#like some might be family. friends or rivals. besties

[cielospeaks]

that group of five characters who i get really into (will update bc i will forget lol)

robot composers from dor aermon 2024

sinister five/villains from n w h 2022

otowakan loids 2016

sdc (pre iggy) from jojo 2015

fearsome five d w d 2014

disk wars kids 2014

t b l t five ~2007?

[junonomenon]

been getting back into ace attorney and im realizing how many extremely specific similarities it has with my other current hyperfixation, the penumbra podcast

main character gets fired from job in the legal system over a piece of forged evidence

main characters best friend SLASH ASSISTANT but we all know he wouldnt have hired her if they werent bffs who loves snacks and watching tv and is so silly and the best character <3 and they meet eachother shortly after one of their siblings is murdered when theyre a teenager

main character can read minds. sort of

main character eats something that might have poison in it in order to stop anyone else from having it. and then he goes to the hopsital

character with a secret comatose boyfriend who was poisoned by a malicious third party

character feels a deep and unending obligation to someone who “saved” him when he was younger and changes the course of his entire adult life in order to repay him

character with a dead father who was adopted under false pretenses and then manipulated and betrayed by his adopted father who has a warped sense of justice. also the character commits assault with a deadly weapon against his adoptive father at some point

antagonist who manipulates a child into helping him ruin the career of a professional rival by using forgeries to make them seem dishonest while also setting up the child to take the blame for him. and then the antagonist is weirdly invested in being besties with a person whos life he ruined so he can manipulate and control them.

main characters childhood best friend who is goofy as fuck and a lil stupid and the main character has to constantly bail out of trouble. he is also the only straight guy to ever exist and cant seem to keep down a job until he finally decides to pursue his passion of making books

second childhood bestfriend who serves as the narrative foil for the main character. was pursuing a career in the legal system and then indoctrinated into a much more corrupt and less accountable path partially motivated by the loss of a family member

main characters boss is the hottest woman youve ever seen who watches the main character almost kill himself in a really stupid way after experiencing an emotionally devastating betrayal by someone he trusted and is like. well. i guess youre my little brother daughter employee now

woman with an unnatural hair colour and a weapon has deep seated emotional issues and a chronic aversion to vulnerability

ladies who pretend to be named dahlia in order to prevent someone from killing one or more people

main character canonically has a mom and no dad mentioned and also his love interest has two dads (the dead one and the adoptive one) and no mom mentioned

main character has a strong distaste for a cartoon franchise he enjoyed as a child

main character either cannot or will not use modern technology

series is a romcom disguised as a mystery story

[smilesatdawnmain]

Here’s a challenge! I dare you to explain the entire LMK show/lore 😈

... (clears throat)

There was a kid who delivered noodles for his boss/dad.

Kid found a magic stick

Kid ran away from others who wanted stick

Kid's best, Dragon girl, saves kid

Kid, dragon girl, and family go on trip to protect the world

Kid's family is also possible the reincarnations of a story that kid really loves, but we won't touch on that more and only drop hints until season 3

Kid found original owner of stick, a cheeky monkey who caused a LOT of problems in the past

Monkey taught kid how to use stick.

Kid, now hero, often picks fight with "evil rival" Red Boy

Monster of the week montage for a while

The monkey's ex's keep showing up and ruining the kid and monkey's fun. This involves another monkey, a spider, and probably a lion but we'll get to that.

Red boy helps defeat spider. Friendship kind of confirmed?

Ice witch shows up. Witch doesn't like the monkey.

Ice witch not fun

Poor innocent girl gets possessed by witch

Monkey leaves due to witch. He's got an issue with leaving. Doesn't inform kid of the danger

Kid struggles.

Kid really struggles.

Doesn't tell friends and family of struggle. (Might have learned this habit from Monkey)

Witch wants the stick.

Monster of the week filled with witch building her evil scheme

Monkey picks fight with roller blading god child

Monkey "breaks a few eggs to make an omlette" and almost kills himself and roller blading god child to get a magical scroll

Monkey realises kid is in danger from witch

Monkey shows back up but is too late to save stick but saved kid.

Kid, Monkey, Family and friends go on journey to defeat the witch.

Both monkey and kid are week and need time to build power back up

Other monkey, witch's current unwilling puppet, is in hot pursuit.

Kid needs to collect three rings for an abstract super weapon while also avoiding other monkey.

Rings are hidden in strange locations invovling cooking, singing, and having a sleep over with Red Boy

Monkey, is little help during this time.

Monkey not good at communicating. Often an issue.

Monkey has a deep secret about a fourth ring

Opts to wait until last minute to reveal this. Choas ensues

Roller blading god child appears and has a bone to pick with monkey

Other Monkey also appears and beats the snot out of Everyone~

Kid's bestie, dragon girl, gets unimaginable power due to lack of monkey communication.

Dragon girl is fourth ring. Yay~

Dragon girl is abstract super weapon now

Other Monkey is freed from Witch's control, but dragon girl runs off as she is a walking time bomb

Monkey called out for his many mistakes

Monkey leaves in shame to take on witch alone. This is also a mistake.

Kid goes after monkey with roller blading god child

Too late to save monkey.

Monkey becomes puppet to witch and almost kills kid

Roller blading god child sees no break and is pummeled into the ground.... but he's okay...

Red Boy appears and helps dragon Girl with "Some fire trainig~!" and off screen training montage

Kid tracks down dragon girl, accidentally leading possessed monkey to her, and dragon girl is captured.

Kid regroups with family with Red boy at his side.

Family quietly panicking over an existential crisis that they are the reincarnated allies of Monkey from the past

...But there is a witch to focus on so put that to the back burner!

Other Monkey, for some reason a friend now, agrees to save monkey and the world with kid.

This... doesn't go well for other monkey

But Monkey is saved regardless

Red Boy inspires dragon girl and she escapes!

Family unlocks OP "friendship is magic" cinematic final attack

Witch is gone~

Kid is traumatized by Witch's last words.

Kid, trying to live a normal life and not be crushed by his guilt that all these problems are his fault, finds weird scroll.

Monkey gets eaten by scroll and trapped.

Kid's family also gets eaten and trapped.

A lion shows up. Probably another of Monkey's ex's. (unconfirmed)

Lion plays nice guy. Helps with scroll.

Long trip through scroll and the past

Finally talk about family being reincarnated old friends of monkey, but they are their own people now and will not be held down by the past

Kid tormented by shadow version of self/curse of the scroll

Kid questions life and lack of knowledge on his own life

Lion not so nice.

Kid might be a monkey too? (unconfirmed)

Kid and family escape the scroll. Monkey still trapped though.

Lion is a "good guy" that uses backwards logic and goals

Lion frees his criminal friends a bird and a elephant

Elephant is cool, bird not so much

Lion and evil co go to retrieve others and reform the world

Kid leaves to find himself

Kid is sad and going through existential crisis

Dragon girl and family going through training montage

Other monkey finds kid gives backward advice and cheers up kid

Kid saves dragon girl and family

Roller blading god kids down for the count again- give this guy a break

Big Jade god is killed and Lion becomes all powerful

...Also unstable...

Kid goes back into scroll with other monkey to find monkey

Kid witnessing monkey and other monkey break up (Platonic break up... probably....)

Monkey sad.

Kid gives pep talk

Monkey okay now

Monkey officially retrieved!

Battle plan commences. Plan made- surprisingly followed

Lion appears and gets whooped by a cheeky and unconfirmed cheeky monkey first day on the job

Kid, probably- like, definitely a monkey and possible Harbinger of Choas

Lion regrets actions just a little too late

World is saved but at the cost of the lion

Beach celebration to cheer victory! Friends and old enemies all invited!

Other monkey and monkey kind of bonding and reconnecting

Evil outside force mentioned- the monkeys both know something...

are still terrible at communicating

The end~

THERE! I DID IT!

[beanghostprincess]

HiyorixKuina anon again!

I was thinking about Kuina more than average and I came up with this concuction.

So you often see that in many Modern AUs you have Perona and Zoro being Mihawk's adoptive children, and while I like this what if Kuina 2as also his adoptive daughter???

Imagine, you have Zoro being an orphan from a young age so he gets taken in by his relatives. But then something horrible happens (could be Kuina's mom dying or Koushiro kills her since everybody seems to agree he is murder coded) so Kuina and Zoro are taken away by CPS and are assigned to Mihawk, who had already adopted Perona. (I hc that Moria would be her bio dad, and he lost custidy due to his experiments on corpses and other stuff)

What we get is a sit-com like dinamic of middle aged single parent swordsman with 3 kids: one is goth, one is insane, one is bith and they are all gay.

I think that Kuina would really like Mihawk since he would teach her and not discriminate (as far as we know) and he would also reconize that Kuina is a better pupil than Zoro, which would add another layer to their rivarly and relationship.

Plus Perona and Kuina being vastly different older sister who are the two opposing extemes on the lesbian spectrum but still come togheter for each other when they need it and to annoy their dumb little brother would be so funny to me. I think Kuina would protect Perona from bullies and general pricks and they would both do wierd shit togheter like mutilate their Barbies to scare people.

