#s5 better fix this immediately

[cringengl]

When I first saw the s4 promo that talked about how s4 was going to take place outside of Hawkins idk what I expected but it wasn't The Gayest Road Trip of 1986, El in Hawkins lab 2.0 and whatever the Russia plotline was.

[dennisboobs]

talking to macdennis shippers makes me realize how much more i enjoy charden lmfao

[thedoodlebuggo]

john doe design progression throughout the season! design choice explanations/rambling below the cut

okok so. it was time for a redesign because after S5 i just couldn't really see the big hat working, not after his projection scene with the witch. it just wouldnt have the same effect if he looked like this jhsagdf

so! a redesign was in order, and i wanted it to change with his character so. here it is. woo!

SEASON ONE -i love the broken mask thing a lot of people use in their designs, and i wanted to use it for season one to play into the "unknown" elements of john's character

-that's also what the more smokey elements play into as well. his form isn't wholly defined, like his character--especially in season one.

-HIS CLOAK! a little worse for wear and covered in ash, courtesy of his time in the dark world. i also wanted it to be darkened and messed up because i didnt want it to be immediately obvious that the original fabric was yellow. one, cause the dark world erased his memories and identity, and two! because i didnt want him to be able to look down and see yellow fabric, what with his not knowing around all the references to KIY in season one. like this

SEASON TWO

-new cloak! after discovering who he is and his brief reunion with KIY, he gets a new cloak. but he's changed now, so--patches! i wanted it to feel handmade sorta because these changes, he worked for himself. he had help and influence, of course, but the humanity he's slowly gaining is his.

-also the mask is gone! we know what he is now

-he's also got some definition now, some lines in the face. os now he's loooking a little more humanoid, but still has a ways to go

SEASON THREE

-mostly the same as S2, but the colors have shifted more to gold than yellow. he's off; he won't fit back with the king. he's changed! woo!

-a bit of damage from the dark world, but nothing too crazy

-getting some more definition too! he's learning a bit more about who he is and who he wants to be through the choices he makes.

SEASON FOUR

-he's got a nose!! and his claws are shorter! woah! just more human development

-also getting some more patches. covering up fixing some of the damage from the S3 DW trip

SEASON FIVE

-claws are gone and he's got developed human features! wahoo

-more structural design change in the cloak. its kinda hard to see here so. better image for reference

-it's also almost entirely patchwork now. he's built his identity brick by brick and his cloak is meant to reflect that.

-still smokey because he's still got room to grow and also i thought changing it to hair would be too sudden of a change but i dont want him to be bald either so

-also smoke is just cool

-lily patch! i feel like this one is kinda self explanatory. i wanted to move the placement so i could put a patch representative of arthur in its place, but i couldnt think of anything that would look cohesive w the rest of it so. keeping the lily where it is! over his heart. :]

-also in his S5 design i think he wouldn't wear his hood up as much cause. well he knows who he is now, he isn't going to hide that. and there's not really much unknown left about him anymore, so

[wolfwarrior142]

As someone who relates to Rayla on a ton of personal/internal stuff and has actually seen some improvement in my own massive self confidence issues as a result of seeing her try to work through hers (both in this season and previously) and work on trusting people better, I hate that people are saying that bullshit. Oh no, characters who appear strong because of unhealthy coping mechanisms they've learned now learning how to develop more healthy ones. While also becoming close with those around them as a result. Oh no. The humanity. It's so awful to see. Especially in a show that's technically a kids show. And can maybe help kids. The humanity.

I'm glad I haven't actually seen anyone say that personally, cuz thats a very toxic mindset for people to have and I'd get so...annoyed with it. I'd block em immediately for sure cuz no one needs that bullshit.

people watching rayla learning how to trust / let other people help her, which a lack of was her entire fucking problem in arc 1: is this a bad character arc

[lune-moon-nuit]

I could see Mike coming out to Lucas. I mean Lucas was there during the famous Mike/Will fight in the rain season 3. He saw how Mike was acting towards El and how difficult it was for Mike to apologize but the second Will got upset Mike immediately went after him and even dragged Lucas along in the rain. I feel like Lucas is a pretty observant character and could easily spot the signs that Will might be gay and that he likes Mike more than friends. Maybe he didn’t see it in the moment but I feel like in s5 we could see a Lucas pov of him watching Will/Mike and sorta connecting the dots and having him outright asking Mike.

Oh, I completely agree with you, and I can absolutely imagine Lucas being the one to figure out what’s going on and help Mike. This would parallel season 3, where Lucas gave Mike relationship advice to fix things with El, but Mike struggled to understand his tips and hints because they were about better understanding girls or a heterosexual relationship.

Additionally, the loop would be perfectly closed because Lucas was the first one in season 1 to make a heteronormative remark to Mike by accusing him of having a crush on El, simply because Mike was treating her with kindness and gentleness. So, Lucas—who was the one to initially influence Mike into starting a relationship with El—becoming the one to help and encourage him to be honest with himself and acknowledge who truly holds his heart would send a powerful message and show beautiful character growth.

