#knox: villain arc

[ninja-knox-ur-sox-off]

oh yeah almost forgot. just a little something from yesterday while i was processing the news and trying to cope [spoilers?? ig for the lmk s5 trailer?? i don't know if the trailer counts as spoilers tho honestly its a trailer but we gonna tag as such to be safe] (all my posts about the trailer and the upcoming season will be tagged as lmk s5 spoilers)

[tealmoth]

okay so here’s a non-exhaustive list of miscellaneous shit from the live action fma movies that i can’t quit thinking about:

the fact that general hakuro of all characters was shoehorned in as a major villain in the first film, because why not

throwing THE IMMORTAL LEGION into the first film, BECAUSE WHY NOT

ed wandering off to go visit xerxes one afternoon like it’s no big deal

hohenheim’s sassy ponytail flip

armstrong, nothing else needs to be said

the random inclusion of bald and his gang during the xing crew introduction

literally everything with ling, help

the running gag of ed stepping on people

bradley genuinely being pretty badass and severely underutilized

lan fan’s amputation and ed and riza’s conversation about ishval both happening at knox’s house, which was actually kind of comfy and cute tbh??

kimblee not existing outside of that one ishval flashback where he’s literally jumping up and down bc he’s so happy about committing war crimes

BLUE GREED, just blue greed, huh

scar and mei inhabiting a random cabin that does NOT look abandoned so by all accounts it seems like they just invaded the place

scar and mei’s friendship in general, which genuinely makes far less sense and is way funnier without yoki existing

ed going to briggs on his own like it’s no big deal, like it’s a fun day trip

horrifying cgi sloth

miles having like two and a half lines so in literally every single briggs scene he’s just standing there silently with his sunglasses, truly winning the dgaf war

greed having more eyeliner/eyeshadow every time he appears on screen

the fact that father ALSO appears to wear dramatic eye makeup when he’s in his Younger and Sexier Form™️

the entire fucking insanely rushed conclusion of roy and envy’s arc which made my whole watchparty yell “THIS IS SO FORCED” when we first saw it

father’s evil mouth light beam attacks

greed dying as per usual but ling getting to keep the stone anyways????? i actually need to make a whole post about this because, you know, that’s not how homunculi work in the mangahood universe (and it could turn into the greatest, most delusional greedlives!au of all time)

al getting his body back and ling telling him that he’s more handsome than ed

[mistyheartrbs]

vengeance thoughts

-i think the writers forgot mercedes became a vampire at the end of s4. rip queen you were a character of all time

-did we need to hear nedley say the word "rizz"

-karen knox of barbelle (2017) fame as the villain...i love you incredibly tight-knit canadian television community

-obsessed with the scene where they contrived an excuse for dominique provost-chalkley to speak french, sexily, despite it adding nothing to the plot.

-honestly my favorite callback of all the callbacks was The Goo. i remember The Goo. i remember everyone's angsty wayhaught theories about The Goo that never came to pass. and we finally got that angsty gooverly vs nicole fight everybody has wanted since 2016

-wayhaught sex

-hellhound designs were cool as hell tbh. i love you practical effects

-i liked how waverly and wynonna essentially switched places by the end - wynonna settling down, waverly seeing the world - and especially how that tied into waverly's arc in s1. she starts the series being held back by the expectations of her tiny town and nicole expands her world beyond what she could have dreamed of, but you can only rely on one person to do that to a point. eventually you have to make the choice to keep growing and keep changing yourself.

-not sure how to feel about doc's death? it did make me cry a little but it just felt like kind of a weird choice to do something so needlessly dark and sad when especially with the emphasis the show had on hope and love prevailing at all costs. it cheapens the s4 finale in a way i don't necessarily like (something which is very much exemplified through the final shot - paralleling the lovely "everyone welcome" ending shot of the series, where it was a capstone on a story that was defiantly, beautifully kind despite being about a woman who kills glowy cgi monsters with a magic gun, with a so-so "but demons please knock!" joke). kind of feels like doc himself in a way - something dead, dragged back to the surface a few too many times.

-that said, i couldn't tell if jeremy's "we're going to fix this" bit was about tracking down lafferty or bringing doc back? they definitely left the door open and since andras is very openly gunning for s5 it would be weird for them to do it without doc. so i wouldn't be surprised if they did a "the gang journeys into hell to get him back" arc if/when s5 happens (<- said the exact same thing about dolls in 2018)

-waverly in a gay little suit

-all in all absolute return to form for wynonna earp - i've been watching buffy for the first time and it was great to watch wynonna next to it, truly the heir apparent. quips and mcguffins and absolutely heartwrenching character work and beautiful women on my television screen. monster of the week i hope you never die

[bellasmumblingsandmusings]

TV Tropes Challenge!

Tell me about your fic using the MANY MANY tropes found at https://tvtropes.org/ I don't think I have seen this done before but I am tagging this as a game for @bardic-inspo @roguishcat @delightfulastariontreat @nyx-knox @bloodinwine @spagyricqueen WARNING!!! Potential Spoilers for What Could Have Been:

After the cut!

Tropes for Sima and Astarion's Relationship:

Sour Knight: Sima embodies this trope as she is morally grey, jaded, and a fiercely independent character who navigates her relationship with Astarion with a mix of affection and defiance.

Dark and Troubled Past: Both Sima and Astarion have experienced trauma that shapes their present behavior. Sima's upbringing with a courtesan mother and Astarion's past under Cazador are essential to their character arcs.

Belligerent Sexual Tension: Their relationship is filled with a push-pull dynamic, constantly shifting between intense desire and intense conflict.

Broken Bird: Both Sima and Astarion fit this trope in different ways. They are scarred by their pasts and navigate their trauma through their complicated relationship.

Bratty Submissive: While Sima never fully adheres to this trope, elements of it come through in her dynamic with Astarion, especially given her defiance against his attempts at control.

The Dark Side Will Make You Forget: This is a possible angle for Astarion after his Ascension, using his newfound power to bury the pain of his past but risking the loss of his more complex emotions.

Tropes for Story:

Earn Your Happy Ending: The story is about the long and difficult path Sima and Astarion take to find any semblance of happiness, requiring personal growth, forgiveness, and hard choices.

Trauma Conga Line: The story puts its characters through intense emotional and physical trials that they must navigate to achieve growth or change.

Power Dynamic: A constant theme in their relationship, especially after Astarion's Ascension, where issues of autonomy, control, and dominance are at the forefront.

Emotional Transformation: Instead of a literal rebirth, this focuses on Sima's evolving state of mind. She has to adapt and transform herself emotionally to survive in an environment where her past skills and attitudes are challenged, symbolizing a 'rebirth' of her inner self rather than any physical change.

Hope Spot: Moments where it seems like Sima and Astarion might find a healthy balance in their relationship, only for it to crumble, requiring more introspection and development.

Morality Pet: Sima serves as a "morality pet" for Astarion in a twisted sense, being one of the few people he shows vulnerability to, even if it is often tainted with possessiveness.

Tropes for Themes:

The Atoner: Astarion, in some respects, aims to seek redemption for the things he's done post-Ascension, but his journey is marred by his internal conflicts and darker urges.

Love Hurts: A trope that defines their relationship—a deep, consuming connection that brings both intense passion and equally intense pain.

The Hedonist: Astarion embodies this trope after his Ascension, indulging in power, control, and pleasures without the same constraints he had as a spawn.

Not So Different: Both Sima and Astarion reflect this trope, each wrestling with their own darkness and the need for control or power, but from different perspectives.

