#it was hard af to make the poses but aside from that it was pretty simple

[yurki-posts]

Hopefully season 7 or the movie will make this canon

[youredreamingofroo]

LOVE TRAIN INBOUND !! 🚂💨💨

This is inspired by @acuar-io !! Thank you for doing this and THANK YOU FOR THE TAG!! (even tho it didnt tag me properly 🤧)

Tumblr is silly and while I will tag ppl, I know not everyone will be properly tagged, so if u see this, skim thru the list for your name ESPECIALLY if your my mutual ! 🫶

To start off, I just wanna say that Fae (acuar-io) has some absolutely STUNNING sims, it's hard to exactly word it, but their sims are SUPER recognizable, and their saves (Snow flower, Cozy save, etc) are SO nicely edited, so aesthetically pleasing to the eyes 🫶😩

@oshinsimblr is the reason why I started storytelling (even before my simblr time) and why I try and find a story-related reason on why my sims/characters do certain things, her videos are also SO comforting and i love her lovesick series!!! and of course, @minimooberry the whole inspo for this simblr and why I render in blender!

@mattodore and @cinamun are AMAZING simblrs if u want rich storytelling and/or well-thought out characters, River has inspired me to really tear into my characters and give them more personality, and cina just genuinely makes such realistic characters and the tea is ALWAYS hot and simblr aside, she has very good takes >:P

@groovetrys and @circusjuney have been around on my blog and as my mutuals for a LONG time and they really are some of my biggest hype people, lori has an AMAZING legacy going on with her sim, Melody, and u should DEF check it out, and june makes the most amazing clown sims 🥹 theyre always so pretty and STUNNINGGGG

-> To add onto the above category, id also consider @miralure as one of my biggest hype ppl!!! Although they havent been around as long as june and lori, they always hype me up and it makes me stupid happy 😭 they make REALLY good lookbooks and i love their sim style SMMMM

if u dont know about @rebouks what are you DOING with your simblr-life, bc becca has some of the most human-feeling story/dialogue, i always get a stupid sappy smile on my face when i read her story posts

@jarakio has an AMAZING story called Girls with Guns and its prolly my fav story that ive read on simblr, the dialogue? amazing, the poses? amazing, the vibes? AMAZING, i'm ALWAYS hooked in whenever i see GwG pop up on my dash

@stellarfalls just HAD to be on this list are u kidding me????? Bree has a PHENOMENAL save called Valley, even tho there's no dialogue, each image and gif speaks more than words could, she's inspired me to kick up the quality of my posts and also start making gifs, I also consider her to be one of my biggest hype ppl, she always be coming in with the best compliments 🥹🫶

@torissims !!! She makes BEAUTIFUL posts, her blog is very yellow and orange and i LOVE IT, she pulls a lot of inspo from Studio Ghibli and even tho ive never seen any SG Movies, I can just see and feel the inspo, shes def underrated af 🥹

@amburgundy has BEAUTIFUL builds, and they dont just do TS4, they also make builds in other sims games!! (u did a phenomenal job with Madi's legacy house amber 🤝) I LOVE the clutter and they always looks so cozy 😭

@flovoid is another one of my hypemen LMFAOOO bro you and your tags literally make me so happy, i LOVE reading them. Flo makes AMAZING SIMS, and you should check out literally ALL of their sims, especially their sims Roo and Norman from Majima Land (first post under my Roo tag is me reacting to one of their posts with Roo and Norman, funniest introduction to a blog ever), Also their sim, Draco Almond??? He's got me tucking my hair behind my ear... 🫦🫦

@elderwisp has some of the most immaculate editing ive ever seen, the lighting, the vibes, the dialogue, the poses, the expressions, i be eating those posts up like im fine dining 😩😩

@changingplumbob is so chill, I love how much passion she has for her rotations, and her love for cats?? Perfect mutual to have, I also literally LOVE reading her behind the scenes posts, they're literally so funny 😭😭

@tricoufamily and @dejasenti99 make absolutely phenomenal renders, like if theres any renders on simblr that im gonna recognize immediately, its these two's renders, they're genuinely more HQ than my fucking eyes 😭😭

-> Also Nat (Missatan) makes incredibly HQ renders as well, these three are like... my biggest blender render inspos...

@buttertrait @missatan @virtualfolk @pearlean @claudtrait all have BEAUTIFUL sim styles, butter's is very unique, i know they arent really a sims 4 blog anymore but i ALWAYS recognize butter's sims when i see them on my dash and I genuinely love their sim style sm. Nat (Missatan) has SUCH a gorgeous sim style, you've heard of them hips dont lie, well her sims' lips dont lie 😩🫦 Virt (Virtualfolk) and Sam's (pearlean) sim styles are SO animated (if that makes sense), they're like eye-candy. Den (claudtrait), like Nat, has a sim style with the most luscious lips and poutiest faces ive ever seen and are just SOO pleasing to look at, like i just feel blessed in the eyes when i see their sims

@yukikocloud 's Apricot save and storytelling is incredibly reminiscent of Bree's posts, and I just LOVE looking at and reading her story posts, this post in particular just absolutely captivated me, I was drawn in and just get so giddy seeing the Apricot save pop up on my dash 🥹

@alientown @venriliz @nefarrilou @druidberries @machinegrl make STUNNINGGGGG occult (or cyber/robotic in Baja/Machinegrl's instance) sims. Nef always makes beautiful sims for their Cryptid "series", im just in AWE when i see their cryptids... Ven and Ana (alientown) both always make absolutely gorgeous alien sims and they also just have very unique/beautiful sim styles 😍 Baja's cyber girlies are just >>>>>>>>>>>>> I love her whole dystopian/cyber theme, its literally so good and so cool, and her Deadstars series? SO good. Alexis' (druidberries) elowen is so pretty, and her sim style, especially with occults, is just MWAH chefs kiss, literal eye candy

@swallowprettybird is just one of the sweetest people on simblr, I love reading what she has to say about mine and others' posts, and she makes amazingggg posts, I loved that one national geographic inspired post with the zebra, it was so well done

@softle0 makes some absolutely stunning builds, they always look so lived in, so cozy and I would ABSOLUTELY live in pretty much every single build they make

and honorable mentions to @droolski @felysline @pamsimmerstories @swiftviolets @weirdosalike @mushbop @calicosimgirl @shadowtrait and @seriallovertrait because I feel like they're all SO underrated, they're all passionate about their own stuff and I just love seeing their posts, and if you're seeing this, FOLLOW THEM 🫵🫵

Thank you Fae (acuar-io) once again for starting this train up, I love seeing stuff like this and it's so sweet to see what everyone has to say about one another, I may have spent 1 or 2 hours doing this, but it was INCREDIBLY well spent to be able to admire and appreciate all these people, them and every other simblr person, whether i follow them or not, deserve every last drop of love and appreciation genuinely

[nofoundboy]

Slashers reacting to their s/o who does drag

Party

Michael Myers

- I like to think that Michael really likes shiny things so when you appear with your shiny hair, shiny outfit and shiny makeup he's gonna be obsessed

- It was kinda weird to him at first, because you knew him without drag, then a totally different person was in your house with high heels

- He was going to kill you until he heared your voice

- From that moment you have to do your makeup in front of him to put him at ease

- He can relate a certain degree. He feels better with his mask and it seems like you too feel better with yours

- He loves you anyway but he can't deny that the confidence that your drag provides you it's super hot

- And if you wear certain revealing outfits? Well, It's better if you wear a reistent wig and makeup, 'cause it's going to be a long night

- Also, he steals jewelry, makeup and whatever he thinks you would like

Bubba Sawyer

- You don't have too flamboyant items in that part of Texas but still, you do try hard to put off looks

- Bubba saw the whole process as you only did it for him and he was...astonished

- He couldn't believe how amazing you ended up looking

- Your biggest cheerleader

- Then you started to help Bubba to stylize their pretty lady mask and wig

- Maybe...he could try too?

- You make him a cute flower attire and he actually let you paint their actual face

- She couldn't believe it, Bubba had never feel so pretty and confident

- You couldn't find high heels for Bubba's big feet, but you decided to adapt their looks to his boots

- Bubba feels amazing and he's expecting almost everyday the night to come to wear her outfits and put on a little show with you

- With their newfound confidence he's going to be more bold, so expect a lot of glances, kisses and touches from them

Chop Top Sawyer

- What???

- He's going to feel very confused at your radical change because he can't understand how you managed to look like a star with makeup, a wig and your skills

- But he can't take his eyes off of you, you look too good

- He's super handsy, not only because you look hot and amazing, but because the wig and fabrics of your look got him obsessed

- He definitely is going to try your wigs and your heels because those are a challenge

- He falls every time but damn Y/N, don't he looked fabulous?

- He mimics your slang, poses and movements, aside from the teasing, he really likes them

- YOU COULD DO CHER!?

- Lipsync sessions every night

- He's going to steal so much things for you to use in more Cher looks

- He's going to beg you for have seggs with him in his Sony wig

Vincent Sinclair

- YOU LOOK SO AMAZING OMG WHAT A MUSE

- He's gonna draw you so much

- And sculpt you

- He's obsessed with your looks and will steal anything that looks cute for you

- It's an art and one he appreciates a lot, so he's excited for you two being artists

- He has a great eye so you always ask him what combinations you can make

- He would really like to try to do your makeup. Whereas a signature look or something more artsy and free

- He would make room in the basement for your makeup, clothes and wigs

- Will protect you if Bo makes a comment

- He would even design some outfits or looks for you

- He can't wear makeup but he would like to try the heels

- And he looks Ah-mazing in them

Brahms Heelshire

- He knew about you doing drag before you started a relationship so he's more confused than surprised when you show him

- Be patient and explain everything about drag, he was raised in a very conservative context so he has no information about any queer stuff

- Aside from that, he loves it

- You look hot and super confident so, what's not to like?

- He will not try anything for himself but will help you to put a great outfit

- He will steal some items like lipsticks, maybe a wig and clothes

- He's rich af so if you want anything to complete your looks (makeup, wigs, heels or even plastic boobs) you can just order it online. Don't worry about it

- He's not going to let you be in drag if Malcolm comes. Like, he would hide you in the walls

- He's not very patient so he will get bored and being a bratt when you are doing your makeup

- But y'know, he'll be the best boy if you wear something more revealing

- If you incorporate one of his cardigans in an outfit he will be so damn horny fr

Jesse Chromeans (Chromeskull)

- What a pleasant surprise

- He looked at the cameras in his house so he knows it's you but nervertheless, he can appreciate the transformation

- He loves to see you doing your makeup but he gets worried if you tuck

- He can and will buy you the best fabrics and items or directly the best outfits of the best designers. Do not worry about that

- Whenever he goes to a "business trip" he will ask you for a video of you doing your makeup, lipsync, actually singing or even just talking

- Maybe, if you play your cared right, he will use heels for you. He looks so handsome and imposibly taller

- Lipsync shows for him when he arrives!? Mmm yes please

- Will record every single one of them

- And you already know, this man can't get his hands out of you

Norman Bates

- Ohoho this boy

- You knew about his mom thing shortly after he knew about you doing drag

- And oh boy, you saw him and knew you had to help him

- He was to shy to ask or make any comments aside from some whispered complements

- You looked so pretty and confident. He wanted that but he was not ready to ask for your help

- Instead of waiting, you look at a photo of his mother, and started to doing his makeup

- You stylized his wig and dress and gave him a few lessons to do all this himself

- And he looks really pretty, a glamorous version of Norma with better taste in clothes

- He also loves to do drag outside his episodes

- And you! With or without drag he thinks you are the most beautiful person

- But the flair, and pose and style you have in drag makes his heart flutter

- Lipsync? He's kinda shy but loves your company and compliments

- Both of you are so infatuated and quite horny when you're in drag (not when he does Norma, obvs)

- Now you are a drag power couple

- But he's still struggling with the high heels

[elenamegan14]

Twisted Wonderland: Headcanons for Dorm Haunted Houses Pt.7 - Pomefiore

MASTERLIST

Part 6 

Warning! A slight spoiler from Twisted Wonderland Ch. 5.

