#she was ROBBED i'm forever salty

[crimsonscloud]

you know what. it's missing norton!bruce hours (again) and i got some headcanons to share this time. below the cut because we might be here a while.

general / misc headcanons:

based on norton's screenplay for the incredible hulk, this bruce's full name is david bruce banner. (this is also how i mentally differentiate between norton and ruffalo's portrayals; to me, norton!bruce is david, ruffalo!bruce is robert.)

his mother used to call him "davey" as an affectionate nickname when he was little.

frankenstein is one of his favorite books because his mother read it to him. (this one is canon to the ih novelization)

he adores dogs and adopts a puppy between the avengers and age of ultron. (i don't have a name for the puppy yet.)

he likes studio ghibli films and finds the animation style relaxing.

learned russian while getting one of his phds, like in the comics.

inspired by this panel from the "super spy banner" arc in the comics: he likes james bond. and yes, he absolutely takes the chance to say "the name is banner. bruce banner" when he's doing an infiltration mission (probably with natasha and/or clint) or something. he and natasha probably watch the films together since her solo film had her quoting along to moonraker.

bruce. is. a. martial. artist. the films forget this and i'm salty about it.

cooking is relaxing for him so he tends to make a lot of food, and he knows a lot of dishes from different cultures because of how much he's traveled. no one on the team complains.

bruce's powers:

glowing eyes <3

inspired by the john turman hulk script, electricity behaves weird around bruce when he gets emotional. he has made lightbulbs and other things explode if he's standing too close to them. he learns how to isolate the effect once he understands more about his relationship with hulk. tony helps by giving him things he doesn't mind getting exploded, and for bruce it also works kind of like a trauma release. he can still accidentally blow something up if he gets distracted / agitated, but it happens less.

the electrical-interference power also manifests as him being able to hear electrical currents. different things have slightly different sounds / pitches and tony always asks him to describe them.

still has a pretty good healing factor as bruce, it's just slower. (in a ih deleted scene sparr says she's never seen someone recover from a tranquilizer as fast as he does). also can't get drunk, but he's never tested that for obvious reasons.

in the novel he's able to dodge a tranq dart "aimed and fired in one motion" so he probably also has faster reflexes.

immune to mind control as bruce and as hulk. both are pissed at wanda for trying it.

based on a scene in the immortal hulk comics, bruce uses automatic writing and drawing to communicate with hulk when hulk isn't out.

can see astral forms. they're clearer and even tangible when hulk is in control, but bruce can also see them.

also inspired by immortal hulk, he has a weird sixth sense for when people are lying to him. as bruce the "itch" he gets can be ignored most of the time, as hulk not so much.

relationship / dynamic headcanons:

no brutasha romance to be seen here they are friends 😌 (if that's your cup of tea that's fine it just isn't mine.)

stays. in. contact. with. betty. (i will forever fight the mcu over this. they are soulmates yall.)

steals tony's band shirts like a gremlin. also steals tony's snacks.

bruce🤝wanda: blurring the lines of science and mysticism. (later comics describe gamma radiation as having a mystical element, "like a magic spell... when viewed from another angle" which is the same reason bruce / hulk tend to have some extrasensory powers).

i just think we were robbed of a bruce and wanda friendship okay.

[orangeflavoryawp]

Rocks and shoals??? My beloved???? Super happy to see it on your list!! 💕💕

I know! Isn't it crazy?! Believe me, if there's one WIP I will finish even if it takes years, even if it kills me, it's "Rocks and Shoals". Kolyat and Oriana, my little shits, I love them so much. I actually have about 4.5k words already written for the next chapter, but I'm not finished with it just yet.

For those unaware, "Rocks and Shoals" is my Kolyat Krios/Oriana Lawson post-war fic in the Mass Effect fandom. Lots of wading through PTSD. Lots of grief and healing and clashing personalities. A bit of salty teens. A bit of found family. Very slow burn. They gotta get right with themselves before they can get right with each other, basically. I adore writing this piece.

Honestly, my biggest issue with it is that I wrote all the posted chapters in past tense way back then, and now I write everything in present tense, so the tonal shift might be jarring for some readers. But eh. I don't have the energy right now to go back and change the tense in the last nine chapters, and if I consciously try to write in past tense now, after not doing so for so long, I'll keep tripping myself up and never get into the flow of it. So I'm just going to write it as I feel and put an author's note about it in the chapter, lol.

And since you made me so insanely happy by asking about "Rocks and Shoals", I'm going to give you a little snippet. <3 So this is directly after Kolyat beat the shit out of that guy and Oriana had her little flashback/breakdown and Kolyat kind of lost it, you know, emotionally.

* * *

“You’re lucky the guy’s not comatose after what you did to him,” she snaps. 

Kolyat grabs her wrist, stopping her.  “Yeah, I get it, Lawson.  You can stop with the sanctimonious lecture now.” 

She purses her lips, frustration marring her features.  She drags her hand from his hold.  “Do you, though?” 

He gives her an impatient look. 

“Do you get it?  Really?” 

Kolyat rolls his eyes.  “What are you going on about now?” 

“You could have seriously hurt the guy!” she shrieks, hands thrown up in the air.  “Hell, you could have been seriously hurt.” 

“And what was I supposed to do?” Kolyat growls, his hands curling along the tabletop beneath him.  “Let him rob us?  Hurt you?  Or worse?” 

“We could have settled it without violence.” 

Kolyat scoffs.  “Yeah, sure.  Because the blade he pulled was clearly not an indication of his propensity to violence.” 

Oriana throws the cotton swab in her hand down onto the table, her chest rising in her vexation.  “And now you’re suspended for it.” 

“Don’t particularly care, Lawson.”  He rubs at his temple, the one not especially bruised.  His head is throbbing and she’s not making it any better. 

“You should,” she bites out. 

Kolyat slaps his hands along his thighs in surrender.  “You’re right.  I should.  Can we go now?”  He moves to stand fully. 

She pushes him back down with a hand on his shoulder.  “You’re still bleeding.” 

Kolyat gives her a baleful look.  “I’m fine.” 

“You’re not,” she says, a sharp breath sucked between her teeth, and then she glances to the floor, her brows furrowing, her jaw grinding.  “You’re not fine,” she croaks out. 

The break in her voice throws him, and he has to clamp his mouth shut, watching her. 

