#snd the implications it has

[notebooks-and-laptops]

THEORY TIME I'm at the start of ME2 please don't confirm or deny if I'm correct BUT my theory is a potential avenue for them to go down is that - as proved with Shepard's resurrection - eventually organic life always 'cures' death - either through science or just plain old evolution - and when it does it often begins using up resources at a rapid rate that the universe can't sustain if the population continues to grow (because nobody 'leaves' the universe everyone just continues to exist) so the reapers are the invention of an ideological terrorist group that was the first species to achieve immortality who believed that the best way to solve the crisis was to build machines which could 'control' this impulse in organisms so that once they reached immortality they were wiped out so new life could grow in its place ('harvesting' life to make way for the new crop of organic life?). In this scenario, originally the reapers would come only once immortality was achieved, but they've begun to come earlier and earlier as their AI consciousness works out the optimal 'time' to harvest. The slaves/drones they leave in the galaxy to use for some time spend their time enslaved restoring natural resources as best as possible, and undoing any damage caused by sentient life for the next bout of people (literally tending the fields of sentient life)

BONUS POINTS if they do this except that not EVERY species/society to achieve immortality has actually gone down the route of using up limited resources to the point of instability (because they've found ways to make their existence sustainable/fairer to everyone either out of scientific process/societal change etc.) BUT the machines can't comprehend that/are programmed to believe that it will eventually devolve into chaos anyway and so they come back regardless and kill everyone even if people can prove they're wrong (so the game doesn't end up with a very simplistic Thanos viewpoint that's easily disproved - that's why I think the reapers have to be the result of a terrorist/radical/fascist group)

Bonus BONUS points if the original group installed some of their consciousness into the reapers making them hypocritcs because they DO continue to essentially live forever while they're committing genocide against other species.

Idk I just think it'd be neat if Shepard was the poster child for the reason the reapers felt they had to do what they did when they're the ones trying to stop them.

[offbrand-deltatraveler]

You ever just wanna pick someone up, and cause them so much immeasurable pain that they die from shock before you even get the chance to properly kill them

[arcadekitten]

As usual, sweet no death spoilers:

I wanted to ask a question about my favourite character that I don't see get as much love (okay well my favourite is Mary but she gets plenty.)

So how about an ask about Ruuby? I've had this question on my mind for awhile. I guess two questions actually. What Lampchop said about it being in Ruuby's DNA to eat meat has... worrying implications for the rest of the (I'm really blanking on the name) (arcadeverse?) (Sorry). Although I think Sweet No Death isn't in the same universe, is it? Regardless. Was Lampchop bullshitting? Will we see Crowven collecting shiny things or Twyla munching on mice? Or are the worlds seperate?

And as for the related question... Holy bejesus did the citizens of Stella's Town have family? Are they good? Like I know Stella isn't inherently a villain any more than lambchop (there's differing opinions on the morality of murdering your fake friends vs forced political domination of a town) but oh my goodness are they good?

Sweet No Death exists in like, a pocket dimension off of Noisrev. Extremely similar but not the same, and characters from SND wouldn't be able to meet or interact with characters from my other games hypothetically.

I would say this ties in to a popular fan-interpretation which is that Stella used her magic to turn all the animals in thetown into people. And while I can't say that is what actually happened, I can say that metatextually the implication is there (i don't even know if I'm using that word correctly apologies in advanced.)

I would say that Noisrevians are influenced by their species but not often to such extremes. Like, Twyla wouldn't eat mice. Crowven might pick up a shiny trinket or two but not to the point of kleptomania. I have a few characters who are of species like raccoons that collect trash in their homes, but those characters are seen more as extremists rather than an average member of their species. Does that make sense?

As for your second question, I feel like the answer is more outer-universe than in. While I'm sure there's families that exist in the SND universe I didn't design any of the characters with the idea of them having any. Animal Crossing was a big inspiration for SND and like Animal Crossing, I wanted the "villagers" to feel similar. In Animal Crossing you typically have one adult neighbor living in their own house and that's how I wanted SND to feel too!

I'm sure any families that potentially exist are fine. If Stella found out someone with known family was affected by Lambchop, she would make sure everyone in the family is alright and not just the victim.

[henrysglock]

Ohhh my god so re: what i remember you for as a writer theres SOSOSO much to choose from, but I have to go with Ptolemaea!!!!!

And even though there’s SO many iconic scenes/lines in Ptolemaea that stuck wirh me/that I remember you by, the shower scene from Ptolemaea is the one I’m going to talk about right now because it stuck with me and i was flashbanged by it again last night when rereading it HWBDBFN

Like, this part specifically:

“That didn’t mean it was any less appreciated, though, even as the blisters on his ankles burned with it. Hot water meant that the dirt, grime, and blood melted off him with minimal effort. Even so, he took a certain amount of comfort in scrubbing himself pink and toweling off roughly, as though he could peel the past three years off his body the way a spider might shed its carapace. To grow.”