I think Kuina would really get along with Zoro's friends siblings, obviously Ace and maybe also Sabo since they both reject the bigoted values that some people impose, but I think she would like Nojiko as well. The two of them both know the horrors of the real world so I think they would use some of the darkest humor ever with each other. And all of them would obviously keep talking about their siblings, that can't be avoided.

I also think Kuina might be Sanji's rival too. After all he treats women vastly different from men (even if its with benevolent intentions) and Kuina woukd interprete thus as Sanji thinking women are weak. So its Zoro and Kuina coming togheter against their shared rival: swirly eyebrowed dumb cook. But ironically Kuina would be fond of the dumb cook's boyfriend, after all Usopp is also a very underrated genious who defyes people's expectation to prove himself as strong and worthy.

Bonus headcanon: Yamace and Hiyoku double dates. Wlw and mlm solidariety at its finest.

HEY BESTIE!!!!!!!!!!!

AAAAAAA I love all of this. It's awesome. I just know Kuina and Perona would be complete opposites but would love and protect each other a lot. Like, they're weird in their own ways. People don't like Perona because she's all dark and creepy and with a very princess-like personality and people don't like Kuina much because she doesn't fall in the standard men have for women and swordsmen. So they fit together perfectly even though they're different. And they'd take care of Zoro and also make fun of him 24/7. This is great. Also, Mihawk be adopting children every fucking where. I don't know if I should be sorry for him or not. At least his family is cool. Perona is his princess <3 Kuina is his fav pupil!! And Zoro is Zoro. He's just Zoro.

This is basically the situation:

(He does care btw, he's just shitty when it comes to feelings and Zoro isn't as cute as his girls)

And yes, Kuina would definitely not stand Sanji but love Usopp. I agree completely. Their views don't match at all but well, Sanji can live with it (he can't. He's crying).

AND YAMACE AND HIYOKU DOUBLE DATES!!!!!!!! CUTE!!!!!!!!! It'd be a bit chaotic, honestly. Both couples have such a different energy 😭😭 Ace might seem a bit more relaxed but the second Yamato goes insane about something, he probably does too if he likes it. So I can definitely imagine Kuina like "I wanted this to be an actual date,, I am sorry, I should've thought about this better-" and Hiyori would just laugh softly at Yamace's shenanigans because she's having the time of her life.

[lowkeyremi]

i was looking through my old writing stuff and i found tropes i wrote down so i could write them one day. if u need motivation here are some prompts!!

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Mafia + normal person | Mafia leader + mafia leader

Singer + fan | singer + random love interest

Celeb + fan | Celeb + random love interest

Prince + Princess (prince) | princess(prince) + civilian

Alpha + omega | Alpha + beta | Alpha + beta turned omega | Alpha + alpha

Rich Ceo + civilian | Rich CEO + (rival) rich ceo

Underground fighter + norm | Underground fighter + (other) underground fighter

Childhood besties to lovers

College AU | High school sweethearts

Professional player + pro player | Pro player + fan/civilian

Mermaid/man + human

Vampire + Vampire | Vampire + human

Age gap | DILF | Single Parent AU

Rich humbled by civilian partner

Kidnapper + captive (kinda dark but u have to write it good for it to not be weird)

Animal shapeshifting partner + human

Arranged Marriage (it can be classified as enemies to lovers kinda)

Rising emperor(ess)/king/queen + right hand man/woman

Soulmates (marks, colorblind until u meet, tattoos, songs, etc.)

Bodyguard x celeb (or someone of importance)

Meet through family

Enemies to lovers | Enemies to friends to lovers

Hitman + victim (once again has to be written good to not be weird)

One night stand turned lovers over time

Body Swap (pov of the partner)

Turned opposite gender for x amt of time (can be established relationship)

Rejected but meet again in the future and fall in love

New neighbor + next door neighbor

Camboy/girl + civilian | Camboy/girl + fan | Camboy/girl + neighbor

Sugar daddy/mommy + sugar baby

Gym lovers (meet at the gym)

Mutuals turned lovers (met online)

Breakup get back together

Bad boy/girl + golden (good girl/boy)

Dog/cat owner + dog/cat owner (met bc of their pets)

Villain + Hero | Villain + Sidekick | Hero + Sidekick

Childhood friends but one moves and they meet again in the future

Underclassman + Upperclassman (admiration for the older/younger to lovers)

Actor + rival actor

Stubborn prince/princess + rescuer

BDSM freak + vanilla enthusiast

Frequent mover but ends up staying in one place for the other

Met at rehab or mental institution (both struggle with withdrawal or mental illness) (personally have not written this one but i'd like to see it)

Doctor/nurse + reoccurring patient

Lifeguard + civilian

a/n: I might add to this list but this is it for now

[sakuralovespossums]

If Nobara and Nanako met….

Something I don’t see the jjk fandom talk about enough is the fact that if Nobara and Nanako ever met (and assuming Nanako knew Nobara used jujutsu), they would have instantly become besties.

Like, they both have such similar sassy personalities and would def be the girls to gossip behind the school during lunch. Nobara complains about how annoying her guy friends (Yuji and Megumi) are while Nanako vents about her overbearing cult family and introverted sister.

They also both come from country side villages filled with prejudiced people, so they’d understand each other’s struggles and I think Nobara would love befriending other girl sorcerers (that is assuming she doesn’t yet know Nanako is a curse user).

And even after they find out they’re technically enemies, it’d be cute if they still continued hanging out in secret and go shopping together on weekends, do each other’s makeup, nails, hair, and gossip what’s happening with each other’s friends/family.

The other members of Geto’s cult look at Nanako happily texting away at her phone and wonder who she’s always texting. Meanwhile at jujutsu tech, Yuji asks who Nobara is talking to on the phone so excitedly, only to be shushed by her.

OR they can end up as rivals

Nobara (obviously) doesn’t like her new friend’s belief that all non-sorcerers should be exterminated and this pits them against each other and get into a huge argument.

Later that night, Nanako angrily talks about “this annoying Bob-haired country girl” she met while shopping as Manami is brushing her hair, nodding along as she vents. Meanwhile, Nobara complains about some “snobby gyaru curse user on the streets” to a confused and slightly worried Yuji and Megumi as she paints her nails.

I think if Geto was still alive, he would have chuckled and found it amusing to listen to his daughter talk about this mysterious sorcerer girl who’s caught her attention. He might have to meet her himself the next time he “visits” the school.

Whether they’re besties or enemies, I just think their dynamic would be so cute and interesting if they ever got to meet. That’s all!

[haljathefangirlcat]

So aside for the author throwing in things just to be cool, what do you think is going on with the Rosengarten heroes in their titular poem? Gibich, Gunther, Hagen, Gernot, Siegfried, and Ortwin are a given -- the family that fights together, after all. And Volker is a Burgundian mainstay too. Walther...I guess he was allowed to come hang out with his friends, even after maiming both Hagen and Gunther, because friends don't hold a little maiming against each other. Asprian is a giant who pops up both as friend and enemy to various heroes across the legendary timeline. Schrutan is named as a Hunnic knight in the Nibelungenlied, but maybe Kriemhild brought him along with her as some sort of bodyguard? Studefuchs turns up as one of Dietrich's knights in his exile stories. Pusolt seems to be a random guy unless you interpret him as Dietrich's frenemy Fasolt. So what's going on? Did Asprian and Studenfuchs leave the Burgundians after the fight with Dietrich? And there's the fact that in non-Rosengarten materials, Asprian, Schrutan, and Studenfuchs (and maybe Pusolt) are honest to god Jotun/giants/trolls who aren't just being exaggerated as literary license. Is everyone just okay with this?

Tbh, I tend to think of the Rosengarten as kind of... the Beach Episode of Germanic epics. You know, the old style filler episode that doesn't move the plot along or give that much new insight into the themes of the story, but it has character that wouldn't usually meet ourside of some specific context coming together to have a day of wacky adventures? There's so much weird stuff in it that I can't help but see it that way. XD *gestures wildly in the general direction of Ilsan's general existence*

I especially love thinking about Hagen and Walther in that context/mood, actually. The Waltharius ending is already either very touching in a very bittersweet way or simply hilarious, depending on if you take it as a case of using gallows humor to cope or just being Like That even normally, with them having literally just mutilated each other and being already cracking inappropriate jokes at each other's expense ("Don't you think it might a bit perverse, embracing Hildegund with your left hand?" "Aren't you worried that now, whenever you look at another knight, they're gonna think you're looking at them sideways because you don't trust them?"), so I enjoy thinking about everyone else expecting a dramatic confrontation between them only for them to be like... whatever the manly warrior hero equivalent of "OMG HI BESTIE *waves excitedly*" even is, I guess, at each other.

And also about Hagen really, really not wanting to even take part in Kriemhild's silly tourney (as, iirc, he disses the whole idea of it in at least one manuscript) and Walther showing up being one of the few bright spots in it for him.

