#my fav show with Hg in it

[sweet-cuddlebug]

High Guardian Spice Incorrect Quotes!

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Hiding from a horde that Rosemary accidentally angered.

Sage: Do you think they saw us?

Rose, poking her head out from behind the wall:

Horde: >:(

Rose:

Rose: Yes.

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Snapdragon: I made this friendship bracelet for you.

Amaryllis: You know, I’m not really a jewelry person…

Snapdragon: You don’t have to wear it—

Amaryllis: No. I’m gonna wear it, forever. Back off.

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Rose: Your ass is grass, and I'm gonna mow it.

Snap, desperate: Leave me alone!

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Sage, sheepishly: I’m sorry we skipped school.

Anise: You skipped school?

Sage: … No

Rose: We were solving a murder!

Aloe: Solving a murder is no reason to skip school…

Rose, sarcastically: Okay, Department of Education.

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Amaryllis, so done with this bs: You were supposed to do something about the raccoon under the deck!

Parnelle: I did! I named him Lord Moseby. He likes Coco Puffs!

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Thyme: We'll have to cut down on expenses. What can we live without?

Aamaryllis /s: Probably Parnelle and Slime Boy.

Snapdragon /jk: That's a good start.

SB: Huh well that makes the things I was gonna cut irrelevant.

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After Amaryllis had to listen to Snap's romantic whines that are definitely not about Sage for the 10th Time.

Amaryllis: Are you sure this isn't because you secretly had a sexy dream about that nerd?

Snap: What?! No! …Recently? No!

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Parsley: Water balloon fight!

Sage: What?

Parsley: It's how we usually settle issues in Lyngarth.

SB: Well, that and freestyle rap battles.

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Sage, yelling at Rose and Parsley threatening a man who made her uncomfortable: Girls stop! This is-. Girls! This is crazy. He’s not worth it!

Rose: You’re right, no one will miss him.

Parsley, cracks knuckles: >:(

Sage, exasperated but flattered: No, Rose! That’s not what I meant!

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New introduction to Slime Boy, one of the three main saviors of the show.

SB: You've come to the right people.

Sage: Uh, we didn't come to you at all.

Rose: Yeah, you just walked in here without knocking…

SB: There wasn't time for you guys to figure out you needed me. Fortunately, the walls are thin.

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Sage, secretly messaging Snap about their definitely not secret date: See you soon baboon. Wait, spice it up. See you soon, bitch. Too spicy, too spicy. Oh god I sent it.

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SB: If you need me, I’ll be down here on the floor. Dying.

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Amaryllis: FUCK

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Amaryllis and Slime Boy discovering the same deadly secret about the guardians.

Amaryllis, naturally violent: You mean the Triumvirate? Then let's go kil- get them! Let's go get them >:)

SB, naturally pacifist: >:/

[zoekrystall]

Did that fav pkmn thing on a whim and I'm sorry for all my babies I didn't choose bc I really like too many by some.

Love how it's mostly pretty ones and then there's clodsire. Even tho I got it in my team since the beginning of violet do I continuously forget its name bc I just call it by the nickname blobby (one of the rare times I didn't spend hours googling the perfect nickname but it nonetheless is a perfect one)

And for fun without any legendaries as fav

Reg nicknames I even write all down so I only spend decades once for each pkmn (unless I don't like the prev one anymore). Need to update that someday since it's mostly old revolution ones but hey. Blaze do I use for arcanine nowadays more and ninetails got others. Gardevoir got soteria nowadays which I prefer more. Etc.

[trebuchet151]

If you’re up for it, I’d love to hear more about Corey! What kind of villain he is, what his goals are, anything you’d be willing to share? No pressure of course! Love seeing your art

Starting with a heartfelt thank you for your interest in them, I think my blog has gotten more attention today bc of your reblog than it has collectively since I made it lmao. I am a huge fan of your sidestep too actually, I've only recently quit being just a lurker on this site but I've always loved seeing Richard cross my dash.

I'd LOVE to share about Corey!!!

I'm not 100% sure on a canon route yet, but for now this is one of my favs

Under a cut for length

Back during the sidestep days, they were known as a vigilante, specializing in tech and tactics. Once Anathema and Ortega broke the ice, they really opened up and became very social (comparatively anyway, theyre still a homebody) and were very involved in their community in like a local cryptid way ("honey, the masked stranger that cut the boot off my tire is on the TV lurking in the background of a rangers interview"). Very stray cat affection style, went from "i hate you dont touch me" to being in Themmy/ Ortega's space constantly. They have absolutely terrible mental health that was somewhat on the mend thanks to the support of their friends until they went and got the "taste the metal"/"one more day" path during the heartbreak incident .

During Rebirth, they're much more withdrawn and dissociative. In the time since the heartbreak incident they have become much more cautious and try to avoid combat whenever they can, taking telepathic boosters and speed/jump-jets as their armor enhancements. They blow up the museum while maintaining a no kill status and take the villain name "Heartbreak" (i love the angst that one brings). Corey blames themselves for what happened to them and their friends (sidestep/past self nemesis), and their motivation is their anger over everything that's happened to them.

Corey changes nemesis/motives between rebirth and retribution. Their more social nature starts coming back as their relationship with the current rangers and mortem improves and they go to therapy, which mellows them out a lot. They begin to wonder if they're doing the wrong thing (current self nemesis) and change motivations to "show the world the truth". Heartbreak becomes an anarchist, dedicated to exposing corrupt politicians with the least amount of violence possible. Their irresistable urge to monologue about how fucked up things are makes both Ortega and Chen sympathetic and suspicious.

For now, Corey's got a mirror image puppet named Mallory. Ideally, the puppet would be a woman for maximum gender crisis, but I love the scene in Ortega's romance that has him call the puppet by sidesteps name, and that only triggers with the mirror image achievement.

