#not gonna tag this as anything else because it’s not my silly little analysis it’s just me complaining

[shannonsketches]

[zeb-z]

People complaining about Star Wars shows being too slow, too much filler, like ok why don’t you just not watch? Log off Twitter?

If you can’t see any of the importance of the episodes that don’t have firefights and explosions every five fucking seconds, and complain there’s no story when the plot flies right over your head, that’s not everyone else’s problem. Yes the beginning of Andor takes a while to swing into things, and there’s many reasons for it. I frankly don’t even understand the complaints around the Bad Batch because each episode is far more obvious in its intents and still very exciting. How did any of you watch The Clone Wars?????

No one cares that you think the episodes not involving direct conflict with the Empire are boring. You’re boring. Gain some sort of common sense and think critically about the storytelling before you complain that there is none :)

[captainnait]

(Decided to reuploded this post because literally no one saw it. . . Oh well. Might as well tag @whocaresifwearecrazy since they could be interested in this idk)

Something that literally no one asked for - a TTwM compilation!!

I enjoyed gathering all the questions for this one. I'm not sure if I found *all* of them, but. . . Yeah. Some clips (4 out of 13) aren't mine, so I left the source in the description.

Also I wrote a little analysis/commentary thingy for all of these, which you can read down below. It's mostly just me rambling about Bob and Milan and how stupid these two are, so don't take it too seriously. I just— I just need to get this off my chest, okay 😭 also sorry for the broken english in some of these. I was half-awake when writing lol

Anyway, would really appreciate if you watch this compilation. I might do some others in the future idk. Enjoy 💖💥

As for commentary, here it is ✨

"Ode to a Garbage Can": I put this one first in the compilation, because (imo) it shows Bob's and Milan's overall dynamic perfectly - Bob tries to be as positive and supportive of Milan as he can (although with a mild success), while Milan. . . Well, he's just being himself - extremely forward and harsh, but, in the end, not minding Bob's attitude, and even engaging in a playful back-and-forth with him. It's simple, it's nice and it's going to be a repeating pattern.

. . . Aaand it's probably the most analytical I'm going to get here. Probably.

Anyway, can't say much else about this one. They're silly

"A Crappy Question": Bob here sounds so genuinely guilty 😭. And the fact that he immediately tries to make up by helping Milan with his classes— it's pretty wholesome. . . Milan slapping the living shit out of him in the end isn't tho lol

"Get Your Finger Out of Your Nose": Milan calling out Bob on literally anything is also the main point of a lot of these. And, tbh, if I worked as a janitor somewhere, where mfs like any of ydkj hosts work, I wouldn't be so happy either bruh

Anyhow, the gross out humor in the end is nothing unusual for this game. But damn, the way Milan said "chucklehead" at the end. . . He loves that idiot I'm sorry 💥💥💥

"Urinal Chips and Dip": Bob being an idiot and getting what he deserves will NEVER not be funny to me

"Wait a minute, is this a trick question? 😠" "For you? Yes 🙄" I can't with them—

Also Milan helping Bob out a bit at the end was surprisingly nice. . . And uncommon too

"Swapping Spit": Milan calling Bob "host boy" at the start caught me off guard completely when I first heard it. And yet, somehow, he gets even more wild with the nicknames later on in the other questions lol

"Moron? Hey! >:[" Bob sounds so hurt here 😭 i like to imagine that before that he wasn't catching any insults from Milan at all up until this point. He's clueless like that

"Ugh, Milan! Why do you say things like that?" "To make you blush" Okay that's just straight up flirting—

Also Bob doesn't sound so opposed to that huh. . . Interesting. I wonder when this is going to come up again—

"Things Nobody Wants To Lick": OKAY FUCK I'M SORRY THIS ONE IS JUST INSANE. MILAN JUST CASUALLY RIPS HIS SHIRT AND SAY TO "LICK UNDERNEATH HIS SWEATY ARMPIT"? AND NOT ONLY BOB IS IMPRESSED WITH MILAN'S BODY (as he says himself), HE ALSO ISN'T OPPOSED TO HIS REQUEST IN THE END (even though it wasn't even addressed to him btw)? AND EVEN ADVICES TO SAY "THANK YOU!" AFTER THE PROCESS?? HELLO?? WHY SO 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂? WHY NO ONE TALKS ABOUT IT—

Ahem. Anyway, "Bob-friend" is such a great nickname, 10/10, amazing job, Milan.

Bob's "MILAN! WHAT? 😨😳" is literally my favorite thing ever

"Please? Look, begging is not gonna help, my friend" yup, I figured

(I'm not even going to comment on the last few lines lol this is already too much)

"Seven Minutes in the Broom Closet": And just when you think it can't get gayer than the last one. . . This title. What the fuck are they doing in the closet—

Bob mistaking alliteration with liter is just so him

"Haha, you said pee :D" this man literally has a mind/humor of a toddler

And yeah, Milan leaving Bob confused with his words/sayings is. Everything

"I'm Not Your Chew Toy": I'm pretty sure this is the shortest question in this category in terms of dialogue

I love that this one highlights just how patient can Bob be with Milan's rather snappy attitude (which, to be fair, is pretty reasonable for him to have)

"Gift Ideas from the Bathroom": This one. This is my favorite question in the whole game probably. . .

Milan calling Bob "Robert" (which continues running joke of Milan calling Bob different nicknames). Milan sharing his collection with Bob, who seems to be not only interested in it, but also wants to implement it in the question. Bob being a clumsy ass moron and dropping the jar, with Milan following with his (almost) catchphrase "I'm not cleaning that". Milan sharing his culture with Bob and feeding him a homemade soup, with Bob being absolutely joyful and excited to learn new things from his favorite person (while also being taken care of by said person). Milan's little "jerk" at the end, that sounds just a bit too soft to sound like an actual insult, and more like an affectionate pet name. I love this. This is amazing. If this isn't not one of the most wholesome moments in ydkj series, idk what is tbh

"Little Red Outhouse": "Hey Milan, how you doing? Good to see ya 😁" "It's a pleasure for you to see me 😇" "Yeah, i— Uh what? 🤨" This is one of my favorite exchanges between them. Milan has such a way with words sometimes idk. . .

Not much to say about this one, except the fact, that Milan washes Bob's microphone in the toilet bowl, becomes much more disgusting when you know, that in one of the questions Bob smooches his microphone. You're welcome 😇

"It Happens to the Best of Us": Crying Milan is the last thing I expected from this game, but here we are ig. As much as I feel sad for him, I can't deny that his crying voice is incredibly stupid (/pos)

"It was a horribly sad incident which took place today" I like how even when he's distraught he still tries to flex his english skills. What a king

The way Bob instantly goes "yes sir" right after Milan tells him to shut up is just. . . 😭 no comments

"Don't Forget to Wipe": Ah yes, the one where Milan blackmails Bob. Anyway

"Hm, would you like to know" THE WAY HE SOUNDS HERE I— 💥💥

Also the way Milan interrogates Bob here is just so funny to me. He's like an annoyed and slightly disappointed owner that find out his dog made a mess in the living room again. . . Weird comparison, but oh well (I've been writing this commentary for way to long)

"There's a Swosh™ on My Tush": I love this one. Mf just plays basketball in the middle of his work day and that's it. No disgusting twist, just basketball

. . . Well, except the last few seconds, where Bob straight up drools on Milan's shoes. . . Like a dog—

Okay, nah, that's it, that enough of these guys for me today istg

[sweetblossoms]

saw your post abt rapunzel manipulating tim in their convo and god hard agree it Is concerning that so many ppl didn't see it. also crazy to me that ppl are mad at tim and defending rapunzel, saying that they would have taken the book too because tim was being rude etc. to me it seemed that both tim the character and ally the player Wanted to believe that rapunzel wasn't part of the plan and was good but just kind of strange, and both are successfully fooled. tim absolutely fumbles the interaction and ally could have played things better, but rapunzel was so clearly in charge of the conversation, leading him into saying worse and worse things and putting his foot in his mouth while tim was genuinely trying to be nice. tim is awkward and blunt and eccentric with Everyone, it's weird that ppl are saying he was being singularly rude to her or patronizing her or that he deserved to get the book taken. that interaction was clumsy as hell and so many words could have been chosen better but tim so clearly was trying so hard to fix his initial fuck up and be friendly w her in the same weird way he talks to everyone. I don't see how ppl came out of that scene on her side even if tim was a little rude and unfortunate w his word choice, and it's concerning to see ppl being like "ha take that stupid old man!!" abt the book being taken + in defense of a character we met an episode and a half ago and who we have been told outright is an expert at deceiving people. the princesses are so so interesting as characters and the morals going on are complex and that's a whole different conversation, but I feel like no matter whether you love rapunzel or not, ppl should be able to recognize that she was manipulating tim in that moment and taking advantage of his trusting disposition. not trying to start discourse in your ask box ofc!!! I've just seen No One Else express discomfort w rapunzel in that scene

anon this ask has been living in my head rent free since you sent it, i've been stewing over how to respond because y e s. for context, check out this post to save discourse on main (this is about to be a long one of fan critic analysis, get your popcorn and settle in if you wanna read, this is the longest post i've ever made), im gonna put my thoughts and response under a read more, sososo many spoilers under the cut read at your own risk

