#idk if i necessarily mean the pitch

[perilegs]

artists on spotify seeing what playlists their songs are added to is cool and fun until i'm adding songs from an artist with like ~600 monthly listeners to a playlist about some video game losers

[wooziorgans]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6F9r1Ivqfw/?igsh=MTl3cW11MXl1czB3Nw==

AM I ABNORMAL FOR THINKING JIHOON IS AN ASS STARE-ER!?!!?? WITH SMIRK?!!!!????!? THEN DOES HE GROPES THE ONE HE OWNS(mine)?!!!?!!!?

WHY HE LOOKING SO HAWT THERE 🤧💔

Dude Always going around looking like a sweet and salty bulky bun, the one you CANNOT resist 😭😖

I will someday stab myself with no hesitation for thinking these stuffs🤡

But right I need peace (and good fucking by jih-) bye.

— jihoon as an ass man

reel link

i am saying this as someone who is a massive fruit. but woozi is genuinely one of the most sexually ambiguous people i have ever seen and therefore i am completely convinced he’s an ass man. men? women? other? asses are universal!

also just,,? with an ass like that,,,, he obviously had some sort of appreciation for asses so um. here are some little headcannons i have for him as an ass enjoyer.

includes some nsfw ones so mdni

once you get comfortable w him in a relationship, he’s allllll up in ur shit. making coffee for him in the morning? he’s riiight behind you with a hand on your ass!

if he’s tired and stressed he’ll squeeze it just because it’s there.

one of his favourite ways to lay with you is you on your stomach doing whatever on your phone n he will just put his head right on your ass and use it as a pillow, hands massaging your thighs.

if you work out, he is like your very own personal trainer. i truly believe that even if you’re not a massive gym rat like him, even dating him would put you in the best physical shape of your life. but back to the gym itself,,, he definitely gets behind you to spot you when you do squats. and it’s totally innocent until it’s not!

he’s strong and i think everyone knows that. even if he doesn’t mean to, he’s displaying his strength by picking you up and letting you wrap your legs around his waist with both hands on your ass to support you as he carries you into the bedroom.

he loooooves when you sit on his lap cus he can feel your ass right against him. and if you’re facing him to kiss him, his hands are right on it.

if you’re into anal at ALL he is soooo down to try it with you. lets you prep yourself and then he’s rearranging your guts from both holes. he definitely likes to double dip,,, loves alternating between holes just to see you lose your mind.

even if your not fully doing butt stuff i think sometimes he’ll just slip a finger inside for extra stimulation. he loves watching the way his fingers and cock disappear into you. definitely makes him fuck you a little harder and cum a little faster.

when he has the energy or needs to burn off some steam, doggy style. dogggyyyy styyylllleee oh god. that way he can slap it and grip it and spread you apart as he fucks you.

i don’t necessarily know if he’d be down to take it though. like you’d have to be in a long term relationship for him to let you fuck him, but if he ever agrees i think he’d completely give up control and let you do all the work. he’d be a moaner for sure,,, all breathy and desperate n high pitched.

that being said, when you give him head, give him a little external prostate stimulation and he’s a goner. he miiight let you rim him, but it’s iffy. idk he’s just such a man to me that i feel like that’s a level of vulnerability he’s not totally comfortable with, at least not at first.

also as much as he would never admit it out loud, he loooves when you grope him. his ass is just so nice and firm from all the work he puts into the gym, and he definitely appreciates the feedback you give him.

also if you ever are walking behind him and you slap it, he’d let out a little high pitched noise in shock and then laugh it off but ohhh lord is he flustered at your outward appreciation of his… assets.

ok that’s all i got for right now.

[spot-the-antisemitism]

Here's my hot take on Israeli Miku for Miku's anniversary (today, August 31):

Israeli Miku and Palestinian Miku should hold hands. Not even necessarily in a romantic way, I just think they should be friends or even sisters.

Dear anon,

so that's why the Miku discourse is at a fever pitch, it's her birthday!

IDK I think that would be too fandomizy but I mean we could try

Followers would that be cute or kinda weird?

yours

Cecil

[pilferingapples]

#as a kpop stan alumni i can vouch and say these are all pretty accurate#id like to pitch that if they were in an actual kpop group#courfeyrac would be assigned the leader instead of enjolras#(because as you mentioned: enjolras HATES being assigned the One True Leader role)#and courfeyrac certainly has the people skills for it while also being serious enough to go on lockdown mode#another common role (?) that a member could have is the maknae which is basically just the korean word for youngest#which jehan certainly fits well in (he is the youngest...right? i cant remember)#and stereotypical traits of a maknae consist of shyness innocence etc.#which i think jehan suits as well (at least fanonically)#anyways. just wanted to say i love this list and its a very good and succint description of them all!#les mis#les amis de l'abc (tags via @syrupsyche )

omg thank you I'm truly living the Out Of Touch Thursday over here and IDK anything about K Pop fandom really, it's great to have an Expert Opinion

Jehan isn't necessarily the youngest though! We actually don't have any canon info on his age at all (though if you want to take the references in his poem as a guide, he's probably closer to Bahorel and Combeferre age-wise than to Marius and Courfeyrac) . Courfeyrac is actually the youngest As Far As We Know-- 25 in 1832 would mean 21 in 1828, when Enjolras, the next-youngest, is 22! (here's a quick summary of the ages I've been able to figure for them!) IDK how that affects the maknae thing? but that's the info I've got to offer!XD

[cicada-candy]

In honour of the Full Moon 2night I am gonna ramble about my Entirely Disjointed Moon War Headcanons,,

I'm insane about this sorry adhdaahqjrq

Scouse Bertie Supremacy,, idk why just. Do u see the vision.