THE ATTRACTION:

This dorm, out of all others, is the most AESTHETIC haunted house anyone had ever seen. 

And of course, they go for the vampire theme, because... DUH. 

It’s a masquerade vampire museum theme.

They all wore elegant haute couture costumes based on Parisian evening wear and masks made out of gold-encrusted embroidery and diamond crystals. EXPENSIVE AF. 

They were also the only dorm to have pre-show photo sessions with the staff and Vil before their haunted house event starts. Days before they opened their haunted house attraction, Vil marketed his team with an exclusive fan autograph and photo signing event to boost the popularity of their dorm’s haunted house. They have tickets for each type of signings, and the Deluxe Golden Ticket allows guests to take a signed picture with Vil and Rook. 

Beside the standard merchandise, Pomefiore created a special photobook centered on the main “vampires” of the dorm. Vil had to interfere when Pomefiore students got into a huge fight over who gets the most highlight in the photobook - the dorm leader already got dibs on the centrefold.  

Yes, it does sell like hotcakes. 

Vil made ten girls faint when he does a little fanservice for them. Like, licking his bloodied lips - exposing his fangs, or blowing a kiss at them during the pre-event signing.

EPEL JUST CRINGED.  

This is the reason why Epel refused to participate as an actor. He’d rather risk his life than to, as he put it: 

“I’m not whoring myself out and I refused to be dolled up like a prostitute.” Epel, PLEASE. 

He had to fight Vil for it, but after one compromise from Rook, Vil relents. He already got a vampire costume for Epel. 

Finding Pomefiore’s haunted house is not that hard (aside from the screaming and giggling fangirls). They just have to follow the search lights from the distance, when they came across a Greco-Roman museum having their premiere night out. 

Plastered on the front of the haunted house is Vil posing elegantly with his fangs out, drinking a drink that resembled blood. For fanservice reasons, Rook had rested his head onto Vil’s lap, the chisel that he showed is stained with clay and blood. The group immediately guessed correctly what their theme is. 

“Vampires, huh?” MC slowly raised a wooden stake and a hammer that they had prepared earlier just for this haunted house. 

Ace won’t lose. He brought out garlic. Jack immediately leaped ten feet away from him - dogs can’t eat garlic too, Ace. 

“GUYS, They’re not real.” Deuce slapped his forehead. 

“Who said that one of them MIGHT not be real?!” Grim fashioned a cross made of sticks, something that his brain cell had thought for the first time in forever. 

Epel just… grabbed a handful of herbs: parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme, “Meemaw said these little things can protect us from evil spirits!”

“Epel, this is a haunted house, not a cooking show. Get your act together.”

In the first act, guests went inside an elegant greco-roman museum where several handsome vampires greeted the guests - it’s the opening night for Rook’s sculpture exhibition. They came across a main gallery of elegant gold, red, purple, black and marbled interior aesthetic. On the side, guests could see that while some food is lavishly decorated, the wines are pungent with dripping red blood…

Sometimes they could see scare actors acting like vampires - either they bite guests sensually fun fact: this dorm had received numerous mail of willing female volunteers as scare actors willing to be bitten by or given a chance to bite these pretty boys or they can also witnessed screaming victims being mauled by a group of vampires behind the curtains. It’s not pretty. 

When guests entered the art section, the paintings changed from something beautiful to grotesque. Just like the changing paintings in Disney’s Haunted Mansion. Grimm is seriously creeped out when a painting of a beautiful woman turned into a monstrous medusa. 

Sometimes ‘vampire’ and ‘painting monster’ actors would jump out from the painting itself, so be careful with paintings that stayed still!

That goes the same with statues too. Scared the living daylights out of MC’s group. 

The last stage of the haunted dorm are the halls of mirrors that lead them to a giant ballroom where Vil sat on the throne made of gold. Preserved corpses of his “pretty” victims were left hanging up on the ceilings. A large decayed painting of Vil is looming behind the throne, constantly changing from young Vil to a decayed corpse. 

Don’t be fooled by the mirrors. If you approach one of the mirrors, a “monster” will come out bursting from it. 

Vil’s vampire costume is “OH NO, HE’S HOT!” personified. Elegant cape, flawless make and those luscious lips with fangs that seemed to invite everybody…

As Azul said, screams of awe (translation: squealing) is also counted. 

Vil beckoned his visitors to come closer. One girl immediately ripped off a piece of her clothing, exposing her shoulders and shouting “Take me! I’m YOURS!” at Vil. 

Oh, Vil does not just stop there. He will pick a “victim” out of these guests or participants, then “bite” them, earning more screams. One of his “victims” fainted from too much excitement and had to be carried out on a stretcher. 

THE MISSION:

According to the lore, this art gallery was once a mausoleum for all of the deceased nobilities. Strangely, the poor gravekeepers that survived their nights there mentioned that their corpses seem to stay ‘fresh’, as if they are alive. 

One day, a very beautiful man who is known as the Museum Director (“That would be our dear, Roi de Poison,” Rook explained proudly before someone dragged him away from spoiling further) had decided to renovate the mausoleum into an art gallery. Many artists and high-class society considered this place as the number one spot for gaining infamy, parties and connections. However, strange things kept happening - people kept disappearing, statues and paintings that seemed to resemble the missing people and some occasionally, young women and pretty men found with their blood drained in the same area as where the art gallery is. 

Their mission is to escape from the mansion and if possible, defeat the heck out of Vil and his minions, ESPECIALLY ROOK. 

For the first phase of the mission, they have to enter a special room in a gallery made for the participants to steal the charm inside a small chest box - the workshop of the sculptor himself. The key is left hanging on Rook’s neck. 

Someone had to distract Rook while others have to steal the key from Rook’s neck without him noticing - OR ELSE HE’LL CHASE YOU. 

This is a mission that requires a lot of teamwork and courage. Why? BECAUSE ROOK IS SCARY AF AND WILL HUNT ANYONE DOWN ONE BY ONE. 

Also, these guys will be hit by paralyzing magic for around fifteen minutes, becoming the statue victims to be placed on the gallery. 

One last survivor of a group of participants is left alone, crying like a baby as Rook prowls amongst the statues. Even Ace notes that’s very cruel, even for Rook. 

“We need someone fast enough to escape and pretty enough for Rook to take notice-” Everybody stared at Epel. That day, Epel swore vengeance on Grimm. 

It’s a good thing that Epel is carrying all those “vampire extermination” kits from the group. As Rook madly laughs and sings, ALL COVERED IN FAKE BLOOD, Epel’s heart rate just increased 100x.

Meanwhile, MC’s group had a lot of hard time getting the key from Rook’s neck- he’s just too fast, damn it!

Deuce finally decided on the oldest trick in the book: he tripped Rook. Then they dogpiled on him. MC managed to grab the key, ran all the way to the chest to unlock it, just as soon as Rook managed to escape from their grasp and ran after MC. 

“Okay! Now might be the good time for you to take that charm and get out of here… quickly, QUICKLY!” Grimm, your panic attack does not help MC one bit. 

MC finally got the charm, hallelujah. They ran out of the room immediately, Rook almost got Ace’s hair. His laugh still rings all across the wall. Epel finally got his vengeance by putting Grimm in a headlock for turning him into bait before MC finally broke them off. 

Once they escaped from the gallery, they entered a lab. This is where the REAL mission began. 

Now the guide told us that Vil had been sucking up youth from beautiful men and women in his castle. So they were told to prepare a ‘poison’. A ‘poison’ for Vil. A ‘poison’ specifically made to weaken Vil. Vil’s ‘poison’. 

Rumor has it that he has a personal painting where the painting of himself ages, and the only way to defeat him is to throw that said potion to that painting. 

To get the charm, they have to “recreate” the Queen’s famous “Peddler’s Disguise” potion by adding each ingredient into the cups that are already prepared. Then they have to present it to Vil. Each student must come in one by one just so the others won’t be spoiled. 

Getting the ingredients is easier than it’s done. In order to “prepare” it, they must unscrew the taps of each ingredient inside a liquid container. 

“I wonder what this one does-” MC unscrews tap - a loud, high-pitched scream blasted right on their face, leaving behind only a shocked MC with their hair standing up. “...well, now, that took ten years of my life.”

Ah, the host also forgot to mention that unscrewing the taps would trigger different scare effects like sudden gas air blown at you, squirted by black ink, high-pitched screams, and crone’s cackles in a sudden manner, so yeah, fuck you, Pomefiore. 

Also, the thunderbolts are real, so you get the tingling sensation on your hands aside from the loud thunderous noise and flash of light. MC felt that at least six students had a heart attack on this part. Deuce mentioned that his life flashes before his eyes. 

Plenty of students had scrambled out of this task. At least they got the potion ready. Now they just need to splash it at Vil’s painting. 

Well, good luck with that. Most girls (or guys) failed this task. Or at least deliberately failed just to get a “bite” from Vil. I mean, have you seen how alluring he is? 

It seems that Vil had also sprayed himself with a perfume that would knock all five senses off anyone. Along with a few aphrodisiac essences. 

It’s not just Vil they have to worry about. All of the participants have been shrieking to near death when the monsters came out bursting from the glass and took them inside. Jack apologized to one scare actor after he instinctively punched one. Well- so does Ace and Epel, but what do they care? 

When they finally reached the throne, they underestimated how incredibly beautiful Vil is. Like, he’s already pretty in everyday life, but now he’s ten thousand times more sexier than they all ever knew - alright, where do all these words come from? Why are they praising this crusty peacock more than they ever did?

Before they knew it, they were already starting to approach Vil unconsciously. He’s charming them with his sweet, sweet words.

Vil seems to be out for MC. First he gave a kiss on the back of their hand before sweeping off their feet in a mock dance. HIS FANS ARE JEALOUS AF. 

But then Deuce noticed that when guests and participants came to Vil like moths to a lightbulb, OH MY GREAT SEVEN, JACK IS CARRYING THE POTION VIAL. VIL IS COAXING HIM. HE’S ABOUT TO DROP THE ENTIRE POTION THAT THEY PAIN-STAKINGLY HAD CREATED-

“Do something!” Epel tried to slap some sense to Jack, shouting at both MC and Grimm.

Ok, think. MC needs an idea. Finally, they got one. You know, MC hates to do it, but it’s the only way to distract Vil. 

“NEIGE LEBLANCHE IS THE FAIREST OF ALL!” MC cupped their hands and shouted through it. 