Driven to Villainy: Astarion’s Ascension and his decisions post-Ascension can be seen as this trope. He isn’t a straightforward villain, but he makes increasingly questionable choices due to his obsession with power.

Together in Death: This is a future foreshadowing trope if Sima and Astarion’s story ultimately ends in a form of twisted union, whether literal or metaphorical.

[wonderfulworldofmichaelford]

Rhine City Name Inspirations

Instead of screenshotting my phone, here’s everything posted in one place!

Anime & Manga

* Rika and Ryo Amano are named after Rika Nonaka and Ryo Akiyama from Digimon Tamers.

* Eric’s sire Mimi Shipton gets her name from Mimi Tachikawa from Digimon Adventure.

* Juri Yubari’s first name comes from Digimon Tamers character Juri.

* Talia Ishtar’s surname is a reference to the similarly Egyptian Ishtar family from Yu-Gi-Oh.

* Siegfried Rosenkreuz of the Sons of Salem gets his name from a boring filler arc villain from Yu-Gi-Oh.

* Demon detective Jubilee Jones’ name comes from Yubel from Yu-Gi-Oh GX, fitting since they have a condition that causes them to shift genders.

* There is a ridiculous amount of references to Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure:

* Minor character Winston Alessi is named after minor villain Alessi from Stardust Crusaders.

* Rhapsody Von Braun’s first name comes from the Stone Ocean stand Bohemian Rhapsody.

* The character Kenzo gets his name from a minor villain in Stone Ocean.

* Silverwing Enrico Luna gets his name from Stone Ocean villain Enrico Pucci and his second Stand C-Moon.

* Sons of Salem member and ice skating spellcaster Giona Giovanni’s name is inspired by Giorno Giovanna of Vento Aureo, namely the fact he is also a “GioGio.”

* Giorgio Nero gets his surname from Risotto Nero, a minor antagonist in Vento Aureo.

* Hansel Armstrong partly gets his surname from the Armstrong family in Fullmetal Alchemist, who much like him are alchemists.

* Eve’s lover Remina gets her name from Hellstar Remina.

Comics

* In general, the use of alliterative names is an homage to the usage of such in comics.

* Remy Delacroix gets his first name from the X-Men character Gambit, though unlike Gambit he’s a complete asshole.

* Darkest Dawn member Todd Zsasz’s last name comes from a Batman villain.

* Sons of Salem werewolf witch Winnifred Sinclair gets her name from X-Men character Rahne Sinclair AKA Wolfsbsme.

* Cletus Booth, head of the Rebel Lodge, is named after Spider-Man villain Cletus Cassidy/Carnage.

* Primrose Beirne is named after a Gardevoir appearing in the insane NSFW comic Deception.

Film

* Jojo Faust is named after the movie Jojo Rabbit.

* Damien Moonchild’s first name comes from the character from The Omen.

* Jason Leeds’ first name comes from Jason Voorhees, for no other reason than to make a corny joke about it.

* Blaire Williams’ first name comes from The Blair Witch Project. Get it? Cuz she’s a witch named Blaire?

* Gideon Golightly’s last name comes from the Cinema Snob’s last name, as revealed in his first movie.

* Iris Ravencroft gets her surname from Ben Ravencroft from Scooby Doo and the Witch’s Ghost. Her father, Nigel, is named after another role Ben’s voice actor Tim Curry played: Nigel Thornberry.

* Winnifred Sinclair’s first name comes from the werewolf kid in Scooby Doo and the Ghoul School.

* Morrigan Moon, who has a crescent moon-shaped scar on her face, had her nome inspired by Morgan Moonscar from Scooby Doo on Zombie Island.

* Beatrice Cullen’s first name was inspired by Beatrix Kiddo of Kill Bill.

* Juri Yubari’s surname comes from Kill Bill minor antagonist Gogo Yubari.

* Max Viper of the in-universe Mercenaries series’ name is an allusion to Snake Plissken.

* Valentine Leeds’ name is partly inspired by Sam Jackson’s character in Kingsman.

* Antoinette Leblanc’s last name is inspired by Benoit Blanc of the Knives Out movies.

* Silverwing Mickey Bishop is named after Mickey Knox from Natural Born Killers.

* David Wake’s surname comes from Willem Dafoe’s character in The Lighthouse.

Folklore, Legends, and Myths

* Morag gets her name from the lake monster said to live in Loch Morar.

* Piper gets his name from the Pied Piper, who similarly controlled rats.

* Tyrfing gets his name from a legendary cursed sword.

* Eve’s name comes from the Biblical Eve, hence the strong connection with snakes and apples.

* Amon’s sister Eden gets her name from the Biblical garden.

* The Leeds family gets their surname from the legend of the Jersey Devil, AKA the Leeds Devil.

* Farrah Highgate gets her name from the Highgate vampire incident, which she was canonically involved in in-universe.

* Lazarus Lux of the Sons of Salem is named after the Biblical Lazarus.

* Nick Scratch, Sebastian Darke’s devil son, gets his name from two of Satan’s monikers: Old Nick and Mr. Scratch.

* Hansel Armstrong gets his name from the story of Hansel and Gretel, something that is commented on in-universe as he went through a similar experience as a child.

* Sebastian Darke’s merfolk daughter Charybdis gets her name from the whirlpool-creating monster of Greek myth, fitting for the queen of the Mediterranean and doubly so since she loves to create whirlpools herself.

Literature

* The hunter organization the Silverwings gets their name from the bat-themed novel Silverwing.

* Humbert Archambault gets his first name from Humbert Humbert of Lolita, though rather than being a pedophile he is only a horribly unpleasant person.

* Both in and out of universe, Dorian Ferris gets his name from Dorian Gray.

* Mina Lovett gets her name from Mina Harker from Dracula; by a stroke of luck, “Wilhelmina” is also a name attributed to Mrs. Lovett.

* Allen Lecarde’s name is obviously supposed to sound like “Alucard”—Dracula backwards. This is commented on in-universe.

* Arya Mournblade, the main character of an in-universe film franchise, gets her name from Arya Stark of A Song of Ice and Fire fame.

* Yorick’s witch coven member Red Death is a big shout out to the works of Edgar Allen Poe, from his moniker to his real name (Fortunato) to the name of his raven familiar (Lenore).

* Cyrus Lovelace gets his surname from the villain of The Amulet of Samarkand.

* Rose Milliner gets her name from the psychic vampire Rose the Hat from Doctor Sleep.

* The surname of the Cullens family is inspired by the family of the same name from Twilight.

* Vampire clown Wayne Nicol’s last name is a sort of twist on Pennywise from It; instead of a PENNY, he’s a NICOL, because as a good guy he’s worth more. Harhar.

* Sebastian Darke’s djinn daughter Shahrazad is named after the narrator of the Arabian Nights tales.

* Very weird case with Amalric Dracula; while initially he was meant to be a public domain crossover character, he changed so much and is so radically different (he’s a good guy, he’s not white, etc) that he’s really only getting the name from the famous vampire.

Music

* Sebastian Darke’s first name comes from the band Sin With Sebastian.

* Marianna Cross is named after the Ghost song “Mary on a Cross.”

* “Little Sunshine,” Darke’s pet name for Goldie Dawn, comes from the Ghost song “Call Me Little Sunshine.”

* Roxanne Sumner and all of her alters are references to Police:

* The name Roxanne comes from the song of the same name.

* Her surname is the same as Sting’s.

* The alter Stewart is named after drummer Stewart Copeland.

