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Damn, rewriting old fics and posting TAZ stuff in 2024? More likely than you think. Anyways...if you want a dumb AU of everyone working in a museum and Taakitz figuring their shit out after an impromptu hook up session without realizing they work in the same building, along with side Blupjeans and Mags/Julia stuff, here you go. Reborn with better writing this time around and not years old.
#bugs writes#the adventure zone#taz balance#taakitz#taz taako#taz kravitz#taz lup#magnus burnsides#julia burnsides#basically everyone is there too but yknow#ao3 fic#fic stuff
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While I know that most people don't like them...

Varney and the Adventurer Lady from Season 4 will make a return for The Curse of Darkness, albeit through numerous flashbacks that tries to make sense of their actions/appearances during Season 4. While Varney is already dead, he is quite connected (in this case, acquainted) with the main villain of CoD. Without spoiling anything, I would hint that Varney wasn't the only one orchestrating Dracula's resurrection.

As for the Adventurer Lady (whom I would give a name for later), her entire minute of screentime felt so wasted that I had to rewrite her here as a more villainous character (and if I have to be honest, it physically hurts just how much thought went in her design when she is basically a nameless nobody in the show). I will hint at her pivotal encounter with the Laforeze twins when they were younger, which will make you despise her a lot more other than being the sole reason for Saint Germain's unnecessary and embarassing heel turn in the last season.
#anti netflixvania#netflix castlevania#castlevania#castlevania fanfiction#castlevania netflix#fanfiction writing#curse of darkness#fanfic#fanfic writer#fanfic writing#adventurer lady#varney the vampire#saint germain#julia laforeze#rosaly castlevania
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7 years ago, I started a group chat fanfic. People seemed to like it! I sure liked writing it.
But then life happened, yada yada, and I never got around to finishing it. To be honest, I thought I never would.
But I reread it recently. While it definitely has the strong Stench of 2017 humor on it, I found that there was still a lot to like about it. And it kept receiving a lot of very nice comments.
So I finally decided to finish the damn thing. I hope y'all enjoy.
#the adventure zone#taz#taz balance#magnus burnsides#merle highchurch#taako taaco#lup taaco#barry bluejeans#lucretia taz#davenport taz#blupjeans#taakitz#davenchurch#julia burnsides#magnulia#my art#my writing#i cannot remember for the life of me which tag i used for this. so um. both i suppose#if this post causes u to read the fic for the first time i will say again i first wrote it in 2017#aka when i was 15 about to turn 16#and deeply homeschooled#so some of my understanding of college lifestyles and humor like. aged poorly implies it problematic and its not#but it is fundamentally very teenager about it all.
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goddddd whenever i remember julias canon voice is Like That it has me cringe so bad. shes very very obviously supposed to be a valley girl vsco kinda girl but her accent drives me absolutely nuts because its such a poor imitation of the accent😭😭😭and her lingo is sooooo generic. i do not hear like any actual valley girl slang or even californian slang in general. and yeah ok its a show, and its a canadian show no less which has rules on who theyre allowed to hire for their voice actors, but it bugs me and i see zero other people point out how grating it is to listen to julia for 2 seconds. am i the only valley girl fan of total drama in the entire world. am i the only one upset by this
#they dont even have her say hella or the censored “hecka” which i heard 3 billion times in elementary school loooollllll#i think the word hecka is hella funny oh my god. let julia say hella#julia and mk are so californian. i cant explain mk other than theres 3000 kleptos in the average californian highschool#you would not believe the injustices ive had to sit through with people looking through my backpack when going shopping after school#or having to designate a person in the group to keep watch of everyones backpacks outside bc backpacks are banned in stores#adventures in valley girl california with popstart#i could write highschool mkulia au so well bc they are SO californian you guys.#ps talks
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Uhuhuhhhh marine biologists au is this anything
Oh ho ho ho! Yeah it is! Thank you so much for this, I've had a great time playing with it.
[This is an ask game - give me an AU and I'll give you five things about it. Feel free to send your own!]
Marine biologist AU basic premise: the star blaster is a research vessel and the seven birds are crew. They're looking at an area where there has been a massive fish death. However, they're not supposed to - the area is privately owned by a big Definitely Above Board Corporation, so they have to be stealthy. Kravitz is a marine ecologist that works for the same research facility but there was a whole thing around Merle smashing his favourite mug and Magnus eating his lunch (accidentally) so they don't speak.
