christian, knowing better than to ask but asking anyway: “And why is that?”

Bobby: “Bet you anything I can get her to say “I’ll get you and your little dog too!’”

Christian: “I’d appreciate it for both our sakes if you never do or say anything to suggest to my sister you’ve ever compared her to the Wicked Witch of the West. I mean, not that she’d protest on moral grounds, but she takes her color schemes very seriously. And you do know you don’t actually have to provoke her quite so much...”

Bobby: “Mmmm....agree to disagree. It’s the principle of the matter.”

Christian: “What principle? What matter?”

That was the gist of that scene anyway. Dialogue’s probably different, but you get it.

Ugh, I probably have the whole thing sitting in an old email account somewhere because that’s always been my main way of backing stuff up, is emailing it to myself. Problem is, I think I had a specific fandom email account back then and I don’t know what it is anymore lol. 

[thisisnthunk]

Ask masterpost part 1 under the cut! I wanted to do them all but im tired and I want to write, so stick around for part 2 tomorrow

Anon said: Oi fam, be a ledge and come down for a nandos and some banter with me and the lads ye? Don't worry about price yeah we'll spare a tenner, mans got bare P's don't stress innit. See we were gonna get chippie but my mate David Attembanter ain't into that chip cob life because he's a right knob jockey and Ryan ain't feelin kebab so we're getting some proper cheeky chicken and getting well smashed after, you get me?

-I get you but I also hate you

Anon said:why did u gotta go and do that... I'm cryinh now…

Anon said;I’m not crying you’re crying. 😭😭

-get a hot choclate and wrap yourself up in a blanket anon, we have a wild ride ahead of us

@mybutylki said: Congrats with 2000! Thanks for this amazing au♥♥♥ Just btw what do you think about leakira?

@river-night said:thoughts on leakira? (also congrats on 2k!!! you deserve it xx)

-its rad, I haven’t really looked into it that much yet but honestly whenever fans take things into their own hands it’s super cool

(also thank you! <3)

@pan-keith-stan said: HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG THIS IS A MESS

-thats what I was going for so thank you dearly

Anon said:

fuuuuccccckkkk im sobbing, ive been in a scarily similar situation to where lance is and fuckfuckfuckfuckfuck its so realistic and beautiful! you are obviously an incredible writer *hugs you* but now i must go get ready for work lol

-thank you! I hope everything worked out okay, and I hope you had a good day at work

I’ve never really been in a situation like it so im glad its coming off as realistic

Anon said:

I found your texting au (I don’t know what you’re calling it) and holy SHIT it’s so good! Course, I had spoilers from finding the most recent one first.

-You can call it anything you like, thank you! Though it sucks that you were spoiled during one of the more hectic parts of the plot line

@random-dorky-kid said:

Ow my heart -it’ll be okay just hang in there

@dissapointedagain said:

i deadass need a friend like keith cause i have none lmfao

- yeah I dont think many people do? People treat breakdowns brought own by somebodies own actions as if they deserve it but like, if a neurotypical person doesn't have to go through that somebody with a mental health issue shouldn't either

OBVIOUSLY friends cant do what therapists do, a lot of people just cant deal with somebody in a bad state and thats alright, but being gentle with somebody going through a lot is the least you can do

@wild-springflower said-

Oh holy shit!! Okay, glad Lance isn't going to be alone. That is really really good. I haven't been reading the behind the scenes thing you're doing yet, but if the scene between Lance and Keith is going to be in it I'm gonna have to! So Good!!! 😄

-I have my laptop back now so the behind the scenes chapters will be able to come out faster than usual, so there should be Klance on it a lot sooner than expected! Woo!

@loveryder said-

Deadass i cant handle angst like at all so if this doenst get happy fast im so screwed but i know i wont stop reading cause its so good😭

-it depends what your definition of happy is in regards to how fast itll get happy but it will get happy eventually

@kabi-kinoko said-

aaahhh!good thing I came on time to see both updates, hehe xD oh man, what a nice turn of events, everything simultaniously, like in real lvie haha. looking forward to the comfort and consequences :)

-YOU’LL GET YOUR COMFORT SOON FRIEND

Anon said-

Our blue boi is stupid but god damn he needs a hug

-He’ll be hugged dont worry

@odalys-salinas said-

Ahhhhhh!!! I just find your blog and your Au, and i'm screaming!!! Is so good!!! Keep the good work, sorry poor my bad english, the question is, lance will open the dore to keith?

-You’ll see in the next update ;) thank you! I love hearing how people enjoy my au

Anon said-

me, reading the update: that shit hurted

-ouched

Anon said-

To the latest thingy- oOf

-mood

thespeckofstardust said-

AAAAAAAAA YOUR AU HAS ME COMPLETELY H O O K E D

-Im so glad! I hope you enjoy the rest

Anon said:

i appreciate that keith isn’t going to just let lance get away with what he did but is still helping him through panic attacks !!! thats so great you’re doing an amazing job i love this so much

-Keith is a great guy, in a way I imagine Lance sort of wishes Keith wouldnt comfort him though, you know?

[skiptomy]

[Seeker] An even longer boi. I can’t imagine what this will look like when I have all eight teams designed. Guys I really really hope I get the grant to create this comic. Even if I don’t, I’ll probably go to gofundme or kickstarter or something. I’m in love with all these character and the story I want to create with them. 

