#interesting to think about tho. could be a metaphor or whatever. or could be something fucky wucky with chaos energy goin on

[fleetsonourgecentral]

Yoo thought of a headcanon scenario, where Scourge somehow dreams about his super form[s] one night. 

His interaction with if it was the good Super form the opportunity to at least make a compromise would be fumbled so hard due to their clashing mindsets. And they’re both stubborn as hell in changing their tune. Shit definitely goes out the window when Super looks at Scourge the same way Prime looked at him when he got tricked into powering down saying something along the lines of, “What fucking goals do you even have, Scourge? At least I want to help people be something bigger and better than just being mean.” You can imagine how well Scourge takes it hearing the all too familiar words. So tragically, nothing really gets solved between them, just strengthened feelings of resentment and the need to fight for control when they can. 

Evil Super would however, strike a deal. 

He finds Scourge and his friends very entertaining. Why ruin that? He’s also seen Super Sonic being contained/in his eyes, become a withered shell of his former self, so it might be partially for his own self-preservation as well. He is chaos but so are they. One frightful dream ass-beating later (wasn’t even pissed at Scourge, who despite tried throwing hands like the green bozo he is, he just did it because he can), he offers his hand the way Scourge did with Prime, promising not to kill them only if… honestly idfk something like this???

“The road goes both ways, y’know. You’re full of untapped potential. To keep things running around on this stupid little planet, how about you acknowledge me as my own person? Don’t you even think getting rid of me. Then everyone can continue to rock on this universe, doing as we please. What do you say?”

Just simple acknowledgement as their own person and leave him as he is i guess.

He takes the deal [?] but….Scourge, how are you going to explain to everyone else that you can’t get rid of this super form like Sonic has done? On top of that, better count your lucky stars that your super form never gets bored one day.

who knows maybe Scourge finds another way to stabilize things before that happens maybe- hey wait a second how about a deal for the fucking ankles—

Scourge and a good super form would throw hands. I mean Scourge is throwing hands either way but he would throw hands even faster, and then proceed to tell everyone about the dream bc that is Not Normal even for chaos energy. I think the idea of a super form gaining sentience without being split from Scourge first would freak Sonic out and he'd make it a priority to try and suppress that chaos energy or get it out of Scourge entirely. Here's to hoping they could get it out of Scourge without it coming to life like Super did, though, or it would probably view Scourge as a villain to be dealt with. And, by extension, would have to fight the rest of the freedom fighters, too

I could see an evil super form trying to make a deal, but I also don't know if Scourge would trust it?? His instinct is to distrust and assume people are lying to him or trying to manipulate him, so even if he did take a deal, I don't think he'd trust his super form to hold up his end of the deal. He probably wouldn't tell the freedom fighters or Sonic about it, and he'd brush off any attempts to get rid of his chaos energy so his super form doesn't have an excuse to try and backstab him, but I think he'd be prepared for betrayal anyway and put back-up plans of his own in place. Scourge doesn't always think things through, but he isn't stupid; he'd be well aware he'd be entirely reliant on his super form's mercy, and he'd hate that. So he'd come up with a plan, even if he didn't tell Sonic about it

Ahjdhjsdjh smh the super forms will never realise all they need to do to get in Scourge's good graces is fix his ankles

[notthestarwar]

God I'm legit screaming thinking about my reply to this comment again tho

Like. Such an interesting aspect of the clones is that they did have their childhoods taken from them. It isn't the same as a species that develops at double the speed of humans! Cause they ARE humans. Which absolutely does not mean that they are adult sized children. They are adults. They think like adults. They are developmentally, physically and psychologically adults: but they are not the people they would have been, people with a whole well adjusted childhood behind them.

Which I think is frankly a fascinating thing to explore. It's a great metaphor. When looking at things like: if anyone bothered to ask, could they have consented to their place in the army? Which. Yes. On an individual basis they absolutely could. They are adults, they deserve the autonomy to make that decision and have it accepted, even if the choice they make isn't necessarily the one that another sentient with a different childhood might have made in their position. They can consent. But is it informed consent? Well no. They've kinda been brainwashed. Ethically, you're on unsteady territory there in asking them to choose when you know what their answer is going to be. Does that mean you shouldn't ask? Hell no! Of course you should ask. Does that mean you shouldn't accept their decision? Of course not! They're adults and it's their life.

The only way to approach this ethically would be to give them all the information beforehand and hope that they're as informed as possible. But really. Whatever you do, it isn't really right. The ethical thing is for noone to be in this position in the first place. This isn't ethical unless the clones did have childhoods and were not programmed to WANT to die for the republic and you don't have to ask them under those circumstances, because you've conscripted your army in a normal way.

Anyway my comment (and the fic) kinda went about this in looking at things from a Jedi perspective. Mace is asking. What the fuck do you do in that circumstance? Army has been raised and created in a horrible way, you had no idea and couldn't stop it and now they're being delivered to you. How do you do right by them? You can't! Certainly not as Jedi. Theyre in a ethical trap. They can only try their best but whatever they do, they are promoting the fucked up system that put these men in that position in the first place. Even if they could walk away from the republic (highly debatable) You either leave them to fend for themselves knowing there will be a huge loss of life, or you go in to war alongside them, hoping that in doing so you can smooth the way for them. Hoping that you'll figure out how to free them soon. Hoping that you can save as many of their lives as possible.

Like wow. Terrible situation to be in for anyone. No way you're getting out of that one without betraying them in some way. But for the jedi? Who rely on a philosophy that promotes the importance of all sentient life, to stop them falling and pretty much losing themselves to a mystic power that's gonna do all it can to turn them in to a time bomb, destroying themselves and hurting as many ppl as possible on the way out. Like I can't think of a less conflicting ethical dilemma for them to find themselves in. The war destroys the Jedi. If Palpatine was patient he wouldn't have needed order 66. They were never getting out of that alive. The war broke them, it was in complete opposition to their philosophy and they were tearing themselves apart from the inside.

Anyway this is my comment:

"It is!!! I think this is such a key way that its really hard for anyone to do right by them and be fair. They are adults, it wouldn't be fair to force them in to the life of a child. Or to patronise them. But in the same hand, they shouldn't be adults, something was taken from them and it's not fair to just ignore the fact that their childhoods were stolen from them. They aren't the people they'd be if they got to live those childhoods, but they aren't children either. They think like adults, they feel like adults; but adults that grew in to adults without the learning potential that a proper childhood provides.

It's an extreme, but it's an extreme of an issue that's unfortunately common irl. As an adult whose childhood didn't give you what what you needed, you are innately aware that you lost something that you can never get back. You can make the most out of who you are now, but without a time machine, you'll never have the childhood you should have had. And that, I think is something that Jaster himself is very aware of. When Mace tells him this, he knows the weight of it and he immediately knows that for the clones, it's so much worse.

Like I don't think it should be understated that the whole situation with the clones and the Jedi being asked to lead them was like perfect Jedi torture. It's a complete moral quandary and every way betrays their philosophy. The clones were slaves. They were born to be soldiers, trained from birth, their entire lives built around this war they didn't choose. But it was all they knew. They were indoctrinated in to that life from birth. Had the Jedi found a way to free them, I honestly think the vast majority of the clones would have been offended. They had been raised to believe their life's meaning was to fight for the jedi. They wanted to. It may not have been an informed decision, but, they did want it.

And that's when you really come in to difficulty with, these are adults that should be children. Because it isn't fair to tell another adult that they are wrong to want what they want and that they only want that because they don't have the experience to realise its a bad option. You can't be like 'I know what's best for you'. They are just as much of an adult as you. They are just as capable of thinking things through as you are. But in the same hand, had the clones been born in to a different life, would they still want to be soldiers? Probably not! But they are already adults by this point, their brains are developed, they can't get that childhood back. So to say 'I know that's what you want but it's only because your lack of childhood made you incapable of seeing what's right for you' would be humongously fucked up. There really isn't a way for the Jedi on the council to approach them that doesn't betray at least a part of what the clones are and I think that's important to address."