And also, due to a couple of lines in the Waltharius about the "famous harmony" between Hagen and Walther and about Hagen clinging to Walther's embrace and having to force himself to let go of it to flee the land of the Huns and go back to Worms, about the two of them taking any occasion to sneak away to chat together when they're not the ones fighting even if they're supposed to be on rival "teams"...

So to me that's like... do I have any idea why Walther's even there? No. But do I have this ridiculous mental image of Dietirch somehow meeting him along the way and starting to say "so, anyway, we're going to Worms for.." only to Walther to immediately go "Worms, you said?! Man, I haven't seen Hagen in ages, can I come with you guys?" before he even finishes that sentence? Absolutely.

All the people who turn out to be giants and other supernatural beings are, like, an "okay, this might as well happen today in this poem. Hildebrand's just pretended to be dad so Dietrich would get angry enough to spit fire at Siegfried, making Siegfried cower and hide under Kriemhild's veil, after all" deal to me. I suppose it might come down to different traditions that kind of got lost around the way, but I remember reading somewhere years ago about a version of the Rosengarten where all the knights on Team Worms were referred to as giants, so who knows, it might be literary exaggeration, it might be a new take that didn't, well, take. As for the Hunnic knights, I find your ideas fascinating and think they have a lot of potential, but usually, I just write it off as the same kind of weirdness. The "Dietrich can spit fire and Hildebrand is not above playing dead to mess with him" thing itself fits just too well with the overall weirdness of both characters for me to dismiss it, however, so.... yeah, that one can definitely stay and be a whole thing in my headcanons. XD

[theultimatekamehamehavoc]

Naegamigiri/Naegirigami/Tonaegiri/B&K SETTLE SOME THINGS (AKA THE TOGIRI SIDE OF THINGS AND HOW THEY DEVELOPED FROM HATING EACH OTHER TO BEING BESTIES!!111!!!)

Have my own interpretation on the Togiri sector of the poly trio so I wanted to delve a bit more into it cus why not!! AHEM!

Initially, Byakuya and Kyoko did not like each other very much and constantly have their quarrels. Byakuya found Kyoko irritating with her intellect and proved to be an intellectual rival. Specifically a rival he did not predict to have nor want. He had that sort of assumption that he would be the best in the school with no one to challenge him. Meanwhile, Kyoko saw Byakuya as, for one, a douche, but also someone who believed that they were smarter than they actually where. Basically, she was able to see the flaws he was blinded to right before his eyes. So, essentially, these two glared at each other in pure judgment. This stage lasts a good while.

However, this stage eventually morphs into something new. It probably varies changes from the canon to a non-despair au to some other kind of au though I believe that the core of this change for them is the understanding of one another after Kyoko takes him down a few pegs. Byakuya's not every happy about this outcome at the beginning and can tell that Kyoko had some enjoyment in ticking him off. Byakuya being put down a few pegs also makes him question his himself and his life trajectory which he also doesn't like.

Thus, this is not a quick process as these two are not just going to click right off the bat despite their many similarities. This is especially the case because the two were at each other for a good while. They will have to have some time before they start improving their relations for the better. Kyoko would have to be in an area of her development where she's interacting more with the others willingly, Basically, Kyoko's gotta be in the state where whe is willing to try human connections again. Also, Byakuya would have to let his thoughts fester a bit before he too slowly begins to interact more with the others not as a dick but slightly less of a dick.

As time progresses, the two slowly start to see eye to eye more with the help of Makoto being a sorta mediator for them. Plus, he's not one to want his friends to hate each other so he might attempt to do something to help. The two potentially have this realization by themselves too, probably realizing that this is getting nowhere for them. Perhaps this hate is just doing them no good. Something like that or maybe something a bit different. It all depends. Or just like, maybe some other things happened too like their realization that they are cut from similar cloths with flawed families and baggage. And daddy issues depending on how one reads Byakuya and his relationship with his father since that is entirely up to interpretation since his relationship with his dad is unknown. Kyoko def has daddy issues though. So, basically, they make a truce.

This is then the beginning of the two starting to know each other more and slowly supporting one another perhaps as a support systems. This once again varies from canon, non-despair, and any au one may have for them. What matters though is that they are here for one another and are much closer than they were when they started.

Bam! Their enemies to friends journey is complete!!

[forjustice]

The Overly Detailed Pokéarts Meme

Slightly updated from when I last posted it 6 years ago. This meme covers any form of art involving Pokémon, namely Contests, Showcases, Musicals and any headcanoned performance form that you might be able to think of. Shoutout to my Discord bestie Seniichi for helping me with this!

GENERAL

🌟What is your muse’s overall opinion of Pokéarts? ✨  What does your muse think about forms of Pokéarts other than Contests? Like Showcases, Musicals, etc. 👪  Does your muse have family or friends that participate in Pokéarts? How does this affect their view and/or participation in Pokéarts? 👍🏿  What are some Pokémon that your muse likes to use and/or see in Pokéarts? 👎🏾  What are some Pokémon that your muse does not like to use and/or see in Pokéarts? 👌🏼 Is there anything in particular (performance style, moves, typings, etc.) that makes them go ‘mmmmm yessssss this is one A++ performance’? 😍  Who are your muse’s favorite Coordinators and why? 🐸  What about their least favorites, and why? 😘  Any stars they’ve got a crush on? 🤔  What are some things that your muse would change about Pokéarts? 😬  A stronger version of the above: is there anything they think just shouldn’t be allowed? 😮  Performance-wise, what’s the most shocking thing your muse has ever seen/experienced? 🛍️  Does your muse collect Pokéarts-related merchandise? 🎤  What does your muse think about the culture surrounding Pokéarts they are familiar with? Doesn't have to just be Contests! 📈  Give your muse’s opinion on current trends. 👿  If your muse hates any form of Pokéarts, why? If they hate one form and not the others, why? Would there be anything that might change their mind? 😰  Is your muse one of those people who wants to perform, but doesn’t? What holds them back? 🥚 Pokéblocks vs. Poffins. Discuss. 🔥 Unpopular art opinion time. Go off! 👯 What does your muse think of Trainer participation in Pokéarts? 🎁 What does your muse think of the way Pokémon are groomed and dressed in performances? 💌 Does your muse think competitive breeding is the way to go? 👥 Most competitions feature performances by one person and their team, but what about two or more Trainers collaborating? 👀 How picky are they when evaluating the work of a Pokéartist? Do they have exacting and/or specific standards, or will they accept anything that is well done? 👊🏼🕊️ Contests with battles vs. Contests without battles: have your muse weigh in. 🌆 What are Pokéarts really about to your muse–the art or the fame? 🌌 What is their opinion on the avant-garde? 🔏 And now for a moral kicker: It’s been said that celebrities MUST make a Faustian bargain: their privacy in exchange for their fame, and so they are less justified in complaining when their privacy is invaded. What does your muse believe?

FOR COORDINATORS & POKÉARTISTS, HOBBYIST OR PROFESSIONAL

💖 What made your muse decide to try Pokéarts, either as a hobby or a career? #️⃣  How long have they been doing it, and how has their progress been over the years? ⚜ What are your muse’s ambitions in the Pokéarts? How realistic are their goals, and how close are they to achieving them? If they have achieved their dreams, are they happy/satisfied? 💎 What is their performance style? 😈 An alternative to one of the questions above: What is the most shocking thing your muse has ever personally done in a performance? >:333333 💬 Do they like to put messages or meanings in their performances, or are they more of an “art for art’s sake” kind of person? 👩🏻 What is your muse’s reputation in their field? Is this reputation deserved, and if so, how much? 💃🏽 As the Trainer, what sort of talents (natural or supernatural) do they like to display in performances, and how good are they at those talents? If they don’t, why? ⚡ Who is/are your muse’s Pokéartistic rival(s)? How did the rivalry begin, and what kind is it (friendly, unfriendly, filled with sexual tension, etc.)? 💥 How do they deal with the haters? 🐉 How do their Pokémon feel about being performers? ⚖️ Has your muse ever judged? How did it go? If they do it regularly, what is their judging style? 🎀 Describe the first time your muse won a competition. 😳 Describe your muse’s most embarrassing performance experience. 💭 How much difference is there between your muse’s public persona and private self? How do they feel about this? 🛃 Has identity ever played a role in how your muse was perceived as a performer? Does it affect how they perform? (This could mean identifiers like race, gender, sexuality, etc. or being a Psychic or Aura user.) 😏 Honesty hour: Has your muse ever cheated to win? 💢 Any trends on the scene that your muse wishes would just die? 🚃 How about trends that your muse likes or even has started? 👱🏻 If your muse is experienced, what is some advice that your muse would give to newbies? If they’re inexperienced, what is the advice that they really need to hear? 🙋🏾 If your muse is experienced, what would they go back and tell their beginner self? 😂 Share some gossip from the Pokéarts scene. Because the person who wrote this meme is a petty ass bitch. [2024 edit: A recovering one, but still. LMFAO] 😢 Has your muse considered quitting, actually quit, or chosen to take/considered taking a break? What made them stop/want to stop?

