#maybe some people dosen’t know but still
Explore tagged Tumblr posts
Text
#the number of people I see still talking about g*tiens disgust me#g*riend goddamn autocorrect#did we all forgot what happened ???????#Like okay it was mostly the leader but another member litterally had her saved as the H man in her phone 😐#especially right now MHJ ’’My poor girls disbanded for nothing they didn’t deserve it’’ YES THEY DID DESERVE THAT#if you listen to V*viz or still stan to G*riend block me I’m serious#and I’m just talking about them but seriously how many idols still have fans after doing something messed up#maybe some people dosen’t know but still#cause of the MHJ shit I keep getting TikTok of how unfortunate their ending was#🙄#I’m so tired of those stand#stans*#alex.txt
1 note
·
View note
Text
the history of animation in a nutshell
Early 1900s: hey what if comic strips could like move?
Late 1910s early 1920s hey what if we mashed this up with live action people?
late 1920s: hey what if this thing had sound?
Early to mid 1930s: hey what if this had people actually talking and also color?
late 1930s: hey you know that super cool movie that one lady animated with paper cut out silhouettes? What if we did that with painted cells? Would people even pay to see that? Never mind it turns out the answer is yes.
1940s: ah shit most of our animators got drafted and/or hate us now cause we weren’t paying them. IT’S PROPAGANDA TIME BABY. Also haha hitler got hit with a mallet and also the most racist depictions of Japanese people ever.
1950s to 1960s : oh what’s this newfangled thing? Television? What if you could air cartoons on it? Oh fuck no I ain’t paying that much to get the charecters to have different backgrounds and for the charecters to like, move fluidly. Also manga and anime are steadily growing more popular.
1970s: (Ralph Bakshi walks into a comics store and finds a furry comic) X rated animated movie? *cue the screams of mothers and their unsuspecting children now being introduced to the revolutionary idea that cartoons don’t equal kids stuff? WHAT IS THE WORLD COMING TO?
1980s to 1990s: we can have full on animated Broadway musicals? Wait, what do you mean animated movies can count for the Oscar’s? What do you mean now they get their own catagory because the academy still thinks their for babies? Anime and manga are taking off in the west. SWEET JESUS WHAT DRUGS ARE THE JAPANESE ON SHOWING THIS SHIT TO KIDS. But also why is it so fucking good. Maybe some of these aren’t even meant for kids? Wait We can sell toys to kids with cartoons? Wait we can actually put effort into these cartoons on television? The fuck to you mean we can animate in 3D now? What do you mean we can have well animated, well written sitcom shows like the simpsons? What do you mean you can make cartoon charecters say fuck? What drugs are creators at Nickelodeon on? Do I even want to know?
2000s: oh my god, there is this one show that I really like cause it’s really well written and genuinely funny but I can’t talk about it because it’s animated and we all know cartoons are for babies right? Oh look it’s the transformers movie, look how far CGI has evolved so we can make the transformers in a movie.
2010s: holy shit I know these shows are for kids but they’re just well written and have so much meaningful things to say about the world. Wait, it’s cool to like cartoons now? They they have fandoms for this? Fuck yeah I’m in. (Enters one of the most notoriously toxic fandoms of all time) THEY HAVE GAY PEOPLE IN THESE SHOWS NOW? AND COMPLEX EMOTIONAL STORYTELLING? AND ADULT ANIMATED SHOWS CAN BE MORE THAN JUST SITCOMS WITH THE SAME JOKES AND STYLE? WHY IS IT THAT EVERY DISNEY CARTOON SINCE GRAVITY FALLS INCLUDE THINGS THAT GET MORE AND MORE FUCKED UP? WHY DO I FUCKING LOVE IT? WHY THE FUCK DID DISNEY DO THE OWL HOUSE DIRTY LIKE THAT?
2020s: I got this show I wanna pitch but it dosen’t fit into any box that the networks want and also I’m afraid that they’ll just randomly cancel it before I can finish the story I want to tell. Wait, I can just post the pilot on my YouTube channel, see if anybody actually likes this thing I made and just make the show independently? FUCK THE NETWORK! I AM THE NETWORK
#Animation#indie animation#cartoons#classic cartoons#disney#warner bros#Out of the inkwell#Flesher studios#Gravity falls#star vs the forces of evil#amphiba#the owl house#steven universe#Bojack horseman#glitch productions#ramshackle#the amazing digital circus#Murder drones#lackadaisy#hazbin hotel#Ducktales#infinity train#ralph bakshi#fritz the cat#sailor moon#neon genesis evengelion#revolutionary girl utena#helluva boss#the simpsons#south park
646 notes
·
View notes
Note
In that case… Could I please request Killer Croc/Waylon Jones with a supringly really attractive boyfriend (like a male version Jessica Rabbit level hot, like it dosen’t even make sense for someone to be that hot) who no one understand how Waylon pulled. Waylon’s boyfriend is very sultry and alluring.
And Waylon roughly breeds his boyfriend doggy style 😇.
Thank u :)
Waylon Jones x Male reader
Headcanons
Guten Abend squad, how is everyone doing? Classes are still running at a max level, and I’m starting to think this is just how it goes. So, time to chillax with some Waylon.
Not as smutty as I would have wanted, but this honestly just built a life of its own and started running.
We see in the comics, or at least in one run, that Waylon does have game and knows how to pull somebody very attractive, so its not too surprising so could pull you. That’s what you think at least, since he’s a great guy, to you.
I imagine you two met after he left the circus, maybe you guys even left together. With Waylon being the circus’s “freakshow” and you only being there as eye candy to sell tickets. With you both being reduced to nothing but your looks, you two find solidarity with each other, and fall in love.
No one ever really took your love seriously back then, just thinking you were using Waylon for protection, since someone as pretty as you couldn’t be safe anywhere.
Insert the “seriously, what do you see in that guy?” “he makes me laugh” scene.
If we go with the verse where Waylon was in Halys circus, then the only ones that seemed to have some version of acceptance of your love was the Grayson’s. it was one of the reasons you two left the circus, having a strong feeling of what had truly happened to them and who caused it.
After leaving the circus, you couldn’t live in the sewers like Waylon. This meant you got an apartment, in the beginning in crime alley since it was cheapest.
You may have been so beautiful it would drive people mad, but you also had a head on your shoulders. So, in the end you set up a legitimate business, maybe you even become something akin to a designer. Mainly because your lover is so big, there’s no other way to get him clothes.
And maybe during your time in crime alley, you stumble upon a scrawny kid who, though he may act tough, still has a light in him. And maybe that kid ends up being batman’s second robin, who remembers how kind you were to him and everyone around you, so he doesn’t go as hard against Waylon.
The past you have with the Grayson’s also means that Dick takes it easier on Waylon, and they even settle down and talk at times. You’ll regularly find the two former robins hanging around your art studio, even years later when they aren’t robin anymore.
Your lover goes to Arkham, a lot. But you never hate him or even argue with him. You’ll just pull up to Arkham in your most beautiful outfit during visitors’ hours and hold Waylon’s hand as you two act like a new married couple, even if it’s been twenty at this point.
And it may have been twenty years, but you just seem to have become more handsome with age, aging like fine expensive wine. You don’t become shrewd or corrupted by the world around you, instead you stay kind and patient. You’re still in Gotham though, so you’ll turn violent if you have too.
No one really believes that Waylon purrs, until you show up and he becomes as meek as a kitten, ready to roll in your manicured hand.
Its no secret that you, one of the most famous designers around, and Killer Croc, are together. But its just such a normal part of everyday life now, that no one really questions it. your works never been dirty, you help those around you, and lift up poor and struggling artists whenever you can. So, what if your husband is tearing up the road trying to bite Batman to bits.
Theres a viral video in Gotham of you stepping out during one of Waylon’s rampages, and just scolding him, wagging a finger in his face and still looking so unbelievably gorgeous as you do so.
And yes, of course your design trademark is crocodile scales, or anything along those lines. You’ll never use real crocodile skin, but you do use the print or shape.
After all this time, people don’t fear Waylon as much as they probably should, all thanks to you. Its kinda hard to fear a guy when you know his boyfriend is unofficially titled the most beautiful man in Gotham, who’s also as giving and kind as the Waynes, whilst being more involved in the nitty gritty, since you still live in Crime Alley.
Someone has threatened Waylon with telling on him to you at least once too, which doesn’t stop him, but it does cause him to freeze and get an “oh shit” expression, long enough for people to run to safety.
Being one of the most skilled fashionistas around also means you have met the Waynes on multiple occasions.
The shared past with Dick and the circus, and Jason, though you don’t remember him as vividly, means you get called on more than most.
As you measure them out and start making designs, conversations flow, and Damian most likely ends up bluntly just asking you why in the world you decided to pair up with Killer Croc of all people.
You correct him in your answer, referring to your husband as Waylon, and then you just start waxing the poetics. Of your shared past, of the deep unshakable love you both share, and how under all his struggles, Waylon truly is an amazing man.
You’ve never confirmed that Dick was Robin, even though it was very obvious. Its not your place to judge how he, or his family, deal with their trauma or whatever they have going on. Your lover swims through the sewers, you can’t really say anything.
A few passing comments are made though, obviously. You tell the Waynes to “take it easy next time they see Waylon, wont you?” with one of your heart shaking winks before you saunter out, ready to start putting together your latest design.
Its kind of an accepted, not really a secret, secret. Its never put into words, and they know that you know, and you know that they know you know. Nothing ends up happening with it though, outside of you making some jokes and judging their hero outfits.
With age you’ve become less sultry and alluring, at least in the way the public can point out as obviously as before. You have simply mastered your field, and know just how to play people around you if you need too.
Though, you didn’t really learn to master it for the public. It’s mainly just for Waylon, so you like to see how his nostrils flare, and when he starts chuffing in the back of his throat when you saunter around in nothing but a silk robe.
