#shoplifting main characters

[chronic-invisibility]

I hate when you start watching a new show specifically for one actor or character but they’re a secondary role so you have to wade through a lot of shit you don’t care about to see them for a few minutes.

[nyaagolor]

Ranking the Ace Attorney main cast on whether or not I think they'd be a narc

I was making a more coherent, serious post about the different approaches to justice each of the characters have and how that is shaped by their backstory... and then I realized a funnier question is what they would do if they saw you eating a weed brownie so I made this post instead

Phoenix: In the trilogy era, yes. He trusts people, but believes that trust has to be built on pursuing justice and always accepting the harsh reality. He'd be sad about it, but a narc nonetheless. In his Beanix era he's making his money through "totally legal gambling" and on the hunt for questionably legal evidence so I have no doubt in my mind there's a pot farm under the WAA for supplemental income. He gives up his narc ways and for that I salute him

Apollo: If I were to pick a single member of this cast who is NOT invited to the rotation it would be him. He had zero hesitation throwing Kristoph to the wolves after working for him for years so I know he has absolutely zero qualms about ratting out his friends or coworkers. Loyalty means nothing in the eyes of justice and it means nothing to him. He's a narc.

Athena: She's gonna lecture you and look all sad about it, but she's no snitch. She's been through the rounds with Simon so she gets it. Having to know you hurt her feelings is enough of a punishment in her eyes

Edgeworth: He's not a narc but he IS obsessed with being right, so if you don't immediately fess up with exactly what you're doing he's going to send your stoned ass to the chess dimension and honestly I think that's worse

Franziska: Unfortunately she is a cop. Narc.

Godot: Diego-era yeah he's a narc, but after the coma? I feel like he has better things to worry about, he would just ignore you. He has some soul searching to do and some grief complexes to unlearn he doesn't have the time to be a lil snitch. Post prison I think he's stoned somewhere in Kurain and chillaxing, as is his right

Klavier: Don't let his rockstar attitude fool you he's a narc and extremely annoying about it. The gavinners tour bus is dry as hell and it's all Klavier's fault. Daryan offers him a line and he gets all uppity and says "the only LINE i want you doing is the third line in the prechorus, you keep messing up the syncopation" and that's the end of that discussion

Simon: He's been in prison so he knows what's up. Not a narc. Might glare at you until you share though

Nahyuta: He's a narc and will lecture you so long about it you're tempted to turn yourself in to get out of earshot. He also never forgets and never forgives. Datz is trying to reform him but it isn't going well

Sebastian: Yes, but I think the idea of him having to turn in someone for it would make him cry so they end up comforting him instead. Kay thinks he needs to try a weed brownie

Maya: I want you to look at me and tell me she doesn't smoke weed. Not a narc

Pearl: I think if she found out that her big sister figure smoked weed she would have a heart attack. Def a narc

Trucy: I can say with absolute certainty that if you really wanted weed she could find you a dealer faster than anyone in the cast. Trucy is a magician and has grown up around a variety of people involved with some seedier institutions, she knows better than to snitch. Has not been and will never be a narc

Kay: Will help you shoplift. Not a narc

Gumshoe: A narc on principle, but would feel really bad about it and would probably let you off with a warning if you started crying or acting upset because I think he's a softie. He's not unreasonable

Ema: If you think she has even the tiniest sliver of respect for cops you're lying to yourself. Not a narc and will actively help you evade police out of principle. A homie, honestly

Fulbright: Not only is he a narc but he definitely runs the DARE program at the local highschool and is printed on half the posters they put up in the precinct. I'm also like 80% sure he doesn't actually know how weed works

[aossimusings]

Claire from the Bear, and why she's not badly written, she's just not occupying the character role people expect of her and they don't know what to do with that

Alright. I'm bringing some film student analysis to The Bear, and subsequently, Claire, because I'm tired of people saying crazy things like, "she's a manic pixie dream girl" or that her character is underdeveloped or badly written or that she's pure male fantasy or any other crazy, extremist reaction to her character, when really, I think she's occupying a different character role than we're used to seeing from characters like hers, and in typical The Bear fashion, we as an audience are not being told how to interpret her character with words, but with visual and narrative structure.

Be warned, this is a very, very long post.

Lets take a minute to understand narrative structure in film:

There's an A plot and a B plot. The A plot is what is referred to as "the promise of the premise." It's why you come to watch what you watch. The B plot is all the emotional character development/growth that undergirds the A plot and makes it emotional and impactful. So in the Bear, The A plot is the whole thread of, let's fix the Beef -> let's make a new restaurant -> let's get a star, etc etc, that evolves with each season. The B plot is mostly centered on Carmy (although other characters also have their own smaller B-plots) and on him healing from his grief and family and kitchen trauma and finding himself as a person, etc etc.

Claire as a character is a B-plot character. Her role as a character is to be a part of Carmy's emotional B-plot development, whereas the rest of the characters in the show occupy roles in both the A plot and the B plot. In a show centered

The thing that I think is causing a lot of the discourse around her character is the fact that she's not occupying a typical character role for her sort of character, and then people don't know what to do with her. They're either trying to slot her into a a bad female character role (like a manic pixie dream girl) and are then angry that that type of character would be included in the show, or they think she's a badly written attempt at a more developed character and are then angry because they think her character was fumbled, when in fact, she's neither.

Let's take a minute to examine these two roles:

The Manic Pixie Dream Girl

A manic pixie dream girl as defined by the Oxford language dictionary is:

"(especially in film) a type of female character depicted as vivacious and appealingly quirky, whose main purpose within the narrative is to inspire a greater appreciation for life in a male protagonist."

On paper, I can see why people would say that she's a MPDG. She's a little quirky, and she appears to "inspire a greater appreciation for life" in Carmy. She's a doctor, but she's a bad driver, she loves Mondays, she shoplifted in high school for the adrenaline rush, etc, etc. But I would argue that she's not actually a MPDG because her role in the narrative is fundamentally different than that of a MPDG.

In terms of narrative, MPDGs are a catalyst. They are crucial to the movement of the plot and the development of the main character. Specifically, they're supposed to be a catalyst for main male character growth. This is part of why MPDGs are a sort of problematic character -- the idea that they don't get dimension as a character, yet their entire role is to catalyze the main male character's positive growth and evolution is sexist. They aid the MMC at the cost of their personhood.

However, notably, Claire doesn't actually inspire positive growth in Carmy. He is not made better for knowing her. He doesn't grow as a person, learn from his mistakes. He isn't calmer or nicer in the kitchen, he doesn't resolve any of his trauma, I would argue that he doesn't even have a "greater appreciation for life" as is critical to the relationship between the MMC and the MPDG; he is just as depressed and anxious for knowing her as he was when he didn't know her.

So Claire: not a manic pixie dream girl, despite being quirky and trying to "inspire a greater appreciation for life."

The Badly Written Main Female Character

I think for a lot of viewers, if Claire isn't a MPDG to them, she's viewed as a badly written, badly developed main female character, who isn't afforded a lot of screen time, and as such, is one dimensional because she doesn't get much character development.

Wait, what? She's a badly written main character without a lot of screen time to develop? But part of being a main character is to have significant screen time to develop! But Claire doesn't have a lot of screen time... Tina has more screen time. Sugar has more screen time. Marcus has more screen time. It's almost like...Claire isn't a main character, even though, as a love interest, she occupies a role typically only allowed to main characters.

So then...what is she? To understand her narrative role, we need to take a minute to understand what Carmy's B-plot has established thus far. My apologies for the following, very drawn out explanation of Carmy's mental health. I promise I'll return to Claire, but this is important.

Carmy's B-plot (aka, the emotional stuff)

Seasons 1 through 3 are essentially following Carmy having a slow, drawn out breakdown. Or rather, it's not slow. It's a pretty realistic depiction of someone who is pretty mentally/emotionally unwell continuing to not get the help that he needs, and trying to fix things unsuccessfully on his own. But admitting that he's unwell feels like admitting defeat, so he's trying to fix things while never actually admitting that he needs help, and as such, is in a self-destructive spiral of trying to fix things unsuccessfully, feeling out of control because of it, trying to fix different things unsuccessfully, feeling even more out of control, etc etc.