These were all in the replies and tags and I want to reply to all of them bc they're all worthy of being talked about bc i feel like the majority of the fandom is almost scared to critique?? So like let's talk about it since nobody else seems to be taking this approach from what I can tell (thank you to you anon for being on my side as well as the rest of you who are screaming with me) I will begin by saying that my original post is not critiquing ally the player, or any of the other players. i understand that they were in that dome, filming a session of dungeons and dragons, and improv acting and roleplaying for many hours on end with back to back episodes. i kind of get ally and the rest of the table maybe just wanting to "hope for the best", especially ally as they are quite a "hope for the good in others" type of person. it's frustrating from a viewer perspective sure, but i totally dont blame anyone ever for making a "wrong" or "non-optimal" choice while playing a ttrpg, they just have the misfortune of being filmed while doing so. i myself have made tons of bag fumbles while playing dnd, even when i thought everything through ten times over. so anything i have said or will say forward isn't to put any shouldering on to the people playing these silly storybook characters, like, i Get It

What i do want to critique is the fan response, which is the more worrying one!!! like i said in my original post, i was surprised by my d20 watch buddy having a similar response to ally. the total "oh, maybe she's just quirky bc of the self isolation, maybe she's autism rep" approach. my friend, love her to death, is also one of those "sees the best in others and hope everyone is always aiming to be their best selves" type of person, very similar to ally. i came online after that episode expecting everybody on the fanbase level to be screaming with me in a "i told you so!!" way

instead. i came online and saw people just on the attack and the defense in absolutely skewed ways!! out of NOWHERE, all these fans have come on to post about how "tim was patronizing her, and thats why she stole the book" "wow i would have hated being called girly and honey as well" "wow these conversations really didnt go their way why was tim so mean to her :(" or the opposite of "rapunzel is the evilest person to ever exist bc xyz these princesses are evil villains" or "we need to protect these princesses bc they just didnt know any better uwu"

i feel like, on a fan level, me and you anon (+all these lovely folks in the notes of that post) were the only ones screaming "hold on, that is literally not the same media i just watched"

i've seen before a lot of people be like "wow, media literacy is at an all time low" and i never really understood that until i saw the reactions after that episode. as a fan or viewer watching any media, we have the privilege of seeing more about the media than the people who are creating it. that's the best joy of being a viewer, we get to sit back and spot those foreshadowing moments and bite our nails in suspense when the music goes creepy and see the artwork and overall, we have the privilege of catching vibes that maybe those acting in it do not. this leads to those bonding moments of "i told you so" "wow im biting my nails and pacing" "oh they're gonna REGRET that". and, an "oh my god no no no do not hug her she wants to take your book god now she's feeling you up with her hair she's looking for the book ROLL INITIATIVE!!!!". it leads to glorious moments of ~dramatic irony~, a literary term for literally when something is happening in a story and the readers can catch it, but the protagonist probably didnt bc they're not seeing the full picture. While watching, from my perspective, yeah it was frustrating to watch the player bag fumble turn after turn, but it's a game of dnd, they film so many back to back, they don't get the same experience as us. however.

brennan did a great job at dropping the foreshadowing, to the point of not even so much subtly foreshadowing, he DIRECTLY TOLD THEM rapunzel was a liar and uses her words as knives. like someone pointed out, the players even PAID for that information, with the golden bridle. by the time they met these princesses, they probably knew the most about rapunzel's true nature over all the other princesses, that she uses her charisma to her advantage. the players made their choice to do the diplomatic route, to split up and chat. ally did the right thing for picking rapunzel with tim's 19 charisma stat, it would have been charisma against charisma, and an even playing field for someone they have been explicitly told is a master of words and deceit.

as fans, we've seen these episodes edited and put back to back. clues are lined up in a row. was it frustrating to see ally playing tim in a naïve way? sure. but tim's been pretty naïve this whole time, so you could stack it up to a character choice. what's more frustrating is seeing the responses of viewers being blindsided by the book thieving and chalking it all up to "evil vs good" and rapunzel's choice shaking them to their cores.

by this point in the story, by the time you get to that episode, rapunzel already gave enough bad vibes with the talk of her charismatic deceits and with her hair everywhere spying on them. maybe that last one wasn't explicitly stated, but it was heavily implied to the point of gerard writing the plans on a note instead of wanting them said out loud by elody, a scene that happened way before tim's. by the time we see rapunzel get to the kitchen, she is INSTANTLY catty. someone described her on the post as "eldritch regina george" and. yes. exactly. eldritch regina george. from our privileged spot as a viewer, rapunzel comes in, puts on the fake smile, puts on her fake tone, and says "what are you doing in here? :)". she was already ready to fight timothy. that first sentence was hostile. she was OFFENDED and checking on tim to make sure mother goose wasn't counter-spying. i honestly didnt think that would have to have been explicitly stated, she was in attack mode and plastered the fake smile for a show so that she had the upperhand in the conversation that was about to happen. this is something that fans should have at least caught on to right off the bat, we've been explicitly told that she is fake more than she is honest for the sake of being a "performative person"

the conversation happens, and she starts becoming more verbally hostile. "i dont know, what SHOULD we do hehe. it's ruined now :)" "no use in crying over spilt milk *pours milk with hair on the floor with a smile* oh no :)" "...or if it was on purpose :/ :)" "why dont you go get a mop :)" "i chose to be charming :)"

every sentence she replied with was carefully chosen. as viewers, we can watch brennan's face in full clarity of intimidation. we can have the knowledge that has been provided to not trust rapunzel as she is a charismatic spy who has words for knives. in my opinion, even without those clues before now, her show that she put on in the kitchen should have been enough as is to show that she is acting maliciously and with hostility. the smile is there as to not incite physical violence on tim's part bc then it would make TIM look like the bad guy if he attacked first. by the time she goes in for the hug. im sorry. but ally the player should have caught that, the whole table should have caught that, and-more importantly-the fans should have caught that. we all watched the same thing. we have all been told the same information. to purposefully ignore all of the red flags just to pull a "well tim was kind of mean and patronizing, and rapunzel doesnt have social skills from being locked in a tower, i forgive her, wow i didnt see that coming" is absolutely *batshit*

the lack of people catching on is what concerns me. i've met TONS of people growing up (sorry here, im all for women's wrongs, but mainly cis-girls tbh) who act like rapunzel does. from middle school and high school bullies/mean girls. mean girls at college. from parents or teachers or bosses. from normal adults in my life. they always have the same tone and inflections in the same places. the same faces with the wrinkled nose. the same sickly sweet smile. brennan played rapunzel, a known manipulator, perfectly. to a T. he embodied it fully. people JUST LIKE RAPUNZEL walk amongst us every day. i can guarantee you that even these fans that didnt catch it have met people like rapunzel in their own lives.

rapunzel is a character yes, but she is a character that mimics a masterclass manipulator. she IS the mean girl, the regina george. it leaked out of her every word, tone, and inflection. every single thing told about her and shown was, in no world, some "uwu the sweet bean was locked in a tower and doesnt have social skills". that was her origin, her start point. just like sleeping beauty locked in a castle, snow locked in her coffin. rapunzel directly says "i chose to be charming. :)." she had her origin of no social skills, her sad origin of being locked in isolation in her tower, and said "this is my greatest flaw, so i am going to dedicate my life to improving this skill bc it's what stopping me from achieving my goals." she trained her social skills to be good. too good. so good that she hopes nobody will catch her sweet charming self in the act of malicious intentions. this. was. directly. stated.

it worries me on a psychological level of the fans. yes it shows a lack of media literacy, something is frustrating on a fan-to-fan level. it shows a lack of ability of critical thinking. it shows a lack of ability to participate in dramatic irony, a necessary literary device to instill tension into a horror campaign. but also, and to what is probably my main point in this novel long hot take: it has real world implications. mean girls like rapunzel are a guarantee in life. i'm sorry, but it's true. maybe the person acts differently, maybe they aren't as obvious or more obvious. but these people walk amongst us. they use the same tone and same cadence to their words. these manipulators see what they want, and devise a way to convince the person into giving them what they want. rapunzel did not use the Charm Person spell, or the Friendship spell. She used. her words. like a normal human being. and by doing so, we as the fans were able to catch on and should have had a moment of "RUN GOOSE, RUN AWAY, NO DONT LET HER HUG YOU". but instead, a lot of people turn a blind eye to these manipulators in their lives. they pull a "aw but they have a tragic backstory, they're just confused and need love :/" "they cant be THAT bad..." they see a sweet little smile on the face and an upticked tone of voice, and go "well, they're playing nice, so now i have to play nice bc otherwise im the bad guy here" which!!! you do not!!