The bats know that the first place Waylon goes when he gets out of Arkham is to you. But…they also all know to wait at least a day or two before they come for him. To allow you to spend some time together, but also because most of them have caught of glimpse of you… reunions…
Bruce wont admit it, but he’s at least impressed with you being able to take two of them at the same time, even after all these years. He might note down your many skills somewhere… just in case.
Reunions with Waylon are typically a hot and steamy affair. Or well, as hot and steamy as a guy whose as cold as a reptile can get. There are days where either of you may not be up for it, and then its just cuddles and having some nice domestic time together before he’s taken back to Arkham again.
But when it does get hot, then you are very happy you own the entire building. Waylon can get quite loud, but never as loud as he still makes you even after all these years.
Sure, you’ve learned to handle it more after all this time, but it still makes you squeal when Waylon fits both his shafts inside you at the same time, lifting and moving you around like a doll.
Where Waylon may be rough and violent in every other part of his life, Waylon is slower and much more careful in the bedroom. He doesn’t want to lose his senses and hurt you on accident. You have some very faded bite and claw scars on your body, back from when you first got together, and Waylon likes to remind himself of that.
Sometimes you do want him to be rougher about it, so you pull all the skills you’ve gained over the years. And Waylon is but a man, even with the scales and all, so he can’t resist you for very long. It always ends up with you writhing, face in the pillow that’s stained with your tears and drool or pleasure, as Waylon growls and snarls behind you, his big, clawed hands moving you back and forth with ease.
He always feels a bit guilty about it afterwards, especially seeing how much you leak all over the sheets. Expect to find yourself being pampered and loved on for the next couple of days. Even the bats seem to leave you to it, most likely having heard your cries. You get a feeling the people in the next building heard them too. But you honestly don’t care anymore.
You may have Waylon, and many others, wrapped around your finger, but so does Waylon with you. And neither of you really seem to mind anymore.
#male reader#killer croc#waylon jones#dc#batman rogues#killer croc imagine#killer croc headcanon#killer croc x male reader#killer croc x reader#waylon jones imagine#waylon jones headcanon#waylon jones x male reader#waylon jones x reader#dc x reader#dc x male reader#dc imagine#dc headcanon#batman rogues x male reader#batman rogues x reader#batman rogues imagine#batman rogues headcanon
220 notes
·
View notes
Note
hiya! i really like your writing! can i request reactions [from whomever you want] with a reader [platonic or romantic idc lol] who is like spiderman! like, has the sense and webs, and the workload of "who knows how they manage shit". i just think its a fun idea, cause they'd also be a "hero"
Of course you can! This is such a cool Idea! (Is there a hyrule where a spider person is the hero of courage? Maybe.)
Four
Take a nap
No, really, he tries to get you to sleep as often as possible
He'll try to enhance any weapons you may have
IF you have mechanical web shooters he will be very interested
If you have biological web shooters in your wrist from the mutation he's still curious
Can amd will try to improve your suit so you are safer
Is HORRIFIED by your workload
Don't you know about burn out??
Do you just not care?
Overall he's curious and a little overbearing
But he also understands that you're a hero, and as a hero, sometimes it doesn't matter if you're exhausted.
He'll insist you let him make you metal braces, so some of the work your joints face isn't so bad. (ESPECIALLY if your joints already hurt)
Hyrule
He is excited to learn about it!
He's also not like other people. He just has healing magic, you're a spider person
Neat!
Assuming you have the boosted healing factor that lost spider people seem to have he's relieved
He will always heal you, but it's nice that you don't need it as often
Also very worried about your work load
Always trying to get you to drink more water
If he were aware of more modern culture he'd yell 'hydrate or die-drate!'
Die-drate is not an option as far as he's concerned
Asks about the ability to stick to things. He's very interested in this
Legend
It depends on when he finds out.
He's definitely concerned no matter when you tell them though
If he's not warmed up to you yet he's kind of standoffish about it. If you share he listens bit he won't ask
If you Are close to him though he has SO many questions
How does it work?
What happened to give you these powers?
How much weight can you handle?
Have you always been so flexible?
No matter what your relationship is, if you tell him about the Spiderman upside down kiss thing, he goes RED
He also asks if you catch and eat bugs.
(What? He just knows that's what spiders do!)
He encourages ypu to take some things off your plate.
Sky
Probably the least phased?
He's curious of course
But his life has been so weird. He's met plant penguins, gopher people, and his best friend was a goddess
Asks if you're descended from a spider god
Also asks if you can turn into a spider
He also encourages you to take breaks and indulge in things that make you happy
He's happy to make anything that might help you, but with his skills, mostly in whittling, he's not sure it's that helpful.
He is excited to see you swing around, it's the closest most anyone can get to flying (aside from Sky and Wild)
Time
Immediately concerned
Powers?
Insane workload?
He gets it, mostly
Not entirely his life isn't like your's but he understands the weight power and workload hold
He is curious about your powers
Also very interested in the way your webs are made. Dosen’t matter if it's mechanical or biological
Will have you take to the tree tops when you guys ambush monsters
If you make a hamock/swing out of webs he'll be happy to keep you company
Twilight
Worried
He's not sure how to feel actually
He's curious about how you became a spider person
If he feels close to you he'll ask about it
He's glad you have enhanced healing though. He feels a little less worried
He's still worried you guys are hunting down a shadow
Will be easy to convince to race, you with your webs and him on Epona
Warriors
He is very sympathetic to your workload
He offers tips to help woth burnout
He helps you strategies to battle plans off your abilities
Wars is willing to spar with you so you can improve too
Please let him help with the self care of after the battle.
Probably asks about the effectiveness of webs as emergency bandages
Wild
He's not that phased either. He's met a semi-vengeful horse god
At least you aren't only worried about the safety of the horses
(Don't worry he takes excellent care of Epona and his own horses)
He'll ask about your adventures
He would be excited to have someone else capable of climbing!
He'll happily climb up steep cliffs with you (it can be a race he likes a challenge)
Wind
Excited
He also has a million questions
He wants to see what you can do!
He's happy to watch you swing around but he wants to come with!
Swing around with him and he's just thrilled!
He asks about ypur webs and if they could capture a monster if you strung them up like a real spider web
He also probably asks for stories about your adventures.
#lu#linkeduniverse#misty writes#misty answers#linked universe x reader#lu four#lu hyrule#lu legend#lu time#lu twilight#lu warriors#lu wild#lu wind
143 notes
·
View notes
Note
Was looking up some stuff about foxes and..
“foxes will groom each other, which helps reinforce social bonds and appears to provide pleasure to both parties. It has been suggested that a lack of grooming may induce social isolation and make an individual more likely to disperse come the autumn “
Now all i can imagine is before they start cuddling and nuzzling him tails is just naturally sad in the autumn like he’ll just be more quiet and lock himself away. Everyone has asked him about it at some point and he just genuinely dosen’t know, he cant figure out why and he doesn’t really ever suspect its a fox thing so he dosen’t look it up
Suddenly whenever he’s sad in the autumn he has someone that can come up and nuzzle him or show him physical affection and because this is something he deep down needed it all just starts to slowly go away. He doesn’t feel sad really, usually he has to wait out all of autumn but the nuzzling just takes it away.
It makes him want to ask for them to do it more but he’s too shy and nervous to ask
auugghb id bet it didn't use to be a thing when sonic and tails were first traveling together because sonic would have to help tails brush his fur
but as they got older and tails got a house and sonic kept running tails had to brush himself. because he couldn't expect sonic to come back just to help brush him
and that's when it starts. but he thinks it's just some lingering trauma so he doesn't bring it up and shrugs it off when people ask
so maybe one day sonic comes to visit tails because he misses his little brother and maybe he gets stuck for a few days due to weather or smthn. maybe he sees that tails' fur is tangled so he offers to brush it. a little call for nostalgia
tails let's him and then spends the next few hours trying to figure out why he's so happy all of the sudden when this is when that wave hits him. why is everything better now? is it because sonic's there? but it was still off.. then is it the brushing? how does that work???
he looks it up when sonic leaves. and then he keeps that information to himself, because if sonic knew then he would make the effort of coming over every time and he can't ask sonic to do that
#love giving sonic characters traits from their species#it's everything to me#miles tails prower#sonic the hedgehog#sth#tails the fox#sonic#anon#anonymous#anon ask#myyanswers#unbreakable bond#dynamic duo#sonic and tails
54 notes
·
View notes
Text
Okay so I’ve been working on a fic based on @mistercesare Role swap AU. And it made me think how Fiona and Cake would work in it.
I can imagine, with Scarab being more serious, would never EVER think of even making a in a unauthorized universe. But… all of the other universes seemed to bore him immensely. There’s nothing interesting about it. There’s barely good drama or angst to any of them. So… maybe just a little self-indulgent writing wouldn’t hurt anyone. Just putting a little angst/ no comfort there, some major character death here. AND… he made an unauthorized universe.
Oh this is very unallowed…
If someone finds out not only might he be removed as wishmaseter, but he would be seen as a hypocrite. The number one suck up to the rules breaks one will forever be tarnish on his record. He can’t have that! He’s has to hide it somewhere. UH! UH! OH! That crazy old ice guy in that one universe. He could put it in his mind. Then no one will find his fic!
So it would stay the same, but instead of being a gender swap of the OG world, it’s also just one big GOT universe, all inside Ice King’s mind. I feel like if there was ever an episode based on this, the whole thing would just be a parody of GOT, and you can chalk it up to IK not fully understanding the angst or anything. And that would make Scarab so pissed but he can’t say anything about it because then people will know he made it.
And he would even be more pissed once Ice king became Simon again. Now all of his progress is lost and gone forever. Imagine you’ve been working on a dark angst fic for years and all of sudden it’s get’s removed. I would be salty as hell.
I can see the Fionna and Cake world turning into the one we see in the show exactly. And I guess the whole lesson of the show would be less of “Escapism into your self-indulgent world all of the time is bad” And more, “You don’t and shouldn’t want to live in the world of your Angst fic.”