Well, that did the trick, because Vil seemed to stop in his tracks (if the gasps from onlookers did not count), and did a 180 degree head turn directly at MC. 

“What… DID YOU SAY?” Gone is the suave, flirty vampire king Vil - in his stead is a raging, monstrous man with the fury of a thousand rabid peacocks. Welp, MC’s in trouble now. 

But it did buy Epel at least a few seconds to splash the “painting” with the “poison”, therefore clearing the last stage. 

Once Vil saw they finally did it, he gave out a rave performance of him being vanquished. He disappeared in the smoke. 

They don’t know if they should feel glad or not. His fans however… became murderous.

MC’s group had to run away from a horde of angry Vil fans. It took Rook (and Vil) himself a good five minutes to calm them down. By then, MC’s group had already run away.

Vil’s bites are nothing compared to his vicious piranha-like fans, Deuce noted. 

In the aftermath of Pomefiore’s haunted house, Epel swore vengeance upon Vil himself. If poison won’t kill him, then throwing him off the cliff during a thunderstorm sounded good as well. 

But their feet turned cold and felt all on their faces drained - they just finished Pomefiore. All of the other dorm houses there are just the preparation for an even bigger threat- there is one dorm whose haunted house reportedly to be so horrifying, that during preparation, there are rumors that the prefect had actually summoned REAL monsters to help the dorm to win. 

The dreaded haunted house of IGNIHYDE. 

[rosethornewrites]

Fic: The Rebellion of Adrien Agreste, ch. 10

Relationships: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir & Gabriel Agreste | Papillon | Hawk Moth, Juleka Couffaine/Rose Lavillant, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Luka Couffaine, Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug & Kagami Tsurugi, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir & Luka Couffaine, Lila Rossi/karma, Gabriel Agreste | Papillon | Hawk Moth/aneurism, Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug/Kagami Tsurugi, Plagg & Tikki

Characters: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Gabriel Agreste | Papillon | Hawk Moth, Lila Rossi, Jagged Stone, Plagg, Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Luka Couffaine, Penny Rolling, Anarka Couffaine, Rose Lavillant, Juleka Couffaine, Kagami Tsurugi, Alya Césaire, Chloé Bourgeois, Wayhem, Nadja Chamack, Nathalie Sancoeur, Sabine Cheng, Tom Dupain, Tikki, Fang, Principal Damocles, Caline Bustier, Ms. Mendeleiev, original minor character, Alec Cataldi, Lila Rossi’s Mother, Sabrina Raincomprix, Roger Raincomprix, Mylène Haprèle, Le Gorille | Adrien Agreste’s Bodyguard, Nino Lahiffe, Nooroo

Tags: Lila Rossi salt, Fake/Pretend Relationship, Teenage Rebellion, Swearing, Bad Parent Gabriel Agreste, Crack Treated Seriously, Lila Rossi’s Lies Are Exposed, Cuddling & Snuggling, Luka Couffaine Needs a Hug, Paparazzi, Parentification, Marinette Dupain-Cheng Needs a Hug, Gabriel Agreste Needs an Aneurism, Uncle Jagged Stone, we’re all queer here, the spirit of punk is sometimes just being allowed to be yourself, Kagami Finds Her Groove, punk rock fashion, Savage Kagami, Marinette protection squad, Good Parent Sabine Cheng, Good Parent Tom Dupain, Protective Kagami Tsurugi, Protective Luka Couffaine, Bisexual Marinette Dupain-Cheng, Pansexual Luka Couffaine, Sharing a Bed, Pet Names, LGBTQ Character, LGBTQ Themes, Instagram, Bullying, Social Media, Anxiety, Makeover, Hugs, will cure your acne, Face Punching, Bad Ass Juleka Couffaine, Rumors, Protective Juleka Couffaine, Protective Adrien Agreste, Lawyers, Hijinks & Shenanigans, Holding Hands, accountability, mental health, Jagged Stone’s well-paid pet shark, How to Make the Evening News, Sexy eyeliner for days, one fish two fish Lila is a screwed fish, How to have fun and piss Gabriel off, Fuckery, sweet litigious karma, Alya sugar, lawyer shark doo doo doo doo doo doo, Schadenfreude, Bad Ass Alya Césaire, Gaslighting, abuse denormalization, Jagged likes his lawyers like he likes his pets: toothy af, Blood in the Water, Everything you didn’t know you wanted and some things you did, Gabriel Agreste is shark bait, Denial, Consequences, Principal Damocles salt, caline bustier salt, the impotence of Gabriel Agreste, snarky Nooroo, lies and the lying liars who tell them, Lila’s brain is a narcissistic hellscape, Lila’s mind is built like an Escher piece, Alec Cataldi salt, Adrien Sugar, wholesome salt, Fu Salt, Kwami Shenanigans, Nooroo is a little shit

Summary: How to Piss Off Gabriel Agreste

AO3 link

Chapters 1-2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4 | Chapter 5 | Chapter 6 | Chapter 7 | Chapter 8 | Chapter 9

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Gabriel Agreste was displeased.

Honestly, that was an understatement.

Gabriel Agreste was infuriated.

He had allowed Adrien his little temper tantrum, the slamming of the door and stomping to his bedroom, expecting to let the boy stew for a bit until he had calmed enough to be reasonable. In the meantime, he had assured Mlle. Rossi things would progress as planned.

That had been a miscalculation. Adrien’s behavior had only escalated, as he somehow managed to escape the mansion—something Gabriel had only discovered later, when Nathalie had brought the tablet to him, with that picture on the Instagram social media account that was meant largely for Adrien to promote the brand. He had been permitted to use it for additional reasons, but clearly that had been a mistake.

Gabriel had been struck by the smile on Adrien’s face, though, carefree and happy… and alongside that of a boy he’d never seen as they cuddled in an intimate way that was wholly inappropriate for the brand. He never would have allowed such a picture with Mlle. Rossi.

But his hands were also tied by Adrien’s move—if he were seen to disapprove, many of his employees would be livid, not to mention critics. The LGBTQ+ community was well represented in the fashion industry. At this point, Gabriel would be seen as homophobic.

Furthermore, a third party had taken those pictures, meaning Adrien had found allies.

Nathalie had attempted to regain control of the account, to no avail. Hopefully the furor would die down quickly; Gabriel had the Gorilla out searching for his wayward son so they could nip this in the bud. But he’d come up empty thus far.

Mlle. Rossi had called, raging, and had required a lecture about tone and entitlement. She had been seething by the time he hung up on her, but Gabriel didn’t particularly care. She was outliving her use with her childish assumption he’d give in to her demands.

He had used the roiling emotions of a jealous fan to create an Akuma, but it had been defeated far too quickly for his liking,

Nathalie had returned with the tablet shortly thereafter, with a new photo and that hair. His hair had been pristine, never adulterated with anything so aggressive as dye. And now—! He matched his ‘boyfriend’—Gabriel was certain this was a fake relationship, but if he said such a thing publicly it would receive backlash—and they were feeding each other ice cream and laughing. Another picture taken by a third party.

Gabriel hadn’t even noticed the caption, or the following post essentially accusing the company of forcing him to work, until Nathalie pointed them out. Worse, there were comments from fans angry that Adrien was not permitted to play with that ridiculous band.

theofficialchloebourgeois: I didn’t know it was that bad, Adrikins. I’ll talk to Daddy.

alya.ladyblogger: @theofficialchloebourgeois Pretty sure this violates child labor laws, too. #LetAdrienGoToSchool

theofficialchloebourgeois: @alya.ladyblogger Will bring that up.

The Instagram tag the Ladyblogger had created had started going viral, even spreading to Twitter.

The TVi news was even using it. Curious, Gabriel clicked on the article they’d linked to.

Model Adrien Agreste Comes Out, Alleges Being Forced to Date New Gabriel Muse, Lila Rossi

Leaked Rossi text messages include threats

When he saw the image of the text messages, he hurled the tablet against the wall.

Nathalie gave him a reproachful look and he glowered at her. “You were due for an upgrade anyway,” he hissed, still trying to contain his rage.

Clearly Mlle. Rossi had become more than an inconvenience.

“Inform Mlle. Rossi that her association with Gabriel has ended, as she has provided an unsavory image for the brand. Announce that on the official social media. Make sure the announcement planned for tomorrow is stopped.”

A stress headache, perhaps even a migraine, was coming on.

--

Marinette returned home with freshly painted pink fingernails, and Jagged loudly praising her nonexistent design ideas.

“Marinette Dupain-Chang, would you care to comment on your relationship with former Gabriel model Lila Rossi?”

Oh, that had been tempting. ‘Former’? They hadn’t seen that bit of information before she’d left—she’d have to text that to Kagami and Luka, who would share it with Adrien. They’d agreed that he’d need to keep his cell phone off to avoid the GPS locater, until they’d gotten enough done.

Jagged posed for the camera, hugging her one-armed. “That horrid girl has been bullying my niece here. Kept her too afraid to say anything. But Uncle Jagged’s here to take care of his Marinette.”

Then he pushed past Nadja Chamack to enter the bakery—let in by her parents despite it being after hours. They presented him with a large box of macrons to thank him, and asked if he would be free to join the family for dinner the next night—specifying that ‘the team’ was welcome, too.

Adrien, Luka, and Kagami had been insistent that she should bring them in on the plan, that they have some adults they could lean on aside from Jagged, whose stay in Paris would only be so long.

Marinette hadn’t been certain about letting them in on the fake relationship details, but they had been appropriately horrified at Adrien’s treatment and had immediately been on board. Everything had fallen into place, and maman had insisted after tomorrow she would take her break from the bakery to coincide with Marinette’s walk to school, so she could escort her for her protection.

They had a plan, a script, for Luka and Adrien’s relationship. She just had to be ready early tomorrow to be escorted to school, and be ready for any media attention.

And they had decided that Luka should be seen with Adrien, saying goodbye before the school day with appropriate closeness. They hadn’t specified what it should be, but that part could be ad-libbed. Regardless, the media would eat it up.

She updated her parents over dessert fruit tarts, then pleaded exhaustion and headed up to her room to get ready for bed. On her way up, she texted Luka and Kagami the news about Lila.

Tikki looked a bit exasperated when she was finally able to leave Marinette’s purse, and for a moment she was worried the kwami disagreed with what they were doing, that she’d be disappointed.

“I didn’t realize Adrien had it so bad,” Tikki said instead. “That poor boy. I’m glad you came to his side; I know it might be hard to watch him in a pretend relationship with Luka.”

Marinette relaxed. Tikki was on her side.

“I knew his father was awful, but I didn’t know it was this bad, either. If we do this right, M. Agreste will be under enough scrutiny to give Adrien some freedom.”

“He deserves better,” the kwami commented, taking the cookie Marinette offered her.

Marinette nodded. “Do you think I’m doing enough?”

“You’re doing everything you can.” Tikki set down the cookie and put one tiny hand on Marinette’s. “And… I think Luka was right. You expect too much of yourself. I know you’re Ladybug, but you’re also Marinette. You don’t need to bottle things up. You don’t need to be perfect.”