Especially since Lucas’s arc in season 4 was all about realizing that trying to conform to the norm, fitting in with the “popular” crowd, and changing who he is just for the sake of conformity was meaningless. That journey taught him what truly matters in life: being himself, embracing what he loves, and staying true to who he is. In season 1, driven by unconscious heteronormativity and conformity, he pushed Mike to follow that same pattern—a pattern Lucas himself fell into, particularly in season 4. But in season 5, after having learned his lesson, Lucas could be the one to help Mike break free from that conformity for the happiness of both his friends.

So yes, Lucas being the person Mike comes out to, or the one who figures it out and helps Mike open up, would be an excellent idea. It could also explain why Lucas seems so confused and as though he’s having a realization after lifting his head during the group hug in season 4. Why does he make that face? And why does he immediately look at Mike with a puzzled expression afterward? Did he sense something behind his back (like Mike and Will’s hands) that we’re not privy to? Was he unsettled by seeing El distanced from Mike? What’s going on with you here, Lucas?

[mysticmonkeybusiness]

Prompt: post s5, Mac goes to find Wukong and find him he does, along with a broken mirror; given by @visionaryscribe

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He never knew the world could get more obnoxiously loud. The change was slow, but at this point Macaque’s certain it’s a side effect of shattering the five stones of creation. Now he can hardly step foot off Flower Fruit Mountain without reducing his hearing to human levels. Human. At least at demon levels he can still hear magic, but he’s practically crippled like this.

But it’s like the kid can’t go one day without getting into trouble, so Macaque sucks it up, deafens himself, and finds time to check in on him regularly. Wouldn’t want another world ending disaster to go unnoticed until it’s too late to do anything about it.

It becomes routine. A boring, straightforward task with little to no surprises outside of the mundane shenanigans MK and the dragon girl get up to. After a few weeks of this, Macaque makes the mistake of letting his guard down.

He lingers a little longer in the shadows of MK’s room, watching the kid draw. This is the most relaxed he’s seen the kid since the pillar. It relaxes him in turn, something within him unwinding and feeling a little less like the world is actually out to get him. The moment he hears the pig come up though, he makes his exit. The kid is getting better and better at spotting him and without a distraction keeping him from looking up, Macaque doesn’t like his chances of remaining unnoticed.

Returning to Flower Fruit Mountain is simple. Removing the deafening spell takes barely a thought.

Or it should.

It’s still too quiet and he wonders how he could have messed up a spell he could cast with his hands tied behind his back. Recasting the spell does nothing to fix things. Frustrated and assured he’s alone, he rips the glamour on his ears off as well to no change. His breathing hitches as he clutches at his ears and reflexively expands his range.

To his surprise, it works. It only takes a second for the thought to hit him with all the force of a certain red and gold staff.

Wukong’s not on the mountain.

With more panic than he’d ever admit to anyone – only because if Wukong’s missing, he must be getting into trouble – Macaque scrambles to locate peaches-for-brains and has to stop himself from slumping in relief at finding the white noise of Wukong’s magic at the temple on the mainland.

He tells himself it’s a reasonable response at finding out Wukong hasn’t brought some world ending disaster down on their heads.

Macaque finds it a bit strange though. Wukong’s been spending most of his time split between his hut and the noodle shop. If he wasn’t being an overprotective mother hen, he was lazing around in his hut and gorging himself on fruit.

Lingering adrenaline and piqued curiosity is enough to have him shadow portal to the temple. He grimaces as he adjusts to the noise volume, suppressing his hearing as best as he can without magic.

The sharp tang of copper lingers in the air and sends his adrenaline spiking yet again. When he finds Wukong he’s going to punch him in his stupid face for giving him this much stress.

He follows the smell of blood to the bathroom and immediately zeros in on the Great Pain of Heaven. He found Wukong alright, along with a shattered mirror.

Curled in on himself, Wukong’s claws are digging into his skull and his heartbeat so rapid that it’s likely without the immortalities he would have given himself a heart condition.

Glass crunches underneath his boots as he steps closer, but Wukong doesn’t even flinch. Worry breaks through his denial and he crouches barely a handspan away, eyes catching on the pinprick pupils, the glittering glass sprinkled amidst sunset orange fur, and the already healing scratches on Wukong’s face. Almost entirely hidden beneath his curled hands, a long, shallow slice on his temple tells him exactly what set this off.

A slow wave in front of his face doesn’t even make him blink. Wukong’s clearly not registering anything he’s seeing.

“Wukong,” he murmurs softly, trying to snap him out of it without touching him and possibly setting him off further.

Macaque should have expected something like this to happen, but with the damn circlet long gone, he thought they managed to get past it without an incident. Figures Wukong wouldn’t deign to have his breakdown when he is around someone that could help him.

MK would be better for this. Even out of his mind, Wukong would never hurt the kid. His instincts wouldn’t let him.

Macaque doesn’t have that assurance.

Claws twitch and dig further until there’s the distinct crack of hitting bone. Before he even registers the lump in his throat, Macaque is reaching over and ripping Wukong’s hands away from his head. Any damage he could do removing them would be nothing close to what Wukong could do to himself.

Like he has nothing better to do than cause Macaque problems, Wukong immediately begins thrashing, mouth open in a silent scream. He’s thrown off, but picks himself up, hurls himself at Wukong, and sends them both through a shadow portal back to Wukong’s nest.