[razberrypuck]

EP 101 LIVEBLOG

john design,,,,, sir where are your teeny tiny little glasses

RRRGHFHDG GILLION HUGGED JOHN THIS IS SO IMPORTANT TO ME HE DOESNT INITIATE HUGS EVER THATS HIS BESTIE

"you took that big daddy blast like a champion" gillion I love you

THE WIZARD

chip being so hospitable while the wizard freaks the fuck out

gillion: jayyyyy gilly has an ask! gilly has a question!

jay, deadpan: uh-huh?

lizzie I love you don't run away from this you mfer

queen <3

JAY GONNA RESCUE GRYFFON

chip: can we please just keep him 👉👈

"DONT make me look stupid silly wizard"

returning the silly wizard </3

alph-atross jsjfkehf

"which I didn't think was a bad plan but apparently I'm just a Hater"

CASPIANNNNNNNNN

"we're not letting that bastard go"

"well they're -- Jay said we're letting him go :/"

"I didn't hurt you. don't talk to me like I hurt you, for one" love u chip <3

caspian <3

"jay's the last fucking person I want to talk to right now" okay but you're the one associated with the murder of her sister, regardless of whether or not you did it. you know. one of two family members that cared about jay. the only reason she left featherbrooke to begin with. not really your jurisdiction liz.

"okay, FUCK you, 'it's none of my business.' like it or not, we're family. bound by that goddamn hole in the sea. talk to me like a person, or you're on your own" CHIP I LOVE YOU

"okay, then yell it at me. say it however you gotta say it-- make me understand why you're acting like this"

"it's me, talk to me." CHIP

oh im so emotional over them

"I'd rather just move forward and use my power to set it all right. because words do nothing but fill fucking dead air"

"no. but I might as well have." LIZZIE YOURE KILLING ME

lizzie: I don't wanna fucking do this right now. I don't wanna do it with you. I don't wanna do it with jay.

chip: tough shit. cause jay heard what she heard, and she's coming. if you talk about this with me, now...

lizzie: you'll, what, mediate?

chip: I can help her understand. but to do that I have to understand.

chip taking nothing but W's today

JSJFJSH HE WANTS THIS PIN SO BAD

DREYYYYYY

kira <3

"friends should not be on different sides" kira 👀?

"you're the last person I wanna fight ever. I'm coming over in peace. also with wizard" jdjdhfh

"I drop him. I don't want him"

WHY IS THE WIZARD SHAGGY NOW JSJFJDJHGUSO

casual conversation on a navy war ship

"kira, I'm...gonna trust you." "that would be nice"

"NAURRR D: WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT???" KIRA YOURE WONDERFUL

KIRA DO YOU THINK GILL LOOKS LIKE A BASTARD LMAO?????

kira being so concerned about jay going to the black sea that she's not even asking why she's a pirate anymore :((((

jayson? taking responsibility for letting the riptide pirates go? and taking off work bc his wife is sick? you're still the worst but this is a slight improvement

"kuba kenta" "the tiger man?" kira <3

RAFT IS THE BEYOND SECTION NOOOOOOOO

KIRA AND JAY I LOVE BOTH OF YOU

jay's so,,,,,, she cares about kira so much dude im losing my mind shes so important to me

"but if I could stop you from going, I really, really would, jay"

GILLION ON HIS GOOFY SHIT

GAVE EARL 20/20 VISION AND THE FIRST THING HE SAYS IS "GOD YOURE UGLY" JAHCJSJFH EARL YOU ARE WONDERFUL

oh lizzie :[

shay :[[[[

oh shit she was picked up by shadowbeard

"he was meaner than rose. strict. but over the years he softened." "but he still saved me. but he still raised me."

SHE MET CASPIAN IN SHADOWBEARD'S CREW,,,,,,,,,

did jayson kill shadowbeard. was he responsible for shadowbeard and bellamy's (ollie's brother) deaths.

THEY MET BC THE NAVY STARTED PUTTING TARGETS ON PIRATES THEY WERE RIVALS,,,,,,,

"she wasn't just some regular soldier, she was different"

AND THEY FELL IN LOVE. AND THEY FELL IN LOVE AND THEY FELL IN LOVE

SHE BROUGHT AVA TO SHADOWBEARD'S SECRET HIDEOUT AND THEY WERE INVADED BY RAFT OH NO

SHE KILLED SHADOWBEARD

"and I begged her not to. he was like my father, as stupid as it sounds." "it's not stupid." FUCK. FUCK FUCK FUCK THAT HURTS

THE SOLDIERS LET HER GET CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE???

CASPIAN SAVED LIZZIE MY GODDDD

and raft blamed the survivors.

she was about to kill shadowbeard and the soldiers open fired to get it over with.

"I didn't know you had a soft spot for anybody. I wish I could've seen that more." FUCK OFF CHIP YOURE GONNA MAKE ME CRY

ohhh lizzie :[[[[[

chip I LOVE you chip

"if you wanna do something, you can buy me some time" "aye aye, captain"

"ALSO ollie is shadowbeard's son, I just wanted to throw that out there-" JSJFJEJFHWUDUH CHIP

USING THE LUXBRIS PEARL SHARD TO FIND THE FUCKING PIN JSJJFFHEG GILLION

HE DIDNT WANNA CALL THE GODDESS WHEN HE WAS DYING BUT THIS IS THE TIME HE CALLS HER

HES CALLING THE SUN GODDESS THATS SO INTERESTING

"sort of?" THANKS SUN GODDESS LOVE U

IS THERE ANOTHER CHOSEN ONE

"not really" WHAT DOES THAT MEAN GIRL IS GILLION BOTH CHOSEN ONES? IS THERE NO CHOSEN ONE AFTER ALL? IS THE OTHER ONE OUT OF THE PICTURE?

"I think my will to try to do it from the inside died along with my sister" JAYYYYYYYYYY

"well...as long as you're the one controlling the chaos" "I'll be doing my best" IN LOVE WITH BOTH OF YOU

gryffon supremacy

MARSHALL JOHN HAS THE PIN

CHIP YOU BASTARD JDHFJDJF

" 'okay' I step of the ship and go home" JSJFJDNGGFH

"ARE YOU MY MOMMY TOO, SUN"

CHIPS JUST FUCKING WITH HIM

OHHHH GILLION

charlie: I open it up. what does it say?

bizly: "mommy loves you, too"

charlie: I hold it so fucking close to- I hold it so close my chest, I hold it so close to my chest-

grizzly: this is the saddest thing to happen this episode

gillion, in tears: you don't know how long I've waited to hear those words

"for the first time a parent has ever told me that they loved me" "oh damn bruh"

"just like a paladin to give the glory to a god"

anyway gillion has two moms now <3

"I don't think we'll be able to distract her, she's smart, she'll know what's going on- it just seems like a cruel trick." :[[[[[[[

NOOO GILLION OH MY GOD :[[[[[[[[[[ "no, that makes sense, why would she? why would she?" FUCK OFF

gillion and caspian <3

JDHFJDBVCJ CASPIAN IMMEDIATELY TELLING JAY WHERE LIZZIE IS

understandable jay

gillion fully trusting/being on jay's side is something that can be so important to me.

" 'trust her, chip. [to jay] aim for the hinges.' and I cast guidance"

ANIMATIC POG???????

OHHH MY GOD. OH MY GOD OH MY GOD.

JSHFJDJJE BIZLY AND CHARLIE BACKING OUT OF FRAME

"nobody died."

"that could've gone worse"

"...has anyone seen my pin" JOHN I LOVE YOU

AND THATS WHERE IT ENDS. god that was a good episode.

[nailamoonsi]

BLUE RIZE BOOK 1 BOYS' AND NBYS' RELATIONSHIP CHART with focus on romance~~~!!! 💝💝💗💖

if a few characters seem disastrous...they are. if i sound like i might be lying and /s, don't ask me if i am lying and /s, blue rize (another sky verse) is a fever dream i made up for reasons and i will not answer.

i did this to relax since i enjoy thinking about the characters' love troubles. that's about all!

