#laika. - 21+ ⋆

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A highly private & 𝗘𝗫𝗧𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗟𝗬 selective SHA.DOW T. HEDGEHOG with movie, and other media influences ( sonic x primarily, this will be updated as I consume more media ) + personal adaptation watched over by Laika. READ UNDER CUT BEFORE INTERACTING. MDNI. THIS PAGE IS NOT SPOILERS FREE. © muse info

A STUDY IN : Grief and how it can drive one to do the unspeakable, falling from grace, unethical experimentation for the 'greater good'. chaotic neutral behaviors, forging your own path by defying expectations. kindness in a cruel world. MATURE + TRIGGERING CONTENT WILL BE PRESENT.

This is a low activity, highly selective blog that will be exclusive to mutuals, with that being said I will disappear from weeks to months on end, and expectations for activity should be low as I am very low motivation ontop of having a lot of things going on in my real world. I don't have a lot of rules, so I don't feel the need to have a whole carrd here dedicated to them, just read what I have below and we should be golden!

 〉 This is a trigger heavy blog, that means content such as in depth exploration of PTSD, Suicide, suicidal thoughts and intentions, religious  themes,  self  harm,  gore/blood,  body  horror,  derealization  &  dissociation, unethical experimentation, medical horror, and much more will appear here, all will be tagged accordingly ' tw trigger '

I write with heavy religious symbolism in my scripts, I personally am not religious in any form, but it does appear in my writing. I will trigger any explicit references from religion I use, but not metaphors.

 〉 I don't usually use my dash, as I get very overwhelmed and nervous.

 〉 I haven't been very caught up in Sonic since I was a child, so I apologize if I get things wrong / am not entirely in the know of things, I am currently going through Shadow Generations with my friend and am revisiting the media slowly, but due to this most of my portrayals will be based off the film + personal portrayal and the knowledge of what I have on Shadow + the franchises lore. Please have Patience with me as I re-enter this media.

 〉 DO NOT INVOLVE ME IN DRAMA, this is my biggest most important rule. I have too much going on in my personal, and IRL life, I do not want to be dragged into drama in online spaces, if I am interacting with actually dangerous people, that is one thing, but petty disagreements or things that should be handled privately, is another.

To add onto this, if you have an issue with me, talk to me about it, please do not vague me. I am 23 years old, I can handle confrontation.

 〉 I do not usually do shipping unless with friends, full stop. Do not attempt to come and interact with me only to ship, I will tell you right now it will not end up in your favor. But I will say, my DMS are ALWAYS open for any sort of development between characters!

 〉 Very important : I write in 2nd person primarily with a heavy focus upon purple prose. With requests I will alter my script into a 3rd person limited format, but without any clarification everything will be defaulted to 2nd person, which means mentions of 'you' will be in reference to my character.

 〉 My formatting will be rather relaxed due to my low energy, sometimes I might use icons, sometimes I won't. It just really depends on how I'm feeling. Don't feel the need to match my formatting, do whatever you want forever and have fun!

If you have a problem with this please let me know in DMS and I can alter it for our threads / permanently, i will not take offense to this, I want all my threads / writings to be accessible to those interested enough to take the time out of their day to indulge in my outlet.

 〉 just because we write / interact does not make us friends. I am very low empathy && I have a very low social battery. I will say, I make it very apparent when I view us as friends though.

[driftwooddestiel]

does anyone want to see the absolutely insane laika poem i fiund while going through the books to return to the library

[henrykathman]

The Miraculous Horror of Stop Motion

From the same artform that brought you Coraline and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, comes three stories that evoke the existential fear of art.

Original Music by Molly Noise

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Brubaker, Charles. “The Japanese Studios of Rankin/Bass.” Cartoon Research, Jerry Beck, 14 Apr. 2014, cartoonresearch.com/index.php/the-japanese-studios-of-rankinbass/.

Bute, Paris. “Introduction to “a Rankin/Bass Retrospective from a New Perspective.”” Citizen Jane, Stephens College, 19 Nov. 2021, www.citizenjane.org/home/cwwicd2ucb2fvs64kgfaocfykjhaum. Accessed 19 June 2024.

Crome, Althea. “Coraline.” Althea Crome | Micro Knitter, 2012, www.altheacrome.com/coraline. Accessed 19 June 2024.

Harold Halibut. Directed by Onat Hekimoğlu, Slow Bros., 16 Apr. 2024.

Hekimoglu, Onat, and Gabriel Schmitz. “Unite Berlin 2018 - Harold Halibut and Making a Stop Motion Game.” Unity, YouTube, 6 Aug. 2018, youtu.be/9usssSQc0wQ. Accessed 6 May 2023.

Jon "Sikamikanico" Clarke. “The Making of Harold Halibut.” XboxEra, YouTube, 21 Mar. 2024, youtu.be/WMyxM9t3o7A. Accessed 19 June 2024.

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Orland, Kyle. “Claptrap Voice Actor Accuses Gearbox CEO of Assault, Underpayment.” Ars Technica, 7 May 2019, arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/05/claptrap-voice-actor-accuses-gearbox-ceo-of-assault-underpayment/. Accessed 19 June 2024.

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Prehistoric Beast. Directed by Phil Tippett, Tippett Studios, 1984. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlaXIRTjNfo

Randles, Jonathan. “VFX Studio with Star Wars, Jurassic Park Credits Goes Bankrupt.” Bloomberg Law, 1 May 2024, news.bloomberglaw.com/bankruptcy-law/vfx-studio-with-star-wars-jurassic-park-credits-goes-bankrupt. Accessed 19 June 2024.

Shanley, Patrick. “Gearbox Software CEO Accused of Contempt in Latest Filing.” The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Aug. 2019, www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/gearbox-software-ceo-accused-contempt-latest-filing-1235064/. Accessed 19 June 2024.

The Making of “Jurassic Park.” Directed by John Schultz, Amblin Entertainment, 1995. https://youtu.be/8r01mk6F_Pk

The Making of Mad God. Directed by Maya Tippett, Shudder, 2021. https://youtu.be/sfUOHh0xmwc

The Tale of the Fox. Directed by Irene Starewicz and Ladislas Starevich, UFA GmbH, 10 Apr. 1941. https://youtu.be/Us_Pn6Q1dBQ

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Wilson, Josh. “Phil Tippett: 24 Frames per Second < the Fabulist Words & Art.” The Fabulist Words & Art, 5 Nov. 2021, fabulistmagazine.com/24-frames-per-second-the-phil-tippett-interview/.

Worse than the Demon. Directed by Maya Tippett, Shudder, 2013. https://youtu.be/ghKqvDNRe4c

[skambigbang]

SKAM BIG BANG 2024

We've had some wonderful art for our stories this year. We wanted to celebrate them one more time, and spread some love and support.

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The Dream of Life (M) by Flatfootmonster with art by Alterlove2021

I turn to you (when I can’t sleep through the lonely night) (T) by selfsufficient with art by Hodge (COMPLETE)

To Build A Home (E) by Happily_Evak_After with art by CelesteKayy (COMPLETE)

The Cure (E) by Anna _Driesen2121 and Viola_player1 with art by monikacharaabi (COMPLETE)

Some say I should learn to cry but I only learned how to fly (T) by Arfel with art by Garce (COMPLETE)

The Time of our Lives (M) by Sprookjes with art by Pauline 

Murder at 21:21 (M) by Hodge with art by Laika (COMPLETE)

Superstar (M) by Miniloc Island and Ghostcat with art by Parallel-Univers

Parallel pieces of You & Me by Jules with art by Katmylittlesunshine (COMPLETE)

Attraction - (M) by Laika and Midlifecrisis with art by Eirabach (COMPLETE)

Blessings of Babylon - (T) by Veronese_green with art from Bean Awake (COMPLETE)

Heated Rivalry (E) by Beulaugh with art by Polaris.Artwork (COMPLETE)

Blood in the Water (E) by Tea with art by Mariana/MiranhasArt (COMPLETE)

Him (M) by Maddie with art by CelesteKayy (COMPLETE)

I’m trying hard to fit among your scheme of things (E) by JackFrost_Sander with art by Hodge

Cracks in the Ice (E) by AltErLove2021 with art by Mazarin (COMPLETE)

As His Own Soul (M) by Midlife Crisis with art by Miranhasart (COMPLETE)

Cinderfella (T) by TeeJaySnow with art by Garce (COMPLETE)

Unmasked (M) by Prevalent_Masters with art by AltErLove2021 (COMPLETE)

From Christmas Eve to Wedding Vows (M) by SamuelFauvel 123 with art by Jazzi_123 (COMPLETE)

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Check out these stories in the 2024 Skam Big Bang collection and show them all the love 🎉 because Kudos and comments are super appreciated, especially for our first-time authors.