She peers up at him with a heated gaze, eyes wet with unshed tears.  “So stop saying that you are,” she bites out, her anger bleeding into her voice, her exhale of frustration sharp and ragged. 

Kolyat stares at her. 

“It’d be okay if you did, though.  It’d be okay to just... kind of break a little.” 

He thinks maybe he did. 

* * *

You can read it here if you want to scream with me about Koliana: Rocks and Shoals. Please be kind. I'm a way better writer now, lol.

So glad you asked about this, anon! You have my forever love for that one. <3

Play the WIP title game with me!

[trrvisuals]

My Characters

Riley is always my MC, but I have given her different last names and different middle names in different stories. All of my character's personalities vary from story to story. And Riley is perhaps the most variable of them all.

All of the Riley Campbell Chronicles: Riley Beth Campbell (after her mother Elizabeth)

Savage Love: Riley Amalas Brooks (after her aunt, the queen of Monterisso)

Star Crossed: Riley Renee Brooks (after her grandmother)

Face Claim: Barbara Palvin

Liam is almost always an LI for my Riley, if he's not with Riley, I pair him with Maxwell. In most (but not all) poly fics, she is married to Liam. Occasionally he's in a throuple with either her and Max or her and Drake.

I've written Liam as understanding of her torn feelings about him and Drake and as more jealous of it. I've written him as sweet and innocent and I've written him as possessive and controlling.

In the tradition of most royal houses, I have given him (as well as Leo and any of his children) multiple middle names.

Liam Nicolai Ulysses Augustus Rys

Face Claim: Daniel Henney

Drake is almost always a LI for Riley as well, either as a rival for her affections or in a poly situation with Liam. Her relationship with him is often (but not always) a secret even when all involved are in a CNM situation, due to concerns about scandal.

I've written Drake everywhere from completely no jealousy in him to murderous jealousy over her and everything in between. Depends on the tone of the story I'm going for.

I've given him the middle name of Nolan, after one of the greatest pitchers of all time, Texas Ranger Nolan Ryan. His son is almost always named Jackson or Jaxon after his father.

Drake Nolan Walker.

Face claim: Daniel Di Tommaso

I created more boards for him during Drake Walker Appreciation Week. Here they are:

Max is a wild card. I've written him as her best friend and I've written him as her lover. There are a few one-shots where she and Max end up exclusive but I really love him with her and Liam as a throuple.

When not with Riley, I've paired him with Liam and once with Savanah. I also have two boards for him because I created a new one for Maxwell Appreciation Week.

Maxwell Percival Beaumont.

Face claim: Xavier Serrano

Rashad is not a LI in canon, but I went ahead and made him one in Bad Romance and was surprised at how many people enjoyed his character and his relationship with Riley.

Canon didn't give him a last name, so I did.

Lord (and eventually Duke) Rashad Faheem

Face claim: Manish Dayal

Leo really became a more filled-out character for me when I wrote him in Bad Romance Disney Adventure. I have only paired him with Riley once so far and it was in the past tense. I have almost always put him with Olivia until it occurred to me to put him with Drake and I'm shocked at how much I love that pairing.

Leonardo Tiberius Constantine Fabian Rys

Face claim: Trevor Donovan

Hudson Rys, Leo's eldest child, who is forever salty that his father's life choices robbed him of being king.

Face claim: Jesse McCartney

Olivia, aka Liv or Livvie to her close friends and family. I have paired her with Leo multiple times and once with Hana so far.

Olivia Vanderwall Nevrakis

Face claim: Karen Gillian

Kiara Theron. Sometimes romantic rival for Drake's affections. Twice I have married her to Gordon Price, the prime minister of Terrana. I have yet to write how that comes about, but one of these days maybe lol.

Face Claim: Aja Naomi King

Hana Lee. I have paired her most often with Riley. I have put her with Lena a few times. I have made her aromantic. I have given her a fling with Penelope. In my Drake x Leo universe, I paired her with Olivia. I have never paired her with a man other than Liam. I have made her queen twice. In Dark Elf she is escorted to social events by Rashad, but she hates it and only does it to appease her parents so they leave her alone and she can focus on her true objectives.

Face Claim: Angela Yeung Wing (stage name Angelababy)

[meg-dl-art]

Manila in All stars 4, being cute as FUCK like always <3 My queen

[kisaragitomi]

fumetsu no anata e is my sapphic villain origin story.

all i'm saying is that we got robbed! we had frames from 120-124 like these

which really made me think they were going to go the wlw direction with mizuha and hanna..... but i got clowned so hard......

there's that kabedon scene. and this specific hugging scene. i'm just.

i thought it would mean the cycle of fushi obsession would finally stop with mizuha as the inheritor of hayase's blood... it still hurts to think about all the grievances that happened with kahak. i didn't want mizuha to go through what her ancestors went through at all.

this scene was also really soft:

and can we talk about their literal date????

i swear! this chapter seemed like it was straight out of a wlw manga. i remember reading bloom into you / yagate kimi ni naru with the same exact feeling.

(also hey that fashion sense... lgbt fashion spectrum...)

then this frame doomed me.

seeing hanna just hugging her back broke me internally ngl. the fact that she wants fushi while her best friend is just standing there embracing her made me wanna rage quit lmfao

i know at the end of the day the author likely never intended mizuha/hanna to be a thing but i think i'll be salty about it forever.

feel free to agree or disagree. i just really wanna see more canon wlw pairings in non-yuri/shoujo ai stuff..... :p (that's not fetishized or bait, obviously)

[carrottuan93]

Haven’t met you yet | Mark

Masterlist (1/4) | part2 - part3 - part4

Starring: MK x You

Tags: Mark Tuan, Fluff, Destiny, Waiting, Christmas, Bookworm, Nerd, Love, Fate

Total WC: 2631

Foreword: You promise yourself you’re going to wait for the perfect love even if it takes forever but you’re already barging on it’s doorstep without even realizing that love has met you already in the first place.

It’s all about timing and seeking reassurance in all the right places.

It’s a chance you never want to miss and an opportunity that you wouldn’t trade for anything.

Learn to take risks and learn to fall in love along the way. Cause true love is patient and it’ll come when you least expect it.

Have you been good all year round? You never know what Santa has in stored for you this Christmas.

