#like I find some comedic innuendos funny

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me, at school, opening Tumblr: *no old man yaoi no old man yaoi no old man yaoi-*

the billford on my dash (it's sexier than normal):

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The Hashira and their Sense of Humor

Apologies for the hiatus! A lot has happened over the last couple of months and I'm finally getting some of them (somewhat) resolved through therapy and A LOT of patience with myself. So here's a post that I written back in October that brings me so much joy! Thank you all for your patience ^^

Word count: 2k~

Mitsuri Kanroji

You know those types of people who want to tell you a really funny story but they need to stop laughing first?

And they've been laughing for the past fifteen minutes?

Yeah that's Mitsuri

I'm not entirely sure what to categorize this either than comedic storytelling

She could probably be a standup comedian too, she has some good stories to tell

But Mitsuri is really in her element when when someone else is telling a mildly amusing story

She will just keep adding onto it to somehow make it even more funnier than it was originally intended

Misturi could make an inside joke between you guys too, she is the designated funny friend of the Hashira

I also feel like she sometimes makes self-deprecating jokes, but not on any serious topics

Like she enjoys poking fun at the fact that she's still single

For an example, Mitsuri and Shinobu could be making an order at a restaurant for lunch

By the time Mitsuri finishes her first round of food and hands the dishes to the waiter, she accidentally drops them causing all the plates and bowls to shatter all over the floor

She tries to help clean up but the staff insists that she shouldn't worry about it

Sitting back down with Shinobu, cheeks red from embarrassment, Mitsuri will crack an awkward smile and say "Yeah, this is why I'm still single!"

Obanai Iguro

Obanai is the most sarcastic motherfucker on this list

I feel like his number one policy is "Don't ask me stupid questions"

He's already annoyed like 70% of the time, just don't annoy him even more

But then again...

"Hey Obanai, did you lose this?" "No I was just playing hide and seek with an inanimate object for fun, YES I fucking dropped it"

"You look really tired, are you doing okay?" "Hell yeah, nothing says healthy like eye bags as dark as my hair"

"Can I pet your snake?" "Yeah you just gotta let him nibble you first but don't worry, he's only venomous"

Usually he's kinda rude about it but he does have his nice moments

"Hey Obanai, can you pass me that?" Obanai will just say no but hand and just hand it to you anyways

Some people just don't understand sarcasm all the time and that's when he kinda runs into some trouble

Obanai and Kyojuro were walking to a meeting together, but Obanai had forgotten his jacket AND haori

It was quite chilly outside too, so poor Obanai was shivering while trying to keep Kaburamaru warm

Kyojuro asked Obanai "My friend, winter is coming! Aren't you cold?"

Obanai deadpanned and said "Of course not, I'm just practicing my acting. Glad to see that my shivering is that convincing"

"How interesting! Maybe you should audition for a play at the theatre!"

Obanai's annoyance kept him warm for the rest of the day

Tengen Uzui

Quite an obvious statement, but Tengen’s humor mainly comprises of sex jokes and innuendos

The man has three wives, of course he would find that shit funny

Like he will be in the middle of a meeting, and everyone will line up to receive some gifts from Kagaya

He will say "Come in a straight line, my students"

Tengen will chuckle and say "That's what she said"

Tengen is also the type to be "gay with the homies" and loves to embarrass Sanemi and Obanai by making jokes about being in love or hooking up with them

He chooses specifically those two because it felt awkward to make the jokes to Gyomei

Tengen once spent forty-five minutes explaining to Kyojuro that he didn't actually want to buy him dinner after Kyojuro gave him a genuinely offended look to the highest degree

"How deceitful of you, Tengen"

He pretty much wrote off saying jokes like that to Kyojuro following that incident, but he really can't help himself sometimes

I don't think that Tengen solely has generic innuendos he uses on everyone, he likes testing what SPECIFIC category of sex jokes makes people uncomfortable

Like if Giyu goes to the bathroom, Tengen will saunter up with a finger gun on his chin and ask "Pissing all by yourself, handsome?"

Everyone is throwing their shoes at him

Sanemi Shinazugawa

Of course this sadistic bastard likes slapstick, what we’re you thinking?

He may be good at holding in a laugh, but you can still see that stupid smirk on his face if anyone stumbles

One time Tengen's six foot ass fell face first while running late to a meeting

Sanemi actually struggled to keep his composure that day, he had to bite his lips together to hide the uncontrollable grin on his face

People getting smacked upside the head, tripping others, people getting violently angry, Sanemi loves it all

He refuses to admit that Zenitsu is funny

Now a regular civilian is one thing, but children getting roughed up is another

there was a particular incident where Sanemi had come across some kids swinging on a tree branch near a market he occasionally visited

This week ass branch definitely didn't have the strength to hold up any of those kids

So Sanemi did what any sane person would, and stuck around to watch this disaster happen

Well unfortunately for this one child, the branch snapped mid-swing and fell right on their face

And there was Sanemi, a hand over his stomach from laughing at these dumb kids

He didn't even stop to help them or anything, just calmed down from laughing so hard and walked away to continue shopping

Shinobu Kocho

An absolute queen of insult humor

Even Sanemi can’t beat Shinobu at her best

Do you even think she would stick with the basic ass jokes? Of course not

She can be an absolute menace if she really wants to

Shinobu is just tired of everyone's shit, and she can get even more exhausted from putting on that smile nearly as much as Kyojuro

She just can't keep up

Which brings me to my main point, which is that Shinobu's funny side usually comes out in rants or vents with the people closest to her

She and Mitsuri both express their humor by storytelling, Shinobu's just originates more from anger an annoyance rather than an effort to be entertaining

Regardless of who Shinobu's around, everyone can tell that when she walks through the door with steam coming out of her ears, everyone's gonna be laughing their asses off

As anyone can agree if they've worked in any form of customer service, there are some days where you are so damn close to breaking your cool

When Tengen got placed in the Butterfly Estate's infirmary, Shinobu was actually going to kill a patient instead of saving them for once

Like this man was just demanding shit and teasing his friend left and right, and Aoi had never been so afraid of her mentor in her entire life

Aoi tried to calm her down, "Sticks and stones Shinobu, don't let him get to you!"

Tengen only snickered

Ooooo, she lost her shit

"Sticks and stones may break my bones but PLEASE. FUCK. OFF"

Angy Shinobu is best Shinobu

Kyojuro Rengoku

Look me in the eyes and tell me Kyojuro doesn’t like puns

I know you can't do it

He will howl with laughter nearly every time you tell him a pun

"Hey Kyo, you're never gonna believe it! Remember my friend with a bakery? Well it just burned down!"

At first he'll show genuine concern, politely shouting "How unfortunate!"

"Don't worry about it, his business is toast"

Give him a minute...

"Ahahaha! Good one!"

Not only does he like being told puns, but if he has a good opportunity to tell a well timed pun he will not stop giggling until he tells it

One time you, Tengen, Mitsuri, and Kyojuro were all trying to decide where to eat after a long day of work

At one point Tengen suggested hotpot, even offering to take you all to one that Makio and Suma liked

Kyojuro tried muffling his laughing, but his attention was redirected when you asked him what he thought of the idea

Finally able to cease his giggles, Kyojuro proudly shouted "SOUPER"

It doesn't matter if you find the joke funny or not, Kyojuro's laughter is so contagious that you're dying at the silly pun

What a fucking dork <3

Giyu Tomioka

If there was a form of comedy that’s applicable at any given moment, Giyu would use it on a daily basis

Luckily for him, Giyu discovered it very quicky and refuses to let the tactic go

That's right, Giyu is physically incapable of stopping himself from making a "your mom" joke

Everyone can blame Obanai for that one

Quite literally at any opportunity, Giyu will mutter the phrase under his breath

Unfortunately, because it has become such an unconscious thing for Giyu, this bad habit of his ends up kicking his ass at the worst of times

with all due respect to Giyu's efforts, it just makes him unintentionally funny

in an awkward way

Giyu visited one of his favourite restaurants on his day off, the waiter asked "Is there anything else you would like, sir?" after giving his order

Now Giyu didn't mean it, he really didn't

It just slipped out of his mouth so easily

"Your mom"

Let me tell you, the silence was absolutely deafening

After the two stared at each other in mutual confusion, Giyu just wordlessly left due to the sheer embarrassment and awkwardness he had caused

He tried to go back, truly, Giyu made the effort and walked through the door

But he made uncomfortable eye contact with that same waiter and walked out

He hasn't gone back to that restaurant since ;,)

Gyomei Himijima

I have already established in my Gyomei Headcannons post that Gyomei is the dad friend of the Hashira (go check out that post if you haven’t btw ^^)

So of course he's going to make dad jokes, everyone saw this coming

God forbid you ever complain around him, he will see it as an opportunity (usually)

"Man, I'm really hungry" Gyomei will hand you a bento box and say "Hi hungry, I'm prepared

He is THAT GUY that makes "I haven't seen you since last year!" jokes

Every single year without fail

Shockingly, Gyomei and Kyojuro will bond over their mutual love for super corny jokes

One time while training Genya, Gyomei asked him "Child, what is long and sticky?"