First of all, the line about how the water is making the blisters on his ankles burn is so strong/physical/it’s like I can feel it.

And it’s also such a fantastic line/fantastic use of word choice when it comes to the fact that Ptolemaea being a “Henry got out of the lab early” AU and therefore also a “Henry didnt get sent to Dimension x” AU versus the use of the word “burned” here, especially in the context of Henry trying to scrub off the lab/leave the lab behind versus the way that Henry physically leaves the lab behind in canon being getting sent to Dimension X & getting burned there.

It just works so well to give this subtle vibe/subtle reminded of “what couldve been” and how even though what Henry’s going through right now sucks (ie all of the Ptolemaea horrors, and even just the water from a nice shower hurts his blisters), it could’ve been so much worse/it really nails that “full of horrors but also full of Hope” vibe that Ptolemaea has.

And second of all, specifically looking at this part:

“Even so, he took a certain amount of comfort in scrubbing himself pink and toweling off roughly, as though he could peel the past three years off his body the way a spider might shed its carapace. To grow.”

I cant even describe how much I love this part. There’s so many little layers to the comparison between Henry in the shower vs a spider shedding its carapace, snd how its not just “oh yeah yk hes got the same vibes as a spider shedding its carapace because hes trying to start anew” but instead the comparison *also* so Physical and the mental/emotional change/struggle is convey so Physically and how it’s specifically connected to the way that Henry scrubs himself pink, and the way that this line about how Henry scrubs himself pink evokes the visual of new skin being pink and “sore”/sensitive because it’s new, much like the new flesh under an old carapace.

And then how Henry towels himself off roughly vs that also working so perfectly to really convey that feeling of shedding a carapace in a very very physical way and the Movements of it and im just!!! The WORD CHOICES here are so perfect to convey a really visceral/physical feeling, like with the use of the word “peeling” and with how that use of the word” peeling” is where it all then connects to the mental aspect of it/the bridge between physical vs mental re: henry trying to peel the last three years off of his body (especially with the imagery re: peeling skin off/peeling years off vs all of the mental/supernatural “flaying” in ST vs the peeling skin imagery tying to the idea of literal flaying in the sense of flaying skin off).

And the “last three years” thing always gets me, it’s not only such a good reminder of how long he spent in the lab/how many years he’s lost, But then also, specifically in the context of shedding a carapace/molting, the implication that Henry hasn’t “molted” in three years/that this carapace that’s stuck to him is three years old/literally made up of the past three years really hits me every time re: the fact that spiders shed their carapaces/molt wayy more often than that so he hasnt been Allowed to molt & also the fact that some types of spiders stop molting entirety once they reach maturity (this is the case for black widows)/other types just molt less frequently (once a year) when they reach maturity vs the last three years in the lab being what makes up Henry’s “carapace” & Henry not having “molted” at all in the lab/at all in the last 3 years vs the way that Henry was forced to grow up quickly in the lab but how it Also stunted him & how not molting anymore is a sign of “maturity” /adulthood in spiders.

And especially with all of that/the idea of being forced to grow up quickly but also having your growth stunted as a result vs using the imagery of shedding a three year old carapace to convey that & the way that having a built-up old caparace/unshedded layers would make him seem “bigger”/more grown” when in reality, it’s a sign of *not* having grown/not being allowed to shed it is *stunting* his ability to grow/it’s like he was being forced to “grow” by not shedding (which then also ties SO PERFECTLY into Henry’s canon regen healing & the way that there’s all of this tumor imagery associated with it/unwanted growths) and that weighing up down/the extra “weight”/“size”/“growth” on him re: not “shedding his skin” & how his/a spider’s limbs aren’t going to grow properly unless they shed their skin so then there’s the whole visual of him not growing in a typical Growth way/his metaphorical limbs not getting longer but instead just “growing” by having all of these extra layers/“skin” that hes now trapped in/cant shed to properly grow vs the idea of Brenner wanting him to be like a child and like an adult simultaneously (ie being a Freak & Liking the fact that Henry’s a child vs also stealing his childhood/putting him in a lab/making him behave Like An Adult/making him grow up quickly).

Especially with black widows no longer molting once they reach sexual maturity vs the idea of Henry not being *allowed* to molt/stopped early from molting/being forced to reach that maturity early (smash cut to the SA imagery in the lab) when he hasnt Actually reached it physically.

And then that all also ties so well into the idea of being a Child Forced To Behave Like An Adult/Forced Into Adult Activities rather than Actually Becoming An Adult.

I just!! The line about a spider shedding its carapace as a way of describing Henry’s attempts to leave the lab behind is literally such a perfect line, like there’s something so physical and visceral about it, not only is it such a perfect description of the situation, but the spider aspect then ties so perfectly into Henry’s character specifically.

