#my dumb fancasts

[mel-kusanagi]

basically a study on oscar isaac but make him as monkey d. dragon from one piece

[purplepeptobismol]

I'm curious on your fancast for your IWMOY kids

Personally I would cast Thomas Bradie Sangster as Cooper, Natalia Dyer as Robin and McKenna Grace for Stacy

WOLFENSTEIN, IM SORRY BUT THOMAS BRADIE SANGSTER IS SO OLD!!! WHAT??!! 😭😭😭

Okay but on a serious note, it’s interesting you say this because whenever I picture IWMOY in my head, it alternates between animation to real life. I don’t think I have a fan cast for the kids BUT, if there ever was, I would want it to be with actors who fit this sort of vibe I have for them in my head.

ANOTHER BUT— I actually do sometimes imagine irl Cooper to be a bit like Walker Scobell SPECIFICALLY in the Adam’s Project!!!

If you’ve seen the movie, you know that the character he plays (young Adam Reed) is SOOO in par with the chaotic loser personality Cooper gives.

In my daydreams, I’d cast someone like him but in that 14/15 age tho. Interestingly, Walker Scobell’s actual eye color is close to the grey I imagine Cooper in!! Though… I guess the hair color is a bit close… but I do imagine it a tad bit lighter??? I guess, idk? Netflix wants to make IWMOY a 12 episode series sooooo bad ooooooo

[enyoalkis]

I think about sometimes how 2000s Scarlett Johansson would've been better cast as Catherine Howard in a different Tudor drama than Mary Boleyn in The Other Boleyn Girl if you believe the Portrait of a Young Woman, by Hans Holbein the Younger, is Catherine.

[deathsconsort]

it truly baffles me that ppl still use white men for the bat boys and for lucien

like are you afraid of your book bfs being anything other than white???

[iamgonnagetyouback]

Idk if it’s a dumb thing to ask but can you tell me more about lorenzo Berkshire, Theodore nott and Mattheo Riddle!!!

I have seen these names a lot like A LOT and I know a lot of people say Mattheo is the son of Tom Riddle. Can you tell me who are they related to and like what is their personality like

it’s definitely not a dumb question, love! let me break it down for you:

so, lorenzo berkshire, theodore nott, and mattheo riddle are all fan-created characters that have become super popular in the fandom. there’s no right or wrong way to portray them; it all depends on what people want their personalities to be like!

lorenzo berkshire: he’s often written as a slytherin and is usually fancast as louis partridge. he was created by @/babynaomi on wattpad in her fanfiction 'filthy'. he’s known for being one of the sweetest, kindest slytherins out there—but don’t let that fool you! i like to think of enzo as a bit of a mischievous troublemaker. he’ll smile sweetly, but behind the scenes, he’s probably the one setting up a prank. you know, the “who, me?” type!

theodore nott: theo is also a slytherin and is typically fancast as lorenzo zurzolo. he’s that dark, mysterious guy that everyone is drawn to, mostly because he’s so quiet and brooding. his dad (who actually is canon in the books!) isn’t exactly “father of the year,” which is often why theo’s so closed off. i like to think he’s that guy who seems intimidating but really just wants to be left alone with a good book and some peace.

mattheo riddle: mattheo is another slytherin, fan casted as benjamin wadsworth. he’s often imagined as either tom riddle’s son or brother, but most people (myself included) like the idea that he’s tom’s son. he’s got similar mysterious vibes as theo, but mattheo’s more outgoing. he’s the guy who’ll drag theo out of the library and into trouble with a mischievous grin, like, “come on, let’s go cause some mischief.”

at the end of the day, these characters are all about how you want them to be! it’s all in good fun, so go with whatever version you vibe with most.

hope that clears it up, darling!

edit: okay, so after receiving many asks, replies, and reblogs, i realized i made a little oopsie! yes, theodore nott is canon, and i definitely should have clarified that while he’s a canon character, the way people portray him in fanfics is mostly fanon (meaning fans created their own versions of his personality and backstory since there isn't much detail in the books). i’m super sorry for the confusion!

what i meant to say was that while theo is part of the original harry potter world, his characterization in fanon is often where we get that quiet, brooding, mysterious guy we all love. again, my bad! 😅 thanks for pointing it out, you lovely people!

[fourth-wing-stories]

Mirrorball - Part 3

Pairing: Ridoc x OC

Words: 1367

Summary: Ridoc is falling, and falling hard. And when will Sawyer start to read the room?

Masterlist

A/N: I´m so excited for you guys to see the next part xoxo And might change fancast but I do love him, just not a lot of gifs to work with off him. This is more like a filler off them and their relationship to give you a good feel of them.

Part 2 || Part 4

I also make ship imagines, check bio.

Tags: @sweetsugarcoffee

Requests are OPEN, check bio

The classroom at Basgiath was always filled with the sounds of scribbling quills and murmured discussions, but Ridoc had gotten used to another sound — the gentle whoosh of a warm breeze brushing past his ear. He grinned to himself, not even looking up from his notes. He knew exactly where it came from.

Iris was sitting a few rows back, pretending to be fully absorbed in her studies, but Ridoc knew better. Whenever the lectures dragged on too long, Iris couldn’t resist using her magic to stir things up. A warm breeze, subtle but noticeable, always floated past him, sending a shiver down his neck and making him turn his head. It was her way of saying, I'm here.