By S3, we have a better understanding of the Berzatto family structure: an unnamed father who walked out leaving them in debt, Donna who is/was an alcoholic and otherwise emotional black hole, Mikey who died at age 43 (born 1979, died 2022 as seen on his prayer card), Sugar who's 36 a year after his death (born 1988, confirmed by her hospital intake in Ice Chips), and Carmy who is 26 a year after Mikey's death (confirmed by the original script.) So when Carmy was born, Sugar was 10 and Mikey was 18. This is important because in light of Fishes and Ice Chips, Donna was an alcoholic for as long as they were children, was incredibly unpredictable with mood swings, poor emotional regulation and maybe even emotional abuse (see how Carmy and Sugar essentially are trying to regulate their mother's emotions in Fishes), and probably some physical altercations if Donna's behavior in Fishes is anything to go by. Sugar explicitly says that she frightened all of her children. Mikey was probably the de facto parent in a lot of instances, being the only other adult in the household. The fact that he was also an addict, and as seen in Fishes, also violent or unpredictable at times, complicates this. S3E1's scene with Sugar and Carmy at the airport implies that after Mikey started cutting Carmy out (and struggling with addiction) Sugar started to assume that parental role. So that's a whole fucked up childhood right there, with very little room to healthily develop emotions or coping mechanisms or an understanding of healthy relationships. In ice-chips, Sugar demonstrates that she's aware of this. "I ask people if they're okay way too much," and "I'd make myself sick to make you feel better." Everything with Carmy's character demonstrates that he does not have this self awareness.

Carmy explains in his al-anon monologue that the rhythm of the kitchen became soothing to him, because it was so rigid and so predictable (a direct contrast to his home life.) But while it was soothing, he also cut contact with people in his life, because the self-isolation made things "quiet" (and probably gave him a feeling of control, like most self-destructive impulses do) which led to him being incredibly isolated and incredibly dependent on work as a coping mechanism by the time he ends up working with the abusive NYC chef. Important thing to note about that: now his only coping mechanism has been polluted by abuse as well, and the trauma of that will haunt him increasingly throughout the seasons (coupled with the fact that he's probably never learned how to healthily process his own emotions, in part because he ended up having to set them aside to emotionally regulate his own mother.)

Then Mikey kills himself. (which again, is the fucked-up family figure of brother and parent and addict and idol all rolled into one suddenly dying on you after abruptly cutting your out of their life)

I say all this because I want to make very clear that mentally, Carmy is not well. Across his various al-anon monologues, the fridge conversation, his flashbacks, etc. it becomes really clear that he's never really had any sense of safety or security in his life except for maybe when he was 18-24 when he did the French Laundry, Ever, Noma, and Daniel. The amount of anxiety that he experiences in his day to day life is not normal, it's not healthy. It's exhausting and damaging. He's also probably pretty depressed, and probably had been even before Mikey and NYC chef. He talked about in al-anon that when he was a kid, he could never feel happy or excited about anything because he was always waiting for the other shoe to drop (arguably because of his mother, because if she was upset, she made everyone else upset to deal with it, and if she was happy, he was waiting for her mood to shift.) We very rarely actually see him happy or joyful in any of the seasons. So basically, as evidenced by that and what we see in the seasons, he's got this really damaging spiral of anxiety and depression, where he's so anxious he can't feel happy.

Pursuit of happiness is actually what brings us to Claire as a character. He meets her almost right after he talks in al-anon about the fact that he should "provide amusement and enjoyment" for himself. Then he meets her in a grocery store, and promptly, and deliberately, gives her the wrong phone number. Personally, I read this as Carmy knowing that he's not ready for a relationship. He pursues it anyways, for likely 2 reasons:

Pursuit of happiness. Sugar always wanted him to get away from the Beef in S1, now he's trying to get some space and do something to "provide amusement and enjoyment"

Mikey! In Fishes, Mikey was really excited about the prospect of Carmy dating Claire. At the time, Carmy was like WTF, but in the wake of Mikey's death, this is probably a way of connecting with him. See, I can do it! I can date a girl! I can do this thing that you thought would make me happy. I can be normal. I can be what you wanted.

Now a little film student analysis:

One thing that I love about the Bear is that they're really good at the whole concept of "show don't tell". You'll hear about this a lot in writing advice, but it's actually even more relevant in film. Here's a good example from the bear:

The Bear never, ever says that Carmy has anxiety. I'm not even sure if the word "anxiety" is even said onscreen. Instead, The Bear shows:

Carmy drinking bottles of Pepto Bismal and chewing fistfuls of Tums, yet rarely eating anything

Carmy sleep walking and almost setting his apartment on fire

the sheer amount of nervous energy he has (tapping spoons, sharpies, cigarettes, etc. , never standing still, being generally twitchy)

some really great tricks with filming and lens that make the world around him shift focus, shift perspective, blur, and otherwise visually simulate the effects of an anxiety/panic attack.

In film, you have to be incredibly intentional about what you keep in and out. In my first film class, when we were doing film analysis, a lot of people would start "I'm not sure if this was intentional, but..." and the film teachers immediately shut that down with this statement:

"assume everything is intentional. even if it wasn't, someone still chose to leave it in" meaning that, in film, what you see on screen is actually a fraction of the material that filmmakers had to work with; if something makes it through to the final cut, it was important.

I mentioned before that despite Claire occupying a main character role as a love interest, she does not get main character screen time. Like I said above, I think a lot of people perceive this as her character being done a disservice, that she's badly written, that she's meant to be this perfect male fantasy, etc, etc.

Firstly, I present to you the fact that characters such as Sugar, Sydney, Tina, Donna, all have absolutely beautiful storylines and arcs. They're complex, well-written characters. I don't believe that Claire's lack of screen time is because the show-runners secretly idolize manic pixie dream girls and women of "male fantasy" and thus Claire is supposed to be this perfect person who doesn't need any screen time to be developed (which feels like a thread I've seen a lot.). I really don't think the show runners are secret misogynists. Sorry.

What I do believe is that Claire as a character is not meant to be central to the story. The show very intentionally spends more time developing Carmy's relationships with Sydney, Tina, Sugar, Richie than it does with Claire. Why? A host of reasons.

1. Because Claire is a new form of escapism for him, not that the kitchen is no longer is sanctuary.

I talked before about how after the NYC chef, and I would argue, now that he's trying to start his own restaurant, his one safe space of the kitchen has become polluted with the same chaos and/or abuse from the rest of his life which he spent years running away from. But because he's so isolated, he has no where else to go. So he creates somewhere to go, by creating a relationship with Claire. That relationship is his new form of escapism.

The show communicates that to us in one very specific way: 90% of the time, if Carmy is with Claire, we don't see him. This is not 100% true 100% of the time, but there was a clear pattern that developed in S2 that time spent with Claire is time spent off screen. I think a lot of people see this as "not developing Claire's character" and not giving her screen time, when in fact it's more so about Carmy's absence.

When he ditches Sydney to move boxes with Claire, we never see that scene. We just assume that he was doing it.

When Sydney is trying to figure shit out in the restaurant by herself, it's implied that Carmy is with Claire, but we don't cut to them.

When Carmy talks to Sydney about all the menu things he talked about with Claire, we never see those scenes.

Why? Because he is escaping The Bear by being with her. It would be a very different narrative if we actually did see these scenes, because it would demonstrate that they have an emotional weight and importance in the show. Instead, they're defined by their absence.

Carmy and Claire's relationship is defined by its absence in the show.

2. Claire is not the right type of partner for Carmy, and we're not supposed to believe that she is.

I think it's interesting to look at Carmy's relationship with Claire through Sugar's relationship with Pete. I was talking with some people and they observed that in a lot of ways, it makes sense that Sugar would be with Pete because he is completely non-threatening. In many ways, he's the opposite to most of the men in the Berzatto family (note: I'm not saying Berzatto men are threatening.) But Berzatto men are loud, and opinionated. Some of them engage in behaviors such as: screaming in their kitchen, and throwing spoons and sharpies; throwing forks like darts at their relatives and also shouting; telling their nephews that there nothing and worthless and will never be anything; walking out on their families and leaving them in debt; lording their financial success over various family members. You also have Donna as a parental figure who also throws things violently, yells and screams, is an emotional black hole, and has aggressively grabbed Sugar at least once. Pete is about as far away from all of this as you can be.

I think that Claire is Carmy's Pete in a lot of ways. She's quiet, and calm, she's non-threatening, etc. She's not emotionally manipulative, she doesn't ask much of him (so when she does ask things of him, it's a welcome escape), she is a doctor, which is meant to help people. However, and part of why I don't think their relationship would work in the long run, is that Carmy doesn't need a Pete. Sugar has an emotional intelligence that Carmy doesn't, for one thing. For another, as alluded to by Ice Chips with Sugar listening to the podcast about Adult Children of Alcoholics, each of them were affected differently by their traumatic childhood. And quite frankly, I think that Carmy needs someone who can be gentle and empathic and quiet with him, but also someone who won't take his shit and can stand up to him. (because unlike Sugar, who tends to internalize everything, Carmy has a tendency to externalize everything.) He tends to take it out on the people around him, and I think he needs someone who can simultaneously shut that down and hear him out. And I don't think Claire is that.