I have played ALL the romance routes and adore everyone, especially Dr. Mortum (Corey's new best friend), but the friends to lovers with Ortega wins me over, so Ortega is winning the canon route by a very thin margin.

I'm having a very hard time figuring out Corey's gender issues, bc we have dysphoria in opposite directions. I *think* they're agender, but that might change over time who knows. They're gonna come out during the story whenever that gets addressed, so He/him and They/them are both applicable

My favorite retribution ending so far is where Corey goes to see HG themselves, crashes, and is revealed as Heartbreak, but Ortega breaks them out anyway.

Thank you so much for your interest in Corey! I love them so much and am thrilled to share <3

I'll put together a more coherent summary of their lore eventually, but hopefully this is good for now :)

[imnotpayingforurtherapy]

I don't think i've ever done an introduction before so here's a messy one (I'll fix/add to it later)

Hey, I'm Snilk (It's a nickname my friend gave me that's short for snail milk)

I draw and write occasionally (My ao3 is the same as my username and is at the bottom of this post under the cut)

I'm only fluent in english but i also know some Spanish, French, Russian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Turkish, Slovenian, Gaelic (in order of how much I know the language) Also working on learning Kumeyaay, Cherokee and Chiwere (The native languages of the places I've lived and love visiting)

This is mainly a bsd account because ✨autism & hyperfixations✨ but all the fandoms i'm in/shows/book/manga i've seen or read is under cut (feel free to recommend things to my read/watch list through asks or dms)

General personality info also under cut

Socials under cut

Fandom list

Fandoms (General)

- Bungo stray dogs

- Hazbin Hotel/Helluva boss

- The Amazing Digital Circus

- Ramshackle

- No.6

- My little pony friendship is magic (gen 4)

~ Jkk

- Junji ito

[Past Fandoms: Miraculous ladybug, Bnha, Danganronpa, harry potter, demon slayer, hunter x hunter, bloom into you, whisper me a love song, ways of the household husband, tokyo ghoul, Tbhk, spy family, chainsaw man, yuri on ice, sk8, idk if these are considered fandoms but i was also obsessed with yt animators for a while; jaidenanimations, odd1sout, let me explain studios, jelly jess, SO MANY MORE]

Manga/Light Novels

- Bungou stray dogs light novels (1-8; Kafka Asagiri... still haven't read tdipud)

- BSD Gaiden/Another Story (Kafka Asagiri, LOVED THE ART OF THIS ONE)

- No.6 (Atsuko Asano, UGH LOVE THIS ONE)

- Bloom into you (Nio Nakatani, THE AROACE REP 🔛🔝)

Books

Recent/Fav reads

- Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)

- Flower of Buffoonery (Dazai Osamu)

- No longer Human (Dazai Osamu)

- Setting Sun (Dazai Osamu)

- School Girl (Dazai Osamu)

- Time Machine (HG Wells)

(There's more i'm just lazy)

Currently reading/read list

- Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsty)

- 1984 (George Orwell)

so much more (again i'm lazy)

Music

I pretty much listen to anything and everything (Except super popular artists who only got popular because they're celebrities and not because they make actually good music, I can't stand them)

Artists

- Ado

- AJJ

- The Alan Parsons Project

- Alex G

- Alexander Vertinsky

- Alpay

- Conan Gray

- Chappell Roan

- Sufjan Stevens

- Mustafa Ozkent

- Psychedelic Porn Crumpets

(I'll finish this later, i'm eepy and this is too hard to pick my fav artists)

Songs

Personality

ENTP/INTP (It changes between those two every time I take the stupid test)

I'm technically Aroace and bisexual (Romantic relationships feel suffocating and cause me to have constant panic attacks and I'm fine with sex but I have to be on top and in control and refuse to take off any of my clothes so pretty much me giving cunnilingus or blowjobs👍 anything else👎 The reason being I have horrid sa trauma from when I was 8... lemme know if y'all want the story)

I've been told by everyone I know I am Dazai, no elaboration, I just simply am him

Masochist yet scared of pain, constantly paranoid and anxiety ridden lil creature (I have horrid insomnia that causes me to hallucinate), I love driving, I have horrid misophonia and will often skip meals cause i can't stand the sound if my own chewing, automatic flight response when alone, fight response with someone weaker than me, i'm an extreme people pleaser and over thinker so as much as i wanna make jokes about something i wont because im scared of it going wrong and then will proceed to overthink my screw ups for the rest of my days :D, would deal with panic attacks through self-harm/self-sabotage and would purposely embarrass myself (Haven't done that in a while tho so it's all good) uhhhh this is too long so that's it lmao

Ao3 writer curse (I've never broken a bone but pretty much every week it's something new from giving myself a concussion and missing school for days without my knowledge cause i was in a coma that my family thought was just me being lazy to a random excruciating pain in a place i didn't even know could hurt)

WHERE MY CRONIC PAIN BESTIES AT?!? YALL GET IT 🗣️🗣️‼️‼️🥰🥰

I make jokes when i'm in pain cause i hate having people worry about me or feeling bad because of me, I am entertainment for you, i'm not real so just laugh at me like a sad movie

I go to an art school (unfortunately) and have class from 8:30am-5pm on a normal day; I'm in production & design conservatory which is basically just running everything behind the scenes of live theater, everything you see and hear in a show that's not the actors themselves I work to control and make as good as possible, my fav positions are A2 (putting mics on people and setting up speakers) Wardrobe (designing costumes and performing/helping with quick changes) and Deck/props (Make stuff and put it on stage)

Outside if that my favorite subjects are Science and History (I love memorizing things that make sense and work together, i love understanding facts about the world and using it to express and understand things through literature)