Today was no different. As soon as Ridoc began to relax into the dull drone of their professor’s voice, he felt it — that familiar breeze, like a caress on the back of his neck. He turned around, eyes narrowed playfully, searching for Iris. She didn’t look up, her face calm and composed as if she was focused entirely on the lesson. But Ridoc saw the tiny smile tugging at the corner of her lips.

He shook his head, amused. As he switch his focus back on the professor his quill fell to the floor. He blinked in surprise and leaned down to retrieve it. Violet beside him gave him a look, like get it together before Rhiannon yells at us kind of look. Just as he picked it up, another soft breeze swept by. He smiled, of course, he should have known. Iris.

Ridoc bit his lip to keep from laughing. He turned, catching her eye this time. She was barely suppressing a grin, her eyes sparkling with mischief. Her fingers twitched slightly under the desk — a clear giveaway that she was the one summoning the wind to mess with him. She practically glowed when she smiled like that. Damn he loved that smile.

"Really?" Ridoc mouthed, raising an eyebrow. But Iris just tilted her head innocently, feigning ignorance.

"Alright, you win," he mouthed back, a playful smile tugging at his lips.

But as soon as he bent down to pick up the pencils again, a stronger gust blew his quill right off his desk once more. Ridoc let out a low groan, but he couldn't stop laughing.

"Ridoc, shut it!" Rhiannon snapped from the other side of Violet. He did but the smile remained.

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Later that day in Ridoc room

“Alright, spill,” Violet said casually, her legs stretched out in front of her. “What’s going on with you?”

Ridoc raised an eyebrow, playing dumb. “Just being my normal charming sexy self, what going on with you?” He said looking up from the book he was reading.

Violet closed the book she was holding and gave him a look, her eyes narrowing. “Don’t give me that. You’ve been acting different lately — ever since you started hanging around Iris.” She leaned forward slightly, her tone teasing. “You’ve got a little crush, don’t you?”

"A little jealous Violet?" he shot her a wink avoiding the question, but Violet wasn’t convinced. "I see the way you look at her."

Ridoc paused for a second before answering. “We’re just good friends. Sparring partners, study buddies, that’s all.” He said leaning back on the bed avoiding eye contact.

Violet wasn’t buying it. “Please. When the two of you are together you’re practically in your own little world.”

Ridoc hesitated for a moment, as if considering what to say. His usual bravado faltered slightly, and Violet caught the briefest glimpse of uncertainty in his eyes. “I don’t know,” he admitted after a long pause. “It’s different with her. She’s... different.”

Violet smirked, leaning back against the wall. “Yeah, different as in you like her.”

"Shut up, like you weren´t pining over our wingleader the whole of our first year" He laughed then shot her a half-hearted glare, but there was no real heat behind it. “It’s not that simple,” he muttered, his voice quieter now. “We just... get each other. I don’t know. It’s easy with her.”

Violet nodded thoughtfully she could tell this wasn’t just some casual flirtation for Ridoc. “She challenges you,” Violet said, her tone softening. “I get it. You like that.”

Ridoc didn’t respond, but the look in his eyes told Violet everything she needed to know. He was in deep, whether he wanted to admit it or not.

“Just don’t mess it up,” Violet added with a grin, nudging his shoulder. “I like Iris, I don´t wanna have to stop haning out with you if you fuck it up, cause I will choose her” She says jokingly elbowing him gently.

“Ey, why do you assume I´m gonna be the one most likely to fuck up” He says happy that their serious moment had passed.

Violet didn’t push any further. She knew Ridoc would figure it out in his own time. But she couldn’t help but feel a little amused by it all. It wasn’t often that Ridoc got caught off guard, especially by feelings, and seeing him wrestle with something as messy as love was oddly endearing.

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It was one of those rare moments when everyone managed to gather around the same table in the dining hall, the sounds of clattering dishes and lively conversation filling the space. Iris, Ridoc, Rhiannon, Violet, Sawyer, Sloane, Imogen and Aaric were seated together, sharing stories from the day and exchanging playful banter.

But the atmosphere shifted when Sawyer, as blunt as ever, turned to Ridoc in the middle of a conversation and asked, "So Ridoc whatever happened with you and that guy from third year? I saw you two talking the other day."

Ridoc visibly stiffened, his usual laid-back demeanor faltering for just a second. His eyes flicked toward Iris before quickly looking away, his discomfort evident in the way he tensed. "Uh... nothing," Ridoc muttered, clearly caught off guard by the question. "Just... we were talking about training."

"Didn't look sound nothing. It-" Violet then stepped hard on Sawyers good leg. "Auch, wtf vi--" He stopped as soon as he met Violets death stare.

Iris tried to keep her face neutral, but her heart sank as she picked up on the unease in Ridoc’s voice, he was lying, something had happened between him and the third year. She didn’t want to sit here and listen to whatever it was Ridoc didn’t want to admit, especially with the strange weight between them still hanging in the air.

Iris couldn’t sit there any longer, feeling like the tension between them was becoming more visible to everyone at the table.

"I actually forgot I have some things to take care of," Iris said quickly, forcing a small smile as she stood up from the table. "I’ll catch up with you guys later."

The group glanced at her, some surprised by the sudden departure. As Iris left Rhiannon shot a pointed look at Sawyer and then, without warning, elbowed him sharply in the ribs. "Way to go, Sawyer," she hissed under her breath, shaking her head. "Read the room."

