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[littlefluu]

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OCTOBER 2nd, 2024 RECOMMENDATIONS

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i am bored we should kiss by @sunkittie f, sug. making out with Heeseung, Jay and Jake as their best friend! ᝰ making out , kissing , suggestive, best friends to lovers/??? .ᐟ₊ ⊹

just a bet & not a bet by @all4yoi a, f. after a few months of dating, you find out you were just a bet & upon learning that you were merely the stake in a bet, they wasted no time in mending your relationship. ᝰ angst, fluff, reader is mostly viewed as a loser and nerd, hyung line .ᐟ₊ ⊹

love paradise by @enhasparadise f. in which you suddenly ask your boyfriend if he loves you to see his reaction ᝰ enhypen member being a simp for their girl, really cute reaction from the member .ᐟ₊ ⊹

LEE HEESEUNG

prince charming's mismatch by @gyuuberryy a, f, sug. you and prince heeseung have been rivals for as long as you can remember. what began as childhood clashes has grown into a deep-seated animosity over the years. but when your sister runs away on her wedding day, you're forced to take her place and marry heeseung—the last person you ever wanted to call your husband. now bound in an unwanted marriage, you’re faced with navigating the tension between your unresolved hatred and an unexpected attraction. as palace intrigue and looming threats surround you both, you must confront the truth of your feelings. will the bitterness between you tear you apart, or will it ignite something far more powerful? ᝰ prince!heeseung x princess!reader, enemies to lovers, forced proximity, arranged marriage au , highly suggestive content, kissing, hee and reader are mean at first, insecurities, jealous!hee .ᐟ₊ ⊹

prada shoes and I love yous by @elix8r a, f, s. Life as a socialite wasn’t all champagnes and designer labels, especially not with the turn your reputation took due to a simple misunderstanding. Now, you were being painted by everyone as a big fat cheater who shattered her sweet boyfriend’s heart—a narrative that couldn’t be further from the truth. In reality, it was him who had betrayed your trust. Frustrated and feeling deeply wronged, you returned to society and the new school year after a summer of cutting off contact with everyone and the drama. But just when you thought you were ready to face the world again, you were blindsided by something unexpected: the lingering effect Heeseung had on you. And who could blame you? Heeseung was way too hot for you to get over in just three short months and now, seeing him with the girl he once told you not to worry about all over him? Oh, it was on. You refused to be replaced, labeled as a crazy ex, or forgotten. No, you were going to make Lee Heeseung realize that you were the best motherfucking thing to had ever happened to him.  ᝰ smut, angst, crack, (some?) fluff, college!au, exes to lovers!au, enemies to lovers!au, socialite/richkid!au .ᐟ₊ ⊹

PARK JONGSEONG

still into you by @i2sunric f, a, sug. you’ve always thought dating a doctor was hot until you started realising his job was taking your place— but don’t worry, being a doctor meant jay could always stitch your broken heart up! ᝰ doctor!jay x reader fluff, early 2000s au, childhood friends to lovers but they’re already lovers, angst (with comfort) cuddling and kissing, a little suggestive (no smut), they grow up together, mentions of stress and fainting, mentions of pregnancy, fighting .ᐟ₊ ⊹

book lovers by @yeonzzzn s. when your book loving boyfriend has you read a specific part of the current book you’re reading out loud to him. ᝰ booknerd/bf!jay x booknerd!afab!reader, book reading shenanigans, swearing, SMUT .ᐟ₊ ⊹

half return by @heesdreameryour a, f. small towns yearly fall festival was your biggest pride and joy but getting your friends to help volunteer was nearly impossible. luckily one of them was stupid enough and too secretly in love with you to help himself from offering. ᝰ akward!jay x golden retriever!y/n, small town romance, friends to lovers .ᐟ₊ ⊹

confessing to his mute crush by @jaysng f. jay and deaf reader both seem to like each other, just when he thinks that his confession was a pure failer the reader does something surprising ᝰ jay x deaf!reader, pure fluff, friends to lovers .ᐟ₊ ⊹

opposites by @ikeuverse f, s. jay was the most serious ceo anyone could meet and remember, but not when you were around. while he had a difficult smile, you captivated anyone with your cheerful and relaxed manner. one night, he decided to take you into his world, the business dinner, but you didn't know if it was a good idea. ᝰ ceo!jay x fem!reader, fluff, smut, a little angst .ᐟ₊ ⊹

birthday surprise by @ikeuverse f. jay didn't think he'd make it home in time for his birthday, so he didn't bother celebrating at all. but he didn't expect his best friends and you, his girlfriend, to prepare a lovely surprise. ᝰ jay x fem!reader, established relationship, fluff .ᐟ₊ ⊹