3. The chemistry just isn't there.

I don't want to get into an argument about shipping. I can't predict if Carmy is going to get back with Claire after some emotional development, or if he's meant to be with Sydney, or whatever. Personally, I think that any discussion of a relationship is premature (and I think that Carmy knew that subconsciously when he gave Claire a wrong number and was very hesitant on the phone when she called him the first time.)

What I have observed is this: the few scenes that we do see of Carmy and Claire feel a lot less emotionally charged than other scenes in the show. Forgetting romantic relationships, there is so much more emotion and connection in the following scene than in the scenes we see with Carmy and Claire:

Richie and Carmy's conversation about purpose in S2.

Carmy and Sydney's conversation under the table in S2.

Carmy and Mikey's conversation in the pantry in Fishes.

The snippet in the fridge when Carmy's talking to Tina.

The scene with Claire that really sticks out to me having emotional weight is the scene in S3 where they talk about the days of the week, Carmy's hand scar, and Claire accidentally almost killing that girl in the ER. It hurt so much you couldn't feel it. Firstly, it's telling that that scene happened in flashback, not during their relationship, and secondly, the main thesis of that scene was more of a commentary on trauma than it was about their chemistry (ie, Carmy is so traumatized atm, he doesn't realize that he is because of how much it hurts.)

This demonstrates to me that a) the show writers can write emotionally powerful scenes, and scenes with chemistry, and b) the lack thereof in scenes with Claire was an intentional choice because it demonstrates that other relationships are more important for Carmy's character than the one with Claire.

For all that Carmy said that he loved Claire, we never see any evidence of it. It's told, not shown. Whereas his affection for other people in his life isn't mentioned, but it is shown: "I have time for this" and sitting down to talk to Richie about purpose. Buying Sydney a monogrammed chef's coat because she liked his.

His relationship with Claire is important for what it helps demonstrate: his desire for escapism, his self-destruction, his emotional immaturity, the fact that he has other very important relationships and that he needs to deepen those bonds, the fact that he needs to get his priorities in order. It's not so much about Claire. And maybe that will read as sexist to some, because it's more about him than it is about her, but I don't think she's really meant to be a main character either.

[jesncin]

The Potential of Asian Lois Lane: An extra addition

A bonus addition to my Asian Lois essay. I know Lois Chaudhari isn't technically a Lois since the premise of the comic she's from is where the Superman mythos is fictional and the characters in it happen to be named Clark/Lois etc. But since she's a Lois stand in and romantic partner to the Clark Kent of that story, I figured she deserves an honorable mention at least.

Here's where I position her in my Spectrum of Asian Lois Lane chart. And I'd like to talk about her!

Compared to American Alien, this Lois is actually specific and textually Indian in Superman: Secret Identity. Unlike American Alien Lois (that never specified what kind of Asian Lois was), she can't be replaced as a white woman because the text acknowledges her Indian identity (her name, lines of dialogue like this, etc.) hence she's not interchangeable with whiteness. So this take has that going for it.

Where Lois Chaudhari still falls behind Girl Taking Over (and what it shares in common with American Alien) is yet again a sense of missed opportunities narratively.

In Superman: Secret Identity, a man named Clark Kent from Picketsville suddenly has Superman's powers. After years of being made fun of for his namesake, he suddenly is what everyone has been making fun of him for- and as he lives through life he slowly understands why fictional!Superman is the way he is. It's a great story but where it misses the mark for me is its failure to recognize Superman as an immigrant. Secret Identity's Clark isn't an alien immigrant, or a human immigrant, and is instead ostracized because of his name. Government baddies want to do experiments on him so he has to hide from them too. But then he meets city girl Lois Chaudhari, and they connect because people keep teasing them for their names and Lois knows what it's like to keep secrets because she,,, committed a crime as a teen once.

"I guess we're both dangerous felons, then. Public menaces."

Being hunted by the government and being experimented on isn't really the same as being caught shoplifting.

It works well enough as a connection but to me is a huge missed opportunity to have an Indian American relate to your Superman stand-in as an immigrant. To connect on a deeper level other than "people make fun of us for sharing names with fictional characters". Later in the story, Clark and Lois have twin daughters who are visibly Indian. They too, have Superman's powers. While we're treated extensively to the narrative showing us why Clark would hide his powers from the government wishing to seek harm on him, we never get to see what Clark's daughters have to deal with on top of being visibly non-white.

Superman as an alien immigrant is an anecdote in this story. Because after all, that's not what a white American man from Picketsville would find relatable about him, is it? I have the same thing to say about Secret Identity that I did with American Alien: "Clark isn’t the only American Alien in American Alien, if you catch my drift."

I think this story is the perfect encapsulation of the limits of a white writer. One of my hottest takes on Superman is that the best and most holistic take on his character doesn't exist in the white imagination. Take a look once more at the Spectrum of Asian Lois Lanes chart that I made. All save for Girl Taking Over were headed by white men (MAWS may have Asian directors and writers on their team but ultimately its pitch and main ideas are the brain child of Jake Wyatt, a white man).

People have taken issue with me saying this and assume that I mean white people can't write a good Superman story, and no. That's not what I'm saying. I like Superman: Secret Identity. I even like American Alien. But it's been 80 years of predominantly white writers of all backgrounds getting the chance to write Superman- and already multiple attempts at an Asian Lois- and yet it took until Gene Yang (and artists Gurihiru) with Smashes the Klan and Sarah Kuhn (and artist Arielle Jovellanos) with Girl Taking Over that I felt Superman's themes as an immigrant finally took center stage and weren't just a mention or anecdote.

In no way do I want to imply that getting writers of color or Asian writers specifically will mean you'll be guaranteed a great Superman story. I'm against promoting the idea that diverse talent is infallible or tokenizing and essentializing them in such a way. What I am saying is that the best and most holistic story on Superman as an alien immigrant isn't even a goal in the white imagination. Immigrant Superman doesn't live in that mind. He doesn't pay rent there. He doesn't stop by to visit. And no, Superman creators Shuster and Siegel wouldn't have written that story either. Superman may have been the "Champion of the Oppressed" from another planet under their pen, but he would never have related to or have had immigrant solidarity with America's perpetual foreigners the way Smashes the Klan portrayed him as having. Superman's creators were too busy writing Slam Bradley to be able to write that kind of Superman.

The appeal of these cape characters for me, is the process of adaptation. Seeing them be handed off to someone else with different life experience. Seeing them bring a whole new perspective that surpasses even the creator's intentions on their character. That's what makes these characters rich and worthy of constant revisits. I just think that people of different backgrounds should be able to get as many chances as white men have with writing Superman and his cast of characters.

[paradiseismine]

Finnverse love languages headcanons

Pairing: Finn Wolfhard + Finnverse characters x f!reader

Summary: how Finn and each of his characters would display their affection towards you, according to the 5 love languages theory.

Warnings: mostly fluff, a bit of spice 🎀🌶️ (still sfw)

Love note from Nina: I saw y’all in my poll wanting more Finnverse posts. Here you go, lovelies 💕 more Olivia and Mike content coming soon too!

Finn Wolfhard (himself)

Main love languages: quality time + gifts

Being as busy as he is, Finnie considers time to be an important and scarce resource in his life. That being said, he’ll make time for you as much as he possibly can - even if that means taking an early flight and/or staying up all night. When you two are together, he’s 100% yours: barely touches his phone and doesn’t zone out while you two are talking. He loves to take you to cute coffee shops and museums, as well as tennis or basketball games. He’s not very pda oriented, but will hold your hand at all times while you’re out together.

Since he travels so much because of filming, he can’t always be present for special occasions, and feels very guilty about it. So, whenever he comes back from a work trip, he’ll surely show up at your front door with a box of gifts for you. Small jewelry, clothes, exotic snacks, perfume, you name it, he’ll bring it. Sometimes, he’ll even ask you directly for suggestions on what to buy for you (“Babe, I’m going to France next month. What would you like from there? Anything specific?”). He just loves you so much and wants you to feel safe in your relationship, even if he can’t physically be with you as much as he would like (which is 24/7).

Boris Pavlikovsky

Main love languages: physical touch + gifts

Your favorite foreign is naturally quite touch oriented, that you’ve always known, but isn’t something merely sexual - of course, he loves to pin you down on his bed and make you his, loves to grope your body and leave small purple marks on your neck. But he’ll basically never not be touching you. Expect hand holding at all times when you two are out on the street; an arm around your waist when at a party or any social gathering, little pecks to your cheeks and lips every now and again. He likes to trace your features as you lie down on his lap, as well as massaging your hands or your feet when he has the chance. “You’re so perfect, my love, I like to touch because I feel that you are real and not just my dream, yes?”, he’ll say. Ugh, vou love this boy.

