#idk it has the vibes of. the girl character all the fans hate because she gets in the way of their precious little gay ship

[isabellovelaces]

Wolf 359 characters and their fave musicals

From an MT major who has hamlet due tomorrow 9 am

(Warning some of these might be too niche)

Eiffel - Back To The Future

Now walk with me for this one. It might seem too on the nose but I mean, it’s not your traditional bway musical, the music is very modern, based on a film he likes and probably has seen a thousand times before, and for what I’ve heard it has A FLYING DELOREAN !!! So yeah, I think he’d really like this musical

Minkowski - Rent

She’s canonically a theatre kid and she DEF gives me Sondheim fanatic vibes but if she had to choose a favorite (I don’t think she’d have one, it would change depending on the day) then she’d say Rent because it’s probably one of the shows that made her fall in love with theatre, besides the whole “no other road, no other way. No day but today” message too.

This was the hardest to do so here are some honorary mentions:

Wicked, Sunday in the park with George, Les Miserable, into the woods, come from away

Hera - Love In Hate Nation

Okay I might be biased because I did this musical last summer BUT hear me out. It’s about this bunch of badass girls in a juvie hall in the 60s who fight for revolution against society norms (and end up burning down juvie hall). Plus, a cute love story between two of the girls!!

I just think she would enjoy a catchy badass musical about girls singing against the system !!

Hilbert - Chess

A musical about Russian and American spies in a love triangle and play chess?? Sign him up

Tbf I don’t even think he’d enjoy musicals but if he did I think he’d enjoy chess.

Lovelace - In The Heights

Pushing the afro latina Isabel Lovelace agenda, I don’t think she would enjoy traditional musicals but things like pop/rock and hip hop modern musicals could get a pass. In the heights it’s the perfect balance for her of Latin, hip hop and broadway.

Jacobi - Sweeney Todd

Listen, this guy knows which classical music piece uses literal canons on their orchestra, he would love this one due to all the litters of fake blood that there are. I also like to think he’s a fan of the sopranos for Sweeney, if you’ve ever heard the opening at least, you know the iconic crescendo. Besides it’s a dark musical I think he’d like.

Honorary mentions: Hamilton, it’s the hip hop and rap that would catch him

Maxwell - The Book Of Mormon

The Reverend’s daughter??? Yes. She understands the satire of it, the irony and dark humor. Even though I think at first she would have been skeptical about it but once she gave it a chance it was a hilarious piece with a great soundtrack

Honorary mentions: Moulin Rouge. Idk I just think she’d like the musical

Kepler - Company

As a theater kid Kepler truther, he is another Sondheim fan, specially to compare him to ALW. But I think he can appreciate every piece of musical theatre even if he will always say the old musicals are way better. I think he’d like company since it is a musical about a man his age and his life struggles with such a fantastic and iconic soundtrack

Honorary mention: Cabaret. Ironic, but he’d love everything about it too.

[shawtylex09]

Random MHA headcanons bc I said so.

Characters included;

Ashido M. • Kaminari D. • Iida T. • Aizawa S. • Midoriya I. • Sero H.

Masterlist.

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☆ Mina Ashido

Half black, half Japanese (mom is black, dad Japanese)

Mainly listens to pop, but also likes hip hop.

I’ve also always Hc’d her to make this group chat with all of girls, and if anyone needs or wants anything that’s like, period related, she sends one of the girls out to help the girl in need out.

Gives off Bi leaning towards women vibes.

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☆ Denki Kaminari

I’m sorry, but Denki’s back is covered in lightning looking scars from growing up with his quirk.

Dealt with bad acne as a middle schooler

Has braces

Sweetest guy you’ll ever meet, and is actually really considerate of little things like his friends’ favorite colors, foods, etc.

Is very very very good at gift giving

Allergic to cats (only mild allergy tho)

Has a hamster in his dorm named Hamper

Loves spicy food even though he has like, no tolerance for it.

Has lightning fast reflexes because he loves rhythm games (get it? Lololol)

Smokes weed with Sero and actually kinda has a bit of a tragic back story

Used to be picked on a bit when he was in elementary school, kids would purposefully scare him and make him fry his brain to make him stupid.

When he gets excited or surprised, little bits of electricity shoot out through the ends of his hair.

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☆ Tenya Iida

I stand by the fact Tenya has a full skin and hair care routine, and he regularly does self care days with Izuku and Ochaco.

Tenya actually functions best on 5ish hours of sleep, any more or less and he’s basically a zombie.

He LOVES Pokémon, and his favorite Pokémon is Absol, his favorite starter is Tepig.

Totally pretends to hate being called Sonic, but actually loves it

He can only fall asleep if there’s some form of background noise

Wears cologne that smells kinda citrusy

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☆ Shota Aizawa

Has a vinyl collection, and regularly listens to them while he cleans, grades, or does really anything.

Let’s Eri braid and play with his hair pretty much whenever she asks.

He loves those hard caramel candies that come in the gold wrappers.

Has a small pin of a cat that Oboro gave him for his 16th birthday, and keeps it pinned up on his favorite jacket.

Can throw knives…scarily well.

Really good at poker for no reason

Was 5’5 until he hit 18, where he had a growth spurt.

He tans really easily, but the lucky bastard really doesn’t ever get sunburns.

Has matching tattoos that he got with Hizashi and Bo. The tattoos were a sun on Hizashi’s wrist, a star on Oboro’s, and a moon on Shota’s

Always paints his nails, and lets Eri paint them and put those little nail decals on them.

Has a heart shaped birthmark on his right shoulder blade.

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☆ Izuku Midoriya

Listens to cavetown regularly, and is a diehard fan of their music.

Is actually really good at art, idk I just feel like he’s better at art than he’s depicted in the anime/manga.

Loves banana flavored candy, along with coconut and grape flavors.

Can play the flute and violin.

Learning piano thanks to Momo’s lessons

Started smoking cigarettes his second year at UA

Izuku loves Just Dance. He just does

He had long hair in middle school, before someone stuck gum in his hair, rhem he had to cut it.

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☆ Hanta Sero

Obv I hc him to be at least half Hispanic, his mom being Japanese and his dad Hispanic.

He always smells so good, and wears different mixes of colognes and perfumes

Sero loves Spider-Man (fitting eh?) and has a few Spider-Man posters on his walls in his dorm

Stoner, obv

He loves to bake with Sato in the kitchen, he just does okay?

Whenever he’s super tired, he’ll end up speaking in Spanish, cause that’s his first language

Loves to cook, and he and Bakugou often cook together

Plays guitar and saxophone

Took dance lessons as a kid

Drinks a little, but not a lot tbh

Makes the best edibles ANYONE has ever had ever.

Here are the headcannons!! I’ll definitely make more with more characters at some point, but I’m super sleepy, I just got back from celebrating my birthday at a restaurant with my family so I’m kinda tired. I’ll try to get the Bakugou x Ch!Fm!reader out tonight, but idk if I’m going to be able to.

Mentions; @candiiee @cvnt4him @anzs-stuff @d4rlinxs

[shemasterbates]

FROM THE SIDELINES x suffocatingspring

I WANNA PREFACE THIS BY SAYING IM OPEN TO OPINIONS BUT NOT STRAIGHT UP HATE OR NASTINESS!

so i am a LATE fan to the mha fandom, i heard of the anime in like ? 2020 but i actually didn’t start watching anime myself until 2023 LOL. anyways- i think started watching the anime in like june/july of 2024? so i watched the last few episodes of season 7 as they aired. i immediately jumped into the fandom bc i needed MORE so i did what every sane person does and i watched edits, followed fan pages & YES i flew to ao3 bc i am not a stranger to fanfiction lol. the first mha fanfic i read was actually called In Medias Res by whileyouresleeping- (i adore this fic so much! its bkdk as an established relationship but turns into a bkdktd fic and it’s so beautifully written!) so the more i got into the fandom i saw a repeating trend with from the sidelines.. some ppl hated it, others loved it, it was talked about as THE bkdk fanfic so i was like ok i’ll give it a whirl, what the worst that could happen? RIP. so yeah i read ten fic late November (bc i remember reading at the dinner table during thanksgiving lol) and ha. this fic uprooted my fucking life. so here’s what i need to get off my chest before i scream:

