#need 15 hours of screentime

[orangechickenpillow]

I don't think I can really describe how much Sevika means to me. I need to know everything about that woman immediately

[froggerland]

Fighting the urge to watch the Challengers rn. But every line you draw of them is just?? So real?? And yummy?? Please ma’am can I have some more 🥺

YYYYYEEES OFC I WILL NEVER STOP WITH THE SOJOPLITTLE CHALLENGERS PROPAGANDA!!

Challengers is a required watch if you want to understand my brain chemistry

And then they hate fuck behind a victorian dumpster <3

(yes jopson spits in tozers face)

(I kinda gave up on getting jopsons likeness with these but hey better luck next time)

[jmflowers]

The scene we never got. Maya and Carina finding their home

I decided to have some fun with this and actually write the scene in script format, because I can. This doesn't precisely follow the screenwriting rules, of course, because y'all need a little something more. (And I'll probably follow this up with a genuine narrative version of this idea later.) But! We're yolo-ing.

Crudely watermarked because this is mine, babies. Please don't steal or repost elsewhere or what-have-you.

[lover-of-mine]

Okay, I'm still thinking about these graphs, because there's something else that makes season 7 different (explanation on how I got these numbers here). They have a lot of screen time in 2a, but the first 4 episodes mess with the average. Under pressure, the earthquake and stuck are about establishing Buck and Eddie as a friendship. Under pressure alone is over 15 minutes of the almost an hour they have during that half of the season. Most of their earthquake arc scenes involve each other because they are establishing Eddie and their partnership, first in the job, then with Christopher. But then they slow down significantly after that, mostly giving them scenes where they are around each other not with each other, co-workers, except for dosed with madney, but that scene is about madney. And then they have the fountain scene, Shannon comes back and they take the back burner completely, so much they are barely together for 2b and the drop is very drastic in comparison. And they keep that trend from 3a to 6b. They have arcs where they interact a lot, and then they go to the back burner. This makes sense, there are other main characters, other things to focus on, they will just be co-workers in the backdrop of other people's arcs or have separate arcs. The difference with season 7 is the way that every episode has at least one moment to showcase how close they are. It's not just them standing on the frame together at a call adding to the numbers. Even 702, which has the least amount of screen time, has that playful "husband tap" and them justifying the situation to Hen with each other. They spend that scene reacting to each other. Every episode has at least one Moment ™️. Because if they were averaging out with such a high number but they had one or two episodes where they are interacting a lot and then nothing, I wouldn't say something changed in the way they are being handled. Like, 6b has an increase in their screentime, but they interact a LOT during 610-615 and then they barely do for the rest of the season. We feel the lack of buddie in 6a because most of their scenes they are just standing next to each other and we don't feel it as much when it comes to 5b because 5b gave us quality scenes with Buck's part on Eddie's breakdown. But episode one we had the whole partnership/co-parent thing, two we had the thing at the locker room, three we had them finishing each other sentences while moving around each other, four I don't even need to say lol, five also had a lot, with the crashing the date and the coming out scene and the gym, six we had the bachelor party, seven we had the Buckley-Diaz family scene, nine we had the kitchen scene, and ten had all that partnership again. Season 7 gave us quantity and quality. That's the thing that changed. This is why the way this number shoots up has to mean something.

[mrs-monaghan]

Exhibit F) should I include this? Coz I'm not seeing the difference here

Do you know why ? Because there's no many difference in Jikook and yoonmin or any pair for that case. Jikook doesn't behave much differently than other JM ships, there are no lovesick couple moments except the ones Jikookers projected on Jkk

Oh my Gooooooooood. Fuck offffffffff. Where are these people fucking coming from??????

Because there's no many difference in Jikook or Yoonmin or any pair for that case

You know what, fine..you wanna play? Let's play

-There is only one GCFT. I don't remember JK featuring another member by themselves in his Golden closet films. EXCEPT JIMIN.

- While we are on the topic, Jimin has always gotten the most screentime in the GCFs. Here are the statistics for ALL the GCFs mathafaka

- Jimin never asked any other member for kisses except JK.

- JK has never called any other member baby except Jimin

- JK has never said to any other member that he wanted to have them. Only Jimin.

-Jimin has never given another member a hickey. Only JK.

-Jimin has never massaged another member's crotch with his foot, except JK

-Jimin has never footsied any other member while they were waiting for pizza except JK.

- Jimin has never held another member's hand secretly behind Suga except JK's.

- JK has never sucked another member's ear in the presence of 60K people but he did it to Jimin and Jimin only.

-Oh wait. When was the last time JK had to go adjust himself because of another member? Wait....the answer is never, bitch!

-Need i remind u that in Bon Voyage season 4 episode 6, when Vmin slept on the same bed JK was quick to make the bed

But when Vmon slept on that same bed JK couldn't be assed???

I'm sorry, did you see JK do this for any other member?? IDFTS!!!!

-Wait, what's that? JK has never spent 1 hour and 45 min reacting to another member apart from Jimin??? Right

-Wait wait. What's that? Riiiiiight. JK has never done this for any other member

-Sorry anon, refresh my memory. When JK was injured there was this one member who was calling the shots, who was being consulted, who was the only one being allowed in the room when JK needed privacy, who was it? I forget. Oh that's right. Jimin!

-Again anon, my memory is shit. Remind me who was the one and only member who flew for over 15 hours from Paris to SK just so he could make it for JK's birthday? Oh right. Jimin. Notice how he has never done this for any other member??? Interesting 🤔🤔🤔

-JK giving Jimin presents for his birthday but not other members. Did u happen to just conveniently forget that....or??? Because we heard it from the members themselves. That will be Festa 2017 btw, if u need reference.

We have over 10 years of content I👏🏾COULD👏🏾KEEP👏🏾GOING👏🏾ALL👏🏾MOTHER👏🏾FUCKING👏🏾DAY👏🏾BITCH!!!👏🏾

I made a whole ass list. Show me instances where Jikook did the above with other members, asshole. I'll wait.

