#is there tags for aeons? idk probably

[shoezuki]

was workin on a divinity au mini fic in a tumblr post. because i got brain worms last night n wanted to write it all in one go today. might not get to finish it tonight so heres a blurb

its basically qlipoth's perspective of aha from the elation's formation and eventually the reformation of Aha into sampo koski

[miasmaghoul]

Mountain spending a lovely fall afternoon splitting logs in preparation for winter. It's getting chilly at night and the abbey's fireplaces will need wood soon enough, and Mountain enjoys the labor. So he'd grabbed his axe just after sunup, made his way to the pile of felled trees waiting for him by the lake. The trees weren't from his forest of course, no earth ghoul would allow such a thing, but he still laid a reverent hand on the pile and thanked them for their sacrifice. It was the least he could do.

Hours later, the sun high in the sky, he's about halfway done. He'd come down here in a pair of overalls and t-shirt with a flannel overtop, breath still visible in the damp autumn air, but in no time the sweat had started to pour. His flannel lies crumpled some ten feet away, tossed away the moment he'd gotten warm. The overalls have long since been unbuckled, the straps now tied around his waist in a makeshift belt. His previously pale green t-shirt has been stained all over with sweat - around the collar, down his back, at his armpits. Even the front is blotchy with it, darkened every time Mountain wipes his face. He's covered in wood chips and bits of bark, his back and arms have just started too develop a dull burn, and Mountain couldn't be happier.

Soon enought the shirt comes off too, even its thin cotton too warm, and Mountain takes a moment to stretch. Arches his back, chest to the sun and arms over his head. Something in his spine gives a loud pop and Mountain groans, deep and satisfied, when it makes him shiver. He shakes out his arms, twists at the waist a few times, and takes a quick stroll to the lake's edge. Cups chill water in both hands and splashes it into his face, rinsing away dirt and sweat, soaking his already damp hairline and sending little rivulets streaming down his chest. It's beyond refreshing, exhilarating even, and Mountain feels good as new.

He idly scratches his stomach as he heads back to work, chuckling at the softness there. He always develops a little but of pudge this time of year, his body preparing itself for the winter as though he wasn't living in the relative lap of demonic luxury. Mountain prods at the little bit of fat hanging over his overalls with a smile, gives it an appreciative pat, and goes to pick up his next log.

Before he does, though, Mountain pauses. Considers. With a might-as-well sort of shrug, he'd trudged over to the side of the pile, untied his straps and pushed down his overalls just enough to pull out his dick. The water still trailing down his chest and belly catches in his hair, glistens in the sun, and the groan Mountain lets out as he lets go is one of nothing but deep relief.

Up on the rooftop, sight unseen, Aeon falls apart with one hand over his mouth and the other shoved into his now-stained sweatpants at the sound of it.

Rain was right, this is a good show.

[elegyofthemoon]

listen i know that the star rail girls suffer from "same character design" but i got mildly obsessed with a bit of ruan mei's design because of one particular detail and that is:

it's this particular bit where the DNA strands are joined together by the plum blossom she's named after.

in order for DNA to be replicated, it has to be unwound by a protein called helicase which then allows for the reading of the DNA to create the new strands. I felt like it was fitting that like the plum blossom unraveling the DNA in her design, she's also trying to unravel the truths of the world and get to its essence.

[every-sanji]

[terriblewritingadvice]

i feel like this might just be me coping but what if the change from new twa video once a month to 1 vid every other month is because jp's finishing up the sequel to his 1st book.......

[sapphire-weapon]

Hey, I have a lot of new people here, so let me just say, for the record:

I don't engage in ship wars. Do not ask me about ship wars. I don't care what other ship fans are saying. I literally don't care. Do not send it to me and ask me what I think. I think I don't give a shit. I think you should block them. I think you have better things to do with your time. I know I certainly do.

I'm also not here to win your arguments for you or give you ammunition to continue your stupid ship war on your own. Do not send me asks trying to mine me for arguments. I won't answer.

In fact, don't ask me about Ada or aeon at all. Just don't. I won't answer you. I think Ada is a boring nothing of a character, and I don't like aeon as a ship. I have talked about her and the ship at great length already (check my ada wong tag), and I'm tired of talking about things I don't like.

I do my best to theorycraft on this blog, and I'm frequently wrong. Do not take what I say as unchangeable, inevitable canon law. I have maybe an 80% success rate -- which is high, but it's not 100%. I was wrong with several of my predictions for RE4make and Separate Ways. I am probably wrong with some of my RE5make predictions, too. Being wrong is part of theorycrafting. It's part of meta analysis. And so, in that vein, I will also never fall on my sword and apologize for being wrong. Because it's just part of the process.

My favorite form of humor is absurdism and hyperbole. Do not take everything I say seriously.

This is a personal blog. I do this for fun, not to cultivate an audience and be some kind of... idk digestible source of information for the general public. If you find that you're not having fun while you're here, you should leave.

"But the devs said --" I don't care. I literally don't care. So many of those interviews are translated like garbage, and this fandom cherry picks information all the time. It's impossible to know what the devs actually said without seeing the original Japanese of their actual words. Not only that, but there is no central figure within Capcom overseeing RE's lore. Please understand that. No one is steering the ship. RE is not a lone artist's passion project. Each RE title is worked on by hundreds of devs, and creative leads change from title to title. There's no unified creative vision -- no sole person's interpretation that's valid and true for every title in the series -- with the exception of RE2make to RE4make.

If it's not in the games or the CGI movies, it's not canon. When these games are being made, because there's no central lore figure and no encyclopedia of RE lore just hanging around Capcom offices, the only frame of reference that these individual teams have to create their story is the games and movies that came before it.

No one on the dev team for the current project is searching through obscure promotional items and re-reading novels and digging through old interviews to see what the other teams' intentions were for every single individual title. That's not how game development works. The dev teams are replaying the old games. That's what they're doing. Because Resident Evil is a game first and a story second.

I don't care what the devs said. I don't care that xyz is an officially licensed Capcom product. I don't care.

If it's not in the games or the CGI movies, it's not canon.

