#im assuming this is from like 2014 idk
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so true
#stole this from my twitter oomfie idk where its from#where my fellow freaks at 😈#joffreaks grab your crossbows#the censors are sending me idk why#I'm so glad I wasnt around during this era but also I'm a bit sad bc this is funny#sighs dreamily as I imagine people sending me death threats for being a joffrey enjoyer#im assuming this is from like 2014 idk
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username lore since people sometimes ask
corvid = corvid. crow. bird. goro akechi is there.
VIII = in the tarot deck that persona uses, VIII (8) is the justice. (i understand it's common in other decks for it to be XI instead)
s = a ygo rp blog which hasn't been active since 2017 took the name corviiid and i have been standing at their window staring ineffectually at them for some time
#i think mostly people assume the multiple i situation is just because corvid was taken#so most common misspelling of my user is corviid#(not that i care if you get it wrong im just aware you may not be able to find me if you're looking.)#but no. as with all things my username is goro akechi's fault#and also the ygo blog#rookposting#unsungillumination was a random username generator from back in like idk 2014 or something
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You know kudos to dan and phil actually. Their whole "healing your inner child and moving from your past" thing they've been doing in this new post hiatus TIT era has been far more successful that I realised. Im rewatching 2014/2015 era videos (currently festive ditl) and Ive realised for the first time theres no second voice in my head going "dont assume, every interaction doesnt have to mean something, dont speculate" etc. And im simply sitting here, smiling ear to ear, appreciating how much they have always loved each other and how it seeps into everything they do.
Oh this is such a lovely message! I so wholeheartedly agree; they've been so successful!
And yeah, I mean, there’s a reason we’ve been here like 👁️👄👁️ all along, and it’s because they’ve been like 🩵👃🩵 + 🤎👃🤎 all along. But it is nice to not feel like you’re accidentally reading someone’s diary or something every time you notice their loud love. I felt some complicated feelings about some of the reflecting they did in tit, esp wrt Dan’s “retraumatizing” line, but ultimately when I watch old content back now, it's even further expanded my compassion for younger-them and how hard they were trying with absolutely no blueprint while lowkey under siege for such a long time.
But also yeah, you referring to it as the “tit era” makes me think about how deliberately in concert their yt content/social media presence has been with the vibe of the tour.
Do I think their demeanor in vids post-renaissance is partially just way more natural for them and true to how they act irl? Yeah, and there’s definitely the “dan and phil don’t give a fuck” of it all, but also…. They did such a good job this past year of hooking in phannies that had drifted. phannies that were moderately engaged became hyperengaged. They started shining their own spotlight on the corners of their past that only we had been holding in the light; they started being openly sexual where there was once just innuendo; they started even more directly engaging onscreen with everything that had been happening within the fandom offscreen; they broke the fourth wall more than they ever had and kinda stopped pretending it had ever really been there. They knew that we knew that we knew that they knew etc, and now that doesn’t have to be hush hush.
I think a lot of this was preparing their audience for the show, and surely helped with ticket sales. They kicked off the themes of the show long before they even announced it, and their content has mirrored those themes. There's a chance i'm getting this turned around, and the show is reinforcing the themes that they're trying to embody irl/online. i guess i think both are true? but i just don't think we talk much about their strategy because we're busy eating up what they're feeding, creating the exact fervor i think they've been trying to generate for the past year, and relishing in this new paradigm.
I remember seeing @simplydnp's post where they mentioned the react to pinofs being a way to “defang” the whole notion of them facing their history alongside us, to ease us into laying bare a lot of what had been elephants in the room, and yeah, i feel like they've done a clever job getting us accustomed to this feeling of, idk, risk? of opennesss? Of almost almost almost? of love saturating everything they do? Which was always kind of there but more muted and rarely deliberate on their part, it was just what we picked up on because they're loud and obvious. Now they’ve normalized that and given us permission to just openly love all of it.
tldr basically i agree lol
#sorry this got reallllllly away from me. everything i say always does#thank you for the lovely ask#dan and phil#me yapping#titspoilers
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I find it so bizarre that I’ve seen some of your anons say they remember when she got super famous around 2008… as an international ex-swiftie I can tell you right now that is so far from the reality at least on a global scale. Maybe in the USA she was super famous then but she was still relatively unknown until the whole Kanye VMA situation, and even then only a small number of people knew her for her music itself. I was a fan since her first album but she wasn’t like an overnight global success (tbh I think she hates that she wasn’t cause it definitely feels like she tries to make it seem like she was). And when she did start to become “Taylor Swift” the brand it was NOT COOL to like her. In fact I remember being picked on for liking her. Like why would I like that lame country singer. Country music is lame. It wasn’t till 1989 that she became cool to like her (I could argue I Knew You Were Trouble but for the sake of it I’ll say 1989). Then the whole Kanye 2.0 situation and she went into “hiding” (aka didn’t call paparazzi on herself). Then Reputation is where I think people were back on the Taylor train. She’s not really fallen from grace since well until now. I just find it interesting the perception she was a mega star in 2008 when I don’t think globally she was till 2014/2016. And even then most of the success for her music followed personal drama that increased her fame not the other way around. Don’t get me wrong she has always been in the public eye but definitely more of an American Celebrity than a global one for the most part of the start of her career. Even now I see a lot of other international people saying she’s not got a large global pull like she does in the USA. She’s no Michael / Madonna / Janet / Britney / Beyoncé.
this ask is so funny “(tbh i think she hates that she wasn’t)” is so true. she is the queen of taylor swift historical revisionism and i feel like her rerelease campaign is part of revising the history of her personal brand too
thank you for this ask this is so insightful. im american if it isnt super obvious already enough but she’s always been big here. idk if other americans are aware of this but we’re an incredibly self centered country and assume whatever the american opinion is is the default global opinion which is fundamentally not true. she’s always been big here and her blowing up around 1989 (or her full shift to pop) makes sense. she makes really catchy pop music (if i accidentally hear a song it will get stuck in my head for days) and isn’t vocally challenging to sing along with.