I used to love math as i was a child prodigy but lost my spark as instead of my teachers noticing my skill and helping me, they poured water on my flame and now i can barely solve 13 time 3 without a calculator (its 39)

When I was in kindergarten, I was bored with my lessons and my sister (who was in 3rd grade at the time) loved playing school with me so by the time I started first grade I had memorized multiplication tables, could solve any equation in my head within minutes (like 2 digit multiplied by 2 digit equations) and had a concept of negative numbers, my first grade teacher loved this about me and would give me harder equations separate from the rest of the class, then in second grade my teacher would lie to me any time i said something above second grade math, like one time i brought up an equation like 2-5 and she was like "oh you can't do that" and I tried to explain it and she just kept denying it until I finally got so fed up with her bs I shouted "YES YOU CAN ITS NEGATIVE 3 JUST LIKE YOUR IQ FOR NOT UNDERSTANDING THAT!" ... I got sent to the office. Third grade was the worst because instead of just letting me be my teacher made me write down everything on paper... I don't think in numbers when i do mental math, I think in concepts, so by the time i convert the concepts to numbers and but it on paper i've lost the entire equation and have to start over again and get super confused because i forget how i got that number and why that numbers there so i end up just breaking down and getting the question wrong. AND INSTEAD IF SEEING WHAT THE ISSUE WAS SHE JUST BRUSHED IT OFF AS OH YAY IM DOING THE WORK so i became stupid as a result (I also was in math olympians for a few years and would always get pissed off cause it was a group competition and i would look at the problem, solve it instantly and tell them the answer, they wouldn't believe me, take forever to solve it and low and behold i was right and because it was a timed competition i never got higher than second place...)

OH GOD THAT WAS A HORRID RANT- MY BAD GUESS YALL GOT SOME SNILK LORE🗣️🗣️‼️‼️

Socials

(I'm not really active on Twitter/X)

[foxgirlplushie]

im thinking about getting into arknights, what do you like about it? :o

Short answer: worldbuilding!! And character design!!

Longer answer: the world of Terra is MASSIVE and there's so much BONKERS lore. Hypergryph is really good at drip feeding us information and lore, and so then when they finally do expand on it in an event people lose their goddamn minds (we've known that the stars are fake and that there's a skydome of some kind for ages, and it's only with the FOURTH ANNIVERSARY EVENT that they actually give us concrete info about that) (that event also hasn't come to the global servers yet so I don't know anything about it). The sea is sentient (maybe?) and there are hivemind seaborn that want to eat/assimilate you. Giant storms regularly decimate the landscape and have forced civilization to exist on mobile landship cities. Most of the world runs of Originium, a great power source until it gives you rock cancer and turns you into more originum. The angels have God (who's a computer) living in their basement. The devils are having a civil war and the true heir to the throne is a psychic teenage bunnygirl. There's demons in the north??? That are unrelated to the devils having a civil war and we know nothing about them except that we have to fight to keep them from overrunning civilization (seriously HG give us the demon lore). Only two of these things are relevant to the main plot.

Also the character designs slap, and there's so many of them that you will find someone that is exactly your gender in a way you never realized before. I was gonna add pictures here but I realized that I would just be showing my fav dozen or so when there's like a hundred more out there that also slap. And Surtr'ss here too!

Oh also there's a tower defense game attached to all of this that's pretty ok too.

[aenslem]

Ship asks, Bering and Wells edition!

what’s your favorite headcanon of them?

what’s your favorite canon moment of them?

rant about them

well, my headcanon for them is that they actually end up together, but nobody knows :D they suspect, but pretend they don't see, like I am pretty sure that they would not want their relationship be known to everyone, at least not in the beginning, maybe half or an year after asjkhajkhd so it would all lead to stupid situations, cos I love when they have fun and just laugh and nobody dies

I have 2 fav moments, actually more, but I can't choose all, the first would be 'we're forever destined to meet at gunpoint' the moment I realized I ship them, the quote that made me go insane, the entire scene, the entire episode is like the best thing ever, whenever I feel down I just go and rewatch for the team, instant boost, best thing ever.

and the second is from 'reset', I will just throw screenshots here, cos I have no ability to put emotions into words when I watch this scene

anybody expected me to not go insane over them after tHIS??? come on this is like all of my ships at its finest, this is such a doctor x master thing to do

but also Emily Lake scenes?????? this shit should come with a warning honestly

I knew I will fall for HG Wells before I even saw her, because let's be honest, you can't not fall for Jaime Murray, look at her, she is the best, but I definitely did not expect to fall for the ship so hard, like I did not know anything about this fandom before I started watching it, nobody told me there is tHIS! you have to give a fucking warning here for the newbies, look at me, years passed and I come back to gif every goddamn moment with them, I have not finished giffing it all yet, cos I can't gif some scenes in peace

how do you gif HG's sacrifice without 3 mental breakdowns in between????/ I giffed this part from reset and wanted to chew on my laptop cos you can't just gif it and not yell every second of the process

that's insane they are not canon, but who gives a fuck about canon, cos they are more than canon, they are literally the definition of angst and pain, I will forever hate the show for doing what they did and giving them straight lovers and making myka and... well, I never finished the show cos of that. cos how can I?? anyone remember this show for myka and pete being together? I don't for sure, and I don't really see anybody talking about it after so many years, we remember the good things - which are Bering and Wells lol. yeah, I know there were many great things in the show, stories were fun, characters great, etc, but I remember this show and still gif it and love it due to Helena Wells, and specifically this pairing, I don't think I would have loved it the way I do if there was not HG or this couple. They are WH13 for me. and while being canon is not important for me, just imagining what an impact they would have if the show let them be together, that would be fabulous.

anyway, they are the best thing in the show for me

[fill-me-with-your-memes-daddy]

I'm sorry I spoke the undercover cop HG into existence by putting it on the bingo card but it was a gut feeling.... I guess this was msy have also been the consequence of using the m word in the tag but only to tell someone what the m word was when posting about panicking about it being used on other social medias. Also Julie has already been awkward saying weird ass fucking shit in her preseason interviews so checked that off but it doesn't even seem fair but she's bound to have a Chenbot malfunction so I'll just double count it when it comes

Also my fav is T'kor because as an Atlantian, my biases are usually towards the one HG from there or close by in every season and it's a hit or miss on whether they'll do well but they're always safe personalities to stan compared to the Georgia redneck we also get every season whose usually a bigot (last season this was respectively Felicia and Cameron and this season it's respectively T'kor and Matt) but yeah they do a lot of casting calls here so we get lots of people from here on the show lol.