[equine-altar]

Just realized that a therian's wall of heroes would probably have a lot of remarkable animal entities on it. Magawa, the rat who was exceptional at detecting landmines. Romeo, the wild Alaskan grey wolf who had exceptional relationships with humans and pets. Secretariat the race horse. Wolf 21 (or any noteable wolf you would prefer). Even local heroes with no world-wide noteriety could be there--the emotional support horse that visits the local children's hospital. Matt Harnacke's horse Emporio, who aside from looking gorgeous in tiktoks literally made me finally awaken as a horse therian proper. Lisette the war mare who mauled and then allegedly consumed part of a Russian soldier's face. Bear 435 Holly, the winner of Fat Bear Week in 2019. O Six. Deep Blue. Balto. Dolly. Saint Guinefort. Hachiko. Tama the train cat. Cher Ami. Tardar Sauce. 907F. And of course, Laika the space dog.

These figures could either be role models, historic figures, or gods. They represent that even in a human-dominated world, we're still worth noting and memorializing in texts and paintings. Mortal animals still move people, and I can just imagine how it would feel seeing an article made about someone of your kintype and going "That's me. That's my family. They're my kind." Especially after being so alienated from humankind in general.

[ellieloves2read]

Rules: Pick a song for each letter of your URL and tag that many people.

thanks for the tag :D @dearfizz

E - everything moves by bronze radio return

L - laika by gecko

L - lent by autoheart

I - intermission by the scissor sisters

E - easier by the crane wives

L - life by the sea by tubbo

O - october by the crane wives

V - vantablack by nyxtheshield

E - evergreens by violents

S - sleep walking orchestra by bump of chicken

2 - rule #21 - momento mori by fish in a birdcage

R - running up that hill (a deal with god) by kate bush

E - elsa’s song by the amazing devil

A - a complete list of fears ages 5-28 (approx) by the yellow dress

D - drowsy maggie (celtic-punjabi bagpipe crossover) by the snake charmer

tagging @ollieofthebeholder @romijuli @ilexdiapason @dragon-mantis @fizzysugarwater and anyone else who wants to give it a go!

[someonesrealityshifting]

Biker DR S/O

Wren Ayer

Age and Zodiac: 21, Aries

Contact Name: Fine as Hell

Bike: Dark Iridescent Purple 2023 Ninja 650

Meet Cute: I was at the gas station with my dad, my dad was inside paying and grabbing some Icees, when this group of bikers whipped up to the pump. I freaked the fuck out, so so so excited to be so close to bikes. This dude on the prettiest purple bike I’ve ever seen is on the opposite side of my pump, and I just keep pumping gas, pretending not to be paying attention to the group. Until the dude with the purple bike leans around the pump and gets my attention, asking, “is your thing hard, too?” I blush profusely, and he seems to realize what he said because he immediately holds his hands up and shouts, “wait! Not like that!” And I just start laughing. He goes on to explain that the card swipe and key pad are really difficult to use, so I pull out a knife disguised as a lighter and pry the keypad off, showing him that hackers put devices over them to steal your information; they scan your card and copy your pin, then come back for the devices. He takes the knife and goes around to all his friends’ pumps, giggling when he finds another device and helps pull it off. He comes back and thanks me, asking for my instagram, which I happily give him. My dad comes out and we go, but about five minutes later, I get a message on instagram saying that I forgot my knife, and he’s be more than happy to return it if he can take me to dinner. And we’ve been inseparable ever since.

Love Language: physical touch and gift giving

Favorite memory: one time in the middle of a ride I started having a panic attack and he just sat there with me, in a gas station parking lot, holding me and rocking me and it must have been 35 degrees (Fahrenheit) and we were freezing. He gave me his jacket and gloves and took me to his house, where we sat in front of the fire place and watched Laika films and ate chocolate. Three days later he proposed.

Photo Dumps: 1, 2,

[arkanis-englishupdates]

SUMMARY OF ALL ARKANIS POVS

DAY 49 & DAY 50 — 21/10/2024 & 22/10/202

DAY 51 — 21/10/2024

The "normal" day in Valigma quickly starts to get weirder.

Some houses in Valigma are completely vandalized, with ferns inside and outside.

While tending to his base, Choke hears Julia's voice out of nowhere. The voice is stranger and darker than usual.

After this event, Choke begins to be observed by the Intern, that disappears as soon as it is noticed. Soon after the sounds, voices coming from a werewolf are also heard, followed by lightning.

Moments later, while walking near City Hall, Choke sees the sky change color to red, panicking enough for her to text other specialists. Looking for answers, she goes to the Big Tree That Sings and asks the tree about Bia. The tree says that Bia traveled in search of Lankyas and would return tomorrow.

After the sky has returned to normal, Choke receives a visit from Bagi, Quel and Maethe asking about the red sky.

As they talk, Bagi receives a book from Hugo, saying that he regrets not getting in touch with Bagi as much and says that he got help from a forum to decrypt various information. At the end of the book there is a link to a photo on Imigur and Hugo says that he hopes "this crap" helps her.

During more conversations, discoveries and theories, Guaxinim appears to talk too.

Suddenly, an advertisement saying "Whoever finds Meiaum will win J$1,000.00" and all the specialists start the hunt for the hidden specialist.

In the end, no one can find Meiaum, making him automatically win the game and receive the reward.

After losing, Guaxinim, Bagi, Choke, Quel and Maethe meet again to talk and theorize. Suddenly a message appears in everyone's vision ("The moon calls for Guaxinim") and the sky turns red again.

As soon as the sky turns red and the full moon is fully visible, Guaxinim transforms into a werewolf and starts attacking everyone nearby.

Before he can cause more chaos, the werewolf quickly leaves the place. The group finds him again, now locked in a room already transformed into a human again, and he says he is very sick and in pain because of what happened.

After Guaxinim recovers, everyone goes to the room to talk and one of the entities, known as Bala Laika, appears a few times very quickly.

Bagi talks to Guaxinim about the strange conversation she had with Wuant about Hugo and they start a conversation about the new file Bagi received and the theory of Araldo being the Great Thief.

She finishes sharing her information (Saying goodbye to the group before leaving) and quickly exchanges ideas with Himaru about some of the things that happened, with he telling Bagi the real name of “Mr. plant”: Samir.

They head to Pac's house to analyze what could be the reason his house was destroyed and full of ferns and they find some heads of Dryads (Creatures very connected with Samir). He had implied that if someone killed them there would be consequences. Bagi and Himaru come to the conclusion that all the houses that were destroyed are the houses of people who killed some Dryads.

Bagi, Himaru and Guaxinim get together and talk about Wuant acting strange and Araldo's plans.

After an bunch of messages between Guaxinim and Wuant, the trio go after Wuant on the island of Apuapu/Old Dome Island, more specifically, on the Captain's boat. They revisit the boat and the island's factory/laboratory, and inside they find several ferns again.

Heading to the island's Giant Tree, Bagi and Himaru take a look at Moah's house and decide to leave him a letter. They write a letter saying they need help to understand Valigma, that they don't agree with anyone and that they want to help him.

Guaxinim returns from his little exploration while the two were writing the letter and the trio starts talking again. They return to Valigma again and pass by the place where Amora was found, then going to Geraldo's house (The former owner of Júlia's store). They go back to Guaxinim's house to talk.

(Bagi talks about his distrust in Geraldo, theorizing about him and Araldo being the same person.)

Himaru then tells the three about Mayor Jota's house and they all go there.

While exploring the surroundings of the house, the trio find a building protected by a large dome (This appears to be the temple that Choke now protects), with Bagi wasting no time in trying to get through the dome by exploding a nuclear bomb under the place.

Mona appears and helps Bagi detonate another bomb.

Himaru spots Bia or Choke inside the building and Bagi goes to the surface to investigate the place, but they end up finding neither of them.

(Choke sees Himaru and Bagi outside the dome and tries not to be seen, texting them that she is on a exploration with JVNQ).

DAY 52 — 22/10/2024

The day in Valigma begins with Pac doing a little trolling using a fake mask and a voice modulator to pretend he has a real mask.

He meets with Febatista, who tells him that the other day he was teleported to Araldo's office and the two talked in his new factory far from Valigma. He also claims to have received several items from Araldo, as well as a base on the Moon.

Apparently, AuAu will also run for mayor.

ValNews finally has its first edition released!

Febatista puts some books in the mail chest at the ValNews studio telling about Gabepeixe's (non-existent) passion for Araldo. Good old fake news.

Guaxinim transforms back into a werewolf and attacks Choke, who is saved by Guhzera.

Choke calls Pac at her house to tell him about Bia taking her somewhere and says there was a book there that Pac was interested in. She is unable to give her the book as Maethe suddenly appears.

After Julia started talking more, Quel and Guaxinim try to make Coreano lose his fear of talking to her.

Ratomanu appears to Pac and says that it was Maethe and Gnomeu who vandalized his house, helping Pac get revenge by placing cheese in Maethe's house.

