#mine is more snarky and sassy

[blurryface-never-left]

Pur•ity

There's something oddly fascinating about a particular outfit that Blurryface appears in. In the sea of various dark clothes, there's one that seems to stand out from the crowd. The snow white hoodie, over a button-up and finished off by an identical white pair of trousers. A stark contrast against the charcoal black that coats the skin of their hands and neck, with the addition of ruby red swimming in their irises. This white, the color that symbolizes purity and innocence, ironically being donned by an entity that prides itself on eradicating just that.

Like a taunt, or mockery. Or even more malicious, a disguise. A wolf in sheeps clothing if you will. A perfect fit to appear to introduce itself in, if they were to try to slide their way into your psyche. At your lowest moment, the perfect time to strike. When your vision is too blurred by the overwhelming rush of tears in the midst of a panic attack, you'll be more likely to miss the inky black of their hands as they take you in, brushing your hair or rubbing circles on your back to soothe your anxiety. An anxiety they'd never admit was amplified by their infestation that they already started in your mind. You can only take in the comforting, safety of the white hoodie you'd cry into. You'll develop a trust with your new, otherworldly friend before you could correlate the red eyes and shadows with anything malevolent.

After all, how can they be dangerous? With how they keep you company, when your friends slowly begin to fade from your life, or how they're willing to stay and listen to you spill your flaws and downfalls to them. They do it because they care..

A friend. An odd, eerie even, shadowed friend. They have your best interest in mind. So when they suggest relieving your stress with a razor blade, or satiate your anxiety by encouraging you to stay home, away from the terrifying world, you can assure its from a place of support.

Right?

[kyouka-supremacy]

We should talk more about Akutagawa seeing Dazai in Atsushi and being revolted by him, that's such a juicy concept to explore

[sweetkpopmusings]

stray kids soulmate aus | k. seungmin <3

a/n: these days i am QUITE the seungmin simp & it shows :,-) i had a lot of fun writing a very classic kpop fic meet-cute with this one ! if you need me, i'll be watching seungmin compilations <333 pics not mine~

content: fluff, soulmate au | wc: 1.9k | warnings: none really! | pairing: soulmate!seungmin x gn!reader | requests: open

♡ chan | minho | changbin | hyunjin | jisung | felix | seungmin | jeongin ♡

on your 18th birthday, you receive a stack of sticky notes on which you can write to your soulmate. there is one note for every day leading up to when you meet.

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚

you settled into your desk chair, eager to see what anecdote seungmin has chosen for you today. it was always a thrill to get a peek into his daily life, and it was especially entertaining when he removed context from the situation to make you laugh. over the years, he developed a knack for telling stories just the way you liked them. 

we went shopping today, in that area that always smells like ice cream cone batter. i bought a cool phone case. you better compliment me on it when we meet. i know it’s only ten days away, but i encourage you to put a reminder on your calendar, so you don’t forget to appreciate my taste in accessories. 

-yours, seungmin 

you scoffed. he was always extra sassy when he was excited about something. you tapped your pen against your desk, devising the perfect reply to seungmin’s daily update.

i promise i’ll tell you the phone case is cool, if and only if it actually is. we must be on the same wavelength because i went shopping today too (it didn’t smell like ice cream cone batter where i was though). i picked out new clothes for the day we meet, so you better compliment me on it as soon as you see me. should we make a joint calendar event since you’re quite forgetful?

-yours, y/n

not even 30 seconds passed when you saw seungmin’s handwriting appear near the bottom of the sticky note. you smiled, feeling his playful energy infect you.

like a wise person said, i’ll tell you the outfit is cool, if and only if it actually is. i’d love to make a joint calendar event, but we can’t share contact information yet, remember? i’ll have to trust you won’t forget the phone case…i guess that’s more important than remembering a basic rule about soulmates, so i’ll have faith in you :-) 

-yours, seungmin

with another roll of your eyes, you wrote your last message to seungmin for the night.

you test my patience, kim seungmin. get some rest now. i know you’re working hard on your comeback, so i’ll be rooting for you! 

-yours, y/n

you smiled at the tiny heart seungmin drew in the bottom corner of the page before you peeled the sticky note off the stack. electricity ran through you every time you noticed how much it shrank. soon, very soon, you would be teased by seungmin in person. you hoped that you’d deliver the perfect eye roll in response to his snarky comments, as a way to show him you truly loved him.

staring at the note, seungmin laughed at his desk, right when felix walked by.

“what’d y/n say?”

“none of your business.”

despite the nature of the retort, seungmin’s tone was lighthearted. felix laughed and left seungmin alone to place the completed sticky note in his not-so-secret box, where he kept every word you’ve ever exchanged safe from the rest of the world.

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚

hi soulmate~ let’s see if our tastes match. tell me your ideal meet-cute.

-yours, seungmin

you felt a blush on your skin at seungmin’s cute tone. you imagined he was feeling particularly sweet as your meeting was only three days away. you took your time mentally ranking the best meet-cutes you’d witnessed in books, movies, tv, and real life.

hi seungmin~ there are a lot of good ones, but i have to stick with the classic: locking eyes across a crowded room. what’s yours?

-yours, y/n

you stared at the note, eager to see whether seungmin had a romantic side after all. you laughed in disbelief when you read his answer.

wow, no “hi soulmate~”? rude :-( my favorite trope is spilling coffee on someone. i’d enjoy that as long as i’m not the one getting spilled on. let’s hope your outfit isn’t too cool!

-yours, seungmin

you imagined seungmin was laughing at his own joke, which balanced out his vague threat to spill coffee on you.

you’re such a menace :-( i’m about to revoke “soulmate” from your nicknames, as a matter of principle. 

-yours, y/n

seungmin, despite himself, blushed at the thought of you having different nicknames picked out for him. his heart fluttered, feeling extra sweet because of you.

i’m YOUR menace. see you soon! i’ll be the handsome man holding two coffees <3

-yours, seungmin 

you sighed, knowing there was a real chance he’d carry two coffees around that whole day. if there was one thing about seungmin, he’d commit to the bit. 

i’ll run away from you, and i hope you spill one of the coffees on yourself while you chase me. at least we’ll be matching <3

-yours, y/n

from miles away, you and seungmin laughed at the same time. similarly, you both played out different meet-cute scenarios for the rest of the night. seungmin would never admit this to you, but he’d love to see the excited look on your face if your chosen meet-cute was what fate had in store.

