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etaindelaserna · 9 months ago

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Do you mind if I ask your top 10 favorite characters (can be male or female) from all of the media that you loved (can be anime/manga, books, movies or tv series)? And why do you love them? Sorry if you've answered this question before.....Thanks....

Not at all! Thanks for asking!😊 Made me realise how hard it actually is to restrict yourself to 10 characters🙈

1) Zoro (One Piece)

I liked Zoro the moment I saw him for the first time in the anime. The character design, his fighting style, his badassery combined with his goofy moments persuaded me instantly. What made me fall in love with him was his commitment to his friends and his unyielding will to fight for his dream. Also: Always putting himself in the crossfire to protect his nakama and is prepared to do the hardest choices, because it’s the right thing to do. Just✨

2) Naruto (Naruto)

Me and Naruto didn’t click at first. The snotty, troublemaking brat, who didn’t seem to have respect for anything or anyone was annoying. That turned around rather quickly once the Zabuza Arc came around and suddenly I realised why Naruto acted the way he did. Him just wanting to be recognised by the people and find his place among them was as heartbreaking as it was powerful. This combined with his will to achieve his dream no matter how many setbacks and what everyone else told him, plus his good heart despite how people treated him, absolutely made me adore him.

3) Jack Sparrow

I think what attracted me the most apart from Johnny Depp��s performance was his cleverness, his antics and the „thief with a heart of gold“-trope. Everything Jack does is for his one and only treasure: freedom. He is prepared to do everything he can for it but not at the expense of other people‘s lives. I think Elizabeth was spot on when she called him an „honourable man“. He is one of those characters I could watch doing the most mundane activities and never get bored.

4) Luke Skywalker

I‘ve been a Star Wars fan ever since I was 7 years old. I don’t remember why I wanted to be Luke at the playground apart from the fact that he was Jedi but as an adult I‘d say Luke represents what we all should strive to be: selfless, helping others, believing that there is a good that’s worth fighting for. At least in the OT he never abandoned his friends or family and that’s what I liked about him the most. He was optimistic, never gave up and fought for what he believed was right. I’m sucker for those kind of characters 🧡

5) Hermione Granger

Growing up with Harry Potter I admired Hermione: bookworm, hard-working, talented but not a born genius, stubborn, ordinary looking. Her resourcefulness, her intelligence, her commitment to her studies and her friends despite her obvious flaws was something I really liked about her. She could be condescending, cunning, almost cruel at times, but for the most part she was a ride or die friend, willing if necessary to die for Harry.

6) Jaime Lannister (GoT)

I think Jaime is one of the best written characters in pop culture and one of the best examples of a subversion done right. George R.R. Martin made me despise him in the beginning only to show me along the way that Jaime despite his crimes, actually is one of the few who deserve to be called a „knight of the seven kingdoms“. The core of his character is to protect the innocent but his duty is to his family. I really started to like him during his travels with Brienne. He is willing to sacrifice everything for his family and for Cersei without a second thought and that’s both his biggest virtue and his biggest flaw. The tragedy of it all is so good.

7) Loki

I still don’t know if it’s the Shakespearean aspect of the character itself or the Shakespearean vibes Tom Hiddleston brought to the character but I fell hard for Loki. The tragedy is what fascinated me the most, the idea that some of us are pushed on a certain path due to circumstances and then this path unfortunately speaks to our dark side and we stray away from the light. Also the need to be recognised by your friends, family, the community is something we all experience in our life. Maybe even the need to surpass expectations because you just feel that you have to do something great, something meaningful even thinking that this will give you the attention and connection you are craving.

8) Werther (The Sufferings of Young Werther)

Werther is one of those characters I didn’t particular like when we read the book back in school, because apart from the unrequited love aspect I couldn’t identify with any of his other problems. That started to change during my mid twenties. Times started to change and they changed too quickly for me to catch up. Then you have your family’s expectation, your own and society’s and suddenly you realise that there is no way out, that you can’t spend the rest of your days reading books and wandering around. You have to take responsibility. You have to do something useful even if it’s not the job you actually want to do. I think there are a lot of problems when you are young which turn out to be insignificant once you’ve reached a certain age and that’s one of things Goethe realized in his later years when he was asked about Werther. Werther suffered needlessly. Now when I read the book it breaks my heart because you can see so clearly all the moments and opportunities Werther had to turn around and change his mind. But he just couldn’t.

9) Spike (Buffy The Vampire Slayer)

I mean: a sarcastic, sassy, poetry loving, bleach blond, leather coat wearing vampire…do I need to say more? The coolness factor was off the charts when Spike was introduced as a new antagonist. He was cunning, ruthless, fearless but also loyal, funny and even without a soul more human when some of the humans around him. It really annoyed me when they reduced him to a comic relief in later seasons. His fate was to be a hopeless romantic who was used by all the women he admired, fell in love with and was fiercely loyal to. That just sucked. On the one hand I admired his conviction. He even got his soul back just because he thought Buffy would then love him. On the other hand I wished he would have just walked away from everything.

10) Hannibal Lecter (TV Series)

It’s the complexity and deep dive into the human psyche that attracted me to this character as portrayed in the TV series. Generally speaking I think people who don’t bother with the limitations set by society, who follow their own rules and who don’t see anything wrong with killing because it comes natural to them, is something we are fascinated by. The ruthlessness and inhumane behaviour shocks and disgusts us and yet there is also something about it that makes us want to understand. The way Hannibal seemed to manipulate everyone around him (even Will) and at the same time was just cruelly honest about who and what he was, was addictive. A predator in human skin.

#naruto #one piece #Hannibal #Harry Potter #johann wolfgang von goethe #Loki #GoT #a song of ice and fire #ask me #potc #buffy the vampire slayer #star was

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signalwatch · 11 months ago

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So, this isn't really a television blog. But we did watch a lot of TV this last year.

I can't really remember everything we watched in 2023, and certainly Jamie will immediately identify some gaps, but I wanted to give it a go and list out shows we watched a full season, to the best of my recollection.

Now, in general I don't hate-watch television, so if I watched the thing, it means I enjoyed it. Probably. There's a notable exception here. And one thing I was ready to quit on, but Jamie seemed into it, so I stayed with it.

So, what shows did we watch?

Abbott Elementary

Poker Face

Righteous Gemstones

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

Star Trek: Picard

Star Trek: Lower Decks

Wednesday

Mrs. Davis

What We Do In the Shadows

Reservation Dogs

Stars on Mars

Telemarketers

Only Murders in the Building

Shrinking

History of the World Part II

Ted Lasso

Winning Time

Tom Jones (PBS)

Lessons in Chemistry

Welcome to Wrexham

Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

Monarch

My Adventures With Superman

Superman and Lois

Fargo

Loki

Secret Invasion

The Mandalorian

Disney's Behind the Attraction

Eurovision 2023

I did not include shows we or I stopped watching. And there's a few of those. Some of these programs haven't quite finished or they have spanned over into 2024, and I know we'll finish them (ex: Fargo).

My favorite two things this year were probably, weirdly, on Peacock. Those shows were Mrs. Davis and Poker Face.

One was entirely novel, kept me on my toes, and made me care deeply about some wild characters that should have been cartoons. The other felt like a familiar formula done right - and then it just got better every episode. And kept doing that every episode. It was incredible to watch.

But I was also shockingly moved by Reservation Dogs, a show I thought was going to be a goofy comedy in Season 1. It never quite lost that vibe entirely, but in other ways became something much bigger and absolutely worth your time, exploring the life of generations of folks on a Reservation in Oklahoma, mixing mundane reality with hard truth and occasional bouts with deeper truths.

Some things I was just going to watch - and that included Superman and Lois, which was terrific all season (Elizabeth Tulloch is so good, y'all). And the My Adventures with Superman cartoon was infinitely better than it needed to be, but you knew if there was a Superman cartoon, I'd give it a whirl

The biggest disappoint was Secret Invasion, which had an uneven but maybe okay start, and then just fell apart completely. And I'll be posting on Monarch, which is a popular show people seem to like, but it's a complete mess, and I'm just watching to see how they try to end this dumb thing (the aforementioned hate-watch). I was also just not into Loki, unfortunately. I'd liked the first season a lot, but Season 2 made me feel trapped in time as a viewer.