In search of gossip for the newspaper, Pac is interrogated by Guaxinim, who asks him about (the level of) his relationship with Mayor Jota. After a bout of jealousy, Raccoon gives Pac a kiss and leaves.

Pac and Guhzera start a war of vandalism at each other's houses.

After Gabepeixe questions Choke about the Bibliotekanya/The Temple, she reveals that it was possibly the place where they trained her. Choke breaks down the dome barriers so others can enter the place, following the rules of not stealing, not exploding and not bringing pets (Choke explains that she didn't bring Gabepeixe to the temple before because of the insecurity she has about Gabe's decisions throughout his journey so far).

The place is full of books and the specialists don't waste time reading each one of them. Suddenly Bia appears, demanding respect for the place.

After much interrogation, one of the specialists tells him about Moah being alive and Bia wants to know where he is. Guaxinim then gives her a pão de queijo, saying that it was Moah who gave it to him.

After a lot of conversation, Bia and Coreano make an agreement.

At his Senpai's dojo, Gabepeixe discovers that an Obstinate is approaching. He asks his Senpai about Bia and he responds that he respects her too much.

[Sorry for the delay, guys! My week changed in a blink and I didn't have much time to catch up on everything. I'm sorry if this summary is a little too shallow- A LOT happened.

If you have any wrong/missing information, please tell us!]

[pvnkthatjvnk]

“They say that, from space, the Earth looks like a small, blue ball. I’ll throw it for you, Laika, If you’ll chase it.” -The first dog in space, Brennig Davies.

(Fan art challenge day 21, Skipped)

[velvet-vox]

My top 30 favourite female villains of all time (20-11)

<<<<Previous part (30-21)

In case this post just randomly popped up on your suggested feed or your researched tag, this is part 2 of a 3 where I rank my favourite female antagonists of all time.

The word "villain" is just there in the title because it sounds cooler.

You can reach the first part by, you guessed it, clicking on the link up above. I encourage you to do it, since this list is intended to be consumed one entry after the other.

Feel free to disregard this post if you aren't interested in the opinions of a random individual on the internet.

Also, if it still wasn't clear enough, this list is highly subjective.

Number 20: The Beldam (Coraline)

I didn't want to have this villain in the list.

I SO didn't want to have this villain in the list.

But here she is anyway; despite all of my attempts at ignoring her, trying to forget she exists, and excluding her even from the honourable mentions, my better judgement prevailed in the end and I forced myself to include her anyway.

To be perfectly clear: I don't hate the Other Mother.

Hatred isn't the reason why I was avoiding her so desperately; though love and admiration aren't the reasons why I ended up including her either.

You see,

I AM DEEPLY TRAUMATIZED BY HER.

For those of you who don't know, Coraline is an animated stop-motion picture of 2009 produced by Laika Entertainment and directed by Henry Selick.

The story, by pure coincidence, also happens to be based upon a horror book for children that a father wrote to his own two daughters to explain to them the dangers of trusting people you don't know who show you too much kindness and pretend to love you.

The ACTUAL motion picture, also by a random pull of quantum strings, is marketed as a horror movie for children and contains some unsettling visuals and themes.

I, like many other kids, watched Coraline before I had 2 digits of age: this movie was my very first introduction to the horror genre, and despite it being pretty tame by children's standards and my modern tolerance level, at the time of my first watch, IT HAUNTED ME.

Even if it had an apparently happy ending (yes, I did end up watching Coraline's theory videos eventually), this movie left a permanent scar of trauma in my brain, that carried over for the rest of my days in elementary school, and at the time, I had just STARTED my days in elementary school.

I became incredibly paranoid of the dark and small, Coraline sized wooden door of the pan storage under my house's chimney; I became afraid of needles, buttons, and other Coraline themed objects; and of course, at the centre of all of my nightmares, phobias, and anxieties, there she stood above the rest, forever carving an irremovable space in my psyche just for her:

The Other Mother.

Out of all the icons of evil present here, none of them can claim to have inflicted the same level of psychological trauma that The Other Mother has inflicted on me; the Beldam pretty much lives in my head rent free on a subconscious level, and whenever something scary and dangerous comes to mind, her image is the one that I associate with.

And it's easy to understand why: without spoiling much of the story, she's super threatening, always in control of any situation, and acts and speaks in an unnatural manner that doesn't feel human (in particular, her hand's mannerisms fascinate and terrify me at the same time).

But all of her other characteristics and intimidation factors pale in comparison to what is, in my opinion, her best aspect: the character design.

I wholeheartedly consider The Other Mother to have one of the best horror monster designs ever, in any work of fiction. And that's all due to how her design brilliantly weaves together functionality, intimidation, and a stunning aesthetic, with the stop motion animation technique as the cherry on top of this nightmare fest for the eyes.

Other Mother, we may have had our differences, and you might have ruined my childhood forever, but I won't no longer deny the impact that you had on my life just because of how much I fear you.

Number 19: Root (Person Of Interest)

And now we arrive at what might be the most controversial entry on this list (it really isn't), as Samantha Groves went such a long way from her villainous roots while basically remaining the exact same character that you might even start to question if she ever was a villain in the first place.

Then you see her casually telling a guy in a stolen car's hood that she kidnapped from the airport and replaced herself with to chill out, as she is about to have a long flight because of what the voice in her ear is saying to her, all the while Harold stands there speechless, and you suddenly remember "Oh yeah, this isn't even the most psychotic thing she has done this season".

Person of Interest is the wet, pill sized dream of any fan of 1984. This 2011-2016 TV show takes many of the elements that made George Orwell's stories so captivating and uses them to craft its own narrative; it's a series with a unique identity, one that, in retrospect, was way up ahead of its times, and should have had a longer lasting impact on Pop culture outside of that one meme.

Although the show has an amazing main cast, one of the most obvious standout characters is without a shadow of a doubt Samantha Groves, aka Root, played by Amy Acker, one of the first major antagonists of the series.

The story of Root is a highly unexpected one, full of twists and turns, but to summarise, she starts off hating human kind and preferring computers to it, then she actually falls in love with the Machine, a sentient godlike AI guiding our protagonists, and kidnaps one of the main characters and the father of said Machine in order to meet her.

Shenanigans ensue: the Machine starts to reciprocate Root's feelings, and after Root's arc ends with her depressed and heartbroken, the Machine decides to help Sam reform and leave her misanthropy behind, effectively making her a full time member of the team.

She eventually falls in love and starts a relationship with another member of the team after threatening said team mate with a hot iron as their very first meeting, and in the final episode of the show, she gets immortalised by the Machine in a way that I won't spoil.

This is the hyper synthesized version of the events, one that doesn't even cover much of Root's villainous actions and redemption arc.

I've enjoyed Root both as a villain and both as a hero, and as a villain, she was incredibly solid (and hot).

The best part about Root is that, although she reforms and becomes a hero that cares about others, at her core, she still remains the psychopath the show introduced her as, therefore, she maintains the entertainment value of her villainy well into her redemption, effectively becoming the funniest member of the team by a long shot.

Root was my very first experience with a nuanced, hot, psychotic female antagonist that doesn't get treated as biologically evil by narrative, one that, admittedly, has never been quite matched in terms of consistency and scale, probably making her the most unique character of its archetype.

Her story flows seamlessly when you are watching the series, yet when you take a step back and see the full picture of what actually happened, you realise just how crazy, absurd, and well written all of it was; and although Root's arc has some minor flaws in the later seasons, she's still, without a shadow of a doubt, the best character in the show, at least in my opinion, and I would definitly recommend watching Person Of Interest just for her alone, even if the whole thing is worth looking into.

(Also, the soundtrack of this show slaps, and Root's theme isn't an exception)

Number 18: Jobu Tupaki (EveryThing Everywhere All 👆At👇 🥯Nc€)

Life can get pretty overwhelming.

No other movie captures this feeling better than Everything Everywhere All At Once.

When you have a masterpiece of a movie such as Everything Everywhere All At Once, that manages to convey the overwhelming feeling of life and the weight of each and every single one of our choices through just the 3 hour span of its runtime, the only way to cap off such an amazing experience is with a great villain.

And thankfully, that's exactly what Jobu Tupaki is, but much like the rest of the movie, it's pulled off in an unconventional way.

I can't possibly keep this section coherent for Jobu, so here's some random rambling:

I love how the movie managed to mix in the mother/daughter drama with Jobu's villainy and her desire to collapse the entire multiverse: it's like, Jobu's plan is to commit interdimensional genocide and destroy every reality, yet somehow she manages to come off as one of the most sympathetic female villains and her redemption and reconciliation with her mother at the end of the movie is so impactful and completely believable and I'm just like...

How?!?!?!???!?

How do you pull off such a feat?!?!??!?

The answer is through masterful writing of course, and a lot of other story decisions, that, when added up, create the story that we have now.

