#mari rants about blorbos

[pey-up]

someone once compared me to basil from omori and i havent recovered since

[melit0n]

Something that irks me within The Oh Hellos fandom (and Half·Alive because I'm gonna talk about them too) is people who listen to their music, mainly starting off with Solider, Poet, King because that is arguably their most popular song for multiple different reasons, say they really like it, and then find out The Oh Hellos' are Christian based (similar to Half·Alive), and then suddenly they say they hate it.

(ranting and explanation under the cut)

Like yeah, Solider, Poet, King is originally written about Jesus (and his supposed second coming) and or about Judas, Mary Magdalene and Jesus (Judas=soldier, M.M=poet, Jesus=king), but I don't underestand why that has an effect on people liking it (A). Or even religious people getting straight up mad about others misinterpreting Soldier, Poet, King, or misinterpreting the song themselves in general (B).

(A). This is like, one of the hundreds of comments I scrolled through on just a lyric video for Solider, Poet, King. Like come on.

(B). Taken from @lovejoycdinnit post which inspired this rant.

Don't get me wrong, I understand why some people are adverse to Christianity, coming from someone who was raised on Catholic Christianity, I can easily understsand the traumas that revolve around the religion, and, considering how many Christians act, the general hatred towards them as well. But instead of denoting the song, just because it's Christian and you've got issues with the religion, think about how many layers that adds. In The Oh Hellos' music, they constantly preach about forgiveness, kindness and loyalty, especially in their newest albums (I mean, take a listen to Soap from Zephyrus).

Same can be said with Half·Alive's Creature. People will listen to it, say it's really good, immediately put it into their character playlist (either OC or fandom character), maybe even find themselves in that song and then find out Half·Alive is based within the religious faith held by the main singer, and suddenly people don't like it.

Further, people need to stop being hypocrites when it comes to religious bands and or musicians who take ideas from the Bible for their work and say they like them, but not others. It's impossible to say Hozier and Ethel Cane for their religious ideals and ideas they take out of different Holy Books, but then dislike The Oh Hellos and Half·Alive for the pure fact of being religious.

Just because the songs are religious (either about general faith, or Jesus Himself) doesn't mean they can't be about your blorbos anymore! Solider, Poet, King can still be about your DnD characters, your group of friends, your own OCs or just fandom characters in general. Creature can still be about your DnD characters, your struggle with being human in a mental and physical sense, your own OCs or fandom characters. It legitimately doesn't matter. I get finding out the true meaning of a song can make people dislike it, but when it's specifically religious that's just straight up wrong. At that point it's just misotheism.

[thoughtfullyrainynightmare]

I know this is asking too much from a series like black clover but I've been rereading the missing children arc and man I really wish we'd gotten some more insight into Neige's psyche. Like... sure he's soft and sweet, but let's not forget he got angry and struck Marie in rage because she OPPOSED HIM. He thought friends were just supposed to blindly agree his every word and immediately resorted to violence when frustrated. Which... I mean okay, it makes sense given that his only friends seemed to be his snowmen and that he was apparently raised by his brother who was verbally, emotionally AND physically abusive. But still! I wish we'd gotten to see his evolution beyond just "oh I was wrong to do all that, I'm going to be good from now on."

And let's not forget that he killed his brother??? He clearly cared about him despite everything??? Why are we brushing over all this???

Logically I know not every side character can get developed but still. Frustrating.

Sorry for the rant, I just needed to get this out and since I always enjoy your insights and you recently talked about the snow baby I thought you'd be the best person to go to. Have a nice evening!

Flamelet I can feel your frustration, and I know (to an extent) how it feels when your blorbo doesn't get the character development, or doesn't get it in a satisfying manner.

Also, don't worry about the rant! I'm all for hearing thoughts and feelings for the show, and the characters, as long as it's, y'know, constructively formulated. Which this is.

And for what it's worth, I think that Neige's emotional growth is stunted to some extent. Like, a lot of the behaviours he displayed, made me think of the word "tantrum", so he has never probably been taught how to handle his own emotions. (Like with striking Marie when she didn't just go along with things. Reminds me of toddlers pushing each other on a sandbox.) It's something that can be observed in people well into their 40s too, but usually it's displayed in other ways. But it's still the temper-tantrum phenomenon.

I would imagine that living with Baro would have caused a severe enough of a trauma for Neige to stay in that mind-set and emotional/psychological state. Defence mechanisms of a kind to not explore those emotions and or handle them in any way, and acting out of impulse. But also it could be a behaviour pattern that Neige learned from Baro. So, if Neige didn't go along Baro's plan, then Baro hit him, or something along those lines. And yes, though Baro did a lot of horrid things to Neige, Neige cared for Baro. Probably out of a "conviction" of a kind to an extent (like "I need to care for him because he's my brother"), but also probably because Baro was the only person Neige had in his life. And without his brother, Neige would have been all alone. And being alone is scary.