* While the alter Dolores’ name comes from the novel Lolita, it doubles as an allusion to an infamously clunky line from “Don’t Stand So Close to Me” that mentions “That book by Nabokov.”

* The alter Bottles is named after the song “Message in a Bottle.”

* The alter Frances is named after Sting’s ex-wife Frances Tomelty. Her moniker of “Breathtaker” is a reference to “Every Breath You Take.”

* The alter Moze gets her name from the album Zenyatta Mondatta (takes the first two letters of each word).

* Damien Moonchild’s surname comes from the Iron Maiden song “Moonchild.”

* Weston Love’s is named after the Iron Maiden song “Wasting Love.”

* Astarte Wrathchild’s surname comes from the Iron Maiden song of the same name.

* Jason Leeds’ vigilante persona Loveless is named after the My Bloody Valentine album (this is commented on in-story).

* The street the Leeds family lives on, Loomer Street, is named after the MBV song “Loomer.”

* Valentine Leeds’ name is partly inspired by My Bloody Valentine.

* Rita Rigby’s name comes from two Beatles songs, “Lovely Rita” and “Eleanor Rigby;” her mother, Ellen Rigby, is a bit more obvious.

* Norman Grieves’ surname comes from the song “Mr. Grieves” by Pixies.

* Izzy C. Palazzo, the magical clown girl from the Sons of Salem, has the initials ICP, a reference to Insane Clown Posse.

* Macheath Sharpe’s first name comes from the song “Mack the Knife.” In addition, their father’s family name was Fleetwood, which technically makes them Fleetwood Mac(k).

* Rhiannon Rhydderch is named after the Fleetwood Mac song “Rhiannon.”

* The diner Brightside’s is named after the Killers song “Mr. Brightside.”

* Venus’ bike Lady is named after the Styx song.

* Venus Crowley herself is named after the Bananarama song.

* Sons of Salem member and magical mime Sweet Child gets her name from the song “Sweet Child O’ Mine.”

Real Life

* Aleister Deering and the Crowley twins get their name from famed occultist Aleister Crowley.

* Walter Sherman is named after Walt Disney and the Sherman brothers.

* Matt Black’s surname comes from Jack Black.

* Wayne Nicol’s first name comes from John Wayne Gacy—which is incredibly ironic since he’s actually a nice clown.

* Vampire cat burglar Michelle Kitt gets her name from two Catwoman actresses, Michelle Pfeiffer and Eartha Kitt.

* Cleo the Gorgon bartender gets her name from Cleopatra.

* Sons of Salem chef Gordon Twist gets his first name from Gordon Ramsey.

* RAHOWA (The Republican Association for Homeland Order and the Welfare of Americans), Cyrus Lovelace’s political organization, gets its name from the abbrecuation for the whites supremacist concept “racial holy war.”

Television

* Amon gets his name from the villain of the first season of The Legend of Korra.

* Diletta “Dee” Bellini’s nickname was inspired by the InHumanoids villain D’Compose.

* Gideon Golightly’s first name comes from the Gravity Falls antagonist Lil’ Gideon.

Theater

* Macavity Burton is named after the cat of the same name from Cats. Tantomile Deering also gets her name from one of the cats.

* Andrew Starlight, the roller skating gravity wizard from the Sons of Salem, is named after Andrew Lloyd Webber and his musical Starlight Express.

* Rex’s missing daughter Desdemona gets her name from the character in Othello, in and out of universe.

* Todd Zsasz’s first name comes from Sweeney Todd himself.

* Unseelie king Yorick is named after the long-dead character from Hamlet.

* The Questing Beast Hamlet’s name comes from… well, guess.

Video Games

* Amadeus Zephyr’s last name comes from the DIO expy Dawn of Sorrow boss; this is doubly fitting as DIO was a big inspiration for Amadeus.

* Rhapsody Von Braun’s surname comes from Brauner, the magical vampiew: artist from Portrait of Ruin.

* Astarte Wrathchild’s first name also comes from a Portrait of Ruin boss.

* Morrigan Moon’s first name comes from the character of the same name from Darkstalkers.

* Sebastian Darke’s surname comes from Ace Attorney minor character Joe Darke.

* Unrelated characters Dahlia Rosemont and Iris Ravencroft get their names from the Ace Attorney characters Dahlia and Iris Hawthorne.

* Kristoph Bohn’s first name comes from Apollo Justice culprit Kristoph Gavin.

* Silverwing founder Lysithea Silver gets her name from the Fire Emblem: Three Houses character.

* Rosa Bright is named after Bayonetta’s mother.

* Bartholomew Comstock’s name comes from the villain in BioShock Infinite.

* Marina Iseul’s first name comes from the octopus villager from Animal Crossing.

* The werewolf waitress Audie is named after the wolf villager of the same name who debuted in New Horizons.

* Izzy Palazzo’s surname comes from Final Fantasy VI’s evil clown Kefka Palazzo.

* Bartender Hansel Armstrong partly gets his surname from Senator Armstrong of Metal Gear Rising.

[ailelie]

Oh, The Magical History of Knox County. You had potential. You did not live up to it.

Premise: A guy with an environmental studies degree gets a job at a radio station not realizing the name (same as the podcast) isn't a joke and magic is real. His predecessor is missing and the only other staff at the station hates him because she loves and misses his predecessor.

This review has some spoilers in it, but, then, I strongly recommend you do not listen to this podcast.

So. I love fish-out-of-water stories, especially when the apparent fish learns to basically fly or otherwise excel in the new environment. This was not that.

Mordecai spends little time being enchanted by magic. He's really just confused. I think he was supposed to have an arc of "we can't get involved b/c we're reporters" to "being a bystander isn't an option" but it is very poorly executed.

Side characters, including Ned who is in every episode, are barely developed at all. They show up only when useful to Mordecai (even if he doesn't know they're useful yet). When a character is killed, it barely registers.

When Mordecai accidentally kills someone to save his own life, there's barely a reaction. He gets angry and blames someone else for not taking better notes when he was the one who chose to act and made promises he couldn't keep.

Actions have no weight. When Mordecai pisses one guy off, it has no impact on the subsequent episodes. Also, when the guy shows up again, they reference their earlier encounter, but the dude still helps him.

The villain is a just a guy who wanted to stop killing things. His magic is fueled by exchanges and no one had issues with him killing plants, small animals, etc so that he could help them out. But he wanted to stop. So, when he realized the town sat on top of a huge cache of magic, he decided to tap into it, not realizing that doing so would awaken that magic in a way and lead to the apocalypse. His every action has been him desperately trying to fix what he broke with no one even offering to help. His one friend accused him instead of asking what was wrong. I mean, the guy did some despicable things--he is a murderer--but he was a guy at the trolley switch. As he saw it it was a few murders or the entire world.

Anyway. As an example of why this podcast bugs me so much. The town has a tree that supposedly binds people together if they write their names onto the tree. And you can do it to someone without their permission. If the names are written, they're together forever.

Mordecai, while trying to find Abraham, the antagonist, writes their names on the tree and the antagonist finds him shortly after. Then the antagonist later apparently dies (except he's faced that exact same situation before and did not die because of prep he'd done and he promised he wasn't going to die this time either. Mordecai has a tape of him dying, but that's just audio and, by this point in the podcast, I'd learn to not fully trust sounds like that).

The tree binding is never mentioned again. It never matters. It never does anything other than give a magical boost to help Abraham find Mordecai one time. It is pointless.

(I wanted Abraham to come back or to be a ghost bound to Mordecai or something. Or even Mordecai feeling compelled to save him from being attacked. Anything.)