this is exactly how manipulators worm their ways in, this is what ALLOWS manipulation to work in its various forms. it's how people get trapped in abusive relationships. it's how people get scammed. on a personal end, i lived a narcissistic manipulator for a long time growing up, and it was exhausting. once you could put down the rose colored glasses and see right through the act, you notice how every inch of their mannerisms are performative. everything they say and do comes with the caveat of them wanting something from you and are trying to butter you up in the meantime. if you catch and call onto it, they IMMEDIATELY turn on you, they sneer and retreat to their next target who it will fool. the cycle continues, the next target is selected.

on a fan level, if we as fans cannot play into dramatic irony as a practice, if we cannot exit our seats of mind to catch on to those "eldritch regina george" quirks at the bud in a piece of fictional media where the puzzle has been handed on a silver platter, then there is a l o t more work to be done on 1) general media literacy 2) ANY fandom perception on media and 3) general awareness of how to spot and deal with manipulators in real life. if you can't catch on to it in a silly fictional ttrpg media, how do you expect to catch on to it in real life? how many of these same fans are trapped in manipulative relationships around them? how many more will they fall for bc of the "oh no but they have tragic backstory so it's forgiven uwu"? as fans, you cant sit there in the same breath saying that tim was condescending to rapunzel and then follow it up with not noticing what was ACTUALLY happening in real time. if you wanna say that rapunzel was ALLOWED to be a manipulator because of her origin, what other manipulators are you defending in your real life? how many of these manipulators continue their tricks BECAUSE they know naïve people exist and will fall for it? how many have been enabled in the same cycle bc it worked on one so it'll work on the next?

i wish i had a fun way to conclude this absolutely massive chunk of fandom critique gibberish, but i just dont. i wish i could find a more comprehensive way to scream about this, so take this post as me SCREAMING about this, anon my dm's are open if we wanna rant some more

[tottymatsuno]

lol wait i meant "doom scroll" as in "unable to tear my eyes away," in a good way... i was up way past the time i shoulda been reading up on takes about todomatsu i didn't even know i didn't know (very feral over the hs to adult pipeline post). and i'm also fascinated at what you notice and point out while reacting. it's just been a great time. 3yrs strong!! i'm horribly late lol!

~ belated anon

THANK YOU! I appreciate it so so much, and also I love Totty a lot! I used to write a lot of meta analysis about his depression and or trauma, esp in my "assigned unlovable at birth" tag but these days I just find it kinda funny.

Yeah all that happened to him, and hes fucked up about it, but maybe if I took a ride on his baloney pony he could calm down a little 😭

Also i know who u are....i followed ur empty blog. I care for you already! You don't gotta be known as anon, especially bc im gonna be dming u soon...you will be my friend. I promise. But yeah please enjoy, i like making silly jokes and writing about Todomatsu! I like the other brothers too, but for a while esp when I used to be really active in the fandom I got kinda defensive over him at the other ones expense bc it used to deadass just be me fighting for him in the pit.

Things have changed a lot now tho so Todomatsu has multiple fans so I don't have to bark so loud.

Also yeah!! I actually remade this blog when she was first born because I was still stuck in bed recovering, which made it really hard for me to do anything else. Now we have to share all of my plushies 😭 sometimes she calls him todomatsu instead of totty bc shes becoming a big girl now

[funnywormz]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OUUUUGHH this is 100% what i was going for and im so glad it came across! im gonna ramble for a bit bc this made me rlly happy and i want to talk abt it a bit more

a while ago i remember seeing that travis posted a gif from the del toro pinocchio movie on here, where the character "death" was talking to pinocchio, and told him that because he's immortal and can never die, then he will never really live either. iirc travis tagged the post with something about the hotel, and that parallel has really stuck with me. the staff are stuck in this endless cycle of rebirth that means that they can never really die. although they rot, because they're in the hotel, their bodies never really become part of nature again (instead they just become part of her).

in reality, on earth, when someone or something dies, it never dies in isolation. so many animals (including humans!) rely on death to survive, whether it's through eating other animals, eating plants, using wood and bone to make tools, etc., we need death so we can live.

i think that death is also important because it adds value to our lives. life is something that we have to work to hold onto, and the time we spend on earth is made special by knowing that it won't last forever.

death in the hotel is different, though, especially for the staff. for the staff, death is "temporary" and a little meaningless, and they never get to become part of anything other than the hotel herself. likewise, they never get to live either, never get to experience things for themselves or make their own decisions; their lives are lived in service to her.

in this fic i wanted to tie those things together, and have death represent a kind of freedom. a whale fall, to me, is an ultimate demonstration of the cycle of life and death. many deep sea organisms depend on whale falls and more generally the death of other marine animals in the photic zone and their subsequent descent to the seafloor, to survive long term.

that's why i picked a whale fall as a symbol of life and death here. the manager craves true life, freedom from the hotel, freedom from the endless cycle she's stuck in. likewise, she craves true death and a chance to truly become part of something else, instead of the temporary half-death the hotel provides her with. i think she also craves connection with the lobby boy, but she doesn't even fully understand those feelings herself, and being under the constant gaze of the hotel makes it impossible for her to explore those feelings. the scenario she imagines herself in, being a creature feeding on the corpse of a whale, is symbolic of all 3 of those things.

personally ive always found it a really comforting thing that we get to become part of other organisms when we die, and that our deaths bring life to other things. as i said before, it also makes the moments we have here all the more valuable. i guess this fic was an exploration of that through the eyes of the manager, someone who's stuck outside of it.

ANYWAYS sorry if this wasn't the best explanation lol and ik that analysing my own fic is probably sorta silly so i'll leave it here! im so so glad that you enjoyed my fic and that you were so kind as to write this analysis and reblog the fic for other people to see, it makes me so happy :'-)

decided to post my silly lil hotel fic (ao3 link above). despite the title, this fic is not related to the actual podcast bonus episode "the aquarium". i had basically finished the fic before the official bonus episode was announced. initially after the episode dropped i didn't rlly want to post the fic but then i decided eh what the hell. there are never enough aquariums in the world! i am cringe but i am free and i love weird fish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (also go join the patreon if you can, moss's aquarium bonus episode was so freaking good)

this fanfiction is a little love letter of mine to the podcast and to the deep ocean. it focuses on managerboy, and i wrote it with romantic intent, but it can also be read platonically.

textless cover image below

[verobatto]

Destiel Chronicles

Vol. LXXX

It was a love story from the very beginning.

Is Not Allowed (Part I)

(12x10a)

Hi my dears! And we arrived to one of our favorite Destiel episodes: 'Lily Sanders has some regrets.'

We have a lot of Destiel to discuss here, more of it you have read for sure already in this fandom, because we are late with the subtext, but I decided to divide this meta in two parts.

Married Couple and the Third Wheel

When the episode starts, we have our little moose and Dean having this peculiar dialogue...

SAM: I don't think we have the kind of mom who's gonna stay home and make us chicken soup for dinner, you know? You talk to Cass yet?

DEAN: No.

Sam jumps from mom, one of Dean's concerns, to Cas. He has to take this chance, and he's asking because we could assume, he was seeing something odd between them going on. (Poor third wheel), he noticed, as the insightful person Sam is, Dean and Cas are not talking to each other. He had noticed the awkward silence...

I want to hug that moose...

SAM: So, what, you're just gonna keep walking past each other in the kitchen, not saying a word?

DEAN: Maybe.

I love Yockey, because he's pointing here through Sam's lines how Dean and Cas behave like two lovers fighting. Is a married couple, and he's the poor kid in the middle. And I love his body language, because he is moving the chair as if it was a game in the park, while looking at his brother like "you are two kids. You are so in love and fight like two love birds." Hope in his eyes, because he's making his brother talk with him about Cas. This is a perfect parallel to season 8, the bunker again, and Dean mad at Cas again, but this time Sam is more used to it. And kind of amused.

SAM: Look, yes, Cass killed Billie, but he saved us. He saved Mom. How long are you gonna stay pissed?

DEAN: I'm not pissed that he cares about us, you know. I'm – I'm grateful. But Billie said there would be “cosmic consequences” if that deal got broken. You have any idea what that means?

SAM: No.

DEAN: Neither do I, but I'm pretty sure it ain't jellybeans and g-strings.

SAM: My point is, Cas thought he was doing the right thing.

CAS: I was doing the right thing.

Sam is always Castiel's attorney, he was that in season 8 saying 'Is Cas!", And he is now trying to make his brother to understand why Cas did it.

Sam is saying what Dean always says about Cas, but is not working this time, because they're already married hahahaa. Sorry. But is true.

And the bickering continues...

CAS: No. This is personal.

DEAN: Meaning what?

CAS: Another angel. An old friend. He called out for help.

DEAN: Oh. Good old reliable angel radio.