Marinette was silent for a bit, thinking about that. She’d always tried to stay strong on her own—even during the worst of Chloé’s bullying, she hadn’t reached out. Part of it was learning that Chloé could get away with a lot because of her status; teachers were rarely willing to punish the daughter of the mayor, so instead Marinette had been told she was being too sensitive, or that she needed to be the bigger person and be an example. All she’d wound up being is an example of a doormat.

In the past year, she’d learned that what her teachers had done was considered gaslighting. She’d managed to let them convince her that her feelings weren’t important. Marinette had been afraid to tell her parents everything, because if they told her the same thing…

Ever since Alya had come, she’d been able to start growing out of that—all it had taken was someone standing up for her.

“Thanks, Tikki.”

The kwami sighed. “Honestly, I should have helped you take care of this Lila situation earlier. It’s gone on too long. I let you flounder, even after you were almost Akumatized. I didn’t even think about how this was effecting you. I’m sorry, Marinette.”

Marinette brought Tikki up to her face and kissed her cheek. “I was doing what Luka said—putting on a front. I need to trust you and my parents and my friends more.”

“We’ll learn together,” Tikki told her with a smile. “I’m so proud of you, Marinette!”

They snuggled cheek to cheek for a moment, and then Marinette went to the bathroom to prepare for bed, leaving Tikki to her cookie.

[madzilla84]

VidCon London 2020

I wrote up some rambly thoughts on Vidcon, my trip, and Phil day!

I arrived in London the night before the others, last Thursday (a week ago?? WOT), so went straight to my friend’s place in London – we went to a pub near his for pizza, and while I was there I saw Dan’s cute tweet. After a few wines, it made me super emotional as you can imagine. I love him. <3

We had some more drinks once we got back, which made the next morning … well.

Friday – Day 1

YUP, HANGOVER. But luckily not a ‘can’t function’ hangover, so once I’d packed up I made my way over to the Airbnb (it was fuckin WIMDY) to leave the luggage (too early to check in). The previous occupants were a group of Lads who’d left the place in a state, so it was still being cleaned. HONESTLY BOYS SMH)

Then I headed to the complex’s on-site café (ooh errr) and spent some time trying to figure out what to write in the card I wanted to give to Phil. My roomies @yikesola, @ahappydnp and @calvinahobbes arrived a little later and we checked into the flat, and basically hung out and chatted until it was time to head to registration. Which was a good decision as the line was super small on Friday night. Gotta say, the feeling of seeing Phil so big and so central on all the banners and posters for the con made me feel so proud of him. As other people have mentioned, there was some – curiosity, I guess? Worry? – about whether it would be weird seeing him there doing his first event like this on his own in a *very* long time, but somehow it wasn’t, at any point.  

We spotted Martyn checking in further down the hall, which was probably the first moment it all started to Feel Real. We (slightly awkwardly at first in my case lol) met a bunch of online folks in the registration area, and tagged along for a cable car ride over the river (did I mention it was WIMDY) to the O2 arena for dinner. When we all sat down to eat I realised I was sitting opposite two friends from IDB! \o/ We headed back after the meal to hang out and PREPARE for what was about to come.

Saturday - Day 2 - PHIL DAY

We started off by going for breakfast – naturally pancakes – and then headed across to the con. The first event of the day was the comedy panel that Phil was on, so we went across to the panel room early and ended up sitting through the panel before that one, ‘Out and Online’, which was probably – Phil notwithstanding – the better of the two I saw.

During that first panel – and really all morning up to that point – I’d started to feel increasingly nervous. I’d never met Dan or Phil before, and the fact it was happening imminently was suddenly hitting me. Not to mention it was very hot in the panel room that day, and – yeah. By the time the LGBT+ panel finished, I was just like the *screaming internally* meme.

The only other time I’d seen D&P in person with my own eyes was at Interactive Introverts – non-VIP, and I was quite far from the stage, so I couldn’t see them well, y’know? So when the panellists walked in for the comedy panel, I turned around and saw Phil properly in person for the first time. And… wow. I’m sure I hardly need to tell anyone on this forum how attractive he is, but I was just blown away by how beautiful he is in person. He just seems to, like, glow. 

And I was absolutely in love with his jacket, which I thought was new at first (it took me a while to place it was the one from the II promo photos). He just looked wonderful, and I went full Heart Eyes Motherfucker as he took his seat with the others. And once I’d actually seen him, somehow I felt less anxious and stressed. 

The panel was okay – I wasn’t familiar with the other attendees and I’m not sure theirs is the sort of content I’d necessarily watch – lots of prank vids and the like, but they def had some fans in the room. But it was obvious the majority of the attendees were there for Phil, and I noticed him looking around the room at all the people there for him throughout, making eye contact with lots of people. I’m sure he made brief eye contact a couple of times, which made me go !!!!! It was obvious the panelists were at quite different stages of their careers, which was a little dissonant sometimes, but also quite sweet – Phil was very encouraging to the younger, more inexperienced members of the panel, which was very lovely. Lucky them to have such a kind senpai.

After that we only had a quick break (mainly to down water after being boiled to death in the panel room) before it was time to get in line for Phil’s meet and greet. The wait for him to arrive was weirdly fast but also interminably long, and I spent most of it panicking about what I was going to say to Actual Phil Lester in a matter of minutes. 

But soon enough he arrived, shook hands with the photographer, did a lil hop to wave to everyone in the crowd who was waving at him, and then off we went.

I wasn’t sure what to expect – I’ve had pics before with celebs at conventions, and every con is different in how they handle photos. Some really rush you through, but this one was pretty good, I thought – you had plenty of time to say whatever you wanted to say, or give gifts – I thought we were supposed to leave them in a box somewhere, but no, we were to give them directly to Phil, who had a little table to put them on. Obviously I wanted to give him a hug, too, but would I be too awkward to ask for one once I actually got up there, I wondered?

But as it turned out I needn���t have worried; I could watch people meeting him from where we were in the line, and from the very first person, he opened his arms for a big hug from everyone who went up to meet him. Watching people running into his arms was making me really emotional – he just has such a great connection with his people. You could tell he was happy to be there and liked meeting us all. He took so many cute photos with people. We noticed he had a Sharpie and was signing things, which we hadn’t been told about beforehand, so I hadn’t brought anything special - ended up getting him to sign my con badge as a souvenir.

There were 3 of us, and @yikesola took one for the team and volunteered to go first. I watched how much fun they were having, how easily they chatted and hugged and posed for their cute photo and thought to myself, please don’t be a total buffoon when you go up there…

Soon enough it was my turn. Walking up for these things is always nervewracking and awkward – except this time, once it was time, Phil turned around, looked at me, smiled and opened his arms and I knew it would be okay.

I walked over and hugged him, and he probably had to bend down quite a lot, lol. I reached up over his shoulder to hug him, which meant being on tiptoes, of course; as many people have said in the past, he didn’t let go until you did. He was so gentle. <3 I maybe hugged him for a little longer than I might usually with someone I didn’t know because of it; he just has such comforting and welcoming vibes. And no, before anyone asks, I didn’t notice what he smelled like – we were talking about it after and I don’t think any of us did. I don’t in general unless someone’s wearing reasonably strong perfume/cologne, I don’t think, unless I’m hugging them for a really long time. ANYWAY.

The now-famous jacket (which looked so good!!) was soft AF. I handed over my lil gift – he spotted the chocolate and was pretty happy about that.

I then had a little time to talk to him but, like, how do you condense into a few seconds what someone means to you, how much they’ve helped you or how much you appreciate them? So I ended up going with one of the main reasons I came to love Phil so much as a creator – someone around my age still making such fun content. I don’t mean it like, ‘wow, at your age!!’ lol, which I’m not sure he would have appreciated, more like – when you get to a certain age, people often expect you to leave certain interests and behaviours aside (we see it all the time with these ‘ew people over 30 in fandom?? Gross’ posts), and Phil is still being himself and doing what he wants and not letting that affect him, and I just think that’s really great and it’s meant a lot to me. So we talked about that a bit. He said you should be able to be creative at any age. <3 Talking to him wasn’t like I expected – I don’t know what I expected, really, but I thought he might have more of a – nervous energy, maybe? Or just a bit more – y’know, ‘AmazingPhil’? But no, he was chill and confident and had this ease about him that was so comforting in person. I know he’s an introvert and probably holed up on the couch for a week after meeting all those people (hard same), but he really is so good at talking to people and making them feel at ease; everyone looked so happy walking away from him.

About halfway through the convo I had to work really hard to keep my brain on track and not just descend into babbling nonsense because he was looking me in the eye and listening attentively and bruh!!! That is … a hell of a thing! Not only is he so beautiful, but he really listens, and cares about what you’re saying, and is actually interested and not just going ‘uh huh, uh huh …’ like other celebs can do. His expression and demeanour was so friendly and open and welcoming, and honestly I just felt like I could talk to him for hours.

We then posed for the official photo they took, and hugged for it – when I’ve had other photo ops in the past where I’m standing close to the person I’ve been prone to nervous giggling, but this time I felt really relaxed and happy.

And that was it! I reluctantly said goodbye and headed off and was so flustered I a) forgot my little card to collect my photo, the guy had to chase after me, though it looked like everyone was doing that because they were on cloud 9, and b) picked up someone else’s sequin Dan bag from the bag pile. (Which I immediately noticed because I had a keychain and pin on mine, but I mean they *are* identical.) We went to get food and download our photos and watch all the videos we took. Even though I now had pics, I still almost couldn’t believe it was actually real.

And, wow. We were just floating for the rest of the day. It was such a wonderful, positive experience and I’m so glad it worked out that I was able to meet Phil. I didn’t think I could love him more but after that day I definitely did. Obviously, because it’s me, I spent a lot of time thinking about what I said to him and how I said it and was it the right thing and did I say it right and lejslkdjkjfkdhks, but at the end of the day he was lovely, I said more or less what I wanted to say (of course there’s more I’d have wanted to say, but there’s never enough time), and it went wonderfully well. So I really shouldn’t worry too much.

We paid a quick visit to the AP shop booth in the Expo Hall – they didn’t have a ton of stuff but they had all the t-shirts (I think it was just all the t-shirts, corgi jumper, corgi keychains, glitch hoodie), so I bought the yellow Try New Things shirt from Sarah. (And got a free pixel Phil sticker; they really want to get rid of those huh)

The only other Phil-event for the day was his appearance at the Night of Awesome that evening, so we went along for that. Apparently the theme of the evening was ‘collaboration’, so most of the performers didn’t appear by themselves aside from a couple of music acts. But it quickly descended into madness – most of the performances were some sort of challenge which involved the loser getting a pie to the face or gunged – i.e. perfect Saturday night entertainment if you’re ten. So maybe it was more aimed at kids, I thought, until one of the music acts started swearing up a STORM and a load of horrified parents started dragging their kids out while I almost died trying not to laugh. There was a lot of TikTok stuff, but the animators challenge was pretty good and a couple of the music acts were great.