Especially with the next context TFS Henry & the visual of those spider legs bursting out of his back during the attic scene with Virginia & how that’s Also very Physical in a similar way to this scene (and yet again, Ptolemaea ages like a fine wine.)

And then also, specifically looking at the “To grow,” line, this line specifically always feels like so perfectly like Henry reassuring himself/tears in my eyes over little 15 year old henry “spider guy” creel reminding himself of how spiders grow and how it’s okay even though it hurts, because it just means he’s in Spider Mode and Spider Coded and Based and Spiderpilled HWHDBDDNHEHD like he’s reminding himself that not only do spiders shed their carapaces, but they do so in order to grow/it’s Necessary in order for them to grow. Like it almost feels like the way a parent would try and get a child to do something (ie if a kid loved superheroes, the whole “superman would clean his room 🤨🤨🤨😌😌😌😌” vibe/“a spider would go and clean himself in the shower because spiders need to shed their skin in order to grow-“) but it’s coming from Henry and directed at Himself, which then emphasizes how lonely he is/the lack of parents/Virginia being dead & Victor being locked up & Henry having to parent himself (but then also the other side of the coin and the lowkey Freedom of Henry getting to parent himself in the context of Brenner/no longer being forcibly “parented” by Brenner).

And it works so perfectly with the “grow together” stuff from the VR (yet AGAIN, Ptolemaea ages like a fine wine) vs what I said earlier re: Brenner “forcing” him to grow by making him keep all those unshed layers/giving the illusion of growth when in reality in order to Actually grow, he’d need to shed those layers vs the way that VR Henry is described as “eager to please” etc vs the idea of him not properly growing/not shedding his carapace in order to please Brenner…

Like I just can’t express enough how much I love that part- it that makes me feel like I’m back to when I was first getting interested in Henry as a character (in a very very good way) and is just this instant, perfectly encapsulated reminder of what I love about his whole story/the vibe of it.

Especially with this being Henry’s POV vs the way that not only is this whole part such a perfectly, artistic, extremely thought-out line on behalf of the writer, but it’s also such a perfect insight into Henry’s character & his spider nerdiness & what I said earlier re: spiders not molting anymore being a sign of them reaching adulthood vs when he does finally “shed his carapace”/scrub himself in the shower, he’s comparing it to a spider molting/his “childish” little spider nerd vibes are coming back, he’s both growing and “regressing” because he’s growing into the Child/15 year old that he Is rather than being a child forced to behave like an adult- especially then with adult teacher Henry’s continued love of spiders/the way that “childish” interest remains even when he Is an actual adult.

Anyway! Ptolemaea my beloved….. <333333

it's why he's so small in canon actually. bro hasn't molted in years we can all give him a break for being the world's Tiniest boy.

anyway alkdjflsd WOW

When I was writing that part the biggest thing in my mind was a combination of not molting/being held back/being trapped under the layers of what he had to do to survive but specifically in the way of protective layers being added with each trauma/him being forced to grow this thick outer shell layer by layer specifically to defend against what was being done to him/retain his sanity and dignity. Which speaks to a degree of removal from what was done to him, in my mind, this kind of

"It happened to me, and I'm self-aware enough to acknowledge that...but it was done to an outer layer that I can shed, so is it really something I have to live with? Or is it something i can just put away somewhere out of sight and never actually deal with in a healthy, meaningful way?"

and so while he's peeling the carapace that's stunting him, it's like...every light has its shadow. He's able to grow into a normal boy, now, and even though it's sore and tender all over at the moment, it's a good thing. But is the way he's doing it healthy? Is he discarding his carapace without addressing and accepting/healing the ways its weight and prolonged presence warped him?

Or is he hobbling around on eight misshapen legs like

"Lalalala...It doesn't exist because I can walk on these legs. They're a little weirdly shaped, but I can hide them well enough if I make a home in the neatly-trimmed Kentucky bluegrass lawns of suburban America. Could a damaged spider walk around as well as I do? I'm so normal and also healthy. Being prevented from molting definitely had no lingering effects on my well-being. Haha, no there's no reason why I refuse to go out on the pavement and show you guys my totally normal legs. I just don't want to. No other reason. There's nothing wrong with me, I'm a normal spider :) Anyway, look at my web. Could a broken spider make a web this nice? Didn't think so. I'm totally normal and there's NOTHING in my past that I need to heal from."

Something something "I'm not a freak. I'm normal. I'm Henry Creel."

There's also the more surface aspect of the Will-Henry Mindflayer-Brenner "I felt it everywhere/I still feel him" and Henry thinking that if he scrubs hard enough, he can rid himself of the lingering memories, the same way Will thought that if he could just keep running, he could escape the Mindflayer/the lingering trauma of what happened to him in the UD/the slug stuff.