[kraro-school-life]

✦ 25. 5. 24 ✦📓✦ Saturday ✦ 15 days to exams ✦

I FINISHED THE PHYSICS LAB PAPER!!! Me and my friend im doing this with sat like the whole day on it, but it´s done. Now I have no distraction from having to study for exams... This is the most packed I have been before any exams - I need to actually pull this through. And that´s why:

Goal for tomorrow - less than 1 hour screentime on media

🌱🌿🪴 - 6h 5min on Forest ♫₊˚.🎧 ▷▷ Party - Męskie Granie Orkiestra

[aeruthien]

Basically continuously during this campaign posts have popped up about BH's not talking as much as the Mighty Nein, or the relationships not having as much depth.

And while this may be due to the plot structure or the character dynamics, I think it is easy to underestimate just how much the increase from an (average) of 6, to a 7 and now 8 player group has on the 'screentime' of individual pairings (pairing as in literally two people, not a relationship pairing).

So here is a mathematical breakdown of exactly that. The results might shock you!

Let's focus on the unique one-on-one pairings, so for example Chetney and Laudna, or Caleb and Beau, and limit us to PCs. I'll ignore trios and more because those get even more complicated, and the same principle applies.

Let's say that an average episodes takes 4 hours, and about half of it is dedicated to interaction between characters instead of combat, plot related stuff, etc, so about 120 minutes. These numbers are all arbitrary because it is all relative, but an example makes it easier to interpret. Let's also say for the sake of simplicity that each pairing gets allotted the same amount of screentime on average over all episodes.

The M9 had 6 PCs for most of the campaign. This means that there are 5+4+3+2+1= 15 unique pairings. If each pairing gets an equal amount of dedicated screentime, each pairing has 120/15=8 minutes of screentime.

Now take BHs. They usually had 7 PCs which means there are 6+5+4+3+2+1=21 unique pairings. Each has 120/21= 5.7 minutes of screentime.

So for each episode, each pairing of the BH has 2.3 minutes less than or about 70% of the screentime of a pairing in the M9, just because of the number of players.

So what does this mean?

If BH's pairings only have 70% of the M9s screentime, this means that for each M9 epsiode, BHs need 1,4 episode to reach the same amount for each pairing. Reversely, the amount of screentime that the BHs reach at say episode 100, is reached by the M9 as early as episode 70.

So in other words, in the 100 episode we've had of BHs, they've had the same amount of screentime as the Mighty Nein at episode 70.

So while it is true that BH don't talk as much, they also have literally less time to have one-on-one conversations.

Now with Robbie, the party has increased to 8, which gives us 7+...+1=28 unique pairings, which is almost double of the M9. (28 / 15 =1.86). So we need 2 BHs episode for each M9 episode.

Now of course, an episode needs to do more than just people talking to each other: the plot has to progress; plans have to be made; shenanigans have to ensue. But because the run time is limited, this only detracts from the time for individual pairings.

So while discussing BHs interactions, keep in mind that while there is only an increase of 2 players, that means we have twice as much pairings to deal with, and so half as much time for each of them to talk.

(For those curious, if we look at trios, so let's say, Veth-Fjord-Jester or Orym-Dorian-Fearne, it goes from 20 unique combinations for a 6 player party, to 56 unique combinations for a 8 people party. Yeah.)

[beliscary]

@necromycologist #<< Prev. who is this guy i need to know more rn

omg. okay.

so there's a supporting character in a videogame called final fantasy 16 and he has like THE most wonderful two hours of screentime, a potential ally with noble intentions amongst antagonists. that's Prince Dion Lesage. and then there's his boyfriend Sir Terence w like 8 minutes. and at this point I've glued his face on top of a prayer candle in my heart

I have to set the scene a bit first. this is broad strokes I hope it makes sense.

calling them catholic is a shorthand but their religion is ehhhh basically that. their emperor is the pope and also conceptualized as god on earth. they live in a world that's dying from overconsumption of magic as a resource(accessible materially through mined crystals)—crops failing, the land being blighted, that kind of thing. people who are born w the ability to draw on magic are enslaved, branded, and used up for their power/the convenience until they die from it (they turn to slowly to stone! it's very painful and visual dehumanization! the whole thing is awful!)

Dion is one of these people who can use magic, but he's extraordinarily powerful and in a position of some privilege bc of that. but also he's trapped by it. So like, dragons are sacred in their religion, and Terence's boyfriend Dion (I have to point out that I don't say this glibly, they are together) can transform by his magic into their Sacredest Dragon, whose entire thing is Light and Hope and Deep Religious Obligation, etc etc.

this power is a once in a generation thing that happens to a single individual (there are more of these godlike lineages for other elements like fire, ice, darkness, etc scattered across the world, as well as massive crystals to mine. you can see where this might lead to some instability and power jockeying esp with massive areas of land rapidly becoming blighted and unlivable. so he's kind of also the empire's nuclear deterrence.)

he's trying desperately to believe that by fighting wars and using his power he's doing good for his people who are trying to survive in this dying world, but his dad the god emperor is the resource hungry warmongering ruler of an expansionist slave empire with bloodline supremacy at its heart. so. (also dad had another kid that he likes better because that kid's not a bastard. as though that's dion's fault. a golden boy bastard imperial prince who upholds evil bc he Has to be a good and dutiful son.... ugh)

he's been at war since he was like 15 and he's 28 now. and his father just keeps sending him out to fight. like whatever he's already got another heir to inherit it all, and now dion is the spare. dad can reaaally use the bomb without worrying abt the continuation of his line now.

