#other characters' sexy times are disregarded

[dark-l-angel]

i’m pretty sure you’re open to requests but idk if u write for damian, if you don’t then js disregard this.

i’m gonna ask for an older damian wayne and a stark heiress (if you don’t do marvel then js a regular company heiress) where basically their families (wayne and stark respectively) have hated each other for decades so when ever the stark heiress and damian each move in with their new families they were taught to hate each other. their literally rivals in everything, vigilantism, academics, business. but something happens (idk forced proximity or something) where they both realize their not as bad as they originally thought

please and thank you 🙏🏽

Omg babe <3 loving the idea already 😍 i had fun writing this ❤

Thx for requesting by the way.. besides i got no problem to write for our little husband or any character that comes to mind so here you go..

Cat & mouse

Adult heir!Damian wayne x rival heiress!reader "rivals to lovers"

You've been the heiress of the stark family "a big family with high reputation for it's companies " so basically your name was always representing the great management, leading personality, confidence, settingp perfect deals, alongside the mesmerizing beauty, the intelligence and the genuineness since your childhood.. a perfect person for the heir as your family used to say stuff that made your cousins always jealous of you.

The problem is that, you guys have a rival.. wayne enterprises.. the wayne family have been always a sign of bad luck.. so your family would grew it's generations up on hating them.. which was the same for the wayne family as well

Not mentioning a specific heir to the wayne enterprises.. Damian wayne

He was known to be strict, unfriendly, serious and always has an intimidating aura that surrounded him.. the type that doesn't make any move unless if he knows that he's going to benefit out of it..

You both met multiple times in your childhood in some rich families/public events like weddings/galas/charity.. etc and it's visible to anyone that there's an electric sparks whenever your eyes land on each other.

Especially since you've notice how the society love him.. you have promised yourself to beat him, to the point where he'd look up to you

And here you are in your fancy office remembering all that hard work you did in order to reach this place you're in rn

The news screams your name as for the society's favorite celebrity. The social media keep publishing you as a sign of success and hard work.

But as for your rival..

You both had an event to attend.. after years of not seeing him face to face, a whole day of being in the same place with that cocky bitch ugh what a day. sorry, you & I & everyone love him 😭

So you finally got to the event.. all nice ready, sexy beautiful and dressed up.

You noticed damian wayne there.. not the same annoying thing he was.. but a mature sexy grown man talking to other guests with a winning smile.. all dressed in a black tuxedo, smooth hair slicked back, the way his veiny hand is holding that goddamn champagne glass.. had those manly features, sharp green eyes with that charming smile of his.. and oop!

His eyes met yours.. boy catched you staring at him like you're ab to devour him with your eyes. You immediately tried to ignore him, before he lick his lips and gave you a smirk. You rolled your eyes and turned back to continue talking to the guests around..

Thats was before you get bored and tired.. 4 hrs before the event end.. "*sigh* what a day, and i thought something interesting would happen.. guess I'll go home pretending sickness or excuse myself with important meetings" you mumbled to yourself before entering the elevator while texting your bff about the event.

You noticed someone else entered behind you.. whole you still at your phone not paying any attention to your surroundings.. you were about to press the button when the other person's hand land on yours.. "going somewhere princess?" you lift your eyes from your phone to meet that someone.. yes bebe..

It was damian wayne himself. aww i can imagine the expression he'll make.. omg my heart can't take this 😩 💓💘.

The elevator was large enough for a fancy luxurious place..

But DAMIAN?! was right behind you.. almost cornering you.

You promise you were able to hear your heart beat due to the silence that had fallen between you two

Him smirking down on you, and you were flustered and blushing at the same time.. but you immediately got your composure back while he stepped away from you

The awkward silence that had fallen for minutes while the elevator was going down.. gosh it took so long his manly cologne started dominating the air. While you tried to look outside the window in order to avoid him..

"You seemed so desperate to talk to me earlier. Thought i might give you a chance now.. did you lose hope?".. he said as he was eying you from behind.. a slender tall figure.. with that dress hugging your sexy curves..

"No.. i wasn't even staring at you.. i thought that ms.*a woman was speaking to him when he catched you staring at him 😂* had some plastic surgeries.. i didn't recognize her. That's all"

"So you weren't staring at me in the first place? Didn't catch your eye? Not handsome enough to you?"

"No its not like that.. i mean you look pretty nice tonight.."

He smirked

You rolled your eyes and let a laugh out.

"Heard about your company and your success recently.. pretty smart brain you got over there.. i thought you would mess it up.. instead, you impressed me actually".

You felt a wave of relief, excitement, victory and happiness wash over your body..

"You too.. believe me when i say you are the only person out there who could give me a good challenge, it's nice having a pretty tough opponent out there.."

"Is that so?"

"Yeah actually, I prefer an opponent that doesn't give up easily.. i love challenging myself, testing my limits to see how far i could go.." you smirked

He smiled for a moment taking in your pretty angelic features before saying "you know something.. it was nice talking to you actually.. i could enjoy a chat or two with you"

"Yea.. i could use that as well.. you seems like a fun guy after all"

"You wanna go somewhere instead? It's pretty boring in here.."

"Call it a date?" You said jokingly before laughing

"Why not?" He said with a charming smile "don't a pretty lady like you deserves a little fun?"

This is how i see adult!Damian, idk how you guys think of him.. but rn as his age in the comics, he seems like a kitten to me. he's adorable help 😭 💕

If you want more of this just request.. my inbox is open ❤

[the-music-maniac]

Why is the daddy dom characterization so common with pre-nibelheim Sephiroth in fanfics. Does that look like a man who knows how to fuck, to you?

If someone does anything sexy in front of him, he would give them the Seph equivalent of a frog blink. That man is tired.

Lol jokes aside, I suspect for someone who has had his bodily autonomy dictated by lab techs and Hojo for the entirety of his life, he wouldn't be raring to have one night stands with complete strangers in his free time. Sure you could argue that sexual intercourse would be a way to regain a little control of autonomy, but I don't think it's likely when it would be with strangers that - not only never sees Sephiroth as anything but the famed legend (an image he doesn't like btw) which is likely accompanied by unwanted expectations of what he's like in bed, but complete strangers that could've also been sent to like. Assassinate the most important asset that Shinra has?

My point being that I don't think Sephiroth really had any safe space to explore what he likes for something like sex - and since it isn't necessary for his duty as a soldier, and may even count as unwanted distraction and vulnerability - Sephiroth likely discarded any interest in it entirely. That is, if he had any interest at all in the first place. You could also assume he could explore it with people he IS close with (ex. Angeal, Genesis etc.) but in those scenarios he wouldn't exactly know off the bat what he likes, or be self assured in any sense.

Trigger Warning (implication of SA/dubious consent): Of course you could also explore the darker side of this, which is that Sephiroth has experience because he didn't have a say in it, bc the company used him/trained him as an asset in this aspect as well. Which is an entirely different discussion to be had, so I won't go into it any further here.

And I think despite the suggestive shit that post-nibelheim Seph says to Cloud, his mind is not on anything sexual in actuality. He's likely aware of the effect flirtation and innuendo can have on people - disgust or interest or whatever would distract an opponent. Or he's just entirely unaware of - or does not care how else his words can be taken. He's a drama queen, but his goals have been pretty clear post insanity, and they have nothing to do with something as mundane as sex. So his demeanour after Jenova isn't that applicable (also we know that square Enix was like heehee we figured you would like this dialogue, so there is also that).

Basically, while I understand Sephiroth is a cool character for exploring fantasies (valid, go ham) - in terms of if you're trying to be accurate to canon characterizations, fics where he's written as a suave dom/top gets a bit of a question mark from me??

