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kylewalker-peters · 12 days ago
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Love Island All Stars is so fascinating to me because you have something like Bachelor in Paradise which is ultimately the same concept of ex contestants (some of whom are so irrelevant they could be made up) coming back to “find love” and all of them already know each other because most of them have the same manager and have been to all the same events and hell some of them on the show have already slept with like half the other contestants and yet…. One is getting its 10th season with, what to my ignorant eyes seems like decent reception and popularity from fans, and the other is on its second season and is struggling to attract viewers
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absolutebl · 1 year ago
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This Week in BL - Cameos & Familiar Faces
Entirely subjective yadda yadda. Organized by favs in each category. No numbered lists anymore, tumblr be buggn'.
End of Aug Start Sept 2023
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Ongoing Series - Thai
Laws of Attraction (Sat iQIYI) 8fin - Oh the DRAMA. Why does the insane ex (my true love) remind me of the cartel leader from Romancing the Stone? Even the sides got HEA! It was fucking great!!!!! Charn remains a bonkers spoiled evil murderous brat with a cruel smile beloved by his one true paladin. Also: post it love note trope! Been a long while my old friend. NO SINGING!!!!! I do love that wedding jacket frock coat cape thing Charn wore. 
In conclusion: This is a great gay suspense thriller with several solid couples, fun plot, killer characters, queer rep, and a happy ending. Charn may be my favorite lead character of 2023. However, this show is not entirely BL, more on the fringe, like Manner of Death. Add that to several "singing incidents" and pairs being a little weak in the chemistry arena, and this lands safely in 9/10 territory. It’s tons of fun tho: HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. 
I Feel You Linger in the Air (Sat grey) ep 3 of 12 - This show is getting more and more lakorn each ep. Apparently the straights are having a class divide arranged marriage crisis. Who cares? Our boy is ALWAYS in trouble. Crazy that he has to save the people who betrayed him in a previous life - but I guess he chose revenge! That's unexpected.
Had to switch to grey and couldn’t find a working rip. It was frustrating and I wouldn’t have bothered except I like this show so much. Still, it means no screen caps because the rez is naff.
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Dangerous Romance (Fri YT) ep 3 of 12 - Uh oh. Kang wants to save Sailom and be his hero. The fact that K’s Pa puts no pressure on him whatsoever, makes me wonder if K's Ma committed suicide or something? It’s definitely the opposite parental dynamic we normally see in BL. I have to say, the pacing is great in the show. And the acting is on point. It’s really great. 
Hidden Agenda (Sun YT) ep 8 of 12 - these two just kiss well. I mean not "rip your clothes off Taiwan-style," but sweet young boyfriends-esk. Joke wants to be claimed so bad. It’s great. I enjoyed this ep, unfortunately it looks like we have a manufactured angst drama drop in the next episode. Is this a 10 episode arc? I thought it was 12. It’s odd to have doom happening next episode already.
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Only Friends (Sat YT) ep 4 of 10 - Back story time! Ray and Mew are HARD to watch. Incestuous friend group gay is the worst. Omg I got such QAF vibes from this ep. Nick Boston Sand chats = very throw back 90s gay soaps. 
Location game moment: Top's hotel room is also Chan’s apartment in Laws Of Attraction. 
Naughty Babe (Sat YT) ep 1 of 8 - Ooo. Est is back! Hi handsome. Head of security suits you. Please lead out the new Waterboyy remake? You’re perfect for the role. (If it must happen.) Yi’s Pa is GREAT. Please give daddy a nice boy? Could that be our secondary couple for this series? 
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Meanwhile, with the leads (sorry I was distracted by daddy) we got us an arranged marriage, run away bride, and an amnesia trope. Put in a secret baby and it's squarely 1980's Harlequin. Will there be Vikings? Sex herbs? Pirates? Dub con?
Be Mine Super Star (Mon Viki) ep 9 of 12 - Again with lovely sex scenes, it’s just the plot stringing them together is frayed. Also don’t fuck in an onsen. Both yech and ouch.
That goes for all y’all.  
Wedding Plan (Wed YT & iQIYI) ep 7fin - Trash watch here! Honestly this was an okay ending, I’m not mad at it. If you can tolerate Mame and liars (kinda the same thing) you’ll be fine with this show.
Summation: An innocent wedding planner falls haplessly and hopelessly in love with a groom who relentlessly pursued him, even though he’s about to marry someone else. A somewhat lackluster mame offering with less of the usual stellar chemistry, but all of the usual lies and manipulation. 7/10
Love in Translation (Sat iQIYI) ep 3 of 10 - I skip everything to do with Tammy and it’s fine. There’s only about 20 minutes of fine but that’s more than enough. On the bright side. So far. No singing.
My Universe (Sun iQIYI) ep 2 of 24 eps - Cassanova Begins Part 2. Aw. It was sad. Another variation on the “my ghost boyfriend” trope (usually sad). 2/10 I don't do sad BL.
Next up is Merry Go Round featuring the pair from Destiny Seeker (we likey) who want to marry each other, but end up fake engaged to the same woman. Beard squared? Looks silly.
Crazy Handsome Rich (Sun Gaga) ep 1 of 10 - There are 2 things I like about this. I bet you can guess what they are.
Lee Long Shi
The whipping boy trope
There wasn’t enough of either in this first ep. ALSO the captions, sound effects, and voice over are truly next level bad. Utterly atrocious.
The 2 leads fucking around in the end credits was the funniest part of the whole show. 
Ongoing Series - Not Thai
Jun & Jun (Korea Thur Viki) ep 7 of 8 - I am confused and frustrated about what the communication delay is between the two Juns. It feels artificial and narratively manufactured. But since this is a short form KBL and I know it will be resolved quickly, I’m not as annoyed as I would be if this were Thai BL. Still it feels audience manipulative. I also feel sorry for Simon. BUT it looks like it’ll be a sweet boyfriends final episode.
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Stay By My Side (Taiwan Fri Gaga) ep 10fin - Omg they’re so cute!!! Taiwan the purveyors of ultimate sappy gay domesticity. I am going to miss having these to nonsencing all over my dash.
This show was an interesting take on the "ghost boyfriend" trope. About a boy who is tormented by hearing the dead, except when he is around one other boy - desperation+proximity = love. Unfortunately, the story was erratic and waffled about. While the leads turned in solid performances and the sappy domesticity was off the charts, it never really had the strength of the narrative convictions such a strong concept should have supplied. Highly rewatchable and enjoyable for that sappy domesticity but not a whole lot more. Still I always give extra credit for the diabetes-inducing sugar content and rewatch capacity. 8/10 
Kisseki: Dear to Me (Taiwan Tues Viki & iQIYI) eps 3 of 13(?) - I love the punching thing - there is a lot of violent flirting in this show. I’m not mad about it. Ugh, poor thing has real abandonment issues. And now trust issues. I see why we’re getting 12-14 eps. This gonna be MESSY.
Meanwhile, does EVERYONE have a guest cameo? Not that I’m complaining. Hi BLIHID boys! Now I need to rewatch that show. 
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Love Class Season 2 (Korea Fri Viki) eps 7-8 of 10 - Oh my God the next morning w/ couple 2 was so darn cute. They are all such terrible flirts with each other. Honestly, this show makes me laugh more than any other BL currently airing. I’m not sure it is meant to be as funny as I find it. While couple 3 (the mature characters) is by far my favorite, I actually think they don’t work with the other two pairs, they feel superfluous to the show. I like the show better because they’re in it, but it feels like two different BL‘s stuck together. KBL certainly can’t handle more than two couple threads at the same time. 
Why R U? (Korea Wed iQIYI) eps 3-4 of 8 - Ugh. I am such a sucker for the FighterTutor dynamic. Why so good? Uh oh. Real kiss! KBL you're spoiling us. But, isn’t sad-seme-hyung dating some chick? Argh. Poor Sunwoo. This show is even worse at repping Fighter's character sympathetically. Who knew that was possible?
My Personal Weatherman AKA Taikan Yoho (Japan Sat Gaga) ep 3 of 8 - The date episode! Even Japan is doing it now. And these two who have been living/fucking together for ages still dance around each other like junior high kids. I gotta say, I watch this one twice because Vicki has different subs from Gaga. I feel like it’s easier to understand if I watch two different translations of the same script. But it’s still quite a taciturn piece. 
Minato's Laundromat Season 2 AKA Minato Shouji Coin Laundry Season 2 (Japan Thu Gaga) ep 8 of 12 - Sides are great. It was mostly a cute ep with tiny bits of Progress and a proper Confession. I miss Shin’s siblings. And then… the much loathed amnesia trope. Really?
Everyone say it with me: Must you, Japan? 
Stay Still (Hong Kong Tues YouTube) ep 5fin - It ended happier than I was expecting. Optimistic for one couple, and most likely optimistic for the other.
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Summation: What to say about this offering from Hong Kong? It’s different, a mix of early CBL, Taiwanese shorts, and Pinoy visuals. It felt like the story was 2 independent shorts that had been lengthen and then stuck together, and I wish they'd been approached as separate and tighter entities. Nevertheless, this was a complex little piece,  interesting in a sweaty grungy way, with a certain aura of queer authenticity that made it simultaneously tense, unpredictable, and refreshing. I’m not sure I would necessarily call it BL, but any county’s early foray into the genre usually starts out this way, so perhaps nascent BL? Worth watching, especially if you enjoy stuff from the Philippines and Taiwan. 7/10
In case you missed it
Dinosaur Love ended its run but the final 2 eps are behind a paywall. Word on the street is they aren't good anyway (shocker) so I'm marking it as DNF and moving on with my life. If I can find em grey I'll watch 'em merely so I can give it a rating, but I can't imagine it will get more than 5/10. Seriously, do not bother.
Next Week Looks Like This:
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Coming September
9/15 You Are Mine (Taiwan Gaga) Secretary has to deal with grumpy boss.
9/15 Bump Up Business AKA Bump Up Project (Korea movie) suspected cinema release? I don't know much about what's going on. Last status update. Love story between a trainee who is about to debut and a celebrity from the same agency. Kpop boy group OnlyOneOf has signed up to star in this idol-based BL (based on a webtoon). They’ve been auditioning for this since Libido IMHO. You can watch me chronicle their BL MV series in this post. It’s from Idol Romance who will do sad but can do good kisses (Wish You, Nobleman Ryu, Once Again, Kissable Lips, Poongduck 304, Tasty Florida, Tinted With You).
9/26 I Cannot Reach You AKA I Can't Reach You AKA Kimi ni wa Todokanai (Japan ????) - Adapted from the manga, childhood best friends: The cool, smart one who’s good at everything, and his average, dorky friend who struggles. Always by the other’s side, but not together in the way they truly want to be. No matter how hard they try, their hearts cannot reach each other.
9/27 Absolute Zero (Thai iQIYI) - from 2021, Studio Wabi Sabi and New Siwaj finally bring us this “time loop to prevent tragedy” romance. We don’t always get HEAs from them, so I'm on my guard.
9/? Venus in the Sky (Thai iQIYI) 10 eps
9/? Mr Cinderella 2 (Vietnam YouTube?)
2023 forthcoming BL master post (see comments, some are inaccurate, NOT KEPT UPDATED).
THIS WEEK’S BEST MOMENTS
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Hidden Agenda hitting us up with a hug + lap + kiss. Very nice.
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I think these two might be GMMTV's best cuddlers.
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Boys, I think your JoongDunk is showing.
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(Last week) 
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wolf-among-mechs · 3 months ago
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MW5: Clans
Having messed around with Mechwarrior 5 Clans for a bit I think I can throw out a pretty strong recommendation for it for anyone still uncertain. The TLDR: I enjoy it plenty, lore and gameplay. The cutscenes and characters are pretty good.
I apparently made a review of it because I felt like talking about it into the void. With largely positive things to say about it. Bunch of stuff I honestly want to hear other people's opinions on too.
It is quite back to the old days in Mechwarrior 4 with characters and opinions and how it flows with the fights. While I enjoyed MW5 Mercs, it is kindof lacking in that department though as the DLCs pile on you get a lot more of it or at least attempts that aren't halfbad. Good effort has gone into making the people sound right, with accents and affects. Like yes, the clanners talk as they're supposed to. When one of your team uses a contraction every clanner outside your star immediatly lose their shit. Not in the meme sense but it they might as well have said c*nt next to a bunch of americans in terms of foulness spoken out loud.
The story following the smoke jaguars during Operation Revival is interesting considering they commit the worst war crime during the invasion and also kindof continually fumble the ball against the Combine. Your star, five lone mechs against the inner sphere, are part of the proceedings and the different characters in the star interact, sometimes disagree or just give each other shit. Got a nice team atmosphere. It introduces stuff and concepts among the clans quite nicely so even if you're not familiar with them you'll pick up what they're on about.
I think it does a pretty nice job of showing things from the Clans perspective of Operation Revival and how they are completely unprepared for the Inner Sphere and continually frustrated with it and things just going increasingly awry. There's a few beats that I think could've been done better certainly but I think it's good drama and a fun time in that regard. I could go more into what I think of the depictions of the clans in the game but that's basically some nerding out about the larger battletech universe and stuff. After turtle bay I kinda had that feeling that I've had in the past when a game makes you a culprit of a war crime or something terrible. A special kind of disgust made all the more visceral as you see the people, the resistance, in Turtle bay reacting to the bombing. Then everything blowing up.
Another thing that I quite like of this depiction is that the inner sphere does put up some serious resistance. Stuff doesn't roll over. They put up some serious fights. More often than not this is called dishonourable because the inner sphere descends into trickery and lies even though aforementioned trickery and lies are often extremely basic ambushes or "send more mechs to the fight." It is funny to contrast with Mercs where this just is how the Inner sphere fights. That said the clanners do eventually learn that they will set traps and ambush and attempt to fight unfair. Very often sending tons of mechs and people into the meat grinder in so doing. Some of the fights do get pretty intense and hard. You also get to see Comstar be Comstar. Wearing their space wizard garbs and being a manipulative force that will never tell you the truth.