SO. boyfriend Terence. he's 2nd in command of Dion's holy knights, and we learn he climbed his way up through the ranks to get there. and he did this just to be able to be near dion and support him through all these wars and most likely watch him suffer and die horribly anyway. bc Oh Yeah none of the phenomenal cosmic power exempts dion from the turning to stone thing.

so anyway, in the 8 mins we do have of them together, we see Terence:

-subtly chastise his prince for his recklessness and then pray for his safety

-deliver a missive intended for his prince which he clearly already opened & read. just so he can soften the blow of the bad news himself as dion reads through it

-bandage and salve his man's arm, showing us they both know and see the inevitability of the slow creeping death dion keeps throwing himself towards

-suggest dion rely on his army rather than his magic, gently defying dion's father (whose word is holy decree)

-kiss his prince

-smile and yearn and make a sad face so cutie cute cutely

-declare very purposefully to the man who is constantly ordered around and used as a weapon that he will always be his servant, while on his knees. concise! thorough!

(i hope I'm establishing a pattern here that it appears when it comes to His Place In Society he knows the boundaries perfectly but also knows the location of every single hole in the fence)

-crack a joke about the death of a titan being a small mercy. king 👑

-shoo a messenger one piece of bad news away from getting his head bitten off out of a tent with Perfect economy and comedic sensibility

(god this is small but huge TEW ME... you see him react to bad news by lightly balancing his fingertips on a table and thinking carefully... this is in contrast to Dion throwing a guy around, punching a table, and having to visibly count backwards from ten)

-nearly throw down with another god-lite and only halt on his boyfriend's command. it's immediate too he's got great brakes !!

(seriously if you pay attention this man has like nooooo respect for authority or divinity on their own so-called merits and yet he's so calm and polite and steady and measured and kind in his demeanor and we KNOW he still prays too. it's. it's GAP MOE)

-continue to call dion His Prince. even after dion has been removed from any chance of ascending to the throne officially. like yes he is technically still a prince just not crown prince so it is a proper form of address but atp dion's purpose is pretty much expected just to be an obedient weapon of conquest who will die if ordered to, with no hope of that changing. so it kind of feels Pointed.

-like, yeah no, I heard what "god" said. but my prince is My Prince. he earned that. you can't tell me shit. my prince can't tell me shit about my prince either. what are you gonna do, fire me? that won't stop me either, my prince.

-get asked by THE sacred dragon if a coup is the right course of action. should the opinion of a mortal matter at all to a god? hm well it does to this one

-functionally do 300 wife nod dot gif in order to:

-support a coup against the newly declared emperor (the not-bastard brother) (who is, amen I say to you, theologically god)

-👆 do this without ever once telling his ordered-around-used-as-a-weapon/seen-as-the-symbol/the-potential-of-his-power-rather-than-as-a-man boyfriend what he should or shouldn't do

-seriously terence had all of dion's power laid down at his feet like frodo offering galadriel the one ring and what he ends up saying is p much 'whatever you choose to do, your men are with you'. even starts with an "I" statement and then cuts himself off and starts over!!! CONCISE. THOROUGH. KING 👑 POWER REVEALS!! AND IT HAS REVEALED terence has always wanted dion to have control of his own life and choices 🥺

-the rest is deep spoilers but My God. He's the Patron Saint of Smiling Through Tears. also and most importantly he's nobody he's doesn't even get a last name he's not even an important noble he's got no magic to speak of he's just a guy w a sword kneeling in front of a man asking him to stop killing himself for nothing (or, more accurately, an evil that undermines all the light and hope he thinks he champions--),,,,

(there was a loredrop later that explained they were childhood friends to lovers and had been together for 10 years by the majority of their in game scenes... terence had been in love with dion since they were both young and was gonna be quiet about it forever until dion took a blow defending him in battle at age 18. and I almost died in real life bc I had assumed it was a mutual agreement that the good of the People always took precedence and dion would never choose terence over that. but he almost died to save this one guy. he was ready to give up everything he could do for the world with his power... for his boy best friend. and they hadn't even kissed yet)

anyway yeah I Like Them I Like Putting Them Under A Magnifying Glass And Into Situations 🥰

[amunyan]

I got the Feeling that I only write Fanfics about my fav Charakters from Black Clover. Unsure how I should feel about this 🫠😵‍💫 but I also think they got way to less Screentime in the original Work. (At least for my taste 😜)

So having the Idea of a modern AU for Christmas in mind, I wrote this little prequel. I hope you like it:)

The Day we meet - Welcome to Clover-City

A modern Black Clover AU

The mechanical voice out the loudspeakers tells you once again to get off the tram - last stop.

But it takes a few more moments before you open your eyes and exit the vehicle with a yawn. Its doors close impatiently behind you, as if they were just waiting for you, before the train starts moving again towards its well-deserved end of the day.

With your eyes half open and a blank expression on your face, you look around you. "This isn't my station," you say, yawning again. Still calm, you try to process the new location. But only until you realise that you've completely overslept your home station. Your eyes widen in fear and shock.

"Shit...", you curse in your head. “This is not real, isn’t it?”

But checking the name of the station again doesn’t help – it is true.

“Why can't I have the magical ability to wake up when I need to? My dear colleague Dorothy doesn't even know how blessed she is". In fact, most of the times she even wakes you up because you both have to get off at the same station and you wouldn’t even notice without her. Best example; The current situation.

But today Dorothy was sick and you were all alone on the train home. You had to work overtime again, even though you only started your new job a few weeks ago. Like a new year, a new me and in conclusion of that; a new job in a new city... And with Dorothy sick, there was even more work to do.

While studying the timetable - realising that your home station was over seven stops ago – and hoping for another train in the opposite direction, you hear a train approaching the station, but on the opposite platform. You pay not really attention to it, and only when the train leaves, you realise that it would have been yours. Not only this – it was the last one for the day. You watch the train silently as it disappears into the darkness before your frustration gets the better of you. "Damn it", you curse loudly and stomp on the ground.

As this was the last train of the day, you had to walk - for better or worse - and for a moment, as you pulled out your mobile phone, you thought about calling your neighbour, Vanessa. "She would be awake - for sure. But I'm not sure she's still sober..."