I feel like what makes more sense for ships involving pre-nibelheim Seph (including those sefikura time travel fixits that I'm mildly obsessed with) would be uncertainty. Here is finally someone who he actually feels safe to explore this aspect with, and it's natural for exploration to involve stumbles. And I don't think Seph would rule out submission or bottoming as an option in regards to himself either. Or switching/versatility. As someone trained to be objective or logical when tackling anything really - he would probably go about it methodically. So why not try it all to gather data?

What his and his partners' eventual preferences are gonna be is author's choice of course lmao

Also a disclaimer before I end it here - this post is purely because I find discussion on this interesting. If you disagree, or just wanna write what you wanna see, definitely do that and disregard what I've said. Fanfic is supposed to be self indulgent, so who gives a shit what other people think.

[physalian]

How to Make Clean Romance Entertaining

@bananasugarwarrior ask and you shall receive

As an ace/arospec, I approach writing romance very differently than many authors and this is kind of my wish-fulfillment list more than anything.

Biggest detractor of implying anything in scenes you didn’t write: You don’t have those scenes to explore character development. I touched on this in What No One Tells You About Writing #6 and the problem I ran into a few times when writing ENNS and other works is that if you fade to black, you can’t continue important conversation or an exploration of boundaries, or fluffy new emotions, if they’d otherwise be in those missing scenes. Sex scenes are, unfortunately, prime real estate for some rich character development.

So you have to work all that rich character development around it. It’s up to you where you want to draw the line of “use your imagination” but everything up to the missing smut, and after, remains more prime real estate. You have loads of other options to explore clean intimacy and some I borrowed from this list that I reblogged about ways to show non-sexual intimacy between characters.

There’s more to a relationship to explore between your characters than just how good each other is in the bedroom. Here’s a few suggestions:

Tragic Backstory stuff and emotional boundaries

One teaching the other a niche or important skill to succeed/survive

A common physical threat, like monetary problems, job insecurity, sickness, or an actual challenge/quest/adventure/mission

A common emotional threat, like a lack of communication, or exercising an anxiety or phobia, or issues over speaking their minds

A common goal: Marriage, children, a new car or home, competing for joint acceptance into a team/group/club/prize competition

There’s also plenty for your love interests to think about their significant others aside from how sexy they are and how badly they want to get in their pants.

Introvert A can love how much B is an extrovert, or vice versa

A loves that B is good with animals, or children, the elderly, etc

A can love B’s skill and passion for their hobbies or a movement they believe in, or their stances on morality and the actions they take to back it up

A can love B’s skill as a teacher, their patience, kindness, and understanding

A can love B’s relationships with their friends and family, their maturity (or lack thereof), their work ethic

A can love B’s quirks and tics, like how they organize things or if they sing in the shower or how they dance when they’re listening to headphones

Point being:

And take this with a grain of biased salt because I’m ace and think sex is superfluous anyway: If you can’t write your characters in love with each other without sex, I won’t believe they’re in love with sex. Fiction, for me, that takes the narrative shortcut of “these two are the main couple of course they’re going to get together, I don’t have to do any work on writing why they’re in love you just came here for sex” annoy me, and quite a lot of other people, too, if the amount of gay ships that ignore the canon hetero couple are anything to go by.

The arc of their relationship doesn’t have to culminate in sex. Their arc should be specific to what these two characters want to achieve out of a romantic relationship. For a lot of people, that’s sex, but for others, maybe it’s just someone to cuddle on the couch with and watch movies, or someone they can finally trust and let in and be emotionally vulnerable with. Someone they can explore the town with, or travel, or take to dinner. Someone who doesn’t belittle them or laugh at them or disregard their interests.

Substitute relationship climaxes other than sex:

A finally trusts B with a secret they’ve been hiding for fear of ridicule, and B accepts them wholeheartedly (not Liar Revealed)

A and B finally perfect some routine they’ve been slaving over for months (like a dance or if they’re combat partners, a difficult maneuver)

A has been in love, but in doubt, and finally understands that B is The One when B is the only one to show up for A’s big speech/recital/presentation/gallery that no one else cares about

A has never let themselves be in love and it’s something wholly unspectacular that completely bowls them over with an epiphany

A is touch-averse and their biggest leap into physical intimacy is a huge hug, and B can’t be prouder of them

A and B narrowly survive some dangerous situation and have a serious realignment of priorities and newfound mad respect for each other

Actually, circling back to the whole “gay ships that ignore the canon hetero couple” thing:

This has been said before but if you’re looking for how to write a romantic relationship without sex, look no further than the male leads of many mainstream pieces of pop culture. Here, the presumption of romance isn’t built in, thus the writer has to actually put in effort to make these two characters like and respect each other, and give them things to talk about that isn’t just flirting. That’s what makes them feel more believable than the main man’s relationship with the cardboard lady lead.

[sofia-is-a-sturniolo-triplet-fan]

New York City

Ex!BSF/BF!Matt x Reader

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You had been in LA for a while now. Posting about your life as an uprising social media influencer. Collaborating with other famous people. Hosting small get-togethers at your new apartment.

Your boyfriend, Matthew Sturniolo, had his own social media life. A joint YouTube channel with his triplet brothers Nick and Chris had gotten quite the popularity over the years.

The four of you were all from Boston. Having become new sensations at the same time as well as growing up together made all of you four come to the decision to move to California – a place where you had more opportunities, more freedom, and more light to shine your creativity and share it with the world – to live out your dreams of being in the spotlight.

Life was going fairly well. Until it wasn't. There were fans of yours as well as the triplets that were extremely supportive of it all. Your lifestyles, your personalities, and even your relationships and friendships. Yet there were those certain people, ones who claimed to be 'the biggest supporters and fans' who got to you.

Their mean comments and words affecting you more than you'd like to admit. You were stressed to say the least. Your friendships with people and your relationship with Matt being evidence of that. You needed a break.

You were at the Sturniolo Triplet's house, the five-minute drive to their place from your apartment coming in handy. You were lounged on their couch between Matt's legs. His hands on your shoulders massaging your tense muscles. You tried to relax; really, you did. But the weight of it all, everything, was too much. Your sighs of frustration and annoyance filled the air of their living room every so often.

Nick and Chris, who were on the other end of the couch, glanced in your direction with concern every time you let out a noise. Matt's hands had stilled, and instead, fell down to your waist, wrapping his arms around you and resting his chin on your shoulder. He kissed your cheek softly, his sky-blue eyes seemingly dull as he stared at you.

"You okay, babe?" He'd asked, his voice tinged with hesitation. You had let out yet another sigh, shaking your head slightly. You leaned into his touch, the back of your head resting against his chest as you frowned. "Maybe you just need a break. Like a getaway. You and I, baby. Somewhere nice."

Chris immediately butted into the conversation, agreeing with his brother. "I agree. You two need to go someplace. Just the two of you. Maybe for a few days or something." He let out a yelp when he received a smack to the back of his head from Nick, the oldest triplet. "This isn't your conversation, dumbass!"

You let out a small laugh at the two of them, leaning more and more into Matt's soothing touch. "Maybe it could be a romantic getaway. A location known for love. Like New York City," you had suggested. Even though he had just been scolded, Chris nodded his head in agreement. Nick even seemed pleased with your answer despite his claim of it not being his business.

Matt's hold on your body tightened, his head nuzzling into your neck while leaving soft kisses along your skin. He muttered against you, "Sounds good to me, honey.”

So there you were, hand in hand with the love of your life, strolling through Central Park as you laughed about something random. The two of you were about to go back to your hotel, but Matt had stopped you. He removed his hand from your grasp, instead pulling you closer by your waist. His arms wrapping around you to hold you tightly. Your arms wrapped around his shoulders, running your fingers through the back of his brown hair.

He kissed your forehead, his lips lingering there for a moment before pulling away. He brought one of his hands from your hips to your face, tilting your chin up to meet his gaze. He leaned down slightly, connecting your lips in a soft, sensual kiss. You quickly reciprocated it, feeling all of your emotions pouring from you. Matt pulled away, resting his forehead against yours while smiling brightly.