Overall, Boris wants his girl to feel taken care of. He’ll always ask if you need anything, if you’re craving any specific food or ran out of any of the beauty products you usually use. He will always look for those in order to get them for you, and if he can’t provide something that you want, obviously, he’ll steal it. He’s been kicked out of a few convenience stores for shoplifting your favorite snacks and cannot set foot in Sephora anymore, but still gets Theo to help him get things for you. You don’t ask him for all this stuff, but he wants to display his love for you in a way that he thinks will make you feel happy. Sometimes he steals random stuff too, like a book or a keychain, just for you to have it, even if it’s something silly or not something you actually need. It’s adorable, you’re just afraid of him getting in trouble for it.

Mike Wheeler

Main love languages: quality time + physical touch

Being the party leader, Mike loves to plan things ahead of time and make sure everything will happen perfectly - that extends and even intensifies when it comes to dates with you. He always comes up with new ideas for you two to spend some time together: stargazing, looking for shapes in clouds, having a little picnic, reading the same book out loud to each other (taking turns in each paragraph), movie nights, game nights, biking around together. When you’re out of town and away from him, he’ll call you every day and keep talking with you on the phone for hours until his mom yells that she’ll make him pay the bill. He’s always looking for fun things to do with you, and can’t wait to tell you about them. He just loves you, and you’re his girlfriend, so it’s not, like, weird, right?

When you two are in the same room, any stranger that comes by can immediately tell that you’re a couple. His arm is usually around your shoulder/waist, or his thumb is caressing the back of your hand gently, or he’s peppering your forehead in kisses. Out of the Finnverse bunch, Mike is the most touchy-feely, and is always looking for an excuse to touch you. If your parents or his parents aren’t home, you are going to casually give each other a call and come over to whoever’s house is empty for a good couch make out session. At parties, there’s always a point in the evening in which the gang will look around and you two will be nowhere to be found - sneaking into a more private area for some intense hooking up is still frequent, and Mike will savor the moment as much as possible, as long as his pretty girl is comfortable, of course.

Miles Fairchild

Main love languages: acts of service + gifts

When you two started dating and Miles gently kissed your hand saying he’d do anything for you, he meant it more seriously (and literally) than you’d expect. In fact, you need to be careful with what you allow him to do for you - you complained about this one girl at school one day and Miles weirdly asked you if you wanted her to vanish. You picked up on what he meant and quickly denied, stating you only wanted her out of your life, not life itself. The girl ended up transferring schools shortly after, but rumor has it she’s still alive (though maybe traumatized). He’ll do anything for you, no matter what or how.

Not being very good with expressing himself through words, Miles also sees gifts as a non-verbal way of communicating: whether it is to express his love for you, apologize or prepare you for something special (meeting Flora for the first time, for example), he’ll shower you in gifts. Expensive ones, mostly. His family’s wealth is at your full disposal, according to him - he’ll sometimes show you magazines with pictures of houses or cars and ask you which ones you like best, which style of decoration you find the most beautiful. He’s crazy for you and intends to marry you as soon as you both finish your education, so he wants to have everything perfectly picked out to cater for your tastes before he even proposes.

Trevor Spengler

Main love languages: acts of service + quality time

Ever since your first encounter ever, you know that if anything happens, you can call Trevor. If your car’s not starting, if you broke the heel of your favorite shoe, if you need someone to help you put together a new piece of furniture. Nowadays, you won’t even have to ask - Trev will notice something’s in need of repair, for instance, and offer to fix it for you. It’s his pleasure to know he’s being helpful and releasing you from any concerning little things that come up. He wants his girl to be able to relax and focus on what’s important - he’ll take care of the rest, no problem.

When he’s not all tangled up in his ghostbusting duties, my dear, this boy is attaching himself to you by the hip. That includes driving you anywhere you need, taking you to the movies, eating dinner at a cute restaurant, anything you want, really. He’ll educate himself on any special interest of yours in order to spend more time with you, whether it’s by accompanying you to any related event or just talking about it in general. All of his friends know you from the very beginning, and his mom and Phoebe are also used to seeing you hang out at their house in weekdays, ‘cause Trev ain’t waiting for the weekend to spend time with his princess. Lucky usually makes fun of him for being so clingy, but you’re not complaining - his company is your favorite, and he’s always on board to whatever weekend activities you have in mind. He’s a “let’s go?” “let’s go!” kinda guy and you love that about him.

Ziggy Katz

Main love languages: words of affirmation + acts of service

Ziggster is pretty vocal on how he feels about you: he’s always calling you pet names, telling you how beautiful you are, saying that he loves you more than anything else in the world. You two exchange hoodies quite often, and whenever he returns one of yours (because it no longer smells like you), you reach for the front pocket - there’s always going to be a little love note in there, something along the lines of “Don’t forget how much I love you (and also that you’re hot as fuck). Love, Ziggy”. He sometimes draws little stick figures and say that it’s the two of you, usually kissing or playing the same guitar. His morning texting game is also amazing, he usually wishes you a good day, says you’re beautiful inside and out and sends a few tiktok videos that he curated for you to watch as you get ready in the morning. You find it adorable, and he never gets tired of making you feel special.

Ziggy also really supports your dreams, and when you told him you’d like to start creating YouTube content, he was overjoyed at the possibility of helping out his beloved girlfriend. He taught you how to set up lights, which microphone you should get, how to write your titles to make more people click on your videos. The editing is on him, you didn’t even have to ask. He got his followers on HiHat to support your channel as well, so you kick-started with a small faithful audience. Whenever you are out in a nice restaurant or something like that, he’s eager to take your pictures - and he’s actually very good at it! He directs you really well and always gets your best angle (“Not that it’s hard, any photo is going to be perfect when the main focus is this beautiful!”).

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What Crime They Would Commit (Modern) - Headcanon

Arcana Characters (Main 6)

A/N: I got a new phone, so it was time for my single yearly post :) let me know if there are any spelling or grammar mistakes

❤️Julian❤️

Robbing some rich guy’s off-shore bank account

Definitely the kind of person to say it doesn’t count if the victim is rich (he’s right)

He’s gotten away with it dozens of times because he never took enough for it to be noticeable

He got a little cocky because he was trying to impress someone while drunk, hence being arrested

🧡Portia🧡

Blackmail and/or accidental insider trading

She is very much the kind of person to not think these crimes are serious, claims they are just “silly” (she is also correct)

Has been committing these crimes for so long that she doesn’t even bother to hide it anymore (and frankly, most people don’t bother to stop her because she seems harmless)

They let her go pretty quick though

Definitely because she’s innocent, and not because she has dirt on everyone in the legal system

💛Lucio💛

War crimes (canon)

Unfortunately he’s a famous and rich white guy, so he will not be facing consequences for his actions

💚Muriel💚

Committed no crime, was just in the wrong place at the wrong time

Dude has the worst luck; this happens to him all the time because he happens to be a great way of blocking cameras and shoplifters love him for it (they are why he now avoids shopping at busy times of day)

At this point the police don’t even have to question him, they just let him go because they know he’s a good guy

💙Asra💙

Shoplifts from major retail chains (not when Muriel is around, he knows what the poor guy goes through and wouldn’t dare)

Also believes that it’s not a crime (he is right)

Actually does not get caught because the workers are not paid enough to care— he’s actually on friendly terms with most of them

Possibly accidental tax evasion as well (he knows how to pay taxes, but with the strange variety jobs he has he probably writes off a lot of purchases that he’s later questioned about— they have yet to actually arrest him for anything though, he is somehow always right)

💜Nadia💜

Genuinely has never done anything wrong ever

Except

One time when she was a teen, she bricked a police windshield at a protest

Never got caught though, and she knows enough to keep quiet

Would probably do it again if she knew she wouldn’t be caught

[rook-of-the-woods]

It was a normal day at work for Reir. Or, as normal a day as it could be, for someone who can see past the fourth wall. Sitting, checking people out, watching teens walk in and out as they probably shoplift. The shift had been long and dragging, with nothing extremely interesting happening. That’s what happens when your job isn’t around the main characters.

There was a man getting ready to check out, holding some jewelry. He looked at Reir with a strangely calm and confident expression, ready to say something before Reir even started checking him out. But that wasn’t the interesting thing about this man. The interesting part was what Reir Knew about him. Immediately and intimately, through methods the man couldn’t comprehend, Reir was certain that he would be deliciously frightened if he was told what Reir understood about the world.