So you press your finger on the icon for the navigation app to see how far you have to walk to get home."About an hour...", you mumble with an almost disappointed groan. "Fine. I wanted to exercise more anyway."

You close your coat as a cold wind blows through the almost empty station. "Let's start with 10,000 steps in the cold night. Probably good for my immune system too."

Laughing at your own grim sense of humour, you leave the station.

You have been walking for about 15 minutes, having passed through a dimly lit park and now wandering down a residential street - looking around and admiring the old, industrial-looking houses - when you notice a couple of creepy figures coming towards you.

You swallow and your inner voice takes on a conspiratorial tone. "Our mummy told us about this. One reason why she was worried when we left the big city."

The three people, two men and a woman, walk straight towards you. While the muscular man with tanned skin and sandy light-coloured hair, reminiscent of a giant, and the petite woman hold back, the black-haired man stares at you strangely with tired eyes.

"This is not a silly little story," you try to convince yourself, trying to ignore the glares. "This is the big city. There are strange people walking around. They'll ignore me and that'll be the end of the encounter..."

You take a deep breath to calm yourself as your foot bumps into something. Unexpectedly, you lose your balance and fall to the ground.

"What's that? How clumsy. Young lady, may I help you up?"

The man with the black hair looks at you with amusement - his companions are giggling as well - as he holds out his hand to help you. But you notice there's a mischievous glint in his eyes and shake your head: "Thanks, but I can get up on my own."

With your eyes averted, you try to get up quickly. "I'm sure that guy did this on purpose," you think to yourself. "I should get away from them. They really don’t seem very friendly…"

"That's very rude," the giant comments on your action, coming frighteningly close. "He offers to help you and you refuse. My friend is very sad now."

The black-haired friend nods, exaggeratedly offended.

"He tripped me up. He doesn't have to be so friendly," you grumble, narrowing your eyes.

But the giant doesn't seem to like it. His face contorts in anger and he slams into the garden wall next to you. A few small stones and sand drizzle to the ground.

"Well. That escalated quickly," you mutter to yourself as the man shouts at you.

"So you're accusing my dear friend of tripping you? Even though you are too clumsy to walk on your own?"

"Well, I..."

"Can you prove that?" Now the young woman, who had just looked at the situation with blank eyes, says something. Brushes a strand of her strikingly pink hair behind her ear as she continues to chew her gum.

"Um...?!" You are about to open your mouth, but she is right. You can't prove anything. It was just a strong suspicion that wasn't backed up by anything solid. And yet you can see from their faces that you are right.

"Looks like I'm going to have to teach the little one some manners," the giant laughs grimly and raises his right fist.

“Crap - there goes my pretty face,” you think to yourself and duck away, shielding your head and closing your eyes.  Waiting for the burning pain of his blow. “If he can smash a brick wall, I can collect my bones in the garden of this house, whose garden walls he has already smashed”.

"Hey? Why are you being so rude?" A rough female voice sounds close to your ear. "Leave the girl alone. She hasn't done anything.”

Still feeling no bone-crushing pain, you carefully dare to open one eye. To your left you notice a woman with wild, red, curly hair and a fierce look in her eyes. Her right hand held protectively in front of you, blocking the giant's fist.

"Help?! She seriously stopped that rock crushing fist. With just one hand?" You swallow, not knowing if you should be impressed or scared. But sure you are relieved that she's probably on your side.

"The little girl falsely accused my friend," the giant explains with conviction. "She needs to be taught a lesson in respect."

"I think I need to teach you some manners. I've seen you provoke the girl. Besides, the three of you are already minor celebrities in this neighbourhood; you've already annoyed my brothers and their friends. You even seriously injured one of them."

"That wasn't really us," the man with the black hair tries to get out of the affair. The young woman nods in agreement, her gaze still fixed, chewing her gum and even blowing a bubble. She does not really seem to understand the situation. Or she simply doesn’t care.

"I don't give a shit about your excuses," your supposed saviour complains, now clenching her hands into fists of her own. She cracks her knuckles and gives them an almost maniacal look that also makes your skin crawl. Unconsciously, you also take a few steps backwards, through a flowerbed that isn't quite as pretty as it used to be, until you bump into a wall and can't go any further.

"Run. I'll give you a 5-second head start," she threatens the three of them, starting to count backwards from 5 loudly and slowly.

The giant begins to grin happily and says that he wouldn't mind a bit of a fight.

"Neither would I," replies the woman, and for a moment it looked as if she was going to stop counting and go straight for the fight.

But just as they are about to do so, the other man's eyes widen. Startled, he grabs his buddy's muscular upper arm and whispers something in his direction. "Wait! I know that woman. She was a national martial arts champion years ago. She retired, after nobody wants to fight her anymore. But is still considered as the strongest. They still call her the uncrowned undefeated lioness …”

"Uncrowned undefeated lioness?” Far in the back of your mind, that nickname rings a bell. You are not really sure but you might know her…

"Even better," the giant laughs, but the other pulls him on.

"We'd better get out of here. But," he lookes at the lioness with an obscene grin that sent shivers down your spine. "To make up for this unpleasant scene, I'll take you to dinner."

“I don't need a little shrimp, like you, to pay for my food, she replies.

“Oh, what a pity. But come on, Vetto - let's go. I don't want to have to put up with this lady."

Within seconds, the three of them had disappeared into the night beneath Vetto wall of complaints.

 

"Um, thanks," you mumble quietly, and are about to start home when the red-haired woman blocks your way.

"And now for you."

"Wuahh", you jump up like a cat, only to find yourself crouched against the wall moments later as the she now leans over you. As she gets closer to your face, you notice not only her watercolour blue eyes, but also a distinct red eyeliner that makes her a little more sinister.

"How come you can't stand up to flatpipes like that?"