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚

though you returned home later than usual, you were still surprised to see the sticky note halfway filled up by the time you sat at your desk. 

my schedules start before sunrise tomorrow, so i have to go to bed early, like a grandpa. chan says this is a good time to go to bed…what else would we expect though? anyways, i’m sorry i won’t get to write back tonight. tell me about your day! i’ll read it as soon as i wake up. i promise. :-)

sleep well, and i’ll see you tomorrow~

-yours, seungmin

your heart sank a little at the fact you wouldn’t be able to interact directly with seungmin the night before the long-awaited day. however, the butterflies in your stomach reminded you that there was plenty to be excited about.

hi soulmate~ i’m jealous you’re sleeping so early. i was out late because i had to get everything ready before attending the live show recording tomorrow (i still can’t believe i won that ticket lottery!). i’m worried i won’t be able to sleep well from the excitement. 

don’t forget about my outfit! just look for the best-dressed person and you’ll find me :-)

i’ll be sending you the strength to get through your schedules! i can’t wait to see you tomorrow~

-yours, y/n

you smiled to yourself, feeling in your heart that seungmin would start his day off happy, as you finally gave him the greeting he’d been waiting for.

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ 

from the second he read your note, seungmin couldn’t wipe the smile from his face. everyone noticed the way he beamed, so it didn’t take long for them to put together that he’d be meeting you today. his members were painfully obvious about trying to catch a glimpse of you wherever they went. seungmin was in such a good mood that he didn’t even tease them that much. 

realizing that the live show recording was almost definitely where you’d meet, seungmin noticed that his palms were sweatier than normal. he shook them out, taking deep breaths to calm his heart rate. this may not have been the first stage for their new song, but it was the first stage you’d be at, so the stakes were high. 

despite the nerves from the night before, you were happily enjoying yourself at the show. of course, every performance was incredible, and the crowd was energetic. by the time there was only one act left, you felt your body start to grow tired. an adrenaline rush hit you full force, however, when you saw the name “stray kids” light up the stage.

jaw dropped, you were silent while the rest of the crowd screamed. your eyes raced to find seungmin. he was on the opposite end of the stage, giving you at least a chance at composing yourself before he saw your face. the music started, and you joined the crowd’s cheers. seungmin’s stage presence and vocals in person were breathtaking, and you felt a swell of pride knowing that your soulmate was so talented.

as though he could sense you were thinking of him, seungmin turned his head to the area where you stood. the second you locked eyes, seungmin grinned like an excited puppy. he waved to you, feeling giddy enough to make a heart with his hands. you matched his energy, smiling widely and bouncing from the magic of it all. there he was, just across the room, saying “hi” to you and only you.

per the instructions seungmin mouthed from the stage, you waited in your seat for a bit until a staff member brought you backstage. despite the recording being done, the halls were crowded with bustling employees and idols alike. all of the noise was drowned out by someone calling your name.

“hey y/n! i like your outfit!”

you turned around, seeing seungmin waving again. he beamed, and you rushed over to him. 

“you remembered!”

seungmin laughed at your excitement, “i did forget my coffee though. it looks like your meet-cute won in the end.”

his eyes twinkled as he looked at you. rather than feeling nervous, you two chattered endlessly. you giggled at the way seungmin blushed when you complimented his performance. in turn, seungmin giggled at the way you blushed when he called you pretty. being able to have a conversation that exceeded the character limit of a sticky note left both of you with the zoomies, much to the entertainment of seungmin’s eavesdropping members. 

“seungmin!” hyunjin yelled from a suspiciously nearby spot, “we have to leave soon!” hyunjin waved at you, “hi y/n!”

you waved back, and seungmin told you to ignore hyunjin, which made you laugh. as you exchanged contact information, you kept your promise and examined seungmin’s phone case.

“i like your phone case, seungmin! it matches your style perfectly,” you pointed at the object in his hand.

“thank you!” seungmin grinned for the umpteenth time that day, proudly holding the phone out for you to see, “this is the best part, if you ask me.”

you were surprised to see a sticky note in the back of his phone case. you leaned closer to examine it, and you felt a wave of fondness wash over you. in his hand, seungmin held one of your earliest sticky notes. on it, you had drawn a picture of what you thought seungmin looked like, purely based on how he wrote. you were way off, which you learned once you saw a picture of him online. it did accurately capture seungmin’s personality, though, so seungmin was quite proud of your artistry. 

“it’s a one-of-a-kind drawing, so i wanted to show it off.”

seungmin’s tone was teasing, but you could feel the compliment, “you’re so sweet, seungmin! maybe i should have a matching one?”

he nodded, “i better see the portrait i drew of you in your phone case next time i see you.”

you laughed, “understood! i feel chan staring at us, so you should get going. call me when you get home?”

“of course!” seungmin smiled, “promise me one more thing?”

“hmm,” you feigned deep thought, “it depends on what it is.”

“next time you come to watch us perform, sit by my side of the stage.”

“only if i can see lee know too.”

seungmin glared at you momentarily, breaking into a laugh because he was so endeared by the pout you gave in response. after you said your goodbyes, you watched seungmin bound down the hall to meet his members. before he went around the corner, he turned to wave to you again, mouthing goodbye, soulmate!

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚

[tragedybunny]

Why Did Your Tav Fall

Here’s a fun notion I had: Let’s write about why our Tav’s fell for Astarion. We all know the thousand of reasons we all collectively love our chaotic, snarky, traumatized, adorable Vamp. But why did your Tav start to fall for him.

For mine, she was raised as Baldurian nobility in a House that valued power and saw her a pawn in their endless games and schemes. With an older sister as the heir of the house, she had a very limited future ahead of her before escaping. Her first encounters with Astarion felt like rebellion, she was free from her family but knew they would hate a man like him. She wasn’t naive enough to buy a lot of his lines, and figured he was just looking for someone to have some fun with while they traveled. 

She started catching feelings as she learned more about him. While her treatment wasn’t as severe as his, she was used to being treated like a thing, an object to be traded in marriage for someone else’s benefit. There was a certain amount of understanding she had for him. Some of the way she herself acted out in the past made it easier to not just be immediately angry with his attitude on occasion. But like her, she could see him struggle and fight for a life that was his alone, and see the person inside that he wanted to be. So she fell for that weird, sweet, sometimes still angry, often very sassy, difficult, beautiful man. 

Lower pressure tags - though anyone who wants should write about it.