You probably read about the guy who crashed the performance to make an offensive anti-trans joke and then got chased out by security … when I figured out who it was later I wasn’t surprised, he’s done stupider shit in the past, but Vidcon didn’t react very well to it right away. Throughout the event I generally thought security and staff were very good, but they really dropped the ball on this. The music act gamely carried on though, as did a number of other acts after them, and *just* as everyone had pretty much lost the will to live, Phil randomly appeared on stage with Kian and JC (…no, me neither) along with a science Youtuber. Yay! I thought his bit was really cute; kind of random but that made sense when he explained the original plan had gone awry shortly before the show started. He was *so* into it and I thought it was so sweet how, again, he kept looking for his people in the crowd. He was so confident on stage and even when the stuff he was being asked to do was so random and weird he just owned it, went for it and made it funny. Thomas Sanders came on after science!Phil to do a very wholesome set which kind of saved the evening, lol.

And that was the end of Phil day! Naturally we had to order Domino’s in the evening after our emotional and intense day (and to recover from whatever tf most of that concert was). I feel like I’ve become some sort of addict, and now the rest of my existence will be sad and grey until I can hug Phil again (which might well be never). I have peaked. I also remembered what I like so much about (good) conventions; being with your people and feeling so free to express yourself and what you love - between the phannies and the fanders there were so many pride flags, and so many people walking around wearing merch. (Also it was the first con I’d ever been to where there were no cosplayers! Which is unsurprising given it’s youtube fandom, but still – new experience.)

Sunday - Day 3

Sunday we slept in after staying up until like 3am chatting (whoops), so I missed jacksepticeye’s panel but I did get to the Buzzfeed Unsolved/Watcher one, which was really funny. I wish I’d gotten to meet the boys but what can you do. I also went to the Expo Hall and met PJ (who was very nice, and friendly!! But had exactly that nervous energy I was talking about earlier, which I’m more accustomed to when I meet celebs at cons; Phil really is something special), and bought a few enamel pins, because ENAMEL PINS.

And then … the worst bit of any con, people started to leave. :( My 3 roomies left first, which was the worst bit of the weekend. I ended up tagging along with some twitter friends to get coffee, and we ended up sitting around for like 3 hours outside the cloakroom because no one wanted to leave.

We found out about Dan’s half marathon during this time, and I know people have this view of phannies like we’re all obsessive, invasive weirdos who just want to find out things for – I dunno, clout? But honestly everyone there was so proud of him and just like the whole weekend, it was great to be with people who understood. Like, I can hardly tell a co-worker that a youtuber I follow ran a marathon, they’d be like - okay, and…? So it was nice to sit there and sort of – celebrate it, in our own lil way.

We all parted ways on the train - I went back to my friend’s and watched Phil’s liveshow there, which was really a perfect way to end the weekend. I’m glad it sounded like he had such a nice time at Vidcon. Someone tweeted about him seeing all the people who had come to see just him and how excited they were to see him, and that warmed my heart. And hopefully his too.

The next day I returned to the Excel to have pizza lunch with the last two friends who were still in town, which really helped with the post-con blues, and then it really was it. Since then I’ve been hanging out at my friend’s flat and taking a couple of trips out to various shops or whatever, but I’ve mostly been tired and lazy and catching up on sleep a bit.

As I mentioned, I’m now a filthy addict. I will be … keeping an eye on future vidcons/events, for sure. >_> And I might be back in London in April, maybe. >_> many thoughts head full

[hecohansen31]

“Of Superheroes and Superassholes” (Chapter 1)

A/N: This is my first multi chapter fanfic, so there will be more chpaters of this if you actually like it, I honestly had this idea after seeing “Endgame” and I actually discussed it with @lvngdvns (who created some pretty amazing headcanons about this, so if you want to check them out after this, I am sure she will be grateful, also they are absolutely worth a read… and a re-read, and … I mean Mal’s writing is amazing and her blog brightens my day, so…) and I decided to try to write down something.

Also before you start, here are some thing you need to know: Reader powers are pretty similar to Captain Marvel, meaning she got toxins in her blood which changed her DNA, making it adapt to something new, she doesn’t have the blast thing, but she is stronger, quicker and mo resistent (which comes in handy, according to Duncan and Michael…) meanwhile Michael is the  bratty warlock he was at Hawthorne so he works primarily with magic (and sarcasm).

Duncan is a mix between Iron Man and Neal Caffrey (my writing buddy is pretty proud of me for this…).

So after this long introduction: don’t fear the smut will come in the next part (I just need to write it down…),

As always LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK? (because if I don’t get any feedback I automatically feel like I suck so… (also just hit me up to tell me I suck, I know…).

SUMMARY: Sometimes Destiny deals you horrible cards, and sometimes Destiny deals you two beautiful assholes to work with (+superpowers).

A superhero/secret agent AU comes your way.

Will the three agents manage to work their own problem to save the world (or will they straight up destroy it?).

WORDS: 2,9 K.

WARNING: No sex, or smut (there will be more in the newest chapters, I already am thinking about it), foul language, but also I feel like Duncan and Michael need their own warning.

She had never wanted superpowers, because as the motto said “with great powers comes great responsibility” which meant that no matter how many bad guys you beat up, there would be more from where they came from, so all your weekends plan had to be pushed aside and swept under the carpet, mostly if you worked into a secret agency to save the world.

And meanwhile she took her role very seriously, she had since toxins had changed her DNA, there was somebody who didn’t, and this made her work a thousand times more difficult, not to talk about the way it always put her in some dangers.

And all those reasons of stress had a name: Michael Langdon.

A blonde boy, enough powerful because of some arcane magical powers, not to talk about ripped AF (she looked him only to see clues for any kind of flaws or physical injuries she could use to her advantage meanwhile they fought in training).

To say she hated him was an understatement: he was against everything she believed in; faith, fair-play and avoiding straight up butchering their enemies in order to interrogate them and get some answers answered, and not have to dig up more things, with another few months of annoying research on her shoulder, since Langdon didn’t even touch paperwork.

She had been working on this case for three months, and she had managed to get infiltrated into the group of baddies that had decided to use poisonous toys to kill immigrant children, which was something she found disgusting, and not only had she managed to infiltrate and to meet their boss, but also the boss would tell her where the toys would be shipped.

But as soon as she walked in with Langdon as her body-guard he had started attacking everyone and although they had managed to take down the entire company, they had also managed to kill the boss so now they had no idea where and when the shipment would come.

And so, they were at the beginning again.

-I told you to wait- she screamed as soon as she opened the door to his office -Would it kill you to wait for my plan to work out? -.

-They don’t, (L/N)- he mumbled, simply, leaning on his elegant armchair an original vintage as the rest of the furnishing of his office, meanwhile hers was the most chaotic one but it was much more warmer than Michael, who had nothing personal on his walls, probably to protect himself, but the presumptuous attire of the entire office gave off what an arrogant prick Michael was -… they never work, (L/N), they were doubting you and they were preparing themselves to bring you down-.

-No, it would have worked it out, if you had managed to follow it, it is simple, Michael! – she felt the blood rushing into her veins and her skin glowed, something that happened since the toxins had entered her body and instead of killing her, changed her DNA, giving her new strength and powers.

She had never gone overboard with her powers because of rage, no matter how much Michael infuriated her, it was something she prided herself of, whereas Michael always was uncontrolled and more and more time some intern had to follow a trip to the hospital because of broken bones and other “minor” injuries.

So. it was a bad idea to start now and she immediately calmed down, moving down her hands, flattening them against her thighs and cleaning the sweat off of them.

-… it was my case, you were under my command, Langdon, you need to hear me out- she tried to appear as calm as she could, but this put Michael on an even more apathetic status which prompted her to actually think about kick him in the balls to get a raise out of him.

-I will hear you out when you can finally formulate a plan that will actually work out-.

She was going to punch him, she was going to lose control and punch him and she wouldn’t have regretted it.

-Agents Langdon and (L/N)! – the sudden opening of the door made her snap out of the anger trance she was in, which prompted her to assume a more collected position, again her palms went to her thighs, digging the nails into the soft fabric of the black pants.

Langdon instead, didn’t assume a more sober position, he just raised his back in order to assume a fiercer pose, standing his head tall and high, like a winner.

They both stood at attention, before the general Goode, a tall and proud woman to whom they both knelt to, although Langdon didn’t do it with joy, since he thought that with all his magical power he should be the one in charge of the entire thing, but general Goode was smarter and more experienced than him, so he had to stick to her partnership with her.

-Relax, agents- she had a bitter expression and (Y/N) thought what would come next: a little reprise for the fact that they hadn’t solved nothing on a mission which costed the agency a lot of money and time -… I come bearing good news-.

And… that was not what she had expected.

-…you’ll have a new partner- which wasn’t good news.

She had worked for longer in the agency but  only in her apprenticeship she had worked alone and in her first missions she had always been paired with Michael, since they were the strongest the agency had to offer and this meant that she somehow saw the working with somebody as the freaking worst torture you could ever endure.

And the same was for Michael who straight up snorted.

-… a new partner? – he asked, incredulously and she was halfway through hitting his face -… you found some other stupidly naïve superhuman, because, honestly, we are full-.

She didn’t want to agree with him, but, apart from the insult, she did agree with what he said.

-Sadly no, Mr Langdon, but I have something much better…- and then she moved aside and a tall guy, strangely similar to Michael, but with a much darker color in his hair, which fumbled down in elegant waves down his eyes, hiding them.

She was swiftly taken aback, as she had been when she first saw Michael, but whereas Michael was all boyish charm and well-cured elegance, the new man was the image of what an accomplished man looked like, all tough forms and a rude beauty.

He promised hot nights and sweet sweet love making.

-… Duncan Shepherd will help us with the social aspect of your work, since you both are unable to handle that- Cordelia huffed, clearly annoyed by the fact that they always ended up fighting themselves instead of the enemies.

And she understood Cordelia’s reason, but also… TWO HOT MEN WITH WHAT LOOKED LIKE THE BIGGEST EGO IN THE WORLD. (AND OTHER THINGS… but she was trying to stay professional).

She wouldn’t be ok.

-Cordelia… can we talk about it? – Michael tried that approach, but he was quickly shut down by Cordelia just mouthing a no, before walking out, suggesting to all of them to get to know each other.

She was fucked.

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Duncan knew that agents could be assholes, he had had to deal with them for a very long time since they had somehow discovered something about his illegal way of gaining information through his app, and when Cordelia had told him about the deal that would get him no jail time just in exchange for his assistance at the “R&H Corporation”, he hadn’t realized he would deal with much more asshole-ish agents (more asshole-ish than him, which was straight up impossible).

Because his new partners mixed a bad attitude with a petty tongue and a sharp intellect, and whereas agent (L/N) was one to close in herself and avoid any critical thoughts on her plan, if it was not something she approved, Michael was much worse, being what many people would call “a straight-up brat”.

(L/N) was at least hard-working and he had somehow created a bond with her (she trusted his hacker abilities, alongside the suggestions on how to handle another person), Michael kept on being straight up rude and useless, if the mission didn’t suit his “thoughts”.

This meant that Duncan thought half of time how to kill him, the other half how to get (L/N) to loosen up and there was no time for the mission, although they still had to save the world apparently.

They were in the latest mission: a search for a drug lord, an easy mission, mostly because the man could be loaded with money but his men hadn’t superpowers or the social knowledge of Duncan, who had find them a way to infiltrate in the gang, actually through Michael.

But they needed to do some teamwork, because although they had solved every mission with less dangerous explosions than usual (at least according to a still unsatisfied Cordelia) they still lacked so much precision and attention to the other.