1) Kravitz is also investigating, he's on his own so has a much smaller boat and they don't notice him initially. He thinks they're polluters and it leads to a stand off.
2) They eventually decide to reluctantly team up. He and Taako do some water sampling, obviously it's fraught with sexual tension.
3) Barry needs a fish corpse (to dissect and assess in his lab) and he needs it asap. He's on a fission.
4) Merle assesses a tonne of algae/seaweed etc. and with the other results they realise it's related to pollutants
5) Dav and Lucretia use their ability to do bureaucratic nonsense to try and stop what's happening. The corporation tries to buy their way out and bury the story by buying off trash press and lawyering other press. Lup and Magnus use his weirdly popular (he does it topless and always features his bajillion dogs) woodworking [insert social media account of some description] to highlight what's going on and everyone knows the corporation is evil actually. (And it's my world, so something actually gets done)
#I'm not sure this is how I'm supposed to play this game but I had a great time!#Magnus' accidental thirst trap account is instrumental#Obviously Julia wholeheartedly encourages him#Send me an AU if you'd like a premise and 5 things about it!#Noodyl Writes#TAZ fic#Ask game#AU game#The Adventure Zone#TAZ balance#TAZ Balance spoilers
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thinkin about the imaginary timeline where antonia sharpe and fanny and charlotte aubrey are friends again...
#em is posting about sharpe#aubreyad#julia's post reminded me of this and now I am haunted by it...#if we had more characterization for what any of these three are like when they're grown up I'd write a fic about it#(I actually don't know if we get more fanny and charlotte later; haven't made it past thirteen-gun salute yet)#(but I know we don't get any more antonia (sadness forever on account of))#anyway sometimes I ponder it. sometimes I ponder antonia and the aubrey kids going on little adventures together#three girls raised by soldiers and sailors (and sophy also) and consequently they're a little odd for society#brigid also there because we are brigid maturin enthusiasts on this here blogge#(maybe even richard hornblower if we wanted to get really wacky with it...)#and. andandand. also I think they should grow up to be gay and butch also. but that is me making things up out of hand#then again if I can make up what william bush's sisters are like solely off the mention that he has four sisters then I get to do this also#sorry cornwell/pob/forester/&c it's my sandbox now and I'll put lesbians in it if I damn well please :3
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I know my childhood fav book series (set in Drury Lane) has its reconstruction being a whole plot point and I now really want to reread that bit to see if they make any foreshadow-y jokes about it lasting forever, ushering a new era etc, given it burnt down 15 years after it was built
#am writing an essay on Sheridan/drury lane/Georgian theatre rn <3#cat royal#cat royal adventures#cat royal books#julia golding#drury lane theatre#richard Brinsley Sheridan
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Meet our Mascot!
This is Tito!
Tito is an 8-year-old Red Panda who likes all things outdoorsy, colorful, and adventurous. Bug enjoys playing outside and spending time with bugs friends! More coming on this post!
I sort of view Tito as part passion project, part self-insert. In the future I'd love to make Tito's story a reality and create a puppet for him!
Tito's story takes place a few blocks away from Sesame Street, on Lucky Lane. Tito's father is the principal at a primary school for young creatures. Tito, a little older than Elmo and his friends, introduce to them different kinds of animals, and is all about diversity and fun! Tito spends weekends on Sesame Street, where he sells homemade soda pop at a stand on the corner, and he teaches Elmo and Zoe how to use the soda pop machine and how carbonation works. Being Autistic (as well as ADHD and Dyslexic), Tito understands and bonds with Julia. He teaches everybody about disabilities and neurodivergence in a way they can all understand. He can't read too well, but he's a smart kid, and he learns as much as he teaches!