"Um... I... I'm not usually here? And...?" Your eyes wander restlessly, wondering what you've gotten yourself into and whether she'd accept the excuse that you're just a weak little woman. But not even you would accept that sort of excuse. You have spent too long in a martial arts club at your old home. "The three of them surprised me...”, you just say. “I don't react as fast as I did in my glory days".

"Your glory days?" She looks at you questioningly, one of her bushy eyebrows rose. You have to stifle a small sigh before you explain that you were once a martial artist yourself. "But that was a long time ago. In between there was university, work and now a job change. And the new job is really exhausting. So I didn't know that here in Clover City there are actually petty criminals who provoke you at kindergarten level".

"Well, you're funny," she laughed, grunting as she takes a small step back and holds out her hand. Unlike the guy just now, you accept her help with a slight smile on your lips.

"Mereoleona Vermillion," she introduces herself, still holding your hand.

“I knew it was you”, you smile and Mereoleona looks at you in confusion. “Like… I know you from my time, when I was totally into material arts and so on. You were a big name back then. Everyone in my club wanted to fight you - including me. But as soon as I was old enough to fight in the same league, you left". You rub the back of your head and look away, blushing. "And now you have saved me... a bit embarrassingly. And... oh?!" You look back at her. "Sorry - I should introduce myself too; (Y/N)."

"You know what? If you want to fight me so badly, let's meet again. Like next week. "

"What?!"

You can't react fast enough as she takes your mobile phone, which you're still holding in your hand, and taps on it. Then she takes out her own mobile phone and taps on it too.

"If you have any problems, you can always contact me." With a meaningful smile, she hands your phone back to you by way of saying goodbye. Perplexed, you are left alone and stare at your phone. "She actually gave me her number?" you mutter in disbelief. The next moment, the phone rings and you almost drop it in shock.

"Don't forget! Wednesday next week, at 8:30pm!" Reads the message. The phone rings again and she has also sent you the address where you can meet her again.

Nestled between a cute flower shop and a vintage launderette, the modern-looking martial arts school seems a little out of place. Especially with the two grumpy looking men with some sort of extravagant hairstyles standing in front of it. Nervously, you look around and double-check the address. But you are right. This is the address Mereoleona sent you a week ago.

"Maybe she's waiting inside?"

Under the grumpy eyes of the men, you walk hesitantly towards the entrance to reach for the door handle.

"There's nothing more going on here today." You jump at the sound of a gruff voice and turn around. The two men look at you sternly and the one with the long blond hair and prominent beard says: "We're just waiting for one of our mates and then we'll leave.”

"I see," you say, taking another step away from the door. Check it yet again. "But... she wanted me to come here. For sure." You tap your phone once more, checking the time and location, as the two guys come over to you. They might feel sorry for you. Maybe? Surely they have pity on you, a little bundle of misery who does not know what to do now.

"Who do you want to see?" asks the one with the light brown hair.

"Maybe we can help," offers the other, a gentle smile on his lips.  

"Well, um..." you shyly tuck a strand of hair behind your ear and show them the message from Mereoleona. She hasn't written since last week, but her text didn't seem to be a joke. "Mereoleona invited me somehow. I should have been here at 8:30pm for a training?"

“Oh no. Not her…”

"Not the big sister of Fuegoleon..." Both men almost freeze in fear when they learn who the message is from.

“Huh? What is wrong with her?”

But you get no response. The two men, who seemed strong and even scary themselves a moment ago, don't seem to fully understand the information that you are here to meet Mereoleona. They just shake their heads in disbelief.

An uncomfortable feeling creeps up on you, like a cold hand quietly gripping you.

"Girl," the guy with the ponytail leans closer to you. "Run - as long as you can."

At the same moment, you feel a hand on your shoulder and a cold shiver runs down your spine.

"Ruben? Why are you telling my girl to run?"

"Mereoleona..." The man with the long brown hair stammers. "I... I..."

But she ignores him. She looks down at you, a bright smile on her lips. "Hey, (Y/N). Sorry to keep you waiting." Then her gaze wanders back to the two guys, no longer surrounding you, but still waiting in front of the building. "And you? What are you still doing here? I thought your training was over?"

Just as they were about to answer, the lights in the building went out and the door swung open. A young man who reminded you of Mereoleona with his long auburn hair and similar features stepped out into the night, talking to another man who looked a little older than him.

"Yes, that would be a good idea for the next training... Hm? Sister?" His eyes meet Mereoleonas. "What are you doing here? You don't have classes today, do you?"

"Not really," she answers, looking at you with a meaningful smile. "I'm just testing her a bit before I put her in one of my groups."

"Wait? Her groups? Does that mean she is the trainer?" Now it's your turn to go into a bit of shock stares.

"Oh... I see." The brother and the other man step aside to let you two in. But not only they, the other guys look at you with a sympathetic expression. As if you were about to take your last steps.

"Don't worry, (Y/N). I will be gentle with you. Mereoleona says, still with her smile on her lips. Not knowing that her words could easily be misunderstood...

But you just nod silently, never expecting that she would be the one to train you.

With a frightened look on your face, you enter the building - not knowing what you have gotten yourself into...

To be continued...

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 7 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 ILU have fun!!!!

AFTG ask game

I LOVE YOU TOO MWAH

all my answers are going to be under the "read more" because hoo boy.

When did you first read aftg?

I first read AFTG by listening to the first audiobook while riding around the bus and trains in Germany, then Seth died, I immediately needed to finish the series, and then I read the entire series in less than 48 hours rifp.

2. All For The Game or The Sunshine Court?

All For the Game. The Sunshine Court is about my son, Jean, but also... because he's my son I have a lot of points where I simply like what I wrote better! and a fair number of complaints with TSC, since a lot of the way Jean's trauma rears its head is far less realistic than how Neil's trauma rears its head.

3. Favourite scene(s)?

I won't lie, one of my favorite scenes is when Neil gets back from his father's home and the Foxes all sleep on the floor together. I'm a huge sucker for found family and hurt/comfort and MAN that scene ticked off all my boxes. It's the one that I'll actually go back every now and then to reread. Wymack's joke about "Wesninski" and that feeling of finally having a family gets to me literally every time. And blah blah yeah I also really love the mentality of Andrew dragging Wymack behind him as he crashes through everything just so he can get back to Neil's side.