It's not canon.

It's not.

Don't raise that argument to me. It's not canon.

[starfall-sea]

hey bae any help on getting good gear i’m lvl 105 or smth and i spend all my crowns on henchmen it’s rly embarrassing 😭😭 i’m fire school too but i just never learned abt gear

of course ok ok so. heres ✨starfall sea's gear guide✨

note that u dont need a full set of any of these

under level 30

not a big deal here. check the bazaar, look at the gear you get from questing, etc

krokotopia has a gear set that's ok for the levels you get it at. youll get a bunch of the world gear sets just questing thru their respective worlds

30-60

olympus! olympus gear will last you to level 60

you'll probably end up with 100000 sky iron hastas just by running olympus like 3 times. this is good. sky iron hasta is your friend

the celestian gear sets are also pretty decent! not as good as olympus, but you'll end up with 1000000 of these pieces just by questing thru celestia so there's no farming involved

also: random wintertusk gear can be pretty good as well. i got some good athames/rings that i used until like, azteca iirc

60-100

waterworks time . waterworks will last you until lvl 100

evaluate how you're doing at lvl 90, and if you think you need better gear run tartarus a few times (but darkmoor is only 10 lvls away, so keep that in mind too)

idk about atlantea. i dont think many people really bother with it?

some of the azteca athames/rings were upgrades for me personally

100-160

darkmoor at lvl 100

listen im sure there's better gear to be found in between darkmoor and the aeon gear. but i dont really know about it and frankly half a darkmoor set lasted me for ages

i did check the bazaar & looked at the gear i got just from questing though. i think i got a few wand upgrades. always check the random gear u get as you go along, youll never know when you might have an upgrade in ur backpack!

EDIT. look below for some 130 gear advice 👍

160+

aeon gear from novus is great! its the only set i've ever really farmed (bc i got stuck in wallaru lol)

the latest (170) tier of hat/robes/boots/wands isnt out yet, but wallaru does have upgrades for everything else! i havent spent much time going for them, but here's a guide

also feels weird plugging my own post. but i did just post a thing on like, tips and tricks and whatnot. might help?

EDIT: great addition from @stormbreaker101 in the tags! i completely forgot about the dragoon gear

[sheirukitriesfandom]

Music Recommendations

@vidvana tagged me what feels like ages ago but I didn't get around to it and then I decided to keep it for the journey to Austria...

The rules are simple: recommend music, tag others. I also didn't want to name just one song for each category *shrugs*

Tagging: @elavoria @fenriael @nostalgic-breton-girl @littlegalerion @alma-amentet @katastronoot @thequeenofthewinter @dirty-bosmer and anyone else who's in the mood for sharing music

1. Favorite music to dance to:

I must confess I really hate dancing but if there's one song that gets me to make silly moves, it's Dreamer by Supertramp. 

2. Favorite music to take a walk to:

Depends on the season. In the Shadow of our Pale Companion by Agalloch is perfect for Winter, as is Loneliness (Winter) by Wintersun. For spring I really like Crystallised & Earthrise by Haken. Idk about autumn and summer. There probably are some songs in some of my playlists but none I explicitly listen to for atmosphere while taking a walk.

3. Favorite music to be sad to:

The entire Hour of the Nightingale album by Trees of Eternity. It's an incredibly haunting record, especially considering that the singer passed away shortly before the album was released. Makes the final lyrics "Life begins where a journey ends." (Gallows Bird) hit differently…

4. Your strongest tearsqueezer:

I can't listen to Nur zu Besuch by Die Toten Hosen without crying. I just can't. 

5. Favorite music about love:

Silent Gold by Pain of Salvation. I also have a very soft spot for Wicked Game by Chris Isaak.

6. Music that reminds you of your friend:

Anything by Eläkeläiset. It's what a friend and I usually listen to on our way to concerts and festivals. That, and Arkham Witch.

7. Music that reminds you of a precious memory:

The Ketchup song by Las Ketchup 🙈

I was on holiday on the Isle of Giglio and my friend and I, both five years old, would listen to that song NON-STOP—My dad hates the song to this day. But yeah, the Ketchup song is practically synonymous with that holiday. 

8. Favorite music to relax to:

Stoner & Funeral Doom Metal in General. Catharsis by YOB, Chasms by Lycus and Aeons Elapse by Ahab in particular.

The thing about the atmospheric side of Doom Metal is that you can't really listen to it while doing something else or the song will lose any effect. Whatever you'll do will likely be too fast for the music, so you really have to lean back, close your eyes and listen for the 10-20 minutes of the song.

9. Favorite music to pretend to be a glamorous powerful villain:

Dark Matter by Les Friction. Also Valentine by Xandria. 

10. Music that you regard as an absolute masterpiece:

There are many songs I consider masterpieces but the newest addition to the list is Equus by Ne Obliviscaris. Man oh man, what a song.

[vincent-sinclair-deserved-better]

was tagged by the gremlin overlord @brandnewhuman but will also tag @rottent33th and @devil-doll13 cause the questions you tagged me for are included in this list :D

Favourite colour: Black, purple, dark blue, dark(ish) red

Favourite flavour: spicy stuff, strawberry and raspberry, and peach I guess?

Favourite music: pretty much anything I like the lyrics of. like, lyrics are important. if I can't understand them (audible, not due to language), chances are I won't be a fan. if I don't like them content-wise, it can ruin a song for me.

Favourite movie: V for Vendetta my beloved.

Favourite series: oof idk man, it's been ages since I've really watched anything. if you wanna count gameplay videos on YouTube - I've been watching John Wolfe play The Dark Pictures Anthology.

other than that, the one I stuck with continuously probably was Supernatural, then Doctor Who. also Grimm.

Last song: Anti-Hero by Taylor Swift though rn I'm listening to Too Sad To Cry by Sasha Sloan

Last movie: M3gan

Currently reading: pretty much only fanfics and stuff on here

Currently watching: since I haven't been able to keep my focus on one thing lately, I've taken a break from House of Ashes (it's like 30 more minutes only but. uff. brain bad). so, mostly... random stuff on YouTube. The Click, Roly, Strange Aeons. stuff I don't have to focus on 100 percent.