The characters are also a bit...dumb. Mordecai and Ned just rush into things and never think about the big picture or even step back just once and take stock. So much tragedy could have been avoided if they had.

It is only 8 episodes.

Yes. They tried to set up a magical setting, missing person plot, and end of the world in only 8 half-hour episodes (well, to be fair, the 7th episode is almost an hour).

Is it a betrayal when we learn who the antagonist is? Not really. It's like his third appearance. And, what about the other antagonists? One disappears and the other shows up briefly in the penultimate episode to answer a question for Mordecai.

Ned (the station attendant) has some history with the beastiary people, not that we ever learn what it is. She also goes from hating Mordecai in ep 1 to considering him a close friend who she can't possibly watch die in ep 7. Did Mordecai and Ned share any moments of relationship growth in the interim episodes? Of course not! She hated him when that was convenient for the story and then liked him when some extra drama was needed.

(Okay, not hated, but resented and disliked. But still).

When does Mordecai decide it is actually bad being only a bystander? When plot convenient. Utterly unsure why he decided that, though.

And what's Mordecai's motivation throughout everything? He wants to know what's going on. That's it. Yeah, yeah, his predecessor, but he's more interested in that as a mystery than anything else.

The only character who genuinely wants something and displays layers is Abraham, which is why I like him so much. I genuinely felt bad for him when he said he wanted to stop killing. And the way he kept trying to justify a murder as a sacrifice because it was very clear he was wracked with guilt and pretending otherwise. He needed it to be just another sacrifice or else he's a murderer.

Multiple people even tell Mordecai that Abraham is not a bad person. He's just someone who is trying to do good, but going about the wrong way.

And we see how Abraham has long been a helpful force in the community. He was just tired of trades and death. His 'tap into the magic' idea worked initially and he didn't go mad with power or anything like that. From start to finish, he is someone who wants to do good, but feels like he has very limited choices (e.g., the trolley switch). And he chooses to flip the switch even though he hates doing so.

(Mordecai, by the way, refuses to dirty his hands even a little. Mordecai's solution to the trolley problem is to jump on the tracks and derail the trolley with his body.)

So we have a compelling and interesting antagonist who is utterly wasted on a bland, rushed, poorly constructed story.

(Note: Abraham is not heroic and definitely committed multiple murders of helpless people. He also tried to stop Mordecai's predecessor (and his own close friend) from investigating, but, by that point, she'd already accused him and so, I think, he saw little use in trying to explain again. So he just wanted her out of the way so that he could do what he thought had to be done. He later blamed Ned for not intervening or distracting the predecessor from her investigations. But I think this is also a manifestation of the guilt weighing on him.)

It is just so annoying to listen to something that you know should have been better.

[queer-book-character-tournament]

Hello friends! It is once again time for quality control. I'm posting the list of potential competitors, and because I can't have read all of these books I'm asking you guys to look through the list and make sure there's no mistakes (ex: repeated ships, ships that don't follow the rules, spelling errors, ect.)

Neil Josten/Andrew Minyard - All For The Game by Nora Sakavic

Nicky Hemmick/Erik Klose - All For The Game by Nora Sakavic

Jean Moreau/Jeremy Knox - The Sunshine Court by Nora Sakavic 

Catalina Alvarez/Laila Dermott - The Sunshine Court by Nora Sakavic 

Daniel Molloy/Armand - The Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice

Silas Bell/Daphne Luckenbill - The Spirit Bares its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White

Jacqueline "Jack" Wolcott/Alexis Chopper - Wayward Children by Seanan McGuire

Simon Torquill/Patrick Lorden/Dianda Lorden - October Daye series by Seanan McGuire

Linus Baker/Arthur Parnassus - The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

Kelly Bennett/Robbie Fontaine - Green Creek series by T J Klune

Yadriel Vélez Flores/Julian Diaz - Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas 

Lark/Rosethorn - Circle of Magic by Tamora Pierce

Shallan Davar/Adolin Kholin - The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson

Jude/Pixie - Stake Sauce Arc 1: The Secret Ingredient is Love (No, Really) by RoAnna Sylver 

Jude/Jasper/Felix - Stake Sauce Acr 2: Everybody's Missing (Somebody) by RoAnna Sylver

Cliopher Mdang/Fitzroy Angursell - Hands of the Emperor/At the Feet of the Sun by Victoria Goddard

Terec of Lund/Conju an Vilius - The Hands of the Emperor by Victoria Goddard

Baru Cormorant/Tain Hu - The Traitor Baru Cormorant/The Masquerade by Seth Dickinson

Humaira Khan/Ishita Dey - Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar

Ronan Lynch/Adam Parrish - The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater

Carmen Farooq-Lane/Liliana - The Dreamer Trilogy by Maggie Stiefvater

Alistair Lowe/Gavin Grieves - All of Us Villains/All of Our Demise by Amanda Foody & Christine Lynn Herman

Tatianna/Clarissa - Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

Wylan van Eyck/Jesper Fahey - Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Nina Zenik/Matthias Hevlar - Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Nina Zenik/Hanne Brum - King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo

Bellsona Steelcrest/Eris Shindanai - Gearbreaker series by Zoe Hana Mikuta

Jace Boucher/Aaron Slaughter - House of Slaughter by James Tynion IV

Ballister Blackheart/Ambrosius Goldenloin - Nimona by N.D. Stevenson 

Norma/Badyah - Deadendia by Hamish Steele

Barney/Logan/Asmodeus - Deadendia by Hamish Steele

Red/Blue - This is How You Lose The Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone

Addam Saint Nicholas/Rune Saint John - The Tarot Sequence by K. D. Edwards

Eadaz uq-Nāra/Sabran Berethnet - The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

Oberyn Martel/Ellaria Sand - Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

Leo Merritt/Tristan Drake - The Buried and the Bound by Rochelle Hassan

Stevie/Nora - Forget Me Not by Alyson Derrick 

Wu Zetian/Li Shimin/Gao Yizhi - Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

Gideon Nav/Harrowhark Nonagesimus- The Locked Tomb by Tamsyn Muir

Laura/Carmilla - Carmilla by J Sheridan Le Fanu

Susan Arkshaw/Merlin St. Jacques - The Left Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix

Beth Cassidy/Addy Hanlon - Dare Me by Megan Abbott

Alec Campion/Richard St Vier - Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner

Salim/The Jinn - American Gods by Neil Gaiman

Audrey Wells/Harper Harper/Merritt Eamons - Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M Danforth

Blythe Melbourne/Delaney Keating - Black Iris by Leah Raeder & Elliot Wake

Güzel/Marthe Gaultier - The Lymond Chronicles by Dorothy Dunnett

Tyrannus Basilton (“Baz”) Grimm-Pitch/Simon Snow - Carry On Series by Rainbow Rowell

Agatha Wellbelove/Niamh Brody - Any Way the Wind Blows by Rainbow Rowell

Will Kempen/James St Clair - Dark Rise series by C.S. Pacat

Damianos (“Damen”) of Akielos/Laurent of Vere - Captive Prince by C.S. Pacat

Tara Boone/Penny - All That Consumes Us by Erica Waters

Rosemary Harper/Sissix Seshkethet - The Wayfarers: The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

Ariadne O'Neill/Elena Quesada-Cruz/Chikondi Daka/Jack Vo - To Be Taught if Fortunate by Becky Chambers 

Robin of Berecrofts/Katelijne Sersanders - House of Niccolò by Dorothy Dunnett

Oliver Marks/James Farrow - If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

Dorian/Zachary Ezra Rawlins - The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern 