[Feel free to listen on the playlist that I made for this one shot :)))]

"Eunhee, I should probably take a break from your endless blind date setups. Nothing is working out for me, seriously." You heaved a sigh, slouching on the couch as you gave your best friend an exasperated look the moment you entered her humble bookshop. She's too excited for your love life ever since she and her long-time university crush Jackson became an official couple on your birthday when you celebrated it on Jeju last year. It was a really cold New Year’s Eve when you chose to reserve this romantic restaurant by the beach as the venue for your special day. Eunhee doesn't have any idea about Jackson's plan when you booked a flight to Jeju Island for a week despite the busy season. Since you wanted to play the fairy godmother role for the both of them, you saved Jackson from worrying and suggested that he'd do it on your birthday instead. And just like that, they spent the New Year countdown melting into each other’s puddle while greeting you a happy birthday. The things you do for your friend, if that ain’t salty for your part (it is, for being the third wheel), automatically elected you as the sole Queen of singles club after Neun’s grand exit.

 Since their anniversary is just around the corner, they are planning to spend it once again on Jeju and Eunhee, for being the supportive sister from another mother that she is, will surely drag you with them at all costs since it has been your tradition to celebrate New Year’s Eve with your best friend. She is dying to set you up with someone so you won't be celebrating your birthday alone anymore.

 "I'm sorry, Y/N. I thought you and my friend Hae In will work out. What happened by the way? tell me about your date." She sat beside your spot after closing the shop and did the honor of pouring you a glass of your favorite merlot. This girl knows how to calm you down for sure. I mean she isn't your best friend if she have no idea that wine is your comfort drink. For whatever reason it is, you don't know why it helps to lessen your loneliness by drinking the night away. Maybe knocking you down into a deep slumber and finding yourself completely clueless the next day, alongside the horrible hangover can patch up the painful truth that you are still single up to this point of your life. In addition to the earthly and God-sent smell of neatly piled books crowding the interior of her paradise, Eunhee's bookshop is your go-to place at all times. You used to frequent this a lot during your childhood days where you first met her and together you shared the same passion and love for books and wine through all these years.

 "He's too overrated for my type. Like I don't know why we need to talk about all of his exes and why his relationship with them didn't work out when we can sit and be comfortable with just talking about our interests, 'us' the present and not his past. He's a perfectionist per se and I don't like it when a guy shows disinterest whenever I told them about myself as some nerdy bookish girl who craves for a netflix kind of night compared to his ideal dream girl-next-door whom you can freely bring to a club the minute next." You look down on the red liquid in your glass, appreciating its refined and classic smell that is clouding your nostrils. You're way too excited to go home so you can finally sink on your newly changed bed sheets and savor the enticing smell of fabric conditioner which you cannot live without. You glanced outside the window, observing the couples walking together under the falling snow, as if Valentines day has come all of a sudden in the middle of December. Red roses are a popular gift for the ladies as you've observed and you cannot help yourself from wondering if someone will ever give you flowers on Christmas, particularly pink roses, which you really admire. You always dreamt of tending a bed of pink roses only for yourself because the sight of it makes you really happy. It's just unfortunate that they aren't in full bloom during this season that's why you can only wait for February to come so you could save the trouble of finding a lame date and just buy yourself a bouquet for Valentines. You can give yourself flowers and still feel like in a relationship with all the fictional characters on your novels. No one is stopping you from dating them in your mind, you thought.

 “Ugh I can’t believe that guy. I thought he’s a good catch but actually a bummer for real. Don’t worry, I’ll choose better next time." She gave you a warm hug, patting your head as you lay your cheek on her shoulder. She released you and you gave her an 'I'm-okay-don't-worry' kind of smile. And you sat there for almost an hour talking about your other failed blind dates in the past week that all belongs in either Jackson or Eunhee's circle. You have no idea why none of them matched your personality. Either they are too wild or too boring for them to function as your potential boyfriend. No one could really captivate your specific taste in a guy. It's not that you are too picky and have a high standard when it comes to scouting a lover. You just have your own preferences when it comes to choosing someone whom you'll devote your precious time into. No relationship is perfect because everything is built out of flaws, misunderstandings, heartaches and drama but if you'll enter in a commitment at least choose someone who's worthy of that pain. You aren’t getting any younger and all you need right now is someone reliable, honest and trustworthy enough to not waste your feelings and emotion. You need a serious guy who will not take you for granted and who welcomes the idea of settling in the near future. At least someone with a nice job? Or a bearable attitude, outlook and philosophy in life? He doesn't need to be the most handsome or richest guy in the planet. After all, you always talk to God about giving you with someone who will really love all your imperfections and flawed nature. You always pray to the heavens above that maybe he'll cross the mountains and bring you the moon and the stars like they always did on the movies and in stories but you're fed with too much fantasy and began to think that maybe the guy for you was rather inexistent or an alien inhabiting a distant galaxy located in a million light years away.

 "A break is all I need after all. I will be fine tomorrow at Christmas eve. Don't worry about me having a date on our dinner. I'll bring some macarons as an antidote for all things bitter for you and Jackson's couple party." It's your best friend’s first Christmas with her boyfriend that's why they are throwing a mini gathering for their family and close friends. You had this feeling that you will be the only one attending the party without a date so might as well go straight to the kitchen and grab a bottle of whatever wine you can get and spend the evening dancing on tipsy toes and the floor would be very much pleased to accommodate your drunken needs. But you will not gonna end up wasted on a party especially Eunhee will not be there beside you to take you home since you do not want to rob Jackson of his time with her. Their happiness always matters before you and that's what makes you happy, to see your best friend happy with the man that he really deserves.

 "All right sweetcheeks. We'll not let you feel gloomy on Christmas eve. Good girls get a reward from Santa so you have nothing to worry about." She gave you a wink and clanked your glasses in unison as you both emptied the bottle of wine to your heart's content. You both agreed to watch a romantic holiday movie over a shared furry blanket and hear out your friend as she talked to you mostly of his boyfriend, as if you’ve read a book about the guide to 101 ways on how to fall for Jackson. Maybe the love bug bit too hard on your friend now that she really has the man of her dreams right on her fingertips, she can’t ask for anything else. Their love story is too underrated and you’re one of the living witnesses that a coin is never wasted on a wishing well. If you only joined Eunhee on her wishing spree every time you both pass by your University’s fountain of love, your coin bank would have gone empty by now. But you didn’t do it and saved all of your coins for yourself cause you really enjoy playing basketball in the arcades for fun. For all you can remember way back in college days, your friend is just one of the many timid girls who are cheering and admiring the ever-famous fencing athlete, business student and heartthrob, Jackson. You have classes together with him and that is how your job as a love guru began. You really deserve a raise because you did succeed on making them a couple. You could set up a dating agency and earn better than your current job for all you care. But amidst all the love advice that you gave to them, you’re the complete opposite of a matchmaker. Because love never finds your way despite making love work for the others. Love is sweet but a bitch most of the time.