Currently working on: oh dear I have quite a few things I really wanna continue writing and then end up sitting around doing nothing all day. one thing is from the House of 100 Corpses AU where Selena (or Ghost) meets the magician guy who still doesn't have a name again. then I started something about @bluecoolr's Judah in the alt universe. and the small thing with the smooch between Darrell and Cylas. aaand I really wanna write about @solmints-messyocdiary's Patron. the universe is cruel.

[meowchela]

watching the strange aeons video on tumblr ettiquite for new users and. ok two things

she talked about using tags to organize AND having specific tags for personal posts/asks!!! i probably wasnt the only one to suggest that but i wrote like two paragraphs abt it in the the replies of the post where she asked for tips from vets so!!!!! that made me rly happy :3

im not a new user by any means and i already know all of this but god damn this is making me want to get a head start on those rp blogs i was thinking about making.......the only thing really stopping me is that i dont really have anyone that id roleplay With and i dont know tumblr rp culture that well? but idk i still think itd be fun to customize themes for characters i like

[lenjaminmacbuttons]

got music tagged again, this time by @summerwoodsmoke! i've done this before but there have been new additions to my playlist since then, and so i will do it again and this time include some fun facts :D

rules: you can usually tell a lot about a person by the type of music they listen to. put your playlist on shuffle and list the first 10 songs, and then tag 10 people. no skipping!

Walk Like An Egyptian - The Bangles. This is here because it was one of the songs my dad downloaded to my Very First MP3 Player when i was 8, alongside lots of primary songs and SPAM by Save Ferris, and so it holds fond memories for me :)

Rainbow - Kesha. My fun fact about this song is that i cry every time i sing it but i also feel the need to sing it every time i cry. it's a good song

Pay No Mind - Madeon ft. Passion Pit. First heard in this video which i adore and it's also on one of the official store radio stations at work lol. always makes me happy when it pops up

A Better Version - Jessie Shelton, 36 Questions. I heard this song independent from its source musical and thought it was a self-contained story and also thought it was about lesbians. have never been so disappointed to learn about the involvement of jonathan groff in something i like. like why did he do that to me personally. its now been over a year and ive yet to listen to anything else from this musical. still adore the song to death though

Dental Care - Owl City. I did the math and if adama young truly had been to the dentist a thousand times as he says at the time this song was written, he would have had to go to the dentist almost every single week for his entire life. which i doubt

Bedroom Eyes - The Knocks ft. Studio Killers. fun fact is idk who the knocks are but i like em and i like studio killers and i keep mistyping them as the kocks

The Diary of Jane - Breaking Benjamin. Another nostalgia hit that also just bangs forever. Breaking Benjamin was the definitive band for good songs about the edgy hybrid supersoldier meow meow oc i had with my friends in c. 2013-2017 and with whom we are all to this day just a little obsessed

Nenya - Celestial Aeon Project. this is probably the main source of the 'ethereal' in my ethereal angst gender

Aisling Song - Christen Mooney, The Secret of Kells. i saw the book of kells in person in 2019 and the exhibit also had the poem from which the movie takes the name Pangur-Ban for the cat and it freaking rules

Eclipse - Vivian Roost. Got this song from one of spotify's pride month playlists lol. queer composers ftw. it's rad

and that's all! idk if there were any repeats from last time but uhhhh yeah. who we gonna tag! idk if i will repeat here too lol but we'll see top ten in my activity @obesecamels @keepsbeeeees @just-a-toad @usernamesaresohardimconflicted @justthatspiffy @calciferscurse @crooked-mantis @evenshadowshavestories @roquereptil @herb-princess

go forth and musicy!

[miraculouscontent]

Ask Explo--

...you know what, you’re right. Name change effective immediately.

Askplosion #10:

(unrelated to everything by the way but I DEMAND THE ANON WHO MENTIONED “REMARRIED EMPRESS” A WHILE BACK COME FORTH AND ANSWER FOR THEIR CRIMES. IT’S SO GOOD BUT IT’S UNFINISHED AND I’M HOOKED, HOW DARE YOU)

Asks responding to previous posts:

It’s okay! I figured that was what it was but it’s been so loooong.

Ah, wow.

Um, that’s definitely not a part 2; I think that’s more like a four-parter/five-parter or something.

Sorry! No can do!

That’s totally fair!

I think the reason I so quickly agreed with it is like--

I’ve been watching the Inuyasha sequel and it’s not like I don’t think the narrative’s apparent punching bag Moroha (who is fourteen years old) shouldn’t be punished when she does something wrong/sneaky/manipulative, but they punish her as if she’s Miroku (who was eighteen years old).

Basically, I want the punishment to take the age into account, or at least only affect Marinette on a more personal level and not be “Heart Hunter” where they take totally understandable feelings of heartache (remember, it wouldn’t have mattered which miraculous she took because Hawk Moth got the Miracle Box and Fu regardless; even beyond her emotions, I feel like she chose the best option available to her considering which temps she knew the location of) and then punish her for them by memory wiping Fu and taking away all of her temps and giving Hawk Moth the grimoire translation.

Yes!! I really wanted to respond to this one, thank you! (It’s this one and then there was another one talking about Luka and Adrien, then talked to me about how I refer to Luka as “soft” but not in a bad way; I unfortunately don’t remember the whole thing.)

Ahaha, and yeah, I feel you. Anti-salters are a very strange conundrum I still haven’t figured out; like, I get not liking salt, but...

I mean, when I don’t like certain content, I just blacklist it. If I end up seeing it anyway due to cross-tagging or a lack of tagging, then I just blacklist the person themself. You won’t see me going after people for that very reason; I only see what people send/ask me if it’s content I don’t like.

I’m glad you’ve found some peace in this blog! Hopefully it continues to be that way for you in the future!

(and yay, a fellow INTJ!!)

New Asks:

There are female writers? ;P I just assumed they were all locked in a closet until the male ones were like, “okay, pretend to help us here, we need one female writer to claim girl power.”