I do think it's a really interesting thing to chew on and a lot of the debate I see around it in my eyes misses the point completely. There isn't a right answer. There was never going to be a right answer. This didn't happen accidentally. Palpatine set it up to cause as much damage as possible. The clones were born betrayed and the Jedi, were fated to play a part in that, whatever they did. There was no way out.

[lover-of-mine]

https://www.tumblr.com/lover-of-mine/774705171158695936/its-unsurprising-theyre-trying-to-steal-your?source=share They're saying that the car Buck has now is Tommy's too, which doesn't make any sense (the first time this car appeared was in the Halloween episode). I don't even know why they changed Buck's car, but I'm starting to think that it's like his clothes, this car doesn't suit him. He started using it after 7x04, because up until 7x04 he had the Jeep and it's as if just like his baggy clothes, his car isn't getting it right either. It's like the clothes theory you mentioned.

Okay, you're gonna get a meta on cars that you didn't ask for because I was talking about this with @stagefoureddiediaz and, as always she has great points about the way stuff happens on the show.

Like, my main thing about the truck being Buck's is the way that Buck left Tommy behind at the cemetery, if Tommy had been the one driving Buck wouldn't just rush off in front of him. But the jeep has always been a symbol of Buck looking for a place to belong, so much that even the scenes we get focus on Buck driving are scenes where Buck is going towards something like for instance, his first day at the station or the scene of him driving at the end of 306 to solve the lawsuit and let him fix his relationship with Bobby. The last time we saw the jeep was in 704 right before the basketball scene, so the jeep took Buck to the bisexual realization, so Buck has all the puzzle pieces in place, no more searching, so he doesn't need that push towards something anymore. The safety of that car to allow him to escape. Interestingly enough tho, the bt relationship doesn't have them driving their own cars, Tommy keeps ordering ubers, even the breakup has the parking space mentions and Tommy telling them not to drive, they're stationary. Even the 705 with the way Tommy literally lets someone else drive him away from Buck, when either one of them could've easily had their cars at that date. Lou mentioned a scene we didn't see, a scene in the car after the cemetery, but if we consider the symbolism surrounding cars and the way that whoever is driving is the one controlling the speed and the way that Buck is the one controlling the pace of that relationship until he hits the gas and Tommy jumps out, the idea that Tommy would be the one driving is laughable. In the whole relationship, Tommy is just along for the ride. Tommy would never be driving Buck, because that means he would be taking control away from Buck.

But like, I don't think the truck is a bad fit for Buck, if we consider the way that Eddie got his truck after Shannon died while going through emotionally heavy moments, and during the season buddie starts getting real intense, to give Buck his own truck could be interesting for the buddie of it all, the idea of them finally reaching the same destination. The truck also works with the way Buck drives Eddie and the way that the one of them who needs to get ready for the relationship is Buck and Eddie is letting Buck set whatever pace he's comfortable but they're in the same car now. There's a metaphor there for Eddie getting his truck when buddie is put into gear and Buck getting one when they hit the gas on it that I really enjoy.

[mecachrome]

very selfishly would love more of ur thoughts on oscar accommodating and mirroring lando.... as an insane landoheadTM ive been watching lando slowly match oscar's energy in the past year and its been driving me insane and ur SO right that oscars done the same thing!! kind of crazy kind of losing my mind would love to get more thoughts out of u

!!!!!!!!! hi kira i would LOVE 2 talk about this. also this answer may or may not be 2k words long

god there are so many Angles and Frameworks and Contexts through which it is possible to examine 814's dynamic that i constantly feel unhinged about it. and probably sound unhinged as well…… pls note that all of this is pure insanity from my insaneperson brain ⚠️ ;__; ok where to begin.

to me the thing about 814 mirroring each other is that in reality it's actually a metaphor for many different things ❗️ on one hand you can interpret it Literally as in a strictly physical sense—the idea of mirroring someone as running parallel and positioning yourself firmly opposite each other, as constructing intricate rituals in order to NOT touch the skin of other men, being so specifically magnetically repulsed that any contact is accidental and fleeting and causes you to spring away as quickly as you'd met. but then there is also the other sense of mirroring that is….. more amorphous and conceptual, e.g. how oscar has in many ways indirectly orbited lando his entire career and how although they've only been teammates for a year now lando has technically been a primary reference point of his throughout a majority of his teens. AND what i think is so interesting about that too is that if you look back at oscar's Evolution As A Person, you could argue that he's been purely Himself As He Is Now for a very long time... yes there've been minute fluctuations in maturity and just general cringeness and muscle growth and cheek fat etc. etc. but at least outwardly in how he communicates with other people and displays his mentality / innate habits / mannerisms he's basically been his fully realized adult self since he was like 17??? which obviously cannot be said of lando norris who has grown massively in appearance and perspective and assuredness and so on from the ages of 17 to 21 to 24. yet this constantly evolving & changing your_choice_of_lorde_album Growing Pains lando has always been a sort of distant static fixed point in the future of oscar's mind… hmmm. that's just part of it tho

basically 814 as they are now are sooo fascinating to me because again They Do Not (Consciously) Touch but they've still very gradually managed to build off the foundations of oscar's subconscious teenage mirroring by turning it into something… well perhaps not quite fully intentional (and isn't that almost better in the end!!!) but certainly more self-aware and generally conscious. basically: the Negative Space of landoscar's demonstrated "affection" is where their reciprocity lies! if that makes sense.

and i guess what i'm trying to get at is that… on surface level, it's easy to say that 1) Oscar has always only ever been himself (generally true) and that 2) As the guy who came into f1 at 19 and was continuously expected to meet his more extroverted teammates' energies lando is the one who's habituated to experiencing marked change (also fairly true), but this still obfuscates equally important facets of their personalities: i.e. that oscar may be the more ~intellectually~ inclined of the two (which also who Cares. completely totally off-topic LOL but personal pet peeve of mine is people acting like there is a discernible difference between a-level maths and whatever private tutoring lando did after dropping out when their job title is lichrally F1 Driver…?! both are negligible fractions of fractions of whatever postgrad coursework the team's Actual engineers have done!!! but anyway), my personal argument is that really oscar is so consistently himself BY having zero concept of himself. whereas lando….. actually does possess a very strong inner character and intense, at times destabilizing self-awareness but also boasts a higher eq that enables a very high capability for social camouflage.

……????????? this is like a 10-paragraph intro. What am i getting at.

so basically. Yes. mutual accommodation……. i think my main point is that despite lando's strong baseline character and idiosyncrasies and particularities and fussiness and general weirdness, He Can, when necessitated, (as long as it doesn't completely contradict his moral impulse etc. etc.) soften that edge and adapt to another person's expectations—Even if just to maintain bearable social rapport & conversation. whereas on the other hand oscar can sometimes actually be a lot more malleable because he doesn't really hold strong conviction in much outside the few non-negotiables in his life ??? (read: racing...) like yes he's still competitive in challenges and is pedantic as shit but also he kind of just Doesn't care……. so basically he's the perfect fit for lando. because he DOESN'T expect anything from lando and lando DOESN'T need to camouflage himself for oscar and because oscar interprets things straight-forwardly and at face value and reads lando's intentions in good faith and honestly probably like 30% of lando's overthinking is a result of people constantly assuming the worst of him so i think on some level it's like 👉 👈 when you're both a little weird and also weird in these little different ways but in the end those minute shifts are what make you compatible and fit you back together again ?!?!?!? as i said it's the negative space of it all.