I was always going to stick with Ted Lasso through it's third - and maybe final - season, which I found uneven but many folks enjoyed thoroughly.

Flying solo, I tuned into PBS's Tom Jones series to (a) find out what the story of Tom Jones is, because it gets referenced a lot, and (b) it was one of multiple places to catch Hannah Waddingham this year (Frankly, she kind of out-classed the rest of production in ways that sometimes made her hiring awkward).

I enjoyed all the Star Trek I watched in 2023, and I'm just waiting to hear they're filming again for Season 3 of Strange New Worlds. I may even watch the final season of Discovery to see what's going on in the deep future.

But, yeah, I think it's tough not to want to recommend everything on the list, really. Righteous Gemstones once again put something special on the air, and Only Murders in the Building always manages to work very, very well for me. What We Do in the Shadows is still, minute-by-minute, the funniest thing on TV. Abbott Elementary sticks the landing every episode and deserves the accolades.

For reality TV, we watched Stars on Mars, the conceit of which was putting semi-famous people into habitats like you might find on Mars and sending them on missions. I was done after the fourth episode, but stuck it out. We also watched Eurovision 2023, which I highly recommend you do in 2024.

Anyway, I am sure I missed something obvious. And I am sure I didn't follow or like something you followed or liked.

#television #television 2023

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muddyorbsblr · 7 months ago

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Greetings bestie! 💖🫡

You just know that Shaun was mentally hitting himself on the head when Morgan started asking about them adult balloons…and he will be doing it again when Tony and Pepper start grilling him about it later 🤣

I can just imagine when Morgan saw the flowers that Loki got Reader she was like "These are perfect! Auntie YN always kills her plants, and these will never die" 😂🥹

Thor's never gonna escape the "Barbie" nickname in my stories istg 🤣

The hair tuck shot will always be famous like idk whose idea it was to have him do it in the series but they deserve a goddamn medal--

I'm so glad you loved this story, bestie! 🥹💖 Thank you so so much for reading 🫡

Also we can always talk about the absolutely unhinged goofy chat at the end, I wanna include another group chat in a certain series soon-ish 😈👀

gestures & rain checks

See my full list of works here!

pre-story author's note: Yes I am very aware that it's been a solid month since Valentine's Day. Yes I am still posting this 🫡

Summary: It feels like your friends are getting plucked away from you one by one as their respective (or in Nat's case prospective) partners make grand gestures to ask them to be their Valentine.

Pairing: Loki x Reader

Word Count: 4.8k

Warning/s: language (nope still not sorry, Rogers); mentions of alcohol; tooth-rotting fluff; gun use [let me know if I missed anything!]

Things to be aware of: Morgan being a precious beb; himbo!Thor hours; lowkey sad Reader hours; chaotic group chat vibes in the end

You always had a distaste for this day. Valentine's Day. To you, it was the one day a year that you would do everything in your power not to step outside because it reeked of flowers and chocolate marked up to the heavens for merchants to take advantage of last minute gift shoppers hoping to make a gesture big enough that their crush would let them score at the end of the night. Or guys buying extravagant and ridiculously large arrangements to make amends for wronging their partner as if a 10-foot tall teddy bear was gonna magically press some Undo button of him going on Hinge or Tinder and talking up a dozen other girls on the side.

There was one year that you let slip around Nat and Wanda that this day "smelled like a cemetery" with all the bouquets that bombarded you the second you exited the perimeter of the Compound. Hell, the second you left the main section that housed you and the rest of the Avengers. And you stood by that opinion stubbornly, mostly because you'd only ever witnessed flowers being given when someone was desperately trying to glue back together the pieces of a severely damaged relationship.

And also because no one had ever given you flowers in your entire life. Or chocolates. Or a teddy bear. All your past relationships were with men who were still mentally and emotionally boys that believed emojis and gifs sufficed and were as good as the real thing. Nary a single soul had ever actually spent a lick of time or effort to give you something that told you they deserved your time and effort in turn.

And after so many years of being barely an afterthought, the day just felt like this entity that you resented to an irrational degree, where all you wanted was to lay in bed and wait it out until the clock struck 12 and it was February 15th. Then you could go on a hunt for all the overpriced chocolate that suddenly got their prices slashed by 50% or more.

That was the plan again for this year, had it not been for both Nat and Wanda barging in to your apartment and practically dressing you up like you were their own life-sized definitely seen some better days Barbie doll. "Come on, we can go and have a Galentine's Day 2. Maybe hit up a club and get some free drinks…" the assassin trailed off, zipping up your dress and playfully swatting your ass to nudge you forward. "March on, soldier."

The common area was nearly bare and eerily quiet when you all got there, which made perfect sense considering that most of your teammates who were happily committed to someone were off spending their day together, probably executing their own personal twists on those cliched gestures of adoration. Knowing Tony, that would probably consist of a two-storey tall stuffed bunny or a lavish new vacation house as a nice private little getaway spot for him and Pepper when they wanted to have a date night.

Only Morgan and Shaun were at the big dining table by the kitchen, the little girl working on bracelets with the martial artist nursing a cup of coffee while he handed her beads to add to her work. "Whaddup, Ten Rings…Baby Stark," you greeted them, ruffling his hair and pressing a kiss to the top of your goddaughter's head. "What're you two up to this fine completely ordinary day?"

"Oof, I take it you're gonna be spending the day watching a bunch of couples be all extra lovey dovey just like me?" You threw him a look, squinting your eyes at him that had him throwing his hands in the air in surrender. "No need to mentally squish my head, Y/N, we're on the same side, I swear," he chuckled, scooting over to the other seat so you could sit next to Morgan. "How about this, karaoke later tonight? Just us and anyone else that doesn't have a date with dinner and co--" You swatted his arm to get him to stop talking, not so subtly signaling in the little girl's direction. "I mean…adult balloons?"

"Wait how come you have special balloons?" Morgan asked, looking up from her activity book and earning barely stifled chortles from both Nat and Wanda. "Why can't I play with them? I like balloons."

You leaned back in your seat, making a motion with your hands as if you were wiping them clean of the whole conversation. "I'm not helping you out of this one, buddy."

He scratched the back of his head, obviously backed into the corner with his own words. "Eeeeeh…put a pin in that and ask me again when you can order a beer, Baby Stark."

The child pouted at both of you, slumping down in her place at the table and slipping back on her princess pink headphones before focusing all her attention on her activity book again, grumbling something about how grownups shouldn't have conversations around her if they didn't want her to ask questions. Valid enough point, but you still weren't going to be the one to give her her first lesson in Sex Ed class a good decade ahead of time.

"Anyways…" Shaun poked at your side, calling your attention back to him. "Karaoke, ladies? We can pick up Katy and Wong before we head over and sing some Disney duets and gorging ourselves on shots and nachos--"

"Hold up, Wong?" You all turned your attention to Stephen, who'd just walked in to the common area. "This I gotta see. You guys have room for one more?"

"Sure thing, as long as you use your sling ring to help us get into Tony's private stash," you quipped, taking a sip of your coffee. "There's no way I'm getting through this day stone-cold sober."

"Or we could go for the really hard stuff and break into Thor's stash of mead from Asgard before he depletes his supply." He showcased the ring in question with a wiggle of his fingers. "Just a portal away."

"I like the way you think, Strange."

"You can all cease your scheming to pilfer my liquor, my friends," Thor's voice boomed into the area, a bounce in his step as he made his way to the coffee pot. "I would happily supply you all with two barrels if that would be enough for your gathering?"

"That's perfect, Thunder. Thanks." You started to tuck into the breakfast plate served by the Compound kitchen staff, mumbling your next question to the blond god. "What've you got planned with Jane for today?"

"Ah." A wide grin stretched across his face at the mention of his girlfriend, the sight both warming your heart and pinching it at the same time. A bittersweet reminder that in the midst of romantic plans with sentimental or grand gestures, your plans involved getting shit-faced with your fellow single friends. Plus Wanda and probably Vision. "Well, I have employed the aid of Wilson to order an ornate bouquet of Jane's favorite flowers which should arrive this morning. Then for lunch I shall prepare her a meal."

"Lunch?" Wanda questioned, tilting her head to the side. "Forgive me if I overstep, my friend, but aren't the romantic plans usually made for dinner?"

