#lin reacts

[ailendolin]

One thing I really love about the German Ghosts adaptation is how small, subtle changes create an entirely different dynamic. People keep saying that the ghosts are very close to their original counterparts and that might be true at a first glance but definitely not if you look a little deeper.

So here's a little list of small but important changes I personally like:

Emma and Felix aren't married

This doesn't change their dynamic per se but it means that Felix has no claim to Haus Donnerhall. We see this in episode 6 in particular when they're thinking about selling the house. It's made very clear that this is Emma's decision and hers alone. She's the one signing the contract (or not) and who gets to have the last word. Plus it adds another layer of friction to the debts Felix takes on.

Adelheid's death

Unlike Lady Button, Adelheid stands up to her husband when she catches him with the maid. Their title and wealth come from her side of the family and she threatens to have that taken away from him. Also the fact that her husband cheats with a maid and not the gardener/butler means she doesn't have any personal hangups about same-sex couples.

Urs replacing the Plague Ghosts

As much as I love the Plague Ghosts, giving their role to Urs works really well because it highlights the fact that he's curious and interested in modern technology.

Emma's accident

Not only was it definitely an accident - Urs didn't plan to hurt her - they also created a different cause for it that is then brought back in the finale to create a cliffhanger and a situation the original never properly explored.

Svenni

Svenni is the perfect blend of Pat and Kitty because she combines the best traits of these characters (being helpful, wanting to be Emma's friend and wanting the ghosts to get along) without exhibiting some of the worst (Kitty's obsessive behaviour).

Lotti

The show including Lotti a lot more than the original ever did Jemima is one of my personal favourite changes. Lotti is more than a one-off jumpscare - she feels like part of the house and part of the ghost family, even if most of the ghosts are a little creeped out by her.

Felix's interactions with the ghosts

Felix and the ghosts interact a lot during the first series. He seems to talk to them regularly, informs them of his plans to marry Emma and has found ways of communicating with them (the tablet, the lights). The ghosts in turn follow him around, willingly offer to help him find Ralf's body and make an effort not to ruin the proposal.

The relationships

This is, perhaps, one of the most important changes the German show has made. The interactions between the characters are never quite as mean as they are in the original. They tease and annoy each other, yes, but always in a gentle way that hurts no one's feelings. The ghosts are more than housemates - they're a family. Not only does episode 6 offer a verbal affirmation of that, it also gives us a group hug - something we have never seen in the original show.

Other things that come to mind are: Joachim naughtily adding some aubergines to Emma's spreadsheet vs. Julian getting Mike into actual trouble at work; Friedrich being a calmer, more mature version of Thomas, Griet being more of an Annie than a Mary, Claudius being a much older ghost than the Captain and also speaking a different language ... But this post is already long enough as it is and I think I've made my point.

The German adaptation might resemble the original show at its core but its vibes and character dynamics couldn't be more different.

[calitsnow]

Just thinking late at night …

[honeycakelion]

you're my silly little rabbit

[allycot]

bi-han: where is kuai liang

frost: ask his boyfriend

bi-han: his- who???

cyrax: scorpion

bi-han: W H A T

smoke: yes, I was shocked too.

[cienie-isengardu]

Honor: Bi-Han’s disillusion vs Kuai Liang’s idealism

Did you notice how Bi-Han in the previous timeline barely talks about honor in contrast to his younger brother?

Like in Mythologies: Sub-Zero, Bi-Han does not describe himself as honorable man or part of honorable clan, as in his own introduction he calls himself mortal, then thief and assassin before Lin Kuei warrior and Sub-Zero

When accused by Raiden for putting Earthrealm in danger, only says "I was just earning my living" - considering how he balances between death and life, as he either fulfill incredible difficult missions or he will be killed for failure sounds to me more like "I'm trying to survive" kind of argument.

The Elder Sub-Zero mentions honor only when facing the Grandmaster

"Grandmaster, in honor of the Lin Kuei, I bring you this sacred Map of Elements."

as Lin Kuei custom demands and MK11 Noob Saibot's BIO points out Wraith's desire to reclaim the honor that was forcibly taken away from him

Mortal Kombat 11: "Shadow of the Netherrealm. In life, Noob Saibot was known as Sub-Zero. Unjustly murdered by Scorpion, he was resurrected by Quan Chi and granted power over darkness, but as Quan Chi’s slave. Now, Quan Chi is dead. Noob Saibot is finally free to reclaim the honor that was stolen from him."

and that is basically all? None of Noob’s intro dialogue directly uses this word but honor (and honoring someone or something or alternatively, dishonor) is one of Kuai Liang's constant used term, from 

Mortal Kombat 9

"[...] assuming Bi-Han's identity is the best way to honor him."

or

"I am his family and clan! I fight for his honor!"

