#or maybe prefer their happier and more easygoing kids to you

[eats-the-stars]

i think most parents do legit have a favorite child but what you gotta do is never let them figure it out. gotta keep em guessing. anyone w/siblings has had the "who is the favorite child" debate amongst themselves. if u didn't then it was probably too obvious to warrant debate, condolences. my dad, tho, he is a long-time pro at keeping us on our toes. middle sister is convinced youngest sister is the fave. youngest sister thinks it's me. i keep changing my vote based on new evidence. this is the correct way for a parent to go about this. if "who is the favorite child?" is a legit heated debate your kids get into frequently then you're doing it right. clear and consistent favoritism of one child is not good. spread that shit out.

[rivetwrites]

rantaro amami with fluff alphabet?

//you got it!! also for the other anon who asked as well!!

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Rantaro Amami Fluff Alphabet

A ctivities - What do they like to do with their s/o? How do they spend their free time with them?

Rantaro is a very laidback guy, so he’d prefer to spend quiet time with you in your bedroom or living room. He’d let you lay on his chest with an arm around your shoulder has he talks about the adventures. His voice is so soothing, and he doesn’t mind talking his head off with you.

B eauty - What do they admire about their s/o? What do they think is beautiful about them?

He’s such a charmer. He’ll compliment you on every single little thing. Flaw and all. He admires how kind you are. A lot of people usually see him as a rich player, but you see him way more for that, which he appreciates dearly.

C omfort - How would they help their s/o when they feel down/have a panic attack etc.?

He’s an expert on comforting you. He had to comfort his sisters a lot with breakups, homework, and more, so he’s the best to go to. He’d scoop you into his arms, carrying you to you room and onto your bed. Wrapping you in a soft blanket, he’d cuddle next to you and let you vent to him. Rantaro is an amazing listener, and even better at giving advice.

D reams - How do they picture their future with their s/o?

He pictures having a more modest life, rather than his rich, adventurous one he has now. He wants to start a family with you, have a few kids. He thrives to be a father and a husband, and you’re just perfect for him.

E qual - Are they the dominant one in the relationship, or rather passive?

Rantaro is the dominant one. He loves taking care of you and leading the relationship. He wouldn’t complain if you wanted to take the reigns for awhile, but he wants you to be comfortable with him and take everything at an easy pace.

F ight - Would they be easy to forgive their s/o? How are they fighting?

Fighting with Rantaro never lasts long. He’s very calm and collected to you, and never raises his voice. If he happens to upset you, he’ll apologize immediately, pulling you into a hug as he peppers your face in soft kisses. If you upset him, he would leave you alone for while, collecting his thoughts before going back to you to tell you how he felt. He’ll accept your apology immediately, pressing a soft kiss to your forehead.

G ratitude - How grateful are they in general? Are they aware of what their s/o is doing for them?

Rantaro loves you to death, since you treat him like a person, rather than a rich, play boy like everyone else who meets him does. He wants to spoil you, but whenever you tell him that you love him for him and not for his money, he’s putty to you. He buys you a nice necklace anyways, showing his own gratitude to you.

H onesty - Do they have secrets they hide from their s/o? Or do they share everything?

He doesn’t have many secrets, but even if he does, he tells you them. He trusts you a bunch to keep them. He doesn’t have a desire to keep some cutthroat secret from you. He’ll be the same for you, so he would keep your secrets to the grave.

I nspiration - Did their s/o change them somehow, or the other way around? Like trying out new things or helped them overcome personal problems?

You taught him that you don’t have to use money to be happy. He grew up with wealth, so it’s all he’s known. But as soon as you came along, he’s happier than he’s has been. Rantaro never used his money as often as his family did, but you loved him for him. He got a confidence boost as soon as he started dating you. You probably got a confidence boost as well, he compliments you every chance he gets, does your makeup for you, picks out your clothes whenever you need help. He just wants you to know that you’re beautiful inside and out.

J ealousy - Do they get jealous easily? How do they deal with it?

Rantaro is an easygoing guy and he trusts you, so he rarely ever gets jealous. He gets slightly possessive, however. If someone ever flirted with you in front of him, his arm will loop around your waist, pulling you a bit closer as he introduces himself as your boyfriend. If you call him out on it, he’ll act like it never happened and just he was letting everyone else know that you’re off the market.

K iss - Are they a good kisser? What was the first kiss like?

Kissing Rantaro is very laidback and the least anxiety inducing. Your first kiss with him would be after a small date, him leaning down to brush his lips against yours, a small blush on his cheeks. He gets unusually shy, complimenting the blush on your cheeks before pulling you in for another one.

L ove Confession - How would they confess to their s/o?

He would be the first to confess to you. Bringing you out on a small walk in the fall, a growing blush on his cheeks as he says his confession. He knew that people thought of him as a player, but he knew you were different. When you accept, he’d have a big smile on his face, pulling you into a warm hug.

M arriage - Do they want to get married? How do they propose? What would the marriage be like?