As for Ladybug all like, “Cute, isn’t she?” I think it was rhetorical (she could also be messing with him but “Glaciator” tells us that she didn’t know he crushed on her so who knows). The writers do this thing where Marinette is all panic-y and occasionally self-conscious as herself, but then as Ladybug, she suddenly gets a bit of an ego. I think it’s meant to be there in order to make Chat Noir look less... idk, “obnoxious” when he starts boosting his own ego; trying to balance the two by giving them both big heads, so to speak.

Honestly, I feel like Adrien needs less screen time. :|

Even when he’s not on-screen, characters are usually talking about him, or you see his face in Marinette’s room/somewhere in Paris. I’m become so jaded by the guy that I don’t even think it’d matter if they remade the series and gave it a “totally good and interesting Adrien.” That’s how badly the show has made him out for me; “Adrien Agreste” the character is just... sigh, I’m so done with him.

And yeah, this whole idea about, “Marinette is [x], we need more AAAAAADRIEN!” comes off really bad, lol, especially when Adrien has very little going for him.

(this ask ends off like there should be a part 2 but there isn’t one in my inbox, so sorry if there’s meant to be something else!)

The exact lyrics according to the wiki:

My wish for a cat who's in love, with our own Ladybug. Is that he'll get what he's always wanted! She doesn't know she loves him, only sees Adrien, But Christmas miracles always happen!

Yeah, especially nowadays, those lines bothers me. Not only does it imply “true selves,” but that it’s Chat who should be getting what he always wanted and Ladybug is the one with a problem.

Like, excuse me?

Probably Stormy Weather, even in the first episode. Ladybug and Chat Noir couldn’t even touch her until they arrived on top of the TV station.

+ With all those effects and shots, it made it feel more action-y than typical episodes.

Marinette, Aurore, Luka, Anarka, Jagged...

basically any name that I haven’t really heard before (”Luka” makes me think of Vocaloid but the Luka there was female), or a name that relates a lot to the character (like “Aurore” for “aurora” since she loves weather things).

dfjbghfkdgfdgnjfdg this anon really like, “I NEED ANSWERS!!!”

It’s as if these characters hit 18 or something and just grow overnight, I swear. I’m hypothetically fine with some more variety in character height (it’s not like the show tries to be realistic, after all), but maybe don’t give us official heights if they’re gonna be this weird/inaccurate.

Especially when they change it just for the sake of a shot anyway. If you watch “Simon Says” when Ladybug and Adrien stand next to each other while looking at the picture of Adrien’s mother, the very next close-up has an obvious difference in their heights from what you just saw.

They’re 3D models!!! This shouldn’t happen!

I... honestly never thought of the “less threatening” thing! Dang!

And yeah, Marinette isn’t helpless or incompetent, but because of the Adrien crush, it makes her that way at times since she’s always falling on him and--

...ugh, actually, yeah, don’t wanna think about those implications. Hard pass.

Gross.

I’m not familiar with that one, though Astruc deletes his tweets all the time (there was one tweet where he confirmed that Luka was poor and it only exists in screenshots now because it didn’t get archived and he deleted it almost like he realized that he was pointing out the blatant classism in the show, oops).

Yeah though, I haven’t seen anything like what you’re describing. Sorry!

It’s okay! Sorry for having you clarify but him choosing and Marinette deciding to never give it back are very different things.

I don’t recall Chat Noir having much purpose in the final fight (in terms of both contributing and actual fighting; I know Cataclysm broke the object to release the akuma but was it needed?) so Marinette might either go cat-less or get a temp. Plagg could also be helpful in his own right because he’s small and blends in with the night, so he could hypothetically sneak up on the bad guy.

Afterwards, there’d need to be a new cat, but Adrien would also have to reconsider his actions and really think about what happened. I could also see Plagg going to Adrien’s house, half to apologize for giving the idea to Adrien that Adrien leave without telling Ladybug, but also half to call him out for giving up without consulting anyone. Adrien is a lot of conflicting things (see Adrien’s passivity compared to Chat Noir’s recklessness) so he’d have to find a middle ground within himself.

Marinette might carry Plagg around in her purse for a while and let Plagg have a say in who he goes to. Plagg might grieve for a bit over not having Adrien around (even if Adrien was flawed, Plagg didn’t ask for any of this so Marinette is doing her best here).

O-oh.

That’s always the rough patch with “endgame ships.”  Once it’s obvious to the audience that they’re endgame, no more effort needs to be put into them.

The other thing too is how Kagami, for example, is friends with Marinette. Even once Adrimi sinks, she’ll presumably stay friends with her. Luka, meanwhile, is Juleka’s brother.

They have lives outside of their love interests. Adrien is so into Ladybug that he doesn’t have that; I mean, Nino is Adrien’s best friend like once in a blue moon.

The entire class is just watching an episode and then calling on raised hands to answer what was wrong with what they just watched.

“Everything?”

“I mean, yes, but I’m sorry, you have to be more specific to get credit.”

I think Aeon herself is fine. It’s mostly just her transformed and that transformed name that I have a problem with (she doesn’t even look uncanny so I don’t get it). I heard there was something wrong with the name “Aeon” but searching the name doesn’t give me anything I would qualify as such so I have no idea. I just wish she was given a little less “I’m programmed to--” (makes her seem less sentient) and more “[anything that doesn’t have to do with pushing the love square]” because I feel like they might’ve done the latter to make her more “likable”? I think fans of anything usually like the “matchmaker” character provided it’s for a ship they like. Also strange that they make her a robot but Max and Markov don’t extensively interact with her, but that’s a nitpick and not a criticism of her character.

...I’m rambling, my bad lol.

(Ohhh, she was supposed to be a mummy? Like, foreshadowing her “dying”?? That went right over my head but I guess that’d be where the name Uncanny Valley came from? No clue.)

Best case scenario is probably the middle or the end of Season 4.

And yeah, it really doesn’t matter to me what they do with the love square. Marinette had gone through too much suffering and the show goes out of its way to show how much stress Marinette is being put under (and also keeping Luka away during episodes like “Gamer 2.0″ even when it makes sense for them to be there, as if trying to make sure Marinette doesn’t have enough moments with him to forget Adrien).