Rhy Maresh/Alucard Emery - Shades of Magic by V. E. Schwab

Addie LaRue/Luc - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

Magnus Chase/Alex Fierro - Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard by Rick Riordan

Walt Stone/Anubis/Sadie Kane - The Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan

Nico di Angelo/Will Solace - The Camp Halfblood Chronicles by Rick Riordan

Cassandra Igarashi/Laura Wilson - The Wicked+the Divine by Kieron Gillen

Jade/Moon/Chime - Books of the Raksura by Martha Wells

Celia St James/Evelyn Hugo - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Lestat de Lioncourt/Louis de Pointe du Lac - The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice 

Sue Trinder/Maude Lilly - Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

Delilah Green/Claire Sutherland - Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake

Shara Wheeler/Chloe Green - I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston

August Landry/Jane Su - One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

Alex Claremont Diaz/Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor - Red White and Royal Blue by Casey Mcquiston

Alex Price/Eli Rodriguez - Like Real People Do by E.L. Massey

Whisper/Prince Julien Sandry - Prince and Assassin by Tavia Lark

Patrick Roman/Damien Bordeaux - All Hail The Underdogs by E.L. Massey

Lewis/Jason Lu - Proficiency Bonus by Charlie Novak

Andrew Blur/Sam Halse - Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo 

Seregil í Korit Solun Meringil Bôkthersa/Alec í Amasa of Kerry - Nightrunner series by Lynn Flewelling

Jude St Francis/Willem Ragnarsson - A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

Lula Talisola/Zeen Mrala - Midnight Horizon by Daniel José Older

Magnus Bane/Alec Lightwood - The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare

Luke Sunborn/Elliot Schafer - In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan

Magnus Marston/Avicenna - Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh

Celie/Shug Avery - The Color Purple by Alice Walker

Dev Deshpande/Charlie Winshaw - The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun

Nathan Byrn/Gabriel Boutin - Half Bad by Sally Green

Sidney Ellwood/Henry Gaunt - In Memoriam by Alice Winn

Maurice Hall/Alec Scudder - Maurice by E.M. Forster 

Tommy Flowers/David Pearson - Flower of Iowa by Lance Ringel

Will Darling/Kim Secretan - The Will Darling Adventures by K.J. Charles 

Henry de Lyon/Ian mac Maíl Coluim - The Scottish Boy by Alex de Campi

Ambrose Cusk/Kodiac Celius - The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer

Thomas McNulty/John Cole - Days Without End (and A Thousand Moons) by Sebastian Barry

Sideways Pike/Jing Gao - The Scapegracers by HA Clarke

Zhu Yuanzhang/Ma Xiuying - The Radiant Emperor by Shelley Parker-Chan

Esen Temur/General Ouyang - The Radiant Emperor by Shelley Parker-Chan

Val Palafox/Cade McKenna - Venom and Vow by Anna-Marie & Elliott McLemore

Viv/Tandri - Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree

Sigyn/Loki - The Goddess of Nothing At All by Cat Rector

Viola Carroll/Justin de Vere - A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall

Sam Becker/Jonathan Forest - 10 Things That Never Happened by Alexis Hall

Luc O'Donnell/Oliver Blackwood - Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall

Valentine Layton/Bonaventure "Bonny" Tarleton - Something Fabulous by Alexis Hall

Bastián Silvano/Lore Garcia - Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore

Syenite/Alabaster/Innon - The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin

Tennalhin Halkana/Surit Yeni - Ocean's Echo by Everina Maxwell

Kiem Tegnar/Jainan nav Adessari - Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell

Nick Nelson/Charlie Spring - Heartstopper by Alice Oseman 

Darcy Olsson/Tara Jones - Heartstopper by Alice Oseman 

Elle Argent/Tao Xu - Heartstopper by Alice Oseman 

Wei Wuxian/Lan Wanji - Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation/ Mo Dao Zu Shi by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

Xie Lian/Hua Cheng - Tian Guan Ci Fu / Heaven Official's Blessing by by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

Dorian/Milo - Three Meant To Be by M.N. Bennet

August Mulvaney/Lucas Blackwell - Psycho by Onley James

Mackenzie (“Mac”) Shepard/Archer Mulvaney - Lunatic by Onley James

Hawk Sunday/Jack Wyatt - Cherry Picked by May Archer

Mitch Greyson/Alex Dean - On the Ice by Amy Aislin

Lucifer/Michael - Angels before Man by Rafael Nicolas

Robin Blyth/Edwin Courcey - A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske

Maud Blyth/Violet Debenham - A Restless Truth by Freya Marske

Jack Alston/Alan Ross - A Power Unbound by Freya Marske

Everen/Arcady - Dragonfall by L.R. Lam

Sally-Anne/Sez - Beanstalk by E Jade Lomax

Gene Forrester/Phineas - A Separate Peace by John Knowles

Ayla/Crier - Crier's War by Nina Varela 

Vivienne (“Vivi”) Duarte/Heather - The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

Nathaniel Bainbridge/Sea Hawk - Kidnapped by the Pirate by Keira Andrews

Arden Canamorra/Mil/Mattin - A Suitable Consort (For the King and His Husband) by R. Cooper

Daisy Wells/Amina El Maghrabi - Death Sets Sail by Robin Stevens

Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan - Guardian (Zhen Hun) by Priest

Aristotle (“Ari”) Mendoza/Dante Quintana - Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Max Owen/Sean Moore - Magical Boy by The Kao

Henry Montague (Monty)/Percy Newton - The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee

Milo/Xander - How Not To Date A Dragon by Lana Kole

Blair/Richard - Bite Me! -You Know I Like It by Fae Quin

Nick Russo/Andy Fleming - We Could Be So Good by Cat Sebastian 

Paige Mahoney/Arcturus Mesarthim - The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon 

Kadou of House Mahisti/Evemer Hoşkadem- A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland

Mark Blackthorn/Cristina Mendoza-Rosales/Kieran - The Dark Artifices by Cassandra Clare

Rae Taylor/Claire Francois - I'm in Love with the Villainess by Inori

Paul Fleischer/Julian Fromme - These Violent Delights by Micah Nemerever

Patroclus/Achilles - The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

Zach Glasser/Eugenio Morales - Unwritten Rules by KD Casey

Charlie Braxton/Reid Giordano - Fire Season by KD Casey

Christine Braxton/Stephanie - Fire Season by KD Casey

Jake Fischer/Alex Angelides - Diamond Ring by KD Casey

Relius/Teleus - The Queen's Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner

Arek/Matt - So This Is Ever After by F.T. Lukens

Eric (“Bitty”) Bittle/Jack Zimmermann - Check, Please! By Ngozi Ukazu

Thom Morgan/Clay Parker - Love, Hate, & Clickbait by Liz Bowery

Harry Fields/Harry Lee - When Harry Met Harry by Sydney Smyth

Jamshid e-Pramukh/Muntadhir al Qahtani - The Daevabad Trilogy by S. A. Chakraborty

Ben De Backer/Nathan Allan - I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver

hello hello it's that time again feel free to start submitting your favorite canon queer book ships!

have fun everyone!

[doodliydoos]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY @ninja-knox-ur-sox-off

[ninja-knox-ur-sox-off]

Knox I would like to put forth a villain name if you haven't noticed one yet.

Equiknox🌙

Combining your name Knox and the word equinox which referred to the twice of year celestial event.