Tito struggles with Self-Esteem. He is often embarrassed because he can't read or write as well as other kids his age, and he can't seem to sit still! Because of this, sometimes bug will close in on bugself and stop talking, sit alone, and refuse to play with bugs friends. When this happens, Elmo and Zoe become concerned and find their grown-up friend, Chris, who is close friends with Tito and often takes care of him when his dad is busy with work. Chris explains to Elmo and Zoey about why Tito goes quiet when he is sad, and he reminds them about their friend Julia, who doesn't talk much and shuts down when she's upset. Then, Chris sits down with Tito and lets him explain why he's sad using communication cards. Chris tells Tito that just because he can't use words as well as others, that doesn't mean he's not smart. Chris also tells Tito a story about a little boy who couldn't sit still, and then reveals the story is about himself! Tito feels much better knowing that bug's not the only kid like bug, and bug uses bugs cards to thank Chris and ask for a hug. By the end of their talk, Tito is feeling like playing again!
#Mod Crash ᖗᖗ ´ˎ˗#agere school#agere daycare#agere class#agere#age regressor#agere activities#agere fursona#agere sona#agere oc#sfw little#age dreaming#autistic agere#agere community#sfw littlespace#agere blog#age regression#blog mascot#agere fanfic#agere fic#fandom agere#sfw interaction only
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i’ve been looking for a post like this, but i can’t seem to find one..so fine i’ll just do it myself..
here’s my fav squid game men headcannons but make it freaky ☺️. also songs that make me think of them/i listened to while writing these
(Gi-hun, In-ho, Thanos and a little nam-gyu, and just a bit of the recruiter..hehe)
(Warning: includes a little cnc…not alot but still just in case! also smut..obviously?)
kinda obvious but just so you know..this post is 18+.. and very freaky
Seong Gi-hun~

Spork postition, or doggy style
shoulder holder..hell yeah
doggy- one hand on the small of your back, the other by your head
praise kink, receiving and giving
hair pulling+getting his hair pulled
6.5 inches
lowkey a whimper kinda guy..
aftercare king!!
whispering NASTY stuff in your ear
but also stuttering ^
“y-you like that? yeah?”
i said it once and i’ll say it again.. SEONG GI-HUN IS A SOFT DOM DADDY
slow and tender
laying overtop you while fingering you, eye contact entire time
Your laying on your stomach, supporting your weight on your elbows. Gi-hun, bent over you, has one hand under your chest, groping you. His other hand, stimulating your clit as he thrusts, grunting and muttering filth into your ear, as your fingers helplessly grip at the sheets beneath you.
Issues by Julia Michaels..
(his is kinda lame cause i already posted one of these that was just for him..)
~In-ho

Tabletop, shower, and missionary…yeah
Degrading
spanking
light bdsm, restraing your wrists above your head kinda guy
dacryphilliac..might be controversial..who knows
wants to make you whimper, sob, and beg
STICKY..that’s all.
let’s just say, the room is very humid with him 🥰
kinda aggressive
he would definitely put his hand over your mouth during missionary
would overstim you severely
dominant king..what about it?
7 inches
he needs you to be verbal
He loved to use your body, while you're sleeping, while you're awake, while you were calling someone, whenever he felt like it. He ESPECIALLY LOVED the last one. Whenever your phone would ring during sex he would answer it, ESPECIALLY if it was a guy... What was another guy doing calling you for anyways?!
He would make you call out his name in your desperate and needy voice so whoever heard on the other line knew how much you liked his cock. He'd chase his own pleasure first. Then MAYBE if you were good will he get you off.
He does in fact want to watch you go crazy, like he wants to ruin your life and be the one to put it back together
male manipulator
Karma by Chappell Roan
~Thanos

Doggy style king
also shoulder holder 😚
adventurer position, eagle, and watering can
he’s a big valedictorian position kinda guy
you might need a mop after a night with him..i’m ngl
he’s rough..
whiney boy with an attitude
the rings stay on while he fingers you no questions asked
says things like “you fucking like that?” when eating you out 🥰
2man with him and nam-gyu hehe
forces your legs open
oral king (giving but mostly receiving)
Like your gonna need to SLOB on that KNOB
fast pace, won’t slow down so don’t ask
pulls your hair, slaps you
he could go for about 3 rounds
“showering? without me?”