As he had hoped, the change of location sends Wukong off balance. It’s enough to let Macaque pin Wukong to the nest and reinforce the hold with his shadows. Wukong still struggles, but slowly, that resistance fades away as the differences in his surroundings start trickling in. Familiar scents instead of blood. Comforting fabrics instead of sharp glass.

Capitalizing on the opening, Macaque thinks to himself, Can’t believe I’m doing this, and makes a low, rumbling purr. It almost hurts at first, having been centuries since he’s worked these particular muscles, but it gets easier as he keeps it up.

Beneath him, he can feel the gradual way Wukong relaxes. With his hands occupied he has to use his head to nudge the side of Wukong’s in encouragement, keeping the purr up all the while.

He’s not sure how long they stay like that, but by the time he feels safe enough to let go of the restraints, he feels exhausted. Wukong, the prissy princess, tensed up again every single time he so much as let up on the pacifying gestures. He leans back just enough to see Wukong’s face and has to fight the urge to strangle him when he sees the idiot is asleep.

Faintly, he considers portaling back to his own bed, but frankly, even that’s too much effort right now. Besides, after what Wukong put him through, he can deal with waking up next to Macaque. He lowers himself back down, this time on the side and gets the source of all his problems curling into his chest for his efforts.

He contents himself with the fantasy of kicking Wukong away and wraps an arm around him because Wukong might as well make himself useful as a blanket. His eyes slide shut and he takes a deep breath as a scent that never fails to register as safe despite everything that screams otherwise fills his nose.

Macaque never sees the way eyes peek open a sliver before falling closed once more.

[all-pacas]

what’s your idea for the time travel fic?

cameron getting the chance to see different timelines/play with decisions, relive her memories and do things differently. at first she intends to have one more day with her dead husband, right? but then she starts -- wanting to solve other questions, tie up other loose ends. can she stop chase from murdering dibala? can she go back to her faildate with house and do it better? part of it is "what could have been," part of it is her attempt to fix everything, make everything better. she'll save amber and kutner! she'll try the same conversation again and again! she'd end up going absolutely insane.

in a more limited scope, the general idea of "if you could do one thing differently" is appealing to me, too. say camchase. both, independently, get the chance to mentally time travel to some arbitrary day in s5 and live from then on. i think cameron tries to "fix" chase, keep him from doing a murder. i think chase breaks up with her immediately. (better to love than lose vs better to dump than be dumped.)

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i've also always had a soft spot for the ultimate cliche of this is your future timetravel stories. s1 cameron waking up in s5 and so confused she's with chase now. s4 chase waking up as chase md, realizing he's changed so drastically, and freaking out. there's just a lot of forced self reflection in the premise, you know?

[fictionalcharactersaremypassion]

Oneshots I wanna do (and we'll see how many of them I do) in no particular order:

AU. Ian has internalized homophobia instead of Mickey, who has made peace with being gay early on

(Not my prompt) after Mickey gets angry over the rules in their apartment complex, he runs for head of the residents association

Ian calls Mickey baby who then lashes out initially but then realizes he kinda likes being called baby. Now he's gotta get Ian to do it again without letting his bf know he likes it

While out running errands, Mickey and Ian run into Brooks and he's, of course, horrified to see Mickey again

AU where Mickey and Ian are dating early on and Mandy knows. Ian comes over to the Milkovich residence close to Christmas so he can get help from Mickey and Mandy to decorate cookies for his ROTC group so they can hand them out to children that are in the hospital. Meanwhile, Mickey wants to kiss Ian but he's nervous

Fake dating AU where they didn't hook up, Ian was just Mandy's friend. For Mandy's wedding, she wants Mickey there but he doesn't want to because Terry and one of their cousins will be there (she's resigned to the fact that they'll probably crash anyway so she's letting them come) so she comes up with the idea of him bringing a boyfriend to rub in Terry's face and that bf just so happens to be Ian Gallagher, the guy Mickey had a crush on during his teenage years

Post-s11. Mickey and Ian get into a fight and it's their worst one yet. Ian storms out while Mickey tries to get some sleep, when he wakes up, he's back in his s1 body but that's not all. Something's up because Ian's not his Ian. He has a crush on someone else and doesn't have any interest in Mickey whatsoever

Post-s11. Ian and Mickey wind up in their s1 bodies (and their s1 selves end up in their post-s11 bodies) and now they all have to figure out what's going on and how to get back to their correct time

4 times Liam annoys Mickey by calling him "Ickey" and the one time it doesn't

5 times the Milkovich are there for Ian and the one time he's there for them

5 times people secretly witnessed Mickey being soft with Ian and the one time he does it out in the open

A 5.12 fix-it

Another 5.12 fix it but in this one, Ian dreams of certain events (like dating Trevor/Caleb, breaking up with Mickey, etc) and it makes him realize he wants to get better for both of them

Protective Milkovich brothers! The Milkovich's and Ian are all living in the house (AU, s5 but no Svetlana or Yevgeny) when a cousin of theirs (Joey) comes to stay after getting out of jail

Fix it for 5.12 that involves a reading/watching fanfiction of them seeing (or reading ) about their future together

An AU where the Gallaghers/Milkovich's read or watch a fanfiction of their future (I really wanna do this one but I have no idea what they would be watching or reading)