Putting the same info under this one incase some people haven’t seen the first post:

Across the multiverse there are people who for whatever reason, only exist in one reality. Root is an agency that collects these singularities, granting them the power and immortality needed to stop inter-dimensional ‘leaks’. These leaks, beings of untethered and unexplainable energy that take the form of gruesome monsters, are causing all of reality to split and fold in on itself. When something makes its way into a place it doesn’t belong, Root is there to quiet, contain, and resolve the problem before the world it inhabits is destroyed.

Root has teams of four singularities, each granted a specific set of powers. A Seeker, a Warp, a Stitch, and a Guardian.

Seekers can see through all of the multiverse, finding pathways between worlds. They can find anything, so long as they have a good enough description of what they are looking for. Once given an alert from the main hub, Seekers can pinpoint the leaks, and lead their team to them efficiently. In the field they provide a form of clairvoyance to support the team.

Warps open up those paths, and take people and things through them. In the field they use a shorter form of teleportation as needed.

Stitches use probability and potential energy to create necessary objects and heal teammates.

Guardians are physically stronger and capable of manipulating light into force, shaping it in to weapons that can connect with leaks more effectively than common forms of attack. Most have a very strong protective drive, preferring defense to offense.

Once a Guardian subdues a leak, Stitches create a pocket dimension to hold them in with the help of the Seeker, who in turn leads the Warp to the path that will get them back home.

Now lets learn a little bit about everyone, Left to Right, down the line:

Name: Eddalyn (Eddie) Francoeur Pronouns: She/Her Ethnicity: French Canadian Type: Seeker Personality: Very softspoken and sweet, interested in studying the differences in worlds as much as saving them. Loves making drinks for people, especially nice warm ones like tea, hot chocolate, and coffee.

Name: Torunn Vinter Pronouns: She/Her/They/Them Ethnicity: Norse Type: Guardian Personality: Constantly on the go, looking for trouble and if she can’t find it, she’ll make it. She has a compulsive need to be the best, but won’t push anyone down to be that. She likes the competition, it keeps her on her toes. She studies very hard, looking into multiple fighting styles and tests her team often to make sure they wont ever get hurt in the field.

Name: Siobán O’Donnell Pronouns: She/Her Ethnicity: Irish Type: Warp Personality: Lively and bright. She loves to plan parties and will often throw little get togethers for all the teams. Every one of them is themed, and every one of them is p e r f e c t.

Name: Hope Benjawan Pronouns: She/Her Ethnicity: Thai/American Type: Stitch Personality: An optimistic nihilist. She finds beauty in everything, but especially the present. Nothing has any grand meaning, so the only meaning is what you give it. She also loves music, and is extremely talented with almost any instrument she picks up, but prefers the electric bass.

Name: Antonio Bellini Pronouns: He/Him Ethnicity: Italian Type: Stitch Personality: Kind of snooty, very prideful. Extreeeeemeeely competitive, thinks team 3 is better than any other team. Will never admit being wrong.

Name: Ysabel Ramos Pronouns: She/Her Ethnicity: Mexican Type: Seeker Personality: Bold but calculating. Tactical genius. Pretty much just an all around genius. Enabler to Antonio’s competitiveness, but knows when to reign him in.

Name: Newton (Newt) Labelle Pronouns: He/Him Ethnicity: European/Latinx mix, non-specific Type: Guardian Personality: Extremely shy, and a bit standoffish. Pretty much only talks to his team. Likes to play with puzzles. Is an amazing sharpshooter.

Name: Mi-Jin Song Pronouns: She/Her Ethnicity: Korean Type: Warp Personality: At first she seems sort of aloof and stubborn, but she genuinely has a heart of gold. She’s surprisingly good at giving inspiring speeches for someone who doesn’t talk much otherwise. Mostly she just opens her mouth when she has something important to say. Or someone to roast. She’s also very very well versed in sarcasm.

Name: Sariya Anandi Pronouns: She/Her Ethnicity: Indian Type: Seeker Personality: A very typical romantic goth. She loves creepy things, dead things, and the idea of everlasting dark love. She loves to read and find places to sit and enjoy nature. Especially if it’s dark out.

Name: Tess Lajani Pronouns: She/Her/They/Them Ethnicity: Persian Type: Guardian Personality: Bright, loud, excitable. Those don’t come close to explaining this firecracker. Tess has endless energy and endless optimism.

Name: Kayde Hadji Pronouns: He/Him Ethnicity: Arabic Type: Stitch Personality: Is as much a protector of the team as Tess. He is the first to wrap anyone and everyone in a bear hug. Kayde can be a bit vain, but also loves to spoil his teammates and anyone else he likes. He’s basically a prince. He’s also a big ol flirt and poly as hell.

Name: Raja Taer Pronouns: They/Them/He/Him Ethnicity: Filipino/English Type: Warp Personality: Inquisitive and precise. They are quick with wit and decision making. But everything has to be just-so. They love collecting art from around the multiverse, and often bring things to trade just to get some.