Absolutely. Marriage is a must for him, as he wants to settle down with the person he loves. He would propose to you after a small, romantic date night, pulling out a beautiful, expensive ring. The wedding isn’t extravagant, with his large family and friends, and your family and friends, it got pretty full. But he wanted to show everyone how much he loves you.

N icknames - What do they call their s/o?

“Doll,” “honey,” “babe/baby,” would be his usual. He rarely calls you by your actual name, but whenever he’s being serious with you, he would. He loves it when you return it as well. He gets a good chuckle from you calling him, “my pretty boy.”

O n Cloud Nine - What are they like when they are in love? Is it obvious for others? How do they express their feelings?

Rantaro is always in love with you, showering you in physical and vocal affection. He’d pull you to the couch and into his arms, pressing small kisses to your neck and jaw as he whispers how much he loves you and how much you mean to him.

P DA - Are they upfront about their relationship? Do they brag with their s/o in front of others? Or are they rather shy to kiss etc. when others are watching?

In public, he’s not afraid of affection. He always has an arm around your waist as he talks to his friends, pressing kisses to your temple. He doesn’t brag, though, he’s not much of a gloater about anything. He does talk about you a lot though, like a cute thing you did that day. You’re always on his mind.

Q uirk - Some random ability they have that’s beneficial in a relationship.

He’s amazing at listening to you. He’d pull you to his chest as you’d talk about your day, his chin resting on your shoulder. He gives the best advice as he gives you solutions to your problems, or maybe how to make a situation slightly better.

R omance - How romantic are they? What would they do to make their s/o happy? Cliché or rather creative?

He’s very cliché and romantic. He’d take you out on romantic dates, or take you outside to walk around in the evening. He doesn’t like driving, so he’d prefer to walk to your dates. Rantaro likes to get creative sometimes though, maybe taking you on a plane to a vacation as well. When he wants to go all out, he goes all out.

S upport - Are they helping their s/o achieve their goals? Do they believe in them?

Your number one supporter!! He loves hearing about your goals in life, helping you reach them the best he can. Once you do, he lives for your smile on your face, which would be his own goal.

T hrill - Do they need to try out new things to spice out your relationship? Or do they prefer a certain routine?

He’s not big on thrills, but he loves it when your relationship goes at its own pace. He rarely has a routine in his life, so he’d like for stuff to happen naturally. The biggest thrill would be him taking you to see the world.

U nderstanding - How good do they know their partner? Are they empathetic?

Rantaro is very empathetic and understanding. He knows when you’re not feeling your best and he’ll offer to help you. If you want to be left alone, he will respect you and your space, but if you need his help, he’ll do everything in his power to make you feel better.

V alue - How important is the relationship to them? What is it’s worth in comparison to other things in their life?

His family is always the most important thing in his life, which includes you. No amount of money could match up on how much you were worth to him.

W ild Card - A random Fluff Headcanon.

Whenever you feel sick, he takes the entire day taking care of you. Making you soup, making sure you get enough sleep and fluids, snuggling you so you’re warm enough. In the end, he gets sick as well, so now it’ll be your turn to take care of him!

X OXO - Are they very affectionate? Do they love to kiss and cuddle?

Rantaro is a very touchy person, so he loves cuddling and kissing you whenever he gets the chance to. He loves being the big spoon while you two sleep, it makes him feel like he’s your protector.

Y earning - How will they cope when they’re missing their partner?

He gets bored, since he doesn’t want to do anything super exciting without you. He doesn’t want you to miss it!! So he spends most of his time at home, reading or doing a puzzle. Once you return home, you don’t even have enough time to take off your jacket before he’s carrying you back to your bedroom to snuggle.

Z eal - Are they willing to go to great lengths for the relationship? If so, what kind of?

He goes beyond in your relationship. He treats you like his lifeline, trying to spoil you, but you never let him. In the end, just having him in your life will be good enough for you.

[popculturebuffet]

The Loud House Reviews: The Cow-Pie Kid and Saved by the Spell

Welcome back Loudiacs.. I .. don’t know what the fandom calls themselves. And given I dont’ know anyone personally in the fandom and the going into the tag is like living in a living nightmare.. it’s easier to keep workshopping a name till either someone tells me or I find one that sounds right. Loudites.. there we go that didn’t take long. Point is we’re back in The Loud House, In The Loud House for the first regular coverage, i.e. when I cover a show as It comes out of the season. And I was lucky enough to actually see the episode same day this time and with a promo that at least gives me images to work with, so yeah, i’m pretty pumped. And not just because I can cross this one off because SOMEBODY has a birthday tommorow.. no not me, that was last month. 

There ya go. But yeah the show’s back. I’m excited, your excited, i’m scared because nick dosen’t give a clear schedule out ahead of time so i’m left wondering when one’s going to pop up and when to get it on my schedule now I have one... it’s a good time. Seriously though Nick needs to get their scheduling in order. So i’m happy to be back, your happy to have me here, but probably not happy to have spoilers so let’s take this under the cut and we can talk about cow pies, magic, and ... how this block is weirdly almost all lincoln episodes. 