They were in their hotel room, the entire mission would start the following day and Duncan was surprised when he saw (L/N)’s white lingerie being revealed as she shed her shirt and pencil gown, and although he wasn’t complaining, he… was extremely surprised.

-(L/N) are you feeling hot? – he asked, meanwhile he reasoned with himself that he wasn’t blushing because he had an half-naked woman in front of him, but Michael caught what was happening before him and he laughed between his teeth, before he got a glare from the other man.

-Just changing in night clothes- and she reached down to unlock her bra, which prompted Duncan to again have a heart-attack; he was used to freaking women taking their clothes off at his command, what happened to him?

A beautiful and superpowered woman had happened and she looked stunning in white panties and a pretty simple bra.

-Go and change in the bathroom, (Y/N)- mumbled Michael, looking at her clearly distressed and annoyed but Duncan didn’t know if it was because he had to confront her or he was simply jealous -… or Mr Shepherd over here will have an heart attack! -.

He was halfway through seriously chocking that asshole, but then he saw the little blush on (L/N)’s face and the way she immediately ran away in the bathroom, the insecurity written all over her face and her swift movements, and even Michael seemed to understand, although he did nothing to sweeten his words.

But Duncan felt guilty and with the mission so near, he didn’t want (L/N) to feel bad.

He also realized somehow that Michael had called by her first name, an intimate gesture he didn’t understand but it might have meant for them to grow closer.

He moved to the bathroom, the door was close, not locked, but he still knocked, swiftly hearing a “give me one minute” and (Y/N) was back, wearing an oversized band t-shirt, something that he never saw of her, always having worn pencil skirts or elegant black pants and blouses, a little larger than what she needed, as if to hide herself, in neutral colors, the usual office attire but also specifically worn not to stand out, unlike Michael.

-It isn’t like you think- he immediately rambled out, and she strangely laughed a bit at the proverbial words, but then she was twisted again in her previous nostalgic state -… I am used to women being naked with me… but…-

-… I am not that sexy- she replied swiftly, looking at him as if she knew him better than he did, and then moving to the door to close it.

But he didn’t let her.

-… I was embarrassed because you are extremely sexy and my colleague and I don’t want to have dirty thoughts on somebody I have to work with- he knew he had just bubbled up a non-sense discourse and he thought that (Y/N) hadn’t understood anything, but she did and she was looked at him surprised -… I just don’t want anything to be awkward-.

The revelation seemed to shock her, but she didn’t say anything except nodding and try again to close the door, but he just had a last thing to ask.

-You think you are ready for tomorrow? – and this time she let out a full-blown laugh.

-I think I am, if you now let me brush my teeth and then get my beauty sleep! -and then he was pushed away from the door, with only a sweet but audible “goodnight”.

He turned away, smiling happily… maybe tomorrow they would avoid a straight up massacre.

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He wasn’t nervous, Michael Langdon was never nervous.

Michael Langdon never gave his squad a reason to tease him.

And he never gave them a reason to doubt him.

(Y/N) had spoken with him before this, she would be working with Duncan, behind the scenes, and he needed to remember everything they had gone through, everything.

And he was thankful she had been the one to quiz him, their competitions always bringing out the best of him.

They had also exchanged some pretty horrible sarcastic snaps at each other, till Duncan had asked them to either stop or he would have to put a gag on both of them, which had prompted a blush from his chaste colleague and a “kinky” from him.

He knew that Duncan Shepherd wasn’t shy on what he liked and what he didn’t (although what he had seen the previous night ruined the perfect image of the dom! Duncan Shepherd) and he low key liked him for that, much more than his sexual-repressed other colleague, but none of his flirty comments had been caught by the man, although he could blame it on his decision to stay strictly professional.

Still the fact that that man didn’t fall to his knees to his wit, meanwhile he blushed at seeing his pretty colleague almost naked…

He and (Y/N) were used to get naked in front of each other, he didn’t mind it, their bodies were both weapons, mostly (Y/N) but sometimes in his dream strand of (H/C) would appear in his dreams… and he didn’t want to think like that of somebody as sexually repressed as his colleague, but sometimes it was stronger than him.

He blamed the stress.

(Y/N) was tough, from what he had read, spying her little CV on Cordelia’s desk, she had a tough upbringing and after the incident which changed her life she dropped any contact with her family and friends, a loner, and this led her to know better than fall to his charms and he had seemed to ruin any chance with her when he first spit his nasty insult.

Sometime when she and Duncan giggle about a friendly joke, he wished he hadn’t spoken to her like that.

But his work had nothing to do with regrets, and more regrets he avoided the more he would be safe on the job.

And he did everything right and the drug lord still outsmarted them somehow, hitting Michael and sending him KO, before almost putting a bullet through his head, his magic wasn’t working somehow, and he was going to be dead.

Till (Y/N) jumped out from literally nowhere, hitting the drug lord and getting a bullet in the stomach from one of his cronies, which Duncan promptly shot in the head, the life he had taken slowly appeared back in his eyes, but as soon as he saw her bleeding he promptly moved to get here but Michael just told him to cover their shoulders, she would make it.

-… she has been invested by toxins that didn’t kill her, COVER OUR FUCKING SHOULDERS! – and he swiftly moved to an already up (Y/N), although she clutched the wound she was swiftly up and kicking the drug lord, meanwhile a few others entered, and strangely Michael did find a way to use again his magic.

And he did his best to cover his wounded friend’s shoulders, hoping it would be enough.

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So that was all, I really hope you liked it!

Let me know what you thought about it and any feedback is greatly appreciated! 😘���

See you soon, lovelies! 😉

Eroine Penzel.

[muerteleche]

TEEN STARTUMU!! star answering this time!!

🤗Are they physically affectionate?  

Very much so, but only ever in private or any place that no one is looking, esp since he’s super in the closet. But it’s only with someone hes super emotionally close to. So because he’s not super close to his older sister, he’ll only occasionally hug her. 

🎶Do they have a type? 

Star’s type is any guy that’s nice and shows general interest in him hah hes a lonely horny teenage boy who is hella in the closet so any positive male attention, he’s gonna be crushin hard

😡What are their deal breakers? 

Being a fuckin asshole pretty much. He likes nice people. Also anyone who would treat him like shit outside of the bedroom hah

↕️Are they sub, dom or switch? 

he’s hella a sub at heart, loves handling all that SnM and giving someone full control. but at the same time, he initiates ALOT and will sometimes even top from the bottom. And on rare occasion, be the one to top. So maybe a bottom leaning switch? his pref changes a bit when he gets older tho

⏰How long do their relationships tend to last? 

considering he’s never technically been in a relationship before, no idea. But he’s the type thats more long term than anything else

💍Would they ever get married? 

I could see it happening, when he’s older of course. And he would likely be the one to pose the question too, just because he likes that level or commitment? not that he fully understand what it is to be married, but he likes the idea and what it symbolizes between two people

🏷️Do they give their partners cute nicknames? 

unintentionally? maybe not cutesy nicknames, but shorter versions of someones name. Like for Atumu, just calls him Tumu. For his sister Estella, just calls her Stella. Terrible examples since that only drops one letter, but you get the jist.

💋Are they more sensual or sexual? 

Hmm, idk he's pretty equal with both? Not that he's a sexual person or could be considered sexual but he enjoys sex but he also enjoys touching and closeness

📖What is their favorite outside of the bedroom activity to do with their partner?

  hah pretty much just dick around and spend time together, finding cool places to go n shit to look at, movies to watch

🛏What is their favorite bedroom activity to do with their partner? 

Pfff I mean sex...? But aside from sex, cuddling hella

💚Are they prone to jealousy? 

I think if he saw his partner w anyone he deemed as a threat yeah. This kid is hella insecure and honestly doesn't see much value in himself so ofc everyone else is gonna be better by comparison

😘Does their demeanor change when in a relationship?  

Mm, he becomes softer and kinder and more tender, but only at times. His patience extends a lot further for sure and he gets less angry w violent outbursts

👫Do they display affection in public? What about in private? 

Answered previous, no to affection in public. Unless they're like, out of state where no one really knows them? And the absolute more affectionate in private

💕Are they open to threesomes or a polyamorous relationship? 

Ah I think he might enjoy it in theory, but he's a selfish, insecure person that would get really jealous if a third person was all over his partner.

💔Do they have a certain type of person they will not enter into a relationship with? 

Hah eh girls because the kid is gay af. Also doesn't like significantly younger guys.

💝How long until they feel secure and comfortable in a relationship? 

Maybe a couple weeks tbh. He can get attatched to people p quick and if he's spent enough time w them

🤐Would they ever confess their feelings first? 

Oh ho ho yeah he does it early on too

❌Would they ever cheat on their partner? 

Mmmmmmm not sex exactly, but kissing to make their partner jealous or out of spite, maybe. But sex, no.

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Do they want children? 

No. He saw his sister raising kids and yeah he loves his nephews and nieces, but it's nice when you can hand the kid back at the end of the day, yknow?

🐶Are they a cuddler?

Answered but heck yeah he is, the cuddliest when given the chance

🔮Do they believe in soul mates? 

No, of course not

⚔️ Are they protective of their partner? 

He tries his best but I think it's good for him that his partner can also handle their own too

🚀 How far are they willing to go for the person they love? 

Pretty fuckin far. He did a lot behind his dad's back and to his face for someone he loved, which says a lot for Star.

❤️ Do they fall in love easily? 

Not in love easily, no. Develops a heavy crush pretty hard n quick? Yeah

📺 Do they share information about their relationships freely with friends and family? 

Hell no. His dad is judgemental controlling as and his sister is nosy as fuck and then funny assuming this kid has friends.

♦️Are they concerned with the social status of their partner? 

Hah fuck no who cares about that tbh

💭 Do they tend to sleep better when in bed with their partner? 

Hm, he's a heavy sleeper regardless, but I think touching someone in his sleep would help him sleep more peacefully

[kuro-freakin-shitsuji]

▌a review: tango on the campania (tokyo)

Kuroshitsuji: Tango on the Campania ミュージカル「黒執事」-Tango on the Campania-

Specific spoilers and my impression of the new kuro musical in ACT Theater Tokyo (Jan 2, 2018)

My background: I’m more of an opera and live orchestra person, and don’t really like musicals. I’ve been to about four operas, a couple of orchestras, one broadway (Book of Mormon), and a bunch of concerts. But of course since it’s kuroshitsuji, just like the film I had to go see my favorite arc in person! I have never seen any of the other kuroshitsuji musicals and probably only would to compare them to this performance. I feel some kind of way about this adaptation and will be honest, I’m not thrilled with it and have more critiques than praise. I have some ideas of why, and will try to detail them here.

I can’t really think of a basic review to write, so this post will be all spoilers and detailed kuromyu thoughts. Bring tea, & proceed at your own risk! 

Firstly, お疲れ様 to the cast. I could tell they all worked hard, and at the end Sebastian urged us to come see it again despite tickets being sold out. I think he said this only because he knew their performance was flawed tonight. I’ve seen the movie about...7 times now? And I’d watch it again in an instant. But this musical leaves more to be desired.

I have a lot to say about this production. I have gripes with some of the actors, and possibly the production crew (the higher ups who gave this play a pass so quickly), as well as the direction. I am quite certain this particular showing will not be the one on DVD.