Name: Leo Imani Pronouns: He/Him Ethnicity: Swahilli/American Type: Stitch Personality: Bright and cheerful prankster. Leo suffers from chronic pain, but he’s never without a grin and a quip. He is fierce to protect his companions, and has more than once ran into a situation that their Guardian should have been the one to handle. He also loves to cook for the team, and makes sure to make a big meal after any hard mission.

Name: Sabrina (Sabre) Caro Pronouns: She/Her Ethnicity: Latinx Type: Warp Personality: Confident in herself and her team. She loves them all to bits and tries to help them all see the best in themselves. Curious by nature, she tends to get in trouble by acting before thinking.

Name: Theodora (Teddy) Goldhirsch Pronouns: They/Them/Any Ethnicity: Jewish/Pacific Islander Type: Guardian Personality: Sweet as sugar. They are as strong with diplomacy as they are physically. Which is to say, extremely. They also love animals, and will make a point of checking out the local fauna of any new world they stop on.

Name: Casper Isley Pronouns: He/Him Ethnicity: Scottish Type: Warp Personality: The replacement for Sabre after she goes missing. He is slow to really catch on with the team as they’ve had such a long time together and he’s the new guy. He’s incredibly eager to please, and just wants to do a good job.

Name: Katya Volkov Pronouns: She/Her Ethnicity: Russian Type: Seeker Personality: A very shy girl who really only opens up around those she sees as her own. Kat tends to live in her head more than she interacts with the world around her. This is partly because of her powers as a Seeker, and partly because of how introverted she is. She is very much in love with Sabre, who showed her how to tune out the whole of the universe, and just be herself.

[dio-roga]

‘AskMarshandBroflovski’

Author/Artist:              jovishark Additional Credit:        puppetamateur Status:                         Complete Links:                           Tumblr Rec No:                        #2 (Part One)

The Gist of It (aka. TLDR)

‘Stan and Kyle go through a whole lot of shit during their last couple years of high school; with side-characters and sub-plots galore. Honestly dudes, it’s hard to summarize this one since it’s just so jam packed with all kinds of everything. This askblog, maybe more than anything else I’ve read, really does encapsulate that whole ‘something for everyone’ feeling. Just trust me my dudes, ships galore, on-point writing, and gorgeous art. Go go.”

Also putting this before the page break: I know, it’s technically not a Cryde work, but I guarantee, there’s more content between those two in there than in most exclusively cryde-centric things. For a bit of trivia, it was this blog that got me into Cryde as a ship to begin with. So c’mon below, and I’ll try and reassure you…

Also also: Fair warning, this rec’ll be long af. I’m a little obsessed. So, get yourself a drink or something?

Storytelling

So like I said in the gist, the premise is fairly simple from the outset; Stan and Kyle start up an askblog, and your usual mix of hilarity, drama and ‘will-they, wont-they’ romance ensues. Now I had read askblogs before this one, and generally found them a lot of fun, but holy shit− from the get-go dudes, from the absolute start, this one had its hooks in me like nothing else has ever quite managed before or since. I’d originally just come across it after seeing some of the Craig/Clyde panels on some google search one weekend; then before I knew it, it was Monday morning and I’d read the whole blog front to back, and was experiencing like, genuine feelings for the first time in a long while.

A lot of what snagged me was the writing, which I walked in totally not expecting to take my soul hostage the way it did. The dialogue I’ll talk about with the characters, but as far as the actual story elements were presented? It reads like a god damn mini-series, with actual self-contained story arcs, side-scenarios that mesh in with the A-plot and oh my sweet jesus, the world building in this thing… Seriously dudes, I normally try and stay more grounded in tropes and clever literary devices and what have you, but with this blog I have a lot of trouble not getting like, emotionally invested.

I think that really is what makes this one so special; the atmosphere. There’s this underlying theme of determination and overcoming adversity (mirroring the writing of the blog itself, if you read the authors notes throughout− something I’d defiantly recommend) It’s the sort of writing that genuinely inspires people, deals with difficult subject matter and just generally gives off a positive vibe about soldering on and making good on big life changes, and that includes everyone, of every age and background.

And therein lies another giant strength, the variety. I would think it a very difficult task for someone to not find something they enjoy in this story; it’s a god damn carnival ride− not to spoil too much, but there’s a wash of different genres, different dynamics, different methods of storytelling and different perspectives on those stories. There’s music, there’s action, audience-participation, and enough backstory and little details that I’m still picking up new things even after having read through multiple times.

And lastly, oh boy− pitchforks and torches at the ready –there’s the content between Craig and Clyde. Now I’m not going to sugarcoat it, or really bother trying to hide the fact that these two don’t wind up in a happy relationship here. But please, and I really do mean this, don’t let that dissuade you. They have a very complicated relationship that keeps changing throughout, but their bond never goes away− so just because it isn’t all kisses and romance, I’d say it’s still one of the most endearing relationships I’ve seen written about the two (hence why I’m sticking to my guns on calling this a cryde-recommendation). Honestly, and I can say this from experience here, it gels with how boys like that can end up acting at that age. Despite everything, they still wind up being the biggest player in each other’s lives.

Characters

There is just characters bursting at the seams here, if you’re a fan of someone in the show, you can bet they’ll probably make an appearance somewhere along the line; or at least get a mention. Even Scott Malkinson gets namedropped, and that’s the first time I’ve seen him show up in something I’ve read in this fandom in like, forever.