Northside!Rich! Mickey and Mandy. AU for s3. When the kids get taken into foster care, Ian is hauled off to the Northside and placed with a nice couple. But he misses his siblings and wants to go back. Although it might not all be bad, he makes friends with the neighbors and might have developed a huge crush on Mickey

Northside!Rich! Mickey and Mandy. The two youngest Milkovich's find a true friend in Ian Gallagher after a lifetime of dealing with people who were only interested in them for their money

When a Milkovich relative abruptly comes into the picture. Ian is immediately suspicious. Something doesn't seem right. But the four siblings don't share his concern. But when a secret plot comes to light, Ian sets out to save the Milkovich's

A fire breaks out at the Milkovich residence so Ian begs Fiona to let them stay at the Gallagher house. She allows it but there's one small problem: No one knows that he and Mickey are dating

An autistic Ian fic which I'm still trying to think up a plot for

A long oneshot of Colin and Fiona getting closer starting in HS

Mickey bonding with the Gallaghers

S1. Ian is working at Kash and Grab and Mickey's there. There's a severe storm brewing outside but neither are worried about it. But when it gets worse and the saftest thing seems to be to get the hell out of there, they venture out in it and it might just be the thing that pushes them together

Yev curses for the first time (as a toddler)

Mickey doesn't care about the kid. But when Yev says "dada" and it's said to Ian, it stirs up this horrible feeling that makes him feel sick. He sets out to try and bond with his kid

A fic where Mandy/Iggy/Colin/Fiona are at the wedding and instead of being chased off by singing kids (who won't be featured in this), Terry busts in there and tries to put a stop to it once and for all

A fic that features Yev with his uncles (and Gallavich)

These are just ideas off the top of my head. There could be others I do (probably will be) and like I said, idk how many of these I'll do but we'll see

Plus, as this is mostly Gallavich, there will be other ideas I'll have for Fiona/Colin or Fiona/Iggy that I haven't thought of yet

[wheel-of-misfortune]

you wanna know something i can't stop thinking about regarding the wwdits s5 finale???? how fucking SMART nandor was. about everything.

the narrative always painted him as not the brightest, specially when compared to the rest of the main cast. but when he couldn't find guillermo, going to his mom bc he knew that was the one way to make guillermo come out of hiding???? absolute genius move coming from the man who didn't even know there were multiple panera breads. (just how nandor even knows about guillermo's family and where they live is a whole other conversation on its own)

after only being caught up on the situation for a day, he immediately knew why guillermo's body was fighting the vampirism and how to fix it (which NOBODY could figure out for 10 episodes). and when he saw that being a vampire wasn't working for him, in an instant he came up with two different solutions for that (asking the djinn and killing derek). after a whole month of the whole cast failing to help guillermo, in just 24 hours nandor knew exactly how to make it all better.

JUST THE KNOWLEDGE OF WHY NANDOR NEVER TURNED GUILLERMO CHANGES EVERYTHING!!! for several seasons now we theorized why nandor was so dodgy about this subject. but it wasn't bc he didn't care, or to keep the status quo, or bc he was afraid guillermo would leave once he got what he wanted. IT WAS BC HE KNEW GUILLERMO WELL ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND HE WASN'T READY FOR EVERYTHING BEING A VAMPIRE ENTAILS!!!

this finale showed that even though nandor can usually be dense and a bit slow, he can also think really quickly once all the avaliable information is presented to him. and he's actually aware of the people around him and their feelings (specially guillermo's). even though he acts aloof all the time, nandor can be serious and collected when the situation calls for it.

the s5 finale legit completely changed how i view his character.

[justafriendofxanders]

truly believe angst about spike ats characterization would be solved if he'd just started a situationship with angel. i'm not saying that would have been good for the season or any other character's arc, i just think if the requirements are (1) spike's character must be as consistent as possible between btvs s7/ats s5 and (2) he can't fuck off and leave LA immediately to find buffy, the best solution is to throw him in a toxic relationship that involves fixating on someone who thinks they're better than him. i mean well actually he does already do this. i just think it would have been truer to the character if he did this for the promise of recognition from this person, and then eventually came around to realizing that it's worth doing the right thing because it's the right thing, and not for the promise of love or redemption that's going to "fix" him. for instance if he signed up for a hopeless mission to continually fight the good fight that he didn't have a chance of winning and saw himself as someone who could fight alongside others on the side of "good" despite their past misdeeds. ...huh.

[nicnacsnonsense]

Just finished “Lies My Parents Told Me” and woof, that was rough.

Spike & Buffy are just bizarrely flippant about the fact that Spike’s trigger is still active. Like I am pro-keeping Spike alive, but given that he can be forcibly turned into a bloodthirsty killer at literally any moment, some precautions need to be taken!

Giles meanwhile is the only person treating the trigger with the seriousness that it deserves and is actively trying to fix it, but when he isn’t able to immediately solve the problem, he just jumps straight to murder?

Giles is like, hmmm, I cannot trust Buffy’s judgement about Spike as I suspect she may be emotionally compromised, so instead I am going to ally with Robin, who has point-blank admitted to me that his judgement around Spike is emotionally compromised

The audacity of Giles telling Buffy she needs to be a general while making and helping to execute on a major fucking decision behind her back

Why is Giles on the Spike hate train this season? I feel like he trusts Spike and likes Buffy working with him less this season than he did in season 5. Except this season not only does Spike have a soul, which makes a huge fucking difference in how we treat Angel, Spike went and got his soul of his own accord because he wanted to be a better person for Buffy. And Giles gives him zero credit for any of that. (Honestly no one gives Spike enough credit for that this season, though Buffy does at least try.)