“she went into hiding (aka didnt call the paparazzi on herself)” LMFAO SO TRUE! her reputation era was hilarious cause she framed herself as being universally hated yet had the highest grossing tour of 2017…like let’s be real.
i feel like the eras tour is her establishing herself as a global force on par with michael/madonna/beyoncé/britney etc. but it isn’t really sticking. like it is financially but also…its not? idk i just feel like she doesn’t have that IT factor no matter how much she tries to fabricate it through other means. her brand is not her music (despite being her being the first billionaire solely off her music) its being Taylor Swift™️
idk. only time will tell her actual legacy but she will go down as a musician whose 4 AOTYs did not deserve their awards. and i got so sidetracked but yes swifties do overhype the timeline of her intl fame to fuel their delusion over her
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HIIII Welcome to my blog!!
(ps. i have NEVER done an intro post on here before so who knows if im doing this right 🙏)
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Assuming you have never seen my account before, I am OBSESSED with FNaF (I was going to say especially the books but I love everything so much).
My name is Dani and I mainly post random posts and fanart, specifically “The New Kid” from Fazbear Frights #3 - 1:35 a.m. If you haven’t figured it out, this is my FAVORITE story ever among the book series and Kelsey is my favorite character in the franchise!!
I do enjoy many other things such as…
• Cuphead
• Creepypasta
• Stranger Things
• One Wheat Mark
• The Legend of Zelda
• Bendy and the Ink Machine
• IT
• Littlest Pet Shop
And manyy more thing I cannot think of at the moment
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(made by me!!)
Some random facts about me are…
• I have liked FNaF since 2014-2015, and I remember counting down the days until the games releasing
• I have been drawing since I was 5 years old, but of course not consistently and digital art is hard okay 😓
• I have 19 FNaF plushies
• I have every Fazbear Frights book, and the next on my wishlist are the main trilogy, Security Logbook, The Freddy Files, and The Ultimate Guide
• My favorite YouTuber is Game Theory (obviously, and I cried so much when MatPat retired)
• I still have nightmares over the series (I went to bed with the lights on last night after rereading Into the Pit)
• I’ve actually been on Tumblr for a little while, but I recently made this account to not distract from my main (it’s all Byler)
• My favorite color is pale green or light blue (idk I can’t choose)
• I also have a Funko collection with 14 Funkos, and 24 minis
And that’s its!! I hope maybe I can make some mutuals on there who share my insane love of FNaF and.. other things ig /j
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I actually desperately want someone to explain every reference in the SATVB art please <3
okay so i havent figured out Everything but this is most of what i can gather. sorry there arent links to specific references im not supposed to be doing this i need to be packing for uni 😭 but this is everything off the top of my head !
starting from the left wall theres the peep show poster which matty has said to be his favourite show in a reddit comment, idk what the streets poster is a reference to, the ghost on an island is an antichrist reference 'theres a ghost on this island' and then the petrol can is an its not living reference as 'danny works in a petrol station'
so the back wall obviously the cancelled banner for lols, 4 days since last incident as a general meme reference?, do not use emergency only is likely a reference to mattys abstinence from social media and being a bit OTG, flushed away poster is obvious, the fake matty quote which he never said and was on the problematic, oasis poster as they need to stop marding and get back together!!! from Q with Tom Powell and various other Oasis call outs, Maroon 5 as problemattic beef, Newcastle United as duh, Frozen as he referenced liking frozen in a couple 2014 interviews particularly the moshcam (?) one, idk about the IDs and then the box from the philharmonic orchestra album, the icon from the mind shower detox thing they did for notes which was a 3d tour thing that's still up and then the height chart as matty is short <3 and the good boy points which i dont know what it is referring to specifically but i think its funny
now the window/right wall has la poesie est dans la rue is etched into the tree and is an easter egg in quite a few music videos and is a reference to love it if we made it, the minion i assume is a reference to the deuxmoi thing of matty sending minion memes to a girl, and then a camera i assume is a general comment on the lack of privacy you get as a celebrity and 'house with just three walls' etc
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the couch and table has matty smoking and chained to the couch as a reference to the consumption bit and could be reference to the idea that he is stuck in a position of his own doing, hann is a wizard i presume as a hobbit reference? and then the dubai and malaysia flags as he got banned,oxygen tank from consumption, cross due to the religious signposting on his ig story and a juxtaposition to his atheism, thesaurus for those big words, infinite jest as its referenced in sincerity is scary, wine, cigarettes, xanax as a reference to 'Xanax and a newport' in part of the band, i live cum mug from the problemattic, american flag as a lot of their music is informed by Americana especially on notes(? maybe also just because america)
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then on the floor here theres the coke bottles as matty cannot be seen without one, the piss/apple juice from when he was spotted with gabbriette, the fox i saw on twitter means temptation so could be a very subtle hint towards temptation from porn and the right and so on, raw meat from consumption and its being 'swept under the rug' so could be a metaphor for matty being problematic and it being glossed over by him, hairdye as there was twitter rumour he dyed his grays and matty has previously said he would not, flame and wok box as the boys used to work there, typewriter from the typed up letters he used to do but u dont know what 'im not a beatnik im a catholic' is a reference to, true romance is one of mattys favourites and was a key inspiration for the robbers video
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i have no clue what this is other than human blunt? and seeds and beans? as a gyat reference? help?
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this corner has the married computer so man who married a robot, lotion and tissues for activities, cow with glassjaw hoodie as a nod to when we are together and also the nme interview where he mentions that hoodie as the one he put on at 13 and took off at 19 if im correct, grass block from satvb promo, tent could be a nod to reading and leeds? then skeleton with the lab coat i dont know exactly but i think it could be another problemattic reference with me on the brain, and then 2013 george with his blue gatorade as in most gigs you can see his blue gatorade with its own stand!! (though i watched trsmnt the other day and it was orange) and he is producing i think it could have been drawn from a photo but i cba to find it
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and last but not least, ross!!! who is also jesus as there were lots of memes surrounding him looking like jesus or being a personal jesus and so on, also could be to do with the problemattic post of ricky gervais on the cross for being an atheist, penguin!! because ross likes penguins, bees are a manchester symbol, beer, robber with the iconic 2014 shirt, greggs sausage roll i presume from when one got thrown onstage but also the twitter meme of 'i saw matty crying in x greggs' and then i think the last on is a mortal kombat character and nearly forgot but ross also has a lamp as he turned off the lamps at the end of when we are together during atvb on stage
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#sorry if this is really messy and jumbled#but hopefully its a good overview!!#ethan goes off on one again#the 1975#matty healy#ross macdonald#adam hann#george daniel#at their very best#asks
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The origin of Bluenos Album Art
TLDR: I have no clue where the album art came from after this post, i either find a lyric page scan or buy a Blueno CD (with zero garuntee of finding my answer)
(yeah we staying on topic after my last post)
I have no clue why this shower thought came to me a few days ago but damn it couldn't leave
so now Im looking into it lmao
My first instinct is to look for the origin on Tineye, maybe when it released or around that time there was some old ass dude on Limewire or Something Awful talking about it. Having a starting point close to release could've been really useful.