Like, Jobu scores relatively low on this list because I'm not as impressed by her as I am with others, but even I do recognise that she's such a storytelling feat:

I vividly remember that when I was watching the movie for the first time, I outright hated Jobu for the great majority of it, which is insane, since I'm usually not the kind of person who despises villains; in retrospect, it probably was because I associated her way too much with XGaster from Underverse, and I conditioned myself into thinking the narrative would go in that direction.

But then, as the story went on, the truth came out, and all the characters developed, I actually started to really sympathise with her, and ended up buying the conclusion to her arc completely.

But honestly, this movie in general just does things that I never thought would have been possible in a story of any medium, let alone an indie budget motion picture.

Jobu's wardrobe is stacked, to say that is award worthy would be an understatement, and the Bagel reveal speech is so good that it almost overshadows the rest of her already amazing introduction scene.

If you think Jobu is unfairly ranked too low, that's totally fine, know that even if I prefer all of the following characters over her, in my mind, I still recognise that Jobu is probably worthy of a top 10, maybe even top 5 Spot to be completely honest, as she really is that compelling.

Number 17: Livewire (DC)

(Don't pay too much attention to the fact that this picture only highlights DC Super Hero Girls version of Livewire, at first I wanted to do a collage of all the different versions of the character, but this project tired me out to no end, and therefore I decided to save time)

My favourite female supervillain from DC is surprisingly not from Batman's rogue's gallery.

Livewire is the female version of what the Riddler means for me, aka a villain who I either forget exists entirely, or one of my favourite villains ever, which is fitting, since they are both from DC.

And while Livewire hasn't bounced back to the status of an all time favourite in a long time, I still really value the joyful memories that she brought to a younger version of me.

Leslie Tompkins is a character who made her first debut in Superman the animated series, and who later made the jump to the comic book pages after the success of said project.

In the show, she's introduced as a self-absorbed radio host, who uses/gained her popularity by spreading her negative opinions of Superman. After the Man of Tomorrow goes to a public event organised by Leslie to warn her and her audience about the dangers of an upcoming storm, Leslie gets mad at him, refuses to collaborate, and subsequently gets hit by the lightning passing through Superman's body into a wire on the ground.

The combination between the lightning and the kriptonian genes make the radio host gain cyan hairs, a pale skin, and electricity themed powers: Leslie Tompkins is no more, and now there's only Livewire, the jock with the shock most powerful that Metropolis has ever seen!

She's the definition of pure, umbrindled fun; her personality is ironically and unironically so energetic that it carries the entire character and could probably write an entire music album on his own; classic comic book Electro wishes to be this interesting of a jerk character.

Much like many other comic book characters, she has a plethora of many different takes on her story, and here I've written down some that I want to highlight the most:

CW Supergirl: I'm starting with the CW Supergirl TV show because... it has the version of Livewire that introduced me to the character.

Yeah, I know what the general consensus about the show's quality is, but I'm not here to talk about that.

This serie's version of Livewire, at least in the first few seasons, because those are the ones that I remember the most, I sincerely thought was really good, or at least good enough to turn me into a long time fan's of her; some time has passed since I first saw this show, but I remember especially enjoying Leslie's rivalry with Supergirl and her ungrateful brat/bully behaviour, she was so mean, and I really bought Supergirl calling Leslie her defacto arch nemesis, so much so that, in fact, although I'd always prefer for Livewire's origins to tie with the Man of Steel, because he needs more female villains even if he has some, eventually, I'd like for her to make the switch to the role of Supergirl's foil whenever given the chance in any continuity, as the two always have a more interesting dynamic in my opinion due to their similar personalities.

Once again, I shall reiterate: I want Livewire to always start as a Superman villain, because those two have a very interesting dynamic in their own right, and Leslie does what all the best Superman villains do and challenges him phisically, morally and psychologically in interesting ways, but I believe that eventually, after Leslie has been in her villain career for a while and Supergirl has gone through her initial arc of learning to accept Earth as her new home, Livewire should get a promotion and become one of Supergirl's greatest enemies, because in my opinion, those two have a lot of chemistry together due to a decent number of reasons that I'm not going to explain right now.

Superman the Animated series: This is the very first on screen debut of the character, and to this day, it remains as solid as it once was, she's not as good of a character as some of the other original creations of the Animated Universe, but she's still really iconic in her own right. However, I feel like the show should have done a better job at evolving her character after her origin episode, because one problem that always seems to consistently pop-up with Livewire is how to further expand on her character after her introduction, it shouldn't be that hard, but comic book writers seem to typically always mess it up.

LEGO DC Super Heroes Villains: Despite her role in the story being rather minor and the fact that she's the only inmate released by complete accident during the prison escape, if you asked me, I'll tell you that Livewire's inclusion in the main storyline of LEGO DC Super Villains improves that part of the game by a lot, actually, and I really love playing as Livewire in this game, they gave her a lot of unique flair and environmental interactions that make her such a blast to use, she's so visually appealing and satisfying to play that I would always switch to her whenever I could.

My Adventures With Superman: I have yet to watch this show unfortunately, but I have heard about the creative decisions that they took for Livewire, and although I didn't think this version of the character was up to a good start, I'm happy that they ended up expanding on her in the following seasons, even if I have yet to see how much the show actually improved her character. More than anything, I'm intrigued by how much different this version of Leslie is from the others, as I feel like many of her comic books fell into the trap of trying to differentiate her while relying too much on her STAS incarnation without adding a whole lot to it.

DC Super Hero Girls: From a somewhat objective standpoint, I believe the DCSHG version of Livewire to be the best current iteration of the character, because it's the only one who updates the character in a meaningful way and combines together most of her previous incarnations, including the ones who hadn't worked as well.

Number 16: Dolores Jane Umbridge (Harry Potter)

Specifically the movie version, she is, no bite at me, the best villain of the entire series.

There's just, something so delightful about Umbridge's ability to strike fear into the heart of everyone around her and hatred into the heart of the watchers that, at least for me, never gets old.

Rowling did such an amazing job conceptualising every single aspect of this character, it feels like every single idea came together to form such an unforgettable package of human awfulness.

All of her quirks and mannerisms just make her that much more unnerving.

The pink wall full of kittens inside small plates?

Nightmare fuel.

By the way, when I said that Umbridge is the best villain of the series, I was talking specifically about the movies. Don't worry Voldemort stans, I know that he was characterised differently in the books, though I've a feeling I'd probably prefer her over him even there, since she is more of the type of character I tend to gravitate towards.

I read The Order Of The Phoenix a long time ago, so even if my memory of the character is rather lackluster, I do think her movie adaptation was rather faithful to the source material.

There's admittedly, not much I can say about the book/movie version that hasn't been said already, congratulations Imelda Staunton for bringing such an unforgettably evil character to life in the best/worst way possible.

However... There's still one version of the character I want to talk about, and that version is the STARKID version from A VERY POTTER SEQUEL.

If you haven't seen STARKID's A Very Potter Musical trilogy, I'd highly recomend you doing so: although none of the three stage shows are quite STARKID's very best (Twisted is in my opinion), they are all highly worth the watch, they are all on YouTube for free, and their Umbridge is one of highlight of the second one:

They ramped up on Umbridge's similarities with the Trunchbull and made her ten times more insane and scary as a result of her newfound physical prowess; give it a watch, you won't be disappointed.

These are the links to all three musicals:

A Very Potter Musical

A Very Potter Sequel

A Very Potter Senior Year

Number 15: GLaDOS (Portal series)

GLaDOS is one of the main antagonists of the Portal series.

She is this truly sadistic, intelligent AI with a complicated backstory, who tortures our protagonist by forcing her to complete a seemingly endless number of puzzles, which make up most of the gameplay.

Now it has unfortunately been a while since I've sat through both of the Portal games, so I wasn't sure how much I could say about GLaDOS by going off of pure memory alone, so I watched again various cutscenes from both games and... yeah, she's as good as I remembered her to be.

Simply put, she is hilarious, she's the mother of all the funny AI antagonists, and definitely the G.O.A.T. of every one liner machine you can possibly imagine.

I'm honestly going to keep her section extremely short and concise, as I don't have much to say about her that hasn't been said already by bigger Portal fans than me; she is one of the most iconic AI villains of all time after all, so if don't know anything about her already, I encourage you to check out the Portal games by yourself instead of getting spoiled.

Funny, threatening, interesting, mysterious, dynamic, both Portal levels in LEGO Dimensions were some of the best in that game, and she even has a great arc in the second installment of the series.

Here's the link to her villain song in Portal, and Portal 2.

I may update this section in the future if I feel like it, but for now, just know that I think GLaDOS is pretty cool.

I don't have a deep understanding of her like I have with other characters, so I mostly stick to the superficial funny stuff.

Don't worry GLaDOS fans, I also like her over Wheatley.

The deadly neurotoxin does wonders for Valve.

No wonder they haven't produced anything as interesting in a long while.