The funniest thing I could think of it that, I feel like Scarab would STILL be the villain of the show. Less because of, “I need to get rid of the unauthorized universe.” and more, “ANYONE WHO’S KNOWS OR IS APART OF MY FIC NEEDS TO DIE” Because he’s so worried that he’ll get in trouble with the people upstairs. And dosen’t want anyone to know.
And Prismo would still be helping them except more throughout, and also trying to calm Scarab down.
“Scrabby, I don’t think anyone cares about what you did, but you don’t have to go this far-!”
“NO, SHUT UP! I DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT! I DIDN’T EVEN MAKE THIS! I’M JUST DOING YOUR JOB OF DESTROYING UNAUTHRIZED UNIVERES! SO SHUT UP.”
And scarab would be even more pissed that his Fantasy dark/angst fic got turned into a Modern Slice of life AU. Like all of that hard work wasted just so you can make candy cakes? Fuck off.
#adventure time fionna and cake#adventure time#scarab the god auditor#scarab fionna and cake#scarab adventure time#fionna and cake#role swap au#fanfic#headcannons#prismo the wishmaster#prismo adventure time#prismo fionna and cake
20 notes
·
View notes
Text
Revelations (Mari & MacCready)
Rating: G
Pairing: Pre relationship Mari/MacCready or MariCready as I've dubbed them.
Summary: MacCready and Mari share some time after clearing a building. Mari shares more about herself than expected.
Warnings: Canon typical filth, guns
Other: If I missed anything, please let me know
"You're gonna get us blown up." MacCready scoffs as he looks at the woman beside him.
"You worry too much, we just cleared the place." Mari says as she leans against the wall.
"I do not. I need to stay alive. You're welcome to get yourself killed if you want."
"Wow, I feel so loved, Mac."
MacCready just rolls his eyes. He's not got much to say to that.
So, he watches the door that separates the studio apartment-esque room they've holed up in.
He knows they cleared the place. But still.
He hears Mari light up a smoke, and as much as he's trying to quit he misses it sometimes. He's not going to begrudge her the vice though, she so rarely uses it.
"You know, I think I should redecorate my apartmen. This room is just soQ10 inspiring."
"There's a pee pudle in the corner." MacCready rolls his eyes as he turns to really look at her.
She laughs, cigarette held between her middle and pointer finger.
The light in the room is enough to see the amusement in her impossibly green eyes.
He's never seen that shade of green on anyone besides her twin.
"Yeah, I'm not that trashy." She says before taking another drag.
"Good." MacCready says.
He sets about cleaning his gun. They're safe. And really, if anyone shows up Mari will do something.
Because if he's honest (and this is totally objective), Mari is a badass that's taken down a super mutant with a few well placed slices. And the whole judo flipping a raider.
Clearing out a gunners' base by herself.
Yeah, he's fine. Mari seems to have some sort of honest care for him, as more than a hired gun.
Besides, they cleared the place themselves.
"You're overthinking again." Mari says as she snubs out the half smoked cigarette.
"You're wasting smokes."
"Yeah, maybe. But I've committed worse sin."
"You make it sound like there's a god out there that cares."
"There used to be." Mari says softly, getting that bittersweet tone she gets sometimes.
"Did you know that god?"
"No. But I remember learning about it. It's a nice thought."
"You must have grown up somewhere else."
"You'd never believe me of I told you."
"Try me." MacCready challenges.
Mari looks at him, and she has a funny expression on. Bitter amd nostalgic and trying to ignore both.
"I am from here." Mari says after a minute.
"That's not out of the ordinary. Lots of people live and die in one area."
"I'm from here, before the bombs. I grew up before the bombs hit, I remember the war that started it."
"Yeah? How did you even survive?"
"I was frozen. I was a military experiment put into cryo-freezr when I was seventeen."
"You're messing with me."
"If you say so." Mari says with a shrug.
After all, the only person she's told that believed her was Daisy. Though, Hancock at least pretend to.
"Ypu say that like you're being honest."
"Have I ever lied to you?" Mari challenges, turning her gaze back to him.
There is nothing but curiosity there.
MacCready rubs the back of his neck. He knows she hasn't lied to him. Yet. (Dosen’t everyone lie eventually?)
But he has to admit, as far fetched as it sounds it makes sense.
She sings songs he's only heard in the Capital Wastes.
She's got a softness in her heart that no one else has besides her twin.
And hell, she references things that only the ghouls seem to understand.
Maybe she's being honest.
"It's hard to believe. You gotta admit that."
Mari just gives that bittersweet smile again. She can't bring herself to respond.
She can't lie to MacCready about anything they're talked about so far. And she isn't starting now.
But she can't make someone believe something.
"Just- tell me something. If you're really from then, how are you so - good at this stuff?" MacCready asks.
Mari laughs softly. Of course he asks.
"I was a military experiment, they wanted to make immortal super soilders. They didn't have the stuff to make us immortal so they froze us."
"Really? They couldn't make you invincible?"
"You've seen me get thrown around like a rag doll and walk away from grenades with almost no injury. They got close."
"Do you miss it?" MacCready asks after a moment.
Because he's realized she isn't lying. She really does have some odd quirks that being from back then explains. She keeps eating utensils and almost always uses them.
She walks with perfect posture and her smile is entirely too charming for her own good.
Mari just shakes her head. "Sometimes. But I was taken from my family without warning when they started experimenting on me. So it wasn't a great last year there."
"Wow."
"Yeah... But hey, I'm a he'll of a shot so it's not like I'm in bad shape these days."
"Yeah." MacCready echoes.
"You know I've been thinking about recording some of the songs I know. They seem like they aren't really in circulation."
"You can sing?"
"Of course I can. I play piano too... though that's not nearly as helpful."
"Huh. You're all educated then?"
"Got my GED and everything."
"Your what?"
"General equivalency diploma. It's an alternative to a highschool diploma."
"Oh."
"You should let Teddy ramble about history or art. He's all English and art smart."
"That explains why he likes Publik Occurances."
Mari laughs again, shaking her head. "Yeah, that's why. It has nothing to do with Piper, like, at all."
"Oh shut up."
"You know I can't."
MacCready just breathes. He can admit he has a soft spot for Mari, but the way his heart squeezes when she gets cheeky with him is unhealthy.
He's probably just sick. Yeah.
When he looks back over, Mari is fiddling with an old pipboy she's had for a few weeks. She'd raided a vault outside the common wealth.
The green glow is familiar.
Diamond city radio turns on, and orange colored sky plays quietly.
#misty's oc#fallout#fallout 4#robert joseph maccready#robert maccready#maccready fallout 4#Mari Grahm (Oc)#oc x canon#oc & canon
5 notes
·
View notes
Note
I saw this post and it made me so proud of Louis and how he is proud of his roots and how he still connects with them. His personality isn’t one dimensional and that’s why I’m sometimes a bit disappointed by Louis Tomlinson TM. There is nothing wrong with watching football, being with your friends at the pub and drinking beer, no embrace it when it makes you happy but in his interviews there is sometimes such an exaggeration of this part of his personality. More like in combination with him saying he only eats fast food and doesn’t do any sport. We all know that isn’t true and I truly don’t understand why they keep pushing this as part of his image.
When I was still in school (pre covid) I was always walking to school and back home and with a little bit dancing at home this was basically my workout (I don’t count school sport). But when the pandemic begun and I wasn’t doing my daily walks anymore I noticed how my fitness decreased. So when Louis is saying he dosen’t any sport and only eating fast food it’s utterly bullshit bc looking at him and his body (yes good genetics could be a reason why he’s not gaining much weight but they don’t have anything to do with his fitness), he wouldn’t be able of winning races against people who seem to be much fitter than him and especially taller than him.
That’s why I love interviews when he get to see other sides of his personality, e.g when he said he doesn’t cry much, but isn’t afraid doing it. But when you watch multiple interviews and then main thing of himself, which is getting stuck in peoples brain, is his drinking, watching football side it’s not a super good thing for Louis Tomlinson TM. Especially his comment about being trashy and going anywhere near wine I just ask myself why, it’s okay to not like wine or Prosecco but why is he calling himself trashy? That quote definitely sounds like the 17 year old boys from my school who wanted to be so cool and "manly" (don’t how describe the word we have for that in my language in english)
I’m all for Louis being proud of where he comes from and definitely should loose it, it makes me proud seeing it, but I also want to see more of his smart Brain and other parts of his personality in Louis Tomlinson TM
Thank you for sharing <3 I agree with you. Although I feel like sometimes it’s hard to take him seriously when he portrays that subculture because he’s been a millionaire for ten years now and nothing is going to change that. I like that he’s proud of being British and he seems to be somewhat class conscious which is a trait I like about him. But I feel like he portrays such a caricature of the working class that it sounds a bit insulting at times, working class people are not trashy, working class people would rather eat in a good restaurant than eat microwaved meals, etc. So it could feel like a slap in the face to hear a millionaire say the things louis says. But maybe it’s just me 🙈
Like you say sometimes it’s very exaggerated and unfortunately some fans truly believe all that he says so they also end up treating him like a one dimensional person. Remember how new fans made him disliking avocado his whole personality? It was so annoying and it must have been for him too.
#anons#and I agree that unfortunately#the things that stay with us in those interviews#are the talking points he keep repeating#which are all the negative ones#and he’s so clever and used to be so conscious of how to market 1d and himself#that I’m a bit puzzled by this shift#of trying to be the least appealing person ever#ok maybe not ever but you know
4 notes
·
View notes
Text
Here are my main characters of my story ”Key of Dalntalai”. The story is this kind of sci fi/fantasy themed and traveling to another planets possibly. Everything in this story is in concept stage since i can’t settle to one idea. I’m working on the fauna and flora in these worlds, but i’m not smart enough to always have a reason for certain desings, so some of them might look like something because i think they look cool.