4. If you could choose to make one fictional place from the books real, which one?

That place they go to when they get ice cream/milkshakes before going to Eden's Twilight! It sounds amazing

5. A character you think deserves to be more present in the books?

Hngh this is difficult because I do believe that, at least as far as AFTG goes (aka excluding TSC) the characters are all as present as they need to be. Neil is very tunnel-visioned, and I think that it's a solid amount of screentime for each character, so to say. Like my first thought was Seth, but it wouldn't have fit Neil's character for Seth to haunt him at all. Therefore, I think overall I'd liked to have seen more of Jean for purely selfish reasons. Also more Renee!

6. A non-canon ship you love?

Jean/Renee, Jean/Jeremy, Jean/Kevin, Renee/Riko, and then any mix and match of those characters in throuples/quoples/poly ships! I'm also a big fan of Dan/Renee because woooo enemies to lovers?

7. A part of the extra content you whole-heartedly agree with

Andreil never say "I love you" or get married. Also that Dan gets to take over the Foxes when Wymack retires. Also Sir and King but like. Who doesn't agree with that.

8. A crackship/crackships you've come to love

Rinee (Riko/Renee), I adore it so much okay. I love the healing energy of it all and also the way that Renee attracts the most strange and unhinged people to her.

9. Underrated aftg fanartist / fic writer (tag them!)(link if they're not on tumblr)

well obviously @capcavan @jtl-fics and @emry-stars-art can never be OVERrated. But I think the true underrated AFTG fanartist is @noomyart <3

10. A villain you think is fucking hot

well. uh. villain I guess would be Nathan. Antagonist? Riko

11. A side character you love and/or appreciate

NICKY, I love him so much. Also Renee. And Dan. And Matt. I'm so mad I can't just say Jean anymore since he's not really a side character anymore GAH

12. Favourite narrative foil?

I adore the Riko/Neil narrative foil. Both the sons that were not wanted, both having their lives attached to Exy and using it as a way to solidify their freedom/independence, while Neil had someone who tried to save him and Riko could only ever try to save himself.

13. Favourite narrative symbolism?

In general my favorite narrative symbolism are the keys; how they unlock opportunities for Neil; how they are signs of trust that others put in him; how they are something I don't think he ever thought he'd have (solidity/a home). I also love how much symbolism they hold for him, as well.

14. A character you would actually get along with in real life

Nicky (we'd bond over escaping our parents by running to Germany and using each other as an excuse to practice German) or Matt (because he's chill he's fun and he reminds me a lot of some of my actual friends from college).

15. A character you love but would deck in real life

Neil lmao

16. How did you even get here?? How did you discover AFTG?

I was browsing the Banana Fish tag and saw a post that was like "hey! do you wish that you had a series that was everything you loved about Banana Fish but with way more of Eiji pole-vaulting? then you should check out All for the Game for its mafia-infused sports anime vibes! and huzzah I haven't gotten off the hook yet

17. Would you play exy?

I feel like I'd be pretty good at it if I'd put my mind to it. It seems like fun and also I'm a bit of a masochist so I think the rougher plays would be really fun!

18. A fancast you will never let go of

Tbh I don't really have a fancast for any of the characters

19. A fancast you love that is super silly

I did see a guy the other day who made me double take and go KEVIN???? in my head if that counts

20. Which character would be the last to die in a actual zombie apocalypse?

Probably Renee tbh because she's unsuspecting, can broker peace between people who are fighting, and has absolutely no issue wielding and using knives in fights.

21. Would andrew minyard have beef with you?

Idk I feel like we'd vibe really well but wouldn't necessarily be close. He might get annoyed at how go-with-the-flow I am, though

22. Hyperspecific aro and or ace kevin headcanon?

I enjoy these headcanons and seeing people write them but I personally don't ever write him as either aro or ace. All the power to those who do though <3

23. Something you are very sure will happen in TSC2

Trojans win and 2. Jean meets the Foxes again before/after a game and it's emotional

24. Nicky or Allison? (Character wise and personality wise seperate)

I'm biased but Nicky. I relate way too hard to his story to not be biased here. But also I relate heavily to Allison and love her as well. I think she's also a lot more underappreciated out of the two, and gets a lot of unfair hate.

25. You're now only allowed to ship Kevin with one person (1) who is it?

man you're really out here discriminating against me and my poly ship here /t, but if it's only one person then I'd say Jean because again, I'm biased.

26. A 2000s song any one/ship/group of character would listen to

I feel like Andrew would secretly adore Lady Gaga's Poker Face and know all the lyrics even if he'd never sing along.

27. A detail or element from an older draft you would've loved to see in the final draft

LMAO so. I'm personally a fan of the version where Riko shot Kevin because Neil dodged/Kevin dove in front of him. I don't think I would have swapped the ending that we got for it instead, but I did think that it would have been an interesting change.

Also Riko and Kevin with longer hair

28. If you had to kill a fox. (Seth doesnt count.)

Aaron, because oh boy that poor medical student is probably already begging for some anvil to drop on him from the heavens

Question 29 for jean! Name a favorite Jean dialogue/quote

All of them because Jean is my favorite but also I think I'm going to go with "I will endure. I will endure. I will endure" because it's the first one I found while flipping through my copy of TSC and skimming for lines I thought were powerful. A classic is "Did a week away from the court damage your ball-battered brain?" (TSC 24), though. And then of course, as a Jeanee fan, the entire conversation between Jean and Renee on pages 68-69 where they talk about finding the joy in small things in life and taking a chance on himself and and

anyway hello thank you for coming to my TED talk

[fiddler-sticks]

I really don't get my aunt sometimes. This is the gist of what I got out of a conversation with her and my mom and grandma tonight:

I think my 15yo daughter's acne is from stress, so I read a book about screentime, and the book says to not let your kids have social media 'til 18, and to only give them around 1hr a day. So we're gonna do that so she can focus on her advanced schoolwork (including being in algebra 2 as a freshman), several hours of homework every evening, at least 5 extracurriculars that she doesn't eve like doing and just does them for socialization, and a job at a fast food place, because freshman year of super elite private high school isn't as rigorous as 8th grade of super elite private grade school, and my daughter doesn't seem stressed about high school at all, and she can't possibly be hiding anything because she doesn't have social media, and that's how teenagers hide stuff, right?