 If love finally came to Eunhee and Jackson, hopefully yours would come in a whirlpool, sweeping you off of your feet and rendering all the other love stories made in the history irrelevant. You love spontaneity and you’re up for the extraordinary. In fact, you already made a dozen of playlists on spotify and counting, awaiting to be dedicated to him. You may have weird habits, like using ketchup as a dip for your honey glazed donuts, and still act straight and sit the whole day finishing a book with your favorite espresso at coffee shops. You love taking midnight trips to the art museum and you wonder if he can appreciate the abstract the way it makes your soul come alive. You love travelling back to time and studying history and it would be a bonus if he’ll join you on the 3% mint choco enthusiasts in the whole world. And your list goes on and on and it’ll take a lifetime to introduce yourself to someone but you want to meet him soon. You can’t wait for that time to annoy the hell out of him and if he still chooses to come back after your endless nagging, that’s the time when you’re not gonna let go of him anymore. You know for yourself, you’re looking for an almost perfect individual but you’re ready to tear up your never ending list of your ideal guy if someone could really surprise you and made you want to look at the world in a different dimension. After all, an ideal can never be achieved in real life. You cannot make someone ‘the one’ but you can only search for someone and make them ‘your one’. Things may not come out the way you want them to be but things will work out if he’s your destiny. It might be hard to find the rarest form of love, which is true love, but you’re willing to go on a train trip bound to a destination you’ve never been to given that he’ll meet you at the end of the tunnel. Love isn’t hard. Love is supposed to be easy. You just need patience and it’ll come to you when you least expect it.

 It's nearing 11 pm already when you feel lightheaded because of your wine intake and maybe due to the fact that your early sleeping schedule has been breached by tonight's unfortunate event. You bid goodbye to your friend despite her invitation that you should just sleep on her place and decided to call for an uber to save yourself from zoning out like a zombie because you can no longer walk straight with your clouded vision. Eunhee lives upstairs her bookstore because she manages her family's business when her father passed away that's why she isn't living with you anymore. You've grown to be independent now that you're living on your own after sharing the same apartment with your friend during your university days.

 "Tomorrow night at 8. I'll text you the address. Don't be late, Y/n. Have a goodnight!” Eunhee tucked you up nicely on your seat and soon the taxi sped up passing underneath the city lights in the mood for the radio's yuletide playlist. You're a bit drunk to see clearly but you can recognize the faint Christmas lights flickering throughout the busy streets. In just half an hour, the uber came to a stop and you hopped off the cab as you made your way towards the entrance of the condo that you’re residing in. You walked past the concierge and romantic music is donning the halls screaming love is in the air but not for you cause it makes you suffocated. Inside the elevator you noticed that you'll join a couple on your way to a 5-minute trip to the 12th floor. You silently wished that nobody would enter in between floors so as not to slow down your fast lane to your unit or else it'll be another episode of 'You-are-single-fgds' slapping your face. Geez, you badly want a damn break but the couple is too absorbed in their own selves, doing whatever cringey couple thing it is behind you, so you chose to ignore their reflection on the elevator walls.

 God spared you for that ride and luckily you reached the 12th floor in the fastest speed possible. You walked in a crazy zigzag pattern when you reached the front step of your door and you held on the handle to prevent yourself from falling directly on the ground. Your eyes are zooming in for the door lock as you punch in your keycode multiple times and still wonder why the door isn't granting you any access at all.

 "The fudge why aren't you opening?" You tried all possible combinations already but to no luck, you are still denied. For the 10th time, the lock gave up on you and is now urging for a password reset when all of a sudden the heavens finally heard your prayer and the door automatically opened. You fell towards a pair of arms, as if on cue you are saved once again from falling directly on the floor. You grabbed on a pair of shoulders, and you felt like you've reached your bed already as your senses are welcomed with a lovely scent of fabcon, which for you is the sweetest scent in the world.

 "Hmm. I can finally sleep now." You smiled the moment you felt safe and secured within the parameters of what you think of as your bed.

"Wait, you cannot sleep on my arms." It's too late for you to wake up because you're already dozing off to dreamland.

"Oh shoot. What am I gonna do with you?" You barged into someone's room and you haven't had the slightest idea of what you'll gonna do the next morning when you wake up.

[nanawaffles]

This.

Additionally I could add that Rob!Elrond is much more the type of guy who his daughter falls for a mortal and is like "okay... I'm gonna accept this. Here's the thing though, adopted son of mine-- she marries the King of Gondor. Not a ranger from the wild. You take your place and she's yours." Like Hugo!Elrond being very against Arwen/Aragorn was always something I took issue with given how freely he gave her to him in the end, like it felt very human yes, but also kinda cold and hypocritical. Elrond constantly trying to send Arwen away, and only giving in because she's stubborn is way different than a father recognizing his daughter is following in the footsteps of so much of his family, falling in love with someone who Elrond cared for greatly as a son but that he'll lose her. Understanding he will lose her forever, and treasuring it rather than "You're gonna end up alone" like gosh. Jackson!Elrond also being all "i looked into your future and all I saw was death" when he saw Eldarion ... I'm still kinda salty over.

ADDITIONALLY it mirrors Beren and Luthien, but in a better way. Thingol so determined his daughter would not marry a mortal he sent him on a suicide mission. Elrond being the exact opposite. He sent Aragorn on a success mission. A mission that would benefit Aragorn, Gondor, and all the free peoples of middle earth. Making him against it just makes him Thingol. And Elrond is not Thingol.

say what you will about rings of power but I think we can all agree that elrond

[thespiralgrimoire]

Cake and Clover 22-27

"Everyone fucks around and finds out"

Cuzzo has decided that, since it looks like the anime is getting good, he's going to set aside his previous qualms and try to enjoy it anew. I think it may be a little early for this but we're keeping him here whether he like it or not

Rades: "I was exiled from the whole kingdom! For being a regular citizen!" You were grave robbing babe

It's so weird to me that most of the magic knights just......... Don't know what zombies are. They're all like "Wtf are these things? They're like people but not alive??"