Like, ah, yes, I totally believe that Marinette is in a position where she can make reasonable decisions about her love life while all circles of her life are on fire.

If the Sonic movie of all things can have an interracial couple, there’s no reason why this show can’t, just saying.

And, even with Marinette, she’s white-passing (according to what basically everyone says, I’m really awful about recognizing race so this isn’t my field; I wasn’t aware that Ondine was Asian, for example).

Does Nadja count? Manon’s dark-skinned (I’m still not over the fact that all the kids in this show are dark-skinned; it’s not like it’s a problem from a representation standpoint - though all the kids are also all generically bratty/whiny so there’s that - but the percentages in this show are weird) while Nadja is really light-skinned, meaning either a dark-skinned husband or Manon is adopted.

Though I guess the problem then is that we don’t know, so there’s no established couple there.

Non-Miraculous Asks:

w-who gave you the right to say such things????

Uhhhh, that might be too broad of a question, I’m sorry!

I know this isn’t satisfactory, but I will say that my favorite genre is Fantasy/Romance (it’s why I adore Red Shoes so much; by the way, an anon asked for my opinion on that a while back and I will get to it! I’d need to watch it again to get screenshots) and my least favorite is probably Tragedy/Horror.

I don’t think I’ve watched enough to really be able to say? I’ve kind of been all over but I’ve never fully gone through any of them outside of Miraculous. I’ve seen bits of Sailor Moon, Tokyo Mew Mew, Star VS the Forces of Evil (don’t know if that counts), and I meant to watch Yuki Yuna is a Hero but never got around to it. I saw the entirety of Puella Magi Madoka Magica but you guys know how I feel about that one.

Maybe Cardcaptor Sakura by default then? It was definitely not perfect but I liked some of the character dynamics (I also have a clipcut of it - basically where I go through a series/movie and cut out parts I don’t like so it’s only good stuff - so I’m cheating a little) and the male love interest was a tsundere type that I actually ended up liking, which is really rare.

!!! That sounds sweet~ I know Sailor Moon is popular so I’ll definitely take your word for it on that one.

I would also accept a “reincarnated”/”destined lovers” trope if maybe the ship themselves are the one who set it up in the first place. I have a Lukanette AU, for example, where they basically got together and then prayed to the shrine of the renewal god that they’d “always be together,” which ended up allowing them to reincarnate over and over (as if they set up their own soulmate AU ;P) and continuously find each other.

Though I guess that’s not technically a “meant to be trope,” but still, it’s a form of it but where it was totally consensual on both sides.

Also, I finally thought of a show that ended with the ship I wanted: Gargoyles. I didn’t see the entire series, mind you, but I saw most of it and Goliath and Elisa were just... quality, I adored them.

+ With Beauty and the Beast being my favorite Disney movie, they fit right in with my tastes.

I forget that AangToph (I think the “official” name for the ship is Taang, but don’t quote me on that) exists sometimes, maybe because I’ve never shipped Aang with anyone; I’ve got no problems with the ship though.

Ugh, and this is what I mean when I talk about people who set up these reasons behind people shipping something based on what they saw a few people do. It’s like, “you only ship Adrimi/Lukanette to spite Adrienette!!”

Meanwhile, me having shipped all three at one point and then dropped off the love square.

Also, me shipping Zutara has nothing to do with it being dark/edgy because I’ve never seen it that way (intriguing, sure but dark and edgy? lol) and also avoid dark/edgy ships like the plague.

I still laugh at people who are like, “you can’t ship it because it’s not endgaaaaame!” as if shows can dictate how and why I enjoy something. Like sure, if you want to let a show/movie spoonfeed you how you’re supposed to feel, then by all means, go ahead.

I suppose people may be theoretically happier that way, but it doesn’t make for an analytic mind.

I legitimately thought that “AssClass” must’ve been the actual name for something until it registered with me what it actually meant.

And eh, I guess it depends on the comparison and how accurate the comparison actually is? Like, comparing Puella Magic Madoka Magica to Miraculous... they’re not really close at all, but comparing... idk, Bunnyx to Homura or the concept behind “backfiring wishes”... maybe?

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(note that the rest of this post is more Puella Magi Madoka Magica salt so you can stop reading here if you’re not interested in that; I’m not sure if this is all the same anon but I don’t mind letting people vent so I let them go off~)

why can’t we just have nice things

I agree, and I give a little eyeroll every time it’s like, “oh, this person had [miraculous]”

+ even just in general, I feel weird about any show that mentions/implies that real world famous people are [x] or [y] in their show. It breaks my immersion; real world locations are one thing but when it’s specific people (unless they’re made up characters like Santa Claus) or games just--break me.

I also don’t know what to think when there aren’t magical boys but you have these magical girls in this frilly outfits/skirts. The demographic is girls so I presume the reason must be like, “you can look pretty and still beat people up” (;P) but having so many magical girl shows without a hint of a magical boy makes me suspicious that it’s for fanservice. Sailor Moon has Tuxedo Mask but I also don’t know what that guy did outside of the meme of him doing nothing so I’ve got no clue.

(edit: I should correct myself that I’m not talking about Sailor Moon specifically; I don’t know magical girls that well, though I do know there are ones clearly intended for fanservice (you could say that for anything, to be fair, but still). It’s just that I see things like super short skirts or very “questionable” shots and I’m just like, “hm”)

Hmmm, good question. I feel like there has to be a lot but I’m also the type who doesn’t watch a lot of TV lol. I’m just familiar with cliches and tropes and such.

The reason I try not to use “ism”s of any kind is mostly because it’s too broad. Like, you know how the English language only has one way of saying, “I love you,” but other languages like Spanish have multiple?

It’s like that, and sometimes I think it’s too easy to throw those words out there. A “small” (possibly completely unintentional/misunderstood) offense is sexism, and then a “large” offense is called the exact same thing. I’d rather go into why something is sexist than just call it that, y’know? The only exception I make is “classism” because I feel like that’s not as... I dunno, divisive?

