#one of those late night thoughts

[remratatouille]

Asexual vampires must have it really difficult...

Can you imagine "look I'm sorry Vlad, I know garlic bread was your lively hood, but you're not alive anymore so put the plate down."

[aroaceleovaldez]

I was reading a post about CoTG and I realized: Rick has seemingly started to write every character pairing with the exact same dynamic, and he's not good at writing that dynamic and it doesn't make sense for 90% of the characters he writes it for.

It's that very specific dynamic of one half of the pair who is almost aggressive to the other party - "teasing" them constantly/insulting them, affectionately punching/judo flipping/maiming/etc, seemingly almost always exasperated with the other - and said other party usually just accepts this treatment or blanketly views it fondly, and may generally be framed as more incompetent than their partner and a little bit of a doormat (particularly relating to being insulted/teased/etc by their partner).

We start seeing this dynamic in HoO with Percy and Annabeth, as a sort of semi-inconsistent twist on their rivals-to-friends-to-lovers dynamic from the first series. Then the dynamic pattern develops further with Leo and Calypso. Then Magnus and Alex. Then Nico and Will, particularly in TSATS. And now in CoTG, it's Percy and Annabeth again but even more in this direction.

I know people have talked about Nico and Will's relationship over the series rapidly being shoehorned into Percabeth Two™, and it's extremely apparent in TSATS that Rick's doing it on purpose (including directly quoting Percabeth scenes but minorly tweaking them to be Solangelo). But recognizing it as an overarching trend in Rick's later books honestly reminds me a lot of how Rick started trying to apply the "Percy Formula" so-to-speak to nearly every protagonist in HoO (and then try to replicate similar character archetypes with Magnus and Apollo's narrations - moreso Magnus in being jaded and sarcastic, very much trying to be first series Percy. He only sounds unique because Rick failed at making him Percy 2. Apollo is more akin to later-series Percy characterization of being goofy and incompetent. Apollo [and Zeus] even got retconned to give Apollo a more similar backstory to Percy's). Rick seems to have decided that he thinks the audience wants this specific dynamic but 10 times over, except he's not good at writing it the first time because it's a bastardization of the time he did a different thing okay.

And Rick also seems aware of that too! Because he retconned Calypso and Leo at the end of TOA, probably because he realized how absolutely awful it was reading when they were written with that dynamic of Calypso just functionally hating Leo and constantly being aggressive towards him! The only time Rick's actually made the dynamic even semi-successful was with Magnus and Alex, because it actually fits within their characters, their dynamics with each other, and their environment. Alex beheading Magnus on the regular works out fine because there are no repercussions to that in Valhalla, Magnus will be fine, so it does genuinely come off as humorous. And Alex has been effectively established to be abrasive at times but have her genuine feelings shine through regularly, and that meshes well with Magnus' jaded-and-aloof-but-quietly-very-empathetic character. And Magnus has been established to, yes, not be great at combat, particularly compared to Alex. They are the only time that flavor of dynamic in that form was effective and cohesive.

Percabeth is no longer rivals-to-friends-to-lovers badasses on equal levels with shaky pasts who finally found some form of permanence with one another. Now it's super smart doting and affectionately aggressive girlfriend and her silly goofy 50%-of-the-time incompetent boyfriend who she judo flips/pushes off cliffs/etc - but affectionately~! Solangelo is trying to riff off of the early series "Poseidon & Athena are enemies" dynamic that Percabeth had but with Apollo & Hades being "opposites" but learning to accept each other, except it ends up with Will just coming off as a huge asshole and Nico being retconned to a complete doormat about it - when prior to that those characterizations would be completely contrary to their established characters (even just from TOA!). Calypso in HoO gets retconned from her PJO characterization to being snooty and aggressive, and Leo's false persona gets merged into his just normal personality except he just also becomes a doormat but more goofy than Nico with occasional haha-dark/depression-humor! Which Nico also got. Which was also a bastardized Percy trait that got redistributed.

It's exhausting. Rick write more than one relationship dynamic you can do it I promise

[dayurno]

robin cross and kevin day parallels actually go so crazy. they both spent their formative years in a basement underground with exy-obsessed captors. they both saw exy as freedom. they both were isolated even within the foxes’ group of outcasts. they were both under andrew’s protection. it cost kevin jean to leave the nest and it cost robin another girl’s life to escape her kidnapper. robin carried her racquet with her to self-soothe and kevin restrings the net of his when he’s anxious. they’re even bird coded

[starry-bi-sky]

realizing i have. a lot of untapped trauma potential for clone^2 danny because i just Fully Processed Four Months Late the fact that his parents were capturing and torturing ghosts in the basement before he became Phantom. and the fact that he was on house rest for 2 weeks. during that time period. and he wasn't really leaving the house. he could hear their screaming through the floorboards

*points at clone danny* i can give you suuuuuuch a bad time babe ahaha. i've got two untouched years before you meet damian what fucks you up before then

[deeply-unserious-fellow]

I know Robbie is supposed to be one of those edgy ass losers who constantly talk about how fucked up they are in the head despite having a completely normal homelife, but like... Idk man, he lives in a graveyard with parents who use glass caskets WITH BODIES INSIDE for tables, casually call him by his full legal name when they aren't even mad for some fucking reason, and are just kinda. Scary in general. I think he kinda has a right to be Like That, y'know? Obviously I'm not trying to excuse him being a douche or whatever(seriously who the fuck beefs with a 12 year old because the kid has a crush on their girlfriend?), but I think a lot of his personality makes much more sense when you look at him through the lense of "this is a 16 year old who was raised in a relatively isolated and scary part of town, with parents who do not treat serious things like death with the gravity those subjects deserve". Nobody that was raised in that kind of environment is gonna turn out well adjusted are you kidding me!?