Mortal Kombat X

"Our honor is indeed stained. Please. Sit."

&

"After you and I were freed from Quan Chi's control, I sought out my clan. I had hoped rebellion from within would have quashed the Grandmaster's plans. But Sektor had realized his father's vision. The Lin Kuei had been fully cyberized. I pledged to kill Sektor and his followers. Reform the Lin Kuei and restore our honor."

&

"When I finally killed Sektor, I discovered the Lin Kuei had not sacrificed its honor with the Cyber Initiative. We had abandoned it long before."

 to Mortal Kombat 11

Erron Black: That's some outfit. Sub-Zero: It honors Lin Kuei tradition.

or

Liu Kang: I admire your discipline, Sub-Zero. Sub-Zero: And I your honor, Liu Kang.

or

Mileena: You're so cold to me, Sub-Zero. Sub-Zero: Because you are utterly devoid of honor. Mileena: Who needs honor when you have power?

or

Sub-Zero: Can Tarkatans be redeemed? Baraka: My tribe seeks no redemption. Sub-Zero: Then it has no honor.

or 

Sub-Zero: You serve Shao Kahn. Kollector: And I am well compensated. Sub-Zero: Wealth without honor is pointless.

to name few examples.

And this seems to be carried out to the new timeline even though the games don't exploit much this difference between brothers, the Bi-Han’s disillusion vs Kuai Liang’s idealism. Previous timeline gives the feeling Elder Sub-Zero was more aware of Lin Kuei's true nature, as he witnessed Grandmaster and Quan Chi's deal that resulted in death of Scorpion's clan but Kuai Liang would not believe Lin Kuei could be responsible until he found a hard evidence how wrong he was. Now, one brother sees Lin Kuei servitude as enslavement while the other blindly believes and chose to honor the tradition passed down for generations.

At the same time I feel like original timeline Kuai Liang, the same as his elder brother, was much more disillusioned about Lin Kuei but I will leave that subject for another time.

[lurkingshan]

Can’t believe this show tricked me into watching a story about two rich hoes lying to each other

[blackhazefanblog]

That day Rood and Dio witnessed the horrors of cannibalism (some cinnamon rolls were eating some cinnamon rolls).

[byk23]

Some dudes really said if i can't find the perfect man imma make one myself...

[scarefox]

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[habizuh-studios]

Reaction to Guardian (Chapter 2-Chapter 10)

okay so i had to stop myself from binge reading so that i could make this post, but i think i failed.

okay i'm not even gonna lie, i kinda really love guo changcheng. he makes serious situations so funny and i feel kinda bad for him. ik he would be soOOO annoying irl, but in the book he kinda heightens the experience without intruding on zhao yunlan and shen wei, lmao.

i re-looked at the cover for volume 1, of course, and my first impression of shen wei was that he was apprehensive or concerned, but now he seems a little in love/shy type of concerned. idk, after reading, their expressions seem a lot more soft.

the python lady, whose name i forgot. wait. erm. ZHU HONG that was it. okay so first of all the period jokes are crazy. at first i was abt to say why tf would you spend so much money on making her learn about tech stuff, but then i realized this was based in china and idk how much universities cost there. whoops. ALSO ALSO WHY THE FUCK IS SHE FLIRTING WITH ZHAO YUNLAN?? HELLO?? bro was actually disgusted and she should've been ashamed. that being said, i do quite like her. i think if there are scenes with her in the future, they won't be that bad.

lin jing- whose name i only remember because of jin ling- is super kewl. idk, bro just seems like a wingman. i think i imagine him differently in my head because of jin ling.... so he has no glasses and is kinda short in my head... but all is well, yk? i like his- again, i binge read, so sorry if this is offensive/incorrect- monk/buddhist motif.

the fight scenes are so well made, holy shit. and so are the illustrations! like omg, they were so fun to read. i love love love fight scenes and with guo changcheng it definitely wasn't AS serious, but yk. obv we love shen wei being a badass and daqing being daqing.

the illustrations are such bangers as well, i love the style. especially the one where zhao yunlan was holding the dagger in his mouth and holding the talisman? dont ask me why, but i love when characters do that. it feels so badass to me.

i'm so excited to read the rest. i'm not sure if zhao yunlan's memory altering technique thing will work on shen wei, because he is a little sus. meaning that he definitely has a hidden past and is like secretly a demon or guardian of zhao yunlan or some shit, yk? i have the covers of the rest of the novels at my disposure, or whatever the fuck, and i can see that they have long hair, which was kinda strange to me because it seems like a modern type au so far?

oh yeah quick interlude: love the fact that you can shoot ghosts with bullets. that seems so fucking badass to me. this novel is so badass, dont ask me why

anyway i really enjoyed the little kissie that zhao yunlan gave shen wei. i wonder what their future dynamic will be?

so excited to read the rest, i highly recommend if you like good fight scenes!! can't wait to unravel the mystery.

oh, p.s: li qian (?) wasn't the one who died, i was wrong. but she was supposed to die- or so i think rn, idk the twists. ah, maybe mxtx has shapen me into expecting something so out there, but with jun wu and nie huaisang and luo binghe, things aren't really what they seem, i'm SURE of it.

i love guardian so far, and i'm sure you will too!

until next time...

