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WyvernQuillâs Dreamling Anastasia AU Masterpost
because this is becoming A Thing and I clearly need to organise it and pin this for convenience. Will be updated as I post new content!
(Iâm adding a link here to my previous pinned post with an old list of my Good Omens works purely for nostalgia reasons.)
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Main parts (in chronological order within the narrative):
Dream imprisoned and being turned human pre-story
Hob and Gil interviewing candidates to play Dream, first glimpse of âMurphyâ
Hob and Gilâs first brief encounter with âMurphyâ at the White Horse
The meet-âcuteâ (feat. Matthew and a bunch of other birds)
Hob and âMurphyâ fight, âMurphyâ and Gilbert have a heart-to-heart.
The Corinthian attacking Hob and âMurphyâ
âMurphyâ being brought before the other Endless and revealed as Dream (plus short summary of the AUâs overall premise at the start!)
Dream and Hob arguing and saying farewell on the staircase
Death reveals something important to Dream
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Bonus parts and ask responses:
The âBad Endingâ (warning: strongly implied major character death!)
Ask response: little hints that give away who âMurphyâ really is
Ask response: meanwhile, the other Endless
Beautiful art inspired by this AU by @malice-kingdom !
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All of these will be tagged âanastasia dreamling auâ, and if you would like me to tag you on new posts, please let me know and I will do so!
One day, this fic will also be put on Ao3 in all its glory, but presumably only when Iâm finished with it, so for now itâll mostly remain confined to here on Tumblr. Feel free to send in asks about it, if youâd like! (Though I may be slow to answer if I want to write a longer scene in response.)
#WyWrites#WyRambles#the sandman#dreamling#anastasia dreamling au#why yes i AM setting this up now because i just finished another big part of the fic#it's 3k words and a scene that has been highly requested in asks#so i very much wanted to do it justice#expect it later today!#malice i hope it's okay that i added a link to your art too#i can remove it if you'd prefer that
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DP x DC: The Most Dangerous Card Game
Ok so Danny has essentially claimed earth as his. And he is fully aware that there are constant threats to the planet. Now he canât stop a threat that originates on earth (thatâs something heâll leave to the Justice league) but he can do something about outside threats. Doing some research on ancient spells, rituals, and artifacts, he cast a world wide barrier on the planet to protect it from hostile threats so they cannot enter. This will prevent another Pariah Dark incident. However, barriers like this come at a price. You see, there are two ways to make a barrier. Either make one powered up by your own energy and power (which would be constantly draining) or set up a barrier with rules. The way magic works is that nothing can be absolutely indestructible. It must have a weakness. The most powerful barriers werenât the ones reinforced with layer after layer of protective charms and buffed up with power. Those could eventually be destroyed either by being overpowered, wearing them down, or by cutting off the original power source. No, the most powerful barriers were the ones with a deliberate weakness. A barrier indestructible except for one spot. A cage that can only be opened from the outside. Or that can only be passed with a key or by solving a riddle. So Danny chooses this type of barrier and does the necessary ritual and pours in enough power to make it. And he adds his condition for anyone to enter.Â
Now the Justice league? Find out about the barrier when Trigon attempts to attack, they were preparing after he threatened what he would do once he got to earth. How he would destroy them. The Justice league tried to take the fight to him first but were utterly destroyed, so they retreated home to tend to their injuries, and fortify earth for one. Last. Stand. Only when Trigon makes his big entranceâŠheâs stopped.
The Justice league watch in awe as this thin see-through barrier with beautiful green swirls and speckled white lights like stars apears blocking Trigon and his armyâs advance. The barrier looks so thin and fragile yet no matter how hard the warlord hits, none of his attacks can get through and neither can he damage said barrier. Thatâs when Constantine and Zatanna recognizes what this barrier is. Something only a powerful entity could create. For a moment, the league is filled with hope that Trigon canât get through yet Constantine also explains that itâs not impenetrable. And clearly Trigon knows this too for he calls out a challenge.Â
And thatâs when, in a flash of light, a tiny glowing teenager appears. He looked absolutly minuscule compared to Trigon and yet practically glowed with power (this isnât a King Danny AU though).
And that is when the conditions for passing the barrier are revealed. And the Justice realize that the only thing stopping Trigon and his army from decimating earth. The only way he can get throughâŠ.is by beating this glowing teenager in a card game.Â
Not just any card game though. The most convoluted game Sam, Danny, and Tucker invented themselves. Itâs like the infinite realms version of magic the gathering, combined with PokĂ©mon, and chess. And Danny is the master. So sit down Trigon and letâs play.
(The most intense card game of the Justice leagueâs life).
After Danny wins, this happens a few more times with outer word beings and possibly even demons attempting to invade earth, yet none have been able to beat the mysterious teenager in a card game. Constantine might even take a crack at it and try to figure out how to play. Heâs really bad though. Every time this happens, the Justice league worry that this might be the time the teenager looses. Yet every time, he wins (even if only barely).Â
Meanwhile, Danny, Sam, and Tucker have gotten addicted to the game and play it almost daily. Some teachers might seem them playing the game are are like âawww how cuteâ not realizing this game is literally saving the world. Jazz is just happy they arenât spending as much time on their screens playing Doomed.