"Well, yes…but Jane has graciously agreed to adjusting our schedule for this day so that I may spend the time after lunch aiding my brother in a gesture of his own." A lump formed in your throat at the words. "It seems he wishes to get into the spirit of the holiday, and I am simply ecstatic that he came to me asking for a helping hand."

"I asked nothing of you, you over-muscled oaf," you heard the raven-haired god call out from the main entrance, two large packages hovering a few inches above the ground blanketed with a glow of green from his magic. "You volunteered when you imposed yourself in my space and hovered over my phone."

"Pfft, semantics," Thor waved off, already making his way over to Loki so that he could do some more apparently unnecessary volunteer work. "Are the flowers in one of your parcels?"

"I like flowers!" Morgan chirped from her seat, bouncing in place with bright excited eyes. "Prince Loki, can I help? Please?"

He let out an exaggerated sigh, a trace of a fond, amused smile betraying his facade. "Very well, little Stark. Come along."

Your goddaughter squealed, skipping over to Thor and placing her tiny hand in his. "Uncle Barbie, tell me who his princess is?" He leaned down to whisper the answer in her ear, making her sprint in place with even more excitement. "I promise I won't say a word."

"Barbie? Like your doll, little Lady Stark?" You could practically see the wheels turning in Loki's head from learning about the nickname.

Morgan nodded her head vigorously. "Auntie Y/N came up with it. She calls him Macho Barbie." She proceeded to talk about how you came to give the blond Asgardian the nickname that bizarrely stuck to him more than "Point Break" ever did, said god looking like he already dreaded the coming days -- maybe even years -- now that his brother knew that little tidbit of information.

Once they'd all made their way up the stairs and you could no longer hear the little girl's chipper tone, realization sat heavy in your heart from her reaction to whatever Thor whispered to her just a few seconds ago. Whoever it was that Loki was going to make this grand gesture for, it was someone that Morgan knew enough to the point that she couldn't contain her excitement finding out who the woman was.

It was someone in SHIELD. Maybe even someone in the Compound.

"You good, Babes?" Nat's tone was cautious, approaching you like you were a wounded animal, teeth bared and ready to pounce if she so much as breathed wrong.

You answered with a terse nod of your head. "There is absolutely no fucking way I'm getting through today sober."

"Y/N, dude, I'm sor--"

Bang

"What the fuck?" All eyes grew wide at the sound, your body stiffening as another shot rang out, reverberating throughout the common area. "FRIDAY? Threat assessment," you called out, already readying yourself for combat once whoever was outside made their way to you in the compound.

"No threats have been detected," the AI answered simply. "There seems to be no living target for the gunman."

You could only manage to repeat your words. "What the fuck?" Shot after shot rang out, an interval of three to five seconds between them. Each deafening bang making you flinch, your head spinning with possible explanations on why FRIDAY didn't deem the supposed attacker as a threat. "Where's the target then?"

"Shots are being fired at the training area, by the track field, Agent Y/L/N." You all started to make your way to the area, everyone still on high alert despite FRIDAY's findings.

"Y/N?!" You shared a look with everyone else in the room at the sound of Loki's voice calling out for you, the god looking frantic as he appeared at the top of the main staircase, a sigh of relief escaping him once he saw you standing at the bottom. "You're alright," he exhaled, hurriedly making his way down. The quickening pace of the gunshots had him squaring his shoulders, stepping in front of you and marching toward the sound.

"We've handled way worse than gunfire, Laufeyson, you don't have to lead the defense," you told him with a touch more bite to your tone than you intended, irrational jealousy coursing through you knowing what he was preparing for before he started charging down the stairs. You sidestepped him and started walking toward the training area, brows furrowing together when you saw that from where you stood, the marks from the bullets digging into the ground where forming some sort of shape.

"It's a message…" Wanda mused, angling her head to and fro to see if she could get the whole picture from the ground. "I'm going up, I wanna see what's worth risking Pepper's wrath with all the lawn work she has to commission now." She held her hand out to you, wordlessly offering to take you up with her, an offer that you gladly took, clapping your hand over hers, both of you giggling as your feet lifted off the ground.

Once you two had risen high enough, it was clear what the message was. The shots had been positioned so that the markings would take on the shape of a heart, and the ongoing shots were creating initials. "N…" you read along, barely able to contain your excitement when you saw that the next letter was an R. "Natasha Romanoff!" you yelled out, the assassin's eyes lighting up with a mix of giddiness and curiosity as she tried to look at where the gunshots could've been coming from.

You did your best to turn your head, trying to see who was behind the gesture, kicking your feet in the air once you saw the gunman. "What? Who is it, Y/N?"

"It's Barnes," you squeaked, giving Rogers a reckless wave when you caught sight of him jogging toward all of you with a megaphone in hand.

"Natasha Romanoff," Bucky's voice boomed through the speaker system, making the usually cool and collected former Russian spy put a hand over her mouth to hide the way she was steadily turning pink from how flustered she was. "I know I have a long way to go to make up for how we first met, but I think you're swell and I'd like to try starting it off with maybe dinner tonight?" Both you and Wanda squealed and held each other tight mid-air watching her nod her answer, running over to her once your feet touched the ground again.

"You two won't be pissed if I take a rain check for tonight, will you?" she cautioned, still a wistful tone in her voice from processing what was happening.

"Absolutely not, you go enjoy your date. More drinks to go around and all that," you told her with the biggest smile. "But tomorrow night we're all staying at my place and you're giving us a full report."

"And remember to wear the red lacy underwear," Wanda teased with a comical wiggle of her eyebrows, earning her a poke to the ribs from both of you.

Nat pulled away from the two of you, walking back toward the indoor gym with Steve walking alongside her, starting to talk about how his best friend had been trying to work up the nerve to ask her out since he got sworn in to the team nearly a year ago. From the sound of the conversation, it seemed that Rogers was divulging some information that Barnes probably swore him to secrecy not so long ago.

"And then there were seven," Shaun spoke up, walking toward you and the sorceress and clapping a hand on each of your shoulders. "Thor came through and left the barrels in the kitchen for us."

You were about to start talking about the food arrangements when the sight of Wanda's husband flying toward you all with a bouquet of camellias and hydrangeas in his hand. "Wanda, my love, I owe you my deepest apologies."

"Whatever for, Vis?" She broke away from you and Shaun to greet the synthezoid, placing her hands on his upper arms as he pulled her in for a chaste kiss.

"It did not occur to me that you might have wanted to make plans for today until Mr Stark had gone into detail of his own itinerary today for his wife," he explained, handing her the bouquet. "Unfortunately I cannot procure a reservation for us tonight, but I still wish to do something for you. Would you allow me the honor of making you a meal and perhaps watching a movie in the private theater?"

You and Shaun gripped each other's hands like you were high schoolers watching their best friend get asked out on their first big date, shaking and pushing each other over the sweetness of the gesture. "I don't need fancy restaurants or pretty flowers, Vis. Getting to spend time with you, especially after everything that's happened to us, is more than enough. I just need you."

The Sokovian turned back to face you and Shaun, a touch of guilt in her expression. "Rain check? I'll bring extra snacks tomorrow night to make up for it?"

"Don't worry about it, Babes," you reassured her, both you and the martial artist waving off her worries. "Enjoy your evening."

The couple have you a curt nod and a smile before happily flying away hand in hand back to their apartment.

"And then there were five," you and Shaun said in unison, walking back to the common area to load up those barrels that Thor left for tonight's 'festivities'. When you got to the kitchen area, Morgan was adorably sitting atop one of the barrels in question, feet happily swinging in the air with a big smile on her face.

"Off the goods, little Stark, we're not risking you getting drunk your dad's gonna kill us," Shaun said in a panic, already lifting the little girl up and off the barrel and making her squeal and giggle as she giddily exclaimed "I'm flying!".

"If you really think that she can get drunk from osmosis, we have a lot to talk about, sweet little summer child," you joked, walking up to one barrel and starting to push it toward the garage. "Think you can use that ancient mystical ring magic for makeshift wheels so we don't bust out our lungs lugging this all the way to your truck?"

"I can assist you, darling." Your skin bristled at the sound of Loki's voice, taking every ounce of strength you had to not stiffen or recoil at his use of the word. He was only saying it out of habit. Probably a remnant of his upbringing as a prince on Asgard.