He don’t make love, he FUCKS
sober sex isn’t even a thing to him…sorry
6 inches
idk why but he reminds me of douche from sausage party…ifkyk i guess
^in all the ways
you’d fuck like atleast once a week
yeah he hates condoms/pulling out
sometimes he’ll bring nam-gyu along, watching as he fucks your brains out, humiliating you in front of thanos, making you feel ashamed for enjoying another man’s cock..before he eventually takes over
nam-gyu holding your arms above your head, kissing you while thanos fucks you~
Thanos chokes you. He wraps his big hand around your throat while fucking, looking you in your eyes as he grunts.
Your laying on your back, tugging on Thanos’ hair, as his face is nested deep between your legs. Your legs tense, all your strength flowing to your feet, and you writhe beneath him, his chin dripping from your previous climax . “you like that, don’t you? you like when i suck on you, over and over.” he mutters, sloppily, his breathy words bringing you closer to the edge.
Why’d you only ever call me when your high? by Arctic Monkeys
HE IS SO PTPOM 2.0
The recruiter~ (CNC WARNING)

bent over the table, no other way
grunts in your ear
Gun kink.
like..he’d hold a gun to your head while you suck it..idk
Or he’d put it in your mouth or smth
also a dacryphilliac
gets off to seeing you scared and sobbing
a hitachi wand is his best friend.
would gag you and tie you up
like he loves BDSM
don’t even ask him to stop once you’ve started, because he won’t , so there’s no point hehe
massive cnc guy..hehe
massive sadist..like even more than in-ho
he would spit in your mouth and make you swallow it
he’s a ‘nut on your face’ kinda guy
bruises you and draws blood occasionally
he’s a very loud guy..
wants to watch you touch yourself
wrestling position, counter blow, cobra ❤️
Do i wanna know by Arctic Monkeys
#squid game 2#smut#seong gi hun#young il#the recruiter#not safe fw#what’s wrong with me#freaky#player 456#dead dove do not eat#i’m serious#soft cnc
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Ellandra with Gaius Dekarios and his son Griffin - circa 1390 DR (art by the fabulous @fedemexyart) I adore Gale Dekarios and thought it would be fun to write his family's origins and lore. Below is my growing collection of Dekarios Family stories. Here is my Dekarios Family Collection: The Promise - Gale only knew the Dekarios family’s history through old journals and family lore. But as a kid, his favorite journals were those written by his great-grandfather Gaius, a powerful war mage and member of the mysterious Arcane Brotherhood. Gale would stay up late, lost in his great-grandfather’s poetic words about the Weave, his epic battles, and adventures. But his favorite part of the journals were stories about the love of Gaius’s life, a beautiful sun elf named Ellandra. When he discovered that his former traveling companion was the same elf from his great-grandfather’s journal, he told her wanted to know everything. (Ongoing original fic! 18 chapters! - Starting Circa 1380 DR)
Krakens - Ellandra and Gaius Dekarios attempt to cure his five year old son’s fear of deep water. (One Shot - Circa 1381 DR)
Julia - Ellandra arrives at the Dekarios family’s summer estate for the annual vacation, but can barely get settled before getting interrogated by her granddaughter Morena. (One Shot - Post-Game - Circa 1497 DR) Sunday Brunch - It was Sunday summer afternoon in Waterdeep and Ellandra’s turn to host the Dekarios family brunch, but as usual Gale takes over the cooking duties. (One Shot - Post-Game - Circa 1497 DR) Until Today Ellandra notices Gale is lost in his own thoughts. She had seen this long stare before and knew it well. She decides instead of leaving him alone, she would help him through the dark, by listening and making him laugh. (One Shot - Act 1 - Circa 1492 DR)
#original character#writing#forgotten realms#ao3#ao3 fanfic#Dekarios Family#baldur's gate 3#spellplague#d&d 5e#dungeons and dragons#gale dekarios#gale of waterdeep#bg3 gale#pre canon#family#fluff
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Hey people who definitely didn’t follow me for my AUs here’s another AU I thought up on the spot!!!