My closest hit was 2014, pretty lame
I still wanted to check these out though, cause you might never know
I first went to tok2.com (the top one), i did this somewhat cause of it being the oldest hit, and also being the only hit being a GIF.
I tried simply googling tok2.com, and i got a security alert (great)
I then went to the website via Wayback machine instead, which had 2 snapshots from May 3rd 2005 and June 7 2023 (wtf)
My Japanese is incredibly bad (so i used google translate)
please please please correct me if i get anything wrong
i tried my best comprehending a language Im only at unit 11 of Duolingo with and it seems this is rather a website for hosting music or selling music
Scrolling down i eventually find what were looking for and a list of contributors to the album too! (when looking for a contributors list before i could only find Fusako and Daisuke, but it seems i didn't look hard enough lol)
now seeing the GIF i save it in hopes Tineye finds something else
its 10 seconds of a still image and Tineye doesn't give me any new results (Lame af)
despite this i still have the contributors (No evidence to confirm this right now) list that's part of the webpage so i start looking into the people on there
i first start with Yoshie Tsunoken
to which im then taken to longer contributor lists on websites like rate your music and last.fm, but assuming these are reliable (like i said, no evidence to prove as of now) these don't even list who made the art, just instruments
oh well
i go back to my 3 other hits on Tineye
Discogs doesn't have a contributors list as of now
my next two (and last) are websites for Chinese Football(whether its the band or actual football, i don't know) , they have different domain names, both lead to the same website, and both images of Blueno Tineye hit have the same file name, they also have the same resolution and file size.
despite this I go back to the archive to look for snapshots of the websites.
all links have no archived Urls (and opening either website without archive gives an error)
there were also two websites with unavailable webpages, but just like these two the images are the exact same and redirect to the exact same website, just different domain
as for what avid Chinese Football fan was listening to Blueno, idk.
I then went to their Youtube topic channel and Youtube music (i forgot about these) and also found nothing
I still had one last idea though.
I decided to check my Frenesi CD's for if they listed who made the art, maybe if Frenesi did such Blueno could have too.
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(these are my CDs, and i eventually plan to scan the lyrics page and the photograph on the back)
Considering all of these list who made the art for Frenesis albums there could be a possibility Bluenos CD does too
so now i either:
1: pray to the lord i find a scan/image of Bluenos CD lyric page in hope of a contributors list
2: buy one and do it myself
I have zero evidence to prove that either one of these will work :\
I will probably update on this soon (CD page scans or the actual art we looking for)
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Just going a little more into the whole thing about understanding young dnp differently now that we have the whole story, something else I have been thinking about so much is queer rights movements and legislation in the uk. Im a good decade younger than them, when gay marriage was legalised I was 12. I was old enough to understand what it was, but i didnt really have any sort of understanding of how it affected me bc i hadnt even started to figure out who i was yet. To me it feels like so long ago, i feel like ive always had it, which is an immense privelage. But dan and phil were not only already in their mid twenties and in a 5 year strong relationship, they already had an active career on youtube. Watching ditl in london, that was the year gay marriage was legalised in the uk. That was who they already were as people and as creators. I cant imagine what it would have been like when the bill passed. They were still so closeted, but that was also such a big win for them and the whole community. I wonder if at the time it still seemed like such a far fetched thing anyway, bc i cant imagine they were even close to wanting to come out yet. Idk if they thought at that point they ever would. And then i think about the fact that they had been in a committed relationship for 5 years at that point. I cant imagine what it would be like to be with my self-proclaimed 'soulmate' and know that you can not legally recognize your relationship. To not know if you ever would. Which then makes sense as to why its not necessarily a priority for them now. Idk, its like you said. Its strange and a little sad to know now who they were then, but in the end it all worked out. They made it to the other side and i could not be happier for them.
oh wow yeah!! im about the same age as you I think, and yes it was much the same for me in the sense that I was aware of same-sex marriage legislation being passed but I had no real grasp on like, what that actually meant for people lol. this got me curious so I went back and tried to see if they ever even talked about same-sex marriage being legalized in the UK. from what I can see they didn't tweet about it at all, and im assuming they didn't make any other statements about it? then in 2015 when it was legalized in the US, they did both tweet, but quite impersonally (I mean I get why im not saying they should've been making grand statements or anything like that). like even setting their relationship aside for a moment, I can imagine it was incredibly difficult for them as two closeted gay men to navigate how to address things like this publicly—obviously when it came to the UK they didn't even address it at all. but im sure it was a huge deal for them to see it legalized just in the sense of what it represents. but even with this landmark that represented lgbtq+ ppl being more generally accepted, they were still closeted, so there was only so much they could say. like I would love to know their thoughts that they couldnt express in 2013/2014/2015 on what it meant to them! but also how it affected them that they couldnt share their thoughts
but then yeah I do wonder how it was for them in the context of their relationship. bc like before it wasn't even a possibility that they could get married. and then they did have the option, but actually not really because they were still closeted, so even if they wanted to they still technically couldnt without outing themselves. but obviously just knowing you now have the option when you couldnt before meant a lot to them im sure
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3, 10, and 22 if you don’t mind :3 it can be any fandom, whichever you think will be easier when answering it !!