He didn't mean it the way you wanted -- more than anything -- for him to mean it.

"No need, Laufeyson, I've got it from here," Strange butted in, conjuring an energy shield with his magic that he slid under the barrels, starting to wheel them toward the garage. "Carry on. Oh and friendly advice, man to god? Your future girlfriend, you know, the one you're making this big gesture for? She might not appreciate you calling other women 'darling', so I highly recommend kicking the habit while it's still early. Avoiding future battles and all."

The god sucked his teeth, the action causing his jaw to clench and sending your thoughts someplace they had no business being. You had no business thinking about another woman's man that way, no matter how hot he was.

"I will remember that. Thank you, Strange," he said softly, making his way back up the stairs.

"Thanks for the save," you muttered, opening the door to the garage for the sorcerer to guide the barrels through. "Don't think I could've gotten away with being on Bitch Mode with him a second time today. Not like I can help it, though. Some lucky Midgardian bitch is gonna be his by the end of the night."

"Pretty sure you're the only woman I know that considers being Laufeyson's girlfriend a good thing."

"Yeah, Y/N, like I know he's on our side and everything but most days he still has me on edge. Like passing him on a bad day's gonna get me a stab in the ribs, not a death glare like normal people," Shaun concurred, nudging your shoulder to hopefully stop your lamenting before you got in too deep. Again.

"I'm really down bad, huh," you sighed, letting out a little yip when a portal to the dark dimension appeared just a few feet in front of you. "The fuck--"

"Hey Strange," a reverberating ethereal voice called out from the portal, and then a tall woman with platinum hair with beauty that you could only describe as 'dark celestial' stepped out. Her eyes trained on the sorcerer next to you. "Heard that today's something of a holiday in this dimension. Figured it might be a good idea to stop by and maybe you could show me around your uh…" She turned to you and Shaun, both your jaws slack on the ground. "What's this place called again?"

"Avengers Compound?" Shaun said at the same time that you blurted out, "New York?"

"Compound York?" She raised an eyebrow at the two of you, amusement coloring her face as she gave you both a once over.

"Eherm…no," you answered her, chuckling nervously and shifting your weight between your feet. "This structure here is Avengers Compound, which is in Upstate New York. New York is a city, but also a region…and a state…?" you drifted off, already feeling a pinch in your head from trying to explain the best you could. You looked over to Shaun. "The more I try finding the words to explain, the more I realize how complicated it actually is. Save me."

Stephen stepped forward. "How about I just take you on a tour around New York, then?" His face stretched out into a wide grin, clearly unable to hide his giddiness over the knowledge that she crossed dimensions to be with him today.

"Is that…New York the city, the region, or the state?"

"The city. New York, New York. There's a whole song about it and everything I can play it for you in the car." He proceeded to drape his arm around the dark sorceress, leading her to his car further down the expansive garage.

"Your little human friend is right, things here are complicated. Downright confusing." She looked back at you and Shaun again as they walked away, hand in hand. "It was nice meeting you both! Stephen speaks highly of you all," she called out, her majestic voice echoing throughout the area.

"You're really pretty!" you blurted out in response, causing her voice to melt into a chuckle, telling her partner how she found you 'adorable'. You threw your head back and groaned toward the ceiling. "I'm a fucking dork."

"At least you're an adorable dork," Shaun shot back, nudging your shoulder and lightly touching the back of your head to get you facing forward again. His phone chimed with a text notification. "Katy. Her shift's over, she said she'll get us a room for eight. I'm texting her now to get a smaller one." He held up his hand, palm facing you. "And then there were four?"

You sighed, clapping your hand against his, your friend giving you a reassuring squeeze once you did. "And then there were four." You jerked your head toward the apartments. "I'll just go change into something that involves 'eating pants' and I'll meet you down here in ten."

The walk back up to your apartment wasn't that long, but it still felt like it with how quickly you slipped back into your lamenting over how your friends had such an eventful day today. Nat had her very public grand gesture. Wanda had her husband trying to cook human food in the name of spending time with her. Strange had his girlfriend literally rip a hole between dimensions to get here.

"And all I have waiting for me are two barrels of mead and karaoke microphones," you muttered, walking through your front door and begrudgingly unzipping your dress from the back. You were just about to half-stomp your way to your closet when something on your bed caught your eye.

Three shiny roses lined with gold, tied together with a gold ribbon at the foot of the bed. A large heart-shaped box of chocolates at the center. And a little teddy bear dressed as a bee with red antennas that had hearts at the end, at its fluffy little feet was an embroidered message. "Bee mine".

"What theeeee fu--"

"Y/N," an all too familiar voice called out from behind you. The air left your lungs at the sight of Loki in a form-fitting forest green button-down tucked into onyx black slacks, tucking his hair behind his ears before smoothing his hands over his shirt. "You're early--"

"What're you doing--Was this you?" you babbled, gesturing at the gifts on your bed. For a second, your heart beat erratically, the thought that maybe this was for you, before reality and logic sunk in. "Okay I think I know what's happening…"

"You do?"

"Yeah, you got the wrong apartment. Gimme a minute to change and I can help you move all this over to--"

The rest of your words died in a little squeak at the back of your throat, the god closing the distance between you two with a few long strides, framing your face in his hands and placing a tender fleeting kiss to your lips.

"Those tokens of my affection are exactly where they belong, little mortal," he murmured against you, tracing up the bridge of your nose with his lips until he pressed a kiss to your forehead. "As am I."

You let out a shaky breath, fighting against the urge to melt in the god's embrace as he snaked his hands around your waist. "The gesture your brother mentioned this morning…this?" He proceeded to press kisses down the side of your face, his warm exhale as he whispered 'yes' into your skin making you light-headed. "This is for me?" you gasped out, whatever was remaining of your logical brain smacking the rest of you with how stupid a question that was.

"Who else would it be for, darling?" He pressed a kiss to your jaw, tightening his arms around you and pressing your body against his. "There is no other in this or any other Realm that could have captured my heart so completely." He kissed the corner of your jaw, making his way down the side of your neck, holding you tighter to keep you up when your knees finally buckled from the sensation. "I did this for you, because I wish to ask something of you. That you become mine as much as I am yours."

"M-Mine?" you stammered. "Y-You're mine?" Since when? How come you didn't get this particular memo? Could've saved you a lot of turmoil and nights spent alone staring up at the ceiling trying and failing to hypnotize yourself out of being into him.

He kissed the tip of your nose, resting his forehead against yours. "I have always been yours, darling."

Your hands traveled up the length of his arms, like you were grounding yourself and trying to tell yourself that this was real. He was really here and he was telling you the words you wanted more than anything to hear for who even knew how long at this point.

He's here, you thought to yourself. And he's mine.

There was only one word that you could muster up in that moment. "Yes." I've always been yours, too.

Karaoke Dreamin' on Such a Winter's Day group chat

myfirstnameisagent: Don't kill me but…rain check?

busboy10: Are you kidding me, Y/N?? You said you'd be down in 5 minutes tops and we're gonna meet up with Katy.

nromanoff: Sweet, now you're gonna have a story to tell tomorrow night, too.

myfirstnameisagent: Actually about that…rain check on tomorrow night, too? I'm kinda not there right now…

busboy10: There?? What do you mean "There"?? How'd you get out the Compound without me seeing you? Or whoever the hot date you're ditching me for is?

imjustwong: Where is everybody? We ordered nachos.

myfirstnameisagent: Yeah…I'm not in the Compound…or in New York…any of the "New York"s. Might not be for the next week. Maybe more. The three of you better not drink all the mead in one go.

busboy10: ??????

thevision: Agent Y/L/N, my wife is showing many signs of distress over her inability to contact you. Your phone seems to be going straight to voicemail.

thewanda: Y/N WHERE ARE YOU I HEARD A BANG FROM YOUR APARTMENT ARE YOU OKAY??

myfirstnameisagent: Babes, I'm fine. That was just the Bifrost.

thewanda: EXCUSE ME??

nromanoff: BABES WHAT--

pointbreakbarbie: My friends, I heard the Bifrost be summoned near Lady Y/N's abode. Is there an emergency? Must I make my way to Asgard to assist?

myfirstnameisagent: Thor your brother said if he finds you here I have permission to stab you, don't even fucking think about it.

thewanda: I REPEAT. EXCUSE ME???

busboy10: Y/N are you in Asgard?? With Loki??

myfirstnameisagent: Yes. And yes. See you in two weeks.

thewanda: He better use that healing magic on your legs so you don't walk funny.

