#miraculous s5 fin

[owlphibiansprite]

has anyone talked about that dope-ass solarpunk ending to miraculous season 5? i was not expecting that. not only was the message about only taking as much as can be given and not polluting more than can be taken on by nature, but also applied to humans. the most baffling part for me was the alternative new school that was being built, like actually giving non-adults freedom to choose and declaring that performance shall not be noted (graded? is that the right word here?) and just-

like controlling non-adults - adultism (discrimination of children&youths) - is such a big huge integral part of western (most?) society, so much so that i never see it talked about and it is almost never questioned, so seeing this school alternative in a cartoon is just, i was gobsmacked.

i might dislike parts of miraculous ladybug for certain reasons, still enjoying the entertainment value of a cartoon it offers, but that season 5 ending to me was quite something because miraculous ladybug is a very famous cartoon, and most famous video-media i know of never has any notes of "showing a better future". (exception of black panther movies with its afrofuturism, but the rest of marvel universe stil exists alongside it and the mcu certainly harbours horrible things shown as "normal".)

like, am i the only one baffled & surprised? i never thought an "ideal vision" like that would make it into a mainstream cartoon.

[callunavulgari]

Scrapbook 2023 | Pt I

For anyone that’s new to this, this is how I keep track of all of the things that I enjoy and/or create throughout the year. I have literally been doing this since I had a livejournal.

It’s a nice little snippet of my life and helps to organize my brain.

A reminder:

Normal font - Indifferent/Neutral Italicized font - Enjoyed bold font - Loved with an asterisk* - All time favorite (bracketed titles) - Re-watches/Re-reads strikethough - Disliked

Goals are: read 65 books, finish 4 video games, write more than 20 fics or something larger than 20k, and expand on your original novel outline to the point that you START WRITING.

Past Years

MOVIES

January

(The Day After Tomorrow)

Jurassic World: Dominion

(Princess Mononoke)

Glass Onion

Do Revenge

(Star Wars: Rogue One)

(Ever After)

(Tarzan)

February

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

(Spirited Away)

(Raggedy Ann and Andy: A Musical Adventure)

(Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland)

(The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey)

(The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug)

(The Hobbit: Battle of Five Armies)

March

(Howl’s Moving Castle)

(Lotr: The Two Towers)

(Hercules)

April

(Lotr: The Fellowship of the Ring)

(Atlantis: The Lost Empire)

Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Suzume**

May

(Spirited Away)

TV SHOWS

January

Willow

Watcher: Top 5 Beatdown

That 90′s Show

Owl House, s3

Lockwood & Co, s1

1899

February

Watcher: Top 5 Beatdown

1899

The Witcher: Blood Origin

Fantastic Fungi

Miraculous Ladybug, s5

The White Lotus, s1

The Last of Us, s1

Extraordinary Attorney Woo

Vox Machina, s2

Modern Marvels, Tea and Coffee Episodes

Watcher: Are You Scared

Watcher: Too Many Spirits

March

The Last of Us, s1

Watcher: Are You Scared

It’s Okay to Not Be Okay

Miraculous Ladybug, s5

Russian Doll, s2

Shadow and Bone, s2

Watcher: Are You Scared

Watcher: Top 5 Beatdown

Case Study Vanitas

1899

Buzzfeed: Worth It

April

Buzzfeed: Worth It

Watcher: Survival Mode

Watcher: Weird Wonderful World

The Owl House, s3*****

The Mandalorian, s3

May

(She-Ra, s7)

Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story

Sweet Tooth, s2

First Kill

BOOKS

January

Seasparrow | Kristin Cashore [Fin]

Ace of Shades | Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé [Fin]

A Restless Truth | Freya Marske [Fin]

The Kingdom of Copper | S.A. Chakraborty [Fin]

Bone Witch | Rin Chupeko [Fin]

Ocean’s Echo | Everina Maxwell [Fin]

(Lair of Dreams | Libba Bray) [Fin]

(Captive Prince | CS Pacat) [Fin]