Genya paused his routine to think for a moment, slightly disturbed by the question

"I don't know what you- fresh mochi?" Gyomei shook his head

Genya made a claw gesture with his hands, knowing Gyomei couldn't see it

"No idea, what's long and sticky?"

Gyomei gave a small, sly smile before responding

"A stick, little one"

To be honest, Gyomei's jokes do annoy some of the Hashira whenever he makes them (mainly Shinobu, Obanai and Tengen)

Normally because he's so calm about it

Tengen usually is one to lose his temper over it though

"You really got a joke for about everything, huh?" "Indeed I do, Tengen. I even have one about construction"

Tengen's eye will twitch as he taunts Gyomei "Oh yeah? Well let's hear it then!"

"I'm afraid I can't, my friend. I'm still working on it"

Kyojuro's laugh echoes throughout the meeting as Tengen realizes he most definitely walked into that one

Muichiro Tokito

His sense of humor is weird

That’s all I have, anything that Muichiro finds funny is actually kinda strange

He does this thing where he will go in with a fistbump, but change it to a high five last second

Muichiro can do it the other way around too, but regardless it results in this silly fist-five thing that makes him chuckle

He's a little bit of a devious child so his sense of humor kinda comes from whatever will annoy the other Hashira

Sometimes he will sit in the middle of a meeting and just blow raspberries while spacing out a little

It annoys the fuck out of Sanemi and Obanai because Muichiro's spit gets EVERYWHERE

Even Giyu thinks that kid comes with his own splash zone

He's not one for pranks per say, but he likes reaping a bit of terror amongst the other Hashira

One time Muichiro stole Tengen's red eyeliner one weekend purely for entertainment

the next day when everyone showed up to the meeting, people got to witness a very distressed Tengen

Holding up Sanemi and Obanai midair by the collar of their shirts, Tengen interrogated the both of them where they hid his shockingly expensive liner

Of course no one would suspect the slobbering kid, who was inconspicuously blowing raspberries

Had anyone asked Muichiro if he saw Tengen's liner, Muichiro would turn to the fuming man and giggle

Secretly, Aoi is Muichiro's unknowing accomplice in these scenarios

"Here Aoi, could you hold this for a while?" "Uhh, sure? What is it for?" "Hmm? Oh nothing..."

Don't underestimate this little shit

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Hey y’all! Hope you liked this post, it was such a pleasure to write it ^^

I’m hoping that now I’ll be able to write more for this blog now that I have more time, and I have more posts lined up in the future :)

Ask box and requests are still open, just please read the rules before submitting anything!

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What made you fall in love with Copollo and how can we angst this with Hypollo?

I had to marinate this in my head for a bit haha

First - What Made Me Love Copollo?

I don't know if I have the words for it, but I shall try! XD

First of all, I do love me some of that simple, satisfying ships that make you smile - ie, Percabeth - but -

But. But.

There's something about those toxic relationships that are so interesting.

And Copollo has an especially interesting dynamic - Commodus is the more toxic one, but Apollo's the one with all the power. Usually it's only one person with both those things but it's split between them (and note: I said Commodus was the more toxic one - Apollo was also toxic. he was enabling Commodus.)

So the dynamic is one reason. But I also just...love their story.

They relate to each other on a level rarely reached. They had a genuine relationship that was more than carnal, or even just affectionate. They loved each other, and I do think Commodus had just as much of an effect on Apollo as Daphne and Hyacinthus did.

I mean come on.

Apollo gets nervous around trees because of Daphne = Apollo doesn't like water because of Commodus.

Apollo describes Hyacinthus as perfect = Apollo has thought of Commodus as perfect.

It's all right there^^^^

And with Apollo, it's like he's caught in this "I can fix him" / "he can make me worse" mindset.

With Commodus, he's been seeking validation his whole life and clings to Apollo's when it's given to him - and his sanity spirals when he looses it.

They're that perfect mix of "match made in heaven" and "match made in hell". They would have worked but they also could not.

It's just. such a tragedy. which FITS because ya know, Greek Tragedy TM ;)

AND OF COURSE THEIR INTERACTIONS ARNUMNUMNUM!!!!!

How they're so very casual with each other in that flashback. Apollo's bouncing grapes off Commodus's nose for crying out loud THEY'RE IN LOVE YOUR HONOR-!

And then. In ToA. urhhhhhh it's so good. Commodus is That Ex with a picture of his ex on a dartboard. SERIOUSLY. and he THROWS KNIVES AT IT.

LIKE COME ON HOW MUCH MORE JILTED EX CAN YOU GET?

"dear heart", anybody? DEAR HEART? REMEMBER THAT?! I DO!!! LIVES RENT-FREE IN MY HEAD!!!!!

also the two innuendos in TDP and TTT are so good like come on Rick you know what you did there

and then. their final scene together. it's just. ARGHURHMMRM

Apollo reminisces on how he used to hold Commodus's hands with love. Commodus is so fucking eager to take a shot at him. Apollo screams him to death like omfg and the last thing - the last thing - Commodus hears is Apollo's pent-up heartbreak.

May I emphasize Apollo's pent-up heartbreak. HIS HEARTBREAK OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS YES BUT ALSO HIS LIFETIME. WHICH MEANS COMMODUS IS LITERALLY GIVEN A FACE-FULL OF PROOF THAT APOLLO STILL CARED FOR HIM.

Two people in love, and their love going so wrong when one betrays the other - killing them! - and the other is suddenly hellbent on revenge?

It's all about that lovers to enemies, everybody. Enemies to lovers is good and all but what about loves to enemies.

It's so good armnumnum.

GAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I LOVE THEM OKAY I LOVE THESE BISEXUAL BITCHES MJHYJUFGH

inhale

exhale

i'm good now. ahem inspects ask angst it with Hyapollo now, eh?

Let's see here...

Well for one Commodus is 100% jealous of Hyacinthus. Like sorry I'm not moving from this hill I will die on this hill you will have to climb up this hill and drag me off it kicking and crying and screaming and clawing you. I'm not moving. crosses arms and sits down pouting

Meanwhile, in the Hyacinthus department, I think Hya would just...not really care? Or well, he'd care about how Apollo took the whole arc but he wouldn't be like "oh no he moved on :(" about it (Poly Apollo is canon y'all i don't make the rules!). more like "bitch you think I give a shit about you?" at Commodus. "YOU'RE NOT WORTH MY TIME!"

I also find it funny if it's this:

this hasn't really turned out as angst but the comedic potential is too good lmao XD

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20 Questions for Writers - I was tagged by @batrachised and then took forever to actually do this, oops.

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

18, but some of them are anonymous so officially it's 16

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

65,647

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Star Wars (a shocking confession to make on my Star Wars sideblog) and Jane Austen

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

The one where Anne de Bourgh is the Regency It Girl who everyone's desperate to marry

The one where I lost steam and will never finish it and kind of just ignore that it exists <333

The one where Mary Bennet is a serial killer

The one where a bunch of normal office workers and medical experts exchange increasingly concerned emails about the Vader suit

The one where Bail Organa accidentally starts a rumor he had an affair with Darth Vader

5. Do you respond to comments?

Yes, and I always overthink it and worry I'm annoying whoever I'm responding to

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

I don't know if this would really be considered angst, but the "Mary Bennet serial killer" fic I wrote ends with the implication that she's going to kill again lol

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

This is hard to quantify, but Bail Organa's accidental affair reveal does distract everyone too much to blow up his planet, so I guess that one

8. Do you get hate on fics?

No, I'm unanimously loved but I sometimes get people telling me I should have done something differently

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

No, but I write innuendos if I think they're funny. I've got one fic that's just "how many double entendres can I fit in 850 words?" and it's incredibly immature but I'm told it amused people

10. Do you write crossovers?

Officially no, unofficially I've had a concept marinating in my brain for like three years and simply haven't bothered to do it because I got distracted by Star Wars

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

If I have, I don't know about it yet!

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

I started translating one of my own fics, and then I never finished it. It's really difficult!