Honestly if some hot bitch kicked my ass in battle, restrained me, and then decided to look through my dinky grimoire for no reason, I'd throw a pissfit too. Gotta side with Rades on this one.

There sure are a lot of rogue witches flying around the Clover kingdom...

Things Augustus could be eating while the kingdom is under attack:

Radioactive cheese

Pieces of sponge

Cubes of butter

It kinda looks like Fuegoleon planned to get caught in the sub/manga but in the dub that big beautiful idiot definitely didn't see it coming

Sis: So who do you think Fuegoleon saw when he was kidnapped?

Cuzzo: I guess my guess would be............. Nozel? No, no, Julius? Yeah, I think it's Julius

Mama is back and asking if Yuno is a jerk and I am struggling to answer

Fuegoleon: *plop*

Sis and Cuzzo:

Mama: Who's that?

--

Asta fighting Rades: ...but I'm the strongest one here!

Cuzzo: Oh, so fuck Fuego

--

Asta, healing his curses: Watch this Fuegoleon!

Fuegoleon:

Cuzzo's thoughts so far:

Likes Noelle, but wishes she would git gud because so far she's a cool character with nothing going on. He has been informed that she does get a couple glo ups

Glad that Fuegoleon didn't die because he's not attached to him yet

Mimosa: How horrible! Who could do this to someone as powerful as Fuegoleon?

Cuzzo: Is it Julius? Is it Mars?

Me, who hasn't ranted about William in 6 hours:

Forever salty that they took out Solid's "The Vermillions ain't what they used to be" from the dub. Don't censor my southern hick royals

Constantly thinking about how all the magic knights apparently have a license to kill

Sis: If Julius started doing this shit I would give up. He vaporized TWO PEOPLE! He didn't even move

Me: I wouldn't even wait for him to kill anyone. I would see him and give up

--

Patry: *comes on screen for the first time*

Cuzzo, without hesitation: It's the mask guy. It's the leader of the Golden Dawn.

Me, internally losing my shit: 😶

We once again debate as a family whether parts of the opening change, but not all of it, or if we're all just unobservant

Sis is doing everything she can to make Julius the red herring but Cuzzo is hot on the Billiam trail

Nozel: Fuegoleon... I will never let this happen again 😤

Cuzzo: Aww.... Little gay boy 💙

--

Leopold: *burns the diamond onto his forehead*

Cuzzo: Wait. Why did he burn himself with a diamond?

Me: It's a promise to grow stronger

Cuzzo: I get that, but why is he branding himself with the symbol of another country?

Sis:

Hopefully more of this from @loafingdragon later

We have now been watching anime for 7 straight hours and have finished the zombie invasion arc so I'm gonna call it a night, take my cuzzo home, and tend to my asks

[nancydfan]

It really was for Frosty! The box that Nancy finds in the bushes later was just blown to the door by the tornado! The implication there was always that Scott would only get paid ONCE Brookes team won the 100Mill! I am TOTALLY with you tho! I'm especially salty about the fact that Frosty got totally away with selling off THEIR tornado footage only to then blame it on Nancy and get her in trouble with Scott! And there are NO consequences! Debbie is even an ass when you confront her about it! [1/2]

And that shit is never addressed! NEVER MIND Debbie outright DENYING the thing about the piles of corn! I never realized that the culprit of that was Debbie but you’re completely right! We can confront her about it twice and both times she’s like NO ONE would deliberately do such a thing when the evidence is sitting RIGHT THERE (but on that note, Nancy??? WHY ARE YOU LEAVING THE PILES OF CORN JUST SITTING THERE???) [2/3]

That thing about just being able to talk to Scott is so, so true. I think he’s honestly the character that is completely robbed of a good ending. He goes into the game thinking life is horrible and unfair and cruel and then ends it with all his views being confirmed. How is that at all good storytelling??? It would have been WAY more interesting for it to have been Debbie, I totally agree! [3/3]

ALSO (sorry, sorry) all the handwriting in the ND games is the same! It’s always the same wavy blue handwriting. They even use it for signatures! So I get why you’d think it was meant to be Brooke’s, but it’s just their default handwriting look! :D

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ANON!! I’m the absolute worst. I am so sorry. I saw this Sunday night and was so focused on GoT I read your comments, fell in love, told myself to go onto my laptop so I could respond….and then forgot. I suck. I’m so sorry. 

*ahem* anyway….hahaha…ha

OK that’s a lot of great info I want to unpack here. First off, I didn’t realize the implication was that Scott was to get paid after Brooke won. Scott, why r u so dumb?? That’s the absolute worst agreement. He could do EVERYTHING and Brooke still not win so he gets nothing! More proof this dude did not deserve what he got re punishment. There’s no way he knew what he was doing half the time. 

May I ask where that implication is? I haven’t played the game all the way through in forever. I mostly live vicariously through Michael Grey’s 2014 video w his wife. I’m just truly curious because I feel like this game is a not show or tell kind of game and you have to dig pretty deep or be much more observant than me to notice and since it’s so hated, there isn’t a lot of discussion on it. 

It absolutely has to be Debbie w the mice. She finally goes “the mice are getting pretty annoying” so Nancy gets ride of them but Scott reacts STRONGLY to the mice, Frosty screams, and Chase? I’m going to assume it wasn’t him. Debbie acts like Nancy’s insane to think someone brought the mice in when the evidence is right there in her trashcan. 

Your third comment has my heart hurting. That right there I think is truly the cusp of why I love to an ungodly extent Scott & will defend him w my dying breath. Life has clearly been cruel and unfair to him. He’s been taught that if he has a good thing or a good person in his life, they will leave, it will end. No matter what he does, no matter how hard he tries, the people he loves & trusts will a) die b)leave him or c) ultimately be disappointed in who he really is. And nothing in this game proves him otherwise. In the end, he gets a conviction, probation, and loss of job with a criminal record that will follow him the rest of his life. For what big crime? I mean really.  

Also I didn’t realize all the handwriting in the Nancy Drew games looked alike but that makes so much sense now!