Conversations for the first few weeks were therefore Very Southern Jonny And Very Scouse Bertie think Louder Means Clearer while everyone else trys to knock themselves out for a bit of peace from them.

The war started because earth abandoned the struggling lunar colonies to fend for themselves. They weren't like. Comedically Evil Let's Build A Fuck Off Big Canon And Threaten To Make Britain Britisn't For Fun. Please. They have to have. Some kind of reason c'mon.

Jonny was a Lieutenant, and Tim had stumbled his way to Captain by the end. Bertie was a medic.

adding to that, he was training as a paramedic and was drafted. Tim technically Enlisted after him: if Everyone was probably getting conscripted they might aswell try and get in the same unit.

Adding to that I am staunchly of the opinion that jonny calling berties death "Pointless And Hilarious" is because he was trying to save him. Because Owchieeeee!!

Poor transport and supply infrastructure led to desperation. Not that Jonny needed the excuse to Start Canabalism either way but yk. Atleast he had a reason this time, Thank You Very Much.

Tim wasn't there when Bertie died, and it's part of why he snapped so hard. Waiting so long only for jonny to come back alone.

The gun Tim has in Pitt Rivers was Bertie's. Got that here actually I think lol. Reinflicting it <33

British troops thought there was Some kind of cryptid stalking the tunnels with them as they'd just find whole units destroyed like they'd never even fought back- didn't really matter how low morale was tho because. Yk. Luna Was Running Out Of Troops. Tim and Jonny definitely Made Shit Up to add to the mythos after a point.

Jonny was Also a trench myth. But in a That Guy Won't Fuckin Die Way. The Disappointment the kaiser talks about in ttwtk is that Jonny did "die" not that he wouldn't. He also didn't see anything wrong with the toy soldier. He Really Had No Idea everything was about to kick off.

Whistling codes became popular, the echo in the tunnels would conceal the locations of the soldiers and pitch and length could communicate a lot of info quickly- a la morse code but Side Specific. It's a habit that then spread to the rest of the crew.

The lights in most of the tunnels were so bad that the only time you would clearly see anyone else was during alarms.

The kaisers quarters were dazzlingly bright. Not necessarily because they were any better lit than usual but because they'd just been in the dark so long it was painful.

The reason Tim hesitated closing the visor is because one of the other guards looked like Bertie- and if The Toy Soldier was there then- and by the time he realised it wasn't him it was too late.

Projecting my Terrible Bones onto the mechs beam activate. Tim has osteopenia and chronic fatigue from the Not Seeing The Sun for like 4 years.

I'm a sucker for tragic military-adjacent characters wearing eachothers dogtags okay. Tim wears his, Jonny's, and Berties, and The Toy Soldier's one from the Lunar corps- As a sort of Eternal Fuck-You.

This isn't really moon war but Aside From Raph And Marius, Tim is the youngest on the crew. We're A Very Established Group And oh god why does jonny have that look on his face.

Anything in Canon that might contradict that I simply Do Not See. Shh.

[hausofmamadas]

Plastic Gangster | Anatoly Givenchy Romanov

(He is modern man but don’t even think about trying to play tickle fuck with him bc he is serious man too)

The Gentleman, Episode 3 - Where’s My Weed At?

∴

So, remember how I actually despised this tiny, angry little mess of a man until I’d lain eye on his alter ego. Well comrades, this is that alter ego.

And what exactly is it about this scene that turned me around so drastically? where literally like if my body were a car, my brain’s grabbing the steering wheel and pistol whipping it, full 180 in the opposite direction as fast as Tam’s pitching that McLaren around the parking lot ?

OHHHH I don't know.... could it be the over-the-top, Boris-and-Natasha, his-and-hers Russian accents? Could it be the fact that they clearly do it against Eddie's explicit instructions? that he prob recited like a drill sergeant in the car no doubt, to avoid another I-just-killed-someone-E-I-E-I-O!!!!! on the way there ORRR could it be the fact that for whatever reason the shit seems to work? bc like somehow it does work, and in a way that Eddie's strategy was super .... not, at least in terms of getting them into the building.

Idk if Mama Mercy was so put off by the accents, she just wanted to get the sale over with, or if she heard the words, "Little Leopard Lady” and/or “FUCK. money” come out of ‘Anatoly's’ mouth, and decided that only someone with more money than God would say some edge-lord shit like that out loud. Whatever it is? It fucking works. Mercy caves. Okay and she was stone-walling tf out of Eddie who's wildly capable of doing pretty much anything and everything else except this. But for Anatoly it’s red carpet, the whole PIA pain-in-the-ass VIP treatment.

And I think the reason this success is so remarkable is bc at this point, the stakes are high, and yet the bar for Freddie is so low, it might as well be the core of the earth. Like he's managed to fuck things up so consistently and with such catastrophic results, if there was a drunk, coke-sniffing, constantly-crying version of the Tasmanian devil, Fredward would be Her, okay. But this is one thing he does correctly, the first thing in the entire show (this is ep 3 of 7, for reference), the first moment when he shows a modicum of value besides being hilarious for reasons that are usually-but-not-always accidental to the scooby gang as it were.