13. Have you ever co-written a fic?

Yes and it was a DELIGHT. It felt like it transformed the entire process to be only the fun parts (bouncing ideas around) and none of the difficult parts—just like yayyyyyyy I'm having fun and then suddenly you look up and realize you've hit 10,000 words

14. What's your all-time favorite ship?

Yodpatine

15. What's a WIP that you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

I have been working for a while on a Padmé + handmaidens fic that's mostly just me projecting about "how do you move on when your lookalike dies?" and I would like it to become a coherent story I can share someday but I am not optimistic about its prospects

16. What are your writing strengths?

Being silly

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Being serious

18. Thoughts on writing in another language in a fic?

Please stop using google translate for this, I find it so jarring when a character starts speaking a comedically poorly translated version of a language I actually know. In my own writing, I would much prefer to use the "'Words words words,' said Character in Language" construction, even if it's a language I speak

19. First fandom you wrote for?

sigh. I think it was Sherlock

20. Favorite fic you've written?

anyway I think the one where Palpatine lost his job and ended up becoming roommates with Anakin and Obi-Wan was fun, so we'll say that one

tagging: @no-where-new-hero @animazi @ozvezdja

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Vox Machina rant time! Specifically I've been thinking about Scanlan.

CRC1 Scanlan and TLOVM Scanlan are quite different in my mind. Technically I discovered the DND game before the show, but I didn't get into it until after TLOVM came out. Thus, for some characters including Scanlan, I saw their show characterizations before the original ttrpg ones. And honestly I think that made me like him less??? Which isn't really anything against the show because it's entirely a product of the show format.

Let me explain. If you think about Scanlan in TLOVM, most of his lines are comedic relief. There's a lot of jokes and the like in TLOVM, and most of them are his. That's not really all that much of a problem for me on it's own, as Scanlan is a very comedic character, and it's important to show that. What bothers me is that to me, it kind of cheapens him. It makes him seem incompetent, incapable of taking things seriously, and like he constantly has his mind in gutter. That impression is wrong, but since it's most of what we see of him it's the conclusion I drew first. And so when watching the show, while I respected him as a character, as a person he came off annoying and frustrating (especially because my humor is quite different)

In the campaign however, I like Scanlan a lot more. He's great! He still provides a lot of comic relief, (he is still the same character concept after all!) but the difference is that the campaign's long format allows his character and the story as a whole more breathing room. Not only is there more time for character growth, but there's also more opportunities for each character to branch out and do things the others usually do without it destroying characterizations. Watching the episodes I can find so many times where Scanlan is the one who comes up with the plan, or is the voice of reason, or gathers the information, or carries out a serious negotiation. When every line isn't vital to his character, he has the time to crack a variety of jokes which I actually find hilarious. When there's enough opportunities to plan to go around and you don't have to give them all to the Smart Guy, your funny guy can have strokes of tactical brilliance too. And so then I actually care about him because he's given the space to be something more complex than a walking dick joke. Yes, he has his moments in the show too, but they're so overshadowed by everything else that they barely factor into my idea of him. The campaign gives him the space to make his silly little jokes and innuendos and rhymes, while still being something more than that.

All of this to say that adapting such a huge story is very hard because every individual action is so much more important. My first impressions of Scanlan weren't great, because most of what's in the show is stuff I personally find annoying. But in listening to the episodes, where his character has the time to be more complex, I've actually come to quite like him.

(disclaimer: this is not me hating on TLOVM at all it's amazing and I really enjoy it it's just that listening to the og campaign got me thinking)

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/// OOC TIME!

OK so I'm stupid and I was reading some things about RP etiquette, and I realized I never have said anything about certain things. So, let's clarify a few things (?)

I don't speak English. Yes I misspell some words in purpose but sometimes I don't realize i misspelled something until some time later. I apologize for some weird, hard to follow phrases. Sometimes I have to search how to say the simplest things(?)

This is a sideblog, and I think I haven't even tell you which my main is lol. It's @appatary8523 and I usually like from there. I don't usually follow RP accounts, but if you see a like or something, that's me (?) (I don't recommend you to follow my main, there's nothing interesting in there). Any pronouns for me is OK, in this Fortnite thing I don't have any specific nickname. Some call me Nolan, some call me Appa, both are OK. If you have a third one, we'll, just let me know you're talking about me (?)

I use (?) a lot. That usually mean something should be taken ironically, in a comedical or ironic way. If you get confused you know what it is, but I think I have controlled my urge to use it at the end of every sentence, I just think it's near(?)

Despite my Nolan baby being straight I have no problem with any other kind of interaction. Tease him, take him to his limit. I don't get annoyed when you annoy him, I think it's funny

I'm also open to shipping. I may be DiamondChance central but that doesn't mean I will force every Montague to interact and likeNolan (?). I'm open, I'll let my boy have fun with whoever crosses his way

This is stated in the pinned post but, still. As you've noticed by now I post a lot of sexual innuendos or innapropiate things. I try to keep things cool, and I tag most of the most suggestive things as #suggestive. If you see something you find uncomfortable don't worry, send me a message and let me know! I don't think I'll post straight up NSFW, if I do, everything will be tagged accordingly.

I'm an adult, I don't feel veeeeery comfortable having suggestive interactions with minors for OBVIOUS reasons. It's OK to tease Nolan, he may reply a thing or two, but, don't make it TOO weird/explicit/something. I'll ask your age (if you don't have it in your pinned) in case your muse wants one of those nasty things with Nolon. Any other interaction is OK.

Nolan is an ignorant and disrespectful slut who will say the meanest things. BUT that does not represent my opinion. If you feel I'm being to harsh with your character (or you feel it's a personal attack) let me know, I don't mean to cause you discomfort or hurt you.

Whatever canon Nolan did applies for my Nolan. He stole the slap juice vault? Yes. He's suspected for conspiracies surrounding loot llamas? Nobody has been able to prove anything. My headcanons are about his past (previous to his debut lol) and to his present, living in the C5S4 map lol

ANY interaction you have with this blog will be taken in character unless you start with the // or parenthesis or something that allows me to me know you are talking to me (Mun, Big Nolan). If you send me a message without any of those things, get ready to get a reply from Nolan (little Nolan (?)) .

If a post starts getting/is planned to get a bit long I'll most likely pick a title to it and tag it, so you can blacklist it. I know it takes lot of space in your dash. My apologies!

I don't hate you. If I don't reply or I don't send you starters or I stop answering something it's because I'M SUPER SHY. I apologize for that too, I just, have no idea of where to stop(?

And I think that's all? Sorry I just went like "Woah real" and I felt like to make this post. Sorry for all the weird Nolan posting things, sometimes I think of things and I go like "yea it fits him (?)"

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Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective Episode 8 Review - Proving Ron's Innocence

They updated the opening to include the observatory case people! The director and Orihime are kind of hard to find, but if you look at the part where the woman falls dead just before Ron and Toto start chasing the mysterious man in the chorus, you can see them there! It’s so intriguing to see the opening constantly being updated with the minor characters. I also noticed that Spitz and Dr. Usaki aren’t added to the opening. Will they be added on later?

Anyways, I’m a bit sad that Toto didn’t get to solve this whole mystery by himself, but he was able to prove Ron’s innocence, so that’s a good step forward! He was able to notice that there were bullet holes on all the light areas and they were shot straight from the center, which proves Ron’s testimony. Toto was also able to recall that the telescope also had a security camera, which was the last piece of evidence that allowed Grizzly to change his mind. This was good progress! He doesn't look like a doofus now (still side-eyeing episode 5).

However, proving Ron’s innocence was the catalyst for another first for the story: a second victim in the form of John Grizzly. Oh boy, if someone as important as John Grizzly can die in a case like this, then it means that nobody is safe. I was surprised that Grizzly was next to die and just as he found Ron innocent and even wanted to reopen the Bloody Training Incident case for reinvestigation. I guess this is a case of dying because he knew too much. Fortunately, he left behind an important piece of evidence that will lead to the true culprit. I never thought Grizzly was the culprit, but I thought he’d be an important factor to help them with the case like how Spitz became their ally. This does give a good clue for the culprit, though: they either have good aim with a gun or they’re strong enough to push a tall man like Grizzly down from the roof. This does rule out Orihime as the culprit because she’s dainty.

I’m sad that just when John Grizzly started becoming likable that he was killed off. I was surprised on how reasonable he was despite his insistence on Ron being the culprit. From the screen time he had with Toto, it’s shown what sort of detective he is: he’s very meticulous as he gathered alibis for everyone on the case and looking over the crime scene multiple times and even finding new evidence. Toto was reasonable enough to pull some sense into him as he told him he was Ron’s friend, so he believes in his innocence 100%. I was super shocked in the beginning where it looked like he was going to attack Toto with a ladder, but withheld himself from doing so after realizing it was him.

Despite him antagonizing Ron, Ron still respected him. The only other time Ron was visibly shaken up by something was when he assumed Toto was poisoned back in Episode 6. Toto is still alive, fortunately. For the case of Grizzly, he’s dead and Ron’s even more shaken up by this. The way Ron looked at his former teacher’s corpse was so sad; the rain looked as if it was there as replacement for his tears. I like since Grizzly’s sudden death, Ron has been showing more of his eyes. I’m glad that Ron and Toto are finally sleuthing again in order to prevent more murders from happening.