so really landoscar are not totally "opposites attract" but they're also not identical "mctwins" or whatever because Nuance and Secret Third Thing and what's truly critical about their mirroring is basically that 1) they don't EXPECT the other person to do it 2) they don't INTENTIONALLY do it and 3) it only happens because they're intensely aware of the other person's personality and mannerisms and appearances... bref IT'S ABOUT THE CATALOGUING!! like lando saw oscar in 2023 for the first time and immediately went oh you've gotten taller? oh you have big arms now? and they can't help pointing out each other's hair and ALSO >portrait painting (gets ko'd) "do you like purple?" "...uhhhh i can do now" like WHO SAYS THAT? ANDDDDD this was after oscar had picked purple to begin with but lando was like Nooo you can't do that :/ so oscar changed even though he'd argued that he'd "already committed to it" literal moments prior. Many such cases (i'm not finding a chair anyone?). they make me feel insane.

right let me just finish up with a few more moments (if you're still reading i'm sorry) but Vocabgifset is kind of a rough overview of how, at the very beginning, i think oscar did come in with a very undefined approach to How To Be A Teammate ? and was ready to treat lando as he'd treated rob and logan and fred and whomever and maybe even reflecting the atmosphere as reserve at alpine a little bit idk—essentially more visibly abrasive and pedantic and generally annoying. Also (ahem) perhaps how he'd seen lando act around carlos and daniel before... Guy who has carlando tweets in his twitter likes. 😔

but of course lando REALLYYY doesn't like being unnecessarily corrected over ultimately inconsequential things and again his demeanor is far from bombastic when it hasn't been demanded of him, so i think oscar quickly recognized that in his character and learned to just play along with what lando liked and wanted—not because he was preoccupied with lando getting annoyed at him or thought that lando was sensitive or whatever and not because he himself is a pushover because of course there is a healthy & endearing amount of push/pull to their dynamic but just because he sincerely respects lando and with that respect understood that he didn't need to "force" their dynamic when it would prosper by just being himself and more importantly letting lando be himself……….. Or something.

which imo is basically the basis of their current communication style: a lot of wordless meaningful looks & expressions (because they're both entirely honest people in different ways) (SEE: VIRGIN RADIO UK) (the thing Is that lando has no verbal filter but oscar is the one with 0 control of his expressions and deeply revealing permablush), oscar always folding to whatever lando says in an interview, jumping into frame and following along lando's message in the british f4 anniversary video, listening to lando's music through the walls of their driver rooms, and of course any instance of their Soft Talking Voices such as → "yeahhh you're up there" "aww (genuinely a little pleased and flustered)" and CAT 5 behind the scenes smoothie convo and oscar patiently waiting for lando to finish speaking and not wanting to enforce his presence but always being there and ready to help him….. like the worst part 2 me of the "well-represented" video is that andrea turns to lando first and tries to help him but lando is Still processing and Not listening so THEN he looks at oscar to be like um i don't know the word and that's when andrea looks back at oscar expectantly 🥲😭😩!!!!!!!! what if i dyed. honestly. the category is truly just oscar being susceptible to Lando Norris…………… i could go on.

also >RANDOM MOMENT TOTALLY NOT IMPORTANT but the yes/no challenge is so devastating on every conceivable level and yet One thing that i do not think is discussed enough! is the way oscar physically leans into lando's space on the table every time it's his turn to answer the questions and Specifically how in round 1 the media people were trying to get his attention to tell him to put the mic pack into his pocket but he was soooooooooo focused and fixated on lando's face right up until lando turned to speak to the camera that he didn't notice for like 3 minutes. GAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH. argh. the problem with oscar is that he's SINCERE. truly. "are you ready oscar piastri?" [zero hesitation whatsoever] "i am ready lando norris 🥰"

of course it's not like oscar doesn't introspect whatsoever because obviously he is very capable of self-assessing when something is important by an objective measure of success (aka recognizing deficits over a lap), but relative to lando's specific brand of overthinking & online lurking habits then oscar very much does.... basically underthink??? yes he overcomplicates simple ideas by being too literal but really as a person & conscious being he's great at living in the Present and filtering out excess noise. er... i won't delve too much into the ojp Learned Behaviors of it all and why he's so charming to older people specifically but basically Wwyd if an F1 driver microdosed autisticswag? joking. mostly. but i def agree re: your tags that oscar is never actually consciously trying to be a WELL AKSHUALLY guy because it's just fundamental expressive compulsion alkdsfhaldfh.

also specifically one of my favorite tiny little 814 things OAT is when lando says something unexpected or ridiculous and oscar parrots it back all high-pitched and breathily and disbelievingly like? Girl. this is super jank but perhaps you understand....... 😔

in the end it's getting asked >what have you picked up from lando and oscar saying Well everyone hmmms but not in the Special Multifaceted Uniquely Expressive way that Lando does ! whom I not only know well enough to intimately recognize this mannerism from but have also elected to mention multiple times in this interview. and at the end of the day...? maybe that's romanze

is this anything… idk. also i offer you the jankiest gif ever because i had to remove zbrown to fit them together (Which perhaps is also a metaphor for reaching each other Across The Distance NO PHYSICALITY REQUIRED!! ok i can't just keep saying see: [another random ass example] so i'll stop now but also see: eyebrow raise knowing smile at the end of the sim city video.) anyway why's this such another crasyinsane little moment of how they communicate with each other?! is it just me ?????????

alskfhsfd ok i'm so sorry. thank u for letting me ramble incessantly 🧡

[necrotic-nephilim]

back on my bullshit. jaycasstalia (all combinations), cassrose × cheshire, deaddove jaydonna, jaytemis × rose, cass × artemis (that one wfa panel), koricass, jaykori dead dove, jay × jessica cruz

hello welcome back i adore the bullshit. i have to admit that i dislike JayKori and tbh i don't like or know Kori well enough to enjoy any ship with her she just. exists outside of my periphery and isn't the sort of character i'd enjoy. so those i fear i am unable to give thoughts there BUT THE OTHERS-

JayCassTalia is !!! so good? i really like Talia and i've been getting more and more into the al Ghuls so i find that fascinating. i think the respect Talia would have for Cass could almost border on a motherly jealousy, wishing *she* had honed her child into such a perfect weapon. i think CassTalia could be such a fun sort of mother/daughter incest ship of Talia promising to take better care of Cass. and then Jason in the mix is so fun bc Talia rlly shaped Jason for who he is today and i do think she loved him. maybe she loved what she saw of Bruce in him or maybe she loved how he existed outside of Bruce. both work so well. Talia being into both of them and them both falling for the attention of an older woman? yes i love it (also i will one up you with this- JayCassTaliaNyssa. fuck with Talia and Nyssa's complex over each other)

CassRoseChesire is so good from the thought of traumatized daddy issues and all of them being raised to be weapons, not ppl. the solidarity in that combined with feeling like being the only ppl who understand what that's like? it's so good. and it also has such fun conflicts in where they all fall on moral issues. very much a "you don't have to be human around me so stop pretending" sort of throuple and man, the potential in that complex in general. i feel like they'd get cannibalism as a metaphor for love shit.

dead dove JayDonna is VERY interesting, oh my god i never would've considered dead doving Donna. i haven't read a *ton* of comics with Donna but something about Jason expecting her to be a safe person on the Titans he can go to during his very brief period on the Titans and it turns out she's not and she takes complete advantage of him is *so* fun. i like if she's maybe projecting a want for Dick onto Jason too, but she sees Jason as a Robin that she can mold into a better partner than Dick is so this is the even better choice. she gets a blank slate she can make whatever she wants and it's so easy to make him obsessed with her if you lean into the "Jason is a Wonder Woman fan" sort of thing, with her telling all sorts of stories about Diana and promising she'll introduce them someday just to keep Jason coming back around to her.