3 - screenshot or description of the worst take you've seen on tumblr
"anemone is so dogshit because she became mean for some reason" ohh so close, thats a kid who was kept close by her mom all her life and got manipulated by an old guy and was scared of her own powers, honorable mention to "hazels mom is a therapist she shouldve talked to him in the finale"
10 - worst part of fanon
i cant explain it, like, how bizzare it is?? like looking at fanon discussions is so fascinting because half of the time its like being smashed in the face by a bookshelf
the rampant misogyny is one thing i talk abt often, but theres stuff like how people will bend over backwards and you look at the canon and its just so drastically different from whatever the media is, also how suddenly people just cant some up with bullshit for some characters but then others who are cardboard boxes theres 5 billion pages of yaoi in fanworks of them, like what the hell is stopping is my question
(i understand ppl who want peri to be this badass who adopts dev and everything is great and i get the appeal i also love me some found family dynamics, however to me it just sometimes feels kinda forced? not saying you cant do that its just i dont think that peri would snap at dale and hate him directly, theres probably other stuff similar to this that ive seen in works but i cant recall, this was more common during 2014-2019 though)
also just how ship focused it is, now idk if im one to say this i love me some pairs i had a huge deviantart stamp collection that was half my page of ones i liked and i still do, however theyre so wildly out of character or its so obvious to see which ones people ONLY like for a ship and not outside their own character (stares directly at hazel)
theres probably more im missing but its 4 am rn, just the way they handle characters speicifcally and how wrong they can be even if something directly happened into the camara is soooo ????/
22 - your favorite part of canon that everyone else ignores
i cant rlly think of anythin new so ill repeat the answer i gave to the same question like acouple of months ago
i think the fop fandom can benefit from like, paying attention to the random worldbuilding????
theres atleast 4 different ways faries power the source to their magic and if 1 is dimished so are the rest like christmas lights, theres a substitute teacher whos a pretty gnarly fairy hunter (with a published book series), theres an entire country that appeared in the middle of america the contitnent that will dissapear, theres probably afew people timmy wished up that were on the run up untill he lost his fae which ment those people dissapeared, the grim reaper works in a fairy pet shop, crocker and the princible apparently had a thing going on??? betty and gray which im still mad they dropped after 4 episodes, chloe is all almost most of the time and even when her parnts come by theyre still jackasses enough to tell her to stop having fun, KEVIN CROCKER?? WHO I LOVE BUT IS SUCH A BIZZARE INCLUSION, anti cosmo and head pixie have (implied) raised a baby themselves?, the (not rlly) alien princess mark was supposed to marry who hunted him for sport for what i assume is months, veronicas whole identity crisis spheal, a fairy actress died on stage with such an ugly outfit that not even one person watched the damn movie after that, walking dino electrician, I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH A ANIMATRONIC AND A GUY ON THE STREET ARE BUDDYS AND THEYRE LIKE A BUTCH NONBINARY LESBIAN PUNK FURRY AND A CISHET GUY IN HIS MID 50S, aliens that exist on earth plotline for the 2nd time, theres two mother natures and while yeah they couldve retconned one of them ive decided are wives, THE WELLS' LANDLORDS ARE WERIDO END OF THE EARTH DUDES AND THE PARENTS GET ALONG BUT THEIR KIDS DONT WHY HAVENT I SEEN ANYTHING ABT THIS
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what is vampire the masquerade and whats killer is dead. i assume videod games but i could be wrong... you seem to be having soo much fun im nosaayy 😁
omg hi mani im so flattered u would ask!! yeah ive been in the throes of videogames lately AHAH... oc brained but videogame about it sort of...
vampire the masquerade is actually a ttrpg originally published in the 80s i think, but it keeps getting updated so its not like. anything super old... whenever i mention "vampire the masquerade: bloodlines" im talking about the 2004 videogame created based off of the ttrpg! im biased in loving vtm and vtmb since well. it's about vampires. but i think it's an unique take on them that like makes the supernatural aspect not too boring compared to the classic supernatural vampire take. since it involves clans, a lot of vampire politics and societal aspects to it all, etc... Bloodlines itself is not a perfect game (ill avoid geeking out too much about the brief dev hell history it had) but i value it so dearly bc its so 2004 and is so gothic/alternative in its genuine influence. also the story is goofy but really good too (with um, simultaneously, the con that It Is a 2004 Game, meaning it has a lot of weird bigotries that were normalized for the time lol). Unforchy it's almost unplayable without downloading an additional patch mod that restores also a lot of cut content ^_^ but you make do... its so easy to make ocs for the game and the general ttrpg, sooo many ways you can go with your characters!! Bloodlines itself as a game is an action/adventure RPG mostly focused on combat (with stuff like stealth sessions) as well as various ways to resolve different quests. the variety of said outcomes is mostly limited by the fact the studio wasn't able to polish the game at all for release due to activision, the publisher, pushing troika games (dev team) to release the game early to compete with half life 2 at the time (yeah crazy i know). that said, the dialogues can be really charming and fun and offer a nice variety of things to do.. its not perfect but seriously is the best vampire RPG game around so far..
