#if a crossover is presented to me then i will be like ‘cool nice’

[susiekern]

16. the one with the boys

a/n: after two important chapters, I present to you: this fucking thing

warnings: swearing

word count: 1.096

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“Are they mad about it?”

“Nah, Toge almost cried about me getting a girl faster than him, but Yuta and Cho are actually pretty chill about it. They know it’s serious and all.”

“Shit, it’s so weird when you say it’s serious.”

Megumi’s eyes move towards you, giving you the meanest side eye in history. You’re on your way to one of the bars, so you can meet the rest of the Fallen, or more like just Megumi’s friends. It’s been a few days since you officially started dating, the right way this time, and it was his idea, believe it or not. The three of them are the closest people in his life, besides you and Yuji, and he wanted you all to meet and get along. You know Yuta, obviously, but you’ve only heard stories about Toge and Choso.

“I’m kind of nervous. What if they don’t like me?” Saying that, you furrow your brows. Megumi sighs and squeezes your hand tighter in his own.

“I couldn’t care less. Besides, Yuta already likes you, Choso is as chill as it gets, and Toge’s been following you on Twitch for the past few months. But don’t tell him you know that; he wanted to act all cool around you or something.” He says with a smirk. “And I’m not with you to show you off, they could hate you, and I wouldn’t give a fuck.”

Your smile is back on as you get on your toes to peck his lips. Before you pull back, one of his hands is on your neck, keeping you close and deepening the kiss.

“We’ll be late, Megs.” You laugh quietly, but that doesn’t keep the black-haired man away from you.

“They’re constantly late for rehearsals, I don’t care.” He murmurs, relishing your taste for a few more seconds. When he finally lets you go, your cheeks are blushed, and you have that glint in your eyes he loves so much. “If you hate them, you can just talk to Yuji or tell me, we’ll go home and watch that weird show of yours.”

“Don’t tempt me.”

He opens the door for you, following close by as you enter the bar. It’s the middle of the week, so it’s relatively empty, which makes it much easier to find a booth occupied by the boys. The sight of Yuji’s pink strands soothes your nerves a little. He’s talking with Yuta and a black-haired man with a dark streak running through his nose bridge who must be Choso. There’s also Toge, you assumed, his white hair making him stand out from the group. He’s also the only one who’s not dressed in dark colors, with the pink t-shirt (that’s weirdly almost the same color as Yuji’s hair) and light jeans on. His focus is on his phone, tapping fast on it, until he notices you two coming their way.

“Gumi! Finally, I can’t deal with another minute of their boring shit.” Toge puts his phone down on the table and gets up to greet Megumi with a typical manly handshake and back pats. His brown eyes then land on you, and he smiles. “And you must be y/n?”

“Be nice, Toge. She doesn’t know how weird you are yet.” A much taller figure appears behind him, the man you recognized as Choso, based on Megumi’s stories.

“You don’t need to spoil it for her then, gosh. Give a man a chance.” Toge sighs and moves a little, so Megumi and Choso can greet each other. “The tall emo is Choso, I’m Toge, as you probably know already.”

“Nice to meet you both. Y/n y/l.” You offer them a smile and a polite head nod. Before you can say another word, there are warm arms wrapping around you, as Yuji almost jumps your way.

“Finally, a crossover episode.” He grins, squeezing your body and pulling you to the leather couch, where you quickly greet Yuta. Thankfully, without any awkwardness. You haven’t seen each other since your little date, only exchanged polite texts where you thanked him for the evening, not expecting that the next time you’ll meet will be like that. With you, meeting your boyfriend’s friends. The universe has a weird sense of humor, you have to admit.

“I’ll do that, and you all will see. It’s a new way.” The evening is going great; it turns out they’re all as welcoming as you could ever ask for, and it’s not long before the conversations are flowing naturally.

They share a few funny stories about Megumi, asking you how you’ve met Yuji in exchange; Toge admitted to following you, to which Choso reminded him about the time he called you a “twitch baddie” in their group chat. You’re really enjoying this. Megumi is by your side all the time, keeping a hand on your thigh or at the small of your back, smiling almost constantly. It eased his mind to see you getting along with his friends, something he was anxious about, even if he’d never admit it. He doesn’t keep a lot of people close to himself, so the sight of you joking around with his support group warms his heart in a way.

“Toge, I guarantee saying random food items won’t make you popular among the girls.” Yuji is shaking his head, barely keeping the laugh in. For the past few minutes, Toge explained his brilliant plan to the whole group, and you weren’t sure if you should laugh or cry.

“It works for him!” The white-haired man says offended, brows furrowed as he looks around, looking for any support but meeting none.

“It’s a guy from an anime. He has a magic tongue, and you think it’s about saying salmon all the time?” Megumi lifts one brow before taking a sip of his drink.

“First of all, he’s a cursed speech user, he doesn’t have a magic tongue. And second, I even look like him!”

“When was the last time you looked in the mirror?” It was Choso’s time to stick a pin in. “If you look like him, then I look like the blood guy you talked about yesterday.”

“Yeah, I’m with Cho on this one, you don’t look nearly similar.” Yuji nods, eyeing his friend up and down.

“Just admit you all hate me.”

“Easy. But when did we start playing truth or dare?” You almost choke hearing Megumi’s words.

“Shit, and you say Nobara’s rude.” He rolls his eyes as you murmur, wrapping an arm around your shoulder.

“She is. You just don’t notice it anymore.”

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[zahri-melitor]

So I've read the opening story of Tim Drake: Robin.

The opening issue is solid, highlighting a lot of Meghan Fitzmartin's skills as a writer. She picked up threads neatly from her earlier stories, showed her hand to the audience, and did do a fair amount of subtle character work. If I'd picked it up with no background knowledge of the fandom conversation about the title, I'd have been very excited for where it was going.

I liked the links back to how part of what prompted Tim to move out was Bruce being fussy over Tim having been shot in the throat in Batman #125. That felt realistic and a nice little link between titles.

As far as a story goes: I didn't mind it. Parts of it were very obvious, especially when you clued into the themes - if I'd actually been reading it as it came out and had a month between issues for things to soak in, I probably would have been tapping my toes over the reveal of who Moriarty was disguised as.

I would like to specifically dunk on both Meghan Fitzmartin and Moriarty for the detective novel writer selections, because...hmm. Kinda misogynistic there. Fitzmartin uses 6 writers for this, and 6 specific stories/franchises:-

Edgar Allen Poe – Murders in the Rue Morgue

Mark Twain – The Stolen White Elephant

Arthur Conan Doyle – Sherlock Holmes

Raymond Chandler - Goldfish

James Gelsey – Scooby Doo

Wilkie Collins – The Moonstone

What do you notice about this list, that I immediately noticed? They're all men. Who is an immediate name that comes to mind, who even had public domain stories as of 2022, who probably should be on a list like that and who also has incredible influence over the direction of the genre? Oh, I don't know, maybe Agatha Christie? (Also Dorothy L. Sayers is also right there and available, but skipping Christie?)