(since it's troublesome, alt text beneath the cut, too:)

ALT TEXT:

smiley means admiration/very fond of as a comrade. heart means current crush levels. question mark means a mystery--can be friendly or romo. broken heart means heartbreak, usually due to breakup or rejections (or occasionally assumptions). blue lines and lettering means platonic (although relationships can start off this way, brothers + sisters + siblings by blood are canonically familial.)

khaleel (gay) with 3 hearts and "IN LOVE WITH" at leo (bi). leo toward khaleel is 5 question marks but it's noted he thinks of the two of them as "childhood friends." leo broke up with aimee, who's stressed despite his being aimee-able with her. she's "heard worrying rumors about antonio chandrani." khaleel has 1 heart toward antonio with note "cute," while antonio has a smiley and 2 hearts toward khaleel, with note "in denial over crush on him." leo has a smiley and 1 heart toward antonio with note "very cute" and antonio has a smiley with 2 hearts saying "likes him." antonio (gay) and alejandro (quote mystery unquote but not hetero) toward each other have a conflux of hidden hearts, black exclamation points and question marks implying foreboding + alarm, and an implied yellow garble of symbols atop implying curses. above the hearts is a gray cloud with blue rain onto the conflux of hearts + exclamations + question marks + garble. very tiny above the clouds says "nasir + shakir" in the same gray color. antonio and alejandro's note says "normal rivals" despite all of the above for some reason. antonio and raj toward each other is "brothers" and it says "can conflict but refuse to admit they're not as in sync as when the other is with fernando." raj (gay) toward alejandro is 3 hearts and it says "crush @ alejandro," while alejandro toward raj is 3 question marks @ raj. raj toward a face with question mark and smile with the moniker of "mystery boy" is 3 question marks, while the mystery boy has 1 heart toward him. alejandro toward diego is smiley and 3 question marks, as well as the note "best friend," while diego's toward him is smiley and 3 question marks with the note "bestie." antonio toward diego is a smiley with a broken heart and the note "likes him." diego towards him is a smiley and 3 question marks, with the note "finds him hot." diego (bi) toward fernando is 3 hearts with the note "ADORATION (crush)." fernando (bi) toward diego is 5 question marks. fernando and antonio toward each other is "brothers" and "(were close at 15)" in blue. fernando and alejandro toward each other is "good friends" in blue. fernando toward veronica is 2 hearts with the note "crush." veronica (bi) toward fernando is a smiley and 4 question marks. VERONICA ISN'T IN BOOK 1 but fernando starts crushing on her at 15-ish. this is a note on the relationship chart. diego toward raj is "wants to impress for no reason" in blue [aka platonic], and raj toward him is "weird but get along." fernando and raj toward each other is "always pretty close brothers" which contrasts with antonio and raj as well as fernando and antonio.

[screechthemighty]

Okay! As joked about, here’s my...essay-thing about Romance-Default Chemistry Brain Worms Ruining Media (as referenced here). It's less an essay and more some barely organized thoughts, but that post did get some traction so here y'all go. 

Now, you may notice I turned off reblogs on this post. That’s because I’ll be going into my opinions on a complex subject matter that also touches on some controversial(TM) areas of fandom, and I’m really not looking to get screamed at or doxxed by randoms. Seriously, I already had one hit post that got me anon hate, I’m not looking to make it two. This is between us, okay? Okay. 

Additional disclaimer: I AM gonna throw some shade at specific ships and fandoms, but I assume you guys read my rules and know the ships I hate but decided to stick around anyway. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

So, What’s Chemistry?

For the sake of this TED Talk Essay Thing, I'm going to define chemistry as "when characters click in a way that makes their interactions especially compelling and interesting to experience." If you watch them interact and think "wow, I'd watch a show with nothing but them", that's chemistry. Note that this does not have to be romantic. Chemistry can come in all flavors: friendship, family, rivals or outright enemies, mentor-mentee (not always the same as family!), Not Romantic Or Platonic But A Secret Third Thing (drift compatible), and of course, romantic. People tend to focus on romantic chemistry as the prime example, but the other examples do exist (otherwise Found Family wouldn't be the trope it is).

Now, chemistry is a tricky thing. It's a combination of a lot of factors (writing, acting, direction to name a few), and if any of those factors don't work, the whole thing is off. (As an example, I personally did not think Deborah Ann Wohl and Charlie Cox had as good chemistry as Charlie Cox and Elodie Yung in Daredevil s2, and it kind of tanked the whole tension of "will Matt go for Karen or Elektra"). Chemistry is also open to interpretation. Some people might disagree with me about the previous Daredevil point, for instance, and some people might, say, interpret platonic chemistry as romantic chemistry. This is just a natural part of the subjective nature of art and in a vacuum, wouldn't be an issue. As mentioned in the original post, the issue becomes when every character interaction is viewed through a romantic lens.

But Wait, We’re Not Just Talking Any Kind of Romance!

Because guess what besties, even the major types of chemistry come with subtypes. I just wanted to clarify that, in this essay, when I talk about romance, I mean a played straight romance. Not a toxic romance or a tragic romance or anything like that. I mean the narrative wants you to believe these people are legit in love and could get married and have babies with little to no hiccups.

I bring this up because a common point of contention in fandom these days is the “well not every relationship has to be sunshine and rainbows! I find messed up romances compelling! Are you saying that there’s no place for explorations of toxic relationship in fiction?” And that’s not what this post is trying to say. I’m not the BIGGEST fan of toxic relationship stories myself, but they’re not my enemy at the moment. My enemy are the stories that try to sell me on happily ever after when the foundation is made of dry sand and swiss cheese. In fact, this is a point we’re going to talk about later, because people conflating the two is part of the bone I have to pick.

How Did This All Get Started

So 100% this isn’t something that has a singular root cause. It’s more like a slow buildup over centuries of storytelling. If I had to point fingers at one trope in particular, it’d definitely be the whole men and women can’t be friends and any relationship between them is just a prelude to romance of some kind. Someone in a reblog of the original post pointed this out before I could, but this has always been a thing and the only thing that changed is that fandom mutated the concept and made it gender-neutral. Now ANYONE’S interactions are just preludes to romance. Original content cemented the idea in our skulls, fandom just kept building the bricks. Circle of life or whatever.

So if this has been a widespread issue, why did I single out YA lit and fanfic? For YA, it’s for three reasons. One: YA is a huge genre even outside of its age range, and therefore extremely influential. Two: It’s what a lot of fandom content creators consume when they’re at their most prolific and before they get into creative fields themselves. Third (most important): YA lit is really bad about flattening all romances into Played Straight Romances. Granted, so are other genres (rom coms and the shitty “well yes they argue like they’re gonna kill each other but they’re in love, don’t you see” trend), but again, I really feel like YA has a stranglehold on modern content creators and fandom in a way that Meg Ryan movies don’t.

As for why I singled out fanfic, well, obviously, fandom creators consume fandom works, so they’re going to influence them and their outlook just as much as traditionally published original works. Also, fanfic has a MASSIVE influence on creative fields now. It’s terrifying to think about, but it’s true. Fanfics are on the regular published as novels (50 Shades, After, the sTeM-iNiSt books that started as R*ylo fic). A hugely popular YA series started its life as in-universe fanfiction in the author’s other novel (Carry On series). We’ve even hit a point where people are writing fictionalized versions of fandom drama and publishing it as YA books. It’s very surreal.

Effects on Fandom

The overall effect of this phenomenon on fandom is that it makes fandom spaces utterly intolerable. I vividly remember being afraid to get into Welcome to Night Vale because 90% of the fan content was about the Cecil/Carlos and I didn’t want to live through that again after too much time in the Supernatural fandom. Turns out, there’s more to WTNV than the ship! Who knew, right?? But if we want to talk specific examples, here’s four.

Muscles Out Any Conversation of Non-Romance Things: If you don’t ship Accepted Fandom Ship(s), good luck finding content. If you write or draw things that aren’t Accepted Fandom Ship(s), good luck getting traction. God help you if you write gen, because nobody’s reading that. (This is me being a lil salty I won’t lie, but that said, people who read my stuff I love youuuuuuuuuuu.) You want to talk about character interactions in a way that doesn’t relate to romance? Have fun, someone’s gonna derail the conversation. It’s intensely annoying.

Misrepresentation of Media to Outsiders: Okay, so, imagine if someone tried to sell the new Interview With The Vampire show to you based purely on the fact that it has two men in love and neglected to mention any of the rest of it because they themselves were solely fixated on LouStat as “omg so cute.”

Yeah. I bet you anything that if I did a blanket poll asking my followers if they’d ever had triggering media sold to them as something softer by Shipper Types, I’d get a lot of horror stories.

Unthinking Consumption of Weirdass Shit: This one is gonna be controversial so let me start by repeating a previous disclaimer: I am not saying every relationship has to be sunshine and rainbows all the time. I am also not saying that there’s ZERO place for certain subject matter in fiction, as long as it is handled with respect. I’m not calling for us to throw the metaphorical baby out with the bathwater. However, if you have Fandom Brain Worms so bad that you look at interactions between a teenager and a grownass adult, or God forbid, siblings, and think “oh they’re so cute they should kiss and be together forever!!” with zero consideration for what the actual ramifications of something like that would be? Stop. S t o p. Get some help.

Ship Wars + Other Dumb Bullshit Arguments: Basically, if every character interaction is viewed through a romantic lens, but a character has chemistry with multiple characters, people start getting weird and argumentative about it. This is more than just annoying, because ship wars can seriously turn into smokescreen for actually, legitimately harmful viewpoints and nastiness. Racism is a big one st*r w*rs fans I mean what.

Additionally, if you combine points two and three (misrepresenting fiction due to your own shipper goggles + unthinking consumption) you get utterly brain dead takes about how a work that is, say, meant to portray a toxic relationship and explore the ramifications of that is actually the most romantic thing ever. It’s exhausting to watch. And this mentality actually leads into some of the ways that Shipper Goggles ruin non-fandom works.