killer is dead is completely different (mostly because i can never focus on one thing for too long lmfao), it's an hack and slash 2014 game created by suda51 and grasshopper manufacture (same game devs behind no more heroes, lollipop chainsaw, shadows of the damned etc) and it's. an okay game. i dont even know if i can explain the story bc its like, a clusterfuck. and usually clusterfuck stories are goichi suda's specialty but this one goes over the moon (funny joke if You Know). it's a pretty mid game. I love it on one hand bc its easy to play and very stylish, tho the shaders sometimes can give you an headache. I also love the protagonist (mondo zappa) because to me thats a butch not just some guy. Unfortunately the game has the very strong cons of being too short for the kind of game it is, and also has an infamously bizarre minigame that's called "gigolo missions"... you basically go on "dates" with beauties (sexy girls basically), you give them gifts until they 'love' you and then you go have sex and they give you weapon upgrades as a result. the date though consists of you building up your "guts meter" by looking at their boobs or legs so it's like. REALLY STRANGE. CANT HASHTAG IM SORRY FEMINISM OUT OF THIS ONE I'M AFRAID.... it's so conflicting bc apparently suda didn't want to add this function but publishers forced him to. oh well. a solid 6.5/10 tbh. idk if i'd reccomend it tho maybe gameplays are better than getting it at full price imo (i got my game as a gift)
UM SO SORRY FOR GEEKING OUT...I HOPE THE EXPLANATION WAS CLEAR. My brain keeps jumping from media to media with no pause... i wanna focus on ocs again but this keeps happening hahaha
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Friends Describing Starkid Characters (part 6)
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thats a richie if ive ever seen one (nah that was his old roommates character)
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gollum and voldemort (wrong names but at least one of those fandoms is right)
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thats spongebob, of course (askdfjh just from this i know the rest of this is gonna be great)
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thats an overworked (but sassy) barista (she is!!! and i love her so much)
crissandra
thats a buck
wilma flintstone and betty rubble
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“thats a rob or something” (he sent his girlfriends response who has seen part of this musical so idk why she was wrong) (im also gonna send these to her, she should not be answering on his)
sebastian (maybe i was still reeling at his gf not knowing paul after watching part of tgwdlm but i burst out laughing at this)
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white ru paul
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zoltar (i was prepared for jafar again, i like that it wasnt jafar)
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ludo
mrs. princess
satan and his girlfriend, satan (at this point his gf texts me telling me i brought this upon myself and i know, i wanted funny)
fredonia baggins
i meant frodo, but that works
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greaser johnny (honestly...from lore from nmt, he does work on cars if he follows his dads footsteps so...)
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thats the same guy (FINALLY!!! EVERYONE ASSUMED THEY WERE DIFFERENT CHARACTERS!
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thats andy warhol with contacts
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thats a nameless background character from a local theatre adaptation of the film “animal house” (asjdhfjksah he had a name dude. we have a cult for him. i have a cameo from him)
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thats peter parker if he never became spider-man (whats with my friends this time and thinking this is either spider-man or a spider-man actor adfkjhas)
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bames jond
NPMD SPOILERS AFTER THIS POINT!! LOOK AT YOUR OWN RISK!
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michael jacksons character in the “thriller” music video
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adam and eve (hes close enough for someone who hasnt seem it)
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you drew a picture of her (i did :) its on my instagram (youofsomesong) and my art account on twitter (dontdosadnes))
she looks like that girl from the movie “clueless”
but with more of a 2014 thing going on
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ernie
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millennial peter pan
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neon joe (this dude should be asleep so hes loosing it rn)
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akihabara
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pokemon gym leader
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sportacus
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he looks like an evan
#my friends guess starkid characters#its enteraining#and fun#starkid#team starkid#starkid black friday#black friday#a very potter sequel#A Very Potter Series#the guy who didnt like musicals#the trail to oregon#Firebringer#twisted#twisted the untold story of a royal vizier#spies are forever#nerdy prudes must die#nerdy prudes must die spoilers#npmd#npmd spoilers#tin can bros
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Two questions:
Are you still into the Descendants fandom?
Which Descendants book characters you like and why(hint, from your Jaylos fic: So sweet; answer like this)
1. idk! my idea of being "into a fandom" is very loose. i still like descendants, i could get back into writing for it/drawing for it/finally making that video essay on jay's story arc for it at any time. ok an impulsive person. i can't stop thinking about the television show gotham (2014-2019) rn though so that's where im at. but i still reread my own fic often. just read it the other day actually.
2. ha! i actually never read the book w lonnie's brother li shang (rip his unfortunate name i can't take it seriously so i won't speak it). so ill be honest i completely made him up for so sweet, just based on the vibes i got from the vague description of that book. i only really accept the first isle book as canon supplemental materials for me, besides everyone's superfluous cousins, i just can't with that. who is cruella's evil sibling on the isle that had a kid? let's be real. but anyway i decided to add shang in as jay's minor love interest bc i wanted jay to have an experience w someone from aurais. who was really genuinely good, and i think i just pictured lonnie's older brother as someone who takes things really seriously, in contrast to her, which i wanted to reflect in how they spoke of each other, where with this dynamic where shang feels a responsibility to take pressure off of lonnie by living up to picturesque auradon ideals so that lonnie can just be herself, but lonnie sees this and feels somewhat guilty and wishes he wouldn't. if i ever got around to writing my jane/lonnie spin-off i would explore this dynamic. anyway. i know from ur blog that u like lil shang so im assuming this is what u were asking LOL
edit: that is to say i don't have a favorite character from the books bc i only read one and i can't rly remember anything notable ab any of them. harriet, i suppose! i think she just slays, i like the idea of harry and cj having a really reasonable and smart older sister while they're like really reckless and wild. i also haven't seen wicked world, so cj is also just an idea in my mind 😇
ty for the ask :) i do still like the chance to talk ab descendants
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1. First one that came to my head was Paris from The Dummys Dummy on webtoonwho is great but id probably say the 12th doctor from doctor who hes awesome
2. Lighter
3. Neverrr my windows are never ever open
4. A lot of them honestly
5. Hazel
6. Autism
7. Hair ties
8. 0
9. Id say cold cus im assuming its iced
10. If theyre shit people absolutely but if theyre good rich people then no
11. Not too sure maybe volleyball or drums i dont play volleyball but id like to
12. So boiling hot i was getting cooked alive earlier
13. 3 hours ago atleast
14. Sometimes
15. Nope
16. Nuh uh
17. Nearsighted 100% i cannot see shit
18. Nothing honestly
19. Sure, itd be shit but i definitely would if you asked
20. Neither i just say the brand name
21. That most of my emotions were super over exaggerated and my real feelings would literally just show as a straight face 😭
22. Idk how to describe myself, i guess im quite anxious
23. Love it purely cus i sleep better
24. Listening to music and maybe smoking
25. Dont really use any of that
26. Playing games with people in a very specific way (an example is the way blarg, smii7y, soup, dooo and the rest of them lot play games with each other)
27. Less than 10
28. No im asthmatic lmao
29. Hot
30. Theres a glass but surprisingly theres not anything else in here
31. Metal and stuff that was super popular in like 2014 when glmvs were around more
32. Yes
33. Dont remember
34. Grenade in the Gravy by TheDooo
35. Gmt/Bst
36. Once
37. My best friend who i met when i was 2
38. Idk
39. No but i own nivea ones i used the raspberry one the most out of them all when i did use them
40. Yeah
41. Iced with caramel
42. Spotify my beloved ♡
43. I loveeee spicy food
44. RISHI SUNAK
45. Nope :3
46. Assuming you mean halloween type of holiday lmao, probably christmas chronicles and scream (for Halloween) i love scream ive almost watched all of them i only need 1 more then ive watchee all the scream movies my favorite is the first one though
47. "Actually so real you should do that, go buy a gun" referring to a message saying that our dm should hold our other players at gun point to get them to play dnd
48. I think i was around 8 or 9 my dad gave me a sip of rum (IN PUBLIC BTW) cus i was thirsty
49. No
50. If you want but i might not look at it lmao
here’s weirder asks
who is/are your comfort character(s)?