Sawyer blinked, clearly confused. "What? What did I say?"

"Seriously?" Violet whispered back, rolling her eyes. "You’ve got no tact sometimes, you know that?"

Ridoc remained silent, staring at his plate, his mind clearly elsewhere. As Iris walked out of the hall, he fought the urge to go after her, torn between his feelings and the growing weight of his own fears. He knew this wasn’t just about a stupid misunderstanding—it was about everything that had been simmering between them for so long. But admitting it out loud, especially in front of everyone? He wasn’t ready for that.

Rhiannon sighed, exchanging a glance with Violet. "Honestly, men are idiots," she muttered.

"Agreed," Violet said with a small smirk, though her eyes lingered on Ridoc, sensing that something much deeper was going on beneath the surface.

As Iris left the dining hall, her chest tightened with frustration and confusion. She didn’t know what was happening between her and Ridoc, but she knew one thing—she was not gonna be some second choice or wait around for Ridoc if he didn't feel the same way. She should have known. She almost laugh at her own stupidity. Ridoc flirts with everyone. But two can play that game.

[bridoesotherjunk]

why do people even like the sonic movies? they're not even good, people probably just like the feeling of having cyberbullied a movie studio into compliance.

the movies completely mischaracterize sonic, turning him from a confident, somewhat rebellious, independent cool-kid figure to a weird lonely outcast who spouts a hundred cringey pop-culture references a minute and befriends a *cop* of all people. that's like the last person sonic would associate with. he's against the establishment and for freedom.

jim carrey isn't even recognizable as dr. eggman, he's just 90s jim carrey, tails is the "friend in distress", knuckles has a very unfitting voice that just sounds really weird and borderline racist because 'haha indigenous-coded character is the dumb one' and shadow is just some kind of fancast to appease the 'oOoOo kEaNu' fans. aside from tails all the voices are celebrities who sound nothing like the character, they couldn't even be bothered to give the original voices like jason griffith back as much as possible. the third movie in particular was literally just a worse version of sonic adventure 2, you're better off just playing the game again because the movie felt like yet another overly-hyped nostalgia cash-grab.

This is going to be such a hugely nerdy response, I love Sonic. I've played a bunch of the games, I've watched a bunch of the shows- I genuinely love the Sonic franchise. So I apologize to anyone who follows me that doesn't care about Sonic.

Look, you can have your own opinions on the Sonic movies, I know I have mine and i CERTAINLY have opinions on fucking Paramount, but I Completely disagree on the over-hyped nostalgia cash grab comment. The director of these movies literally has been working on the Sonic games since the early 2000s. (Shadow 2005 my beloved) He very clearly LOVES these characters and clearly puts a lot of love and care into these movies. I've seen videos from Sonic youtubers pointing out all of the little things he's added to these movies from games HE WORKED ON. The man has posted online about Sonic statues and figurines he's bought. The writers and the many animators/animation studios also all have worked with Sonic for YEARS. Several of them help animate the games on a regular fucking basis. The only person who genuinely has not seemed to be a massive Sonic fan has been the composer.

Putting the rest of this under a read more because it got real long real fast

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""""the third movie in particular was literally just a worse version of sonic adventure 2, you're better off just playing the game again"""" --- not everything needs to be perfectly lore accurate, dude. reLAX. Sonic's got such insane lore, I honestly never expected them to make ANY of the movies 1 to 1 with the games. When I saw the second movie I was shocked they even did the Chaos Emeralds! Sonic's lore is WEIRD. It's not simple to try and translate into movie form.

Take this from the perspective of someone who is very very fucking white, but dude.. your comment on Knuckles completely took me the fuck out - borderline racist- Knuckles has been supposed to be black since the very beginning. from his very first game. His character has been a questionably racist issue for YEARS. - they originally had him Jamaican in the old games. He was supposed to have an accent and everything. ((The old games and their manuals were probably way more fucking racist than anything they've done with him recently, but I digress. His name was going to be fucking "Dreads" for crying out loud. Just... yikes, Sega.)) ALSO Knuckles is probably smarter than he's been IN A WHILE, in the movies, too. In the shows and games he had become an absolute shell of who he used to be. Like, sorry but you're just straight wrong about him being dumb in the movies. Yeah he's not as intelligent as Tails, but he's not stupid. I'd argue that he's smarter in the movies than he's been in fucking years in the games and shows.

Tails is the "friend in distress" - Sonic Forces would like a word, my guy. Nothing will ever be worse than that shit.

Jim Carrey... Literally with Jim Carrey as Eggman - the fucking VA for Eggman in the games is also a piece of shit, so there is no winning with this one. Both of them suck. Who else would you have picked to play him, though, honestly? Like, I wouldn't even picture Jim Carrey, but I genuinely have no idea who the hell I would pick to play Eggman. He's not really a character I've ever pictured in live action before.

And I'm sorry, again, your opinion on the movies is your own- but they really did not mischaracterize Sonic as far as being cringe - he's always been fucking cringe. He's always made references to current pop culture shit. (Some mediums are worse for it than others, but whatever.)

Now I WILL give you --- Him being friends with a cop- yeah, that one is absolute dogshit. Sonic would fucking never. That's ass.