"Already feelin' better, sweetheart?" He whispered, his hand on your chin, moving to cup your cheek lightly with his thumb brushing against your skin. You simply nodded, closing your eyes and allowing yourself to relax and let go of all your pent-up emotions.

Back at the hotel, you slipped off your shoes, changing into a silk pajama set. Matt was right behind you, slipping out of all of his clothes save for his boxers. The two of you climbed into the hotel room's bed, snuggling underneath the covers with content smiles. Your legs tangled with his, resting your head on his chest while his hands comfortingly ran over your back.

The two of you were happy, relaxed, and ready to fall asleep in each other's arms. You felt something poking your thigh, the unmistakable and familiar hardness pressing against your skin. Your head lifted up to look at Matt, who was already staring at you. The want and need in his eyes caused your body to heat up. Specifically your lower half that was warm and slick with arousal.

Matt's gaze darkened with desire as he reached out, his fingers brushing gently along your thigh, igniting a spark of electricity that surged through your body. He leaned in closer, his breath warm against your skin as he whispered, "Are you sure you want this? We can just cuddle if you're not feeling up to it."

You bit your lip, feeling a rush of anticipation. "I want this, Matt. I really do," you replied softly, your voice barely above a whisper. His eyes sparkled with affection and hunger as he nodded, leaning in to capture your lips in a heated kiss, his hands roaming over your sides and pulling you closer. As the kiss deepened, the air around you thickened with longing.

Matt's hands slid beneath your silk top, exploring the soft curves of your body, leaving trails of warmth in their wake. You sighed into his mouth, feeling completely swept away by the moment. His fingers deftly worked to take off your pajamas, underwear, and bra, revealing your bare skin to his touch.

He quickly undressed himself, laying down beside you naked and hard. He grabbed onto your hips, pulling you onto his thighs as your hands braced themselves against his shoulders. “I wanna taste you pretty, girl.” Matt whispered, his hold on your hips tightening when he felt you drop onto his skin.

“I want you to feel good too, Matt.” You countered, your eyes pleading with him silently. “We can both make each other feel good, at the same time,” he offered with a grin. You process his words, a smile slowly forming in your lips.

You shifted yourself, and with a firm grip on your hips, he pulled you around until you were straddling his shoulders. Your hands clutched his thighs, lowering your head to his cock. Right as you were about to take him in, you let out a gasp, feeling his tongue part your folds.

“Matt,” you whispered, your breath fanning against his hard-on. He simply hummed into you, his tongue moving along your slit with a practiced motion. You shakily moved your head down to take him in, bobbing your head in attempt to match the rhythm of Matt's assault to your core.

As you both find your rhythm, Matt's hands roam up your thighs to your stomach, his fingers splaying out possessively. He can feel you tensing as you try to coordinate the movements of your head and your hips.

"Fuck, you're doing so good baby," he breathes against your wetness, his cock twitching in your mouth at the vibrations of your moan. His tongue finds your clit, circling it with expert precision while one hand moves up to gently squeeze your breast.

You shudder pleasurably as Matt's tongue lavishes attention on your most sensitive spots. His fingers teasingly pinch and roll your nipple, sending jolts of electricity straight to your core. Meanwhile, you take him deeper into your mouth, your lips stretching around his impressive girth.

As you continue to bob your head and suck him off, Matt's free hand reaches up to grab your other breast, kneading it roughly as he plays with your nipples. He buries his face between your legs, his tongue thrusting inside you as he eats out your pussy like a starved man.

Matt suddenly pulls his mouth from your pussy, leaving you whimpering at the loss. "Fuck, baby– I need inside you. Properly. Not just your sweet mouth," he says, his voice husky with desire. "Get up here and let me fuck ya right.”

You lift yourself off Matt shakily, your legs weak from the pleasure he's given you with his tongue. You sit beside him at the top of the bed, mind and body still reeling from the activities that you both just took part in and what's to come.

After shakily lifting yourself up, limbs trembling from Matt's skilled oral attentions, you both settle beside each other atop the bed. The air crackles with remaining adrenaline and anticipatory desire. Matt's erect cock juts proudly between them, slick and ready.

"Come 'ere, gorgeous," Matt murmurs, gently pulling you down until you're lying beneath him. He positions himself between your soft, inviting thighs, his large hands caressing your hips. His eyes, filled with warmth and affection, meet yours as he guides the blunt head of his cock to your entrance.

"You're so fucking beautiful," he whispers, slowly pushing forward until he sinks into your warmth. You gasp softly, your nails lightly dragging down his back as he fills you completely. He begins to move, setting a gentle pace, his hips rolling against yours with a sweet, intimate rhythm.

Matt's slow, deliberate thrusts stir pleasure deep inside you, his eyes locked with yours. One hand tangles in your hair while the other supports his weight, preventing himself from crushing you. Each stroke is tender, meaningful — he's making love to you, not just fucking.

The stress and worries of the day melt away instantly as Matt's loving body envelops you. Each tender thrust inside your warmth pushes away any lingering negative thoughts. You sink deeper into the mattress, utterly relaxed, as he loves you thoroughly with gentle, affectionate movements.

You wrap your legs around his waist, pulling him even closer, savoring the intimate connection. Matt leans down, pressing soft kisses to your neck and collarbone, his love and affection pouring into each one. His pace quickens slightly, the head of his cock hitting that sweet spot deep inside you with every thrust.

“Wanna fill you up with my come baby. Gonna let me?” Matt husks against the skin of your neck, his movements never faltering. “Yes, fuck– yes please,” you whine, as your head tilts back further into the pillows.

His hands move to grip the backs of your thighs, pulling you closer to him while he buries himself to the hilt. His warm, thick ropes of come shooting inside you, painting your walls white. Matt nuzzles his face into your shoulder, groaning as you both ride out your highs.

Matt's motions slow as he empties himself completely inside you. With a tender murmur, he gently pulls out, the both of you wincing slightly at the sensitivity. Immediately, he rolls to your side, gathering you into his strong embrace. "You okay, my love?" he asks softly, searching your face with caring eyes.

You nod, a small, satisfied smile on your lips as you snuggle into his chest. Matt softly moves some hair from your forehead, his thumb gently caressing your cheek. He knows the importance of aftercare, you both do.

“Thank you, Matt. I need that. Needed this. To just get away,” you whisper sleepily into him. “You're welcome. I know how much you did, sweet girl. I've got you,” Matt replies, the hand not on your face moving to rub your back soothingly.

“I love you,” your arms hold onto him tightly, not wanting to ever leave this moment. “I love you so much more, angel. More than you'll ever know. You're it f'me. Only person I'll ever need.”

[spockandstars]

I think that a lot of people take issue with the way the Spock/Chapel/T'Pring love triangle is presented in Strange New Worlds, but that sometimes this is dismissed as fans just being bitter spirk shippers. So here are a few reasons why I believe people are iffy on this plotline. (Disregarding the fact that we're disappointed that the showrunners didn't, and most likely won't, take the chance to do something really cool with Spock's legacy as a queer coded character...)

Firstly, it takes time away from other characters to address an element of Spock's story that has already been explored beautifully. (I will get into how this treats Chapel and T'Pring later...) Spock's struggle with his humanity and his anguish over the depth of his feelings for others (particularly Jim) is a focus in TOS and the movies, and if you're going to keep on talking about it, at least do it in a more creative way? This isn't to say that it shouldn't be acknowledged at all, seeing that it is a lifelong struggle for him, but by making it such a focus of the series they're not giving other interesting characters as much of a chance to develop.

Additionally, it has traditionally been understood that Spock coped with his inner turmoil by repressing his feelings. Over the course of his lifetime, he learns to embrace his human side more to become a more balanced and healthy person. SNW takes the approach of "young Spock was more human and horny!" which isn't necessarily bad, but they better be giving us an explanation for how he transforms so dramatically to the extremely repressed character he is in TOS. Maybe this is reaching too far, but this whole approach of young Spock just feels like an excuse to get hot ladies into his bed and to fulfill the fantasies of nerdy men who project onto him. This is the same Spock who scoffed at the idea of going to see dancers at a bar, who was immune to the charms of the sexy ladies in Mudd's Women, who only entertained women when drugged or when he needed to do so for a mission...