May I point here how jealous is Dean? Because every time Cas mentions angels or Heaven, he is there to spread his jealousy all over. Just thinking about Cas coming back to Heaven or to his old Garrison, makes Dean lose it.

CAS: He was begging for help and then he just stopped. I need to know if he's still alive.

SAM: Yeah, all right. Well... we'll come with you.

CAS: Both of you?

There comes the sassy look, I love it, Cas is so done with Dean's attitude, but he is not aware he's acting just like him. I know Sam is saying 'Kiss already!'

DEAN: Sure. Yeah, we could help. Gotta make sure you don't do anything else stupid.

Dean's favorite quote to exasperate his angel... The level of bickering is reaching the top, but there's still even more... Are you praying for Sammy?

The awkward silence in the car makes Sam wanting to die. Is the same sensation an old friend feels when an old couple is fighting, and he knows both of them. Being in the middle of that war is stressing.

We, as spectators, don't know if we should laugh or just feel sorry for Sam.

Is a very uncomfortable situation...

Thank you Yockey for writing this clearly as two men in love fighting, making it blatant to any eye watching.

Because we have the exaggerating reactions, the rolling eyes, the frowns and the sassiest quotes and looks. And the jealousy at his maximum expression. YES, DEAN AND CAS ARE IN LOVE AND THEY'RE FIGHTING.

SAM: All right. Guys, you know what? This – this silent treatment thing, it's silly. It's not gonna work. Whatever we're walking into, we should, you know, probably have an actual plan.

Sam is so done with it, he's just throwing some reason over there.

CAS: (sighs) What do you wanna know?

DEAN: Oh, he speaks.

SAM: Enough. Cass, you said when you heard Benjamin, he – he was screaming.

Okay, Sam is scolding his brother, because he had just asked them to stop, and he keeps acting like a child, so, time to stop him.

CAS: It was, um... Look, Benjamin wouldn't call for help lightly. And he wouldn't put himself in harm's way if he could help it.

DEAN: Wow, this Benjamin seems like he's pretty cool, you know. Like he wouldn't make any half-cocked, knee-jerk choices.

Well, look at this, Dean is far from stop, he is trying to annoy Castiel even more. Trying to throw a little of irony, and Cas will reply with some acid words...

Gif set credit @shirtlesssammy 👇

CAS: Yeah, you know what I like about him? Is that he's sarcastic, but he's thoughtful and appreciative, too.

DEAN: Now what is that supposed to mean?

SAM: Okay, okay, the road, road. Dude, watch the road.

This is one of my fav scenes, because he got so jealous over Castiel's words about Benjamin, that is hilarious, he even turns around to face the angel, ignoring he was the driver, and is SO SO BLATANT, AGAIN, SO CLEAR TO OUR EYES THEY'RE TWO LOVE BIRDS FIGHTING.

What is allowed

Let's jump now into a concept that will be explored this season and the following. Something that every angel has written in his brains: Sacred Oath.

Yockey will show us in this episode the two difference about what is allowed and what is not allowed to angels about their relationships with humans.

Pay attention to Castiel's words here...

CAS: Benjamin is always very careful. Long ago, he found a powerfully devout vessel in Madrid, and her faith, it... she gave him everything – her trust and her body.

This speech Cas makes about Benjamin and her female vessel, is nothing else than a profound bond, when he says 'she gave him everything--her trust her body.' He's talking about which kind of relationship is allowed for an angel to have with a human. Sharing vessel, is an intimate act of trust and submission. But the way Cas is talking about it, the sentiment he put on those words, is talking about something else there. So maybe Benjamin and this woman fell in love, and the only allowed way to share their lives together, was through sharing vessel. @emblue-sparks has a very interesting analysis about how this premise introduced by Yockey could be taken as a theory of Dean and Cas sharing vessels since season 13. You can find their thoughts here. I based my current Destiel endgame spec on this too, and in more clues I found mostly in season 15. You can find that spec here.

DEAN: Wait. So Benjamin's a woman.

CAS: Benjamin is an angel. His vessel is a woman. But it – it's – it's more than that. She's not just his vessel.

SAM: She's... She's his friend.

CAS: Yeah. Benjamin would never put her in unnecessary danger.

And we love Yockey, shows us here the genderless nature of angels, based on the vessels. When he says BENJAMIN IS AN ANGEL, he is saying he is not a woman, not a man, even when his pronoun is He/Him.

There will be another example when Yockey shows us fem vessel! Castiel.

When Cas says 'it's more than that. She's not just his vessel." Is giving us clues, again, about the kind of profound bond Benjamin and the spanish woman shared.

I have to cut the analysis here, and I will let the "not allowed" topics for the next meta.

To Conclude:

I consider Yockey as the Destiel guide writer in Dabb's team. Each episode he wrote, he made a guide with steps our ship will follow in the incoming chapters.

This time he is putting in order a couple of concepts about angels, allowed relationships with humans and forbidden relationships.

This is very important to understand Castiel's POV about his own feelings for Dean.

He wrote an old married couple bickering, and Sam represented all of us, trying to survive to uncomfortable silences and bitterness.

Hope you like this meta, see you in the next one!

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@destielle @agusvedder @spnsmile @shippsblog @robot-feels @superlock-in-the-tardis @superduckbatrebel @2musiclover2 @nickelkit @anon-non2 @cea1996

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If you want to read the previous metas from this season, here you have the links:

Vol. LXXV, LXXVI, LXXVII, LXXVIII, LXXIX

Buenos Aires, September 22th 2020 7:03 PM

[zevzevarainai]

Hey! You ever end up doing essay on the kazumaji gifs? (I'm highly interested because it's always majima o' clock where I live)

it’s always majima o’clock here too; maybe we live in the same area... but lmao i didnt write the essay on my kazumaji gifs because i didnt think anyone would want to hear it so i meant it more as a per request kind of deal. and you’re requesting. I want you to know you did this to yourself, my friend

below the read more for everyone’s well being. welcome to my first official majima analysis essay

ok so in those tags i said something like majima is softest with kiryu because it is absolutely the truth (unless you count makoto, which i love them too, but majima has moved on or at least is making an effort to. and that was pre-tacky snake skin jacket and pre-mad dog persona.) 

the prompt for the gifset was “maybe something about majima being stupid and unhinged but like, in a sweet way” and the whole point of this rambling is that kiryu is really the only one we see who causes the mad-dog persona to slip. kiryu says he can never get a read on majima but just because he is unpredictable doesn’t mean he doesn’t understand that he isn’t just batshit crazy. he trusts majima, and finds comfort in his lack of predictability, keeping kiryu’s life exciting and providing distraction from the insane amount of tragic shit that happens to kiryu. and majima has a similar experience of idolizing the yakuza lifestyle as teens/young adults only to have the yakuza drag them through hell. But this is supposed to be about Majima.

ANYWAY what GETS ME is again that mad-dog vibe slipping around kiryu. the only time we really only see it again is with Saejima when he comes back from jail. i’m gonna talk about that later too. LET’s GET TO THE GIFS i’m going in chronological order not the order i put them in

1)

Ok so as an audience, we don’t really know what happened between Kiryu and Majima between Yakuza Zero and Yakuza/Yakuza Kiwami. Yes, we get that tiny ending scene of Majima going KIRYU-CHAN for the first time and Kiryu smiling at him. But we are given nothing as to how they met or why Majima started calling him Kiryu-chan. It is left completely to the audience’s interpretation. Because then it goes straight to the first scene with Majima in Yakuza/Yakuza Kiwami after Kiryu gets out of jail. It implies that they already knew each other, and arguably that they were somewhat close -- close enough for Majima to “miss him.” (What was majima doing for those 10 years, i don’t know, but he clearly wasn’t in a great place, missing both kiryu, makoto, and saejima, we ignore y5 lore in this household or make up shit to fill in the giant gaps) You could argue that Majima missing Kiryu is just Majima being “crazy haha woah” but his character is so much deeper than that, and it’s proven in this gif’s scene. Yes he is fighting Kiryu with all his men. But if you are reading this you understand that them fighting physically all the time is a secret love language. They never intend to severely hurt each other. Fighting is how they know that they have an equal, someone else who was modeled into a weapon because of the Tojo Clan.

And yes, “He belongs to me!” is an extremely gay thing to say. He doesn’t even need to say that, though. One of his men didn’t understand that he doesn’t actually want to hurt Kiryu. The guy picked up Majima’s knife and tried to actually hurt Kiryu. Majima willingly gets stabbed so Kiryu doesn’t get hurt. That’s a handful of gay subtext right there. Majima’s first scene in y1 is about how the world is a horrible, shitty place that will chew you up and spit you out if you care. Then he goes and gets stabbed. Self-sacrificially. He cares about Kiryu, even if it hurts. 

2)

This one isn’t as deep. It stems of the same concept of them fighting each other as equals. Majima explicitly says more than once that strength is the most admirable trait, Goromi says that it only matters that a man is strong. Kiryu is the only person who presents a challenge to him. He admires him. 