#DPxDC#Kizzer55555 ideas#Danny makes a card game to save the world.#Technically he worded the ritual so that they had to âbeatâ him as those are the most powerful barriers and most reliable.#keys can just get lost or stolen (like the one to Pariahâs Coffin)#A riddle would be useless once someone figured out the answer. Like how no one takes the sphynx seriously anymore.#(Sorry Tuck. But itâs true).#And there is NO WAY Danny is just leaving a hole open for anyone to pass through. No thank you!#SoâŠbeating him. But itâs not like Danny wanted to fight soâŠhe edited the ritual a TINY bit. Card games are good. Much less painful too.#Danny Tucker and Sam made the most complicated card game they could imagine.#Itâs based on their strategies for fighting ghosts. Capturing them in thermoses. And MUCH based on a on field battle strategy.#It often requires spontaneous thinking on the spot. So Danny? In his ELEMNT. It doubles as practice for his actual ghost battles too.#They had SO much fun making this.#Sam added an entire series of plant cards that act as traps and healing ointments and duds that just take up the field.#Tucker added legitimate hyroglyphics combined with Latin as well as English and ghost speak.#Yes. You actually have to speak that language to play. With proper pronunciation. (Amity Parkerâs think the three are talking gibberish.)#I headcanon Sam and Tucker are fluent in Ghost.#Constantine WILL figure this game out SO HELP HIM!#Some of the cards also have combinations related to constellations either in name or placement on the board.#By the way the board is based on a Hexagonal summoning circle with Rhunes along the edges#And the placement of the cards on the board and on what rhune MATTERS.#Also the cards move disintegrate and have certain abilities. Think of Harry Potter Wizard Chess.#But they are normal when Danny plays at school. This is just for âšeffectâš Against invaders.#Danny faces multiple opponents. He also halts alien invasions.#While Danny COULD stop crime on earth heâs not sure how to fight a normal human and hold back so he sticks to ghosts.#The Justice league are going crazy trying to figure out who this entity is and after deep research are convinced this is some sort of#Ancient being who has protected earth for millenia. They have paintings on ruins and everything.#Danny is not aware they think this.#Raven starts praying to Danny as if he is a god and wrangles the other Teen Titans into doing so as well. Danny is still unaware of this.#Danny is not a King or an ancient. Just a very VERY strong ghost.
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A gift horse for @piosplayhouse
#better drawn mdzs#I worked very hard on that horse I think it's worth being sorted into the better drawn gallery.#I've been wanting to draw Verdandi for months now! They have such a cute design!!! Pio's designs in general are so good!#I did look up a bunch of horse references and sadly while I had high ambitions I could not replicate the bug eyes of the front facing horse#I instead encourage you all to take a moment and go look up front facing horse. One day I'll have more horse skill points to do it justice.#Regardless of all that; I want to give a huge shout out to Pio!#Thank you so much for being a voice of fun and absurdism in a fandom space that sometimes takes itself far too seriously.#You're unbelievable passionate and creative and one never knows what they'll get when you make a new text post.#And by the gods are you resilient. It is honestly aspirational to watch how you continue to persevere through the toughest of times.#I am sincerely wishing you all the best for this next year. May it be kind and bring your wonderful bounties.
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remembered @hehe-hoho-ohno's misfits au it's sooooo good and i love it. CHEERS AND APPLAUSE. YAY
#submas#misfits au#<- it gets it own tag i might draw more. it's good#sketches#(if you want me to tag as something else lmk though i don't wanna encroach on your guys or anything)#BUT ANYWAYS. best fucking submas writer ON the planet the characterization is sooooo good to me. chefs kiss#like generally i'm not big into aus at ALL (especially ones that aren't super related to the source material and world)#but the worldbuilding is so interesting and the characterizations of ingo and emmet are sooo fantastic like genuinely phenomenal#in all of their works#I LIKE IT BASICALLY.#i wanted to do a scene redraw but i couldn't pick and because so much of what captivates me is the like. it's very emotionally driven#that a little more to me than the physicality of the scenes is what i like so much. so idk if i could do it justice LMAO#i've been following the story since it started being posted and it's just really good. probably my favourite submas fic#the author posted another chapter 7 wip today SPECIFICALLY for me đ(<- not actually)
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All drawings about Bakugou from 2019 to 2024
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
special mention to Stikugou:
and the Kiribaku references in Kirishimaâs belongings and hoodie Dynamight:
#They don't have a chronological order but at first sight you can see how old it is#Bakugou was always my big problem#because no matter how hard I tried I couldnât keep up with it in my art#felt like I couldnât do it justice for how much I loved it and itâs always been my problem to love so much that I canât do anything#With form I was taking more responsibilities and I grew#he grew up with me. After getting sick and almost dying#I want to make it real#just draw for him and these 8 months have been very nice for me#Still struggled a lot with he hair I wonât lie#But with him I let my heart guide me#honneydraws âčâŹÛ«đÌžá© à»àŁȘêŁčÛ«#mha bakugou#mha#mha fanart#mha x reader#boku no hero academia#my hero academia#bnha#bakugo katsuki#bakugou katsuki#bakugou x reader#art#artists on tumblr#digital art#illustration#digital illustration#drawings
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"It takes guts to grow up like you did-- thousands of years simmering beneath every kind of oppression man could think of."
"With the sky kissing the crown of my head, knighting me with space to roam and the bravery to explore it [...] Big, open fields of barley and rivers like slivers of silver, marbling my veins."
"And yet you prefer...?" "After all that life?" a breath, a laugh, caught between teeth. "Something cultivated by your own will-- the work, the dread, the sought resolution-- it is far grander than the possibility, the dream of it."
art by @fooltofancy (just. fantastic. look at them. !!!!)