Furthermore, I believe it's a disservice to Chapel. On one hand, it does make her love for Spock seem more grounded in reality, which I appreciate. In TOS, it's pretty clear that Spock doesn't share her feelings and her crush is only really ever used as a means of ridiculing her. There goes silly Chapel again, trying to win over her unrequited love! It's not cool. But on the same token, making Spock the focus of her character yet again only further reduces her to nothing but that. Why can't we let the girl breathe and do other stuff? Sure, she does get some of the AOS Uhura treatment where she gets to be a generic cool badass lady, but this is in a way that is lacking in any real depth. Chapel deserves better.

I also don't love the way it treats T'Pring. Was it really necessary for her to be Spock's eye candy wife that he gets to bang and cheat on? In Amok Time, it's heavily implied that this was an arranged thing and that they hadn't seen each other since they were seven. If they really felt the need to include this relationship, it would have been so much cooler if they had explored it from that angle, with neither of them truly wanting to be together but being forced into it by societal expectation. Which of course, results in T'Pring using her intelligence to gain her freedom in Amok Time.

So yeah. Those are my main gripes with this whole thing. Overall, I think it's lazy writing that allows the writers to benefit from the nostalgia of legacy characters without developing them in actually meaningful or revolutionary ways.

[franollie]

feeding your haterisms, what ships dyou hate??

only doing ships i actively have filtered out:

1. DICKBABS: nothing will fill me with more rage than seeing babs with two functional legs long hair and a batgirl suit being a sexy lamp for a batboy. a batboy that she was never that interested in for that matter. ALSO, dickbabs only became a thing to invalidate dickkory and more specifically the importance of kory in dick’s life. on an even broader level, it disregards the importance of the role that the titans played in dicks life in favor of pretending that the “batfam” is more important to him. and because of that its a very “tell dont show” ship where all of a sudden they’re inseparable and the worlds cutest sweetest couple because theyre soulmates, but we never really get to see them fall in love so everything just falls flat. the ship doesn’t benefit either one of them and honestly if im in a bad enough mood it can turn me off an entire series

2. timber: i tried. i wanted to like it. its cute i guess it just feels so…fake??? idk it reads like a pr stunt and i hate the tim drake that’s dating bernard because it doesn’t feel like the tim drake i know and love so i just associate it with modern tim…all around just a big squick for me. also ive had some bad interactions with timber stans who were really rude to people who ship tim with other characters notably tam and steph

3. harlivy: ikik this one’s gonna get me. listen, i used to ship them BIG time, and to a certain extent i still do but modern harlivy is NOT the harlivy i fell in love with. unfortunately dc has watered them down and polished them to make them marketable. a fate worse than death…they’ve been defanged. i mean harley’s just a manic pixie dream girl with no real motivations for fucks sake. that being said, im more of an ivycat enjoyer because i think thematically they make more sense and can relate to each other in more significant ways than harlivy can.

[thelostgirl21]

English Translators: "Jaskier" translates as "Buttercup", but we can't just let a manly man use "Buttercup" as his nickname! That's way too feminine, and our readers would be horrified! Let's call him "Dandelion" instead. Yes, much better... Mucho macho...

Netflix & Joey Batey: Yeah, no. We'll just call him Buttercup by keeping the original Polish name, i.e. Jaskier.

So, this is our very own Prince Buttercup. He's a damoiseau in distress that's regularly in need of being rescued, enjoys chatting with animals, and might randomly break into song.

He feels very comfortable asking a strong, stoic, muscular man to accompany him to the Royal Ball for protection, and will attempt to convince him by rubbing chamomile onto his lovely bottom, giving him a bath, washing his stupid hair, and dressing him up in stylish, fine clothing.

He tends to see the good in everyone, and will spontaneously attempt to become friends with things that want to eat him (both figuratively and literally).

However he can occasionally become pretty condescending with commoners, and treat those that fail to appreciate his talent as beneath him; often with a complete disregard for his personal safety, as if it doesn't seem to occur to him right away that they'd actually dare lay their filthy hands on him.

He cries very pretty (so pretty), and will look at you with gorgeous doe eyes when he feels sad, hurt, scared, or needs a favor.

He's very distrustful and afraid of power-hungry sexy witches coming at him from many different angles, until they stop being all predatory and menacing, and begin rescuing and protecting him instead.

He gets along very well with other princes/princesses, and will resent not being invited to one of the most important social events of the Continent, but not getting to spend more time with them.

And he never experienced what romantic love truly was until he finally got to meet his very own Prince.

Obviously, Prince Radovid fell in love with our Buttercup at first sight, and was willing to give up his Kingdom for a chance to be by his side.

And as far as Prince Buttercup is concerned, he sees himself as a

because that's simply who he is, and that's also what masculinity looks like.

So, unless Jaskier, in the books, is a very insecure man that constantly worries about being mistaken for a woman, I can't help but find it hilarious that the translators of the books, in English, got so worried over "Buttercup" sounding feminine...

...when the character himself likely wouldn't have been bothered by the way it sounds in the least, and would totally have rocked that nickname while making it work perfectly for a guy!

Hell! As a non-native English speaker, other than the fact that I've seen the movie "The Princess Bride", and the princess in it was named "Buttercup", my brain does not at all perceive "Buttercup" as inherently feminine, nor "Dandelion" as inherently masculine.

Perhaps because, in French, each word has its own gender, and "bouton d'or" (i.e. "buttercup", but the literal translation would be "button made of gold") is masculine.

Un bouton d'or (a buttercup) is masculine.

Un pissenlit (a dandelion) is masculine.

Une rose (a rose) is feminine.

Une tulippe (a tulip) is feminine.

Etc.

"Princess Buttercup" is thus named "Princesse Bouton d'or" (it's actually the title of the movie) in French.

But "Bouton d'or" (Buttercup) is, by itself, a masculine word.

The funny thing is that, where I'm from, I think the dandelion is literally the single most hated flower I can think of.

When I was a kid, my parents - and pretty much all our neighbors - spent countless hours trying to remove every single dandelion they could find on their lawn and in their garden while making sure to fully eliminate the whole root, because they tended to replace all the grass, and some of the other flowers and plants from their garden.

Some of our neighbors had their lawns treated with very harsh chemicals (many of which are thankfully illegal today) in a desperate effort to get rid of them.

Dandelion always makes allergy season a complete and utter nightmare, makes it harder to breathe outside (those floating bits clouding the air always get stuck in your nose, throat or even eyes), it also clogs the air filter of your car...

And, when you cut them at the stem, your hands wind up all sticky and smelling awful.

Unless they want to make a point that they'll be extremely annoying, unwanted, sticky, smelly, trying to get into every single exposed orifice of your body as soon as you're exposed to them, and hard to get rid of, why would anyone ever wish to nickname themselves "dandelion"?

I mean, "pissenlit", the French name for "dandelion", comes from "pisse-en-lit" and literally means "peeing-in-bed".

Because if you eat dandelion leaves, they will make you pee and wet your bed (they have a strong diuretic effect).

Yes, we hate the dandelion so much, that we've decided to name that freaking flower "peeing-in-bed".

So, if you go from the original Polish name to the English translation of the name, and then translate the English name back to French...

You've essentially replaced:

Jaskier - > Buttercup - > Button made of gold (Bouton d'or).

By

Jaskier - > Dandelion - > Peeing-in-bed (Pissenlit).

It's hilarious!

All because some English translator got scared "Buttercup" would sound "too feminine".

The good news is that we kept Jaskier's name as "Jaskier" in the French translation of the books and the games. Although Bouton d'or would have worked just fine.