A/N: It took me a whole month to write this because real life was trying TKO me in the work department and also I got sucked in to the worlds of Hello Kitty Island Adventure, Disney Dreamlight Valley, and Delicious World and I've been too weak to even attempt time management 🤣

I'm working on stuff tho I swear it 🫡 Horny bitches cuts are in progress, stories are in progress…lots of progress 😅😅

Also for reference, this was the lil stuffed bear that Loki gave Reader:

and the roses looked like this:

'everything' taglist: @simplyholl @loopsisloops @imalovernotahater @coldnique @loz-3 @huntress-artemiss @salempoe @vickie5446 @athalialaufeyson @lokiprompts @kats72 @kikster606 @asgards-princess-of-mischief @lokixryss @thomase1 @mischief2sarawr @lovingchoices14 @goblingirlsarah @iamlokisgloriouspurpose @creationsbyme @maple-seed @mjsthrillernp @ladyofthestayingpower @mygfloki @sititran @glitterylokislut @ozymdias @fictive-sl0th @lokidbadguy @mochie85 @silverfire475 @joyful-enchantress @elizabethmidnight2017 @holdmytesseract @smolvenger @gigglingtiggerv2 @lokidokieokie @lunarnights95 @superficialdomina @kmc1989 @november-rayne @goddessofwonderland @buttercupcookies-blog @peaky-marvel @lokiified @tom-hlover @dryyoursaltyoceantears

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murasaki-cha · 2 years ago

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Do you mind if I ask your top 10 favorite characters (can be male or female) from all of the media that you loved (can be anime, books, movies or tv series)? And why do you love them? Thanks....

Hi sorry for the late reply I was dealing with *flashbacks to me screaming and crying over Yuumori on the floor* stuff

Boy this is tough because I love so may characters. So this isn’t in any particular order:

1. Cardan Greenbriar- I love his character development. He’s such a complex character shown to be selfish but also selfless, cruel yet kind, incredibly smart but dumb. And also a real romantic. He’s a genuinely kind person being forced into a heavily toxic and abusive environment and being forced to abide by the rule “survival of the fittest”. Take him out of that environment and you discover that he’s just a playful kind boy who never had anyone to rely to. Just really love him so much

2. Alex Fierro- they’re literally my favorite in the entire pj universe. Amazing, brave, talented, fierce but kind too, stands for their ideals and rights, never takes shit from anyone etc etc. I love them a lot. And I think Uncle Rick wrote Alex’s genderfluidity really well. Alex just wants people to accept their gender and them as a person. They’re not just their gender or their “unusual” appearance. They’re an awesome warrior, smart, creative and just. The turned the powers they got from Loki which he used to manipulate and control them, and made them their own. And they have a great sense of style if I may say.

3. Eruhaben- he’s an old soul. The dad of the group. And he’s a tsundere which is one of my weakness. It’s honestly his kindness that attracted me to him. He’s a dragon so that’s why he should be extremely selfish but he’s so selfless. He wants to protect his kids. He doesn’t think it’s worth living anymore even with everyone telling him otherwise, even if he actually wants to live. I just have a lot of feels about Goldie gramps.

4. Penelope Eckart- queen. She’s fierce, intelligent, calculative but also really emotionally vulnerable and broken. The entire Yvonne arc thing showed us just what a terrible mental state she’s in. She’s really complex and in my opinion an accurate representation of someone suffering from depression. And my favorite thing is that she didn’t stay with the duke family no matter how much they redeemed themselves. She chose the best environment for herself and her mental health.

5. 707 (Saeyoung Choi)- My husband in Mystic Messenger. Before playing the game I didn’t really have a big impression of him, I actually liked Yoosung more. But than I started getting into the game lore and he stole my heart. Reading about his past, his countless sacrifices, his pure love, his selfless, his desire to protect and how he loves you in every route and is self aware that this is a game for us. That just broke me and made me love this man so so much. He deserves everything.

6. Anya Forger- she’s a kid. That’s what I like about her. She was experimented since she was probably a baby, lost her biological parents, due to her powers she definitely knows too much, stuff that no child should hear or know, she definitely has a fear of abandonment and that’s why she tries so hard to keep her parents from finding out their and her real identities, so they don’t leave her. But despite all of this she’s just a little girl. She likes goofy tv shows, she wants to make friends, she doesn’t like doing homework, she over exaggerates a lot of things like any child her age does, she likes to sleep with her stuffed animals, she likes her big doggo. Anya could have been written as one of those kids that have lost hope on everything because of what happened to them before, but she’s not. She’s just a little kid.

7. William James Moriarty- man who saw this coming(said no one). Ok so I may be fairly new to the Yuumori fandom but god damn me of I would not give my life and soul for this man! He’s so complex and terrifying but he’s so kind. He has the right mindset but chose to execute his ideals in the cruelest way possible but only because he deemed that that was the only way. He used and hurt people, despite himself never wanting to, falling deeper and deeper into despair, making himself the greatest evil alone just so the people around him didn’t get punished and chose death as his ending because he wanted to escape and rest. Honestly Sherlock saved him. And their relationship is beautiful and pure. Exactly what Liam needed.

8. Kym Ladell- (please read Purple Hyacinth!!) Kym is the type of friend everyone deserves and doesn’t deserve at the same time. She’s selfless, courageous, the sunshine everyone needs. But she’s also broken. She hides her pain behind her smile. She’s scared for her loved ones, scared that they could get hurt or that she could hurt them. She’s scared of herself. And yet she tries to be ok. To act ok. She’s cheerful and goofy. If she can make her friends laugh that’s all that matters to her

9. Xie Lian- I’m channeling my inner Hua Cheng to explain this. Beloved angel who has never done anything wrong ever in his entire life. He’s gone through so much and has had every right to turn evil and destroy everything. And yet he chose to be good. He chose to forgive. He doesn’t know how to appreciate himself anymore because he finds no good within himself. He’s just surviving. That is until Hua Cheng came. Even after that he still never he still never stopped being selfless. But he has more self worth now. He’s not just surviving anymore, he’s living. And it’s so beautiful when a character does that

10. Princess Yona- It’s the amazing character development! She went from being this naïve princess, to getting betrayed by her loved ones and loosing everything overnight, experiencing the harshness and difficult life of every citizen of her kingdom and beyond outside of the palace walls, experiencing and fighting wars, changing the lives of so many and knowing what being a true ruler is like. She has the dragons, Yoon and Hak who always support her and she does depend on them but she fights her own battles, even if she has to bleed and hurt, she never backs down and fights. She wants the best for her country, her friends, her loved ones and for everyone else

Boy was it hard to choose only 10. I have so many more characters to talk about bit I’m not that great with explaining and writing stuff even those above took a lot of time to formulate and they’re not that good. I want to say so much about all of them but I don’t know how to say it.

Anyway thanks for letting me talk about this I really appreciate it😊

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black-rose-writings · 3 years ago

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Fate rant part 3 - the side antagonists

Continuation of part 2

I’ll try to order them by seasons, but a lot of them appear in more than one, so let’s go.

Seasons 1-5 (ish) - Mitzi

Mitzi is your basic rich bully. Very generic, 0 depth.

Stalks Brandon for a part of season 4 because he saves her life and that’s probably her biggest role in the entire show.

All seasons - Diaspro

She deserved better. There, I said it.

Diaspro was arranged to be married to Sky at a very young age and was raised with this in mind. She was raised believing she would one day be the queen of Eraklyon. Arranged or not, she fell in love with Sky, kinda. It was probably more of an entitlement, but to be fair to her, that’s how it was presented to her.

And then, he breaks the engagement off for (as far as she knew) some peasant girl who also makes you look like an idiot in front of a whole bunch of people.

Sky cheated on her, plain and simple and she’s rightfully angry about it.

Because her purpose is basically just to be “the crazy clingy ex” to Sky, her quality as an antagonist varries wildly, from being an actually competent enemy who can get carried away by her love(ish) for Sky and/or hatred of Bloom in seasons 3 and 6, to being ridiculous, goofy and stupid like in season 8.