Effects on Fiction

Limits Interesting Stories: This is basically the same thing as “fandom is entirely about ships” except at the source level. If everyone can only view human interaction through a romantic lens, we’re losing the chance to see other types of stories. Now, fortunately, the market isn’t so one-note that we don’t have these kind of stories at ALL (bless the Found Family trope for its resilience fr), but I do still find it telling that a lot of the stories that take off on, say, BookTok are romances or have a heavy romance element.

Removes the Ability to Truly Explore Dark Subject Matter: This one is kind of related to point three in the fandom section, but if the shipper goggles are gonna only show you Played Straight Romantic Chemistry, then you can’t really say you’re actually exploring dark romance. You’re just writing the same plot with extra trauma added for zero reason. As an example: 50 Shades isn’t a genuine exploration of power dynamics and abuse. It’s a kinky romance that acts like the male lead’s flaws are equivalent to not putting the toilet seat down. It’s an easily solved problem and the power of love can fix him or whatever.

Limits Conflict + Interesting Subject Matter: Related to the above point but a different flavor. Also, this one actually has some overlap with how fandom interprets media, so consider this a “both sides of the coin” problem. If you see all chemistry as romantic, and a specific kind of romantic, that means any problems the leads face have to be easily overcome, not a big deal at all. This is BORING. This LIMITS CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT. This takes away from interesting questions and explorations of how, say, two fundamentally different people could end up together, or how a genuinely shitty person could come to grow and change given the right support and not just a singular moment of “oh I should stop being shitty.” It negates the drama and heartbreak of tragedies, the real world relatability of relationship where they’re not right for each other but stay together regardless, all the epic highs and lows of actual lived romances in favor of...what, he’s mean to her a lot but they still stay together forever? Is that all? Oh, he just dumps his toxic worldviews in thirty seconds and everything is cool now? Oh, he stopped being mean to HER and that’s somehow shorthand for him no longer being a fascist? (D*sney WILL answer for their crimes one day) BORING. YOU’RE ALL BORING. FOOLS! CHARLATANS! Anyways.

Authors Fighting For Their Lives Out Here: As with fanfic, good luck if you write gen fic (unless it’s found family, my beloved). Have fun watching your attempt at a nuanced take get dissected into the dollar store version. Also, I just know there are authors out there trying to write regular-ass siblings who have to live in mortal dread of what certain people might try to read into their works. This is seriously limiting for writers, because like. You don’t WANT those people as your fans. But you know if the siblings look at each other for longer than three seconds, someone’s gonna make it weird! And you can’t control that, but the thought is all-consuming! I seriously hate it here!!

How The Two End Up Devouring Each Other

So, all of this is bad, but the way that fandom and fiction intersect now only make things worse. For starters, fans and creators are more connected than ever, which can influence how things go. For example, say you're a a mid-tier CW show about monster hunting. Keeping those fans satiated is going to be priority #1. This means that fans talking about their wildest dreams for certain characters (say, two characters who honestly shouldn't be speaking anymore because SOMEONE won't go to therapy and is making it everyone's problem) are going to catch the attention of the highers-up. And those fans are going to be pandered to in order to keep viewership numbers high. And that’s going to lead to exactly the kind of writing issues I mentioned above.

Meanwhile, as mentioned, fanfic is becoming hugely influential on the fiction market. This is in no small part due to the fact that a lot of former fanfic writers are now non-fandom writers. That is NOT a bad thing on its own; where it BECOMES a bad thing is when they start bringing their bad fandom habits over with them. That just injects MORE of these mentalities into the fiction spaces. And then on top of that, the market starts replicating these already tainted works because they’re major money makers, and the curse only spreads.

Then fandom gets their hands on them. Then the tropes and shipper goggles mutate and solidify. Then that infects the fiction spaces. The snake eats its own tail.

Well That’s Depressing, Any Suggestions On How To Fix This?

Boosting works that aren’t the usual nonsense (fanfic and traditional fic) helps. Be more thoughtful with how you engage with media and how you discuss it, especially when sensitive topics are involved. Carve out spaces that aren’t so romance-centered and just vibe in there. Remember, the block button is free. Also, like, don’t be afraid to indulge in the occasional crack ship or “what if” AU where [insert bad guy here] isn’t as evil and therefore the ship works more smoothly, but just remember that it’s not canon. “Remember that it’s not canon” should be a rule on this site, honestly. I have to remind myself sometimes.

Anyways, if you’re reading this, I’m about to do the funniest thing ever and post some ship fic, so stick around for that I guess lmao.

[countlessrealities]

@thcpresidcnt​ ‘cause I’m a fucking dumbass and read the emoji on their ask wrong x.x Platonic interest checker || Always accepting !

Evil Rick & E-Rick

Where does my muse think their relationship with your muse stands currently: Strangers | Acquaintances | Casual friends | Close friends | Queer-Platonic Relationship | Mentor & Mentee | Found family | Enemies | Rivals | Other [ sort of colleagues ] [[ I guess Evil Rick will eventually acknowledge that he and E-Rick have some common ground. Namely, their loyalty towards their respective presidents, even if the roots of said sentiments are very different. So a seed of respect might be born from there. ]]

Am I interested?: Yes! I’ve wanted this for a while | I’m getting good vibes so far between them from our interactions so far! | I think it’ll be fun | maybe? I don’t get a clear vibe from them yet | maybe, but we need to plot a lot | Depends on what you mean | I need to think about it | I’m not interested, sorry maybe another kind of relationship? [[ It’s definitely going to be interesting, but also real hard to achieve xD Evil Rick is just hard to approach in general, under any point of view. He cares for nothing and no one, with one (or two, depending on the verse) exception. He doesn’t have friend, lovers, or enemies. There’s just people and they either stand in his way and need to be eliminated or they don’t and so they don’t matter in his eyes. ]]

How we should do this: They’re already very close! | Pre-established | Past pre-established relationship | slow burn | Let’s see how things progress naturally in interactions | Other [[ If something ever happens to change their stiff and very much not really existing relationship, it will take a long ass time. And it will mostly depends on whether or not Evil Rick comes to value that aforementioned common ground they have. If he does, he’d be more open to acknowledge E-Rick’s qualities and not just his flaws and failures ]]

Does it end well?: Yes quite easily | Yes, but it is a bumpy road | They drift away and come back together | No it falls apart at one specific moment | No, it gradually drifts off and stays that way | No, they drift apart quickly | Other [ I don’t have the faintest ideas ] [[ Honestly? I think that their relationship is strictly linked to the presidents’ and to what the E-Mortys end up to do. With them, with the Citadel, with everything. Evil Rick is and always will be loyal first and foremost to his Morty, even if that means a death sentence. If E-Rick decides otherwise (for the sake of all the other Mortys who might get killed) you can bet that Evil Rick would try to tear him into bits if that’s what his ,aster wants. ]]

Possible Dynamics: strangers to friends | rivals to friends | enemies to friends | mutual squishes | Friends hiding their squishes | childhood friends | Teen/College friends | Besties since they first met and inseparable | Bantering friends | Act grouchy towards each other but secretly care a lot | Queer-Platonic Relationship | Roomates/housemates they vibe | secret friendship | Long distance friendship | Penpals | One muse had to move away but they keep in contact | Fake friend(s) | Toxic friend(s) | best friends hiding they are friends for whatever reason | One or both muses avoid the word ‘friend’ like heck but they are totally friends | Friends due to necessity/working together | Partners in crime | Platonic Soulmates | Friends due to an event | Friends that met through their kids being friends | Found family | Adopted family literally/legally | Adopted family figuratively | Mentor & Mentee | One muse is the Parental figure to the other | One muse takes the other under their wing | Sibling-like bond | Other [ relationship based on shared goals / mutual attachments ]

[itsvalentinoxh]

Is that (HAILEY VALENTINO)? They look so much like (ARIANA GRANDE). I heard they use (SHE/HER) pronouns and are (CISFEMALE). They also turned (TWENTY-FIVE) years old this year. They’re also famous for being a (SINGER/ACTRESS). I also read that they have (ONE) kid(s) and that they are (BISEXUAL). They are (ENGAGED) to (JACOB ELORDI OR SHAWN MENDES FC).

does Valentino sound familiar to you? if so, you must have heard of the famous and luxurious fashion brand, which is owned by one of Hailey's fathers; Giovanni Valentino. he's actually one of the biggest names in the fashion industry. her second father, Flavio, even if not as big of a name, took the reigns of his mother's (hailey's grandmother) luxury spas company. for that reason, the media has called her a nepo many times… and they aren’t wrong. ff course, there’s no denying Hailey’s amazing singing and acting skills, but she did have the privilege of private classes and easy access to the red carpet world through her family’s connections. as soon as Giovanni discovered Hailey could sing (which wasn’t that hard since she would sing allll the time as a little girl), he enrolled her in singing and piano lessons. She had already started working with an acting agency, as her parents hoped to make their daughter a famous child star. with the Valentino’s connections and Hailey’s talents combined, she did some commercials and voice acting here and there, but it's at 15 years old that she got one of the lead roles in "Acting Out", which was about a group of teens enrolled in a performance arts school and their adventures in the musical theater club they are in as well as in their daily lives*. from there, her singing skills were showcased; she got a role in Broadway, a spin-off of her first tv show with another co-star (wc) and signed with a music record in the same year.