And once she'd built up this "it's all the detective stories" premise, Fitzmartin then went for a book code (cool!) from non-existent books (not cool). If you've just spent all this time glorying in how this is all related to Specific Classic Detective Stories, why not...use a real book code and refer to their actual stories? You've already done it for the plots! Commit to the bit!

Also I spent a good chunk of issue #4 staring at the page going "Carol Donovan? You mean Deb Donovan's judge daughter who recently appeared in Mariko Tamaki's 'Tec run? Tim, how are you missing something this straightforward? Also she's dead?" and then it never came to anything. Maybe do a quick check if anyone else has been using the name you just invented for the story.

"I even tried making a new costume for myself. It doesn't fit." - I did find it interesting that Fitzmartin was once again playing with the "is it time to move on" themes for Tim that were popping up around here in various conversations. Especially given she had Tim and Dick relitigate their conversation from Urban Legends #10 and similar themes in DC:YJ. It does suggest to me that she was working her way around to getting Tim into a new identity, but cancellation has once again left that in the 'not happening' basket.

In terms of the art: Riley Rossmo was the wrong pick for the title, but I do see the thought process that led into him getting the nod for the opening story, given the whole claymation villain set. It was very 2D animation style. I don't mind Rossmo (and interestingly he's developing a whole line up of detective stories he's done art for, given he's also had a Martian Manhunter book and got Wesley Dodds, he did one of the Batman/The Shadow crossovers...) but his highly malleable art style loses a lot of background detail or makes what is there harder to parse.

I did very much appreciate the way Rossmo drew Tim's detective work, though. I liked the technique for highlighting details and clues, and it actually very much reminded me of how some computer games present clues (including how it's done in Gotham Knights, in fact).

I know everyone has said this, but Bernard needs to develop a personality AND to commit to whether or not he knows Tim is Robin. Because sort of hinting that he knows, while Tim worries about hiding things from him, but not actually confirming either way is only really acceptable if you actually do build up to a big reveal moment where the whole drama has been paid off.

I did appreciate that MegFitz had clearly taken feedback and returned one of Bernard's two pre-existing personality traits (conspiracy theorist who thinks the Bats are urban legend cryptids), because one of the weaknesses of using Bernard, a side character with 6 preboot appearances, is that at lot of his existing personality was sketched in. He was a conspiracy theorist, and he desperately wanted to be popular but wasn't, so he presented himself as having a Cool Guy's Personality (see: 'your step-mom is hot'). Now, Meghan Fitzmartin wants us to read into that second trait as a facade that Bernard was putting up to deal with the fact he was gay and hiding it, probably even from himself, at the time. Which, fine, it's a perfectly reasonable reading of Bernard (and to her credit, MegFitz has Bernard spell it out a little on page in TD:R), but the problem is...you've just lost one of the two identifiable traits of 'Bernard' and it hasn't been replaced with anything else. And while 2004 in comics was still trying to hold onto the Urban Legends reading for the Bats to an extent (though it was failing), 2022 comics has so long since abandoned it that Bernard having kooky theories about Batman's connection to Mothman or whatever is very...why?

And because both of these pre-existing personality traits are under strain from the context, it really is sort of necessary to give Bernard something else about him for people to latch onto for his personality. And it doesn't really seem to be there yet (as of #6). It's the same complaint that people have about Jon/Jay and a whole host of other partners for recently out superheros: they're generically pleasant, supportive and bland, with about the depth of a mirror. Give me some of the toxic drama the 30 year old lesbians are allowed. Where is my breakup over custody fights with an ex and one of the two getting seduced by a vampire.

[aoki553]

GRGRGRGRG FINALLY AN OPPORTUNITY TO INFODUMP ABT HIM!!! tysm @makifishcake and prepare for a long ramble abt best boy ever (to me) and why saijun is real... let's start with an introduction to a canon crossover character only The Loser (me) cares about! this is gonna get messy in writing near the end cuz its like 3 am for me rn.

Kouno Jun is one of the two protagonists of Asou-sensei's older work, Our Hero Studies and is one of Haganeno Ken's students at Holy Lance Academy (a private school that either exists the same town as Saiki or some neighboring one)

The only translated OHS chapters so far show us who Jun and Haganeno are as characters. Kouno Jun's a generic tsukkomi high school student with normal teenage boy interests and crushes... he's baby and a total boyfail.

Jun likes video games (Kaisou Monogatari, an in-universe franchise), ramen, melon soda and Yayumi - the class rep. Pretty normal dude that's just being constantly bothered by his classmates and the teacher he hates...

...and then there's Haganeno Ken - THE delusional cosplayer hero wannabe teacher with huge interest in roleplaying and RPG video games, who immediately takes a liking to Jun, mainly for his name (his name means shield, while Haganeno's mean sword. you see where i'm going?)

most of the ohs panels will be machine translated cuz i have no strength or motivation to continue my actual translation work ngnhnh one day maybe... 😔

He may look like a generic high school shonen manga protagonist, but it's actually really charming to me how adorable he can be despite the boring presentation lolol HIS CRUSH ON YAYUMI IS SO CUTE UGHNHNH

And yeah of course he shows up in Saiki bc WHY WOULDNT HE???

Asou-sensei put him there twice. In the Christmas chapter where he's walking with a girl (MOST LIKELY YAYUMI), sees Kusuo sitting alone and being like "haha that's so sad to be lonely on christmas lmao"... EXCEPT ITS HILARIOUS CUZ HE DOES THE SAME THING IN HIS OWN MANGA'S CHRISTMAS CHAPTER.

and in the Hero Studies crossover chapter, right at the end as an unused character. (wouldn't make sense to have two tsukkomis there tbh so i get it lolol)

Same thing happens in the anime except Jun in the Christmas episode wasn't animated like he's an actual pre-existing character, except just a background character so he looks different but has the same jacket with his initials so its definitely him.

so here's all his screentime:

his terrible sense of style was referenced by Takeru at one point as well. yes, Jun dresses terrible and he has outfits much worse than this. hes a loser and i love him

okay but what's with the saijun thing? orz

basically its a silly ship me and my lovely sweetest gf (@lu-kario ) came up with and it kinda stuck around. "omg haha what if the two protagonists from different manga dated" but yeah it became an actual thing with thought out scenarios between us.

Me saying it'd be like satousai but Kusuo finds someone "normal" with actual personality would be not giving this ship enough justice. I can't tell much rn cuz I forget 90% of the stuff i make up unless i write it down BUT all i'll say is that

I like to imagine Jun and Kusuo having a calm and nice relationship, lots of quality time spent playing video games or going out to get some ramen together. Kusuo gets to have someone more usual by his side and Jun isn't likely to be bothered by Ken when Kusuo is around (:3).

and yeah, they do get another scene together in volume zero! how lovely! the christmas episode is also one of the reasons i find the ship cool but even despite the sillies having canon scenes and illustrations together i like it simply for fun.

canon crossover ships are cool and epic

my final words: go read ohs its fully in japanese online and 5 chapters are in english so far.

seriously go read it the fandom doesn't exist its really lonely.

and if you care abt our hero studies u can motivate me in the ask box, gimme a kick on the butt so i go and translate this work again after like a year or more of hiatus

[daenysthedreamer101]

TVD S7 Thoughts

Ok so I binge-watched S7 in like three days and I have thoughts, I wanna talk about it

Lily OMG ughhhh, just...did not like her. Imagine being Damon and Stefan - you think your mom dies, oops she's actually a vampire. She becomes a ripper, goes on a ripper binge through Europe and in the meantime finds a whole new family.