[ailendolin]

I'm finally getting around to watching The Hobnob Affair:

Ah yes, AJ messing up names again and Luke having no shame calling him out on it. We're off to a good start here together with the 'raw materials' you apparently need for baking

oh I love the Scottish accents so much

I don't know what Sam thought Tom was doing but to me it was perfectly clear that he was putting the hammer into water. Your stagecraft is perfect, Tom, don't let Sam ever tell you otherwise

Cindy Campbell, I love you already. You deserve to get your own hammer and become a blacksmith baker. I'm rooting for you, girl

haha AJ throwing up his hands when Tom closes the door again

aw Tom feeling bad about his arms when AJ gets to show off his

"You'll thrump and I'll duong." AJ, what?

"You could be the son I never had." Tom, no! And right in front of your daughter too! That's so mean

I love that Luke's trying to set up a romance there and Sam's immediately ruining it with, "She's only fourteen." Glad Luke stood his ground and Cindy is now eighteen

omg Tom only gets meaner. I second Sam here - why are you so hard on Cindy?

haha and here's AJ forgetting another name and the others saving his ass with the classic double name

Sam and Tom having the time of their lives clapping hands and playing rock, paper, scissors while Luke and AJ are trying to move the story along is already one of my favourite things

I love how much fun AJ has with the phone. "That was my unlock code." "Guess I'll just try again."

Was it necessary for Sam to carry go go dancer Luke off-stage? No. Was I cheering when he did it? Yes

That was a very dramatic if slightly disturbing death, Luke

"I'll start with a hobnob." I'm so sorry but am I the only one who's surprised that AJ actually remembered the title of the play?

Did Sam just call Cindy Sally?

aw Cindy has been teaching John. This is so sweet. I'm so glad she's standing up for herself now and showing them another way to blacksmith bake

"Is it a Russian?" So glad I wasn't drinking something right because that came out of nowhere

"I've sent you a selfie." Omg Sam

remind me to never hand any of the guys my phone. I can't believe AJ actually let it fall

aw it ends with a kiss. As it should. I was rooting for John and Cindy

also the synchronised clapping with the, "And scene!" was lovely

[thispatternismine]

Xiao Lin: How it started vs How it’s going

[mvnces]

flips off julian-

He doesn't know what he did to deserve that. A quick glance around the rest of the office, gauging. Maybe trying to make sure that there were witnesses around. And he's flipping her off in return.

[what-am-i]

Me: Hmm but I don't have that many problem with changes actually Discord: *changes their icon-style* Me: AHH omg what is this??? Someone help *almost starts crying and stims to regulate the emotion*

[randomnameless]

In this case he thinks Sothis is behind their creation. Thus it’s the Goddess who explains why they’re divine despite their appearances. Contrast that with Shez Swords.m, which are made from the darkest of magics and have nothing to do with Sothis Divinity in her or her children to mask it.

Linhardt doesn't know how Barney's swords were made !

Maybe Kronya's dad was a very talented blacksmith and poured all of his craft and talent to craft those weapons for Epimenides, hoping they would help "their cause" against the evil pointy ears?

I'd buy this Watsonian approach if, in FE16 proper, Hilda didn't mention how Freikugel revulses her because it is "pulsating"...

Doylist wise... yeah, the relics have something to do with Sothis and her children lol, they're literally those kids!

More serious thought for food,

Lin knows the relics are organic, is he suggesting the Goddess made living "beings" that are used as weapons, and those "beings" are relics? It'd be so close to the truth, alas, we could never hear his theory in CF about crusts and relics since Supreme Leader dgaf...

Still, if he has this knowledge in FE16 and managed to guess Indech is a Saint/Nabatean/Child of the Goddess, his line about SS!Rhea being berserk being a shame because "think of all the experiments" is morbid...

Like "The goddess made organic relics and made sentient "children"", was he thinking maybe he could ask/experiment on Rhea to see if she was compatible with a relic, or if relics and nabateans are actually one and the same?

[vilnmelling]

NPMD Digital Ticket details!

Since not every can/can afford to/wants to buy the Digital Ticket for Nerdy Prudes Must Die (and the bonus material that comes with the purchase), for your inclusion purposes, here's a list of fun background details, funny moments and comments made in the track commentary, for you to use however you like!