Jaytemis and Rose truly is a ship that is just "Jason Todd deserves to be torn to shreds by strong woman" and ykw, i support that agenda. i do not think he'd be able to walk half the time but i think he'd enjoy it. i personally enjoy 90s Artemis the most and i think that version of Artemis before DC softened her for Jason could be SO fun oh my god. she would not put up with his shit and would drag him around like a leashed dog. and Rose is a great third for them bc she's also absolutely unhinged and fucked up enough to want Jason on a leash. tbh i see this almost very dark in a controlling with, but that's the fun of it for me. <3

i've not read enough of WFA to know what you're referencing BUT i think CassArtemis could be fun. (tho i hate that one Outlaws comic where Artemis oneshots Cass and calls her a child bc wdym Artemis can oneshot Cass but anyway-) typically i like Artemis and Helena as far as shipping her with a Batfam woman, but there's fun in letting a strong woman look down at Cass and just decide to chuck Cass over her shoulder like a sack of potatoes. i think she'd enjoy just how strong of a fighter Cass is. freak4freak but it's sapphic and they're arguing most of the time.

Jason/Jessica is SUPER interesting. i don't know if Jason and Jessica have a ton of interactions in canon? i've not read much of Rebirth BUT i will always love sticking Jason with a Lantern. JayKyle is my personal fave but i'd love to see Jason helping Jessica out of her shell and getting her to be more confident after her trauma. they cope with trauma in very different ways so i find the idea of putting them together sort of fun to see where they'd clash and align. would he scare her? yes but that's the fun of it. fear kink core.

also, i offer you some of my Jason and Cass rarepairs bc i think you would Get It anon:

JasonOnyx (i just wish we got more out of their interaction in UTRH and Onyx should hunt Jason down for revenge and they fuck nasty about it idk)

JasonBette (Bette's whole obsession over Dick when he was Robin, but she's obsessed with Jaybin instead and it carries over when he becomes Red Hood and Jason cannot get rid of her)

CassBarda (all i got out of the current BoP run is "mmm. sapphic size kink.")

[audiovisualrecall]

Huh. The barbie movie was really something wasn't it. Like I enjoyed it the first time I saw it, but there's so many layers to the film that I'm really appreciating now. Like...being A Woman is something that is chosen by a character who doesn't originally have ~the parts~ that some ppl insist are required to be a Woman, Barbie actively chooses to be Barbara, with all of the good and bad experiences that come with being a real person in the wealthy world, but also specifically with being a woman in our real world.

I also think that there's this aspect of like...it's not easily clear-cut, you can't snappily say the movie solved anything (obviously) but at the same time it never claimed it could, like a big thing was barbie realizing that things aren't perfect and Barbie existing didn't fix anything, and that things are complicated and difficult. Like. The barbies fixed their world. They didn't say they would fix ours. But two characters mended their relationship, and barbie helped with that.

Idk, just, the movie was very very aware of how very much things stated in barbieland in the start of the film are Not True and this is only what the barbies think. But also the things Sasha insists at the first meeting with barbie are also not entirely true, either. She was lashing out at barbie as a representation- of something that she feels the doll lied to her as a child about, I guess you could say? Like even after she sends barbie running away in tears there's this look on Sasha's face. And the rest of it proves both of them wrong, but also her mom is proven to be right, and the awareness that things are unfair but *barbie didn't actually cause that* is like... big.

Anyway. I think it's interesting that barbie chooses to be human, to be a woman in the real world. I think the humor of her going to the gynecologist at the end doesn't actually overrule the trans metaphor of her going from not a woman according to Some People, to being A Woman by choice, in whatever ways matter to her.

And just.... like. It's such a good movie, I mean the dumb Mattel ceo is annoying, but I get that that's the point to mock the whole thing there (like oh yeah these guys in charge aren't that different from the Kens after all, are they? Lol). Bit I Love rhia Perlman as the ghost of Ruth handler, I love the scenes with her and barbie together especially.

Idk. It's just a good movie, it doesnt pretend that it was going to fix anything, even tho some ppl acted like either it Eas going to OT that it was Trying to or that it was claiming that it would. Idk

[take-it-all-out-w-me]

Alright. I thought i was going to explain Butcher Vanity first, but Hansel... Has some effect on me. For many reasons.

I've liked Sodikken for some time, at least two years by now. I came across I Hope You're Hungry and I've liked their songs ever since.

When I listened Hansel and payed attention to the lyrics I immediately felt related, and it has become one of my favourite songs.

And so, it's a bit hard to explain without sounding like I'm making a presentation for college of some sort, but I can try...

I'm going to try and explain each lyric with something that has happened to me or I just relate to, so I suppose this will be long. Pretty easy, isn't it? I'll continue.

"I like bike riding, it's oh so exciting" "Much better than fighting with all who come near me" —

Everyone who knows me irl knows that i have anger issues (even though they decide to just ignore it), making me get defensive pretty easily, even more when it comes to talking to strangers or people I'm not used to.

I can misunderstand words, gestures, expressions, tone of their voice, etc, which can lead to me getting defensive even when they meant no harm. Or, when it's worse, I can get defensive just by someone getting near me. About the bike riding line; although that's not one of my hobbies, it could be easily applicable with any other (like drawing, in my case), as a way to find enjoyment and feel something besides annoyance.

—

"Rope's getting tighter, my hands on the lighter" — I like to see this line as something more metaphorical, i'll try to explain: The ropes might be getting tighter around the neck (more like a metaphor for stress and their mental health getting to a worrying point), having a lighter may mean that they're about to do something risky or impulsive.

"I'm playing with fire, you'd better come save me" — I like to think of this one as some way of trying to get attention, specifically from the people around me -(family mainly)- by providing somewhat worrying signs, to try and get them to actually understand the situation -(this line was easier to explain than i thought, huh).

—

"That there's my sister, yeah you couldn't miss her" - "That big facial blister, her pity getting scheme" - "I think I hate her" - "Those green alligators, i wish they'd had ate her" — I think this one is extremely clear with what I'm going to say...

Honestly, I want to have a good relationship with my sister, but she's what I used to be but even worse. She doesn't leave me alone, she's been blackmailing me with things I did years ago since 2019-2024 and always victimize herself. I got extremely used to it by now, but it's one of the reasons I feel defensive and on edge 24/7.

The 'i wish they'd had ate her' part resonates with me a lot, where I wish she didn't get planned at all, or at least I wish she had been educated correctly, instead of letting her do whatever she wants to anyone.

—

"If that happened you'd see-"

"That there's a part of me that's appealingly sweet, I'm sure you'd agree if you got to know me" - "And admittedly, I'm not that interesting, but i'll let you have what's mine if you just give me your time" — This explains itself really well.

I don't consider myself a shitty person, but I also don't consider myself a good person. Which ends up being confusing to the people around me.

If I say I don't consider myself a good person - 'Oh then I guess it is the best to just get away from you.'

But if I say I don't consider myself a bad person either - 'You probably are tho, you wouldn't be saying you don't consider yourself a good person if not.'

It's frustrating. No one actually tries to get to know me better, or to give me time to get used to them at the very least. No, I don't blame them if they decide to leave after knowing me better, because I totally understand if someone decides that I'm unstable and so they don't want to be near me for longer than five minutes. At least I just want them to understand that I'm not moody and unstable all the time, I think I have many love that I'd like to give, but it's just hard. Really hard.

—

"If there's a party today, it's not coming my way" — I just don't like parties. I don't like to meet people in that kind of places (besides that I'm not good at socializing), and I don't want to mess it up for the others. I'm not precisely known for being in a good mood or for making people happy. It's also really related to my isolation problems and such.

—

"Should be needless to say that I need things to change" — This one explains itself as well. I need MANY things to change; relationships of every kind, my surroundings, etc.