#OUROBOROS#ouroboros-if#interactive fiction#yor/yana#go commission vin if you want to like literally sob. The lines! THE LIIIINES!!!!#I'm so happy I could snag these bdfhksjdbf AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA#never in my life did I think anyone could do Y justice in how I see them in my head. and here's vin absolutely slam dunking every line#I was very. emotional. when I got the art-- I've just been served with some dental problems and whatever the fuck else. been in a fugue sta#e when working on ouro (so much is getting done but endless tasks to do!) and this just. perked me up. (sobs) i love them so much. so.somuc#You haven't seen much of Y in the public demo but they have so many things !!! going on!! and I can't wait to share it and hear from you#often I wonder what peoples theories are on Y. I've heard the rumors#the pondering on a particular theory. and it gets me all giddy-- not bc it is wrong#but because it isn't always entirely right. sdlkfjhslkdjfhsd I love being cryptic LMAO bye. love u
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would you like to talk about how bad the mha ending was hella
as much as i would love to give like. a comprehensive response i genuinely dont think i can get my words together just yet without it being a constant unintelligble stream of 'AND ANOTHER THING-' and bc it's become quite torn in the fandom on if the chapter was good or bad i want like. an actual coherent response here. so i will reblog this if/when i can word it but know IM NOT FUCKING HAPPY
#paragraphs and paragraphs about the villains' endings alone. hawks hpsc president. midoriya's ending#the fact hero society is barely changed and the changes that do happen feel very much TELLING the reader it happened#as opposed to actually showing us how society changed on it. this is smthn ik people will argue w me about#bc yes it was a 400+ chapter manga arguably showing us how society changed but like. did it actually show that#like do u honestly think any community would watch televised battles between TEENAGERS and bad guys#and have the majority of them go 'gah! i cant help but sympathise with the bad guy who just suckerpunched child extra no.28!'#so like. why are they all suddenly on board with massive systemic reinvention. where's the rage where's the bitterness#this wasn't a story on showing the villains as redeemable and working towards society sympathising with them#and slowly painfully coming to a conclusion where japan was ready to change as a COLLECTIVE#this was a story of showing a group of redeemable villains (first step CHECK) getting DEFEATED IN BATTLE#THEY ALL FUCKING DIED EXCEPT SPINNER AND PRESUMABLY COMPRESS#WE DONT EVEN FUCKING KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO DABI AT THE END ONLY THAT HE WAS PUT IN THE EXACT SAME POSITION#HE WAS IN WHEN HE WOKE UP FROM HIS COMA AND DABI WAS BORN. 'DABI' AS A PERSONA MEANT NOTHING#we still have an abuser who didn't come to justice. we still have the corrupt government body now being led by the guy they trafficked#and abused and conditioned into the perfect soldier. do u think maybe his opinions are a little biased in regards to that gov. body#maybe. perhaps. slightly. and we still have hero charts!!!!!! every kid in the last chap is still obsessed w becoming a hero!!!!#and dont get me STARTEDDDDDDDDD on midoriya being a teacher. 'i think it's cute he finally gets a life of peace đ„ș#this way he can help the next generation directly đ„ș' womp to the fucking womp he was supposed to be the world's no.1 hero#he barely sees his friends anymore. 'it's realistic to adulthood!' i dont want realism in my superpowered teen and up manga#put them in the avengers mansion NOW#so as you can see i waffled regardless of saying i specifically wasn't gonna do that and some of these points bother me more than others#with some being personal I Didn't Like It and some being i genuinely truly believe it to be bad writing#but my summary is mha ultimately felt like a story where a group of individuals unlearned (eh) the beliefs of a toxic society#and tried to save the people that society failed and then they themselves DID NOT FUCKING SAVE THEM#(i have a hit on the redemption via death trope on the dark web for ten bajillion pounds)#and while yeah that isn't objectively an evil story to tell i think 1) it was done poorly#and 2) isn't what a lot of people believed the premise to be nor what i think horikoshi himself was trying to write#ask#mha spoilers#mha
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Dick, Bruce and Cass for the Ask game
Please and Thank You đ
Dick
Bruce
Cass
#we all know I absolutely love dick grayson#so my thoughts on him mustn't be a surprise#with bruce I have a very complex love/hate relationship#he's so complicated in every aspect#I want to take him to therapy as much as I want to punch him#he deserves good things as much as he does consequences#cass my girl I seriously need to get into your comics#I feel like a great part of the fandom does not do her justice#really hope her new run is good#dick grayson#nightwing#bruce wayne#batman#cassandra cain#black bat#dc
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You are the person I want to be with everyday / And this is something that I've been afraid to say
#be more chill#bmc#bmc fanart#christine canigula#i care her very much#i was gonna draw a simple jeremy but then i looked at all the nasty ass old art i drew of christine and i needed to do her justice#tbh i was expecting her to be a victim of yaoi with how popular boyf riends is#but its not that bad compared to other fandoms tbh#or maybe im misremembering idk#but i've never seen an interpretation of christine being a bad person#or getting in the way of jeremy and whoever#so i just wanted to say good job everyone#literally every other female love interest that i love is not as fortunate#OH ALSO srry if i got her play outfit wrong i literally do not remember what it is and im too lazy to look
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this nemesis ambition started out a little slow but I am getting closer to finding that bastard who killed my wife, and Iâll not rest a minute now that im far closer to on his trail
sorry got in character for a second
Anyways fun ambition so far very fucked up though