Alexandra is the main character in this story currently and at the moment all i can say that she is a magical being who has escaped from a bad organization and some bad people. Alexandras magic leans more to a elemental based magic and her specialty is water magic. She also can create corals possibly, but i don’t know if i will keep that idea. Alex is like 17 years old and acts like a little brat sometimes, she gets angry easily often and dosen’t always express how she feels like she should, but rather she kinda bottles her emotions and then lashes out uninteoninally. I think she would later realize maybe that she did something wrong and apologize for what she did or said. Alex can be nice and cares about the people close to her.
Alexandra is curious about learning new things and loves collecting cool or random stuff. She can also be very hyper active and has a lot of energy.
That’s all i remember to explain about her😌
Even though i draw Alex a lot, i still like to draw Nadja the most. Nadja is a magical being called ”Woodling”, they were inspired by nymphs from greek mythology, but i’ve tried to make some things about Woodlings little different. Woodlings are born when ”mother tree” takes a root in ground and becomes a ”mother of the forest”. (I will explain some day better about woodlings, but now back to Nadja).
Nadja is basically 300 year old woodling, she has hundreds or thousands of siblings so she is used to having people around her always. Nadja has bubbly and kind personality, she rarely wants to have any confrontantion with other people. Nadja is however good at magic and well learned, after all, she has had time to learn using magic for hundreds of years.
So, before i said that woodlings are born when mother trees take root in ground, well, because of that woodlings are not able to leave the forest for a long period of time, because the tree they are born from kinda is the thing keeping them alive. They can be far from the tree for like maybe… two weeks at most? I’m still working on how Nadjas species work. Getting to my point, so Nadja needs to have her tree with her if she want’s to go around the world, or even go to another world, well there is a way for that. Woodling can make a deal with a human or other magical being where they can grant humans some magical abilities, kinda like warlock gets magic from the deals they make. When they make a deal, the person gets woodling tree and carries it inside them, spiritually? So Nadja and Nick have made a deal, Nick gets a little magic and Nadja can go to adventures and travel.
(I will someday make a proper post explaining about woodlings.)
I don’t draw Nick as often as i would like to, i just haven’t fully figured them out.
Nick is kinda like wizard/warlock, like they have studied magic, but they got elemental based magick powers from Nadja. Nick loves reading about history and magic, they are learned in space and portal magic. Nick travels a lot with Nadja to defferent places, either to study historic sights and animals, or just go sightseeing?
Nick cares a lot about Nadja and later Alex too becomes important person to them. Nick is forgiving and patient and if there is argument, they can swallow their pride and apologize first.
Nick is 19 years old and lives with their grandma in manor? Mansion? Like the grandma is somewhat rich, she has a bussiness and earn money well with it, but she’s not like super rich. She inherited the mansion from her parents, but this post is not about her.
(That’s unfortunately i remember to tell about them, i will someday make better post about these three)
#keyofdalantalai#keyofdalantalaioc#digital art#artists on tumblr#digital aritst#procreate#drawing#my art#oc#oc art
1 note
·
View note
Note
I had request for young justice request were the reader has the same magic as Zatanna and maybe he is stuck on some magic problem that he needs zatannas help and meets the team. Wally keeps trying to help because he falls for the reader but everyone is like I thought you didn’t believe in magic.
Being Zatanna’s cousin and needing help from the team + Wally falls for you…
Wally West x Male Reader
Warnings: superhero violence
Summary: You contact your cousin for help when you sense something is wrong and you meet a certain cute red head…
——
As you are meditating you feel a disturbance, a dark and evil force. It felt like something you needed to alert someone about so you stopped meditating and put on your costume and said ”tropelet em ot annataZ”.
Which made you vanish from your room and teleport in to a room inside a big cave, where you saw Zatanna (your cousin) standing around with a bunch of people in brightly colored costumes.
”Zatanna!” you said happily making the others jump a bit. You ran towards your cousin and gave her a hug. ”Y/n, your not supposed to be here” she said trying to sound stern but ended up still sounding like she was happy to see you.
”Zatanna, would you like to introduce us?” asked a blonde woman who was wearing fishnets. ”Of course Black Canary, this is my baby cousin, Y/n Zatara” she started but was interupted by you cutting in saying ”Your only a few months older than me, stop calling me your baby cousin”.
Zatanna ignored you and continued ”Y/n, this is my team and her over there, that’s Black Canary, she trains us in hand to hand combat”. They all gave you a polite wave or a small hi. Zatanna then asked ”So, what are you doing here?”.
”I was meditating and i felt something not quite right. Something ominous, evil and also kind of annoying, i was hoping you’d be able to help me figure out was going on” you informed her.
”My guess would be it has something to do with a user of dark magic, which is never a good sign” Zatanna suggested. She then turned to Black Canary and asked ”May i be excused from training so we can get to the bottom of this”.
”Of course” Canary said in a understanding manner. As you and Zatanna turned to leave you whispered to her saying ”She seems really cool”. ”She is” Zatanna answered simply. As you walked away you heard one of Zatanna’s teamates say ”Wait, is it okay if i go with them? i’d like to learn some more about magic”.
To you this seemed like a totally normal request but the others looked at the guy in the yellow suit as if he’d been hit in the head with a rock. ”You? Want to learn about magic?” a blonde girl in a green suit asked in complete disbeleif.
”Yeah” the guy in the yellow suit answered as if it wasn’t a big deal. You not knowing any better said ”Sure, come along” and the guy in the yellow suit was by your side in less than a second… literally.
”I’m Wally by the way, Wally West aka Kid Flash” he introduced himself while grabbing your hand in a flirty and romantic way. You turned to Zatanna and asked quietly ”He’s the desperate one you told me about right?”. ”Yup” Zatanna answered.
You, Zatanna and Wally went in to her room to get some things for a spell to figure out what was happening. ”So Wally, what made you wanna learn more about magic?” you asked. ”Oh you know always thought magic was really cool since i was a kid” he answered only for Zatanna to say loudly from across the room ”Lies”.
When Zatanna had gotten her stuff she handed you a piece of chalk that you then used to draw up a circle big enough for the two of you. You and Zatanna sat down crossed legged in the circle, closed your eyes and started whispering an incantation. Meanwhile Wally sat on Zatanna’s bed staring at you.
He then noticed that the circle around you and Zatanna had started glowing yellow and the two of you were now floating in the air. While watching Wally had to remind himself that he dosen’t believe in magic.
The two of you then floated down to the exact spots on the floor where you had been sitting and the ring around you stopped glowing. ”What did you find?” Wally asked you and Zatanna.
”She was right it’s a dark magic user, it’s Felix Faust, he’s gonna try to steal the amulet of Eris, which i can’t let happen” you informed him. ”We can’t let happen” Zatanna corrected. ”I’m not letting you go alone” she said. ”Wait? Slow down, who is Eris and why does he want their amulet” Wally asked confused.
”Eris is the greek goddess of discord, the amulet of Eris is a powerful magic object that will enhance the powers of the user but also corrupt their mind” you explained to Wally. ”Well then, let’s get the team and make sure that it dosen’t fall in to Faust’s hands” Wally stated and ran out of the room to get the team.
”He’s kinda cute” you stated while Wally was gone making Zatanna look at you as if you were dumb.
When Wally came back he had brought the rest of the team. You and Zatanna informed them about the situation and they were glad to help. They took you to Miss Martian’s bioship and you gave them directions to Eris hidden temple where the amulet was kept.
”Why would the greek goddess Eris have a temple in the middle of the US?” Robin asked. ”She’s the goddess of discord and strife… i feel like the rest explains itself” you told him. The team landed the ship next to a big cliff and you all stepped outside.
You whispered an incantation and the cliff wall opened a made a path for you and the team to go in to. ”Come on if Faust isn’t here yet we have time to set up a defence” you said and started walking towards the enterance.
But you saw someone leaving the enterance and walking towards you. ”Fuck” you cursed quietly as you saw Faust leaving the temple with the amulet of Eris around his neck.
”Felix fucking Faust… pleasure to see you” you said bitterly. ”Aaa Zatara and… girl Zatara… and others” he said as if you guys being there was a small inconvenience. ”I suggest you hand back the amulet Faust, it dosen’t go with your outfit” you sassed against the man.
”I’m tired of you and insolence” Faust said simply. ”Just like i’m tired of those dusty robes of yours” you continued to insult the man. The man exhaled deeply and raised his hans and shot a purple blast towards you and the team. ”dleihS” you recited which created a magic shield to protect you and the team.
The team and you attacked Faust but the amulet had enhanced his powers so he was better prepared for fighting a whole team.
It wasn’t easy but you and the others managed to pull through and defeat Felix Faust, Wally had used his speed to steal back the amulet which made Faust easier to defeat.
You and Wally went inside the temple to return the amulet and as you were placing it back to where it had been Wally had spotted something shiny on the floor and gone to pick it up.
When you turned back around you saw Wally standing infront of you with his hands behind his back. ”I found something you could take with you home as a souvenir” Wally said. ”Wally, i don’t think Eris would appreciate us taking things from her temple” you told him.
Wally then brought his hands forward and presented you with a golden apple that said ”For the fairest”. ”But it could only belong to you” he said romantically. You let out a small giggle. ”That’s very sweet of you Wally” you said and took the apple.
(Eris watching from Olympus: OMG this is so cute.)
”I guess this is my way of asking you out on a date” Wally then stated. ”I’d love to but then you to answer this question honestly” you challenged. ”Yeah, sure” he answered simply.
”Artemis and Zatanna say you don’t believe in magic is that true?” you asked. ”Magic is just science we don’t understand yet” he said in return. ”No it’s not” ”Yes it is” ”It’s really not” ”It really is”…
#wally west x male reader#wally west x male!reader#kid flash x male reader#kid flash x male!reader#young justice x male reader#young justice x male!reader#dc comics x male reader#dc x male reader#x male!reader#male reader#x male reader#x male reader headcanons
532 notes
·
View notes
Text
Having the time of my life rn defending acc that ship harmless kny ships. I’m not talking about TaneKana or Obamitsu obviously I’m talking about the rare ships I think they’re called. For an example Shinomitsu, Uzuren, Genmui etc. People get so damn mad it’s funny. In all seriousness I hate it when I see people getting attacked just because they make a video about the ships they like.