[hearts4estella]

We're back after a long Estella break but I have some breaking news about it - LEO/ Lece

So i was thinking since estella, our main character here will face many conflicts why don't I make her life even more problematic becuase tbh, I'm kinda like that to people so here we go for some ideas and I might start posting an AU to see how you like their personalities. Put the one you like down in the comments section. Probably will choose that one

There being the elemental society having different locations/ entrance gates. (Ex. Lourve, Empire State Building, Acropolis of Athens, etc)

Uniform for the power groups.

HMMMMMM. I kinda wanna give the characters dyed hair based on their power group like if you were a single, one color if multi such as earth and magic, green and pink; kind of like alex fierro style.

Ofc you need weapons bc what great YA book doesn't have them. Maybe a bracelet style armory that turns into maybe a hand knife or a magic weapon that can work with any element (blades)

Other secret groups that can be rivals or working together. (THINKING OF THE BLADE OF MARMORA BE LIKE)

And yes, they need training w their powers so idk their going to hv group leaders bc why not. They will know the most intel.

When incorporating characters, it can come from our fav shows and books. The ones you'll see later on that are mixed might be lance, keith (VLD), percy, annabeth, nico, leo, hazel, silena, kronos [I have my reasons] (PJO HOO TOA) peeta, katniss (HG) ron, hermione, harry (HP)

[luribourdon]

Fan art / alternate design of Rosemary and Sage from High Guardian Spice. And Neppy. Neppie? Nepy? Idk

Kept the hot pink and cool blue hair color cause I love it!

Can’t wait to show the other! (well… I need to make them and finish them first)

I’m also doing a bit of world building.

Two rules about this universe :

1) People wear shades of color according to their hair color.

If you have blue hair, your clothes will be blue. Dark, grayish, light, turquoise, green-ish, whatever, but blue.

If you have pink hair, your clothes will be pink. Red-ish, light pink, magenta etc.

Embroidery can be another color, but the dominant will always be dictated by your hair color.

Which mean idk what color to choose for Thyme. Red or green? I’m gonna make two version and keep the one I prefer. She’s my fav original design, she’s so cool ^^ I love her tunique and style. She’s the prettiest~

2) Majority of people wear hats, and they put flowers and plants on it.

I will show the different fashion over the country, but still need to organize all of that. Keep confusing Witch Country with Lyngarth’s fashion.

At first it came from a chill universe I was building for myself, something Victorian, cottage and green core, mixed with things I like, and I suddenly realize that it would perfectly fit HGS. I change some details and yeah, it look good.

Omg can’t wait to have a good drawing of Amaryllis to show!

(I’m not real good at background -_- I’m trying lol)

[doctorbrown]

GET TO KNOW THE MUN.

ALIAS / NAME: Red

BIRTHDAY: Summer, unfortunately

ZODIAC: Cancer

HEIGHT: 5'5

HOBBIES: Cosplay, reading, writing, going to the gym, video games, fixing my broken-ass car, late-night motorcycle rides

FAV. COLOR: Red, purple, silver

FAV. BOOK: I have to get back to you on this one, actually. I'm not sure atm.

LAST SONG: У времени реки ー Сергей Трофимов

LAST MOVIE / SHOW: Noises Off / BTTF The Animated Series (or maybe the Expanse idr)

RECENT READ(S): 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea & 1984

INSPIRATION: A multitude of sci-fi works (Jules Verne, naturally, HG Wells' The Time Machine, Solaris, Asimov, etc.), Nikola Tesla, real-world science, Star Trek, time-travel theories, the idea of men out of/beyond time, '80s aesthetic, synthwave music, cyberpunk, Steins;Gate

STORY BEHIND URL: It's his name. That's it

Tagged by: @dynamoprotocol (thank you!) Tagging: you! please, I'm too shot after the con to be tagging folks

[bonniebird]

I'm going book shopping, do you have any recommendations? Could be old books or new I don't mind 📚🍂

Sure :D

The Inheritance Cycle (There's a new ne coming out in Nov v excited for it) The books are good. The movie is... ok for a dragon movie of it's time and the audio book is enjoyable as long as you overlook the weird girly voices for the female characters and that all the dragons are doing Batman impressions for some bizarre reason.

The first four TVD books (The other vampire diaries books are ghost written and there are also a bunch written to go with the show that don't fit with the OG books. They're all pretty good but the first fur are my fav)

The Hobbit and LOTR (obvs lol)

Dracula

Frankenstein

The complete wizard of OZ collection (I just finished this and it's SO long. It look like over 90 hours to finish.)

The game of thrones books are good

The Adrian Mole collection is good but it's a bit weird if you're not British it's a lot of British humour?

War of the worlds, The first men on the moon, The time machine, the invisible man, the island of dr moreau all by HG Wells. They're all good.