@lesserdad @audacityjuice @micropoe10 @astariongf @tallymonster @just-a-refrigerator @rachelle-on-the-run @evillittlebirdie @spacebarbarianweird

[lesbinewren]

I’ve learned too much about the Ahsoka show against my will (haven’t watched it and fighting the urge to) and the more I learn about Sabine’s plot there the more I wish they’d never touched on Rebels characters in live action. What are your thoughts on Sabine through the Ahsoka show, having seen it?

i think what stands out for me is that i didn’t hate it as much as a lot of other sabine fans i know, my gripes are more just the way that her story sometimes scrapes so close to being really really good, but never quite makes it all the way there. a big part of this i think is how they strayed away from a lot of overly-specific references and spending too much time on things that would need to be explained to non-rebels fans, which i appreciate from the perspective of making the show accessible (esp bc i have met a few people now who watched rebels for the first time BECAUSE of ahsoka), but i do think weakens certain aspects as far as being a spiritual successor to rebels

i think the broad strokes of what’s there could be really good, they just need more fleshing out. a lot of this is something that could be “fixed” for me in future seasons/stories assuming a certain amount of care is taken.

i’ll start with what i liked: i did warm up to natasha’s performance a lot quicker than i thought i would. the intro she has in the show had me captured pretty quickly, both because i think it’s a well-written character intro and how natasha sells it. i still prefer tiya’s iteration of the character, but natasha was really great at capturing the mix of soft kindness and attitude, plus sabines specific blend of insecurity and confidence. i think some of her best moments also come from how well she nails the chemistry between her and other ghost crew members (as sparing as those scenes are, which is a major gripe of mine). her and eman’s ezra are so electric to watch, and her one scene with hera hit it on the head (that scene also did a ton of heavy lifting as far as selling me on LA hera). you can FEEL the love she has for both characters and immediately get a sense of what their relationship is like, even if you don’t know all of their history. i genuinely think all of the LA rebels were at their best when they were interacting with each other, because those relationships all hit the nail on the head and i hope to see more of that in the future, especially with her and hera (and PLEASE bring zeb in, i miss him so much you can’t show me that you can make him look good in live action for a cameo in a different show and then not let him see his family!!!)

i liked the attention to detail the set design team had when it came to her apartment on lothal, i liked that they gave her a cat, i liked that they outright stated her sibling relationship with ezra. i liked her back and forth with huyang, i liked that they let her keep her more masculine style armor vs re-casting bo-katan armor, i liked that the show did not hold back on seeing how she’s been struggling with the loss of ezra and her birth family (though i don’t really like how the off-screen killing of the wrens was handled). i liked her rivalry with shin, i liked the scenes with her howler, i liked that she got a poncho for a bit, i liked the way she treated the first noti that she met. i liked the way she got to be selfish and messy and yet still we see that she’s a good person, that she learns from her mistakes and makes the right choices in the end even when it’s hard. i like that she cares, she cares so much it gets her in trouble and despite this she still gets to be sassy and snarky and have all of these pluralities that make her who she is.

genuinely, though everything below is way more long winded than what’s up here, my feelings towards sabine in this show do lean more positive, my criticisms are just more complicated and wordy than my likes lol. i think there’s a lot that’s done right (which i think majorly has to do with natasha’s performance), and so, so much potential. there’s a nonzero chance that season 2 could address most of my issues in a way that satisfies me and turns around my feelings on this, even if ultimately i think i will still always prefer and wish for more animated sabine

criticisms under a cut bc this is longer than i thought

the two big issues i have are the way her mandalorian heritage is handled and the way her jedi arc is handled.

when i say the way her mandalorian heritage is handled, i guess the better answer is the way it ISN’T handled. sabine being a mandalorian is so nonessential to her character in this show, that if you took her armor off you wouldn’t even know she was mandalorian. hell, keep her armor and just don’t have her helmet (which i also think she should have worn more without CONSTANTLY GETTING KNOCKED OFF ARE YOU KIDDING ME) and i bet you a lot of casual viewers wouldn’t have even picked up on it! compare that to her in rebels- being a mandalorian is so integral to her identity, even when she isn’t on good terms with any other mandalorians. she references it herself, other characters reference it about her. this is a character that wielded THE DARKSABER for crying out loud, and her mandalorian identity is erased? in an era where a show called “the mandalorian” is a disney+ flagship that this show itself is essentially a spin-off of, it boggles my mind as both a storytelling and a marketing decision.

any criticisms about mando s3 you may have aside, the last live action show before this one was about the reunification of mandalore. one of your leads in this new show is a mandalorian with a personal connection to the co-lead of that show who once possessed the macguffin you revolved a subplot around there (and is actually the one who handed it over to said co-lead in the first place, kicking off the shows whole backstory). and you just… don’t think about at least letting mandalorian heritage be a bigger part of this character? and not even that, but actively ignoring how important it was before? i understand wanting this show to stand on its own, but it feels like such a waste. sabine loving her mandalorian heritage while also rejecting certain parts of it is a huge part of what makes her character so cool and interesting, and i actually think could have worked really well in tandem with the jedi arc they have for her.

my hope is that now that they feel they’ve done the legwork to establish her as a jedi they won’t have to put quite as much focus on that and in season 2 and wherever else she shows up we’ll be able to see more mandalorian-focused aspects of her, but we’ll see how that goes.

which does bring me to the whole jedi thing. i don’t hate it- i completely understand why people do, but i did warm up to it by the end of the show. i also am not opposed to the idea of anyone being able to connect with the force, it just being a lot harder for those who aren’t naturally force-sensitive, to the point that it’s a non-issue for me. while it wouldn’t have been my preferred direction for her story to go, i actually do like the idea of sabine being a nontraditional jedi, blaster in hand yet following their teachings in her own way because they resonate with her as someone with a desire to help others and do good, and as an extension of how she loves and honors kanan and ezra as her family. we do see inklings of this in rebels, where she rejects certain violent parts of mandalorian culture in favor of “sounding like a jedi” based on what she’s learning from kanan (again a reason to focus more on her as a mandalorian, but whatever).

the problem is, it doesn’t really feel like the show’s jedi arc for her is actually following up on those things. the show doesn’t really address why sabine wants to be a jedi, outside of maybe it being a way for her to find ezra with ahsoka. but now she found ezra. so why does she care about being a jedi? is it because she believes in the code? because she wants to connect with the jedi in her life? because after all she’s been through, she’s searching for peace and balance within herself the jedi path can provide? the show doesn’t really bother to bring this up. i can fill in the gaps with my own fanon, but it feels odd to essentially be told “this character, who showed no interest before, wants to be a jedi now.” this is again something that can be explored in season 2 to satisfy me, but as it stands right now i struggle with it. because right now, the answer feels like “why does sabine want to be a jedi? so ahsoka can have a padawan”

especially because the closest we get to an answer isn’t actually a jedi thing at all- if anything, it’s dark side mindset. the most consistent thing we see with sabine wanting to be a jedi in the show is actually wanting to yield the power of the force. especially when it comes to her attachments (specifically ezra here)! nothing to do with selflessness, with inner peace, any of the core tenets of the jedi philosophy- it’s just about that power. i don’t think it was the intention, and if it was i think sabine struggling with the dark side is entirely natural to her character after all she’s lost at this point, if it was portrayed that way. but her triumphant moment of finally unlocking that power is not one where she realizes she has to find calm within herself to feel the force around her, but one where she is able to access it purely out of fear for her own life in a panicked moment, and then again out of fear for ezras life.