The Cow-Pie Kid:  Yeah.. this was the only bit from cow pie kid I could find. Tons of stuff to mine from for saved by the spell. Nothing for that one. Weird.  Anyways our story opens with Lynn’s baseball team, who we’ve met before.. and include friends who have played other sports with her and that guy she had a crush on for all of five minutes because the writers kinda forgot L is for Love happened for anyone but Luna and Luann. 

Okay look MOST of the love intrests introduced there were not great and while Lincoln needs one NOW, at the time he really did not as the Ronnie Anne thing had not, and still has not, been properly resolved. Still vastly prefer him with Stella and her with Sid, i’m just saying closure would be nice.  Look i’m getting off topic point is one besides Sam, who was great out of the gate and not just for being gay.. though that was a lot of it, and Benny, whose objectively a really sweet kid and damn likeable. Luaggie shippers feel free to boo me, I understand.. dosen’t change my mind or the fact Poly exists to fix that. I mean why not both I ask you.  Besides them, we had Chazz, a loveable chubby guy who Leni was into and worked at clothing store and knew his fashion stuff. and was charmed by her romantic gesture. He just seemd sweet and it was implied via background stuff they were still dating.. but he hasnt’ shown up since despite her working AT the mall and that being her main arc for the last two seasons. 

Just why? What’s wrong with the chubby fashion boy? Why? Did they decide they had too many romance arcs.. at exactly two? I get focusing on sam, because duh, and because that was awesome.. but you’ve had 2 full seasons since then and again Leni and him now work in the same location if not the same store, which in itself is a plot. I don’t ask much from you show.. well okay I do but let me clarify I don’t ask much from you that you could actually do: I know i’m never getting my a diffrent world style spinoff with lori and bobby. I know Zach is going nowhere and i’m just going to have to get over it, I will not, but I DO know you could include chaz and just won’t. So do that at least. I will put up with several more seasons of Zach if it means this adorable love story continues. It’s even easy enough to pick up this late: they are both stupid. Work with that. Gah... coach if you’d please. 

Thanks coach. Okay so one tangent later we’re back to the episode. Point is her team is loosing even though Lynn’s the captain now, and while she’s perfectly encouraging it’s not winning games. Lynn is understandably dejected in the car not helped by the sports commentor guys from the game... commenting about it on the radio...

I mean.. I get sports can have dry spots and all that but who covers a middle school basketball team on the radio that isn’t the middle school radio station. I mean I genuinely can’t decide which is more sad... a radio personality doing a children’s baseball game on his own show, or having so much trouble getting one that he’s apperaing on the middle school radio show. And I COULD say it’s just a guest spot but he’s talking like he knows what’s going on intmatiley> Did his daughter ask him to? I mean I know radio’s fallen pretty far but I dind’t think it was that much in the basement. Do a podcast at least man. 

Okay before I go on another Tangent point is Lynn feels it’s her fault as Captain.. which granted whoever the coach is should be .. but it genuinely looks like they don’t HAVE a coach. Maybe they had to sack him to pay for the newly refrubished av department? I dunno. Point is she feels bad and Lynn Sr vows to cheer her up.. before stopping for farm fresh eggs. Which.. yeah can’t blame him. He’s a cook, and Liam’s family likely has good prices. He can buy for both home and restraunt at once. I mean he has a van and only one occupant at the moment. Don’t judge him.  But this little detour DOES help Lynn’s mood. Her problem is the team lacks a decent pitcher, since Lynn herself was banned for throwing one at a heckling goat. The Lawsuit is ongoing and that made me laugh a lot. But Lynn finds Happy Gilmore style that Liam.. has a really great arm. Granted instead of actuall balls it’s with cowpies because this series really loves a shit joke, hence the title and the new nickname for liam, the cow pie kid.. but compared to some of the series toilet humor it’s a lot less in your face. But with Liam being so good Lynn can’t help but sign him to the team and Liam being a sweetie pie is happy to agree.  I have.. not hid even for a second how much I liked Liam or wanted him, and Stella, to show up outside of Lincoln episodes more often, or even get his own again. That day.. has come. Not only does LIam now have a roll entirely outside his friend group, but this episode’s about him and Lynn together.. not in that way.. yet. Someday.. Point is my boy is in the spotlight and I could not be happier.   And thankfully.. Lynn’s at her best. What I feared would be an episode about her overtraining him and making him not enjoy the game, htat old chesnut instead.. she just genuinely helps mentor him. She’s tough but fair as she helps him get his aim right as he’s used to firing Cow Pie’s, so the weight distrbution is off. So she helps train him and .. it’s really cute honestly, with her genuinely helping him and showing a softer side and later realizing she had him thinking about it too hard and just having him not think.. and going by instinct naturally works for a carefree and easygoing guy like liam. Wouldn’t be suprised if he went ultra instinct eventually.. but that’s for another episode. They also have a pig pile together.. which sounds bad but is just pigs piling on liam and lynn gladly gets on top of the pigs and god that sounds worse. next scnee. 