1. i’ve been reading fanfiction since i was maybe 11 years old and yes i read sex scenes and YES i read MM or FF sex scenes. bro i promise the ppl who are mad about a FAN WRITTEN piece of literature featuring high schoolers based of FICTIONAL characters need to relax. the fic is tagged as smut so really what the hell else is the author supposed to do to “protect” readers? like bro just don’t read it if you don’t like what’s in the tags ??? the hate the author gets is soooo unnecessary like yeah i get it they are in high school in the fic but um.. real life high schoolers have sex i’m sorry to tell yall

2. SHE (the author) WAS LIKE 16 WHEN SHE WROTE THAT!!?!?!?!? 404k WORDS?!?!? ARE YALL MISSING THAT!?!? I CANT WRAP MY HEAD AROUNF THAT!!!!! its so beautifully written like seriously, for a CHILD to write something so well written that’s mind blowing. she is so underrated as a writer. you can SEE THE SCENES so clearly, i FELT the emotions, that angst tag nearly killed me cause OOOOOOO there was times i had to sit my phone down and walk around because i felt physically ill LMAO (sry i’m dramatic but yes it did happen) so like yeah the hatred the author gets is the worst, bc her work was an actual masterpiece

3. the outfits: …. ok ok were they cringe? yes. did i hate them so much that i wouldn’t recommend the fic because of it? girl no. and if i’m being 100% honest…. when i read the outfits i literally just made up my own shit in my head… idk what most ppl do when they read something like that but the outfit choice was such a minor detail like i just changed it in my head and continues reading with the characters in the outfits i imagined myself ? i read “blue tights and white oversized sweater” for the scene at the party i think? and i remember thinking yeah that’s not bad…. but what if he wore tight dark wash skinny jeans and a cropped sweater with a collar instead? and boom i continued happily reading with that outfit in my head :D same with the …. slip dress .. yeah idk i get the idea she was going for but in my head i just made him wear a mesh top with micro shorts and kept it pushing. the outfits weren’t that big of a deal and i think some ppl might not be capable of making their own reality when reading or maybe the lil images they have in their head are already tied to something negative? but for it to be such a big deal amongst fts haters i really just wanted to tell them they hated it because they can’t read LOL

4. the fucking soundtrack: yo. i haven’t read a fic that had a soundtrack SOOOO PERFECTLY MATCHED oh my gosh i’ve changed as a person bc now when i read a car scene/ dancing scene/ adventure scene/ ANYTHING all i can think is “damn what the music? what’s the vibes? FUCK.” like fts spoileddddd meeee UGHFJFJFJJG. NOT TO MENTION!!!!!! my dad grew up in the 80s so nearly all of those songs i knew previously because i had heard them growing up! ANNDDDDD i had two of the songs (take my breath away and nothings gonna change my love for you) on my FUCKING WEDDING PLAYLIST!!!!!! BEFORE I WAS EVEN A MHA FAN!!!!!!! NOW. HOW AM I GONNA DANCE AT MY WEDDING TO TAKE MY BREATH AWAY WITHOUT SOBBING BC OF BKDK !!!! HELLLPPP!!!!! but no seriously THAT SCENE bruh… nothing at my wedding would be that romantic i’ve accepted it lmaoooo. but yes i made my own fts playlist plus added some other 80s love songs and i listen to it DAILY. since nov 2024 ive been listening to every breath you take and happily fueling my delusions. i hear a whisp of 80s music in the grocery store and start hallucinating. AND I DON’T CARE!!!!! the playlist amplified the whole experience 100 fold and the contrast between katsuki’s character and the music choice just itched my brain TEW GOOD.

5. the height difference: ….. some of y’all TOO strict omggggg like bffr…. of all the things to get your underwear in a wad over ??? bye i can’t take y’all seriously

6. the smut scenes: LISTEN. i used to read larry fanfiction ok and when i say nothing has surprised me since…. so i mean it when i say that from the bottom of my heart that the fts scenes were TASTEFULLY WRITTEN AND JUST PLAIN GOOD?? unrealistic? maybe. but THATS WHAT THE PPL WANT!!!!! WHY WRITE A FIC WITH ACCURATE ANATOMY AND REALISTIC SEX SCENES WHEN YOU CAN WRITE A MASTERPIECE!!!!!!! like the quote: “we can run through the whole pack” AYOOO??!!? I SCREAMMEDDDD!!!!!! a man’s refractory period between sex is quite long (in my own personal experience) so that sentence had my head fuzzy & skin hot … AND IT WAS THE FIRST SCENE!!!! and i loved that the scenes were mostly vanilla (vanilla as in missionary & no heavy bdsm or other dynamics) it was passionate, RAW, and just so tender… and YES even the whole “pretend to make love” uuuUYGGHHHHGDHFHFH ARE YOU KIDDING!!!!! i ate that shit up bc that boy was NOT PRETENFING !!!! DONT YALL GET IT !????! FUCKKKKKKK!!!!! jeez it was all so very perfect, call me the #1 fts glazer IDC IDC IDC

7. I DID NOT READ THE ALTERNATE ENDING!!!!!! I CHOOSE PEACE!!!!! DONT SHARE A THING!!!!!!!!

8. i wish with all my heart, soul and essence that the author would release some fts one shots. i cry. like FUCK!!! i want to know how THIS relationship looks on like…. graduation day! or maybe one day katsuki gets an injury & izuku babies him back to health and katsuki pretends to hate it even tho he secretly loves it. i need a fts one shot of these two fucks buying an apartment together. a one shot of the day izuku moves out of his moms house. LIKE GUYS!!!!!! COULD YOU IMAGINE A FTS ONE SHOT OF BKDK PROPOSING????? PLEASE SOMEONE CRY WITH ME.

9. CAN SOMEONE PLLEASSEEEEEE DRAW MORE FTS FAN ART???? FUCK. IF I GOTTA LEARN TO DRAW AND DO IT MYSELF I WILL DAMN.

oKAY IM DONE

sorry that was long and annoying but you don’t understand i’ve been going fucking insane since i finished this fic and i have no one to talk to about it and all the comments i see online are like totally fucking rude and negative!!!! idc if you call me a meat rider the fic was overall fucking amazing and i really think most of the hate is forced. like even if you thought it was out of character, the writing/story itself was monumentally better than most books i’ve read in my life. i just love from the sidelines so much and ive shed REAL TEARS over this fic i just !!!!! i’m past saving at this point.

BUT! if anyone agrees with anything i said or wants to share their thoughts id love someone to fangirl with!!! lemme know your fav quotes! or your favorite scene! lemme know your fic recommendations! and PLEASE lemme know your post fts coping mechanisms!!! :333

[saltedriceball]

How I imagine the Mystreet characters

Because they’re block-shaped in the show, but my 12 yr old ass imagined them as real people. 🕺

* I mainly kept up with Aphmau when I was 10-12 years old, I fully stopped watching after Mystreet 5 *

* I didn’t watch MCD 🙊 *

*this is mostly PDH (my fav, I was 12)*

Aphmau

It’s just Jess.

Kawaii Chan

Like average height

5’4” ish

Thick thighs save lives

Whole wardrobe is baby pink and white

Idk grown me thinks she was a cam girl (in Mystreet, not Phoenix Drop ✋)

And she made bank too

She’s not very athletic, but she’s just like blessed proportion-wise

Pale, but not as much as portrayed

Idk I always thought she’d actually be Japanese since she uses Japanese terms

Pin straight hair she curls only at the bottom

Like ribbon

Katelyn

Quite tall

5’9”ish

Muscular but in like a

~she’s a runner she’s a track star~

Type of way

She just looks athletic

Flat though

Paler than KC

Her hair is wavy-curly naturally

She kinda lets it just flow or it’s in a ponytail

Zane

Quite chubby

Idk how anyone watched that show and thought

*man who despises the outdoors, hates exercise, and enjoys sweet things*

“Must be tall and skinny”

The fan art I viewed in middle school legit surprised me.