Although this is a serious matter, I still enjoyed the comedic moments. Amano has a talent for being able to incorporate them into the serious mood without it being too forced or out of place. The part where Toto tried mimicking Ron by lying down next to the corpse was funny in a cute way. I also liked the part where Ron squeezed the syrup packet so hard it started squirting onto Toto; was that an innuendo of sorts? However, my favorite comedic moments was when Ron declared he’d explain the situation to Donzawa and the director in thirty seconds and it’s revealed that he’s just talking REALLY fast. That was hilarious!

I’m still in the notion that the director is the culprit of the case because I feel as if he’s the only one with a solid connection to the murder case ten years ago when his father was still the director at the time. Given that he was the one who hired John Grizzly, he could easily have disposed of him. However, what would be his reason to kill Onodera? Because of her snooping around?

There’s one more thing I’d like to address before I end the review. John Grizzly is English? British? Yet he’s speaking Japanese perfectly fine. Nobody pointed this out. Heck, nobody even pointed out how Spitz, another British/English man, speaks perfect Japanese as well. Though, I do notice that despite him speaking perfect Japanese, his notes are in English. This feels like some weird inconsistency… Either that or BLUE trains their students to master every language...

Now that I got that out of the way, how do you feel now that there are two victims in this case? Were you sad to see John Grizzly killed off so soon? Who do you think is the culprit? What are your thoughts about this episode?

[eternalwritess]

Hiya! I'd like to request a matchup for Hazbin Hotel, if that's alright. :)

Basics: My name's Sébastian. I'm a male (I am trans if that's important) and I'm bisexual. I wouldn't like to be paired with Alastor, Lucifer or Carmilla, if that's possible.

Personality: I'm an INFJ, though I do come across as an extrovert in online spaces. I'm typically very introverted, but when I'm around people I care about I get rather loud and obnoxious due to a fear of being ignored. I don't put myself out there as a smart person, but I was always very high up academically. I have a tendency to write or speak in a way that could be considered robotic. People have told me I'm really funny before, which I doubt. I constantly struggle to show those I love how much I care about them, and often resort to excessively love-bombing people. A lot of this is due to the fact I don't think about people unless I'm actually talking to or texting them, as I get extremely focused on other things. I often get called narcissistic by people because of it. The majority of my jokes involve innuendos or things like cannibalism, but my comedic timing is what others tend to enjoy. I get easily overwhelmed though, so there have been numerous times where I've just gone silent in a conversation. I struggle to navigate social situations, but thankfully I'm very good at articulating myself around normal people.

I'm autistic and have anxiety, which impacts a lot of my thinking and relationships.

Interests: Funnily enough, my main interest is in fashion, but I never have anyone to discuss it with due to my friends not being interested in it. My friends and family always come to me for fashion advice, though. I'm an emo, but I often dress in other styles to fit the mood or vibes. Other interests of mine include the skeletal system, nuclear energy and chemical warfare; an odd selection, I know. Hobbies of mine include: organisation, writing, drawing, crocheting and designing clothing. I'm currently learning German. My music taste is all over the place but I mainly listen to: My Chemical Romance, Waterparks, Melanie Martinez & Queen.

Love languages: I often give extravagant gifts to those I love. Another of my love languages is physical touch, I only touch those I really feel comfortable with though. I enjoy receiving pretty much any form of affection except for words of affirmation. I don't find spoken words genuine, it's a weird thing.

My type in a partner: I need to be with someone who is alright with me spoiling them spontaneously. I also would prefer someone who can be patient with me when I need it or will leave me be when I'm overwhelmed. I don't want someone who's talking all the time, I would appreciate constant texting over speaking to me a lot. I don't have many physical preferences, except for not wanting anyone who has severe health issues (mental or physical) because I have issues maintaining myself and wouldn't be capable of managing a whole other person.

What I look like: I have short brown hair. I'm below average height. I'm skinny, but I have muscular legs due to running and walking frequently. I have large blue eyes.

Extra: I run above average when it comes to temperature, so friends use me to warm up if they're cold. I also have a naturally lower resting heart rate than the average person.

(Hope that's enough info for you <3. Have a good day/night!)

𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕞𝕒𝕥𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕕 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙…

𝓥𝓪𝓰𝓰𝓲𝓮!

You most likely met Vaggie either at the hotel or at a group of people. Most likely some sort of fight in hell etc.

She would constantly guide you around the hotel making sure that you felt safe etc.

If you ever made dark jokes around her she wouldn't care for the most part and would likely laugh as I see her as a dark humor type of person. She would probably even add onto the joke

Although if you ever mentioned the exterminations she would get somewhat closed off between you two and would seem cold, she would tell you that it wasn't your fault though and that it was her own stuff

"Don't worry about it... its my own bullshit, not your fault,"

You and her both likely suck at social situations and aren't very good at them overall she tries to avoid them every now and then you'll both go yo an event and don't often talk to people

Every now and then you might go up to someone to strike a conversation and she'll be right by your side, a bit like a guard dog but she'll be there

She may be a little overprotective of you and try to protect you a little too much, but seeing how you don't want to be lonely she'll probably open up a bit more trying to let down her guard a bit more for your sake

This is also because... lets be honest she's a little self conscious about your relationship and thinks that she's not good enough at times

"I'm... sorry about being overprotective, its just something about me I guess... guess you could say its in my blood or something"

That being said, while you requested someone without issues she does have some but they don't affect her too much. She has some guilt from the exterminations but doesn't let that get in your or her way

Every now and then she'll get a bit down thinking about the exterminations but can shove that aside. (Also almost everyone in this show is traumatized asf and the ones who aren't dont exactly suit some things you're looking for so she's the best i got, sorry-)

She'd totally take an interest in all of your interests and probably would know a bit too much about them-...

I think that she might take up crocheting with you, something to help calm her down and all. Although she'd be horrible at it

"I don't think I did this one right... mind helping me?"

I think Vaggie would love physical touch, an arm around your shoulder, waist, holding your hand etc.

Vaggie also doesn't talk too much and would be fine with just sitting in silence with you or hell even texting

While she might be a slightly dry texter she's texts a lot and fast, never leaving you on read

She would cuddle with you all of the time <3

[grahamkennedy]

An incredibly autistic stream of consciousness post about Graham Kennedy and also Dylan Moran for some reason (I am, believe it or not, sober)

I take this long dead comedian extremely incredibly seriously as well. The way his comedic style and approach changed alongside Australian cultural attitudes, becoming more lax and crass and free flowing, before eventually his own personal hardships changed his comedy to the point where it became at odds with his audience, more vindictive and callous and mean, less jovial and more sardonic is so intriguing. That's not to say there's never any merit to comedy like this.

This is Dylan Moran's wheelhouse and apart from Kennedy, Moran is probably my biggest comedic inspiration. And Coast to Coast was popular and well liked, but it was so often commented how unhappy Kennedy seemed and how the bitterness in his comedy was palpable. Moran's misanthropy always comes with a kind of mystical air to it. It's a very whimsical hatred, it's odd and farcical, it's a pantomime.

Moran's comedy is the reason I hate the dichotomy some people have created between offensive and wholesome humour. That's not to say "let's all make racist, sexist, transphobic, etc etc jokes because that's fine". It's that comedy doesn't exist solely to you feel good. Which is a stupid pretentious thing to say but like, comedy is supposed to make you laugh, but it's not necessarily there to lighten your emotional load. Comedy about the worst and most horrible evils can land extremely well. Moran has made some pretty controversial jokes about CSA in Ireland, for example, that I find extremely funny and also poignant, because it's what he knows. It's the environment he grew up and understood.

Kennedy in the 70s is, imho, his peak for this reason. It's not to say some of the stuff Kennedy did hasn't aged extremely poorly, Australian comedy, especially television comedy, is notoriously like, several decades behind the rest of the world at times. But his best stuff reflected the push and pull of (white) Australian society between its innate conservatism as an English colonial outpost and constitutional monarchy and the image its been trying to cultivate as an easy, laidback, fun loving country. His comedy being low brow, sexual, innuendo based, etc, was trying to push boundaries that existed in Australian society at large that needed to be pushed. Controversial comedy isn't bad, it's about WHY it's controversial.

By the late 80s, Kennedy's comedic style didn't reflect an actual societal need. And it's not even that he was being offensive in the way we'd think now when we think of edgelord comedians, it's that his comedy punched down to innocent people in general. Victims of disasters, the mentally ill, people just going about their lives. And it reflected his own personal turmoil, because by this point he was world weary and bitter and angry because of his own mistreatment.

I don't actually know where I was going with this, I just really love viewing comedy through the lens of sociology and psychology and all that shit. I'm autistic and gay, so I gotta get pretentious with it.