—

"Remember yesterday?" "I bought you flowers, you threw them away." — Although it essentially doesn't have to do with flowers or anything like that, I like to think of this line as all the times I've let me be myself around people who I thought that understand me, only to get it throw to the trash.

Many people I met were extremely kind and understanding in the first few months, but then started acting all distant/rude to me all of a sudden, but it was right after I started to try to act a bit more like myself (or what I thought I was in those moments), and it that ended up badly. Now I'm pretty insecure about myself, feeling that every relationship will end the same way.

—

(There are some other lyrics that I will skip because I don't really relate with them, which is what I'm trying to explain for now.)

—

"I'm an unknown breed, unsprouted seed"

"A hot spring with its waters frozen over by your cold mentality"

"If it's grief, you need, here, take my spleen"

"I'm gonna bleed all over the floor, and more until you remember me" — Alright these are a little bit more complex to explain, mainly because I'm not sure of how to put it in words.

The first line is a bit of how I see myself, not much to explain about it. It's just of how I think that I have potential yet I don't try to exploit it because of the opinions others have given me.

The second line is more about my family. They have a really closed mentality, and so they don't let me explore my mind, ideas, etc, because 'we don't want you to go to hell.'

The last two lines are more about my self-destruction. But the last one is self-destruction from an attachment, wanting one specific person to remember my existence to stop feeling so shitty, or, in other words, to stop 'bleeding on the floor' (ruining myself, my healthy coping mechanisms, and the others).

—

"I like bike riding, it can be exciting" — This is kinda how I've been feeling with my hobbies. It's not 'Oh I really like this thing!' anymore, it's just 'Yeah, I guess I still like this thing', to make it simple. This one was really easy to explain.

"But I'm through with hiding, you're gonna think I'm crazy" — I'm just tired of hiding myself, my emotions, my love towards someone else, my problems, EVERYTHING from people, but I will end up convincing myself that the others will think that I'm crazy or that I have severe problems. More severe than I actually have, and then they will judge for that.

—

"Swallowing swords now, too bad I don't know how" — I think of this one as a where the mental health starts getting words, where I started to do more risky things even though I was really young and inexperienced, only to try and draw attention to me or feel something.

"I'm juggling knives-" "OW!" - "Three fingers that cost me" — When everything got even worse. My organs and body are really messed up from everything I've consumed/done to myself, which cost me my physical and mental health along with some people that were really important in my life (I won't go into detail, because those guys don't really matter anymore. I realized how toxic they were, and I think it's better that they're not with me anymore, even if it hurt in the moment it happened).

—

(I'm going to skip another lyric, because I'm not sure of how to explain it. I'll maybe explain it separately in the future.)

"Lower the bar 'cus I'm choking on stardust" "Becoming a carcass, though pain's rather tasty!" — I've always had expectations of myself, REALLY high expectations. Although I slowly got out of that mentality, my family just refuses to do the same. They're always choking me with expectations of what they want me to be. They want to change my personality, the things I like, the clothes I wear, etc, etc. I'm tired of that...

I feel like I'm slowly becoming a carcass, my mind and my body. Feeling like each day I'm closer to collapsing one way or another.

—

(Here the part where I explain that I'm not all anger and such repeats, so let's just go on.)

"With myself I must play in this game of charades"

"Cus there's no one to speak to of things I've got in my brain" — I'm really lonely and I have no one to vent (irl, of course), and it slowly makes me feel worse. It started to get bad around 2020-2019, and it only has gotten worse with each month.

I've made it really clear to my family, that I genuinely want someone to listen to me, but they just brush it off or tell me that I have a diary. (Yeah, REALLY SIMILAR THING ISN'T IT). They do not care about my mental health unless it troubles my family and their reputation.

—

"There's nothing particular I need you to say, at least care to see if I'm okay." — This is just mostly directed at my mom. Nothing else to explain.

—

"Watch me now play with pointy things"

"Look, see, isn't it interesting?" — These two lines are just me doing more risky things to try and make the others pay attention to me and actually take me to a professional, instead they just told me that I was stupid for hurting myself and that I would change my mind eventually.

"No, you're not even listening, is that not brave enough for you?" — 'Was that not bad enough for you? You prefer me to do something worse?' In simple words, I'm tired of them brushing off my problems because 'that's not how someone with an illness would behave, they would suffer in silence', I WAS THO.

—

"As flies are drawn to the rotting cheese, are sadists attracted to misery" — They always thought that I liked to make myself or other people suffer, or that I just didn't choose correct people because 'yeah I like misery'. No matter how much I tried to explain them, they would NEVER listen at all, and would put up excuses or put words in my mouth.

"In this case, that's another word for me, so I'll bost the danger times two -or maybe three-" — Yes everything only gets worse.

—

"Just red paint? Babe, this ain't pretend" — They started to say that I was just pretending to have an illness because I wanted privileges (excuse me- WHAT PRIVILEGES?), or started saying that I was only exaggerating my problems, and that I'll feel better soon, and that I only wanted attention and pity, even if that wasn't the case at all.

"How I long for your arms again?" — I just want hug in general. I've never gotten a hug that felt real or that who was giving it actually cared about me. So I'm just waiting to find someone who will hug me and that it won't feel fake.

—

"I might loose me a leg or head, maybe you would believe me then" — I've always thought that they won't notice that there's actually something wrong with me until something bad happens. I'm still not planning suicide or an attempt or anything, but I JUST KNOW that they'll refuse to understand unless something happens and it's too late.

—

Alright, I won't explain the rest of the lyrics because they are just extremely obvious on why I relate to them, so I don't think is necessary.

Honestly, I wish someday I will stop relating to this song, then it will be when I'm actually happy or satisfied with my life and stuff...

But who cares, no one will ACTUALLY read this whole thing, so why did I bother to write it anyway?

It was a good way to take it all out, I suppose, so it wasn't exactly pointless. I will probably make this kind of thing again sometime, but it's extremely hard so I'm not completely sure.

Anyway uhh that's it.

[kimbureh]

TBB & crumbling group cohesion

in my quest to inch myself through season 2 of TBB, episode 5 'Entombed' (treasure hunt with Phee, then a mecha) was quite illuminating, as filler episodes tend to be in TBB.

I mean, I wrote the piece on Hunter's failed leadership before I had seen this episode, but man is he flailing. Watching Hunter helplessly react to whatever others decide for the group made me think two things:

What would Crosshair think if he saw them? The Batch is stumbling from mission to mission, their 100% success rate plummeted to 0%, they barely make a living as scavengers and lack the talent for grave robbing. As Crosshair put it in S1E15, "You all are meant for more than drifting through the galaxy." I think Crosshair would be ashamed of them.

How much longer until the rest of the Batch starts complaining? Echo is still holding onto the illusion of a command chain, how much longer until he sees the need to step up? Whoever breaks first, Tech or Echo, and challenges Hunter in one way or the other, it'll be devastating for Wrecker. (it will have to be Tech who they lose first, one way or the other; Echo is too damn idealistic). Maybe the story manages to pull a full reverse and make Hunter the antagonist in season 3, that would be thrilling (seems unlikely tho, given that there won't be a fourth season)

'Entombed' was an interesting episode because it visualized the rift going through the squad. The group gets separated (Tech, Wrecker, Echo in one group; Hunter, Omega and Phee in the other) and later reunites with zero narrative value. UNLESS you read this as a metaphor for Hunter abandoning the Batch for the (real or imagined) sake of Omega. Tech, Wrecker, Echo, they all endangered themselves in a mission none of them really wanted to go on but failed to question their leader. Something's cooking up.

In the light of the episode 'Faster', I wonder whether Tech realized he could have a life as a professional driver. Perhaps he doesn't think about a life as a civi yet, but how many more failed decisions by Hunter is he away from considering it?