So Liam gets ahead and becomes the star pitcher for the zanarkand abes.. I mean the Royal Woods Kangaroos, and they just keep wining and wining and wining. Their like glomgold: all they do is win... but probably with less attempted corpse dancing. Problem is as we see during the montage Liam’s arm is slowly but surley getting cramped and while he wins hte next game.. his arm gives out from noodle arm. The good news is with rest, he can fix it, as her injury prone friend Paula, whose somehow allowed to play with crutches despite ALL the legal and moral issues that raises explains. but they don’t have days to rest it. So insane plans it is!  So Lynn goes to her sisters for herlp..specifically lisa int he hopes her mad science can either fix his pain or turn him into the hulk. Neither happens.. yet. I mean LIam is so sweet if he IS a hulk, we won’t know yet. But the green door will.. it always knows. IT ALWAYS KNOWS.  Lynn bemonas her luck.. before Lucy appears!

I JUST said last month when reviewing 11 louds a leapin that I missed the duo of her and lynn and lo and behold here we are. While we dno’t get much of the two fo them, it is still nice to see Lynn suprised by her scares and Lucy trying to use the dark arts to heal his pain.. which actually works. Lucy’s upgraded from wants to be a witch to full witch. 

So yeah her dark magic works and now Liam is fine just fine as the championship game approaches. Until naturally it isn’t. While Lucy STOPPED the pain, she didn’t make anything better, just numbed it so Liam’s arm’s pretty bad and Lisa suggests there’s a 70 perfecnt chance he’ll wreck it if he does so.. and while Lynn is naturlaly, given one of her main traits is asshole, ready to risk that.. she realizes she can’t. Rusty is on her team following her orders.. and no matter how good a W feels.. she can’t trade in someone’s health for one. Honestly bettter than most sports managers ngl. So Paula subs in and misses, loosing them the game.. but Lynn. takes it in stride, having realized she can win next year and having finally realized what being the leader REALLY means. She can work on paula’s curve, give Liam a break, and win next time... which she’ll have because time dosen’t work normally in this show’s dimension and a solid timeline is just a pipedream, so she probably has another year of being 14 to redo this and has become aware of it. I’m scared and excited for what that means.  Liam celebrates with a pig pile of two and we get a REALLY fucking cute shot of the two being happy and what not before a pig jumps on them still though.. yeah I ship it now. Liam taps into the space where I thought a black void of misery and douchebaggery was but ti turns out is in fact a heart, something few can do with Lynn and Lynn can protect him form bullies and is perfectly suited for his rough hewn farmboy styles. Point is their cut.e And so was this episode. IT was a really nice return to the series and it was again REALLY fucking great to see one of Lincoln’s firend,s and one of the GOOD ones at that, get a starring roll without him. HOpefully this keeps up and hopefully we see more of these two. 

Saved by the Spell:

RUSTY SPOKES IS TRASH (Ring) I don’t have a saved by the spell font that’ll have to do. Point is he is but before we get to Rusty being Rusty, Lincoln is doing magic tricks at the table. 

Point is he’s excited to do it at the talent show. The next day his friends discuss doing something to make them look cool to everyone. WHich.. kids. i’ll level with you. You. are. NERDS. As a massive one in both size and nerdiness myself, there’s nothing wrong with that. 2/3 of you are lovely people. You’ll be fine. But you are geeks, and should be proud of that.. not so proud you evolve into an incel or it’s adjacent form of assholes mind you, but still proud of who you are. You are never going to be that cool by trying to appeal to everyone. Just be yourslef and the cool comes naturaly. Like kool aid, which is naturally made by milking the Kool Aid man. Be you. 

But instead they decide to do a dance routine which..  let’s face it.. is probably just this spread across 6 people...

Point is maybe don’t do that. Also when Clyde does a dorky but endearing dance and says their going to shake their groove things, Rusty pipes in with “But cool”... and while sadly not as glorious as EVERYONE looking enitrely done with him like last time we saw this tool, Clyde clearly still does while the rest of hte Lincrew have no idea what the hell he’s on. I think their just.. numb to his stupidity and ego at this point.  But when Lincoln shows off his magic they all hide him, fearing that magic.. is well for younger kids and this won’t play so well. Which isn’t an invalid fear: this is middle school and from personal experince, middle school can be hell.. and also one of hte best years of my life which shows the vast gulf between the two schools I was in but was also not the point. the point is kids can be cruel and maybe don’t do this. But lincoln gonna do it anyway because he has confidence.. and frankly given there was an ENTIRE episode about being yourself instead of putting on an asshole suit of armor to avoid being hurt, which Lynn finally took off again last episode, he’s right.. but the rest of them all feel THEIR ALL GOING TO LAUGH AT YOU. and since they don’t know if he has latent psychic powers or not can’t risk him getting pigs blood dumped on him so they plan to find some way to trick him out of it.. Clyde of course gets his stomach in nots because he’s not good with schemes or lying ot his best friend, both of which this is and requires. 