But yeah, come on! Jaskier would have made a beautiful Buttercup!

#the art of creating some gender issue where there's none.

When in doubt, just ask the character...

Would Jaskier have had what it took to call himself a "Buttercup"?

You bet your lovely bottom and bloated biceps he would have!

Still can't wrap my mind around him being a peeing-in-bed flower in English... Just... Nope! Does not compute.

[self-loving-vampire]

Sorry people are being annoying about sex on anon. If it helps, here’s a convenient explanation for why those anons probably felt boobsposting was “problematic” and why they are wrong that you can point them to rather than having to discourse about it again.

See back in the 2000s and early new 10s, there was a frankly necessary cultural discussion around the depiction of women in popular media. A lot of popular media at the time, especially things like blockbuster action flicks, tended to treat female characters as things that existed for the male characters to “win” by completing the plot, rather than as full persons who were active agents within it. There were lost of variations of this. Sometimes the female character was a shrill harpy who had the audacity to dislike the male character for being rude and demeaning to her, but learned her place and became a good wife once the dude showed off how much of a cool hero he was. Other times, the woman would in theory be competent but in practice only exist so the dude could show off how much better he was at everything then her. The male gaze is not “female character as love interest” or “female character being portrayed as sexy”. It assuming your audience is all straight, kinda sexist dudes who view women as something desirable but not worth relating to. Woman as 2-dimensional caricature who the male audience stand-in can “win” or “use” without ever having to consider as a person. This obviously re-enforced some rather nasty ideas about the proper “role” of women in the world, and was so pervasive that most creators who leaned into it probably weren’t trying to be sexist. They just legitimately didn’t consider women.

The problems with how this discourse went are threefold. Firstly, this is a problem of framing that frequently got treated as a problem of tropes. The damsel in distress trope got a lot of shit for being “inherently sexist”. Yes, damsels who are just things for male protagonists to win were ever-pervasive back then and were kinda sexist. But a lot of damsels were either fleshed out characters who had opinions on the world and on being kidnapped that the story treated as important, or were even outright active agents in the plot whose actions the narrative considered valuable. Damsels were only sexist when they were framed as passive rewards for the hero to “win” by doing the plot good, and even then only really because of how pervasive the flattest version of the trope was in a culture that broadly dehumanized women. Secondly, we kinda won that culture battle. While sexism still exists in media today, the problem these days isn’t really a pervasive cultural miasma of unquestioned dehumanization. The problem is a split between people who consider women to be people and can thus usually characterize even sexy or traditionally feminine women well vs misogynists who are actively and malevolently dehumanizing women. We probably need to change tactics these day.

Finally, while I do think the original cultural battle was something that needed to be fought, it unfortunately also gave reactionary prudes a way to slip sexphobia into feminist-sounding language. It’s sort of like what happened to objectification. A woman who willingly posts slutty pictures of herself on the internet is not “objectifying herself”, you can’t objectify yourself. The men (and women) who masturbate to those pictures also aren’t objectifying her. Objectification involves disregarding a person’s desires, and that woman was clearly signaling “I want you to ogle me”. The problem in media was never “woman hot”. It was “woman is not person”. “Hot” and “person” are not mutually exclusive. I personally think it doesn’t make sense to rate the “feminism” of porn the exact same way you rate other media, I think there are some tropes that are okay in porn but not outside of it. But if we are going too, then there are porn works where the entire point is how hot it is to dehumanize and objectify women that are way more “feminist” then most wholesome, sex-free hallmark romance. Because the porn is functionally a dystopian setting you are supposed to fap too, and is thus interested in the personhood and internal experiences and suffering of the women involved, while “wholesome” romance is by this point pretty infamous for framing women wanting to have a job and independent life as a problem that needs to be cured so she can fulfill her true purpose as a conservative man’s tradwife.

I don't plan to discourse much more about it but I have to say that the way in which people started to apply the idea of objectification in broader contexts where it doesn't harm even the storytelling it is adjacent to and kind of reminds me of what people on here do to the "Bury Your Gays" trope. It feels kind of like a similar degree of superficial over-application that resulted in people treating like any queer character dying at all is inherently bad regardless of the context, how it is written, or even the genre and tone of the story.

Pervert drawings are - for multiple reasons - not something it makes sense to have that kind of discourse about unless you were using it as a cover for a more general anti-porn ideology.

As an aside: I am now reminded of the type of person who "really likes Sakura except for all the sexual stuff".

[theyanderespecialist]

Base Yandere Captain Mayuri Kurotsuchi Headcanons: A Mad Scientist Yandere (Bleach)

[Hello, My Sexy Muffins! I am here with a new chapter! This one is with the Base Yandere Headcanons with Mayuri Kurotsuchi the Captain of Squad 12 from Bleach! Please enjoy this chapter here, muffins!] 

(Disclaimer: Captain Mayuri Kurotsuchi is not yandere in canon! This is just for fun and not to be taken seriously at all! Simping for fictional characters and yandere is fine! Just do not be illegal or gross about it! You know who you are! You Dirty, Flaky, Biscuits! Yanderes are not ideal partners to have in real life! Also, remember to separate fiction from reality and headcanon from canon! Thank you!) 

-Base Yandere Headcanons With Yandere Captain Mayuri Kurotuchi X Gender Neutral Reader From Bleach- 

.Mayuri is the stereotypical mad scientist type of man and he is obsessed with creating life from nothing even though he has a disregard for life.

.He never has been in love with anyone before he met you, you were part of the group of humans that broke into the soul society and he was instantly drawn to you.

.Never has he has met a specimen that made him so many things, he wanted to have you and see what made you so special to him!  .He would be the type to very much want to experiment on you and see what makes you tick~ 

.He does it all in the name of love as well! 

.He would say what he feels for you is more than just love he would say that biologically you and him were perfect for each other and you were meant to be with him. 

.He is the type of yandere who does not believe you are perfect because he thinks that striving for perfection takes out the imagination of improving one's self. 

.He sees that with his love for you as well, there are always ways for him and you to improve each other. 

.He sees that he can always makes steps to improve you as his lover and spouse and that he can also always improve his and yours relationship with each other. 

.As long as he is the only one who gets to make love to you and touch your stunning body, which he will modify as time goes on. 

.To him no one else but you and him matters. 

.He does not care for you having attachment to others, as he sees that these people are holding you back and he will kill them. 

.Or more likely he would experiment on them to make sure they stay out of the way of his love for you. 

.He would not be above killing rivals in his way as they are disgusting worms and pawns for him to get what he wants. 

.He would even turn on his fellow captains if it meant keeping you by his side, as there are only two things that really matter to him, and that is protecting the soul society and making you his. 

.He believes every soulreaper should put their lives on the line to protect the soul society and that the only thing he would put above that is his love for you. 

.You are the only thing that matters most to him in the world and he would rather die than have you taken away from him! 

.He is a very sadistic yandere even to his own men who he would kill with great pleasure if they even looked at you in an odd way or too long. 

.No one but him and maybe his daughter had the right to look at you, but he was the only one to look at you with desire~ 

.He is the type of yandere to toy with his rivals, they are seen as ways to test their love for you, to see if they truly meant their love for you or were just using you. 

.I do not know which one of "I was using (Name)" or "I really loved (Name)" makes him more pissed off as a yandere, it might be a different one each day depending on the mood he has. 

.He is the yandere that would also toy with you. 

.You are his prized love and that means he has to figure out how you tick as well. 

.Pushing you well past your limit to see how much his love can take before and after he breaks you. 

.Do not worry he is a scientist and will be able to fix you no matter how many times he breaks you and he will always be able to take care of you. 

.He adores you and loves to mess with you as he loves seeing your reactions, from happiness and love, to fear and terror, to angry and hatred. 

.He cannot get enough of you and he would never ever get bored of you, for him you are his everything and he is going to keep you. 