And honestly?? it kinda makes sense that, in this case, he comes thru in a way Eddie can't. Bc what the actual fuck has Fredward Horniman been doing all his life, if not bullshitting bouncers and promoters, charming them enough so they lift up those red, velvet ropes to exclusive (read: pretentious) underground clubs, boxing matches, raves, bath houses, key parties bc no one will convince me he and Tam don't love a good key party once in a while. No one will, it just won't happen like Freddie has CONMAN written all over him, doesn't he? Not necessarily like good? con-man? okay he's no Madoff, right but good enough that he can make you think for a split second, if you really tilt your head and squint your eyes, that this person must be telling the truth.

Bc only someone telling the truth would feel comfortable acting that fucking unbelievable.

Like who would look this woman in the face and say without an ounce of irony, “listen, in my life funny little lady, if you are not safe…. You are DED” I mean the only thing missing is him dragging his finger across his neck, all miming a guillotine. FREDDIE. FREDDIE FUCKING HORNIMAN, THATS WHO.

Beautifultropicalfish Edwina makes the mistake of trying to sell a believable story, a lie grounded in too much reality, when it's clear that the clientele for Mama Mercy prob consists of like eccentric arms-dealers and kooky billionaires ppl with some really sus, really weird, uniquely terrifying ‘hobbies’ that none of us ever want to know about but that will inevitably be the subject of a true-crime doc on HBO someday. Like this woman speaks to the most mind-blowingly ridiculous men on the daily.

And is Eddie over here with his sexy professor cardigan and sexy look-im-such-a-bookworm glasses, rolling up to negotiate on behalf of some white-collar-crime, new-money, C-suite, tech exec with ‘only’ a seven-figure salary, when really he needs to be coming at this with more of that oil tycoon, crimes-against-humanity, Fuck-You-Money energy that Freddie's serving.

Eddie also just can’t seem to suppress the Narc vibes that are seeping from his pores and tbh it’s actually what makes him such a great gangster but not a great con man. Bc Mercy sniffs him out p much every time he speaks, like so👆

Now, it's unclear if Freddie enacts Operation!BorisandNatasha in response to Eddie's evident flailing or if he planned to do it the entire time but either way, you cannot tell me he's not responsible for them being able to get into the chop shop to test drive that car. Bc again, it’s not enough to just walk into this place and act like you belong there. In this case, acting like you belong has to be: giving a ruthless, machete-wielding murderer a cute nickname like “little leopard lady,” claiming that she “laaaavs” when you call her that even tho she seems less than enthused, pitching a fit about wanting something less “poof-poof,” and “more sexier,” and spitting general bars like, “don’t play tickle fuck with me, lady” BC WHO TF SAYS SHIT LIKE THAT UNLESS YOU HAVE MORE MONEY THAN GOD AND HEAVEN AND ALL THE COSMOS

And bc it's not entirely clear whether or not Freddie decided to do this on the fly, I feel liek it’s one of those choose-your-own adventures situations. So I, for one, choose to believe that this was a plan deployed in the face of Eddie's plan not working, and for all of his flaws, Freddie is savvy enough to know how to bullshit someone to get his foot in the door. Bc I firmly believe he can be competent juuuuuuust long enough and lbr probly only long enough to do that.

I mean cmon look at Mercy👇you know she thinks he’s a lil funny

And as if the above display of uncharacteristic competence wasn’t enough, I’m more endeared to Freddie bc of how crazy he is about his wife. And why tf wouldn’t he be when she’s clearly way too cool for him which he seems to be vaguely aware of just casual busting out these moves ripped straight from from stunt choreography of like the fucking Italian Job or something and for like exactly no???????reason????whatsoever?????

Which brings me to the next point bc can we talk for a bajillion yrs about Tamzin is out-of-fucking-nowhere an incredible stunt!driver/renaissance!woman??? and they drop that on us and move on like I'm not asking a bajillion questions like whywhenandhow’d she learn to do this????

Like???? was she once, in her early 20s, engaged to an F1 racecar driver who taught her all the Ways of the Track before he tragically died in an accident, and in her grief, sought solace in a boy named Freddie, whomst she met at a race once, and then later married??? Was she a stunt double who worked on hollywood sets, appearing in some of the most critically lauded, well-known movies, before she settled down and married an aristocrat for his money, a boy named Freddie, whomst she met once at an afterparty, and then despite his lack of wealth bc she was in way too deep at that point and made the fatal mistake of actually falling in love later married??? Is she the long, lost daughter of legendary stunt performer, daredevil himself, Evel Kneivel who taught her everything she needed to know about her birthright before shipping her off to boarding school in the UK when she was just a lass, and then grew up and was charmed by a boy named Freddie, whomst she met when her all-girl’s high school or secondary school whatever tf they call it was paired up with his all-boys high school at a cotillion, and then later married???