congratulations on joining the murder club anon!!!! depending on who you ask the name refers to either people who have murdered or people who have witnessed murder. usually both. actually extremely often both. it's a swell time you'll feel right at home (don't mind our collective skyglass knife collection in the back)
#im still not far into nemesis personally but im very much enjoying it#honestly in a weird way it feels like it's moving faster than HD did. which. is funny bc nemesis is like The gated behind item grinds quest#idk. HD was a fun slowburn where we adventured around gathering our rogues gallery before the action kicked in#nemesis on the other hand feels like im picking up halfway through a batman serial#fallen london#ask#it's WAY more fucked up right off the bat than HD was. honestly ive thought abt red honey for ages. that's so fucked up#and we LEAD with that?? Okay#definitely a horrors-filled ambition befitting caeru (the guy who's constantly going through horrors)#it really encourages you to get fucked up and freaky and in ur character's headspace at basically every step along the way#i only have HD to compare it too but HD was like. a lot more interpretative in comparison? at least to me. that's what it felt like#and i adore HD for that dont get me wrong here#HD just also waited until like. halfway through before it asked what the scoundrel actually Wanted out of its heart's desire#nemesis in comparison is right off the bat who died? who are you mourning? anguish. justice. there must be vengeance.#it's a delightfully different vibe!! i like it!!!#oh god sorry anon im doing the classic yin talking way too much in the tags thing again#i havent had much excuse to talk abt nemesis and what i think of it so far and of course its rp effects on caeru#but i do have a handful of thoughts on it#it's good. im liking it so far. it's starting very strong if nothing else. and i have no spoiler knowledge of what happens in the future#beyond the choice between rewards at the very end#and im SO curious how we'll get to that point. what horrors will we adventure through next? off we go to find out!#it's biggest glaring weakness so far is how horrendously grindy it is. and like. ive been warned and done my research ahead of time#im doing it on the same account im seeking. i knew what i was getting into. but also gots damn.#in comparison HD's 5-card lodgings and dreamgate feel like footnotes#anyway while im already way too deep into rambling did you know the honey trip gives you fate?? insane. why does it do that. hilarious even
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Hi, weâre going to see this scene animated in January
Iâm going to scream
#everybody chill the best aoinene scene of all time is going to be animated#they better do this scene justice#and editorsâŠyou know what to do#chappell roan taylor swift laufey idc edit them to fall out boy if you want to#either way i need the aoinene nation to assemble like the avengers for this#or like the much cooler justice league#seriously guys this scene is so cute it makes me wanna throw up#the classic shoujo pose#aoi wanting to open up to nene and being so determined to do so#nene being all flustered and confused#the foreshadowing with aoi holding a centipede#âwhat? aoi i could neverâŠhate youâŠâ#they came so close to working it out on the remix girls pls communicate better#itâs so silly at first glance but itâs also the closest aoi has come to opening up to nene#and says a lot about their individual characters#i love it so much#hang on since the hell of mirrors arc already happened what is aoi gonna tell nene??#iâd kinda prefer if they left it open ended but if they wanted to add in aoinene filler i wouldnât be opposed#just as long as they donât change up their dynamic/conflict too much#even then tho iâd probably keep an open mind#anyways iâm very excited#i just hope they cut out That One scene with possessed nene#aoinene#nene yashiro#aoi akane#tbhk#toilet bound hanako kun
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I think big issue rw/by has just as a show is it being confused with its own identity. It wants to say it's a feel-good shounen-esque good vs evil hopepunk love triumphs all story but at the same time it desperately keeps wanting to put its characters into moral quandaries with no clear correct answer.
So you end up with weird situations like with ironwood and the white fang where a character makes a decision to do something and the story seems to be trying to convince you that was the Wrong decision and Evil and Bad while you as the viewer is left there going is it really? Is it?
It wants to be mob psycho but it can't help but ask questions like "hey do you think extremist groups are okay when it comes to minorities asking for equality? and would the minorities being catgirls change anything" and I'm over here with my popcorn and anime theme song going I dunno man, I just work here please leave me alone
#rwde#like. i think most of its problems come down to this actually. that and just being weird structurally in general#it doesn't actually want to answer the questions it asks so when word of god comes around that so and so was evil all along (cont)#(cont) you're not nodding along you're staring in horror going oh okay um god is wrong#I think it also gives team rw/by this. propagandist feel (don't take this too seriously)#idk it feels very strange for the show to constantly feature antagonists who are going to lengths to fight for their own justice and#protect their own people. only for the government sanctioned anime girl child soldiers to show up and be like. but you weren't nice about i#it's why while I do like rewrites for the fun of them I don't really fw them too much because alot of it just comes down to#individual taste and either trying to fix the vision and make things not horrifying#e.g. rewrites where adam is genuinely full on evil#or trying to answer the questions the show asks which inevitably give you a darker tone overall because. well. yeah.
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I think mayhaps that Batman should exclusively be a member of the Justice League Dark. He doesn't really like working with people but also sometimes John Constantine is like "You know Batsy, If you help me save the world by proxy it saves Gotham" So he does begrudgingly. But only sometimes when they need help with some things because he's like a very good detective and sometimes you need that! But also mostly I just want the rest of the Justice League to not believe that The Batman is real??