A lot of these events were a lot for Neige too, I would imagine, which could have placed him in a kind of a shock, where Baro's death wouldn't have visibly shown in that moment either. Maybe a form of denial? (I'm not a psychologist, so I'm just guessing a lot here) Which is why Neige wasn't shown grieving.

But also the "okay, I will be good from now on" is an intention, which I think would go well with someone who isn't yet equipped to handle emotions, especially complex emotions, at least well. So, without really reflecting on what happened and why; how things ended up where they did, Neige just blatantly decides "I will be good". The emotional growth, and learning the tools to handle his emotions and live without the ""guidance"" of Baro, come later.

Though, granted, as you mentioned, that a lot of this is just due to not being able to focus on every side character. So, this theorization "goes too deep", because things just needed to be wrapped up quickly, and Neige was given a very, very rushed redemption arc.

I really don't know, I'm just making a lot of (more or less) educated speculations ^^'

Thank you for the ask!

[moongazeonastarfillednight]

You know. I ranted a bit about the tour on medical history in Edinburgh because it did not feature a very specific blorbo... but I need to give a real shout out now

Shout out to the Real Mary Kings' Close for talking about Dr. James Barry and not misgendering him!

Love that for you, king.

[theproblemcallednight]

sending you akutagawa and/or bram for character ask game

hii soda!!!

k imma do both cuz im bored :D

ok it got rlly long so it’s under the cut:

akutagawa:

first impressions- tbh i thought he was a weird ass bitch who needed cough drops bc his lil villain cough was making no one but the butterflies scared. like his ability was rlly cool but i didn’t really get him at first. also his name took me ages to pronounce 😭😭

impression now- genuinely one of my fav characters!!! he’s such a guy y’know. a goofy little guy. but i do rlly like his backstory and how he persevered and fought through ever and still was a morally bad person. like i luv seeing characters i adore suffer to hell and back and then finally find some sort of broken peace with themselves. aku allowing himself to value his own wants and needs after fighting atsushi and seeing him grow as a character is just perfect. 10/10 i luv him my blorbo forever <3

favourite moment- anything in wan tbh. i know i just went on a heartfelt rant abt aku but. wan aku is the true star let’s be honest. i mean look at him. just stare into those soulless eyes.

idea for a story- uhhhhh i not very creative gimme a sec… i think him finding himself with a pet would be cool. yknow like he gets attached to some stray cat and then ends up taking it in. and i feel like it would force himself to see that he can be a good person and there is beauty in life. the cat may or may not resemble a certain someone

unpopular opinion- ummm idk rlly? i guess i hc him somewhere or the aro/ace spectrum but i dunno if that’s an u popular opinion

favorite relationship- right so obvi sskk bc i am unoriginal and one with the masses. but. i luv it when chuuya and aku have like a father son relationship. or even when gin and him get to just hang out and chill. i just luv the idea of aku constantly chasing dazais approval and chuuya being like “bitch i fucking raised you the mf left after a year”

fav headcannon- hmmmm prob the hc tha he can’t cook? like he can’t boil water even. i just find it funny that it’s like the one thingy dazai passed down to him. father son duo that can blow up your kitchen in five seconds.

bram:

first impressions- i was so exited when i saw the name bram stoker omg. i haven’t actually read dracula but i’ve heard enough to abt it that ik brams ability would be sick. and god i thought it was so cool. and also the fact that bram was just a shish kebab was sending me and i immediately loved him

impression now- still absolutely in live with him and his character. he’s just like the biggest mood in all of bsd. and his and aya’s relationship is so freaking cute i luv them sm

favourite moment- either when he says he’ll be aya’s knight at the end, or when aya’s like bram what do we do about the apocalypse he’s like “sleep in a hole for a couple centuries.” i would love to sleep in a hole for 200 years every time i had a problem. it would be great.

idea for a story- i think it would be rlly interesting if it was a college and no abilities au and him and mary shelly and adam were besties. like it would be great. they would be the besties fr

unpopular opinion- uh i dunno… i kind of think that he shouldn’t have gotten his body back? at least not when he did? like don’t get me wrong he slayed and saved aya and stuff. but i feel like tbh ere was so much to use with his shish kebab state. i don’t know i think it was underutilized

favourite relationship- oh def bramcraft or lovestoker or whatever it’s called now. bram and lovecraft are ancient yuri and i will die on that hill. they can be eldritch monsters together. and be ancient together. that being said i like kunikifa and bram more platonically. like they become friends through joint custody of aya. and it’s one big happy family

favourite headcannon- oh i don’t know where i saw this but i luv the idea of him using like a cane or mobility aids. for balance probably, but i think it would be so cool for bram to have a cane. he’d look badass with it. best part is he can bonk ppl with it :D

well that got long. but it was rlly fun!!! ty for the ask soda!!!