Reir immediately perked up, smiling brightly at the man. “Well… hello there Cassius!” He said, his voice chipper and bright.

“What can I do for you today? Did you find everything alright? I know the store is a bit… crowded.” He said, tilting his head. Reir could tell his hair was getting slightly excited, curling and shifting.

[freedelusionshere]

Mikey, Cicero, and the mob as a representation of toxic masculinity.

Keep thinking about how Mikey is denigrated by Lee and others in Fishes for trying to come up with side businesses constantly, but to me it reads like someone who desperately wants to go legit but can’t? Same thing with franchising The Beef. Gets him out from owing Cicero or passing on that legacy to Carmy or Sugar. Mikey always has to act tough and untouchable and fake confidence to navigate this, which was probably handed off to him when his father went wherever he went. And it earns him admiration (Mikey was "cool") while internally he's self-destructing. And like Donna, whatever he wanted or dreamed for his life was pushed to the side.

Btw, the name Cicero could be a very “on the nose” reference to a Chicago town that was taken over by Al Capone to protect his territory. Like Capone, Cicero really “owns” The Bear one way or another right from the go. On the surface it appears he has guilt over Mikey’s death, wants to help the Berzatto family, etc.

But the entire time he’s around the family, even in flashbacks like Fishes, he’s trying to talk business in one way or another. Think about him (update: it was Lee, not Cicero, but my point stands, because Lee is also in on this) trying to bring up real estate to Donna in the kitchen (which she tried to beg off) or him jumping in on convos, Richie’s ask for a job, etc. Later all his convos are about money, about how he doesn’t want to take it from them, but he will. Tapping Sugar to handle all the financial stuff for him (I bet it will come out in S4 Donna does that for him on the real estate side).

Here are several other examples:

Mikey hid Cicero’s money away in tomato cans for Carmy to find and Carmy tells Cicero and his reaction? Thank God he didn’t put it in a bank. LOL.

Carmy “joking” in S1 about how he doesn’t want to get his legs broken. (Carmy is portrayed as very straight-and-narrow, not tolerating drugs being sold in the alley outside, and having a strong reaction to Claire admitting she liked to shoplift as a kid).

Richie having a gun to protect the shop and later telling Carmy he’ll come after Cicero if he comes for them.

Richie dealing with the mob associates lingering on the sidewalk outside The Bear, who are obviously conducting business of some kind.

The way The Beef has magically always had just enough money to stay afloat all this time and has things hidden in its walls. The story about Mikey trying to burn it down to collect the insurance money rather than allowing all this to continue when he spiraled.

Claire “joking” about sending Faks to beat up Carmy. I guarantee you there are Faks who do this, the Cena character 100% reads as a body man, you see him physically intimidating his brothers to be "funny".

The sudden presence of The Computer as a numbers guy coming to reconcile Cicero's accounts for someone(s).

Mikey not allowing Carmy to work at The Beef and pushing him away emotionally to make him want to GTFO of dodge.

The partnership agreement that seemingly comes out of nowhere, as Cicero now tries to rope Sydney into the family operation? Which is super triggering for her because she already has trust issues around Carmy as a business partner?

This also plays into the show liking to make references to Shakespeare which had violent family factions who controlled things (Romeo & Juliet being the most obvious) and Michael Mann who often focuses on organized crime in his storytelling.

This is all background noise and not the main driver of the show, but I was curious to see what others think about this and if anyone is noticing all of this? Especially when it comes to the kind of masculinity that is being idolized by characters like the Faks, even though it appears to go against Neil's actual nature.

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haiiii could you please do some dating headcanons for the mooninites from athf 🙏

Hell yeah, dude! I made sure to separate them like you requested, let me know if you'd want a polyship set in the future! I really liked getting to look at them as individual characters, I feel like every time you see them in the show, they're literally only together.

Sorry, I'm rambling lol. Hope you enjoy!

Ignignokt

I mentioned this in my Love Languages post, but Ignignokt is a surprisingly low-maintenance partner. He’s very attentive too! Initially, he assumes you're also fairly low-maintenance but he changes his tune very quickly if you imply you're not.

Ignignokt is the type who likes to plan the dates. He takes your opinion into account on it, but for the most part dates are low-price low-prep.

Common Dates include: Movie and gaming nights at home, Shopping (shoplifting), late night walks

Ignignokt is not too much one for grand gestures of affection or public displays of affection but he is a somewhat possessive partner. WHen out in public, he always has a hand on your body somehow… Be it holding your hand, wrapping an arm lazily around your shoulders, resting a hand on your waist, he has to let everyone know you’re here with HIM.

Common Pet Names include: Babe/Baby, Darling, Honey, Dearest, plus all the prev with “my _____”

Ignignokt has definitely introduced you to Err, even before you two started your relationship. Err is obsessed with you, wanting to be close to the one who managed to capture his best friend’s heart. You three form some semblance of a friend group, going on outings quite frequently.

Ignignokt is a surprisingly tender guy when you two are alone. He’s very sparing with tenderness in public but behind closed doors he’s so severely down bad atrocious for his s/o it’s not even funny. This only happens behind closed doors for two main reasons: because he’s a bit egocentric and because you’re the only one he trusts himself to express tenderness and fondness around.

Err

Similar to Ignignokt, He’s surprisingly low-maintenance…except in one aspect

He’s the clingiest little guy ever. Constantly begging you pick him up if you’re capable of it, arms almost eternally wrapped around you. It doesn’t even matter if he’s the hugger or the ‘hugee’ he just needs you to be touching him constantly or he vibrates at high intense intensity until you do

He likes to let you plan the dates, he’s very easy-going and go-with-the-flow about it. It doesn’t matter way to much to him where you go as long as you’re together

Common dates include: Arcade visits, Amusement Park trips, home movie nights

He’s a little guy, yet still insist on being the ‘big spoon’ the majority of the time…it makes him feel important

Common Pet names: Anything and Everything, to be honest. Even platonic ones, you’ve probably been called “Bud” and “Pal” a lot alongside “Babe” and “Baby”

Bites you as a way of showing affection… when overwhelmed with cuteness aggression he simply chews on your hand

Has definitely introduced you to Ignignokt like right off the bat, very excited that he’d found a lover. Asks to bring you to at least half of their outings, he loves hanging out together with his two favorite people.

[rollingforchoices]

The implication brought by Ify’s choice to have Vic speak is something I really have been mulling over. And the thoughts @spiralsublime brought on how Paula may change Jack Manhatten really touches on one of the main things I’ve been thinking of.

The characters and the pcs are all on this journey together. Just like the pcs will change from this experience, it makes sense that so would the characters, I really hope they touch on that.

Being the driving force is something they all have in common.

They go out and do stuff, create an empire, stop a terrorist attack, hack into an enemy’s system, you name, rather than quiet support, giving advice, or standing on the sidelines.

But now, these incredibly proactive people, are forced to be in the passenger seat for this journey.

They have to watch someone with a wildly different personality, skillset, and experiences inhabit their space and life, making different choices and approaching the issues and details of their life with brand-new eyes and perspective.

They have to watch this perspective play out.

Vic looking out for the scared, confused teen he saw, whose tossed into the wild life of Vic with no experience, and being unable to take the driver’s seat himself, has to instead be a guide.

G13, a guy whose been said to be “angry as hell”, has to watch over the oldest lady ever, going through his high-speed, high-stress life, tackling issues entirely different (and at times, entirely wrong), who requires patience and calm ("yelling...").

Watching someone inept at technology handle an important issue, while you know how to do it, can be infuriating but watching over this with pride instead of anger. (And also, she keeps insulting him. That’s not the point but I love that choice from Rekha)

Kingskin is going to watch this perfect-height teen girl stumble her way through his tasks. This ruthless guy whose inspired such deep fear in his men, watching a much kinder teen possibly bonding with one of these men, forming bonds of trust with a group.

And, if my reading of Liv isn’t totally off, the dynamic of watching a teen who is this valedictorian that got into Stanford and is seen as someone who can “escape this town”, who might feel a lack of control in her own life, trying to reclaim some power through shoplifting, suddenly in a position of complete power and control.

How it must be to watch Ms. Liv “I guess I feel fantastic” Skyler, Navigating through having actual agency and control in her life for the first time, as someone who’s always been very authoritative as Kingskin.

Maybe even someone as morally bankrupt as Kingskin can end up guiding Liv, in taking reigns of her own life.

Okay, this is already way too long (Alex’s characters always make me have so many thoughts lol), and I didn’t even go into the others, like Dang and Russel have so much going on there, just know that I am going to think obsessively about all of this.