He was definitely super duper skinny in high school

Adolescent metabolism and all

He is definitely like 5’8”

He is very pale

Does indeed burn almost immediately in the sun

Has an emo boy hair cut

Like Anthony from Smosh way back in the day

He also has piercings: lip, ears (multiple), septum, eyebrow)

Also has tattoos

Freckled, especially on his body

He has random scars from injuries growing up

Inflicted by his brothers

Mostly Garroth

Garroth

Muscular

But also quite chubby

Just kinda in the middle

Like 6’

Overall just a big guy

Just looks like he gives good hugs

He also has a beard

Not a big floofy one

But it’s there

He looks very Northern European idk

Has a lot of arm hair, and it’s very blond

So you don’t see it until up close

Also pale

And very freckled

Also wears a watch

And his outfit is the most average outfit for a man

Khaki shorts, a white tee, a plaid button up unbuttoned, a watch, and sneakers

This outfit could be spotted on an elementary schooler’s spring picture day

Or on my literal father 👨🏻

His hair is quite curly

Not in a spiral curl, but more of a wavy-curly way

Laurance

This man is brown imo

Very tall

Like 6’3”

Super skinny

To where he looks even taller than he is

Just built like that ya know

His hair is a pony tail as an adult

But it was in a Superman sort of curly situation in high achool

I get the vibe he likes being outside

Doesn’t work out, but loves a good hotgirlwalk

Aaron

A little more like the common fan art of 2016

Tall, but only like 5’10”

Absolute beefcake of a guy

But also like has some body fat

He is not rock hard, but you can see his muscles

I imagine he has thick thighs

Fat ass too

But that’s just how his body fat distributes, so like yeah he has visible abs

Idk that’s all I’ve got

There was enough consistent fanart in my atmosphere at the time that that’s how I imagine him

Dante

Never thought too hard about him

His hair is definitely curly

More than Garroths

He has especially big eyes

He’s like lean muscular

Just very average white guy

Like 5’11”

Looks young for his age

Michi

Absolute 2014 tumblr girly

Owns something with galaxy print

Very thin

With tig ole bitties

Wears thigh high socks, mini skirts, and tank tops with sweaters

Has the swoopy bangs of the era

Poses in up angle selfies like 🙂

So her head looks like a raindrop in the photo

Edits her ig photos to look more aesthetic

Teony

Tall

Girl next door

Well done, natural make up

Straightened hair

Smiling a lot

Even if it’s fake

Idk her character that well

Never thought too hard about it

But she’s like supermodel pretty

Ein

I only remember high school him

But he was like

Young guy skinny

Like you could see he had arm muscles in a tank top

In an old 5SOS type of way

His head is actually boxy shaped

Like 5’11”

White

Never thought too hard about adult Ein

Lucinda

White

Her hair is dyed with spells

It’s styled well, in a Jessica rabbit hairstyle

It’s curled

Body shaped like a coke bottle

Hourglass for days

She’s just hot

Gene

Hi why was this cast so white washed

White

His hair is not naturally black

It’s like medium brown

It’s also straight but he gets it permed

Wears eyeliner

Lots of bracelets and piercings

Tall guy like 6’1”

Cadenza

She spends a lot of money dying her hair that color

White

Tall like 5’10”

Her dress is floor length

And loose

Could command a room

Guy

Barbie doll

Hi Ken

Built like an upside down isosceles triangle

Muscular

Back muscles for days

Looks like he could do triathlons in Ancient Greece

Like 6’5”

This man is good to look at

Ivy

Michi but pink

Jeffory

The most golden retriever man you could imagine

Like 6’3”

Athletic muscular

Melissa

The most beautiful woman you’ve ever seen

Tall like 5’11”

Long legs

Nicole

Don’t know don’t care

Miscellaneous really

Wasn’t in the show enough

Reese

Nick Bean dyed pink

Vylad

Drake Bell in his Drake and Josh era precisely

No more no less

Except he always has a scarf even if it’s hot out

Sylvanna

Aphmau, tall

Zianna

Button nose

A really petite lady

Her hair is black but with gray sprinkled in

The most smiley lady you ever did see

Mother gothel if you breathed life back into her

Hot

Kai

Forgot about him for a sec

Ok gears turning

Tall

Very calm energy

Redhead

Idk he wasn’t that relevant for me

Jenny

Also in the 2014 tumblr girly category

But a little more Bethany Mota with it

A little less galaxy print

A little more Jennxpenn vibes

Wears hella eyeliner

Her outfit is black cutoff jean shorts, an oversized shirt so you can see her white tank top underneath

Her hair is naturally that light

Wears converse only

[im-not-a-l0ser]

I’ve seen a couple posts of yours pop up on my dash, and (absolutely no hate here) I’m getting the impression that you don’t really like Grace? Now, I am incredibly new to the Hatchetfield community (as in, I watched early Starkid, fell out of it because Darren Criss left, and am just now returning), so I’m not sure what all has happened in all multiverses.

With characters like Grace, maybe I tend to project a little bit of my old high school self onto them, because I used to exude an air of moral superiority since I was vocally and unapologetically Protestant in a classical Catholic school. I find ultra-religious characters interesting to play around with, especially in predominantly queer spaces like Starkid, since I was that ultra-religious kid (who is now vocally and unapologetically queer).

So, I guess what I mean to ask is: What is your opinion of Grace, and why? You seem to know a lot about this universe, so I’m hoping to grasp at the general attitude of this fandom towards women before I jump back in.

Oh, so you're... you're going to make it about gender then.

I actually had a whole thing typed up about why I don't like Grace and people's perception of her, but I suppose I'll just post it separately. Maybe I'll link back to this idk. Good base for a post I was already planning on making.

So here's the thing. I don't hate Grace because she's a woman, I hate Grace because she's a fucking psychotic bigot who people need to stop perceiving as something she's not.

I've gone on a whole rant already specifically about this. But there are spoilers in it, so if you haven't seen NPMD bc you're waiting to get a grasp on the vibe of the fandom, you shouldn't read it. Or you should at least watch NPMD first.

So, just a rundown. I hate Grace because she is hyper-religious and I have religious trauma. I hate that people don't see her religion as a core part of her identity, making her fundamentally for and against some things, but still joke about her being christian.

And, before someone get's at me about how I still like Mark. I really didn't, but Curt Mega posted this, which made him a much more complex character in my eyes. I'm sure he was joking, but Mark being gay and having a double life that causes him guilt in both directions is forever embedded in my head.

And sure, Grace is a complex character, she really is. But parts of the problem are 1, people don't pay much attention to her actual complexities, and 2, she's seriously psychotic. And that's not me being like 'women be crazy,' that's me watching the show and thinking... 'oh my god, she's fucking insane' at the end of act one, and at the end of Virginity Camp.

But Grace is really the only girl character in Hatchetfield that I dislike, especially so passionately. I like Emma and Steph and Becky, although Linda I'm not really a fan of actually. But y'know, another "she's a fundamentally bad person" thing there. I even like Ruth, who I initially didn't (I'm asexual and her whole thing made me really uncomfy watching it). Jeri's a weird case, but mainly because both her and Jerry are fucking stupid. Like... just get married! Just get married, you two have liked each other for over a decade, just get married!

So, if you want my attitude on women, there it is. I like good characters and I dislike bad characters. I dislike characters who are against things that I stand for, like being queer, and... idk, not starting cults.

[libra-cant-just-dance]

Ok I'll talk about the last preview drop since I did it for the others

So I'll say they're all really good looking maps! The quality is definitely there. I'm just not that excited about them because I was hoping for story mode and there's no story mode. And cuz I don't like any of the songs.

So one thing that applies to all the maps: I don't like Ariana Grande. I don't think she sucks or anything, her music just isn't for me. So that's gonna make all the maps a liiiiittle "eh" for me. I think it's kiiiind of a bad idea for them to put so many Ariana songs in one game? Just becaue it kills variety and not everyone likes them? Especially when like a third of the really good looking maps now are all by the same singer. But I'm happy all the Ariana fans are happy!