Stan and Kyle are great picks for the leads, it feels easy experiencing the events unfold from their perspectives− honestly, it’s like watching a more grown up version of the TV-show for the most part, with Cartman and Kenny filling in with their usual contributions of being an asshole and a sweetheart respectively. (I really do love the way Cartman’s handled; he plays a tremendous bastard to be sure, but in a way you could imagine his childhood-self becoming- he makes a delightfully hammy and worryingly formidable antagonist) Also features pretty much my favorite version of Wendy I’ve come across; she’s the real MVP.

Craig’s low-key stealing scenes at first, before kicking things into high-gear and trying to take over the show throughout the run, to the point where he’s pretty much the focal point of all the drama several times. He’s a bit of a mess, but understandably so. Truthfully, all the characters have a unique take on them (all in keeping with how you’d imagine their canon counterparts at that age) and it’s a delight to learn what makes them all tick. I think with Craig especially, his views often radically differ from what you’re presented with by the other characters (including Stan and Kyle) and it’s never written in a way that forces you to side with any particular party as being ‘in the right’. Something I always find refreshing when it’s done as well as it’s done here. Everyone is presented with both strengths and faults, with actual long-running consequences for past actions, good and bad, and it’s up to you as the reader to make what you will out of it.

But then you’ve got the dialogue, and my god, it really takes the cake. There’s not much I can say apart from I legitimately thought some scenes and mannerisms must have been penned by Trey himself− the humor especially. Truly guys, you’re in for a treat. I would have loved to have asked the boys a question back in the day.

Style

Since I’ve gone long on the writing, I have to pretty much devote this section to the artwork because it’s fucking magic. Picture paints a thousand words and all that, and my god, does it ever do that here− the way things are scripted and tied in with the respective art? It makes for all sorts of amazing comedic timing, adds tenfold to any of the emotional scenes and just makes the story flow like a dream; I always have trouble putting it down once I get started.

Jovi’s just an incredibly talented artist, there is simply no escaping this fact. Each and every character has a unique design that fits their character and− I realize this one’s super subjective –to me, they all have such charm and personality in the way they’re drawn. It’s this masterfully presented cartoon-style with an emphasis on expressions, movement and color that I honestly just adore. Even at the very start of the blog, where the art is almost entirely different than it winds up looking at the finishing point two years later, I just love it− again with a South Park comparison, it reminds me of the watching the early cardboard-cutout style of the show compared to its newer 3D designs, both holding a special place in my heart in their own ways.

It floors me to think this was the author’s first major project. As mentioned above, I’d greatly recommend reading through the blog in its entirety, including all the commentaries by the mods, the funny tags, the side-art. One of the most inspiring things about this work is getting a sense of the love and dedication that was put into it over the years it was running; like watching the behind-the-scenes on some giant motion epic and coming to terms with how much effort went into producing what you’re seeing. It’s practically another story itself, and no less heartening than with the boys and their trials and tribulations. Seriously dude, so much kudos.

Favorite Things

The content variety. There’s just so much to love here, things being kept fresh and exciting throughout the super long run-time of the blog without feeling disjointed, on top of managing a satisfying conclusion. There’s a lot of fun to be had, no half-measures.

The character dynamics are a treat. With such a big cast, there’s all sorts of different personalities playing off each other, with dynamic relationships that all manage to evolve and grow. Definite love given to proper character arcs.

Inspiring themes and feel-good moments really do make this a gem to read when you’re looking for a pick me up. The messages about dealing with depression and addiction, managing your health and fitness and even studying and making smart choices− all of them really hit home.

Relationships of all different types; one’s that work out, one’s that don’t, some being easy, some being hard, long ones, short ones, mistakes and awkward surprises. Romance is well and truly covered, and I like that it doesn’t shy away with the stuff that just doesn’t end well.

Some of the best artwork you’ll come across (and so utterly fitting of the material), drawn to such a quality standard and on such a short time-frame that it kinda makes my head spin. I’m now at the point that when I think about the characters, these versions are the ones that appear in my head.

It’s honestly a little embarrassing for me to talk about AMAB, and god knows it’s pretty presumptuous, y’know? New guy recommends beloved artwork that already attracted thousands of followers back in its day. I’m going to guess this’ll end up being the rec that I’ll have needed to have written the least− since like, all of you have probably already devoured the blog long before you learned about it here.

But you know? If anything, I hope this ends up reconfirming what an excellent choice it was for you to have read it. And as always with these review things, if the author should read this, I hope you know just how much what you’ve made affected me and countless others; how good you deserve to feel, and how proud the people in your life must be of you for doing something so important and worthwhile.

As usual, next post’ll be spoilers and artwork− and I’m just going to bury my head in the sand so hard because my artwork is garbage compared, but we’ll have to muddle through. Join me there for second hand embarrassment, okay?

[a-baleful-howl]

Dont Put All Your Trust is D&DB part 1

(This talks about some things from 7.05, which can also apply to 7.06. Theres not blatant spoilers for the episode inside, just a rant.)