There's an issue that they need dealt with and they think it's a demon so they call Constantine and he's like "nah mate, this is just weird ritualistic sacrifices, I got a call to B-man on this one"
And Superman is like "haha The Batman isn't real... Right?" And then they meet him and he is very much real.
And Diana is all like "Oh Clark you silly, obviously The Batman is real" But internally she's like "holy shit The Batman is real???"
Green Arrow still doesn't believe it because he keeps missing any mission that The Batman happens to go on and he's like "If The Batman was real my best friend Brucie Wayne would have told me so. Brucey said that the Batman is just a scare tactic created by the Gotham Police department" So he's pretty sure that the rest of the Justice League is just playing a long practical joke against him specifically
#justice league#justice league dark#john constantine#batman#I also specifically want all of Bruce's children to call him (Constantine) âUncle Johnâ#because of running bit where he insists that magic isn't real#'I worked in a circus Uncle John I know all of the tricks You can't fool me haha silly uncle Johnâ#And John is like 'boy you literally watched me raise a zombie from the dead#'You have literally seen so much magic happen right before you're very eyes'#and dick is like 'hahaha smoke and mirrors :)'#I think Tim would have a good aptitude for doing magic so John is mostly teaching him things along with zantana#I think once Jason comes back from the dead he would be very strong at doing magic but also I think it would be very volatile#and hard to control#I'm imagining holiday dinners where zantana and John both come but they're not dating right now so it's very awkward#obviously Jason Blood/Etrigan are there#the gay uncles if you will#also deadman is there But I don't imagine he's visible all the time unless they cast some sort of spell#Bruce would very much like it if these people were not in his house all the time#But his children are attached so what is he to do
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I know how it sounds at first, but I really gotta feel bad for the boys that sacrificed edwin; I mean even the term âsacrificed edwinâ paints them in a more sinister light than they really deserveâ considering that wasnât really, actually their intention.
they were bullies, they were homophobic (and/or were self loathing gay boys themselves taking it out on edwin, or were equally likely peer pressured into acting a certain way), they planned something stupid and mean to do to an innocent, anxious boy with the goal of scaring the shit out of him, all because he was effeminate and an easy target. but they didnât know or expect any of the ritual stuff to be real. they were all laughing and joking during the ritual because it was just that to themâ a joke. a cruel joke, but a joke.
teenagers can be mean and stupid and they usually regret it as adults and grow out of it / grow from it. they were stifled the chance to grow out of it, at least while alive. none of those boys deserved to be instakilled and sent to hell; theyâre really not that much less deserving than edwin himself. they were all just kids, after all.
#random thought but. yeahâŠâŠ#I mean think about if crystal happened to be killed somehow pre-demonic intervention#she wouldâve been deemed deserving of hell by the standards weâve seen. no doubt about it. if the dragon guys were pulled to hell then yeah.#she would be as well. simply put- she was a bully#she was also a teenager. not a fully developed person. a very damaged and neglected teenager at that#itâs kinda like the criminal justice system right. itâs like. hey you really think sending them to be tormented is the most humane and#efficient way to heal these kids of what makes them act out and allow them to grow and improve?#Crystalâs such a good case to look at because sheâs. well. to compare to The Good Place which you can probably already tell Iâve watched 800#times and adore with all my heart. sheâs kinda the michael of the group#no one knows it at first but sheâs actually kind of a terror to people most of the time. but sheâs put in a situation where she#suddenly has a support system- people who care about her and want the best for her- sheâs given a purpose and realizes how much better it is#to use her powers to help rather than hurt (well. sometimes helping can involve hurting but you get it)#and by the time sheâs regained her memories and has a place in the agency itâs much easier to reflect on her life and be like huh!#this system kinda fucking sucks!#not that edwin wasnât an example unto himself but he was a âclerical errorâ not a ârightfullyâ condemned person#with his situation someone could argue that the problem isnât with the system being wack as a whole- it should just be maintained better so#these âerrorsâ donât happen and all the good kids go to their afterlives and the Bad Evil Kids go to hell.#yes yes I know theyâre not in hell forever (hopefully) but uhh Simon was still there for over a century and for fucking What?#gay self-loathing and catholic guilt? his intentions were clearly not Truly Evil and more than anything he seems to have been punished using#how much he hated himself for being gay and how guilty he felt for it all. like shit arenât those feelings enough of a punishment? if he had#lived through that ritual and edwin hadnâtâ do you think he wouldâve been Okay? I think it wouldâve crushed him. chronically#man. anyway#this was an especially long ramble huh#rambling#edwin#edwin payne#dead boy detectives
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it's almost time. when? idk, when i stop being a coward LOL
#would be kinda funny if i waited to post it on 4/20 like haha happy bday curt *lights blunt*#genuinely can't bring myself to hit post tho been staring at it all day#it's so much scarier than posting a oneshot i want to do this right and i want to do the way i see them in my head justice#posting my writing never gets less nervewracking for me#like oh hello strangers and friends i just poured my heart out onto a page and now i'm offering it up with shaking hands#and i'm trying very hard to be normal about it because it's not that deep but also i care very much SJDGJK#but i think i'll post it before tonight i just feel NAUSEOUS#still need to write an end note anyway#i'm fr just yapping to stall atp LMAO#dog coded bucky fic#johnslittlespoon yaps#i'm also like what if it doesn't live up to expectations. LIKE YEAH WHAT IF. the world goes on. but i will be so hard on myself bruh
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How about 1, 3, 5, 7, 8 9 & 11 for the â€ïžđ§Ąđbl ask game đđđ (this might be my sneaky way to get bl recs)
1. Favorite Main Couple
Hira & Kiyoi, from Utsukushii Kare/My Beautiful Man.