I NEED ANSWERS, RICHIE. COUGH UP SOME ANSWERS, MAN. OR DON'T, BUT BRING TAM BACK, WE NEED MORE TAM IN S2, IT'S OFFICIALLY A MANDATE.

taglist: @drabbles-mc, @narcolini, @bellinitini, @ashlingiswriting, @when-did-this-become-difficult, @noctuabunda

[relicsongmel]

hi im also a raymond shields lover [you know this its no surprise] and i am also SOOO autistic about music so i totally ripped apart his theme to analyze it and i wanna hear YOUR THOUGHTS PLEAAAASEEE I NEED SOMEONE TO BE INSANE WITH

HELL YEAH an excuse to geek out about Joking Motive? You better believe I'm taking it

Ok so right off the bat—THE FIRST FOUR NOTES. The first SEVEN notes, even—you can hear Miles’ Great Revival motif, plain as day. Close listeners will recognize that this iconic ascending minor third and whole step pattern can be heard all over the Investigations soundtrack, everywhere from the cross-examination and objection themes to the character themes—including but not limited to Kay, Lang, and in this case, Ray (there’s even an inverted version in Gregory’s theme that uses a descending half step and major third instead!). What’s really interesting is the use of this motif sort of contradicts Ray’s attitude toward Miles when we first hear the track—it’s played during his initial introduction when he still has that grudge towards him. It’s not NECESSARILY out of place considering even Quercus Alba’s theme uses the motif, but it’s a pretty strong musical foreshadowing that he could potentially be swayed over to Miles’ side, which is indeed followed through on later.

As for the main body of the track itself, it’s pretty distinctly blues-y, making gratuitous use of standard blues chord progressions (Am7 -> D7 and whatnot) and pentatonic melodies ornamented by that sweet sweet flat 5 that I have now dubbed “the Ray Note” because the man has melted my brain (what else is new). One thing worth noting that’s a bit atypical of the genre, however, is the Fmaj7 chord used a couple of times throughout (in Roman numeral notation it would be the VI chord); the first instance of it is about 44 seconds into the linked video for reference. This, in my opinion, is a really clever way of hiding emotional nuance underneath the otherwise upbeat instrumentation and playful melody—the VI chord sounds a bit more melancholic in comparison to everything surrounding it and hints that despite his jokester persona, Ray might not actually be as cheerful as he seems.

And now my favorite part—the synesthesia of it all. Idk if you’ve read my pinned post or not but basically the key of a song has certain colors, moods, scenery, etc. associated with it in my brain and it’s been a part of my life since even before I had any sort of musical training. Joking Motive is in A minor—which is represented by the color gray and its associated moods are those of emptiness and yearning (it’s a functional opposite to E flat minor which is pitch black and represents the crushing weight of despair). And I mean. Considering Ray’s whole character revolves around the void left in his life after Gregory’s death and how he desperately tries to fill it by doing everything he can to bring Miles back to his side? I’d say the key choice fits pretty well. If Capcom REALLY wanted to steal my heart away and make me even MORE smitten than I already am they could have put it just a half step higher in B flat minor (my favorite key of all time. Beautiful midnight blue queen I love her so much) but their key choice reflects him too perfectly so I’m willing to overlook it.

And that’s about it, really! I hope you enjoyed reading my insights—Joking Motive is one of my favorite tracks so I'm glad we can be autistic about it together <3

[elithilanor]

From your fics it seems like you’re very sensitive and caring towards others. Almost overly so. You don’t like dark humor and, bassed on your previous posts showcasing your interest in witch craft, I honestly can’t see you casting any dark spells on people. Though I am very curious as to what your interests/specialties are in that area.

You’re drawn to softer characters because you feel they’re a sort of compensation for the lack of love in the world right now and prefer to get lost in their stories.

On the other hand, something tells me I wouldn’t wanna get into a verbal sparring match or debate with you. You’ve likely already done your research and can out logic everyone in the room with assertiveness (with a smirk as you watch them try and keep up).

IDK why, but I feel like you’re not a fan of heights, drive an older style car, have a higher pitched voice, and are classified as the “responsible” one in your friend group/at work.

Um hi so as a general rule I don't like being perceived like this thanks like ow hey

It wasn't a roast but it feels like a roast lmfao ahaha

- you're correct in that I don't generally cast baneful magic on people but by that I generally mean people in my everyday life. I don't have the same qualms about politicians, institutions, oppressors etc. It's not my lane necessarily but baneful practices have a long history as a way to fight and protect against oppression and baneful protections are a fairly common thing. Roses are love and friendship but also have thorns; nails are protective but also penetrative etc

- I do just genuinely want people to be kind and rational. It upsets me that this is so uncommon nowadays. (But also give me your evil female characters. Let be evil without needing to get revenge for a lost child)

- This is 100% correct. I used to be on the speech and debate team and now work with government contracts.

- I'm terrified of heights but have been to many tall places 😂😭

- I am the (gender-neutral) mom friend who asks too many questions about safety and your disaster planning and packs too many bandaids and water.

- Um I guess my voice is on the higher side (though I wish it wasn't)?

- I live in a city with pretty good public transportation, so I don't own a car, but I think older cars are generally safer and run better.

feel free to roast/guess me in the asks

[callme-darling]

do with this info as you will but after a thorough journey through swann's filmography i have concluded that every kiss scene of his, he:

- laughs between the kisses but then does some KNEE BUCKLING TOE CURLING BUTTERFLIES INDUCING shit that gives me a whiplash every single time

- The Throat Thing

- grabs the girl by the chin just to keep her in place.... 😁😁😁💔💔💔💔😁😁😁😁😁😁💔💔💔💔😁💔😁💔💔💔

- goes for the neck and chest area (probably leaves a lot of marks ngl..)