Number 14: Ashley Graves (The Coffin of Andy and Leyley)

As I've already said in the introduction segment, villain protagonists count too, though, admittedly, there aren't many examples that come to my mind.

Root up there only became a protagonist eventually, and the only other two examples that I know are Homura Akemi (which is a complicated case) and that one character from a TV show that sings "I'm the villain of my own story". (I never saw either show to be clear)

And in the case of Ashley Graves, I've never seen a character as compelling and deceptive as her, she is so misleading and manipulative that she convinced the entire internet of being pure evil.

(It's an over exaggeration, in case it wasn't clear)

At the time of writing this, only two chapters of the full game have been released, therefore, there's a high possibility that everything that I'm about to say on Ashley is going to become obsolete or incorrect once the next chapter comes out.

The narrative and characters of The Coffin Of Andy And Leyley are very complicated ones, and there are a lot of poorly thought out takes going around, but anyway, here's what I like and what fascinates me about Ashley as a character:

I love how Ashley feels like a subversion of the typical demon child trope, she plays a lot into all of the stereotypes associated with these types of character, but when you take a look back to analyse all of her moments, you notice a lot of small details that contradict this idea of Ashley just being an unredeemable monster; little things that add up to make the Burial route all that much more tragic for her.

Oh, by the way, I showed this section to a friend to know their reaction, and they told me that they actually hate Ashley and find her disgusting, and to that I say, it's perfectly valid if you think Ashley is too evil and repulsive to be sympathised with, after all, a part of the game's horror does come from the protagonists messed up actions, and the story does actively try to make you dislike Ashley as much as possible, so, your opinion is completely fair.

If it was up to me, I would put all of these characters on an electric chair, even my top 2 absolute favourites or the ones who don't really deserve it like number 8.

All except Livewire.

It's not because an electric chair wouldn't work on her, the lethal injection still exists, no, I just don't want her to die.

She's funny, I'll give her a pass.

She can commit as many atrocities as she wants to.

It's admittedly impossible to talk about Ashley without also mentioning the deuteragonist of the game, her brother Andrew, who Ashley spends the most amount of time interacting with.

While I don't like Andrew as much as his sister, it's impossible to go on without admitting that their toxic relationship is the highlight of the game, it's just this overly complicated back and forth of a need for closure and a fear of abandonment; desperate people taking desperate actions against each other because of the desperate measures the other person is taking as a result of who they are and what they do.

I absolutely love diving deep into Ashley's messed up Psyche: it's very interesting to see just how realistic her portrayal of a mental illness is, and her sudden fits of rage are something that I relate to immensely.

She also pulls, oh, some small, little crimes here and there, you know...

murder...

cannibalism...

.......

matricide...

Just a tiny bit of tomfoolery here and there, we all did it at some point in our lives. (No)

But yeah, I really don't want to spoil much of the game, but Ashley does commit some truly heinous acts throughout her adventures, it's really hard for me to describe what Ashley's character is truly like without spoiling the story, but I would definitely recommend checking out this game once it's fully completed.

If you are interested in psychological horror or dark themes, The Coffin Of Andy And Leyley got you covered good.

Number 13: Vesuvia (Totò Sapore and the Magic History of Pizza) (Cartoon of Kinder Ferrero) (Movie of the Italian studio Lanterna Magica) (Based on the book "Il cuoco prigioniero" written by Roberto Piumini)

Despite this only being number 13, the particular obscurity and irrelevance of this piece of media is such to force me to make an entire explanation and analysis in order to do it justice. I didn't think I would end up liking this character as much as I do, but after recently watching this movie for the first time ever, I knew that I had to talk about this baddie in any way, shape or form.

Vesuvia is the main antagonist of an Italian movie made by the studio Lanterna Magica "Totò Sapore e la Magica Storia della Pizza", released in 2003. She is a volcanic sorceress made entirely of lava and fire that lives inside the Vesuvio, a famous Italian volcano.

Every day, Vesuvia spends her time watching over the city of Naples and it's inhabitants through a lava television/pool, and bossing around/abusing his own minion, Vincenzone, an ogre aspiring actor.

Although it was never actually stated in the movie, it's pretty clear that Vesuvia is constantly bored inside her volcanic lair, but can't go out because the rain could potentially kill her, so she is just stuck there being grumpy, only finding relief and amusement through the suffering of the inhabitants of Naples, but even that is threatened by our titular protagonist: Antonio Salvatore "Totò" Sapore, who cheers up the Neapolitans with his inspiring songs.

Growing increasingly frustrated with Antonio's positive influence over the lives of the townsfolk, Vesuvia sets out to destroy the happiness of Totò and ruin is life by making him miserable. There's only one problem with her plan.... Totò is already miserable. He was a destitute orphan with nothing to lose, no talent, no way to achieve his dreams and barely struggling to survive.

And that's where the true messed up nature of this villain comes to shine through: in order to remedy this, Vesuvia decides that she is first gonna give Totò everything, and then she is gonna take that away from him. So, she sends her minion to give him magic pots capable of cooking up any delicious food imaginable, helps Totò find the love of his life, and then, by luring the King, Queen, and Prince of Naples to his newly opened restaurant, gets him nominated to the position of Royal Cook; the downside, to this last one, is that if he refuses the role the Prince is going to cut his head off, and by accepting, he leaves the citizens of Naples without his delicious meals and inspiring songs, bringing the bad mood back in town.

But that's the point in the movie where Vesuvia's plan starts to shift from a simple fit of pettyness to an actual destructive, violent act of war: remember that long range lava pool/television that I mentioned at the beginning? She uses it to update her plan whenever she needs to, and after she learns that the royal family of France is visiting Naples to arrange the marriage between their daughter and the Prince, she decides to fabricate a conflict between the two countries by making Totò serve inedible garbage to the two royal families, which leads to an argument between the two and the eventual declaration of war.

Also, remember that love interest I've mentioned? Well, Vesuvia induces Totò to think that said romantic partner was the one to betray him by swapping out the magic pots with normal ones, and now that Totò has been put in jail for serving garbage to the dinner table and inadvertently starting the war he blames her for his misfortune (Also, while in jail, Vesuvia mocks Totò from a safe distance calling him a zero).

Cut to the end of the movie, Vesuvia, at the peak of her rage, decides that she is going to kill all of our heroes and then destroy the city of Naples with a volcanic eruption. Unfortunately, this is where her plan fails and she is betrayed by her minion who has had enough of her cruelty and decides to help the protagonist.

She eventually dies of a sad, uneventful death, and Totò Sapore manages to stop the war between the two countries by using the flames of the Vesuvio to cook a brand new, never seen before food: the Pizza.

...

So.

Let me get this straight: every single good thing that happened to Totò throughout the entire course of the movie happened because Vesuvia couldn't bear with the fact that he still had a positive outlook on life despite literally being a homeless orphan who struggled to get by and spread positivity in town; she went out of her way to make Totò happy only to then remove said happiness from him, and came up with the idea to start a war and destroy Naples on the fly while she could.

......

THAT IS S+++ B###H BEHAVIOUR.

There are villains who hate for the sake of hating, like your typical high school bully or the as###le rival character, and then there's Vesuvia, who works off her own ass, fabricates overly complicated plans on the fly, spends an insane amount of time, resources and effort to make sure that the person she secretly hates finally obtains the life of his dreams, only to then rip said life away from him, all of this and more, because why?

She hates his music.

She's basically fiery, female Anti-Flash.

Vesuvia is a great foil to Antonio because while they are both miserable individuals stuck in an unfortunate situation, Totò goes out of his way to make other people happy unlike him, while Vesuvia goes out of her way to make other people miserable like her.

She is by far the best part of the movie, and although I can't put her inside the top 10 because she doesn't quite deserve it (at least in my mind) and I can't recommend you to watch the movie because it's only in Italian, I will give the lava witch the respect that she's long overdue by asking you all to check out this video tribute made by Arkham Asylum on YouTube.

Please, look at the Tribute, it's very funny, well edited, and unlike all the other links in this post, you don't even have to leave Tumblr to watch it, just click on the play button and watch it from here.

However, though, if you are an Italian speaker, or is currently learnering/wants to learn Italian, then here's the link to the movie; it's a pretty fun watch, even if it goes by rather quickly.

Totò Sapore And The Magic History Of Pizza

And here's instead the single video for Vesuvia's villain song, in case you were looking for it. I'd also recommend watching it, even if you can't understand the lyrics, and it might make you more interested in the character.

Number 12: The Enchantress (Shovel Knight series)

Sometimes I feel like I am the only person on Earth who thinks about The Enchantress as highly as I do; so much so that, whenever I like to play around with the concept of a possible league of Indie Game villains (similar to the Legion of Doom, or the most obvious inspiration, the council of Disney villains from the first Kingdom Hearts), I would always put her as the leader.

And this seems weird, right? (no, not like the rest of your list)

I mean, on a surface level, she is just a Maleficent wannabe, and, to give her credit when credit is due, she pulls it off decently well.