The maps while feeling a bit more lived in than most of what Mercs managed to do, are kindof cramped and not great half the time for the kindof long range shooting matches more than half your equipment is good for, not helped that even with the added control to your lance or star mates you still have to be the one to step into the breach. Luckily there's many things you can do to fit that problem. I kindof wish that the star command screen had a pause function so that you could assign targets or at least go into bullet time. Because by the time the enemies show up. They're usually ontop of you so that's not really time to get your map out and play mechcommander. The fact it doesn't pause or slow down so you can set attacks or even give things preferences such as "maybe don't waste all your ammo on the fricking Locust when it will fall over from a stiff breeze" is honestly kindof baffling. Especialy how exciting it otherwise looks and how much detailing you can do with the Star mates XP and omnipods for their mechs. Which is not quite like tabletop omnipod but makes more sense than those omnipods.
Because of the tight maps the AI will more often than not walk in front of you when you're trying to hose something down way more often than they did in mercs. And they will complain about it when you invariably remove all thier back armor by mistake. You get used to it.
The fights feel pretty good honestly. Good challenging combat maps. They got a lot more field repair bays around compared to MW5:mercs. Which... I think I only remember 2? And were introduced like they were going to be more common in the campaign. Which holy shit, you're going to need those repair bays. You get to visit some really varied battlefields, a Star League depot, a cave system, cities and country side. Lots of mountain passes. Deserts and even do battle on a space port.
There's boss battles now. With various levels of canonicity. I don't know if we needed those but I see the point of them. They are usually there to give some variety to shooting stuff after waves of mechs and vehicles and vtols. You can also shoot down shilones now. I'd say aerospace fighters but it's all shilones.
All in all. If you enjoy mechwarrior, if you enjoy battletech. Chances are Mechwarrior 5 clans will have you eating well.
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crguang · 9 months ago
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sweet reliable women 🥺 i'm excited to meet her!
if you had to pick your favourite 3 hsr and genshin women, who would they be and why? i think i could take a crack at guessing two of the star rail women you'll pick, hah
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GSHDHSJSJFJF im unfortunately very predictable…. and my type is so obvious😭
for genshin my favourites are:
- ningguang. we go years back her and i, i love women in high positions of power who have to put on a performance for the world and have a softer, hidden side to them. i admire her composure, strength and the fact that she can navigate any social situation… people have a lot of misconceptions of her because of her ambitions but she’s a good person who knows when to be ruthless and i love her lots for it
- yelan. my little adrenaline junkie… shes just so fun?! she hides behind so many disguises, lies as she breathes, is a masochist and a secret intelligence agent. they made her for ME!!! her and ning are canonically partners in crime, she’s part of the reason why ning is the tianquan and is her most trusted friend. plus she’s sexy and smart and i need her in my bed
- arlecchino. my type to a T, she fits all of my attraction criteria— powerful, diplomatic, astute and sexy with a side of her no one really gets to see. she genuinely cares for her children despite her upbringing, wants to bring a change to the way the house of the hearth functions, is a little weird and off-putting… i love that its unexpected for her to be so chill because shes so intimidating 😭 like wym the 4th fatui harbinger loves watching insects in the wild and having barbecues with her kids
my fav hsr women are (unsurprisingly):
- kafka… KAFKAAAAA what an annoying, irritating, lying little shit im obsessed with her. i initially thought she was going to be a little like yelan (she kinda is… they’d get along fast) but she’s just an arrogant little shit who lies for fun. she’s cocky and confident and the worst part is that her bite matches her bark. i cannottt help but be attracted to her, she’s a jack of all trades and it makes her deliciously unpredictable. PLUS they made her a violin player!!!!! thats my favourite musical instrument!!!!! i listen to classical music every day. her design is also one of my favourites— i love that she’s completely covered and still the sexiest character in the game. people went insane just seeing her SHOULDERS, like we all turned into Victorian men catching a glimpse of a woman’s calves for the first time when she took off her coat😭
- black swannnnnn❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ just stunning. no notes. 10/10 design. that suave personality and charm makes me melt and every time she comes on screen so do i— i mean… i find memokeepers in general very interesting, but what’s better is that since they forego their mortal bodies and become memetic entities, they don’t really have human emotions other than what’s felt through people’s memories. but black swan does, a little; that primal fear she feels in acheron’s memories, her preference for warm, wistful memories… it’s just so interesting. i also love how consistent and transparent she is, some memokeepers steal or erase memories but she doesnt. she has morals (aesthetics of memory, as she says) and she sticks to them until the last resort. she’s supposed to be inherently objective, and she isn’t. i love that a lot. also, because shes very good at what she does her presence is so reassuring, her smooth, low voice just adds to the feeling i need her to hum me to sleep
- JINGLIU. that voice alone gets her in my top 5 but her LORE… the fact that she’s doomed by the narrative???? that she pushes past her limits, rises when she should have fallen, out of spite and hatred to fight her own inevitable end???????? incredible. she’s above material things and immaterial concepts like status and fame because she only lives for one thing: to kill a god. and as she pursues her goal, she becomes a little like them, indifferent and ruthless. she’s a woman who’s lost everything and who refuses to lose her mind despite it being inevitable. her will is incredible. i love her design (tho she shouldve been wearing pants or actual armor😒) the moon is my favourite entity and she embodies it. i’m one of those people who go “omg look at the moon” every night, they made her for meeee
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alyjojo · 1 month ago
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Yearly Tarot Reading 2025 🎏 - Taurus Sun/Rising
Meditation: I’m seeing the part of Sleeping Beauty (Disney) where the prince is cutting through the forest of thorns with his sword. Knight of Swords 🗡️ He’s expecting a dragon on the other side, but there is none, the path of thorns is the whole problem in his way.
General: The Sun ☀️
Work: Justice
Love: The Star
Biiitch…💛 You have the best reading and you won’t even believe me 😆 Myself included, I’m a rising and I’m over here like nah…that’s not me, The Sun, and Spirit wants that included because I’m skeptical and resistant every day of my life, and so are you - for now. You’re aware of this because last year’s lessons are showing how you’ve been self reflecting and analyzing your own behavior, why you resist things or why things haven’t worked out, like you’re trying here - but practical is practical and the North Node switching to Pisces is not practical, it’s woowoo dreams & bs you’re not subscribed to - because those things lead to pain, you see that as delusional & not smart, not because you actually DON’T believe. Aha. You’re more comfortable in a logical mind with things that make sense & you analyze them. Heavy heavy air 🤓 energy in this reading, intelligence, truth, communication, emotional detachment, just the facts ma’am/sir. What’s clear. Justice. If it’s not clear it’s gonna be with The Sun ☀️
You are like this for a reason and it’s good to be that way, the nodes here feel more balanced than any other reading so far, you’re being validated for being self protective. Pisces NN moving into your 11th brings in “friends” but…not always good ones. Pisces is hit or miss with illusions & addictions, Scorpio 7th is also heavily reflected here with some shady ass ex’s, and Lilith is moving into your 7th/Scorpio this year. You’re flypaper for crazy people, unfortunately, and you’re probably aware. That’s why you’re so sTrOnG amirite? 🙃 Like the reading is the reading but YOU are Knight of Swords, charging in with communication, clarity, truth, cutting off all thorns, bs and nonsense. I made that my blog background so I’m giddy over this, The Hierophant (you) is on my wall, and you’ve got The Sun. You win the year. Avoiding crazy people is most of the reading.
Love seems like the most tumultuous but doesn’t have to be if you don’t engage with the ones that are known to be tumultuous. I’m not sure what the current status is for everyone, it’s just being shown that your ex/s are a lying ass fraud that you need healing from. The Magician rev and Scorpio is showing up rev with that, this is someone that manipulates and lies about everything, they could have a Poker Face or be a Scorpio something - doesn’t have to be. They “act like” the worst of Scorpio, which is jealous, vindictive, manipulative, snide, power trippy, plays games. No thanks, you good 👍 They’re being shown as a Karmic and this isn’t going anywhere. Don’t engage, they may try. Because of whoever this liar is, The Star shows needed healing - and fear in you with moving on as well. Doing it again. Attracting it again. Lilith Scorpio could have you fearing the worst of people, but that’s also kinda fair because you may actually see some of the worst of people and just…step aside. You do attract them. Through December. This could also be something you project onto others, good luck telling which - being careful means avoiding altogether it looks like, and for most you are.
IF there is someone new around or coming in, you’re very cautious about it, there could be a lot of back and forth communication but you’re hesitant to take it further than that. You’re extremely attracted to whoever it is with Ace of Wands, they fine 😍, or they are and say so, but you’re analyzing the hell out of them, this, what they said, what it meant, what their intentions are, girl stop. Idc if you’re a man, girl stop ❤️ Or this can be showing you scrolling dating apps like “they fine but nah” 😆 WHY? Because they like soup and that last bitch liked soup, bye 😆 I choked on my water laughing. The more you feel Enchanted, turned on, hopeful, really into someone or even just attracted, maybe this could be something - the more you’re headed back to your study to analyze every little thing…and talk yourself out of it? That’s noted later with the numbers, I thought it was work, but no that’s looking like just you as a whole this year. You do not want passionate connections from what I can see - and the air energy is more talk, lots of talking, 8 Wands shows that as well. Oh you think I’m cute? BYE. Oh, you want to talk about the Lord, sure thing, want a donut? 🍩 Haha. Someone could have an issue with, are they Mormons? Idk. Or date one? Do Mormons cross-faith date? Surely these days. Idk that’s here for someone.
Communication is the way to your heart, if that’s even on the table. The Star is healing, dreaming of what could be, yes, but mostly healing from whatever happened with people you’ve dated before - you’re not trying to date them again. Well…that’s the intention anyway, there’s a Grade A manipulator with issues & a Poker Face lingering around, they may threaten endings or leave & come back a lot, you never know what they’re thinking - and someone’s probably gonna fall for it but hopefully not. Spirit wants you to resist that bs. Analyze 💯 If this is switched and you’re doing this manipulation game-playing bs, it won’t work. I’m not really getting that, but there you go. The new does a lot more talking, if you even open channels for discussion, some won’t. You just think about it, scroll, and decide…nah. You’re feeling heavily rooted in Virgo energy this year, which is your 5th - casual is a turn off and yet the only option or that’s how you have to even start - and you’d rather not 🫥 Maybe later. If you are in a serious happy relationship, then you’ve both dealt with a manipulator and it’s a shared struggle, could be family. This would be someone you can’t just cut off or it feels that way. Sibling, parent, kid, etc. You both could be inspired towards some new creative project that’s Enchanting, whatever that means. I’m seeing a backyard strung with pretty lights and furniture, could be decorating something around the home or I’m also seeing art, like someone painting a mural on the wall of a doctor’s office. If art is something you do, it’s being applauded and encouraged ⭐️ I also see a couple going on more dates after a period of not doing that for awhile, maybe due to some creative thing or project ending. Celebrating that, a win, and more time together. Hope for the future and what comes next 🧡
For work, Justice shows someone or something bout to get cut off and it’s the right thing to do. You could have issues with a particular person, and you could be the problem too; Pride is here with Leo inverted - both not great energies - both feel like you but could be a Leo something too. The ego. The pride. The stubbornness. Someone feels certain they’re right and they’re leaving your area or you won’t have to interact with them anymore. Or you are. You’re better than that, you feel, or this can be switched and the snooty bitch from HR is finally leaving idk 😆 You’ll be glad. If not a person, could be a whole job or career path, could be related to law, planes, or satellites…like a cable/phone company. Or that’s the right direction and you’ll see something more clearly with distance - your old job maybe.
You’ve got a lot on your plate when it comes to work but The Sun and Justice shows a level-up, maybe because of that HR person idk but you’re done juggling a million different things and stressing yourself to death over it - something is getting cut off or removed because that’s the right or fair thing to do. Some of you are setting boundaries at work because enough is enough, you can’t do it all.
Or you can but you won’t. Someone could hire an assistant of some kind to ease their stress. There’s a lot of overdoing or overgiving before this reaches a point of no more, you’re not doing it anymore. Either because you’re promoted with The Sun, getting your flowers and moving on up is happening for some - or you just know this isn’t the right fit for you and you’re finding something better that IS. Either way this is going to end up being very successful for you, whatever you’ve been putting your efforts and energy into, you’re going places. Growth and Manifestation are beautiful energies to complement this Sun, you’re shining in whatever field you’re in and besides one egoic or stubborn person, you have support…I’m hearing “where it matters.” If there’s a lawsuit or something at work, that’s going in your favor or you’re somehow benefitted by this - maybe because it brings something to light that’s stressing you tf out. You’re winning in either case - The Sun.
Struggle shows your state of mind throughout the year and Spirit wants you to know that it’s going to be just fine, better than fine even 🧡 GRRRREAT! 😆 I’m seeing Tony the Tiger and good grief that’s…old af 😆 Could be dealing with an Aries, they had a tiger in their message too, or you could have that in your chart. There’s an intense Aries storm going on in March with a Mercury & Venus retrograding and Neptune moving into Aries - all in your 12th House, and Saturn moves into Aries at the end of May. Disciplining your mind, passion, anger - and possibly imagining some where it doesn’t exist or getting mad first & seeing facts later, could be part of this Analyze card - that’s advice. Know why you’re mad, passionate, turned on? if dating, know the WHY first. Feels like maturity. You’re analyzing yourself more than anyone, but everyone else too, and it’s only going to lead you the right direction. Once you’re clear on why/what, you can move forward with complete clarity and confidence, and you’re making something happen in tangible form with Manifestation & The Sun. Something that’s going to make you happy, probably relating to your work 🥳
Zodiac Signs: Heavy air 🌬️ Libra, Leo, Gemini, Aquarius & Aries
Numbers: 37, 19, 47, 32, 18, 68 & 65
11:11:11 is here with Justice, Enchantment & Resistance, and again I’m seeing the prince cutting thorns - that’s the advice. Cutting through your own pride perhaps, confusion, or a lack of confidence is your best bet. Cutting through illusions, lies, and other bs with facts, clarity, and Justice. The 11’s are positive, you’re going to come out ahead of this.
