#lieu rey

[gardenofhope]

WAITER WAITER 🥘🎶♟️ more lore please<3

thanks bestie >:3c

🥘 (Stew) - Do they have any favourite foods or comfort foods? What are their eating habits like? If absorbed by the Cook ability, what healing item would they summon?

- lula’s a big fan of soups and stews!! she loves making them herself with veggies she grows in her garden, probably tastes much better with those than with store bought ingredients. as for luca, he’s a big fan of spicy foods [and has a higher spice tolerance than lula], so he would enjoy curry, and be the kind of mf to put an absurd amount of salsa on his tacos LMAO but as for comfort foods, they both have a big sweet tooth so just about any dessert will satisfy them.

- lula is very good about eating three meals a day, while luca tends to forget about needing to eat 😭 she gets on his case about it often, and makes sure he eats something at a reasonable time. sometimes they cook together though! a fun activity AND luca remembers to eat…

- as for the cook ability, luca would drop an energy drink or a pepper of some kind, while lula would drop a tomato/maxim tomato orrr strawberries? [all things she grows in her garden]

🎶 (Music Notes) - Do they play any instruments? What kind of leitmotif and/or battle theme would they have? Are there any songs you associate with them?

- neither of them know how to play an instrument! though maybe lula would take an interest in piano, and luca with a synthesizer…

- OHHHH I think it would be fun if they shared a leitmotif, but the instrumentation differed between them. like if lula’s version had woodwinds/strings or just a more orchestral style, and luca’s version had more electronic sounds, or was in a chiptune style. if I had any proper knowledge in music theory I would’ve definitely tried to compose something for them by now [we are ignoring the fact that I played an instrument for 11 years-]

- as for a battle theme for them, luca on his own might have something like [Bombs for Throwing at You] from portal 2 or [System Corruption] from portal stories: mel? it would sound very reminiscent of either game… as for lula, something like [Dialga’s Fight to the Finish!] from pmd time/darkness/sky or maybe [Midna’s Lament] from loz twilight princess..? for a battle theme of the two of them together, [Try, Try Again] from m&l dream team fits I think… very upbeat and could highlight the two of them working together in a battle :]c

- for songs I associate with them, [Christmas Island] by LAKE and [By Your Side.] from the omori ost makes me think of them. ANNNND [A Gash on the Cheek] by Superet!! I am very normal about that song [lying]

♟️ (Pawn) - Does your OC get possessed easily, or do they have the willpower to fight back against any possible attempts? Have they been possessed before?

- both of them would be susceptible to possession, ESPECIALLY when caught in a bad mood. in their “canon” lore, neither of them have been possessed, though I’ve been thinking about the concept of one of them getting possessed by dark matter, and the other being forced to fight them >:3c bonus points if the possessed twin is winning the fight and almost deals a finishing blow, but said twin manages to muster enough willpower to stop themselves from doing so <3 I love angst

[arwainian]

angy haru

[heyihavesocks]

Arthur holding his baby boy

[saphronethaleph]

So a sort of look at a structure one could do for the Sequel Trilogy, admittedly with hindsight.

Opening sequence? Basically the same, except that Poe is meeting with a Resistance spy - the data he's got is the evidence that means the First Order is more than just a rando Remnant faction but is a serious threat. Then the stolen TIE crashes but Finn and Poe link up together. They meet BB- and Rey, and the four of them escape on a ship - possibly the Falcon, but it could be another of the same type, they're supposed to be common. Alternatively make up a new ship type they steal and have that be the Iconic Ship of the trilogy.

Team dynamic is Poe Flies, Finn Shoots, Rey Fixes.

They're heading straight to the Resistance, or that's the plan - they may need to briefly detour somewhere if their ship got damaged in the escape (if so, this is where they visit Maz).

The Resistance is explicitly described as a deniable New Republic operation which is fighting this specific Remmant faction - at the moment. They've fought others before, they're kind of like knights errant, and they have at least one Jedi (let's say Qu Rahm) who gives both Finn and Rey some training.

The Jedi Order as a whole is not involved with the First Order fight because it's utterly routine, there's dozens of Remnant factions... at least until BB-8's information reveals that the First Order has Kylo Ren associated with it, and also the existence of Starkiller Base.

The knowledge of BOTH of those things means that the Jedi Order is able to evacuate their current temple (Naboo or Yavin? Either way it should be a known planet) just in time before it gets blown the fuck up by Starkiller base. Then there's tension involving the need to swat SK base quickly, which mostly goes as per the original film.