and maybe this is part of the story! the season does end with her rejecting her attachment and instead of going home with ezra, going back to help ahsoka because it’s the right thing to do. so it’s headed in the right direction in that regard. another hope i have for season 2 is that we’ll see sabine struggle still with using the force when she’s at peace and not in a life or death situation, and the frustrations that come with that. maybe she starts relying on strong emotions like anger or fear to wield the force, and ahsoka has to guide her now on not just finding her connection, but on finding it without relying on emotions that could lead her to slip towards the dark side, even though it’s much harder. i think it would create some really great tension considering how sabine’s initial apprenticeship with ahsoka ended, and we then get to see how “ahsoka the white” handles these problems differently than she did before. but who knows?

i also think i said pretty recently i would instantly be 100% more on board with this arc for her if she was allowed to at least talk about kanan. she was close to him, she loved him, he was a huge part of her life and her arc in rebels- and her relationship to him is ignored. are hera and ezra’s relationships to him (which do get acknowledged) bigger parts of rebels? absolutely. but there are several entire episodes revolving around the relationship between sabine and kanan, and other moments between the two of them throughout. i understand the show wants to be accessible to people who haven’t seen rebels, but it feels odd to have the entire scene where ezra builds his lightsaber dedicated to his relationship with kanan, while sabine’s relationship gets ignored. sabine gets to have a nonverbal reaction to huyang bringing him up, (which natasha plays well) but then… that’s it? the shift is then immediately focused again to her relationship with ahsoka.

and even that connection isnt explored to its full potential. like, how does sabines relationship to kanan affect her one without ahsoka? and not just “kanan and ezra were master and padawan and now me and ahsoka are.” like, kanan was, in a way, her first jedi master. and she witnessed him die tragically, saving the life of her and two of the people she’s closest to. has she built kanan up in her head as an ideal ahsoka doesn’t live up to? is she guilty that she didn’t have as much an interest in being a jedi while he was still alive? does she compare the way she saw kanan teach ezra to the way ahsoka teaches her? do things she learned from kanan ever conflict with what ahsoka teaches her? i don’t necessarily need the show to spell out answers for these questions for me- i like getting to write my own headcanons in the margins of the series. but i feel like it’s such a missed opportunity to not even acknowledge it.

and my final smaller issue is that a lot of the trademark elements of her character no longer exist in this show. while the set dressing does a great job of showing her artsy side, we don’t really get to see her draw or paint or even talk about art. we dont get to see her knowledge of or affinity with explosives. i say it’s smaller because i dont have as much to say on it, but tbh i missed these parts of her as much as i did her as a mandalorian. while sabine in this show has a lot of her personality, relationships and style from rebels, which i appreciate, the interests and background that not only make her unique but make her who she is are missing, and it is honestly sad.

in a way, i love when a lot of these things are left open. i love getting to fill in gaps like this and create some of those emotional connections in my head, that’s a huge part of the fun of fandom for me. it’s also why i don’t mind that we haven’t (yet, i’m sure it’s coming eventually in some form lol) seen all of the details of sabine and ahsoka’s initial attempt to find ezra, and them parting ways because of ahsoka fearing sabine is veering to close towards the dark side. i like getting to write it in my head a little bit, i think that particular info is enough to build on for the shows purposes for me.

and frankly, i don’t need every single one of my questions here directly answered. in fact, i would say i DONT want the show to outright answer all of these. rebels didn’t feel the need to hold our hand through every single character arc and relationship dynamic, and this show shouldn’t have to either. i like my room for headcanons! but there’s a point where they all build up to a point where it feels a little bit careless, like the writing sabines arc in this show often prioritized ahsoka’s arc and what needed to happen there before her own, even if it meant leaving out major parts of sabines character.

a lot of it i genuinely think couldve been fixed with just a couple more episodes of this show (8 episode season my beloathed) and perhaps things will be explored and fleshed out in season 2 to satisfy me- we are technically looking at an incomplete story with this show, so things could happen next season that make a lot of my points moot.

again, i think that this show had a lot of legwork to do regarding sabine as a jedi and catching us up on her relationship to ahsoka, to the point that it didn’t necessarily have time to fully dive into a lot of issues with this first season- and maybe now that that’s established, they will be able to do a lot of these things! i think the show is headed in the right direction based on the ending, with both sabines choice to help ahsoka and also how the show does make a point to show sabine picking up her mandalorian helmet and when she could have left it behind. that last bit especially felt very pointed considering how little her mandalorian heritage was brought up in season 1, that maybe it will play a bigger role in season 2. we now have a sabine that they don’t have to show being out of practice, so maybe we’ll get to see her be the incredibly competent fighter/pilot we know she is! maybe now we’ll have time to explore exactly why she wants to be a jedi, how being a mandalorian is important to her and interacts with her jedi beliefs. we’ll have time for her to do art, maybe she’ll get some opportunities to blow things up again! maybe now that she knows huyang knew kanan, she’ll get to talk about him. maybe she’ll get to reunite again with hera, chopper, zeb and ezra and we’ll see those relationships shine.

but until we have a season 2 in our hands, these are my current thoughts

[marauroon]

You wanted some headcanons, so here some of mine but only for Marlene because my girl need that.

First : she’s a lesbian for me. Whether you want to see her as fem, chapstick or masc/butch, Marlene is just a wonderful lesbian, i love her very much

Second : she’s the kind to show love in little ways as much as big ways. Very touchy, in public and in private, but the sweet kind ! Like linking a pinky, letting you hold onto her belt or hem of shirt, mess your hair and redo them for fun because she knows it annoys you but also she lives to take care of you so she’ll do it again

More small way she show love : trust you with her hair dye, makeup, outfits, and will do your hair, makeup and outfit for you too !

(Marlene laying down so you can do her makeup sat on her, or sitting so you are between her legs/on her laps)

She also is totally the kind of girl to bring breakfast at home for you, or take you to spontaneous dates at cafes for breakfast

Third : kind of girl that love to be shown off and will show you off too, i think she just like that reassurance and to know her partner is proud of her as much as she is proud of them

Fourth : loves good banters. That’s that. But also she would love her partner shy. Like a witty and sassy person that can do nice snarky comments and comebacks but also someone who genuinely flirt by being flustered and complimenting her a lot.