[ssreeder]

waaaAAAHHHH sreedie I’m so fucking pumped for this chapter you have no IDEA

jee out here crushing rasu’s hopes and dreams like the perfect grumpy uncle he is <3

rasu is the emotional fallout catcher and I love him for that

wheezing that katara’s most pressing concern when seeing zuko for the first time is THIS BITCH HAS HAIR??

zuko please why is your fight or flight response fucked up enough to become fight or insult the person trying to help you.

oh shit wait does zuko think katara is sokka???

yeah zuko definitely thinks she’s sokka lmao it’s giving major head injury

ugh NO just let sokka see zuko I hate it here

BUT ALSO!!! big win that iroh can tell the boys that zhao is dead at some point (it better be sooner rather than later, right sreedie??)

AT LEAST AZULA ISNT IN BA SING SE it’s the little victories lads, the itsy bitsy ones

also can sokka PLEASE tell SOMEBODY about the bending suppressants I’m like super concerned about that

aaaaaang not the yue bomb T-T

dude. the fact that aang has suffered so much loss- I can’t anymore

BATO T-T not zuko’s “glowing personality”

god I love chang he takes No shit whatsoever

I’m sorry but bato saying ara “had some issues” is such an understatement, why does this man have such a comedic thought process. he really said I do not want to touch This with a 10ft pole

LMAO pls it would be so funny if bato did end up kissing chang (especially if it’s accidental)

loving bato in his damage control era

CHANG “now that things are awkward I’m gonna go” T-T my guy said TOODLES

ah yes, return of the penis fingers trauma from the good old days <3

HES AWAKE and immediately making innuendoes

trust that jet decides to expose sokka while on his deathbed I shouldn’t have expected any less from him

AZULA

I love mai <33333333

sreedie WHO has been leaving you negative comments and WHERE can I find them (not bc I wanna defend you or anything haha not like I still care about you even though we’re divorced haha I HATE you actually)

anyways I’ve been ROBBED???!?!? wHere was my zukka reunion >:(((

sreedie it better be soon bc I’m losing my whole mind… but yes very very vibrating-out-of-my-seat about the potential of a zuko and chang reunion too :3 (if you kill chang I will throw a rock through your window and smash all your lightbulbs)

LOVE HATE YOU HEAPS <3

LEEEEEKKKKIIIIIEEEEE

the time has come I release your ask into the void and am no longer able to stare at it and giggle when I see all your silly but so satisfying words. (I’m sorry this one is so much later than the rest my life is enjoying kicking me around and I’m too tired to fight back)

Ok sooo…. I love/hate you let’s DO THIS!

I feel like Zukos hair was more important than his redemption arc so yes it must be acknowledged by everyone almost immediately haha.

I hate it here too leekie let’s move fuck the ending of this fic let’s do a new one

I think I just heard leekie is a Chang/bato shipper but it’s a trouple because lyns there so it’s a real party whoop whoop!

Zukka reunion is coming, its just probably…. Not….. next……. Chaoter………. Sorrrrrryyyy but SOON

I swear soon

Love ya

[holden-caulfield]

iii. the twist

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summary: jason's life had always revolved around secrets, but some of them are better left uncovered.

pairing: jason todd x reader

warnings: scars mentions, sexual innuendo and jason is a cutie

word count: 1364

It had left Jason quite shocked, to see how she had managed not only to hurt him, but to equal him in fighting. It almost made him regret hurting her. Almost.

But as he had just gotten out of the theater, hand in hand with Y/n, it didn't really matter anymore. He had a day off, thanks to Dick who had agreed to go on patrol for him, and he couldn't envision a better way to spend it than with her.

"Quite depressing, i think." She said, as the two of of them walked away, once again mindlessly in the night.

"Did we watch the same movie?" He asked, bringing his brows together in confusion. "It was a comedy movie, darling."

"I know, what's depressing is that they actually thought it was funny." She said, face blank as she thought back of the movie. "It was like your humor, Jason, awful."

"I'm sorry, i didn't know i was in the presence of the greatest comedian of all time," he said, bringing his hand around her waist and bringing her closer to him, almost flush against his sturdy frame. "Please teach me your ways."

"It's not something you can learn, either you're funny or you're not!" She said, shooting him a defying grin. "And you're not, Jason Todd."

"Full name, huh?" He asked, stopping to look down at her, both his hands now on her waist, squeezing lightly; not enough to hurt her and enough to feel her presence, soak it in, bask in it. "That implies very serious offenses."

"The worst," she said, gazing up at him through her eyelashes; inebriating with every movement of hers. "Think you know of some way to be forgiven?"

He smiled down at her, placing a chaste kiss on her lips; a kiss she immediately deepened, her hands on the nape of his neck, pulling him even closer. He complied, tightening his hold on her waist.

"I think i do, my apartment is not very far, if you're not too tired to walk, m'lady." He said, cockiness dripping from his every word.

She carded her hands through his hair and he swore he could have given in then and there, lost in her just as much as she was lost in him. "I thought comedic royalty such as me didn't need to walk to places."

"Want me to carry you?" He asked, oh so nonchalantly. "But be careful, if i do, i'll become insufferable. I will never shut up about carrying such a pretty girl in my arms, i'm warning you."

"Even more than now? I find it improbable not to say impossible," she said, bringing her head up to kiss him again.

He bit her lip, gently and roughly at the same time, something only he could achieve. "Careful, or i'm gonna prove you wrong."

The door of Jason's apartment opened and it closed even more rapidly as Jason pinned her to it, their lips irrevocably melted together in a searing kiss.

His hands were restlessly traveling her body, hers were pulling him against her, cupping his face with coarse kindness and entangling her fingers in his hair, now a mess.

She moved her hands to rest them on his, guiding him to the hem of her shirt. He pulled away for a brief moment, breaths still mingling together as he looked deep into her eyes, trying to steady his voice. "Are you sure, lovely?"

She looked up at him with that same defiance that characterized her, that glint of challenge that never seemed to leave her. She seemed vulnerable, as he had never seen her, and Jason felt his own barricades tremble slightly in front of her.

"Never been surer, Jay." That was it: Jason didn't need more than three simple words for him to take her up in his arms, lips locking once more as she brought her to his couch; much more comfortable than his door, he reckoned.

He laid her down onto it, placing himself above her and surveying her face once more, just to make sure: make sure she was okay with it, make sure he was too. He could always turn back, he had done so many times before, but it was different, it felt different. Taking the leap with her meant more leaps to come: about his life, his death, his 'job'. And he was scared.

But as he gazed into those eyes, all worries seemed to melt away.

His hands found the hem of her shirt once more, slowly, almost painfully, bringing it up. As he did so, he dragged his calloused hands over the expanse of her stomach, touching every burning inch of skin. He began kissing those lines of skin he was slowly uncovering, finding scars and marks, worshipping them nevertheless; they looked holy on her.

Once the shirt was out of the way, she did the same, tugging at his, begging for it to stop getting in the way. He removed it with a single fluid motion and her hands wandered free: soft and sacred as her whole being, they graced him with her touch, igniting him both inside and out.

He went back to his previous action; he wasn't done. He found her lips as he touched and subconsciously memorized every single inch and curve of her body, a new and sweeter mental image for his lonely patrol nights.

Until he noticed an unusual detail. Unusual and oh so peculiar. It shouldn't have been there.

He stopped what he was doing, eyes clouding with questions; she stopped too. "Jay, what's going on?"

He brought his eyes on her, then on her shoulder where his finger was still mindlessly rubbing; a scar. An all too familiar one; one that looked an awful lot like the one he had caused.

"Jason, is something wrong? Is- are these bugging you?" She asked.

A coincidence, perhaps. But as he looked at her whole body, covered in scars, as he thought of his own, matching hers in a too scary manner, he realized.

His hand flew to her throat on his own accord, squeezing more than he would have liked, but he hadn't control anymore: it was the assassin of the rooftop, with or without longsword.

She looked up at him hurt, and then hurt turned into realization, and with realization came anger. She hooked her legs on his waist, punching him square in the face and gaining enough momentum to roll over the couch, onto the ground. Her hands were now on his throat.

"You are that Red Mask," she said, tone accusatory. He should have been mad, not her.

"Hood," he said, and rolled her over again, but she escaped from his grasp, getting up on her feet with that same velocity he had once seen on the rooftop. "Who do you work for?"

He got up too and started circling her; he knew where his weapons were hidden, he just needed to get close enough.

She looked at him slightly confused, so he asked again. "Who do you work for? Who sent you to kill me?"

Her gaze got progressively more confused and angry. Jason scoffed. "Or is it just personal? I thought we had shared something on that lovely rooftop."

"Blood, that's what we shared," she uttered, eyeing the place, looking for an advantage. "And believe me, if i'd known you were him, i would have steered clear of you."