In the second film:

The Resistance is still tiny, and the First Order's actions have promoted them from "just another Remnant faction" to "holy fuck" and they're starting to weld the Remnant back together. It is actually not widely known that Starkiller base got destroyed and the First Order is using intimidation tactics to pretend they're unbeatably strong - not helped by how the Resistance genuinely is pretty weak, nobody on the Republic side wants to be the first to jump, and Leia is trying to talk everyone into giving more support (it does slowly tick up)

The general structure here does need more changes than TFA did, simply to fit into the trilogy as a whole, but here I think a good Driving Question could be finding out who Snoke is and where the Knights of Ren came from. Our Heroes are juggling between getting Jedi training (for Finn and Rey), launching raids on the First Order, and trying to find out Snoke's origin - the latter of which fails, but he does get killed instead by Kylo Ren, who takes control of the First Order.

The main ending note at the end of the film would be the loss of Leia; she tried to turn her son back to the light side with full sincerity, but also went to kill him if he didn't. Neither worked, but he's been badly wounded and about half of the Knights of Ren got taken out. (n.b. if this is cheating to get around Carrie Fisher's death, and it probably is, that could be Luke's demise instead - or both.) Our Heroes might well be involved with a hot-extraction of R2 and C-3P0, who have important details of what happened.

Third film:

The death of Leia/Luke/both has become a rallying point and the New Republic is gearing up for war, which gains momentum with every day that the First Order doesn't blow up a planet; it's made clear in scenes showing Kylo that he's under a huge amount of pressure, because Starkiller Base made promises that the First Order cannot fulfil. In lieu of that they're having to turn instead to more standard means of brutally enforcing their claim to authority, and it's not working out well.

Our Heroes meanwhile are involved in hit-and-fade strikes, one of which sees the death of Qu Rahm. The loss of their teacher causes Rey and Finn some problems, but Poe is the one who pulls them out of it - it doesn't matter if they have a teacher or not, what matters is who they are, and that didn't change because they had a teacher. All he did was open their eyes to who they really were.

That's the realization that drives the stormtrooper-rebellion side of things from the Resistance/Republic side, while on the Imperial side we see Phasma having more and more trouble keeping a lid on things. Finn is The Traitor and basically blamed for everything that goes wrong ever as far as the First Order is concerned.

Running out of options, Supreme Leader Kylo Ren orders a decapitation strike by the entire F.O. fleet on the capital world of the Republic. This is a serious threat, because normal strategic calculus assumes that you just don't DO this, and this is what leads to the big final battle over said capital world - the Republic is outnumbered on a tactical scale, and the available members of the Jedi Order help launch an assault on the First Order flagship to try and disrupt the F.O. fleet.

This is where the Stormtrooper Rebellion is really kicked off, as Finn brings the existing tension in the First Order fleet to a boil (key moment: a Stormtrooper panics at the sight of Jedi, one of their officers tries to gun them down, Finn kills the officer before it can happen; this is the moment that disproves the propoganda and it spreads). Rey gets the big final duel, but it's against Kylo, and on at least two occasions she manages to call in strike support from Poe flying outside in his starfighter. This means the final battle is the Jedi Order versus the Knights of Ren on a super star destroyer being torn apart by Imperial infighting, and the resolution is liberation - for the stormtroopers, for example - and the surrender of the remaining First Order fleet.

[hiskillingjar]

Pet play with Strade please please please 🙏

it's fuckin hot as balls and i'm listening to lana del rey BITCH

600+ words, short and sweet, le's go

"Mmm…"

You rose up on your hands and knees like an animal, sleepily stretching out your aching limbs and arching your back (raising your backside), before turning onto your naked belly and lying back down on the wooden slats of Strade's porch.

It was the summer, the hottest he'd seen in years, apparently, and, instead of hiding away in the air-conditioned comfort of his house (like your housemate was), you were letting the warm, sticky heat soak into your skin and enjoying it, no less.

You wouldn't let another summer pass you by.

Even if Strade had told you to strip and 'sit' at his feet, as payment for his kindness, or so he claimed.

You didn't mind it as much as you told yourself you did.

If anything, it was making the afternoon all the nicer.

No clothes to get in the way or get sweaty. No small talk or polite conversation between the two of you to distract you.

No thoughts, no worries.

Strade's fingers were cold from the condensation of his chilled beer can (fresh from the fridge) and when he pet the back of your neck and shoulders, they dragged a wet streak down your warm skin.