Season 3 - Countess Cassandra and her daughter

Stella’s almost wicked step-mom and step-sister.

There’s not much to say for the daughter, she’s a basic rich kid bully.

Cassandra is a moderately interesting character. She’s shown to be manipulative and a status seeker, who is willing to make a deal with the devil and endanger her planet just for power and status.

Season 4 - The Earth Fairies

When the Earth fairies are freed, they go on a vengeance crusade, basically.

And can you blame them?

While we don’t know why the Wizards started hunting them or the full history between fairies and humans, we the Wiazrds were hunting them, forced them into hiding for centuries, mutilated them and locked them in their own realm - again, for centuries in some cases. And the humans didn’t do jack shit and, as we later see in season 7, at least some humans were actively trying to hunt and kill magic users/fairies on their own. Assuming witch trials happened in the Winx universe, it’s likely some fairies got torched, too. And since fairies of Earth are heavily tied to nature, they also weren’t exactly thrilled with what humans have done to the planet, either.

They end up giving humans a second chance at the end, after witnessing for themselves that there are some humans who are not complete garbage, kinda begining the environmental themes of the following seasons.

They’re fun and interesting as antagonists, partly because most people can see where they’re coming from.

But seriously, I’d like some backstory.

Season 6 - Selina

I don’t know what to think of Selina because, well, she’s sort of all over the place.

The best way I can understand it is that she was brainwashed/corrupted by the Legendarium/Acheron and eventually breaks through that brainwashing when he double-crosses her.

Her being Bloom’s old friend didn’t really do much, except break the established lore, especially season 4′s.

Season 8 - Obscurio

He’s a funny punching bag henchman with a unibrow. What else can I say?

Like, there’s some point around him about feeling left-out or overshadowed by his sister ala Loki, but because the target audince is toddlers, everything is solved with a hug.

Fate - Beatrix

One could argue she’s the main villain, but honestly, she is really just a hench-girl to the real bad guys.

She’s edgy, she drops a few passable one-liners and she kills people without hesistation. Whoopty-fucking-doo.

I will dive into how she compares to the OG Trix, but let’s just say she’s fucking boring compared to them.

Also, smoking is fucking disgusting, whether it’s weed, tobacco or whatever else. It’s disgusting and makes me lose all respect for someone as a person or character.

Fate - Riven

Again, he’s an insult to the OG Riven, but let’s sum up his role:

He’s edgy, he’s an asshole, he drops a handful of passable one liners and is down for murder as long as there’s a hot girl in it for him. Also, really terrible bisexual representation.

OG Riven has a crappy life and he’s acts like an asshole as a result. Fate!Riven is just a dick for no discernable reason.

Basically, both of these two are like pizza-cutters (as is the whole show, honestly) - all edge and no point.

Fate - The Teachers

I’m putting them all in a single point.

They’re not really antagonists, but they’re shady as hell and the confusing writing doesn’t do them any favors.

And that’s about it.

#Winx #winx club #winx fate salt #fate winx saga

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boldlyanxious · 3 years ago

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Playing Games

Jasonette July SC3: double crossover

Jasonette July

Masterlist

Stephanie had invited Marinette to game night so she could get to know the family a bit. Marinette was worried that the other girl would try to embarrass her, knowing that she was interested in Jason but unable to face telling him. The games had been going on for a while before they came to the question of what Marvel character everyone would be.

“Damian would be Black Widow.” Stephanie said. “Although I can’t see him trying to get a date for Dick.”

“That makes me Captain America? He wouldn’t need to set me up. I can find my own dates,” Dick said.

“I accept the role. She is a skilled fighter and very good at what she does. Our skill sets are very similar.” Damian said.

“I would be Spiderman from the Homecoming one. I’m into tech but have to work a bit harder on the physical stuff.” Tim said, “Bruce is definitely Iron Man.”

“I’m pretty sure they had to get permission from Bruce to use his billionaire playboy with loads of gadgets for the movies,” Jason said.

“I can’t pick one for me, but Babs is Agent Carter.” Stephanie said.

“You would be Ant Man. You are a little bit goofy and no one ever expects you to do anything useful so they are shocked when you do.” Jason said, smirking.

“Hey! I don’t disagree but rude. I actually really like Ant Man.” Stephanie said. “What about you?”

“I would be Loki no question. I think I’m mischievous enough.” Jason said.

“You just want to go around telling people you have glorious purpose,” Tim said.

“It’s a good line and deserves to be used more.” Jason said.

“If anything, your thighs are your glorious purpose.”

Marinette clapped her hand over her mouth as all eyes turned to her. She hadn’t even meant to speak the thought in her head but there it was. She had been watching their animated discussion but couldn't manage to be heard over their excitement until she said something embarrassing. She couldn’t bring herself to look over to see Jason’s reaction. She jumped up from the table and ran out of the room.

“I’ll give her a minute before I go check on her,” Stephanie said.

“No, I’ll go,” Jason said.

“Do you think that you going right now is the best idea?” Dick asked.

“You’re right. I should change into those one shorts first.” Jason said. He clapped Dick on the back in thanks before he rushed off to his room.

The conversation had definitely helped them all learn about each other.

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#jasonette july 2021 #maribat #jasonette #accidental confession #boldlyanxious

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m-jelly · 3 years ago

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Pls tell us ur opinion about iron mannn, I'm curious now...

Also, I am absolutely in love with Loki and Thor, they're some os my favorites 💕😭

Loki is another character I simp for big time, like I love that man haha.

Iron man... Well ...

I think he's selfish, self-centred, manipulative and deserves a punch to the throat. I wasn't surprised he did the snap and died. I know people will say oh it was self-sacrifice and all and he was growing as a character, but to me he did it as a fame thing. He does this to inflate his own ego. I'm not saying I don't like people with big egos because I do, Markiplier the YouTuber confesses he has a massive one and I'm a big fan and adore his goofy ass. Iron man has only cared about himself and only himself. As cap said, without the suit who is he really? He's just some rich asshat with lots of money. Self-sacrifice didn't make him a better person to me.

I'm so so so sorry to iron man fans. This is just my opinion. A close friend of mine loves him and she's okay that I don't like her fav haha she agrees with me a bit but thinks he's lovable. I've just never seen the appeal with him. Like some people don't see the appeal with Levi.

Please don't hate me 😭

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dehydratedpercy · 3 years ago

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So, when I hear about the Prophecy of the Seven, I thought about Luke being the one "foe" that they would see on the Door of Death. I love Bob, and Damasen, but now I think that there was a Big Wasted oportunity.

Because while in Tartarus Percy starts to really understand Luke's view. And imagine him there?!

First. "Why" it's the question. It was his punishment? Please, Zeus wanted to send his family that wanted to form a democratic Olympus and he didn't because the one that helped him made him promise that he wouldn't.

Bringing Kronos? Free Pass to Tartarus. And Percy and Annabeth how would react? And Luke, would he want to help them o Gaia or Tartarus make him work for them?

But maybe not? He was actually in the Fields of Punishment, and as a Son of Hermes, the God That Can Do A Lot Of Stuff, like travel between other god's domains, he may manage to escape the Furies. And his dad the Messenger Divine Dude he may have heard some way that Annabeth and Percy were on Tartarus and he... jump to join. Three is better than Two, right?

So either the motive, we have Luke. In Tartarus. Along with Annabeth and Percy. Who are so done with their fate.

And how would that be? Luke as "Oh, the gods didn't respect their words? I'm so surprised" or "Mood. Let me help you save the world this time". Luke as "Goofy Ex Villain". And either he sacrifices himself, or manage to escape along them. Or try to betray them? A sort of Marvel's Loki? Who knows?

Who knows?!

I'm gonna just go ahead and assume you're talking about in canon, and not in PoR bc PoR Luke doesn't get a redemption arch.

But I've heard mention of this idea before and I really like it! Damen and Bob were okay, but they were very much disposable characters that were created just to serve a purpose, so it'd be interesting to see an alternate option.

I like the idea of Luke escaping the fields of punishment bc he's a willy son of Hermes-- maybe also, it's easier to escape if you literally escape to tartarus? So like, maybe his punishment included him walking near an entrance to tartarus or something (maybe he had the leaky bucket punishment) and he always looked at it and then one day he heard a rumor that Annabeth and Percy were down there and he was like oh worm??