Homer Illiad & Odyssey are god if you're into mythology

Lovecraft's monsters (Specifically the one put together by Neil Gaiman (Or features him? I'm not 100% clear on that but is SO SO good. It's my go to audiobook. 100% recommend if you're into spooky horror/syfy) I can't find a picture that Tumblr will let me load in of the cover but there's a link to it on amazon here https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lovecrafts-Monsters-Neil-Gaiman/dp/161696121X

The once and future king is ok but the modern version of it has had science and historical events added into it which is majorly jarring

The Sandman by Neil Gaiman

Sherlock Holmes, any of the books (the collection is like a billion pounds tho)

Anne of Green Gables. I just finished this and it was really great I heard there was more books after it which i'm going to look into so I would recommend the first one for sure.

Good Omens was a good read. (I say read but I listened to the audiobook on a trek across my town to get to the dr office lol. Kept me distracted.)

Neil Gaiman's Norse mythology collection was good too I liked the way that they were compiled the book was very easy to read.

The Narnia books are good. I like the one about the chair, to be honest I did find them a bit boring last time I read them but the chair one was good. The one about the nephew was really confusing as far as I remember.

Grimm brother Fairytale collections. there are a few different ones But the ones that say they're by the brother's have loads of different versions of the tales which is so fascinating to me and some of the copies of the book break down and explain the differences which I like because I'm a fairytale nerd.

The Jeeves collection is pretty enjoyable though I would recommend the Stephen Fry audiobook more than the book because he makes it a lot less boring.

the Witcher is good (Do not get the audio book of amazon the man does accents for all the characters and by the end of the book they all have the exact same accent and you can't tell whose who.)

There are for sure more I could recommend but I've started packing to move house and also for some reason I've forgotten all the other books i've ever read.

[kidfoundonstreets]

for the ask game: shin

(hi son)

dont remind me of that dark dark time

First Impression: OKAY SO I HAD ISSUEUS LITERALLY I oh god you can ask roi i just .i found him so silly and cute and most of all interesitng hoenslty during the entire game id just keep saying he had his reasons!! he had his reasons!! he had his reasons!!!!! there were times where i was mad at him but honeslty i just never once fully hated him idk why i liked him so much he was just an instant fav as well Impression now: Not as passionate now and a lot more interested in his and midoris dynamic ,, im not as biased now and see him more as a full chatracter but still love him so much and hes still a good fav for me . so cringefail patheitc guy i wanna violently shove him in a dark pit piece o shit Favorite moment: WHAT CAN I SAY ITS WELL WRITTEN THE MAIN GAME TWO WHEN THE MUSIC SWITCHED I WASNT OKAY i think ytdtdtd was the only game where i had a breakdown like that because of my full attachment it was so fkjdhgrehgireoghreoighreogihregoihrgoghhghgrhr i ended up listening to that track for days because of the seortonin from shins theme put in it i also really liked finally seeing him cooperate or show his true emotions . picking him logically was the best option for me but hg (still would choose rn shin alive alice alive tho i think ....... what was the logic one again my siubling was saying so,mwething reko alive? Idea for a story: ,,,,,anything with midori Unpopular opinion: I have one but i feel like if i shared it id get publicly executed Favorite relationship: There's too much midori here Favorite headcanon:

I KNOW THIS IS CANON BUT HIM TAKING HIS BEANIE ON AND OFF.

[lionwoman]

Rescuing this so I can put what version I ahd choose/I'll choose, my bias metrics and if I think one works better than the other/more canon or not or it's indiferent.

RBGY / FRLG -> I'll probably picked red since red is one of my fav colors + cool dragon on box.

GSC / HGSS -> I acually bought both HG & SS but prefer HG over a mile in tems of the plot. Ho-oh just fits better with the aesthetic of the main legendary they went and Ho-oh always had that kinda mysterious godly vibe. Also that new theme slaps hard. Love lugia's design, but HG fits more.

RZE / ORAS -> played a bit of emerald but cannot form a solid opinion since it was not my game. Bought AS as I always wanted a GBA + pokemon sapphire. Kyogre was so cool an original back then. Also love Archie's redesign. Both work but I think I'm more inclined to prefer AS' plot as the sea is the origin of life (plus we have droughts and drinkable water is scarse, etc) so water fit better in my head.

DPP / wedonttalkaboutthoseremakes. Platinum kinda wins here, as controlling both time and space made sense but if we talk about the previous version, even though I liked dialga more (for some odd reason) I think Palkia fits better bc of distorting space idk. Plus Cyrus playing cards with Giratina at the distortion world is a plus (?).

BW/B2W2 So probably an unpopular opinion but at least in plot I prefer BW over B2W2. I have bias towards white and is kinda funny to think even though N tought what he was tough wasa the truth and was folowing his ideals, Reshiram taught him the real TRUTH. While you also fight for your ideals of your ideal world. Because even if you want to people and pokemon to be happy there will always be somebody who will abuse them.

X/Y Bought X for the deer and a funny nickname regarding friend's stories but if not for that I'll probably had picked Y. Megacharizard Y > X don't @ me. Feels more natural. I also think makes more sense charging a weapon of destruction with the energy the DESTRUCTION pokemon has been absorbing in order to wake up. (While "dying" Xerenas did the contraty so I think Yveltal would have more energy reserves since he had been absorbing them earlier).

SM/USUM Sun and Solgaloe wins here. Also normal daylight lol. I honestly loved US and was the third/2nd version that I'd enjoyed more in tems of story... Though I probably pick US bc of necrozma and the ultra recon squad, Sun Lusamine worked better (also Fuck Lusamine). The fusion forms seemed unnnecesary though. Idk if overall I could pick one version. But maybe US wins S by very little.

Sw/Sh Haven't played but I like Zamazenta's design more. Zacian is so basic, "look it's a sif pokemon hahah" don't @ me.