Also Stella’s in the lead, as she should be. And she helps as her positive attudie makes what their doing come off as it should: KINDA douchey, but not intentionally so, they just worry about hteir freind getting pummled.. possibly by his own sister but now sh’es possibly with Liam that’s probably not as much of a worry. Or Chandler but frankly he’s going to do that no matter what.. and is probably getting his ass kicked himself by older kids who won’t toldeate his bs, so your clear. But their fears while a bit unfounded are understandable and well inteitoned if misguided, as we don’t know LIncoln’s act at this point or how well it’d go over with a mostly tweenager crowd, who can be the best as we’ve seen in recent tv.. or aboslutel monsters.. same deal. You either get Luz or you get BOscha, the inbetween is rare. 

So cue our usual setup of a bunch of attempts to do something in a row, but like I said while i’m not a fan of reptition if it’s done well enough it works and with it’s rather sizeable supporting cast , LIncoln and Friends episodes usdually do make it work. In this case it does as each of the sensational 6, lincoln and clyde asid,e try their hand at it. Liam, being the golden child, just has the most direct and obvious route: swipe his magic stuff.. and runs off without letting them talk it out but unlike Rusty in the next attempt, his plan was actually viable.. he just gets tangled up in the scarves and taps out.  Rusty is next ....and his idea is to.. show lincoln his killer dance moves to convince him normally. 

Yup pretty much that. And somehow out of the four plans, RUSTY’S is the only one that dosen’t bring up any serious moral quandries. I know i’m shocked too. He just thinks his moves will do it when no they won’t, please stop it hurts to watch and I can’t turn the fuck away. This is my job you redheaded kanker sore! Gah it thankfully ends and is unsurisingly unsuccesful. 

Also unsuprisingly, i’ve been waiting since i got that image to use it on Rusty. And as a third dollop of unsuprise I did not have to force it in any way shape or form. Point is it’s Zach’s turn as during the last two he’s been pushing really hard to use some form of brainwashing on his friend.. yes .. really. 

Thought Rusty would be the first loud house character to get that one but hey if the shoe fits. Seriously I thought rusty was the creep among them but at least you know.. altering someone’s throughts to suit your own isn’t his go to move. Being excetsivly cocky and coming on too strong is but still better to take THAT out of the Zach Morris playbook than “brainwash people into dooing whatever you say because tha’ts not creeptagious.” And unsurpsingly it does not work.. on Lincoln it woroks on Meyrl for some reason. Thankfully it dosen’t though just.. Zach needs no power epsiecally over the mind. 

So UNSUPRSINGLY, Stella has the working plnan.. and also unsuprisingly the last three just did theres by running off, running off and shouting the loudest. Again somehow Rusty is NO LONGER the most obnoxious one of the group. Zach won that title this episode. He’s still the most pathetic.. but i’m the most done with Zach who adds nothing to the dynamic or the planet or anything and I wish would just go away. Your home planet needs you. 

But yeah Stella has the winning idea: pretending to be “Yodel Boy”, a student who was humilated at a talent show last year, proving sh’es not only a decent actress (I mean it’s obvious i’ts stella in a wig, padding and lederhosen, but points for the accent being okay and hey she’s in middle school), but also the smartest of them. Only one of those is a suprise. It works and Lincoln agrees. 

So the night of the talent show they’ve caught him up to speed and prepare to celebrate, only for clyd eto open the wrong locker and reveal the yodel boy suit. WHy it was in there instead of at Stella’s house where this wouldn’t happen?

But yeah the cat’s out of the bag and lincoln leaves, depressed his friends think that little of him and lied to him. Which.. yeah completely fair. They tried talking to him, it did not work.. they shoudl’ve just left it at that. It would’ve SUCKED if he got bullied true, but it was his choice to go out there and take a risk and do what he loves. As someone whose constnatly self concious and had to fight to start writing like i’m doing now, I envy that kind of youthful confidence and thus wholly support him. 

And finally.. so do his friends. Realizing they’ve been kinda crappy, they introduce lincoln instead and work as his assitants.. and.. it works. Stella gets sawn in half, Zach gets astounded by a card trick, and Liam wears a bunny outfit which is just.. precious. Good boy. Best boy. It’s a huge hit.. and we also get to seesome of the new background kids including one with pink hair who looks kinda nb. I’m just saying one of you should take a crack at them, they seem nice. But for now our heroes are haield as heroes, and the other 5 apologize to lincon and they do their now cemented and fucking adorable group hug. Happy ending to a pretty great episode, with decent gags, a good relatable plot, and Rusty being just the right amoutn of obnoxious. Good stuff.  So that does it for this week. If you liked this review like or reblog it, check out my other work and come back later today for some duck content. and every week once the show returns. Until the next rainbow, it’s been a pleasure. 

[malvoliowithin]

What Your Favorite Shakespeare Play Says About You:

Romeo and Juliet: You’re either a hopeless romantic or you really like YA lit, or both. Or you’re in high school and just haven’t read any other plays yet.

Hamlet: You’re gay, emo, death-obsessed, or some combination of the above. OR you’re one of those really pretentious types who like to talk about Shakespeare’s ‘masterpiece’ but I don’t think there’s a lot of those on Tumblr I hope

Othello: You’re either in high school in your Edgy Phase where you think Iago is cool, or you just like the speeches.

Macbeth: You either want to be Lady Macbeth, are gay for Lady Macbeth, or think the witches are rad, which they are. 