I have no strong opinions on Keanu, like... at all, so I dunno. I would have absolutely preferred Jason come back, but Hollywood's gonna Hollywood now. When I first heard they kept Tails's VA from the games I was honestly shocked as hell. Hollywood does not do that anymore. It's ALL fucking celebrities. (((But you really can't say shit about Ben not sounding 'like Sonic' because Sonic's voice has varied WIDELY from the games and the shows and shit. Sonic's voice has really not been consistent. NONE of the characters's voices have. Ryan and all the cast that have been working since Sonic Boom have been doing it the longest, so I mean, they're the closest to a standard we're gonna get.)))

[mrstellmeafuckingsecret]

The marauders have to be a study in fandom racism and misogyny because how do throwaway white boys like evan barty regulus etc have so many fics art and edits based off like 3 mentions when woc like Angelina Padma Parvati who actually appear and do things in all the books get paid dust. No one can make the excuse that male characters are just better written when male characters who weren’t even written at all fare better than girls who actually matter to the story.

no literally ?? i remember like a minute ago they tried replacing blaise zabini for some white boy like ewww get that shit AWAYY . angelina & patel twins are literally the most amazing chars i dont interact w the golden trio era much but i could recognize at age nine reading those books that they served extra cunt & i didn't even know angelina was black (i thought braids meant, like... a french braid.)

even in the marauders era they'll take some guy with 0 lines like regulus and be like 🥹my little meow meow💞 and then just like have noo pocs. like i know the rosier twins are sometimes fancasted as black and idk i'm alr w pandora being black but evan being the only black man &being arguably the most abusive ?? crazy. crazy work. especially because the only other man of colour is james, who's also the stereotypical dumb brown man, like gen when i read some inc quotes/ffs/go through my tt it feels like they're throwing tomatoes at him going "dance for us monkey!!" bc his entire thing is so ?? racist ?? idk if i'm reading too deep into this bc im brown rip but like everything he does comes off as very trope-y.

with the girls they're just. not allowed to make mistakes. it goes harder w mary and dorcas because they're woc and idk if this is intended, either, but they're always soo mary sue-ish and "perfect" & "casanovas" like mmmm. again, maybe i'm reading too deep into this but i'm still pissed.

[ifyouknowmenahyoudontt]

MORE OF ME COMPLAINING ABOUT THE FANDOM

- i’ve seen so many ppl consider andromeda and sirius leaving from their family as an act of love for their muggle born partners. i don’t really like that ESP for sirius. it really downplays their morals and what they fought for.

- why is regulus the forth marauder? where tf did peter go

- if i see one more piece of content that makes sirius leaving the house of black about regulus im going to lose it. “ b-b-but how could he leave his baby brother🥺” that little baby brother was apart of a supremacist terrorist cult let’s be for real

-making characters like lily or remus in ships with those deatheaters assholes is WILD.

-andromeda is everything you want regulus to be give this girl the credit she deserves

-fanon regulus is cringe as hell. you all just took over characters story’s to make it his. he sucked.

-the moment someone brings up that a new ship/hdcs don’t make sense and ppl say “nothing is the hp universe makes sense” i lose a year off my life. let’s use our little heads and figure out that even in a fantastical world. things.can.still.make.sense.with.the.plotline.

- some of the regulus/evan/barty and whatever ways fans are like the WHINIEST fandom i have ever seen. can’t take any (valid btw) criticism on their weird little fetishes and act like they’re being oppressed when people don’t like the same thing as them. not all of you guys obv but a LOT

- “if you don’t like it just scroll” no? some things are objectively wrong and bad and should be discussed grow up

-this fandom is turning into a booktok porn addiction fandom

-a fandom is a place of discussion. people not liking fictional characters and talking about it is not going to kill you

-james’s character got dumbed down so BADLY by all the jegulus nonsense like james being kind of a simp in canon was because his love for LILY was pure and strong. they have a whole ass prophecy.

-making every character queer isn’t doing what you think it’s doing. and frankly idgaf if you make this character queer if that character is a horrible person. doesn’t make them more likable or interesting.

-there is a deep rooted issue of misogyny in this fandom.

-saying that jegulus is not going against lily as a character is not true. fanon regulus is literally lily but like racist. jegulus is literally jily.

-lily evans can love james potter and still be a strong character these two are not linked at all

-dorlene/jily/wolfstar where the sanest ships in the fandom. maybe add rose killer on there cus frankly since it doesn’t change much the characters or storyline it’s okay

-remember when regulus was ace? why did that get completely forgotten

-some of the fancasts did irreparable damage to people’s brains. because hot doesn’t mean better person

-james potter would punch most of the people you ship him with

- jegulus fics where harry is there kid and lily is a surrgate/barely in the pic is CRAZY

-mary is so sexualized? like why

- sirius was canonically better looking than regulus lol

-the black family can be explored so much more besides just the regulus glaze

-REGULUS BARELY CONTRIBUTED TO VOLDMORT BEING DEFEATEDDDDS PLEASE

- some of the new sapphic ships are actually good. nobleflower is very interesting.

[ilikestuff69]

American Psycho Rant

Bro, the new American Psycho movie by Luca Guadagnino is gonna be the death of me because everyone is making their fancasts for Patrick Bateman and it just shows that a lot of people don’t actually get the point of Patrick Bateman.

I’ve seen people say “Patrick should be played a POC actor” “they should get a woman to play Patrick” “they should get an unconventionally attractive actor to show how gross Patrick actually is” “they should cast this actor that’s in their 40s-50s”. And to me that shows that they didn’t actually get the story of American Psycho.

