#liar bee

[someawesomeamvs]

Warning: Violence, spoilers

Title: My Sails Are Set

Editor: Liar bee

Song: My Sails Are Set

Artists: Sonya Belousova, Giona Ostinelli

Anime: One Piece

Category: Drama/Character profile

[zorangezest]

thanks for listening

[zoe-oneesama]

Saw your post about Andre

What do u think about Zoe, then?

As a character, she's not bringing anything worth getting excited about. Personality wise, she's just Marinette-Pre-Origins: sweet and eager for friends, but ultimately letting her fear of Chloe rule her behavior until someone else reaches out, and now she suddenly has a spine. And I'm all for the idea of Marinette taking the lessons she learned in Origins about standing up for herself and not sitting by and letting injustices happen, and then turning around and inspiring someone else to do the same, so on paper, Marinette being that person for Zoe would be sweet and make sense. Except we have a full class of kids that she could've and should've already been that inspiration for, so this feel very Too Little Too Late.

And the few things they did to try and make Zoe unique didn't have enough thought or effort put into them so they fall flat.

So she got bullied out of her old school because she "was playing a part; being someone else" and when she dropped the act, "everyone turned against me". Um, yeah, if I found out my friend who'd I'd been confiding in and getting close to lied and faked their entire personality, I wouldn't want to be friends with them anymore either. I wouldn't go so far as to put cockroaches in their locker, but I can't blame Zoe's old "friends" for feeling betrayed.

(And let's be real, the writers definitely HAD to throw in the cockroaches thing so that Zoe actually had examples of being bullied instead of "no one wanted to be my friend anymore when they found out I was a totally different person")

So she's an actress, putting on different faces to please the people around her (clearly, she learned nothing from her previous experience - it's reasonable that people didn't like you because you lied, not because they didn't like who you really are). But then they didn't even keep up this 'acting' thing for more than one episode! Sure, she dusts it off in "Gabriel Agreste", but that entire aspect of Zoe's story is resolved as soon as it's introduced.

(Though it's obvious that the show is trying to convince you that her old friends DID turn on her JUST because they didn't like her as a goody-two shoes nice girl).

With Zoe putting on a fake persona, there could've been intrigue over the episode, or even the season, about who Zoe really is. Like, Marinette is SURE that Zoe is faking being like Chloe, but she has no way to know Zoe wasn't faking being nice to her when they first met. Why not show Zoe putting on different personas than just those two? Have Zoe interact with Juleka by being low energy and stand offish, then swapping to bubbly and energetic around Rose? Have Marinette be confused and that becomes part of the Mystery of Zoe?

And how about that contrivance, that Marinette met "nice" Zoe first and so is SOOOOO sure that Zoe is faking being "mean"? And because Marinette declares this To Be So, all of her friends just believe Marinette and are willing to give Zoe a chance. (despite not believing her about other things *cough* Lila *cough*) This is the same Marinette who's canonically declared her hatred of "liars" more than once, so even if Zoe is only "pretending" to be mean, why is Marinette giving her a pass? I'll tell you why - because we need to seamlessly integrate Zoe into the main friend group so we can speed run her taking over as the new Bee.

Because that's the main problem with Zoe - it's so blatantly obvious what the writers are trying to get out of her, because they don't even TRY to hide it. Don't get it twisted, I don't care that Zoe is brought in to replace Queen Bee, Queen Bee deserves to be replaced. I care how Zoe was brought in to replace Queen Bee. If the writers had taken enough time and care to ACTUALLY seamlessly integrate Zoe, instead of just shoving her in and bending the characters to accept her with no hesitation, then Zoe wouldn't come across as such a Mary Sue-Diet Marinette.