Now it was Jason's eyebrows that wrinkled together, stopping to look at her. She did the same, but her arms were still up in defense position, ready to strike at any given moment.

"You did not know?"

"I thought it was clear enough i did not know, idiot." She retorted, swiftly grabbing her shirt and putting it on; her voice sounded nothing like the girl she had met in the refrigerated aisle and he wondered if that was all a trick.

But before he could speak again, she took advantage of the apparently still moment, leaping outside the window and into the night. And Jason was left there, alone once more, wondering why every thing he got himself into turned out to be a nightmare.

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[dduane]

You know it’s funny, going back and rereading your books as an adult and seeing just how much you influenced my own style of writing. I catch myself making the same styles of jokes, using the same quirks of language. It makes me so happy to see my childhood in my work.

I'm delighted that's working for you. :)

Gotta confess that I too often catch myself echoing other voices from my own childhood / young adulthood. Especially (re comedy) at the Monty Python end; but also, more generally, invoking a lot of other writers, some well known and some not so well. (For example, I just spent the last couple of days tracking down a line that had been driving me around the bend and which turned out to be [and here comes the sense of @petermorwood rolling his eyes upstairs over a writer he could never get into] E. R. Eddison again. ...The joke there is that Eddison too was almost certainly borrowing that particular line from somebody else. In fact it'd be rare to find a sentence of his that didn't contain a paraphrase either of Shakespeare or somebody else in the general period.)

...But this is how I roll. I'm more-than-occasionally quoting or paraphrasing other writers—though usually paraphrased or significantly repurposed. I'm really very acquisitive (which is why I've never read a certain other wizard-writer's books: I wanted to make sure I wasn't borrowing anything. And that was a long time before I came to realize there were a lot of other really good reasons not to borrow from them).* If a line sticks with me hard enough, it's likely to wind up in something of mine...though tweaked or changed or subverted. At the comedic end, I prefer prolonged shaggy-dog stories, innuendo-laden standup, observational comedy, dark humor, bad puns (if they catch me enough by surprise), and slapstick (especially pie fights).

Anyway, the rule is: When you've gotta steal, (a) Rework the originals sufficiently to add something original to you: and (b) if at all possible, put them back bigger and shinier than you found them. ...More than that, deponent saith not. :)

*Movies are of course different. Of course I've seen the ones in question—primarily in diagnostic mode (and increasingly in terms of working out how not to make the same mistakes when my turn comes...). But movies, thank Herself / the Powers / etc) are not books.

[jakesuit0]

Season One Overall Review

Happy twelfth anniversary Adventure Time!

Season one is not the show I think of when I think of Adventure Time. It is not the season that made me fall so in love with Adventure Time. That’s because it is so radically different from the rest of the run. Sure, other seasons are very different from each other. Just compare season three to six, for example. But, season one still feels the most distinct. Many shows have first seasons that feel very different when coming back to it. The writers are still trying to figure out the world, characters, and tone of the series. However, I have never seen a show evolve more from its beginning than Adventure Time. This is not to say that the first season is bad. It lays the very basic foundation for the world and main characters that the rest of the series would spend innovating off of.

Season one is totally episodic, with no hints of an overarching story. It would have been nice if there was a light story arc across just a couple of episodes Amphibia season one-style. The crew has said that they were interested in serialization as early as season one, but Cartoon Network wasn’t interested in that kind of storytelling at the time. The writers were already discussing backstories for Finn and Marceline. Some of those ideas would find themselves in “Stakes” and “Islands”. This was well before later seasons of Adventure Time and Steven Universe snuck in serialization over time and proved the model successful.

Many people just getting into Adventure Time hear promises of complex story arcs and themes. This causes many of them to be impatient while watching season one, just wanting to get to the “good stuff” or where the “real story” starts. This of course misses the point of Adventure Time. The real story is seeing various characters live out their lives in a crazy fantasy world. Season one isn’t and shouldn’t be serialized. This isn’t season eight. This season’s job is to put some of the most important puzzle pieces down.

Comedy is the main focus. A lot of the jokes are at its most juvenile. I’m not a fan of much toilet humor, but luckily jokes that make me cringe or roll my eyes aren’t too frequent. The show relies on a lot of “radical” catch phrases like “mathematical”, “shmowzow”, and “algebraic”, as Cartoon Network thought this would be popular with the kids. They are fine here, but I’m glad they stopped using them as much before they got too annoying. There are also lots of innuendos and borderline “inappropriate” jokes. This type of humor sticks around, but it’s at its most crude here.

Cartoon Network also pushed the writers to heavily rely on random humor. It usually works pretty well here. The randomness falls flat when the climaxes rely on randomness like in “Slumber Party Panic”, “Business Time”, “What is Life?”, and “Donny”. It makes those stories feel more disjointed. I think the rest of the show is generally way more funny. I prefer jokes that are more embedded into the stories, situations, and characters.  

The stories are pretty simple. We get monster hunts, trials of strength, fetch quests, and saving princesses. The season parodies fantasy tropes before the world’s own mythology really came into its own. Everything is very silly and the show doesn’t take itself seriously. There are a lot of anti-morals. The anti-morals are used to great comedic effect like in “Memories of Boom Boom Mountain”. But, they can also be frustrating such as in “Donny”.

Concepts such as free will are explored a bit more superficially, before the rest of the series would really dive into the nuances of those themes. There are multiple episodes exploring what makes someone a hero or a villain, or good vs evil. We see this theme play out in “Ricardio the Heart Guy”, “The Duke”, and “Henchman”. The season questions what it means to be a hero in “The Enchiridion!”, “Memories of Boom Boom Mountain”, “City of Thieves”, “Ocean of Fear”, and “His Hero”.

Season one is the opposite of season six regarding character focus. Anyone that’s not Finn and Jake get very little focus. They are the protagonists of every episode. Finn and Jake’s dynamic is the heart and core of the show from the get go. It needed to nail their relationship from the start, and Adventure Time season one succeeds. Even in the more uninteresting stories, like in “Gut Grinder”, Finn and Jake just talking to each other really helps carry the episodes.

The season in general is very “high energy Jeb”, but Finn is especially hyper. He feels like a little boy, which he should as he is at his youngest. He operates under a “punch first, ask questions later” framework. He sees the world in very black and white terms. Yet, he still has sympathy as shown in places like “When Wedding Bells Thaw”. Finn cares a lot about what others think of him and we see the first signs of his insecurities in multiple episodes. His crush on Bubblegum still seems innocent and not destructive. On the other hand, Jake is portrayed very similarly to how he always is. Jake is Jake. A few hints are dropped on his shady past. His relationship with Lady Rainicorn is established immediately. These are both seeds that would lead to many Jake centered episodes.

Ice King is the character to get the most focus outside of Finn and Jake, with five major roles. He has the strokes of a stereotypical Saturday morning villain. But, he gets goofy quirks immediately in his debut episode that gets played up in “What is Life?”. His transition to wanting to be Finn and Jake’s friend already starts. Princess Bubblegum gets four major roles. She is often more of a quest giver than an active participant in the story. Like Ice King, she has strokes of a Disney princess cliche. But, “Slumber Party Panic” highlights her nerdy and scientific side, and “What Have You Done?” plays up her morally questionable side. Marceline is the only other character to get a major role in more than one episode, with a grand total of two! She is super fun and I love seeing trickster Marcy. This is the one season where she gets to be a villain. You could argue that Finn and Marceline’s turn from rivals to friends is the one very, very light “story arc” in the season. Despite only appearing twice (cameo notwithstanding), she is the character MVP of season one. BMO, Lumpy Space Princess, Tree Trunks, Peppermint Butler, Cinnamon Bun, Lady Rainicorn, Starchy, The Lich, Gunter, Magic Man, Shelby, and NEPTR are all major or prominent characters who are introduced. However, only a handful of those characters get much development or screen time.

Two quirks of season one that mostly go away are the bulging white eyes and wiggly noodle arms. I’m pretty indifferent on the latter of the two. The bulging eyes were a bit overused in my opinion. Pendleton Ward removed them from the series after season one as he felt they took the viewer out of the experience. I don’t really disagree with that, but I wish they were used occasionally afterwards. I think Distant Lands is the model.

The season had a very troubled production. Cartoon Network executives were demanding contradictory things out of the series. There were many early layoffs and scrapped episodes. It took a while to figure out the direction and tone of the show. Pendleton Ward didn’t have much creative freedom, which contributed to the distinctiveness of season one. Cartoon Network even wanted to cut Marceline and Bubblegum from the show to appeal more to boys!

Tim McKeon and Merriwether Williams wrote most of the outlines, i.e. the basic three act story premises. They were more experienced in the industry and Cartoon Network had more trust in them. Tim McKeon left after season one, and Merriwether followed soon after in season two. Storyboard artists Sean Jimenez, Luther Mclaurin, and Armen Mirzaian would also leave after this season. Armen sadly passed away a few years later.