lighter or matches?
do you leave the window open at night?
which cryptyd being do you believe in?
what color are your eyes?
why did you do that?
hair-ties or scrunchies?
how many water bottles are in your room right now?
which do you prefer, hot coffee or cold coffee?
would you slaughter the rich?
favorite extracurricular activity?
what kind of day is it?
when was the last time you ate?
do you love the smell of earth after it rains?
are you a parent? (all answers qualify)
can you drive?
are you farsighted or nearsighted?
what hair products do you use?
imagine we’re at a sleepover, would you paint my nails?
do you say soda or pop?
something you’ve kept since childhood?
what type of person are you?
how do you feel about chilly weather?
if we were together on a rooftop, what would we be doing?
perfume/body spray or lotion?
a scenario that you’ve replayed multiple times?
about how many hours of sleep did you get?
do you wear a mask?
how do you like your shower water?
is there dishes in your room?
what type of music keeps you grounded?
do you have a favorite towel?
the last adventure you’ve been on?
is there a song you know every word to by heart?
what’s your timezone?
how many times have you changed your url?
someone in your life, other than a relative, you’ve known for 10+ years?
a soap bar that smells good?
do you use lip balm?
did you have any snacks today?
how do you take your coffee?
an app you frequently use besides this godforsaken site?
what’s your take on spicy foods?
you get a free pass to kill anyone, who is it?
can you remember what happened yesterday?
favorite holiday film?
what was the last message you sent?
when did you first try an alcohol beverage?
can you skip rocks?
can i tag you in random stuff?
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week ninety-nine
so close.
monday and tuesday were nothing special.
wednesday i went thrifting and i found a cute top that makes me feel so bella swan and a cute dress that makes me feel so 2014 tumblr. i wore the top to the quiz in the evening.
thursday omg. my friends were doing a concert at the same bar as where the music quiz was held. i went there w a and on the walk there i ask her if we should go see the jazz concert afterwards as well and she was like:
"yes, of course, u know whos playing, right?"
WELL, i did in fact NOT KNOW but it just happened to be w on the drums. bro i was so excited. we went to see my friends concert and it was great and ended in a mosh pit so it was quite the change walking into the jazz gig afterwards.
they had already started playing when we go there but it was fine. we didnt get a close-up seat but i could stare at w from afar. it was funny bc when s arrived we just exchanged this glance of like:
"oh, we both know why IM here." the performance felt quite short but yk, we also arrived a little late. after the performance there was a jam, as per usual. w sat w his parents and some others, im assuming relatives, and also d (and k for a bit???).
yadayada i sat down w a, a, l and v closer to the front and then i saw w standing w´by the table l was sitting at but talking w b, k and t. i move over there since i knew it wouldnt be too obvious since me and l r friends. i barely look at him bc hes so close yk but UGHHHH he was like resting his hands on the table and leaning. idk how to describe it but yk standing but leaning and his sleeves were rolled up. dead.
anyways both c and l were leaving and i tried begging them to stay while w was there but they ended up just being like:
"no, girl, just talk to him instead."
i end up moving back to sit w a and l. a and v had left by now too. ws standing by himself and a immediately tells l to invite him over and he invites w to sit w us and points to a seat next to me. he sits down on the other available seat though lol i dont blame him since it was closer so it was more logical.
l and w talk briefly in-between watching the jam session and then w just drops a "i just realized i havent had any dinner today" and we start talking about going out to eat. we were discussing whether we should go to the grill or mcdonalds. mcdonalds is a bit outside of town and only the drive-thrus open that late but w did offer us going w him in his car but we ended up going to the grill. i wouldnt have minded sitting in his car though hehe.
me, a and l leave to go get our coats and w left behind for a bit to go pick up his cymbals and his bag. me and a freak out a tiny bit on my behalf before he joined us again. we left and i was so... omg? the entire walk there and i message l being like "OMGOMGOMG". on the way there w meets a bunch of ppl he knows and he starts play fighting w a. it was quite cute.
when we were nearing the grill i became ever so slightly more comfy to talk after i made a joke he laughed at. we were talking about how much food he could get if he just handed them his bag of cymbals and silly me said he could get lots of shrimps and rice. it sounds so dumb to like explain in such detail things i remember him or me saying but like,,, im gonna do it in detail anyways bc i want to remember it when im seventy and i look back at these posts (if tumblrs still a thing by then).
we all order food and he orders such a dad meal but ig its quite cute when he does it. we bonded over dips bc we had the same fav and the same least fav. we both love béarnaise and hate oriental lol. then b showed up and we invited him to eat w us so we had to wait longer so his food would be ready as well. i didnt mind ofc.
we started talking ab hans zimmer which led w to a passionate rant thanks to him being a zimmer fanatic. then that led to a film bro talk that initially made fun of how film bros act ab shots and stuff just for him to start doing exactly that dgjslkfj it was funny bc he was like listing famous movie scenes being like:
"and u know the story ab this shot, right?" until he reached one that we actually didnt know and he was like "oh okay then let me film bro real quick *proceeds to explain how that scene was shot*"
im afraid i really like film bros. i think its so cute when they get all passionate about it TT
i dont think ill go TOO into detail ab each tiny thing he said bc i already have a note in my phone of everything i remember TT am i manic?