I too would be pissed if my mom abandoned me and then had other children and never looked for me again. I know she did visit them once in the beginning and the bloodlust scared her away but like, she could've tried again some time after that or something.

The Heretics annoyed the hell out of me. Most of them were useless and died quickly (Malcolm, Oscar). Beau does nothing really. It's mostly the female Heretics who have the spotlight.

Valerie was sooo...idk weird to me? Her being Stefan's first and getting pregnant and then Julian beating her until she lost the baby was wild I did not see that coming. And I think she was fine as a long-lost love, but her relationship with Stefan in the present timeline did nothing for me.

She was obviously insecure about Caroline and Stefan. She was stuck in the prison world for over a century but did she really think she and Stefan would just be able to get back together? Idk. She did help with birthing the twins so that was nice of her.

Mary Lou and Nora annoyed me so much in the beginning but I grew to like them by the end and I did feel bad for them when that exploded in that car

The time skips and flash-forwards were confusing and annoying and I didn't like them at all idk why they did them

Enzo my love! I like him better this season. Love the new hair lol.

He and Bonnie were cute. I like the progress Bonnie made through the show of her hating vampires and now she's dating one lol

Reyna Cruz, where do I begin? No offense to the actress but I feel like they should've gotten someone a bit more muscular? A bit taller or bigger? I know she has superhuman strength and all but she was not scary whatsoever. But apparently, even Klaus was afraid of her so what do I know?

Caroline and Alaric....uhmmm yeah...that was a thing that happened. Did he really need to propose to her? I know it makes raising the kids easier but like c'mon. Ric falling in love with Caroline was just yucky!

Matt suddenly being so anti-vampire makes no sense but also makes total sense? On one hand, it's like, dude you've been helping them and have been friends with them for years, and now all of a sudden you are against them.

On the other hand, I guess you can say it was boiling inside Matt for a while and it all came to the surface. Also, did the writers really need to have him kill his own fiance? That was so cruel like damn!

Another thing on Enzo, his thing with Lily was soooo...like why? I just- I- NO! I can't put it into words how much it weirded me out.

Julian, hmmm. It seemed like he actually did care for the heretics so that was nice. Also, I have to say, wonderful acting. Idk who played him but I really enjoyed his performance.

I did enjoy seeing Klaus even if for a few minutes. I also watched the crossover ep of TO where Stefan is in New Orleans. Did I know what was going on? No, not really, but I like that Stefan did a little side quest lol. Not Hayley remembering she snapped Caroline's neck once lmao

Love that Stefan got to meet Freya and Marcel that was so cool.

I just remembered the Armory, I don't know what to say. I know the Sirens were in that vault, so I guess that's in the next season? I wonder how ridiculous s8 will be?

Overall, felt very meh about it. I still think that S 1-3 are superior and everything after that went downhill. But it was still better than S5.

[luzxii]

hear me out

Blorbo Swap AU - Expanded

01. ROLESWAPS

( my present blorbo swap )

Skiddad > Rick

Rick > Dexter

Dexter > Skiddad

( past + secondary blorbo swap )

Streber > Patty

Patty > Lila

Radford > Bob

Bob > Radford

Lila > Streber

( anti blorbo / disliked char (plus Kevin I really don't hate him he's cool I just say I do for the meme- and jaune I don't hate her just some of her annoys me- and I only hate costume guy because he gives 'r/ nice guys' energy ) swap )

Costume guy > Jaune

Jaune > Kevin

Kevin > Costume Guy

Little guy / gal swaps

Skid > Hope

Hope > Skid

The other characters either keep their canon roles or are altered / swapped to fit the stories of the other characters (i.e John being dead in this AU)

02. CHARACTER INFO

Dexter Erotoph & Patty

The adoptive father of Hope and husband of Patty, after John's "mysterious death" he took her in. He runs a cult that kills rats, bats and cats (and the occasional person), wearing a mask the shape of a rat head. After Patty found out he was in the cult, she accidentally killed him by pushing him down the attic stairway; snapping his neck. He haunts an old doll in the attic, moving gradually or having its eyes follow Hope around the room. Patty is an architect who's somewhat neglectful of Hope due to her grieving, but eventually will realize her faults.

Skid's Dad & Lila

After the untimely death of their son, Skid, Skid's dad became extremely depressed. He now works at an astrology themed gift shop, he doesn't quit his job like rick but is as apathetic and gets himself into similar situations. Lila coped by starting a haunted house to entertain children, she thought that if her own son is gone; she may as well be there for other children. She loses her arm the same way Streber does in canon, she's a lot more sassy and stubborn in this au. I'm debating whether skiddad and Lila are still married, but they do at least both geninually care for/love eachother unlike canon Skiddad.

Rick Hedony & Radford

Rick is a murderer who avoids being caught by job hopping. He is eventually killed by Moloch and possesses the body of a sad guy doll. He's got Dexter's anger issues and kooky nature but is more blunt and less openly crazy then Dexter (at least before he died). Radford is a murderer/cannibal who is most inspired by famous horror movies for his kills and aesthetic. He is even more slasher villian core then Bob. He's got Radford's upbeat nature but in context comes off a lot more malicious and threatening.

ANYWAYS I can't go into all of the characters rn but if there's one you want to hear about please ask any questions you have or suggest chars to get a lore dump on!

@mayisgoingnuts @clownazon @bulldog-geckorahhhhh @crossover-enthusiast @sunny6677

[marbarmars-arts]

So...I MAY have been collecting Fawfuls like pokemon cards <3

(and what the heck do I mean by that exactly??) WELL in a discord GC my friend Parmy suggested we’d imitate each other’s art styles as like a collab of sorts? Well...I kinda took that a step further heheh ^^

(And fun fact...this was supposed to be something I was gonna do for AU day of Fawful month too, but that idea got cut due to time)

So may I present...the different Fawfuls I drew!! For my friends/cool acquaintances!

So the one who led up to this in the first place, Fawful from @parmsnik AU!! He is dating/eventually marrying Naspi depending on where you’re at in the AU haha! Your way of drawing Fawful seems to change a little bit each time you draw him, so I tried to my best to guestimate a consistent looking Fawf! Very cute!

Up next is Fawful from @the-spacewaffle AU!! Yippee Ronnie’s AU! Thanks for being my friend for so long,,to talk about Fawful and all that stuff y’know? I’ll be cheering you on to complete the story qwq your Fawful is always so nice to my OCs when we crossover khskdjh also...pet the Reddo!