[toothbrushfingers]

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he may have one brain cell but he uses it when it counts

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your blorbo is bonding with your other blorbo!

Language:EnglishSeries:← Previous Work Part 6 of Httyd stuff, ← Previous Work Part 5 of Snotlout whumpppppStats:Published:2023-01-16Words:830Chapters:1/1Kudos:1Hits:11

Bird in a golden cage.

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Snotlout watched as Drago screamed Bloody Mary at his poor dragon causing Hookfang to bow down slowly, he cried out his poor dragon's name as Drago put a foot down over his snout! Snotlout begged for him to stop, but the monster of a man didn’t listen.

He looked at Eret as the muscular man was being interrogated but his face of traitorous rage turned to confusion as he saw just how terrified the man was.

Astrid butt in ranting about Berk’s tracking dragons as Eret desperately tried to motion for her to stop. After what he’d heard, Drago ordered his army to stop all preparations, they were going to take down the ‘nest’ and then… go after Berk! 

Snotlout snapped back to his senses as he realized they had taken some of his secret knives, but definitely not all of them. He discretely reached inside his secret pocket of his leggings as they walked the ship, away from Drago, and pulled out a knife… he cut at his bindings carefully until he was loose! He began talking confidently.

“Y’know Eret… as traitorous as you’ve been I have to hand it to you, you're a very skilled fighter.” Eret looked extremely baffled as did the rest of the group. The recruits eyed him suspiciously, but brushed it off as delirium. Snotlout continued.

“I mean you could probably work with anything right? An ax, a spear, a knife …” Now everyone was extremely confused as he put extra emphasis on the small weapon. Eret was catching on.

“Sure…?” He stated

“And I bet you could wrestle anything!” He said his next words slowly, eyeing Eret, who smirked. “A bear, a dragon, a DUCK!” He shouted as he threw his knife at Eret, allowing him to free himself. The others followed his instructions, narrowly missing a knife to the head. Eret began attacking immediately, swapping the knife for two spears from a knocked out soldier using them to free the others. Snotlout jumped into the fray, attacking endlessly.

Eventually the troops were all unconscious or dead and everyone rushed to the dragon traps to rescue their dragons. Snotlout bolted to the largest trap secretly, where he hoped his monstrous nightmare was.

—/—

Snotlout opened the cage and jumped down to see a chained down, bone dry, monstrous nightmare.

“HOOKY!” He whispered. “What did they do to you! They must’ve taken away your gel huh?” The short Viking cooed his poor dragon. “I promise we’re going to eat like kings when we get home! Promise!” Hookfang looked up a little, gratefully. 

“Alright let’s get you out hmm?” Snotlout smirked as he unchained his dragon watching as he slowly stood and right has he thought they were going to leave, the noirette was scooped by his dragon and gently nuzzled for a long time, play wrestling and bringing the Viking to tears that his best friend was here. 

Snotlout touched his snout and Hookfang recoiled. Shifting back a few feet.

“Hooky…?” Snotlout immediately realized the problem. “Hookfang! I promise it’s me! Not Drago!” They both flinched at the name that they’d all be haunted by for the rest of their life, he was fine with that though… I mean, he still remembers Viggo!

“I swear Fangster, no one with any sense will ever do that to you again!” He walked gently and quietly to his dragon, reaching out his hand to his snout looking away.

Snotlout had never known what it was like to be Hiccup… he thought it must have been amazing! ‘Master of all dragons’ able to be such a smart person and a leader was something Snotlout was not blessed in.

But in that moment, the fear of rejection and death that would follow if this didn’t work, suddenly made him feel sorry all over again for how he’d treated the future chief.

But then, Hookfang hesitantly moved his snout to connect with his rider’s hands. Snotlout nearly melted at the touch, tears coming to his eyes all over again.

The dragon pulled back and for a second, the short Viking worried he’d done something wrong until he was flipped in the air, landing on Hookfang’s saddle! 

The nightmare squawked at him and Snotlout patted him reassuringly.

“Don’t worry, I won’t mention anything to the others!” He rolled his eyes as Hooky purred in agreement. Snotlout smirked.

“Now, LET’S GO KICK DRAGO’S ASS!” He roared and Hookfang flew out of the trap at lightning speed onto the battlefield, where the other riders were soon to join them. 