S/V Never been this biased towards a version and I think Scarlet as the more canon one. Sada's design is something different while Turo's looks more in line with standard pokevillians idk. Also Sada has fucking abs and fangs. Ans she's not afraid to show them. Koraidon also feels moer "alive" plus regal magestic ancient red feathered lizard vs P*nis dragon? yeah, biased since the first trailer. Also he is a doofus and looks like a red toothless. I love him so much. I also prefer mounts than vehicles in videogames. So troting in a powerful organic beast feels recomforting (ok the form is weird in the begining but looking at cyclizar I got used to it pretty quickly). Plus organic integrated airbags! safer! Then better paradoxes. They look more original and are not a "x pokemon but robot" (The only one interesting is iron valiant). Past paradoxes also work better in Area 0. It is beliavle that they could had survive there isolated in that remote closed area, a bit like The Lost World or Journey to the Center of the Earth. Also bc of movies like Jurassic Park. And idk why people say does not make sense to build a time machine to bring pokemon to the present. "she uses futuristic technology" like have you seen what the pokemon anime/movie villians use? what the actual technology in the pokemon wolrd is than even in gen 1 games we had FUCKING TELETRANSPORTERS? That's a really bs argument. Past theme makes more sense to me and they feel more organic in area 0 and also with other pokemon.

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About me

U can call me del or dels. Originally, it was “del’s insomniac”.

Quirkiest person on planet, INTP

Photography and drawing as hobby. Volleyball school’s team libero.

Can’t live without music, my earbuds are my besties. Phonk enjoyer, don’t get into “is this real phonk” argument, just vibing. Favs: my!lane, dvrst (non phonk, but something close), Pharmacist, VISXGE and Henson.

Russian, born and raised in Moscow (GMT +3). Ru/eng. PLEASE NOTHING POLITICAL

Hiding my age is my whole personality.

I have weird special interests. Like UKSF. Seriously.

Fandoms/Interested in

Anime: Haikyu, SAO, any Miyazaki film, Evangelion (without rebuilds) and few more

Games: Minecraft, Valorant, COD (campaign’s and warzone), Portal 2, Watch dogs 2

Movies/books: First Player Ready, HG, Iron man and few more

Trivia

Can deadlift around 50kg without help

I’m around 170cm height (~5’5).

Special interests (things I can talk about for hours): In-game sound, russian translation of games (and finding mistakes in translation), UKSF, Valorant pro-scene.

I write fanfics about my classmates. Never showed it to anyone.

Dreaming about publishing a book.

Actually The Weeknd fangirl

Tea person. Averaging 6 cups of tea daily

ADHD+Insomniac+Anxious+Quirky

Maybe will add more

[theji]

SDOC4 Finale Commentary

Now that SDOC is over, Saturday nights are gonna feel a little empty for a while. We won't get to see cutie and cool DD regularly but that's fine. There are still so many other things to do while we await their new dramas.

I was inspired to start this SDOC commentary series after the first ep but along the way, I missed 2 or 3 posts cos I got lazy, uninspired or just too engrossed to take notes while watching. I'm a terrible blogger hahaha...but that's alright. Cos fandom should be fun and not become a chore. Blogging is not homework. But I told myself I have to finish what I started, so here goes...

I've said it before and I will say it again. The show is too damn long, even for me who was sitting at home in relative comfort, with access to drinks, the toilet, snacks etc. Can't imagine what it was like for the captains, their crew, the dancers, the audience, the staff etc. I remember during one of the hotpot eps, the captains gave feedback and requested for the finale to be shorter. Also, snacks and drinks for the crowd. I wonder if it was fulfilled.

At one point while watching, it suddenly dawned on me that I'm experiencing the finale in real time (sort of), at the same time as Bobo. Then I got a bit gleeful at the thought, cos it's like a shared experience of sort, you know?

Throughout the season, I've been wishing that they'll include a little DD cam permanently onscreen, cos we all watch SDOC for WYB's reactions, right? But I actually didn't think of opening 2 windows (main show and WYB cam) while watching the finale and I was watching it on my laptop. I occasionally toggled to the DD cam when I got bored. By the time I realised I could do that, the show was more than halfway over. I felt so dumb. =(

Captains' Opening Dance

No surprises there, my favourite is Team Boom's showcase and it's not because I'm biased. DD has always been a fan of the old school funky style. Zin-san said that DD specifically requested to do it in the HB style. It must be a dream come true for him to be able to collaborate with H&B on a choreographed dance. I like the whole energy and how everyone is so synchronised. And DD just looked like he enjoyed every moment of it.

HG's Singing in the Rain was a nice touch and deviation from what he has done previously but I felt it was a tad lengthy for me. And a bit flat. I'm glad Henry managed to form his musical band and incorporate his violin music with his showcase. I'm surprised I even managed to recognise that Lay used his own song, considering that I don't even follow his music. It's great he tried to showcase different dance types in it but it didn't invoke any particular feelings in me.

This part here reminded me of DD's freestyle segment during his Wu Gan performance this year. I love it! It's my favourite moment of this whole segment. He looked so free, like he's just immersed in the moment.

Dancers' Showcase

My personal top 3:

1) H&B

I loved everything about this and I like that they stuck to their roots but also tried to infuse new elements to their showcase. The whole routine is full but not overly so, and there's sufficient variation to the moves and choreography so it's not dry. No fancy props or costumes or big moves, just pure old school dance. My fav is the part when the spotlight cast those giant shadows on the screen behind. Simple but impactful visually. And the free-fall drop move. I love it! And when you see DD's reaction at the end, you know we have a winner here.

2) Ye Yin

I felt like I was watching a show, a musical or something, and not a dance. Very rich elements, in the choice of props, visual elements, sounds used etc. I did think it was a little similar to his showcase during the SDOC party but maybe that was the point, cos I recall DD making a comment about that being a finale-worthy piece. Maybe it was like a call-back.