For one, I really like these characters, not only for what they are like as a couple, but for them. For their personalities, their thought process, the way they talk and feel about things. That already sets them apart from other couples that I've enjoyed as far as their romance went, but didn't get invested in (both!) the characters themselvesâand I noticed there seems to be a correlation between how much I like the characters involved, and how much I care about their romance.
But if we're talking about them as a couple, I think what I like the most about their relationship is the equilibrium. The idea that Hira and Kiyoi are perfectly balanced.
Aaaand I know there is definitely at least one person who have watched the show going âWHATâ right now, but let me explain first đ€đ§
Hira loves in a way that is very, very specific, and Kiyoi wants to be loved in a certain way that is also very specific. The love that Hira has to give, not everyone can handle; the love that Kiyoi would like to receive, not everyone can give to him. The fact that they meet and somehow find in each other exactly what they craved for?
That's the stuff miracles (and OTPs) are made of.
3. Favorite Main Character
Hey, have I ever told you the story of How I Met My Blorbo? No? Well. Would you believe it. It was actually through a âMost Whippedâ poll from the infamous @ bl-bracket.
It was the second round, and he was winning against Kurosawa, from Cherry Magicâsomeone whose whippedness I was already familiar with, and thought would be pretty hard to beat. I didn't know who this Hira guy was, or what he could have possibly done or be like to be considered more whipped than Kurosawa. So, already intriguing. I went back to check the first round. On that round, he had won by an even larger margin. It was almost ridiculous. Taking a look at the comments left in the reblogs of both rounds, who I got described back to me was a boy who was so whipped it was considered weird and probably unhealthy. Huh! Very intriguing indeed. By then, I was practically sold.
It was only a surface level of interest at first, just because I think Being Whipped is one of the best character traits for someone in a romantic relationship to have; as well as being very intense, and even a little (or a lot) weird about it.
But then, I actually met him and *breathes in* God, there's so much to say about Hira. I fear I'll never get to say it all... but let me summarize to the best of my abilities (I'll try to keep it short).
The Hira that we're first introduced to is a resigned boy who feels inadequate and rejected by his school peers. His response to that unwelcome environment is that he, himself, doesn't wanna be a part of the communityâhe'd rather keep to himself, or âbe invisibleâ, as he puts it. He finds comfort in his solitude, or at least he tries to.
He has a hobbyâphotographyâbut he feels like he just does that for the sake of doing it. There's nothing in particular that he'd like to photograph. He's just going with the flow. All he does in life, it seems, is go with the flow, letting the tides take him forward.
Essentially, he's lacking companionship and a purpose, and that's a very frustrating way to live. When you just lack one or the other, you can still find some fulfillment in what you have. But when you lack both? It gets really hard to think of your lifeâor yourselfâas valuable.
So when he meets Kiyoi Sou, and decides to dedicate his whole being to himâbody, mind, and soul? I get it. I really do. Because the acts of service give him purpose, a reason to be, and it also establishes a connection to somebody, even if it's unilateral. It's a chance to be present, but somewhat still at the margins, never the one at the center of attention.
Hira believes he's unworthy of attention. He stays so much in his own head, he can't see his own qualities. And mind you, he has plenty of qualities! For example: Hira is book smart (see: finishes his homework much faster/with less difficulty than the others), strong (see: no less than three people are needed to hold him back when he's defending Kiyoi with his own hands), competent (see: learning how to do all house chores by himself), talented (see: admired by the other members of his uni's Photography Club), and handsome too (see: gif above people who had never met him before commenting on his looks and even hitting on him as soon he takes his hair off his face and dresses in an outfit that complements his body). Well-mannered, loyal, honest to a fault. And cute, in an awkward way. And funny, even when he has no intention to be.
But, of course, he has some flaws too, like... *frowns*... *frown deepens*... It will come to me... *staring at the wall*... Oh. He usually won't communicate how he feels unless someone else prompts him to. Which can be frustrating and cause problems... but that's on everyone else *shrugs*
(I jest like I'm not one of the people who have felt frustrated because of this...)
As much as he might struggle to communicate how he feels verbally, though, usually his face will give him away. Be it showing his displeasure, or his awe. And no one shows awe like Hira Kazunari. Like, I don't know how the actor, Riku, does that, but you can see literal stars in his eyes sometimes. âOh, you mean heart eyes?â nononono â I've seen heart eyes. That's not it. It's not the look you give a loverâit's the look of someone who travels back in time and watches the universe born.
Which sounds normal, right? No! No, it doesn't! Now you get what I mean about this guy?! How can someone be so passionate about anything? He's so... So. He's so much. He found what he wanted to dedicate his life to, and he never once doubted the conviction he has in its merit. That was it for him. The fucking big bang, over and over, forever. Nothing can compare to that, and his life is fulfilled as long as he gets to keep experiencing it.
... Anyways. He's a fascinating little guy, and a kindred spirit to me. I love watching him discover that he's capable and deserving of being and having much more than he assumes he isâdespite his every attempt to deny himself so.
5. Favorite Female Character
So, I already answered this one time, but allow me to take this awesome opportunity to mention two other female characters that haunt me to this dayâthe sisters from Manner of Death, Janejira and Rungtiwa.