You caught yourself shivering from the motion, even though you weren't remotely cold.

"How's my girl keeping in the heat, hm?" He asked softly, and when you looked over your shoulder towards him, sitting shirtless in a cheap, wooden armchair, he was looking down on you with a lazy smile and a genuiinely, affectionate glimmer in his golden eyes. Like he was looking at something he really cared for (and whether that was a human or an animal, that didn't matter). "Thirsty, mein schatz? You look it."

You turned to face him and nodded 'yes' to his question, letting out a little, dog-like whine in lieu of words and pushing your bottom lip out in a pout.

He chuckled at your needy look, before reaching forward to ruffle your hair affectinaly, pulling tangles as they pooled down your shoulders and over your (bruised) face.

"Should have said something." He teased, his smile softening into a sort of smirk (knowing that you had been forbidden to speak for the rest of the afternoon). Here," He pushed your metal dog-bowl towards you with the side of his boot and sat forward, a roll of hair-fuzzed, tan fat pooling over the waistband of his shorts. You swore your mouth was watering. "This'll cool you down."

He then emptied the can into the bowl, inelegant splashes of amber spilling over the sides of the polished metal and onto the wooden porch, splashing over your thighs, across your chest (making your skin prickle with goosebumps and your nipples harden).

He pushed it closer to you with another light kick of his boot, and your mouth watered even more.

"Go ahead," He said with a smile and a nod of his head. "It's for you, so enjoy it."

With his permission, you lowered your chest to the porch and started to eagerly lap up the thin layer of white froth, satisfied by the cool feel of it on your tongue and chin when you lowered your head more and tried to drink properly.

You were making a mess of the process, spilling beer across the porch and down your chest, but that didn't matter.

It's not like you were wearing clothes to ruin, anyway.

"Good girl," He crooned, opening up another can for himself and petting your head again, like you were a beloved dog at his side. "Get that down you. You deserve it on a hot day like this."

"You deserve it~"

[pisspope]

rei and zeke bday hcs cause like,,, why not (but also bc its what the ppl voted for)

tw: implied sex, references to canon typical violence

zeke

- its not that his parents didn’t celebrate his birthday at all its just,,, it was usually a small affair with influential PTA members and their kids. in other words, no one zeke got along with. very much a “seen not heard” while the grown ups sip mimosas type deal

- and of course zeke does everything in service of disappointing his parents so!!! its party time

- honestly u could try to throw a surprise party but good fucking luck this man is snoopy as all hell. every time ur out just a little too long with pieck or porco (they’re bickering over how early to buy balloons) he’s got u on the horn like “i know ur planning something”. would never accuse u of cheating bc he fully believes his own hype and knows u wouldnt DARE cheat on Adonis Himself (Narcissus more like but w/e)

- so yeah he’s probably at least a little involved in the planning of it all, wants to backseat drive because hes “not a loser who plans his own birthday party”. sending u screenshots from his notes app with his favorite colors, songs, what cake he wants, etc. lowkey insufferable

- day comes and you’ve rented out the kid’s bday party section of a bowling alley/arcade and filled it with every friend you can think of that isn’t vaguely shitty or hasn’t been burned by zeke in some way. so like… maybe 10 people, gabi and the kids included so they have a believable cover story if the staff asks who the party’s for. not that they’d care but zeke loves to play like he’s so sNeAkY and sHiFty by telling everyone it’s a party for udo or something.

- that man can BOWL and he’s an ass about it. the sorest winner in the world. in every universe he will knock down 10 or more little dudes with a rock and cheer and whoop and holler like an idiot. jeering at porco when he gets a gutter ball and you see reiner pull him aside like “just let him have it today. its his big day.” as if it is not ALSO reiner’s big day

- played with the idea of him getting a devil’s food cake and reiner getting an angel’s food cake for the lolz but he’s not sharing a party on his life so. coffee cake 100%, both because he likes it and because the kids don’t, which means more to take home. schemer that he is

- does ask for gifts but is pretty insistent about it being under 20 dollars (so he can see who overspent and ACTUALLY loves him. male manipulator). falco gets him an officially licensed sock monkey and he cries (pussy). whispering to u after that if his parents ever die horribly he’ll adopt him

- heading to the connected arcade after and, second verse same as the first, he kills at skee ball. breaks the record on each machine one after the other just to show off, gets all smirky holding the wad of tickets, talking about how he “does it all for uuuuu” and gives u the wettest sloppiest kiss on the cheek just to embarrass u