It pisses me off at how unaccepting the kny fandom is of harmless rarepairs like these.
Also sorry if I offend anyone by this post but I feel like this needs to be said. Maybe wrong platform to say all of this on since most of this bs happens on tiktok but y’know.
This is ONLY for the people that send hate to people bc they ship harmless and legal ships. If you don’t do that, good.
First of all, what’s the damn problem because I can’t see it. It’s not an illegal ship. It’s not a toxic ship. So what’s the problem?
We can take Sanemi x Giyu. That’s not a toxic ship, Sanemi and Giyu managed to fix their relationship with each other when the war ended. One legal but toxic ship would be Obanai x Giyu. Obanai hates Giyu with his whole being, it would just simply not work between them. Obani would never fix the relationship he has with Giyu but Sanemi would and he did.
”The ship dosen’t make sense” Alright😐. And how do they not make sense? Give me at least some reasons. That small statement ain’t cutting it.
Second of all. Scroll or just don’t say anything at all, it’s that easy. You really don’t have to complain on every damn video you see. Just know that the more you comment the more content like those you’ll see so your plan or whatever backfires. Also if you don’t comment you save yourself from embarrassment. But keep your comment to yourself, no one wants to hear you complaining. Your opinion lays no weight on the other persons opinon, you’re just wasting your time.
Third of all. I don’t see you insulting illegal ship posts. They are there, just do some digging and you will find them. Some ships are getting more hate than illegal ships and that is just wow, the lack of logic. ShinoGiyu is an example of that. That ship is legal and harmless and yet it still gets more hate than the illegal ones like Giyu x Tanjiro or Zenitsu x Tengen. The logic is non-existant.
Then the thing is that the ship’s are fictional. Yeah omg you get mad over fictional ships. I guess that is kinda hypocritical since I wrote this whole text over fictional ships but it’s just to educate you people.
Lastly I do not ship all of those rarepairs but you don’t see me whining and throwing a temper tantrum about it. The ones I do ship is at least ShinoMitsu, honestly I don’t care much for the others. ShinoMitsu has my heart and my full attention.
-
I’m defending my ship because I can already guess what some of y’all are thinking. If you still wanna argue pm me or go into my inbox ONLY. Do it off anon if you dare. Don’t comment or reblog this just to throw beef. I’m not up for that.
”They’re just friends!” Have you heard about friends to lovers?
”I see them as….” Yeah, YOU DO not ME so zip it.
”Mitsuri married Obani!” Mitsuri has two hands, she can hold them both. They can just pull a Tengen card and go poly.
”But ObaMitsu is canon!” Who said I have to ship canon ships? Chill I ship them both.
”Mitsuri doesn’t love Shinobu” It’s stated in the taisho secret that Mitsui is interested in all of the pillars.
”Mitsuri and Shinobu don’t even interact” They have a whole ass light novel chapter, it’s canon in the taisho secret that they are close friends and talk to each other alot. Even being so comfortable with each other that they open up to their own problems and insecurities.
If you wanna argue, inbox (off anon if you dare) or pm ONLY. Commenting and rebloging just to argue will not do.
46 notes
·
View notes
Note
👽💄😬😭👗🪢🦾 Quackity
Hi ghostie hope you’re well <3
👽 a funny quirk: Quackity has a really cute sneeze that’s a lot like a squeak. He tries to hide it because it doesn’t fit with the image he’s trying to project. Unfortunately he’s allergic to both cats and Ender hybrids for some reason. This led to him sneezing sometimes when he was torturing Dream. Dream made the mistake of laughing once and it earned him a scar over his nose.
💄appearance headcannon: Quackity is still very handsome even with his scar and he uses this to his advantage, however he hates looking in the mirror. It makes him sick to see his scar and often he can’t recognize his own face. He looks like a stranger.
👗 how they dress: Quackity dresses very very well. He has an image to keep up! He always keeps a little green ribbon around his wrist. It used to be Charlie’s tie.
😬 the worst thing he’s ever done: Quackity lashed out at Dream once in the prison. He can’t even remember why. Maybe Dream said something or scared him. Quackity just knows that he got so angry he just attacked Dream with his axe screaming and swearing and cutting. Not to get information, just to cause as much pain as possible. He almost hacked Dream’s entire leg off and Sam had to physically pull him away and pin him down to keep him from going after Dream. Quackity was soaked in blood and Dream almost died. It took over twenty health pots to save Dream. Quackity would have killed him if Sam hadn’t stepped in.
😭 the worst thing that ever happened to him: losing his wings. He and Schlatt got in a fight, a really really bad one. Schlatt was blackout drunk and Quackity pushed him away hitting him with his wings in the process. Schlatt got angry, pinned him down and clipped his wings. He used a pocketknife to do it and did a terrible job hitting several blood feathers as he cut. Quackity almost bleed out and even through he lived he was never able to fly again. Schlatt made a big show of feeling bad about it when he got sober so the first few nights where comfortable at least.
🧬 A family headcannon: Quackity dosen’t talk about his family ever. If asked he just says they all died a long time ago. He did consider the Manberg cabinet his “flock” for the longest time however. He still considers Fundy and Tubbo a part of his flock but he never admit it.
🦾Disability headcannon: Quackity has hearing loss from Wilbur blowing up La Manebrg. He mishears a lot and sometimes when it’s really bad he’s forced to read peoples lips.
19 notes
·
View notes
Note
Ok, here we go. Dark!Bianca idea. Shortly after the events in the desert, a severely injured Bianca is found by agents of the Titans who were shadowing the quest party off-page. She is brought back to Titan HQ and is convinced to join their crusade against the gods while her friends and family think she's dead. Jump ahead to BotL, instead of Kelli the Empousa, it is a mysterious masked assassin who attacks Percy and Rachel at Goode. The events mostly play out unchanged until Geryon's (1/8)
ranch, where instead of Bianca, it is the ghost of Maria di Angelo who is revealed to be sending Iris messages to Percy about Nico, while also strongly hinting that Bianca's still alive. Jump ahead to Mt St. Helens, Percy fights the assassin again, and during his stint on Ogygia, Percy begins to put two and two together after the assassin demonstrated skills similar to the Hunters. At Antaeus' Arena, the assassin is finally unmasked to reveal a still-alive but scarred Bianca, replacing (2/8)
Ethan Nakamura as the demigod enforcer. Percy is convinced that Bianca is being mind-controlled and goes to Mt Tam to rescue her as well as stop Kronos. However, when he confronts her, Bianca reveals that she's operating of her own free will, feeling vengeful against the gods for robbing her of her life and having pledged her loyalty to her new Titan master. Kronos intends to make Bianca the prophesy kid, promising her the free will she craves so badly as well as promising not to hurt (3/8)
Nico. Going into the Last Olympian, Percy and Nico are both determined to convince Bianca that she's making a mistake, and this time Nico's duplicity is not to simply learn about his mother but to try and summon her spirit to get through to Bianca. At the same time, Kronos gradually starts treating Bianca as less of an ally and more of a tool, and the Titans' actions cause her to have doubts even though she dosen't know what else to do. It all comes to a head in the final battle.(4/8)
Nico returns from the Underworld by himself early, giving Hades an ultimatum to come and fight or hide. Just before the final attack, Kronos sends Bianca to infiltrate Olympus to disable the magic defenses, but Nico arrives to intercept her and make one last bid to save her. They fight, with both begging the other to stand down even as they slug it out. Finally, just as Percy arrives to chase Kronos, the battered siblings' duel ends when Nico gives another ultimatum. He throws down his (5/8)
sword and gives Bianca, now reduced to fear and frustration-induced tears, the choice between perusing her grudge and allowing herself to continue being Kronos’s slave or doing the right thing. Finally able to make a legitimate choice of her own, Bianca chooses to turn her back on the Titans. She still ends up wounded, but unlike Ethan in canon, Nico manages to save his sister while Percy and Kronos have their final battle. After everything ends, Percy petitions for Bianca’s pardon along (6/8)
with the rest of his list, though Bianca turns it down, realizing the harm she almost caused to the person she loved more than anybody else. She is given a reduced sentence in service to her father, and though she does not properly forgive any of the gods that hurt her, she does recognize that the spite and anger she felt would only lead to more death. Nico gets to visit her occasionally, and she starts a road to redemption that Luke never got the chance to take. In HoO, Bianca is (7/8)
more of a background character, but it is she that finds Hazel in Asphodel and alerts Nico to her. Overall, dark!Bianca is an anti-villain who’s affiliation with Kronos is clearly drawn from her pain and grief over the gods’ interference in her life, but her saving grace is her brother. Nico manages to pull her out of the darkness and save her from becoming the same monster Luke became. What do you think? (bear in mind, this is my rough draft) (8/8)
Okay, WOW. Anon, I am actually going to start a petition to make you the new Percy Jackson author because that was such an interesting plot to read.
First of all, I love that you replaced Bianca with Ethan. As interesting as he was in the series, and as much as I loved his character, after reading through your rough draft, I feel like Bianca would have been a much better character to use throughout PJO. Her arc could have been expanded upon and completed thoroughly, and it could have made a lot of sense. Ethan felt more like a representation of "demigods turned to the other side," which I get is the point, but I loved the way you used Bianca because with your plot, her character could have been used so well to properly show how easily the Titan army manipulated kids.
Furthermore, I feel like your plot with Bianca could have been a much better way to use her character throughout the series. From my interpretation, in canon she seemed more like a stand-in tool just to enhance Nico's own character arc and his motives, but your plot for her would have actually given her some kind of foundation and an actual arc for her to go through. You've given her such an interesting character and I think it really provides more justice to what she could have been.
I also love the way that not only did you give her a better arc, but you also enhanced Nico's own arc and the plot, too. Her death in the books seemed more symbolic to him and a turning point in his character, but with her character in your AU, it's both important to Nico and Bianca. You've given her an actual character, and you've set up such an interesting conflict between Nico and Bianca.