Fifth : will love not being in the same classes as you so that when you cross path in the day she can say fate brings you together, or so she can run to your classroom to kiss you even if she’ll be late to hers.

Also if you are not a Gryffindor she totally will find a way to sneak into your common room. No matter what. Even Slytherin.

i love absolutely every one of these—

marlene seeking out someone who’s shy or easily flustered on purpose is so something she would do as well 😭

[mistrdctr]

What to expect from this blog (and what not to)

I thought I should make a small list about... well, what's written in the title lol - what to expect from this blog / this postrayal or wat not to expect from it, just so you know what you're dealing with.

What not to expect:

In-depth knowledge regarding Marvel and the MCU

Any more knowledge than what has been stuffed into the Dr. Strange Movies (and what mun remembers more than just a few snippets of the other MCU movies)

That the mun has read the comics

That the mun can remember every single MCU movie watched in general (and does not possess a sieve instead of a brain)

A completely canon-compliant, to-the-tee correct and absolutely not somewhat made-up portrayal of Dr. Strange as the canon character

Not the mun sitting over a reply and worrying because mun might not understand what the fuck is goING ON (???!!!!???)

A portrayal that's also very in-depth and stuffed to the brim with knowledge regarding Dr. Strange

That the mun as knowledge of your Marvel / MCU character

That the mun knows whether or not your character knows mine (except for 'main' characters, such as the Avengers etc)

A portrayal that will make you go 'oh wow yes'

Beautiful aesthetic and professional writing

What to expect:

A very casual portrayal of a character the mun adores

Writing things on here that are meant to be fun for both writers (me and you), no matter the topic

Also a very cringe, snarky, sassy, embarrassing but probably also canon-divergent, probably not at all very great portrayal of the Mister Doctor (It's Strange, who am I to judge)

Made up plots and things that definitely are absolutely not canon in any shape or form

Made up things about Dr. Strange that I see fit

Headcanons that might be a little odd but they're thought of with love I promise

Made up plots and situations that cause people who are in-depth familiar with Marvel / The Comics / MCU to arch their brows at when reading (and going 'what the fuck is this supposed to be')

A mun that keeps whispering 'ohmygod I am so sorry' while writing replies because believe me, mun knows that this is some weird shit and I am constantly worrying over the fact that I havE LITTLE KNOWLEDGE)

Definitely some butchering of the MCU and Marvel (sorry)

Little aesthetics because I suck at that

Mediocre icons

I-try-my-best-at-writing-I-promise

My love and adoration for you to write with me (honestly, bless you, thank you)

Me always being open to OOC interactions with mutuals (I love you)

I might add to this with time because my brain is, as mentioned, a sieve and I tend to forget things. :'D

[weebsinstash]

Ok so finished watching Across The Spiderverse in theaters and here are my thoughts, under readmore so you guys won't get spoiled cause I'll mention plot shit

Nonspoiler review: these movies really are works of art, both visually and in sound. They draw on very relatable and powerful emotions of wanting to fit in, feeling like you belong, feeling like you're important, are you doing the right thing, are you living up to the expectations of others. These are the kinds of movies that could introduce people to the franchise and even if you're not into superheroes the emotion and visuals and writing itself is spectacular. Definitely a movie I could own and rewatch later

Now, here's my takes with more spoilers

-Miguel is actually so snarky and sassy. He is 100% done the entire movie and he's sarcastic or condescending almost every time he opens his mouth. He has a sense of humor it's just more mean spirited lmao "well you're gonna have to shut up and trust me" saying "how wonderful" sarcastically to Miles, being all "spiderverse? No thats dumb, its called the Arachnid poly multiverse, which, I guess sounds just as dumb"

-seeing him on the big screen really was like wow. He could be go from being sort of a dork to being so imposing and threatening, like, there was a small part where he steps closer to Miles as a silent intimidating gesture because hes so much taller, he could be so stone faced and cold when things got serious when Miles wasnt taking his warnings, but initially he was trying to be more compassionate, just, mwah, definitely going to help with any writing endeavors and characterizations of this man

-just seeing how the wristwatches and "daypasses" work is useful for any fanfic ideas I'm having ;) but holy shit you could just glitch until you die? I much prefer the concept of "Reader somehow whether being a mutant or an anomaly or just lucky gets transported to other dimensions instead or just back home"

-God just. Gwen's opening was amazing I don't even know how to describe it. When she's recounting her past and she's starting to talk about Miles while she's playing the drums and her drum playing keeps getting more and more intense, her music angry and frustrated and powerful as she keeps saying "and he's not the only one", speaking of his pain and isolation and how she feels connected to him, just, the way these movies write relationships between people and emotions is so human

-Spider Cat my beloved. LEGO Spiderman my beloved. Plushie Spiderman my beloved. Sun Spider is a fancharacter and got a speaking role. The thick, plus size, and fat spiders. Just the variety. It really is fun to imagine a Spidersona and feel represented kwim

-Jesus the intro to Mumbattan was insane. The way these movies constantly have you flying and falling through the air and falling through multiple levels and layers as objects whiz by, the music, the choreography. Just. The visuals and music the entire movie was insane

-HOBIE! definitely a fucking star. He's smart enough to build his own watch dude!! Love that guy. Definitely see him being in some stuff of mine as a helping hand if nothing else. Hobie helping Reader out during the YouTwo drama by offering you safe haven in his universe?

-I'm guessing Miguel has to give himself regular, spider nanomachine whatever injections? His powers kind of seem to have changed from his comic book a little bit. In the comics he has organic webs and was atomically spliced with spider dna but in the movie I think it's all technology idk? Correct me if im wrong, maybe they're red and glowing in the comics too 🤷‍♀️

-something something "smutty story where Miguel boyches a formula and turns himself into like a possessive horny borderline pure animal in heat and of course you're the lucky lady to stumble into him first"

-I got the bunny filter version of Lyla by the way!

Ugh this movie has me filled with so many emotions and also I snuck alcohol into the theaters and was on an edible gummy so I was FEELING this movie and just. Definitely two of my all time favorite movies

[lost-and-cursed]

Was tagged by @debellatis for a 5 favorite characters challenge:

"List five of your all time favorite characters and then tag five people to do the same. We'll see which character of the five gets voted the most loved."

Ugh... Who are all my blorbo's once more? And roughly equal in weight at that....