Honestly, I have so many feels about how D & DB have been handling the plot once they went off book (and I haven't even read the books!! its just so obvious because the tone of the show shifted) - how many characters they have twisted, how much blatant fanservice has been happening, and how "Hollywood" everything has felt since S6. The dialogue is worse, the decisions are worse. It feels like ASOIAF fanfiction.

Honestly, I would wait more years for TWOW if it meant George being in control of the show. We need his writing back. We really do. Why is he not more worried about this? (oh, probably because he's cackling inside when everyone rushes to buy the books to see the better story. Fuck - what if thats why D&DB are doing this? To save the books from being spoiled? god fucking dammit...What if this is the only ending we'll get...*crisis engaged*)

But, I have always known and realized, that the show and the books are two totally separate entities. (which is a shame since so many book fans have adopted the series to at least give them an ending, on the off chance asoiaf is never finished)

Last year, we screamed about how OOC Arya was when she left the Faceless Men. We were so sure she was a doppleganger because "THATS NOT ARYA". We hated the terminator scene. We realized Dany is not the pure innocent savior she was built up to be in the seasons before. Good guys started winning. Bad guys started losing. This was not the world GRRM created. It didnt feel like Game of Thrones.

Remember when Mythbusters was in its first seasons? Good, quality fun and nerdy content. And remember how when Mythbusters got more money and more popular, and they realized people liked explosions? Every episode then became "HOW BIG CAN WE MAKE THIS EXPLOSION, GUYS? TUNE IN AFTER THESE COMMERCIALS TO FIND OUT."

HBO has stopped with the intriguing character dialogue, the quiet build up of tension to replace it with bigger explosions, more Dragons, and more shock value to keep them in the water cooler conversation Monday morning. (less sex though...) This is such a cop out for fans of the gritty, realistic, trope defying books. So much of the dialogue is predictable. Less of it witty. The vocabulary more modern.

( I even hate how they just reuse the same lines over and over and fans gush in their pants screaming PARALLELS and THIS IS IMPORTANT when I feel like its just them trying to make flashy writing as a meta throwback. I use a lot of the same cliches and phrases over and over IRL because thats just my brain works. Its like they dont know how to write separate character voices anymore and everyone in Westoros is just one hivemind. But this rant belongs in Part 2)

So, I wish I had the demographic numbers, of how many fans have read the books, or who analyze the show, or even remember all the characters names. TV always has to cater to the common denominator. Thats why shows often have such obvious exposition in dialogue which feels condescending, things that might seem obvious to one, might be missed over by a casual viewer. They have to cater to the blue collar casual viewer as well as the Mensa fanatic.

Every ship, theory and spec has merit. The reasons Jonerys shippers have are real, just as Jonsa shippers are valid. Until the books are finished we will only be able to speculate what all the foreshadowing in asoiaf is for.

But what is weird with the show is how many fans agree that the characters are OOC and the plot holes are unforgivable.

Everyone is putting so much faith into HBO, but they are not GRRM. They don't know his future plans because EVEN HE doesn't know his future plans. If you love the books, then love the books. If you love the show, then love the show. They are not one in the same. Seasons 7 & 8 are not books 6 & 7.

HBO is creating a TV show to garner revenue, to sell subscriptions, to win awards, to make entertainment. They are catering to TV audiences. I hate Moffat because he ruined my other favorite show by putting in blatant fanservice, for butchering characters, for going too meta and, to take a quote from the mooch, "trying to suck his own cock." I hope D & DB and HBO wont do that to Westeros, but lets be honest, theres no reason not too.

Arya vs Sansa is "tension". Arya is an audience surrogate for the people who dont like Sansa or dont trust her. I promise you, when they were writing they were like "oh, its not very dark and GoT-y to have everything hunky dory in Winterfell once the starks are reunited. How can we fix that? UNNECESSARY DRAMA AND TENSION. Lets make Arya this badass and keep the suspension up that Sansa is only after power." This is only tension and drama for a week to week basis. I honestly dont see how this is important for the entire story, but Ill have to wait and see how it plays out.

The Wight Hunters? Pure TV fanservice. "Lets bring all of favs together in a rag tag team and have people worry about their safety." Jon has others in Castle Black in the books. Dany could have gone up and gotten a wight on her dragon and been done with it. This is literally, unequivocally 100% TV magic - because in TV logic, every season needs 1-2 epic action scenes and battles. Boring table top meetings lose viewers. (vomit)

"Its HBO. Its Game of Thrones. We need nudity and sex and gore! Thats what the people expect!"

No. You. Dont. Not if youre trying to create an amazing story - which was GRRMs whole point if writing asoiaf to begin with. He wanted to create a story that could not have been done on screen.

[ishqbaaaaz]

Ishqbaaaz - Sept 19/17 - Episode 371

Alright guys sorry there was no post yesterday because to be honest with you, the episode was boring lmao. Aside from Shivaay and Gauri’s scenes and the use of “tu jaane na” which is one of my fan songs, it was shite 

Oh my God Annika is gonna be back todayyyyy! Thank goodness its like the life was sucked out of the show

ok here we go

So dadi and Shakti talking about these papers and this raaz again

shes worried Pinky is gonna reveal everything

if they dont trust Pinky then why is she still in the house

It’ll bring a tufaan in Shivika’s life? How the fuck??

Ive had enough of tufaans I just want this damn wedding

Shivaay wont be able to handle it?