Eee yay now it’s @snuffydoo Fawful and his AU title I totally made up on the spot! I know you don’t really have a name for that kind of thing and it doesn’t have to be canon but I hope you think it’s cute anyways haha! I had a lot of fun drawing this one!! It’s so stylized! AND IT HAS DIMMY (I enjoy your Dimmy artstyle sm) but I don’t draw Spamton very often kjhskgh

Here’s @federthenotsogreat Fawful AU of sunshine goodness~! HE RETURNITH (and since I couldn’t think of another character to feature with your AU...not knowing if Cackletta is there or not jhgskg I gave him a cute little swirly sun!) I admire the fact his outfit is mostly YELLOW and also blue those are cool colors OH AND THAT LEG TOO, also super cool :)

The smol and cute @omgtheywereroomates Fawf! Your ask blog is so neat! I know I don’t ask too many questions there but I just,,,the cartoony fluffy hair?? Love that, and also thank you for your support and the super cool ship as well ^^ 

Heheee yeah hey it’s @cammiluna Fawful from Immortal Fool! Before you say anything YES I’m aware he’s got the new design since it’s near the end of the comic, you released the page that featured said new design while I was already working on this drawing xD So whoops! I just wanted to give appreciation to your comic series that you continued despite everything, and well...I know I haven’t shown much progress on it, I also want to make a comic series...so you’ve inspired me a lil :D

Deep down here there’s a little AU by @aliencatwafers which features Fawful in the sewers! With the little baby bros!! You’re a very insightful and inspiring writer with plenty of neat headcanons and ideas for the bean! Ik you mostly draw in pencil but I took the colors from your submissions to Fawful month this year and used em here! Hope it looks cool!

This little gremlin here with the two moms is Fawful from @bean-n-shroob ask blog! He looks very silly and unhinged (in a good way) and I hope he’s having a good time since after BIS! I love how round your designs are and Fawf is no exception :D

Last but not least is this VERY soft Fawful from @localdealmaker​ and their AU, whose title I made up too (again doesn’t need to be canon or anything if you don’t want it to be, I just wanted to give every drawing a cute name ^^) I think yours was the most complicated to draw for me but I love how he looks, so squish!! Kaboo is cute too!

WHEW THAT WAS A LOT OF TYPING KSJHKGH but yeah I hope you guys have enjoyed this...I might make another part someday full of more Fawful designs from friends but I AM A LITTLE BURNT OUT...doesn’t mean I didn’t have fun tho!

[mors-pulchritudo]

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# the avifauna and the [____] (<- would refer to something w/ a character/OC) (the ship tag!! when any sort of shipping happens, this tag will be used!)

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# siren's serenade ~ take a dive... (this will be the lore tag! when more in depth lore about Calli is posted, check this tag!)

# juniper bug ~ light of the dawn (anything regarding Calliope’s daughter! Whether it be memes, RP, asks, you name it!)

# oh sweet child of mine ~ the setting moon (anything to do with Calliope’s son! Same as the tag for her daughter ^^)

# laughin’ and stargazin’ ~ meme o’ clock! (The meme tag! These are usually memes I make myself lol)

# sing to the bird ~ stuff to ask calli!! (usually range from RP memes to prompts, stuff like that :3)

# the bird and the [_____] (<- refers to an OC/character) (this is the non ship tag! Basically one of Calli’s friends/acquaintances or someone she knows — but there’s no romance yet hehe)

# melodic winds ~ rp promo (<- for when I, the mod, reblog stuff from other RP blogs! It’s in the name lol)

# paradisus-aeternus ~ a world of imagination (any post about Calli's home planet!)

# lights - camera - action! (for any videos I make with my OCs or other characters :3)

# lay back ~ the water’s fine (for little headcanons/short blurbs I post about Calli and/or her kids!)

# the gallery ~ precious paintings (for when I post art! WIPs, full pieces, etc.)

# the sea’s call (calliope musings) (for when I reblog stuff that reminds me of Calli! Could be images, quotes, anything!

More tags may be added in the future! These are all of the ones I have set up currently. :)

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Anddd…that’s everything! So, we all cool? Good, that’s what I like to hear. Now, let’s get this show started!

[bisexualrobertlowe]

I might try going to bed/signing off soon, so in the meantime, here's a prompt:

Leif and Mappe's first meeting in a mafia 'verse? Can be a fic or a headcanon set~

ooo thank you!! going with how leffe and mappe appeared in the 80s :3 here's something canon to a certain crossover (i can invade your inbox and let you know which one~)

also this switches from past to present tense somewhere in there but i can't be bothered to change it

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[REDACTED], sweden. july 1991.

leif dug the pistol deeper into his pocket, curling his fingers around it in a different shape. so as to make it look like he was holding something else. the mafia branch's new recruit just a few weeks in, this was one of the first things he'd learned to get good at. to conceal your intentions. to hide in plain sight.

now, as a rather part-time cadet, he was only put onto shorter missions maybe once a week or so. leif had well memorized the bus route he'd needed to take for this one and here he was, his eyes darting around the bus for any sign of his target.

nothing here.

one head stood out among the rest, though. brown hair, unruly curls making it poof up, highlighted golden by the sunlight. head facing down, appearing to examine a magazine or a record. his eyes looked wide even from leif's limited view.

leif pursed his lips together.

what was he doing, now? only trying to get a better look at whoever this curly-haired target was? that couldn't be right, he looked harmless. there was no way they could be a target. curse you, leif, getting so distracted.

still, leif could take this as practice in profiling. he'd never seen curly-haired person of interest before - what name should he guess or attach to them? - and the longer he watched them, the more he wondered why not. curly-hair flipped a page, wrapping their black leather coat tighter around themself.

leif smiled at that. so there's one thing he and curly-hair have in common, similar fashion sense. he tapped his fingers from in his pocket, tempted to make a note.

the bus slows, then jerks and skitters to a stop. leif nearly falls over but grips onto the railing, and as people file by him he bumps into somebody getting a little too close.

his head shoots up. so does curly-hair's.

curly-hair is right in front of him.

leif swallows a bit and his heart stops.

for all hell and fuck, curly-hair is gorgeous. his brown eyes wide and inquisitive like a deer's, loneliness hidden yet so obvious in them, his face so endearing and so pretty and so perfect. his hair looks even softer, yet like it could use a good brush, close-up.

"hi," curly-hair squeaks, shuffling about to put his magazine away in a hurry. leif catches a glimpse of it, the cover is mostly red. "sorry, i- i got in your way..."

"no, it's okay," leif laughs it off. almost forgetting to speak hearing curly-hair's voice, deep and squeaky at once and it's adorable. "is this your stop? i have a few more to go before mine."

curly-hair shakes his head. "not yet, but my stop's the next one. i thought i would get up for it."

before he can catch himself, leif lets out a sigh of relief. "that's a good idea, if i've heard one."