It is more difficult to find the uniqueness and eccentricities that each writer brings to the series than later seasons. The main storyboard teams were Adam Muto and Elizabeth Ito with five episodes, Bert Youn and Sean Jimenez with five episodes, Luther McLaurin and Armen Mirzaian with three episodes, as well as Kent Osborne, Niki Yang (the voice of BMO and Lady Rainicorn), and Adam Muto with three episodes the three did together. Pendleton Ward, Adam Muto, Bert Youn, Kent Osborne, and Niki Yang also bounced around with a few other storyboard artists on a few other episodes.

Pendleton Ward boarded the only solo board effort with “Rainy Day Daydream”, which was a great success. The best two teams were Adam and Elizabeth, and Bert and Youn. Adam Muto has to be the MVP storyboarder. Yes, he co-boarded two stinkers in “The Duke” with Ito and “Donny” with Niki and Kent. But, he also co-boarded “Dungeon” and “What Have You Done?” with Elizabeth Ito, “Prisoners of Love” with Pen Ward, “The Enchiridion!” with Pen and Patrick McHale, and “His Hero” with Yang and Osborne. Also, credit to him for coming up with the story of “Evicted!”.

Season one introduces many key elements of Adventure Time. After multiple attempts at different openings, the crew finally completed the iconic Adventure Time title sequence, with the theme song from the pilot, soon before the series premiered. It’s inspired by The Simpsons, with a pan over the Land of Ooo’s most important locations and characters. It is weirdly missing some important characters like Lumpy Space Princess, though. I like that the first shot of the series establishes Ooo’s post-apocalyptic nature, with nuclear warheads and pre-war artifacts. It’s a great intro that would stay exactly the same the entire series, minus some guest and special episodes.

In terms of songs, there aren’t many. But, “House Hunting Song” and “Billy’s Song” are still very fun, iconic, and catchy tunes. Every episode has a hidden waving snail, a fun easter egg to look out for. It’s just another cool detail that increases viewer engagement and rewatchability. The backgrounds in general are filled with cool easter eggs, and hidden lore and stories. They are often “blink and you miss it”. This is thanks to genius background artist Ghostshrimp who drew the world of Adventure Time, including the treehouse, Candy Kingdom, and Ice Kingdom. The writers would build off his obscure background details while creating the show’s lore.

Every episode has a unique, gorgeously painted title card. It was always very fun to analyze the title cards (usually released early online) to make predictions for the episodes. Here’s my top ten season one title cards list:

10: Donny

9: Rainy Day Daydream

8: Slumber Party Panic

7: When Wedding Bells Thaw

6: What is Life?

5: His Hero

4: Evicted!

3: Prisoners of Love

2: Dungeon

1: Wizard

Episode Rankings:

26: The Duke (D+)

25: Freak City (C-)

24: Gut Grinder (C-)

23: What is Life? (C-)

22: Business Time (C)

21: Donny (C)

20: Slumber Party Panic (B-)

19: The Jiggler (B)

18: Wizard (B)

17: Trouble in Lumpy Space (B)

16: The Witch’s Garden (B+)

15: Ocean of Fear (B+)

14: My Two Favorite People (B+)

13: Memories of Boom Boom Mountain (B+)

12: Tree Trunks (B+)

11: City of Thieves (B+)

10: Prisoners of Love (B+)

9: His Hero (A-)

8: The Enchiridion! (A-)

7: Ricardio the Heart Guy (A-)

6: What Have You Done (A-)

5: Evicted! (A-)

4: Rainy Day Daydream (A)

3: When Wedding Bells Thaw (A)

2: Dungeon (A)

1: Henchman (A)

D+ (1/26)

C- (3/26)

C (2/26)

B- (1/26)

B (3/26)

B+ (7/26)

A- (5/26)

A (4/26)

Season Overall Grade: B

[spam-1997]

Anonymous sent: ❝ man some people really looked at spamton n said " imma fuck the shit outta that puppet " nothing against spamton simps as i lov him too, but im

like he's just a little skrungle?? the skimble dorp? the skoogaly doo???? hes justa small guy

and if he's height accurate then he's probably around 2'4 to 2'10, as it's the actual height of ventriloquist dummies.... aight nvm i think hes cute too-❞

⇨   (( NO LISTEN I GET IT I get it I get it, I find it funny too, if you can’t tell by the way I write him lmao. Like yeah- it is... probably more the personality than the body people find so charming about Spamton, and then any more attractive depictions are more following behind the love for the personality lmao. 

As for height though-- I do disagree with that a little? I think he’s meant to be at least a very short, but human sized height just because he appears to be the exact same size as he was before he was a puppet? So I feel he’s probably not literally billy the puppet sized lol. Although, tbh, any interpretation of size is valid, everyone in deltarune is kinda all over scale wise dghfjkdgf but I personally write him as 4.8 !

BUT. There’s just one thing...  And I’m not upset or anything I just like to talk about Spamton and you triggered my trap card. Talking generally about how I see fandom interpret him....  Personally, I think to really capture the character that was written in Chapter 2, as best as you can as if he was a real person.... You gotta be careful not to lean too far in either direction. Ya know? Because let’s be real, Spamton isn’t JUST a little cute guy either. And I don’t just mean that he does bad things.

He’s a middle-aged man with decades of history behind him and an ever worsening mental instability. He has a napoleon complex, he makes sexual innuendos, he curses the most of any character, his speaking cadence underneath the glitching implies a cynical city-slicker tone, he calls a teenage girl a “Hoochie mama” which is only barely a nicer way of calling her a whore. He proceeds to comparer Kris and Noelle’s snowgrave relationship to cheating on your wife. Those last two things are honestly more severe than anything I even have the nerve to write Spamton doing myself lmao.

What I’m saying is from an outside perspective, the thought of the fandom finding him attractive sexually in a sincerely adult way IS funny at the face of it! He’s a comedic character. Hell, he would probably even handle it in a silly way, as I write him doing. But I wouldn’t think of it as these people misunderstanding the character, not just because of the sexuality in itself at least. If he’s in-character and people just find him attractive regardless, it’s not incorrect. He is not something that is incapable of the subject of sex. It’s probably come up in his life at some point. And I write his day to day life on this blog, so hoo boy do I know--

Of course, this is something only an adult should touch on if it is written, but I do feel like there’s also something equally funny about the de-adultification of Spamton, Spamton of all characters! Although again, I’m just speaking generally here, not really to you anon. ))

[fbfh]

I Don’t Care - Leo x reader

Genre: lighthearted/comedic angst, soulmate au, good ending

Pairing: leo x gn reader (future relationship) ft calypso

Au: soulmate au

Wordcount: 800 something

Requested: nah

Warnings: a fair amount of swearing, reader's mental health is... not great, mentions of loss of appetite/living off ibuprofen for medical reasons, reader drastically changes their appearance/personality due do circumstances, brief mentions of therapy, I think that's it lol

Recommended songs: i don't care by fallout boy ft. disloyal order of water buffaloes by fall out boy

A/n:

You never would have expected your life to go so horrendously wrong in such a short period of time, but hey, here you are; worrying the people you love, focusing on shit you don’t even care about, and barely getting through the day. You had spiraled so fast - though no fault of your own - that Chiron made you schedule ‘check in appointments’ (aka therapy sessions) with him at least twice a week. Not to mention the mandatory checkups with Will Solace, who was still baffled by your “mystery medical condition”, which included one numb finger, heart palpitations and chest pains, and sleep problems. I mean, it could be worse, you could have no sources of serotonin in your life instead of one inconsistent one. You had no idea how it seems to fix your problems, at least temporarily, but it does. Not just in a ‘hey, I feel better emotionally’ way, but it genuinely makes your physical symptoms less bad. And it doesn’t even make sense, because you don’t have a crush on him or anything. Like, you actually don’t. You didn’t even know he existed before all this. But for some reason, the only thing that makes you feel even slightly better is Leo Valdez’s attention. 

You tried to be normal at first, you really did. But he was so preoccupied with his girlfriend (who everyone hates, not just you) and his projects that you couldn’t get closer to him. So you settled for the next best thing - fucking with him. Nothing serious or dangerous, just some pranks here, some innuendos there, y’know, enough to make him think of you. The more you did it, the more it seemed to work. It’s funny how a mystery medical issue and a whole lot of boy brain rot could change a person. You were not the same person you’d been a year ago - hell, a month ago. Your appetite had left the chat, you lived off coffee and ibuprofen, and you stopped giving a single fuck about anything other than the 18 year old hispanic boy who could inexplicably solve your problems, and getting through the next hour of the day. 