- (not always but) can be very noisy and his noises are like high pitched whines 😵‍💫😵‍💫

- is usually the one initiating the Next Level if u know what i mean wink wink

- overall rly dom!!!?? idk why thats surprising to me but it is! and not like a necessarily soft one either so...

i LOVE that other people are taking note too bc i fucking zone in on that type of shit immediately😭 like i said this before and i’ll say it til im blue in the face, but swann is all about that QUIET DOMINANCE !!!!! like he’s not the type of guy you walk past and suspect anything. he’s got the sleeper dom daddy build FOR SURE

(it feels like i’m hosting a sleepover with all you guys and we’re just gushing about our crushes and i LOVE it)

[bluegekk0]

hey, it's been a while since i've last submitted a question here, hope you've been doing great, but i've kinda been wondering to myself just now, how does Holly's eyes work? since the more i think about it, i wonder if they have some sort of optic inside their shell, or if the void inside their body magically gives them eyesight, idk seems like a weird question, but as someone whos been kinda fascinated trying to speculate about vessel anatomy both in cannon and headcannon, i would be curios to see what others would think.

Hi there! Thank you, I hope you've been doing good as well!

The way I imagine it, their eye sockets aren't necessarily empty. Well, they sort of are - they don't have eyeballs, so I imagine the void gives them the ability to see. How exactly it works I'm not sure, but considering the void seems aware of its surroundings to the point of lashing out if you get too close, perhaps focusing that into an eye like structure would allow them to properly see its environment.

In the past I toyed with the idea of Holly being colorblind, either because of the void itself, or due to the infection damage. But these days I tend to lean more into them seeing colors but in a very washed out way. They can recognize blue from green or orange, but they would have trouble distinguishing between individual shades of those colors. And I do think that's directly related to how their eyesight works - they don't have an actual eyeball structure, so I think it makes sense that it wouldn't be perfect, the Abyss isn't exactly the most vibrant, so good color vision wouldn't be a priority for any void being.

As for how their eye is structured - like I said, it's not exactly an empty socket. They have a membrane covering it that keeps the void inside their skull/mask.

You can see it here compared to their cracked eye where the membrane was torn.

The membrane itself is semi-transparent. In its normal state it appears opaque, but if a bright light shines through it (say, for example, the blazing infection substance growing inside their head) then it becomes more noticeably translucent. It also doesn't reflect any light, so you'll never see them with light reflections similar to what you see on FPK or Hornet - the eye looks nearly pitch black 99% of the time thanks to the void underneath.

Aside from keeping the void inside, it also doubles as a focusing point for their eye structure, like a kind of lens, which is why they are completely blind in their right eye, since the membrane there is gone. That's not to say you could easily pop it with your finger. It's a relatively sturdy structure, and as long as the damage isn't severe, it can also heal and regenerate. But if it's completely destroyed, then unfortunately it's not fixable.

Another detail about the membrane - it's similar to their outer body shell in that it allows for controlled use of void tendrils. For instance, their missing arm has permanent shell damage, which means that the void there is unstable and can lash out at the environment unpredictably (and that is why it's covered by bandages, to keep it within their body). However, the shell on rest of the body can form into more stable void, used to hold and touch things, grab and consume food or to vibrate and make subtle noises. The eye membrane works in a very similar way, and as you can guess, their right eye lacks that function (that is where the eyepatch comes into play). Basically how I imagine it, the shell can "melt" into void and then harden again at will.

All of this also means that you can't actually take off their "mask". While it appears more hollow than the faces of non-void creatures, it is still directly connected to the rest of their body and many of its functions depend on that connection. Their sight being the primary one. that said, since the head itself is not made of void, it still becomes the "corpse" in an event of death.

I hope this was a satisfying answer. I like thinking about the biology of these characters, it's fun putting together the puzzle pieces left by the canon into a more complete image. Or, in the case of FPK and Grimm especially, making stuff up and turning them into weird synapsid/reptilian things that pretend to be bugs hahaha

[unicornsaures]

talk. about whatever’s on your mind. aaaanything and everything just in case u needed an invitation to yap today 😻😻

taking this as a excuse to have a yap session about my nonhuman aus because there are SO. many things that are included for very specific reasons(mainly elf laurens cause its my main nonhuman au, but the divinity AU isnt exempt from secret meanings either >:3c) but i just never elaborate on any deeper meanings because technically theyre supposed to be up for interpretation but screw that things are included for very. very specific reasons

OKAY STARTING WITH ELF LAURENS !! Im starting off with his design itself because while its not necessarily a secret, his markings are extremely important to the story because obviously its a massive focus with the whole insecurity thing and attempting to scratch them off so!! In his early design it isnt included, but theres two things i added to either foreshadow things or that make more sense because certain things previously didnt have reasoning. For starters, his voice! I make it *very* clear that Laurens absolutely hates his voice - yknow, with that high pitched nonhuman growl? Theres a reason for that! In my AU, elves arent supposed to have markings on their throat; it fucks with their vocal chords. Yknow who does have a marking on their throat? Thats right, John does! So not only does he have 'two' voices, he also has a big reminder of that just straight in the middle of his throat - so rven if he didnt talk people would know why. Then theres the dots on his head. Thats foreshadowing. Cant tell you what its foreshadowing, but take that information how you will.