Fantasy/Royalty AU bam lets get into it
Julia and Bowie are the princess and prince of the kingdom, as you do, it’s gay and lesbian hostility in that castle every day
Axel, Wayne, Raj and Emma are knights with Axel being the head of the knights, Emma is also secretly a florist because why not
Priya is the head of the guards while Caleb is the personal guard/advisor to the king
Chase is a travelling bard who loves to talk about his ‘amazing’ adventures of ‘helping’ people
Nichelle is still a famous actress but instead of movies she’s like, famous from plays and all that jazz
Ripper’s a barbarian that’s pretty good at his job, unfortunately he is not taken very seriously
Millie is a famous writer but she’s so damn difficult to find at times and only a few people know where she actually lives
Damien is a wizard’s apprentice, he’s still learning but he’s got some real talent within him
Zee is the court jester, he didn’t even like try out for the role he just started talking one time and the king thought he was hilarious
Scary Girl is a famous necromancer because she is, funnily enough, scarily good at her job
And MK, silly ol’ MK, is a master thief who is wanted all over the world, but can never be located, always managing to escape at the last moment
Alright here’s some more details yippee
Raj and Bowie are like, in love, obviously, knight x prince romance! Forbidden love that isn’t really forbidden but like it’s super cute and Raj is so smitten and Bowie just loves this handsome knight that would do anything for him
Wayne and Emma are friends here because I also think they’re silly, Wayne’s the only one who knows Emma’s secret florist job because she trusts him enough and also he accidentally found out but it’s fine!! But he also nearly gives away Emma’s secret so many damn times because he’s just a little bit stupid
‘Man I wish I could get Bowie a nice bouquet…’
‘Oh well Emma is actually a fl-‘
And then Wayne gets elbowed so hard he can’t breath for 2 minutes
Emma also definitely has a thing for the cute court jester but she has no idea on how to actually approach Zee so she just sends him flowers anonymously and sighs while looking at him lovingly
Julia and MK meet because MK climbs up the damn castle walls at 2am and sneaks into Julia’s room just to rob her, gets absolutely slammed by the princess, wakes up and is tied to a damn chair with Julia right up in her face about to rip her to shreds and all MK can say is ‘you are REALLY attractive oh my gods’
This throws Julia off, they start talking, Julia realises that despite the fact she is holding one of the most wanted criminals hostage in her room, she wants to keep seeing MK because she’s entertaining and mean and just slightly pathetic, so she lets MK go on the promise that the thief will come back every night and so she does and yadda yadda lesbians toxic yuri wins
Millie’s stories actually come to life because shocker she’s actually a wizard in disguise and she needs to be really careful about what she writes so that’s why she hides herself away and is so hard to track down because if the wrong people knew about her magic capabilities oh no that’s a lot of blood and injury and angst and 10k words every chapter
Millie’s parents also had this ability to create anything from mere writing, they shared this ability with the kingdom, and so if an important figure asked them to say…make a protector of the kingdom, they would do so, and they did, and that’s where our villain/antagonist comes in but that’s a story for another day
The older gens are also involved in this one way or another as well, most are just backgrounders but some hold important to the story
Damien is the wizard apprentice to Leonard and Tammy, two great and powerful sages who spend their time helping the world
DJ is the one who taught Emma how to be a florist, he’s kind and understanding and always helps Emma choose the right flowers to give to Zee
Eva trains Ripper under her watchful eye, she’s proud of how far he’s come, but feels he can do just a bit more
Aleheather are the king and queen of the kingdom, Bowie and Julia are their adopted children
And that’s all I got for now uhhhh add whatever you want to this it’s just a silly time
#total drama#total drama reboot#total drama island 2023#td axel#td mk#td julia#mkulia#rajbow#td nichelle#td emma#td chase#td ripper#td caleb#td priya#td zee#td damien#td millie#td bowie#td raj#td wayne#td scary girl#zemma#aleheather#td dj#td leonard#td tammy#td eva#td heather#td alejandro
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Long tangent about Indiana Jones and how him fighting demons would've been more in line with the established canon rather than trying to turn the franchise into another generic sci-fi property
Ok if Dial of Destiny covers the concept of grief and loss, y'know what would've been more fascinating for Indy to fight (alongside Nazis) and actually fitting for the franchise? Demons. Indiana Jones should've been allowed to have an adventure where he has to save, idk something like the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis or the idol of Pazuzu or the puzzle cube from getting into the hands of neo Nazis. Indy witnesses demonic possession and it's absolutely horrifying like the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark, but mixed in with The Exorcist and Evil Dead. Iirc demonic forces prey on those who are weak and in a negative mindset, I may not know everything about spiritual warfare but I know enough to get an idea of how it works, so that would make the perfect storm of Indy already being in a compromised state with the loss of his son, his divorce from Marion, and being forced to retire. In The Exorcist, though he doesn't get possessed until the end, Damien Karras deals with a demon after the loss of his mother who he feels grief and shame for not being there in her last years as well as not giving her the life she deserved. In Hellraiser, iirc, Kirsty deals with demonic entities after the loss of her mother and introduction to her evil step mother, Julia, and whatever the fuck Frank is. I can't really make a point about Evil Dead, but I think The Exorcist and Hellraiser are the best examples I can provide. And it would make sense that the Nazis would want something powerful, like demonic forces and the powers of Hell, to take over the world. How could we write this to be set in a post WWII society? No idea. Does it make more sense than aliens and time travel? Yes
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I think one of my biggest gripes about S3 of Bridgerton is that I am utterly unconvinced that Colin and Penelope started as friends.