Additionally, I love the divide you've created between them. I think that - based on what we know about her in the books - as much as she loves her brother, Bianca also feels very limited with him because of how she's been forced to grow up and be his savior. She understands that he's only a child, though, which I think could also play into her own hatred for the gods - they've not only destroyed her family, but now they're forcing her to take the role of an adult when she's a mere child, too? She was never angry at Nico - she was only ever mad with the gods.
Maybe that's something that Nico also feels bad about, and maybe he tells her about it when they're standing each other down. Maybe she lets him know that she never hated him or felt that he was bringing her down.
Also, I want to add that I adore the way you put them on opposite sides. It sets up such an interesting dynamic to their relationship because here you have two people who love each other so much, but they're on two different sides of a large war. They're both too stubborn to go onto each other's sides, and Nico knows Bianca's only going to get herself into more danger. I just love the potential that has for both of their characters.
I know Percy had a large fear about Nico being another kid to join Kronos' army, so I bet Bianca being on his team would have left Percy incredibly terrified for Nico, too, because he knew how much Nico loved Bianca. Would he have been nervous for Nico's ability to change his mind? Nico knows he'd never join Kronos, but would Percy have known?
And, knowing that Bianca's now on the Kronos side, how would Percy react? Because he felt pretty guilty about her death in TTC, right? Would he feel guilty that she's on the other side now, too? Would he try to reason with her, only to push her further away? I'd love to see how Percy would deal with knowing that Bianca - an important child of the Big Three - would react to her being there. He was already nervous about Nico joining sides, but having Bianca there would have really scared him.
And the part about Bianca finding Hazel instead of Nico? That was mind-blowing. I love everything about that situation because now that introduces Hazel into the narrative of Nico and Bianca's story. My question for you would be how does Hazel's character change now? How does she fit in with Nico and Bianca? Because in Heroes of Olympus she's clearly very insecure about her relationship with Nico and how he views her, but if she actually knew Bianca, how would she feel? Would she feel more left out (knowing that Bianca and Nico have known each other much longer and have a stronger connection with each other)? Would she be distrustful? And how would the three of them adapt to this additional family member? I have high hopes that by the end they would all love each other very much, but I'm just really curious into how Hazel's addition would influence the dynamic of all three.
And, essentially, it all ends into a somewhat win-win situation. Bianca's still living; Nico's got two new sisters; Hazel now has a new family.
I think this is such an interesting concept, and I'd love to read it. If you ever post it anywhere, please do share the link! This was such an intriguing plot to go through and, again, I think this could have been a much better use of Bianca's character.
Thank you so much for sharing it with me.
#WOW#I seriously wish you had a Tumblr because I just know you would post the most interesting takes#anon tag#asks#pjo meta#nico di angelo#bianca di angelo#hazel levesque#rick riordan#riordanverse#nico di angelo headcanon#bianca di angelo headcanon#hazel levesque headcanon#riordanverse headcanon#pjo#percy jackson and the olympians#heroes of olympus#hoo
142 notes
·
View notes
Text
How to get adopted in ten steps (or less!) - Part three
Pairing: Chain & oc
Rating : G
Summary: Myrah takes time to reassure Wild and Legend separately, and for better or worse she shares some tea with the latter. Legend still doesn't kn ow what to make of the woman and it bothers him.
Warnings: spying,
Other: For lack of any canon material to help I've made certain words for the Gerudo language, 'Kiventa' is equivalent to 'dear one' or 'darling' used for friends, family, and lovers alike.
-------
Legend doesn't trust strangers. He sure as he'll dosen’t trust Myrah who claims to he over a centuries old despite looking maybe twenty.
So, obviously, snooping is the answer. With all the others in their rooms for the night Legend goes to see what Myrah and Wild are talking about in her house during the nights.
Settled outside the open window, Legend watches and listens.
"How many times do I have to tell you that you're more than just your destiny? When will you believe me?" Myrah asks, sitting at the kitchen table with a tired expression.
Wild shakes his head, firelight from the fireplace on the back wall dances across his feature. "I'm the chosen Hero."
"No. You're Link. You are a stubborn boy with a good heart."
"Myrah." Wild says, his own voice tired.
"Look, do you have the hero's spirit? Yes. Are you the best cook I've ever known? Also yes."
"Myrah I don't even remember my family. I'm just the hero."
Myrah pulls the most exhausted disappointed look Legend has seen on anyone except Time. And honestly- this comes pretty close.
"Link, if I could actually shake sense into you I would."
"Thanks. I feel the love."
"Good, because I do love you. But you're the most stubborn person I've ever known."
"That tracks."
"You are more than just Hylia's hero. You're a great cook, a good archer, a hell of a friend, and one of the most genuinely kind people I've ever met."
"Thanks." Wild says, ducking his head away from Myrah. His own heart swelling at the ride.
Legend - He may not feel trusting or even hopeful about Myrah, but he can appreciate the way she speaks to Wild. The soft affirmation is always welcome to the others.
"Anytime. You know I'm always here for you."
"I know... But don't you miss him?"
"Who?"
"Who I used to be?"
"Yes and no." Myrah says with a sad smile, "I miss him because I grew up with him. But I lost you to being a knight too. You're more like the boy I grew up with than he was."
Wild looks up, eyes widening and a surprised sound leaving his throat. "I am?"
"You are."
"How?"
"We used to chase frogs and fish in the stream... You know you're the one who taught me to make a grass whistle first?"
"Oh."
"I wish I could get the others to understand that they're more than just the chosen heroes too."
Legend nearly chokes. This woman is something else.
"You know they won't. "
"They might... It'll take a lot but there's was a time not too long ago I thought all I could ever be was a warrior, a weapon."
"You know that's not true.
"I didn't used to."
"Myrah," Wild starts, only to fall silent. What does he even say.
"The weight each of you puts on your own shoulders rivals that of your destiny. You all bear too much shame and guilt."
"I know."
"I hope you do."
Myrah turns her gaze to the window Legend is spying into, and she holds his gaze. Silent as she stares right back.
She saw him. Oh Wild is gonna be so mad. This is-
Myrah turns her gaze away, back to Wild.
Maybe she didn't see Legnd? That would be good.
"Go rest, you look exhausted, kiventa."
Wild just nods, standing with little else in response as he goes to the guest bedroom. Though based on watching the two Legend would guess the guest bedroom is really just Wild's.
Legend has no clue what the foreign word means, but it sounds gentle enough.
After Wild shuts the door Myrah stands, walking towards her stove and starting the kettle.
Without even looking to him again she says, "You can come out, Legend."
"What-"
"I admire how much you care for them." She says, "I'm happy to answer your questions. "
"Aren't you mad?"
"No. I'm not blind to the intimidation I exude. I don't try to be scary but many think I am."
"I- what?"
"Come inside it's going to be cold outside soon."
Legend would argue, or go back to the inn. But he can't ignore his curiosity about the woman. She's ridiculously tall, her hair is something like fire the way it fades from red to blonde.
Her eyes are like actual gold.
And supposedly she's older than Wild.
So he caves, choosing not to sneak back into the room he shares with Warriors.
He goes around the house and comes through the door.
She's pulled down two mugs, "I hope you like mint tea."
"Mint- isn't that the best way to hide a sleep potion?"
"I'm not going to do that, you're welcome to watch me make them."
Legend dosen’t trust her. But she also hasn't lied out right yet either.
He dosen’t really wanna piss off the seven-foot-fuck-off tall woman who was trained to be a warrior.
"I believe you." He says.
Myrah throws a smile over her shoulder at him, "You're smart to be cautious. Not everyone is good."
"That's not reassuring."
"I guess not. Tell me, what was your time like?"
"A lot of woods. People were nice enough."
"Hm, sounds pretty."
"Yeah."
"You don't trust people often, do you?" Myrah asks as she starts putting tea leaves in a holder before dropping one into each mug.
"Why should I? You said it yourself, a lot of people aren't good."
Myrah laughs, warm and bright and soft all at once. "A lot of people are good. A lot of people aren't..."
"Obviously. What are you, a glass half full person?"
"No. I'm more of a knock the glass over and choose last second kind of person."
"That makes no sense."
"I've been told that a lot."
"Wind is pretty fond of you. Why?"
Myrah pours the boiling water into the mugs as she answers, not missing a beat. "It might be that I don't treat him like a kid. A lot of people do, if I were to guess."
"We don't-"
"You all protect him most. Don't think I didn't notice how you all tried to stay between me and Wind the first time."
'You-"
"I've lived a long time, but before everything happened I was supposed to be a royal knight- to protect the princess with Link. I know what it looks like to keep someone away."
"You're something else."
"I'll take that as a compliment."
"I don't mean it as one."
"That's okay. I've lived to long to care what the youth think of me anyways."
"You do know you look like- maybe twenty. Right?"
"I know."
"Okay then."
Myrah sets out creamer and sugar before bringing the cups older. She seems unbothered by legend. His words and presence almost seem of no consequence to her.
Once he's pulled a mug towards him and added a lot of sugar, he looks at her.
"You know we don't trust you. Don't you?"
"Of course I do."
"Then why do you keep trying to be nice to us?"
Myrah lets out a slow breath, and she meets Legend's eyes slowly. When she speaks she's quieter and more unsteady. "You have all taken in Wild... I- I will always take care of those Wild cares for. He's my family, which means his family is worth taking care of."
"That's-"
"Probably silly?" Myrah suggests, forcing a smile, 'I know."
"You really care about us just cause Wild does?"
"Yeah... I do. And I'm thankful to you all for looking out for him. He's always been reckless with his own life. He never understood how much he meant to others."
"You don't say."
She sits, looking a lot less lively than usual. Something is obviously bothering her.
Legend can't bring himself to ask though.
"You know, I meant what I said to Wild... You all carry far more than you need to."
He blinks, a little startled that she wasn't just saying it for Wild's sake.