Also would like to elaborate on his relationship with Kinloch in the fic because no, Kinloch is not evil or bad or abusive. I try and make it clear that their relationship isnt necessarily healthy, but thats also not Kinloch's fault either way. Its Johns own inability to stabilize his emotions surrounding someone he cares about(ex. begging him to run away with him - when rejected, he runs away himself.) This is a massive mischaracterization of Laurens on my part but like I said in the fic itself, its just me projecting for 4k words. Oh, and he gets that scar on his lip when he's 20 in what i call a 'drinking accident.' Dont ask me to elaborate on that either, John is just a reckless drunk.

Obviously theres the whole art thing, but i think its pretty self explanatory on why hes drawing. I think i stated explicitly it was a coping device but if not i think thats obvious but i never elaborated on his medium of choice; graphite :3!! Its messy. Thats it. He uses the powdered graphite, which i think he would find it was a representation of process rather than product. The point of using graphite is the limited choice of color that only leaves an artist with shades. It also just goes with the theme of his art because idk, hes out here drawing the idea and/or image of death itself in a way its gorey but also gorgeous, so take that as you will.

Also I have had many yap sessions on why exactly John draws the gorey and grotesque but ill save you on insane details and simplify it down to; after his mothers death, he was naturally drawn to the beauty found within something so vile and horrifying.

Okay ive talked all too long aboute the elf laurens thing, so now the divinity AU! There isnt much meaning inside of this other than the very very clear toxic relationship between Alex and John; but its toxic for a reason. As dysfunctional as they may be, they are better of together than apart. Like mentioned in the fic itself, Alex was cruel to his devotees and followers before John came along. I wont go into specifics or anything, he was just cruel. John, on the other hand, was also cruel. Thats why hes a fallen angel, obviously. He fell due to others actions but the reason he followed this other person in the first place is because they were holding something he did over his head, threatening to tell higher deity's and whatnot. But instead, John is a fucking idiot and ended up doing what this person wanted which ultimately ended up in him falling and losing everything. Obviously, this leaves someone scarred because ill just say it, in this AU at least, falling from wherever they may be is not a painless experience.

In turn, he hasn't physically fallen anywhere, but there are physical signs and overall, you can tell by how they act. So, upon finding Alexander - a god, basically - the only other purpose he has in life is to peldge devotion to someone. Hes basically shunned from other angels, and so finding a deity to pledge devotion to is the only thing he can do. Their relationship is not at all healthy. Ive described it as a worshiped/worshiper dynamic because thats what it is. No matter if Alex views John as an equal, Laurens will always view alex as a higher being than he is and in short its a massive power imbalance with how willing John is to bend over backwards for him(ex. ripping off his wings ! Never happens, alex wont physically let him, but like i said, John is willing.) The only reason I say that they should stay together is that other deity's wouldnt stop him from doing this kind of thing. 'Offering your wings to prove your devotion? Yeah, hand em over.' is basically what would happen and it would be 10x more of a corrupted relationship than john and alex have. Alex keeps him in line basically, and John worships him like..well, like the god he is i guess.

Again, this AU is me majorly projecting so take it as you will. But Alex is also completely unaware to why John is a fallen angel anyway. Even being a god, he cant just see peoples sins. He only knows when someone has sinned.

"A shame Alexander may not know his transgressions, he’s sure he couldn't have done much wrong with how much of a pleasure he’s been."

Pulling out the quotes for this story because i personally think its just easier to explain things if its been read.

AND THE BIGGEST THING!!

John nods absentmindedly, leaning into the heat of his palms that make his face contort in a painful type of love.

Its mentioned a few times, but being touched by Alex at all brings physical pain. Mostly because he's not supposed to be touched by a higher being while being a fallen angel, but it also has something to do with the fact he 'swore on his ability to love to prove his devotion.' In short, John didnt think he had the ability to love, much less deserve it. So, being touched by one he fell for brings him physical pain because he shouldnt be supposed to! The love he spoke of when he exempted Alex from this was love a devotee has for their god, not love like as romantic love. Obviously, in a way, he broke his own promise. This is also why the pain goes away after alexander admits he loves him because at that point, 'his god' basically just excused the fact he broke his pledge by announcing any feelings he may have are returned. So yeah! Thats fun.

Anyway, that was my yap session. I talked for way too long uhm..oops! Im not normal about nonhumans :(

[wastrelwoods]

Loving your Andrew Lloyd Webber hate idk anything about him I just know I think he's massively overrated. If you have a longer rant or more tea abt him I would love to hear

GOD I did not need more encouragement on this subject but anyway my first actual foray into fandom was Phantom of the Opera so Andy and I have been long acquainted and I have kept up loosely on his bullshit for a over a decade now.

If you go digging for tea what comes up might involve accusations of plagiarism? I don't necessarily know a lot about these or think he's a patented Talentless Hack Music Thief. He does a lot of strong simple melodic lines and several of them have borne resemblances to existing songs and there have been court cases about maybe one or two that ruled in his favor or settled out of court. there's just better reasons to hate him than a stance about whether or not he's good at music. that's subjective!