The story of American Psycho doesn’t work if Patrick Bateman isn’t a conventionally attractive, young, rich, white man because the whole point of the movie (from my interpretation and I haven’t read the book yet, sorry) is that Patrick is able to get away with the way he acts and all the crazy shit he does because he is a conventionally attractive, young, rich, white man who lives in a society that is built to benefit people who look like him.

Listen, I am usually all for fancastings that go against what had been established but not if it’s a detriment to the story being told and Patrick is one of the characters where being a young white guy is actually important to his story.

But hey, that’s just my thoughts on the matter and maybe I’m the one in the wrong here. Idk let me know if I am.

Also this is a side rant but I need to say it. To all the people who are saying “another remake? God, Hollywood is dumb. Why don’t they just make an original story?” I got two things to say to you.

1.) the movie American Psycho was not an original story when it came out. It was a book first. Multiple books have multiple film adaptations. Sherlock Holmes, Pride and Prejudice, Little Women, Frankenstein, A Christmas Carol, Carrie, The Bible (kinda cheating with that one but you get the point) etc. This is not a new thing.

2.) Hollywood does make original stories. Y’all just don’t watch them.

[lee-isnotcool]

my marauders fancast 😍

regulus: timmy obviously, but also dorian from the mischief productions. their jegulus films have me in a chokehold and i will not elaborate

sirius: conan gray. a shaggy haired twink that makes poppy gay music and regularly puts up dramatic shitposts on his spam tiktok?? of course it's sirius!!!

remus: ethan. ethan fully introduced me to the marauders after i started following him in like 2021, and now i cannot see anyone else as our wolf boy. P4PERBACK SUPREMACY!!!

peter: kit connor. HEAR ME OUT- i feel like kit would actually have so much fun playing the villain after so much time as a golden retriever. he would do an excellent job, you can't even deny it.

james: taylor zakhar perez. our tall, sweet, hispanic boy. put a pair of glasses on him and he's literally james.

lily: anya taylor-joy. i can't quite explain it, but she has such a regal face that provides such a diamond-in-the-rough vibe that is so lily.

mary: leah sava jeffries. SHES SUCH A QUEEN UGHHHHHH and she totally embodies mary's sweetness as well as her humor (good-naturedly teasing aryan and walker by calling them dumb or something similar)

marlene: maya hawke. i will not be explaining myself further.

dorcas: corinna brown. she is so funny and confident and DROP DEAD GORGEOUS TOO- she's just so dorcas

barty: dallas liu. DALLAS IS SO FINE BRO- and we already know he can play a zesty badass villain (thank you live-action avatar)

evan: omar rudberg. omar is so ridiculously gorgeous, but as Simon in Young Royals he does it in a quiet way, and i feel like that matches up with evan perfectly

pandora: beabadoobee. she has such a fairycore whimsical vibe and it totally matches pandora's energy. plus, i've headcannoned panda as Filipino for so long-

[movedtonewblogcheckpinnedpost]

Only Blood Communion and Interview With the Vampire to go now. I'll make more elaborated posts about my thoughts once I'm done with everything, but here are some of my opinions:

TVA is absolutely my favorite (I've said it before and will say it again: the most purifying cry I had in my life, it destroyed and restored me in the best possible way), TVL, TQOTD and Prince Lestat are also on my top 4, though I don't know where to place the latter on my personal ranking. The others are sort of tied and the order changes according to specific aspects. Like, Blood and Gold covers a lot of eras and places of the world, has multiple interesting characters, so it's fun in the sense there's a lot of stuff to see, even if I'm not a Marius's fan and he isn't the best narrator imo. On the other hand, something like Merrick is more packed, just her, Louis and David (and some Lestat), but I just love her as a character and the whole story of her family. I can't really choose.

Memnoch would be the last because it was the one I struggled with (tho I loved Armand on it), I thought the concept was great and I could've loved it with a more active, intense and eventful execution. Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis is second-to-last because most of the plot was dumb to me, the part that made sense was solved in an unconvincing way, I had to do a lot of suspending disbelief even for a supernatural/sci-fi story... But it was nice to have so many characters I love reunited, even if some didn't have lines, it's nice to know they're around and I enjoy the vampires having sort of a healthy little community.

Favorite character is definitely Armand, then Lestat, then Pandora, Maharet, Mekare, Flavius, Merrick, Bianca, Gabrielle, Mona, Benji, Avicus and Petronia (they didn't appear much and did awful brutal stuff, yes, but having an intersex/gender-fluid character was great and they had so much baggage I could empathize with them). Most after Armand and Lestat are tied. I don't know if I'd call Benedict a fave, but I'm somewhat attached to him (and I KNOW about those spoilers). I LOVE Vittorio and Ursula too and I hope they can appear in some shape or form on the show. I don't looooove Antoine, but he's alright to me. He just seems to be a poor/broke dude who wants to live, have friends and dedicate his existence to his hyperfixations and I can relate because same lol. I get him.

Favorite pairings (either as an OTP or brotp): Lesmand (👑👑👑), Pandora and Flavius (👑👑), Maharet and Mekare (👑, they just don't get more crowns because they don't appear as much as I wanted 😔), Armand and Benji and Sybelle (as duos and a trio), Armand and Riccardo, Armand and Bianca (pretty much Armand and everyone that isn't Marius lol), Lestat and Mona (their childish siblings-coded beef entertains me), Maharet and Jesse and Vittorio and Ursula (👑👑). I wish I had seen more of some characters/dynamics, tho.