- does actually give u all his winnings tho. the high score, the posterity, the want to be remembered,,, the ego boost is enough, u can have the 2100 ticket pikachu plush <3 (u will never hear the end of this. i pity u)

- def gets home with his leftover dessert in hand and gifts in bags on his wrist, smile more genuine than usual. opening the door and letting u in, gifts and food quickly forgotten in lieu of giving you a proper thank you for helping put all this together

- 100% squeezing ur ass and asking if there’s any leftover cake for him, knowing it’ll make u roll your eyes but that you’ll relent bc the cheese is part of the charm (and boy when he gets that treat he asked for? he EATS)

reiner

- something something something same birthday complete opposite ends of the spectrum in terms of how they celebrate it

- wants his bday to be a nice quiet affair with the people he loves most, his little found family and maybe karina if hes feeling generous that year

- if u plan a party in any capacity hes gotta be part of the action! wants to hang streamers, balloons, any little things you decide on to spruce up your place for the event (please don’t call it an event he can’t handle the pressure)

- also u can’t have a cookout bday bc he will insist on working the grill the whole time. shark coded, will drown if he isn’t doing something 

- the party itself is extremely laidback, feels more like a big hangout. ordering 3 of his favorite type of pizza, bringing out beanbags and comfy chairs from other parts of the house so everyone can sit in the living room together. gabi and falco take the tv hostage to play video games and colt and bertholdt somehow get roped into it. it’s raucous, but comfortable.

- u and gabi collab on a homemade cake, but reiner is the baker in the family and gabi just likes the excuse to make a mess. end up making some easy cookies and buying a walmart sheet cake, and its a good thing, too, because just the sight of his name is enough to make him tear up. “you didn’t have to do all this” what, make a phone call to get ur name on a cake? the bar is on the floor unfortunately

- no presents because he can’t handle the pressure, but there’s a couple cards and his lip trembles over each one. zeke gets him a card that’s obviously for kids with stickers inside but he tears up at that one too because “it even comes with a little gift… so thoughtful…”

- rest of the party is spent doing more of the same, a couple beers are thrown back, maybe tosses a football around or something. very classic suburban white picket fence dream party. it brings reiner a quiet joy, one that he keeps close to his chest, a memory that he’ll look back on over and over.

- the guests start to filter out one by one until its just u and him, picking up paper plates, putting away leftovers. its all very domestic, it might actually be reiner’s favorite part. to just be with u in companionable silence, scooting around and putting the house in order. domesticity is something sacred that he never thought he’d have, and its a joy to share it with u.

- he INSISTS on sitting on the couch with u after, gives u those big eyes that he only gets when he wants u to pet his hair, falls asleep to one of his favorite comfort films with your hands on his head, totally content

- wakes up in the wee hours and carries u to bed like the big bear of a man that he is, not expecting anything of you, just wanting u to be comfortable. tucks u in and gives u a kiss like it’s your birthday or something

- and it’s not a gift bc reiner specifically requested no gifts, but if he wakes up to u wearing something special the next morning, something that leaves nothing to the imagination, i mean… maybe the party doesn’t have to be over quite yet

[hyuge]

Rest Your Heart

The doors to the manor burst open with a wave of essence and rapid footsteps echo off the tile flooring. Huey waves his hand for the others to follow him as he leads the way down the winding corridors towards his bedchambers. The lock on the door clicks, acknowledging his presence, and it opens before he can touch the handle. His eyes scan the room in search of supplies, and he turns to see the small group of men huddled behind him. Huey parts his lips as he cards his gloved fingers through long, blond hair. “Set him on the bed,” he says to Blade.

Blade nods. He shifts his body weight and clings tighter to the arms draped over his shoulders. Quincy’s head lolls as he’s dragged to Huey’s bedside. Blade drops him on the mattress and moves to pick up his legs, shifting the large forest dweller fully onto the bed.

“What now?” asks Kuya, looking bored, but the way his eyes crinkle at the corner tells Huey exactly how concerned the fox yokai is.

Huey purses his lips in concentration, eyes scanning over Quincy’s body, taking in the extent of his injuries. “His essence is heavily depleted so he’s not healing properly. First, we need to stop the bleeding and bandage the wounds, then he needs a massive essence boost. He’s too weak to regulate it through traditional means.”

“I believe there’s a potion in the lab that can help with his essence,” says Rei. “I’ll be back in a moment.” He leaves them, now having an excuse to raid the lab.