She has stage and off stage presence, she's always serious and threatening, and her design is different enough to not feel as if she's solely a rip off. All of her boss fights are incredibly solid too, even the ones where she's not fighting in directly.

The thing is, despite being a one note pretty simple character, I never find The Enchantress boring.

And I feel like I know why: even if she is in all of the games, the function that she serves in the story is always different and varied, and it works to almost give her dimension, as if she was a product of well made world building.

In Shovel of Hope, she is the physical representation of Shovel Knight's guilt and depression stopping him from being a hero, his source of unhappiness, as well as the embodiment of his rivalry with Black Knight for Shield Knight; in this campaign, the Enchantress is the centre of Shovel and Black Knight's attention, but not just because she's the bad guy the heroes need to take down, but because she's what remains of Shield Knight after the aftermath of the Tower of Fate battle in SoT, she's a constant reminder for both shovel wielding knights of what they have lost, and what they could gain back if they just reached out for it.

In Plague of Shadows, she is relegated as the culmination of Plague Knight desperation and lack of self worth leading him further and further into villainy, but her relevance is portrayed in a different way than the other campaigns;

Her boss fight in this campaign is as cathartic and narratively satisfying as the others, but for different reasons; it's the first time ever where The Enchantress isn't taken seriously.

In all the other campaigns, The Enchantress is played up as the biggest deal ever and the ultimate source of pain and sorrow: she's an emotional, phisical barrier stopping Shovel Knight and Shield Knight from getting back together, carrying along both the wishes and regrets of Shovel Knight and Black Knight alike; she's the constant source of pain and torture of Specter Knight in his campaign, and she is the voice of pride inside King Knight's head pushing him to betray his friends and take the crown.

But in his campaign, Plague Knight is so wreckless and desperate for approval that The Enchantress becomes an obstacle like any other in his path; she's portrayed as just a nuisance, because nothing matters for Plague Knight except himself, hence why he ends up becoming the actual final boss two times.

In Spectre of Torment, she is the Torment, continuously mocking and belittling Spectre Knight until he forces him to give up his freedom at the end of the story.

But in my opinion, her most interesting role is in the one campaign that she was the least necessary: King of Cards.

In that she is a background, mysterious force that serves the purpose of being King Knight's ever inflating ego and anger towards all these fake allies that value him only for his strength and nothing else; so, when she finally reaches the Tower of Fate and The Enchantress proposes to him her deal, he accepts because she is the only person in his life who doesn't treat him as a child, as an idiot, or as a mere tool and instead as the powerful monarch that he always wanted to be, thus leading him to betray his allies and mother that then abandon him.

The Enchantress is the epitome of simple but effective, and that's why I think so highly of her.

Some of the fans find the fact that she is the main antagonist in all of the games annoying, especially since her amulet even has a cameo in the ending of Dig, but I digress.

The Enchantress is truly an amazing villain, and I'm tired of pretending that she's not.

Number 11: Halojack (Deltarune the Metropolis)

ALRIGHT HEAR ME OUT.

From the very start, I said this list was going to be entirely subjective, I'm sure to have made that point very clear; what I don't think I've made quite as clear up to this point, is that the characters I chose to rank higher are the ones who affected me the most, in spite of where they come from.

Halojack is a Deltarune Secret Boss OC made by @huecycles for her Deltarune chapter 3 AU the Metropolis; she is an ex aspiring worker of the TV industry and was given a magic collar by a mysterious individual (eh ehm ☝︎♋︎⬧︎⧫︎♏︎❒︎ ) that at first, seemed a solution to her problems, but then turned into her own personal hell by..... (look it up on her blog).

The reason why Halojack is here is a particularly personal one, you see.... Halojack is the reason why I started to use Tumblr in the first place. No this is not a joke.

The year was 2022, and I was at the height of my Deltarune hyper fixation phase, craving for content, scavenging anything that I could find on YouTube, when suddenly, thanks to YouTube's insane algorithm, I saw a random post of this weird, yet really cool and interesting Deltarune OC, and I don't know what it was: maybe her nice aesthetic, maybe the animation, maybe what was written in the notes, yet something about her just... clicked with me.

Now curious, I immediately seeked out more informations about this characther on @huecycles Youtube channel.

And that's... when my love began.

Needless to say, I consumed all the Halojack content available on the channel, it was actually insane, the Deltarune hype was so big back then, and Halojack looked so much like a canon Toby Fox character, that I needed to consume MORE.

I just couldn't contain myself, so I downloaded Tumblr, since Huecycles said that they also had a blog here where they posted their stuff, and I NEEDED more of Halojack; and so, that's how I got here today.

I'm not sure how much I can talk freely about Halojack without Hue's consent, this is their character after all, and I'm not sure how much can anyone get invested in her nowadays, as you really needed to be there to get the full experience.

For now, all I'm going to say is, the story and personality that they crafted for the character is so cool and unique; going back to the electric chair joke, I feel like that punishment would be redundant for Halojack, as her life is already a living hell regardless of how much more overstimulation she gets.

Halojack scratches that hinch that I had for complex yet unusual female villains, and I love her for it.

For me, it's going to be very hard when the actual Deltarune Chapter 3 comes out, as Halojack has been ingrained so much in my brain as canon, that I honestly can't see a universe where the actual secret boss of chapter 3 lives up to her hype.

Good job Huecycles, and also Merry Christmas!

Also, here's an analysis of Electro's theme from The Amazing Spider-man 2.

It's the song that I associate the most with Halojack, and I can't help but think of her when I read the subtitles.

Next part>>>>

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Master list!

I think I finally have enough fics posted here (with more coming) so I've decided it's time I sort them all out into a master list Note: most of the headcanon page names aren't offical and are just descriptions to what they are symbols because this is getting messy (as of 8/8/24) Fics - ✤ Headcanons - ✦ Rambling pages - ➤

Request page !!

Call of Duty: Nikto:

✤ The Shape series: The Shape (11/7/23) (2) Easing Into it (11/10/23) (3) Into the Hyena's Den (11/16/23) (4) Before the Sun Rises/Caught (11/23/23) (5) Unprofessional (12/17/23) (6) Everyone Has a Reason to Stay (Primireniye) (1/19/24) (Final) Gun Run (2/23/24)

✤ Yainiathrope (4/8/24)

✦Kissing Nikto Headcanons (2/7/24) ✦Domestic Headcanons with Nikto (2/26/24) ✦Life with Nikto and Sputnik (6/23/24)

✤oooh that one fic people voted on

Rodion: ✦General + Random Romantic Rodion Headcanons (2/7/24) ✦Rodion dealing with his partner's period (2/13/24) ✦General + Random Romantic Rodion Headcanons 2 (2/10/24) ✦Rodion and Chubby!Reader (2/20/24) ✦Rodion in Florida and Floridian!reader in Russia (2/24/24) ✦Rodion Helping You Get Ready (3/28/24) ✦Jealous Rodion Headcanons (3/28/24) ✦Rodion and Tatoo Artist!reader headcanons (4/6/24)

✦ Rodion and Best Friend reader series: Being Rodion's best friend (4/28/24) Rodion falling for his best friend (5/24/24) Rodion and his best friend kissing for the first time after they start dating (6/19/24) ➤Uncle Rodion ramble (7/10/24)

Bale: ✦General + Random Romantic Bale Headcanons (2/7/24) ✦Other Bale Headcanons (6/29/24) Whole MW2019 Spetsnaz: ✦Reader at the Beach with the spetsnaz (platonic w/everyone) (4/18/24) ✦Spetsnaz with boney reader (6/19/24) ✦ Spetsnaz and reader at a theme park (7/10/24) ✦Spetsnaz with reader that finds all animals cute (9/25/24) ✦Spetsnaz as father figures (1/4/25) ✦Spetsnaz as fathers who find out their daughter had a boyfriend they weren't aware of (1/10/25)

Valeria: ✦General + Rondom Romantic Valeria Headcanons (2/7/24)

Graves: ✦Graves/F!Russian reader (2/7/24) ✦Graves and a short partner (2/7/24)

Velikan: ✦General + Random Romantic Velikan Headcanons (2/8/24) Farah: ✦General Farah Headcanons with a mic of period comfort (2/20/24)

Five Nights at Freddy's: ✤ In the Eye of the Beholder (12/6/24) SCP: ✤ Cujo and Laika (12/22/23)

✤ Sneak Peak :) (1/21/24)

✤ Redemption (And the concept of the “Russian Soul", as they pride themselves on) (2/5/24)

✤ Thanatophobia (2/16/24)

✤ Sweet Tea and Kvass (3/27/24) ✦Singular Clef headcanon posted as a joke (2/10/24) ✦Clef and Dmitri Headcanons because they mean obsurdly much to me (2/8/24)

➤My like 13 page breakdown of Clef and Dmitri (4/12/24)

Pathologic:

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ARE YOU PREPARED TO RE-ENTER THE DARK, WHIMSICAL WORLD OF STOP MOTION ANIMATION THIS AUGUST?