I don’t like Buffy saying she would sacrifice Dawn to save the world if she had to. Not even because it bothers me that Buffy the person would say that, but because it kind of undermines the overall narrative of the show. S3 Buffy kills Angel to save the world. Cool, powerful statement about the character. S5 Buffy refuses to kill Dawn to save the world, saying that she doesn’t know how to live in a world where these are the choices. Also a powerful statement, and all the more meaningful because she has changed her mind since the last time. S7 she says she would sacrifice Dawn to save the world actually, and now I no longer care. None of these statements are powerful any more because apparently Buffy’s just generally wishy-washy about the whole thing.

Spike says he doesn’t feel bad for killing Nikki because he’s a vampire and she was the Slayer and that’s how the game is played; she chose it. No she did not! Like that’s the whole thing, the huge running conflict throughout the whole show, not to mention the big Shadow Men reveal just two episodes ago. The Slayer is *chosen*. One girl in all the world is chosen without her consent to have all this power just thrust upon her and then be forced to fight evil and protect the world.

In general just not a fan of the condescension dripping off Spike in that interaction, like oh my mom loved me but yours didn’t love you.

Oh my god, Spike, that’s his dead mother’s coat. You stole that coat off the body of a woman you had just murdered. Just let him fucking keep the coat.

[sageandred]

911 LS Rewatch Notes~♥︎ Season 3

-I'm gonna post this recap from my drafts of my favorite Tarlos season & reminisce on the most angst-filled, romantic season again before the show ends; maybe I'll post s4 shortly after or I'll wait til after s5 ends

3x01: The Big Chill

I didn't appreciate enough TNT being placed at the same station the first time I watched it

[for the rest of the 126 bailing on D-day of the station] "everyone's accepted the reality.. BRUTAL as it is." oh, Carlos is hurt-hurt about the breakup!

"my best guy [Mateo]". being recognized by the 129 captain 💛

never noticed Nancy looking at Mateo longer saying their goodbyes on the scene

3x02: Thin Ice

This episode is sooo good-my favorite disaster!

"Your lady's good!" "Why do you think I called her?" Grace 😭 is such a good dispatcher/ her and Judd are such a good team 😭! (damn, they're probably gonna have Wyatt do this w/the 126 & f up on one of the calls in the beginning)

"Marjan..she's my ride or die..." 🥲 the whole team ❤️ (this might be a reach, but was the song choice when Paul gets saved a subtle inclusion of Marjan & Grace (since she helped earlier in the ep) because of what's going on with them this ep to include their team despite their absence in that moment

Nancy literally thinking to call Carlos before they even knew how serious it was & Tommy coming out to say they should call his dad

3x03: Shock & Thaw

TK is so dumb (I love him) "I still am [your little boy]" he's just a baby

TK literally avoiding everything by living in his coma world with his mommy (it's his safe space in crisis)

Fight scenes are better & everything more dramatic in bad weather

3x04: Push

sry (no hate) I every time, I genuinely lol at Owen going to make things right with the universe so TK will know he has something to fight for ...SIR, now's not the time

..you know what it's very in character to walk away, avoid at all costs, and distract from his feelings...like father, like son (i'm not mad at it) also, i'm gonna correlate Owen's tendency to fix things himself with Carlos' likelihood to do so ahead of s5, because it's very in character for me to insert Carlos in situations he's not directly in

I do appreciate the very intentional hug between Carlos and Owen [him going back] 🙄 (after all that) but ❤️😭❤️

Carlos not telling his parents him & TK broke up, because he "didn't want to let them down"...BECAUSE it's the first time he's felt truly accepted in regards to his sexuality 😭😭😫

Carlos holding TK's hands to stop him from struggling with the tubes (i remember this but 😭😭😭)

You can't convince me that wasn't Rafael & Ronen breaking character in the home reveal scene with the laughing & reaction to "did you break into my house?"

3x05: Child Care

Wyatt comes THIS soon?

I do love that Grace & Judd don't keep secrets & it's said right then & there as such an immediate vocalized thing in the episode

Detective Washington/Carlos' boss is lowkey pushing Carlos for better (she doesn't praise him for his neighbor cam footage at first & then he goes out of his way to search thru hrs of car plates when it isn't his case atm)

TK is such a heavy sleeper as Carlos is moving around a ton and writing lol; meanwhile Carlos wakes up at the lightest couple of shakes at the proposal in 3.18

oh she is teaching him! 😁 Detective Washington correcting Carlos on his idea on the male voice (thinking there's an accomplice) in the audio, but pointing out his blind spot of the evidence right in front of him

..but then Carlos pulling up the traffic cam to forego the warrant. (oh Detective Reyes era gonna be so good)

"And my father-in-law..more or less." *after Owen doing something reckless & being on scene* i can't wait- ❤️

"..Detective's Exam" he just doesn't believe he could succeed & subsequently fill Gabriel's shoes later come s5

3x06: The ATX Files

"no, as a rule, I never have any tumeric before noon" Judd back at it again "bullying" Owen <3 (the continuity of revealing their secrets/problems to each other & this time it's Judd reaching out because he needs silly help w/aliens!!! ..and that Owen & Wyatt are much more alike (love that Judd told Tommy abt Wyatt first!))