"Maybe."
"The fact that you've all defeated Ganon- more than once for some of you... It really is miraculous. "
"It's our job."
"I know. But trust me, not many people would try to fight if you didn't. "
"I guess you'd know."
She just smiles, something almost vicious lights in her eyes. "I do."
Legend can't stand this, so he figures he might as well just ask her what in the name of Hylia she wants from them.
She probably won't kill him.
"Okay, seriously... What do you want from us? "
"To help. As much as I can. I don't necessarily know what you're chasing, or your pasts.... But I do know you are all lacking your flame."
"You know about that?"
"I am one. Other wise I'm pretty sure I'd have died several times over the years."
"So you just want to help? Out of the goodness of your heart?"
Legend knows how sparky he sounds.
"Yes. But if I'm being honest, part of it is to keep Wild safe. But I'd also help you guys anyways."
"That's real stupid."
"I don't expect any of you to suddenly trust me. But I hope you fan believe me when I tell you that I am going with you."
Myrah's eyes are hardened as she says that. Her voice steady and stern. She sounds so sure- and she's just unknown enough Legend can't fund it in himself to call her bluff.
He doesn't know who in their right mind woud want to join the chosen heroes but whatever.
"I'm sure you are."
She just laughs, shaking her head as her stern face falls.
She sips some more of her tea, seeming to relax just a little.
Legend finally give in and tries the tea. It's minty, but not too strong. It's soothing and almost like a hug from someone long gone.
"What blend is this?" Legend asks, putting aside his pride in the interest if tea that might actually help soothe the nerves of the group.
Myrah smiles, setting her mug down gently. "I never did get a solid name for it, but Wild's mom taught me."
"His mother?"
"Yes. She was a remarkable woman."
"It's hard to believe you're old. You seem so young."
"I try to be, it's real weird when someone who looks twenty acts super old."
"Yeah..."
"I'm happy to teach you the tea blend. There are others you might like- though I've never had the magic skill that Thea and my mom had."
"Thea?"
"Right. Sorry. Thea is Alethea, Wild's mom."
"She had a skill for magic?"
"Most oracles do. You might actually be able to recreate her recipes, you and Hyrule both seem magically inclined."
"Huh. I mean, maybe."
"I have to go to my nephew's house tomorrow, you're all welcome to come."
"I thought you only had a niece. Where does-"
"Adopted family." Myrah says with a smile.
Legend notices the slight strain in her voice, barley there. Itself not quite true, close. She's good. Real good.
"Sure."
"You'll understand when you see them." She says, obviously aware she'd been caught."
"Maybe."
15 notes
·
View notes
Text
A look at Dream's punishment through irl rules and taking into account UN's rules regarding prisons. Because it is just interesting and it proves how there is NO justification for it. But mostly because it's interesting to look at and you may learn a thing or two.
I have seen too many times people trying to justify Dream's punishment. I did research and read through multiple articles and documents (over 73 pages of two different documents) about the more legal sides of his punishment. While Quackity's physical torture is obvious, I am here to address that even before that it was still very illegal. I know it is fictional! This is just a look into the real life facts and rules regarding prisons because it is interesting to look at Dream's punishment and Pandora's Vault under the light of these. So keep that in mind while reading this!
Welcome to my ted talk with actual facts and be prepared for quite the ride!
While yes, he has done bad things...however he has not done something so bad that he deserves a punishment so cruel that it's considered too inhumane for even mass murderers. Like actually! Stay tooned and you'll see what I mean.
His sentence is indefinite solidary confinement. Which is defined by the united nations as:
"the confinement of prisoners for 22 hours or more a day without meaningful human contact."
This means his punishment fits the definition for all his time (including visits) except when Tommy was locked inn and now with Quackity (although I'd consider the last one a turn for the worse). Now that we have that cleared up- lets get into the rule breaking. But first, let me introduce you to The Mandela Rules!
"The Mandela Rules reinforce human rights principles, including
the recognition of the absolute prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman
or degrading treatment or punishment and effective guidance
to national prison administrations for persons deprived of their liberty"
Now that we have established that, lets get into this concerning fact train!
Rule 43
1. In no circumstances may restrictions or disciplinary sanctions amount to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
The following practices, in particular, shall be prohibited:
(a) Indefinite solitary confinement;
(b) Prolonged solitary confinement;
(c) Placement of a prisoner in a dark or constantly lit cell;
(d) Corporal punishment or the reduction of a prisoner’s diet or drinking water;
(e) Collective punishment.
Yeah...pretty clear breaking of 4/5 there. They can't even break e! Not to mention the pretty explicit breaking of d that was probably a surprise. You can count it as them breaking 4/4 if you count the fact that they can’t even break e. Rest assured my friend, this is just the beginning.
Rule 44
For the purpose of these rules, solitary confinement shall refer to the confinement of prisoners for 22
hours or more a day without meaningful human contact. Prolonged solitary confinement shall refer to
solitary confinement for a time period in excess of 15 consecutive days.
Already broken this one too huh. Even visiting days counts because I don't think anyone has been there for hours and I also don't think Sam's interactions would be long enough or count as meaningful human contact. The time with Tommy and Quackity is the only time it dosen't count as solidary. So this is getting...very much concerinng. But this is still only the start.
Rule 45
1. Solitary confinement shall be used only in exceptional cases as a last
resort*, for as* short a time as possible and subject to independent
review, and only pursuant to the authorization by a competent authority. It
shall not be imposed by virtue of a prisoner’s sentence.
2. The imposition of solitary confinement should be prohibited in the case
of prisoners with mental or physical disabilities when their conditions
would be exacerbated by such measures
Woops...so not only is it illegal as a punishment...but also the "he is a psychopath" argument (which is already a bad stereotype, but I won't get into psychology here. It's a common misconception and c!Tommy not knowing is almost to be expected. However please do not say that someone, character or real person, have a mental disorder or illness without proper knowledge about psychology and in the case of characters we shouldn’t put labels unless the writer has said that they have taken mental disorders or illnesses into account when making the character) just got yeeted out the window. Actually that argument just took a loop and now is an argument for the other side. It makes sense because as it says: it exacerbates their preexisting mental illnesses. Which is why it's prohibited.
"In no case may a detainee’s contact with the outside world be
dependent on his or her cooperativeness, be used as a disciplinary
sanction or form part of the sentence."
- Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Civil and Political Rights, Including the Questions of Torture and Detention, ¶ 43, Comm’n on Human Rights,
“…The medical officer should visit prisoners held in solitary confinement
every day, on the understanding that such visits should be in the interests
of the prisoners ’ health. Furthermore, prisoners held in solitary
confinement for more than 12 hours should have access to fresh air for at
least 1 hour each day” - Subcomm. on Prevention of Torture [SPT]
Wow Sam...it is almost impressive in a dark way just how explicitly these are broken. The Warden's very punishments for disobedience just straight up counts as torture. And for the obvious record I highly doubt Quackity's daily visits to the green bloob counts as anything but 'the interests of the prisoners' health'. You can disagree here...but I am being very sarcastic.
Rule 22
1. Every prisoner shall be provided by the prison administration at the
usual hours with food of nutritional value adequate for health and
strength, of wholesome quality and well prepared and served.
Raw potatoes every day for the rest of your life..eehhh no thanks. If Dream ever gets out he will probably join me in the 'eating potatoes trauma' box. As funny as that sounds, it isn't a joke. I was force fed potatoes as a child and I hated it to the point where it gave me a mental block that stops me from eating them as my body just does not want to swallow it. It's a problem. But I can joke about it. Maybe Tommy will join us too, although it wasn't really the eating potatoes that caused that trauma...rip. Rest in anything but potatoes.
Rule 42
General living conditions addressed in these rules, including those related
to light, ventilation, temperature, sanitation, nutrition, drinking water,
access to open air and physical exercise, personal hygiene, health care
and adequate personal space, shall apply to all prisoners without
exception.
I think it's pointless to say more on that topic as it's pretty much already summed up. Let us now move over to what are probably some of the qoutes so specific that it's scary.
“Furthermore, [the Committee] is concerned about the use of solitary
confinement for indefinite periods of time.... Full isolation of 22 to 23
hours a day in supermaximum security prisons is unacceptable
(art. 16).” - Committee. against Torture [CAT]
Oh wow.. talk about on the nose. I should've just started with this one as it pretty much says pretty clearly how it is unacceptable. Like yikes...can you get more specific? It is just downright ridiculous at this point. (-_-;)
“Solitary confinement, when used for the purpose of punishment,
cannot be justified for any reason, precisely because it imposes severe
mental pain and suffering beyond any reasonable retribution for
criminal behaviour and thus constitutes an act defined in article 1 or article
16 of the Convention against Torture, and a breach of article 7 of the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights."
Ahaha...ha....yeah for those who justify it...the convention against torture is very much against it being justified...Imagine if the characters could read these rules, that'd be interesting. Although I am pretty sure they don't follow realism for the imprisonment. As I have already said; this is just an interesting look at the irl rules and how Dream's punishment and Pandora's Vault stand under light of them.
“No prisoner, including those serving life sentence [sic] and prisoners on
death row, shall be held in solitary confinement merely because of the
gravity of the crime.”
- Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Like...there are no loopholes here. It is so extremely clear that it truly is darkly impressive how the characters don't seem to have a second thought about this. How do you accidentally sentence someone to a lifetime of torture without realizing? If they do know...It'd be very dark.
Btw Tommy's exile and his time in prison doesn't count as solidary confinement. Just to clear that up.