One Last Time: I'm pretty excited for this one! More lore for side character coaches is fun. I'm really curious which coaches they're gonna show and how much of them. SO happy they're covering the Ari/Grace lore that was revealed in Avery's lore week video! I think the idea of cupid helping them stay together is cute! If they don't end up staying together at the end of the map I'll cry. Also now I'm thinking they could put The Bride and Rasputin in here? Or have Cupid have something to do with them getting back together in another map, if they don't in Payphone. A lot of possibilities here. The move of her shooting an arrow and Grace getting hit with it is so cute.

break up with your boyfriend, i'm bored: I feel like this song should not be a kids game. But. Aside from that. YOOO SLAY. Super cool background, super cool coach. I want to see more of her! JD make her the next bad guy the girl gang has to fight after they finally hit Night Swan with a bus.

we can't be friends: I hate when songs titles are all in lowercase. Sorry that's not relevant. Anyway. LOVE the style of this one!!!! God it's so creative and so cute!! Her costume being like paper cutouts! I! Love it! Also love that she's so fashionable and adorable and her boyfriend is literally just. Some Guy.

One Last Time (Extreme): Again, I don't really like when extremes are the exact same background and coach as the original. Especially when the original gives us story and the extreme is just a watered down version of that so it can focus on the dance. But oh well, that's a me problem. Not much I can say about this map cuz it's not that different from the original. It's pretty. Curious if we'll get more story in this one that wasn't in the original, but I doubt it.

the boy is mine: I'm honestly not totally sure how I feel about this one? Something about the vibe seems a little off? I think it's the choreo or the costume or both. The moves feel kinda weird and something about the costume looks kinda off? I think it's the midsection? Idk how to describe it. Cool background, I'd like it if there was a story here but I think its just guy dancing in Cyberfunk. And he's got a really unique energy/attitude here. I either don't like it or I love it, I can't tell.

[cringelordofchaos]

Tolkien Black headcanons !!!!!!

Tw for multiple mentions of getting shot

Non-binary + romantically attracted to girls (based on Tupperware character description), pronouns - he/they

A bit of a Math+physics nerd + one of the best students in class (Cartman canonically cheats off of them on tests sometimes)

Has a really healthy and wholesome relationship with their parents + they sometimes either intentionally or unintentionally embarrass him in front of his friends but all in good fun (think of Ninjago Jay's relationship with Ed and Edna for reference)

Bit of a complicated relationship with Nichole (canon but i forgot in which episode it was said, but Nichole told Cartman that she and Tolkien are having some issues in their relationship? But it's not any of Cartmans business) (though he loves her and they even canonically have a picture of them together in his room)

Best friends with Craig, Clyde's a close second

Already mentioned it in my Craig headcanons posts but before Craig got with Tweek he would joke about proposing to Tolkien in the future so he could live off of their and their parents wealth lmao

Most serious/realistic??? out of Craig's gang

Has a bit more goofy / derpy side but is mostly embarrassed by it

Voice cracks in the future come to be the death of him

TW TRAUMA + POLICE BRUTALITY - is still quite distraught from being shot in the arm by a cop (in South ParQ Vaccination Special? Or was it on The Pandemic Special?) and is still distraught from that time his parents were arrested for no reason (in TFBW, where they also constantly targeted him and treated him (a ten year old child) like a threat), especially since most their childhood, like all the other kids, they were told that cops are their friends they can trust! But now he knows he can't trust them and avoids them whenever possible

Friendly

Canonically likes basketball (I like to imagine they sometimes play with Kyle!)

Favorite colour is purple (NO WAYYYY WHO WOULD'VE THOUGHTTTTTT /s)

Canonically feels out of place sometimes because of their family being rich

Sometimes takes the role of "the mom friend" (idk why. based on vibes. screw me)

Cringe TikTok user (canon 😞)

Not too much of a nerd like his dad

Since they actually hate that their name is Tolkien (cuz they don't like JRR Tolkien's books) maybe they change it in the future? I don't know what to though (but sometimes likes Token better)

Kind of understandably tired of everyone's shit

Wendy once said "I've dated him before, he's really nice!" or something like that sooo I take it as canon

Hates Cartman and has every single right to do so (he threw a rock at their head, shot them, and is just a racist asshole all the fucking time to them 😭😭)

But wait - what I don't understand is that they said "all that dungeons and dragons shit is lame" but in the stick of truth (haven't played it, only saw like 2 scenes in it) they were fully on board with playing fantasy? Like -

"THANK YOU FOR THY MESSAGE, TRAVELER! I SHALL MAKE HASTE TO KUPA KEEP!" - that sounds pretty nerdy to me Tolkien. Maybe they DO like nerdy shit but are just embarrassed to be associated with it???????? Idk I'm starting to get confused. Tolkien hyper fans / analysts if you're out there please help me

Canonically plays bass and still has his bass guitar in his room as shown in TFBW

Good person that usually puts others before themselves (like when Cartman told him to "be the bigger person" and tricked him into going over to him and getting shot by him)(still stands his ground and doesn't let people walk over him)

On southparkstudios.com it was said they're good friends with kenny and share struggles related to income (opposite sides of the same coin) so maybe they hang out sometimes. that'd be kinda cool.

Cat person I've decided though I don't think he cares too much abt the dogs vs cats debate

Gifted + talented kid but sometimes might be a perfectionist with overtly high expectations for themselves???????? Idfk what I'm on dude

Good memory

Likes to roleplay

Can't tell if he prefers fiction or nonfiction cuz of stick of truth but also because of the whole hating his name thing Eufhfhfuufnceucb

Ermmmm i think that's it for now Byeeeee god im so cringe

[desire-mona]

randomly assigning house md characters internet moments / videos / memories / whatever i remember based off nothing at all (i did i dps version too) (also links for everything i talk about will be provided) (also also this isnt made to make fun of anyone involved in any of this)

house - mr beast and his OLD OLD youtube videos, like circa 2015? i think? he used to make cringe compilations essentially where he just made fun of kids' youtube intros. face and all like nothing was blurred for privacy, and then he'd call them cringe and make drinking bleach jokes. like a LOT. i binge watched those back in like 4th grade i think? maybe 5th? so thats kinda all i associate him with now. he also made videos where he would say a word like a thousand times, sometimes WAY more (like 100k+). or like. count to that number, he did both. anyway rip house you wouldve loved making fun of kids' youtube videos

wilson - does anyone remember the evian baby commercials? i think the whole shtick was like "this water makes you feel young again" I THINK? the one i linked was the one where the reflection on a building makes ppl babies, but theres one where babies are on roller skates or whatever too. this isnt entirely an internet moment as much as it is just a memory, cuz i remember my mom and my aunt DYING laughing at these commercials. idk what it was they were just in tears. theres something so 2007-2015 about dancing babies. wasnt a dancing baby the first internet meme? just googled it and yes it was.

cuddy - onision's shitty spoken word songs PLEASE tell me someone remembers them. onision really shouldve stopped trying to make music after the banana song bc the rest really suck shit. this is NOT based on vibes i gotta get that out there, i was like hmm cuddy has a kid. you know who else has a kid? YOU KNOW WHO LET THEIR KID FALL OUT OF A WINDOW? cuddy would fucking HATE onision. ALSO OH MY GOD PAUSE EVERYTHING ONISION JUST UPLOADED A SONG. I NEED TO MAKE A SEPERATE POST ABOUT THIS RIGHT NOW WHAT THE HELL. anyway dont watch it. i linked strange æon's video on his music just bc i really dont wanna direct u to anything of his directly. did u know i dont like onision?

foreman - the most insane youtube poop ive ever seen in all of my 19 years of living, i sent this to maddie specifically when i made my initial "like for a rando internet moment!" post but i really need to share it with the general public. general warning for youtube poop-ness; flash, loud noises, overwhelming, etc. i am actually begging you to watch this because it tops every other ytp ive ever seen, like actually blows it out of the water. i also has no idea ppl still made ytps after 2014 tbh.... btw this is probably the only ytp that i'll ever recommend LMAO

chase - OH MY GOD KYLERLOVESJESUS. so basically this one eboy influencer type on tiktok back in 2019 Found God and went on rants about how abortion is wrong and gay marriage is bad and blah blah blah. there was this moment on one of his lives where he went "i love gay people, i would be best friends with a gay person. do i support it? no." which was the FUNNIEST shit back in the day. i would quote it on the daily. btw the editing of the video i linked is VERY of the time so beware LMAO

cameron - cutie the kitten (sans' wife and gf) + the killing videos sans fan girls would make. i actually cant link anything bc the channel doesnt exist anymore but! basically back in 2016ish there was this one girl who had such a crush on sans and she had a whole ocxcanon situation with sans and her pink cat oc Cutie. a lot of ppl hated her + the ppl who had ocs shipped with sans but looking back its truly not a big deal. what is a big deal is that she (? maybe?) and other sans fangirls would make animated slideshow videos of their ocs using powers or whatever to kill other sans fangirls. like brutally. it was a wild time i wish cutie's channel was still up so i could prove thats a real thing, but ask an undertale fan from back then and odds are theyll know. heres a sans fangirl cringe compilation so you kinda know what im talking about, but fair warning it is a cringe compilation so. it wont be nice.