HOL UP I LIKE THAT SO MUCH HANG ON A SECOND WAITHGKALSVNAOWE

SERIOUSLY THIS IS MY NEW FAVOURITE THING NOW ACTUALLY I'M YELLIGNFH;KGAMO;AWE

[anewp0tat0]

Chapter 190

wow I'm back with these things! didn't do them for a bit, and to be honest I thought this chapter break was very long, but that's just because I forgot last month's chapter happened for a moment. weird cause I thought it was sad and funny, but reasonable.

yana really went hard here and I'm so happy, Ada deserves this panel so much☆☆☆ I'll maybe never see her again and I'll probably forget soon but girl you a keeper.

I like that we have this little thing here, shows us everyone we know so far, kinda. yana's refusal to draw Polaris's right eye really doesn't do good for me. those other two seem to be people we don't know. I think I still fall on the possibility of him being Joker, which is a common theory. makes sense enough. but I'm not committed.

also, the one on the bottom left looks to be of Asian decent right? the only connection I can think of is to the quin bang, but that's a stretch.

also some of you know lots a flowers and that's very cool! that's a flower back there right? idk. I suck at flowers.

my first impression when he makes these shocked faces is that he's truly alarmed by the information. however after reading the panel below, it seems like that face is just his "new scheme in the making" face.

nice to see Lau is the same as ever. I really hope Ada and the rest have some sort of freedom from now on. Lau is sly with his repayment debts anyway. and I sure hope this is some side "i must bring honor to my country" thing and not some more relevant plot twist thing.

this poor girl I want to give her everything. she was meant to do nothing more in this world. also me too Lau. glad we all agree some information just gets lost over time. how is this man so powerful??

@grelleswife mentioned that so far all of the servants arcs have ended with a sunset, and thats a cool observation! i like that. gives me hope for the future. ofc yana isn't too predictable, but still. generally this panel is just... mhm. feelings.

that seems like a wrap then, overall super mega happy ending, finally!! it's been so long. I gotta say it doesn't feel as complete as a wrap that we were all expecting, but I think that's the general fault of having too much time to theorize and then totally expecting an explosion and multiple deaths. Ada is taken care of, Bard's alive, no one dies hazah. I think we can safely say that no one will die in these miny arcs until we get to ciel and sebastian unfortunetly.

one more thing though.

ngl i kinda forgot he was even here for a moment, no shade to Ronald I was excited and expectant but that's just what happens with a poor memory and 9 pages a month.

sorry that I'm just unable to buy the official translations atm so sit through my possibly unofficial confusion for a moment please. so Al is someone who seemingly is an ally of Layla, or so she thought. I have doubts that Ronald is a twist villain, even if it's just hopeful thinking. here though, Ronald's dialogue does in a way make it seem that he was supposed to meet with her, and she was certainly expected an "Al". RonAld is too much of a stretch right? or is that what is meant to be assumed?... what was his doctor allias again anyway, Dr. Knox right? idk sorry I gotta reread this whole arc soon but luckily it won't take long.

I would frankly be mad if Ronald turns out to be a secret baddy because 1) means future conflict with our cast. and grelle :< no they're meant to be best buds. also 2) means we need a whole other chapter to explain this and have them talk. nope, we're gone now sorry.

I doubt he is, I just wonder what type of deal he would have brought up with her.

and yea please discard the child, im very sorry to whatever she was before the fake soul inhabited the body, truly, my heart brakes. now throw it away.

[omgjayaaa]

thx for the tag!

Honestly most of my new ones don’t even have titles 😭😭😭 (so I included them anyway and some really old ones too)

I have so many wips im not sure I can tag that many people so sorry if I only tag a few. Anyone is welcome to join in 👍

some of these have been posted on ao3 some haven’t:

Begin Again chapter 7

Untitled fiddlestan fanfiction pt. 2 (gravity falls)

Lloyd’s Guide To Surviving The Merge (And Finding A New Family Through It) WIPS

Untitled lostshipping fanfic

Untitled oc story (hero x villain edition)

Untitled oc story that’s shipped with my best friend’s oc 

Womp womp womp Ninjago movie chatfic

Lloyd Adoption Arc (chatfic)

Random ocs facts of the day series (TikTok)

Quotes friend-o has said

Prompt

Icarus and Arete

Writing prompts part 2

Bee and Glory fanfic (coauthor Glitchy)

Tommyinnit Fan Club AU (this one is awful. Pls don’t pick it)

TFC AU things (don’t pick this either. Cursed shit.)

Creatures

OC story thingy weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee 

Demons of 3 different lies

Magical/eerie places    

Untitled character/plot ideas

Ghost Moon

Prompt ig

Prompt thingy

Alix, Jarred, Henry. Chapter ???

Chapter 2

NIGHT OF THE VAMPIRE

Notes

List of stuff I like to collect 

Blue Jay’s song 

Good Songs

AU time babbbbbby

A monster.

Chapter ???

Glam 

Pt. 2 character dialogue etc.

Untitled Rewritten Snow White story

Chapter nineteen: the crucifix 

Part 3 *screams*

“Halt villain!”

Untitled lmk superhero fic

Page and a quarter

Half a page

Unused LGTSTM(AFANFTI) scene 

Untitled Ras and Arin fic (from before s2 pt2 came out.)

Unfinished and untitled plasma shipping fic

Somethin somethin Sora meets her best friend

Untitled Ninjago movie fic

now for tags:

@jays-supersonic-dynamo @void-inked-pen @rainofthetwilight @miqotepotatoe

@jadethest0ne @lukasauruslmao @hijabiwriter @bigfatbreak @ninja-knox-ur-sox-off @monotoneperson

Anyone can join and you don’t have to if you don’t want to <33

WIP Challenge!

Rules: post the names of all the files in your WIP folder regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous.  Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it!  And then tag as many people as you have WIPs.  I have deemed that this isn’t just for writing either.  Sketch titles?  Comics?  DnD campaigns?  If you have an unfinished project, it counts!!  

Hi everyone! In honor of fanfic writer appreciation day, bringing this back!

My insane taglist under the cut, but if you see this in the wild feel free to jump on!!

tagging people from nwod and fic fest! ignore the ping if you didn't want it sorry dfkjlgh but i find these fun and thought some of you might, too :D

@only-lonely-stars @rosiehunterwolf @silvermags @starlightaxolotl @guplia @stars-brownies-n-metaphors @bananaplayzz @boba-pearl @caycubone @weekend-whip @pandemonium-kidz @aroninshonour @zebaji @kumoriwrites @spinbitchzu @tirednapentity @taddymason @psychologicalwarclaire @finn-m-corvex @knowledgequeenabc @tinywriterfairy @graceful-not @jays-supersonic-dynamo @artqueen02 @basicallyjaywalker @fruit-colored-ninja @summerf0x @nocturnal-nexu @riseleon @indigosky101 @miqotepotatoe @randomcrapstories @lightning-chicken @crikkit-kitterton @colesstar @lloydenthusiast @senseigrace @the-painted-siren @ataraxixx @parateuthis @curiositythecryptid @elemom @mikewheelerfan2022 @mcfanely @rainbow-flavoured-skittles @a-big-chicken-nerd @collectiveclams @stealingyourbones @abunnsburrow @survivalshipping @gravyhoney @officercooks @laziarteest @nin-jay-go @themilosquid @fandomsareforlife @goldenavenger02 @localguy2 @blu3cl0v3rs @ghostwalloper @cboffshore @bookworm-dork-fish @raven6229

HUGE BREATH HELLO

[ryouverua]

DRV3 Liveblog Masterlist (Chapter 6)

It’s been 84 years...........

Finally (by surprising request!) I have gathered the Chapter 6 posts below. Behold.