1-4-3 ily beeper code from Charles 😭 from when they first started dating on different work schedules

NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP 🎶 as the on hold music (this show knows how to utilize the music for comedy)

I need "drunk as a skunk" Uncle Cash

🥲 for the candles reigniting at the end (Tommy & Charles 4ever)

3x07: Red vs Blue

O'Brien-when he comes back up for the Nazi storyline

like "I am offended. We do not even have a pole." "Cap said he was thinkin' about getting us a nice slide though." "A slide? No way!" Mateo is so 😂

Nancy being bad (and terrified) at softball, TK being the only one to be able to hit a ball at first, PEARCE NOT Pierce (this episode is so funny)

3x08: In the Unlikely Event of an Emergency

Baby Jonah, all grown up now, is gonna have a hard time w/the witnessing of his mother being k!lled

the parallel to 1x03 w/TK pulling up in a ride in 2017, with Gwyn

TK's details about what he remembers b4 he was 1, being happy years rather than traumatic like what they're talking about re:Jonah remind me a lot of how he pictures Gwyn when he's in his coma (as an adult finding comfort in the small things from being around her); TK's happy place is his mom 🥺🥲❤️

FR none of us can say Owen truly doesn't care. HE AVOIDS. (he leaves quickly because he loves Gwyn & it hurts; he leaves the hospital because he doesn't want to face the reality of his son's condition, and distracts himself in ways when Gwyn returns for a visit with the kid he wished was his baby [i like how we focus more on TK this episode & see Owen's struggle at a different time].

3x09: The Bird

I love Tommy checking up on TK! It's crazy to think there's a good chance we wouldn't get these kind of paramedic team scenes if Tommy didn't enter this season or TK didn't make the switch from firefighter.

This is the episode Paul says his dad died at 36 from a heart attack

and Paul is 38 (age confirmation)

p.s. this show has some of the prettiest pet actors

Marjan's gotta be traumatized (this is the 2nd time she's found someone close to death in their home (AND IT'S PAUL)!)

3x10: Parental Guidance

here marks the beginning of the end following his untreated concussion for The Captain of the 129

this is the episode of underrated 126 dynamics: Judd & Marjan/Judd & Paul/Paul & Owen/Marjan & Mateo (because they never seriously fight like they do this ep)

3x11: Prince Albert in a Can

the look of TK towards Carlos at the case of the guy who falls on his own knife

"You gonna get that Raging Bull?" 😄

"I'm a patrol officer, not a detective." 2nd time he's said this

3x12: Negative Space

DNR. DNR. DNR.

another mention of Owen's second wife "she had a thing with knives"

TK: "Well, luckily we know someone who's just become an expert at scanning hours of footage." Carlos: "This is why I keep getting chronic eye strain. But you're helping me." ❤️

3x13: Riddle of the Sphynx

"TK raves about you." "Then we have something in common" -underrated jealous Carlos

Judd's face when he saw the cat 😂 & "he's sick, huh?"

Carlos doing a background check is funny, but also him not going thru TK's phone without his knowledge is <3

3x14: Impulse Control

ugh Uncle Julius (Vega)

oh Nancy & Mateo went to get coffee, not to counseling (like I said in the s2 rewatch). them connecting over their guilt of feeling like they did wrong with the shooter

Owen unmandated therapy ✔️

3x15: Down to Clown

oh here comes Lou!

"How did u forgive yourself?" "I don't know if I ever did." (Judd) <3 😿🙃 [talking his firefighter brothers]

"Sonny boy?" what is this??? Oh his dad's nickname

This episode is so comedic-(Tommy:)"your dad just wants to stay back and observe"; Judd coming to pick Grace up; I can't believe "you look so good today" was improvised in the tarlos vs lizard scene (their chemistry > + those reactions were so good t/o from Rafael) 💕

Owen was 12 when his dad left

3x16: Shift-Less

been waiting to confirm since 1x09 when Owen mentions being a lifeguard for a summer > definitely at least somewhat prompted by guilt over his brother, which happened prior [and what ended up making him become a firefighter]

"if my flight gets delayed, I want you to be my acting captain." "Always." 🥲 Lieutenant Ryder come home s5

a small appreciation for Judd looking at Grace for the confirmation Wyatt can stay with them at his mom's request

Wyatt meeting Judd's dad. Another mention of Uncle Cash without a face to the name. Judd's family farm.

The clown is the design on the hospital wall when Owen's brother.. 😯

3x17: Spring Cleaning

another instance of *checking w/Grace again* beautiful

didn't much the first time, but I have a great appreciation for Nancy/Mateo and Nancy/TK this episode!