3)

(As a disclaimer, I know a lot of people are uncomfortable with Goromi. I’ve also seen a lot of non-binary, gender-fluid, etc. people project on Goromi and Majima, and I feel like that can only be a good thing. Obviously they deserve more and more quality representation. I think the people who dislike Goromi are valid as well, but for the sake of this argument we are going to see Goromi as the people who project on her do and I’m going to use she/her pronouns when talking about Goromi.)

Regardless on your stance on this whole little side quest, the player has the choice to go along with Goromi which creates actually a lot of subtle connecting between the two of them. Even in just talking to her, we see the mad-dog mask slip. She talks about how much she cared about the girls at Club Shine and wonders how they’re doing. Literally says “all part of my tragic-ass backstory.” And Kiryu sympathizes with it. Says he sees through the “i hated it” bullshit and sees Majima/Goromi’s true self, which is that the cabaret job was hard for Majima because he cared about the women and didn’t like using them as a source of income and knew it would be his fault if they got hurt. 

Also, Goromi says that "When I’m with a guy, it’s all about if I’m having enough fun. That’s why he’s gotta be strong.” Sound like someone we know? Someone who we are talking about in the last gif with i-just-got-the-shit-beat-out-of-me-and-it-was-awesome bliss on his face?

Anyway, the scene in the gif is near the end of the session. Kiryu is talking about how he’s been in prison for 10 years, and Goromi says that now that he’s out he should try to relax and and a little fun. Arguably, “since you’re so lonely right now, I’m gonna give ya a hand!” is most of Majima’s role in YK1. Kiryu gets out of prison. Majima wants to fight him all the time and says it’s because he’s gone soft and needs to train. Majima Everywhere presents excitement in his life when everything else is hard and shitty and traumatizing. Yes, Majima kidnapped Haruka. But there isn’t a lot of info on that. Majima says he did it so they could fight but it very likely could have been an order from the Tojo Clan or even Nishiki. Until he develops a bond with Haruka, Majima is, in a way, all he has. Nishiki is mean now. Yumi is ???. Kazama is i don’t even remember but he certainly isn’t any emotional support. He’s lonely. Majima is the only person he has from before prison, and quite possibly the only person who understands what he is going through. 

4)

YK2, Kiryu has yeeted out of Majima’s life as Kiryu does, but he’s trying to protect haruka so I’ll let it slide. And what does Majima do now that Kiryu’s not there? Leaves the Tojo Clan. Yes it’s because he doesn’t like the 5th chairman’s style and to make up for Kawamura, but the point is he’s bored. The use of “MY Kiryu-chan” is obviously written there because “haha majima he’s crazyyy” but come on. Majima left the Tojo Clan after Kiryu stepped down as the 4th chairman. Because he was bored. Because he couldn’t trust his own men. The only person he considered an equal just wasn’t there anymore and he found it difficult to adjust. (That’s YEARNING, fellas)

So yes, HIS Kiryu-chan came home, but what is home in this context? It clearly isn’t the tojo clan, so I guess it could be Kamurocho in general. But if the clan doesn’t make it home, what does make it home? Perhaps a certain triangle shaped man??

5)

Oh boy silly Majima wants to fight Kiryu again hahaha weeeeeeeee NO listen, LISTEN, he does want to fight kiryu again, because 1) the man has been bored for a year 2) FIGHTING IS THEIR LOVE LANGUAGE 3) Majima is once again surprising Kiryu in a world where nothing surprises him anymore, where kiryu expects people to be vile and only want him for gain. Every single goddamn game it’s “Kiryu plz save the Tojo Clan plz” and Kiryu NEVER gets anything in return unless you count, i don’t know, Daigo and Haruka’s safety? But Majima doesn’t give a shit about any of that. Majima is one of the only people who consistently does things for Kiryu (even if they’re presented in an abnormal way). Majima is really the only one who makes sacrifices for Kiryu. But this fight, it kicks off YK2 of “hey, i missed you but i won’t admit it because we’re manly yakuza, please let me try to make you smile.”

6)

THE kazumaji scene. Going off of Majima being the only one to make sacrifices for Kiryu, here’s a perfect example. Majima first aids the Tojo Clan which he swore to leave literally only because Kiryu asked him to. Then, here, he get beaten within an inch of his life because he promised Kiryu he would protect Kamurocho from Ryuji. Majima does not give a shit about the Tojo Clan at this point. Yes, Majima LOVEEESSSS beating people up, but he’s fatally wounded. This is not a Majima who would die for the Tojo Clan. This is a Majima willing to die for Kiryu. After warning Kiryu about being to trusting, too.

And of course, we get the Majima collapsing on the pavement and Kiryu rushing in to CRADLE him in his arms like a damn fanfic. You’ve even got the “I did it for you” which everyone knows is basically an “I love you.” Look at Majima’s face in the gif. Bless the Kiwami 2 graphics, first of all. He’s looking at Kiryu like he wants him to be the last thing he sees, like he wants him to know that he’s going out for Kiryu, that despite the fact that he’s about to cough up blood he needs Kiryu to have the information he needs to save the clan and Kamurocho. He’s telling Kiryu all this with labored breath because he promised. Kiryu “One-Expression” Kazuma is viably worried as hell, the little nod in the gif kills me because Kiryu needs him to know he’s touched and he’s so grateful. The only reason Kiryu left him was because there was danger elsewhere and he trusts Kaoru enough to take care of him. (Side note: I love Kaoru Sayama, but I still feel like she’s good enough a character on her own and doesn’t need to be a romantic interest for Kiryu. Like it was like oh... she’s Girl so she needs to fall for the Big Strong Male Protag.... If Majima was a cis girl they would have made out in this game, maybe even y1.) 

7) Speaking of sacrifices, Yakuza 3, the game where Majima literally joined the Tojo Clan again because Kiryu wanted him to protect Daigo. That’s a huge lifestyle change, Majima.

Yes, this scene is funny because Majima is riding in a Barbie-ass truck like a 15 year old driving on a learner’s permit in a downpour (yet proves he can drive stick seconds later) and thinks he hit Kiryu while he purposely hit everyone else. Look, Majima needs this ok y3 he looks like he’s been crying since kiryu left no one No One is going to hurt Kiryu now

That truck is likely stolen, he’s driving erratically as fast as he can because Kiryu is in danger, how did he even know that Kiryu was in danger is it like some kind of 6th sense... If you didn’t already know, I would take a bullet for Majima’s voice actor; his delivery of “Kiryu-chan! Where are you?!” could have just been like haha oops kiryu did i hit you ;3 but instead it’s this raw cry of genuine panic, like did his actions get kiryu hurt, Majima could not live with himself if he was the reason Kiryu got fatally hurt

8) Ok I’ve hinted at the fact that I have beef with the Hot Mess that is yakuza 5, wasn’t huge on Y4 and Y6 was fine but it was heavily based on the events of Y5. In my head I’ve got an entire fix-it fanfic in which Majima yeets out to Okinawa with Kiryu after Y3 I could write that upon request too ANYWAY here’s another sacrificial majima...

Despite not caring for Y5, THIS SCENE is RAW. Maybe he’s not super “unhinged” in this scene but it’s just so much. Majima, who Kiryu brokedown in his taxi bc he thought he got killed (because Kiryu made him stay in the tojo clan haha we’re out here crying), chooses Kiryu over Saejima. Saejima, Majima’s oath brother, Saejima. We love Saejima, Majima loves Saejima, but 25 years is a long ass time. Majima changed. Saejima changed. For awhile he had Makoto, but then Kiryu was all Majima had for a good chunk of Saejima’s time in prison. This is the man Majima got his eye stabbed out for defending. But the BaD GuYs that arent memorable enough for me to even look up the names of are like look, we want to watch the world burn because we are Bad Guys, so either you are going to fight your brother to the death or we are going to snipe Kiryu’s daughter in the fucking head. Obviously he doesn’t know that Baba is going to betray them, so he has to pick between Saejima and Haruka. He chooses to potentially kill Saejima for Kiryu’s happiness. I’m sure if things didn’t change, Majima would have held back and let Saejima kill him. Majima would rather die than see Kiryu in pain. Majima would rather kill Saejima/let Saejima kill him than let Haruka die. If that’s not a giant declaration of unconditional love and devotion, I don’t know what else to tell you.

Anyway, thanks so much for indulging me and listening to my yakuza opinions if you made it this far you the mvp :’’’’)

[shemakesmeforget]

Back when it was the bysotid drought, I had a dream and that became a fake bysotid verse fic. After that, I decided to write 20!!! fake fics (even though I can’t write) so yeah... a huge thanks to @diedraechin for existing and for helping me with #4 and #8

1 - 20 of 537 Works in Katsuki Yuuri

1.

Title: Hot Wet Japanese Summer

Author: shouriftw

Length: 3403 (Chapters: 1/1)

Rating: Explicit

No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Katsuki Yuuri/Nakagawa Shouta

Characters: Katsuki Yuuri, Nakagawa Shouta

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Swimmer! Yuuri, Explicit Sexual Content, they fuck in the pool okay?