we got our food and we went to campus to eat it. he went by the basement to put away his cymbals while us others went to the cafeteria. we went to sit down and a went to sit right next to me but l whispered like:
"no! move over! leave that seat empty!" wanting w to sit down next to me naturally. hes an ally ! anyways i did like a short joke ab how hed probably sit down on the opposite side and l laughed and was like "oh yeah, he probably will" and yup, he did. it was quite funny bc i havent told b i like w but if it wasnt obvious by now idk what.
we sat eating together for like an hour and i was so happy to get a reason to stare at him attentively wo it being weird bc yk,,, just watching him from afar and stuff can be pretty weird TT but like actually getting to have eye contact w him and stuff AHHHH!!!
b left first and us others were left sitting for a bit. i thought we were all going home until a whispers to me like "l, hes coming to the bar!!!" which was a big surprise bc like ive mentioned before, hes v rarely at the bar. hes been there more recently though which is fun.
we walk to the bar together and ahhh so happy hihi but we split up quite early on as he goes to his classmates and i felt to awkward to join him. after going outside rq i caught up w s for a bit before walking back in and joining w and some others who i knew. later we were left alone near the bar and bro it was so awkward and later a steals his cap and puts it on her head and i just awkwardly drop the worst line of my life:
"looking fresh."
i actually cant, ive been thinking ab it ever since... WHY TF WOULD I SAY THAT???
okay anyways i wanna forget ab it truly.
later on i joined a and her friends and omg... she asked me if she could wear my glasses and i let her and then she moved over to me and was like:
"i feel like a sexy substitute teacher," then she caresses my shoulder and chest and lightly grabs my shirt and goes:
"hm, u havent done ur homework~ what should we do about that~?"
AND BRO MY GAY ASS... i literally melted... that was like the hottest thing someones ever said and done to me. def up there w the time i cuffed me. she did apologize quickly for touching my chest but i said it was fine (WHICH IT VERY MUCH WAS!). then she pulled me into the bathroom and we talked for quite a while. shes so nice TT
when i got back w was gone.
next day, friday. we celebrate bs 18th bday. once getting to the bar we sit outside and i was so happy actually. like the conversation was so good and i was becoming the perfect level of drunk. i was sitting w my back towards the bar and c just looks at me and points behind me and mouths a quiet "look."
i turn around AND WHO DO I SEE? w. i literally look back in shock w my hand in front of my agape mouth and v goes:
"what, what happened?"
and i go like:
"omg, i havent told u i think" and i lean in and just "i like w" and then do little drum motions w my hand to like clarify which one i mean and his immediate reactions like "AIGHT, give me a minute" and he stands up. he was joking ofc and sat back down then genuinely asks me if i want him to wingman me. i consider it and i said he could go talk to him but dont like directly say i like him and he proceeds to go and talk to him twice i think?? it was funny. i told him he could wingman me next time for sure.
i never end up talking to w that night but i did end up telling a about it when i was walking around to bar to find him. i just walk up to her like:
"i was looking for w but he seems to have left."
then i proceed to tell her that i like him and thats why i was looking for him and her replys the cutest thing ever. she just starts telling me how im so cute and how hes so sweet and would be a great boyf and that i should so talk to him and AHHH I LOVE HER. feeding my delusions sm i love her. then she genuinely goes like:
"should we go look for him?"
i just tell her hes left bc i havent seen him but i told her quickly ab our little hangout from the day before and she was so excited ab it.
then nothing else of important note has happened this weekend. i dropped the story ab o to e and s. e on friday and s asked me ab it on saturday and it was so funny hearing ab him from their perspective. we all ended up agreeing that hes nice but def a bit,,,, weird and has some questionable traits.
ive been trying to figure out how to incorporate quotes into these texts wo it looking dumb and its so hard. i know how to use quotation marks in like,, fiction context but idk the proper grammar rules on how to use it while quoting ppl mid-story.
sotw: david bowie - criminal world
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a rant on monet de haan and “but og gossip girl was old money”
not to bitch abt racist og gossip girl fans but im gonna bitch abt them. i REMEMBER yalls tone when the show first got promo before it even aired, and weren’t even willing to give it a chance, u just made assumptions bc the entire cast wasnt white.
ppl, specifically og gg tiktok fans, were saying the old show “gives old money” and the new show doesnt, conveniently forgetting chuck’s dad wasn’t born into wealth but became wealthy when chuck was young, making him new money. his dad is worth 22 billion dollars.
monet’s parents are heirs to a new york pharmaceutical company and on her wiki its listed that her family descends from old money. johnson and johnson is one of the biggest and has a net worth 435 billion as the wealthiest pharma company in the us. bc im lazy and dont feel like counting means and stats for the top 10 pharma companies in the us relative to ny, im assuming the de haan company has a networth of 100-400+ billion. whatever her family’s networth is i will happily believe it is more than chuck bass.
and monet’s parent’s donation of the wing had to occur sometime after everyone in the og show including jenny’s grade had graduated constance bc it wasnt yet canon, but just before monet had gone there. if we’re talking as soon as jenny’s grade had graduated, thats between june 2010-aug 2018, and monet would be 5 to 13. i’m going to average that the time the wing was planned to be built was 2014 when she’d by 9 bc i love the idea of little monet dreaming of going to constance with absolute certainty, and bc 2014 is a prettier number. my theory is that greyson and camille were planning to have monet go to CB St Judes ever since she was a child, hence the early donation.
anyway her parents literally paid for wing in constance and it has their names on it w the money from an old new york pharma company they own. and yall are like,,, dying on the hill she, bc she’s part of the reboot, wasnt born into wealth??? and even if she wasnt i know yall didnt just forget the og gg had poc on the show who were also old money or otherwise so loaded rich they could afford constance, but usually they were background characters like the minions, nelly yuki, and raina. the minions who literally only served to do blair’s bidding, and nelly yuki who was opposed bc blair saw her as an academic rival and was willing to sabotage her.