~ warning: there are spoilers after this jump and it is a lengthy read; do bring tea ~

***There are no personal in-session photos within this post. I respect the management’s wishes for no in-session photography. The photos below were found on this theater guide site.***

The Stage

A normal theatre stage for play performances. I sat on the second floor within two different vantage points, marked red above. I sat on the right side first, and then switched seats with someone to sit on the left side next to my friend, @takasuno. I enjoyed both vantages and didn’t see a major difference of the stage from either side. The left side is tilted a bit more, but nothing major.

Production Set-up / Stage Arrangement / Costumes

This production really knows how to make the Kuroshitsuji setting come to life. Every single actor was beautifully dressed to become their character (acting skills, character interpretation, and talent aside...). However, all bloody scenes were interpreted using the stage screen in the background. It is nice for fighting scenes and such, but is disappointing that not once did Sebastian nor Ciel change into bloody clothing. The characters all looked perfect for the entire duration of this play, and that takes away from the setting of a sinking zombie ship. 

I enjoyed the stage layout and props, and it tells the story of a sinking zombie ship pretty effectively despite the lack of bloody clothing. I really enjoyed the use of the screens onstage to help propel and narrate certain scenes; very clever use of space. However, this also proved to be a weakness with the performance for certain actors.

I can certainly tell the actors worked in overtime to prepare for this play. Thy only had 4-5 months to prepare, but I’m not so certain they were as confident as they wanted to be. I say this because the stage flooring was littered in stage tape. The tape was quite distracting from the overall setting of the story, and certain actors made obvious mistakes in their footing throughout the show, including major characters like Undertaker and Sebastian (details below). These footing and placements mistakes made the experience flawed for me. I really hate to say that, but after seeing so many successful live performances one would think a standard of near perfection is in order? If your actors aren’t comfortable with their positions, they need more time to prepare.

The Acting

BEST 

Druitt (Sasaki)

This man KNOWS his character. I honestly thought the real Druitt was on that stage performing, and I think he is the star of this play. He was funny, authentic, completely in character, loud and boisterous, extra af, dramatic, and gross in that Druitt-charming way. He’s not my favorite character at all from kuroshitsuji but damn, Sasaki makes me like this character so much more. He was a joy to watch and all of his songs were favorites. I think his second song with the full cast dance is my favorite one. That hip thrust introduction almost made me fall out of my chair!!! That dance also made all of the characters do very interesting poses (spread eagle Sebastian and Ciel? YES, PLEASE).

Grell (Uehara)

This is another actor who must live, eat, and breathe their character before coming on stage. Grell’s somehow slowly become one of my favorite reaper’s in the series after the BOA movie (I used to hate him), and now after seeing him come to life from the manga, I am in love with Grell! His singing wasn’t the best of the bunch, but I loved his mannerisms and Grell-esque way of walking, carrying himself, speaking to others, and interacting with Knox. They kept the titanic scene with Knox (we get it twice), and I thoroughly enjoyed his dramatic iceberg entrance on stage. I kept my eyes on Grell for a lot of the play, and of all the bromides to choose from, I would have purchased his!

Elizabeth (Okazaki)

OMG, this was Elizabeth. I was uncertain about her at first, but as the play continued on I loved her enthusiasm for the character and interaction with others. She has a very lovely speaking and singing voice, and performed strong during the entire play. I enjoyed Elizabeth’s reveal scene, as well as her monologue narration, which played out beautifully with the stage prop screen. As she was dancing, I thought the background shadow was her own until that shadow danced away from her back! Very impressive acting and singing. She gave the character justice and was a joy to watch.

Snake (Harashima)

Not much to say, other than his voices were phenomenal and he played the part well! He really did sound like multiple people as he voiced his snakes!! They kept the scene when Ciel tells him to have self confidence and gives him the food to eat, and the scenes under the ship when they discover the soulless dolls.

Francis Midford (Akisono)

Woooow, this woman can sing! Her voice was strong, commanding, and still feminine. Her stage costume was one of the best. Every time she came on stage I had to watch her move. My second favorite song has to be “We Are Midford” because it was funny seeing how serious they were and that silly foot movement going on. She gave me newfound appreciation for the character, and I would have also purchased her bromide. 

WORST

Oh dear, there are a lot of /meh/ characters that disappear into the background, but these are the ones who disappointed me the most, continuing on from bad to worst.

Undertaker (Izumi)

Costume on point? Check. That deep voice and high cackle? Yep. Interaction with others? Alright. But Izumi irritated me throughout this production, and here’s why:

Undertaker make two obvious mistakes: he blocked Grell too soon with his hidden scythe, making the stage screen a second or so behind the visual and sound effects to go with it. It was awkward. I let this slide, but a few scenes later Undertaker overestimated his steps, and was in the wrong position on stage for the scenes to follow, correcting it as needed, but making it rather awkward for me to witness. These are little things I suppose, but my eye were on him so closely because he’s freaking Undertaker. I’m sure with more practice these kinks will iron themselves out, however there were plenty more form others within this performance that made the experience flawed for me. 

Undertaker needed more practice on stage for this production, or tonight was just a bad night for him. His mistakes stood out so much to me that I began ignoring him completely to focus on others. I did enjoy his reveal song, however his big reveal was also a huge disappointment. It did not seem to have that “THIS IS AN IMPORTANT MANGA MOMENT” feeling in the same way that Elizabeth’s reveal held within this production. It was like...his hat is off, he says a few lines, and no one really cares. As well, his hat went back on, and he wasn’t really revealed for the rest of the production. Ciel didn’t take his lockets, which seems to be an important part of this arc as well, which reinforces my thought that this musical is more about the music created for the stage, and not so much about manga/story accuracy. Overall, I just don’t think Izumi had his whole heart in it tonight, and that’s disappointing.

Ciel (Uchikawa)

One would think Ciel would be the star of the show (or at least think he is?), but he really isn’t, and is shows in his stage presence to me. He seemed like a wallflower, blending into the shadows, and that’s just not the Ciel Phantomhive that I know. He looks the part, and he certainly tries to be the part, but I don’t fully believe him. I think it’s the little things that made me feel this way: when he is injured, he isn’t really injured. His limp lasts barely a scene, and then he’s fine again. When he’s falling on the sinking ship, he’s not holding onto dear life at the banister OR his demon butler. There are so many moments that make me wonder if Ciel trusts Sebastian to protect him because honestly Sebastian is nowhere to be found when Ciel is just being attacked by zombies! I won’t go further here since it goes under Sebastian’s comments, but I had a really difficult time believing that this character is Ciel, that Sebastian would really treat Ciel the way he does in this adaptation, and that Ciel feels comfortable calling himself Ciel Phantomhive. 

He also had a difficult time posing in the Phoenix Pose. At first I thought this was on purpose and a part of his character, struggling to keep the pose, but then I doubted it because there is a number when every single character on stage had to pose for an extended period of time. It must be those heels, so ganba to him. Hopefully with more practice he can nail it!

He’s so cute, and I know he tried so hard. But overall Ciel was boring for me; he just didn’t shine here.

Sebastian (Furukawa)

See that hand, holding Ciel back? That’s about as much protecting of the Young Master you’ll get.

MY BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT IS SEBASTIAN AND THAT IS BAD BECAUSE I AM A STAN.

I’m a Sebastian stan first and foremost. I like to delve into his character psyche and uncover what he’s truly about through the manga and my own headcanons. He’s more than what we perceive his sexuality to be, he’s more than some kid’s butler, and he’s more than just a kickass demon. So obviously when I see him portrayed live on stage, I have some expectations. 

I think my ultimate gripe about Furukawa is this: Sebastian is a fictional demon character, and Furukawa is a human trying to portray a fictional demon character. Furukawa can never win because he just isn’t a demon. However, that is the beauty of acting, right? It’s done so well that I forget I’m watching a human play dress up. Yes, he can sing, and yes, he sounds nice speaking Sebastian’s lines to our little Reo. But I struggled to believe him tonight, I truly did. Here’s why:

1) Sebastian sings too much :

He’s the star of the show. It’s all about hearing Furukawa sing. And boy, can this man sing. He’s got a lovely voice, and a strong assertion when he hits that right note. But I got tired of it very quickly. I’ll admit, this may be because I am not a fan of musicals, so I may be heavily biased. But after the 3rd or 4th song, I was pretty checked out of Sebastian singing. Like, can this demon go and save his human already? I was ready for him to shut up and just be Sebastian.

2) Sebastian doesn’t seem to care about Ciel’s safety :

He never really seemed to protect Ciel. I don’t expect him to lift Ciel because Ciel might be too heavy to realistically carry around stage; he’s singing so much that he’d sound atrocious if he did try to carry him + sing + dance + fight, but I at least expect him to act more like he gives a damn about Ciel’s safety? Like, not leaving him on the third floor of the ballroom area to get eaten by zombies? It was like...”oh snap, Ciel’s up there so I need to rescue him!”, when it should be more of an innate feeling--why aren’t you up there with him to begin with? Maybe just...stand by his side more often and act like you’re trying to help him walk on that nonexistent limp? Because of this, I didn’t get much chemistry between the actors at all, actually. Something was missing between these two title characters, and It think it’s that acting bond/chemistry. They look the part, but they don’t portray it well. 

3) Sebastian isn’t a perfect butler :

He did make some mistakes. He went behind the animation screen a second too late. HE DROPPED CIEL’S RING. He recovered easily from it, but everyone clearly saw the wardrobe malfunction and it was unfortunate since everyone is in character. It broke the veil of the character, which is a shame since his interpretation of the character is already flawed to me.

4) Sebastian is never injured :

Sebastian never has any wounds, including from Undertaker’s scythe. This honestly baffled me. I get it, screen time is only a precious 2 hours and you have so much going on in-between scenes, but it is almost unacceptable, that they didn’t then have him change into a bloody jacket or splatter him with wet makeup before the stage lights went on. They had the time. He also never seems weak when wounded; he literally sits immediately back up like he wasn’t just STABBED WITH A SCYTHE after Ciel yells at him in earnest.

5) Sebastian’s cinematic record drove me insane :

For the start of the entire flashback scene, it’s reenacted in slow motion with the dancers holding Sebastian and Ciel up, and then the stage goes black and is rearranged for Sebastian’s reel monologue. During this set up, they heavily use the large stage screen and the zombies as props. I thought it was a clever use of space and actors. Sebastian and Ciel preform two songs, and I enjoyed them a lot, however their execution wasn’t the best (Sebastian messed up here with the timing of going behind the screen). The only saving grace of the flashback scene for me was the songs; I enjoyed 後少し (I think it’s called that, it’s the song after やり直し part). I also enjoyed the general use of the stage screens to explore Ceil and Sebastian learning how to be in each other’s lives. They also used live props (a chair and bed).

HOWEVER, despite some small saving graces of this scene, my biggest peeve of all has got to be the entire record reveal scene for this reason: he is a LAZY new butler. I didn’t like the portrayal. He was swaggering onstage, speaking lackadaisically and formally yet informally (that irritated me to no end!!!! how can you use such formal keigo language but sigh and jest at the same time????!!!). I get he’s trying to portray the demon who doesn’t really want to be there; thinks his master is being ridiculous and demanding, but the Sebastian I met in the manga didn’t show that irritation in front of Ciel when they first met! Besides the bath scene (when Sebastian grabs Ciel by the mouth and tells him how it’s going to be here on out), I don’t understand why this extra swagger is added throughout the scene. I didn’t like it at all and it made me disappointed. 