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on two new movie posters for 2009's beloved stop motion animated epic "CORALINE," from LAIKA Studios, returning nationwide to AMC theaters starting on August 15-22 in remastered 3D! I will be there, of course, but will you be?

OVERVIEW: "LAIKA and Fathom proudly celebrate the 15th Anniversary of its acclaimed 2009 stop-motion animated film "Coraline" — returning it to theaters nationwide in newly remastered 3D for a special limited engagement starting August 15.  The film will also be available in 2D format.

"Coraline" was written and directed by stop-motion auteur Henry Selick ("The Nightmare Before Christmas," "Wendell & Wild") and stars Dakota Fanning, Ian McShane, Teri Hatcher, Keith David, John Hodgman, and British comedy duo Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders.  The film was nominated for the Oscar® and Golden Globe; won the Cristal Award at Annecy and was named one of the best films of the year by AFI.  It won three Annie Awards for Best Music, Character Design and Production Design."

-- FATHOM EVENTS, "THE NEWLY REMASTERED 3D CORALINE COMING BACK TO THEATERS TO CELEBRATE ITS 15th ANNIVERSARY," c. summer 2024

MEDIA ALERT –June 21, 2024

Sources: https://x.com/LAIKAStudios/status/1800543517317751029 (X 2x).

[brandyschillace]

Autumn release date from Laika

Henry Selick’s (film director, specializing in films with stop-motion animation) modern classic “Coraline” turns 15 this year, and a new 3D remaster of the stop-motion feature (announced in February) will get a worldwide theatrical release this fall by Fathom in the U.S and Trafalgar Releasing in the rest of the world.

Limited screenings will begin on August 15 and feature an early glimpse of Laika’s upcoming film, “Wildwood.” Ticket sales kick off on June 21. A 2D version of the film will also be available to exhibitors

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Chapter 21: First Love/Late Spring

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The flickering lights of passing cars from the street below cast trembling shadows on the ceiling. The neighbours from the flat above are stomping loudly to and fro, their conversations muffled and distant. They must be having a party, or some sort of gathering. Patroclus twiddles his thumbs as he listens, his hands resting on his stomach.  

“I think I should go,” he says.

Chryseis is polite enough to bring forth an objection or two, but Patroclus knows her well enough to tell that they’re half-hearted. She probably wants him out as much as Patroclus wants to be out. It was a mistake agreeing to stay here anyway—something that Chryseis is possibly also realising now.

“Are you sure you don’t want to sleep here?” she asks him as he rolls out of bed and puts on his sweater and his jeans. The only items of clothing he managed to take off before it became clear to both of them that not much else was going to be happening between them that night. “I have to leave early in the morning, but I’ll be quiet; I won’t wake you.”

“It’s fine,” he says, forcing a smile. “I have to feed Laika, anyway. Usually Achilles does it, but I forgot he’s out tonight, so… I’d better get back there. She’ll be tearing down the walls soon, if she hasn’t already.”

It’s nothing more than a polite lie, and not a very good one at that, but Chryseis seems eager enough to accept it. Patroclus will gladly take the blame for all of this, if it means getting out of it a minute sooner, and leaving her in peace. She escorts him to the door, looking vaguely uncomfortable as she stands there, watching him. As if she’s waiting for something… Patroclus has no idea what. 

“Well, then,” he says. “Goodnight. And thanks—for… everything.” He hesitates for a moment before he leans down and gives her a kiss; on the cheek, this time. “Talk to you soon?”

She smiles at that, but it’s still a touch guarded and tense. “Yes. Goodnight.”

There’s a light drizzle when Patroclus steps out onto the street. He pulls up his hoodie and shrinks beneath it, hands in his pockets. He doesn’t mind that it’s cold and rainy and that he didn’t bring an umbrella with him. He barely pays any attention to his surroundings at all, getting lost in his ruminations as he walks. 

The dull ache that he woke up with in the morning has never left, and it’s getting worse now, pounding at his temples. A sour feeling is curdling inside him; he’s relieved to have left Chryseis’ flat, just as he dreads going back to his own. He doesn’t even want to think about what will happen in the morning—even if Achilles doesn’t completely hate him right now, which doesn’t seem probable, Patroclus will still have to face the consequences of whatever happened with Chryseis tonight, which can’t be good. Things will never quite be the same between them—it will be too awkward to be alone with her. 

If she even wants to see him again after this. Patroclus would understand if she doesn’t. He wouldn’t really want to see himself either; not while he’s…. like this. 

He doesn’t rightly know what he thought would happen when he agreed to go to bed with Chryseis—rather, what he was hoping would happen if he went to bed with her. That she would be a pleasant distraction? That he would fall in love with her? That it would make his feelings for Achilles go away, or that it would help him forget he ever had them? The notion is laughable to him; worse, it makes him feel wretched that he dragged poor Chryseis into all of this mess. Even if sleeping with her did actually manage to make any one of those things come to pass, Patroclus doubts it would ever mend whatever’s broken between Achilles and himself. 

And this is what it was all about, isn’t it? Something to take his mind off all the shattered bits, a quick fix for something… irreparable. He hasn’t wanted to admit it to himself—he still doesn’t want to admit it to himself—but perhaps he’s too far gone. They’re both too far gone. 

One thing is certain: if Briseis hears about all this, he will certainly never hear the end of it. 

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SKAM Big Bang 2024 IS NOW CONCLUDED

Once again we are closing another successful year of stories for the SKAM universe. Some stories are still finishing, because life interferes. We hope that you have enjoyed reading our stories, and stick around to read the ones that are finishing up. If you're still reading some, or have not read them all, please do so and continue to leave Kudos and kind comments, because we've been thriving on those all summer.

A hearty congratulation and thank you to all our participants - writers, artists and betas - for making this a successful event. We will be making posts highlighting the beautiful art pieces for everyone to enjoy, please show some love to all artists.

You can find the collection here

We want to thank our mods for organizing, publicizing and keeping everyone on track and motivated.

We will be celebrating art in the coming days as we prepare to turn this event over to a new set of Mods. Keep your eyes peeled for announcements to join the new ModSquad, and we hope to bring you new wonderful stories next summer.

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It's the 15th and last week of SKAM Big Bang 2024, the following 20 stories are posted to the collection.

The Dream of Life (M) by Flatfootmonster with art by Alterlove2021

I turn to you (when I can’t sleep through the lonely night) (T) by selfsufficient with art by Hodge (COMPLETE)

To Build A Home (E) by Happily_Evak_After with art by CelesteKayy (COMPLETE)

The Cure (E) by Anna _Driesen2121 and Viola_player1 with art by monikacharaabi

Some say I should learn to cry but I only learned how to fly (T) by Arfel with art by Garce (COMPLETE)

The Time of our Lives (M) by Sprookjes with art by Pauline 

Murder at 21:21 (M) by Hodge with art by Laika (COMPLETE)

Superstar (M) by Miniloc Island and Ghostcat with art by Parallel-Univers

Parallel pieces of You & Me by Jules with art by Katmylittlesunshine (COMPLETE)

Attraction - (M) by Laika and Midlifecrisis with art by Eirabach (COMPLETE)

Blessings of Babylon - (T) by Veronese_green with art from Bean Awake (COMPLETE)

Heated Rivalry (E) by Beulaugh with art by Polaris.Artwork (COMPLETE)

Blood in the Water (E) by Tea with art by Mariana/MiranhasArt (COMPLETE)

Him (M) by Maddie with art by CelesteKayy

I’m trying hard to fit among your scheme of things (E) by JackFrost_Sander with art by Hodge

Cracks in the Ice (E) by AltErLove2021 with art by Mazarin

As His Own Soul (M) by Midlife Crisis with art by Miranhasart (COMPLETE)

Cinderfella (T) by TeeJaySnow with art by Garce (COMPLETE)

Unmasked (M) by Prevalent_Masters with art by AltErLove2021 (COMPLETE)

From Christmas Eve to Wedding Vows (M) by SamuelFauvel 123 with art by Jazzi_123 (COMPLETE)

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Check out these stories in the 2024 Skam Big Bang collection and show them all the love 🎉 because Kudos and comments are super appreciated, especially for our first-time authors.