.He also is the type of yandere that will punish you as well, but for you it is rarely physical punishments, instead he is the type that would psychology punish you. 

.Even sometimes bringing you to the brink of madness and just almost pushing you over the edge. 

.Bu he always manages to bring you back before he pushes you to far, he considers himself a good partner for that! 

.How he confesses his love for you is very blunt and straight forward. 

.When he saw you in the soul society he confesses his love for the first time by offering you a deal to be his special research project even bluntly saying some of the lewd and filthy things he would do to your body. 

.You being a young adult and his enemy the first time he confessed and turned him down. 

.He did not take that well but he did not stop there. 

.Once it was clear that you were no longer then enemy he would start to court you before offering his love to you again. 

.If you said yes, you would be staying in the soul society and would be treated the best by him, way better than anyone else int he soul society. 

.If you turned down his love though? Well this is where he snaps and knocks you out kidnapping you and severing your connection to your human body. 

.Now you would never be allowed to leave the soul society and no one would stop him from what he is doing. 

.In the end he is a really not good yandere but saying yes to his love is your best bet, because hs is the type of yandere that is not going to give up. 

.He will do whatever it takes to make you his, saying yes to his love is the easiest way for you and the way you will have the least amount of pain! 

[YASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS another chapter is done! I hope that you all enjoyed this, and stay sexy, all of my sexy muffins!] 

[emiko-matsui]

i don't think any of you care, but i have blocked that person now and im gonna delete some posts from last night to clean up my own account from that shit. they doubled down on the fact that i'm a creep who's being weird about fat people, and when asked to produce the posts they're talking about that supposedly back them up they either stop replying or just repeat what they said in the previous message. im really grateful so many people have been nice to me about this and sent me messages, but i also wish we don't engage with this person anymore and stop sending them anons. for everyone's sake, but i also grabbed this from underneath one of their posts about the situation

when being asked to remember people online also are real people they completely disregard it, so i believe everyone is best to just move on from this. block them, because this lack of respect is insane and harmful to others in an online space.

lastly i also just wanted to say that i've had issues with my own body for a very long time (i won't say if it's regarding me being fat, skinny, disabled, etc. especially since that was one of the things that person got mad at me for not sharing) and that i, personally, am so grateful that all different body types exist because i think it makes humanity so much more beautiful. the fetishisation of fat people was something this person really hammered about, and i just wanna say that when it comes to your body it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks of it, when you have sex or are just naked you are beautiful and sexy, not because someone desires you or says so but because you feel it. i believe this to be true in every situation, but highlighted the naked part because that is what a lot of people struggle with and what i got jumped about by that blog. if any teenagers or younger people follow me and read a lot of my posts i want to remind you that the best feature on the internet is the block button. you don't have to justify yourself in your space, so if you don't like something just move past it. it's always okay to make things up about fictional character to make you feel better, as long as you're not mean to someone else what they think about the same character if they think differently. create your own space online, but also remember that the internet and what exists on it is available for anyone to see, so you can't go on making things up about real people. that goes just as much for someone trying to make up that i have a fat fetish as someone making up things about a mega celebrity like harry styles. it's far more unlikely to reach, but still affects a real person, and that is not okay.

I didn't mean for this to turn into a goddamn short story, so if anyones still reading i just wanna say thank you and remind you that kristen applebees is a chubby girl

[smoshsfavoritepizzaplace]

Also, I have to add (still the same anon, hello):

I think people are more likely to "disregard" something at Smosh when a character does it. For example, when Courtney plays Brianna, almost anything goes since Brianna doesn't have boundaries and says directly what she wants.

However, if you're a newbie like I was and don't know much about the characters, things look different. I did understand that Courtney was playing a character but I assumed that she tailored the character *for Shayne* which changes the perception of her acting quite a bit, especially when you compare it to how non-raunchy other exes were.

I had a similar feeling with the video where Brianna Boho is trying to find a date. Shayne rarely comes up with sexy-sexy characters but the one time he does that, it's a character that keeps calling Courtney's character sex goddess and talking about how horny she is. And based on her expression, Brianna/Courtney wasn't taken back at all but loved every minute of it.

I think that if a fan was familiar with Smosh energy and how raunchy they can get, they wouldn't raise any eye brows because of this. But since at that point I wasn't familiar with sketches and Defy era stuff, I honestly thought that Shayne and Courtney were flirting with each other through characters but got away with it because everyone kept looking the other way. It was super confusing at first and tbh I even started questioning if I know what sexual tension is. xD

I absolutely believe this 100% bc even when it makes no sense, Shayne and Courtney’s characters somehow end up together or have some sort of affiliation. I mean, Shayne’s literal first imprinted character was based on Courtney. I’m not an actor but I would have to assume that your characters are other people with a sprinkle of your characteristics. And it’s especially noticeable with Shayne bc that man is not a flirt but when it comes to Courtney, he manages to have some sort of tension. Now that I’m thinking about it, whenever this conversation pops up, I feel like I always only think of that characters the appeared in multiple videos. CAN WE TALK ABOUT HOW MANY TIMES THEY WERE A COUPLE IN SKETCHES!??!?? Sorry for yelling but Idk how I manage to always forget that. Those two been together in every universe except this one but they finally came to their senses (presumably) 4-5 years ago. The signs were plastered all over the walls 😭. But I’m glad they finally realized lol

[spotlightlowlife]

Blitzø and Fizz introspective missed opportunity

In the last episode (It's been a while I know), we had prime opportunity to have the now reconciled Blitzø and Fizz to catch up some more, take a look at themselves in a new stressful situation, in a work space at the career they were both raised to excel at. We could see how different they are how they handle things.

We don't get this.

First of all, Blitzø truly didn't need to be there

It was like the episode was an excuse to push the Fizz x Ozzie ship but they're extras and a main character was needed. The excuse was to act as security for Fizz, which totally underminded Fizz but that didn't matter, he was supposed to be able to get in places Ozzie couldn't only for us to see Ozzie walk the red carpet, get into Fizz's dressing room for them to have a moment, be behind the stage curtain ready for another moment, just a minute after looming over Mammon's shoulder to heckle him, which meant nothing. No restrictions or threats ever presented themselves.

Since Ozzie's security excuse was bull, why not connect him to Blitzø in another way?

We saw Fizz wanting space in the episode prior, where he made sure Ozzie was too busy to attend his pageant rehearsal, giving us confirmation that Ozzie is not unwelcome at Fizz's other workplace, somewhere Fizz was looking forward to being, which also, adding in the casual mention of Ozzie not getting along with Mammon, could allude the the two sins having one sided rivalry, which could compliment Crimson's "weakest sin" dig.

Why not use this as a chance to let Ozzie be a pushover in his circle and show a very subtle jealous and controlling side? A want to be the most sexy and spectacular person in Fizz's life, reflective of little Blitzø trying to stand out, teen Blitzø trying to deter Fizz from an opportunity he knee he would jump at the moment it was presented, and finally adult Blitzø clinginess, perverse ways, crude humor and disregard for others space and boundaries.

Perhaps he could see Stolas in Ozzie, only a more decent version?

Ozzie and Blitzø could easily have things in common, they could both be underdogs among their peers, clingy to those they get close to, both shown to gently lead Fizz in a direction that they see as best and a sharing in a dislike of someone else occupying his time. Ozzie's phonecall could be a throwback for Blitzø and he just gets it, he understands the caring yet bossy gesture of inviting the friend along to keep an eye on things. Also since Ozzie is the sin of lust, Blitzø's regular the sex jokes could have a captive audience. They could be friends, giving Blitzø another connection in a high place. Blitzø could get empathize but also realise that maybe he is this overbearing, or good could be made uof his lack of nuisance because common grounds with a powerful figure only encourage him.

Either way their exchange offers Blitzø relevance in the episode and their talk, even if it's the only one in the episode, is meaningful.