They're both running away from looming, lingering CSA trauma, just in different ways. Will can run all he wants, but the Mindflayer is going to catch him anyway. His trauma will always catch up to him. Henry can scrub all he wants, he can peel off that outer shell and pretend like he's getting rid of everything that happened to him, but the damage was mental. It's something that's inevitably going to catch up with him until he can't ignore it anymore.

That's also where the burning came from in my mind: Will being rid of the Mindflayer by burning, but him still being able to feel it/it coming back later vs Henry trying to rid himself of his history with Brenner via scrubbing himself raw with burning water because he's still able to feel that history physically/that history will come back to haunt him later much like the Mindflayer haunts Will.

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Tell me what fic or line of writing you remember me by

[greenlandsharksuperiority]

Hey jake the dog knows about Beethoven snd Mozart this has so many strange implications about information available post-apocalypse

[alexseanchai]

contrary to the implications of the episode synopsis, nothing about the rich people party could even hint at any of Ladybug's, Chat Noir's, or Shadowmoth's identities to anyone not already aware; "Startrain" means LB&CN can't assume the akumafly didn't get in the building while the guests were arriving and the security system not yet enabled (if they don't simply assume the akumafly got in through Adrien's cracked window and the gap between the windowsill snd security windowshade), and LB&CN seem to arrive from elsewhere outdoors after the Collector has already vanished the mansion front doors (security windowshade and all) and left the building

[fierceawakening]

You know, I made that post specifically about fashy weirdo ableist moms but… I think some of it’s my problem with mine, too. Like… as long as the things I do are stuff she likes, going to the same church snd singing to the same god, I’m wonderful and lovable and fun to be around.

But as soon as I’m doing something I enjoy and she doesn’t, the contempt starts to creep in. “Oh isn’t that nice.” Never any invitation to talk about it or what it means to me, just a sort of “oh, that’s cute, she loves that” that never engages with the thing.

Dad is elated I’m writing origfic again, and when I explained why, without mincing words, “I love and am passionate about Phyrexia and have been for a long time, but I’m uncomfortable with the current story implications because… if all modified people are corrupt, what am I? Someone has to say we’re people too. I’m in a uniquely good position to be that person, so you know what? Hold my beer,” he got it, and respected where I might be coming from even if he doesn’t see the same lore the same way.

Mom would get to “they’re sharp, angry, and gooey” and nope out right there, probably with a grumbled barb about how I must be describing unpleasant things to puncture her calm on purpose and why am I like that?

I think that’s why when kids on tumblr start screaming about how talking about your narcissistic parents is nothing but ableism toward young people striving not to be doomed by their diagnosis I feel defensive.

I don’t think my mother has NPD, no… but I see parallels between my experiences and those people, talking about how they’re beloved as long as they’re a clone but Fallen as soon as they’re not.

[mbabol]

hwwow knight 2

yerm. still getting lost

OH YEAH I FOUND THE DREAMS ? AND NOW FORGOTTEN CROSSROADS IS INFECTED CROSSROADS

ITS SO YUCKY i dont love how it throbs. i know its a gameplay mechanic to level up the easy zone to slightly harder and more rewarding mobs but i am fascinated by how this answers my question of how come the dreamers said the infection is respreading when it looks like its already out and about. well. now i know what it Really looks like when theres shit about

is the infection going to keep spreading...? i found a moss knight that died from infection.......

OH YEAH I FOUGHT THE BROKEN VESSEL LMAOOOOO

firstable it shouldnt have been that hard when all its moves were so predictable. i think the hardest thing was the orange thingies movement i had to learn how they moved

secondable wuhwoh. story implications. love how it looked like me to really hammer it home. this is what vessels are.....they hold the infection (?) and if they Break the infection breaks loose and also takes their will ? whats up with that. i know its like coreopsis but its also More. what is the end goal? coreopsis end goal is reproduction of itself. is this supposed to be similar? but then why make them aggro. doesnt serve a purpose. maybe itll get explained maybe it wont but its something i ponder...

so were supposed to compare broken vessel to ourselves. and wonder if were another vessel thats coming down. but why? are we really? if we were thatd be good but the other benevolent chars are suspicious of us. every char we meet is essentially projecting different goals to us (funny, bc we the players are also using ghost that way - *hammer hits me over the head*) and its obscuring the real goal ghost has.

i think ghost has to be good. theyre too likeable and kind to random strangers. but also not necessarily free of culpability! i still dont know.