UGH, JUST LET YOUR KID CHOOSE WHAT SHE WANTS TO DO, FFS, AND SHE'LL PROBABLY BE DOING HALF THE WORK SHE'S DOING NOW AND HER ACNE WILL FUCKING GO AWAY BECAUSE SHE'LL HAVE GOTTEN RID OF 90% OF HER STRESS

Her 13yo son also hates school and only gets away with doing the bare minimum. He'll do enough to get an A, and that's it. He does sports, but doesn't even like doing the sports and is just there for the friends. Like, my guy probably has some sort of childhood depression because he's being pushed and burnt out at super elite private school

She literally said today that he can't understand why his cousins won't play sports with him, and only want to expand the world and lore of their pet rock Dwayne The Vegan Rock. LIKE, WHO WOULDN'T WANT TO PLAY WITH DWAYNE THE VEGAN ROCK!! I'M A 20YO FUCKING ADULT WITH A RETAIL JOB AND I LOVE DWAYNE, THESE KIDS SUFFERING THROUGH SUPER ELITE PRIVATE SCHOOL PROBABLY NEED DWAYNE MORE THAN ME

And she said her 10yo daughter needs downtime in between every task she does, like she'll practice piano, and then need to play with her dollhouse for 15 minutes before she's ready to do flash cards or something, and SHE DOESN'T GET WHY. She doesn't get why she can't just get all this work done from super elite private school first, and then have the rest of the night to play dolls. BECAUSE THEN THERE WON'T BE ANY TIME AND YOU HAVE TO TAKE WHAT DOWNTIME YOU CAN GET, AND BECAUSE SHE'S FUCKING GETTING BURNT OUT, THAT'S WHAT

And then you go and give us dirty looks for homeschooling. My siblings get all their schoolwork done in a few hours in the morning, and then they're free to do what they want. They're either right where they should be with the public school, or in the case of my middle brother, a whole year advanced based on his age. And also, because we all have our own screen and unlimited access to it, screens aren't a novelty anymore, and we don't feel the need to constantly have screen time because we know what it's like to be on a screen constantly, and we'd much rather do stuff out in the real world

Anywayyyyy, now that you know what I had to put up with listening to, how was your dayyyyyyy lol

[kraefishh]

RAINE

Multiples of 5, + #23 + Bonus question of your choosing.

*cracks knuckles* yeah alright

i'm answering #23 first and the rest will be under the cut just for the sake of knowing how long this post is probably going to get. SO!!

#23. Favorite picture of this character?

if we want just pictures of Raine alone-- THESE TWO IMAGES IN PARTICULAR THANK YOU VERY MUCH. both are by Dana Terrace. the Link one in particular makes me lose my MIND and if you haven't seen it before i needed you to see it now.

moving on to the other questions~~

#5. What's the first song that comes to mind when you think about them?

Just about every time i listen to tongues & teeth by the crane wives i think about them..... namely this animatic. that is the only one i can think of at the moment.

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#10. Could you be best friends with this character?

Probably not best friends??? But I do think we'd get along quite well!! I had a habit of making friends with just about all of my teachers and Raine is very much... mentor esc. I mean they did teach, at one point. Point stands! As someone who is very musically inclined, we would simply bond over that.

They are also the kind of person you can sit in silence with for HOURS and it not be awkward. Sure we would probably have music playing, but their company is not inherently prone to chaos without an external push for it.

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#15. What's your favorite ship for this character? (Doesn't matter if it's canon or not.)

Okay well this question was literally just an excuse for me to talk about Raeda, I see. I even went out of my way to include Raine-only pictures!! [dramatic sigh] I guess I'll just have to include my thoughts.

Ahem-- Raeda. It's... That's obvious, if you know me at all. Eda is my favorite Owl House character. And I knew before even starting the show itself that I was going to get attached to Raine. You put in a character who is musically inclined, a nerd, a genuine person and was best friends with your favorite character?? Yeah of course I was going to love them together.

Hell I made a fankid for them. Two fankids, actually. I haven't done that shit in years. I made a playlist for them 3 days after my friend and I finished the show entirely. That was a new record. I went several months with songs in my back pocket about a separate ship before making the playlist.

They make me feel so normal.

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#20. Which other character is the ideal best friend for this character, the amount of screentime they share doesn't matter?

OH HANDS DOWN DARIUS. Those two were obviously the two that sat in the back of the class silently judging everyone. Like I love all of the Hagsquad equally (Eda, Lilith, Raine, Darius, Alador, Odalia(?)) but there's something about those two making fun of each other in all of the... few SPEAKING SCENES they share that really got to me.

Those two single-handedly came up with a plan to take down their corrupt government (With obviously the help of Eber, I can't forget Eber). Even if they happened to misunderstand each others' goals during their times as Coven Heads for most of it, I think they had that mutual understanding of hatred towards their situation.

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#25. What was your first impression of this character? How about now?

Like I said in #15, I walked into the show already knowing who they were, at least vaguely. I knew they were Eda's ex and I knew that they meant well. And already knew that they weren't inherently evil.

Coming out of watching it, holy SHIT THEY CAN'T CATCH A BREAK, CAN THEY???? NEVER ONCE DID THE CREW GIVE RAINE WHISPERS A FUCKING BREAK, HUH?? GOOD LORD.