3) Chun Lin

Last year's Tonight was spectacular and it somewhat gave birth to DD's VOTF, which is my all-time fav. I'll never be over it! I know some people think Chun Lin's Cheating on You is similar to Tonight and not as innovative but it works for me. I like this kind of dance and I think it's quite a distinctive style of his. Now, if only I can see DD doing something like this again.

Under normal circumstances, I would have liked Mr Three's performance. The narrative is good and I like how the little dancer and him worked together. His mum is likeable and I thought it was smart of him to use the family card in the final showcase. Ultimately, his earlier controversy somehow marred his image in my eyes so I cannot bring myself to like him more.

Ibuki's showcase was powerful, full of energy and she really showed everyone who's the Queen of SDOC. But I thought it was a bit much, too full, in that the power and energy levels of the whole performance shot up to max right from the beginning and was then stuck at that energy level the whole time. I would have appreciated a little more build up, some transition.

Bouboo's Wakanda-inspired piece was enjoyable. I like the setup and their outfits looked great, but I thought there was a tad too much acting compared to dancing, although whenever he actually danced, it was top notch as usual.

Acky-san didn't do much dancing actually but I got the sense that it was by design. Eg. Him wearing the same outfit as everyone else so he won't stand out, and him spending a fair bit of time just squatting at the back behind the other dancers, while they danced, and the last part where he passed his hat to the boy to symbolise succession. I felt that his intention of this showcase was to let the younger generation of dancers have more of the limelight, to let them showcase themselves. But of course when he did dance, he stole the show. The guy has showmanship.

GOGO Brothers were great, as usual. I mean, there's really nothing to nit-pick about their technique but that's also the thing. The showcase was nice to look at but it didn't do much for me. Not very memorable nor were there particular wow moments. Tony Gogo's appearance was also less of a surprise here since he already appeared during the SDOC party episode.

Yang Kai's performance was not bad but like Bouboo, I thought there was a little too much acting and not enough dancing. I always felt that for a B Boy, he is really versatile. I did get a surprise when he unveiled his shaved head in the end.

I don't think Rochka's performance was deserving of the low score. I liked that he showcased his vocals in the beginning. Some parts were a bit messy and I didn't quite get the theme but I was surprised he scored under 100.

I generally like George but I don't think his performance deserved to be in the Top 8. It was a bit too disjointed for me, like a mish-mash of Chinese cultural elements, from the drunken fist, Wong Fei Hong music, kungfu moves, to the lion dance at the end. There's no central story or linkage between each segment. Felt like something more suited for a CNY TV show. I guess the oriental theme struck a chord with the judges.

I generally agree with the results of the final 8, although I think Poppin C should have made it instead of George. While it wasn't like wow, I thought it was a more coherent performance, plus the visual elements were superior. And Poppin C was able to showcase his techniques more.

Huang Xiao's piece gave me some Broadway, cabaret vibes. It's a nice performance but I don't think the SDOC stage was right for it.

I don't really remember much of Eleven. His piece was joyful. That's about it. He seems like a humble person though. I like his attitude.

I'm not sure if it was rigged or really such a coincidence, but the show achieved the tension they wanted when somehow it was GOGO vs H&B and George vs Huang Xiao during the elimination.

I have always liked Huang Xiao but what he said when he was eliminated didn't sit well with me. I thought it was a tad arrogant, like 'You people don't understand MY art.'' Maybe he didn't phrase his words properly but it sure reeks a little of lemons.

Similarly, I didn't like what Lay said when GOGO Brothers were eliminated. Maybe I'm a bit too sensitive but I thought by saying that everything is just a game, it is a little disrespectful - to the other contestants who left their homes and invested 6 months of their lives in the show, to the finalists and their team who worked hard on their final showcase, to the staff members and crew who spent months planning, to the captains who invested time and resources to provide guidance etc. To reduce all of these hard work and effort to 'just a game', just because your team members didn't make it to the top 8. I thought that was really uncalled for and again, reeks of lemons. Compare that to Henry's reactions and words when his team members got eliminated. Henry just came across as real sweet and encouraging, like 'you're still the best in my eyes, this is not the end' etc. There are better ways to encourage and console your team, instead of telling them that this thing doesn't matter, that it's not important.

Final Battle

Seriously, 25 rounds is just way too punishing. You can just see from the dancers' faces but kudos to them for persevering.

I like the vibes towards the end, like it's no longer a competition at that point. It's like a dance collab presented in the form of a battle. Eg. when the Justin Bieber track came on and Bouboo passed the mic over to Yang Kai when it was his turn. The best part was DD vibing to Justin Bieber. Did you all catch him mouthing the words and grooving? WYB's various reactions is really the star of the show. Somebody do a compilation from ep 1 to 12, please.

Despite all that was said and speculated on, I do think Ye Yin deserved the win based on this performance and the battle. Yang Kai had some great moves, like the one that made DD jump up, but overall, Ye Yin showed more versatility, variation, and consistency. There were several rounds where Yang Kai ended before the 30s were up but Ye Yin mostly continued till the end. That said, I have mad respect for all the dancers. I, for one, cannot dance to save my life.

DD raising both Yang Kai and Ye Yin's hands up at the end spoke volumes. They are both winners in his eyes. The message is clear. And the group hug at the end. He loves his Team Boom. You can really tell.

I also like that at the end when DD gave his little winning speech, he spoke about his admiration to all the dancers and how he hope the culture of Street Dance can reach more youth via the show and with the formation of the Alliance. This final moment isn't about Team Boom's victory. It's about their shared love for street dance and bringing this love and street dance culture to more people around the world.

I started watching SDOC because of DD but I stayed for the dancers and their never give up spirit. It is a huge time investment but this journey is an enjoyable one. No doubt it's tiring but I'm pretty sure DD enjoyed his time on the show, especially this season where he managed to learn from so many legends. I doubt he will be back for S5 but if he does, we'll be there with him.