which leads us to . OK MORE STUFF HAPPENED IN BETWEEN BUT RN I FOUND ONE OF THE DREAMERS???? AND I USED THE DREAM NAIL AND EVERYTHING BUT ITS GIVING ME THE CHOICE TO HIT DREAMER IN THE DREAM SND I DONT WANNA. ARE THERE MULTIPLE ENDINGS ? IS THIS A REAL CHOICE IM BEING GIVEN OR DO I HAVE TO ATTACK? I DONT WANNA THEYRE PROTECTING THE VESSEL

im in deepnest btw. scarymode. im sick of scarymodes. i want more greenpath zones >:( enough variations of zombiebug

OH ONE GOOD THING ABT DEEPNEST IS I GOT THE BEST CHARM IN THE GAME WHICH GIVES ME LITTLE SPIDER PETS. I HAVE THREE SPIDER BABIES. AND THEY ATTACK TOO

um what else has happened. uh lots of inchresting mobs. ive been reading some of the beast entries and one of the early deepnest mobs has a strange entry? its super passive and easy to beat but the entry says it unnerves the hunter and it doesnt

[tingtingyang919]

A brand is made up of a range of components all cooperating together to create a successful brand:

- vision and purpose

- Brand identity

- Customer

- Price

- Product

- Place

- Promotion

- Packaging

Vision and Purpose:

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Brand Identity:

This is what will make your brand identifiable to consumers. It is important to pay attention to how you present your brand as it will show how you want your brand to be taken. Even within brand identity there are more components that work together to make that brand identity: the brands name, the logo, slogan, colour palette, typography and specific graphic styles and the visual identity.

Customer:

The customer is at the core of the brand. The only way to know your customer well and truly is by getting to know them yourself, first hand research with potential and current customers. It is also good to create brand loyalty from the customer. The best way to do this is to understand the customer in nearly every aspect, who they were, who they are and what will they be. A good way to gauge your customer is by researching into competitor brands. Through this you will be able to see what your customer expects and implement it into your own brand.

Price:

The trade method you decide to use for your product will reflect in your price. For example: wholesale (you produce the the product to sell to a retailer), wholesaler (you buy a product produced by another to sell) and direct to customer (you produce a product and sell directly to the customer). There are also other factors that will affect the price of your product: economic, value perception and price psychology.

Product:

Your product should reflect and suit your customer. Some things to consider about your product:

- Is it relevant?

- Is it responding to a current issue, need or desire?

- Why would a customer be interested in purchasing?

- Referring back to who your customer is and what your brand’s vision and purpose is essential to crafting a good product.

Sourcing a product can come from two pathways: product development (you design and manufacture your own product) and product buying (you buy and sell a product that has already been developed by an existing brand).

There is also two common product types which is seasonal and continuity. Seasonal being a product developed specifically for a certain short period of time and continuity or ‘carry over’ us a product sold throughout the year.

Place:

It is imperative to consider where you want to interactive with your customer and vice versa. For example: where do you want your brand to be seen, where will it be sold, physical or digital store appearance and customer experience.

Promotion:

How will you make your brand known and stand out from a crowd? There a range of ways to do so:

- PR (collaborators, influencers)

- Events (for customers and industries)

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- Digital marketing (website, social media snd multi-media content)

Packaging:

A product’s packaging adds to the value perception of the customer for example a product with a cheaper looking packaging will result in an implication of a cheaper product. The packaging will also effect the retail price of your product. Another factor to consider about your packaging is environmental considerations, if your brand has been advertised as sustainable then it should be reflected in your packaging.

A consistent theme throughout your packaging is popular within many successful brands. Also a colour palette is another factor that plays an important part in increasing your brand identity.

[cobragardens]

The 3 things I love most about this are

1. Aziraphale's expression of perfect serenity, and

2. The implication that Crowley is the one succumbing to temptation/tasting the fruit, snd

3. Crowley's snake tattoo also has its tongue out

The Serpent and Adam's Apple Redraw of an old picture to get it ready as a print.

[a-little-monotonous]

kinda miss playing hollow knight for the first time

[aemiron-main]

Someone take me out back and shoot me rn. Why the fuck does el’s plaid have a way more even/gridlike pattern compared to Will’s and why is she also wearing stripes???? But not only wearing stripes, wearing stripes that are both horizontal and vertical much like plaid but are prevented from overlapping/intersecting??? And STRIPES on Will’s belt?? And the striped yellow and blue horizontal lighting behind them?? With the vertical purple and blue striped streamers right above that??? El’s dress is a lot like the lights and the streamers, horizontal vs vertical stripes that don’t intersect. AND THE CEILING OF RINK O MANIA IS LITERALLY A FUCKING WHITE GRID WHAT THE FUCKKK

and there is Something Here about el’s s1 flannel being so similar to Will’s s4 rink o mania flannel except el’S s1 flannel has more blue and Will’s has more white.