“TOOK YOU LONG ENOUGH SNOTLOUT!” Astrid shouted over the wind, Eret attempting to ride Stormfly directly infront of her.

“Teaching on the fly! I like it!” He stated sarcastically, 

The blonde rolled her eyes, and Snotlout saw a hint of worry.

“but yeah we needed a bit of… catch up time.” 

Astrid shrugged and the two went their separate ways destroying all the traps that dare cross the riders.

Snotlout knew they’d come out on top.

ooo hoo hoo i like it

we didn’t get nearly enough snotfang in the movies and it makes me sad

beautiful one shot 10/10

[thatndginger]

Happy Blorbo Blursday! What's something about Nate from War Witch that you haven't had the chance to rant about?

Hey Vee! Happy Blorbsday! And thank you for giving me something else to focus on besides my irrational anxiety about my manager's trust in me!

So one of Nate's redeeming qualities [that makes up for being a little rich bitch] is that he has complete, utterly devoted faith in Mari. Like, this boy is the definition of a ride-or-die friend.

You definitely wouldn't expect this from someone of Nate's background at all. Mari is from the working classes - her parents are tailors - and one of the first things she did was show up everyone in their class academically. Someone like Nate, who was already near the top of the class and gunning for more prestige, should have taken one look at Mari and stuck up his nose. But he didn't.

No. Nate took a big swig of Stan Mari juice and immediately began following her around - which, admittedly, Mari found incredibly annoying at first. The son of a Senator is following her around, asking her nonstop questions about where she learned x or how she extrapolated y theory, never giving her a moment's rest? Beyond frustrating and mildly worrying. But eventually she realized Nate was asking out of genuine interest and not some new form of hazing, and they became friends. And when she finally shared her theories on the death of magic and the possibility of reviving it, Nate threw his lot in with her without a second thought.

If it weren't for his duty to his family's reputation, Nate would 100% throw his entire fortune behind funding whatever expedition Mari suggested when it comes to her theories on resurrecting magic. He is pretty adamant that he might have the money and power, but Mari has the intellect (even tho Nate is also quite intelligent).

[theinvisiblemuseum]

🍍, 🍈

forgot to answer this sorry 😭

🍍 What kind of AUs do you like? Are there any AUs you hate or just generally have beef with? 

hp fic specific, i love amortentia fics and will never get tired of them. not a huge fan of general high school aus tho. maybe when i was a teen but i’ve outgrown it for the most part wdym they’re going to math class

🍈 Who’s your blorbo and what are some of your favorite headcanons/ideas about them that repeatedly show up in your fics? Free pass to rant about blorbo opinions. 

une autre blorbo...... oui... oui... who shall it be this time.... maybe i’ll just do some random hcs about various fellas

lily: not the mom friend, she’s always the one putting her friends into Situations

marlene: controversially, a natural blonde (but she bleaches her hair to get it white)

james: sings alllll the time. cant sing for shit.

peter: once became a rat for a whole week and learned SO many secrets

remus: can fall asleep literally anywhere

sirius: not a quidditch player. sorry quidditch sirius lovers i just cannot see him caring about sports

barty: virgin

evan: arsonist, younger twin, loser (affectionate)

mary: got her patronus before anyone else

dorcas: makes all her own jewelry

[afteriwake]

🍉🍓🍒🍍🥝🍐🍈🫐 That should be enough to give you something to chew on. :)

🍉 Do you prefer to write short fics or long fics? Multichaptered works or single ones? Why? I love writing both, but I think I prefer short fics/one-shots in a series. It's just more fun building a universe with little snippets here and there.

🍓 What’s a fic you’ve written you feel is underrated? A lot of my CSIverse stuff that's not about CSI: NY. Back in its heyday, I was a pretty popular Buffyverse author, a prolific and respected Sherlock writer, I got a lot of love when I was into Bleach, and while I don't write as much Wholock anymore it got a decent amount of hits and stuff. But my CSI and CSI: Miami stuff was usually overlooked? IDRK, I've been writing fanfic for nearly 25 years, I could be forgetting the love I got in those fandoms.

🍒 What’s your favorite character dynamic to write? (Can be romantic or platonic, specific or general!) Idiots to lovers.

🍊 Who’s a character you don’t write for that often, but keep meaning to write for more? (They’re so interesting! But maybe you have trouble pinning them down, or keep getting distracted by another blorbo…) I keep meaning to write Elementary stuff, but the show was so damn perfect as it was that I can only write missing scene stuff. Sherlock and Joan are just so fascinating, as are Gregson and Bell, but I just can't figure out what to write for them.