After a long day of practice, Yuuri decides he wants to stay in the pool for a bit longer... only if Shouta stays with him.

2.

Title: BYSOTID the show

Author: skatinginreverse

Length: 36201 (6/?)

Rating: Mature

No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Katsuki Yuuri/Viktor Nikiforov, Nakagawa Shouta/Tatsuno Shuji, Alexei Turov/Turov Riku

Characters: Katsuki Yuuri, Viktor Nikiforov, Nakagawa Shouta, Tatsuno Shuji, Alexei Turov, Turov Riku, Yakov Feltsman, Katya Babicheva, Christophe Giacometti, everyone in FS

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - TV Show, Alternate Universe - Actors, Social Media, Mutual Pining, UST, Secret Dating, Fluff, Angst, Humor, Romantic Comedy

"I can't believe they haven't kissed already, I'd kiss you there and then" also known as Yuuri's freudian slip.

Viktor is all smiles "Oh really? How? You know, for science"

Or…

The successful Teen TV show AU following the life of Yuuri Katsuki, a 14-year-old figure skater moving to Russia to train with his idol and… they’re still not dating.

All the drama and diva moments from the actors and sweet romance for the masses.

3.

Title: Not as Sweet as You

Author: bellepelle

Length: 1402 (1/1)

Rating: General Audiences

No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Katsuki Yuuri/Reader

Characters: Katsuki Yuuri, Reader

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Compliant, Getting Together, Dating, Fluff

Yuuri was stressing about the competition so you take him out for ice cream. Under the sunset light you couldn't resist and ended up confessing your heart’s most intimate desire.

Translated from Russian, original by viktorkatsuki

Part 1 of My World

4.

Title: The Magic in You

Author: livelaughskate

Length: 208021 (14/14)

Rating: Mature

No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Katsuki Yuuri/Viktor Nikiforov, Katya Babicheva/Nymphadora Tonks

Characters: Katsuki Yuuri, Viktor Nikiforov, Katya Babicheva, Nymphadora Tonks, Albus Dumbledore, Yakov Feltsman, Alexei Turov, Minerva McGonagall, and a lot more

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Harry Potter Setting, Alternate Universe - Howarts, Magic, Enemies to Lovers, Pining, Hurt/Comfort, Some Fluff, Angst, Angst with a happy ending

Viktor never liked being in someone else's shadow. And just when he thought he'd broken out of Lyosha Turov's shadow, Dumbledore tells everyone that Turov's (the pride and joy of Gryffindor post Maurauder Era) protégé was transferring from Japan to Hogwarts! A fact that Katya and her girlfriend Tonks find neverendlessly amusing. But when Turov's protégé turns out to be a fan of Viktor's, he doesn't know what to do!

5.

Title: IDOL

Author: EXCITEhime

Length: 9813 (3/?)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Katsuki Yuuri/Tatsuno Shuji

Characters: Tatsuno Shuji, Katsuki Yuuri, Viktor Nikiforov, Nakawaga Shouta, Noda Haruka, other idols, lots of OCs

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Rock Band, Guitarist Yuuri, Singer Shuji, Stalker Viktor, Fandom, Social Media, Fake Dating, Mutual Pining, Drama, Angst with a happy ending, so much drama

“Nobody is gonna hurt you… I won’t let them” Shuji said between tears.

“So... are we really doing this?” Yuuri asked, still very agitated.

“It’s the only option! the police won’t do anything about it” distressed, Shuji held Yuuri close to him.

“Okay” he whispered, holding him back.

AKA

Shuji and Yuuri have been bandmates for 3 years and when Viktor tries to kidnap Yuuri they decide that fake dating might keep him away… little did they know.

6.

Title: Dream a little dream

Author: bellepelle

Length: 1225 (1/1)

Rating: General Audiences

No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Katsuki Yuuri/Reader

Characters: Katsuki Yuuri, Reader

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Compliant, Wedding, Fluff, Humor, you’ll die of a sugar overdose

All your wildest dreams are about to come true, you were actually getting married to Yuuri Katsuki and happiness forever is waiting.

Translated from Russian, original by viktorkatsuki

Part 2 of My World

7.

Title: tango for three

Author: katsukiaddict

Length: 4051 (1/1)

Rating: Explicit

No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Katsuki Yuuri/Nakagawa Shouta/Tatsuno Shuji

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Post Canon, Explicit Sexual Content, M/M/M, Anal Sex, Masturbation, Blow jobs, Porn without Plot/Porn what Plot, Katsuki Yuuri’s famous stamina, set after high school so shut it, highly self indulgent

In their high school reunion, dancing the night away could have been amazing but what they did instead was way better.

8.

Title: All you need is love… and cats!

Author: rawmechris

Length: 4953 (1/1)

Rating: Explicit

No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Christophe Giacometti/Katsuki Yuuri

Characters: Christophe Giacometti, Katsuki Yuuri

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Fluff, Meet Cute, Getting Together, Cats, Chrischan the cat, Explicit Sexual Content

"OH? You have a rag doll cat too? Aren't they adorable? And they just love being petted.” Chris purrs and Yuuri finds his face heating even more, but he doesn't get a chance to say anything because Chris starts talking again. “There really is nothing as enjoyable as getting petted. Has anyone ever stroked you, Yuuri?”

(or… Yuuri and Chris bond over cats, Chris gets to pet Yuuri’s cat and something else wink wink).

9.

Title: Music with your body

Author: katsukidon

Length: 472 (Chapters: 1/1)

Rating: General Audiences

No Archive Warnings Apply

Characters: Katsuki Yuuri

Tags: Music, Lyrics, Song Fic, kinda, Program analysis, Drabble, Under: 500 words, who is he skating for???

An interpretation of Yuuri’s FS program

(in which the author writes lyrics for Yuuri’s FS music)

10.

Title: Pas de quatre

Author: undertheice

Length: 32152 (7/?)

Rating: Explicit

No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Katsuki Yuuri/Phichit Chulanont, Phichit Chulanont/Christophe Giacometti, Christophe Giacometti/Viktor Nikiforov, Katsuki Yuuri/Viktor Nikiforov, Mila Babicheva/Sara Crispino

Characters: Katsuki Yuuri, Phichit Chulanont, Christophe Giacometti, Viktor Nikiforov, Otabek Altin, Lee Seung Gil, Sara Crispino, Mila Babicheva

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - College, Alternate Universe - Roommates, they all live together in a frat house, Drama, Angst, Romance, Fluff, Getting Together, Mutual Pining, Slow Burn, kinda, Explicit Sexual Content, Endgame Viktuuri, Endgame Phichimetti, or maybe… endgame polyamory

Yuuri Katsuki and Phichit Chulanont are high school sweethearts that got in the same frat house, add some hot boys and trouble in paradise… Will their love survive? Is it strong enough? Things aren’t always what they seem and you’re about to find out.

11.

Title: let’s keep it coming

Author: katsudamn

Length: 9265 (1/1)

Rating: Explicit

No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Katsuki Yuuri/Phichit Chulanont, Katsuki Yuuri/Viktor Nikiforov, Christophe Giacometti/Katsuki Yuuri, Katsuki Yuuri/Lee Seung Gil, Katsuki Yuuri/Michele Crispino, Katsuki Yuuri/everyone

Characters: Katsuki Yuuri, Phichit Chulanont, Viktor Nikiforov, Christophe Giacometti, Lee Seung Gil, Michele Crispino, everyone in fs

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Olympic games, Yuuri wins the olympics and fucks everyone, Explicit Sexual Content

Still ecstatic about winning olympic gold, Yuuri sets his mind for other prizes and he is determined to get gold with each one of them.

12.

Title: je t'aime mon amour

Author: viknik1

Length: 9153 (1/1)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Christophe Giacometti/Viktor Nikiforov

Characters: Christophe Giacometti, Viktor Nikiforov, Katsuki Yuuri, Alexei Turov, Turov Riku, Yakov Feltsman, Stéphane Lambiel, Katya Babicheva, Josef Karpisek

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Wedding, Fluff, Romance, Pets

It’s summer time in Geneva, the perfect time for a wedding. Chris and Viktor are finally saying yes forever, featuring Yuuri and Stéphane as the best men and Makkachin as the ring bearer.

13.

Title: 雅

Author: nakatsuki

Length: 12158 (1/1)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Katsuki Yuuri/Nakagawa Shouta

Characters: Katsuki Yuuri, Nakagawa Shouta, Tatsuno Shuji, Noda Haruka, all the idols

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Compliant, Alternate Universe - High School, Fluff, Humor, Romance, Getting Together, Slow Burn, Secret Dating

When Shouta saw Yuuri for the first time he fell, literally he fell on slippery hallway floor. And Yuuri? he fainted because of the hot weather… or the hot boy.

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Please follow for more fun and silly romance!!

14.