[sigmxnd]

Frowning friends head canons NOW POOKIE 👿👹👺

i love you pookie. /p

you have no idea how long i've been waiting for someone to ask me this question

so i realized i've never actually written them all down and have just kinda been thinking about them in my head, so i'll put down the ones that have been floating around + add on if i come up with new ones

tw for mentions of smoking weed (its only once but still)

starting with them both:

they've known each other for a very long time, but got seperated a lot due to unstable housing. they reunited and have spent the most time together as adults (+ they live together)

100% make fun of and talk shit about other couples they see out and about

they are in love. they kiss and smooch and cuddle. physical affection is definitely their language. but only at home cause out there they gotta look menacing. they are happy with each other :3 (everyone else can fuck off though)

in a universe where they survived istg they have like almost a cartoonish rivalry with the smiling friends. imagine that "nice onezie does it come in men's" audio. that's them

stole their main outfits from some high schoolers but the rest they either shoplift or dig through the dumpsters for

halloween is the best only because they make stupid bets and competitions about scaring the trick or treaters only to have nobody come near their building (pim may or may not buy the big candy bars to give out on purpose)

when i'm thinking of a scenario/ship that's not gnargrim, they're in a qpr :3

i really like the idea that they love david bowie

grim:

gets frequent bouts of paranoia and generally has a lot of trust issues (especially with therapists)/low self esteem. took a lot of convincing himself that gnarly actually liked him and didn't have any hidden intentions

autistic. every character i like gets hit with the autism beam it just has to happen

gay + demiromantic/sexual

(sorry i can't think of more rn jfhwieifhe)

gnarly:

does his job good, takes it seriously, but off the clock he's probably one of the most unserious critters there is. he's my favorite of the two so i make him a lot like me🐺🌕

stoner :3

autistic. nuff said

pan/transmasc!?!?🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️‼️🧨💣🔥

his favorite mlp movie is rainbow rocks and his favorite episodes are a canterlot wedding parts 1 and 2 (cause they're MY favorites)

my furry version of him has a bent tail for a reason now and i'm writing something that has to do with it :3 (he also has a lot of scars that i've just been too lazy to draw on him that i'll mention in the thing i'm writing)

uses brainrot terms ironically/to piss people off

(while i do think that the ff and the sf would be enemies in a really funny way, i also like to think about gnarly & charlie being buddies/friendly with each other outside of work. i contradict myself all the time :3)

and thats all the ones i can think of for now. tysm for asking pookie :3

[jq37]

So, Jumanji by way of Last Action Hero. Ok, Never Stop Blowing Up. I'm in for the ride. They managed to put together a great table for this one. I'm delighted they got Rekha back in the Dome. It's exciting to see Alex Song-Xia again. Izzy is always a treat. I'll never say no to more Jacob Wysocki. And of course Ally and Ify are always strong performers. We're in for a good season.

What a crazy start! I'm so glad I watched Last Action Hero a few weeks ago in prep because those vibes are very apparent (in addition to Jumanji 2 of course, but I'd already seen that).

A quick rundown of everything going on:

Ally Beardsley as Russell Feeld as Jennifer Drips

INSANE swings from Ally right out the gate. I love that Izzy was both in character thirsting over Russell and out of character being like, "Pull it back." Also, I think they're the only one playing a girl movie character so that's interesting. This season is gonna be such a trip pronoun-wise. Wonder what direction Ally wants to go with that.

Ify Nwadiwe

as Wendell Morris as Vic Ethanol

I was STUNNED to hear Wendell's voice come out of Ify's body. I didn't know he had an Urkel-esque bone in his jacked as hell self. And I assumed that once the PCs turned to their MCs (movie characters) they'd use their MC voice but nope. It seems like he's still doing the Wendell voice which is wild. I love a sweet nerd so Wendell is one of my early faves for sure. Very much the vibes on the main character from Jumanji 2 turning into the Rock. Also, Vic Ethanol is my fave expy name.

Isabella Roland

as Paula Donvalson as Jack Manhattan

Izzy had, by far, my favorite movie bit with her and Brennan walking into that chicken bit which was golden. Sometimes a bit drags on too long but they drove that to the exact funniest point and then left it there. Chef's kiss, no notes. Very much looking forward to seeing this very tightly wound mom in this unhinged setting.

Rekha Shankar

as Usha Rao as G13

Something I really respect is building a character who is specifically bad at the main thing they have to do and a woman who barely has grasped the concept of phones having to be the hacker is so funny. Rekha, you've done it again. I didn't notice until it was pointed out on Twitter but one of the fave movies listed on her card is literally the first movie ever made (The Horse in Motion). And her immediate 1 when trying to do hacker stuff is a portent of more hilarity to come I'm sure. Love to have her back in the dome.

Alex Song-Xia

as Liv Skyler as Kingskin

Also, love to have Alex back in the dome! I loved them in Mentopolis and they picked such a fun dichotomy of characters to inhabit in a teen girl who's giving me Vanessa from In the Heights with a little compulsive shoplifting plus truly just Kingpin from Marvel. I found her really endearing and she was also one of my faves.

Jacob Wysocki

as Andy 'Dang' Litefoot as Greg Stocks

I'm not as familiar with Jacob as I think some others are but he matched the table's energy right away. I would think the aliens thing was a weird swing except that there's someone in one of my games who has a very similar deal (their PC not the actual person lol) so it's kind of like yeah, that's a normal thing for a PC to believe. Maybe it's because I just binged all of The Bear but he kind of reminds me of a more assertive Fak. And it's a very funny contrast to a suave James Bond-type (also, Stocks/Bond. Ha).

So it looks like we have Fast and Furious, Die Hard, and James Bond. Kingskin is Kingpin from Spiderman and maybe just repping mobster flicks in general. G13 also seems to be a generic hacker. And Jennifer Drips is a generic femme fatale.

I think it's interesting that everyone seems to be a protagonist except for Kingskin who is an obvious baddie (unless he comes from a Breaking Bad type world where it's bad guys all the way down and no real heroes).

Also, I'm curious about how they'll cross over with each other. In Last Action Hero, it was kind of implied that many action movie scenarios take place in a shared universe (which is why you had Arnold in the same police station as a talking cartoon cat and other archetypes waiting to get paired up with their wacky mismatched sidekicks). Could be something like that, but we'll see.

Anyway, yeah! I wasn't sure how this season was gonna look but I'm VERY down for it now that it's started. Oh! And the animatics???? Amazing! D20 just keeps outdoing itself!

[whumpslist]

Will Trent’s whumps’ list

[referred to main male character: Will Trent, portrayed by Ramón Rodríguez: *bonus: Michael Ormewood, portrayed by Jake McLaughlin.]

Season 1

.01: argued, disappointed for his car being vandalized, ostracized and despised by practically all his colleagues, painful memories seeing and old acquaintance from the orphanage, argued, slapped in the face and brief scuffle, telling about being badly bullied in his childhood, upset witnessing a suicide, torturing a handkerchief whenever he is under emotional distress, telling about his childhood to his partner, feeling uncomfortable getting undressed because of the various nasty scars on his body, frustrated about his dyslexia and calling himself names.

.02: oppositional discussion with a suspect twice, upset and frustated, argued, under gunpoint, scuffle, under gunpoint and shot at without being hit.

.03: chained ankle, under gunpoint, worried for his partner, difficult conversation with his girlfriend.

.04: difficult conversation with his girlfriend from previous episode, worried for his partner, nightmare, difficulties to concentrate ruminating and frustrated, confessed his partner he’s dyslexic; bonus Ormewood: angry, badly fallen and injured ankle, angry, tazed and kidnapped, bloody face, villain pushing over his injured ankle and making him scream in pain, fought, chased and limping, heavily panting, rescued.

.05: worried for his dog and badly argued with his girlfriend, dyslexic difficulties, argued, annoyed, grabbed a hot pan from the oven overthinking and screaming in pain, annoyed and frustrated, speechless and upset.

.06: disappointed, argued, followed by a car, witnessed a murder and splashed with blood on his sweater, into a gunfight, called names by a policeman.

.07: fast forward: laying barely conscious and passed out; scars all over his naked torso, receiving upsetting news and a bit shaken, pensive, painful memories and sighed, argued and emotionally hurt, hit at his arm by a crowbar losing his gun, attacked by multiple opponents and fought back, slammed against a car then hit at his back by a bat, chased, bleeding from his forehead and neck, passed out, recovering consciousness and bloody wound on his forehead, blood on his hands and handkerchief, feeling hopeless and sighing, rescued and heavily breathing, patch on his forehead and ice pack, sighing, disappointed.

.08: painful memories, brief scuffle, falsely accused and outraged, pensive and sad, told about his past when he shoplifted for food and arrested by police, on the edge of cry and trembling voice, sad.