[piratewithvigor]

AEW Roster Organized By Age (& events, for context)

Source: Smackdown Hotel

Jan 3 1952 - Jim Ross

Feb 8 1952 - Elizabeth II crowned

May 30 1955 - Jake Roberts

Nov 3 1957 - Laika becomes first animal in space

Nov 7 1957 - Tony Schiavone

May 13 1958 - Velcro is patented

Sep 20 1958 - Arn Anderson

Mar 20 1959 - Sting

Jun 12 1963 - Jerry Lynn

Jul 1 1963 - ZIP codes are introduced in the US

Oct 13 1963 - Don Callis

Nov 11 1963 - Daddy Ass

Apr 14 1967 - Jeff Jarrett

May 9 1967 - Kevin Kelly

Oct 11 1967 - Taz

Dec 6 1967 - First successful heart transplant

May 10 1968 - William Regal

Oct 30 1968 - Luther

Apr 10 1969 - Dustin Rhodes

Jul 16 1969 - Apollo 11 lands the first people on the moon

Mar 24 1970 - Christopher Daniels

Nov 9 1970 - Chris Jericho

Dec 18 1970 - Rob Van Dam

Apr 3 1971 - Alex Marvez

Jun 12 1971 - Mark Henry

Feb 8 1972 - Paul Wight

Oct 12 1972 - Karen Jarrett

Nov 29 1972 - Atari releases Pong

Oct 30 1973 - Adam Copeland

Nov 30 1973 - Christian Cage

Jan 1 1974 - Jim Ross starts his career in wrestling

Sep 23 1974 - Matt Hardy

Oct 8 1975 - Michael Nakazawa

Jan 23 1976 - Nigel McGuinness

May 8 1976 - First roller coaster with a loop in it opens

Oct 4 1976 - Emi Sakura

Feb 28 1977 - Lance Archer

Aug 31 1977 - Jeff Hardy

Nov 9 1977 - Alex Abrahantes

Dec 12 1977 - The Butcher

Mar 17 1979 - Samoa Joe

Aug 1 1979 - Prince Nana

Oct 3 1979 - Johnny TV

Dec 29 1979 - Justin Roberts

May 6 1980 - Colt Cabana

Jun 2 1980 - The Blade

Jul 16 1980 - Excalibur

Nov 17 1980 - Mercedes Martinez

Dec 27 1980 - Claudio Castagnoli

Feb 19 1981 - Shawn Spears

May 22 1981 - Bryan Danielson

Aug 1 1981 - MTV debuts

Dec 12 1981 - Eddie Kingston

Apr 7 1982 - Sonjay Dutt

May 21 1982 - Kota Ibushi

Aug 3 1982 - Nyla Rose

Oct 10 1982 - Tony Khan

Dec 3 1982 - Jake Hager

Mar 1 1983 - Mark Sterling

Mar 19 1983 - Matt Sydal

Apr 1 1983 - Scorpio Sky

Jul 26 1983 - Roderick Strong

Oct 16 1983 - Kenny Omega

Dec 7 1983 - Matt Menard

Jan 26 1984 - JD Drake

Feb 2 1984 - Brian Cage

Feb 17 1984 - Jimmy Jacobs

Feb 23 1984 - Serpentico

Mar 20 1984 - Angelo Parker

May 4 1984 - Orange Cassidy

Jun 30 1984 - Dax Harwood

Jul 1 1984 - PG13 rating is invented

Sep 19 1984 - Renee Paquette

Nov 4 1984 - Ryan Nemeth

Nov 8 1984 - Keith Lee

Dec 26 1984 - Pat Buck

Dec 29 1984 - Anthony Henry

Jan 17 1985 - Mark Briscoe

Feb 13 1985 - Truth Magnum

Feb 26 1985 - Penta El Zero Miedo

Mar 13 1985 - Matt Jackson

Mar 19 1985 - Luchasaurus

Mar 20 1985 - Matt Taven

Mar 23 1985 - CJ

Mar 31 1985 - First Wrestlemania

May 16 1985 - Mike Bennett

May 19 1985 - Malakai Black

Apr 20 1985 - Jay Lethal

Jul 15 1985 - QT Marshall

Aug 6 1985 - Tony Nese

Sep 9 1985 - The Bunny

Dec 7 1985 - Jon Moxley

Dec 25 1985 - Miro

Jan 24 1986 - Vincent

Feb 5 1986 - Madison Rayne

Feb 19 1986 - Shawn Dean

Feb 21 1986 - The first Zelda game is released

Mar 2 1986 - Bishop Kaun

Mar 4 1986 - Dalton Castle

Apr 8 1986 - Big Bill

Apr 22 1986 - Chuck Taylor

Jun 15 1986 - Cezar Bononi

Jun 29 1986 - Serena Deeb

Jul 22 1986 - Thunder Rosa

Aug 21 1986 - Pac

Oct 22 1986 - Taya Valkyrie

Jan 13 1987 - Ian Riccaboni

Feb 4 1987 - Aaron Solo

Mar 1 1987 - Kyle O'Reilly

Mar 7 1987 - Angelico

Mar 10 1987 - Alex Reynolds

Mar 17 1987 - Brody King

Mar 30 1987 - Trent Beretta

May 17 1987 - Cash Wheeler

Apr 21 1987 - Dutch

Jun 18 1987 - Brandon Cutler

Jul 20 1987 - Evil Uno

Sep 5 1987 - AR Fox

Jan 19 1988 - Wardlow

Mar 20 1988 - Josh Woods

Apr 14 1988 - Marina Shafir

Apr 17 1988 - Dasha Gonzalez

Jun 11 1988 - Hikaru Shida

Jul 18 1988 - RJ City

Aug 23 1988 - Metalik

Aug 28 1988 - EJ Nduka

Aug 31 1988 - Athena

Sep 26 1988 - Buddy Matthews

Sep 29 1988 - Rush

Nov 24 1988 - Anthony Ogogo

Jan 25 1989 - Stu Grayson

Apr 10 1989 - Juice Robinson

Apr 11 1989 - Ari Daivari

Jun 14 1989 - Peter Avalon

Jul 5 1989 - Adam Cole

Jul 27 1989 - Nick Jackson

Jul 31 1989 - Max Caster

Sep 20 1989 - Ethan Page

Nov 3 1989 - Andrade El Idolo

Dec 17 1989 - The Simpsons premiers

Aug 17 1990 - Danhausen

Aug 20 1990 - Mark Davis

Sep 30 1990 - Swerve Strickland

Nov 12 1990 - Stokely Hathaway

Dec 18 1990 - Anthony Bowens

Dec 30 1990 - Rey Fenix

Jan 9 1991 - Ruby Soho

Jan 23 1991 - Powerhouse Hobbs

Jan 30 1991 - Toa Liona

Feb 4 1991 - Mike Santana

Apr 22 1991 - Nick Comoroto

Apr 23 1991 - Dr Britt Baker DMD

May 18 1991 - Colten Gunn

Jun 4 1991 - John Silver

Jul 14 1991 - Diamante

Jul 21 1991 - Adam Page

Aug 23 1991 - World Wide Web starts up

Sep 27 1991 - Ortiz

Nov 22 1991 - Brandon

Nov 22 1991 - Brent

Jan 15 1992 - Preston Vance

Apr 7 1992 - Abadon

May 19 1992 - Kip Sabian

Jun 3 1992 - Red Velvet

Aug 17 1992 - Saraya

Sep 14 1992 - Penelope Ford

Sep 15 1992 - Dralistico

Oct 9 1992 - Jay White

Dec 27 1992 - Yuka Sakazaki

Jan 7 1993 - Darby Allin

Jul 28 1993 - Sammy Guevara

Jan 25 1994 - Willow Nightingale

Feb 21 1994 - Ricky Starks

Mar 26 1994 - Paige Vanzant

Apr 12 1994 - Marq Quen

Jun 6 1994 - Lee Moriarty

Aug 26 1994 - Austin Gunn

Sep 16 1994 - Kiera Hogan

Apr 17 1995 - Bandido

Apr 23 1995 - Jamie Hayter

May 29 1995 - Konosuka Takeshita

Jun 6 1995 - Tay Melo

Aug 7 1995 - Kris Statlander

Oct 19 1995 - Toni Storm

Nov 13 1995 - Boulder

Nov 13 1995 - Bronson

Nov 22 1995 - Toy Story is released

Dec 10 1995 - Satnam Singh

Mar 15 1996 - MJF

Aug 11 1996 - Lexy Nair

Oct 26 1996 - Wheeler Yuta

Apr 29 1997 - El Hijo Del Vikingo

Jun 4 1997 - Riho

Jun 15 1997 - Jack Perry

Jul 10 1997 - Isiah Kassidy

Oct 27 1997 - Leyla Hirsch

Dec 13 1997 - Lee Johnson

Mar 9 1998 - Parker Boudreaux

Jul 15 1998 - Anna Jay

Aug 4 1998 - Mariah May

Sep 7 1998 - Daniel Garcia

Dec 15 1998 - Komander

Dec 24 1998 - Kyle Fletcher

May 4 1999 - Hook

Sep 20 1999 - Darius Martin

Oct 2 1999 - Skye Blue

Mar 3 2001 - Dante Martin

Mar 23 2001 - WWF buys WCW

Nov 8 2001 - Julia Hart

Oct 13 2004 - Billie Starkz

Jul 10 2005 - Nick Wayne

Jan 17 2012 - Negative One