[simcardiac-arrested]

never volunteer for anything university related man. also go listen to this

[maruniee]

i have. stumbled across the werewolf and monster lover tag on tumblr dot com.

[pm-00]

one could argue that spiderbit works so well because of the trust, the devotion, the communication etc etc, but i truly think it's due to their ability to commit to the bit together. that post that's like "my ideal partener is someone who will 'yes and' me no matter what"? yes that is about q!roier and q!cellbit and that's really what love is all about

[quibbs126]

I need more Jak and Daxter fics. Specifically surrounding Jak 3/Damas because I like him, though Jak 2 fics are also acceptable

I actually don’t know the ratio on what games fics in the fandom are most centered around, Jak 2’s probably a good portion of them, but regardless

There just needs to be a reason for more fics to happen I guess. Maybe Naughty Dog should make a remastered/remake collection of the original games like the Crash or Spyro trilogies, though then again, those two were older games with more need for graphical updates, so I don’t know how necessary a full remake would be, outside of maybe dealing with the Jak 2 difficulty issue

But I mean like, I’d be down for that. And/or a 4th game, or like, maybe some sort of reboot to make the plot and tone more cohesive? Though that would mean my desired fics would not be about the material I specifically crave, but oh well, more content regardless

[zestyzigzagoon]

I won't write this because I'm still in a rut and I have other things to catch up on, but fun AU idea: famous person x normal person AU, except the normal person lives under a rock and has no fucking clue who the famous one is

[tanzoshi]

/ Late nigh yappings feat nostalgia and old blogs

/ Been thinking about revamping my a.venturine, as in archive his blog and give him a fresh one- do u guys ever have these muses u might not actively write as of right now but are always lingering in the back of ur head? Like perhaps you aren't writing them now, or maybe even aren't writing them at all, but you are always carrying them in your heart somewhere and that's special by itself, they are like a little cherished memento of love;; when I find them on the wild (aka my own recommendations) it's like omg! of course I know him, that's me! I was there at one point, dedicated time to it, cherished it. I'm always thinking about e.spresso cookie- or the other day I found myself re-reading stuff on my wizards' blog and even though its a pretty niche game i could feel the enthusiasm/love i had for it! like it looked like I was having fun! another blog i would tot go back to would be my Matthias from i.dentity v; I absolutely adore the concepts around his story and his design, i.dv does such good characters i swear 😭!! m.atthias or my old timers n.orton and a.esop or even j.oseph that I never wrote despite being my top fav hunter, then from f.go g.il and a.rjuna, they also have their own blogs like everyone listed here, I love them both dearly, never escaping the f.go claws frfr, even this blog that for some time has been silent bc I was on other blogs (mainly my f.go one) is now like, the one I'm currently mainly active one; the t.ouken r.anbu appreciation never left back then, it has as with every other blog, always been there, just vibing.

I guess the whole point of this post is that it's comforting to know you can always return to the things you loved/love and they will be there to welcome you once again (COUGHS hope I get back to feeling that fun with drawing COUGHS the fundamentals are scaryyyy)

[aitsuheart]

My favorite dynamic are probably friends who are dating because they get to be both

The best of both worlds, a cute friendship dynamic and a cute romantic relationship

And soriku

Yeah they're that.

They are best friends, gonna say it louder for the people in the back who say "oh no a gay pairing why can't they be friends"

But they're also dating

[dawgdayze]

born to be cool forced to unironically consider jacksepticeye’s garten of banban playthrough one of my top five comfort series on youtube

[carlyy-has-fries]

"The seasons are shifting,"

I say as I stare out the window.

End of the month and the snow is falling

Do you think time feels faster with the change?

That maybe where things don't change,

Time stands still.

When you move with the change

And everyone you left behind

Have not moved an inch.

In the passenger seat,

Driving to my next destination

It's still snowing,

But I can taste the spring in the air.

Its not quite here

But the worst is over.

I turn down the radio to focus on my thoughts

Where are we even going?

[crmsnmth]

One of Those Conversations

It's 2:30 in the morning and we're sitting in your backyard having one of those conversations. You know the ones I mean The kind of conversation that only comes at 2:30 in the morning The kind of conversation people bond for life over The kind of conversation that says everything in the gaps between words

The sky is empty and UFO's fly along galaxy to galaxy, universe to universe and the fire is still going, but a mere flame compared to the absolute hell we had a few hours earlier when it wasn't just you and me and we're reminded exactly why we're best friends I mean, really best friends I loved you more than most members of my immediate family Ride or die, that's what the kids say now right? I don't know, I never was one for slang unless it's from the fifties or the nineties

The stories we share are private meant not even for our ears but we still find ourselves vomiting hidden thoughts And we're talking about the idea that maybe god is real She just gave up on us a long long time ago Latchkey kids for the lord You'll say something clever without knowing it and I'll congratulate your unrealized wit

The house behind us is quiet your dad and his girlfriend asleep and a few of our friends that didn't leave are sleeping on the thin rug on the concrete of your basement But they aren't out here where my feet are getting a little too hot from the embers and I move them so the rubber doesn't melt

We're talking about our band and what to do next and we're talking about past loves and future dreams We're talking about trauma and our psyche issues bipolar one and bipolar two, misdiagnosis and therapists just guessing We find it funny that we're on the same medication

It's 4:00 in the morning and we're still sitting in your backyard still having one of those conversations

[syrenki]

he screams at me half the night only to wake up with "noo i was never angry at you haha:3" so what, was this one of your random aggressive outburts with no direction and i just happened to stand in the way? and i don't need an apology but i paid the consequences of that so you could at least explain what happened