I’ll have to take inventory of the lab later, thinks Huey. He sighs and turns back to Blade. “Find one of the maids to take you to the infirmary. We’ll need bandages and antiseptic.”

“Understood.”

Blade takes off as well, leaving Huey alone with Kuya. “Apply pressure to the wound so we can try to stop the bleeding.”

Kuya scowls. “I’m not a servant.”

“We don’t have time for your incessant bickering if you want Quincy to live.”

With a roll of his eyes, Kuya moves across the room to take a seat on the bed. He presses his pale hands to the deep cut on Quincy’s lower abdomen. Quincy’s body arches as the pain and Kuya pushes down more firmly. “You have to live, old friend.”

Several minutes later, Rei and Blade return at the same time with the requested supplies. Kuya steps out of the way, hands bloodied, as Blade proceeds to sterilize and bandage the wound. Huey snaps his fingers at Rei, who hands him a small potion bottle. He yanks the cork out of the bottle and lifts Quincy’s chin, pinching his cheeks to force his mouth open. Huey pours the potion directly down Quincy’s throat.

Everyone is a bloody, disheveled mess and all they can do is wait after that. Blade paces the room in circles until he tires himself out, falling asleep on the floor, slumped next to the bed. Kuya, surprisingly, takes on his fox form, curling into Quincy’s side when he notices Quincy’s body temperature has dropped, warming him. Rei is far too carefree as he lays in the unoccupied space on Huey’s bed beside Quincy’s injured body, leaving Huey the only one awake when their patient finally rises from his slumber.

Huey is seated in a chair near the bed, writing a message for Aster to take to the neighboring kingdom when he hears the pained groans of Quincy attempting to sit up. “I wouldn’t do that if I were you,” he advises.

Quincy blinks blearily. “What happened?”

“You were badly injured.” Quincy presses his fingertips lightly against the bandage taped to his stomach, then notices the other occupants of the room. He glances from head-to-head, looking nonplussed. “They got tired waiting for you to wake up,” Huey explains.

“I don’t understand,” says Quincy.

Huey sets down his quill with a shrug. “It’s been a long day,” he says, in lieu of an answer. “Get some more rest.”

“Whose room is this?” asks Quincy.

Huey arches a brow. “Mine.”

That seems to only provide Quincy with more questions than answers. “But you never let anyone in your room…”

“Don’t I?” Huey stands, crossing the short distance to the bed and carefully sidestepping around Blade’s sleeping figure on the floor. “Sleep,” he says again, pressing the back of his hand to Quincy’s forehead and forcing the Forest Guardian to rest with a spell.

Written for @tellmewhatyouc

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[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Chevalier, Mult Estes Guariz - French Crusade Song This one is in old french, and was written when Edessa fell, outraging the Christian world. Lyrics:

Chevalier, mult estes guariz quant Deu a vus fait sa clamur des Turs e des Amoraviz ki li unt fait tels deshenors, cher a tort unt cez fieuz saisiz! Bien en devums aveir dolur, cher la fud Deu primes servi e reconuu pur segnuur. Ki ore irat od Loovis ja mar d’Enfern n’avarat pouur, char s’alme en iert en Pareïs od les angles nostre Segnor. Pris est Rohais, ben le savez, dunt Chrestïens sunt esmaïz, les mustiers ars e desertez, Deus n’i est mais sacrifïez. Chivalers, cher vus purpensez? Vus, ki d’armes estes preisez, a Celui voz cors presentez ki pur vus fut en cruiz drecez! Ki ore irat od Loovis ja mar d’Enfern n’avarat pouur, char s’alme en iert en Pareïs od les angles nostre Segnor. Pernez essample a Lodevis ki plus ad que vus n’avez: riches reis e poëstiz, sur tuz altres est curunez. Deguerpit ad e vair e gris, chastels e viles e citez, il est turnez a Icelui ki pur nus fut en croiz penet. Ki ore irat od Loovis ja mar d’Enfern n’avarat pouur, char s’alme en iert en Pareïs od les angles nostre Segnor. Deus livrat sun cors a Judeus pur metre nus fors de prisun, plaies li firent en cinc lieus que mort suffrit e passïun. Ore vus mande que Chaneleus e la gent Sanguin, li felun, mult li unt fait des vilains jeus. Ore lur rendez lur guerredum! Ki ore irat od Loovis ja mar d’Enfern n’avarat pouur, char s’alme en iert en Pareïs od les angles nostre Segnor. Le Filz Deus al Creatur a Rohais estre ad mis un jorn. La serunt salf li pecceür! Ki bien ferrunt pur s’amur, irunt en cel besoin servir pur la vengance Deu furnir. Ki ore irat od Loovis ja mar d’Enfern n’avarat pouur, char s’alme en iert en Pareïs od les angles nostre Segnor. Alum conquere Moïses ki gist el munt de Sinaï! A Saragins ne·l laisum mais, ne la verge dunt il partid la Roge Mer tut ad un fais, quant le grant Pople le seguit, e Pharaon revint aprof