thirteen - TW INCEST!! this one hamilton animatic i saw back in forever ago to the song 'helpless'. usually animatics to that song use eliza and hamilton (im not a hamilton fan this is very surface lvl knowledge btw) but the one i saw was eliza and ANGELICA. like as in HER SISTER. big surprise someone in a big fandom ships incest wow I KNOW its tame compared to other shit, but it was i think my first exposure to anything like that circa 2017ish, so it kinda stuck in the brain. also the video i linked isnt the og its a phil collins mashup, the og got taken down. hamilton always makes an appearance in my house posts doesnt it, be lucky i didnt give kutner this one bc ppl were turn up abt hamilton fan kutner.

taub - WHAT DO YALL KNOW ABOUT MIKE AND MELISSA ⁉️⁉️ basically mike and melissa is this animated passion project this guy made to show himself (or his persona? or maybe just some guy) falling in love with his fursona that comes to life. this was the only episode this guy uploaded and i think he kinda disappeared after. the plot is kinda hard to follow and its not TERRIBLY animated but its certainly not professional looking. there's a video about what happened to him uploaded like 5 months ago, but i havent watched it. when i first heard of mike n melissa i fully thought it was a mid 2000s family sitcom but it definitely Is Not That.

kutner - undertale sans au christmas party comic dub. i probably dont need to give an explanation as to what sans aus are but idk how many ex or current undertale fans follow me so i'll do it anyway. making au's for undertale was a pretty common practice back in its early days, and usually the most popular character in any undertale variation is sans. who sans is shipped with was always up in the air, so much like the onceler, ppl ended up shipping sans with other au versions of himself. this christmas party comic is in my mind the undertale fandom equivalent of camp weehawken. i think there was also a sans au comic where all the sans' except for like 2 were toddlers at daycare? i dont remember who the adult sans' were but also i think the creator got into hot water? dont remember why.

[againaweasel]

Great now do Tonks this time, all the numbers

absolutely i can. Three anons have asked this so thank you to all three of you for letting me yap about Tonks <3 

what i most like about them 

ugh so much. The angst is hidden in the comic relief!!! 

She comes in incredibly witty and confident and so when she’s sad, it’s like she’s really sad because she puts on this persona of inquisitive and upbeat so often - and she’s fun to write at her breaking point because of it. Her guilt complex is delicious to write. 

There’s also the fact she seems to embody a lot of the traits that Helga Hufflepuff herself respected.

what i hate about them 

ooooh this is a tough one for Tonks – maybe her stubbornness, but i also love that messy aspect of her. She’s the definition of ‘you can’t tell this kid anything’ to me, she makes her mind up and she’s doing it, you can’t change it. And like in canon that doesn’t come back to bite her but I dooo love and hate it when it does in fic.  I think she’s self-righteous, and her desire to do what’s right leads to her judging those that aren’t (even when her own work is a problem, like with the aurors) 

fav fic w them in it 

I can’t pick just one so, here are some highlights I've been thinking about recently: 

The Girl Under The Mulberry Branch by Aegle (22k) If I ever stop talking about this fic, you'll know I've been replaced with an imposter

My Girl by SweetDeamon (3k+) (It’s Mad-Eye’s POV for a Tonks character study. VVV nice)

 I Attempt from Love Sickness to Fly By Scandalcious Intentions (2k+) (Tonks in this SLAPS, sorry I meant SNAPS)

There is SO MUCH MORE under the cut because I just kept yapping 

my fancast of that character 

I actually don’t really have one for Tonks. I’ve never seen someone and gone hmm yes that’s what Tonks looks like. [An irl friend and I were talking about what the casting could have looked like if things (J.k) were different and the show worth watching and he suggested Florence Pugh for Tonks and I didn’t hate it]

a headcanon i have

Tonks is dyslexic in my head, always has been and I don’t know where it’s come from.  Beyond it occasionally cropping up in things I write, I don’t think I’ve seen it anywhere else. 

BUT ALSO Tonks is so clumsy because the bit of their brain that keeps track of where her limbs are (Proprioception if you’re fancy) can’t do its job properly because her limbs are never in the same place. She shifts and changes all the time and her brain can’t keep up as quickly. CEO of limbs she doesn’t know what to do with. 

my unpopular opinion on them

IDK, maybe that theres bits of Tonks’ character that are worth exploring at all. That seems to be a sticking point for popular opinion. For a fandom that prides itself on building from little canon text, Tonks appears to be where a lot of marauders fan’s imaginations go to die. Which is sad because Tonks could be so great. 

my fav ship with them

remadoraaaa. I love them being weird little shapeshifters together. 

i'll make them a moodboard / i'll make them a playlist 

Here have a playlist because I am not skilled with a mood board: 

would i date them? 

GIVE ME ONE CHANCE 

What i think of that character's friends 

OOOOOOH. I think they don’t have many solid friends. They have friends but not ride-or-die best friends. Definitely not a marauders level found family situation,  and it became harder after joining the Order and trying to basically juggle a double life as a spy in the ministry. AND THEN even harder when they marry Remus and become essentially a social outcast because they married a werewolf. 

how i think their childhood was like

 I think they grew up watching Ted and Andromeda be scared all the time. Lots of hiding, being overly cautious. But also feeling othered because of their shape shifting. Puberty is rough all the time but puberty when you can look like anything and have people telling you what you should and shouldn’t do with your body to please them??? fuuuuuck that. 

Aus 

I don’t see enough Tonks AUs, like ever. Aus were they live are great but I want some solid muggle aus 

 gender/sexuality headcanons 

I love non binary or gender queer or gender fluid or straight up trans masc Tonks so much. but sexuality wise queeeeer. Doesn’t label it further than that. 

could i be roomates with this character? 

The house would always be an absolute mess but I think we’d manage. 

Free yap space

I feel like I yap about Tonks too much to really utilise this space properly 

[canonically47]

thoughts on every ridonculous race duo including don at the beginning because i just finished watching it for the first time. continued in reblogs

don is such a fun host! he doesn't want anyone to get hurt, and doesn't push anything 'for the ratings'. and even so, he manages to have a lot of funny, witty moments. of course, chris is still my favorite host, but don definitely cuts it close!... especially because, let's be real, we all forgot anyone else in the universe. (don't come for me blaineley fans she's fine I SAID DON'T COME FOR ME STAY BACK PLEASE I HAVE A FAMILY)

the LARPers. definitely some... interesting characters. they're the prime example of total drama's flat and boring personalities, most of which were distributed in pahkitew island. i'm kinda mad that, of all those horribly mid and boring characters, we got the most mid and boring one back. hell i'd have preferred dave there, he'd had given us some substance to the story. i don't even remember the girl's name and i don't wanna google it. forgettable, but definitely annoying for as long as they were on screen.

the tennis rivals. good, but overhyped i think. at least, i've seen a lot of people talk about them and ship them, especially since their cameo in the reboot. i for sure thought they'd last longer because of that. i really liked their banter but they don't come close to my favorites. i will not be calling any of their agents. sorry :(

the geniuses. yeah they definitely existed! i mean their characters were fine and i really don't have anything against them, plus their concept is kinda fun. but i absolutely despise courtney's character and hearing her voice come out of another contestant's mouth made me hate her immediately. I STILL KINDA LIKE HER... like, her character design is fun... i just don't care for them that much

the vegans. they look sooo pretty and.. that is the sole reason i put them down as 'i vibe with'. i really don't care for them. i don't even know their names lmfao

the fashion bloggers. sooo fun whenever they were on-screen. unfortunately this show is so predictable and i can tell when a character's arc comes to an end and they're going home. i don't wish they stayed longer tbh? i like them but i think they've had their time. the wlw/mlm solidarity ever next to the ice dancers but we're getting to them. anyways, solid duo!