🥝 What’s your favorite trope/AO3 tag to write? Trope? Fake dating. AO3 tag? -INSERT CHARACTER- Needs A Hug

🍐 Is there anything in canon that you absolutely hate and love to fix in fics? A wrong choice made, a fuck-up in characterization, a misunderstanding never cleared up, a conversation never shown onscreen, etc… Okay. I am not bashing Sherlock here, not really, but after ending season 3/getting utterly and completely spoiled for season 4, you see the show has a fuckton of flaws making it ripe for fix-it fics. First and foremost there's the travesty of Mary's death, then there's the missing Reichenbach stuff, there's Irene being rescued and conflicting ideas by cast and writers as to what happened then, the mystery surrounding just why Molly was in a bad mood for the phone call, Sally's disappearance for most of S3/all of S4 (we know in real life it was scheduling conflicts, but they never explained it in the show), and Eurus...just Eurus. So it's like, you can pick any point in this show and use that as a starting point for fix-it/missing scene fic that's better than canon. But yeah. That's why I have thousands of Sherlock fic and very few Elementary fic by comparison.

🍈 Who’s your blorbo and what are some of your favorite headcanons/ideas about them that repeatedly show up in your fics? Free pass to rant about blorbo opinions. My blorbo has to be Molly Hooper. I write her in so much, with characters from four other mediums as well as multiple male AND female characters in her fandom. I am a strong supporter of the "Molly Hooper is bi" sentiment, that she knows self defence, that she and Sally are friends (if not dating), that she has more money than Sherlock, and that she wants a child at some point (preferably before she's too old to enjoy parenthood).

🫐 What’s your favorite underrated thing in your fandom? (A ship that only you seem to write for, a character there’s almost no fics about, a trope that criminally hasn’t been written yet, etc.) In my primary fandom (Sherlock)? There isn't enough crossover stuff. Don't care what it's crossed over with, it's ripe for crossovers.

fruit emoji ask game for fic writers

[daisywords]

2 and/or 19 for the book asks?

2. top 5 books of all time?

okay favorites are really hard for me so here's just five I happen to like (in no particular order):

the Kingkiller Chronicles: my problematic fave. people have plenty of valid criticisms of these books and I'm like yeah that's literally so true and I just continue to reread them anyway I just enjoy them sm okay like yeah it's the ultimate mary sue character that's literally The Point okay and meanwhile I'm just going to get lost in the allure of this fantasy world. So rereadable

Ender's Game: one of the books of all time. what can I say

Ryria Revelations Trilogy: I wish more people had read these. Your classic high fantasy but like...really good. Great characters literally all of them are blorbo material can we talk about Arista Essendon my beloved, and Myron, and Fanen Pickering my dearest, and Amelia!!! and Wesley our favorite boy, and ofc Hadrian Blackwater, and Royce Melborne who. how could you not be obsessed with him? and the plot comes together so nicely. just perfect series progression. and also Saldur one of the most effective villains I have ever read. anyway I'll shut up but please read these

Queen's Thief series: new addition from this year! I devoured this series so fast and yet it's so rich. I feel like I could study these for years. I need to own them so I can reread and reread and get everything I missed. Unlike anything else I have ever read—seriously how can something be so twisty and unstated and sincere all at once? Also Sophos owns my heart now <3

Fablehaven series: beloveds. Yeah these are for kids or whatever but they Hold Up. Brandon Mull really said we're just going to include every cool fantasy concept I can think of and just pulled it off. Really enjoyable the whole way through and really well-structured as a series. Lovable characters. I read these when I was the target audience and I kept rereading them and I literally just stole them from home when I was there over Thanksgiving so I could read them again

19. most disliked popular books?

Okay so fun story once for my birthday or Christmas or something it was after I got a kindle and I got as a gift an amazon gift card to buy ebooks. Anyway so I, a teenage fantasy fan, decided to foray further into the world of YA fantasy and I did something I don't usually do, which is buy books I haven't already read.

I bought Throne of Glass and Graceling and I hated both of them. Literally reading like oof I spent money on this. (I went of a few years later to continue the Throne of Glass series because someone told me the later books changed drastically and were way better...well there was definitely some whiplash but it did not get better. I was like okay Sarah you could have just started a new series? anyway not trying to turn this into a full-on rant so I'll shut up.) Graceling...no shade if you like that book I don't think it was objectively that bad but just very much not for me.

Also I think I've mentioned this before but I made it through A Farewell to Arms and The Sun Also Rises and I think I've earned the right to be done with Hemingway. Yes his prose is good but at what cost like I hate all of these people and I do not want to read about them

book asks

[smallfrogpleasedtomeetyou]

it’s called bird in a golden cage lol, it’s on my ao3

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Snotlout Jorgenson

Eret Son of Eret

Astrid Hofferson

Hookfang (How to Train Your Dragon)

Stormfly (How to Train Your Dragon)

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Caring Snotlout Jorgenson

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Snotlout angst

BAMF snotlout jorgenson

how is that not a tag?