Now hear me out. I believe that Eloise and Penelope are friends. I believe that they grew up together, having lived across each other. I believe that Eloise loved Pen so much, Penelope was always welcomed to the Bridgerton home. I believe that by virtue of Eloise loving Pen and having her as a best friend, the Bridgerton family loved Pen as an extension.
But I’m unconvinced that Colin ever saw Pen or loved her as more than his sister’s best friend.
They tried so hard to convince us that it was Colin and Penelope who met first and that theirs is a stronger bond than what Eloise and Pen have by virtue of this but I just remain skeptical. In S1 and S2, we never really see them interact without the intervention of a ball or a social gathering. Eloise and Penelope actively seek the other person out while it was only Pen who looked for Colin and never the other way around. Colin only ever stumbled upon Penelope. He never scanned the room the find her, never tried to pull her away from Eloise so they could have their own conversation. I always felt like Penelope was such an afterthought to Colin while Penelope always made space for Colin in his life. Even while Colin was writing letters to Pen, and it was only Pen who consistently read and replied to his missives, it felt so one-sided. Penelope was eager to know of Colin’s adventures but Colin never asks Penelope about her own life and hobbies.
In all honesty, I think this could have easily been remedied by a good flashback. In Bridgerton S1, S2 and even in Queen Charlotte, flashbacks were the mediums used to fill in the gaps of the story. To inform the readers of a character’s history, and why the choose to do the things they do.
In a single episode, we saw how horribly Simon was mistreated by his father. In a single episode, we saw how deeply Edmund’s death wrecked Anthony’s boyhood and broke his mother’s heart. These flashbacks told us why Simon refused to procreate or why Anthony didn’t want to marry for love. We saw how deeply these core memories hooked themselves into these characters psyches, forcing them to become the people we know today. Without these integral flashbacks, we’re left with words said in passing to convince us of the story they’re trying to sell.
And don’t tell me flashbacks in the Bridgerton-verse are unimportant. Flashbacks have always been Julia Quinn’s method of choice when trying to inform readers of a character’s decisions. In Book 1 and 2, we got the same flashbacks as S1 and S2. In Benedict’s book, we got Sophie’s flashbacks. How her father treated her and how much her life changed after he died. In Book 4, which is Polin’s book, we still got flashbacks on Pen and Colin’s relationship and how much their friendship actually meant to the other. Book 5 showed us Philip’s backstory while 6 showed Michael’s and Francesca’s and John’s friendship, and 7 showed Garett’s and 8 showed Lucy.. While these flashbacks maybe used to showcase the love-interest’s past, they were still utilized by Julia Quinn to give us insights on the characterizations that make up their respective relationships.
I feel like this season, while having its moments, wasn’t what I was hoping it would be. There were so many changes that I feel the original plot of the story got lost. Polin didn’t feel like the main couple, just a couple with a story to be told. There were so many plots told in such extended ways that the main event was sidelined. The Mondriches, Benedict (who by the way is my favorite character), Francesca were all put on spotlight more than Polin was. In the books Francesca barely gets a passing mention of her marriage until her actual book (an act I believe to be intentional on Quinn’s part. It fits that the black sheep of the family who prefers the quiet didn’t have all of the fanfare that came with marrying an earl) yet her time at the marriage mart was put as a spotlight. In fact, when Francesca and John marry, it doesn’t happen with the series and happens much in the same way as Prudence’s marriage is (by this I mean it happens off screen). Don’t even get me started on her character assassination and deviation from the books (I can write a whole essay on this without even mentioning Michael/Michaela). All of these plot points, were put as main focuses when they shouldn’t have been. A waste of Polin’s amazing love story, if you ask me.