mom and daughter. ugh. fuck you

the adversity twins. i don't want to sound like a copypasta so i'll keep it short but GODDD THEY WERE SOOO ANNOYING. does NOBODY else feel this way?? i swear before i watched RR i only saw good things about them. HOW? LITERALLY HOW??? they are so fucking annoying and all they do when they're on screen is whine. "ooh mickey is allergic to breathing :((" "actually jay has a water allergy :((" AND THEN THEY HAVE THIS OP SUPERPOWER WHAT THE FUCK IS TEMPERATURE DYSLEXIA THAT DOESN'T EVEN EXIST ahem. excuse me. getting too worked up over thE WORST DUO. SHUT THE FUCK UP let's move on sorry i'll control myself

the step-brothers. idk about you guys but they are really close to being my favorite duo. just... their entire gimmick is so good. the build-up to finding out they're so similar... ough the bros ever. i was so sad when they got eliminated :( they were so funny AND fun. lorenzo is higher than chet because i like his character design more. tbh they're kinda the same person to me? but this is a mistake i made before watching RR, thinking every duo is the same person. which they're not, i quickly learned. at least not most of them. but yeah these two were very fun, they bounced off each other very well. i really liked them. they should've gone further methinks.

[tklpilled]

I have come to request you share your YTTD headcanons (pwetty please 🥺🙏🏻)

so sorry to the fans of the characters i didn't add

SARA:

omg!! sara!!!!

she's such a cutie

she's really ticklish especially her back?? idk she just gives those vibes

also palms

she cannot stretch around anyone anymore bc she's so used to joe and/or ryoko poking her whenever she does

really squirmy. has punched them both on accident

and also on purpose

she snorts a bunch when she laughs trust me

the fronts of her knees/kneecaps aren't ticklish

if you squeeze at them or something she has no reaction

BUT behind her knees gets her giggling so bad

actually so ticklish pls free her

she doesn't ler Super often

ryoko is more of a ler and joe is a pretty even switch

so she doesn't get the chance too much. but it does happen

she goes after ryoko because she needs payback

and she goes after joe because......he deserves it

she likes to keep her nails kinda short for convenience so she doesn't have that advantage

but she is strong. no one escapes her

JOE:

loml he's so.

another one who's super ticklish all over

he has an unused blushing sprite

nankidai why would you deprive me like this

if you threaten to tickle him he pulls out the whole "hey now i'm just a little guy...you wouldn't do anything to a poor little fella......"

it never works

ribs. ticklish ribs.

and tummy. and sides. and thighs and neck and ears and head shoulders knees and toes

he thinks his laugh is embarrassing

if you call it cute or anything he'll probably tell you to stfu

can't decide if he provokes people into tickling him or if he's just....like that

as a ler he's actually kinda shy? but not in the way you think

idk i just think he gets embarrassed about affection

especially physical affection

it's not as obvious when he's the lee because usually people aren't tickling him for too long

and even when they are he's always a bit

.......preoccupied.

but anyway. he doesn't tickle people as often as he could bc of it

SHIN:

i hate this man.

he wears that scarf and beanie all the time mainly because he's always freezing

you could throw him in a pit of fire and he'll be all "it's kinda cold :( can we turn the heat up :(" with that stupid goddamn wet cat look

but besides that, his neck and ears are super super ticklish

honestly they weren't even that bad before

but now that they're always covered up they just got more sensitive idk

mainly ticklish on his upper body, you won't get much reaction from his legs and stuff

he doesn't have much experience with tickling on either end

but i'd say he's more of a lee

bc i just want to see him getting what he deserves

doesn't really know how to tickle people because he has no friends just isn't a super affectionate guy?

he knows how to In Theory

but in practice. um.

go girl give us nothing!!!

his real true laugh is really cute but no one has ever heard it

even on the rare occasion he does get tickled, he always hides it behind his scarf or hands or something

that is between him and god (me)

KEIJI:

not ticklish

at least, that's what he wants you to think

he's not exactly wrong though. he's one of those people who can just stop being ticklish

so if you try to tickle him you will get nothing.

HOWEVER

it's super hard to catch him off guard

but on the off-chance that you do sneak up on him, you'll get to hear his surprised and confused giggles for a moment before he shoves you away

his sides, knees, hips, and neck are the only spots that are really ticklish though

other places can get some sort of reaction but nothing noteworthy

he likes threatening to tickle people but never actually going through with it

it's just a cover for the fact that he, too, knows nothing of how to tickle someone

REKO:

soooo not ticklish

the most un-ticklish person ever

(lying)

she's not like. incredibly ticklish? but she's still embarrassed about it

mostly because her laugh is really cute and bubbly and very un-reko-esque

tummy.

other spots too, but like. tummy.

doesn't usually like being tickled but she'll allow it from certain people

namely nao, sara, and kanna

alice too, sometimes.

maybe.

it's complicated.

fairly skilled at tickling but again doesn't use it unless it's someone she's really close to

she's not good at teasing though. she's really awkward about it.

so usually she just stays silent

RANMARU:

once again. tummy.

he's somewhat easily flustered when it comes to affection, so he gets pretty red when you tickle him

he tries to stay quiet at first but he inevitably fails and ends up uncontrollably giggling and it's really cute

100% hiccups when he laughs

gets uncharacteristically whiny when you tickle him

"stopppp you're killing meeee i hate thisssss"

but he doesn't mean a single word

doesn't squirm much, his main defense mechanism is just curling up

which, if they're going after his tummy, doesn't actually do much to help him

yet another member of the ever-growing "doesn't know how to tickle" club

he tries but he's really awkward about it so he just generally avoids it

[carphoegras]

I don’t ship most of these myself , but your rant/ramble posts on Les Mis ships are funny so I genuinely wanted your opinion on these 👁

1. Enjoltaire

2. Valvert

3. Enjonine

4. Marisette (or whatever Marius x Cosette was called)

5. Javonine (Javert and…Eponine 😭)

6. Marionine (A name a just guessed for Marius x Eponine because I wasn’t bothered to look it up)

7. and uhhh.. Granjonine (I think that was the name)

well hello darling! i live to entertain lol lets get into it i might have to put this under a cut because i think its obvious i have a rambling issue

Enjoltaire : a classic for good reason. they seemed really base level to me at first because i watched the movie first, but once i read the brick and really saw their dynamic i fell for them HARD. for me the beauty of this pairing is really rooted in the substance of their individual characters as opposed to like a romantic relationship. idk its so difficult for me to verbalize why i love them so much i think i just love the idea of finding common ground despite difficulties. enjolras and grantaire mirror each other in such a beautiful way that i feel the musical/movie couldn't really capture without demoting it to a puppy love grantaire/mean enjolras dynamic idk i have such an issue with some portrayals of them because i feel like they create a victim/abuser situation where there wasn't one but that's like a whole post within itself anyway i feel like im getting incoherent i love exr with every fiber of my fucking being just read the brick if you don't get it ok the movie and musical just dont do it justice and for the love of god avoid the fics written in 2012/2013 after the movie hype its all wRONGGGG (i love you george blagden but you created a twink grantaire movement) (they pull each others pigtails okay its a mutual obsession) (enjolras why don't you just ignore him baby? glutton for punishment my dear we all know if you hated him you wouldn't let him hang around) (anyway) i should make a seperate post about my exr feelings bc i could talk ab them for hours

2. Valvert: okay this is where i feel like i can be unpopular with the fandom. i fucking hate this ship. like physically, spiritually, all that. its one of those that i kinda lose respect for the person bc its literally a cop/prisoner thing. its not enemies to lovers. its not a hate love thing. javert's a fucking cop. valjean is his victim. the whole idea of people romanticizing this makes me feel so insanely icky and i think the point of the story has just gone RIGHT over some folks' heads please take a step back and think about it. neolib behavior sorry not sorry

3. Enjonine: enjolras is gay. just like, straight up in the brick enjolras is a gay man. this ship is spawned from straight girls who saw aaron tveit and use eponine as their not like other girls posterchild. just a whole bunch of hetero nonsense. same behavior as the joseph quinn enj x reader bs. honey thats a homosexual man and can we please stop reducing eponine to needing a boyfriend she needs a stable home and a goddamn therapist fucking hell