This Is How You Lose the Time War | Aman El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone [Fin]

February

The Empire of Gold | S.A. Chakraborty [Fin]

Legend & Lattes | Travis Baldree [Fin]

The Bone Season | Samantha Shannon [Fin]

Juniper & Thorn | Ava Reid

(A Court of Thorns and Roses | Sarah Maas) [Fin]

Milk | Mark Kurlansky

The Burning God | R F Kuang [Fin]

The Shadow of Kyoshi | FC Yee 

March

The Shadow of Kyoshi | FC Yee [Fin]

Juniper & Thorn | Ava Reid

Milk | Mark Kurlansky

A Mirror Mended | Alix Harrow

A Court of Mist and Fury | Sarah Maas [Fin]

Our Violent Ends | Chloe Gong [Fin]

The World We Make | N.K. Jemisin [Fin]

The Sun Down Motel | Simone St James [Fin]

Babel | RF Kuang [Fin]

The Hollow Ones | Guillermo Del Toro [Fin]

April

The Stolen Heir | Holly Black [Fin]

A Mirror Mended | Alix Harrow [Fin]

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi | SA Chakraborty [Fin]

Iron Widow | Xiran Jay Zhao [Fin]

Juniper & Thorn | Ava Reid [Fin]

Love & Gelato | Jenna Evans Welch [Fin]

The Dawn of Yangchen | FC Yee [Fin]

Hell Bent | Leigh Bardugo [Fin]

Tress of the Emerald Sea | Brandon Sanderson [Fin]

Milk | Mark Kurlansky

May

Milk | Mark Kurlansky

The Oleander Sword | Tasha Suri [Fin]

The Beautiful Ones | Silvia Morena-Garcia [Fin]

Happy Place | Emily Henry [Fin]

Foul Lady Fortune | Chloe Gong [Fin]

PODCASTS

January

(Zero Hours: A Matter of Time)

February

Critical Role, Campaign 2: Episodes 1-3

March

Critical Role, Campaign 2: Episode 4

April

N/A

May

N/A

VIDEO GAMES

January

Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak, 12 hours?

The Last of Us [Fin]

(Horizon: Forbidden West)

February

Persona 5 Royal, 220 hrs [Fin]

Assassin’s Creed: Origins, 20ish hours

Stardew Valley, 20 hours?

March

Stardew Valley, 56 hrs

(Kingdom Hearts 3)

April

Stardew Valley, 56 hrs

Assassin’s Creed: Origins

(Bioshock Infinite) [Fin]

May 

Red Dead: Redemption

Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, all the hours

POSTED FIC

January

N/A

February

N/A

March

N/A

April

N/A

May

N/A

WIPS | UNPUBLISHED | ORIGINAL

January

N/A

February

N/A

March

N/A

April

N/A

May

N/A

Fanmixes/Spotify Playlists/Graphics

January

2023

Kawaii desu desu bullsh*t 

February

Favorites

March

N/A

April

Prelude Music

May

N/A

DELIGHTFUL FIC

January

Invitations by nbfutureboy | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | “Uh, Steve? How do you know my Dungeon Master?”

the sun in the west by misantlery | House of the Dragon | Rhaenyra/Daemon | 6k | Scenes from the reign of Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen, first of her name.

Halfway There by nbfutureboy | Stranger Things | 2k | Eddie wakes up to a thumping headache, a sweat under his collar, and a warm spot in the bed where Steve had previously been.

I Could Lift You Up by ouijaboy | Watcher | Shane/Ryan | 5k |  Five times Shane made a big ol’ romantic gesture, and one time Ryan returned the sentiment.

whatever you want by Wildehack (tyleet) | Wolf 359 | Kepler/Jacobi | 5k | Kepler doesn't fuck him that first day, when Daniel swallows his pride like it's a hot coal he can feel boiling down to the pit of his stomach and dials the number left on the card.  

turn our golden faces into the sun by liesmyth | The Locked Tomb | Harrow/Gideon | 5k | After Canaan House and Cytherea's death, Harrow wakes up on the Erebos as a newly-made Lyctor. She meets God. Then she meets God's daughter.