"you're sweet," curly-hair says. it's like he doesn't know if he meant to say it, but even so, leif wouldn't mind either way.

the older swede (though he couldn't be older than curly-hair by that much) breaks into giggles, again, before he can realize it, "i'd say you're sweet too, and we've just met."

dear lord, what would the bosses think of this? leif, you're losing your cool so fast- can't show weakness-

fuck it, curly-hair couldn't be a target. he's... he's too cute.

curly-hair giggles too, and leif feels his heart skipping beat after beat. "oh, you flatter me- um, what's your name?"

"leif," it slips off his tongue right as he opens his mouth.

"leif," curly-hair echoes and it sounds so much sweeter on his tongue. "i'm mappe. it's really nice to meet you."

it suits him. it's... cute, like he is.

"it's nice to meet you too, mappe," leif grins, and instinctively moves his hand a bit closer to mappe's on the railing. mappe notices and inches his hand closer too.

leif isn't sure what else to say, but it seems to be fine as mappe pipes up again. "it's really nice to have someone- oh, would it be fine if... we kept talking?" the younger swede seems a little nervous.

"of course!" leif beams. "it's not often i really talk with anyone, like this. or connect. or... you get the idea. i love your coat, by the way, i have another one just like it. so we could match!"

leif doesn't realize he's rambling a bit until mappe breaks out a brighter smile. bright like sunshine. "thank you!" he chirps, "this is one of my favorites, i'm sure it would look so cute on you too, leif. and i'd love to match!"

mappe's more observant than leif might've given him credit for, too, is that him catching onto his subtle flirting...?

even without a notepad, leif knows, his next mission in the next two minutes will be to get this beautiful man's number. anything to keep in touch with mappe, wherever he's going, wherever he lives or might live later.

maybe together.

... or is that thinking too far ahead...?

[bat-besties]

As I do sometimes have complaints about DC fandom, I think it’s only fair to have a post focusing on the positives, so here are some things I really love and enjoy:

I've read so many characters I would have taken a lot longer to find! Vic Sage, Mia Dearden, and Rose Wilson, for example, and I'm about to read some Kate Kane and Roy Harper

People bringing their own experiences to the characters! Gifting a character with a funny story from childhood, sharing sports teams and video games, or nationalities and neurodivergency, or personal experiences like grief. I think it’s so wonderful to see how people’s varied life experiences change how they interact and understand different characters. 

Those web-weaving posts with quotes and art all relating to a character or theme are beautiful 

People posting fun/sad/interesting panels with the issue number cited….thank you 

Character. Essays. 

I can read two completely conflicting takes on a character and both are well-argued, well-sourced, and intriguing, and I’ll come away from both with a deeper and more nuanced take on the character. 

Reading lists!!!!! I would not survive without these, I absolutely love them and appreciate people who take the time to write them. 

I really like looks at the production of comics, the editorial powerplays, and the comparisons of different writers. Canon not being taken as unchangeable or infallible is really nice. It’s especially important when discussing literally any character who isn’t a white man. 

I like that, because of the many timelines and series, there’s no answer to what any character, relationship, or place really is. How different people choose to analyse the comics, prioritise different versions, and synthesise a final interpretation becomes a personal and creative process. It’s really lovely to see the range of opinions and how meaningful they are to people. 

Sapphic shippers u mean the world to me.  ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

I love the fanart! Everyone has such cool ideas for hairstyles and clothing and unique drawing styles to express it in. 

I especially love art which has more symbolic or narrative elements - I see Duke with the sun and I lose my mind 

Anyone who takes their fan appreciation into another medium, like baking or fibre arts or Lego, blows my mind 

Disability being part of characters to be accepted rather than seen as a weakness. Whether that’s canon disabilities which get magically cured or retconned out, disability coding which isn’t fully explored, or injuries which should have been disabling and weren’t. (Losing a spleen might have a little impact, DC) 

People’s takes on how two characters who haven’t interacted in canon or have only interacted a little would get along. Bonus points if this is presented as an idea for a comic crossover.

[judgeanon]

I'm late asking this but what was the best and worst of the Progs and Meg in 2023?

I'm late replying but here we go!

For Dredd in the progs, I really enjoyed the short stories. THE NIGHT SHIFTER, SHRINE, FLUSHER and DISCIPLES OF DEATH were all favorites, although I admit that last one was mostly because of the cute Scottish goth girl.

Other than Dredd, I liked THE OUT, THE ORDER, DURHAM RED, the BATTLE ACTION crossover thing, FERAL AND FOE, DEADWORLD and BLADERS. I especially liked ROGUE TROOPER (I'm a sucker for Ennis), VOID RUNNERS (Boo Cook keeps getting weirder and I love it) and AZIMUTH (gorgeous art, intriguing story, and one of those classic 2000AD "You thought it was a new series but NOOOO!" twists that I really dig).

I didn't really like ENEMY EARTH, I think the art just doesn't fit the premise. And JOE PINEAPPLES should've been by all accounts a cool fun heavy metal last goodbye, but it turned into a weird meandering bunch of nonsense (with some cowardly anti-vax shit thrown in for good measure). LOWBORN HIGH and PORTALS AND BLACK GOO both had the same problem for me: strong, very British premises that don't go as far with the Britishness as I'd like them to. And DEVIL'S RAILROAD, I really wanted to like it but it just kinda lost steam very early on.

The big mehhhh of the year was the end of HERSHEY, though. I tried my best to meet it halfway and to its credit it did deliver some cool panels and nice pages, but in my eyes, it really squandered the last chance for Hershey as a character to present her side of her relationship with Dredd, to leave him with any kind of nugget of character development. It didn't do nearly enough with what I think is years and years of truly compelling relationship work and all the great Simon Fraser art in the world can't fix that.

I still bought a print of that one cover tho'.

For the MEG, I liked almost everything. STORM WARNING, SURFER, DREADNOUGHTS, LAWLESS (fan-fucking-tastic last chapters), MEGA CITY 2099, all good stuff. I also enjoyed the shorter Dredds in the second half of the year, like RATINGS WAR and FITTING THE DESCRIPTION, but ONE-EYED JACKS... I dunno, neat premise but it went on a bit too long and wasn't super exciting either. Didn't really grab me. Same with Dark Judges.

That said, the most important 2000AD thing in 2023 for me was not in the prog or in the meg. It was here:

Molcher's I AM THE LAW is a monumental book, one of the most thorough if not THE most thorough look at Dredd in its context. It's also heavy as all drokk, a real gutwrencher of a book, the kind of shit you can't read more than one and a half chapter without getting utterly depressed, ravenously angry, or both. It's a bleak, tough book but also a necessary one. That it's an official Rebellion product, to me, serves as a line in the sand, a very explicit statement about how they perceive Dredd. In a time where companies are running over themselves to claim their works are "not political" and "only want to entertain", Rebellion publishing Molcher's titanic work and advertising it next to their Case Files collections is something worthy of respect.

(Also, I may be a little biased on account of being in the Special Thanks for the book...)

[bubblin-trouble]

{OOC} -- The rules + general info! <3

14 + / semi. selective / OCs and crossover muses welcome / TWST yuusona <3

Also, follows come from @pangirlpanic !