Chapter 1 is here! Chapter 2 is here! Chapter 3 is here! Chapter 4 is here! Chapter 5 is here!

Similar to last time, drv3 asks are tagged ‘drv3 asks’ and so not all of them might show up among actual game posts. I did do a quick in the moment text thing that I’ll include in its own little section. Anyway, without further ado...

Chapter 6 (Introduction):

- and now for something completely different

Chapter 6 (Investigation):

Liveblog note: I did not get away with all the fluff text unscathed

K1-B0 does not support the fluff text search

It’s because I didn’t finish your FTEs isn’t it

Panic! At the Killing Game

Investigation... Start?

Furniture appreciation / Ultimate Supreme Leader’s Lab / I knew I recognized the ‘Ou’ character from somewhere

Saimota appreciation moment

(nice drv3 reference)

Kokichi Ouma’s (Lab) Room

The Greatest, Most Awful, Most Tragic Slappening in Human History

WHY WAS RANTARO IN HIS ROOM?????

It’s organized chaos damnit

Return to the Boiler Room

A Certain Lab, Reprised

Notes on A Certain Lab, Reprised

Cold Sleep Room and Knox’s 10th Commandment

Something something humanity

Kaede Akamatu’s twin, the 17th Student, lying hidden somewhere in this school… the one they call the Ultimate Red Herring, Watch out for her,

Back to the Library

Sometimes a necklace is just a necklace

The Final Lab / Investigation Note

Dawn of a New Truth

The Monotaro callout I deserve

Chekhov’s Bathroom / A BODY HAS BEEN DISCOVERED

Declaration of War

One Last Time (Speculation post)

Chapter 6 (Trial Play-by-play)

Start! / The Checkmark

A retrial??? / Missing the trees for the forest

Kaede!twin theory / The key evidence

My Kaito-brain at work again

Sorry K1-B0 it’s for the greater good

Behold, my bonds!

Wow the mastermind really felt like that? Do tell / It’s a witch!!

Alibi review time!!! / V-counter / Cosplayers everywhere are offended

Bye-bye Monosuke

Rantaro :( / Junko Enoshima >:( / FINE you won me back

Time for a commercial break!

She bravely ran away! / sir that is my emotional support cosplay / 53rd aha moment / JUNKO ENOSHIMA IS ???

Tsumugi’s switches / these tiny posts are not enough / students scouting vs applying / Kokichi Ouma’s true identity / Flashback Lights

So who the hell are you? / OH NO I’VE MADE A GRAVE MISTAKE

hajimemed / cosplay / okay I might be a little jealous / Dangan... ronpa...? /

Happy ending? / NOT THE COMMENTERS / RIP Shuichi’s caffeine high / Meta on meta / the rabbit hole is deep / ULTIMATE MEGANE SPRITE / return of Shuichi hangover sprite / the hits keep coming / Clair de Lune BSoD / Saihara.exe

Korekiyo redemption arc / yet another Umineko reference

(⌐■_■)

Remedy the situation? / K1-B0 cannot catch a break / K1-b0′s existential crisis combo / oh yeah DR3 happened / definitely misread that lol / DR1 is that you??

Flashback... light... / The true villain of drv3 / D: / Shuichi reborn / K1-B0′s character development / pros and cons of an emo protag / WHY CAN’T I HOLD ALL THESE PROTAGS - / Inconceivable / K1-B0′s turnaround

You can just call me the ultimate gamer / NOT K1-B0 / Underestimating Shuichi’s emo power level / I WEEP / KIBOU DA!!! ZETSUBOU DA!!! / SAIMOTA TIME 9′) / Monologuing / Report card

A flawless copy / Credits roll / Employee badge / From 5 to 3 / I DID IT

A collection of fun hindsight moments:

The benefits of hindsight / Kokichi you sonuva - / nerdmugi moment

Twitch plays K1-b0 moments / Survey says...! /

**** the terrible and despair-inducing sweetchi97

Chapter 6 (Trial):

Retrial (1) / Revisionist History, Pre-Accusation (2) / JUNKO ENOSHIMA IS??? / Shuichi’s Monokub showdown / (Fifty)-Third Time’s the Charm, Post-Accusation (3) / Flashfiction (4) / Oh, I am one yet many (5) / “hello, world!” (6) / My Will, Our Will (7) / Ghost in the Machine (8)

Pre-Execution / Post-Execution (End)

(the true drv3 ending)

Bonus:

Chapter 6 Illustrations

[ninja-knox-ur-sox-off]

Enjoy your villain arc Knox!! <3

[ninja-knox-ur-sox-off]

KIT PLS

@ninja-knox-ur-sox-off​ can’t believe u killed me smh

[spyrkle4]

Okay, how about:

Which episode from each season do you feel is the weakest, and how would you change them?

Ah.  Well I’m no screenwriter or something. But episodes that have a satisfiying/good ending are ones I like the most

Anyways. I wouldn’t say the episodes are “weak” but there’s only 1 ep in the series that I legit dislike. It being a weak ending is just another sprinkle (spoiler alert: its a Season 3 ep)

Enough rambling. onto the list!

Season 1: I actually could not find an ep that I thought was weak. Like there are some eps I’m just happy with, even ones people say weren’t the best. So yeah got nothing for this season tbh.

Season 2: Fred The Fugitive

Personally I think this should’ve been the ep where the fugitive aspect of the fugitive arc ended. I think it starts of well, but I’d just change what happens in Muihara. Like Diego explains his backstory more (and if the villain that killed his dad was Dark Volt or not, I mean that’s everyone’s theory) and Hiro calling him out. I mean Hiro could tell Diego that him villainizing and making big hero 6 the enemy isn’t doing anyone any favors, if he had a problem with them, then he could’ve just talked to them about it instead of trying to arrest them. And also I think Aunt Cass could’ve done that as well! Big Hero 6 saved the city she lives in multiple times, and caught Yokai, who was responsible for what happened to Tadashi, heck even Megan could’ve chewed him out for ditching Aunt Cass on their date just to chase Big Hero 6 and make him realize that him going down the path of relentlessly hunting down vigilantes no matter what it took is starting to destroy his bond with his family and loved ones.

I just think this ep could’ve been the turning point for Diego to realize that what  he was doing was wrong, even if he thought it was for a good cause.

Season 3: Return To Sycorax

I genuinely have no idea why this episode is a thing. We don’t even know if it’s canon because it does a “just a dream” phase! I think I maybe would’ve rewritten it to maybe something going on at Sycorax and og Liv had to call the team, and the abandoned sub-levels where the monsters were created was where the gang had to investigate. Bonus points if Karmi was part of this and she and Hiro talked about what happened in COM with the whole trauma of Di trying to force Karmi to eat her friend and bonus bonus points if they talk about some of the former mutated victims that didn’t want what happened to them, like Orso Knox (and HV like c’mon--)

The uh... the food monsters I feel like should’ve just stayed in the Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs series, like c’mon Fred’s not that dense to think that a giant machine like that is a microwave.