Anyway, for that same reason, I can’t answer firmly that, “Madoka Magica is sexist.” I will however say that it makes me uncomfortable with how the show makes out the girls being emotional because they’re young and female and then proceeds to make their life a living hell before they’re old enough to properly answer to it (I know that’s the point but that kind of makes it worse?). It doesn’t help with how all the girls have different personalities, so it’s not like you have only “crybaby girls” who are being taken advantage of; it’s basically like... all girls.

Not helped is the fact that their soul gem not only deteriorates naturally, but it can also do so faster if the girl falls into despair, which then turns them into a monster (and I know it’s kind of like an akuma thing, but the fact that it’s only girls is... I dunno, it comes off wrong?). It seems cheap that the soul gem deteriorates no matter what so it constantly needs fed even if the girl is consistently happy.

I would probably opt for the show being centered more around Kyubey being new to this or something - like, magical girls are a new thing - and then have Kyubey being surprised because they presumed that the soul gem would deteriorate naturally since “emotions are powerful but destructive to the person having them,” but then all the girls team up and help each other work out their problems. Maybe the reason magical girls are usually alone isn’t even because of the grief seed (I think that’s what it’s called?) thing not being able to be shared, but because Kyubey intentionally separates magical girls so they can’t do what the main group is doing, but Madoka is so into the idea that, “We shouldn’t have to be alone,” and so she’s constantly pulling all the girls together, which keeps them healthy.

Maybe Homura’s backstory could be that Madoka originally was more sheepish and more afraid to put herself out there, especially since she was a magical girl (who are encouraged to go it alone), which is why their soul gems were both deteriorating; they were friends but kept more of a distance, or maybe they were a team but that’s all they were. Then Madoka gives Homura the last grief seed to save her and that’s what inspires Homura and makes her see Madoka as something more than a teammate, which is why Homura actively tries to save Madoka specifically (which then encourages Madoka to want to keep everyone together as friends).

In the case that Kyubey doesn’t separate them out of concern of fRiEnDsHiP, but for another reason altogether, and then it’s ultimately their own downfall when they allow the girls to hang out and realize that it’s doing a lot of good for them.

“cute and innocent”

That was exactly it. It’s on Kyubey’s trivia section on the Puella Magi Madoka Magica Wiki.

Before the anime's first dark plot twist aired, head writer Gen Urobuchi said on his Twitter account that the "Kyu" in Kyubey's name comes from the English word "cute". This was a lie meant to further mislead fans into thinking that Madoka Magica is an innocent happy show. In a later episode, it was revealed that "Kyubey" is, in fact, short for "incubator".

In my personal opinion, a spoiled plot can’t be “ruined” if it’s a good plot. If you told me that Kagome was trapped in the Modern era for three years and then decided to stay with Inuyasha at the end of Inuyasha, it wouldn’t/shouldn’t decrease the value when I finally see it for myself because it’s good. That’s not to say that everything should just be spoiled right out of the gate, but it’s saying that maybe your plot isn’t good if you have to rely on shock value to make it work??

I FEEL THAT “ASSIGNING IT TO THE WHOLE GENDER” THING SO BAD. It just adds to my “the girls all have varying personalities so it’s not like Kyubey’s only after emotional crybabies or anything” salt.

I have no idea about any of the stuff about the writers so I can’t confirm or deny them. I will very much agree on the target audience thing though, especially with the whole “keeping the dark plot a secret” because really? Who is this for then? Like, the first two and a half episodes are for one demographic and then the others are--???

I dunno. Me personally, I just like feel good stories. I do like some good conflict and drama (for context, Remarried Empress is basically a webtoon that gives you things to feel salty about and then makes its own salt fic as its plot, allowing for endless streams of feels and catharsis, so I’m definitely not against drama), but there are other times where I just want to feel good watching something.

I feel like the show expects the characters to be selfless/perfect and then punishes them even though it’s their writing that’s causing them to act out. I can’t really talking about “out-of-character” but sometimes it’s just obvious where “we did this because we needed a plot/conflict.”

Like, hello? We don’t need the main characters screwing up; why can’t we just have some feel good thing where they take the day for themselves (seriously, imagine a Miraculous episode where Chat Noir actually tells Ladybug to take a couple days for herself, like maybe someone else gets the earrings for a few days as a temp while Marinette gets to breathe; IMAGINE IT). Not everything needs to be high-stakes to be interesting and you need those calmer moments so that the action-packed ones feel more intense.

SAYAKA DESERVES BETTER.

I feel like the magical girl genre as a whole can be way more complex than it’s made out to be. I think people hear the word “magical girl” and think “cute girls in short skirts talk about girl problems and fight evil with the power of friendship and accessories.”

Ugh, just the mention of Rebellion makes me sigh internally.

Congrats on working on your own magical girl story! I hope it goes well for you!

I know it’s not technically a magical girl show, but there was also Totally Spies that Astruc worked on to some degree (I think there was some characters who were based on/a loose reference to the mains from that show but I don’t remember exactly).

The thing about the female characters suffering is that they could make for good lessons on positively directing one’s emotions (like Usagi from Sailor Moon, for example, maybe having a problem with taking her anger out on her friends, but learns that she can save that rage for the bad guys; “Gamer 2.0″ from Miraculous could’ve done that, honestly, by having Ladybug absolutely WRECK all of her gaming opponents in “violent” (cartoon violence obviously) fashion). It’s just a shame that it’s not taken advantage of.

Sayaka??? Selfish???????

*does not compute*

(Also, I wasn’t tired of them, don’t worry! It was a little overwhelming in my inbox but it’s me who’s allowing all the asks to flow in so the blame isn’t on you lol.)

I’m not sure where this obsession came from with, “you have to be selfless and you’re not allowed to use your powers for yourself.” It’s like the world’s going to end if a character leaves to go Self-Care or something. I think what happened is that shows got this idea that promoting only the giving of others is great and it’s not important to take time for yourself (even with “Gamer 2.0,” it was still Marinette playing games with everyone else, and they treated her dedication and seriousness like a bad thing when she literally did not have time to waste and they didn’t give a reason why it was good for her to take a break, only that she should).