AND THEYRE IN FRONT OF GRID IMAGERY (THE WINDOWS) AND STRIPES ON THE WALL??? JUST LIKE HOW EL IS WEARING PLAID AND MIKE IS WEARING STRIPES?? MIKES STRIPES ARE EVEN GREEN LIKE THE WALL STRIPES?? LIKE THE WHITE OF THE WINDOW LEDGES AND THE BLUE OF THE GLASS. IT LITERALLY MAKES THE SAME SORT OF PLAID THAT EL IS WEARING.

IM GOING TO GO INSANE WHAT IS GOING ON WITH PLAID AND STRIPE IMAGERY. And El wearing plaid during one of the s3 milkvan makeout scenes???? If that’s the same scene where mike has a butterfly above his head I’m going to start sobbing and throwing up. especially combined with Karen wearing so much plaid. it’s very 😨 and it’s starting to match up a little too well with my current analysis

YEP!!! SOBBING AND THROWING UP!! EL WEARS PLAID IN THE SCENE WHERE MIKE HAS A BUTTERFLY BEHIND HIS HEAD. I GOTTA FINISH THAT ANALYSIS BECAUSE THIS HAS IMPLICATIONS. And the panels on the walls behind Mike making stripes… green stripes AGAIN….

And the blue, yellow and green and white grid imagery on the windows??? AND THE DISCO BALL LITERALLY BEING A FUCKING GRID??

AND THE FACT THAT THERES THE WHITE GRID CEILING AND THEN THE NAVY BLUE AND YELLOW STRIPED WALL. EXACTLY LIKE MIKE WITH HIS NAVY BLUE RUGBY SHIRT WITH A YELLOW STRIPE SND RHE GRID BEHIND HIM. AND THE “I LOVE CONTACT SPORTS” GUY AND THE FACT THAT MIKES WEARING A RUGBY SHIRT IN THAT SCENE?? WHAT IS HAPPENING. AND THE STREAMERS AT RINK O MANIA BEING THE SAME COLOUR AS THE LIGHTING IN THAT S3 MIKE SCENE???

[one-pissed-off-child]

Rating Ecanto AUs

because I'm toxic

Anti-madricest bug spray go brrrr

Papa Bruno Au: 4/10

I love the guy but there's absolutely no way Bruno is mentally stable enough to raise a child. And there's no beating Julieta besides. He's definitely more of a cool uncle

Also it ruins the rule of Threes

Papa of Two Au: 0/10

Same grievances as the Papa Bruno Au except worse because it ignores Camilo's afro-latino heritage. Not sexy

Mirabel Dies Au: 9/10

Can be wonderfully heart-wrenching when done correctly. Bonus points if the death comes so suddenly that the family barely has time to process

Shoutout to open your eyes(for the fireworks) for being my favorite version of this.

Bruno kidnaps Mirabel Au: -20/10

Same problems as Papa Bruno but 100× worse because it's creepy asf.

Imagine being stolen from your loving parents at five years old and forced to live on the run. Idc what his intentions are this is insane. Who decided this was a good idea?

Mirabel Runs Away Au: 5/10

Honestly my rating for this can go higher or lower depending on how it's written. Can be very bittersweet but has a tendency to make Mira ooc

Mama Mirabel Au: 2/10

(This is the one were Mira acts as Antonio's parental figure)

The only thing not ooc about this au is Mirabel and Antonio's relationship (which I always love) Definitely don't appreciate the implication that Pepa and Felix were anything less than attentive and loving parents. They literally have two kids already.

Also not a fan of how it romanticizes the parentification of a 15 y/o.

Tainted Miracle Au: 8/10

NO comfort ONLY hurt fuck you.

Has nothing I look for in an Encanto au. Almost everyone is a monster, absolutely no family feels, sad times everyday all the time. It's great totally recommend. Head over to @c-rose2081 to check it out.

Avoid if you're prone to angst induced heart attacks

Flightless Au: 15/10

Also by @c-rose2081

Has EVERYTHING I look for in an Encanto au. All the family feels and fluff. So soft so sweet love so much.

Power Swap Au: 6/10

There are a couple different versions of this au and honestly none of them have been written all that great so this is the rating for now. I really do like the concept though. Just not the execution

The art for this is always spectacular though

Role Swap Au: 9/10

I haven't seen anything written for this au but all the concept art is phenomenal.

Villain Bruno/Mirabel Au: 5/10

Again, my rating for this fluctuates largely depending on how it's done. Tainted is a great example of this Au. It sets up the motivation of the characters and has the worldbuilding to back it up. We know exactly how the Madrigal's came to be the way they are. Everyone is ooc but there's a solid reason for it

Other versions of this try to frame it in way that makes it as close to canon as possible with the twist that Bruno snd Mirabel are just less forgiving which honestly just makes them seem like moody edgelords lashing out (idc what anyone says being ignored sometimes is NOT a good reason to go evil).