*acting out is like victorious

her relationship with her parents was kind of distant, though, as they were both very busy and often relied on nannies to take care of Hailey and her brother (wc). it was also pretty hard on her to start working so young, and sometimes she feels like Giovanni did this to fulfill his own dreams. of course, he was known around the world for his creations but deep down he had always wanted to become an actor.

as an adult, Hailey focused on her singing career and now has 7 albums out. she's also now engaged with the father of her two year old daughter, daisy. *tba when her pair joins*. but the wedding might be problematic since Hailey started seeing this other person... (wc)

some random facts:

hailey is giovanni's biological daughter; they had her through a surrogate

she has a brother (wc) he can younger or older, adopted or through a surrogate as well

would love some friends, rivals, exes, best friend(s), cousins, etc. for her! i'm always down to plot x

basically all ariana's songs are hers

she loves big dogs; she has a female german shepherd named luna and one male harlequin great dane named tucker

tba

would love these connections for her: friends, besties, frenemies, rivals, exes, ex-flings/one night stands, confident, or dm me on discord to brainstorm x

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🔥 Epic Summer, Crazy Love Triangle Obsession Unveiled!

Summer Lovin' and Brotherly Beef: The Wild Ride of Love Triangles, Starring Belly and the Bros Oh, buckle up, my friends, because we're diving into the world of love triangles, and boy, is it a doozy! 🎢 We're venturing into the land of Jenny Han's young adult trilogy, "The Summer I Turned Pretty," and its TV adaptation that's got us all glued to our screens, "cause what's better than a classic love triangle, you ask? One with more twists than a pretzel factory! So picture this: we've got our teenage heroine, Belly (played by Lola Tung), sandwiched between two brothers - Conrad (played by Christopher Briney), who's got that whole "mysterious and emotionally distant" thing going on, and Jeremiah (played by Gavin Casalegno), the blond Abercrombie model-esque boy next door who's all bubbly and affectionate. But wait for it, in a season-one plot twist that could rival any telenovela, Belly makes out with Jeremiah while her heart was still doing the cha-cha for Conrad! 😘💔 Now, hold on a second. I'm a fan of love triangles, but this one's taking it to a whole new level. We're talking about this messy romantic circus happening while the boys' mom is on her way to the great beyond. And to top it off, Belly's mom is besties with the dying mom, which basically makes the whole situation feel like a soap opera crossed with a family reunion gone wrong. 🎭🏡 But oh, my dear readers, that's not all. It turns out that there's gold in them thar love triangles for writers and showrunners! It's like a treasure chest of endless sequels, TV seasons, and movies, and let's be real, who doesn't want more of those? It's like an all-you-can-eat buffet of drama and ship wars. Ahoy, mateys! 🏴‍☠️ According to some smarty-pants at Vanderbilt University, love triangles are like the secret sauce of forming fan communities. You know, those folks who can argue passionately about whether they're Team Conrad or Team Jeremiah? It's like the Twilight era all over again, and you remember what that did to our shopping habits, right? Nordstrom's Twilight fashion line was both a blessing and a curse. 💍🛍️ But here's the thing: love triangles aren't just about choosing between two hotties. They're like comfort food for our storytelling souls. Readers and viewers love that debate, that clear divide, and the conflict that keeps the story chugging along. It's like being part of a team, but with more drama and fewer uniforms. Go Team Edward, am I right? ⚔️ Now, let's not kid ourselves. Love triangles are like a roller coaster for our emotions, and sometimes they make us scratch our heads and go, "Wait, what?!" But hey, at least they keep us on the edge of our seats, wondering who's gonna win the heart of our darling Belly. But before we dive too deep into the romance abyss, let's acknowledge that love triangles are like a guilty pleasure snack. They make us feel like the center of the universe, and who doesn't love that attention, right? 🍕 And let's not forget about the quirky side characters. I mean, Belly's brother Steven and her BFF Taylor duking it out over who's the better brother, that's like watching a cat and a dog in a heated debate. 🐶🐱 Now, let's zoom out a bit and look at love triangles through a Jane Austen-flavored lens. Apparently, this whole "choosing between two dudes" thing has been around for ages. It's like Austen was the OG matchmaker, setting up her heroines with a virtuous choice and tossing in some moral dilemmas for extra spice. Who needs Tinder when you've got Mr. Darcy and Mr. Wickham, right? Swipe right on that bonnet! 👒💃 But hold your horses, because love triangles might not be as innocent as they seem. You know, there's something about them that tickles our narcissistic fancy. It's like a competition, a conquest of hearts, and we're the shiny trophy they're after. Move over, Miss Universe, we're the star of this show! 🏆🌟 And don't you dare forget about the power dynamics! Love triangles are like a seesaw of emotions, where one lover's rise is the other's fall. It's like a Shakespearean tragedy with a modern twist. Romeo and Juliet with a side of "It's Complicated." Oh, and the pressure, my friends, the pressure! Susannah, the mom who had her own love triangle agenda, piled on the expectations like it was a Thanksgiving buffet. Belly, you're "destined for one of her boys," she said. It's like someone handed her a script for a reality show and said, "Here, make these kids squirm." 🍗🥧 But let's not forget about that grand old house by the sea. It's like a character in its own right, pulling the strings in this dramatic love puppet show. Save the house, marry a brother, it's like a real estate and romance combo deal! Buy one brother's heart, get a beach house for free! 🏖️💞 But hold the phone! It seems like marginalized folks might be gravitating towards love triangles for a deeper reason. You see, it's like a chance to experience desire in a world that sometimes tells them they're not worth it. Who needs society's beauty standards when you've got two handsome hunks fighting over you? 💃💅 Alright, let's wrap this up like a love triangle with only two guys left standing. Love triangles are like that addictive drama series that you just can't stop watching, no matter how much you cringe. They're like the roller coasters of our emotions, taking us on a wild ride of passion and perplexity. But here's the real confession: I'm a sucker for love triangles, and no matter how messy they get, I'll be right there, popcorn in hand, ready for the next emotional loop-de-loop. 🍿🎢 Now, off you go, my dear readers, into the tangled web of love triangles, armed with a newfound understanding of their wild dynamics. And remember, in real life, it's probably best to leave the love triangles to the fictional realm. Embrace love, live free, and if you can, dodge the drama! ✌️🌈# Summer Lovin' and Brotherly Beef: The Wild Ride of Love Triangles, Starring Belly and the Bros Oh, buckle up, my friends, because we're diving into the world of love triangles, and boy, is it a doozy! 🎢 We're venturing into the land of Jenny Han's young adult trilogy, "The Summer I Turned Pretty," and its TV adaptation that's got us all glued to our screens, "cause what's better than a classic love triangle, you ask? One with more twists than a pretzel factory! So picture this: we've got our teenage heroine, Belly (played by Lola Tung), sandwiched between two brothers - Conrad (played by Christopher Briney), who's got that whole "mysterious and emotionally distant" thing going on, and Jeremiah (played by Gavin Casalegno), the blond Abercrombie model-esque boy next door who's all bubbly and affectionate. But wait for it, in a season-one plot twist that could rival any telenovela, Belly makes out with Jeremiah while her heart was still doing the cha-cha for Conrad! 😘💔 Now, hold on a second. I'm a fan of love triangles, but this one's taking it to a whole new level. We're talking about this messy romantic circus happening while the boys' mom is on her way to the great beyond. And to top it off, Belly's mom is besties with the dying mom, which basically makes the whole situation feel like a soap opera crossed with a family reunion gone wrong. 🎭🏡 But oh, my dear readers, that's not all. It turns out that there's gold in them thar love triangles for writers and showrunners! It's like a treasure chest of endless sequels, TV seasons, and movies, and let's be real, who doesn't want more of those? It's like an all-you-can-eat buffet of drama and ship wars. Ahoy, mateys! 🏴‍☠️ According to some smarty-pants at Vanderbilt University, love triangles are like the secret sauce of forming fan communities. You know, those folks who can argue passionately about whether they're Team Conrad or Team Jeremiah? It's like the Twilight era all over again, and you remember what that did to our shopping habits, right? Nordstrom's Twilight fashion line was both a blessing and a curse. 💍🛍️ But here's the thing: love triangles aren't just about choosing between two hotties. They're like comfort food for our storytelling souls. Readers and viewers love that debate, that clear divide, and the conflict that keeps the story chugging along. It's like being part of a team, but with more drama and fewer uniforms. Go Team Edward, am I right? ⚔️ Now, let's not kid ourselves. Love triangles are like a roller coaster for our emotions, and sometimes they make us scratch our heads and go, "Wait, what?!" But hey, at least they keep us on the edge of our seats, wondering who's gonna win the heart of our darling Belly. But before we dive too deep into the romance abyss, let's acknowledge that love triangles are like a guilty pleasure snack. They make us feel like the center of the universe, and who doesn't love that attention, right? 🍕 And let's not forget about the quirky side characters. I mean, Belly's brother Steven and her BFF Taylor duking it out over who's the better brother, that's like watching a cat and a dog in a heated debate. 🐶🐱 Now, let's zoom out a bit and look at love triangles through a Jane Austen-flavored lens. Apparently, this whole "choosing between two dudes" thing has been around for ages. It's like Austen was the OG matchmaker, setting up her heroines with a virtuous choice and tossing in some moral dilemmas for extra spice. Who needs Tinder when you've got Mr. Darcy and Mr. Wickham, right? Swipe right on that bonnet! 👒💃 But hold your horses, because love triangles might not be as innocent as they seem. You know, there's something about them that tickles our narcissistic fancy. It's like a competition, a conquest of hearts, and we're the shiny trophy they're after. Move over, Miss Universe, we're the star of this show! 🏆🌟 And don't you dare forget about the power dynamics! Love triangles are like a seesaw of emotions, where one lover's rise is the other's fall. It's like a Shakespearean tragedy with a modern twist. Romeo and Juliet with a side of "It's Complicated." Oh, and the pressure, my friends, the pressure! Susannah, the mom who had her own love triangle agenda, piled on the expectations like it was a Thanksgiving buffet. Belly, you're "destined for one of her boys," she said. It's like someone handed her a script for a reality show and said, "Here, make these kids squirm." 🍗🥧 But let's not forget about that grand old house by the sea. It's like a character in its own right, pulling the strings in this dramatic love puppet show. Save the house, marry a brother, it's like a real estate and romance combo deal! Buy one brother's heart, get a beach house for free! 🏖️💞 But hold the phone! It seems like marginalized folks might be gravitating towards love triangles for a deeper reason. You see, it's like a chance to experience desire in a world that sometimes tells them they're not worth it. Who needs society's beauty standards when you've got two handsome hunks fighting over you? 💃💅 Alright, let's wrap this up like a love triangle with only two guys left standing. Love triangles are like that addictive drama series that you just can't stop watching, no matter how much you cringe. They're like the roller coasters of our emotions, taking us on a wild ride of passion and perplexity. But here's the real confession: I'm a sucker for love triangles, and no matter how messy they get, I'll be right there, popcorn in hand, ready for the next emotional loop-de-loop. 🍿🎢 Now, off you go, my dear readers, into the tangled web of love triangles, armed with a newfound understanding of their wild dynamics. And remember, in real life, it's probably best to leave the love triangles to the fictional realm. Embrace love, live free, and if you can, dodge the drama! ✌️🌈 Read the full article