This usually leads to the “demonization” of characters who sport a lot of self-confidence or any sort of ego. It works on both sides; Marinette is a punching bag because of her anxiety and occasional lack of confidence, but if she had an ego as Ladybug, there are parts of the fandom who deem her “obnoxious” (i.e: “Reflekdoll”). There’s a delicate balance between “be confident” and “be humble” and it’s a tightrope act.

[livedsomanylives]

I was tagged by @rvspberryjvm !! Thank you so much 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟💘💘💘

1. why did you choose your URL?

it's a line from a NIN song, 'I do not want this' that got stuck in my mind long ago. It says 'I've lived so many lives. All in my head' and the moment i heard it I thought yes. Sums me up and my inability to do reality pretty well.

2. any side-blogs? if you have them, name them and why you have them.

yep. a few. i've got @withoneheadlight, where i spend most my time here, in my beloved harringrove fandom <3, and then i have a few where i basically save things that interest me in different categories.

3. how long have you been on tumblr?

uh, technically a few years?. I've had a few different accounts that I always ended up forgetting about. But had never really used tumblr until this past last year and a half.

4. do you have a queue tag?

I use the most simplistic 'queue' ... when I remember to put it on XD (which, I should, because I'm always so worried people think I'm in here ignoring them when in reality what I usually have is the longest queue)

5. why did you start your blog in the first place?

this one used to be my inspiration sterek blog for a fic I was writing at that time (4 years ago?) so there's basically all sterek at the bottom. but now I have @ivoryhead for that and this one has become my personal blog, since is my main.

6. why did you choose your icon/pfp?

because billy hargrove in profile + light blue + a distant, cool sun? one of the most beautiful things i've ever seen. also, it has some sort of melancholy that just, gets to me.

7. why did you choose your header?

because that's Cannon Beach, where a few scenes from the goonies were filmed, and where are the rocks carved into the doubloon. I always end up mixing the goonies in everything I do because gosh, I'd live in the feeling of that movie if I could choose. 80s kids + pirate stories. doesn't get better than that for me.

8. what’s your post with the most notes?

oh, i dunno? probably is this dumb star wars/stormpilot comment xD

9. how many mutuals do you have?

I honestly don't know, but they all are amazing mutuals <3

10. how many followers do you have?

tbh i really like how tumblr doesn't show the follower count? i LOVE the ones i have (hiiiiiiiiiii!!! 😘😘😘) and it's always 🎉🎉🌟🌟🌟🎉🎉🎉 getting new followers but i still think is better that is hidden, for many different reasons.

11. how many people do you follow?

about 1000? Im just too lazy to go through my big-ass list and unfollow watever is inactive xD

12. have you ever made a shitpost?

if saying the first stupid thing that comes to my head in here is considered a shit post, then t o o m a n y.

13. how often do you use tumblr each day?

I love to check it bc is kinda like hanging around with all of you 🎉🎉 but I've been trying to reduce the number of times i do it bc i get eaaaaaasily distracted and also, neck pain ugh. phone bad BAD!

14. did you have a fight/argument with another blog once? who won?

nope. never. sometimes i want to leave my opinion in some posts, but i still feel pretty insecure about the language, so i'm perpetually afraid of being misunderstood

15. how do you feel about “you need to reblog this” posts

the ones with something good/bad is gonna happen if you don't reblog? i usually scream internally while i fast-scroll past them while both feeling like bwahhahaha! and scared shitless.

16. do you like tag games?

oh i LOVE tag games.

17. do you like ask games?

very very much. even if sometimes i repent bc it's hard for me to find the time to answer them xD.

18. which of your mutuals do you think is tumblr famous?

Idk but @chichipafarolillos is my personal superstar 💞💞💞💞💞

19. do you have a crush on a mutual?

No crush but I really really 💗💗💗💗 my mutuals.

20. tags?

(forgot to publish this so you'all have probably been tagged already but!)

@memes-saved-me @jimhhawkins @fuckoldmansteve @smashmouth-hargrove @mourntheantagonist @catharrington @thestreetsatnight @lovebillyhargrove @foxie-herminah @disdaidal @c0bblenygma @inthelonelycoolbeforedawn @gothyringwald @swimbirdyswim @imnotyourmarypoppins @cherrydreamer @ihni @leatherr-n-lace @allaboardtheussharringrove @silentlylovingyourwork @wint3r-b0y @honeydewmelo @aeon-of-neon @mediocre--writing

[greensaplinggrace]

You made fun of my fancy 'unfortunately' and then wrote fancy words like 'Nor do I posit'? :) Where's the 'Resident Evil' tag? You confidently tag that Aeon post in the tag, didn't you? Why not these? And tags won't show in public unless they're the first 5 you write, so no use writing them at the end. Also, you couldn't write even a single 'help' which doesn't benefit her in the end after all. I'm glad I made my point across :)

I’m not going to populate the resident evil tag with shipping bs that died down a year after the re2 remake came out lol. Nice criticism of my word choice but it holds no weight when you’re the anon hiding in my inbox. And idk how long you’ve been on tumblr, but the first five tags are what people get popups for that follow the tag. The first fifteen are what shows up in the ‘recent’ section of tags. So i’m doing fine, thanks. I don’t take orders from you.

Like I said, I don’t have to explain anything to you. And it would be redundant to list every ‘help’ Ada’s done for Leon when I’m legit making like five gifsets right now that highlight every single one. Just wait a bit nonny. Have some patience. Drink some juice. Relax. 

Why are you so pressed, anyways? Like I said before, this fandom discourse has died down. Re is in a pretty anti deadzone rn tbh. Things are chill. People are finally at a level where they can discuss this kind of stuff rationally. It’s been happening in the tags for days and it’s been awesome. We’ve got some really smart people in this fandom, a lot of whom I disagree with, but that’s beside the point.

Look - again - I don’t owe you anything. I don’t know you. You aren’t my friend. You aren’t my family. Hell, you aren’t even my mutual. You probably don’t even follow me. I owe you nothing.