10:10:10 I almost didn’t notice this, with Struggle and Analyze - Manifestation. You overanalyze things until you give up or talk yourself out of them - believe in magic you practical ass earth sign 🪨 Jk ily but fr. You don’t have to see it to believe it, believe it and you’ll see it ⭐️ Or believe in it to *create* it. For my artists especially. Either/or.
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Custom Toonami Block Week 195 Rundown
The Witch from Mercury: The gang’s all here and it’s the final roundup before the attack on the Death Star. There’s this kinda funny scene where the Space UN tests trying to fight outside the Wifi Net Quiet Zero has and their shield is impervious to energy and takes control of any guided missiles they throw, like I know bullets are illegal in space because it’s basically zero gravity pollution and that gets messy real fast but you might wanna try it just this once. Anyway Miorine’s in full blanket burrito mode and Guel challenges Suletta to an Utena duel and I’m not entirely sure why he’s doing this. Like I don’t wanna say he throws the duel because that would be kind of an insult to Suletta and all she’s done but the reason he gives is kind of that silly pride shit he’s supposed to have outgrown. So like I think he is trying but knows she’ll win regardless and free Miorine from the idea of being married to the strongest person chosen for her so she can meet with the person she already chose dressed in the champion’s regalia she deserves. The two finally meet and have a very nice conversation that kinda converges their character arcs, Suletta has to act even if it’s hopeless because she can’t live with doing nothing, and Miorine has to overcome her fear of making mistakes that get people killed by letting Suletta risk her life and taking decisive action on her own. The part I really like about the next bit is they plan to send Chuchu’s suit in without wifi enabled so Quiet Zero can’t do shit to it like sending an old landline computer in to infilitrate a wifi network and they compare it to driving while blindfolded which is EXACTLY what Chuchu did in her intro, like that’s some beautiful foreshadowing, I kinda love how on the nose it is. Suletta clears the test of not fucking dying when they strap her into the Monster Energy Drink Gundam and Miorine closes a deal with Shadiq so they can have all their character arc cameos ready for the Hopes & Dreams Save the World final battle. Lauda picked the absolute worst time to fight it out with Guel about killing their dead in giant unpainted mobile suits and Suletta charges in determined to communicate with Eri and Prospera, good shit.
Ranma ½: A lot of this first episode really plays around with the dramatic irony of the premise which is kind of a double-edged sword since if most people know anything about Ranma as a series it’s the premise. Trans Icon Ranma Saotome was cursed to turn into a girl whenever he’s dipped in water and turns back into a boy when dipped in hot water, with his dad doing the same but he becomes some sort of Kung Fu Panda, what a ridiculous idea. I like how tongue in cheek the cursed springs are like they’re literally just a hundred different premises for various anime about cursed people and Ranma just happened to get the only one that gives him massive tits. Anyway now the main story kicks in where Ranma and Genma are returning from China, having for some reason picked NOW for the time his genderfluid son has to engage in an arranged power marriage instead of figuring out the whole ‘am I okay with sometimes having tits or do I wanna get the curse broken’ deal. There’s three choices but realistically the only one Ranma has any chemistry with and the only one with any interest in running a dojo is comedically overpowered Akane. They go through a whole thing of showing how Ranma’s ridiculously faster than her but they don’t touch on if he’s actually stronger since she seems to just kinda have the kind of sociopathic superstrength that makes beating the shit out of someone with a random background object funny, like she’s Shizuo Heiwajima without the invulnerability. Problem being Akane has some massive misandry issues and sees Ranma as a man first and feels lied to about him introducing himself as a woman (I feel like there’s some trans subtext there, I don’t generally like pushing that on things where people almost certainly weren’t thinking like that at the time but it is worth noting that it does kinda line up nicely) meanwhile Ranma has some complicated feelings about it given he really did want to be friends with Akane and bonded with her over fighting but feels his gender got in the way in the end. Some complex emotional stuff right off the bat and I am kinda here for it even if these people seem to take a crazy amount of baths since we have to do the ‘they walk in on each other naked’ bit like three times in the same night. But yeah, interesting start, I know a lot of this is gonna be slapstick and fanservice but I am kinda interested in how the gender issues and the psychological stuff is handled given their relationship has hit such a roadblock right away and both feel betrayed by the other. I remember a lot of the Inuyasha filler kinda defaulted to “Kagome’s right because she’s mad and the mad person is always right” but if I recall the canon stuff was a bit more nuanced and of course the ‘women are always right’ tropes is kind of challenged when Ranma is also sometimes a woman so we’ll see how that goes.  
Castlevania: We’re like three episodes from the end so it seems to be a weird time to be building up a new villain in Varney and especially in Ratko but a good chunk of the episode is just them shouting their philosophies at each other. Now that Hector and Isaac’s plots are wrapped up there’s an odd tacked-on feeling to the more episodic plot of resurrecting Dracula. Still, Alucard’s starting to regrow some of his humanity now that survivors have started staying at the castle and it’s clear he’s not willing to even begin processing all the fucked up shit his dad did and what he had to do to stop him but needing to actually store people in the castle is kind of forcing his hand a bit. Meanwhile Germain’s setting up Hector’s portal magic in weirdly conspicuous spots around paintings and eventually plants the end point on the spot where Dracula died so yeah that’s gonna be a mess. Last but not least Trevor and Sypha finally make it down to the court of miracles and find the royalty is fucking dead and this girl that’s been taxing everyone is just crazy and… yeah that was kind of obvious from the start, they kinda play with how insane she is but honestly she’s just kinda the worst, it’s just kind of a ‘Cool story, still despotism’ situation but before anybody can worry about getting the citizens any actual help Ratko barges in with his demon dogs to presumably look for the incredibly powerful broken magical thing Trevor’s been muttering in the corner about for the past ten minutes.
Dandadan: Momo is a very un-average girl that no one understands and gets into a fierce dork-off with local nerd Ken after her boyfriend dumped her and the two resolve to call the other one’s supernatural beliefs stupid, with Ken believing in aliens and Momo believing in ghosts, welp turns out they’re both right and we have a Gintama style anachronism soup right here. Momo reveals her adoptive grandmother is a Monogatari-style ghost asskicker whose general weirdness alienated her from Momo even though she loves her. Meanwhile Ken’s just a fucking lonely-ass dude who wanted alien friends since he was also literally alienated and the two aren’t so different. Ken ends up getting cursed by an old lady ghost that steals his dick and gives him superpowers while Momo gets captured by Pixie Aliens that want to sexually assault her because this is still an anime and we gotta have someone in their underwear in the first episode. Points for subversion though as it turns out Ken’s ghost powers are kinda berserker and useless while Momo gets esper powers from the alien drugs unlocking her latent chi and is able to basically turn into Tatsumaki from One Punch Man and blow up the whole fucking spaceship. So yeah, good opening, aliens are defeated but they still have to deal with Ken’s curse and stop him from going crazy while they sort out his whole deal. Really neat start, reminds me of when I watched the first episode of Jujutsu Kaisen and they’re laying the emotional groundwork while not cleaning up the initial encounter right away, it’s always a vibe to see those initial few grounded episodes before things start getting really crazy.
Delicious in Dungeon: The group has finally become level 4 friends and unlocked Senshi’s tragic backstory. Turns out when Senshi was a kid his group got trapped in the dungeon looking for gold and ended up running out of food and getting picked off by a Griffin. All of that would be enough to traumatize Senshi but what’s worse is his leader fet him some of the supposed griffin meat right after getting into a heated argument with their last surviving member so Senshi’s not sure if he really ate a Griffin or he ended up being a cannibal and really enjoying it. Once he was left alone he made friends with the orcs and grew up in the dungeon, finding that even though he could physically leave it, too much had happened for him to ever be able to mentally leave it. So now the group make a fun cooking adventure out of the question “Is Senshi a cannibal?” and there’s some shenanigans but short answer is no he’s not, the dwarves were just bad at monster classification and they ate a Hippogriff instead and as convenience has it, the griffin they killed was actually a transformed hippogriff (good because having another pinned sidequest would kinda wreck the pacing). Now that all that’s wrapped up, the party’s also transformed by the mushrooms that got the Hippogriffin and all swap races, shenanignas ensue. It’s pretty funny watching everyone weigh the pros and cons of their new race but given it’s not what they’ve trained to specialize in all their lives, it’s a major disadvantage for most of them. Now they’ve reached the Skyrim Steampunk Dwarven ruins and before they end up having to fight any steampunk golems they camp out and have some dumplings and try to figure out a way to change back.
Gleipnir: Shuuichi is an average kid that no one understands (Hey, had to play that straight once this week) and he’s actively burying his talents in some Yoshikage Kira-esque attempt to be seen as normal, except instead of cutting off hands and summoning punching ghosts he turns into a dog mascot that’s basically a shitty clumsy version of Inuyasha without the sword. He gets an enhanced sense of smell and is seemingly very sensitive to the scent of death when he stops a young girl from killing herself via arson and the Shinji Ikari factor kicks in and he wants to take her panties off because this is still an anime and we WILL have someone in their underwear in the first episode. So I expected Clair to be the key to the inevitable impending death game that involves transforming mascot characters but no, turns out she’s just a suicidal girl and a jerk that blackmails Shuuichi (I mean to be fair he did sexually assault her so they’re both kinda jerks, idk who I’m supposed to be rooting for but Clair’s the more outwardly scummy out the gate) but they do end up getting attacked by another transforming assassin and will surely unravel said inevitable death game soon enough. Side note but my GOD this anime is horny, like obviously that’s not something I particularly mind given I just finished Konosuba and Ranma and Dandadan are on the block but this one’s different there’s a lot of underwear and panties and bras and shit for no real reason and it just feels like it’s just there to be voyeuristic and wish-fulfillment as opposed to adding flavor or character or even comedy, like ngl Clair’s hot don’t get me wrong but the fanservice here is so wild and blatant something kinda rubs me the wrong way since we’ve essentially got more panties than plot in the first episode.
Revolutionary Girl Utena: We pick up right where we left off last time with Saiyonji being exepelled and going presumably on his own Chazz Princeton rich boy humbling arc like Guel. This whole episode we see how two-faced Touga can be as he promises to care for Saiyonji’s safe passage and immediately burns his diary and how he pretends to not know what’s going on despite having an Aizen-like plan for this whole thing. Turns out he’s the next up to fight Utena but he still hasn’t healed, luckily there’s another Skywalker to come fight the pink-haired anime girl. Nanami’s pissed at Utena for getting Touga injured and Utena just kinda takes it since she’s feeling a little guilty too. Her whole demeanor towards Touga is softer and more awkward for a lot of the episode and she feels like if she can just thank him she can get it off her chest. At Touga’s birthday party they try to talk but Nanami steps in to shove them away and we get intermittent flashbacks of her giving Touga a kitten for his birthday when they were little which thanks to the cosmic parallel factor of the Utena world is what Anthy got him this year. They really do some work to make Nanami seem like a genuine threat again and that’s a hard sell given we’ve had several straight episodes of her failing Team Rocket style and getting trampled by elephants. Still the flashbacks reveal she fucking killed the original cat since he liked it too much despite her earnest hardwork in giving it to him being the reason he liked it in the first place, like that crosses the line between comedically crazy girl to genuine nutcase. Either way this all proceeds according to Touga’s plan and he crowns Nanami as the next duelist and she and Utena will fight. The actual duel’s kind hilariously quick but Nanami’s not here to marry Anthy she just wants to straight up kill Utena and comes out for blood. Eventually they get her restrained and Touga gets the info he needs to fight Utena next, also Nanami kinda looks better with her hair down, damn.
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welp, here i go again, dissecting a song!
"be nice to me" by the front bottoms with sun, let's go (this time my friend moon helped with two or three lines :D)
I got boulders on my shoulders Collar bones begin to crack | cough the amount of stress sun has at literally all times like please give the man a break i'm begging-
There is very little left of me and it's never coming back | the fact that sun changed a LOT after all the trauma and pain he went through, to the point where he's almost unrecognizable if you compare him to his past self
There are certain things you ask of me And there are certain things I'll lack | i don't know how to explain this exactly, but his low self-esteem?? like you know how people always ask moon for stuff?? aaaaaaa idk
The beginning, we were winning But now I'm just making up facts | at first, they thought there was some hope to stop eclipse. now,,,,,,,,yeah
What's it matter anymore? If you believe the lies I tell | moon believing sun's lies when he shot bloodmoon and stuff
There's no meaning to the words But we still sing these songs well | sun and moon still doing the channel despite everything they went (and are going) through-
If we all left it alone I'm sure it'll work itself out fine | i feel like this is sun imagining moon's thought process when they left eclipse in him- especially with how moon practically forgot about eclipse until he became a problem
We keep playing with the numbers We are running out of time We are running, we are running | sun constantly feeling like he's on a time limit, especially now that eclipse has the star
But you're a killer and I'm your best friend | cough moon and sun COUGH COUGH
Think it's unfair, your situation | moon kinda brushed off sun's trauma a lot ngl- so yeah
You say I'm changing Sorry I didn't know I had to stay the same Can we talk about this later? Your voice is driving me, driving me insane | THE FIGHT THEY HAD WHEN SUN WAS GOING TO KILL ECLIPSE
I try to write you poems, but the words they don't make sense The hand tries to grip the pencil, but the fingers are too tense | i don't know why but this could just be him constantly being alert because of his hallucinations and, well, eclipse- also the poems could be something earth suggested to help him get his mind off of things
I try to show emotion, but my eyes won't seem to wet | ,,,him bottling up his emotions so much
I'd love to tell you stories, but I can't remember how they went | i feel like sun would say this line to lunar or earth, saying that he "doesn't remember" because he doesn't want to think about the past-
You're a flashlight in a dark room or the loneliest black out You were all we had left after it all was filtered out Turn you on in a dark room right before we both pass out Turn you on when I need you, but the batteries ran out They ran out | WOO sun constantly being the one to support his brother emotionally until the trauma took a toll on him, and now that he's slowly processing everything that's happened, he's changing, and therefore his "batteries ran out", because he was unable to properly help his brother- can you tell i like sun angst
You're a werewolf and I'm a full moon And all your very worst enemies will be gone soon | ahem, sun running off to kill eclipse so that his family wouldn't have to be in further turmoil
I think you're changing Don't worry, you don't gotta stay the same | moon losing his memories!! yippee
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notnobot · 1 year ago
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Things about each zodiac you may or may not have known.