Lol remember when Annika thought the same thing and it fucked up everyone’s life?

Oh shit theres billu

she redirects it to the wedding

Shivaay is so utavla to see Annika

Hes waiting for Annika what a damn cutie

Gauri is at her first english class!

Okay ya’ll I was rewattching old epiosdes the other day and I came upon the episode where Gauri’s mom comes and shes all im sorry I couldnt help in you be more educated and all and Om comes in and defends her. Hes like she hasnt learned from books but shes learned from life. 

DID GAURI FORGET WHEN HE SAID ALL THIS

HAS OM FORGOTTEN ALL THIS? THIS WAS LIKE BACK IN JULY WHEN THE BABY TRACK WAS HAPPEN

ugh rant over

Theres other people at this class too

lol why did i think she was going to be alone

My nugget is introducing herself

lmao this guy’s son brought an American bahu so he wants to learn english thats so cute

Teacher is laaaaaate

oh shit that other dude is the teacher

and hes young

IF THIS IS GONNA BE A JEALOUSY TRACK

ITS GONNA HAVE ME SHOOKED

IM READY

GIVE ME JEALOUS OMKARAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Oh hes one of those “im your friend and we’re equal” teachers

he asked Gauri to intro herself

he shook her hand

LOL HE HAD NO ONE ELSE INTRO

Shivaay wants to go pick up Annika what a nerd I love you

oh shit shes home

ANNIKA IS HOME LETS PARTY

THE JAAN HAS RETURNED

Hes like wtf i was gonna come get you

LMAO “Thank you”

shes still so mad bye

She came on the bus

she wont stop saying thank you this is amazing

he tells her she lost weight

shes like i didnt but thank you 

THANK YOU

LMFAO HES LIKE ?????

Hes like lets go talk in our room

shes so mad

They both grabbed her bag

IM SO HAPPY ANNIKA IS BACK I CANT CONTAIN

shes walking away

WHAT A NERD HES STARING AT HIS HAN\D BECAUSE HE TOUCHED HER 

She turned around and said thank you 

hes like i fucked the fuck up 

Dadi is all worried about Tej

im so confused about how im supposed to feel about Tej

i know all the past history, but now theyre writing him as a whole new person

Dadi leaves and Shivaay shows up

Annika is tense af

he asks her whats wrong

she says you never know what’ll happen in life. you should say how you feel or else time passes by and it never gets said

hes like fuck i need to tell her i love her 

Omkara is so mad he doesnt know whee Gauri is

hes impatient 

HE SEES HER ROUNDING THE CORNER AND HE RUNS TO HIS MURTI

shes so far off in her thoughts

hes like hm?

shes like you’re here?

LOL TUMNE MUJHE DEKHA HI NAHIN?

OMKARA IS LIKE WHAT THE FUCK LMFAOOO

How does it feel to be invisible BITCH

he asks her if she ate

shes like no you must’ve so imma go eat

HE DIDNT EAT

WHAT A NERD HE WAITED FOR HER

BUT SHE ALREADY LEFT

AW

anOTHER FUNCTION?

Can we please stop JUST GET MARRIED STOP WASTING MY TIME

He wants Annika to feel happy and special with this function

Annika is hugging papers..girl u ok?

oh its prob the custody papers

shes so happy

SHES HUGGING SHIVAAY

fuck man thank god Annika is back LOL imma keep saying it all damn episode

Shes telling him that he gave her her brother back forever 

IM SO HAPPY

LOL SHE SAID THANK YOU AND HE GOT CONCERNED

shes like chill i aint mad im happy

hes like pls stop crying

he tells her she gave him the biggest happiness ever and all he did was disappoint her

thats right ya bitch

she tells him he will never be able to say it

hes trying but struggling

shes like chill its ok just dont say thank you 

she called him a bheegi billi

she tells him after what he did for her its ok if he doesnt say those 3 words

what the fuck no he better be saying i love u imma be PRESSED

SHES MOVING CLOSE

SHE KISSED HIS CHEEK

GOODBYE FRIENDS IM IN HEAVEN

SHE WHISPERED I LOVE YOU TO HIM AGAIN

HES FUCKED UP

HES SO FUCKED UP

AND SHE KNOWS SHE FUCKED HIM UP

SHE KNOWS SHE HAS THE POWER

ANNIKA FINALLY TAKING CONTROL

ALL I WANTED

FUCK YES

she leaves feeling all powerful

He says it she may not need to hear it but hes gonna say it to her because he wants her to feel what he feels when she says it to him

THAT SHIT IS SO CUTE

Ok Swety and Jhavni wtf is happening theyre still in this warehouse??

Swety has the video of him killing at dude from forever ago

thats the proof??? THATS WHAT ALL THIS HAS BEEN ABOUT?

oh hes protecting Jhanvi too

im forwarding i dont care enough

Package for Gauri from bareilly

MA NE BHEJA HOGA

HE SAID MA

MA!!!

OMKI

Gauri aint home

Pinky why.are.you,HERE?