Titus Andronicus: You like slasher movies and also laugh in the face of death, probably.

King Lear: You’ve been around too long and have Seen Some Shit. You like to go for long walks and watch sad movies that you know will make you cry. You feel a lingering sense of despair and are yet ever enchanted by the continuing beauty in a grim and thoughtless world. Or you stan Edmund

Julius Caesar: You took Latin in high school and have very strong opinions about the Republic. You will cry about long-dead Romans at the drop of a hat and you are not ashamed. 

Antony and Cleopatra: You’re gay, love war movies, or you only like it because of ‘I wish you all the joy o’ th’ worm’

Coriolanus: You’re REALLY gay and probably most of what’s up there about Julius Caesar applies to you. You have a lot of Feelings also.

Timon of Athens: You love your friends. SO much. Too much

King John: You’re a medieval history nerd in love with the time period, have a weird relationship with your family, or you just like Lady Constance a whole lot. 

Richard II: You’re gay, on a first name basis with a lot of dead monarchs, or you really enjoy David Tennant. 

Henry IV, part 1: You like buddy comedies and having a good time. You cried when Hotspur died and felt no shame in this fact. You probably also like the entire Second Tetralogy but this one is just the most exciting. 

Henry IV, part 2: You watch movies and read books for the theme rather than for entertainment value.

Henry V: You can recite at least one speech from this play from memory, if not more (and will gladly do so if asked). You might be a medieval history nerd, or maybe you just think the battles are cool. You either love Tom Hiddleston or you hate Tom Hiddleston. 

Henry VI, part 1: You like Joan of Arc. A LOT. You’re very defensive and excitable. You think banter is funnier than well-played jokes.

Henry VI, part 2: You like Game of Thrones. You have mixed feelings about Humphrey of Gloucester.

Henry VI, part 3: You will defend Henry with your LIFE but he’s not your favorite character. Your favorite is either Margaret of Anjou or Richard of Gloucester. Also, you think death is funny. 

Richard III: You’re a self-hating misanthrope, or you’re one of those people who liked Iago in high school but grown up. 

Henry VIII: You like Wolsey, probably. 

A Midsummer Night’s Dream: You think romance is hilarious and no, you’re not romantic. You actually think love is stupid. Alternatively your favorite genres are fantasy and science fiction and you have Thoughts about the line “though she be but little, she is fierce” 

The Comedy of Errors: You’re easygoing. You love a good wholesome comedy without a lot of weird dark stuff. Puns are your favorite thing. You also have a soft spot for family (especially sibling) dynamics. 

Twelfth Night: You’re gay as hell but don’t have enough angst-ridden darkness in your soul to enjoy Hamlet. You have all the love of sibling dynamics mentioned for CoE but MORE SO. And you have Opinions about the plight of Malvolio.

The Taming of the Shrew: You lowkey ship Katerina and Petruchio but don’t know why. You secretly love this play but don’t say much about it because it’s really distasteful to modern audiences. Or you spend a lot of time and energy defending it to modern audiences.

Much Ado About Nothing: You wish it would get more notice in the fandom besides the ‘Kill Claudio’ meme but also have to bite your tongue because the meme is actually pretty funny. 

 As You Like It: You’re gay and you hate the ending of this play. You have rewritten various versions of your own ending. 

The Merry Wives of Windsor: You really, really love John Falstaff. 

The Two Gentlemen of Verona: You like Romeo and Juliet. And Twelfth Night. You like both of them better than this play, you just feel like someone should stan for Two Gentlemen.

Love’s Labors Lost: MAYHEM IS YOUR LIFE. Also you like a touch of depth to your comedy. Jokes are all well and good, but it’s the ending that really brings the point home. 

All’s Well That Ends Well: I don’t actually think anyone likes this play, honestly. 

The Merchant of Venice: You like being Conflicted and want a lot of themes in your comedy, dammit! Intrigue? Attempted murder? Racism? Homosexual undertones? Moneylending? Cross-dressing? Lawyer fraud? Weird fairy-tale-esque betrothal games? You want ALL of it. 

Measure for Measure: You either love the Duke or hate the Duke. You will protect Isabella with your life. You also kind of like being Conflicted but prefer (somewhat) happier endings than the Merchant crowd.

Troilus and Cressida: You love the Iliad. You actually don’t care about the title characters as much as you care about the war. Most people have not even heard of this play and you will explain in full detail. 

Cymbeline: You like fairy tales. Actually you love fairy tales. You’re close to your family, but you have a lot of self-reliance. 

Pericles: You probably like mythology and old drama. Also you would kill a man for Marina and think she deserved better. 

The Tempest: You loved Harry Potter as a kid. You love adventure stories the best, and have a dreamer’s spirit. You have a lot of opinions about the treatment of Ariel and Caliban, and you almost certainly cried when Ariel left for the last time. 

The Winter’s Tale: The use of ‘exeunt, pursued by a bear’ as comedy lowkey rubs you wrong but you’re still slightly enthused about claiming the line for your favorite. You love nature and feel at one with it. 