Before we begin, I'll just let you all know that your zodiac does not determine if you are this or that, good or bad. It is just astrology. It usually means nothing to anyone. If you don't like what you see about your zodiac, feel free to correct me.
Aries ♈️
You are a bold person driven by your heart and desires. You are a very lively person who can see the fun in even the worst of situations. You are great at entertaining people, even if they are a tough crowd. Though you have many great things about your personality, you can get aggressive very quickly. You regret it afterward, but you don't usually let others know that. You tend to think that if people know you have feelings for others, they will judge you, so you often hide what you really feel. Even so, you are great to be around.
Taurus ♉️
You are a patient person, quite relaxed, and have a very reliable and understanding personality. You are pretty artistic and creative when it comes to the arts. Your room is probably one of the most organized of all the zodiac's. Even though you are just as great as all the zodiacs, you do get jealous often of things that are kinda not worth it. And yes, you are a bit lazy, but when you do get up, you stay up. You are one of the greatest zodiacs to hang with.
Sagittarius ♐️
When it comes to brains, you get the whole pot. You have lots of big brains up in your head. You just might not know it yet, wink wink. You are independent and do not need others to make you feel worthy, but you enjoy having company every once in a while. You are a livly person who gets out as often as possible. You are great in many ways, but you are not the most patient, and you have a steaming temper when you feel the need to have one. You do NOT take shit from anyone, not even your closet of friends. Your personality may be a little...yeah...but you are still fun and a wonderful friend.
Gemini ♊️
Most people would say you are a two-faced snake. That is certainty, not the case. You are a funny and enthusiastic person. You are curious about the world around you, and you are always looking for knowledge, even if that knowledge is not useful once so ever. You are very, VERY loyal to those you love, and you will protect them with your life. You are great. We will give you that, but you can be a little disorganized, and you get sometimes violent mood swings. Other than that, you are the perfect zodiac.
Cancer ♋️
You would be the perfect mother/father. You are protective, not the bad kind, the perfect kind. You are loyal and caring to your friends and family, usually putting them first. One thing that may set you back in a relationship, though, is your sensitivity. You can NOT handle a heartbreak and will get emotional mood swings for long after the break. You are insecure, though. No matter who tells you otherwise, you still believe you are not enough, but you are. There is no need to feel like that about yourself. Besides those very minor things, you are wonderful.
Leo ♌️
Honesty is the best policy in your opinion. You will not lie, and you will not ever be seen with a person who lies. You can't stand them. You are a loyal person who would rather take your own life than someone else's. You are a creative person with so much more to offer to the world than people think. You are protective of those you love and only wish them prosperity. You do tend to hog the spotlight sometimes, though. You often wish for more attention that you need. This, of course, could be caused by many things, not your zodiac, but oh well, right. Chefs kiss to whoever is a Leo, because you are great
Virgo ♍️
You are a humble fellow. You see the world's imperfections as the world's stars. But when it comes to your imperfections, you lose it. You are determined to be perfect, and that is not always bad, but you tend to take it too far. You are one of the more logical of zodiacs. You use your brain to solve your problems, not your fists. Though your need for perfection can send some away, you're pretty cool to be with.
Libra ♎️
You are cool. That is all that must be said, but I will provide more information to those who have never met a Libra. You are trustworthy and loyal. You will take secrets to the grave and defend your loved ones to the end. You tend to love to give people gifts to show your appreciation for them. You are also charming and smart. You get that good A+ in school. When you get friends, you keep them forever. You also love to snuggle❤️. You do get burnouts often, though. That is probably the only imperfection in your personality. You are an awesome friend.
Scorpio ♏️
You have an ambitious soul. You are always looking for adventure in places no one else dare go. You are loyal to only family and very close friends, but you care for everyone secretly. You can be a bit stubborn, though. You WILL have things done your way or not at all. Though you can be great, you do get jealous easily. Other than those simple things, you're the best Scorpio bros.
Capricorn ♑️
You are a hard worker when it comes to anything and everything. You are usually serious, but you can be very silly at times with loved ones and trusted ones. You are one of the most loyal people to live. Even though you seem like nothing can break your hard shell, you really are sensitive to even the smallest of hurtful comments. You are afraid to show others your soft spots in fear of being broken. It's okay to be hurt, I love yall Capricornians.
Aquarius ♒️
You are an unpredictable person with creativity beyond most. You don't need people around often, but you prefer them more than not. You have an open and intelligent mind. You take many things to the EXTREME!!! You believe the world is your oyster. Whatever it gives you, you take. You are quite kind-hearted, though. If there is a person in need, you come from miles away to help. Though you are stubborn, you're great.
Pisces ♓️
You are an emotional hurricane. That is not bad. It just makes you want to hide a little more to hopefully not hurt others with your pain. You are selfless for the most part. Others always come first. You are creative, and you usually daydream up wonderful ideas of a new world. You are very romantic and love having someone to cry on when it is truly needed, and you are not afraid to help others, though the same things that you go through. You are great, but you trust to easily and end up broken and alone in the end. Other than that, you truly are wonderful. You are just as good as any zodiac.
Thanks for reading. It means a lot to me that you made it this far!!!
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rainy-weather-supremacy · 9 months ago
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I STRIKE BACK!
Which character would survive being exiled in Antarctica?
Funniest thing a character has said or done?
Tell me some more about your magic system! I love magic systems!
Where do your characters live?
If her brother is a evil landlord then what’s Marys job?
Who would you NEVER want to hang out with?
Who is most like you?
If you could put them in a specific time period and place in history, where would it be?
Does your story have multiverses?
Who are Granny’s and Mary’s wives?
Why did your characters end up the way they did?
One: Probably Mikaela, since they can make magical fire that would keep them warm.
Two: This one is hard bc as I think I mentioned I don't have any real story yet.... One thing that's kinda funny is that Jamie has had two seperate occasions where both she and the other person wanted to kill each other and ended up dating both. Also once Avery was trying to dig a grave for someone and accidentally dug up Daniel who was just vibing in the earth.
Three: The magic system doesn't really have any hard rules, there's just magic everywhere manifesting in different ways- Trees that make their surroundings cold or drain the light like a cloud around them, green flames carried on the wind etc. People can use this magic to do whatever they were born to do and with some studying, you can also learn a few other kinds of magic.
Four: I don't know what country they're living in, but Daniel, Jamie, Ozan and Avery live in a house in the city. Jane and Mary live on a top floor apartment somewhere in a different city. Mikaela and Tara live on a pirate ship, Camilla in Nature and Jackson also has a house. For the rest I don't know.
Five: Mary doesn't really have a job. If she does, the description is something along the lines of 'storm witch' or something like that. She can't really keep the storms away, nor does she want to, so sometimes there's just a storm and she runs around looking cool. That is her job. (Thank jod she has a wife with a job lmao)
Six: Hmm, tough one. Most of them can be pretty scary, but I actually think I couldn't stand to be around Granny without feeling bad for her and also for myself and she has a kind of weird effect that makes you feel weird too which I wouldn't wanna be anywhere near- Yikes!
Seven: Most like me... I think Arthur is kinda similar to me, because he likes watching the stars and has social anxiety and stuff but still is cool (Like me obviously) (And you in case that wasn't already clear :D 👍)
Eight: The french revolution, just to watch all of the chaos they'd cause. Mary would 100% try to get Daniel beheaded. Tara has never had more fun getting people that deserve it killed. It think they deserve to go there. As a treat.
Nine: They don't explore the multiverse or anything, but it does simply so that I can make the story where they are all in medieval times canon.
Ten: Granny's wife is Esther and Mary's wife is Jane.
Eleven: Ohh okay. Well, Mary is the way she is because her parents were really ducked up and she responded to violence with violence. The storms make her feel free. I made her because I wanted a cool character. Jane hates the way her flesh is, partially because she's trans, so she is now working on replacing it with carefully carved wood. I made here so Mary can have a cool wife. Daniel started off as a kind of antagonist to Mary but I really like him now, he had the same bad parents as her and he's like that because his first path of action is now manipulation bc if it worked then why not now. Avery was a bit more fucked up first but it's the way it is because it came from a very rich family where people where cold and backstabbers to even their loved ones. They also hunted a lot, so she does that now too but different (TM). Ozan lost his legs for some unknow reason and just started telling lies about it and now the reason he lost his legs are different every day (It's the worst when he wakes up and finds that he currently still has legs because then he actually has to go through it again). I'm not sure why I created him but he's here now and not leaving. (CW: CHILD DEATH) Leon I thought of when listening to 'welcome to the internet' and heard the phrase "here's a nine year old who died". He is the way he is because he was always very indifferent about death, so much so that when he got run over by a car he didn't really die. He's a ghost now that can only touch things that will die soon. That's also the reason his sister Camilla is like that, tough I'm not exactly sure what lead to her cooking with rotten food and having moss grow in her hair. She's just silly like that. Created because I thought of the phrase "my cousine Carmilla from the Corruption" and thought it was funny. For Tara I just took the aroace siren and added agender. I think that probably something fucked up ahppened to them but who knows, they just want revenge on everyone now. Mikaela was also just there someday and their story has something to do with running away, but once again has not been worked out. Toby didn't mean to start taking happiness from the people by watching them but it happened because he liked to observe them and I guess he was just so happy about them being happy that they were no longer happy, if that makes sense. I made him because wouldn't that be fucked and Arthur was based on another character I made once that started existing when humans observed the stars for the first time and ceased to exist after the last. Arthur was kinda bullied and stuff, so he just turned to the sky for comfort. His loneliness attracted some kind of magic power, so here he is. Jamie was kind of smiliar, with being made fun of in school until he was afraid of being known. The darkness, where no one can know what you look like, called to him so much that he can now shapeshift freely as long as he's in the dark. Esther I made because I thought a mysterious but kind grandma with kinda evil intentions would be cool. I have no idea why she's like that she just is. Granny was the last one I made but I kinda just got the idea fully-formed in my head one day. She's like that because she magically went insane, but I don't know why yet. Jackson I made because it would be funny to have a normal dude and tbh he's just vibing and George the monster baby bc it would be funny to have a baby in the family. He's a monster because his parents where and he might actually come from another world.
Thanks! I will return it tomorrow 😈
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maxwell-grant · 2 years ago
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I’ve really enjoyed your writings on JJBA. You got me to see characters like Dio and Jonathan in ways I never thought of. If you’re still up for Bingo, I’d love to hear your thoughts on Giorno
Thank you! I still want to keep doing these, now that my JoJo hyperfixation is back and won't leave me alone for the time being.
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I've always really, really loved Giorno, even back when he was pretty universally-panned in fandom circles as the default worst JoJo. The bad scanlations of Vento Aureo and how they butchered the Western popularity of that part are a story everyone's familiar with by now but, honestly? I don't think the fixed scans are what did it for Giorno. I don't even think it was the anime on it's own. I'd argue the main thing that changed Giorno's reception would be the change of voice actor for the anime.
Because for the longest time the main problem fandom had with Giorno was the idea that he was boring, that he was too dispassionate and unemotional and devoid of personality, and for a long time the only frame of reference they had for the character was the manga scanlation, that really did butcher everyone’s dialogue and personality, and All-Star Battle/Eyes of Heaven, with Daisuke Namikawa doing a decent job as the character but not doing much to dissuade people’s perception of Giorno as monotone. In the aftermath of the anime setting the record straight with Kensho Ono’s performance, and especially those goddamn beautiful WRRYYYEAHs he’s doing, that no longer seems to be as big of a complaint as it used to be. I’m not saying the anime “fixed” Giorno, not in the slightest, the anime basically just adapted what was always there for a much bigger audience, and so people got to see more of Giorno’s sides. Most crucially how emotive and expressive he is, and how funny the 15-year old revolutionary gangster can be.
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I’m certainly not saying every criticism levied at Vento Aureo was unfounded, I still need to sit down and reread/rewatch it entirely, but consistently I always thought Giorno ruled. He’s got one of my absolute favorite powersets in the series and one that Araki really, really squeezes versatility out of (to the point I’d still argue Requiem really wasn’t that necessary to defeat Diavolo), I like that he’s built to thrive just as much when he takes a backseat to the action and acts as the planner / support for other characters to rally around and find their own strength, I love all of his dynamics within Bruno’s Gang. I love that he’s scary, actually fucking scary, even besides the whole cosmic horror GER brings to the table, even besides the fact that his normal powerset involves pulling snakes and scorpions and insects out of thin air to hurt and kill people.
He’s the most cutthroat JoJo by leaps and bounds, one who actively grew up wanting to be not just a criminal kingpin, but THE criminal kingpin of his country, one who would employ said resources for the betterment of society. One of the very first battles he’s in, he defeats a villain by going behind his associate’s back and tricking said villain into eating a gun and blasting his brains out. He lies, he bribes, he maims. He has a beetle eat the brain of a serial killer right after turning back on his promise of leaving said killer alive, he even suggests killing civilians if they get in the way of the mission. His selflessness is just as terrifying too, he unhesitatingly chops off his limbs and dives neckfirst into razor blades to assist his partners and eventual friends. He risks death over the prospect of leaving anyone behind, he’s driven to extremes caused by his rage and disgust over innocents and children being victimized by the drug trade, his plans are mind-boggling and brutal and powerful, matched only by his capacity for rallying morale and inspiring others. He’s DIO’s son with Joestar spirit, someone who takes after both, a Noble Champion of the Sun as much as he’s Evil Charisma. The next step in DIO’s evolution.