Two Pollens (Alike in Indignity) by rhysiana, ritualist | The Untamed | Nie Mingjue/Jin Guangyao | 12k | Meng Yao gets dosed with truth pollen. The cure has some side effects.

A Man of Honor by astolat | GOT | Jaime/Robb | 36k | Tyrion sighed. “He's nineteen, well-favored, and as far as I know, neither demented nor stupid. And not a hint of a betrothal. Sorry.”

in the garden of my heart by liesmyth | House of the Dragon | Alicent/Rhaenyra | 1k | It was a strange feeling. Alicent she found herself grasping Rhaenyra’s fingers, hard, filled with a possessiveness she couldn’t give a name to, a fierce love that threatened to burst out of her.

February

The Mistress Clause by sir_not_appearing_in_this_archive | Mistborn | Wax/Wayne, Wax/Steris | 51k | Wayne doesn’t poach, because poaching’s just a fancy word for stealing a heart, and he doesn’t steal (anymore). But he might trade for a heart, if he can find something of equal value to swap it with.

Here, After by spqr | 9-1-1 | Buck/Eddie | 12k | Buck’s not proud. Buck lives in a horror movie.

high water by spqr | Star Trek | Spock/Kirk | 7k | “Andorian wine is very potent,” Spock says. “How much did you consume?”

rhadamanthus by spqr | Star Trek | Spock/Kirk | 6k | Spock murmurs, “I cannot imagine a universe in which it is not my life’s duty to protect you. You are — “ he has to search for the right words, in Jim’s language. “You are — most dear to me, of all things.”

Necromantic Adventures in Bodyswapping! by liesmyth | The Locked Tomb | Augustine/Mercymorn | 4k | Mercymorn swallowed. Then she said, “I should’ve known you’d suck your own dick, you empty-headed egomaniac.”

of all that lived by spqr | Batman | Selina Kyle/Bruce Wayne | 9k | WIP | The first thing Kyle does when he gets home to find his apartment ransacked is account for all his cats.

That Old Forever by spqr | Star Wars | Din/Luke | 29k | Din had commed laughing to show him his ewok targets stacked three deep in carbonite, which would have made Luke laugh too if he weren’t too busy being sullen and sleep-deprived and generally unpleasant—and focused on concealing a giant, soul-crushing, absolutely mortifying pubescent crush on his adopted brother.

a warm spot in a cold snap by hygarden | Wolf 359 | Jacobi/Kepler | 4k | The thing is it’s not like Jacobi hasn’t thought about it.

a luxury few can afford by three-fingered (calciseptine) | Marvel | Spiderman/Deadpool | WIP | "And what's the going rate for swiss cheese?" Peter asks as casually as possible.

Roll To Charm Person by harriet_vane | Stranger Things | Will/Mike | 59k | Will needs a date to his mom's wedding. Mike volunteers.

it hurts at first (but it ain't that bad) by Lise | The Untamed | Xiao Xingchen/Xue Yang | 12k | Xue Yang might be dying, but he can at least make sure Xiao Xingchen knows who tricked him.

so little time and i'm way off track by defractum | The Untamed | Wei Wuxian/Lan Wangji | 25k |  "Have you heard of Wei Wuxian?" someone bellows.

god was a dog-man by spqr | Teen Wolf | Sterek | 12k | “Do you have a secret teenage son?” Stiles demands, as soon as Derek opens the door.

March

Here's Not Here by theroguesgambit | Teen Wolf | Sterek | 10k | Stiles is different today.

It Can All But Break Your Heart by orbiting_saturn | Teen Wolf | Sterek | 7k | Turns out, Derek can’t go anywhere without getting hit on.

I Might Be A Fool by prettylittlementirosa | Teen Wolf | Sterek | 35k |  The thing about Stiles, though, is that for him, turned on and angry are not mutually exclusive feelings.