Title: At last

Author: skateprincess

Length: 2053 (1/1)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Katsuki Yuuri/Takagi Keiko

Characters: Takagi Keiko, Katsuki Yuuri, Aaron Reyes, Aida Masao, other skaters at 4CC

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Compliant, 4CC, Fluff, Getting Together, Mutual Pining, Romance, this is so cute y’all

After being rinkmates and friends for a long time, Yuuri and Keiko want to take their relationship one step further, but who’s gonna make the first move?

15.

Title: Champion

Author: katsukidon

Length: 7053 (1/1)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Katsuki Yuuri/Viktor Nikiforov

Characters: Katsuki Yuuri, Viktor Nikiforov, Stéphane Lambiel, Aida Masao, Katya Babicheva, Takagi Keiko, Nobunari Oda

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Olympics, Figure Skating, Pole Dancing, Romance, they’re clearly gay for each other, highly self indulgent, I just want my boy to win everything

#shouldhaveorderedthekatsudon

or

Yuuri Katsuki goes to the Olympics, wins the gold medal and wins the boy.

16.

Title: Stammi Vicino High

Author: binktop

Length: 7123 (1/1)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Katsuki Yuuri/Viktor Nikiforov

Characters: Katsuki Yuuri, Viktor Nikiforov, Katya Babicheva, Mila Babicheva, Georgi Popovich, Yakov Feltsman, Lilia Baranovskaya, Alexei Turov, Turov Riku, Christophe Giacometti, Aaron Reyes

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - High School, no age difference, set nowhere because I can, Ice Skating, Soccer, Dogs, Anxiety, Fluff, Humor, Slow Burn, Angst, Light Angst, Rivalry, sort of, Viktor is a diva, Yuuri is precious but bites back

Yuuri transfers to Stammi Vicino High and falls in love with Viktor Nikiforov, the most popular guy. He doesn’t even dare to dream about confessing because this is Viktor’s senior year. In the meantime, Viktor is oblivious to shy Yuuri, but he is very aware of the new midfielder in the soccer team.

17.

Title: We found love in a hopeless place

Author: puripuri

Length: 37087 (5/?)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Katsuki Yuuri/Nakagawa Shouta, Christophe Giacometti/Viktor Nikiforov, Tatsuno Shuji/Noda Haruka

Characters: Katsuki Yuuri, Nakagawa Shouta, Tatsuno Shuji, Noda Haruka, Christophe Giacometti, Viktor Nikiforov, all the idols and all the skaters

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Coffee Shops & Cafés, Alternate Universe - Soulmates, Romance, Fluff, Humor, Getting Together, Slow Burn, Pet Date, look… it makes sense pls trust me

The first people that came to see if they were a match were the famous figure skaters Viktor and Chris. That was the first match Yuuri made and he was very happy. After trying the matching coffee himself, Yuuri realized he didn’t have a soulmate but at least the new barista was in the same position.

18.

Title: Skating Fam

Author: allforkatsudon

Length: 8120 (1/1)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Katsuki Yuuri & Alexei Turov, Katsuki Yuuri & Turov Riku, Alexei Turov/Turov Riku, Alexei Turov, Turov Riku

Characters: Katsuki Yuuri, Alexei Turov, Turov Riku

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Tragedy, Yuuri is an orphan, Adoption, Skate fam is actually a real fam, Light Angst, as light as it can be, Fluff, you’re gonna cry

After a tragic accident, Yuuri is left alone with no family… or that’s what he thought. He already knew the Turovs are kind people but not to this extent.

19.

Title: Shooting stars!!!

Author: knifeshoes

Length: 7053 (1/1)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: The Russian Fam, Viktor Nikiforov & Yakov Feltsman, Katya Babicheva & Yakov Feltsman, Katsuki Yuuri & Viktor Nikiforov, Katya Babicheva & Viktor Nikiforov,

Characters: Yakov Felstman, Viktor Nikiforov, Stéphane Lambiel, Katsuki Yuuri, Christophe Giacometti, Aida Masao, Katya Babicheva, Takagi Keiko, Nobunari Oda, Alexei Turov, Turov Riku

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Universe - Hockey, instead of an ice show they play a hockey game, humor, crack

It was all Yakov Feltsman’s idea, after a tiring season, he decided his skaters needed something different and well… hockey happened. And yes, they’re using the right skates and all!

20.

Title: The Three Muskeeters

Author: viknik1

Length: 22153 (5/11)

Rating: Mature

No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Christophe Giacometti/Katsuki Yuuri/Viktor Nikiforov

Characters: Christophe Giacometti, Katsuki Yuuri, Viktor Nikiforov, Alexei Turov, Turov Riku, Yakov Feltsman, Stéphane Lambiel, Katya Babicheva, Seung Gil Lee, Phichit Chulanont

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Roommates, Polyamory, M/M/M, Fluff, Humor, bad puns

After living together for many years, Yuuri, Chris and Viktor realized that what they've been looking for was right there in front of them.

*

Yuuri, Chris and Viktor decide that they work better as lovers than friends. ANGST FREE!

[tricks-up-my-sleeve]

((okay so spoilers for s8 ep 18 aka on the road to friendship under the cut w/ a bunch of spoiler tags just in case))

So uhhh this episode was everything I wanted? A lot of it’s subtle things, but, I’m ghkjlhgfd I’m not crying you are. I don’t do horse analysis or reviews or anything like that I grew tired of those types of things ages ago bc it personally gets to a point where it sucks out the fun for me but I’m just gonna make bullet points of all of my thoughts. Mainly involving Trixie and how this episode ties into my portrayal of her. Probably others too, though.

The little magic show at the beginning? Wonderful. I love these two performing together.. and together in general. Twi & Caddy even agree on how they’re such a good duo.

Speaking of which, Twi complimenting Trixie with a huge smile? HERE. FOR. IT.

Flurry Heart watching the show was adorable. Also the inclusion of Granny Smith was of course great.

“Doing a show with you is almost as much fun as counseling students at Twilight’s school.” Almost? I’m disappointed. It’s not the first time I’ll be disappointed in Glim this episode, but we’ll get there. She’s still loved.. but it gets rough.

Loved how Hoo’far called Trixie “Miss Powerful” and her reaction to it. Just cute and silly.

TRIXIE’S. LOVE. FOR. HER. WAGON. I didn’t expect this to be a big plot point in the ep or really ever brought up, but I was so thrilled because that’s always been a small part of my Trixie. She loves her wagon. It may be small and cramped (and also, it apparently has a pretty fucked up doorknob) but it has sentimental value. It means a lot to her. I loved this so much. Not once did she stop and consider trading it for something that a lot would look at and assume was superior.

Moonwalking Trixie.

Trixie bringing up how traveling gets pretty lonely a few times in this ep. Pretty much something that’s easy to guess or assume, but that’s also something my Trixie hasn’t been too shy of admitting, either.

Trixie!!! Levitating!!! Herself!!! She obviously learned that from Starlight. Although we didn’t see it much, I’m so fucking thrilled that we see that Trixie’s been improving her magic. An issue I had with To Change A Changeling (which is just a nitpick) is that they really don’t bring that up. Personally, ever since All Bottled Up, I’ve definitely been convinced that Trixie actually has strong potential for magic, given the right teacher. Glim Glam succeeds there. I could go more into detail to why I think this is but I’ll spare you.

Trixie on the couch in Starlight’s office. I don’t even have to say anything. Just perfect.

I love how Trixie painstakingly made room for the both of them in the wagon. To it’s credit, looking at it paused, it at least isn’t as small on the inside as it is the outside. It has an entire cannon in there. It seemed like she set up two beds for them? Perhaps at least one of them was makeshift? It’s hard to tell, since Star brought stuff and then she set up hammocks. It did look slightly cozier in there before the extra luggage, though. What I guess I’m getting at, is that although it’s a tight squeeze, it’s good to see that it can at least fit two ponies, although it’s not entirely ideal. 

Seeing the inside of the wagon’s been a thing I’ve wanted for ages. I could sit and look at every little thing in there and just smile for a while. Super cute.

Trixie really is sweet and considerate, you know. Seriously. Asking if Starlight is sure she doesn’t want to ride instead of walking with her, and giving her more than one chance to back out on the trip if she wants to.

THE SONG. Tell me I’m biased, I don’t care. This is my favorite horse song. I’ve waited patiently for pony Trix to sing... and it’s just.. all so fucking cute. Too much to take in.

More of Trixie’s magic shown in her shielding Starlight. Love it.

“For untold seasons yet to come, our friendship will be here!” “For nine, at least.” FUCKING. WOW. That’s clever but it also hurt my heart. Especially since my favorite friendship duo has only known each other for three of those seasons thus far, and ultimately it’ll only be four. Too soon, Glimmy.

Trixie talking about how she learned the hard way about life on the road and saving bits and all that. I like that. It shows her more mature side, and that she’s a little street smart from experience. Usually she’s kinda shown as less mature than Starlight, and this episode shows the flip side, which I really like.