Eret and snotlout literally doing a mind meld

he may have one brain cell but he uses it when it counts

sweetie

your blorbo is bonding with your other blorbo!

Language:EnglishSeries:← Previous Work Part 6 of Httyd stuff, ← Previous Work Part 5 of Snotlout whumpppppStats:Published:2023-01-16Words:830Chapters:1/1Kudos:1Hits:11

Bird in a golden cage.

Justbirdie

Summary:

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Snotlout watched as Drago screamed Bloody Mary at his poor dragon causing Hookfang to bow down slowly, he cried out his poor dragon's name as Drago put a foot down over his snout! Snotlout begged for him to stop, but the monster of a man didn’t listen.

He looked at Eret as the muscular man was being interrogated but his face of traitorous rage turned to confusion as he saw just how terrified the man was.

Astrid butt in ranting about Berk’s tracking dragons as Eret desperately tried to motion for her to stop. After what he’d heard, Drago ordered his army to stop all preparations, they were going to take down the ‘nest’ and then… go after Berk! 

Snotlout snapped back to his senses as he realized they had taken some of his secret knives, but definitely not all of them. He discretely reached inside his secret pocket of his leggings as they walked the ship, away from Drago, and pulled out a knife… he cut at his bindings carefully until he was loose! He began talking confidently.

“Y’know Eret… as traitorous as you’ve been I have to hand it to you, you're a very skilled fighter.” Eret looked extremely baffled as did the rest of the group. The recruits eyed him suspiciously, but brushed it off as delirium. Snotlout continued.

“I mean you could probably work with anything right? An ax, a spear, a knife …” Now everyone was extremely confused as he put extra emphasis on the small weapon. Eret was catching on.

“Sure…?” He stated

“And I bet you could wrestle anything!” He said his next words slowly, eyeing Eret, who smirked. “A bear, a dragon, a DUCK!” He shouted as he threw his knife at Eret, allowing him to free himself. The others followed his instructions, narrowly missing a knife to the head. Eret began attacking immediately, swapping the knife for two spears from a knocked out soldier using them to free the others. Snotlout jumped into the fray, attacking endlessly.

Eventually the troops were all unconscious or dead and everyone rushed to the dragon traps to rescue their dragons. Snotlout bolted to the largest trap secretly, where he hoped his monstrous nightmare was.

—/—

Snotlout opened the cage and jumped down to see a chained down, bone dry, monstrous nightmare.

“HOOKY!” He whispered. “What did they do to you! They must’ve taken away your gel huh?” The short Viking cooed his poor dragon. “I promise we’re going to eat like kings when we get home! Promise!” Hookfang looked up a little, gratefully. 

“Alright let’s get you out hmm?” Snotlout smirked as he unchained his dragon watching as he slowly stood and right has he thought they were going to leave, the noirette was scooped by his dragon and gently nuzzled for a long time, play wrestling and bringing the Viking to tears that his best friend was here. 

Snotlout touched his snout and Hookfang recoiled. Shifting back a few feet.

“Hooky…?” Snotlout immediately realized the problem. “Hookfang! I promise it’s me! Not Drago!” They both flinched at the name that they’d all be haunted by for the rest of their life, he was fine with that though… I mean, he still remembers Viggo!

“I swear Fangster, no one with any sense will ever do that to you again!” He walked gently and quietly to his dragon, reaching out his hand to his snout looking away.

Snotlout had never known what it was like to be Hiccup… he thought it must have been amazing! ‘Master of all dragons’ able to be such a smart person and a leader was something Snotlout was not blessed in.

But in that moment, the fear of rejection and death that would follow if this didn’t work, suddenly made him feel sorry all over again for how he’d treated the future chief.

But then, Hookfang hesitantly moved his snout to connect with his rider’s hands. Snotlout nearly melted at the touch, tears coming to his eyes all over again.

The dragon pulled back and for a second, the short Viking worried he’d done something wrong until he was flipped in the air, landing on Hookfang’s saddle! 

The nightmare squawked at him and Snotlout patted him reassuringly.

“Don’t worry, I won’t mention anything to the others!” He rolled his eyes as Hooky purred in agreement. Snotlout smirked.

“Now, LET’S GO KICK DRAGO’S ASS!” He roared and Hookfang flew out of the trap at lightning speed onto the battlefield, where the other riders were soon to join them. 