We already have a pretty full cast, so making the audience care about this new character that they've neither hinted at or bothered to build up to in Season 4 was already a big ask. Which is why I believe they should've stretched her "faking personas" story over several episodes. Have Marinette be as wary about Zoe as she was about Lila, esPECIALLY since she's Chloe's sister, but then have Zoe showcase her range of "personas" to throw Marinette off guard. Then you can have scenes of Zoe's mask slipping, like small acts of heroism where there's no time to think: pulling someone out of the way of an akuma attack, distracting the akuma if it gets too close to Ladybug, or even using her acting to help someone else get out of trouble despite Zoe getting nothing in return. Show the REAL Zoe through her actions DESPITE her acting, which then justifies Marinette being sure that "mean" Zoe isn't the real one.

Could've even had Chloe notice that Zoe's slipping and isn't acting very much "like a Bourgeois" and make it CHLOE who digs up that Zoe was bullied, make it CHLOE who airs out all the things that were done to Zoe. I mean, who better to call out a poser than Chloe? Especially since the rest of the class would more willing to take Zoe's side against Chloe (you would think) and it helps with the whole Zoe vs Chloe thing with the Bee Miraculous. Plus, having that information aired out when Zoe didn't want it to could've been a better reason to be akumatized than just "I'm giving in to playing the role I was already determined to play and putting my shoes in this hole with my dreams." Just saying.

But they didn't want to take the time. They didn't want to try. They didn't want to put in the effort to make Zoe someone to care about, both for the audience and for the characters. They shoved her in, gave her an exposition dump, and suddenly everyone was totally cool with her, No Questions Asked. In fairness, they didn't actually have Zoe be mean to anyone other than Marinette One Time in front of Chloe, so there wasn't much to overcome. But that's just another check in the "wow, you didn't even try" column.

I can't bring myself to care about Zoe because she's just a tool. She was brought in with the sole purpose of putting in nearly no effort to become friends with everyone and use the Bee Miraculous, as quickly as possible and as effortlessly as possible. Never mind that such a thing probably should have been earned. I just hate it when I can see the writer's intentions so blatantly.

But I get it, the Bee Miraculous is seriously OP and it'd be a shame not to use it just because Queen Bee was benched. Too bad Ladybug can't just merge Miraculouses and use it hersel- ohhhh, wait.

[this-is-ris]

lie — for the single-word drive!

Yea, Ris is a terrible liar.

..but she makes a pretty sweet Queen Bee 🜲

[number1cloudspirefan]

Hey lint- however you been-i uh, just wanted to check in...

-Troy

I've been okay I think👍

[howldean]

showing my friend supernatural and he keeps going “this is just like in pretty little liars” and when i ask him to explain he’s absolutely right

[m4g0rtz]

Today's manicure is a cool toned skittle! This finish, which is holo flakes with a contrasting shimmer, is a really popular one by this maker, so they've done it (and I've bought it 😂) in every color of the rainbow. @lesmotsdemoi and I thought it would be fun to do a skittle with some of them. ☺️ I really love this combination of blues and purples and now I want to see what other skittle combos I can make. This is (from thumb to pinky) I Want to Peel You Like a Potato, A Lion with a Thorn in It's Paw, Liar, You Can Bury Your Own Nuts, and It is My Punishment all from Bee's Knees Lacquer.

[song-of-apologies]

I see these “judge me based on my kins” post all the time so I decided to join in >:33c

Feel free to go into details and absolutely call me out. Joke analysis’ are more than welcome as well !!

Warning: I have a criminally long kin list

I’m also excluding characters that are very canon divergent as well as otherkin

If you wanna see my full list (yes it’s unfortunately longer lol) as well as the names of the characters, please check out my carrd!

[whumble-beeee]

from the fruit ask game, for Declan, Stan and Vaughn (i hope i spelled the names right im insanely tired)

🍉~ What are your ocs biggest pet peeves?

This ask game

Stan-- "Uhhh... God, I'm not even sure, I don't usually have time to be annoyed by the little things. I guess I get really annoyed whenever someone says they'll be somewhere and they aren't or they're late. Like if you're gonna be late, just tell me! Don't make me wait for you and wonder where the hell you are!"