1 ~ No NSFW asks, please - but suggestive is fine.

2 ~ Calypso is my Yuusona, please be respectful!

3 ~ Owner of this blog (Hi, name's Lottie :3) will pop in sometimes, so please be nice! Also, mod is taken! (basically no flirting outside of RP context)

4 ~ (Not a rule, just some backstory stuff/info about her)

Calypso Xaymaca is originally from Jamaica (yes i'm aware Jamaica doesn't exist there ROLL WITH ME), and came from a big family with nine siblings. She remembers she has a twin brother, but that's about it. She came from a pretty wealthly family, people who could be considered royalty on her island.

She loves all animals, singing and listening to music, and being as much of a menace as she can be around NRC campus without getting in too much trouble. She is also 6'0! She stands on business and does not take disrespect from anyone. As she says, her hands are rated E for everyone. (Literally. She WILL fight a housewarden.)

Her favorite season is either fall or winter, mostly because of the holidays! Her favorites are Christmas and Boxing Day, or Offering Day. Weather doesn't change much where she's from, so she's used to balmy, hot weather pretty much year round, with a few exceptions.

She does have her favorites, but she won't tell who, obviously. It's for everyone to find out when she's ready.

She cannot live without having a playlist for every mood. It's a must.

Her birthday is March 25th, she's an Aries. :)

She's surprisingly good at hand to hand combat, but whenever she's asked about it, she just shrugs and says, "Eh. Notin' to worry 'bout." (Her Jamaican Patwah/Patois slips through sometimes, so here's a website that can help translate!) She can be a bit rude/sarcastic to some people, but most of the time it's never with ill intention. Most of the time.

She has a preference for spicy food, and will try anything once! She is basically immune to spice, though, since back at home she had something spicy with almost every meal.

She doesn't care for Crowley much and finds him a bit annoying, but puts up with/tolerates him nonetheless.

She's the Ramshackle Dorm Housewarden (in her eyes, it's not official. Let her be delusional/aff)

Takes care of her appearance, and often does her hair/makeup, but she will get down and dirty if need be. She is not above straightening someone out if they're getting out of line.

Calypso is from Ocho Rios, Jamaica! She sometimes talks using her Jamaican Patois to confuse people because she finds it funny, but she mainly uses regular English with a slight accent.

Purple text is Calypso speaking!

Default text is me/the mod speaking! :)

5 ~ Please be nice to me OOC. Sometimes my replies are slow, because I do have a life outside of RP. Being mean in RP is cool, as long as it goes with the thread/the character.

6 ~ Communication is key!! If an RP thread isn't working for you/you want to drop it (given you provide me a reason) DM me and let me know! I'm actually nice I swear ( T . T )

7 ~ Just be respectful/nice in general on here. No hate of any kind will be tolerated.

8 ~ I can basically do any type of RP, just no asterisks. Please :) (Example: *throws*, *gasps*, *laughs*, etc.)

9 ~ Minors can interact with this blog, as there will be no NSFW present. Suggestive humor at most, but even then, it will be mild. But, I do ask that if you are under the age of 17, you shy away from my main. Please and thank you :)

Also, this is a multi-ship blog. Meaning - Calypso has no set S/O or age, and it can change depending upon who she's being shipped with.

Like for a starter!

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That’s everything! We all irie? Good, that’s what I like to hear. Let’s get this party started!

[taste-thewaste]

20 questions for fic writers

thanks for the tag pal @bigassbowlingballhead <3

How many works do you have on ao3?

27, from a mix of fandoms

What's your total ao3 word count?

208,454

What fandoms do you write for?

RWRB currently. In the past (on AO3) i've written for Rocketman, Rocketman RPF, Bodyguard and Harry Potter

Top five fics by kudos:

Turn the desert to glass (you would be the one) [RWRB]

In Case, just in case (RWRB)

Breach (HP)

A Different Beginning (HP)

I'm Not A Present For Your Friends to Open (Rocketman)

Only linked the rocketman ones lol

Do you respond to comments?

yes! i'm really behind right now but i'm gonna catch up tonight/soon

What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

man i have a LOT of angst and none that have ended lmao. all my angstiest fics are WIPs/multi chaps that aren't done yet. Probably "in case, just in case" (a henry SH fic)

What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

mmm a lot of them have happy endings, but a personal favorite? turn the desert to glass

Do you get hate on fics?

yeah, i've gotten a bit. at one point I had a really popular Harry Potter fic that was a weight gain fic and it is obviously not a lot of people's thing...which is fine but they forgot the back button exists! silly willy. they left a comment on almost every chapter about how disgusting they found it. cool???

Do you write smut?

Yep, it's in just about every fic i write at this point lol

Craziest crossover:

hahhaha reaching back into the archives of that bastard website fanfiction.net, i once did a house m.d./the shining crossover. i was 16, leave me alone

Have you ever had a fic stolen?

nope

Have you ever had a fic translated?

nope

Have you ever co-written a fic before?

yes! @england-would-fall and I are cowriting YLHC, my beloved!

All time favorite ship?

firstprince. used to be drarry but sorry, alex and henry are it.

What's a wip you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

ooh man i have a rocketman fic with like 20 chapters that will never get finished but it would be nice to get it just DONE one of these years. same with in case, just in case

What are your writing strengths?

description, emotion, pretty sentences

What are your writing weaknesses?

pacing, i use way too many commas

Thoughts on dialogue in another language?

if it works with the fic, then sure! no real opinion on this one honestly

First fandom you wrote in?

y'all ready? first fandom was House in 2006. still got most of it hanging around in various spots on the internet, i should unearth some of it some day to entertain people. it's BAD

Favorite fic you've written?

the fic i never stfu about, henry's tummy fic. my magnum opus lol turn the desert to glass

tagging: @england-would-fall @onthewaytosomewhere @henrysfox @doublecheekedkinard @luainthewild

@agostobuwan and open tag!

[cuddleswinchester]

20 Questions For Fic Writers

thank you for the tag @remyfire - if any of my writer friends want to play too, please feel free, i am shy abt tagging people but ily all

How many works do you have on Ao3?

116

2. What's your total Ao3 word count?

1,045,864

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Currently, MASH. Though I did do a short LotR piece at the beginning of this year.

4. What are your top five fics by kudos?

Oh they're all older ones. The top two are Data/Geordi fics! Then a Kirk/Spock/McCoy, A Garak/Bashir, and an IT Crowd poly fic.

5. Do you respond to comments?

If I understand them (I think I get bot ones sometimes bc they don't make sense). I figure I can never go wrong with thanking someone for their time reading.

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

If this means 'saddest' then it's certainly Hearts On Paper which I found fascinating to write and will still re-read when I need a good cry.

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

I think most of my fics end happily or at least optimistically? I love ending with a big party or wedding or something like that. I have several that way.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Not in many years. And to be fair I was like 12 and did not know how to spell, but I do remember some of those unkind comments still yeah :(

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Sometimes. I used to write kink and then had a breakdown over it (I am still proud of what I wrote it just was not a sustainable thing for my OCD, is all) but now I write what I would describe as Fussy Sex. Literally the more compromising and special considerations made from one partner to another makes me so happy. Or solo sex acts, I have enjoyed writing those this year and that's new for me.