The OTHER tea you will probably hear about is some highly publicized times he treated cast members like absolute shit. His most recent musical which you may have heard of is a weird attempt to rival the classic Rogers & Hammerstein's Cinderella by making his own fresh funky hip young Cinderella musical which is. not very good. and pitching fits all throughout 2020-2021 because he wasn't allowed to produce a musical in a theatre at some intervals for public safety. and forcing the production through with very little meaningful editing. and calling in over the speakers backstage to angrily bitch out the entire cast the first time the production got a bad review. and going forward with the process of hiring people to replace the original cast when their contracts were up for those who didn't want to renew the contracts, but then abruptly closing the show to transfer it to the united states instead with so little notice that all the people who had just been offered new contracts and cleared their schedules found out that they were unemployed on social media. and changing nothing between the original production and the broadway production but continuing to blame the cast for the increasingly bad reviews. that kind of stuff

in a more general sense he is just a mean rich cunt. he's a baron and a royalist conservative and spent 20 years as a sitting tory member of the house of lords while being so out of touch that he never bothered to come in and vote except in cases where arts funding matters benefitted him and his business personally. and his gripe with the tory party is mostly that they kept shutting down his show due to covid so i suppose he just won't vote about anything ever again

[blakebow]

how would you describe that Japanese company being able to make RWBY ice queendom with rt permission ( would you call it a collaboration with loaning them the IP . I was thinking about a oc in a world like fate who buys the right to the RWBY IP and say lends it to Dillon (to finish it so he doesn't have to waste money ) alongside being able to own the rights to RWBY IP himself so he can make a Rwby remake where no one can have more of a say then him ( no executive meddling) when he decides to go a animation company with the deal to work with them a rwby remake made (or has his own animation company made) or with an agreement that that a RWBY remake will be made that he will be working on in creative department) and requesting the assistance of miles and Kerry. ( he really liked RWBY and fantasized about what it would be like with a full anime time and took various extra material into the RWBY remake ( leaving dc comics out and expanding RWBY remake to be more then what the og was)

like making blacksun canon,

if the japanese studio that made IQ bought the IP rights from RT/Warner, it wouldn't be a collab, necessarily, because they'd be the owners of it. so it'd be theirs. they could definitely attribute the original rights to RT, but it wouldn't be RT's anymore so it would be entirely *their* production.

as much as people are betting and placing all their hopes on dillon, idk if he's gonna get it either. he's a small up and coming animator. unless he can raise a 10000$+ in a short ammount of time i dunno if warner will even look at the offer. would it be cool if he got it? sure. but you need the means to properly fund it and broadcast it, and idk if his studio has that? RT was not a small one person pony show when they made RWBY. they already had credibility and connections because of their other properties. (RVB). that's why they had the means to make RWBY.

idk if CRWBY would be included because he's not of any obligation to include them if he didn't choose to do so. idk what kind of bridges shane burned with RT when he left, but there might still be sore spots there that they might not want to work with them? i'm not sure.

if they changed the 'canon' of rwby, it would still cause an implosion in the fandom. (even if that would be better narratively). i could see the japanese studio going with BS because LGBT is not as big there as it is overseas and bees wouldn't be preferred. the western fandom would still pitch a shit fit over it because of their precious 'representation' being ''erased''.

[quicktimeeventfull]

Ah, I should've clarified, I wanted to know you thoughts of a fem L and how you think she would turn out(maybe a fem light as well?) That's what I wanted to know because I like your input in Dn characters.

hi anon! sorry, i completely missed your message yesterday! thank you for asking — fem!L and fem!light are two of my favourite concepts to spin around. also thank you, that’s really nice of you to say!!

personally i think L’s gender would matter much less than anyone else’s, not because he isn’t gendered but because his whole existence is mediated either by watari or by a screen of some sort. even once the task force comes face-to-face with L, watari’s still there as this vessel holding all the assumptions they’d previously made. in certain ways, i think fem!watari would affect the way people perceive L’s gender as much as or even more than L’s actual gender.

that being said, though! i think people already project SO much onto canon!L. he’s got strong manic pixie dream girl energy as it is, and that effect would be quadrupled for fem!L. 

anyway this is going to sound like a joke or a shippy thing gjlgf but i mean this very seriously as like, The Key Difference between male!L and fem!L — i think matsuda would be head over heels for her. i think she’d treat him the same way, but he’d be more likely to take this as semi-jokey or friendly ribbing or possibly even flirtation, the way he does with sayu.

(personally i think canon!L does treat matsuda quite badly much of the time, but some of what matsuda perceives as aggression is just L treating him like a peer rather than offering him the same level of respect he does their colleagues. idk i think their relationship is interesting and imo it’s the one which would change the most dramatically with fem!L.)

also on a more shallow level: i think fem!L would have super long and very wild hair. she’d love stimming with it! she’d probably also wear bracelets with huge beads and things to fiddle with. 

this is already so long that i feel bad going too much into fem!light gfdkjgd BUT think she would be dramatically different. canon!light is already very skilled at manipulating the gendered way in which people see him. this could probably be its own essay but as a really simple example, (japanese) anime!light pitches his voice higher when he’s trying to trick people into thinking he’s harmless & think manga!light does similarly gendered things to change the way people perceive him. i don’t think he really knows what he’s doing, though? like he knows it works but i don’t think he realizes what particular sociological threads he’s pulling on. fem!light on the other hand would absolutely know what she was doing. i don’t think this would necessarily help her — like at the end of the day canon!light is taking advantage of misogyny whereas fem!light would be compensating for it — but she’d definitely be good at it u know. i think she’d mostly want to be seen as sweet and boring and brilliant but harmless. very bookish energy. similar to but different from canon!light because different things would help her.

also i think fem!light would wear skirts like this. she’d use hairclips i think. idk i always think fem!light would have a kind of cute and disarming way of dressing. i don’t think canon!light really puts much thought into his clothes and i don’t think fem!light would either. i think as a teenager she’d just wear whatever her mother bought her and then as an adult she’d purchase whatever they happened to be selling at muji.