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Giorno kinda feels to me like Araki going back to not just DIO the bedazzling immortal megavillain who rules the world, not even just Dio Brando the enfant terrible turned scourge of humanity, but Mashonen B.T, Araki’s early manga love letter to Sherlock Holmes about a charismatic genius bad boy who uses trickery and underhanded tactics to outfox and defeat opponents, mostly known nowadays for being Dio’s direct prototype in almost every way right down to the design, poses, clothing, etc, a short-lived character who was too controversial a protagonist for Shonen Jump at the time. Araki’s gone back to Dio a lot over every part exploring the facets of his existence and Giorno is one of them, one that allowed him to go all the way back to the initial bad boy protagonist he had and redo him accordingly. A Dio who wasn’t born Evil Incarnate, who didn’t grow up to become this century-wide bloodline cancer and embodiment of fate and gravity center of all that is evil and bizarre, who got to once again apply his talents and smarts against those worse than himself. 
And this is kind of related to why I think Giorno loses a lot of what makes him important and thematically interesting when he’s made out to be the son of Jonathan as well, even though it’s an idea I do like. Because Giorno’s whole deal is that he’s the son of the Ultimate Evil who grows up into something much better. Part 5′s big theme is people dealt with bad circumstances breaking free, breaking free from the chains of fate and the burdens imposed on them, with Giorno as the one who did it first and then went on to help Buccellati and others do the same. 
Jotaro Kujo, the protagonist of the third series Stardust Crusaders, leavesfor his journey already accepting the bond that links him to his grandfather and his grandfather’s great-grandfather (Jonathan’s father) – there are six generations between them. In this case we can affirm that Dio Brando, the enemy, represents Destiny and Fate.
While i was writing the fifth series, Vento Aureo, i asked myself how the simple fact to be born could have been something to be sad of for someone. Men can’t decide to be born or not. Just like some might be born in happy families, others grow up in awful environments.
So, what should these people do, if Destiny and Fate are something that someone else, like a God or some Great Law who rules the universe and the stars, had already decided for them? 
This is the main theme that revolves around Vento Aureo and the same theme that the protagonists and their enemies must deal with.
Giorno, Buccellati, Fugo, Narancia, Abbacchio and Mista. Each one of them grew up or if we want to be more accurate, was forced to grow up, against their will, at the margin of society. I think its the same for Trish, the daughter of the Boss. 
Will they (Giorno & Co.) be able to fight Destiny and Fate and to change them? While i was working on this series i kept thinking about it. - Vento Aureo post-scriptum
Giorno is DIO’s ultimate legacy, like Pucci, tuned in a completely opposite direction. He grows up to become like DIO, but better. He is a brilliant, skilled genius, who applies his intelligence towards helping others and working for the betterment of society in a way neither Dio nor the Joestars ever really did. He is someone who is able to convince others to lay down their lives for him without a moment’s hesitation, because he makes friends and partners and unhesitatingly lays down his life for their sake in return. He is charming, attractive and charismatic, traits that make him a great leader and one who allows others around him to thrive and find their own strength. He heals himself and others efficiently without using vampirism. He creates life instead of consuming it, he fights with nature instead of perverting it. He stands proud in the sunlight instead of cowering from it. He is terrifyingly determined, and applies said horrific determination for far greater purposes than just stripping flesh from the weak and flexing over cadavers. 
He caps this off by attaining the actual strongest Stand in existence, with no equal to oppose him, and by taking command over the world’s largest criminal empire. He is DIO, but better, and not just morally. Him being the son of DIO who goes on to inherit many of his father’s traits, and apply them for the sake of good, is a powerful statement of intent right out the gate and sets the tone for all the big ideas Vento Aureo’s playing with. His moral greyness, the ways in which he shows us how good he is at lying and cheating and killing, and his abject refusal to endanger innocents and children and cross certain lines, are instrumental to what makes the character work. 
Which is something you don’t really get to that effect, if he’s the son of Jonathan. If he’s directly a Joestar, you don’t really get the idea that he was someone born to a terrible fate who was able to turn this fate around for the better, instead it becomes more like he was a JoJo tainted by DIO’s intrusion into the bloodline, and that his DIO-isms serve to make him lesser rather than be instrumental to what makes him better than his father. It makes his existence tied up in DIO’s transgressions against the Joestars, rather than DIO as an entity and bottomless wellspring of evil in his own right, and it places Giorno in a kind of unwanted place almost as a bastard of two families at once. 
I do understand where it comes from in that, it’s sorta like that trope you see in fantasy for young adults or children sometimes where a character raised by neglectful or abusive parents eventually discovers their “true” heritage, like some great hero dad that couldn’t be around for them or a saintly mother who died before they were born, and this becomes sort of a catalyst for their own rise into heroism. I think it’s kind of like that, when people think of Giorno as Jonathan’s son or someone whose real father is Jonathan. 
That desire for Giorno to have something like a proper family, to have someone he takes his heroism from (rather than just a vague Joestar spirit), to make it so that he doesn’t have to be the son of a wretched disease of a man (and the implication that being so makes him lesser). I truly do understand parts of where this fantasy comes from, the idea that Giorno should be able to disown DIO and have a real father who’s not, well, DIO, but I truly do like that Araki avoided this route and that he never had it be ambiguous that Giorno is DIO’s son, Joestar spirit or not. 
Giorno’s story is that he was born into awful circumstances, mistreated and abused and neglected by everyone around him, and undergoing ensuing death of personality as early as the age of 2 that put him well on his way to either being dead, or being rotten to the core like his father, before a random stroke of fate gave him the chance to rise above and let his soul shine as he’d found a dream to believe in. He’d go on to provide this kind of assistance towards others around him, including a girl who herself was born from a vastly powerful ultimate villain. Giorno would go on to defeat and dethrone said ultimate villain and usurp his reign, and in the process, achieve exactly what DIO spent the past century and a half striving for. He’d surpass his fate, surpass his bloodline, and become number one, and he ends his story seated on a throne, waiting patiently as the world lines up to bend the knee before him
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While I don’t think of Giorno as Jonathan’s son (not that he doesn’t have Joestar in him), I do think he goes a long way towards proving something that Araki established all the way back in Phantom Blood and would continue to play around with in the other parts, and Vento Aureo especially with the ways Diavolo contrasts Giorno: That evil, true evil, is not just selfish, petty and self-destructive, but also pointless. Useless Useless Useless, as it were, because Dio could have achieved everything he’d wanted, all of his dreams big and small, had he worked with the Joestars instead of against them. That part of the tragedy of what went down between Jonathan and Dio is that, together, they really did make for an excellent team, that they could have achieved anything and overcome whatever came their way. 
In Phantom Blood, it was ultimately a tragedy that these extraordinary halves representing mankind were set against each other, that fate set these two on collision course forevermore. But with Vento Aureo, we get to see what happens when said halves work in tandem to achieve the extraordinary, and break the chains of fate that define them. You get Giorno, who breaks the chains of those around him, breaks the paradigm by which the series had been adhering to, and  breaks the curse to forge his own future.
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forthehpfanboys · 4 years ago
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can you do being harry potter’s first boyfriend headcanons?
I adore these!!! They're so cute-
Warnings: homophobia mention, a few sexual mentions because I can't stop myself.
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Ok, so we know Harry is kinda emotionally.............. Dull.
And very obvious.
HOWEVER
When he knows he likes something, or someone in this case, he. fucking. KNOWS.
And it probably happens at like 4am when he realizes it.
So we know he gets nightmares and such, and he clearly talks in his sleep (thanks Ron) and he probably wakes up super early in the morning after a nightmare.
He woke up in a cold swear with the past flashing behind his eyelids every time he blinks and his stress keeps growing and growing when suddenly he's crying silently in his bed.
And suddenly the bed is dipping down next to him.
And your scooting closer and pulling your knees to your chest and his brain goes quiet and he's if he woke you or if you had a bad dream like him and he's just so worried about you.
And then your whispering to him and he wants to talk to you forever.
"So.. Um.. Bad dream?" "What are you doing up so late?" "I just needed some water. Why are you up so late?" "I don't wanna be a bother to you." "As if my best friend could be a burden to me."
You pulled him close and Harry was wondering if you always smelled to fucking amazing.
He kinda realized you genuinely care about him and it made him giggly.
... He also realized he really wants your shampoo.
Anyway, back to you. So, you care about him and he no longer wants to he just friends with you.
And that's it. He trips on the floor and falls in love with you right there.
From then on, you have this tiny, angry wizard making sure your safe and if anyone says something even a tad negative, he's throwing hands.
Literally everyone notices he has a crush on you.
Hermione gets it first, naturally.
She notices when he just kinda stares at you during lunch and literally sprays his drink all over Ron when you look at him and wave with a smile.
Ron notices when their going up the steps and your going down and you say "Hey Harry" and Harry being Harry goes "hI (Y/N)!" then trips UP the stairs after you walk by.
Everyone in Gryffindor (and Y/H) finds out when he rasies his hand quickly and shouts that he'd be your partner at a Professor.
But imagine like Harry and Ron laying on their beds one afternoon and Harry's like 'give me flirting advice' and Ron's like '.. You see literally asking the worst person-'
Oh my God- Fred and George being his wing men tho. Imagine that shit. They basically follow you around the school telling you about how great Harry is, but like 56% of it is probably kick ass lies that they clearly made up.
Anyway.
This poor chaotic idiot tries so hard to not make it obvious but oh my god it's so fucking obvious.
You probably confront him, too. Like "Why do you almost die during meals if I sit near you or look at you? Are you alright?" and he's already sweating.
Harry is literally so awkward; please save him from himself.
Honestly, Ron probably tells you. Like he looks up from his plate and is just so casual about it. And then proceeds to get his shit rocked by Harry and Hermione at the same time.
So your probably giggling and finding this adorable because Harry's bright red- like redder than his tie and it's the cutest thing and you make a comment on his pretty eyes and he chokes on his saliva.
Anyway, so you guys start dating and he treats you like a king.
He buys you anything you look at for a second too long. Into painting? Get ready for the best paints galleons can buy. Into galaxy shit? Get ready for a whole ass telescope. You get it.
At some point, you put a budget on him because, Jesus.
Your dorm is filled with stuff and it's almost all from him.
Hi, he's so the kind of guy where if you play with his hair, he genuinely shivers.
HI BUT HE LOVES TO CUDDLE INTO YOUR CHEST. AAAA.
Harry definitely gets into more fist fights than before because people (*cough*Draco*cough*) can't keep their... Opinions to themselves.
You teach him healthy coping mechanics. Please. He needs them so badly.
And please patch him up after fights. Kiss his bandages like a dad because he needs one Jesus-
OH SPEAKING OF DAD-
Sirius being so supportive and approving of everything, but definitely threatening to throw hands if you hurt him (because fuck jkr).
Remus also supporting you guys because I said so.
Oh my God- but Harry totally doodles stick figures of you guys like in a field of grass on his homework and he gets yelled at by Snape but you give him like a star sticker snd he's happy.
Please, he's so simple to me, I have no idea why.
OH BUT I STAND BY HARRY CLIMBING OVER HIS DESK TO THROW HANDS WITH SNAPE IF THE GREASY BASTARD SAID SHIT ABOUT YOU.
Yo, if you play quidditch, his first date with you two is playing together and it's so laid back snd it's late at night and he brings a blanket to lay out on the grass after and look at the stars.
If you don't play quidditch, he's just gonna do the blanket thing. Yes, he got the idea from Hermione, shh.
More quidditch shit because I'm obsessed with this dumb ass sport-
If he loses a game, please prepare your ass. And I mean that. You will be limping (if your into that).
I kinda see him as a switch, to be honest, but leaning more towards a dom, but he can be a bratty sub if he's in a salty mood.
If he wins, I just kinda imagine locker room shower sex after so go wild with that image.
Oh, those late might cuddles with comforting him because a major thing by the way. Poor kid has been through so much.
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navree · 2 years ago
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I like to think that people accusing Alicent and Otto of grooming/taking advantage of Viserys are just being disingenuous because they don’t like Team Green (lol) or the characters, but I will say that I don’t think the show did a good job of condemning Viserys.
I don’t think a show should whack you over the head with its message, but the show didn’t really elaborate on his failings to both his family and the realm. Otto was condemned twice by the narrative - when Viserys exiled him and during Alicent’s “our hearts were never one” confrontation, and while Otto did pimp out his daughter, ultimately the responsibility lies on Viserys. He has ultimate power, he straight up acknowledges that Alicent was a set-up (but then goes on to rape her at least two more times to conceive Aemond and Daeron 🤔). Why doesn’t Otto for ex confront him about that? Instead it’s treated as a set-up for Viserys to allow Rhaenyra to find a husband of her choosing like he did, so it’s positive because #FeministGirlDad.
I don’t mind Alicent mourning him, I just don't like how it was done. (Sansa had a better reaction to Baelish’s death imo.) She’s then made to carry out his “final wish” with that prophecy and during the Green Council we don’t get any politics: no elaboration on Aegon’s solid claim, no discussion about Rhaenyra’s politically inept decisions and how that puts the Greens in danger, nothing that is a direct result of Viserys’s actions. That’s where the show failed imo.
Also, the show spared Viserys from having to come face-to-face with what he did to Aemma (preferably a conversation between him and Rhaenyra). Instead he got a tragic send-off where he reunites with his “true love”. 😒
Yeah, the show kinda screwed up a bit with Viserys and with pointing out that he's kind of the worst. I think it's a combination of things, like Paddy being one of the more high profile stars attached for the first season (and arguably the protagonist of the pilot episode even more than Rhaenyra) along with him just being a good actor and quite good at eliciting sympathy while in the role, as well as the fact that they do primarily want to make Viserys seem sympathetic. The show doesn't acknowledge unsympathetic elements of Viserys because the show doesn't necessarily see him as unsympathetic.
HOTD is clearly pushing a more sociological element of storytelling (if I'm being cynical, I'd say in an attempt to recapture the magic of GOT and that article after it ended about how the first seasons worked because it focused more on societal stuff while the later seasons went back to more psychological stuff akin to what we typically see in shows and movies) where the events that lead up to the Dance are influenced by just the world that these characters live in, and how being socialized in that world makes them take certain actions. So the focus is more on that than on the deliberate actions taken by certain people, which is why we get the focus on "Otto gave Alicent to Viserys as a distraction because in Westeros women are pawns for their fathers to use like that" but not "Viserys is a grown fucking man who made a choice to engage with Alicent and then choose to marry her against all advice".