Hes like why are you stretching this baat

go away no one likes you and everyone knows you’re a shit starter

Gauri is struggling in the class and is starting to panic

what the shit kind of teacher is this

bby says she isnt intelligent 

class is done but they have to wait until rain to stop

JHANVI TOOK CONTROL AND IS GONNA FUCK SWETY UP

She made her tell her shes there for a painting

why the fuck does she need a painting???

well i cant tell if shes lying or not

Jhanvi tells Shivika and Om and theyre confused as fuck

this painting is a copy??

what is happening

she already has the painting? then why does she need to be back in OM?

All we know is something abut a painting and keys what the fuck 

White guy is asking to stay because his car broke down and the teacher says sure

TEACHER IS PASSING OUT

why the fuck would you eat the sandwich if it had eggs and you were allergic

YOU CAN SEE EGGS AND SMELL IT AND TASTE IT ARE YOU GOOD?

is this their version of an anaphylactic shock...?

Om is worried about Gauri

Shivaay is like chill she’ll be fine time to go to the functionnnn

Rudra is sad im forwardinggg

Another function haye bas kar do

its to see who has a stronger and deeper relationship? 

Ru is sad and Om keeps calling Gauri but she wont answer

Annika is like wtf why are we doing this i already said what you wanted me to say

I didnt say this before but damn Surbhi looks so beautiful

Look at Shivaay

Same bro

dadi says Shakti and Pinky are first

this bitch doesnt wanna play because she isnt in the mood

LOL SHAKTI “tumhara mood kab acha hota hai?”

LMFAO DADI ROASTED HER

shes like when we dont include you, you get mad, and when we do you have nakhrey

Shivaay is like i dont want any unpleasantness 

dont spoil the mood because of others

LOL PINKY IS LIKE SAY IT TO MY FACE

MRS OBEROI

she tells him to stop calling her that her dil burns

bitch this ya own fault

LMFAO SHIVAAY WAS GONNA SAY THAT TOO

but Annika stopped him

he changes the topic

Shakti is starting

give your partner a flower that suits her personality

lmao please give her a venus fly trap or a dead flower

Rudy is leaving hes aint in the mooood

Shivaay makes him stay

This doctor is talking in english and theyre all confused as fuck

I bet this is a test

Swety and Tej nonsense 

Gauri is taking control

she is googling 

girl same

shes doing chest compressions 

hes like sorry hes dead

Aw I actually feel bad for Tej and Jhanvi

maybe this situation is going to make him a changed man?

Aaaand the teacher is up

What the fuck kind of teaching technique is this??

Precap: Gauri and Om’s turn for the game

She has to find him blindfolded

YAS

Om looks mad though, probs because she wasnt answering his phone

[fictionalescapeartist-blog]

    I know, I know I have been gone for a while. I took a bit of a sabbatical, because I was having a hard time coming up with content and then would go into a shame spiral etc. Blogging stopped being fun and became another thing to beat myself up about, if you haven’t picked up on it I might have a slight self esteem issues… but I am back and applying less pressure on myself because ultimately I enjoy blogging.

  Anyway! I wanted to take a few to talk about some of my favorite Fictional Escapes (see what I did there?) from 2017. Some I blogged about already, some I have not. Even though I have it in a list format, it is not a ranking. THAT WOULD BE LIKE ASKING ME TO PICK A FAVORITE CHILD! Here are 10 favorite things from 2017:

s1. Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

I blogged about this book, so I wont spend a ton of time on this one, my feelings on this book are well documented here, on Twitter and Facebook. BTW Taylor Jenkins Reid is a mega sweetie to her fans, I suggest following her. This book was absolutely amazing! I read it in like a day. I say read, but more devoured it. The book takes you through 2 stories of very different women and how their lives connect. It is beautifully written and so well done at times I forgot I wasn’t reading an Autobiography.

2. Reincarnation Blues

Another one that I haven’t shut up about since I read it. Milo is the oldest soul in the universe, living nearly all of his 10,000 lives. We are taken through several of his lives as he tries to reach perfection, as well as his time between lives where he is in love with a Death who goes by Suzie. This book is magical, fun, and at times heart breaking. This book is reminiscent of Douglas Adams. The many different worlds Michael Poore has built in just one book is astounding.

3. Twin Peaks the Return

What can I say about this show? Honestly I am never so happy to be confused then when watching Twin Peaks, and the Return took that up a notch or. Kyle MacLachlan playing several hard roles so perfectly, you forget its the same actor. Dougie Jones absolutely broke my heart on a weekly basis, while the bad Cooper was scary as hell. The fact they were on Showtime, they were able to get a lot darker then in the original show. Plus we so got this beautiful sigh-worthy moment:

#BigEdandNormaForever

4. The final season of the Mindy Project

Mindy, Mindy, Mindy. There is nothing that Mindy Kaling has done that I didn’t love, this show included. I was hooked from the very first episode. The characters, the story line, the jokes, everything was perfect. Season 6 was the shortest and one of the best seasons of the show. They wrapped up everyone’s story line, with out every feeling like everyone was short changed or rushed. With out spoiling the overall story arch, I was nervous about how the show would end, the direction it seemed to head and they nailed it, with out sacrificing the character’s emotional growth as I feared they could. This show goes down as one of my all time favorites with 30 Rock, Parks and Rec and Scrubs. I will miss this show so much!