[crystaltoa]

What are your gender headcanons for the Toa Mata/Nuva? I can say my headcanons for my blorbos, the Toa Metru/Hordika afterwards.

I don’t really have anything all that interesting for them in canon tbh. If I was doing a human au or something I might branch out a little, maybe transmasc Onua or Pohatu or nonbinary Lewa, idk haven’t thought much about it.

I really like nonbinary or genderfluid Takanuva, I love that Takanuva’s one of those characters that can just occupy the entire gender spectrum simultaneously, kind of fitting for a Toa of Light.

I see Matoran Universe characters as not really having a strong… concept of gender to begin with tbh aside from more gender dimorphic species such as Vortixx and Skakdi, since every idea about gender in our world is either non existent or replaced by elemental stereotypes in Matoran. Like, what does gender presentation even mean when nobody wears clothes or makeup? Armor colour? Voice pitch? Pronouns (if their language even has them)? I think that would literally be it.

They’re going to come across the concept on Sphereus Magna of course, it’s probably going to come across as… quaint at best? Maybe just flat out weird? But then, Matoran may find that they like clothes and decorative mask-painting, probably in ways that don’t necessarily align with the Agori’s ideas about gender, so it’ll be a horizon-broadening experience for both cultures, I think.

[pendulum-sonata]

16, 22

Hey there! Well, let's get onto this:

16. you can't understand why so many people like this thing (characterization, trope, headcanon, etc)

I'm gonna be honest, I'm starting to get a little tired of the mean girl syndrome.

What do I mean with mean girl syndrome? I mean the tendency to flock towards the "mean girl" female character, you know the one, she's a bitch, she's posh, she's fashionable, there's a good chance she is rich too or privileged in one way or another, and seems to have a serious personal problem with the resident "loser" girl for whatever reason, she usually also a bully, you get the idea, and you'd think this character is only found in teen dramas, but when you look at it closer, almost every piece of media has a mean girl character, even anime and manga, although usually as a secondary or side character or sometimes the antagonist.

That's not a problem on its own, even if it's not necessarily my thing, I'm not condemning people liking her, or wanting to be her, or being attracted to her (you know the whole "I'd let her step on me" deal)

What is annoying in when people go like:

"Yeah, we took your resident mean girl, we enshrined her and washed away her flaws, we also made her lesbian or sapphic or some other queer identity for brownie points, because obviously the real problem all along was the other girl, who we've also took and forcibly fit her into the mold of the true monster, because if she didn't antagonize mean girl, if she wasn't a goody-two-shoes and boring, then mean girl wouldn't be troubled and wouldn't have to make her miserable, yeah sorry, no we can't take it back."

Notice what I'm talking about here? The mean girl in question is a mean girl because she's tormenti- sorry I mean, she's giving her well-deserved punishment to this other girl character who for one reason or another people can't project onto, so that means they dislike her, and in turn, they warp everything about both of them so the mean girl, is actually right all along, and honestly does that even make her a mean girl anymore? IDK.

And I make emphasis on the fact that despite switching the dynamic, people still very much pitch them against each other, because, again, people can't handle girls having bad feelings about men, so the mean girl is only mean to other girls, or alternatively the men she's mean to, are the ones who aren't likeable enough for the fandom to care, and even when they make the mean girl a queer character, they end up both warping ans justifying the meanness by saying the loser girl is "obviously" gender-conforming and cis, so that makes it okay? I guess?

Idk, I feel like I'm rambling a lot, bottom line, I usually don't like this type of character and I don't care for this part where fandoms kiss the ground they walk on, and then turn around and demonize the "good girl" like, it's a very weird version of the madonna and the whore complex if you ask me, so I'll stop here and get to the next question.

22. your favorite part of canon that everyone else ignores

Mmm, what could it be? I can't say it's the synchro arc because even if a lot of people dislike it, they very much spent way too much time talking about it, a lot more than us, tbh.

Mmm, I know, people don't talk enough about the aftermath mini-arc!

I know because of what happened, Yuzu doesn't appear until the end, and i wouldn't call it flawless (*cough* Shun's duel *cough*) but I genuinely love how despite having their airing time cut short, the staff still kept this part, it would have been easy to just end it all after Zarc was defeated, but Arc v rarely went down the easy route.

Every single lesson Yuya learned in the series comes around full-circle, and closes the few loose ties left by the battle, literally, because as Yuya travels around to each duel, the remnants of the dimensions are closing and becoming one.

If I had to choose a favorite moment of all time for the aftermath, it would be that moment where Yuya fibally wins against Reiji, and he smiles! He smiles! A tiny little proud smile and what follows is so awe-inspiring, and then the whole arena is silent for a couple seconds, except the laugh of little Reira echoes all over the place and is slowly joined by a beautiful score, and then, as if wasn't already great, we get the shot where the dimensions are finally uniting and in turn Yuzu is starting to come back again from the limbo form she was trapped as and she says "I'm back home"

Beautiful, inspiring, great.

And people want me to buy into the narrative that the ending was ruined because *checks notes* the counterparts didn't get their bodies back.

Please, you're all weak and didn't deserve a series like Arc V.