Ending off with this precious smile.

[hgwellsmykabering]

@purlturtle tagged me in a little W13/Bering&Wells questionaire for her website - Thanks for thinking of me, and feel free to post my answers on there with my lilolilyrae ao3 URL, and/or this tumblr here!

How did you get into Warehouse 13/Bering and Wells? What do you love about the show/ship, what woke your interest, what kept it going?

I first watched Warehouse 13 with my family when I was about 13 - I think season 3 had just been released, and there were re-runs of the earlier seasons on TV, I liked it and got the DVDs for my birthday.

I shipped Helena and Myka from the start - and it might be the one and only popular ship that I got into without prior influence from fandom! While I already had a tumblr, I wasn't active in many fandom circles there, and I had never even heard of ao3 yet... But when I discussed the W13 characters and possible relationships with my parents, and my mom was like 'we may not like it, but Pete and Myka as the main characters will end up together, it's always like that' (curse you, season 5, for proving her right), while my dad suggested Pete/Helena and didn't believe me that Helena and Myka were the most shippable... well, I went online, found my first fanfiction, and felt Very vindicated at not being the only one to realize their potential! So really, Bering&Wells got me into fandom.

When did you start writing for them? Do you still write for them, or have you moved to other fandoms/ships? (no worries either way, it's absolutely fair to move on!)

I started writing for them back in 2016 with a College AU that I never quite finished (and don't have the heart to mark 'abandoned' but am honestly not sure whether I'll ever come back to), then only sporadically stayed in the fandom until I found some new Bering&Wells online friends some time last year, and I started writing for the ship again a few months ago.

What do you/did you like about writing for Bering and Wells? What motivates/motivated you to write for them?

Apparently, I have a ship-type of 'Women with a tragic backstory where one had to leave the other for a while', and, well... they just fit that perfectly.

Also, all the lost potential of canon! I do so enjoy fixing that.

What kinds of stories do you or did you write for Bering and Wells? Happy endings or sad endings? Hurt/comfort, plot fics, AUs, kid fics, fix-its, smut, …?

So far it's been short fics, mostly smut, but given that since I started writing for them again this year, I only wrote 3 new fics for the ship so far, I don't think that's much of a pattern yet xD we'll see! I definitely plan to write more.

Have you created or are you still creating other forms of fan art for Bering and Wells/Warehouse 13, like GIFs, videos, paintings? Do you wanna show it off (share a link)?

Photo posts on tumblr! I think I only made the one moodboard for Bering&Wells so far, but I am taking prompts for photo stories, moodboards and manips to all of my ships :)

Do you have a favorite story, or a story you’re proudest of, and would you tell us which it is?

...I'll link the one that isn't smut xD and I did get positive reviews on this!

The Grey of Memories, 1.5k, T, emotional hurt/comfort, no warnings. Tumblr | ao3

From the smut fics, my fav is And You Don't Need To Stay Silent on ao3, 5k, E, emotional loud sex in a newly established relationship

What do you/did you find easy to write for them; what is/was hard or challenging? Do you feel you have a good grip on the two main characters; is one of them more elusive than the other?

Well you see... It's honestly been so long since I last watched much actual W13 canon... So now when I think of the characters, it's all a mash-up of ideas from other people's fics, plus my own specific headcanons - and I honestly don't care to change that. (Insert that text post 'does fic really have to be in character? Is it not enough that I don't need to learn any new names?')

As for writing them to still be recognizable to people with different headcanons, I've found that Helena's old-timey British-ness and tendency to use the pet name 'darling' helps a lot, while I don't have any such tricks for Myka, so I suppose writing HG would be easier there.

What's your writing style? Planner, Pantser, Plantser? Do you work with a beta? Have you ever co-written a story with someone else, and how did that experience go?

I can write one-shots in one go, but for anything longer than about 5k, or if I just don't have the time to finish even a shorter story when I have an idea for it, I note down the outline and go through it later. I don't usually work with betas unless it is a fic written for a gift exchange.

What are your favorite kind of stories/story tropes for Bering and Wells, either to write or to read? What are stories or tropes that you don't like (or can't stand) to write or read for them?

While I'm not usually a fan of kid fics, with Bering&Wells I really enjoy stories that include Christina, especially in a fix-it way, but also in AUs.

For canon compliant fics, I like some good emotional hurt/comfort dealing with trauma - as they are going through a lot in the series, and canon isn't always perfect about dealing with the aftermath.

What are your favorite Bering and Wells stories from other authors/writers? What do you like about these stories?

One of the, if not the first fanfic I ever read is Time After Time by muppetmanda on livejournal, and it is still my favorite! A long timetravel fix-it for (almost) everything, NC-17, getting together.

Other great stories:

Transient by tantedrago on ao3

Warnings: Major Character Death

38k, M, a Ghost!Helena AU

Lots of lovely angst, how Helena and Myka start to interact and get close is beautifully written.

Trapped (aka oh my god, they were roommates) by paddingtonfan69 on ao3

11k, M, deals with the 2020 pandemic

The title says it all! This is a quarantine AU with Myka and Helena as college professors, getting together while stuck in the same appartment and competing for the same job. I love the premise and I adore where the author went with it.

Only for tonight by Numo on ao3

76k, E, bigender H.G.

HG and Myka get together despite many dificulties with each other and the Warehouse regents. I also really love the idea of bigender!HG and how they are written as both genders in different scenes.

(lady I will touch you with my mind) by corchen on ao3

18k, not rated (could be E)

This fic has a wonderful idea for an artefact, and Myka and Helena's feelings and reactions are very well written!

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I haven't replied to all of the questions, but if someone else also wants to do the interview for purlturtle's blog, you can find all questions here!