5. Season 3 of Playing House

  Ugh! I guess technically I should have titled this one “The final season of Playing House” but I’m not there emotionally and it is too soon. I knew the Mindy Project was ending, this one was ripped from my arms by the cruel USA. This show. THIS SHOW YOU GUYS! I have so many thoughts and feelings about it, and have blogged about it in the past. The entire show is amazing, but season 3 was something truly special. Season 3 had Emma being diagnosed with breast cancer and shows her and Maggie battle it together, in a story line “ripped from the headlines” as Law and Order likes to say. You see in reality the lead actresses Jessica and Lennon are best friends, and Jessica did have breast cancer. The way the show handled the story line was perfect. It was touching and informative. It was sad at times with out ever actually feeling too heavy. They educated us on cancer treatment options, with out ever pulling you out of the story or feeling preachy about things. Damn you USA Network for canceling it! If you have On Demand, I could not recommend watching this show enough.

6. Womp It Up! Podcast

What? Jessica and Lennon get 2 spots on your list? Yes they do, because they are amazing people who rocked my 2017. Womp It Up! has been around for a while, but I didn’t discover it until this year, and luckily for me I didn’t have to wait a year and half between episodes like other fans. Womp I Up! is a comedy podcast that was birthed from Comedy Bang Bang characters. Jessica St Clair plays Marissa Wompler, a 17(ish) year old, not very well adjusted, student at the Marina Del Rey High School, the podcast is her senior project. She is doing some alternative learning in her school’s program called STARS, ran by her teacher and lets face it best friend Charlotte Listler, played by Lennon Parahm. Every week there is a new comedian on playing a person in the Marina Del Rey community. My favorite has been Andrew Daly as Joe Bongos, the Health teacher who has some interesting ideas on what to teach the kids.

7. Oh, Hello on Broadway

Oh, Hello got it’s start on the Nick Kroll Show, where Gil Faizon and George St Geegland had a prank show on public access channel in New York. Their one prank was ordering a tuna sandwich with way too much tuna, ultimately getting the person say “That’s too much tuna”. What was the prank show called? Too Much Tuna of course. Somehow, in Nick Kroll and John Mulaney’s brilliance they were able to make a super successful Broadway play based on these two dirt bags.

Gil (a writer) and George (an actor) have been best friends and roommates since the 1970s. They decided to write an autobiographical play telling their story. The brilliance of this show is the play that is happening around the play. It gets pretty meta at times, often Gil and George stop the actual play to have their own interactions, generally it is Gil giving George notes on how he is doing in the play. The sheer detail that has gone into this show is mind boggling. I can’t even describe the layers of the play. I highly recommend checking it out.

8. Wonder Woman

Let’s not get into a DC vs MCU argument here, generally I am an MCU fan and haven’t been too excited over the last few DC movies, but this one. I will admit was a little nervous when I first saw Gal Gadot was cast as Wonder Woman, but she won me over immediately in Batman vs Superman. I was still cautiously optimistic for the Wonder Woman movie, but it came out better then I imagined. In my opinion it was just awesome (I am aware of the issues people had with it, but to me the good outweigh the bad). I enjoyed the hell out of it, it made me laugh and cry. I also enjoyed the feel of it, different then the other super hero movies, it felt more like a war movie. If you haven’t seen it, check it out!

9. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 and Thor: Ragnarok

I decided to combine these two into one, because well I didn’t want this list to be 3/4s super hero movies. I could also write a book on my feelings for these two movies and their directors. Guardians was written and directed by James Gunn and Thor was directed by Taiki Waititi, a kiwi writer and director known for his work with Flight of the Concords, What we do in the Shadows to name a couple. Also if you’re looking for a sort of weird but sweet movie, check out Eagle Vs Shark.

These two movies have a bit of a rag-tag team thing going on, and both delve into family relationships. They are both visually stunning, and laugh out loud hilarious, (yes I know that is a problem some people have with Marvel, but I love to laugh and they are right up my alley). Their similarities are one reason I decided to group them together. The first Guardians became my favorite Marvel movie about 10 minutes into it, and was thrilled that James Gunn actually made something better. I have always had a soft spot for Thor, and been sad at the state of the movies he’s had. I left Ragnarok thinking they finally gave him the movie he deserves, also Jeff Goldblum at his Goldbumiest.

My other favorite part of both of these movies, is they seemed to fix the villain problem. Hela and Ego managed to be interesting and complex. They didn’t seem to fall flat like others have in the past.

These two movies are all in all a good ass time!

10. Hamilton the Musical, paired with Hamilton the book

   I know, I know. It’s based on true events, but some of it is changed for dramatic effect. I am so late to the game on Hamilton, but I just recently got Spotify Premium which let me listen to the soundtrack in order… and I am HOOKED. I decided to check out the biography the musical was based on by Ron Chernow. Combining the two adds a lot more depth to the play, certain lines in songs make sense. There is so much drama in Hamilton’s life, so much that the play never even touched on.

If you want to add to your Hamilton experience, read the book as well. Honestly, it makes the entire experience so much better.

  Thanks for reading everyone!

    Check out my top 10 from 2017 list of my favorite Fictional Escapes. I know, I know I have been gone for a while. I took a bit of a sabbatical, because I was having a hard time coming up with content and then would go into a shame spiral etc.