[hawthornewhisperer]

That slow motion turn-away from Clarke in the bunker after she couldn't shoot him is everything to me. I don't know WHAT it means, or HOW I'm ~supposed to interpret it, but that that they chose THAT to shoot in slo-mo over everything else in the episode/season made me all a;ldkjfa;lsdjfa;lsdjfa;ldskjf

YES LET’S YELL ABOUT HOW WE WERE ROBBED OF THE EMOTIONAL FALLOUT OF THE BUNKER SCENE, SHALL WE?

First of all, here’s my (relatively unfounded) theory as to why the bunker stuff was so uneven: Bob said something at a con like “I can’t really speak to that scene very much because what was filmed was different than what they aired” (I’m paraphrasing) and around when Jroth would have been editing that episode (and when he would have been breaking the broad strokes of s5) Isaiah made a salty JAHA OUT post on social media, so I’m thinking the bunker stuff was written to be centered on Clarke reaching a line and crossing it.  If you think about the way scenes were written (as in, the words people said) it was mostly focused on Clarke and how her choice risked damaging her relationships with her mother and Bellamy, but the editing (as in, the way scenes/shots were edited) centered Jaha instead.  So my theory is around the time they edited that episode (411, right?) JRoth decided Jaha wasn’t going to make it very far into s5 and decided to make the bunker decision more about Jaha to give him a bigger role to play in the end of s4, but in order to do that they had to cut some bellarke stuff.  (Not shippy stuff, just emotional fallout).  This pisses me off and I really wanted more on that scene, because it was SUCH a big moment for their relationship.  But on the other hand, with no actual text to guide us, we can headcanon whatever the fuck we want for that scene, so there’s that too.

Okay, so with that out of the way: BELLAMY TURNING HIS BACK ON CLARKE WAS SUCH A GREAT MOMENT.  I’m choosing to read it as Bellamy reaching his Limit with Clarke’s bullshit, but in a very different way from how he hit that same Limit in 305.  In 305, he was fucking furious with Clarke for siding with who he perceived as the enemy, in addition to feeling betrayed by her leaving and not coming back and making him deal with the fallout from Mount Weather, and he just could. not. take. it. anymore.  I think both of them saw that fight in 305 as a possible end of their friendship, and when it wasn’t, that changed things between them-- because now they know that literally no matter what, the other person is going to be there for them.  There is a certain freedom in knowing someone will love you no matter what, and while that definitely doesn’t give you the right to do whatever the fuck you want with no consequences, it does allow room for some pretty big mistakes.  So Bellamy turning his back here wasn’t a “I’m done with you forever” moment, it was a “god I am so pissed at you I can’t even deal with you, but give me some time and then we’ll deal with this shit.”  It takes an awful lot of love to reach that point with another human, and while I think that love and trust is what cushioned the fallout from the bunker I do think we needed more than just the teasing conversation in the rover from 412 for them to sort through it.

But think about what the bunker moment meant to both of them emotionally: Bellamy had to face the fact that Clarke might literally kill him, and Clarke had to make a choice between Bellamy’s life and the rest of humanity.  And she chose Bellamy.  Clarke has faced very similar choices before, and she always chose the group over the individual.  I think once she had a chance to process that (after praimfaya) I think the implications of that will hit her like a freight train.  But that also doesn’t make her previous decisions okay in the slightest, and when I think about Clarke at the start of 412 I think about the fact that she kept looking at Bellamy like a puppy with her tail between her legs. That is not a Clarke we see often (or ever, really), and she’s so desperate for his forgiveness it almost hurts to watch.  And I do like how Bellamy gently teases her out of her guilt, even though I really think we were owed another tearful fight while they put on their hazmat suits.  The rover moment felt like the conversation you have after a big fight-- it’s the resolution, not the fight itself.

Okay so those are MY rambling thoughts on that scene-- now I want to hear YOURS.

[thelegendofclarke]

I'm sick of people saying Sansa isn't "Stark enough" Also tired of seeing how headcanoning Sansa (just in my mind/art) as Queen is criminal. My intention isnt to erase other characters. I personally don't care if she is QitN in canon. I'll just be glad if GRRM gives her a decent ending. But only imagining Sansa as Queen surely cant be a crime. Sansa has given me a lot of hope irl; helped me deal w/ depression so wanting her success,happiness rulership even it's cathartic

Hi! QitN Sansa anon here. I just wanted to rectify that the word I wanted to use instead of cathartic was therapeutic. I think they both mean same but I’m not sure. Sorry. English is not my native language and I struggle w/ it. Thanks for understanding.

Hello Anonny!

First of all, please don’t apologize for your English, it is seriously EXCELLENT! It’s probably better than mine tbqh. Secondly, I AM SO SORRY THIS TOOK ME SO LONG TO ANSWER! I have no excuse, I am The Worst. 

Getting to the down and dirty of your ask… My dear Anonny, I totally hear you; and if it makes you feel any better, you definitely aren’t alone! Your frustration is honestly one of my main ~grievances~ with fandom and why I honestly having a really hard time engaging with like 85% of the ~meta side~ of fandom. I am in some fandoms, GoT/ASoIaF included, that have some incredibly smart and talented meta writers who are so passionate and hardworking and insightful. The things that they come up with sometimes completely blow me away! It can be easy to fall down the meta rabbit hole and get caught up, especially when people are seeing all these interesting things and coming up with all these amazing and intriguing theories that you NEVER would have thought of. But on the flip side, it can be really frustrating when the meta you are reading just doesn’t resonate with you at all. I mean don’t get me wrong, I am Here for meta as a concept and I usually really love seeing what people come up with. My issue is often in the execution. Sometimes it feels like meta crosses that ~fine line~ between showing you one way to think vs. telling you how to think. 