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JEONG JAEWAN – THE HANGED MAN. AGENT 12.

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//: LOADING PROFILE: JEONG JAEWAN …

international age: 22 birthplace: seoul, south korea arcana: the hanged man team number: two

//: LOADING MUTATION: FEAR MANIPULATION  …

application one: phobia manifestation — The ability to cause hallucinations in a target connected to their greatest fear. It works in the same way as the fear augmentation, Jaewan just has to have a grip on the intended target for it to work, but manifesting these visions and controlling them takes a lot more concentration than just amplifying normal fear. The more scared the target is, the stronger and more powerful the hallucination is going to be, not to mention more believable as well. If someone is afraid of heights, then when Jaewan gets involved, you can bet that they will believe they are on top of the tallest skyscraper. But the hallucination only lasts so long as Jaewan concentrates on it and doesn’t get distracted by anything, the moment his mind slips onto something else then the hallucination is shattered.

application two: fear augmentation — This gives Jaewan the ability augment the fear in others, amplifying to the point where the victim could potentially ‘die of fright’, normally by increasing their heart rate so much that they get a heart attack. Or they could just end up going completely insane from the fear. A jolly good interrogation technique, not that he likes using it in the slightest, and all it takes is is physical contact between him and the intended victim. Though he has to be careful, he has to fully concentrate on what he’s doing and not be distracted, not even for a couple of seconds. It is very easy for him to amplify the fear too far and accidentally induce a heart attack and kill the target. Different people are easier scared than others and a capable of much more fear before they start freaking out, so it’s always a slipper slope of how fearful he needs to make someone before they start talking.

application three: fear empowerment — By far the least favourite of his abilities, this allows Jaewan to feed off the fear in himself and others and become stronger from it. It’s more of a passive ability, he doesn’t need to think about it or do anything for it to work, but the more fear he is around, whether that fear is directed towards him or not, the stronger he becomes. It increases his strength, his speed and reaction times to greater heights than normal. His body also becomes far more durable and able to take more physical hits if things ever come to a fight before he seriously gets hurt. But he is still very susceptible to gunfire and one bullet or a stab wound can still take him down like normal. Any sort of fear adds to what he is capable of, but raw and pure terror is always going to make him more powerful than the slight scare you might get if someone jumps out behind you.

overall strengths and weaknesses: — Most of his powers require a lot of concentration to control properly, meaning that he becomes drained very easily and can overwork himself to the point where he physically has to sit down and take a break. And he does struggle to control what he can do, it’s all too easy to induce fear in people without him realising he’s doing it. But, his powers also have their limitations and things which can negate them as well. Jaewan cannot create fear out of nothing, he has to tap into fear that is already there, meaning that if there is no fear present at all then he is rendered completely powerless and incapable of doing anything. And a downside of his Fear Empowerment is that the less fear there is the weaker he is.

But Jaewan really does thrive in a fear filled environment. Regardless of the fact he may hate himself because of it, he really does became harder to take down if there is enough terror present. He is strong when there is fear, just a normal human when there was none. Not to mention he can manipulate the fear in other people and cause them harm that way as well, though his preferred method is just scaring them enough so they run away. And his power is inconspicuous, there is no flashing lights or anything which draws attention to him. Jaewan could potentially take out a single target in the middle of a crowded space with no one even knowing that it had been him. All the doctors would be able to say was that it was natural causes – nothing but a heart attack. But though his body can be strong, his mind is not so much and is normally the first thing to break. Too much fear can also become a problem, he is incredibly susceptible to being overwhelmed with fear to the point where it induces painful migraines and if there is even more fear then he runs to risk of passing out. Not that this has ever happened, but he still worries about it constantly, which of course just adds to the problem.

//: LOADING HISTORY ..

PRE-MUTATION

i. the light

Many parents would say that their child was the best, the most perfect human being in the whole world. Jaewan’s parents really believed it.

As soon as he was born on a sunny day in central Seoul, Jaewan was instantly doted on, his parents thinking he was the most perfect thing they had ever seen in their lives. For years they had been trying to conceive a child, and finally, after trying for so long, there he was in their arms and they could never be happier. He was brought home and shown off to the whole family. Everyone loved him, all commenting on how happy he looked, how cute he was, how he was going to grow up into a fine young man, they were sure.

And Jaewan didn’t disappoint. He would never disappoint his parents. He had a pretty easy childhood, finding it very easy to make friends and he was quickly called a mood maker for the bright smile always shining on his face. It was needless to say that he was an incredibly happy boy, always trying to make people laugh and he was the first to try and pick someone up after they fell to try and make them feel better. All the teachers and parents loved him, in the classroom he was the prefect student with the perfect grades and the great attitude and even on the outside he took part in extra curricular clubs and was even named captain of the school swim team and had a good circle of friends.

You would think this would make him more enemies in the playground, the bullies who would hated him and pick on him for being a teachers pet. But Jaewan just had a way to getting people to like him. Maybe it was the easygoing attitude, the positive outlook on everything or the fact he was so ready to help. Maybe it was the way he never got into fights and was always smiling and trying his best to be so upbeat no matter the situation.

ii. the dark

The crack in his perfect and happy life came when he was thirteen. He returned from an after school swimming practice, bag slung over his shoulder and hair still slightly damp from the pool to find that his mother had perished in a car accident on the way home – hit by a drunk driver as she was crossing the road.