“TOOK YOU LONG ENOUGH SNOTLOUT!” Astrid shouted over the wind, Eret attempting to ride Stormfly directly infront of her.

“Teaching on the fly! I like it!” He stated sarcastically, 

The blonde rolled her eyes, and Snotlout saw a hint of worry.

“but yeah we needed a bit of… catch up time.” 

Astrid shrugged and the two went their separate ways destroying all the traps that dare cross the riders.

Snotlout knew they’d come out on top.

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thoughts?

i love it!! his bond with hookfang and him being a strategic leader was such an amazing thing for him in rtte and I'm glad its in this as well

[undisclosed-serendipity]

look, I’m all for people writing long essays about the blorbo/characters in their fandom but could you kindly tag the fandom it is in?? I follow way too many people that goes on a rant/tangent/bender about certain characters just talking about their names but I have 0 idea who and what they are talking about. Who knows you might rope me into your fandom but just talking about that one character by their name doesn’t necessarily help me know what fandom is it especially with a name as common as Mary or Margret

[arabaka]

i stopped reading the manga like a month ago cause i can't be bothered. i realized that gege doesn't actually care about the female characters at all and doesn't write them well. nobara who was the main girl hasn't been seen in over a hundred chapters and nobody else seems to give a single fuck about whether she's dead or not. the girls get sidelined, are a lot weaker than their male counterparts or are just not there and it's just 🫥. people were praising him for his writing but none of the female characters are significantly better than any other misogynistic shonen authors'. the only male shonen maganka who actually knows what he's doing is tatsuki fujimoto (my beloved). gege's only real talent is making attractive men beat the shit out of each other.

rant over

-sculpture anon

ʚ｡ﾟ☁︎｡ɞ｡ SCULPTURE ANON YOUR BRAIN IS SO BIG. YOU'RE RIGHT!!!!!! oh my god. jjk is mid as hell, but like i was telling my husband, "damn does he know how to make hot men." but apart from that... it's a common premise... he drove things to the ground sm with the stupid culling game arc, a played out trope that didn't work at all bc he introduced too many things at once and radically changed the genre of the series... and what you said about the female characters... his hate for gojo is like. not funny and i don't meant that in a "not my blorbo >:(" way but a "you have let your dislike affect your writing and art for him in a objectively bad way"

i'm just gonna wait until it's done and live in my little heehee haahaa world. just a marie canon divergent jjk tbh

it's always so relieving to find people of like mind in this community lol

[devouringyourson]

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[justablah56]

Hey there !!! I'm Aether , it/its :]

@justahopelessbellusromantic is my a-spec side blog

I also run the @dndadspolls , so if you're interested in that, go check it out !

Im open to doodle requests ! doodles will usually be messier and with traditional pencil on paper , just so I can get to them faster , tho please make sure that it's a character I know , otherwise I wont do it , sorry 😅 I've got a list of fandoms I'm in just below the cut if you want to check and see if I know the character youd like me to draw, or you can ask if youre not sure :] ocs are also fine as long as you've got a reference !

I have . so many dndads character/ship playlists and if you ever want to see if I have a playlist for smthin I probably do and I WILL send them to you btw <3

this is a notice to every individual who decided to actually read my pinned post , PLEASE FUCK SEND ME CHARACTER RANTS/INFODUMPS I WILL LOVE YOU !! I don't even care if I know the character though I'm sure that will help , I just love listening to people talk about things and if anyone decides they want to spout random headcannons or fun facts or whatever about their blorbo/ship/hyperfixation ? please do !! idc if you decide to do it on anon or whatever , just so long as you know you will lovingly be referred to as *character/ship/thing* anon in my brain <3 and if you're asking off anon I'll probably come up with a talking tag for you eventually unless you give me one to use <333

below the cut is mostly just a guide to all the tags I use in case any of y'all want to know those either to find specific stuff or block specific tags :3

I post mostly rwd, dndads or just y'know whatever, but I'm also interested in/will post about project hail mary, fantasy high, dvc, dungeon meshi, galavant, love and luck, tma/tmagp, malevolent, monstrous agonies, furry stuff, tpp, ofmd, stellar firma, wtnv, w359, any Riordanverse books, tdp, Pokemon, good omens, toh, amphibia, gravity falls, de:pp, stranger things, cookie run, A:tla, Steven universe, plus probably a few other assorted fandoms that I can't think of rn :]

all my art is tagged under "my art" , and you are welcome to use my art in edits or as a pfp etc . as long as I'm credited :]

I also sometimes make little yarn pompom dolls ! which are also under my art tag, but they're also tagged with "aethers dolls :]"

"just blahs" is my talking tag , and "cookies rambles <3" , "icy asks !" , "silly zilly" , "jay !!" , "hi laurie !!" , "cgi says !" , "asriel asks" , and "vik !!" are a few of my friend's talking tags for when they decide to have full conversations in my ask box <3 "tj anon" , "gothweebcleats anon" , and "anon in the corner" are a few reoccurring anons I have !