I love them so very dearly they are genuinely one of the most powerful characters in the entire show and I live by that statement. What a fucking power move they pulled just about every time we saw them.

'Them's The Breaks, Kid' solidified my growing love for them. They're so silly but they could break your fucking bones, and I respect that.

[persimminwrites]

a sort of progress update on my writing challenge to write 500 words every day

so far ive met my goal for 10/13 days since i started! which is a very high percentage and im proud of that. of the three days that i didn't write, two of the days i just sat down and did an excessive amount of art. and the other day i spent with my family on father's day. which i feel like are reasonable explanations for not being able to write that day and for the most part this challenge has been easy and enjoyable!

some days though it has felt really difficult to actually sit down and write - like last night it was late and i hadn't written anything yet, but i pushed myself and it took me less than an hour to write 500 words. in general, i dont think 500 words is too much! i wasn't sure if i was reaching at the start, but i actually think its very doable.

but! this little challenge has kinda thrown into relief how much time i waste skdfjnsdjkfn and i know everyone (including myself) is always talking about screentime and wasting time etc etc. personally i dont feel like screentime spent writing or making art is time that im "wasting my life away" but i do have bad habits with flitting between a few different sites (mostly youtube and tumblr) and just .... mindlessly consuming and im trying to get better at that!

the other day, i had the thought that i dont have enough time to do the amount of writing and art that i want to do outside of work + all of the other stuff i like to do in my free time like workout, go on walks with my dogs, cook, spend time with friends, read, etc etc or for example, i call my mom twice a week and we stretch for about 10 -15 minutes together. mostly to chat and catch up but also im trying to improve my mom's mobility as she gets older. but i had the thought of "oh maybe i don't have enough time to do this twice a week its a little inconvenient" but its NOT and i DO i just need to cut out the hours of youtube videos and hours of scrolling that i do in the day and better prioritize how i spend my time bc stretching with my mom twice a week for 10-15 mins is not keeping me from doing other things that i love.

so tldr ig is that im enjoying writing (almost) every day. i dont think the goal of 500 words a day is too much, but it has been difficult occasionally. i think that mostly reflects on other bad habits rather than the difficulty of making this a habit though! im gonna finish the month of june and do some more reflection on whether i want to make this an ongoing challenge to myself not just a month of june challenge <3

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part 1 reaction to nct dream's behind the scenes for smoothie performances

wat this video is half an hour long? i was expecting like 15 minutes

stretching before performing. not sure if jeno saying that he couldn't lift his arm well was because of stiffness/injury or because of his jacket

practising final chorus together

renjun's just talkin and in the background you have mark taking a selfie and chenle staring straight at the camera.

oh what this is trippy, renjun was standing in front of a mirror the whole time

i just found out about these dolls a few days ago but i don't really know what their deal is. i guess they're official merch but how do you buy them?

lol the dolls are their children :P mark was called booheung's papa and now renjun is taking a photo with family

he's been doing these hawk eyes a lot lately eh

just helping a brother out

lol mark, jeno, and jisung are simultaneously lifting and bending their arms together. they just look like three fortune cats.

mark helping the kitty stretch

obligatory commemorative group photo

lmao classic rookie movie, jisung was on video instead of camera

chenle

just marksung things (being perfectionists)

chenle telling jisung that his hair colour looks good <3 he is jisung's chief bully but he also hypes him up

jisung was feeling very awkward talking to the camera by himself and was saved by jeno and mark :3 i think mark was walking somewhere else and jisung tugged him over <3 and jeno was just singing

jaemin: please leave your thoughts on the performance below like a diary jisung: you don't need to do that actually

chenle surprised everyone by already being changed out of his performance clothes. he's just a guy who is ready to go home already.

donghyuck has been very down to earth this comeback. i think he's just settling into being himself now that dream doesn't have to rely on him as much for shenanigans <3 anyway donghyuck was saying how he really gets into promotion mood after the first performance

lol donghyuck prepared for promotion season with self care by having a bath and doing his skincare :P

heehee

dance challenge time

...i did read someone once say that a guy monitoring himself hits different

omg...the baby wishies...they are so shy with mark

they are recharging <3

this stage looks so cool with the lights

hello little smiley sun boy

jaemin mistook jisung for having changed his bubble profile photo to smoothie when it was chenle who changed his profile photo and jaemin was all "...really? it wasn't you? really? <3" twas cute X3

jaemin and jeno singing about their fruits in their big loud voices

fruit

haechan just staring at the camera tryna look cool while the others glance at him and just walk into their room

more dance challenges

i feel like he's had more screentime than most of the others for this video lol. is he the unofficial mc this time around?

[a-big-chicken-nerd]

I can't believe you're making me thinking about the ice emperor. How did you even do this? I'm not even to that season yet, but the allure is too strong. Why am I like this? I'm this close to just skipping to his season to see what's up with him. I am so interested

HFJSDFJ AS MUCH AS I LOVE THE GUY AND SEASON 11 i wouldnt necessarily recommend skipping any seasons just for him....... his ~15 minutes of screentime in a 5 hour season need the right CONTEXT from the previous seasons!!!!! (the parallels..... the drama..... the characterization) (also seasons 8-10 are just really super good 10/10 would recommend)

[fjordfjucks]

[lights 15 cigarettes]

you know, if the flash movie had actually been good, i would have admitted it. i would have put all my personal feelings aside to admit that they'd actually manage to make a good flash movie. but that was 2 and a half hours of nothing. nothing new, nothing exciting, nothing emotional, nothing innovative. nothing. they put a baby in a microwave. kara had 5 minutes of screentime. half the movie looked like a fortnite loading screen. the only 2 people who could act were both batman. cgi nicolas cage was there. and still- STILL -they don't know who barry allen is. they have no fucking clue who their main character is. that movie was so unbelievably boring i held the shit i needed to take for over an hour just so i wouldnt have to pause the movie and extend the time it would take from my day. horrific.