(pls no season 2 spoilers, I haven't watched it further than episode five yet)

[moonlight-tmd]

Prowlbee dancing based off this scene?

Hmm that's very interesting.

I suppose they would do something like a competitive tango or something similar where they'll both try to be the better dancer. I had just the right idea a while back where I found a very cool tune on youtube- a soundtrack named "Angelica" from "Pirates of the Carribean: On Stranger Tides".

The before dating shenanigans with these 2 are just too good to resist so this is yet again the setting for this- i guess Sari, Bee and Bulkhead were having yet another fun time either dancing to Just Dance game or just casually dancing to the music they played and Prowl started complaining about the sound.

Bee took charge in arguing with him per usual and at some point he accused Prowl of being a horrible dancer in such a way that made Prowl want to prove otherwise. Bee challaged Prowl to dance with him and the fool accepted. He expected bee to throw on some pop music to sync dance to like always but he didn't expect a latino tango music to start playing

"With all the flips and twirls you do in combat surely you'll know how to dance to this, don't you?" Bee was far too cocky and Prowl bit the bait without thinking. They started dancing.

At first it was calm, some occasional twirls and transitions between poses but then the rythm quickened. And let me tell ya, they were going at it. One moment Prowl was leading the next he was trying to catch up to Bee and vice versa. Some of the moves didn't even look like tango but well synced combat. Unltimately tho, Bee took the lead for good and brought Prowl on a fast paced adventure- they were close then far then close again, Prowl's pedes has trouble keeping up with Bee's, the way he pulled him aroudn almsot made him look like he glided. As the song neared its climax Bee spun him around so fast and did a astonishing dip pose just as the final note played from the speaker.

Everyone clapped, even Optimus and Ratched who came out to see what the commotion was about. Prowl was... wow. He honestly did not expect Bee to be such a good dancer. The passion and the way Bee held him- looked at him during the dance clouded his mind. He was snapped from the dazed state when he heard Bee say something to him.

" I- uhh-" Prowl tried to come up with something to reply to whatever Bee said but Bee seemed to take that as an answer. "I take it you're impressed by me, heheheh.~" He teased in such a tone Prowl could barely get his thoughts together.

Theeeeen he went straight into continuing their little dance party with some obnoxious pop and electronica music and just like that, the charm poofed into thin air. Prowl, annoyed yet again, decided to just go back into his room and try to block the sound out with his earmuffs that Sari got him.

Bulkhead knew what Bee was onto and so did everyone else,... except Bee himself it seemed. Prowl was also very clueless despite obvious signs. They watched them dance around each other metaphorically for so long and now they were doing it literally and still didn't get the memo! At this point someone would just have to tell them...

Well, they were pretty much right about everything. One thing is that Bee actually knew what he was doing and somehow persuaded/paid Blitzwing to teach him how to dance good. The 'con might be a bad guy but he sure knows how to move the frame to impress someone. He might not be aware of being in love with Prowl but he sure as hell wants him to like him and be impressed. And Prowl did think about their dance whenever he heard similar music so I suppose it worked just fine!

[chromotps]

Another CoraLaw and AceLu HC ask. And also, shenanigans and fluff.

- Law uses Takt on Cora whenever he's about to trip, knock something over, in the enemy's line of attack and more. But also, he uses them whenever people get too physically close and "friendly" to Cora. Switching Cora with a paper that says "fuck off" infront of the person lmao. Cora teleporting into Law's side/lap and shouting apologies about what Law did even tho he has no plan to get up and go back to the person (Yes I know Cora is too big to fit in Law's lap. No I don't care about that xD). He also uses Takt to keep Cora from escaping him. Especially in arguments.

Law: Either we fix this right now or you'll stay afloat for the next 8 hours.

Cora: You seriously can't wait that long. I was a marine, I can wait!

Law: I'm a doctor AND a surgeon. You wanna test my patience? Do it now.

After 20 minutes Cora relents bc Law stares at him pointedly the whole time.

- Luffy brings Ace with him when he's on the hunt for food. He'll look for a new kind of species and have Ace cook it (AKA set it on fire until it looks cooked). Then, when they're full, they'll sit under a tree and talk about anything. They also take a short nap there under the tree. It reminds them of their adventures when they were kids (Sabo is with them in spirit /j). I think this is more of an AU where Ace joins the Strawhats, and he's joined by the hip with Luffy.

- Everytime one or two (or all) of the Heart crew members does something that will piss Law off, they hide behind Cora (metaphorically). Cora will attempt to distract Law (he doesn't even have to try, the moment Cora is on Law's line of sight almost all of his attention is on him) and calm him down. It works, kinda. Cause his idea of "distracting" Law is cuddles and kisses, but instead of Law, HE'S the one who gets distracted LMAO. So after a bit of cuddling and putting Cora to sleep, Law goes back to the crew cause he knows how the crew acts when they've done something and kept it a secret from him xD. At least Cora brought them some time to clean up whatever they could from the mess they made before Law comes back.

- Ace and Luffy will switch hats, sometimes intentionally and sometimes unconsciously. Intentionally is when one of them is feeling down or under the weather. Unconsciously is when they wake up and don't bother to see if they wore the right hat or not.

- Whenever the other crew members of the Heart Pirates wants to do something for their entertainment, they ask Cora first. If he's interested enough and also wants to do it, then they have an additional 40% chance that Law will let them do what they want. They now have a 42% chance of doing whatever shenanigan they have in mind. If there's no danger to what they have in mind, then it's an automatic win! Bonus is when Law joins in (he does it for Cora).

I don't know how to end asks lmao. I hope you enjoyed!

-S

hooo so many cute hcs!! That last idea of the Heart crew trying to get Cora on their side in bargaining deals with their captain makes so much sense. 😂 Very strategic of them... They're masters of navigating Law's pride/strong instincts of preventing fun.

And I love acelu switching hats... i think i talked on twitter once about how it would mean a lot for luffy to trust Ace with his hat, and for Ace to trust Luffy with his necklace (since it was possibly a tribute to Dadan ;w;)... hhhh sharing accessories!!!

[scarah-screeeaaammss]

okay now that its been a week, I have some Thoughts on monster high 2 so spoilers up ahead.

First off, I loved Torelai. She was fantastic, no notes. Same with Frankie but I think that goes without saying.

I also really loved Heath??? He was awesome. And Deuce was also very good. He felt more fleshed out and whole and I enjoyed his story bits. I thought his friendship was Frankie in that one scene in the van was incredibly sweet and I wish we had gotten more of that, not just from them but everyone.

That one song with Clawdeen and Drac before Frankie comes in? That was a breakup song tbh, and poor Frankie all caught in the middle.

Aside from actual characters and characterization, I thought the metaphors were pretty heavy, not in a bad way tho. What really fucking confused me tho was that... Torelai was proved right???? The witches were evil and trying to kill Draculaura and the other vampires??? Like wtf. That absolutely threw me. I was expecting it to just be like one or two of the higher up witches to be evil but no. It was all of them. I feel like that seriously muddled whatever the moral was supposed to be. Bc the whole time Drac and co are saying witchcraft is fine, and it is, but then oh btw its only Drac who's not evil about it. Like okay weird. Don't like that.

Also they had a really interesting story for Frankie set up, discussing not feeling monster enough and changing themself to better fit in but still feeling useless and wanting to be the best they can be and then it just... ends. Like that did not feel like a good arc, Frankie felt so forgotten to me by the end. Which ticks me off, I love them so much and it just felt bad. Like their fear coming true. Idk just the whole "the purpose of life is to be useful not happy" like I felt like they could have done something where frankie realized they can be happy and useful and both are good but happiness is definitely super important, that life is about more than one thing.

Wish we could have seen more of Drac and her leveling up to a full vampire, that felt a little left over too. Idk it just felt like there was so much set up and nothing completed. Except...