Curse of remembering your blorbos and Blessing of bragging about your blorbo's be upon ya

@jorisjurgen @sapphicvalkery @sockdrawerdemon @aromantisk-fagforening @jasonmantitstodd + @minahuston (cause I know you won't participate, but I dare you to prove me wrong)

A little bit of propaganda under cut because I can

Jason Todd (on the left)

Aka child vigilante turned dead turned mob boss who decided that dead enemies are better than dead you! Very inspiring. Book nerd, very crafty, attempted to steal tires from the Batmobile when he was nine, a killer, a middle brother, snarky, caring and just very petty person.

Jaster Mereel (on the right)

Aka you like your blorbos obscure. A Mandalorian. Long dead adoptive father of Jango Fett. Supposedly nerd historian, good ruler and father, and someone who wrote a ridiculously long philosophical paper on the nature of his culture, ways to preserve it and make it true to modern times.

Tobirama Senju (on the left)

Aka one of Konoha's finders. Ridiculously competent, brilliant scientist, ruthless warrior, cold to point of awkward. Loves learning?creating jutsus and his brother, if fandom to be believed the only person who thought about infrastructure when idea of making village came up.

(yes all my blorbo's are at least supposedly nerds, how did you guess it)

Urahara Kisuke (on the right)

Brilliant sassy scientist, but make him slightly evil trashfire. A lot of brain cells, none of them are figuring out morals or socialization. Had one brilliant crush, that he followed in military assassination squad, then got his own research facilities, low-key committed attrocities, effectively invented an atomic bomb, that got stolen by the villain. Yay. He's sorry though. A little. Wasn't caught on accusations of treason and build his own lab masquerading as effectively tea shop. He also has a funny hat. And a cane! Favorite war criminal what can I say

I thought about putting here hp character next, but Hp doesn't deserve rights and I mostly hallucinate chatacters from there, so instead I gonna brag about a character that quite literally isn't translated in English.

His name is Roque Alva from Reflections of Aeterna and he's at different points High General, Warlord, Duke and something between chosen one and cursed one. He's ridiculously competent, history nerd, drunk, whore and has enough sass to fell the county. He has trust issues longer than the borders he sworn to protect. He's effectively immortal because of the curse, but everyone he even remotely cares about die around him or betray him. (He also pretty sure that's because he sold his soul to devil. He didn't. It's technically perk of being divinely ordained to be king. He doesn't want to be one). He also the only sane person in the books (saving my sanity by proxy) and has ridiculously high resonance in type of thinking and existing to mine, so he's the only character I would claim kin for, so please love him or your blorbo rotator will malfunction for three weeks ^^

[thiswaycomessomethingwicked]

Yet another writing ask: 2, 3, 26, 33, 40 please!

Five million years later I am answering your ask! Thank you so much for sending it along!

I'll focus mostly on our beloved snake man, as relevant/appropriate.

2. Anything that you'd like to write but feel like you're unable to?

There are a lot of fanfic ideas that I don't feel like I have time or energy for them, or to do them justice.

For Grima - there's a half-written sequel to Be Not Afraid of Plenty/Wondrous Works where Eomer's getting married and Grima's getting up to no good and isn't at all jealous/feeling abandoned/experiencing the many uncomfortable feelings that can exist within the human condition. Why would you think he is??

I want to write something of a creature feature with Grima and Eomer (one of them is a Creature, idk, something fucked up and monstrous) but I'm not sure I'll ever have time or, more importantly, motivation/energy.

3. How would you describe your writing style?

Literary and poetic, for sure. Perhaps a bit florid and purple-prosey/try-hard at times.

26. What would you describe as OOC?

hmmm I'm not sure. Grima's one of those characters where he can be written in a variety of ways that are all supported by what we have in the canon so I'm not sure there's a lot of OOC opportunities.

I mean there are the basics: he should be mean and hungry, he should be sly and cunning, he should be a coward/have minimal to no backbone, he should be drawn to power and wealth, he should be a thief (if we're doing book Grima, at least), he should be someone who takes a mile if you give him an inch etc.

But how all of those traits manifest, and which ones are the dominant traits, is all pretty loose and very much up to the writer. Because it's like, are we writing Grima at the height of his power? If we are, there's some arrogance to interweave into him that is pretty thoroughly stamped out by the time we get the scouring of the Shire. Are we writing Grima only from the movies? Are we writing Book Grima? Post-Saruman Grima? Post-Saruman and with Frodo for a month? Six months? A year? What kind of childhood and family are we giving him? etc. all of these things would impact him and change him as a person in some manner.

For me personally, I always bump on him as a character if he's not sassy/doesn't have a bit of an Attitude & Authority Problem. But that's because I really go hard on Book Grima who is sassy and snarky, even when he's beaten down thoroughly by Saruman. Like, the depths of that dark point on his life, he's still a snarky bitch. It's in there, it's just been stomped on and beaten into something like submission. But give him some care for ten minutes and man that attitude of his will come springing back up.

However, I understand why people don't include that part of him. It's very book-based, it's not how he's written in the movies, and it's one of the aspects of him that's a bit at odds with the remainder of his character which is very grovely/boot licking/dick sucking/let me make a thousand excuses in a whiny voice etc.

I might have a Lot of Thoughts on Grima's characterisation...

33. Give your writing a compliment

I think that I'm a rather good world-builder and thinking things through, and working out details, is a strength of mine.

40. Write a 9-word fic 17-word fic.

Elderflower mead is Saruman's voice. And surely, it's no bad thing to listen to something so beautiful?

(nine words is hard! no space for the language to breathe)

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Thank you!!

[ask meme]

[konnorhasapen]

I've been convinced.

I wrote a small snippet after being inspired by some thoughts/an AU by a wonderful @dollscircus and I'm not sure if I'll add stuff to it that'll help lead up to the moment I have written, but it's a maybe. I suppose it depends on whether or not people actually like it lmfao. Anyway, this is an Imperium AU where Tank survived Quinn, but David didn't and they had a falling out with the rest of the pack. Asher blamed them for David's death, so they left. This little snippet is a moment of Milo having tried to talk to them, but they didn't take too kindly to being followed.

   "I don't have any bullshit to settle with you. You're not on my shit-list, Milo—not yet, at least." Tank sneered, refusing to break the eye contact with the Beta. "That Alpha of yours is the only one on it, and at the tippy top, no less. If you don't want to follow in his footsteps, I strongly suggest you stay out of my way."

   "He's—" Milo struggled, the bigger wolf cut him off with another shove.

   "No." They stated firmly, "Asher is your Alpha, not mine. I don't have an Alpha." For a few moments, Milo fell silent, thinking.

   "Why's that?" He asked with his natural sassy undertone that only earned a tighter grip from the person he liked to have thought he knew all that time ago. "Is it because you're your own Alpha now?" He was mocking them. Taunting them. Tank scoffed at first, but it broke into laughter, succeeding in confusing the shifter they had pinned and cornered.