[forgotteneabha]

IM LAUGH alaric legit like 'which sounds worse? marrying my star-crossed crush's best friend and thus being forced to see her, all the time, even when we ~aren't at family functions while tryna navigate not hurting my brother, my wife, or my crush and knowing i'll be a lil sad forever bc things'll never be quite how i wanted them to be...or having valentina as a mother-in-law???????' jk jk no but honestly poor alaric!!!!! his whole situation honestly sucks!!!!

but honestly i do think that, if marriage were ever to go ahead between them, or whatever, she'd legit do her best to be a good wife to him/mother to his children, etc!!!! obv she'd ~also do her best to be a good lady to farrington AND to the ppl of hanthom and that lil slip of land in the north, and the general land of astaira etc, and im sure those things would conflict from time to time, but it wouldn't stop her from trying!!!! laksdjfkljsdkjfsf that awk moment when ur biggest struggle in ur relationship is whether to support your beloved nephew in his quest to become ruler of the known world...or to liberate ur wife and her bestie/ur crush's homeland and thus thwart said nephew???? *oof*

ok but in terms of eabha's behavior, i do think...like...i feel like she's clear about it, but also not bc, like, she treats other ppl similarly???? ksldjafkjdsf what do i mean by this...ok so i think eabha's honestly a pr warm and open person and, not to quote lizzie bennet, but 'she dearly loves to laugh,' so like i def think she flirts but also like...idk that she's the best ~at it all the time so i think she probs inadverntely leaves him in that 'wait was she flirting or just being funny/friendly???' sorta headspace sometimes bc idk that she's as clear as ~she thinks she is bc like she'll do smth romantic but then undercut it w teasing/laughter and so its like 'wait was that a joke or not?'

i do think she's in her head abt like...a loT of this, frankly, and she feels weird hunting somebody down basically, etc, so if it becomes obv to her that he's interested, i think she'll ease into things a lil morebc she'll feel less like a snake...she's never tried to catch a dude for his money/status/etc before, never thought she would, never thought well of those who did, etc, and lbr its just not her natural state so like...idk that she's that good at it, but im thinking she's maybe got some ambassadorial bg in her repertoire (incoming thought -- maybe they've met before? tho if so they were probs rivals in that scenario bc she was tryna convince ppl to join eilia against roderick klasdjfkjdsf but anyway!!) so like she falls back on some of ~those lessons but lbr presenting the case of why you ought to ally w eilia against roderick isn't esp sexy so yeah??? i think she's tryna feel her way through this and i def think she stumbles just as often as she doesn't frankly hahahaha

HE DOESN'T NEED 2 GIRLS RODERICK TRYNA MARRY ALKJSFKLJSDF ;klefjkasldjf ok so real talk: i don't think roderick will notice sonya until arthur does, and she's thus presented in roderick's mind as a future potential empress!!! which means she must be ~his!!!! ladies that catch edmund or arthur's eye re: marriage will, yikes-ishly enough, also in so doing catch roderick's eye, if the boys are ~srs abt marrying them (SOBS) fortunately for sonya, arthur's riding that aria train and so far he aint lookin back/looking for a wife sooooo she's def safe from him at least as far ahead as i can see atm? who knows what might happen but yeah, for the foreseeable future i think its safe to say that unless ~edmund starts thinking abt marrying sonya, she's gonna be ok and roderick barely knows who she is asdklfjklsdfj

that makes a ton of sense and, honestly, looking at it that way, eabha ~would be a great fit bc she'd frankly be a better duchess of farrington than ~mrs varmont~ hahahah i mean she'd defff try, and her actions in both cases would come out of the same idealistic vision for a better future etc, but like the whole varmont ideology is so abhorrent foreign to her that she'd def be on his case a lot abt the things roderick's doing that alaric should be tryna talk him out of etc bc as nobles its their duty to safeguard the ppl etc etc etc she's astairan through and through!! but yeah i ~do think she's good at being a lady and running a place smoothly and negotiating trade deals etc etc but yeah she'd def give him a hard time too alkjdsfkljsdjf just ask finn ;D

ok so, obv this is different if farrington is ~in astaira, but just for the purposes of answering the question...imma assume for the moment that its ~not

oof! yeahhhh while, even w it just being a political match, having her husband be in love w her bff would deffff suck but honestly!!!! i think leaving astaira would be the much ~bigger hurdle for eabha bc she's sworn to look after her ppl and that's what she's doing w this marriage! and she can def put up w personal pain to do that, but she can't surrender her ppl!! i do think if smth were worked out where, like, eabha could rest assured knowing her ppl would be taken care of if she left astaira, tho, she'd do it even if it meant never going home again (bc astaira will always be her home!) bc she is ultimately duty oriented and will do what it takes to see her duty done and she's ultimately a willing sacrifice for her ppl if that's what she has to be, so yeah there are circumstances where she'd be willing to leave but yeah those specific parameters would have to be met ~by the marriage itself (if, say, alaric set up a trusted stewart for northern calleary and ciara had hanthom or smth like that yknow? as part of the conditions of the marriage or whatever) but, yeah, short of that!!! she's not leaving!!! ksdjafkjsdf

ooc | Alaric & Eabha

I'm not sure how obvious Eabha is that she's interested in Alaric, but honestly this just might be something he'd consider tbh??

I do think that Alaric feels like he needs to take a wife and I think w/ all of the complicated feelings he has towards Astaira, that maybe taking an Astairan wife would be good to help promote good Varmont/Astaira relationships/??

While he enjoys flirting w/ Sonya, I feel like he honestly doesn't think having to deal w/ her mom is worth it plus, idk if Roderick really is interested in her or not?? But if he was, Alaric would also back off (he doesn't need to be into 2 girls that Roderick is trying to marry!!!)

I also think he believes that Eabha would be a good fit because she grew up expecting to run her own estate and he is looking for a woman who could effectively be his steward, since he knows that he likely will nEVER be settled and always pulled away on the next conquest his brother decides they shall go on and he wants to know that his home/children/etc are in good hands!

I do think that the only hitch in this plan, is whether or not Farrington is here in Astaira or in the og empire, because I feel like Eabha wouldn't want to leave??? Honestly, all of her siblings would be welcome to live w/ her, if they wanted, but yeah I'm sure that complicates things!! (not to mention that Alaric is carrying a silent torch for one of Eabha's best friends #notawkward)