I love how she’s adamant on buying hay cakes (Haycakes? They’ve used the word pancake before, though. What’s the difference?) from her preferred stand. Like.. me too, Trix. Clearly there’s a higher quality in the line that’s actually got ponies in it.

This is where Trixie and Starlight really start to argue like a married couple. Here I thought Applejack and Rainbow Dash took the prize for that. This is so domestic tho.

The first argument, at least, is short lived. I really liked that. Trixie sighs, presumably not wanting to push farther to where she hurts Starlight’s feelings. Love how she says “No, of course not.” and continues to apologize for getting snippy. She’s really improved on being.. to put it lightly, less bitchy. It’s what I love about watching her, and while To Change A Changeling was hilarious, that was my other nitpick. She had an attitude almost the entire time.. but it was funny, and I wouldn’t go as far as to call it OOC, so I wasn’t mad. The reason Trixie appeals to me so much is that she’s definitely a much nicer pony, but she’s still her. She hasn’t seemingly changed overnight from the first time we saw her, but she’s definitely made an effort. She’s quite the sweetheart when she wants to be.

I love how Trixie states that it’s taken her years to collect all of her magical items. I just think it’s neat. Also, rightfully getting offended when her stuff is called junk.

Coward Trixie returns. This is definitely me looking too deep into it but personally I’d like to think that yeah, after the Ursa event, I’d be scared of animals outside, too.

Starlight snoring and Trixie outright performing in her sleep. Lmfao. I’ve said this like fifteen times already about other things but I love it.

I relate to these tired and grumpy girls, but even I would have made sure to save some food / juice for my pal. Well.. maybe the juice was definitely out of spite. Wish I could scold her, but I would’ve done the same thing.

The grouchy magic show hurt me to watch. It was still funny though. Again, definitely arguing like a married couple. Two tired, angry friends trying to work together is just never gonna turn out right.

I love their voices in the “Practice makes perfect.” “Not today it didn’t.” exchange. So sassy. So higher pitched. Those faces, too. Lol.

Starlight throwing all of Trixie’s shit out followed by Trix yelling “You can HAVE IT ALL!” Oof. Almost like I’m watching a breakup right before my very eyes. Also the way she runs off. These poor hopeless gays.

STARLIGHT GLIMMER CONFIRMED WORST GIRLFRIEND. I’mjustkidding. Naturally I saw this coming from a mile away, but still. Wow. Ouch. I do like though how it seems to be consistent that she can be defensive of her bad decisions. Not really realizing that what she’s doing is wrong.

TRIXIE FREAKING OUT, THEN BEING BROUGHT TO TEARS BECAUSE STARLIGHT TRADED HER WAGON. This hurt me more than you could imagine, but what hurt me even more is that Starlight didn’t even flinch, and was completely insensitive about it for a while. Yikes. I already went into how much I love Trixie’s attachment to her wagon, but this killed me.

Also, pretty sure that selling or trading somebody else’s stuff is illegal, Star. Trixie shouldn’t have beef with Hoo’far. She should just be planning a lawsuit against Glimmer instead.

Am I just crazy or stupid? When Trixie tells Starlight that at least the wagon wouldn’t have traded her away, I was like, yEAH, you’re valid. Tell her. It made total sense to me. Then Starlight just responds with “That’s ridiculous.” Like?? It wasn’t to me? I sound silly now bc I get the joke, it’s an inanimate object, but what I’m trying to get at is that Trixie was pretty much trying to say that if Starlight really was her best friend she wouldn’t have done that.

I love how Trixie doesn’t accept the flattery from Hoo’far like she normally would bc she’s real pissed. To be fair, though, it’s really not his fault. I mean.. okay, a little, considering he should have known that it didn’t belong to Starlight, and that the trade needed to be given the okay by Trixie. He’s not a bad guy, though.

TRIXIE LYING IN FRONT OF THE CART FOR HOURS BC NO WAY IN HELL IS SHE LETTING THIS GUY TAKE IT. AMAZING. Give it up for his patience, too.

Starlight finds out that you win some and you lose some with the bigger caravan. Also, I love how she didn’t realize how fucked up stuff was when she was with Trixie and having a good time. Her regret sinking in seems about right. You can see her start to miss her.

“Sometimes travelling together is hard.” “But you reminded us that you can also make it fun!” Definite lesson that these two needed. Obviously Starlight was breaking before hearing that, but those big sad eyes she gets after. Regret.

“What are you two doing?” “Taking a stand! By lying down!” Lmao. Never change, Trixie.

“Best friends who share a deep bond but weren’t prepared for the emotional challenges of traveling.” Oh, definitely. Really feel like their first trip should have been a short one. Possibly with more planning ahead of time.

Best. Friendship. Chant.

“Only true friends would be willing to act so ridiculous for one another.” Aww. True.

“At a certain point, I don’t even like travelling with myself.” Line I really liked. Also Starlight saying that it’s harder than she thought.

Despite their exchange about knowing not to do it again, eh, still not wanting to completely rule out the thought of them travelling together in the future. Like I said, with more precautions taken, pretty sure they could’ve been just fine. Mainly reserving a room at an inn, since the big issue really just seemed to be them getting crabby sleeping in the wagon. Would’ve preferred it if it kinda gave that lesson and had Trixie say that they’ll know how to handle it next time, with both of them saying yeah, but let’s not make that anytime soon.

Trixie and Starlight almost killed an old man.

That’s it, if anyone even read through all of that. Can’t really say much more. This may or may not be my favorite Trixie episode. I’ll have to give it some time, but I loved almost everything about it. (No Second Prances is my current favorite I suppose, due to it also validating a lot of how I viewed Trixie at the time, and still do.)

Like I said.. it’s just really refreshing to see her take on a more mature stance than Starlight for the most part, since other episodes usually show the exact opposite. Not that Starlight is incredibly mature in her own right, but she does usually take that role when it comes to her dynamic with Trixie. I love any chance we get to see Trixie, but in episodes like To Change A Changeling, sometimes I worry that they don’t give her enough credit. She’s not a complete incompetent bitch, and to be fair, I don’t think she ever really has been. I won’t go into how I personally view her flaws, though. Guess that could be another post.

Until next time. Hopefully there is another next time. Starlight’s line in the song about nine seasons still has me all fucked up and I need help. Maybe one day I could go back and do these for past Trix episodes.

[lifeorbeth]

Farewell, Orphan Black...

I know I haven’t been as active in the fandom after season 3, that I’ve missed being able to watch season 5 live (Every. Single. Episode.), that even this post is like 24 hours late. But Orphan Black meant a lot to me - and Clone Club means a lot to me. So we’re gonna do this thing.

I began watching Orphan Black in July of 2014. I couldn’t tell you why I watched it; I didn’t know anyone else who had seen it. The name just popped into my head and the first season was on Amazon Prime, so I just decided to go for it. I watched the first season in like 3 days. I immediately bought the second season and watched that to round out the week. I didn’t know what I was getting into, what I was feeling, so I immediately watched it again. The whole thing. All 20 episodes.

And I was just... bursting with the need to share my thoughts on this crazy, wild trip of a show. So I dug out an old tumblr account that I tried to use like a traditional blog (who even does that anymore?) and searched the tag. I found so many things: commentary, memes, analysis, fanfics, edits, gifsets, etc etc etc. And I was all over it. I started following every single person who had ever posted anything in the Orphan Black tag (I’ll admit, I went a little overboard).

And I tried to take in everything. Me, a self-proclaimed novelist who spent all of middle and high school disdaining anything labeled fanfiction. I was reading every alternate moment and scene analysis and discovering what the hell AU meant. I read so much content and saw so much investment in this show that I just stumbled into for no reason, that I wanted to write. My first ever fic was this stupid “what was going through Beth’s mind when she jumped” thing. Because Beth was the one that stood out to me, even though she had about 30 seconds (if that) of screentime. And I wrote thousands upon thousands of words about Sarah, about Beth, about Helena and Rachel and Alison and Cosima and the clones we barely knew. I was bursting with ideas and inspiration and people were asking me to write things for them - things they didn’t know how to put into words, and things that I could bring to life for them.

And I met people who inspired me, people who made me laugh, and my two best friends (who, between them, got me through the loneliest and most depressing year of my life).

The show itself may have had its problematic moments, it may have done so many ridiculous and awful and tropey and fan-servicey things. But this silly little clone show has changed so many of our lives over the course of its five-year run - or, in the case of us later Clone Clubbers, whatever portion of the last five years we’ve been a part of. And while I’m glad that the show ended before it could completely warp into something unrecognizable, I’m exceedingly sad to see it go. I’m not ready to see OB content fade away into nothing. I’m not ready to fully let these characters and these stories go.

So thank you, Orphan Black; thank you, Clone Club. Thank you for four years of adventure and trying new things and minifics and liveblogging and speculating and caring so much about a TV show that I would do more than simply watch it. Thank you.