Sebastian just wouldn’t act that way in front of Ciel; he tried harder than that when they met, and that’s what makes him amazing. He didn’t carelessly set the tea platter down or toss the spoon in the kettle like it didn’t matter to him, he didn’t swagger around like posture and poise didn’t mean something to his vain image, and he didn’t speak so arrogantly to Ciel. Like, I really want to say I see the vision that the actor was trying to portray, but all it did was annoy this fan and make me want the scene to hurry up and end. 

6) Sebastian is suddenly Dracula? :

In his /demon/ form he only wore a big black cloak over his butler costume and tried really hard to make his voice deeper. It honestly came across as Dracula hunched over on the ladder of the building prop. It was so extra and unnecessary. I thought he was trying too hard to come across as menacing. I think it would have been better for him to have extra prep time to change into all black, or at the very least fully cover his butler attire since he hasn’t even met Ciel yet.

7) Sebastian isn’t really a monster, but a beautiful performer :

In his big bloody fighting scene in the basement, they portrayed it using lots of red cloth material on stage. It was a lot of dancing, hooded figures, and red carpet-material flying about. Despite all the acrobatics, it felt like something was missing. I can’t put my finger on it...the song was very nice, and the dancing was great, but this scene was also one of my least favorites of the adaptation, which is another disappointment. They also utilized puppets that were painfully placed on stage, and it was awkward seeing him dance with them. It would have been better to abandon the use of puppets since it is the only time they used them. At the end of it all, the zombies disappear, and Sebastian isn’t told to change his gloves. I was surprised Ciel let him touch him after that bloody battle without clean gloves. 

And for the final boat fighting scene, again, Sebastian spends more time singing than actually fighting, and it was a bit odd seeing the zombies dance beneath the water like that while he preforms. But also by this point I’d completely checked out of Sebastian and was just done with all the singing and wanted him to go away.

Some Saving Graces

All of Druitt songs! So entertaining and lively! My favorite was in the second act solely because we see Sebastian dance and then sit spread eagle for a good portion of song, and that was quite fun to watch

I also enjoyed seeing Knox dance and sing, and he was very true to his character. I think I would listen to his song the most

“We Are Midford” making me smile and laugh a lot

Hearing so many actors sing live

Getting to change seats to sit with my friend!

The first zombie coming to life!! The music and dance was truly entertaining and I enjoyed the dancer; she’s very talented

All of the zombie dances; a very good use of space and creativity to interact with the title characters

The Phoenix Pose, anytime they did it was hilarious and adorable!!

Differences from the Manga

...that I could catch or remember

No William T. Spears

Ciel did not take Undertaker’s lockets (or if he did, I missed it, but I saw them still on Undertaker after the scene...)

Zombies appear to attack everyone regardless of species (attack reapers and Sebastian, but aren’t they only attracted to human souls?)

Sebastian spots the iceberg first

Sebastian doesn’t swim or anything; that entire scene was cut and replaced with him spotting the iceberg before the captains see it and crash

Ciel doesn’t demand Sebastian not touch him with his filthy gloves

Grell and Knox exit scene does not include William, but adds a second “titanic” moment scene

Closing Thoughts

I do look forward to tumblr getting the bromides and gif sets, because the stage and costumes were all truly gorgeous and deserve to be spread around. 

But overall, I think that because I am not a musicals fan, I likely expected much more than I received (more character chemistry and accuracy), and received more than I was expecting (too many Sebastian solos). I also learned that the experience of something like this live verses seeing an edited dvd makes a world of a difference. I will probably enjoy the dvd version more to be quite honest, but I have no interest in purchasing one.

I’d give it a C, or 3/5 stars, and I wouldn’t see it live again. I much prefer the movie if I had to choose between watching one or the other. I miss Ono Daisuke already! ♞

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Cupkayke Rewatches/Liveblogs Boueibu!

Season 1, Episode 1 In the Name of Love

*Not technically a liveblog since I took my notes a couple days ago when I watched the ep but I just went back and took screencaps and added stuff soo... kinda? But anyway, HERE WE GO! My thoughts and screencaps under the cut!

The still shots with the sounds of Gora chopping wood in the background are a nice opening to the series- pretty artistic.

I’m not going to get too much into the opening dialogue about chikuwabu because @crazy-grrrl-on-the-computer pretty much broke it down as much as it’s possible in their brilliant analysis here. I pretty much LOVE that analysis and find it amazeballs because I’m a derp and know nothing about the cuisine they’re talking about so that entire speech went over my head on first watch.

WOMBAT’S PORTAL TO SPACE WTF. And En’s ‘unknown lifeform’ line right before this is technically foreshadowing even though the event happens literally two seconds later.

Lolol wombat stinks

Yumoto’s first line sounds so different than he usually does- his professional voice is like WHOAH. Then he sees Wombat and turns into the Yumoto we all have come to know and love. (OR AT LEAST I LOVE HIM)

Pfffff their faces. “Slowly... slowly... don’t draw attention...”

Fancy music for the Student Council~

 OHHHH KINCHAN SO COLD. Such an ice princess.

ARIMA Y SO SASSY? I wonder if he knows the circumstances between Kinshirou and Atsushi? If he does then this line holds weight- “you must have it easy” as in having a friend around? If he knows it’s not just a dig at their class/lazy reputation, it’s he’s genuinely upset for Kinshirou being so lonely. (Which in that particular screencap it could be even more telling because Kinshirou is walking further ahead of Ibushi and Akoya)

Our first monster of the week, Chiku Kazutake! - I remember when I first saw this I was super duper confused like ‘who is this stupid guy’ and ‘where are the pretty boys from the promos he isn’t pretty at all’

His inner monologue is pretty depressing, though. And relatable AF. 

TAWARAYAMA AND WOMBAT FOR THE FIRST TIME LOLOLOLOL EVERYBODY’S LIKE WTF

Side note here- how many variations of uniforms does this school accept? We’ve got sweaters, no jackets, buttoned/unbuttoned, En missing his tie (which is a violation), and then the SC and their fancy uniforms and then... Yumoto. In his sailor collar. WHICH DOESN’T MAKE ANY SENSE. IS THAT A VIOLATION TOO OR IS THAT ACCEPTABLE? Was that Yumoto’s Junior High shirt that he just wears underneath the Binan high jacket? I AM CONFUSED.

I suppose Yumoto’s sailor collar could symbolize his innocence but I have a hard time believing that the teachers and other staff would tolerate him wearing that if it’s not an actual uniform variation.

Wombat is a space tourist

Snerk

LOLOLO Yumoto uses Wombat’s confusion of ‘pass/acceptance’ against him hahahahaha. I love wordplayyyyy.

When Io and Ryuu are first introduced they seem like they’re going to be such one-note characters with one-track minds. I suppose it’s a parody of the archetypes rounding out magical girl groups buuuut still. (And then they run away to be some of the most popular characters go figure).

Atsushi is such a mom though but you definitely can tell he knows what kinchan would say. And I now realize I don’t have screencaps of Io and Ryuu’s suggestions that lead to this line and I’m too lazy to go back and get them oops.

Back to the loser. Eating lunch by himself. 

But seriously this kid’s eyes creep me out. WHY DOES HE NOT HAVE A WHITE PART???

Whose voice is that who says the caption? Is it Kinshirou? I can’t place it.

I don’t know Japanese but does Yumoto have a dialect? The subtitle in this ONE SCREENCAP seem to indicate so- dropping the ‘g’ sound is an indicator of a southern accent or certain city accents (like Boston or Brooklyn) so I’m not sure if it was unintentional or deliberate on the part of the subtitles? He doesn’t SOUND any different than the other characters but again, for all I know he could be using a regional dialect and little old me who only speaks English wouldn’t know the difference. Anyone know here? Is it just a marker of childish speech? Or a legit accent/dialect?

Angry wombat is angry.

Io making money off of defective products - I have a feeling he’s done that before... oh so sneaky.

All this talk about the Loveless makes me think Kingdom Hearts.

PSSSSSSSSH. YUMOTO. YOU KNOW WHY THEY QUESTION YOU???

PFFFT THIS SCENE.

THE POSES. 

THE FORCED DIALOGUE. 

Yumoto is so casual about it lolol he must watch magical girl animes.

Woooo dramatic poses!

Omg the s1 transformations I forgot about these. Their voices as they call out their ‘battle cries’ sound different than in later eps. En’s voice especially sounds way deeper- maybe they had the direction of ‘try to make as many panties wet as possible?” lolololol

I remember thinking when I first watched this that Io’s hair made him kinda ugly (cuz y’know, bowl cut much?) but then his transformation happened and I’m like shit man you know how to put on a performance. Holy shit he’s beautiful. I headcanon that as stoic and cool as Io acts he’s actually SUPER into the Battle Lover thing. Like he loves the fights and blowing off steam when it’s actually a threat. His demeanor is the one that changes the most when they transform, I think.

Aww Atsushi looks so embarrassed

Ryuu IS ADORABLE. He’s all “I’m so pretty!”

The kabuki rule is in effect in episode 1 lololol. Look at this Chikuwabu fucker waiting patiently in the background for the Battle Lovers to speech and transform before attacking.

Yumoto goes boing boing~ So bouncy!

Love stick… so suggestive. The dialogue is killing me.

THE SPARKLING PRINCE IS GONNA SPARKLE YOUR SPARKLES OFF

OMG CAN HE GET ANY CUTER?

This is where I was sold on Yumoto being my fave. Fuckin’ adorable.

Yumoto goes with the flow so well- the other boys are jelly

Or at least Ryuu is

Atsushi - we might as well treat a farce as a farce

HAHAHAHA NAMING THE ATTACKS STUPID THINGS

I AM AWESOME FIRE Ryuu you’re silly

Aww Yumoto and his coupons.

ROCK MUSIC STUDENT COUNCIL

DEM BOOTS

And then we see the s1 opening for the first time! I really really love this song, it’s so damn cute.

Side note- The SC’s voices in their line really blend well together… almost better than the DC

En’s pose in the opening is so cute - I didn’t grab a screencap because of the credits rolling by but y’all know what I’m talking about.

YUMOTO AND DUCKIES

Aaaaand that’s the end of Episode 1! When I first watched this episode I was at my friend’s house and I spent the entirety of the episode laughing my ass off on her couch while she just stared at me like WTF. As far as pilots go, aside from the opening scene, it doesn’t set up much other than the setting and characters but damn it makes it an enjoyable ride. I think it took me a few more episodes to get hooked but I was giggling the entire time. Is it a particularly strong pilot? Not really. Is it enough to get you to tune in for episode 2? Absolutely.

So screencapping and all that shit took FOREVER. Maybe I’ll get to Episode 2 before I hit the hay but my liveblog updates might be a smidgen sporadic. Hopefully I can offer more in terms of deep commentary in later eps, but for now it’s the beginning~ I might repost some of my screencaps in individual posts later for reblog purposes but we’ll see. :3