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

I don't think I've ever written one. I get very stuck in the rules of whatever universe I'm working in and it's hard for me to follow two sets of rules at once.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I know of.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Yes, I have, and was greatly honored! It was an older smut fic, quite dark themes, and a reader approached me and asked if they could translate it into Russian and I thought that was so amazingly cool. I'll go find the link if anyone is curious.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Yes! Most recently, The Famous 4077 Dog Tag Party :) we picked pairings randomly and each did a chapter.

14. What’s your all time favorite ship?

I cannot possibly pick just one. Every ship that appeals to me does so at a different time and for a different reason, and the journey they take me on is always emotional and much appreciated in hindsight. My little fictional couples or their families are my family.

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

oughhh presently I'm not sure if I have the right approach to finish Dull Instruments which is a shame because I really want to and I hate to start posting things I won't finish. But it feels awkward to me so I may not do it.

16. What are your writing strengths?

I like my character voices.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

I try to give each piece its own style on a sliding scale of casual-formal but I wish I had more variety in like POV and stuff. Branching out into present tense this year has been nice.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

I do write dialogue in American Sign Language sometimes. Because I am fluent in it. If I'm not fluent in a language I won't write a lot of it, maybe a few words here and there for the POV character to try and pick up, assuming they understand as little of it as I do.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Truly can't remember if High School Musical or 24 was first. The range, I know.

20. Favorite fic you’ve written?

I don't know if I could choose! Sorry to give a lot of boring wishywashy answers but like. Whatever I'm writing is important to me at the moment I'm writing me, it's helping me get through something that may or may not be clear in the themes, and I am grateful to all of the stories I've written for letting me spend time with them. I've been working on some kind of fic almost daily for going on 15 years now, it's how I experience emotions and all the things in the world I'll never be able to do firsthand. It's how I have conversations I'm too shy to otherwise, it's how I see old friends, it's how I learn more about topics I never did in school. Fic is so dear to me, every word.

[miggydiaz]

Happy nice ask day! Here's some lone star questions for you!

Suprise, Tim Minear has put you in charge of LS! (In a perfect world where everyone gets paid a fair wage for their work.) What's next for Tarlos besides the Gabriel of it all?

If you could bring one past character back, dead or alive, who would it be and why?

You get to do a crossover with *any* other show, past or present, what show would it be?

Pick a special episode: Valentines day ep, Halloween ep, Christmas ep, musical ep, animated ep, AU ep (like Mateo's sitcom dream)

You get to delete one thing from the show's history without messing anything up, what do you get rid of?

Pick a celebrity guest star. What would their role be?

Firefighter TK or paramedic TK?

For Carlos: Officer Reyes, Ranger Reyes, or something completely different non law enforcement

Flashback episode for TK's life in NYC (pre Alex), or a flashback episode of young Carlos growing up on the ranch (including his friendship with Iris)

A (new) work partner for Carlos or a new recruit at the firehouse?

Buttercup or Lou II?

TK's cousins or Carlos' sisters?

Andrea calling TK mijo or Owen calling Carlos son?

Reyes-Strand or Strand-Reyes?

If/when you've answered all of these, pass them on to others in the fandom, let's see everyone's answers!

Oh my god, I love these! Thanks for sending it to me @sugdenlovesdingle!

1. On one hand, I just want them to be happy and soft because they deserve it. On the other hand, I know that doesn’t make for compelling TV. So in addition to the Gabriel thing, I’d probably have Carlos develop an addiction of his own. Maybe it’s like, stimulants because he’s putting so much time and effort into finding who killed his father. But TK is in denial for the longest time because Carlos would never do that, and once he realizes that he’s wrong, it puts TK’s own recovery to the test getting Carlos the help he needs, but he pulls through and gets Carlos on the path to recovery as well. I know, I’m terrible, I’m sorry.

2. Either Julius to make Tommy’s life with Trevor very complicated, or Billy because I can’t help it, I love Billy. Or Alex trying to win TK back, just so I can watch Carlos could punch him out.

3. If it wasn’t for the identical cousin storyline Mateo had, I thought it would’ve been absolutely hilarious if they did House crossover and Owen’s other ex-wife was Lisa Cuddy, also played by Lisa Edelstein. But since they already did this kind of with Mateo, I’m going to be boring and say another 911 crossover would be cool. More of TK clocking Buck from a mile away and Eddie conveniently entering the scene immediately after, please and thanks, because that was so funny.

4. A Halloween episode for sure. I hate to say anything nice ever about Riverdale, but I loved the “3 different vignettes in one” episodes they’d do, especially the one in season 2. I think it would be REALLY cool to do something like that, where we have one story with Carlos investigating Gabriel’s murder solo and things get creepy, and then another story of the 126 showing up to a call except it’s to an abandoned asylum or something and they find out no one actually called (it’s like a ghost call), and then a third story of maybe Grace and the Wyatt and Charlie having a Halloween night in but it goes very “The Strangers” on them and someone is trying to break into their house but it’s really just like Judd’s daddy or someone totally innocuous.

5. A part of me wants to say the absolute blatant rip off of the Gabby Petito case, but I love Marjan centric episodes and there are not enough of them. So uh… probably the Owen stalker storyline. I don’t need more of Rob Lowe stroking his own ego on my screen.

6. Either Jensen Ackles or Timothy Olyphant as the new like, lead Texas Ranger. Basically taking over Gabriel’s position. And he would either a) be really keen on working with Carlos to help solve the murder because he has history with Gabriel or b) is behind the murder of Gabriel. Or both!

7. Ugh, this is so hard. I love both! I think he’s happier as a paramedic, but I wish he’d have more to do than drop the “BP is whatever over whatever, Cap!” line. Plus, I miss the little rivalry between him and Carlos when TK was AFD. I think I like him better as a firefighter, but I’m good with either.

8. REYES, TEXAS RANGER. I really wanted Detective Reyes, but I totally respect Carlos’s want to save people rather than figure out the case after the damage has been done. That being said, I kind of have a sneaking suspicion that a fellow ranger did Gabriel in, and I feel like Carlos will both NEED to get into the rangers to figure that piece out, and will WANT to next season to honor his father. Also, Team Carlos in a Cowboy Hat.

9. A Carlos flashback if I had to pick. IDK, I feel like TK has a lot of episodes that kind of center his trauma, so we know a LOT about TK, and less about Carlos. So it’d be nice to see more of his story, pre-TK.

10. A new partner for Carlos. You know… because he becomes a ranger… bonus if it causes a little bit of tension between him and TK like Cooper did! (I like the angst, I can’t help it)

11. Lou II! I love reptiles and TK being a lizard boy and Carlos being sketched out by them… all of it is adorable.

12. I’m gonna say Carlos’s sisters, just because I don’t think we’ll see much of TK’s cousins going forward unless Sydney decides to come after Owen for assisted suicide. Which would not surprise me in the least.