MAYBE I could tolerate Marius and even love Magnus (he seems to have a sad and interesting story) if all I'd seen of them had been the content of the last trilogy, but given the previous books, I'm not sure I can enjoy Anne's decisions. I have a lot of mixed feelings about Magnus apologizing and Marius's behavior not even being seen as something to apologize for in the first place, but that's for another post.

Some of the books I would've been able to read and love with or without the show, some I only read to get information, but I'm mostly glad I'm equipped with so much of the lore now. That's not to say there aren't problematic things even for the genre that I need to compartmentalize and ignore (to some extent and not completely) for my enjoyment, because there is a lot of that, but it hasn't been a waste of time. And I'm glad I know what can happen in the future, make silly little fancasts and have events to look forward to seeing on the series. Obviously, opinions can change with the next books, when I re-read the novels or even with conversations and discussions... And that makes me excited as well.

[brklnnvv]

𝚂𝚘𝚏𝚝 𝚂𝚙𝚘𝚝

taglist; @whatcjdidnext, @nestsfordays, @acrackonthedoll, @anniebunnies, @babybirding, @sabrinasbabydoll, @millyslillies 𝓳𝓸𝓲𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓽𝓪𝓰 𝓵𝓲𝓼𝓽 𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 again inspired by a c.ai bot which i'm working on right now, i'll link it when i post it on the app. cw: fem!oc, jack x oc, university student, age gap. Giselle(oc) will be 19 going on 20 and jack is 32 so if it bothers you this is your warning :) also i be adding ai pictures of girls because i feel weird fancasting with real people so that's that. <3 part 2 here

Jack was known not be messed around. He was a manager at Café dé París capable of pulling strings most club owners would give anything to have access to. And so a ladies’ man and a successful businessman, most everyone in the Soho night scene knew him.

He never expected to find himself in love in all seriousness. Especially not the kind of love that’d make him want to settle down and have a family kind of love, but good lord…

It was still early in the day, right after twelve when he saw her. Beautiful, enchanting even. He found himself doing the very thing he’d laugh at other men for doing - ditching his mates and running after a stranger across the street.

“Miss! Excuse me! Miss!”

Meanwhile, Giselle walked out of her apartment building, leaving to go catch the bus to go to university, counting pieces of papers in her folder. Her long red hair was neatly tied up in a ponytail behind her as it were most days, black and white checker proportion pants and a white sleeveless blouse, an attempt to keep cool at the suffocatingly hot classrooms that barely ever got any air in them. Though the commotion behind her caught her attention.

She turned around guarded to look at the mostly empty pavement to see a man in a white shirt and black pants, one that clearly wasn't wearing his jacket given the way the outfit seemed unfinished. She looked at the man confused as his eyes lit up when she turned to look at him, placing her folder and book in her shoulder bag. '' Miss- blimey...'' Jack was about to speak but stopped when her reached his eyes raking over her face, I mean.... The woman was heaven sent from afar but now... now he felt like he was in the divine's presence. He must've looked a fool how he was staring at her face, eyes darting at each of her characteristics, one somehow even more beautiful than the other and then when he looked back, somehow even more gorgeous again...

"I um... I didn't mean to bother you I just- well I saw you across the street and just- Jesus you're beautiful."

Giselle looked at him her eyebrows contorting with expressions from confused to flattered but clearly not knowing how to respond. Jack took a deep breath through his nose still looking at her noticing her expression changing.

''Oh where are my manners, love forgive me. Name's Jack.'' Jack extended his hand and Giselle shook it still kind of confused.

''Giselle...''

''Oh Giselle what a beautiful name...''

''Thank you.''

''I was wondering Giselle, do you go out?'' Idiot. He immediately regretted that question. God, could he sound any more dumb in front of her. ''Go out?''

''Yeah, well you know at night, for a drink. But we're in Soho of course you do.'' Giselle nodded. How was she supposed to even respond to that? Say yes, say that she's never been? She'd sound ridiculous. ''What I'm trying to say is, I would love to buy you a drink whenever you have the time. Even tonight I'd love to.''

The girl looked up at him taken aback. She was starting to get questions in her head, ones that made her snap out of whatever trance she was previously in.

''Do you usually run up to people on the street and ask them out?'' Jack's brows shot up in surprise, he himself snapping out of it with that sentence coming back down to earth to realize how odd this must look but by now it was too late to go back. He went to fix his jacket only to figure he'd left it with his mates at the cafe across the street. ''Do I?'' ''You're asking me?" Giselle crossed her arms making him chuckle a little. ''Witty... But no, I don't usually chase after girls. " ''Right... And how many believe that when you tell them so?''

''Oh, Giselle come on you have to believe me here, I ditched my friends-'' Giselle started walking again and he instantly fell into step by her. ''-and-and my jacket! And it was a good jacket, Giselle- Love come on..." Jack stood right in front of her now stopping her from walking further away. The man would get on her knees if it meant getting her to say yes to go out with her -hell to even take her house number- though he hoped it wouldn't get to that...

''I don't know what you expect me to say or do about any of the things you're telling me, mate..."

"Say yes''

''To what?!''