Now, if you're not familiar with themâbasically, one is one of the most disgusting people you'll ever have the displeasure of knowing, and the other did nothing wrong in her life and suffered more than Jesus.
Jane, although not being there in person for most of it, is a fundamental piece to the narrative. She's what brings everything together. You could almost say MOD is her storyâabout discovering what happened to her and why that happened to her; her motivations, and the conclusion to her mission.
Honestly, I don't think I could do half of what Jane had the courage to attempt. Except for Tan and Dr. Bunn, it seemed like the whole world was against her. Powerful, terrifying people, as well as people close to her. People who should have been on her side no matter what, were the ones who hurt her the most. That in itself could break anybody's spirit. But she kept going. When the ones who should have defended her weren't there, she fought back for herself. She said she would do it herself. She would put an end to it herself; finally take back the control of her story.
When I think about all the rage, horror, and hurt that woman must have felt, I just about go mad all over again.
And Rungtiwa. When I talk about Jane's older sister, it might sound like I hate her. And I do. She's the character I hate the most out of every universe. The day she has no more haters, I'm no longer in this world.
But, as it is inevitable, the more you hate somebody, the longer they stay with you. I'll never forget about Rungtiwa, or how deep run her greed. What it led her to do, and to become.
7. Top 5 BL
Utsukushii Kare
A few months ago, I read a list in here, on this very website. Someone had asked for recommendations on High School Japanese BLs, and the kind owner of the blog made a list of their favorites. There were about five of them, it wasn't a long list, but Utsukushii Kare was listed as one of them.
That was very weird.
No, I don't disagree with the author of the post. Utsukushii Kare is good, and should be recommended. There was nothing wrong with that list, technically. But it still felt weird, to see Utsukushii Kare there, among the others. And it was then I realized that, before that moment, I had never, ever, ever thought of this drama as a High School Love Story.
I had never thought of it as a story that had a school as a setting, and it wasn't just because they were only high school students for half of it. I didn't consider Hira's house as the setting either, nor any of the other locations they passed through. Not even the city they lived in. In my head, to call those places the setting of their story was technically correct, but also completely wrong.
âWell, Brace, where did you consider the story was set, then?â Hira & Kiyoi's World, of course?????? What kind of stupid ques-
Listen. Even when they were at school, in many of those scenes, it was just the two of them. When they were outside, too, they were alone together, in most of them. And when not, more often than not, they would be looking at each other, would be thinking of each other. It was like nothing else mattered... more.
This drama helped me give name to my favorite trope of all time, which I now call A World of Two. Well, it's more like a dynamic than a trope, and one day I'd like to talk about it more extensively in a separate post, because there are specific causes and possible collateral effects to itâbut it's basically when two people make each other the center of their worlds.
When they come together, it's like they are in a separated space and time from everything. It's a whole world in a single space, that they share together, and it can only exist because of the connection they have. Some kind of mutual understanding or attachment that makes the ones outside of it, strangers, but the two inside, natives; from the same land, the same home.
(In that space, during that time, they feel more like themselves than in any other.)
Never Let Me Go
I struggle to find words to describe or something to compare it to... It's like...
A movie from the 1970's that is set in the 2020's, except the vibes are not futuristic, but of an old play, a tale as old as time. A modern fairytale. A dream that you wake up from and it's like you just came back from an adventure; all your memories of it have a glint to them, the colors in tones you have never seen, your heart longing for another world, the feeling of plenitude. A melody that sounds grand in a ball room, but intimate in your home, when you play it for a loved one. A blend of summer love and 72 years of marriage. Butterflies in your stomach. Heaven on Earth.
The more I talk, the more pretentious I sound (although it's all true). So let me try to keep it simple: I like the classics. I like when people join forces to fight against the world together, overcoming obstacles and the miserable situation they are in. But I also think there should be just as muchâactually, even moreâjoy, love, and hope, in between all that. To show what they could be, what could be theirs, if it wasn't for all The Horrors. I believe that's what makes the most satisfying Happy Endings.
... There's also something about how Palm and Nuengdiao would get lost in each other's eyes. The recognition thereâa conversation between their souls, that no one else was privy to.
Strangers From Hell
Still funny that the devil fell in love with him and Yoon Jongwoo tried to convince you he didn't understand why, but he was lying the entire time.
Also my doctor said I can call BL whatever I want, because of the uniquely acute vision I have (he's a dentist).
KinnPorsche
[Little House on the Hill starts playing on the background]
A part of me stayed at that safehouse. It may never find a way out.
... Also. Maybe some people look back now and are able to think KinnPorsche was not that big of a deal, but to me, she still remains That Bitchâą.
The cinematography, those locationsâthey are severed in my brain. Most of the songs from the soundtrack were not made with it in mind, but it was almost like they were. I still listen to many of them. And I can still repeat many of those lines of dialogue from memoryâa reflection of how many times I had them repeated to me because of how impactful or iconic they were for us. The storyline was engaging, every week. Both the protagonists and antagonists were entertaining. There were many characters, and they made us remember them all. Even those who were only there briefly. And all three main couples were goodâyou'd get hurt no matter what your preference was :D
And all the while, great action scenes, plus some other surprises no one had ever seen on television anywhere.
It was the most thrilling experience I've had watching anything, and sometimes I fear I'll never get to feel that again.