   "I don't have an Alpha because I don't need one," when they noticed their words didn't help his perplexed expression, they only grew more amused; a dark and wolfish half-grin tugging at their lips. They carried on:

   "I'm no Alpha. The Alpha is the beginning, a leading force. I'm no leader, I know that better than anyone, Milo." He debated briefly with himself whether or not he should make another snide comment or ask one more snarky question to get a single, straight-shot answer from them, however, decided instead to stay quiet, hoping they would continue on their own given the offer.

They did.

   "I'm not a beginning," Tank's eyes lit aglow with magic and ferocity. Ferocity outside of anything Milo had ever seen from them in the past. Ferocity from a complete outsider. A potential threat.  "I'm the end." Their lips twitched as they snarled, fiery gaze still locked on Milo's vandyke hues and refusing to spare so much as a glance to anything else but his eyes.

   "I am the Omega."

[actorsmask]

Relationships & how they met who

Felt the need to do this so it’s a bit easier to rp with other blogs!

Sorry if it seems a bit too much like mc syndrome or rlly cringe

Sampo: Very very close sibling relationship, will tell each other other people’s darkest secrets even if told not to. —Met at the Tavern World’s End, Sampo was the one who ultimately recruited Blythe and helped them settle into the Fools and even helped them settle into a more comfortable identity.

Gepard: Very close sibling relationship, second choice of company when Sampo is busy. —Met in the streets of Belobog when they were questioned about Sampo since they were seen with him during chases, but since he had no concrete evidence about them all he could do was question them. They met so many times, both from Gepard questioning them which turned into Blythe teasing and following him around, they just… warmed up. Don’t ask Blythe how, even they don’t know.

Serval: Sibling relationship, goes to her to learn the guitar and how to fix machines. —Met her through Gepard of course, the two of them hit it off immediately after exchanging pleasantries since both knew their way around machines. Blythe visits very often to learn guitar. Oh, and Serval taught them how to use makeup.

Lynx: Sibling relationship, since Lynx is always out they don’t get to talk much, but they appreciate each other. —Met her through Serval and Gepard, they both liked the stars and the northern lights. Since Blythe knew a lot about the stars, it gave the two a topic to bond over, which helped them warm up to each other.

Natasha: Mother figure, always the first choice for advice regarding life. —Met her through Sampo since he recommended they join Wildfire. It didn’t take them long to warm up to her since she reminded them of their adoptive mother.

Oleg: Father figure, looks up to him a lot and learned some of their moves from him —Met him through Natasha, they liked that even though they messed up in training a lot, he never scolded them or judged them and simply helped them up and helped them try again.

Luka: The SMALLEST crush, likes to hang out with him by fighting monsters in Rivet Town and spending some time anywhere else —Met him through Oleg, Blythe was a bit unnerved by his sheer kindness until it finally sunk in that he was a good person. They also attend as many matches of Luka’s as they can to cheer him on.

Seele: Sibling relationship, an “only I can bully them” relationship —Met through Oleg, did not get along at first due to how sassy and snarky they were and Seele being easily irritable. Wasn’t until Seele walked in on them performing for the children of Boulder Town after a particularly harsh argument between the miners and vagrants did they start to warm up.

Hook: Sibling relationship, loves taking her on small adventures they had set up —Met in the streets of Boulder Town when looking for Sampo, played hide&seek with her and kept coming back since she really liked them. And so, Blythe kept making these adventures for Hook and her friends to go through together.

Clara: Sibling relationship, they fix robots and roam around together —Met in the Great Mines when they were distributing medical supplies. Got to know Clara since she would always ask them for machine parts or to help find them, and since they helped fix them. Svarog was less hostile towards them after seeing how much Clara liked them.

Bronya: Friends, a caretaker-gremlin type of friendship —Met through Pela, not very close but they started meeting more ever since Blythe started following Gepard around and started meeting even more when her and Seele got together.

Pela: Friends, play their respective instruments together and gush over novels together —Met through Serval, got along since they both played their respective instruments together a few times(Blythe weren’t the best but they managed)but started to really bond over novels. Blythe helps draw sometimes.

Sparkle: Fear and annoyance. That’s it. That’s the relationship.. —Met in the Masked Fools, always felt off around her due to how casually she regarded murder and violence. Started avoiding her even more when she faked a scenario that made them kill a person for the first time. Always hid behind Sampo whenever she was nearby and still does.

Aventurine: One sided hatred+fear on Blythe’s side —Met when Blythe got off of his ship after being found inside one of the cargo boxes they hid in when they were a child and were nearly beat by the IPC Guards until he showed up and berated the guards. But since they were a kid, they were scared by how angry he was and ran the second he let them go. They never saw him again, so he didn’t get a chance to give a better impression.

[thinkingisadangerouspastime]

9, 29, and 30 for the ao3 wrapped meme!

9. Favorite pairing you wrote for this year?

OOOOOH THIS IS TOUGH!! y'know what? even though i wrote more kincoy than i did any other pairing this year, i think i have to go with mjflash, as seen in this thing of darkness (i acknowledge mine). don't get me wrong, i love the angst and sexual/romantic tension of kincoy, but mjflash was truly a blast to write because of their banter and the quiet ephemerality of it. while kincoy is ephemeral because, like romeo and juliet, their story was a tragedy from the beginning, mj and flash (in my fic) are upcoming college students. they like each other, and they want what they have to last, but how long can it? how long can their relationship stand on the back of missing memories and forgotten secrets? that dynamic was so fun for me to begin playing with, and again, they're so Snarky with each other 💛 i love sassy kids 😌

29. Favorite line/passage you wrote this year?

one story i was very proud of overall was it was more than worth it, my kincoy magnum opus, and that's because i played with tense and poetic intercutting in this fic much more than i usually do! im am 99% sure i've highlighted the following section of the story before...

thanks for your patience xoxo. this is from the very end of the fic:

Of quiet birds in circled flight. I am the soft stars that shine at night.

“—see a smile, Jack, come on!”

Jack’s childish response is to clamp a hand over his mouth, and Claire groans, exasperated.

“You’re such a shit.”

“Love you, too,” Jack teases from behind his hand, and the silence that falls in the photo booth is heavier than clouds before a storm as Claire stares at him with wide eyes.

“Do you?” she whispers, uncertain, and Jack’s hand slowly falls from his mouth.

“Yeah,” he says, honestly. “Yeah, I do.”

And a small, almost bashful smile tugs at Claire’s lips. “Good.” She reaches over to lace her fingers through his. “Because I think I might love you, too.”