So Luke jumps down to tartarus, bucket and all. He's still very much dead, but dead in a "fields of punishment" kind of way. This means he can't sleep, he can't eat, but he always can't exhaust himself (he's supposed to walk, carrying this heavy bucket, for all eternity, which means he'd be constantly tired but could never run out of steam). Let's say, more specifically, his punishment involves walking a long distance, past a pit of tartarus, dumping his bucket in the river Styx (or another river), which burns his hands and makes them raw, and then he has to walk back to where he came from and dump the water out, but by that point most of it had leaked out anyways. There's no way to keep the bucket from leaking, and his hands heal naturally, so every time he dumps his bucket in the river there is fresh pain from his hands burning again and again.

Which sucks. BUT. When he escapes into tartarus, he retains those traits, which means that he can't tire, he doesn't need food or sleep, and he heals automatically (though slowly). This would be a big advantage in tartarus.

I imagine him jumping down and saving Annabeth and Percy from a baddie at the exact right moment. They're fucked, they're injured and weaponless, the fight is not going well, and then the monster is about to make its kill shot when BAM! It's hit over the head with an enchanted celestial bronze-infuzed leaky bucket, and it dissolves into dust. And there's Luke.

Who's to say how Percy and Annabeth would react. I'm gonna go ahead and guess "poorly", because damn, they almost died and now here's fucking /Luke/. Maybe, they were told that Luke went to Elysium because he was a hero in the end, but the gods had actually lied, always intending to send him to the fields of punishment for betraying and trying to overthrow them (regardless of how he was manipulated into that choice, regardless of how he changed his mind and defeated Kronos in the end). So now Percy is feeling /really/ fucking betrayed, because shit man, the gods really are just liars and cheats and torturers.

I feel like this would naturally settle into a very of HoO that ends with the gods being overthrown as well. Which, imma be honest, its not my favorite version-- who would run the place? Will demigods die out? Will the current demigods absorb the old gods powers and rule like they did, eventually becoming more and more corrupt? I don't know. BUT, I feel like in this version of the story, Luke helps Annabeth and Percy through tartarus and his mere existence feeds into Percy's already-present anger at the gods and subsequent rejection of them. Luke dies at the doors of death, idk how, but somehow he is the sacrifice, and there's no coming back this time. His soul will be scattered in the wind, not going to the Underworld again, and in some ways its a tragedy because he deserved Elysium, and in some ways its good because he was never meant to stay in one place for all eternity, and now the willy son of Hermes is free for good.

So Luke's gone. Annabeth and Percy go up to the mortal world again. Grover is there (in this version, he'd be there instead of coach hedge), and he knows something is very very wrong, but Percy won't talk to him about it. Eventually Annabeth does, though, so Grover understands why Percy does what he does next.

Gaea rises in Greece, and Percy and the others fight her, and make it seem like they're just killing her. But, at the same time, they manage to connect all of the Olympian life forces to her, so when she goes down, they go down with her. The gods only realize too late. They are killed, and their power is transferred, making the 7 questers the New Olympians.

#not preserve or raze #canon #luke castellan #tartarus #doors of death #ask

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just-another-blog-of-fluff · 3 years ago

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Hello, beautiful soul! It's been a hot minute since I've gushed over you and do I have some words for you!

Snowed In:

I love that it's technically enemies to lovers, but loki never hated her, he just didn't want to give someone he liked so much the chance to form a poor opinion of him. That was such a cool twist on the trope and the whole story itself flowed so nicely.

Gone Soft:

Super cute and sweet. The double attack on her back and stomach!!? ♡♡♡. Loki is such a goofy sweetheart in this one and it makes me swoon.

Let Me Sleep:

The sweetness. The softness. Reader's stubbornness!!! So. Much. Fluff!

Vulnerability:

I'm. So. Flustered.😳 I've never had to take breaks while reading a fic before, but here we are. Being tickled by someone who's primary goal is to hear your laugh precicely because you refuse to... Favorite trope. And you do it so beautifully.

Family Forged Between Relms:

Adore how much fun they were obviously having being reader's annoying older brothers. I think it was fun to see Loki getting into the role of older brother for a change and I appreciate that you made him the one to hover. And Thor's such a big teddy bear, how he was so intently doing research for it... what a sweetheart 🥺

Familiar - Part 10:

It’s confirmed. Familiar series is not getting stale. I adore this series and not a single chapter has let down.

To Have And To Hold:

How dare you. You made me cry. I don't think I've ever been so emotionally invested in a fic before, espesially not to the point of real tears. I don't cry easily. I am endlessly astounded by your talent. You wove every aspect of the story together so beautifully. The reader's struggle between desperately wanting love and being terrified of having it because of what she could lose or how she could hurt someone, then forcing her to confront that struggle by being involved in her friend's wedding, and that, in turn, giving Loki the chance to see part of her internal conflict and realize that she needs HELP!!!! AAAAHH! And the conclusion/solution that just Loki being Loki is more than enough to take care of her - mind stone enhancement and all. It was so tender and sweet!!

Also, 100 fics??! Oh my stars, Jessa! How can we be so blessed?? What did we do to deserve to experience your lovely gift??? Always, always, always thank you so much for what you do, Jessa!

- 🩰anon

Omg you wonderful human, this is so sweet 🥺🥺 Thank you for taking the time to send all these lovely complements 💚💚 I'm happy to continue sharing with all of you! 😊

#🩰 anon #sweet anon asks #100th fic

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oneshortdamnfuse · 3 years ago

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my favorite videogame blorbos and why you should love them:

balthier (ffxii): big gender envy. i headcanon as bi and trans. perfect voice. perfect body. perfect everything. loads of trauma. he was kinda groomed to be perfect but he decided to leave the imperial world he was raised in to become an outlaw. we love to see it. 10/10 absolute king

fenris (da ii): again. big gender envy. i headcanon as trans too, but they’re canonically queer. perfect voice. perfect body. perfect everything. literally the same voice actor as balthier. loads of trauma. can rip a man’s heart out of his chest and i appreciate that skill.

ignis scientia (ffxv): he’s just lovely all around. he is the designated mom friend. he makes you feel loved and appreciated. he’s incredibly tough and super skilled at everything. he deserves the world. loads of trauma. suffers big loses but still believes in good. most definitely autistic. probably aroace too but also gladio is his husband and my blorbo-in-law

solas (dai): this should be no one’s favorite blorbo. i am just a clown. also loads of trauma, but he’s goofy about it. solas’ narrative and design and everything isn’t even subtle in its inspiration taken from loki and fenris from norse mythology and that’s why i care lmao

atreus (gow4): boy of dad. actually canonically baby loki. loads of trauma and more to come haha he is my son tho i am raising him

eivor wolfkissed (ac valhalla): i like strong muscly women I cannot change this about myself. i realize the word bimbo exists for women, but listen eivor is a himbo. literally so smart but also dumb as shit. really she is just impulsive and has loads of trauma to grapple with. canonically queer.

alloy (horizon zero dawn): again w/ the strong muscly women omg her muscles. assigned trauma at birth. literally doesn’t understand people and she’s probably aroace. also canonically an aries so...

billie lurke (dishonored): my favorite anti-hero in the series. talks to rats. of course loads of trauma but she’s being so brave about it. canonically queer. billie has never done anything wrong in her life i know this and i love her.

dimitri blaiddyd (fe3h): poor little meow meow who is also like 6 ft tall. canonically mentally ill and suffers from ptsd and parosmia. kinda loses it but has a good ‘redemption’ arc in the blue lions route. gets a lot of hate but i will defend him til i die.

jesse faden (control): loads of trauma but quick to adapt to weird situations probably b/c she’s got an entity living in her brain and most of the people in this game are obsessive compulsive to a degree including her so super relatable tbh!