The Price by theroguesgambit | Teen Wolf | Sterek | 18k | Stiles must surrender the most important thing in his life to protect the town… and no one can figure out what it was.

you were there and so was i by magneticwave | Teen Wolf | Sterek, Allison & Stiles | 8k |  For their tenth birthday, Stiles had gotten Allison a mug from a kiosk at the mall with AREN’T YOU GLAD WE EVOLVED OUT OF NEIGHBORING CELLS on one side and a picture from their school trip to the zoo, the one where Allison was hitting a goat trying to eat Stiles’ shirt, on the other.

Same As It Ever Was by QuokkaFoxtrot | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 62k | "Deja-vu? Like you feel like you've done this before, because-"

In Bloom by Celia_and for BensCalligraphySet | Star Wars | Rey/Ben | 14k | He doesn’t love her. But when his hands are on her body, she can pretend.

April

straight at the sun by brawlite | Trigun Stampede | Vash/Wolfwood | 4k | Drunk as a skunk and feeling maudlin, Wolfwood finds a stranger in a saloon who reminds him of Vash. He lets hungry fantasies get the better of him.

night sounds by brawlite | Trigun Stampede | Knives/Wolfwood | 6k | While drunk, Wolfwood confesses his feelings to Vash. It goes surprisingly well -- until it really, really doesn’t.

fool in the moon by arahir | Trigun Stampede | Vash/Wolfwood | 8k | Wolfwood carries a body.

I just can’t wait for love to destroy us by FlowerCitti | Trigun Stampede | Vash/Wolfwood | 8k | There are small things to be noticed, if you know to look, that make Vash just a little less human.

come to conceal the confusion we feel by iodhadh | The Untamed | Song Lan/Xiao Xingchen/Xue Chengmei | 7k | As far as Song Lan is concerned, Xue Yang is nothing more or less than the most irritating student taking lessons at the dance studio he co-owns with his boyfriend.

No Passing Fascination by madamerioulette | The Untamed | Song Lan/Xue Yang/Xiao Xingchen | 36k | “If no consensus can be made, and no act of justice agreed upon, then it falls to myself and my companion Song Zichen to take matters into our own hands.”

May

Hawkins Halfway House for Homeless Horrors by Trensu | Stranger Things | Eddie/Steve | 2k | Steve wanted to be a dad more than anything. Unfortunately, he was a single dude in his thirties which meant no adoption agency in the world was willing to give him a chance. Or at least no human adoption agency.

Please Hold by entanglednow | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 2k | Lesson of the day, no matter how busy you are, it's rarely a good idea to let your subconscious take the wheel.

pretty doctor by spqr | House | House/Chase | 5k | ROBBIE DOWN UNDER. LET ME GET UNDER YOU. “CRIKEY, THAT’S A BIG COCK!”

My Right Hand Man by entanglednow | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 4k | In which movie night takes an unexpected turn, and it's surprisingly easy to just let it happen.

then out of nowhere, somebody comes and hits you with an ooh la la la, ooh la la la, ooh la la la, ooh by @calciseptine | Marvel | Peter/Wade | 42k | A man with spider-themed superpowers accidentally breaks into Wade's apartment. 

like a record, baby by jilliancares | Marvel | Peter/Wade | 8k | “I already have an escape plan,” Deadpool says. He grabs Peter’s wrist, raises it above his head, and then digs his thumb into Peter’s spinneret.

So No One Told You Life Was Gonna Be This Way by Jenetica | Marvel | Peter/Wade | 32k |  Peter Parker's life doesn't need an influx of new, distinctly spidery Spider-Man powers.

let me explain by jilliancares | Marvel | Peter/Wade | 8k |  Peter's starting to realize just how much Wade knows about him

Tiny Entanglements by MargaretKire | Marvel | Peter/Wade | 7k | Spider-Man has some hidden desires. So does Deadpool. Things get complicated when Morbius claims to have a cure for Peter’s ‘impure’ DNA.

Your Call Is Important To Us by entanglednow | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 2k | Steve needs a minute, and some moral support from a friend, after accidentally kissing Eddie goodbye.