and then raina thorpe whos one of the only black girls in the show w a prominence in the og series, but idk. she’s moreso there bc she was w/ nate and chuck, but also her dad is basically a “villain” in the show and raina gets the short end of the stick and has to suffer for it, which is when she leaves the show. im just saying ofc someone the same race as monet or luna or aki would be happy to see themselves represented on screen and not as a background character or recurring character there only a short amnt of time if they loved the og gg.
and if you personally aren’t? cool thats ok but let ppl who are be happy. you dont need to mount some moral high horse pretending u care abt poc to defend why u hate us being represented in media. yall complain whenever poc are shown in media even when it isnt a reboot but rather an extension of the franchise such as star wars, so i find it hard to believe ur crapping on new reboots in media for having poc bc u actually care abt us being properly represented.
like, factually racism is the only thing convincing yall the old gg is “old money” and the new one isnt. also we need to have a talk abt what yall constitute as old money, bc hf twitter stayed hating on alexa demie for her early 00s fashion for being “cheap” as if paris hilton also wasn’t dressing kinda like alexa currently does in the early 00s while also happening to be an heiress to a hotel brand. and as if hf twt doesn’t constantly worship the air bella hadid breathes for wearing low rise jeans and baby tees which is just as much y2k inspired as what alexa wears.
like,, yall think all rich people, w/in ur very narrow view of what rich old money ppl look like, only ever dress in ralph lauren polos,,,and it’s not even like yall read the gg books to know the og characters wear burberry and ralph lauren which any tiktok old money “connoisseur” would hate for being “flashy,’ but because its in the list of their weird arbitrary rules of crap all old money rich ppl apparently do. if the reboot characters wore burberry scarves and ralph lauren polos w giant logos on the front yall would complain they arent following ur made up rich ppl rules u think applies to everyone who’s an heir to fortune.
yall just forget abt raina and hated gg2021 before it even aired all bc it starred poc, and bc its weird seeing a rich it girl in a position of power who doesnt look like blair or serena. for the de haans to have the money to donate a wing to the school and pay monet’s tuition on top of that and live in the excess monet does simultaneously kinda shows like,,how fucking rich monet is. therefore the attitudes of the students make a lot of sense. and if blair was treating a teacher the way monet does bc she had a wing dedicated to her parents, yall would eat that shit up whether blair was old money or not!!!
listen im a huge gg fan but i also pay attention!!! i am not letting monet de haan slander slide!!!! im all for her being as entitled due to her wealth and carefree as blair was!!! bc blair did some f’ed up shit yet monet being snide w a teacher gets yalls feathers ruffled...and we all know why yall wouldnt have the same reaction if it were audrey doing the same but thats none of my business
#gossip girl#ggrb#monet de haan#gossip girl 2021#gg 2021#and if i got the math wrong on when the de haan wing was first planned idc the exact numbers and calculations arent the focus#anyway i spent an hour trying to properly articulate this
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WELL as one beloved mutual cares i shall elaborate . so
@sawasawako the beloved mutual in question pointed out how interesting it is that many film adaptations of frankenstein chose not to give the being (aka "frankenstein's monster") a voice and how that's the version that has become most popular in western cultural thought, and i really think it's additionally interesting to contrast the choices of those films with the choices made in the show Penny Dreadful. im getting on my soapbox but under a readmore because i already know this post will be a mile long
So if you don't know, Penny Dreadful (2014-2016) was a 3 season long show that aired on Showtime (in the US) and Sky (in the UK). Essentially, it's a show that takes place in the late 1880s-1890s in London, grappling with the idea of what would happen if all of the popular characters of gothic novels converged on the city and interacted with each other. Vanessa Ives, the main character, is on the hunt for her best friend Mina Murray, who has been kidnapped by vampires (by Dracula, but she doesn't know that in the beginning) and enlists the help of Ethan Chandler, an American sharpshooter who is hiding the fact he's a werewolf, and Victor Frankenstein, who by the first episode of season 1 has already made his first "being"/creature and is hiding that from everyone else. Occasionally, Vanessa encounters Dorian Gray, the elusive rich prettyboy who seems to know everyone, and has several close calls with witches who are after her due to her past.
There is an ongoing Victor Frankenstein-centric subplot wherein his first 'being'--who goes by Caliban in season 1 and John Clare in later seasons, reappears in season 1 after having not seen Victor for years at that point, and is bent on revenge. Already, he is closer to the novel's version than the popular image in Western film canon; his visual appearance is nearly identical to the description in the novel. Importantly, he is given a voice--and wants and desires and emotions--that his Western film counterparts seriously lack a majority of the time. Here's what he looks like for reference:
His relationship with Victor is complex; Victor abandoned him, as he does in the novel, and so Caliban has to teach himself everything from the books that Victor left in his old lab and from looking out the window (as in the novel at first), before traveling to London to find Victor. While in London, the only job he's able to find is working backstage at a penny dreadful performing theatre, where everyone assumes he looks the way he does due to a mechanical accident in a factory. He gets dismissed from this job after mistaking the kindness of an actress there as romantic interest and nearly attacks her over her rejection of him, and he sets on his revenge quest towards Victor.
He wants Victor to create him a mate, but unlike some popular movies, even this gets subversed: Victor does end up creating a "mate" for Caliban, but she (previously Brona Croft, an ex-textile worker, now sex worker, who dies of tuberculosis, revived to become Lily Frankenstein) quickly gains her own sentience and thoughts and emotions---unknowingly to Victor, she has retained all memories of her past life as Brona, and has deduced the circumstances of her resurrection---and decides to leave Caliban and Victor and forge a life of her own, enraged at the treatment of women in their society.
Caliban is incredibly complex, and eventually he and Vanessa become friends which was the highlight of my life when that happened... like ugh look at this scene ... anyways
I just think it's interesting! Caliban has his problems and terrible behavior (Penny Dreadful is one of those shows where nearly everyone is a bad person lol) but he is a nuanced human being. He loves poetry and theatre and he wants revenge but he also wants to be cared for. Idk it's just such an interesting portrayal!!!
frankenstein posting on the dash... makes me wish more of my besties have seen penny dreadful because i think what they did with victor frankenstein / the being/Adam/etc was genuinely sooo interesting
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