I need a gif of all of their reactions directly after finding out about Nancy & Mateo

admit I wasn't for the storyline at first, but it's cute how fatherly Judd is now and delivering fighting for this job + not prepping a damn thing all in the same breath

3x18: A Bright and Cloudless Morning

TK recounting the will story of Carlos being "cool as a breeze" & Paul's "which is that man's resting state" 😂 yeah, I'm not convinced tbh, but luv him ❤️

I'll always love "bro maybe you should stay away from kids" Mateo has the best lines, I swear

"I can't lose another parent. Not now."😢 > "It's why you make a will. It's not to prepare for the end...It's so the moment is taken care of, so we can live in this one." Owen rly kind of helped him move forward! these words b4 the proposal <3

also, I love the paused stare into space after TK utters, "marry me"

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what’s been happening in miraculous ladybug?

I’m not up to date. The very legal way I was watching it only had up to season 4.

But from what I have pieced together. Gabriel finally dies! Yay!!! The wish is made? By Marinette with the ladybug and cat? That’s why everyone gets redesigns in s6? Felix has the peacock. And is with Kagami now? Lila sucks. Sabrina is redeemed.

I started writing a Nathalie thing. Mostly just getting my thoughts onto paper instead of in my head. I love her, she’s my favorite character. But I get such whiplash between the show and fanfiction. Like that scene in Bubbler where she decides to use Marinette’s scarf. It feels like overacting with all the gasps and frantic movement. Like that’s how you would animate Mari not the stone cold secretary who never shows emotion. And her feelings for Gabriel are revealed in narration. Absolutely failed show don’t tell. Or the stupid Miracle Queen with Hawk Moth and Mayura ready to attack Jade Turtle. And she like falls over and Hawk Moth catches her and the animation is so silly. She just flops around in his arms.

I feel like Miraculous has so much potential the show just does nothing with it. Like the love square. That’s fun romantic tension with a lot of variety to play with your lead characters. But nothing every happens. And then Chat Blanc! I hate chat blanc they did not need to add time travel. And it feels so surface level. Like “oh everyone is complaining that there’s no reason why they have to keep their identities secret. Well I’ll give you a reason. The entire universe will be destroyed if these two teenager learn who each other are.’ And it ruins Gabriel’s motivations. His whole thing is about fixing his family. Discovering who chat noir is should be devastating. He tore his family apart trying to repair it. Instead he is fully onboard with akumatizing his son immediately. Even one line about how the wish will rewrite reality so Adrien won’t remember all this would be fine. Or something about Adrien being a sentimonster for Gabriel doesn’t even see him as human. Does the sentimonster theory get confirmed in s5? Idk. If anyone knows where I can find s5 tell me please.

Like you can do so much with this premise, but the writers refuse to. All the fanfic I’ve read is better than the actual show. It’s also been a nostalgia trip (I say this when it was like 5 years ago). Because Miraculous was the first fandom I read fanfic for. Shoutout to a witch’s familiar. So I’ve been rereading a bunch of them and leaving comments and it’s been great!

Chloe I like as an antagonist. Her characterization gets walked back a bunch but her arc about becoming Queen Bee and the responsibility she holds is nice. Lila I fucking hate. Partially because I really value honesty and if she existed irl I would despise her. But also her motivation is just she hates Ladybug? Maybe she gets more later but like at least do something with how she feels neglected by her mom. Any why is she so ready to join Hawk Moth immediately? No hesitation yes I will help the terrorist.

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Here are some of my fav LIs from each season of litg (we all have different and similar opinions, please be respectful)

•S1: Jake and Talia. Jake was a slow burn but really did care for Mc and was just afraid to show it until last minute, coupled up with him the moment I had a chance, plus when Cherrygate happened… Jake put a protective arm around you as you walked away from your current partner. Talia is so gorgeous and thoughtful, when my Mc was coupled up with Mason, him and Levi started getting into it and Talia told them to stop swinging their dicks and made sure my Mc was ok. I of course replayed it and took the Talia route 😊 have not regretted it.

•S2: BOBBY!! No words can explain when my s2 Mc and him just meshed together. Literally so thoughtful, kind, loving and funny. He really was head over heels for Mc in the end and really cared for his friends! When drama would happen, he would be the first to try fix things together.

•S3: Harry and AJ. Harry is cute looking and I love his backstory of his family basically saying he is adopted and he has two other siblings (I think, it’s been awhile and I of course am not able to replay it) he explains he such a good brother and his old t-shirt looked kind of cute on my Mc. AJ gives off golden retriever energy and she’s so beautiful! Her style is beyond stunning and playing her route was heart warming for me.

•S4: Youcef. Now towards the end of the season I realized I’m a sucker for slow burns. At first I thought he and Bruno were ugly when they showed up in the hot tub date. But as we got to see more of his personality somewhere in between… I had to make my Mc couple up with him. But seriously… fusebox did him REALLY dirty. I remember someone saying this… every time he smiles he looks like he’s in pain. He kind of does tbh. I love his personality but he could have looked better. Also playing his route is the sweetest and the only time you are on track with his route is when you say honesty is the best policy when talking with Tiffany, Bruno and him.

•S5: now f*ck this season! My Mc coupled up with Suresh and took her f*cking money because screw that season. Worst season ever.