It amazes me how badly they break these rules...I know they probably didn't take the realism into consideration. However it is still kind of darkly impressive. Especially considering how scary specific they break them too. Even though this is just a interesting (I was about to write fun, however I wouldn't count realizing how inhuman the prison is is 'fun'. But it is interesting) look at Dream's punishment and Pandora's Vault under the light of real life rules for prisons. (lol my paranoid self have said this so much)
These facts also proves how saying it's justified...is kind of morally bad. Not attacking anyone! I just want to also say how while it is pure fiction and the characters in the story can have whatever opinion they want as they are characters. However when it comes to fans approving and justifying it without taking time to consider how it really isn't something that can be justified (real or no). You can have whatever opinion you want, however just maybe take some of what you have learned today and reflect over it? To think twice after having received new information dosen't hurt. I am not here to tell you what to think, so rest easy. Only to share some facts^^ (*so obviously scared of offending anyone*)
I recommend taking some time to look it up yourself if you want to look further into it. The psychological aspects of it is also interesting to look at!
I hope you have learned something here today and found this post and my research interesting! I spent hours on this so I hope you have enjoyed this! I originally posted this on reddit and I was very surprised at how many stopped by to read it and therefore I choose to post it here as well because you learn something and hopefully also gained a new perspective.
Ninma over and out!
101 notes
·
View notes
Text
Prep and Landing Mini-Retrospective Finale: Mansion Impossible and Naughty Vs Nice (comissioned by weirdkev27)
Ho ho ho all you happy people and welcome back to Pop Culture Buffet. I’m Jake, I review stuff and things and today I finish out my quick look at the prep and landing tetralogy. For those just joining us Prep and Landing was a breif series of Disney Shorts and one comic book tie in about Lanny and Wayne, two elves who work in the titular branch of Santa’s elves to prepare houses ahead of time (knock out anyone still awake, make sure the cookies aren’t stale, etc), to help Santa reach his “all the kids who write to me and are good in one night goal”. It was a clever premise.. but I found the first special a bit lacking, while the second, the shorter operation secret santa, was perfect and not just for using the almost 100 years old betty white as Mrs. Claus.
So I had no idea how this final special or i’ts companion piece, an 8 page comic adventure at the Avengers Mansion , would play out. Would they be tinsel or a trashfire? The only way to find out is to join me under the cut. ‘
Mansion Impossible: So this is an interesting little artifact. Mansion Impossible was an 8 page story in the back of Marvel Adventures Super Heroes, Marvel Adventures Spider-Man and the mainline avengers book in december of the same year as Naughty Vs Nice. It’s something a lot of people who liked the specials didn’t even know existed and I didn’t even till kev had me covering it.
I”m glad he did. While I don’t have much to say about this one the premise is brilliant: The Elves have to prep the avengers mansion. For those MCU fans scratching their heads the avengers had a mansion in the comic. They got the tower later, it’s a whole thing. They also had a butler, Jarvis. Jarvis rocks.
So we simply get some fun gags as our heroes deal with security, the hulks underwear and use a combo of shield surfing and one of iron man’s gloves in the wash to get the job done. Not much to say here honestly: it’s 8 pages with a very simple gag at the core. it works even if I feel it coudl’ve been more avengersy, but hey for an 8 page story clearly meant to hype up a new special, it works. And i’ll never object to elves sliding down caps shield. I do question where the avengers were but they were all seeing that hip new musical working boys I reckon. I don’t know what the timeline for these avengers are, I just know prep and landing has it’s own set.
It also has it’s own x-men as the ending sets up the boys going to the xavier mansion for a prep, something we sadly never got. Maybe because the writers thought wolverine would stab them, I dunno. They forget that the X-Men are tight with leprechauns, so unless theirs some racial tensoins between elves and leprechauns they should be fine.
Naughty Vs Nice:
So as I outlined last time while the first special wasn’t bad, it did have some flaws mostly piling on Wayne, with both Magee and Lanny calling him out when, while he did screw up royally, they don’t acknowledge, WHY he was being such a dick at all. So you’d THINK the sequel would avoid this, do better and give us a better story where Wayne is either more clearly a dick or just not one and they focus on something else.
Yeahhhhhh Naughty Vs Nice dosen’t do that and instead has Wayne have a conflict where he’s treated as entirely in the wrong even though he has some points, and has to learn a lesson. Yes he’s still a bit of a jerk but ONCE AGAIN you can’t hardly blame him, and at least want his greviances acknowledged. But to fully grasp why they botched it, we have to go into the story sooo...
This time around we start with something I like as the opening focuses on the Coal Elves, who were seen breifly last time and were one of my faviorite bits of world building. The Coal Elves are Prep and Landing’s oppisite number: While P and L focus on preparing houses for good kids, the Coal Elves double check the bad ones and give them coal. The special even makes the whole lump of coal thing more palatable: The Coal Elves check for comformation the child is still naughty, via evidence they can find and scan, and once they have enough then they send the coal, with a “be better next year” ribbon attached. It shows Santa, true to his words in the previous full special, knows kids can slip and dosen’t WANT to give them coal, but has no choice if they give him none, and gives them every opportunity.
Things go plum shaped though as the coal elves are assaulted by a mystery child in a mask and her robot dog, whose not only ready for them but takes their fruitcake device. How this child, given the screen name jinglesmells, knows all this .. is never really explained, and while it’s a bit of a plot hole I can let it slide as she is easily the best part of this special.
So enter our heroes who are pulled out of holiday shopping (Lanny getting gifts and Wayne getting a sled). And to Wayne’s credit, and to the special’s discredit.. wayne simply has them hold the sled. Wayne gladly dashes away all to go do his job when given a red alert. He has grown.
So Magee gives them the mission along with the smarty pants head of elf intelligence, played by my boy Chris Parnell: they need to stop jinglesmell before she can use the device to hack the naughty/nice database.
So they go to the coal elf bar.. which has some weirdly cheery song about the coal elves playing. It just.. dosen’t remotely fit the grimy, rough and tumble bar astetic at all. You might as well play this over it
youtube
So then we meet our heroes Coal Elf helper, as Magee assigned one.. and asked wayne not to be mad. Turns out he has a reason to as their contact is Noel, who not only bought the sled Wayne wanted.. but is Wayne’s baby brother, just a big bigger than him.
Yeah we have as a year before this, we got the Regular Show episode Don where Rigby also had a more successful younger brother whose taller than him and people liked more, but isn’t making his life miserable on purpose and geinuiley loves and looks up to his older brother.
The problem is Don actually treats the older brother’s concerns with some respect, while still painting him as an ass. In Don, Rigby’s forced to, against his will, call his accountant brother don for help, as the Park’s being audited. He dosen’t WANT to and is stubbornly forced into it by his boss on threat of firing, not unresonably given the park’s future is on the line. Rigby is petty, mean, and agressive to his brother the entire visit before eventually scarring him off. He’s still throughly a dick and his actions nearly get the park repossesed.
But what makes the episode work is Rigby isn’t being a dick for no reason. A bti MUCH of one. Of course, and that early in the show he did this shit all the time, so i’ts not a huge suprise. But he has a valid reason to resent his brother: everyone PREFERS his brother to him, with even his own best friend taking Don’s side, and Don constantly upstaged him without meaning to.
But to Rigby’s credit he mans up, explains this to don.. and apologizes realizing he was too much of a dick and finding out his brother really does love and respect him and he was cruel to the poor guy for nothing. The two reconcile, the part is saved from being sucked into the void. Goood ep all around.
Here it’s about the same.. except unlike Don.. Noel’s not that likeable. While you do get the sense he really likes wayne, even recounting a story about a sled wayne wanted in his youth and how close they were, playing superheroes together, he’s also a boistiorus dick who chooses barging in over stealth and repeadetly botches the mission as a result. Don was just a geninely sweet guy who didn’t MEAN to upstage his brother. Noel dosen’t mean to but he makes his job harder. Noel then accidently gets the device.. and gets the position of elf of the year Wayne wanted from this. Is wayne doing this mission for the glory right? Not especially no. But is wayne understandably upset his brother is set to get an award wayne worked his ass off for and did all the hard work for? Yup.
And that’s the problem: if like don the obvlious party at least admitted they were sorry or got that they do this all the time it’d work. But instead Wayne hurts Noel’s feelings, makes it very clear ot him WHY he’s so hurt, and .. endds up having to apologize because he goes too far and wishes he never had a brother. Once again Wayne is only the bad guy and the grey areas are glossed over. Merry fucking christmas.
And I say this as someone whose BEEN like Noel, whose made his brother’s life harder without meaning to. I’ve also been like wayne, a resentful dick. So I empathize with both when the special clearly dosen’t. and that’s what makes it fall apart: once again it only grasps one side of thigns and unlike last time dosen’t have the santa ending to help fix it. Wayne gets what he wants by working with Noel, noel learns nothing, chrismtas is saved.
It also seeps into what’s an otherwise GOOD emotoinal arc with our antagonist: As it turns out Jinglesmell.. is just a very smart little girl who simply wants to be on the nice list again, and has only been acting out because she got a baby brother, one who steals all the attnetion, destroyed her faviorite doll and whose crying prevented her from asking santa for a new one. She’s doing something stupid and destructive, but you get why and thus feel terrible for her when her gambti backfires, corrupting the database to make all kids naughty. That, combined with the two idiots above fighting, gets her to realize how far she’s gone and geinley atone for it... as well as realize her younger brother is just a baby and looks up to her. Granted I don’t like this specials message that older siblings should just take all the shit, i’m a younger sibling and even I think tha’ts gross, but overall jinglesmells does the arc better,and her ending, saving christmas and still getting a present from Santa after all.
I WANTED to like Naughty Vs Nice: it has increased worldbuilding, intresting new characters.. but the main emotional crux drags it down. It just dosen’t CARE what Wayne feels and has an awful unteitonal moral of “Well if your the older siblings you shoudl just eat shit and take what you got because the little one respects you blurgh blurgh blurgh” Look having a sibling can be difficult, I know from firsthand experince.. but the reasl message should be you should love each other, try to understand each other and make things better through commuincation not one side buckling entirely. Overall a disapointment if a watchable one and a downer to end this special on as I really feel this franchise SHOUDL continue. I’d like a movie or a reboot series at some point, I feel it has legs. It deserves another shot even if it’s bigger works.. came out like two large lumps of coal. Happy holidays and thanks for reading
15 notes
·
View notes