#kate bridgerton#bridgerton#penelope bridgerton#benedict bridgerton#anthony bridgerton#colin bridgerton#daphne bridgerton#eloise bridgerton#francesca bridgerton#gregory bridgerton#hyacinth bridgerton#violet bridgerton#edmund bridgerton#polin#kanthony
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(Appearently I sent this as a post instead of a ask, so I’m doing this proper, albeit updated)
Hi Sarah! Hope you're doing well, weird question if I may?
After binging up on the two recent chapters of death hands, I’ve been having godfeels thoughts, and I wanted to ask it here, you mentioned back in godfeels 2 part 3 that you gave the blessing to anyone to make fanfics about Jade's adventures as silverbark, and now I'm curious: do we have your blessing to make....essentially godfeels OCs? folks that liter the alien worlds you've introduced off-screen or unnamed. EWL members not referenced in canon for one reason or another. Hell, if it's not too indulgently cringe to suggest the idea, former colleagues of the newer cast like Dana or Silverbark that fell outta contact due to one way (simply fell outta touch) or another (drifted apart after the incident ™).
Apologizes if any of this is cringe, the recent chapter reminded me of how much I just, love godfeels and it just gave me lot of thoughts about the idea of one and i wanted to ask.
absolutely!!!!! there's literally nothing cringe about this, i am only delighted at the possibility of you (or anyone) making up some guys in my setting. part of the appeal of the EWL is that it's an engine for wild OCs! my collaborator julia even made a TTRPG called Legions for exactly this purpose. if nothing else, it's an excellent guide for building a character out into this world-- although i will say Legions is set during a much earlier period of EWL history than godfeels double album takes place in, when the Legion as a whole was more corrupt. this was before major reforms occurred, right around the time Silverbark was recruited.
my only disclaimer would be that we will fill out big chunks of backstory with Dana and the Upsilons eventually, so anything that intersects with them directly has a high probability of becoming canon-noncompliant over time. that said, if you adhere to the general timeline laid out in the narrative for the Upsilons' lives (EWL training age 12 to 16, disappeared without a trace from age 16 to 23, returned as hero celebrities age 23 to 26, banished and redacted age 26 to 29, which is the present as of A1/B1), you'll probably be safe.
basically, the only thing i request people not do is try to tell the story we're already telling. beyond that, i encourage you to go absolutely buck wild. also, don't call your desire to create something inspired by something else "cringe." it's not cringe. godfeels started because i wanted to write egbertcore existential angst. you exist in the milieu you've found yourself in, you like what you like, and your creative impulses are not something you can control or should be particularly judgmental of. the only lasting impact i ever want from any of my own creative work is that it inspires other people to make shit for themselves. that is the most respectful and honorable thing you could do in my opinion and i would never in my life dream of calling such an activity "cringe," and neither should you!!!
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Ok, this drives me nuts.
I love Bridgerton. And I don't love all things Regency, so before you write me off as a romance-loving Austenite (which is ALSO a perfectly valid thing to be, thankyouverymuch) just hear me out on why this take is so damn annoying.

Ok. Cool. Now, you're entitled to your opinion that Bridgerton is too fluffy, too girly, and needs more "texture" (which, according to the article, should come in the form of labor, hardship, threatened financial ruin, the usual good stuff) but I want to impress upon you, firmly but politely, that if you're in the market for something gritty, you probably should turn off Bridgerton.
She compares Bridgerton to every prominent period show in this article, and consistently complains that it doesn't measure up. "Well it's not Downton Abbey!" No, no it isn't, and that's what we like about it. We aren't watching it to Learn Something. We're watching it because, for an hour or three at a time, it's really nice to forget that there's so much awful crap going on in the world, and just focus in on Penelope's up-and-down courtship with Colin or how damn cute Kate and Anthony are together.
But that isn't even the thing that bothers me the most about this article.