Proper setup is key for this Au

And that's it

[shallowseeker]

There are things I like about it, yet it mostly unsettled and creeps me out for reasons I struggle to explain, friend! Not being contrary, I promise. ❤️ I felt like the Jack-Dean interactions were genuine and nice. I liked professor!Sam. I liked Mrs. Butters throwing shade at Dean having no dating experience. I loved Jack loving cinnamon and wearing his little apron. The CAKE!!!

But also...

- The spectre of perverted!Chuck sexualization of Dean

- The especially cartoonish black-and-white-ery of the "hunts," including the monster tracker and boys crowing happily about the lack of needing to do investigation, and the boys yelling, "Yo! Any vamps in here?" It was odd..like Charming Acres. (Thus type of hinting is what the fought against in season 12--the British Men of Letters way).

- The implication that Mrs. Butters, and all supernatural characters in fact, are maliciously chained to The Winchesters like zombies, rather than having agency or being true friends with personhood, or deciding to determine their own cause for fighting (Crowley wants to Win, Rowena believes in magic, and Cas has complex feelings snout angelic civil war and slaying of the innocents on earth); it reminds me of the pyrotechnics and belabored mechanics like how The Thule and Oz are written in the series; The Golem and Dorothy had no personalities except to turn to, support, and ego-stroke The Heroes; I feel like it's a cheap theme tbh.

- The boys themselves at times seemed like cheap versions of themselves??? I say Mrs. Butters lacks personhood at times, but they seem hollowed out at times, too. For example, Sam with Thor's hammer felt...oddly cartoonish, like bufoonery?

Idk I like a lot of bits because I like them, but it felt like Mrs. Butters WAS Chuck, too. Or that, with Cas away, the story got very episodic snd dull? I have such mixed feelings.

I'd love more reasons to love it, though, if you don't mind sharing! 🥰

Remember that time Dean flashed everyone in Last Holiday?

He went from being offended Mrs. Butters touched his boxers to forgetting he was commando and accidentally flashing Mrs. Butters, Sam, and Jack.

[pumpkinspice-prouvaire]

i wrote some pining Enj headcanons for you bc you're sick and you deserve them

• Enjolras is very used to people crushing on him. He's pretty and eloquent and that sorta thing usually gets you many admirers.

• HOWEVER, most people lose interest instantly when they get to know him because they think he's Too Much.

• so when he starts to notice R looking at him, he thinks it's just that. he thinks he's pretty, that's all there is to it.

• EXCEPT he's actually starting to show an interest, and Enjolras has a small, mortifying collection of napkins with little doodles on them.

• they start to speak more often, and when he's not drunk out of his mind and trying to be disruptive, he's quiet and thoughtful. he speaks in a low, deep voice and gets so tangled in his own thoughts that it seems like he's creating entire philosophies.

• enjolras has felt this pesky little feeling in his chest just once before, snd he is terrified of it. he starts looking forward to the one on one meetings they have when grantaire explains how to make flyers particularly eye catching

• he sits there, his eyes alight, talking about colors and fonts and Enjolras could not ever have imagined someone unironically saying "serif fonts are just sexier."

• they start to get closer, and enjolras can't help but be horribly, terribly enamoured. he teaches enjolras to cook simple meals when combeferre moves out because he took one look at enjolras' freezer FILLED with veggie nuggets and frozen pizzas and decided that enjolras couldn't survive like that.

• the first time he successfully makes a meal, he makes way too much, and invites R over.

• there, sitting over the table, he can see R looking at him with those beautiful, soft eyes. he's taking a bite and he looks proud.

• and enj feels all too aware that he actually put an effort into his appearance, that his curls look shiny and bouncy and his tee us actually wrinkle free for once.

• he feels this overwhelming sadness in the knowledge that grantaire himself has told him more times than he can count that he should loosen up. that he's impossible and condescending and hard to speak to.

• he idly wonders if he would even be here if he looked different.

• meanwhile, grantaire is just scooping dessert into bowls, and wondering how his life has reached a stage where sitting next to enjolras on the couch, legs pressed together, watching tales of the city.

• they stay there, long into the night, enjolras offers grantaure his clothes, feeling something swooping in his chest seeing Grantaire’s shoulders fill out his baggy tshirt.

• they end up a little tangled together, enjolras sobbing his eyes out about margot and jake.

• he doesn't remember when he fell asleep, but he remembered waking up, with sleep and tears crusting his eyes, hair wild and all over the place.

• grantaire looks at him with painfully fond eyes, and enjolras feeling his heart crawlings it's way up his throat.

"you look like shit, apollo," he says. enjolras laughs. he let's himself believe, for a moment, that this could work out

I hope you feel better, love <33

OH GOD OH FUCK UR THE BEST I LUV YOU

And they start going for walks and coffee together, and Grantaire takes him up to Belleville and shows him all the wall art, and talks about the graffiti artists he knows from the Parisian art scene and explains the meaning behind the art and Enjolras just smiles and nods along- It’s really nice, listening to Grantaire talking about something and hearing the passion in his voice. 