4. Marisette: okay. i LOVE THEM. i'm a cosette stan myself, and i'm a huge fan of a gooey love at first sight situation. they contrast my love for exr in the sense that they're a very easy love. their parts in the book literally make me SWOOOOOON i can put aside my beef with marius as a combeferre kin to appreciate how sweet they are

5. Javonine??: im sorry wh aht. did the snape x hermione shippers leak into the lm fandom or am i being fucking punked im not discussing this its obvious why this is wrong please tell me its obvious y'all are NASTY

6. Marionine: eh. eh. i mean, like i said with enjonine eponine's problems are not gonna be solved with a dude. i'm really not opposed to them, persay, its just that eponine's love for marius is so incredibly dependent and rooted more in her personal trauma than actual love, so i feel a little weird with them sometimes. sometimes it just gives anti cosette vibes (cough cough bc of the bullshit love triangle angle that the musical markets cough cough) so i tread very carefully with them

7. Granjonine: again what in the damn hell. i'm not dignifying this shit they could be besties but for the love of god george blagden did a number on the straight girls. STOP PROJECTING ONTO EPONINE IM GONNA LOSE MY FUCKING MIND LEAVE HER ALONE

thanks for the ask lovely, i do love rambling even though these ships are baffling lmaoooo

[psychewritesbs]

Sorry if this has been asked before. Been reading Hana and Angel threads and while the hate is disheartening, I can't help but agree the execution of Hana is really disappointing. That said, Megumi has had so many interactions in the Culling Games but somehow none of them really stuck. At the very least with Yuji, his relationships are well crafted and given more emotional weight but with Megumi? Why is it that the author seem to deny giving him a good and well established connection outside of his friendship with Yuji? Is he purposely being limited to just the MC's friend? I would have thought that as deuteragonist he'd at least be explored more outside of the constraints of his ties with Yuji.

The Hana situation in particular. Thank goodness that she's still alive, but the real question is, will her supposed 'connection' with Megumi play a role in his character development? Or is she just relegated to be a future plot device?

Like, I just don't get some of Gege's decisions. Why bring up the whole 'getting saved by Megumi as a kid' when he could have just went with she's a vessel for Angel and that's it? Why make a connection if he wouldn't bother expanding it (in case all that is in store for Hana is simply to be used as plot device later)? Idk, it feels demeaning to Megumi's character. Like the half-assed relationships around him is a mirror to his character or something.

I salute your passionate love for Megumi, anon 🫡.

But, to your point. I get it about the execution. I just don't think too much about it. I'm over here vibing with Gege, anon 🌊, I acknowledge but ultimately don't focus on the flaws in jjk. I like it enough to be selective about where I focus my critical thinking regarding jjk.

But I do think Gege is very guilty of steamrolling through things and characters and that's why a lot of people can't stomach jjk.

I also must admit I have zero objectivity about Megumi so I see the situation differently than you. I kind of wonder if rather than limiting his character as a friend to the MC, Gege is just writing Megumi as a quiet young man who has few friends with whom he connects deeply with. You know... like the total introvert that he is.

To me, Megumi having few relationships also speaks volumes about how Megumi holds Yuji and Tsumiki in very high regard. It could be hc, but there's something very "attachment" issues about Megumi.

I taco'more about it under the cut.

Regarding your question about Hana as a plot device...

As much as I hate to say it, I think given the treatment Tsumiki got, Hana turning into a plot device is very likely, most especially because her symbolism represents light in the sense that she brings illumination and reason (Angel).

Basically we're reading Megumi Kaisen and Gege just wants to give Megumi development no matter who gets dragged into his drama.

Ok but in all seriousness. While I maintain that having a crush on Megumi does not cheapen her character (even though I acknowledge I'm not a fan of the "girl pines for unavailable boy" trope), I can see why others don't like her back story.

The only thing I can think of is that either we don't have all of the information we need about them yet, or Gege is sort of using the backstory to show something regarding "fate/destiny" but was admittedly sloppy about it.

The thing with "fate" as a trope is that it's hard to execute. If you've read Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle/xxxHolic you've seen it. How do you make it look like fate is happening without it feeling like plot armor?

Look at it this way: what are the odds that Hana would run into Megumi ever again? Under these particular circumstances no less. She's literally host to what sounds like a major sorcerer from the past who has the power to exorcise Sukuna.

It's "fate" plot armor in action if you consider there are millions of people in Tokyo and that the Culling Game wouldn't even be happening if it weren't because Toji didn't kill Geto.

The fact that she calls him "destined" one is a bit too much, yes. And you know what? Between you and I, one of the reasons I've hated how people hate on Hana is because I can relate to her infantile and undeveloped perception of love, which is why I like the hc of a Hana that learns to see the real Megumi--the natural progression of that perception.

But back to the fate conversation, you also want to keep in mind that Megumi is literally a "blessed" child and the son of an unlucky af man who happened to break destiny. He is also the one descendant of the clan that inherited Ten Shadows.

So you have tons of "fate/destiny" type elements around Megumi's character and Hana is one of them.

Regarding his relational dynamics feeling unfulfilling to you. I mean, yeah I gotcha. If you care to come over to the dark side, the way I see it, again, he's very selective of the people he gives his heart to.

You give meaning to things according to how you see the world, so even if Gege is not going deep with the writing, come on, come to the dark side. I must admit I personally don't see how the relational dynamics being half assed says anything negative about Megumi's character. I do love the idea that these dynamics he has with others say something about him though...

Like his dynamic with Sukuna speaks to his own untapped creative potential.

Or how his dynamic with Gojo was part of what made him doubt himself since he already assumed he could never surpass him.

Or how his dynamic with Inumaki shows he's very intuitive.

Or how Hana is a mirror of Megumi's naïveté when it comes to putting certain people on a pedestal because he cares for them intensely. Idk anon, I kinda like this hc about Megumi because Hana metaphorically represents the light/mirror he needs to become aware of this pattern in himself.

In conclusion, I just want to say that I do think this would be one of those situations where, for the sake of enjoying jjk, one just files one's grievances under "don't think about it too much and focus on jjk's strengths and what you do love about it."

Hope these mindset reframes help if you care to consider them, and thanks for stopping by.

[renxmaiden]

Just a small thought about Jeanne and sequels spoilers (Also mentions of Code Geass spoilers too, incase someone is also watching that...)

Idk, while most of the time I think the real reason Jeanne gets killed off was all to serve as a plot device to move the story forward which imo, infuriates me greatly, sometimes I also think the reason why she got killed off was maybe because the reception for RenMei is awfully negative and that Jeanne wasn’t well liked by the fandom. Ever since they became canon, it’s been the most widely hated couple by the fandom for nearly a decade and barely got any positivity... 

In a way, Jeanne’s death kind of reminds me of Shirley’s death from Code Geass. I remember seeing a lot of antis that hated on Shirley and then the writers killed her off later in the show because she wasn’t well liked by the fandom(?) Like I do know she also serves as a plot device but idk, maybe it’s just me but I feel like that was sorta the vibe I get, killing off characters because they aren’t well liked by the fandom. It’s the same treatment Jeanne gets from the SK fandom as well, not being well liked either 

I also remember seeing somewhere that the writers revealed the reason why they killed her off was to torture Lelouch(???) Idk how true that is but if that’s somewhat the case then I kinda also feel like it could be said the same with Takei with Ren cuz every now and then I feel like Takei hates Ren... 

And I have this crazy theory that maybe Takei hates Ren because Takei NEVER planned on making Ren from the beginning but one of his supervisors suggested the idea to make a rival character to make the story spicier and Takei went along with it but keeping low expectations about the character because he never had him in his mind from the beginning but unexpectedly, Ren turned out to be one of the most successful characters and Takei didn’t expected him to become a HUGE popular fan favorite character and maybe because of that with Ren stealing the entire show, Takei hated Ren. And probably went “mmmh yeah I fucking hate this dude. Let’s just get him a nice girl that is highly compatible with him, make him have his happiest moments with the person he loves and his own family he has with her and then torture him by killing off Jeanne! *jazz hands* Also let’s make his son have poo-poo hair because I hate his dad!” 