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liliansun · 11 months ago

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you and your friends are genuinely so adorable and fun to watch, it's so lucky all of you met like this. how did y'all become friends?? alsooo assign a meet ugly trope to each of the couples 👀

i know,, believe me i thank the sky every day that i met these crazy girls,, and omg i’m so excited THANK YOU FOR ASKING (lowkey been waiting ages for someone to ask)

so joy 👯‍♀️and i met here, (like the rest of us) we had a mutual friend and that mutual friend was going on about how we would be good together yk? and i was SCARED. bc she seemed so cool and i just had gotten on tumblr and i was like fuck it and i was gonna send her an ask but she beat me to it and sent me an ask and we took it from there to dms and she CONVINCED ME TO GET ON DISCORD. so i did and we’ve just been so close ever since,, she’s my soulmate 🥺

loki 🌺🧺👶 (@alohajun) and i met bc of joy, i was running kflixnet at the time and loki was a member and she kept calling me her mom (a lot of people said i was a mother of the net at the time🥹) and since then we’ve always had this beautiful friendship,, she calls me her mom and i take it w a badge of honor bc she really could be my child if we weren’t a year apart 😭 we are so alike and we’re both leo’s so it doesn’t help the chaos we create

niwa🌻 (@haechanhues) and i met bc we’re hyuck enthusiasts (obsessed and in love) and she sent me an ask i believe about haechan and we took it to dms and she sends me a haechan ask every day (she took a vow to send me one a day for a year,, THERES SO MANY I NEED TO ANSWER THEM ALL) and i just love her so much,, she’s so goofy and sweet and i just needed her in my life

ESA BABY,, (@rum-gone-why)she and i met bc of haechan too 😭😔 she sent me an ask i think? and we took it to dms IMMEDIATELY. when i tell you our first conversation lasted 4 hours, like we just talked and talked and talked (i we love struck, ngl) and we just clicked so easily,, we still gush about hyuck (i’ll fight him for her,, or anyone for that matter😭👺🔪)

and somehow we all got into a discord gc and then moved it to instagram and we’ve been so close since. these girls are there whenever i’m crying in my room at night or if i’m literally gonna pee bc they’re making me laugh so hard. there’s so much they know about me that no one else probably would ever know and there’s so much we’ve shared, cried, screamed and fangirled over. if home was a person, they each have a room for me within them and that’s a two way street for us all. they’re truly my best friends and when i wrote etmy, ofc i had to include them?? they supported me from the start and were there for the whole breakdown of the process into it and i knew in that moment they had to be included. if it wasn’t for them, we wouldn’t have the sn:pv stories and it genuinely makes me so fucking happy to see you guys love their characters bc they’re biased off them and to me that means you get to love them the way i do and see them the way i do and that’s all i could’ve asked for bc they deserve that and so much more (not me about to cry before i got into work)

anyways 🤩 (sucking in TEARS) MEET UGLY TROPES i hope i did these right😭

y/nhyuck : y/n telling hyuck his taste in music is outdated in a vinyl store and he’s TRIGGERED

jaemal : meeting him in a group setting expecting him to live up to the hype and being like ‘oh, you’re who they talked about?’ and he’s floored, speachless and ego slightly bruised 🥲

jensal : two strangers arguing over who can have the last snack in the store

markjoy : mark watched joy falling flat on her face and tried not to laugh before walking around her 😭

renwa : him asking her to be quiet in a public setting and her only getting louder to piss him off and he shows it

#anonymous : answered #lilac’s moots 🥳#speak now (polaroid version) — smau

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geekynichelle · 3 years ago

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So, I saw this tweet, and it started a conversation about the appeal of Harley Quinn, and I wrote this because I was possessed. It’s long so I put it below the cut. All opinions are my own.

Is Harleen Quinzel overrated? Honestly, I don’t know. Nor do I really care. Plenty of people love characters that others find overdone, and that shouldn’t have any bearing on whether or not they are liked on a personal level. You could equally say that Loki or Deadpool are overrated, and while I do believe race plays a role in why all three of these chaos agents are popular, gender is obviously why more people are vocal about finding Harley played out.

Getting that out of the way, let’s dive into the nitty gritty. What the hell is appealing about this clown to a Black, queer and neurodivergent woman? To start I want to bring into play the idea that what Black women do and don’t enjoy is often put in a narrow box. Growing up I knew my mother liked action movies (even more so than my step-dad- huzzah for breaking gender stereotypes), and in her own words the reason for that is that she likes to see “people who deserve it get their ass kicked”. In our real life, society rarely dishes out justice for Black people the way we deserve, and while the action genre is made up of mostly white dudes, who is good and who is bad are clear cut, and we can always root for someone who punches out racists and misogynists. As a result I should have been less surprised that my mother would like Deadpool, but it still amuses me to this day.

Deadpool, in his sequel film, has a moment when he with no hesitation shoots a man who he knows to be a child abuser, because unlike a traditional heroic figure there’s no question in his mind that that was the right thing to do. Whether this would be good in the real world or not is irrelevant because the catharsis comes from the fact that to Deadpool the child harmed mattered way more than anything other factors in that scenario.

This is the appeal of those types of characters in general. Translating this to Harley Quinn in that way is easy. Evil deeds aside, her initial/general backstory is that she was a doctor (of psychology) that fresh out of grad school was sent to talk to the Joker, who in turn manipulated her compassion and convinced her to free him/join him. In the 90s animated series, which is where she first appears, the episode Mad Love shows us that not only was Harley taken advantage of, but also that she is extremely capable on her own. Batman point blank tells the Joker (after he’s hit her/tossed her out a window) that Harley is the only person that’s come that close to killing him. The Joker (who was initially going to leave her for good) realizes that he’s unleashed someone arguably better than him into the world, and like any abuser decides to get back on her good side to maintain control over her chaos rather than let her realize her worth.

The new animated series dedicated just to Quinn, explores that notion further, and at some point during the second season sees Harley realize that she isn’t a hero or a villain, but rather a reactionary. She seems to have a soft spot for other abuse victims and in the series draws the line at over excessive killing, especially of innocent people. Ivy even states that while Harley is a criminal she is (at least in Ivy’s eyes) a good person. She has after all genuinely helped Ivy, and on occasion has helped save the day of her own free will.

Obviously, like with any comic book character, how she is characterized depends on the writer, but it’s fair to say based on the media I’ve personally consumed putting Harley in a morality box is a wasted effort. What makes her special is that she resides in those grey areas. As I mentioned earlier her ability to reside there and remain popular of course relates to her whiteness, however I do think it’s important to remember that Harley Quinn is also Jewish and is therefore not a complete stranger to concepts of oppression. She is also in recent years officially considered Bisexual, and while all Batman villains are vaguely mental ill, she does fill up that category as well.

I came across a tweet earlier today that suggested her whiteness is why many of her fans have turned her into a girlboss and downplayed her violence. I can certainly see where that person was coming from, but on a personal note, based on the above information that is certainly not the case for me. I know that I would enjoy Harley just as much (if not more) if she was a non-white woman, and that her violence and moral ambiguity are apart of what makes her a fun character. I’d never downplay her evil deeds. Granted, what I consider canon has a lot to do with the stories I’ve consumed (i.e I’ve never read anything about her involvement in the Jason Todd storyline therefore to me it doesn’t really exist), but ultimately Harley is no girlboss. She is a mess, and to quote Marie Kondo, “I love mess.”

To put this further in perspective, when I was a kid I didn’t even know Bisexuality was a thing, but I did know that I liked when Harley and Ivy were together, and now as an adult who is out, seeing them officially canon affected me a bit more than I thought it would. They might not be good people, but I don’t think representation needs to always be about being squeaky clean. And ultimately that’s the rub isn’t it? Harley isn’t exactly like me and I’m not exactly like her, but she represents a level of chaos that yeah, as a marginalized person I’m not allowed to express. She can be a good person, but she can also be extremely outrageous. She shows that being the victim of abuse isn’t about how smart you are and that it can happen to anyone. She also shows that you can leave that behind and get stronger mentally and physically. In the case of the new animated series she does this without motherhood/babies thrust upon her, but through good friends who love her.

Why Harley Quinn? Well, for me my current answer is because she’s complex. If you asked me as a child though, I’d probably say it’s because she was goofy and fun, and I wanted better for her than the Joker. Either way she’s currently being written by a Black, Disabled, Queer writer and as a long time fan, I absolutely look forward to the nuisances that’ll be added to the character as a result.

#Harley Quinn #Harleen Quinzel #character analysis #kinda #at least analysis of the characters appeal to me #long post #I only looked over this twice and I've got ADHD so hopefully it's readable

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