Love in the Air
Everyone puts different values on different things. LITA might be a bit rough around the edges, but both Love Storm and Love Sky are comfort zones to me.
Their stories are, at their core, about trust. And you know what? It's easy to make a story about that in which one of the characters doesn't trust easily and the other is this admirable, dependable person... but that's not quite how it goes here.
In LITA, the people (Rain / Prapai) who need to earn another's (Payu / Sky) trust, don't exactly inspire that trust in the beginning. In fact, they do the opposite, and need to work for it, to become a version of themselves that they, too, come to believe that their partners deserve.
Sky's and Payu's trust issues come from past relationships that went wrong, but in very different ways. Sky was in an abusive relationship, and discarded when it was over; Payu was rejected for his personality, his overbearing tendencies. Those experiences led them to not open up their hearts as easily again.
On the other end of this, there are Prapai and Rain, and they are... they are a mess, it's the word. They are so lost, at their respective starting points. But Rain, at least, receives instructions: Payu wants him to succeed, if Payuâthe way he isâis what Rain decides is right for him. If he's serious about it. And despite the initial mishaps, it's always clear that they are a perfect match, singing to each other's tune.
There was no such clarity, however, when it came to Prapai and Sky. In fact, when people were first introduced to Prapai, a lot of us thought that he was... inadequate. That he was not right for Sky, and he would not care for him the way Sky deserved.
And then, what happened? We cried. We bawled our eyes out, because of how much he genuinely fucking cared. And some of us (me), I dare say, have never recovered from that.
8. First BL
The first BL drama I've watched was Where Your Eyes Linger, back when it was released in 2020. A friend thought I'd be interested in seeing history being made, so she made us watch together. At the time, I was not into asian dramas yetâthe few I watched every now and then were because of my friend.
Rewatching it recently, I realized WYEL has a ship dynamic that I usually enjoy a lot, and some well done emotional scenesâwhich, for some reason, didn't have an effect on me the first time, because I don't remember the story lingering with me after. Probably because it was short and passed too fast, if I had to guess? But I can appreciate it for what it is more, now.
It took three more BLs till I became a regular watcherâI watched Addicted (stumbling upon it by chance on youtube) and Semantic Error (presented by the aforementioned friend), before watching Manner of Death, a story so dope that it made me fold and search for more BLs on purpose, just in case there were other stories that good out there. It was the first step into a world of possibilities I was previously unaware of, and I have found I quite like it in here.
9. Currently Watching
Takara no Vidro [4/10]
Perfect 10 Liners [2/24]
The Eighth Sense [1/10]
HIStory 3: Trapped [17/20]
Love in the Air: Koi no Yokan [1/10]
I'm using colors to represent how I'm currently feeling about them:
Pink: positive feelings
Blue: neutral feelings
Orange: negative feelings
Right now I don't really have the energy to binge, so it's been a slow catch up with my watchlist. I've been trying to watch BLs from different countries (because this year most have been Thai) and dramas in general of other genres (because most of what I've watched this year was romance). Also more GLs (there is a great diversity of them available right now!). But yes, as for BLs, only the ones listed.
Oh, but I'm also waiting for new episodes of a korean BL animation called Shutline...? Which is more smut than plot, to be completely frank, but I started watching because the main characters are a mechanic and a gang member whose job includes killing people (that might sound familiar đŹ). Apparently, âI'm watching because there's a mechanicâ is the new âI'm watching because there's a dentistâ for me (and only God knows the places that will take me).
11. Most Anticipated Upcoming BL
It might come as a surprise, as I've been very tight-lipped, lowkey, and downright secretive about it... but it's the (alleged) romcom series The Heart Killers.
I just think âapproaching a dangerous person with ulterior motives without getting caughtâ is an intriguing premise, you know? Keeping elaborated secrets is a difficult task, especially when it might cost your life; worse when you lose the plot and get enticed by your own lies, the fantasy you created for someone else, and might end up breaking your own heart in the process.
That's a ride that is bound to be full of ups and downs, and I need to know how high they're gonna take us before the drop, as well as how rough or delicate will be the pick up later.
I'm also just really excited to meet these characters and see how their dynamics will play out. I'm compelled by Bison's longing for freedom; allured by Kant's charms; amused by Style's shamelessness; and, last but not least, possessed by a mighty need to see someone reach inside Fadel's armor and pull at a loose thread until he falls apart.
I just think this one is gonna be fun. :)
(tried to make it sound like the normal kind of excitement, but I don't wanna lie to you, mate... I'm obsessed with this thing. It's been pretty bad. Like, really bad. It's been like that for six months, and it has only gotten worse... Don't try to help me, though!! đ©đ At this point, the only antidote is the release of the series...)
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I don't know how useful this could have been as for recs, since most of the shows I mentioned are no strangers to this blog's page, but... this gave me an opportunity to reflect on them, and I enjoy doing that. So thank you for picking these numbers for me! đđ
See you o/
#answered#sorry for the tiny đ€ delay#the more I like something the more I want to make it justice#I think that little description for NLMG took me... 3 to 4 days? idk. I was so stressed about it I couldn't sleep lol#because if you just casually ask me âwhy do you like nlmg? why is it on your top 5?â#my answer would be âbecause it's beautifulâ#but this is not hannibal season 3 finale the wrath of the lamb#I can't just say âit's beautifulâ#context is needed#I gotta at least try explaining whyâ y'know? I feel like I owe them that much#(meâ a teacher) I'm just not very good at explaining things đ
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