[thecaffeinebookwarrior]

Why do you think Kylo hasn’t been called a Mary Sue? I actually see him as a male example of one. He’s also badly written: we never know his motivations, he’s written to be sympathetic even though we firsthand witness him being cruel and remorseless about it, we don’t know why he wants to be evil, every character is forced to be nice to him even after aforementioned cruel acts and a shitty ‘redemption’, etc.

He’s the worst character of the new trilogy. He’s not intriguing, he’s not relatable, he’s not cool, he’s got no charm or pizazz. I know others feel differently but I just can’t stand him at all. What’s your analysis of this?

Thank you!

Hello there! Going to geek out for a bit and share some controversial opinions here.

I think all the flaws in Kylo's writing that you mentioned are 100% valid, though I will also say that I do personally find him to be a better written character than Rey. Why? Because there's an element of narrative tension to Kylo's character that Rey's character lacks.

This isn't a compliment to the writers. It's a byproduct of the fact that they themself didn't know what they were going to do with Kylo, and were waiting to see audience reactions to base their decisions around that.

This is true for a lot of elements of the Star Wars sequel trilogy (and the original trilogy to an extent to, though in lieu of the internet, it all felt a little bit more spontaneous and less...algorithmically generated).

But Rey was always going to stay good, and we, the audience, never doubted that or were given actual reason to suspend disbelief about it (like, yes, the odds of Luke following in Darth Vader's footsteps were also negligible, but the pull of the Dark Side felt way more real and tangible as Vader and Palpatine were tempting him).

I DO think Rey had a lot of potential as a character, and liked her in the first movie especially, but she was just increasingly blandly written. And a lot of that blandness came from a lack of narrative tension. There was no seduction from the Dark Side, no moment where we were really forced to question if we'd give into it in her position.

Now, Kylo had SO many narrative flaws, probably more than Rey. But at least we didn't know whether he was going to rejoin the Light Side, because the writers themselves didn't know. He could be REALLY villainous and unlikeable, but there was also a door left open for redemption - because the writers were waiting to see if that's what audiences wanted.

I can't speak for anyone else, but to me that's personally why Kylo ended up being a more interesting character than Rey, albeit not a particularly well-written one.

As to why he's never called a Mary Sue, obviously there's a big gender element to that - the term is almost exclusively applied to female characters, often by people who don't like women very much.

But I'm going to dip my toe into the waters of controversy here: a lot of producers, directors, and writers try and hide behind "strong" female characters to justify bad, shallow writing. A female character being "strong" won't make her interesting, likeable, or iconic.

Granted, people who don't like women will call ANY powerful female character a Mary Sue (or similar terms) but a well-written female character can usually attract enough adoration to drown those complaints out more.

Like, for example, The Bride from Kill Bill. Jackie Brown. Ellen Ripley from Alien. Katniss Everdeen from Hunger Games. Clarise Starling from Silence of the Lambs. Agent Scully from X Files. Elle Woods from Legally Blonde. Evelyn and Joy from Everything Everywhere All At Once. Princess Leia!

Yes, misogynists are going to hate, say, the most recent incarnation of She-Hulk (who's AMAZING in the comics, I'm so mad about it), but their hatred doesn't make her a well-written character by default. She's simply badly written in the show (in my opinion. Please don't kill me).

And I really, really want more iconic characters, male and female. That's why I demand better writing for both, and won't accept any cheap cop-outs.

Okay, this has turned into sort of a rant that doesn't have much to do with your original question. Forgive me.

Looping back to your original point, I do actually agree with all of your points about the flaws in Kylo's writing! And I hope you don't mind me using it as an opportunity to vent some of my Opinions.

P.S. Please don't jump me Star Wars people, the reason I'm opinionated about it is because I do really love it, especially the original trilogy (and more controversially, the prequel trilogy). Also, you guys make some beautiful fanworks, and really give a lot of these characters the depth and care that they deserve.