•S6: Lewie, Bella and Andy. Lewie is major Golden Retriever energy, I just find him so attractive that I made my Mc immediately coupled with him right away, he just wants everyone to get along and when things go south I think his Captain instincts kick in and try to keep the vibes going. Bella is the most patient woman ever in all the seasons, she literally waited for Mc. She’s just so out of this world too! Her smile is just… UGHHH I WAS SO IN LOVE THAT I HAD TO DO HER ROUTE TOO!! WORTH IT! Now Andy, he was the most popular casa boy this season, I mean look at him! How can anyone resist his smile? And his little prank you see if you brought him back to the main villa on movie night and his little dance, ugh my heart. (I had to play the Ryan route so I wouldn’t have felt guilty for leaving Lewie to be dumped) and he works with animals, I love animals!!

•S7: Joyo. This season wasn’t really worth it since it lost all its excitement after Mc went into the main villa. Joyo immediately caught my eye so I stayed loyal and now I’m replaying for a Raphael route.

•S8: Claudia, Bea and Max. Claudia is so gorgeous AND SHE DESERVED MY MC MORE THAN THEO. My opinion on Theo was that he was still a playboy and disrespected Claudia by trying to flirt with my Mc, like Theo I don’t want you, I want your girl you are not treating correctly. Bea is so gorgeous and if you aren’t on her route, she’s literally your best friend and you get the option to have a little date with her when you guys are in casa together. As I am writing this, I notice that I’m a huge sucker for golden retriever vibes. Max’s color yellow def suits him! Adorable and I found it funny when he pied off your last LI (in my case, it was Jin) and basically showed he wouldn’t back down just because Mc and the last LI had history.

•S9: I have no opinions so far on my favorites but Natasha be looking like she could be a bit of me. She’s beautiful. I just hope Fusebox brings back people from later seasons and people we weren’t able to romance at all. Like being Eddie back, he did not deserve to go and how he experienced love island. I want him to have a chance with my Mc this season.

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I have been bitten by the Gemcyt bug caused by @chrisrin

I thus present to you Zedaph as Poudretteite as well as Worm Man as 'Pink Chalcedony' and a fusion of WM with @sweetest-honeybee 's Evil Xisuma design. (Mainly bc i had a better idea of a fusion btwn the two rather than with chrisrin's tango and impulse, but i might figure it out) Thanks for letting me use your design! It let me make Covelite!

And while there's some notes in the drawings, there shall be more below the cut!

Okay so I immediately jumped to Zed being a pink colored gem and stumbled upon a few options. I knew I wanted to pick 2, one to be Zed's gem and the other to be WM's supposed gem, and almost swapped their gem types before learning that there was a chalcedony on the show.

I think it is a fun thing to have Zed and WM insist they are totally not the same person (or gem in this case), and here we see that WM is shapeshifting the gem position around, and that could have worked... if it weren't blatantly obvious that he looks nothing like a chalcedony. I mean look at how close the different colored Pearls look, or Sapphire and Padparacha.

The base form I used for Zed is from a gem silhouette from 'The Answer', which was the only one to have those lil ball hands as the others had at least some semblance of regular hands. So I kept that detail and even made a joke about how Zed can still just pick stuff up, and that even carries over to the fusion

speaking of the fusion.

Other than a ZIT(S) fusion, the most obvious one is w/ Evil X. And I absolutely love Bee's design and brain went nyoom with it, expecially the fact that he's corrupted??? Hello???!??! We saw in the show w/ Jasper and one of the corrupted Jaspers fusing that it left remnants of the other's corruption on Jasper herself. I loved the idea that Zed could get lil sheep like horns post-first fusion with Evil X, so boom, it now exists.

(Also the lil spots carrying over makes it even more obvious Zed/WM are the same gem so haha lol)

As for the fusion itself, I saw that Evil X seemed to have dragon elements, and that fits perfectly w/ my personal headcanons of them being an ender dragon (hybrid), and then we have sheep hybrid zedaph, and what is a fluffy dragon? luck dragon!!!

The front legs are more dragon like, back legs more sheep like (claws and then hooves respectively) and then there is fluffy luck dragon tail! oh! and I had fun with making the mane of hair work as Evil X's fancy collar thing.

Their head is based a lot on Alexandrite's, with the two mouth thing going on. I thought it would go nicely with their concept and i think it works well.

And then other details! I used the distance models style to show off the past reformations of Zed and WM. Also slight drawing mistake, in the lil comic of WM showing off his new corruption marks, he should be in his 'Early s5' design (I'll prolly go back and fix it in the morning fixed 'n added Covelite's colors). I picture the first fusion btwn the two being an adaption of when EX trapped WM in prison, then reappeared being good now to help him escape, but they needed to fuse to do so. (Oh i also used the distance models to do a lil size comparison)

[all-pacas]

wait wait wait

Foreman starts dating Wendy in s3. He immediately throws himself into getting her surgical hours and job interviews in other states; she is upset and dumps him when she realizes he sees her as a project/someone to help and fix more than a romantic partner

s5, he starts dating 13. And he does the exact same thing. Foreman throws himself into arranging her treatment plans and therapy, even before they start dating: his attentiveness to her diagnosis is what draws her to him to an extent. But as she starts to do better, he cools on her: he still cares, but he is less interested in being there for her emotionally, he starts prioritizing her career over her again.

Foreman is only interested in people he can fix. He approaches these relationships like they're projects with goals (Wendy gets her certifications! 13 gets cured!) and loses all interest in the actual women; he grows pointedly bored of/tired of the relationships when they're about emotions. He's only attracted to women he can fix and project manage and take care of.