''To going out with me. Come on darling I'll get you the best champagne you want, at the best table at whatever place you want. I'll call in sick to take you out.''

''You'll call in sick to take out a stranger?''

''We may be strangers now love but I'm calling my mum when I get home to tell her I've found my wife."

''Good for you.'' Giselle went to walk away again. Jack panicked, she couldn't possibly leave! He grabbed a book from her opened bag reading the exterior. '' Midwifery and newborn care..." Giselle's eyes widened, her hand shooting up to grab the book from his hand yet the height difference were at her disadvantage making her unable to reach him as he raised his arms flipping through the pages. ''You make quite a few notes- why's the baby blue?'' He looked closer at a drawn picture of a newborn swollen and it's skin more transparent than normal, giving her the opportunity to take her book back, snatching it from his hands.

''Because it's anemic. And you have terrible manners...''

''Go out with me.'' Giselle scoffed shoving her book back in her back and holding it closed as she stopped right in front of the bus stop, the perfect timing.

''No.'' She quickly got on taking her sit after checking her ticket. Jack quickly knocked on her window by her.

''What will I tell me mum if you don't say yes?!!''

''I don't care!'' Giselle shook her head, settling in her seat, her voice muffled through the window.

Jack didn't get to get another word out as the bus started its engine and left. He huffed shoving his hands in his pockets walking back to the cafe across the street and sitting down more annoyed at himself for not going on about it right than he was defeated. His friend, Mike was chewing on a toothpick laughing under his moustache as Jack sat down.

''Shut up.''

''What were you thinking?!'' Mike laughed more wiping the tears from his eyes having just witnessed his friend getting his arse handed to him on a silver plate.

''I wasn't. And if you'd seen her face you wouldn't have either.''

''If you say so. But mate come on...'' Jack glared back at Mike putting his jacket back on. ''What?''

''You're 32 mate.''

''Yeah..'' Jack looked at Mike as if he were stupid. Of course he knew his own age. ''She took the bus to the Brentford universities, The girl can't be older than 21...''

''And? Most girls that flirt with meat the club are freshly 18.''

''She probably is too... Though she didn't really flirt with you--'' Mike was cut out by his own wheezing making Jack scowl before he made the connection.

''Brentford.. Mike you genius! She's studying midwifery at Brentford!'' Mike looked at him confused.

''She had a midwifery uni book. Something about anemic babies... Oh Mike you absolute genius...''

part 2 here

[a-girl-in-neverland]

Hii TSH fandom

I just finished the book (literally an hour ago) and i have many feelings and questions and a insatiable need to ramble, so buckle up if you want to

Maybe upon reading this post, you might think that some things are a bit dumb or that i could have worked out on my own. So let ME be the first to admit, that i AM a bit slow and that sometimes i become so invested in a story/book that i do not take a step back and analyse the characters, symbols, metaphors, reading in between the lines etc.

So without further ado:

Warning for The Secret History SPOILERS!!!!!

• Somewhere in the first half, its mentioned that Bunny takes medicine for asthma and that could be the reason for him putting in weight and being irritable, but Richard says that he later found that was for another reason. What was it? By the time this is mentioned i dont know if the farmer has already been killed or not

• What happened between Francis and Bunny? I read a theory that Francis may have tried something but i dont think that Bunny would still want to be friends after

• Why did Francis, Henry, Charles and Camilla put up with Bunny? He doesn't seem like a good friend, uses them for their money, doesn't seem interested that much in greek or classics (actually i got the feeling only henry and richard were more interested)

• In the beggining, Richard sees Henry and Julian talking. And Henry kisses him. And the stuff they were talking. What was that about? Was Henry just Julian's favorite or was something else there?

• In the second half, it has this whole drama and tension between Charles and Henry. I get why Charles is pissed. I don't get why Henry is tho. That scene which Camilla tells about this meeting with a lawyer, Henry is furious with Charles but I dont get his reasons. Was it just because Charles wasn't accepting his manipulation anymore?

• Kinda off topic but has anyone suggested Luther Ford as a fancast for Francis? He's the only one i could picture in my head

Kinda off topic part 2, i read the book in brazilian portuguese and the translation was... well, it could be better. Has anyone else thought so too?

Also, this is the second Donna Tartt book ive read (first was the goldfinch) and i still cant put into words how these books made me feel. The characters are insane but so compelling. The book is lengthy but every single part is important. I cant just say it was a good book, it doesn't feel right or does justice to how i felt

Anyway, if anyone has made it this far, thanks for the patience and for letting me ramble. Hope you have a great week and dont do cocaine in the burger king parking lot <3

[dalekofchaos]

Raimiverse fancast

My fancast for an expanded Raimiverse fancast

Only recasting Venom since Topher was just not Venom. He wasn't.