Hey so why did they have to have that kiss. I did not want to see that. They work really well as friends, I liked their interactions but umm. Torelai and Clawdeen had WAY more chemistry. Anyway. I feel like you could theoretically put them together, but they didn't do it right and they never will.

Anyway. I know I had a lot more to say but these were the highlights.

[grim-faux]

Do you think Otto was 100% bad? He fits very well with the theme of Adults exploiting children for their own benefit.

But he also has moments where he seems to genuinely worry and maybe even care about her, but he had an inability of seeing her perspective, mistreated her and was using her as a tool to find his sister and the Ferryman.

But again, he seemed genuinely heartbroken when she was taken.

He's not 100% bad, maybe a good and healthy 84.7% - it's not him seeking Cece(Cici) for the goodness of her benefit, or a selfless act, not entirely. Trying to find Cece remains a fraction of Otto's internalized guilt and trauma - he is a mess of a human. And a lot of Otto's progress does depend on Noone cooperation and connection to him, both emotionally and in the physical world they inhabit. But Otto still retains some of his humanity, tho by the end of SoN, he may have lost that entirely and been thrown off that metaphorical edge when Noone abandoned him for the Ferryman/Candlebro. It's Cece all over again - Otto did that, he fuked up. As an adult, he should know better about what he did done which was wrong, but he's angry and spiteful, and maybe a smidge depreciating of his failures. It is him after all that was the problem, but he also does not care.

Then he takes an immediate interest in Ethan, who has no prior reported history of nightmares or Nowhere. Ethan is sleep walking. Oh my world, call the psyche ward, the child is doing something unforeseeable - we can't handle this child.

Otto didn't start at 100% nefarious, but he does delve into like 91.6% bad, and he is conniving and manipulative, and willing to do whatever it takes to satisfy his own ends, by the end of SoNs. The story is his descent into his villain ark, his repressed trauma being unleashed, all the bad and problematic things getting ripped open from old scars that never healed right. He does not have much control over his emotions or who he is, because he's lost himself to the sister that walked away - it took a part of his good with him. Because if Cece stayed, he wouldn't be the lost child growing up with that luggage. And Noone did exacerbate his condition - which isn't her fault, but she was foretold and knew the conditions of running off to Nowhere would entail. Rather stay with the problematic bad-for-her adult who was searching for his lost (probably dead) sister, she goes with the sus predator who inhabits the same land the monsters thrive.

And for context, there are often times situations where an adult or parent tells a child "don't do X cause danger" but the child does X anyway because they are a child. They disregard danger or hazard for their own interests, they throw aside caution because children - are absolutely selfish self-serving jerks. Gong to the doctors for treatment, for instance, getting demolished teeth torn out for their health, getting jabbed and prodded, promises that this medicine will help, but the benefits promised fail - all traumatic stuff. When it was convenient or manageable for Noone, she did help others - like the mushroom fairy, or Rusty. Of course when the monsters charge, she turns around and flees - she's got to. That's all the children can do in that world. Noone is a selfish character, and she left behind a selfish man, so Otto could inflict that same pain onto other kids.

In a way, Otto is easier to sympathize with than Noone. Cause he was constantly abandoned by those around him, he - like Noone - lacked power and autonomy of his own decisions. Even as an adult, he was limited and lacked all power. At his most vulnerable, he was always abandoned. That's his story. He's always left behind and he can't take back what was stolen, or retrieve the people that were important to him, or those he relied on. And it is fuked up for Noon to be in that situation, but Noone still ran away from home after she had a fight with an adult/ a caretaker. That is how kids go missing. Otto's goal wasn't to maim or physically hurt Noone, though she was betrayed emotionally - all of that is recoverable. But going into Nowhere with the Ferryman/Candleman - there is no recovery. There is nothing but death and exploitation.

IN SHORT Otto is no more evil than Noone. For their own ends and needs, they did what they decided to do for selfish ends.

[teruel-a-witch]

Saw you wanted some asks and I love your thoughts so here you go! I picked #22 and #8 you can do both or your favorite or whatever😊 Picked them mainly because I thought they could be interesting but also because a lot of the questions were obvious for Steve or Danny. One of the best parts of having a 10 season show is that we learned so much about the characters and their mannerisms/ habits that it's easy to know how they would react in hypothetical situations. In mcdanno's case its usually because we've seen them together in similar situations before 😅

aw, i'm flattered you find my ramblings interesting, and I totally agree, it does seem like a lot of the answers would be obvious because we have so much data (although there are always ways to twist a typical trope)

22. takes pranks too far.

okay so this one is tricky because my first instinct is to say steve because he is a tall child who enjoys being a little shit and annoying danny because rattled danny is extra adorable. plus, he was in the navy and the pranks military boys play on each other can be brutal. i'm sure steve and his seal buddies got to some pretty crazy stuff together (which could also be how they got their nicknames). one of the funniest stories my dad told me from his compulsory military service was when he and 3 of his buddies got back at their roommate for the crime of snoring by lifting his bed with him in it and carrying it to the communal toilets, where he was discovered in the morning by the squadron commander still sleeping. and i'm sure it's tame in comparison to what steve could have gotten up to.

but the thing is danny isn't just one of the guys, steve actually wants danny to like him, and pulling on his metaphorical pigtails is one thing, but doing something that would make danny so pissed he stops talking to him is another entirely. except maybe in the beginning where he doesn't know what the limits are he could go too far, but as he learns the boundaries of their relationship i think there will be lines he won't cross.

danny is more of a sarcasm/making fun guy than a practical joke guy (salting the cake that one time was OOC enough for him that steve didn't expect it), but even he obviously feels kinda bad when steve thinks he's genuine, so i don't think either of them will deliberately hurt each other. there's just so much love between them, the gentle kind, that i don't see them pulling deliberately cruel pranks on each other.

it would be fun if they got into an all out prank war, tho. although, potentially with disastrous consequences because they are so competitive, so i guess the only way it could get too far if they are both pushing each other's limits.

8. makes the other late for work.

before they are a couple it honestly can be a number of mundane things but that's not what we are here for 😏 after they get together, well, i'm gonna answer with a graphic

it's gotta be steve, who can't resist danny and danny can't resist him

people get murdered in oahu almost every day, but they still got years to make up for, the dead can wait :p

which one of your OTP ask game

[having-conniptions]

KinnPorsche ep 5 Rewatch Rambles:

"What happened to me?" "You were drugged. But they didn't do anything to you." YEAH BUT YOU DID KINN

"Why are they targeting me?" To hurt Kinn, next question

Detective Kim at work lol

Kinn: "As a boss I had to take care of him" Korn: "As a boss you didn't have to fuck him" (I know that's not what he said but it's what he meant)

That Tankhun and Kim interaction tho lmao

"Are you fucking dumb, bro?" xD I don't like Ken but I love Perth

Porsche is having flashbacks of Kinn's boobies. Same, girl.

And the not-very-subtle "playing with fire" metaphor? Nnnnnice.