Hope you enjoyed listening to my opinions about this show. I’m chill with people’s thoughts about eps and I don’t rly like complaining about any of the eps, I do like them (except Return To Sycorax but it’s not that bad of an ep, I just don’t like the fact that it doesn’t answer any COM questions and its probably not even canon). And sorry if I offended anyone with my hot takes n.n;

[thealmightyemprex]

1960′s Bond films ranked

,1960′s was the era of Bond mania ,and it was the decade with the most movies ,with 7 movies(Second to it is the 80′s with 6 movies ,then the 70′s with 5 ,90′s and 2000′s both only had 3 each ,and 2010′s only had 2 ) ,and since the 60′s is the most classic era of Bond ,I decided  to rank the 60′s Bond films 

7.Casino Royale(1967)

Yup I am counting the unofficial movies too  and this is the only film on the list I would say is baaaaaaaaaaaaaaad.This is  a crappy movie,pure insanity  with no clear vision and it commits the biggest sin of a comedy :ITS NOT FUNNY .....Woody Allan as a Bond Villain is a funny joke though 

6.Thunderball(1965)

Only Bond film in which I have read the book.It’s an OK book ,love some of the characters  but it was just fine  .....But I like it better then the movie  .This is a boring movie  to me ,Largo is only remembered fondly cause he has an eyepatch as he is a lame villain  ,Domino is a lot less interesting then her book counterpart ,there is a cringeworthy scene with Bond blackmailing a physiotherapist into sleeping with him ,there is a random character who is important to the plot but the film doesnt treat him this way ,the Q scene feels less playful and more meanspirited  and underwater battles sound cool in theory ,but are dull in practice .That said I do like aspects ,Connery  is good ,I like the SPECTRE scene (Love Shadowy Blofeld ) ,the pre title action scene is great (Complete with ACTUAL WORKING REAL JETPACK ),The theme song performed by Tom Jones is AMAZING ,and  I do love the films main henchwoman Fiona Volpe ,she is such an awesome baddie I wish she was the MAIN villain  .I know it’s considered a classic but I just cant get into it 

5.You Only Live Twice (1967)

THis one I am .....Mixed about . I think it’s directed well ,there are some cool camera movements,the Little Nellie gyrocoptor is awesome  ,the fight scene against the driver (Played by Peter Maiva ,the grandfather of Dwayne “The Rock “ Johnson ,which is awesome )  is pretty badass , The Volcano Lair is SPECTACULAR (PRobabbly the best villain lair in the series ) ,Tiger Tanaka is a likable ally ,Aki is a great Bond Girl,Nancy Sinatras theme song is good ,it’s cool seeing a snapshot of 1960′s Japan ,the final battle is epic ,and Donald Pleasence is FANTASTIC as Blofeld ,bringing such a creepiness to a character who has been built up for 5 movies .....But  what holds it back for me is Connery looks so damn bored throughout the entire movie ,the plot I dont really care about ,Helga is just a rehash of Fiona and not even in a interesting  way ,KArl is such a boring henchman ,Aki is killed off just to be replaced by Kissy who is less interesting and I dont know why they didnt just have one Bond girl ,DOnald Pleasence is barely  in the movie ,and then you have Bond going undercover as a Japanese man......Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaah.This is just such a mixed bag of a movie for me 

4.Dr No (1962)

Now lets get to the good ones.This is a lowkey Bond adventure(As they couldnt afford to do one of the bigger stories ) ,and I imagine that can be jarring for someused to the high octane globe trotting adventures of the other films,and I have seen some calll it Vanilla  .....And I kind of like the simpler vibe of this film .Connery comes out the gate swinging ,he is suave and with moments of  brutality.Both the Bond girl and villain arent in the film long but Ursula Andress is memorable as Honey Ryder  and Joseph Wiseman as Dr No while only getting really one scene to show off has a cold  detached delivery to his lines that makes him extremely eerie (Would’ve preferred a Chinese actor  and am distressed none were even considered but thats the 60′s for you ) .Anthony Dawson  makes for a good secondary villain as Professor Dent  ,Jack Lord is a cool Felix Leiter ,John Kitzmiller is great as Bonds ally Quarrel ,the film sets up Bonds dynamics with both Bernard Lee’s M and Lois Maxwell’s Miss Moneypenny ,both making strong first impressions ,the film is brutal with it’s action ,and overalll it’s a good introduction to the world of Bond  

3.Goldfinger(1964)

The iconic Bond film .This film is fun ,plain and simple. It has flaws (Mainly there being a whole section of the plot involving gangsters that makes absolutely no sense and how Pussy Galore turns good is REALLLY cringeworthy) but I feel like the rest of the film is awesome  .The villain Auric Goldfinger is one of the best  (Easilly my second favorite in the series )ruthless and greedy but with an odd sense of charm ,I just love watching him .The films main henchman Oddjob   is also awesome  ,a super strong  silent loyal thug  who kills people with a toss of his killer bowler hat .Honor Blackman as Pussy Galore  is fantastic ,easily one of the best Bond girls,and while I dont like how her arc is handled,I do like that she starts off as a baddie .The film is full of classic moments from Goldfinger and Bonds golf game ,the laser scene (And the classic exchange “You expect me to talk”*Chuckles*”No mr Bond ,I expect you to DIE!!”),the fight between Bond and Oddjob in Fort Knox (Which is a gorgeous set by Ken Adam ) and of course the iconic image of the dead woman painted gold .I also have just a personal fondness for this film as when I was a kid we had a whole bunch of Bond films on VHS (From Dr No to Live and Let Die ) and this was the one I watched the most 

2.From Russia With Love (1963)

I flip flop on whether I like Goldfinger or From Russia With Love more ,and I think I prefer From Russia With Love ,for one simple reason :Goldfinger is a fun action romp .....From Russia With Love is a genuinely intriguing spy movie .It’s also cool cause it is a direct sequel to Dr No which is an anomaly in the classic Bond films. There isnt one villain in this film ,it’s an organization ,SPECTRE ,meaning we get a whole ensamble of villains (Including creepy evil genius Kronsteen and SPECTRES head thug Morzeny),but the stand outs are Red Grant  played by Robert Shaw of Jaws fame, a sadistic assassin who is sort of Bonds dark mirror  and Lotte Lenya as Rosa Klebb ,a former SMERSH agent now working for SPECTRE ,who is commanding in every scene .....EXCEPT fore when she is around the films true villain Blofeld,in those scenes  she is TERRIFIED ,and thats a detail I love cause it adds to Blofeld mystique,that if he can scare KLEBB he is a force to be reckoned with  .I also love that we dont actuallly SEE Blofeld beyond his hands stroking his cat  ,and yet personality wise we get everything we need to know (That and his deep commanding voice which I LOVE ) .We also get Kerim Bey who is hands down the BEST Bond sidekick ,he is so lovable and charming,it’s hard not to like him.Connery is excellent  as usual ,all the action is awesome including Bond evading a helicopter ,a climatic boat chase,an encounter with a deadly piece of footwear,and a absolutely brutal fight between Grant and Bond on the Orient Express .If I have one  complaint I am not that fond of how the Bond Girl Tatiana  is written but  Daniela Bianchi does a good job .Overall this is a great movie  

1.On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)

This is my favorite Bond movie .It is at it’s core a love story and a damn good one .Diana Rigg steals this entire movie as Tracy  ,she is the best Bond girl .Telly Savals is charming ,intelligent ,but also tough as hell as Blofeld ,he is my third favorite Bond villain  and hands down my favorite Blofeld .I think the film contains one of the best evil plans (And surprisingly relevent over 50 years later ),Irma Bunt is a terrific henchwoman ,Gabriele Ferzetti is  entertaining as Tracy’s criminal father Draco ,Louis Armstrongs We Have All The Time In The World is a terrific love song  ,I love the setting of the Swiss Alps ,the film somehow makes a BOBSLED chase badass ,and the ending  is unforgettable .Now the one common complaint people have is George Lazenby ,and while I agree he isnt great ......He is a good Bond ,and he hits the dramtic  notes when he needs to .I adore this movie and reccomend it to non Bond fans  even