Fizz on the other hand seemed irritated by Blitzø's presence down to Ozzie, and rightly so

Would this not have been a good episode for Fizz to realise he is not only manipulated by those he can walk away from but by those who are close with him too and that this has always been the case?

This springboards into the flashback, a rather telling story that served to show us Fizz's ambition at a young age and Blitzø's reluctance to see him move on at that time, which isn't too problematic since they were just children, but fast forward and the same gentle coercion of trying to convince him that this isn't worth it is still part of Fizz's everyday life.

Did Fizz notice this? Maybe.

Did it matter? No.

The issue of the episode was Fizz's lack of confidence in this episode was down to his appearance that was down to an accident Blitzø caused, which ofcourse doesn't matter, also his appearance has been the way it is longer that he has been famous, which is somehow never addressed dispite it being highly relevant. Fizz was worried about a scratch, which happened at some point during his most recent encounter with Blitzø, but by the end he was seeking validation that his lover loves him how he is minus the costume, there was no other nuisance as it all lead to Fizz revealing the extent of his injuries and Ozzie reacting how most decent partners would. Happily ever after.

So what did this have to do with Fizz's career that took off in spite of his injuries? Nothing, this was all about his ship.

We also met Mammon who served as the obnoxious, pushy menace of a boss, who's words and actions wouldn't seem out of character for Blitzø, but it's successful, powerful, content and nobody's crushing on him (set up to be a scapegoat, fellow scapegoats include Stella and Adam over in Hazbin), so it was easy to push any wrong doing his way just as we met resulting in Fizz abruptly and easily going his own way in a dramatic manner.

Fizz was denied the chance of making positive changes in his everyday life and setting boundaries with those he wants to around, how would he address the 'guidance' Ozzie and Blitzø offer? Does he now lose even more autonomy, just as he did following his abduction that set up his anxiety for this episode?

It's like he's a bigger pushover than he was as a sweet child, but it's ok because he's being looked after by his rich and powerful lover which is 'cute' and the audience can use these two as an example of what Blitzø x Stolas could be.

The flashback also served to introduce us to the creep

who had more presences than Blitzø and like Blitzø in the previous episode, served to be a critic and threat to Fizz, but are we to believe that this is just their second encounter or is this guy normally dealt with minus Blitzø?

Did creep have a point in his insult to Fizz about him working in a sleazy club and having a tired old act?

A point being, did it resonate with Fizz?

Fizz is not for Blitzø's sex remarks, his heckling of Millie and Moxxie fit as they were bringing down the tone of the business, the business is arguable sleazy, the performative ways of reminding us what it is with the waiter and the telecom announcer being examples and if what he has with Ozzie truly is love, one we know is secretive, then for all we know Fizz may be someone very reserved.

Just because he's in a loving relationship with 'lust' and had a one on one conversation with his (now) friend that involved liking his partners big D, doesn't mean he's down for anything. Still a more sexually private side of Fizz gets wasted on the likes of Blitzø who has made not one but (atleast) two sexually inappropriate remarks to him in the breif time since their reconciliation, Fizz reacted with clear disappointment both times.

Lastly, note that it took maybe a grand total of 10 seconds to establish very well that creep had been tracking Fizz's career for years. Another example of the best writing is reserved for those we aren't supposed to like.

He was determined to remain on top and outperform his main competitors Glitz and Glam, only for him to quit in the end because his man told him how wonderful he was.

What if, Fizz accepted it was his time to bow out and been supportive of fresh new talent?

He would be free to change his mind.

Alternatively, since Blitzø is a friend, something rare in this show, and was there for the creeps first encounter, what if it had been Blitzø being reassuring, like he's capable of being, his and Moxxie's abduction to earth being prime example. We could have went further into their history, Blitzø had been learning alongside and watching Fizz work for years. Going back to a time when things were fun and easier may have been of great help to him to learn to love what he's doing again.

We could have learnt weather or not Blitzø had been keeping up with Fizz's career all this time for whatever reason.

Could Fizz have not benefited from the support of someone who isn't his powerful demigod live in lover who he also works with, who spoils him like a pampered child and is also holds a prehistoric grudge against the other powerful figure? Couldn't Blitzø's constant sarcasm be used for good, offering someone who may not be bias?

We could have actually bought truth to Ozzie's claim at not being able to get in certain places, letting Blitzø be a main character worthy of being there.

There was no reason for Blitzø to dislike Mammon.

We see Blitzø's mood sour the moment Mammon anounced a pageant for an understudy, this ruined his whole day because he knew that he risked Fizz leaving, so how does this translate into giving Blitzø dialogue consistent of what Ozzie had to say? Again, Blitzø could have been tracking Fizz's career and seen that something may be off or out of character, reminder of how close they were, would this not have been backing for better dialogue? His own uninfluenced words?

The fizzbot commercial scene was a massive wasted opportunity. Clearly it was 10 years old and we now see Fizz looking uncomfortable for reasons we can only guess, was he already with Ozzie and knew what he would have to face at home? Is he a reserved person based on his (perfectly understandable no matter who you are) dislike of being creeped on by his childhood friend or fear of a very aggressive stalker? It's almost too little too late because we see this just as Ozzie decides, only now when he wants Fizz to quit working for Mammon, that he, lust itself, doesn't like being involved in producing these multipurpose sexbots (alongside all his other sex toys). First off, since Ozzie told us in the previous episode that he is all for consent, why hasn't Fizz's decade long possible discomfort been an issue before? Simple, it wasn't, this was portrayed as Ozzie and only Ozzie's issue, so why is it on Fizz and how does quitting his job bring an end to production? Let's not pretend that Fizz has any power. This was a cheap, poorly placed subplot to have the viewer read into this retcon as 'so loving and caring'.

If we go along with the flawed theory of Fizz being a quieter, less streetwise kid than Blitzø equals he's certianly this same person deep down, even as an adult who had a major event and a lifestyle change, and this lead Blitzø to believe that he was a sellout, then Blitzø could be the viewer of the commercial. Is this where he gots his 'Fizz sold out' assumption from? With no feeling of compassion or guilt?

Blitzø had prime opportunity to see that both himself and Fizz are having their strings pulled by the powerful.

He could have even gone one step further and saw that Fizz atleast likes his relationship and his job that bought him fame is one he put his life's work into, while Blitzø's own situation, both a work and a twisted sex arrangement, is a one sum of no benefits (especially since we don't see him working anymore).

Maybe he could have observed and realised that this is his treatment of Moxxie and general bulldozer management reflected back at him? His want to speak up for Fizz, the victim of a energetic, pushy, stubborn, invasive, insensitive and self serving boss is easily an evasive way of giving himself a dressing down, but if nothing changes and this doesn't result in him returning to I.M.P as someone more respectful, then atleast it's meaningful for the moment but consistent with the lack of accountability he is ever given, so win win either way.

[narbevoguel]

AoC deserves better.

I think enough time has passed for me to rant about the current status of BotW, AoC and TotK.

I'll start by saying TotK is a really fun game, I enjoy playing it way more than I ever did a portion of BotW, they actually found a good balance between old dungeon design and trying to revamp it somewhat, it still needs work but defo a step in the right direction; but the reason I believe people feel BotW was better for them, is because of multiple factors:

1.- The novelty of exploring wore off. First, you get to explore the same Hyrule from BotW, and while the overly needed addition of caves was a thing, the depths and skies added little to no substance, contrary to what the trailers made you believe.

2.- While the story, standalone at least, is not that bad, it isn't a big of a deal either, and while I believe the premise for it is better than BotW's, at least BotW bothered sticking to it with a strong foundation, whereas TotK story is glued together with nothing but tape and tears (no pun intended).