.09: worried for his kidnapped partner, argued with his boss' boss, argued twice, heavily breathing after a physical effort, worried.

.10: under gunfire, upset and told about a child abuse he suffered, sad and painful memories, grabbed by his jacket, under gunfire, under gunpoint, getting emotional.

.11: brief scuffle, undercover into a drug crew, scuffle in the past, painful past and present memories, upsetting discover and argued with his girlfriend, ambushed and under heavy gunfire, bleeding scratch on his upper thigh and treated on the field, arrested and handcuffed, hooded and taken, roughed up a bit, grunting and heavily breathing, punched in the flank again, old scars on his back, moaning touching the sore spot, under gunpoint and almost cover blown, brief fight, under gunfire and fought, sad break-up.

.12: sad, received upsetting news, argued with his (ex) girlfriend, badly argued with his boss then his partner, angry for being taken off the case, received very upsetting news about his mother, argued and very upset, tense and worried.

.13: worried sick from previous episode for his (ex) girlfriend’s fate, tense relationship with his boss and getting emotional over his dead mother’s case, almost run over by a car, nasty confrontation, under gunfire, angry and worried, frustrated about his dyslexia and calling himself names, tense and fought, heavely panting and angry, upset, worried and bruised face and nuckles, received upsetting news and getting emotional.

Season 2

.01: uneasy speaking in public, hallucinations and painful memories of the past, tackled a man without consequences, under gunfire and tackled a man again, uncomfortable conversation, various nasty scars on his body, argued, hit by explosion blast and mild scratches at his face, grunting and heavily breathing, in shock and flashbacks, bruised face and unable to accept other people’s trying to take care of him; bonus Ormewood: suspicious, upset and argued with his son, sick worried, hit by some debris by the explosion.

.02: upset and bruised face from previous episod, unpleasant conversation with his supposed father, disappointed, provocked and upset, flashbacks, chain around his neck and rough fight, flashbacks.

.03: avoiding conversation about what happened in the first episode, tense, flashbacks and sighing, uneasy conversation, intense situation and touched, voice cracked and on the verge of tears, pensive.

.04: painful memories and hallucination, skeptical and annoyed, uneasy conversation with his partner and grimacing for emotional pain, remembering his past talking to a witness, grunting in frustration for his dyslexia, uneasy and sighing repeatedly.

.05: annoyed and uneasy, argued with collegues twice, nasty conversation and upset, unpleasant conversation, scared and argued, T-boned and car accident, bloody face and unconscious, cut on his forehead.

.06: stressed out and anxious, uneasy, unpleasant conversation, under gunpoint and brief scuffle, uneasy.

.07: nervous and bickering, into a hostage situation and under gunpoint, flashbacks from the past, threatened repeatedly, almost killed and rescued, still shaken and upset for the whole situation and the flashbacks, hand trembling.

.08: talking to his flashbacks and sighing, laying on the floor, flashbacks from the past repeatedly, hissing sound and grimacing, breathing heavely and upsetting memories, agitated and uspet reenacting his memories, breathing shakily and crying for guilt.

.09: uneasy ed lught emotional distress, worried for his uncle, tears in his eyes.

.10: shocked and upset, tears in his eyes, coflicted ans sad, upset.

Renewed for a 3rd Season

In the original books (by Karin Slaughter):

1. "Triptych": uncomfortable, argued, reported scars from his past, angry, worried sick for his girlfriend, angry.

2. "Fractured": scuffle and punched on the nose, black eyes, fought and gun pointed at his head, gun failed to shoot twice, remembering past abuses during an interrogation, tackled and panting, upset witnessing a suicide, frustrated, trembling hand.

3. "Undone": worried for his partner, under gunpoint and argued, scratched by rats on his arm, overwhelmed and claustrophobic, itchy scratched arm, uneasy, remembering when he was hit by a tazer, upset and sweating after hearing his wife after she left him, worried and angry, lost temper and manhandled, scolded by his boss and feeling guilty, upset, hand and arm medicated and patched, badly argued with his wife and scuffle, new sctraches on his hands, bad memories and tired, very sore back after a long journey, panting after a chasing, stabbed at his shoulder from behind and passed out, regaining consciousness laying and bleeding on the floor with the knife still stuck in him, sweating and in much pain, almost stabbed again and rescued at the last moment, passed out, in hospital and surgery only briefly mentioned, arm secured to the chest by a tight bandage and in pain.

4. "Broken": scars on his body, uneasy, feeling inadequate and uncomfortable because of his dyslexia, remembered he broke his hand in the past and sore at his fingers when it's cold outside, irritated, remembered his girlfriend gave him syphilis years ago and he had to take pills, blister on the heel and limping, feeling stupid and mortified asking for help, remembering his difficul past, worried.

5. "Fallen": uncomfortable, worried for his partner, his wife told about when he slashed his arm, confused, feeling nausea for high speed, shot at and cut at his ear, into a gunfight, worried sick, furious, headache and sweating, roughly grabbed, lost balance and fallen to the floor, sad and shaken, badly argued with his wife, emotionally hurt and scared, cried, slapped repeatedly and scuffle with his wife, trembling hands, embarassed, shaken and worried, hidden into a trunk and very uncomfortable, furious, sore at his shoulders, called names, told about when and why he slashed his arm in the past, heart broken, embarassed.

5.5. "Snatched": bored, conflicted and feeling guilty, worried.

6. "Criminal": confused, told about his past in the orphanage, angry and sweating, argued, kneed himself on the nose and skinned his ankle by accident, bleeding wounds, receciving upsetting news, treated in hospital for his cut ankle and sewn wound, extremely upset and uncommunicative, furious, muscle contraction in his biceps, hand lacerations and splinter of wood in the palm of his hand, screaming in pain and frustration, exhausted, hurting remembering his past and his mother's murder, remembered beign slapped hard in the past, teased a cuticle on his hand until it bled, difficult conversation with his wife, no sleep and looking awful, bruised hands and bloodshot eyes, upset, staggered with exhaustion and pain both physical and emotional, besieged at home and frustrated, argued with his partner and angry, told about his past when he shoplifted for food and arrested by police, when he was on the streets and had been beaten, broken his nose and fingers, nervous and sad, shocked and buckled knees, violent reaction in the face of his father's corpse and subdued by the police, difficult conversation with his boss then his uncle, emotional and on the edge of tears.

6.5. "Busted": undercover and stuck during a robbery, fought and broken nose, almost shot, motorbike accident during a chasing, treated on ambulance and sore at his shoulder.

7. "Unseen": shocked, uneasy and sketchy, uncomfortable situation and feeling guilty, sore after riding a motorbike, threatened, punched in the face and provocked, worried, scared, feeling uneasy, shocked, into a dangerous situation and surrounded, punched in the face and almost threw up, grabbed and restrained, terrified, cut with a knife under his eye and into his ear, terrified, shook his head and bloody cuts, stripped and naked, old scars all over his body, brief scuffle, shocked witnessing a brutal murder, badly argued with his girlfriend and desperate, slapped repeatedly and scratched on his neck and back, rough sex and heavily panting, distraught and unstable on his legs, on his knees to throw up, badly kicked in the head and almost knocked out, punched and almost strangled to death, rescued at the last moment, badly coughing and sore, threw up, handcuffed and arrested (for fake), helped sitting up and stumbling repeatedly, head between your knees to keep from throwing up again, badly confused and treated on the field by his partner, terribly painful to swallow, heartbroken, painful to talk and heavily bruised face with broken nose, shocked, badly coughing, feeling guilty then vulnerable, coughing, shocked and agitated, brief scuffle, tased and collapsed, regaining consciousness wobbly and headache, blurred vision, hands and feet tied up, gun pointed at his head twice, almost shot to death, threatened to be killed with a knife, feeling weak, heavily bruised face.

8. "The Kept Woman": worried for his dog, uncertain, umconfortable position, frustrated and clenched jaw, receiving shocking news and seeking for support against a wall, frantic and worried sick, argued with his girlfriend, agitated, reported scars from his past, fallen into a hole and deep laceration at his calf, blood dripping from his leg into the shoe, angry and punched a collegue, bruised and bloody hand after the punch, frantic, very painful emotional memories, argued, heavily sweating and panting, brief dizziness and seeking for support against a wall, feeling sick, dressed his wound at home but blood stained his jeans, nervous and tense, trembling hands, bad memories, emotional chat, shocked, reported scars from his past, rubbing his chest in pain, red an awful letter from his wife and pale, confused, coughing and shaken, wound attended at home without any anesthesia and very painful procedure, pain at his chest and arm, chest pain and gasping for air, angry and tense, on his knees, chest pain for a panic attack, feeling calmer after taking (part of) Xanax, feeling the grief, (previously) under gunpoint and trigger pulled but no bullets fired, upset and angry, phone altercation with his wife and receiving upsetting news, shaking so hard he had to sit up, unable to speak, receiving upsetting news, sleepless and agitated night, violent reaction in front of his wife, pushed away twice, receiving upsetting news, shocked and covered in blood (not his), unable to see and helped, painful conversation about his past, difficult conversation with his girlfriend.