Hard to be Soft by stereobone | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 2k | Eddie's had sex on a bed before. A lot, actually. Face down, usually, sheets dirty, barely able to breathe, someone holding him bruise-tight and pressing his face into the mattress.

A Breach In The Wall by entanglednow | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 1k | Steve is forced to wonder if it's still a rude awakening when you're just pretending to be asleep.

DELIGHTFUL FANVIDS

January

2022 || Multifandom Mashup (Happy New Year)

2022 Movie Trailer Mashup

therefore i am [Wednesday]

Paint It Black || The Rolling Stones

February

MARVEL || Ode to Joy

House Targaryen | Fire & Blood

The Batman || Where is My MInd?

(The Witcher) Geralt Of Rivia | Home

The Batman || Where is My MInd?

Princess Cirilla of Cintra (+Geralt & Yennefer)

It's Alright - Percy de Rolo AMV (Legend of Vox Machina)

March

MARVEL || Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania - Rise

derek & stiles || on my way

call me by your name; stiles & derek

Ellie | The Last of Us

April

Multifandom || It's Going Down Tonight

Wednesday || Bad Guy

They will not control us

Joel & Ellie | Look for the light

Joel & Ellie || The Last of Us

Daemon & Rhaenyra || Play With Fire

Iron Man & Doctor Strange || Don't put your blame on me

sick thoughts

Doctor Strange || Enemy (Tommee Profitt)

The Last of Us | When Innocence Dies

loud | Wednesday

Derek x Stiles | the one to save me

The Last of Us | Fear

Time changes everything.

wednesday || utopia

May

N/A

DELIGHTFUL MUSIC

January

Meimuna - Meimuna

Colors - Black Pumas

Sho’s Song - Cecile Corbel

The Darker the Weather - MISSIO

Thumbs - Sabrina Carpenter

Dragonstea Din Tea - Feuerchwanz

Onwards We Row - Miracle of Sound

Edge of Midnight - Miley Cyrus

August - Vanisa Khamkhosy

Warrior of the Mind - Jorge Rivera-Herrans

Happier Than Ever - Billie Eilish

FU In My Head - Cloudy June

Villain - Bella Poarch

Kalyna - Go-A

I See You - Leona Lewis

Genesis - Otyken

Dimna Juda - Walkauz

See You Again - Miley Cyrus

Ohio Is For Lovers - Hawthorne Heights

Queen of Kings - Alessandra

Flowers - Miley Cyrus

Take A Hint - Victorious Cast

rapunzel - emlyn

Sorry Barbie - Todrick Hall

February

Six Soundtrack

Fairytale (Violin) - Joel Sunny

Tea, Milk and Honey - Oh Pep!

Middle of the Night - Elley Duhe

Tongues & Teeth | The Crane Wives

King | The Amazing Devil

A Little Bit Off | Five Finger Death Punch

Masterpiece | Motionless In White

Khamlu | Hubert von Goisern

Con La Brisa | Foudeqush

Interlude | Stormzy

Our Light | Lyn

Mountain at My Gates | Foals

Fuel to Fire | Agnes Obel

Arms Unfolding | dodie

Truly Madly Deeply - Yoke Lore

Step Into Darkness | Dubkiller

Main Theme | PurpleSchala

March

Hungry Heart | Steve Aoki

ceilings | Lizzy McAlpine

It’s Terror Time Again | Sesamoid

Tuning In To You | Wonstein

Lost | Linkin Park

Got You | GA Eun

Wake Up | Elaine

Watch the World Burn | Falling In Reverse

Eat Your Young | Hozier

Scars | Boy Epic

Cover Me | Black Math

Just a Man | Jorge Rivera-Herrans

April

labour | Paris Paloma

The Tornado | Owl City

Green Green Grass | George Ezra

Tombi | Kvi Baba

Suzume | Radwimps

May

Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You - Boys Town Gang

Linger a while - Jorge Rivera-Herrans

Mermaids - Florence & the Machine

Una Musica Brutal - Gotan Project

Francesca - Hozier