Why, in the year of our lord 2024, are we still perpetuating this "fluffy girly things are BRAIN CANDY" nonsense? Has Jane Austen truly taught us nothing? At the age of 12, back in the early aughts, my dad gave me a hard time for reading the Sweet Valley Twins books. He wanted me to read Pride and Prejudice, and aggressively shoved it under my nose until I finally agreed to take a look at it. I found it incomprehensible, looked it up online, and found to my immense pleasure that Jane Austen's literature was considered "popular" and "feminine" in its day -- not at all serious literature. I took my findings to my dad, who just about exploded and told me "that's not the point, it's a classic NOW, so shut up and read it."
Guys, I don't care if it was written in the 1600s or last week, pop culture is pop culture. It reflects its time. And more importantly, it shapes its time.
In the 1990s, Seinfeld aired the now-famous episode wherein the boys and Julia Louis-Dreyfus' character, Elaine, have a contest to see how long they can all go without masturbating. One of the men is out before the contest begins; of the remaining contestants, Elaine cracks first. This is now considered a bold statement, because in the 90s, women actually ENJOYING orgasms was taboo -- a concept they make sure to acknowledge within the episode itself, as the men insist women don't masturbate.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus later said of her time on Seinfeld, "We weren't trying to change the world, we were just trying to make something really funny. And that's really hard to do. And if you can do it, you CAN change the world a little bit."
Now, I don't watch Seinfeld. I hate it. I tried to watch a bit of it for Julia, bc I loved her so much in New Adventures of Old Christine, but I just couldn't get into it. but I saw the episode she's talking about, and it IS funny. Because they aren't up on a soapbox, they're just having fun, and she's a damn good comedic actress. So why am I bringing up Seinfeld in a conversation about Bridgerton? Because they're both fluff. No one is watching Seinfeld in an effort to solve the mysteries of the human condition or reflect on the nature of good and evil. It's just for fun. And so is Bridgerton.
And even if there was absolutely no value to Bridgerton besides being fun, it would still be "okay" to watch it. Because sometimes we just need fluff. But I don't think we really spend enough time thinking about just how much impact that "fluff" has on our culture.
I've seen people argue that Bridgerton DOES tackle occasional "serious" topics, and that's why it has value. I disagree. Bridgerton's value comes from the fact that it is FUN. It's easy to get into, it's easy to watch, no one is FORCING it on you, like my dad tried to do with P&P. And because it's fun, people -- YOUNG people -- are willingly watching it…
And they're seeing elderly women, women of color, and plus-size women being depicted as beautiful and desirable.
They're seeing a young, newly-married woman force herself on her husband and realizing that women also need to be taught about consent, and that a lack of sex education leads to damaged relationships.
They're seeing depictions of mental illness in the Queen Charlotte spinoff. They're seeing a man with a mental illness bare his soul to a woman he loves, and hearing her say, in no uncertain terms, that as damaged as he thinks he is, she loves him too. Unconditionally.
They're seeing queer representation in the Queen Charlotte spinoff, too. They're seeing racism and politics and medical abuse. They're seeing storylines that they'd never seek out on their own, and intentionally or not, they're learning from those stories.
Maybe it's optimistic to a fault, but I just can't stop wondering, how many young girls talked to each other about Daphne and Simon? How many plus-size women saw Penelope and Colin's sex scene and felt beautiful, felt seen, for the first time? How many people with mental illness saw Charlotte love King George and realized that they too are worthy of love? How many people heard Violet shyly tell Agatha that she misses having sex with her husband, and felt validated that, no, you don't turn 40 and stop being horny?
I sobbed my eyes out watching S3 the other night, because they captured the feeling of being unpopular and overweight so damn well. I saw my high school years reflected in Penelope's story and it broke my heart and gave me hope all at the same time. I love that they dress Violet and Agatha and Charlotte as richly as they do the younger, "hotter" leads. I love that Anthony Bridgerton goes down on Kate every fucking chance he gets. I love Bridgerton's message, however unintentional, that you don't have to be the classic Pretty Skinny Caucasian Starlet - you can be fat, old, BIPOC, disabled, outcast, anything, and still deserve and GET your happily-ever-after.
Shondaland is not trying to change the world. They're just trying to be fluffy and horny. And if they can do it, they can change the world just a little bit.
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