8.5. "Cleaning the Gold": brief scuffle, into a gunfight, punched in the ear and elbowed in the kidneys, bruised hands after the altercation, shocked, uncertain.

9. "The Last Widow": painful memories about his childhood, feeling inadequate, pensive, shocked, into a dangerous situation and under gunpoint, fear for his girlfriend, tackled down and hit his againt the concrete, attacked and viciously hit at his torso many times, fought and bruised knuckles, rechting and in pain, almost kicked and fought, worried sick for his girlfriend’s fate, emotional pain for his almost-mother-in-law’s words, feeling sick and light sensitivity, spinning world and seeking support, in pain and vomiting, passed out, regaining consciousness in hospital, almost fallen from the hospital gurney, light sensitivity, coughing and slumped, torso full of bruises, probbed and tested, helped walking and in pain, almost slipped and spike of pain at his ribs, felt a metallic stitch at his neck, helped for the TAC exam, seeing double, reported a microlaceration in the periosteum of the rib, made him smell the ammonium salts, dismayed and very difficult emotional conversation with his girlfriend’s parents, in pain and moaning, heavily bruised knuckles, still very sore and headache, grimacing and suppressing his pain, going undercover, emotional distress, into a furious gunfight, under gunpoint, on the edge thinking his girlfriend was murdered, feeling guilty.

10. "The Silent Wife": uncertain and uneasy, got a scare, IN PROGRESS

11. "After That Night"

Isolation by NatK

[ghostorbz]

INVADER ZIM HEADCANONS BECAUSE. YAAAYYYYY

!! some zadr !!

Main characters:

-Irken show affection by entangling their antenna together. So Zim wraps his antenna around Dibs hair spike

-Zim shoplifts candy from the store (and Dibs fridge) other times he gets Gir to steal stuff

-Once Dib ate cup noodles for 3 weeks straight. He hasn't done it since

-Dib still has the snarl beast

-He's also very good at drawing, most of his drawings being of him and Zim

-Dib probably gets dizzy when he stands up too fast

-Gaz and Tak like playing games together, Tak is super bad at them though

-Gaz is really into robotics, that's why Professor Membrane doesn't pressure her into science like he does with Dib. In fact she programmed her "security" plushies all by herself

-Gaz HAS and WILL doxx people

-Gir and MiMi are very lady and the tramp coded

-Gir would be best friends with Jenny Wakeman

-Gir CONSTANTLY steals drinks, not only from people he knows either. Like in a restaurant he will just take a big sip of someones drink and walk away

Other characters:

-Zita is a theater kid, she puts the most effort in school plays compared to everyone else

-Carl has literally anything and everything in his beanie. Need a spare pencil? He's got it. Need a notebook? It's in there. Need a bag of chips? You know he has it. But he won't ever give it to you. Like Pinkie Pie except Carl isn't helpful

-Gretchen actually can tell really good jokes, she just doesn't tell them

-Jessica and Letty are lesbian I swear to god they are

-Poonchy is a lot like Tobias from the amazing world of gumball except maybe a little less mean

-Mr. Elliot is Ms. Bitters son, he likes being around her so he got the same job as her (despite her protests)

-Mr. Dwicky probably killed that guy in the vents. Among us imposter ass

-Miyuki and Sporks tallest uniforms seem to be slightly different than Red and Purples, the slight adjustments are there to prevent Zims monsters from eating them

General:

-Hugs from behind are very beloved since you're basically hugging their PAK which is like, their everything

-Irken relationships are heavily looked down upon until they are officialized

-Tallest DNA is used for reproduction by being put in a lil tube until a smeet develops

-Tallest colors are passed down (I don't reaaally headcanon this but I think it's a cute idea)

(Not super invader zim related, but it's one of my favorite headcanons)

-Alien hominid landed on earth after the Irken empire took over his planet. He really hates Zim

(I DON'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT ALIEN HOMINID so like, sorry if I'm ignoring already established lore idk)

[urlocalnonbinarybastardwrites]

The gang x Hogwarts Houses!!

(Important to note: I am queer and do not celebrate/respect/support JK Rowling. But I am also a big believer in appreciating the art and not the artist, and Harry Potter was a dear part of my childhood.)

Ponyboy Curtis

Ravenclaw, obviously. It’s canon that he prioritizes his knowledge and loves learning about the world around him, and as a generally very studious and thoughtful kid. 

Johnny Cade

Gryffindor. Well, a lot of me people may assume that he’s instantly a Hufflepuff just because he’s quiet, through his actions he’s actually shown to be a lot more of a Gryffindor, instantly even going as far to kill someone whenever his friend is in danger if that doesn’t take bravery and extreme courage, I don’t know what does

Sodapop Curtis

Hufflepuff, because it’s canon that soda pop is extremely kind and loyal, being two of his key character traits, and the fact that he consistently fights for peace between Darry and PB. He’s one of the most loyal greasers by far and can make anyone grin.

Darry Curtis 

Hufflepuff, well, he does have some Gryffindor qualities of being quite brave and courageous. I think the fact that one of his main life goals is taking care of his brothers, and the fact that he dropped an opportunity for a better life in order to do so is one of the most Hufflepuff things that a character could do. He’s also extremely loyal, and even though he may have Tough love, he is kind in his own sense.

Dallas Winston

Slytherin. This man is one of the most cunning and manipulative bastards you’ll ever meet, and in text, he is shown as quite ambitious and determined, as one of the most infamous quotes to describe his character is “Because that’s what Dallas wanted. And Dally always got what he wanted.” (Not exact quote but don’t fight me in the comments lol)  He’s also extremely resource for whenever trying to get Johnny and ponyboy out of their situation, giving them supplies and a hideout. 

Two Bit Matthews

Well, one might think that he is a Hufflepuff, I strongly believe that he’s a Gryffindor. Whenever he gets threatened at the drive-in with pony boy, and Johnny he’s the first one to pull up his switchblade to protect his friends and Marcia and cherry. I think he’s an extremely brave and courageous character, especially looking at his history of shoplifting.

Steve Randle

For a while, I struggle between voting him as either a Gryffindor or Hufflepuff, but I eventually decided on Hufflepuff, because he has some insane loyalty to soda pop, and he does deeply care about pony boy, even if he isn’t always the greatest at showing it. I think he’s a pretty overlooked character in terms of his kindness, because of the fact that he’s always portrayed as more grumpy in the book, but I always think that he’s more of just kind of a tough love like Darry and he really is kind in his own way. 

[wayofcloudbrain]

Fic Promo: Just The Way You Are by real_ghost and wayofcloudbrain

Fandom: MDZS/The Untamed Relationship(s): Lan Xichen/Meng Yao (main pairing) Lan Xichen/various other male characters (casual), Meng Yao/Nie Mingjue (past), Lan Xichen/Nie Mingjue (past), many many background pairings Rating: E Wordcount: 85k and counting Status: posting in progress

🌇 alternate universe: modern setting (but it’s actually an alternate universe) 🌇 slowburn: tfw you’ve found the man of your dreams but you’re both messed up and your timing sucks 🌇 pining (and also sleeping around) while cohabitating 🌇 come for the xiyao, stay for the epic sprawl of sideplots and background characters (we love everyone so everyone is here)

Summary:

Yes. Yes, A-Yao is staying in his ex’s best friend’s apartment while said best friend is on an impromptu skiing trip with said ex because said ex needs to clear his thick fucking head. No, Mingjue doesn’t know that A-Yao is crashing at Xichen’s and ideally he will never find out. In the wake of a break-up that affects more than only the ex-boyfriends, Lan Xichen revaluates his life choices and is thrown headfirst into an identity crisis. In his utter lack of direction, he unsuccessfully tries to distract himself with dating of varying degrees of seriousness. Meanwhile, Meng Yao – recently hired as tech mogul Wen Ruohan’s personal assistant at Nevernight Games – is planning to pull himself up by a pair of bootstraps that he is pretty sure he’ll have to shoplift first. On this small artificial island in the Pacific Ocean, everybody knows everybody and everybody’s gotta go through it. It’s a whole mess.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/26602150/chapters/64860505

Main story of JTWYA-Verse (see series for many more extras and oneshot spin-offs)