Jaewan was devastated, for the first time he couldn’t even find it in himself to smile in such a bad situation. He became silent, tears falling from his eyes no matter how hard he tried to stop them. His mother was like his idol, a hard working and lovable woman who looked after him, was always pushing him to be the best he could be. She was the one who told him to join the swim team, the one who was always there to sit with him and help with his homework. Without his mother it felt as though there was a huge hole in the middle of his life.

After the funeral, Jaewan and his father moved down south from Seoul to Ulsan, wanting to leave behind the horror and start anew somewhere else.

The teenager found it hard, he had left his friends behind and didn’t really feel like himself anymore. But he tried, he joined his new schools swim team and picked up his classes where he had left off, still a smile on his face. But Jaewan was putting on a facade, only smiling when there was someone around. When he was by himself the smile faltered on his face, tears brimming in his eyes no matter how hard he tried to control them. No one was any the wiser about how much pain he was in, he just refused to talk about it, refused to let anyone see how weak and broken he was. Even to his father nothing had changed. He called his son his little soldier, fighting through the pain and would always say how proud of him he was.

And the days merged into months, into years, and Jaewan grew up into the man he knew his mother wanted him to be. It was for her memory, nothing he had done was for himself. He graduated from high school at the top of his class, one of the popular kids, the most behaved, the kid who was always smiling, captain of the swim team and well liked by everyone. They were all just meaningless achievements, really, none of it mattered to Jaewan. Nothing would be able to bring his mother back.

He migrated back to Seoul for university, his high grades managing to book him a place at SNU, which he didn’t hesitate to accept the offer for. It seemed as though his life was finally settling back into place. Engulfed in his school work, Jaewan felt back home, like maybe things were going to be alright. The smile stayed on his face, this time even when he was by himself. The bright and happy kid was starting to make a return again and yeah, his mother was dead and it sucked, Jaewan decided that he wasn’t going to let it get him down anymore.

But just as things started to look up again, the stars decided to fall. Jaewan was on his way back to campus after a stop for some food when it happened, taking his time to pause and stare up at the heavens at the shower right above his head. For a moment he was blinded, but that was probably just a trick of the light. He shook it off, deciding that it was nothing important and continued on his way back to his room to get some well earned rest after his even more well deserved meal.

POST-MUTATION

iii. the unknown

The dream which followed that night was so real that when he awoke he had to check that he was still in his bed when he woke up from it in a cold sweat. There had been a forest, he’d been pulled forward towards some meteor. It had been so strange at the time, it felt as though it had been so real. He shook his head and pushed that feeling off, he must have just eaten something funny.

But that’s when stuff really started to get weird. Something was happening to him and he couldn’t explain it. Fear seemed to follow him around like a disease. A shake of the hand, clapping a friend on the back, grabbing onto someone’s arm in a fit of laughter, offering a hand to help someone up after they had fallen. Whenever Jaewan touched someone they started to feel a real fear for no apparent reason. But it only happened when he physically touched someone, and Jaewan really couldn’t even being to try and explain why that was.

At random intervals he got strange bursts of strength and speed without any reason why he should. The heavy door the labs at university suddenly became lighter and easier to push open, he broke his personal best time in the swimming pool when he wasn’t trying that hard, he found it easier to carry heavier books around in his arms at once. These strange events kept happening and he just became more and more paranoid about it and more scared. Someone was playing a joke on him, it just had to be, but deep down he was starting to panic that it was something else. And each time something weird happened he only became more and more fearful about what could happen next.

When he almost killed one of his best friends he knew something was seriously wrong him.

Jaewan had grabbed onto his friend with surprise after a car backfired near them when they had been walking to their next class. He only had his heart skip a beat in a slight panic, his friend had a full blown heart attack almost as soon as Jaehwan had grabbed his arm. His friend had to be rushed to hospital and very nearly died that day and Jaewan was devastated about it. While there was no evidence, he was sure he had done it, if he had just kept his hands to himself he was sure nothing would have happened.

Not long after he was contacted.

They called themselves the AR Collective, they said they could provide answers about what was happening to him. Jaewan had no idea how they had found out about him, how they had managed to track him down, but he didn’t hang around to ask questions about it. He was terrified that he could hurt someone again, so quickly agreed to whatever they were telling him without even taking a moment to reason with the consequences.

Jaewan has been with ARC since then, learning to try and grow his powers and control them as well as a multitude of other skills he never thought he would learn. He almost finds it ironic, the boy who was always praised for being so happy and smiley could manipulate fear and make someone scared to death. But he doesn’t complain, and while he’s scared of himself and what he is more than capable of and he seriously wishes he can go back to his old life, he knows the stakes. he knows what he’s capable of and while he has gotten better, his power is still unstable and there have been more than one or two…accidents.

It’s just a small comfort that he’s not alone.