[akaifujiruma15]

This audio was trending on tik tok so I made a RWBY version of the trend and the au was inspired by @lieu-rey

[rarepears]

Endeavor trying to measure his dragon-baby's wingspan every week, so he can work its growth rate, and calculate whether he'll defeat All-Might by becoming a dragon-riding hero or if his firstborn son will.

Meanwhile Rei's at her mother's group, complaining about how her husband just had to bring a new pet home right as she was about to give birth and doesn't he know how much work newborns are? Its a very concrete complaint that gives her a lot more validity that their relationship needs therapy than just 'I don't know I feel like he's not supportive'.

Also Rei standing up to Endeavor more because it's a FUCKING DRAGON that can bite young Touya's head off, burn down the house, and eat up the neighbor's pets.

Among other potential risks of course.

It's far easier to stand up against to a stupid husband over a stupid (dangerous) pet in protection of a child - especially when everyone she talks to agrees with her thoughts - instead of having to pick which child to sacrifice to a husband's ambitions...

Oh dang, Endeavor is like the boat guy now. You know, the guy who's busy working on a boat in lieu of therapy except instead of a boat, it's a dragon.

(Also Endeavor is going to have SO MUCH FUN with all the uncertainty surrounding this dragon. How dig will this dragon get? What kind of diet should it even be eating - wait, is chocolate poisonous to a dragon the same way it is for a dog? Ideal growing temperature? How much food to feed it before it starts veering into obesity territory?

Just ALL the questions.

Endeavor has few resources to consult and what little free time he has outside of hero work (including his time to ahem get a second child born) is now spent on researching about all things dragons.)

[More in #endeavor gets a pet dragon AU]

[gardenofhope]

🌊✏️📚 for the art ask meme:3

hiiiiii bestie :3c

🌊 What’s the hardest thing for you to draw? 

- this is a basic ass answer but HANDS AND ARMS… god gave me hands to draw with but did not decide to let me know how to draw them easily. figuring out poses is hard too… I want to try more dynamic poses… agony 💔

 ✏️ Do you prefer traditional art or digital to relax?

- I tend to go for digital, despite me enjoying sketching traditionally a lot. it’s bc coloring is fun digitally! sometimes I just grab a textured brush and doodle :3c sketches are a pain sometimes, but again. a good textured brush makes it fun and easy for me to relax.

📚 How many layers do you typically use?

- nowhere near as many as you do LMAO /silly

- okay but fr when it comes to finished art, it depends on how much effort I put into it FHKSJFKDFN so uhhh anywhere from 20-50 layers, but that’s bc I tend to use a lot of layers for lineless art, which is what I primarily draw, and if I go for some shading/a background that adds onto it bc I play around with them a lot to try and make it look okay T.T

[ineffably-poetic]

tmw when a really cool and talented person boops you :0

@lieu-rey

[monsieurschnock]

JASMINE GREGORY – Si je ne peux pas l’avoir, toi non plus / Capc Musée d’art contemporain (FR)

Si je ne peux pas l’avoir, toi non plus

VEN 17 NOV 2023 – DIM 28 AVR 2024

Vernissage JEU 16 NOV 2023 19:00

Jasmine Gregory, artiste américaine vivant à Zurich, présente sa première exposition personnelle Si je ne peux pas l’avoir, toi non plus en France au Capc Musée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux en collaboration avec le CCS. Jasmine Grégory propose dans le cadre de cette exposition de déconstruire son rapport à la peinture. Celle-ci apparaît dans différents états, pour multiplier les points de vue permettant d’aborder ce médium chargé d’histoire. La peinture est mise sous vitrine ; des jeux de lumière la font apparaitre et disparaitre ; elle s’étend sur les murs pour devenir architecture. Autant de gestes qui invitent à se déplacer pour regarder la peinture autrement.

Dans son travail, Jasmine Gregory cherche à aller à la marge de la peinture. Elle utilise des restes, des déchets, des rebuts de la peinture et les expose. La peinture ne s’arrête donc pas au cadre (ni de la toile, ni de l’exposition), elle s’étale et dégoute, déborde, sort de son espace pour mieux s’interroger sur son propre sort, sa propre finitude et sa propre mort. C’est dans ce monde d’après que l’artiste pense sa peinture. Au même titre que des figures pop comme Lana Del Rey sont fantasmées et iconisées, Jasmine Gregory s’interroge sur ce qu’il reste d’une icône quand elle n’est plus qu’une carcasse. Consciente de vivre à une époque qu’elle considère être les débris d’un monde déjà mort, elle envisage la peinture dans cette dimension critique –ce medium de l’Histoire de l’art par excellence, célébré, déclaré mort et ressuscité maintes fois. Usée, manipulée, inscrite dans une histoire patriarcale et capitaliste, il n’en reste au même titre qu’un souvenir mortifère qu’elle tord jusqu’à épuisement.