I definitely see the value in discussing different interpretations of stories and characters, and I even enjoy reading most of them. But too often I feel like people forget that meta is still just an interpretation, it’s as though there has become this ~thing~ where calling something meta automatically makes it infallible. But it’s really important to remember that with meta in regards to literature, while it’s generally meant to be an academic and unbiased approach generally, is still just one person’s interpretation of the facts as they see them. Meta has somehow become this competition about Who Is Right and Being the Rightest, and it just completely disregards how inherently subjective and personal fandom is. I will always and forever maintain that is absolutely impossible to be completely objective in fandom; your opinions, your biases, your Faves, are always going to affect your interpretations and and resulting opinions, that’s just human nature. I don’t get this whole demand for objectivity thing; if people were truly objective about fandom, I don’t think we would even be having this discussion, because no one would be discussing much of anything. Yeah, its important to maintain some level of objectivity, especially when you are having discussions with other people about fandom, but tbh being ~completely objective~ all the time sounds pretty boring. Honestly, I feel like most of the time people who claim they are being “totally objective” when they talk about things like character arcs, possible end games, ect. are even less trust worthy than those people who are up front about their favoritism; imo it usually means they are either totally unaware of their own biases, or that they refuse to acknowledge them.  

I also feel you on the whole thing of “headcanoning Sansa as QitN is erasing other characters,” it’s frustrating to me as well. Because you’re right, wanting Sansa to be in a leadership role does not automatically mean you are disregarding other characters. Positions like Q/KitN or Lord/Lady of Winterfell are exclusive positions by nature, there are always going to be unequal power dynamics based on that alone. It’s also like you were saying, seeing Sansa in a position of power and leadership role can definitely be cathartic and therapeutic (I think both words work btw!). As a character who has essentially been completely robbed of her agency and self determination and has been at the mercy of others for almost the entire series, it would be extremely satisfying to not only see her regain some of her autonomy, but also be in a position where she could control her own fate. It would also be really satisfying to see a character like Sansa who has had to rely so much on her more feminine, intellectual “soft power” to be in a position where she is clearly powerful in a more traditional, tangible sense. Does she have to be QitN for these things to happen? No, obviously not. But then it also stands to reason that none of the other Stark siblings HAVE to be in that power position to be important either, the same basic logic applies. To say that Sansa fans are “sidelining” or “disregarding” or “erasing” other characters by theorizing or headcanoning that Sansa could be QitN or Lady of Winterfell then means that fans of ANY OTHER CHARACTER who headcanon or theorize about that character holding a position of power in the North are therefore intrinsically sidelining/disregarding/erasing Sansa based on their own argument. Honestly, debating like that sounds tedious and counterproductive and more than a little annoying. Because honestly, it could go on FOREVER, we could be here for the rest of our gd natural born LIVES arguing about this. People are always going to disagree with you, that’s just life. And they are free to do so, just as you are free to disagree with them. But there is a notable difference between disagreement and downright derision; one is totally fine and can be done respectfully, and the other is kind of a dick move. 

And also, like I was talking about earlier, our faves are our faves. In fandom, you are allowed to concentrate on YOUR FAVE and their significance and where you see their story going. That is totally and completely 100% legit! Characters like Sansa are very easy to connect to and care about, especially for people who see themselves and their own struggles in her story. And I think the same goes for Arya… They are these two young characters who experience similar trauma and abuse and honestly just horrendous things that no child should ever have to experience, and they deal with it in such vastly different narrative ways. Arya takes action and lashes out and lets herself be sad and angry. Sansa rationalizes and compartmentalizes lies to herself and everyone around her in order to get through the day. Sansa is pretty much a poster child for traditional femininity, while Arya’s character has so much focus on defying gender roles (or disregarding gender completely in the case of the faceless men). Both have their moments of weakness and strength, both have their aptitudes and their flaws. Relating to and connecting with either on a personal level, as is common with fictional characters, is completely possible and understandable. That’s one of the most beautiful things about the Stark Sisters imo, together and separately they appeal to such a wide array of readers. 

There is no “wrong way” to fandom, there are no “wrong reasons” to love certain characters or story lines, there is NOTHING wrong with Sansa Stark being your favorite character and caring about what happens to her. And also, probably an ~unpopular opinion~ (but idgaf tbh), there is nothing wrong with caring about Sansa (or any of your faves) more than you care about other characters! It’s natural, you are not doing anything wrong, and your interpretations and opinions are no less valid than anyone else’s. That’s the great thing about fiction, it is literally impossible to have a “wrong” interpretation of a fictional work. You don’t even have to agree with the author to be ~right~ about a work of fiction because according to “death of the author” an author’s intentions and biographical facts should hold no weight in regards to an interpretation of their writing; a writer’s interpretation of his own work is no more or less valid than the interpretations of any given reader. Debate is fine, discussion is cool, dialogue about differences of opinions and interpretation can honestly be awesome. What’s not awesome though, is when people think that their interpretation is not only and absolutely correct one, but the sole correct one. That seems, like, wildly narrow minded and more than a little bit cocky tbh. Fandom isn’t a dictatorship; no one’s interpretations are law that can be enforced, no one’s preferences are superior, no one’s faves are automatically more important, and no one is The Great Supreme Rightest (or whatever a fandom dictator’s title would be idek). 

So the point is Anonny, YOU. ARE. VALID. Fandom is all about connecting with a story and it’s characters because they make you feel things. Something or someone in that story made your sweet little anonny (or in my case, cold dead salty) heart fall in love. So just keep fandoming and loving Sansa exactly how you want in a way that makes you happy!

(And on a totally mature, adult end note: fuck people who say Sansa isn’t Stark enough, what ever the hell that even means!? They are just jealous they don’t look that Boss 👏  Ass 👏  Bitch 👏  decked out in furs like a badass Northern Lady Pimp! QUEEN SANSA OF THE HOUSE SNARK, FIRST OF HER NAME!!!)

[thelillykane]

Salty asks: 1, 2, 4, 5, 22. Like I lowkey want to say "all of them", but I'm not Kait, so I can restrain myself.

What OTPs in your fandom(s) do you just not get?

The big one is – obviously – L*cas x P*yton. It genuinely makes no sense to me and I’m convinced that the people who ship them watched One Tree Hill with their eyes closed and with noise canceling headphones on. The second one is D*mon x Elena which I feel similarly about. It just….baffles me I’m baffled by it. 

Also I would like to take this opportunity to say that while I understand why people ship Piper x Leo they were boring as fuck y’all. Chock full of endless, exhausting drama and somehow still just…boring. Seasons 1-2 were good for them and then it was swiftly downhill and!!! boring!!!

(See also T*d x Robin like….we all watched How I Met Your Mother right?? with our eyes and ears?? I just gotta check because sometimes I wonder) 

Are there any popular fandom OTPs you only BroTP?