Ruth doesn't actually need to wear her headgear anymore, but she wears it anyway because it makes her feel safe.

Jeff pitched a Nightmare Time episode about the problematic puppy from Steph's verse of High School Is Killing Me, meaning there is a story there.

In the line, "I learned that at the anti bullying assembly last month, fucknugget!" there's a long pause before "Fucknugget!" which really makes it sound like Max forgot to insult Richie and just threw the word out.

All of the little noises Ruth makes, she makes because she has more she wants to say, but she can't say them (presumably due to anxiety).

In the proshot, you can't see fully how low Richie goes while he and Ruth sneak up on Peter, but Jon is fully crouched down. He then uses Pete's pockets and elbows to climb up like he's climbing a mountain (he mimes using a pick or axe to get good hold).

While Steph is talking, Ruth and Richie try their best to hear through the phone by getting as close as they can to it.

The reason Max and Jason were in the Pasqualli's parking lot is that they were practicing their skateboarding. They do that at Pasqualli's instead of at school/at a skatepark because they don't want the smoke club and skater kids to make them look like noobs. (This was a cut bit from the Pasqualli's scene).

The line, "Some big... dumb... sexy... football star" is expanded. In the Digital Ticket, Grace says, "Some big... dumb... sexy... sweaty... hot... well-spoken... beautifully tall football star."

When they're in the boys bathroom, Steph jumps to see over the stalls.

Richie Naruto runs when they're going to Waylon Hall. Pete slaps his hands down, but after they pause to look at the house, Richie looks over his shoulders at Pete a couple of times before darting away from him, once again Naruto running.

Richie stops in the door at the Waylon Place, so Pete pushes him inside.

Ruth and Richie speak at the same time when they say, "I'm allergic to deodorant" and "I have overactive sweat glands."

Ruth goes straight to Richie to complain after the "pus in my pits" exchange with Steph.

When Steph suggests saying there's a party at the Waylon Place, Pete, Ruth and Richie all react negatively (mostly nervously groaning).

While Grace sings the "He's just a nerd in disguise!" line, Richie can be seen practicing the first move of the Bully the Bully dance.

After Ruth says, "We're gonna cut off his nips!" you can see Steph look confused and ask, "What?"

While Pete and Richie talk in the Waylon Place ("Am I reading as ghost or Lin Manuel Miranda" & "She came all the way out here just for you."), Ruth and Steph discuss and practice Ruth's skeleton moves.

Richie gets stuck in the dangling parts of Pete's costume when he says, "You could just hit it and quit it, bro!" He then aggressively detangles himself.

The line "He's just really fucking brave!" comes from Richie being jealous that he's not that brave.

Richie hypes Ruth up a bit after Max says her skeleton bit was really special.

Grace hides behind Ruth while Max is dying.

Richie rolls his eyes when Grace says "It was an act of god!" (Similarly, Shapiro sighs and looks away in disbelief when Grace later says "It was god's plan!")

Pete gags when Grace says "Hack all his limbs off." Richie can also be seen gagging and holding his stomach several times.

Ruth hands Max's nipples over to Grace after cutting them off.

Jeff Blim is the principal of Hatchetfield High. Not a character of Jeff's, just Jeff himself.

Brenda still seems quite judgmental after the two weeks have passed. She makes a lot of not-quite-friendly faces when the football team's talking about Richie smelling bad.

When Richie struggles to remove the Zeke the Fightin' Nighthawk costume, he accidentally removes his jacket as well, leading to Jon having to put it back on (which he also struggles with) (and which creates a funny situation, since Richie was supposed to go shower).

Richie seems to have hurt his leg by the second fall in Nerdy Prudes Must Die (the song).

After Steph tells Grace to "Leave Ruth alone!" in the principal's office, Ruth tries to grab Steph's hand.

The wig Joey wears when he plays Dan Reynolds isn't Dan's real hair. Dan Reynolds wears a toupée.

Trevor and Angela's drama student encourage each other after they finish rehearsing.

Additional line when Grace is lying to Shapiro: "Suddenly, I remembered a crucial detail that made everything make sense. A picture came flashing into my mind, like I was Enola Holmes!"

"My dad sells women shoe! Shoes!"

Angela misses the chair at Beanie's and falls on her ass, leading to her, Joey and Mariah (mostly Mariah) breaking character.

During The Summoning, Tinky focuses ONLY on Pete. The entire time, he looks like he's restricting himself from lunging out and attacking him. At one point, he points at the Bastard's Box while staring at Pete.

90% of the time during The Summoning, Pokey's staring at his own mask.

Steph facepalms after Max says "That's nasty! ... I like it!"