And it is likely also, as I've said previously, that what appears to be a decentralized writing room continues to give us more character inconsistencies, and Viserys I think is as much a casualty of that on the par of, like, Daemon or Rhaenys.
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medea10 · 3 years ago
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My Review of Marmalade Boy
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How did I get into this anime? I’ve heard of the title several decades past and put it on the back-back-back burner for God-knows how long.
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So Miki Koishikawa is a relatively normal high school student. Has friends, loving parents, and loves to play tennis. Let’s drop the mic here!
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Her world is turned upside-down when her parents decide to get a divorce. But wait, it gets better! Her parents announce they’re going to remarry to another couple that’s also getting a divorce. But because these parents don’t hate each other to live separately, these two couples are going to buy a big house and live together under one roof. Okay, these parents are total swingers and I can’t help but think they went to a few-too many “Key Parties” in their past. But wait, it gets better! The other couple in this mess has a son named Yuu Matsura. And wouldn’t you know it, Miki thought from the get-go that Yuu was kinda cute and they end up…uh-oh!
Surprise Incest!
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In this surprisingly 75 episode series, we see a lot go down with this particular couple as there is a lot to cover. This story covers a lot involving the main characters and their love lives. And it gives you what you would expect including love triangles, petty fights that go nowhere, long-distance relationships, and of course hiding the fact you’re in a relationship from your parents because his parents are her parents now!
BETWEEN THE SUB AND THE DUB: This was originally licensed by Tokyopop. That is kind of a rarity as we all know the ups and downs of that particular distributor. But long story short, this is currently under the licensing of Discotek. Better yet, while I was viewing this, Crunchyroll decided to be kind and stream the series on their site (sub only). The dub had many recognizable voices from folks stationed in L.A. So we get to hear from Michelle Ruff, Yuri Lowenthal, Carrie Savage, and the late Michael Lindsay. The sub version of course has several folks I’m familiar with like Ryoutarou Okiayu, Aya Hisakawa, Akira Ishida, Junichi Kanemaru…
Wait…did I just say Junichi Kanemaru! Holy rare items! The voice of Harley from Pokemon! FUCKING HARLEY! Before I turn into a screaming/fainting goat, here’s what you might recognize these folks from.
JAPANESE CAST: *Yuu is played by Ryoutarou Okiayu (known for Scar on FMA, Shigure on Fruits Basket, Akio on Clannad, Byakuya on Bleach, Tiger’s Eye on Sailor Moon SuperS, Mr. K on Gravitation, and Igor on Blue Exorcist)
*Miki is played by Mariko Kouda (known for Sakura on Pokemon, Yuri on Dirty Pair Flash, Kaya on One Piece, Nayuki on Kanon, and Juri on Vampire Knight)
ENGLISH CAST: *Yuu is played by Michael Lindsay (known for Urahara on Bleach, Kankurou on Naruto, Tamaki on Code Geass, and Joe on Digimon) [R.I.P]
*Miki is played by Michelle Ruff (known for Luna on Sailor Moon [redub], Nagato on Haruhi Suzumiya, Tsukasa on Lucky Star, Anri on Durarara, Euphemia on Code Geass, Sinon on SAO, and Chii on Chobits)
DISLIKED CHARACTER: In other words, which relationship road-block did I despise the most? There were quite a few people after both Miki and Yuu throughout the series run. And despite the many reservations I have involving with this ship and will glare at their relationship with a surprise incest hate going on, I didn’t want to see these two go out with the worst person.
Honestly, I thought I would be putting Ginta and Arimi up here. Both of them supremely got on my nerves in the first arc of the series. Particularly Ginta with the way he did Miki wrong in middle school and again by stealing a kiss from her. Jinny in the NY arc really aggravated me, but not as much as I thought she would.
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But then you have Suzu and Kei. These two characters just wouldn’t stop! Suzu would deliberately invite Yuu over or involve him in some stupid activity to get close to him and make Miki jealous. And Kei straight-up lied to Miki about having her medallion for almost 10 episodes. After all that shit, I thought there was no way in hell dude was ever going to get with Miki, even if she and Yuu broke up. Never say never! She goes out with him. What the fuck, Miki? I know he got a little better after the dishonesty Kei brought about, but still. I did however feel sorry for Kei and lost stamina in my hatred for this kid. I knew he was going to be the rebound guy and that he still stood no chance of being with Miki in the long-run.
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Suzu on the other hand, fuck the bitch! Especially after the ski-trip episode! Suzu almost killed Miki. Okay, Arimi might have stolen a kiss from Yuu. Jinny might have lied about sleeping with Yuu. But Suzu almost committed negligent homicide. Fuck her! So yeah, Suzu is my least favorite character on Marmalade Boy.
SHIPPING: Okay…this might take a while, but I want to cover everything as much as humanly possible. And if you don’t want to be spoiled by what I say, probably don’t watch the eye-catches in every episode. They kinda show who’s supposed to be with who.
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*Yuu x Miki: Ah shit, here we go again! As if I haven’t written enough opinions on shipping couples that are step-siblings recently. Despite my prejudice against surprise incest ships, this one is the least infuriating of the ones I’ve watched in the last two years. This ship has gone through its share of drama. Yuu had several girls interfere with his relationship with Miki. And Miki had her fair share as well, including a rebound boyfriend. But no matter what, they always found their way back to each other. I shouldn’t hate this ship. I should shake my head with those parents of Miki and Yuu’s. Good God, I thought I’ve heard it all!
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*Miki x Ginta: So Ginta was a boy that Miki had a crush on a few years prior to the story. But dumbass Ginta read Miki’s love letter out loud to a bunch of friends and that soured their friendship (which was a misunderstanding). They eventually reached a mature level of casually speaking to each other again in later years. But this gets ugly again when Ginta gets jealous over Yuu and steals a kiss from Miki. Who do you think you are, Dio Brando? Not only that but Ginta does some ugly methods in order to win Miki’s heart including be in a sham relationship with Arimi (Yuu’s former girlfriend). It was at this point of the series that I despised Ginta and hoped he would never find happiness. But thankfully, that hatred passed.
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*Yuu x Arimi: Yuu also had a romantic past. But in this case, Arimi had the crush and begged Yuu to date her for three months. And they had fun during those three months. It’s just that Yuu sees Arimi as more of a friend. But Arimi still has it strong for Yuu and ends up trying to make him jealous by dating another boy. That went over as well as a lead balloon.
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*Ginta x Arimi: This ship actually started out being a fake relationship. So almost on the same level as what you saw in the anime Toradora. Both of them had feelings for other people, but of course neither of them had any chance with Miki or Yuu. Ginta already dug his grave years ago when he read Miki’s love letter publicly and Yuu had no interest in Arimi even when they were dating. So these two ended up together in an attempt to make their crushes jealous! But it wasn’t really smooth sailing as Arimi is quite popular around her school. She has a lot of fanboys including Ginta’s loud and annoying cousin.
Oh yeah, Ginta’s loud and annoying cousin. I don’t care for him.
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*Meiko x Namura-sensei: There will be plenty of episodes involving this ship. They are no threat to Miki and Yuu’s relationship. Meiko is Miki’s best friend and Na-chan is their teacher. It’s just that every now and then we take a detour into “Meiko: The Miniseries”.
Oh man, I thought the surprise incest was enough. Now we get a student/teacher relationship. By the looks of it, this does seem non-sexual and both are consenting (so no one was taken advantage). It’s just that this is VERY taboo. It especially gets dangerous when Na-chan ends up as Meiko’s homeroom teacher and they couldn’t see each other out in the open anymore. Oh, did I forget to mention this relationship kinda started when Meiko was in middle school. Silly me! Have fun with that tidbit. Then it gets crazier when this relationship is found out and ultimatums are put on both of them. I’m not as bitchy about these sorts of relationships and again I point out other controversial student/teacher relationships that raise an eyebrow like Sakura’s parents on Cardcaptor Sakura or Tohru’s parents on Fruits Basket. But I do see Meiko as the successful story that Natsuo from Domestic Girlfriend could learn from.
At least she didn’t have a child with Satoshi and leave him for Na-chan!
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*Meiko x Satoshi: And here we have a Johnny-Come-Lately/Rebound! Meiko’s heart still belongs to Na-chan, yet Satoshi persists Meiko at every opportunity. Now there were some moments where it felt like Meiko was going to cave in and start falling for Satoshi. And he has been very supportive of her writing, even if he entered her story in a contest without her consent. He does care for her.
She did give in every now and then to her confused emotions with Satoshi. Hey, she even gave up a kiss too. But she will never be over Na-chan. This ship was a whirlwind of emotion, especially when Meiko sees Na-chan again and she tries to get back with him. Na-chan turns the tables by telling Meiko he doesn’t love her and that he’s now in a committed relationship with their teacher Miss Ryoko. But that was a lie. Na-chan loves Meiko and just used Miss Ryoko as an excuse. Did I mention Miss Ryoko loves Na-chan too? Feel like I should have mentioned that. Thankfully, Na-chan and Meiko end up realizing they love each other too much to let the other one go. Fuck all, fuck the families, fuck what society thinks, we’re engaged. Apologies to Miss Ryoko and Satoshi who are now in Dumps-ville!
Let’s get away from the Meiko drama. In the second arc to this story, we ease away from the drama that consisted of characters like Arimi, Ginta, and even Satoshi. However, more love rivals come into play, especially after Yuu and Miki hook up.
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Now that Ginta is out of the picture and has hooked up with Arimi, you’d think it’d be smooth sailing for Miki, right? Hell no! Miki gets a part-time job and works with a boy named Kei. Kei eventually gets the hots for Miki but knows she’s off-limits as she has a boyfriend. What does Kei do? Hold onto Miki’s memento from Yuu and lie about it for several episodes. This guy really put unnecessary strains on Miki and her relationship with Yuu to a point where Miki is hiding stuff from Yuu. Thankfully, this didn’t cause as much damage as I thought and Miki x Yuu is back in business. While Kei has accepted that Miki loves Yuu, he will be back to get her!
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Yuu on the other hand had to deal with an annoying little princess by the name of Suzu. After meeting Suzu, I gotta say this girl is persistent. She would always drive him and Miki away from each other or try to drive a wedge between them. Suzu would do everything in her power to have Yuu over at her home. But Yuu has his priorities straight about why he’s over there. Suzu’s father wants Yuu to tutor her and Yuu wants to learn from Suzu’s father to further his interest in architecture. Priorities! Still doesn’t stop Suzu from being an annoying nuisance. And did I mention the almost negligent homicide incident? I’m never going to be over that!
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There was also another girl. But you can’t really hate this girl like Suzu. Let’s talk about Ann! She is actually a really good competitor for Yuu’s heart and I can see how Miki could be intimidated by her. A sickly girl with a bad heart whom Yuu has known since childhood! Oh fuck yeah! Ann doesn’t mind being second place in Yuu’s heart actually. She sees that the two love each other and Ann stows her feelings to the side.
I suppose I should talk about this stuff as well.
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So when Yuu moved to NY, there was a lot of fighting for people’s love in the big apple and in Japan. Yuu and Miki still love each other despite the long distance relationship. However Miki is being hounded by Kei (AGAIN) and the student exchange boy Michael. Meanwhile, Yuu is being pursued by a girl named Jinny. And Jinny is being pursued by a guy named Brian (the brother of student exchange boy Michael). Problem is, Jinny has no interest in Brian and only has eyes for Yuu until she totally fucks it up with him. But then Miss Priss over here gets jealous when another friend, Bill, gets friendly with Yuu’s long-time friend Ann. But then Jinny ends up with Bill. And Brian settles for forever-friend-zoned Doris.
I hope you all followed that NY drama because I don’t feel like going over that web of shit again. Oh wait.
Miki and Kei hooked up too. Don’t worry, it didn’t last.
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THESE PARENTS, I TELL YA: Miki and Yuu’s parents are a trip! They tell their kids everything at the last, possible minute. They spring on the most messed-up surprises on them and expect them to just go with the flow. Yeah, I’m slightly with Miki when it comes to the parents remarrying each other. I’m glad they still have a relationship that they still like each other even though they’re divorcing. But for fuck’s sake, you cannot expect anyone to smile and go with the flow when they suddenly tell you that the parents you’ve known your whole life divorces on the fly and trades partners with another couple. But it isn’t just that one thing! Miki and Yuu’s parents constantly drop news on them at the very last minute (especially with Miki).
Why are you moving furniture?
We invited a foreign exchange student to live with us!
Why are you guys dressed up?
We’re going out for dinner! Have fun with the leftovers.
Why do you have all that luggage?
We’re going on a surprise honeymoon! Take care of the house while we’re gone.
These parents are so flighty I want to hate them on the same level as Brock’s parents from Pokemon. But there were certain moments in the anime that cause me to back off. One particular moment was when the school found out about the living arrangement with the mixed family and the vice principal got her panties in a bunch about how unorthodox this was. Yuu and Miki’s parents came in and told them that they love these kids and would do anything for them. But for real guys, stop springing surprise news on your kids.
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MOVIE: I actually decided to watch the movie before viewing the television series. After the television run of Marmalade Boy, a 30 minute movie came out one year later. This movie showed us Yuu’s reaction to the news of his parents divorcing and remarrying another divorced couple since the series focused more on Miki’s reaction. Yu’s reaction was hard to tell since this boy really showed no big reaction to this news. Yuu’s got one hell of a poker face. But for most of the special, he ends up following this girl he catches a glimpse of. Only later does he realize that she has the same name as his soon-to-be step-sister.
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ARCS: In an anime like this and at the time of its airing, you know they were going to cover quite a bit compared to animes of today. The fact that Marmalade Boy had a total of 76 episodes proves that this was full of love triangles and fillers. It felt like after 25 episodes or so, things change with something monumental happening with the main ship of Miki and Yuu.