But I will give you this: @residentsbeingevil and @thoughtsofa-wallflower. These blogs are good blogs for healthy discussions. Drink that juice. Calm down a bit. And go bring your criticisms to a blog that can field them without disrupting people’s peace. You’re acting incredibly immaturely. 

I’m not here to ‘benefit’ Ada. I’m not here to point out what’s right in front you. LITERAL TEXT. in every game/movie Leon and Ada have shown up in. Seriously. I’m not going to change your mind. What does it matter to you? I’m capable of engaging critically with the ships and characters and fandoms I like, but that doesn’t mean I have to share those criticisms with you. Especially when you come into my inbox like this.

For future reference. Anybody who wants to discuss valid criticisms about characters or ships or fandoms is welcome to do so with me. My inbox is, as always, open. But this rabid anti stuff? That’s just pure fandom wank and meant explicity to get the anti anon off on some gross form of tumblr debate? That’s not welcome here.

[schimmelspore]

Tagged by: @orthographewrites

Instructions: Tag 10 followers you want to know better

Name: Tsutsu/Spörchen (i rarely use my real name)

Gender: genderfluid

Star Sign: Aries

Height: 5ft5 (165cm)

Sexuality: man, i’d like to know as well

Hogwarts House: Gryffindor

Favourite Animal: All of them. But I own Rats and Snakes so yeah

Average Time Of Sleep: either 3 hours or 10-12. there seems to be nothing in between.

Current Time: 12:26 am? pm? its noon.

Dogs Or Cats: both

Blankets You Sleep With: just my usual blanket, rarely something extra

When I made My Blog: When i was 16 so by now 11 years ago. that was my first one, idk when i started this one tho... years ago.

Followers: 190 although idk why

Why I made My Tumblr: i dont even remember how i found tumblr... and i dont remember why i made the wrathfulmessiah blog.

Reasons For My URL: its a homestuck pun actually. gamzee believes in the mirthful messiahs. i was an edgy, angry teen, i made them wrathful.

People I would Like To Tag: @iskarieot @strange-aeons @ffincher @nanahayashi idk i probably forgot everyone, like always when i do these things. i just put down who comes to mind. feel free to do it.

[asteriasdaydream]

11 Questions Tag

Tagged by @byunists

Rules:

1. Post the rules.

2. Answer the questions given to you by the tagger.

3. Write 11 questions of your own.

4. Tag 11 people.

Now to C’s questions!

1. In your everyday bag, what is usually in it?

my everyday bag is the bag I take to uni sooo, notebooks, pencil bag, sweets and bubblegum, my wallet and my water bottle along with my tragic student card.

2. What was your favorite subject in school, and why?

high school was English. My teacher was a G. uni... I hate all. jk. uhhh favourite right now, only bc I enjoy the section we’re busy with most, Anthropology.

3. I’m going to get coffee, what would you like?

Cappuccino. regular coffee makes me feel sick for some reason.

4. I’ve run out of things to read, what would you recommend and why?

Aeon’s Lovers by @soowritings​ . If you read it, you’ll know why I recommend it. I have 2 ultimate fave fics and this is one of them <3

5. What is your absolute dream job?

Hotel Manager. Which is funny bc I’m majoring in Industrial Psychology. lol @ my logic.

6. We are ordering takeaway, what are you getting?

Chinese food or.... depends on my mood. But mostly Chinese food.

7. I have concert tickets, who are we seeing?

EXO. I don’t think anybody would want to go with me to an EXO concert. I would probably cry and faint and ruin the concert for you ha. Not to mention make you deaf by screeching in your ear.

8. What is your favorite plant or flower?

those little cacti in colourful pots yes pls. Also white roses.

9. Favorite season?

Ice cold and rainy. The sun and I do not get along.

10. If you could meet one of your biases, who would it be?

Who do you think?

11. Finally, if you could meet one of your mutuals, who would it be?

firstly, i would want to meet all of my mutuals because they’re all lovely beings! <-- same

Now for Kai’s questions

1. Do you prefer to stay in a serene and calm place or a busy and loud place?

Serene and calm

2. If you want your life to be based on an au, what kind of au would it be and who would be your significant other (bias)?

My bias... which is Sehun... ehhhhh.... idk.. as long as he would be there I would be content with anything besides Mafia lmao I don’t wanna die and i don’t want Sehun dying either.

3. Any scenario/fics you would recommend for me to read?

^mentioned above.

4. Favorite drink?

Vanilla milkshake or nothing.

5. You’re stuck in a room with all of your biases, and each of them turn to each other and was like, “really? this guy?” what is the first thing you’ll do?

Laugh bc Sehun would be talking to himself.

6. Have you ever been to a concert, if yes, what was it like?

Yeah, I went to One Direction back in 2015. It was nice aside from the old mother standing next to me who started arguing with me. Not my proudest moment.

7. Your best friends here?

I consider all my mutuals special along with every other person that leaves me cute messages

8. Give 5 things you love about 3 of your biases.

Sehun... this would take forever for me to list bc I can’t just choose 5, but let me just tell you that his smile is my favourite thing on this planet.

Jiyong (G-Dragon) ---- also can’t just choose 5. He cute too.

9. What kind of movie genres are your favorite?

Comedy or Action. Don’t be showing me no horrors please, and thank you.

10. Do you have a pet?

A cute little dog that is so old and makes me worry. His name is Rex.

11. If you were a flower, what would you be?

A white rose?

My Questions...

1. What is your biggest goal in life?

2. If you could spend the day with your bias, what would you do?

3. What songs do you listen to when you’re sad?

4. What is your most prized possession?

5. If you only had 1 month left to live, what would you do?

6. What is your favourite AU to read?

7. Have you ever met a celebrity before?

8. Favourite ice-cream flavour?

9. The first celebrity/group you EVER fell in love with?

10. A secret about you that nobody you know in person knows?

11. First Kpop MV you ever saw?

I don’t have 11 people to tag, soooo, @sehuns-bubble-txe​ @lovesehunright​ and anybody else that wants to do it <3