He also hates chewing noises, and interestingly, the feeling of chalk.

Declan-- "When someone just breaks someone else's shit and leaves it. Doesn't take responsibility, doesn't apologize. Even worse if the person doesn't even tell whoever's shit they broke that it's broken."

Big fan of personal responsibility, apparently. He also hates waiting in lines and when people play music or have loud phone conversations in public.

Vaughn-- "Ha! As if I'd let other people annoy me like that. I'm not in the habit of being that weak."

This fkn loser hates it when people talk over or down to him, as if they think they're better than him (ironic, huh?) and also when a workspace or living space isn't well-kept. And people leaving doors open. And the sound of silverware scraping on plates. There's a lot, actually lol.

[keyofradiance]

what was that.

[zukkaoru]

let it out, the guy who didn't like musicals // bungou stray dogs, chapters 62 & 77

[id in alt text]

[someawesomeamvs]

Warning: Spoilers

Title: Ashes

Editor: Liar Bee

Song: Ashes

Artist: Céline Dion

Anime: Kimi ni Todoke

Category: Romance/Drama

[catinfroghat]

💙->💚

[ofdeference]

@gcldfanged asked: ❛  you're completely out of your element here, aren't you?  ❜ [Wall Market date mission with Jae, mayhaps? Only answer if you want to, I couldn't help myself.]

Is it that obvious? Does he reek of some chemical imbalance that fills the lungs with his scent of unease? Or is it that his partner has the nose of a bloodhound and just as ruthless? Fortunate is he that he is not a betting man.

"No. Consider this an impromptu evaluation of your field expertise. Lead on."

[miss-celestial-being]

Beeee! 🧡🧡🧡We haven’t talked in so long! I hope you are well.

Can I please get an autumn moodboard ?

im so sorry this took so long 😭

beware! bee scared!

[voicehydrangea]

I like your butterfly lair au! Question though: how does Lila deal with the fact that there are… 17+ different experienced adult heroes Likely hunting her down? Villain attacks won’t quite be what they used to.

Hey! Thanks for the Question! The TLDR of it is; she doesn't. They simply don't exist.

FULL DISCLOSURE:

The Butterfliar AU takes place in an alternate universe with information based on my Miraculous Phase a couple of years ago. I never did finish the show, as my extreme second hand embarrassment and inability to focus hindered my ability to watch Miraculous.

At the time of the creation of this AU, I only made it out of frustration for all the Lila slander. As a kid, I remember honestly believing she was the holder of the Fox Miraculous before I fell out of love with the show. I've popped in here and there to just check in on the progress of the story, but I haven't actually watched *anything* past Vulpina. I couldn't do it, I wasn't strong enough.

Seeing how Lila was twisted into such an uncanny character, along with Chloe's backpedalled redemption? That's what started this AU.

I need to make this clear, the Butterfliar AU is fully self indulgent.

That being said, Butterfliar wasn't made with the idea of multiple heroes in mind. So the actual number of heroes is probably quite few.

I like what the Movie did where the Kwami went to Adrien and Mari on their own, choosing them. I'm going with that logic for the heroes in this universe.

I'm not sure exactly who's there either. There's about 4, I think, including Ladybug and Chat Noir. Chloe is another one. And Kim, I never actually watched the episodes where he's got the Monkey Miraculous. But I recall something about?? How he got his Miraculous being different from the others? I don't think he was directly given it. So I'm interpreting it as the Monkey chose him

He was assigned Monkey by the Universe.

There might be others, but I haven't figured it out yet. I don't think they'll end up being the same characters who get a Miraculous in cannon though.

Again, thank you for your question, I'm sorry if that's not the answer you wanted. ^^'

On an off topic; I'm not exactly sure how much I want to continue the Butterfliar AU. I have other AUs that are running around in my head that interest me more, lol.

Feel free to still ask though! Its always fun to randomly return to old AUs and be like "Haha AU go brrr".

Have a great day <3