But yeah, these are just my thoughts. I’m just feeling salty all over again when I think about Jeanne’s death and yeah. T__T Jeanne and Ren deserved so much better.... And they still do.

Anywaaaaaays, back to AU land where I belong where RenMei GETS better treatment from me ✌✌✌

[cmigarette]

Idk as a fan I hated it because it took almost everything that was pre established and through it out the window. I also hated it as someone who casually watches movies sometimes.

William afton being this killer who was on a quest of immortality and who was devastated when his son got his frontal lobe bitten? Now he just stabs his daughter. The animarronics being children who just want to kill what is clearly their murderer, but because they're children they assume the night gaurd is William afton and so they attempt to kill you? Nah, now they are controlled by him until they have a random child draw a scary face on a rabbit drawing like CMON. why does Mary sue child be the only kid with an ounce of smarts.

The fact that it so closely resembles the story of the afton children but for some reason just ??? Doesn't follow those characters ???? Like why rehash that plot line with new characters because their personalities are just so so one note.

Like please I'd love to hear what anyone thinks Mike smitts personality is, besides stressed dad. Vanessa has the same off putting vibes because who would've thought just using the characters as we know them works. The only problem is she's only really used for lore dumping. The girl is so unbearable, simply because they keep saying how weird she is when she's just like every child ever.

SO. MUCH. REPEATING. like I didn't need Mike to explain why he's having these dreams like. Three times (?) In the movie. I didn't need to see it so many times.

THE FORT SCENE OH MY GOD. you can humanize the animatronics without ruining the tension the movie had. Whyd it go on for so long??? Like I get it, I also want the animatronics to be happy. But it took me out of the film so much. The film hardly was a horror to begin with unless you count the horrors of a custody battle. This just ruined it and made me want to just leave at that point.

All the horror was either off screen or just, really dulled down. Like I understand, the game just has them jump at you. So I walked in expecting zero gore. But purple guy just kinda winces and cringes at having his ORGANS IMPALED????? WITH JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BLEEDING?????? THE MAJORITY OF INJURIES BEING DREAM SEQUENCE CHILDREN RUNNING AROUND?????? THEN TURNING AROUND AND BEING LIKE lol dream theory sucks LIKE CMON.

Idk over all it felt as "for the fans" as their merch is. It is stupid fun if you really just turn your brain off and ignore that it's a movie.

The whole idea of "film critics don't get it because they don't get the history or the vibes." Is such a horrible take. The movie should be able to hold up as a stand alone film, ESPECIALLY since its a different timeline.

Idk just watch the FNAF VHS tapes for a better take on the franchise.

I keep seeing critics talking about the fnaf movie being poor but it literally isn't for them. I saw someone else saying the movie's a love letter to the fandom and i WHOLEHARTEDLY agree.

This is how i took it: We, the fans, are Anton Ego, the critic from Ratatouille; the ratatouille was special to us because it was our childhood. I hate ratatouille (the food), but to Anton Ego it was everything. Critics don't like the fnaf movie because they only have the movie as context, but to fans, the fnaf movie is everything and we love it even though it's a little cringey. In fact we love it BECAUSE it's cringey in some cases.

Like no new viewers would get the chica's magic rainbow part, or the MatPat reference, or the whole ongoing bit about Dream Theory sucking, or understand how hype the whole ending part was.

I was lucky to be in a cinema full of fnaf fans, and we were cheering and laughing, and screaming at the references. People got up when the movie ended and SAT BACK DOWN when the living tombstone came on. We shouted the letters of the code, and screamed when Matpat said his line. People clapped and cheered at the end, and people were crying at the parts where they were treating the animatronics with love and affection.

No critics would understand how much fans want to interact with the animatronics in a positive way, or understand how much importance the five seconds of its me on the mirror means in implications of the lore. They wouldn't understand because they haven't been waiting a good part of a decade to see this movie. They came, they saw, and that's it, it was a second of their life, but to us it was everything. This is our ratatouille, made to impress us, not the other people in the restaurant. This was our movie, a love letter to the fandom, not the critics.

I like the changes to the story, because it puts us back at square one. We're fumbling to rearrange lore and timelines. We have to rearrange names, and start with a blank slate, and it feels like a homecoming where to critics, it might feel a little messy.

We've been given a chance to start the journey all over again and i fucking love it so much. Because i'm an adult, and all of a sudden, i'm twelve years old again and we're trying to figure out if phone guy is chica, and struggling our way through whatever the fuck was happening in fnaf 3 to get the good ending. The critics don't get this.

They don't understand how hype the midnight motorists reference is, nor did they care about the references on the chalkboard. Or the code at the end, or the song choices, or the lore implications. They don't understand the sudden lore drop of william afton, or the way he's acting, but we do. They don't understand the vengeful spirit, but we do. Nothing is explained to the audience, because we don't need it to be explained.

This is our ratatouille, and we love the rats in the kitchen.

[pepperpottes]

so is there any Pepper/Rhodey fic out there that's actually Pepper/Rhodey centric??

i searched the tag on AO3 earlier, skimmed through about 10 or so pages and everything was just background Pepper/Rhodey for something that was Tony/someone else, or they were one of like 75 other pairings in giant megafics

which is fine!! i'm just curious to see how other writers have explored their dynamic for... reasons

(reasons under the cut so i don't clog the dash with my dumb thoughts)

so i've been having a lot of THOUGHTS and i literally spent the entire day at work thinking about this concept lol

it all started a couple weeks ago when i was rewatching Gilmore Girls and got to AYITL, when Milo Ventimiglia shows up and is in full Jack Pearson mode because he was filming This Is Us at the same time.

(I've also been watching Tracker with Justin Hartley so i have This Is Us on the mind a lot lately, and btw if you haven't seen Tracker it's fucking fantastic)

ANYWAY the way this relates to Pepper/Rhodey is, during all of my This Is Us thoughts, i started thinking about Rebecca and Miguel. now, i know that everyone, fans and show characters alike, absolutely hated Miguel for "moving in on his best friend's girl" after Jack died but to be honest, i was never a Miguel hater. i always loved his character, i loved him and Rebecca together (even more so after the show explained how they came to be), and i thought it was beautiful how they found solace and comfort in each other even though both of them knew that Jack could never be replaced.

so, you see where this is going...

as much as i like to live in denial and refuse to acknowledge Tony's death in Endgame, i did start wondering how, in the horrific reality that is the canon universe, Pepper and all of the other iron fam members have coped with him being gone. something i'm sure a lot of other fics have explored in some fashion, but i haven't read a lot of them yet since i'm just now getting back into fic/fandom (and full transparency that i haven't watched a single second of MCU content since Far From Home, so i have no clue what Rhodey has been up to even though he's been in a few projects since Endgame)

y'all think Rhodey and Pepper might have ended up like Rebecca and Miguel? idk, i can see it.

i'm not sure i see them getting married, but i can definitely imagine them becoming closer than just friends as the years pass and finding that same kind of comfort in one another, maybe even falling in love. Pepper doesn't believe she'll ever find love again, definitely not the kind of love she felt for Tony, but the more she's around Rhodey, the more he helps her raise Morgan, the more they confide in one another... she realizes that she can love someone else, it's just different.

(i also have this headcanon that way back in the day, pre-Iron Man, Rhodey asked her out on a date once, they went and it was totally weird and Tony was a jealous bitch about it. they both acknowledge that they don't have any romantic feelings for each other at that time but i can see that changing after all they've been through)

anyway, idk, i'm sure a lot of people in the fandom might hate this idea for the same reason This Is Us fans hated Miguel, but i personally don't see either situation as a betrayal. i see it as broken and flawed people trying to do the best they can to move through their grief and rebuild some part of the life that they lost. i think it's very complicated, and quite frankly, what fic writer doesn't like complicated?

whatever, i wanna write it.

i might, we'll see. (or it'll end up in the draft graveyard like everything else)

editing to add: I’ve also been reading some pepper/rhodey/tony fics, which I’ve been enjoying very much, but even still they seem to be very tony-focused. As in very focused on tony/pepper and Tony/rhodey but the pepper/rhodey bits aren’t as prominent or almost seem like an afterthought? Maybe I just need to read some more of them to find the real pepper/rhodey vibes