The first part of this anime consisted of Yuu and Miki adjusting to life with a very unorthodox, mixed family and figuring out where Yuu and Miki were going to go with their romantic lives. Was Yuu going to go back out with his old girlfriend Arimi? Was Miki going to give Ginta a second chance after their turmoil in middle school? Can Yuu and Miki get together without a wave of disgusting looks from fans and others because of this borderline incest concept?
The second part of the anime consisted of several different characters wanting Yuu and/or Miki for something romantic. Characters like Suzu and Kei came to the picture and were dead-set on keeping Yuu and Miki away from each other. Suzu tried everything in her power to keep Yuu all to herself during study sessions and the like. Hell, there was an episode where she led Miki away from Yuu by having her go to a hard ski-slope during a snowstorm, almost killing her. Have I mentioned the negligent homicide yet to you all? I feel like I should! Kei lied to Miki on several occasions and held something important of hers just to get what he wanted. We also had another girl who was interested in Yuu, but Ann had other things to deal with like her health. But she doesn’t mind being second best girl to Miki.
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The third part tests Yuu and Miki with having to deal with a long-distance relationship as Yuu is going to study abroad in New York for his final year of high school. And you all know that long-distance relationships can cause the likes of cheating, apathetic phone calls, and rebounds!
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ENDING: Yuu moving to New York really put a major strain on his and Miki’s relationship. These two crazy kids missed each other, but as we all know, most long-distance relationships are doomed to fall apart. I mean, you’ve got Miki being pursued by her foreign-exchange friend Michael and former co-worker Kei. Meanwhile in America, Yuu is being pursued by a girl at his dorms named Jinny. And this bitch goes above and beyond to detour Miki away from Yuu by lying to her about sleeping with Yuu. I truly want to place blame on Jinny for Miki breaking up with Yuu, but let’s face it, Miki can’t live like this. Miki was literally at a breaking point when she made a surprise visit to NY and Jinny’s stupid comment about sleeping with him was just the straw that broke the camel’s back.
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In the aftermath of this breakup, Miki ends up taking comfort in Kei. This is what we call “the rebound”. It won’t last! But I think Kei knows that Miki’s not going to be his forever love. And this gets put to the test when Yuu comes back to Japan for summer break. No surprises that Miki breaks up with Kei and goes back to Yuu. Happily ever after right?! Not even close. Kei and Ann are left heartbroken (again). Then again, we went through the same shit when Meiko broke Satoshi’s heart and Na-chan did the same to Miss Ryoko. But then we got the biggest bombshell to date.
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Around episode 24 or so, we learned that Yuu’s father was NOT his real father. And in that part of the story, Yuu thought that Satoshi’s father was his biological father. But it was later proven that he is not (no matter how much the two are heavily into architecture). Yuu comes across some pictures of his parents from the past that were very troubling. It turns out Yuu and Miki’s parents didn’t just randomly meet during a vacation in Hawaii. They actually have history. Jin’s arms around Yuu’s mother could only mean one logical explanation.
These parents are fucking swingers!
No, but seriously the incest aroma is coming in strong that Oreimo is saying “this stinks”.
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So Yuu, not even a week after getting back with Miki breaks up with her, doesn’t tell her this revelation involving their parents, doesn’t even confront his parents and step-parents about this, and ditches her to go back to America.
Yuu, you punk-ass, pussy-ass bitch! Meiko should have slapped your brains out. Do you have any idea how many things Miki has been left out of involving her damn family? Those flakey parents don’t even tell their kids anything until the last minute. She should at least know that her father might have had relations with Yuu’s mother. Yes, this is a really fucked-up turn, but I think Yuu could have handled this better than he did. After Yuu broke things off with Miki, she decided to lock away all memories of Yuu, got a new look and put on a happy face. But she’s still huring inside. So she goes to NY to confront Yuu. Yuu FINALLY says they might be half-brother and sister and Miki ends up having a big enough meltdown that it involved the Manhattan police and a search team.
But after almost being stabbed in Harlem, Miki and Yuu don’t care if they’re related or not, they’ll be together forever. They’re fine with not having kids or not being legally married, they’ll stay together. And perfect timing, Miki and Yuu’s parents, along with Meiko and Satoshi came to NY to make sure Miki was found safe. So it’s time for Yuu to hammer his parents for hiding stuff from them. And here were the results of that!
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Yes, these parents did know each other and dated one another in their college days. Yuu’s mother Chiyako in fact was impregnated by Miki’s father Jinn. However, they broke up and Chiyako wound up with Youji. But that baby was NOT Yuu. Chiyako suffered a miscarriage years before Yuu was born. Youji Matsura is Yuu’s father all along. Oh and all four parents know about Miki and Yuu’s relationship. Skeptical at first, but they’re okay by them being together.
And the happiness continues as we fast-forward to Na-chan and Meiko’s wedding. Ginta and Arimi are still on good footing. Miss Ryouko might find love in a new person. Suzu and Kei might be getting together. Same might be said about Michael and Ann. And then Yuu and Miki’s parents announce they’re expecting babies. THIS FAMILY IS INSANE! We end the series with a medley of the best and worst kisses, ending on Yuu and Miki kissing at their own wedding.
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That was Marmalade Boy! It was as 90s as you could get with the vibrant colors, dramatic stings, romantic J-Pop playing in the background during the juicy moments, constant close-ups of peoples faces during the shocking moments, and riddled with heterosexual romances. I’ll be honest, there were times where I would completely forget that Miki and Yuu were step-brother and sister and would just go on and root for them. But then near the end of the series where we learn that there’s a good chance they might be blood-related, then I was ready to shove this ship in the trash. Thankfully, that wasn’t the case.
I can’t be the only person to say this but, I think Domestic Girlfriend took a lot of things from Marmalade Boy. Not straight-up plagiarized it, but was inspired by it. We had parents suddenly get remarried and the main character now has a brother, romantic happenings with the step-brother and sister, and of course a relationship between a student and teacher. But give Domestic Girlfriend some credit, the parents weren’t as fucking crazy as the ones in Marmalade Boy. I thought I felt sorry for Natsuo’s future kid. I saw some stuff involving Marmalade Boy’s sequel manga. That family tree grew and sprouted some confusing branches after Miki and Yuu’s step-siblings came into the picture.
If you are heavily into love-triangles of every form, check out Marmalade Boy. Every episode is now available on Crunchyroll (sub only).
Okay, what’s my next Nozomi Entertainment/Discotek/Animes made before Oct 1986?
Get ready to go back to the year 1983 with this one.
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Cat’s Eye? Okay, let’s do it.
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moistmailman · 4 years ago
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SCP AU part 2
*Jaune is pushed into a room with a bag over his face before the door shuts on him*
Jaune, slightly muffled: H-HEY! I SAID LET ME GO DAMNIT! *cautiously reaches for bag and touches it before ripping it off*
Jaune, immediately turning to the door and banging on it: I SWEAR TO GOD YOU GUYS BETTER LET ME OUT OF HERE RIGHT NOW! WHAT KINDA FUCKED SOCIAL EXPERIMENT IS THIS?! *continue banging*
Jaune, continuing his assault on the door: MY MOM’S A LAWYER BY THE WAY! SHE’LL SUE YOUR ASSES, I SWEAR IT! SHE’LL SUE YOUR ASS SO HARD THAT WE’LL GET FINANCIAL CONPENSATION FROM YOUR DAMN GRAND KIDS! *bangs louder* YOU HEAR ME! HELLO.....IM SERIOUS.....nobody can hear me, can they?
Pyrrha: I can hear you.
*Jaune squeaks loudly before getting in a karate stance while turning to see a tall redhead girl around his age with vivid green eyes sitting on a bed*
Jaune, internally: What the fuck?! How long has she been here?!
Pyrrha, awkwardly waving: Hello.
Jaune, awkwardly waving back: Uh..hi.
*an awkward silence fall on the two, with the blonde slightly blushing and the redhead staring at him with interest*
Jaune, internally: Holy shit, she’s pretty. My god, she absolutely stunning. She has got to be the prettiest girl I’ve seen in my li— Wait Wait, Jauney-Boy, you're getting side tracked. What the fuck is going on in here, and why did those guys put me in a room with a very hot girl with really long and smooth legs— GAH, HORMONES THERE ARE MORE IMPORTANT MATTERS TO ATTEND TO!
Pyrrha: *giggles while slightly blushing*
Jaune, terrified:......w-was I t-talking out loud?
Pyrrha: Hmm? Oh no. *smiles teasingly* Why? What were you thinking about?
Jaune, voice cracking: N-nothing. Nothing at— *clears throat* H-hey, I’m Jaune.
Pyrrha, smiling: Pyrrha, charmed.
Jaune, internally: Wow, even her name is pretty.
Pyrrha: *snickers cutely*
*Jaune looks around to see what she’s snickering at to see nothing*
Jaune, shrugging it off: So uhm....they tricked you with the social experiment, huh?
*Pyrrha thinks for a moment, before a coy smile gets plastered on her lips*
Pyrrha: Yeah, you can say something like that.
Jaune: Damn. Who the hell are these people, and you have any idea what they even want from us?
Pyrrha, shaking her head: Your guess is as good as mine.
Jaune, sighing: Great. Isn’t today just wonderful. Should’ve known that offer was too good to be true. *slide his back against the wall until he’s sitting* Teach me not to read documents people tell me to sign.
*MEANWHILE, SOMETIME LATER*
Cinder, sighing: Wow, great plan, Roman. We are learning things about her so fast.
Roman: This takes patience, Cinder.
Cinder, frustrated: The boy haven’t even said anything to her for the past 5 minutes! He’s just sitting his ass on the floor. The boy is socially handicapped!
Roman: That’s not my fault! You're the one who pick him!
Cinder: Well you were the one to make this stupid plan in the first place! How will the boy even ask her about her powers in the first place if he doesn't even know that he needs to ask?!
Roman: Geez, I don't know! How did I know about you being an only child?
Cinder: Be—
Roman: Because I asked you as a curious person who wants to know about my friend! Now believe it or but if I got under the assumption that you started reading my mind, you bet your ass I would ask you about it, especially if I was trapped in a small room with you!
Cinder: But why would SCP-312 answer the question if she knows what we're trying to—
Roman, urgently: Hush! Something's happening!
*MEANWHILE*
Jaune: *has been moving uncomfortably on the floor for the past 5 minutes*
Pyrrha, scooting in her bed: Hey, you wanna sit next to me? The floor looks pretty uncomfortable.
Jaune: Really? You're alright with that?
Pyrrha, smiling warmly: Of course. The bed's large enough. *Pat beside her* Here.
Jaune, slightly blushing: O-oh, Uh, sure then. Thanks.
*Jaune walks over to the bed before sitting down, his cheeks crimsoning*
Pyrrha: There, is that better?
Jaune: Y-yeah. T-thanks.
Pyrrha: Youre welcome:
*Once again the room fall to silence as the boy looks everywhere but at the very attractive girl he's shoulder to shoulder with*
Jaune, internally: God, what's wrong with me?! I just got kidnnapped yet I'm more worried about this super hot girl sitting next to me! I can barely form coherent sentences around her! Damn, my hands are all sweaty too! She's so close! I can feel her body warmth! Just calm down, Jauney. Calm down already. Take a deep breath, and try to strike up a conversation with her. This silence is deafening.
Jaune, taking a deep breath: So, what—
Pyrrha: *Facing Jaune with a warm smile*
Jaune, voice wavering: —y-y-your.......*turns away in embarrassment*
Jaune, internally: For god sake! I can’t get used to that smile! It’s like beautiful personified. God damnit. I need to keep a conversation going, at least until those guys come back! Okay think! What did mom tell me about talking to girls?
A memory starts playing inside Jaune’s head with his mother’s voice: Remember Sweetie, women love wedding rings, but they love babies more.
Jaune, internally:.....is...is that it?! Really?! That’s literally the only advice my mother has ever given more for girls. How the hell is baby propaganda supposed to help me in this situation?! What kinda— okay, calm down. I have another parent. What did dad tell me?
Another memory starts playing in Jaune’s head, this time with his father’s voice: Son, I have absolutely no idea how I managed to make your mother fall for me. I am not the man you should be asking. You’ll probably have a better shot asking the stars that question.
Jaune, internally:.........I’m going to die alone, aren’t I? My parents managed to make the opposite sex so completely alien to me, despite me having 7 sisters! What he actual fuck?! This is an absolute disaster! This can’t get any worst!
*Jaune then remembers one crucial detail of the predicament he’s in*
Jaune, internally: OH GOD! I FORGOT I WAS ALSO KIDNAPPED! WHAT THE FUCK EVEN IS TODAY?! I’M PROBABLY GOING TO DIE IN HERE AND I CANT EVEN STRIKE UP A CONVERSATION WITH THE GIRL WHO WILL POSSIBLY DIE WITH ME! I AM A DISGRACE TO EVERY ARC TO EVER LIVE! I CAN FEEL MY ANCESTORS LOOKING AT ME WITH DISGUST! OH GOD! WHAT THE—
*Suddenly Jaune’s nerves instantly drop and a calm aura surrounds him, almost like it just completely disappeared and got replace with an warm and inviting energy*
Jaune, confused: Huh?
*The weight on Jaune’s hand then became evident, as he looked down and found Pyrrha’s hand gently lying on his, almost reassuringly*
Jaune, slightly blushing:.........
Pyrrha, in soothing tone: So, tell me about yourself.
Jaune, no longer feeling nervous for a reason he doesn’t know why:...........well, I just graduated from college.
*MEANWHILE*
Cinder, frantically: WRITE THAT DOEN, WRITE THAT DOWN!
Roman, equally as frantic: I AM! I AM!