One time, they bump into someone Grantaire knows, and the person assumes Enjolras is Grantaire’s boyfriend. Enjolras tries not to feel too hurt about how quick R is to correct them, but also.....Ouch.

(Grantaire just didn't want Enjolras to be offended by the implication that they were dating...Little did he know, huh?)

and maybe, another time they're hanging out in Enjolras' apartment again, and Grantaire falls asleep this time. And he looks so at peace, in a way he never really does while he's awake, and Enjolras knows he's being a giant creep but he can't seem to focus on whatever documentary they put on. He just keeps admiring the way Grantaire's long lashes look against his cheekbone and the shape of his lips and the little bump in his nose, and oh god, Enjolras is so screwed.

Grantaire wakes up, sitting up and stretching, and he’s like “shit, sorry, I didn’t mean to fall asleep, what did I miss?” And Enjolras opens his mouth, to tell him what happened in the documentary, but the words that come out are “I like you.” Shit, how did that happen? 

Grantaire (still half asleep) is like "wait, what?" And Enjolras completely panics and is like "Never mind, forget I said anything!" and then practically jumps off the couch and ends up swearing a blue streak when he whacks his knee on the coffee table

Grantaire reaches out and grabs his hand before he can run away and says “What did you say?” And Enjolras just thinks “Well, I’ve already embarrassed myself enough, so whatever I guess!!!” and says it again, “I like you.”

Grantaire simply stares at him for a moment, and then he gives Enjolras the widest smile he’s ever seen and says simply “I like you too.” 

Enjolras wakes up on the couch the next morning, his head on Grantaire’s chest, listening to his heartbeat under his ear, and he kind of can’t stop smiling

p-tri you are the best thank u for a lil bit of piningjolras to read on my sick day, this made me smile like a loon lots of luv to u <3 <3 <3

[goji-pilled]

MK-S: Guess I was reading a little too far into that. Here’s an idea inspired by that miscommunication: Outside of Mitakihara, the rumored story of Mitakihara’s Executioner has a variation with Oktavia referred to as “Mitakihara’s Butcher”, with implications that Oktavia is responsible for most murders in the city; this isn’t true, and is just a product of the rumor mill (or a game of Telephone). However, Incubators are quick to pounce on these rumors, with their usual half-truths:

“I’ve *heard* a witch in human form is roaming as a serial killer.”

“*They say* the Butcher of Mitakihara skins her victims first.”

“She’s killed dozens of Magical Girls (That we manipulated to attack her first.)”

Exploiting existing rumors to both propagate them further, and manipulate magical girls into trying to attack Oktavia and other domesticated witches. They could also use these rumors to trick children into becoming magical girls, using a “hypothetical” serial killer (clearly alluding to Oktavia) as their motive for wishing. In fact a tragedy could emerge that it was these rumors that prompted some magical girls to attack Oktavia in the first place.

Ohhhh that has to be one of the most interessting things I've heard,,, because like Kyubey absolutely would tell them just enough of the truth to manipulate girls into going to Mitakihara or making contracts with him.

He'd especially do that to younger kids, like I'm talking about Nagisa age, because those kids can easily be perusuaded and sweet talked into making contracts to be heros. And because they're so young they're also much more prone to turning into witches themself.

Imagine Kyubey leading that kind of girl he just contracted through Mitakihara, telling her about the evil witch that supposedly uses a human face to kill people left and right, only for him to get stabbed through the skull by a cutlass.

So there's this like 8 or 9yo kid being approached by someone who she assumed killed Kyubey for good, and that someone's Oktavia, not that the girl knows that mind you. She first assumes it's just an older magical girl.

But the stranger doesn't seem threatening at all (just a bit intimidating considering how tall she is) despite what she just did. She really just kneels down in front of the girl. "Never trust a word the Incubator says," she says.

And when asked why Oktavia explains carefully and slowly how soul gems works, what witches really are, how witches are domesticated and how over the years Mitakihara has built a sort of second-secret-magical-society. Full of magical girls snd witches that work together, she even hands the girl a card with the number of the soul gem cleaning seevice.

And then Oktavia tells her that she's the Executioner. She tells her that its not a job she enjoys doing, she prefers to keep killing as a last resort, how it's her way to keep their little part of the world from hurting anymore (Always without any of the gruesome details of course) and that she has no intention of hurting her.

In fact, Oktavia offers to take her home. To which of course the girl is incredibly unsure now. And Oktavia decides to hand her something small and cold, and it's her grief seed.

"Why?"

"Because I trust you and want you to trust me."

(And if this is how the mermaid witch shattered Kyubey's plan by accidently emotionally adopting a child then that's fine too.)