Au lieu d’accepter une situation qui semble inéluctable – la fin de l’art -, Jasmine Gregory parle la langue du collage, un assemblage étrange de références au capitalisme tardif (peintures reprenant des images publicitaires provenant du monde bancaire), afin de les transformer. La peinture est ici déconstruite sous différentes formes, théâtralisée dans certaines salles de l’exposition comme pour évoquer une tragédie, ou au contraire surexposée sous une lumière extrêmement blanche comme pour l’ausculter. Une peinture vide puis trop pleine, chargée de signes qu’elle efface aussitôt.

Centre culturel suisse. On Tour à Bordeaux

Capc Musée d’art contemporain

7 rue Ferrere Bordeaux

[crest-of-gautier]

briefly picked up pq again after not having played it in a month, i got through the cutscenes that happen when you start the second labryinth, but didn't progress past that! thoughts™ below

i basically spent my time in Many Cutscenes (all strolls available to me, the abilities 1/2/3, what do we call each other, navigational differences, and why a group date cafe) + also did the fuse xiezhai request as well as help with the trading showdown.

i think the only downside from this play session is seeing how... how badly they exacerbate teddie's "comedic" relief traits. this isn't a problem exclusive to pq (i've watched arena all the way through and am maybe halfway through ultimax, and teddie also suffers there). but MAN. it's so hard to remember that teddie has a good arc in golden sometimes 😭

bitching about teddie aside, i do appreciate him being there because teddie's origin story of being from the TV world and then leaving it to be with the investigation team acts as such a nice metric of comparison for whatever zen and rei is supposed to be. i've been over this a billion times but the way the game explicitly has made note of this in cutscenes is just so!! juicy to me!!! it does feel like a low hanging fruit for me to latch onto in terms of "clues regarding zen and rei's identity," but it's definitely the easiest to understand.

naoto prompting an attempt to investigate of the clock tower and the lore surrounding it's real-world counterpart was very interesting! i have faith in the writers for this cutscene to make sense later down the line with more context, but it does feel like a clue. i just. need some more time with the game (and possibly more details) to put things together.

i can't help but feel that rei expressing the want/hope to "go back" (in lieu of what teddie did with going to inaba) isn't going to end well... i mean, maybe it will! but to be able to "go back" (whatever that contains) is hardly guaranteed in the first place and i feel like hoping for something like this is bound for heartbreak (i would be interested in that given that rei's entire personality is based around food and zen LOL)

the velvet room scene too!! super juicy, i really enjoy all of the angles that theo, liz, and margaret all presented in regards to the distortion of the p3 + p4 casts from different times being gathered into this one place. given how the wild card power has been neutralized and changed it really makes me wonder about the power of the end-game entity... perhaps so powerful that zen and rei could be considered "shards" of that entity who forgot about that? very interesting for margaret to refer to the world as "finite," me thinks.

the game did give a brief glimpse to a silhouette sitting on a crystal(?) and was obscured by broken glass/spider web of sorts... i wonder whatever it could need from bringing TWO wildcards, i mean, yeah that's powerful but. i wanna know the motive!!! not that. divine entities and the like always have motivations in this series but. y'know. LOL.

anyway that's all for now! short progress today bc wahoo cutscenes and i got things to do but. really intriguing, i'm super interested in seeing how this gets followed up on. also i love yosuke whenever i see yosuke's animations in this game it makes me so happy!! he's so expressive and fun i love him a lot. and it'd be very interesting to play this game again on the p4 side to see minato speak but also see what has changed between versions, as well as catching any details i've missed.

[katestrophic]

I CAN FINALLY PURGE THIS DEMON FROM ME.

Redesigned my Puella Magi Madoka Magica OC Haruka Tenjo (formally Rei Maizono) in lieu of the Walpurgisnacht Rising trailer. Not an official reference sheet, but an idea of what I want it to look like.

Don't want to go into the reasons for the costume change as we don't know much from the movie. I have theories, but we'll see what the movie's reasoning will be.