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jaesqueso · 4 years ago
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Not yours (m)
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pairing: fuckboy!yuta x fem!reader
summary: the drug on you is Yuta
word count: 1,920
warnings: quite angst, unhealthy and toxic relationship, some violence, mentions of cheating, swearing, some smut, masturbation (fem), oral sex (giving), protected and unprotected sex (when in doubt don’t go without!)
a/n: well this came from an interesting place in my mind... anyway I do kinda feel bad for writing Yuta like this but he was the best fit for the part, do remember this a fanfiction, I’m not saying Yuta is this type of person! do give me some feedback please! ❤︎
☽ ・・・・・ ☾
You wake up in a bed that’s not yours, a room that’s not yours and an apartment that’s not yours. Nevertheless this isn’t an unfamiliar place to you as you’ve been finding yourself waking up here far too many times than you’d want to admit over the last ten months. The figure that once laid next to you is long gone much like every other morning.
You know it’s wrong, you know you shouldn’t fall for his charms that easily but you still do every single time. You don’t quite understand the power he has over you. You always tell yourself this will be the last time but you know it never is. Every text, every call, you know you won’t be able to resist and end up in his bed once again.
You get up and pick up your clothes from the floor putting them on. After gathering all your belongings you take yet another walk of shame back to your apartment. Your roommate looks at you in pity knowing exactly where you’re coming from. She tried to talk to you before, well all of your friends tried to convince you not to do this to yourself, and you know they mean well, you know they’re only looking out for you and you want to follow their advise, so bad, but you’re weak. You’re so weak when it comes to him.
You’ve tried to move on. Sometimes he would ghost you for weeks, so you tried going on dates with other people or having casual one night stands with strangers you met a few hours before, but while your body was there your mind always drifts off to him.
⭐︎
“Yuta!” You moaned as you came all over somebody’s dick. The male kept pounding into you until he released his seed inside the condom. He pulled out, taking off the rubber, and laid next to you.
“That was good.” You hummed against the pillow as he continued. “But you know that’s not my name right?”
“Sorry…” you lifted your head to look at his face. As much as you tried you could not remember what he said his name was because there was only one name on your mind.
“Hey, whatever gets you off.” He smiled and looked at you noticing you lost face. “It’s Lucas by the way.”
“Right… I-I should get going.” You got up starting to look for your clothes.
“You can stay for the night if you want, even if I’m not this Yuta guy.” He joked.
“Thanks, but I’d rather go home.” You’d rather not spend the night with anyone but Yuta actually. You couldn’t imagine finally waking up next to someone and not being him.
“Just tell me he’s not your boyfriend or your husband, I wouldn’t be proud to be a home wrecker”
“He’s not.” Yet, you thought, you would love nothing more than to call Yuta one of those names.
“Good to know. Do you want me to take you somewhere?” Lucas asked considering you got to his place from the club on his car.
“I’m good, my Uber is almost here.” You walked to the door with him following behind.
“Look Y/N, I had a good time.” he leaned against the door frame as you stepped outside.”If you ever want to forget about whatever his name was, I can try to make you remember mine instead.”
“Yeah.. Sure, thanks…” you said as you walk down the hallway of his building.
⭐︎
You go into the bathroom to take a shower. This was the worst part after these nights, having to wash Yuta’s smell off of you. As you clean your body you can almost feel the touch of his hands in every inch of you. You can’t help but take one of your hands between your legs mimicking his movements from last night. You think about him, his body against yours, his lips on your neck, his hand rubbing your clit as he fucked you hard against his bed. You quickly cum as the water from the shower runs down your body.
You finish cleaning up, change into some comfortable clothes and lay in your bed over the covers, starring at the ceiling. You wonder how many other girls Yuta’s fucking with. You wonder if he’s with any of them right now. Or maybe he went back to his hometown to spend some time with his actual girlfriend.You feel bad for her, she probably has no idea how much of a fuckboy her boyfriend is. Sometimes you think about finding out who she is so you could go to her and tell her everything, but then you think about him. As much as you want to end all of this and make things right you couldn’t get yourself to hurt him. Even if he sometimes hurts you.
⭐︎
“What the fuck was that?” Yuta pulled you out of the club by your arm.
“What are you talking about?” You tried to release your arm from his hold but this only makes him grip harder.
“Don’t play games with me!” He pulled you into an alley where nobody was around.
“Yuta stop!” You begged. “You’re hurting me!”
“Maybe you deserve it!” He pushes you against a wall. “I told you not to go around and flirt with other guys around the club like a fucking slut!”
“I wasn’t flirting, we were just talking Yuta…” you grunted trying to ignore the pain on your back.
“I didn’t know you had to have your hand on his chest to just fucking talk!” He was getting louder earning a few looks from the people passing on the street.
“I’m sorry Yuta…” you tried to reach him but he pushed your hand aside, so you took a deep breath and decided to fight back. “What about those two girls under your arms? Don’t talk about me when you were doing exactly the same thing-”
“Don’t you fucking challenge me!” He grabbed your neck with his strong hand against the wall as you gasp for air. He takes a deep breath and releases your neck. “I’m sorry baby, I didn’t mean to hurt you, I just don’t want other guys all over you, you’re mine.” And you believe him every single time. “C’mon, let’s go to my place, I’ll make you feel good.”
⭐︎
When you’re alone you always think about the bad moments, when he yells at you, when he’s rough with you, when he ghosts you, when you see him with other girls, when you wake up without him and when you remember he actually has a girlfriend. But when you’re with him all those memories fade and you can only think about how he kisses you, how he touches you, how he makes you feel good, how he makes you feel special and how he always says you’re his.
Your friends keep reminding you of how bad he treats you and how you deserve better but they don’t see the good things. You wanna believe Yuta is bad for you, like a drug you’re desperately trying to quit but when you’re high on it you just want to stay like that forever. You just want to stay with him forever.
⭐︎
“Come here baby.” He pulled you into his lap and tucked a strand of hair behind your ear. “Did you miss me?”
“I always miss you.” It had been two weeks since he last called you and like a fool you came back running as soon as you got his text.
“You know I missed you too, right?” He caressed your thighs pulling up your skirt.
“Why didn’t you call me then?” You ran your hands through his hair.
“I’ve been busy.” He started kissing your neck.
“Doing what?” You just wanted answers you knew you’d never get.
“I told you,” he sighed, “Don’t ask me about my business. Now don’t ruin the mood, I’m trying to do something here.” One of his hands moved between your legs touching you through your underwear. “Didn’t you miss me here?”
“S-So much…” You stuttered as he moved your underwear to the side running his finger between your folds.
“I can tell, you’re already so wet.” He dipped a finger inside you. “Do you see how easily it slides in?” You held your skirt over your stomach and looked down watching him fingering you as he adds one more digit. “Is this all for me? Am I the only who makes you this wet? The one who makes you feel real good?” You nodded biting your lip. “Words baby.”
“Yes Yuta!” You moaned.
“That’s it baby, scream my name, let them all know.” He took his thumb to your clit increasing the heat inside you. You reached down to his crotch caressing his length.
“Can I suck you?” You asked between moans.
“Anything you want baby.” He said removing his fingers from you.
‘I want you to love me. I want you to leave your girlfriend and all those others girls and stay only with me.’ That’s what you wanted to say. But instead you kept your mouth shut and removed his pants and boxers. He took off his shirt as you started pumping his member. You dropped some saliva on his tip swirling your tongue to spread it before you replaced your hand with your mouth. He moved a hand to your hair helping you bob your head and controlling the rhythm.
Not wanting to cum in your mouth he lifted your head and manhandled you so that you were laying face down, taking off your clothes on the way. He closed your legs, hovering you, and placed his own on each side. Lifting your hips up a bit he strokes your folds with the tip of his cock before slowly entering your wet hole. He speeded up his movements hitting you deeper and harder each time. You were a moaning mess gripping on his sheets as you got closer to your orgasm. He spanked your butt a few times and soon after you were clenching around his hardness as you came moaning his name. Not longer after, Yuta felt his own orgasm close so he removed his dick pumping it as he came all over your ass.
He laid down next to you pulling your head to his chest. He caressed your hair and kissed your forehead. This right here. This is how you wanted to stay with him. Forever.
But this was a lie and you knew it.
⭐︎
Again almost two weeks passed since you last saw him. Maybe this is it. Maybe this time you’ll be strong enough to not go back to him, not to fall for his lies. Maybe this time you’ll finally be able to  move on and find someone who truly loves you, only you, someone who respects you. You make up your mind. That is until you phone buzzes.
Yuta: come over
Yuta: I miss you
You look at the screen for a few seconds. You can’t go. Not now that you decided it was over. It’s time for you to take ownership of your life and stop playing by his rules. It’s time to set yourself free.
You: I’m on my way
But like a junkie you relapse. You tell yourself this will definitely be the last time. But will it ever?
Yuta: that’s my girl
Yes, you are his. But deep down you know he’ll never be yours.
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alyjojo · 2 years ago
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December 🌲 2022 Monthly - Taurus
Whole of your energy: 2 Swords
All of your energy this month is centered on whether you should or shouldn’t come back around, probably family. Ultimately you’re probably deciding not to, but it’s a whole month of agonizing over your decision. If you are really busy around this time or see multiple people with a packed schedule, it may not be everyone but one or two events that you’re just not feeling. This may also not even be you but someone else that’s canceling on you, or a mixture of both.
What’s going on in December:
5 Cups:
You’re sad and disappointed by the unknown when it comes to work, a father figure, grandfather/uncle, some kind of authority in your life. Or rules & boundaries that are in your way somehow. The Moon shows you don’t have the answers and can’t see the situation clearly, there are a lot of unknown factors at play or something is being hidden from you. You’re probably assuming the worst of whatever it is, you want answers and clarity above anything else.
Knight of Wands:
You’re rushing in to a situation in order to gain the clarity you need, Justice demands the truth and takes no bs, you may even be needing to fight for your position in some way. This definitely could be pertaining to your work, if your boss is being kinda dodgy, which comes up again later. Same for family, if there are issues floating around, and others aren’t being open and honest with you, it’s pissing you off and you’re saying so.
10 Wands rev:
Because of this, you are gaining the clarity you need…the kind of people that like to act sideways and fly under the radar are the same ones that deer in headlights ya when confronted. So you’re confronting, and getting answers. Whatever you’re gaining here opens up what was a narrow lane for you, into several different options for you to choose from. Probably relating to plans, celebrating the holidays, possible vacation time. If others are avoiding you, you’re not having it, hey Bob how about that xyz we spoke on yesterday…? “Bob” is gonna crack with direct pressure, and you know this.
Page of Swords:
This is the conversation you’re having with whomever is your dodgy Bob from accounting…lol, he needed a title. It’s probably time off you’re speaking on, and they’re trying to duck and dodge being upfront, but again you won’t be having that. If this is family, it’s possible some of you are lying and saying you’re sick. It’s also possible it’s not a lie, the Page is upright, someone may actually be getting sick. If so, or however this encounter goes, you will ultimately get your way and it turns a stressful or too busy situation into a peaceful one. Even if it’s peace of mind.
The Star:
This is you getting your wish. Whether family or work, you’re staying close to yourself and your own surroundings. Could be because you’re sick, which is no good, but to you it seems like maybe it is good, you’re getting some rest whether other people like it or not. This could also be other people canceling on you, and acting all shady and weird about it, but everything turns out for the best anyway. A side note…if someone else is sick and has been hiding it from you, it’s rocking your world, you’re upset about it and being avoided or lied to, because you care about this person. It could be them you’re confronting, or vice versa.
Signs you may be dealing with:
Sagittarius, Scorpio, Pisces, Gemini, Libra & Aquarius
Oracles: ✨
39 Creativity 🖼
This is a profoundly creative time period for you - whether it is in the traditional arts, music, or writing - or it could be a new curiosity about exploring a way to funnel your creative urges. To be creative, you need to access your right brain - your emotional, sensing, feeling center. Do this by trying things you’ve never done before - get physical, dance, doodle.
When we acknowledge and act upon our impulse to create, we are aligning our will with Spirit. In this we can experience the flow of being on your highest path. Start creating and notice his time has no meaning anymore. Hours fly by before you realize it. It is not a struggle. It is pure inspiration. This card can also signify the birth of a child, or of a whole new way of being!
We enter into December as:
Topaz 💛
“If I seek peace, I must embrace my fears.”
Topaz speaks: “To be enlightened is to realize that to gain peace, fear in the heart must be faced.” If Topaz has come to you, he is telling you that it is time to stop talking about what you intend on doing. You must just do it. Things happen for us when we take action, which is the only way to break through what is holding us back. The change that is called for here is surrender, which is an action in itself. No great tasks were ever achieved easily. Remember we do a lot to avoid what we feel will hurt us; you must understand that the pain will recede if you face your fears, allowing you to walk through to the other side. Topaz whispers “Pray for guidance and you will be assisted.” Do not despair, for if Topaz has come to you, relief awaits. By facing your fears, peace and enlightenment will be your reward. That is the gift. All you need to do is ask.
What is to be learned in December: You’ve pulled two of them
Penelope and Pickle 🥒:
“Grief...is honoring a love lost.”
Grief is a natural part of life. We must always remember to love those around us as fully as we can in the moments we have them. Grief is only love, with no place to go. This may be calling you to understand your own or someone else’s grief. Loss is personal, it comes out different in each individual. Love always comes with the risk of loss, but is important to remember that we valued a friend. Penelope & Pickle knew the value in their relationship, and it’s sad they lost each other, but the fact this love ever existed is what helps us find the strength to love again. All cycles must be completed to start over. If you choose to honor your pain, and allow all of the mourning to come, it will be life changing.
Princess of Amber 👸🏽:
“I quietly sizzle and shine.”
You are connecting with your passion. It is time to focus on the task at hand and not divert your attention. If you are being of service to others, you will reap great rewards. This is a sign of great abundance with selflessness. Put your eye on the work and not the rewards. You’re also being urged to stand up for what you believe in. If you are being asked to compromise yourself, you must not. You are correct to feel passionate about your position, you know intuitively what a fair request is. When your intentions are good and true, you will always land with two feet on the ground. You may be up against pretty big odds, but you mustn’t give in to what you know is not correct. Others see your worth, it’s time for you to, and have faith that you are doing the right thing.
Green & Amber may be lucky colors 💚🧡
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