Jack grins, too, because they are—

Do not stand at my grave and cry.

—standing at his door with wet eyes and weary faces.

“There’s been an accident, Jack,” Anita Van Buren says, her voice cracking.

“It’s Claire,” Adam Schiff says, older than he’s ever been.

Jack can’t breathe, because he is—

I am not there.

—kissing Claire Kincaid for the first time, his heart pounding out of his chest.

“We shouldn’t be doing this,” Jack murmurs, pulling away.

“I want to do this,” Claire counters, tugging him down into another kiss. She wants to do this, because she is—

I did not die.

28 years old when a drunk driver smashes into the left side of her car.

and there's more after that, but i won't drag this out 😂 im just so, so happy with the flow of that section 🥰 the inherent tragedy of kincoy!! magnifique!!

30. Biggest surprise while writing this year?

answered here!

[silverphantom36]

An old favorite of mine. Might as well introduce my kids here.

Meet Team Spectral, my Sonic OCs, a team of close friends that lives carefree & occasionally gets into misadventures.

Characters from left to right:

Iola the Iguana

Gender: Female

Color: Purple

Chaos Power: Water

Team Type: Speed

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral

Bio: Iola had to become independent early on due to her parents neglecting her for being more interested in females & caused her to feel inadequate & unsure of herself. However, meeting the others encouraged her to be proud of herself, no matter what. She's the party girl of the team. She can be a little rebellious at times, but she's fun-loving, smart, sassy & friendly.

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Fade the Fox

Gender: Female

Color: Brown

Chaos Power: Earth

Team Type: Power

Alignment: Lawful Good

Bio: Fade once started off as bright & open, but dealing with a pretty bad rejection made her very cross & standoffish. While initially cold to the others, she learned to open up again after seeing that they have similar experiences with getting turned down. She's the glue that holds the team together. She may come across as cold & grumpy, but she's kind, wise, bold & supportive.

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Gray the Wolf

Gender: Male

Color: Gray/White

Chaos Power: Fire

Team Type: Power

Alignment: True Neutral

Bio: Gray grew up with little to no friends & was frequently picked on. He grew up to become an introverted & an apathetic loner. After meeting the others, he was originally distant from them, wanting nothing to do with them, but he greatly warmed up to them after learning that they all have similar backgrounds as him. Aside from his anger issues & seriousness, he is kind, supportive & dignified.

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Breeze the Bird

Gender: Male

Color: Red

Chaos Power: Air

Team Type: Fly

Alignment: Chaotic Good

Bio: Breeze grew up in an underground gang like setting where he developed a bit of an attitude but after moving on from that setting & meeting the others, he learned to mellow out. His ignorance & snarkiness often makes him the wild card, but he's got a kind heart & his energetic nature can give his friends a boost. He also loves skateboarding & is a fan of the Extreme Gears.

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Ramon the Raccoon

Gender: Male

Color: Light Blue

Chaos Power: None (Relies on his gadgets, like wrist-guns, grapple hooks & flight jets on his shoes)

Team Type: Fly

Alignment: Lawful Neutral

Bio: Ramon is an orphan who grew up in a foster home. He spent most of his life making small gadgets due to him being good with technology (Not as good as Tails, but he comes pretty close). Not having any parents throughout his life has made him a lonely soul, but the support of his friends & his girlfriend, Jewel the Beetle, has made things a little easier for him. He can be introverted & lonely at times, but he's smart, bright, considerate & friendly. He also loves to read.

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Colleen the Cat

Gender: Female

Color: Yellow

Chaos Power: Electricity

Team Type: Speed

Alignment: Neutral Good

Bio: Colleen is an adorable sweetheart from the beginning, but she suffered from loneliness throughout her childhood due to not having any friends because everyone saw her as a weirdo. Gray & the others were the first friends she made due to them sharing the same experiences as her & she welcomes them in with open arms, with Fade & Iola being her closest friends & Gray becoming her boyfriend. She can be naïve & short-tempered, but is cheerful, lighthearted & sincere. She's pretty much the heart of the team.

[solar-halos]

i lied i need to talk some more about west side story

okayy so i’m a fucking freak and have been putting on a song from the original and then immediately switching it to the remake so i can compare and contrast. here are my findings:

1) in the original, the girls carried “america” but in the remake i have to give it to the boys 😔😔 idk i just REALLY love how anita said “everyone there will have moved here” all like snarky and sassy, her banter w bernardo was so consistent throughout the entire song and i appreciated that. but maybe im just jealous bc the flirty way anita said it in the remake wasn’t being directed at me (im just playing) (ariana debose is sooo pretty)

2) the jet song… this one was different but kinda in a fierce way. sad they didkt keep the “great, daddy-o!” line bc even in the original it sounded so silly but i do like how “we’re jets” “the greatest!” was more whimsical in the original and then i equally like how “the greatest” line was said so seriously and kinda solemnly, it tied into the whole peter pan vibes that tony was telling them to grow out of

3) speaking of america… time for the “why are women more willing to assimilate than men” discussion. (in my experience!!! from what i’ve seen growing up!! not saying that this is a universal truth, especially as an Observer and not an Experiencer). well, if your dad moved from a poor town like mine and moved to america, then you’ve probably overheard him saying something like “ughh i would be so rich back home but im so poor over here” so i think it’s kinda like an ego thing? like back in his town everyone was poor, and he thought he was cheating the system by leaving, and then he’s in america and he’s like “pause.. im still poor and i STILL can’t provide for my family fuck this.” and then i think in a social perspective women are kinda just expected to sit there and shut up and that kinda forces them to see the best in things. also i know the us has its own problems but imma just say thank GOD i live here and not where my dad grew up, so there’s also the opportunist mindset that i feel like is rlly appealing even though america has been historically very unkind to woc

4) i was NOT rlly fucking w “gee officer krumpke” in the remake idk like why are there so many pauses just spit it out you are NOT ben platt omg. and seriously why did they take out the “my daddy beats my mommy, my mom clobbers me” line!! like i said, that is SUCH a timeless line and replacing it with “my moms an SOB” doesn’t even make sense (unless they’re using an acronym im not familiar w). also the original was so much more violent omg everyone’s getting slapped around… like chill. BUT “the trouble is he’s grown” was delivered so dcom-y in the remake, like they wanted us to be gagged or something. corny!

5) rachel zegler already makes “i feel pretty” so much better and i think this was something the new movie was tryna make a point out of bc the other songs are like this too, but it really stuck out to me how much space they used in the remake for the dances. like in “i feel pretty” they’re basically confined into a rlly tiny space, and even in “gee officer krupke” they’re literally just outside a building, so it was nice to see them play around w that

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