13. Andrea calling TK mijo. I just love it so much!

14. Reyes-Strand. I like the flow of Tyler Kennedy Reyes-Strand and Carlos Tomas Reyes-Strand better than Strand-Reyes.

[bestgirlinc]

Universal Studios review

That's right I was asked to do a review on a theme park!

While not the usual there's plenty of crossover with the things I review! I will denote that I got in for free thanks to family working there and it being a BDay present. That said I have lots of nostalgia for Universal as I went there a lot as a kid.

My Criteria for a review will be: Theming, Food, Rides and Lines. I feel like these are the things that matter most to anyone coming to Universal Studios Hollywood.

Theming: Theming to me is very important in setting a Theme park apart from an Amusement Park. Six Flags is an amusement park, Universal is a THEME park. I think Universal's theming is pretty top notch. The areas all scream of theme. Even the normal areas have people doing acts and running around as characters. The Ride areas all being INCREDIBLY well done to such a high degree that it really feels like you have entered the world of the ride.

Food: The Food is Obviously very important if you are gonna be there the whole day. I will say as I am not well endowed with money, your experience may vary from mine. But my experience was rather nice. Moe's Tavern had great drinks including one from my favorite episode, the Flaming Moe Homer. The Food at Luigi's was nice and reliable, good cake, good pasta and Pizza. I will say that the lines are VERY big at The toad Cafe and you need a reservation to eat there. Which uh, good luck on that. Overall though I will say the food is good, not great mind you, but good.

Rides and Lines: The Rides/attractions themselves were mostly great. My favorites were the Studio Tour and Mariokart: Bowser's Challenge. I love the tour as it feels so cool to see a behind the scenes look at the studio where many movies and shows get filmed. Mariokart was a ton of fun with the VR goggles making it feel like both a ride and a game. I went on a few rides there, Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey was fun so long as you are able to fit on the ride (opinions on Rowling being negative I still enjoyed it as a whole). The Simpsons Ride is always fun, even if I miss Back to the Future the Ride and wish it was still here instead. Jurassic World is such an improvement to Jurassic Park it's kinda sad. Dreamworks Theatre was fun but it feels like it should have been a fun crossover between the series' instead of just Kung Fu Panda. Fast and the Furious Supercharged was fun but kinda just a retheming of the tunnel that has been there for ages. Finally Secret Life of Pets was good but not great, mostly just something for the kids, but it was pretty cute I guess. The lines outside of Mario were pretty good but that's cause I went on a Wednesday, which I suggest going on a day like Wednesday. Mario even was pretty good by the time I got there by the end of the day.

Overall I think the park is really good, I do miss the old days but that's just nostalgia talking. As it is now, the park is fun and a great time. If you are in Southern California and want to go to one of the historic parks, you won't go wrong with "The Entertainment Capital of L.A." 9/10

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I am engaged in the drawing part of this exercise to varying levels on different occasions :P I'm including the dates so that you don’t make the reasonable assumption that I've been watching movies gradually and steadily since the last time I posted about them, haha. I also watched half of the D&D movie whenever that was in the theater but I got bored and left.

A Cure for Wellness (2016). Watched 3/8/23. I enjoyed it while I still had hope, but it absolutely collapsed at the end. It looked cool, I was engaged in the mystery, and even though it's a long movie I thought the pacing was pretty good, but once I found out what the story actually was, everything before seemed unfocused and overambitious. (pencil sketch of an eel)

The Babadook (2014). Watched 3/10-11/23. I couldn't watch it all at once because it was so emotionally distressing, but the resolution was wonderful. I like this movie very much. (sketch of the mother reading to her son)

Bernie (2011). Watched 3/12/23. I've got a sort of complicated personal hangup with the premise of this movie and its relationship to real life, which I hadn't grasped going in, but I liked Jack Black's singing. (sketch of Bernie's head)

Dark Star (1974). Watched 7/5/23. I watched this because of John Carpenter, but once I realized who Dan O'Bannon is, I thought yeah that makes sense too. This is a great movie. I like the gentle strangeness. Everything that happens feels appropriate to the situation, and it's got a cool look and sound. (sketch of Bomb 20)

The Wicker Man (1973). Watched 7/6/23. My favorite part of this was the music! I also thought they did a nice job not saying "here is the good religion and here is the bad one," and also not saying that religion in general is just bad or good; the material realities of the situation were involved in interesting and complicated ways. (sketch of Lord Summerisle)

Nimona (2023). Watched 7/7/23. This was a fun movie that made me laugh and cry. I haven't read the comic but I'm interested to. The setting was cool; it was mostly just in the way things looked, but the total embrace of the fairy tale kingdom/futuristic tech crossover was neat. I don't like it when major stakes that affect lots of people in a movie balance on someone's personal relationship and they don't take that seriously. It feels like turning what should be a highlighting parallel into a distractingly literal influence and it happens a lot in movies for younger audiences. I have seen a lot of people say this is a movie they wish they'd had when they were younger which made me notice that I don't really have an idea about stories I wish I'd had, so when it comes to my personal experience I only care about what's relevant to the present. (sketch of Nimona)

The French Dispatch (2021). Watched 7/12/23. I was more interested in the way these stories were told than in the stories themselves. I like the way it was all framed; the actors felt like they were acting rather than being real people, not in a bad way but as an emphasis on the context. I liked the variety of textures to it all, the lighting choices and so on, but the stories didn't connect with me very often. (sketch of the bicycle journalist)

Oculus (2013). Watched 7/18-19/23. One day I will end up watching a horror movie that actually scares me in a theater and then I will find out whether it is better to not be in control and I am making things worse by hitting pause all the time, but they're building up the tension—what can I do! I also think I'm more sensitive to stories with kids in them because often they're not primarily struggling with the horror as much as ordinary traumas like their concerns not being taken seriously and their parents not being safe figures. The music in this movie is boring but it didn't make anything worse. I felt like the characters of the parents fizzled out disappointingly—I couldn't see the significance of their specific actions later in the movie. But I really liked the past and present stuff. That was a cool and interesting use of the idea of a mirror. (sketch of the ornate mirror)

Tucker & Dale vs. Evil (2010). Watched 7/20/23. This was a good opportunity to investigate what I am actually looking for in a comedic story, because I think this is a pretty good movie that told me what it would do and then did it, and didn't do anything very bad on the side, but it sure wore me down. I believe I don't like it when I have to not take things seriously in order to find them funny. (sketch of Dale)

Barbie (2023). Watched 7/25/23. I'm still not done thinking about this, especially with how active it is in public conversation, but what's certain is my feelings are mixed. There were many funny jokes, and many things other people in the theater laughed at that I wished I could ask them to explain. The exploration of the dolls as characters different from humans, so specifically the ideas of objects, was genuinely quite interesting. The surface-level exploration of gender was unimpressive and disappointingly lacking in nuance for how significant of a theme it was. (sketch of Barbie in her cowgirl outfit)