Not “popular” per se, but I think the Veronica Mars fandom has the most random pairings that I’m just not…here for. I can’t say this enough or with enough emphasis but for the love of good romantic Weevil x Veronica?? No thanks!! Absolutely fucking not!!!* 

*Again, unless Logan is between them. Then it works because Logan Echolls is there. But if he’s not there don’t let Weevil touch her!! She’s not into it. 

Do you have a NoTP in your fandom? Are they a popular OTP?

BOY DO I EVER. Again, L*cas x P*yton and D*mon x Elena and yes, unfortunately, they are both popular otps. There’s other couples I don’t like but these two (esp. LP) are the big ones. I hate them. 

Recently, St*les x Lydia also became an unfortunate canon thing which like…unless they break up** I’m not gonna bother finishing s5 or s6 there will be no point. 

** Or unless Isaac or Kira or Jackson or ALLISON IN MY DREAMS OR ERICA OR BOYD or Derek or Danny!!! comes back like…I’d die for them. For all of them. And Scott. And the parents. My dream team. I love those characters. 

Has fandom ever ruined a pairing for you?

YES. Fandom can be magical and shit but other times it needs to do me a favor and shove 60,000 tube socks in it. 

Ruined is the wrong term but it did make me appreciate other couples infinitely more like half out of spite and half because those couples were in love too, fuckers. 

Popular character you hate?

Willow Rosenberg, Xander Harris in whichever corners of the internet haven’t seen the light about how shitty he is yet, I don’t hate Leo Wyatt but I don’t like him either and he wasted my time and deserved to die and stay dead, I also have incredibly complicated Peyton Sawyer feelings but , Liam Dunbar who everyone in the Teen Wolf fandom seems to think is so precious and blah blah blah like that kid offered nothing and robbed Kira and Malia of screentime fuck him, I also don’t enjoy Stiles Stilinksi like I don’t hate him but the show sucks his dick so much and so does the fandom and it’s just?? where?? I don’t see it, (see also: Lydia Martin but it’s complicated~ mostly her storylines have just never been interesting nor have they made sense and she’s dating Stiles now so goodbye), fucking Tim McGee, David Rossi, D*mon Salvatore, Matt Donovan, L*cas Scott, God I just watched Twin Peaks and: Leo, James Hurley, Julie, Catherine, etc., lowkey Richard Gilmore, WALTER WHITE, Hank Voight & Olisnky from CPD, & many more***

***This steered away from “popular characters” and became any character I could think of but the big ones are Willow, Xander, Peyton a little it’s so complicated because I love her but would hit her with a brick but in a mean way, and then the Teen Wolf chars I mentioned (Liam, Stiles, Lydia– in that order). Also D*mon. Fuck him he deserved to die and I’m pressed forever.  

[awigglycultist]

Omg he is so fucking salty

(Btw sorry I go back and fourth in this as referring to Robert by his name, he/him, and you, but if I ever say "you" I'm referring to Robert dw)

I wonder why he apologized for being in Twisted and why he said others would regret it???

I honestly wouldn't be surprised if he did have a bad time doing Homecoming bc they had like two days of rehearsal so I'm sure everyone would probably agree yeah it was tiring and not the best time for everyone

Saying that Dylan gets too many songs is just plain rude and salty, like sorry dude he has an amazing voice!

If the xmas was planned after Robert was kicked out of Starkid then yeah no shit he wouldn't be apart of it. But if the xmas tour has been being planned since before everything with Robert started then sure maybe its a little suprising that he wasn't asked, but also, the cast rn is only vhscc cast members (yes that includes Curt & Kim, they were understudies for vhscc: Live) and yeah there's more TBA but it's probably not gonna be to many more members, it's clear they just wanted vhscc cast and they're probably gonna just get a few more to fill roles or to do certain villain songs bc maybe some others would be better.

Did he really say 40 yr olds? Bc if so again FUCKING SALTY BS, the Starkids are mainly in they're early 30's, the oldest in their mid 30's. Also the fact Robert used to be a fan I think any fan could agree it'd be a dream to be singing Goin' Back To Hogwarts with the Starkids or just to see them performing it live durning a tour or something, no fan would call it cringy. Fuck, fans have been wanting another tour forever. So yeah him saying this screams that he's just pissed off and salty.

Again it's absolute bs that SK mistreats newer members. Like it just doesn't make sense. Sure we can't know for sure, we're not behind the scenes, no one knows what's going on behind closed doors. But, Jeff has been writing all the HF music. Mariah, a new member, was going to play Lex, a main character. Angela replaces Mariah when she went on the Mean Girls tour instead, not an og member, a completely new one. Mariah and Angela, again new members, are playing Steph and Grace, the main characters in NPMD.

Nick's Hidgens voice is different than his Hidgens voice? Okay?? And?? Yeah thats what happens when two different people play the same character, they play them in different ways! Side note: does anyone know if Nick is still living with Robert? Bc like I already feel bad for him probably having to deal with hearing Rob say all this shit about him, but like, imagine living with him while hearing all this shit?

Him saying he's upset Mariah is spending time with her bf instead of him? Omg fuck offfff dude. I get it it's a little annoying or saddening seeing a really good friend of yours spend a lot of time with someone else suddenly instead of you, sure, but like also, it's her boyfriend. Also, hey, maybe she just doesn't actually like you as much as you think/she's just trying to be civil and be generally nice to him.

Hopefully this names sense, I didn't really go back and read. I know Robert isn't going to see this, I know even he did this wouldn't change his minds about his bs or anything, but I'm just annoyed and fed up with him and wanted to rant bc what he said is such blatant bs and pettiness.

Robert did another live last night and now I’m 1000% convinced he’s just salty he got kicked out of the group because everything he said was sooooo petty. He apologized for being in Twisted and said that it a couple of years everybody else will regret being in it too, said he had a horrible time doing homecoming, complained that Dylan gets too many songs, said he was never asked to do the upcoming Christmas tour but even if he was if he would have said no because there’s nothing more cringey then a bunch of 40 years olds singing back to Hogwarts, tried to imply that Jeff is being mistreated because he’s not an og member like AJ is, said the only way he would agree to do another Starkid show is if the people in charge left, complained that Nicks hidgens voice is different then his, and complained that while him and Mariah are on good terms she hasn’t hung out with him since after lockdown because she spends all her time and energy on her boyfriend. Like everything he said was so catty

i truly am so tired of him sorry!