I also didn't notice before that he was crying while he's having those flashbacks. Investing in full hd sure payed off

At least Pete is just as clueless as Porsche usually is

But back to those flashbacks, you can't tell me Porsche didn't feel violated. As much as I love the series and the ship I still can't accept what happened and that it's just brushed off after Kinn apologizes for "crossing a line" by which he just means losing professionalism by sleeping with one of his subordinates (which is already very questionable in and of itself)

GUYS!! COMMUNICATE! Kinn is sad bc Porsche has been acting distant so he gives him the cold shoulder and calls up one of his boys and then Porsche isn't too happy about that ugh what a mess

Hahahah Porsche's like "I can do that too" and tries to get with a girl

But how poetic is it that they both can't stop thinking about each other and end up not going through with it

Ayyyy Vegas is back 🖤🔥 tbh I was kinda rooting for him the first time around

Ok the VegasPorsche motorbike ride with Why Don't You Stay in the background is actually so cute

Even though Vegas' intentions were questionable at best, he did manage to take Porsche's mind off things and make him feel better. I feel like they could have been such great friends without the whole manipulation and boyfriend-snatching

Gahhh Vegas is so cute in this, really close to Bible just being himself

THE HUG Vegas is smiling even when Porsche can't see his face VEGAS JUST WANTS TO BE LOVED

"What took you so long?" Kinn calm down he's not your husband (yet)

"Are you saying that I've hurt you?" "And have you not?" TELL HIM PORSCHE

"I can do whatever I want" KINN WHY DO YOU ALWAYS SAY THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY

*almost kisses Porsche* "Starting tomorrow, Ken will be my head bodyguard" KINN NO USE YOUR WORDS. THE CORRECT ONES.

KimChay being cute I can't I can't do this again I can't take this heartbreak again I just can't

Detective Kim analyzing whether Chay is lying about Porsche he is really in his own separate detective movie huh

Omg the pics in Porchay's phone are so wholesome, just Chay with his loved ones, food, and cats. In mine Kim would find the same mirror selfie from 10 slightly different angles or with slightly different poses and then the same thing but from the day before and maybe the occasional random pic of something interesting I saw

Chay winning Kim over with his cuteness and talent AWWWWW

Pete is so hilarious

And such a good friend aaaaaa I love him

Porsche having dinner with his friends is just so wholesome awwww (why did Kinn have to show up and make it awkward)

I know I'm sounding more and more anti Kinn but I swear I'm not

"It's kinda cool to have a henchman. But he seems dull" ahahahah I fucking can't

"I'm taking you home" I REFUSE TO INTERPRET THAT AS ANYTHING OTHER THAN DOMESTIC AS FUCK

This is kinda where Kinn finally starts showing a bit more of his dorky side that we love so much

"If I don't care about you, why am I sitting here then?" <3<3<3<3<3

Aaaaand the handcuffed arc begins 👀

Daaaamn Chan really got that guy with one clean shot

Handcuffed in the forest arc here we gooooo

[creamteamdreams]

has TikTok shaped all our personalities and could we survive completely alone ?

ive always felt very pretentious with my music taste. that I need to be listening to underground artists to be cool. I feel like that evil nagging spirit was placed in me by 2020 TikTok. it pisses me off that that resides within me.f

off topic, but its interesting how context changes content. normally I write this shit privately, but now that this will be public (even though no one will read this) I feel like my writing has to lead to some point, some conclusion, some neat resolution. or even a bigger purpose. like that this shit needs to be all philosophical and deep. I hate deep. I hate it. I hate punkin. but an iced caramel latte ? anyway. deep isn't a real fucking thing. and why does every thought of mine have to be labeled !!!!???? and what are words ? who made them ? why does everything need to be described ? labels dissolve in water. like how can one word encapsulate an entire feeling? how can multiple words accurately capture an idea? you know what I mean ? can we ever really translate ourselves to others? eh I don't know. maybe if we learn enough words :p

ANYWAY. I feel like my personality is shaped by TikTok. and it's fucking embarrassing. but it feels like something I cant escape lol. like 2020, I was young and impressionable and all I did during quarantine was scroll on TikTok and I feel like that has had lasting effects. like I hate to say it but sometimes I feel reliant on TikTok or other social media to craft my personality. its all a performance! who am I really? but again do I need to label myself ????? can I just exist. like a tree? just be ? I LOVE TREES. I love trees in the winter when their branches are bare. just a skeleton. I think about how each branch and twig grew. Why'd it grow in that direction ? is the life path of a tree just determined by its environment ? just like us ? YES. trees are such a perfect metaphor for humans. also ! we are genetically very similar to trees somehow.

ive been thinking about my mistakes lately because its winter break and I have nothing else to do. mistakes make me who I am and its a beautiful thing. but when my thoughts spiral, and I let them, I end up at the conclusion that everyone hates me and how will I exist if I have no one... a lot to dissect. I know no one hates me, at least my friends :). but theoretically if they did, would I survive ? is connection a necessity to a good, happy, livable life? ummmm yea. if I was genuinely alone I would probably say fuck it and pull a Chris mccandless. side note but men looooooove to name drop that fucker. rip tho. but back to the point, is that a weakness ????? that I need people to support me. eh writing that, no its not a weakness, but do you get what I mean ? whatever. the balance is being comfortable with yourself while having awesome lit friends to support that structure you have made for yourself. boom. so could we survive completely alone ? barely. but people do.

[juniperpyre]

hi! for the ask thing: 8, 9, 11, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21, 23, and/or 30 :)

so many of these answers are earth after rain because i am obsessed! this is like an essay almost lol

What fic meant the most to you to write? & What fic made you feel the happiest to work on?

8&9 are the same two answers, the only multi chapter fics i had this year, earth after rain and somewhere on lsd.

earth after rain is the only multi chapter fic i've ever finished!! and i've been very stressed this fall so it helped with escaping that. there's something very therapeutic about writing such an obsessive, unhealthy relationship, plus i'm glad mal liked it bc it was inspired by her art.

somewhere on lsd i love sm bc it takes place in chicago, where i live & grew up, and the lily & regulus & fabian friendship is based on these insane characterizations my friend (who is also from chicago) and I created. so it's like a love letter to chicago and my friend as well as jily

What fic was the most difficult to write?

unsurprisingly it's earth after rain. i paid more attention to the prose than usual to get a gothic feel, and from lily's pov i would look at the time period usage that comes up when you google a word and if it was recent i would not use the word.

plus they have some sex that is not to my taste, but very in character, so that was hard. and the blurry line between lily wanting to drink james' blood and fuck him was challenging. multiple times i dialed it back bc while I felt I was writing her in character and realistically it was becoming really not sexy. AND i'm not catholic.

What was the hardest fic to title?

i think earth after rain?? i hate titling fics and i wanted this one to also have a thematic or metaphorical meaning and sound like foggy woods

Share your favorite opening line

ig it's from earth after rain, there's a lot of something like foreshadowing. obviously rain/weather is significant here

It started raining when James left his father’s side, and it hadn’t stopped since.

Share your favorite ending line

this is from supercut, a one shot for my nichest ship, fabian/lily, which i could actually go on about for ages even tho fabian has no canon character traits. also it's multiple lines but whatever whatever.

i like how it captures the emotional moment lily would have been at 16/end of fifth year

Lily wanted so much, too much. Always, she'd stemmed her hunger, hid the ravenous, the instinct, sex, anger, the sharp bits of her that cut. Fabian liked it when she cut. When she bit into him. He wanted more. She’d give it, happily.

Share your funniest line

i think somewhere on lsd is very funny but a lot of it is longer dialogue so here's something short

“A weirdo you want to bend you over the—” Lily slapped Marlene on the shoulder. “Shut up! The only thing I want is… a good tip.” “What kind of tip?”

What's something that surprised you while you were working on a fic? Did it change the story?

I answered this for earth after rain but god i want to make myself think about another fic. i wrote a little one shot with sirius & his mom where we see sirius being parentified and i didn't intend for him to be parentified when i started, just to show his similarities to his mother. interesting tho bc harry kind of is parentified in his relationship with sirius 👀

What writing programs did you use? Did you write by hand?

i use google docs and scrivner (i paid for it, i do like it a lot)

What would you like to write next year?

more canon!! i want to write more character exploring stuff, more one shots, I have an idea for a series of james pov one shots all based off of lines of the same song so I realllly want to actually do that. i also have a hunger games au fjdklsfj that i want to start publishing in the new year.

also bc i need to write unhealthy relationships, ig, teacher/student jily set in 1990s wizarding world (lily is like 25 and james is like 45 and married)