Tobey Maguire as Spider-Man/Peter Parker

Kirsten Dunst as Mary-Jane Watson

Sadie Sink as Spider-Girl/Mayday Parker

James Franco as Harry Osborn/New Goblin

Bryce Dallas Howard as Gwen Stacy

Rosemary Harris as Aunt May Parker

JK Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson

Bill Nunn as Robbie Robertson

Elizabeth Banks as Betty Brant

James Cromwell as Captain George Stacy

Gina Torres as Jean DeWolff

Glenn Close as Madame Webb

Joe Manganiello as Flash Thompson/Agent Venom

Willem Dafoe as Green Goblin/Norman Osborn

Alfred Molina as Doc Ock/Otto Octavius

Thomas Hayden Church as Sandman/Flint Marko

Skeet Ulrich as Venom/Eddie Brock

Matthew Lillard as Carnage/Cletus Cassidy

John Malkovich as The Vulture/Adrian Toombs

Anne Hathaway as Black Cat/Felicia Hardy(I know Raimi originally intended for her to be Vulture's daughter and the She-Vulture, but that was dumb)

Dylan Baker as The Lizard/Curt Connors

Bruce Campbell as Mysterio/Quentin Beck

Michael Clarke Duncan as Kingpin/Wilson Fisk

Arnold Vosloo as Scorpion/Mac Gargan

Ben Foster as Electro/Max Dillon

Kevin Grevioux as Tombstone/Lonnie Lincoln

Jackie Chan as Mister Negative/Martin Li

Keanu Reeves as Dr. Michael Morbius

Doug Jones as Chameleon

Matthew McConaughey as Hydro Man

Due to tumblr's bullshit 30 photo limit, cann't post anymore

Ben Stiller as Shocker

Russell Crowe as Kraven the Hunter

Vinnie Jones as The Rhino/Aleksei Sytsevich

Brad Douriff as Hobgoblin/Roderick Kingsley

Daniel Day-Lewis as Iron Man/Tony Stark

Brad Pitt as Captain America/Steve Rogers

Karl Urban as Thor Odinson

Eric Bana as The Hulk/Bruce Banner

Milla Jovovich as Black Widow/Natasha Romanoff

Paul Walker as Hawkeye/Clint Barton

Kurt Russell as Nick Furry

Ewan McGregor as Ant-Man/Hank Pym

Natalie Portman as Wasp/Janet Van Dyne

Rachel Weisz as Scarlet Witch/Wanda Maximoff

Jake Gyllenhaal as Quicksilver/Pietro Maximoff

Denzel Washington as Black Panther/T'Challa

Charlize Theron as Captain Marvel/Carol Danvers

Cuba Gooding Jr. as War/Machine/James Rhodes

Hugh Jackmas as Wolverine

Patrick Stewart as Charles Xavier

Famke Janssen as Jean Grey

James Marsden as Cyclops/Scott Summers

Halle Berry as Storm/Ororo Munroe

Ioan Gruffudd as Mr Fantastic/Reed Richards

Jessica Alba as Invisible Woman/Sue Storm

Chris Evans as Human Torch/Johnny Storm

Michael Chiklis as The Thing/Ben Grimm

Laurence Fishburne as Silver Surfer

Oded Fehr as Doctor Strange/Stephen Strange

Ben Affleck as Daredevil/Matt Murdock

Jennifer Garner as Elektra

Thomas Jane as The Punisher

Terry Crews as Luke Cage

Kate Beckinsale as Jessica Jones

Justin Chatwin as Iron Fist

Nicholas Cage as Ghost Rider

Jim Carrey as Loki Laufeyson

Jude Law as Ultron

Ron Pearlman as Thanos

Ian McKellan as Magneto

Julian McMahon as Dr Doom

Rufus Sewell as Baron Mordo

[johaerys-writes]

If you were to do a fancast of your fav The Iliad characters, who would the actors/actresses be?

Oh boy careful what you ask for anon haha. I have to admit that I'm not a huge fancast person, mainly because I can usually *see* the characters in my head too clearly to be able to find a real life reference that matches that, but because of this ask I did some (extensive) research. Not all the people I've chosen are actors so not sure if they'd be able to play in a film but anyway this is fantasy land and it doesn’t matter lol.

The Achaeans

Achilles

I should preface this by saying that I've never found a faceclaim for Achilles that is close to how I imagine him; in my mind his features are quite unusual because of his divine blood, he stands out from other humans in a way that isn't easy to explain. But if I absolutely had to choose I think I'd go with a young Travis Fimmel for Iliad Achilles. He's still not 100% how I imagine him but I think some photos of his from the 90s and early 00s hit close!

Agamemnon

I honestly cannot come up with a better Agamemnon than Kostas Kazakos, the Greek actor who played Agamemnon in the 1977 Michalis Kakogiannis film "Iphigeneia". If he had longer hair it would be even better, but this is how I imagine him most of the time!

Ajax

It was really hard to choose someone for Ajax.... Can Yaman is quite close to how I imagine him, only picture him as fucking MOUNTAIN lmao.

Menelaus

I imagine Menelaus as a redhead and with a gorgeous wild mane, so I think Paul Bullion would fit this quite well!

Odysseus

Another tough one, but I looove Michiel Huisman for Odysseus, I think he would really do him justice.

Diomedes

I couldn't find a single person to match the way I envision him, so imagine him as a mix of Busola Peters and Majesh Jadu!

Patroclus

Oh gosh. Okay okay LISTEN. Patroclus is hands down THE hardest to pin down for me, even in my head his appearance changes so like... I have never managed to find anyone that is close to how I imagine him. I chose Tamino, not because he resembles Pat in my head 100% but based on vibes mostly, just those sad fucking eyes and his profile...... I'm obsessed with him face

Also just imagine him with a beard because I do picture Iliad Patroclus with a beard haha.

Tumblr is being dumb and not letting me add any more pictures, so I'll have to do a pt 2 for the Trojans (bc you bet I have more fancasts lol!! If I could give a face to every single person in the Iliad I would)