I use the tags "tag games" and "ask games" so if you see some post tagged w that you can probably scroll back through that tag for a minute to see which ask game I'm replying to !

I also tag most art/outfit memes with "art meme" , so if you wanna send me a req please do ! however if I rbed it more than like . a few days before you ask I would like it if you specified which one you're talking abt 😅

"luca my beloved" is the tag for my oc Luca and his partner Mitch, I'm always happy to receive asks abt either of em or outfit suggestions or literally anything tbh dbjdjdjdn I just like thinking abt them and getting questions abt them

"pet posting" is me talking abt my cat and/or dog bcs I love them <3

if there's anything you'd like me to tag , don't hesitate to lmk and I will try my best to make sure to tag it :3

[werewolfetone]

I need to know in detail why you hate William Godwin. I need it

YES I HAVE BEEN WANTING AN ASK LIKE THIS FOR SO LONG.

First of all, the most pressing issue is that he was one of the founding scholars of anarchism (or at least the ideas it grew out of, he didn't call it that, but for all intents and purposes he was pretty much a proto-anarchist), which is like, close to as far left as you can possibly get, but was pretty much like "anarchism is the best! Break the rules! Fuck the man! Do it!" and then people started, y'know, doing what he said to, and he was like "WAIT NO I DIDN'T MEAN TO ACTUALLY DO IT" which is just really not cool in the first place but also irks me as an anarchist myself.

Secondly, he published memoirs after Wollstonecraft's death detailing EVERYTHING she did, including the affairs and suicide attempts, which, ok, his intent was good, but it wrecked her reputation for so long, which as a fan of Wollstonecraft I am also not ok with. Like, c'mon, Godwin, I think you could have predicted that.

Thirdly, as you may be able to tell from my blog, my favorite historical figure, historical blorbo if you will, is Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who was, as you also might know, an opium addict, alcoholic, and also like. the world's most mentally ill Romantic poet. Coleridge and Godwin were good friends, they had a pretty ok relationship that admittedly was mostly arguing about various subjects, but also included, y'know, nice friendship moments. Anyway, when Coleridge was at one of the many "darkest periods of his life," wallowing in addiction and mental illness, Godwin was like, "well, I mean, have you tried not being like that? I think that would probably work." Again, his intent might have been good, and he was living in a time where addiction and mental illness weren't understood as issues, but Jesus fucking Christ that doesn't excuse being such an insensitive bastard.

Fourth, Percy Shelley. Shelley basically added Godwin as one of his father figures (there were a lot of them), and lived out the whole ideals that Godwin had laid out in his writings. What did Godwin do? Well, to begin, he borrowed more and more of Shelley's money while Shelley was drowning in debt. Shelley, who had been disowned by his parents, was also borrowing money at a rapid rate, putting him in even more debt, but whenever Godwin asked... Shelley still gave him more money. He also told Shelley not to do any of the things he had previously said were So Awesome™, basically pulling the "no don't do what I said to you're so sexy aha" thing I talked about before. For specifics on things with Shelley, ask @a-mask-of-anarchy, because I'm not really qualified to talk about him, like, at all.

Fifth, Mary Shelley. To put it simply: Godwin was a really bad parent. He even disowned Mary for, again, doing what he had said was good. With Mary Shelley as well, I'm going to have to point you to the same person as for Shelley, because I'm not qualified to talk about her either. Just know: Godwin was a bad parent.

Honestly, it mostly boils down to a hypocritical bastard who repeatedly went back on what he said and what he thought, as well as spoiling his wife's reputation and telling Coleridge to try not being a drug addict. I should probably end my rant by saying that saying that I *hate* Godwin is maybe a little bit of a stretch... I'd probably say 'strongly dislike' instead, because hey, the man did have some good ideas, all of which I should totally start following religiously so as to make him spin in his grave like a corpse maraca.

EDIT: Ok I forgot to add this about why I hate William Godwin earlier but discussion on Discord has reminded me that when Coleridge first went to see Godwin in the 1790s to be like “what do you think of my utopian society built on your ideas?” Godwin had almost the exact same reaction as he later had to Shelley: something like “fuck off you young hooligan I didn’t mean that don’t do it,” which is the main reason the whole “well he just got wiser with age and didn’t think that anymore” doesn’t hold up as an argument for Godwin being a dick. The man was just a hypocritical asshole for his whole life.