3.- The characters. BotW gave us amazing characters that sadly the plot didn't let shine (which is where AoC comes in, but that's for later), TotK gave us characters that are just... there. Even if BotW did little to nothing with its cast, at least they had their moments in the cutscenes; what do the likes of Rauru, or Sonia, or the past Sages have? Nothing. It's almost like they left out important plot points out on purpose and somehow thought not elaborating on them was a good idea? I bet not a lot of people know about Rauru's sneaking out antics, or Mineru not getting enough sleep because of her research, or Zelda liking to help Mineru with her research because that's just the kind of nerd she is, or the fact that Rauru and Mineru would perform together in the form of song and dance respectively. These are things that would have been cute to see in the form of cutscenes like we did with the Champions in BotW. You can summarize plot and characters to an extent in BotW, but not in TotK, sadly. That said, I don't mind Ganondorf being evil for the sake of being evil, but them choosing to make him less of bound to the curse and more the curse itself can get disappointing at times. What's the point in making him sexy with zero substance? (Yes, they made him sexy on purpose, they said in an interview). But back to the Champions, can I mention how little respect they had in TotK? Like, I understand passing on the veil of destiny to the now sages, but disregarding them almost completely like that was a decision I can't understand, you take the best of BotW and almost discard it completely in the sequel?

AoC, on the other hand, took everything BotW and just added the "what if" fanfic 'fix' where everyone lives and it's a much better, happier outcome, but as a result, it lets the best part of BotW (the characters) properly shine and be fleshed out, it's a game that was clearly developed with care towards the source. The hate it gets it's because it was marketed as a prequel to BotW, yet it wasn't (and tbh, I'm sorry but thinking a musou game was gonna have perma character death was kind of a naive thought), and thus has no place in the timeline, but we are somehow okay with TotK liking to play the game of "Let's pretend BotW didn't happen"? Where do we draw the line then?

If you think there's nothing wrong with how TotK handled BotW's retcon, but don't like the premise of AoC, you owe AoC an apology.

That said, if I were to recommend someone who really enjoyed BotW what to play next, I would recommend AoC 100%, as much fun I have with TotK, AoC is more respectful.

I don't want to hate on TotK entirely, because I stand by what I said, I still have lots of fun with it, I never enjoyed playing BotW, but I do TotK, but it's being praised for things that people used to justify hatred towards AoC, and I won't allow it.

[re-dracula]

I was listening to another podcast at some point a while back where they had an interview with you guys to advertize re: dracula coming out. And you guys said some stuff about Lucy that hit a weird nerve with me as a history buff.

So the VA described her as polyamorous, and it triggered some conversation about how her character gets pretty maligned for it. And that last part is an adaptation issue not present in the original text.

See, victorian era courtship did not come with a presumption of exclusivity the way modern dating does. You were not off the market until you were formally engaged to be married. So the general gist of it for upper and middle class folks (like the Dracula characters most likely are) is that there is this thing called the social season. And during the season there would be all kinds of parties and events where you would meet people. And the general structure was that if you went to a dance, you should dance with a lot of different people. Get a sense of the eligible bachelors/bachelorettes. And if you were a young man, you would be expected to go and visit each of the young women you danced with that night at some point during the week after. If you hit it off, you would then start courting (visiting back and forth attending other events together etc). But, as I said above, it wasn't exclusive. So a man would court a few women, and a woman would be pretty disappointed to only be courted by one man. As the season went on couples would get engaged (anding any other ongoing courtships).

So Lucy's situation, in its original context, goes something like this: Lucy is pretty and charming. A perfect victorian maid. She has many suitors. Three of them decide she's the perfect women for them. They each want to pop the question but they are good gentlemen so they agree to all ask her the same day so she can choose between them on her own terms. She is thrilled because of course she is. Any woman in her position would be! But! Before she can make her choice Dracula comes to steal her away. She gets terribly sick and dies. But then she is not dead after all. She came back all wrong and corrupted. Even such a bright, innocent, young woman as Lucy is not immune! It's tragic what she becomes.

By the time early film adaptations roll around though, courtship was mostly replaced by dating especially in America where it hadn't been so institutionalized. And now there is an assumption of exclusivity. Those poor men being strung along by that harlot Lucy when in the end there can be only one husband. No wonder she fell victim to Dracula's charms! And like, that was the exact opposite of the point in the books. But the culture was too different by that point to read the same way. So Hollywood made Lucy an example instead of a victim.

But yeah. I heard the polyamorous comment, and had a weird mix of "yay poly representation! That rarely happens," and "put that woman back in context, or so help me!" So when I saw you guys had a blog, I had to send a little mini rant. Feel free to disregard.

Thanks for the historical context! It is hard with historical texts to keep from bringing your modern ideas to our interpretations, but as an almost completely queer crew, it was hard to ignore the subtext in:

LUCY: Why can't they let a girl marry three men, or as many as want her, and save all this trouble? But this is heresy, and I must not say it.

That’s what we’re talking about, we’re talking about subtext in a very sexy very queer-coded book. I believe the VA you’re talking about is Beth Eyre? As a professor, she knows this too and is playing with it in her performance. And she does brilliantly.

We’re not changing the text, as we’ve said before, we’re just having fun with what’s already there.

We’ll talk some more about this in our bonus eps, which I’m very excited about.

[cherienymphe]

I find it so funny how people just assume that crack shippers are straight-up stupid. I saw this post on here the other day (that I can’t seem to relocate) where someone was like “I don’t have a problem with y’all shipping character a and character b together but you guys are completely disregarding canon by saying that character a is going to do xyz because of their undying love for character b” and then some other examples of things people have been saying. But I’m just like… yeah no shit 😭 I can guarantee you that the majority of crack shippers don’t actually believe that the creator of whatever show/movie/book the ship belongs to intended for things to be interpreted in the way that the crack shippers are interpreting them. Most of the time they’re just trying to have fun and be silly. It’s harming literally nobody

People who take fandom and shipping too seriously worry me and I'm not even lying. Who cares about canon? What ever happened to fun? Do you think I cared about canon and what's in character or not when I was on the front lines of the sasuhina ship in middle and high school? No! She was my favorite female character and he was my top 3 male character and I thought they'd be sexy together and so thus I used this thing called my imagination 😭 the fact that there are people in fandoms who can't grasp not everyone gives af about canon is soooo

[veliseraptor]

Necromancers — and, in a broader sense, dark magicians — are such powerful characters because they know what logically can and cannot be fixed but they just say "screw logic, screw society, screw every warning I have ever been given, I am *making* this possible" and proceed to do the most insane thing imaginable. This isn't just a Wei Wuxian / Xue Yang thing... I've noticed it in other media too (like how pyromancers are typically emotional ect.) Something about brilliance and defiance.

oh, absolutely, I think it's about in particular necromancers where it's literally taking one of the absolutes of life (death) and going "but what if I decided death didn't conquer all" about it. it's taking the thing that, as its base, is supposed to be the most reliable constant, and turning it inside out. even more than other forms of dark magic, necromancy is really pushing the "perversion of nature, interference with the natural order" thing to its limit. then there's the general disrespect for the dead involved and pretty much everybody has rules about respecting the dead of some form or another, which adds another layer of transgression and violation of order into the mix.

which is why necromancers are so sexy. defying fundamental laws of the universe and violating cultural taboos is sexy, you see.

I mean in general it's why wizard hubris is such a thing that's seen across (particularly western) media: it's taking "what if someone had the power to fundamentally disregard some of the things that are considered normal and constant and certain" and a certain horror - but also fascination! - of what results.

the degree to which the horror/fascination divide falls one way or the other is going to depend on a lot of different factors, and there are definitely places, cultures, and times where the cultural relationship to magic (to use a general word that's eliding a lot of differences, purely for convenience within the context of this ask) has been more integrated into daily life than it is in, say, the modern secular USAmerica. but even there, what I know of has indicated that there are still rules and limits and boundaries for that magic - that certain magic is allowed, but there's bad magic too, magic that in some way is a disruption to the system, and the potential for magic to be misused by the wrong people or in the wrong way.

but I'm wandering off topic. necromancers sexy I'm pretty sure is the main point