You forgot what having feeling in your pinky finger or a consistent pulse was like a long time ago. You brushed the thought off as you finished getting dressed. You were a hot flaming disaster these days. It was horrible at first, you felt like your old life was slipping through your fingertips. Then after mourning the slightly normal person you used to be who would do their hair and bullet journal and drink tea before bed, you embraced whoever the hell you were becoming. Your impulse control had gone out the window, along with any structure or routine, and your sense of self. You had hacked up a few of your camp shirts and pairs of jeans, and got some black platform boots decorated with slime drips just because you liked them ironically. Your hair had been bleached and dyed half cherry red, half black late last night. You found all this strangely liberating.

Thankfully, Leo also had mandatory ‘check in appointments’ with Chiron after dying and coming back to life. Apparently that can fuck a person up. You got to the living room in the big house where you two would wait for your appointments with Chiron. You flipped your hair to the red side and sat down across from him, sprawling out over an armchair. 

“Hey, Sparky,” you drawled, a smirk already on your face. He sighed and focused on the small thing he was building.

“What, no sass from the bad boy supreme?” 

“I’m a little busy at the moment,” he replied, his leg bouncing faster. Even he knew it sounded lame, but he never knew what to say around you. He didn’t know why you liked to mess with him so much, but it always disarmed him, and he didn’t know how to respond. You always seemed to know exactly how to get under his skin, and he didn’t know why he couldn’t stop thinking about you.

“Yeah, cause doting on your girlfriend takes up so much of your free time…” you punctuated the sentence with a sip of coffee. He looked up from his project.

“Are you trying to get me to hate you or something?!” he snapped. A smile played at your lips.

“See, I don’t care what you think, babes,” the door opened, and Chiron motioned for you to enter his office, “as long as it’s about me.” you said the last part quietly so only he could hear. You shot him a wink as you entered Chiron’s office. You got a glimpse of him blushing and putting out the small fire on his cheeks as the door closed. You sat down, eyes tracing the red string tied to your pinky finger that only you seemed to see, and you felt your heart beating in sync with Leo’s. Your suspicions were confirmed. 

You were soulmates. 

Now you just had to find a way to prove it to him.

×

[aurorawest]

⭐️⭐️

I decided to go with this section from chapter 5 of Will you be my festar-man? Love and courtship in the New Asgardian court (or, How Loki Stopped Worrying and Proposed to Stephen Strange)!

Chapter 5 is the hårkullornas, a word I...kind of made up. But the thing itself is based on a real concept. This is the chapter where Loki weaves the thing out of his hair and Stephen’s hair. In this bit, Loki has just arrived at the Sanctum:

With a snort, Loki said “We will not be checking on her. That very much sounds like a job for the Sorcerer Supreme.” Glancing at the door that the creature had been trying to come through, which was now innocuously open to a sun-dappled, grassy hillside, Loki said, “That wasn’t the thing you were after the other night, was it?”

“No,” Stephen said. “That thing was a lot uglier.”

Callback to earlier in the chapter, when Stephen comes over to New Asgard to bone, then leaves to go fight some sort of creature.

I find that there’s a ton of comedic potential in Stephen’s enemies. I love to make reference to all these kinds of ridiculous things and play them off as funny. Tonally, think Beetlejuice, Ghostbusters, that kind of thing—where yeah, this stuff would be at home in a horror story, but I play it for laughs. The modern Doctor Strange comics do this a lot too.

“Mm hm.” Loki motioned to his own hair and said, “You have something on your head.”

Stephen reached up and felt the glop in his hair. “Probably calls for a shower.”

Smiling slightly, Loki asked, “Am I invited?”

“Well,” Stephen said, “it’s in your hair too, so yeah.”

When Loki made a face, Stephen chuckled. He opened a portal in the floor, draining the amniotic fluid to—somewhere. Sometimes Loki wondered if Stephen sent things like this to the same pocket dimension that he’d once sent Loki to. It was sort of an insulting thought. He’d get annoyed, but Stephen had apologized long ago for that.

We actually see this moment in my fic but it hasn’t been posted yet.

Once the fluid drained away, Stephen teleported them straight to the bathroom, where both of them stripped off their clothes. The Sanctum’s shower was really too small for the two of them to be in there at the same time, but it had never stopped them. Loki had to reach around Stephen for the soap and shampoo, which gave him the opportunity to lean against Stephen’s back and kiss his shoulder. Stephen grabbed Loki’s arm and wrapped it around his stomach, and Loki pulled him back against his own chest, leaving his lips pressed against Stephen’s skin.

Their positioning was very purposeful. One of my biggest pet peeves in the Loki fandom is like...really rigid gender norms, wherein Loki is feminized to an absurd degree. The kind of gender norms where Loki can’t top. Loki can’t be the big spoon. Loki can’t stand behind Stephen and hug him. Having Loki be even mildly more ‘dominant’ here (in that he pulls Stephen back against him) was a...counterpoint to that.

Loki’s clothes weren’t in much of a state to put back on, so he changed into some of Stephen’s. This was, personally, never his favorite thing to do, though he had to admit that the old sweatshirt and sweatpants were comfortable. 

There’s a head canon that floats around out there that Loki would love to lounge in Stephen’s comfy clothes. I don’t agree with that at all, but I do love the image of Loki in Stephen’s clothes. 

Unstylish, but comfortable.

I hc that Stephen is incredibly poorly dressed, and Loki is forever exasperated by it.

His own clothes got balled up, stuck in a garbage bag, and vanished to his pocket dimension to deal with later.

Aka, never, probably.

“In the interest of full disclosure,” Stephen said, “Music in the Park is happening again tonight.”

I had to add this because I realized it was Friday again, and I had established in chapter 3 that Music in the Park happens on Fridays in Washington Square Park.

“Not Haydn, I take it?”

“Mahler.”

“Ah. You must like Mahler.”

Stephen was still dressed only in his underwear, possibly because he was waiting to hear if they were going out, possibly because he just liked the way Loki was looking at him. With a shrug, he said, “What can I say; I like the Romantics.”

The amount of time I spent looking at various classical artists to determine which ones Stephen hates and which ones Stephen loves is honestly a little sad. I always say there’s like, a little Stephen Strange in my head, and he tells me what music he likes and what he doesn’t like (I realize that makes me sound like a crazy person). I have a Stephen’s Favorite Songs playlist, and there are songs on there that personally, I don’t really care for. But Stephen does! I just know it. I knew that Stephen would like the Romantic composers, but I had to find just the right one. And Mahler it was.

Rubbing at his damp hair, Loki looked at Stephen’s bed. There was a stack of books on the bedside table. Considering his current sartorial choices, sitting in bed and reading seemed like a better option than going out.

Plus…the hårkullornas. Perhaps it was better to give it to Stephen sooner rather than later.

Which could be said for other things, once the hårkullornas was out of the way.

Some innuendo.

Stephen was looking at him, waiting for an answer. There was a t-shirt in his hands, open and ready to be donned. Loki smiled at him. “If we stay in, does that mean you won’t get dressed?”

With a laugh, Stephen said, “Let me put a shirt on at least, Odinson. We have to leave something to the imagination once in awhile.”

Personally, Loki was hoping it was one of the shirts that was tight enough that it didn’t leave all that much to the imagination. 

Loki is so horny for Stephen.

[...] Loki held a hand out. The box with the hårkullornas appeared in his palm and he turned to face Stephen, thrusting the box at him. “Here. I made this for you.”

“Made what?” Stephen asked, pulling his shirt over his head. There was the barest flicker of trepidation on his face when he emerged. “It’s not more food, is it?” When Loki gave him a nonplussed look, Stephen said, “So…no?”

“I learned my lesson with the cake,” Loki said. Not really; the rest of the courtship just didn’t require any baking. 

I love to make Loki tell really minor lies, and this is a really good example. Oh no, I wouldn’t bake anything else, Stephen! No he totally would have if he needed to, but he sees absolutely no harm in telling this white lie.

And it was a good thing, too, because he didn’t think he’d be able to get Stephen to eat another baked good that he’d made.

“You’re a good cook,” Stephen said. “Just…maybe stick to Kringla Bakery for the other stuff.”

Kringla Bakery is the name of the bakery in the Norway Pavilion in Epcot at Walt Disney World. They have eplekake on the menu, which I did not realize until last time I was there a few weeks ago. Eplekake is the recipe Loki uses as a base for the cake he makes Stephen in chapter 3. We really came full circle on this one.

Rolling his eyes, Loki said, “Noted. Are you going to open that? I promise it isn’t food. Or the vague approximation of food.”

Kringla Bakery, honestly. New Asgard’s sole bakery catered to tourists and tourists only. Loki wouldn’t be caught dead in there.

New Asgard as a tourist destination is endlessly entertaining to me. It’s really versatile, too. Sometimes I play it for laughs, sometimes I turn it into this really kind of wistful, sad thing. This is supposed to be funny, hopefully obviously.

Thank you so much for asking!!

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