SIM JAEHYUN

hybe boy by @onlyjaeyun a, f, s. a sequence of events from your and jake’s senior year ᝰ Social Media Hybrid AU - 50 Chapters , single parent!au (Jake is raising his brother), neighbors/strangers to lovers, college!au .ᐟ₊ ⊹

sims anatomy by @021894s f, a, s. you, a top cardiac surgeon, find yourself increasingly frustrated by the distraction over the hospital’s new head of neurosurgery, Dr. Jake Sim. Despite your initial annoyance, you can't help but notice Jake's charm and undeniable skills. As you keep running into each other, Jake’s persistent yet respectful flirtations begin to break through your professional exterior. ᝰ neurosurgeon! jake x cardio surgeon! reader, workplace romance, situationship .ᐟ₊ ⊹

melodies of heart by @yyawnjun drunkenly making out with Jake after him just being a good listener! ᝰ jake x fem!reader, friends to lovers, fluff .ᐟ₊ ⊹

PARK SUNGHOON

fixed comfort by @paarksunghoon f. typically, sunghoon’s the one who takes care of you when you’ve had one too many. but once in a blue moon, he lets his guard down and allows you to care for him the way he does for you. or, the one where sunghoon’s drunk at a bar and misses his girlfriend a little too much. ᝰ sunghoon x fem!reader, established relationship, fluff .ᐟ₊ ⊹

REACTIONS

ENHA REACTING TO YOU SUDDENLY STUFFING YOUR FACE IN THEIR NECK by @tsukiflwr ᝰ hyung line! enha x f!reader, fluff, established relationship, skinship, kissing, pet names .ᐟ₊ ⊹

HYUNG LINE REACTING TO YOU SINGING ALONG TO JUNO by @tsukiflwr ᝰ hyung line! enha x f!reader, slightly suggestive, fluff, humor, skinship, kissing .ᐟ₊ ⊹

MY FAVORITE AUTHORS @tsukiflwr ★ @ikeuverse ★ @gyuuberryy ★ @sunkittie

[marzipanandminutiae]

This never gets brought up enough in "why did people used to be thinner discussions". A SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE OF ADULTS HAD NO BLOODY TEETH. And a lot of the food tasted like garbage, of course they didn't eat much!

So, in the kindest way possible, I'd like to unpack this. Because I feel like there are some very common fallacies here.

When/where exactly are we talking about? 1780s Mediterranean France? 1960s rural Australia? New York City, 1857, upper-class neighborhood? It's possible to make some time/ place generalities when speaking broadly about cultural trends, but a lot of people talk about a nebulous Back Then so nonspecifically as to be meaningless.

My (limited) research has turned up evidence of preemptive- ie not immediately medically indicated -tooth removal and replacement with dentures, as a rare but not unheard-of practice, among young adults primarily in the UK, Australia, and Atlantic Canada around the 1920s-1970s, mostly in rural and/or working-class communities. Usually with existing tooth decay and expectations of further issues in the future. With some mentions from the US, Denmark, and the Netherlands, same time frame. So the question would then be "were people thinner in those communities at that time? if so, how much? and what role, if any, does voluntary toothlessness play in thinness if we take into account food insecurity and physical labor?"

2. People weren't necessarily thinner "back then." There are a myriad of factors that conspire to give this impression nowadays, from survivorship bias leading smaller clothes and shoes to be disproportionately represented in museums, to photo editing in eras where many of us are now unaware that it existed, to the prevalence of celebrity images over pictures of ordinary people, spotty record-keeping on the subject, improved nutrition in the modern day, beauty standards that caused people to have unhealthy but celebrated body weights, and so on. Further, the so-called "obesity epidemic" only dates back to the 1970s even among those who accept it uncritically, and the adoption of the (flawed) BMI system led many people to be newly classified as overweight who previously were not. I highly recommend historian Kenna Libes' excellent Instagram, Stout Style History, for images of larger women in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

3. You can still eat solid food with dentures (albeit sometimes with difficulties). And a big part of this whole cultural practice was the "replace with dentures" step. For the even smaller subset of patients I've read about who did it for aesthetic reasons, that was the whole point- like capping teeth today. So that's not necessarily an impediment to eating, and therefore to eating-related weight gain/maintenance.

4. Many people in many eras liked their food, or at least some of it. I know the food in mid-20th-century Britain- a nexus of voluntary tooth removal in my research, and I'm guessing where you're from due to the use of "bloody" -is notorious now, and every period and place has folks who aren't fans of some common dishes. But it's hard to believe that these people (especially after first one war with rationing and then another) were turning up their noses enough to lose significant weight, or maintain non-genetic extremely low body weights unrelated to physical labor, sports, etc.. Tastes change- in my own country, the USA, I have to believe that SOMEBODY liked those fluorescent Jell-O salads, or there wouldn't be so many recipes for them.

I hope this doesn't come off too critical or combative; I just had many Thoughts on the premise of your ask.

[museofthepyre]

do you know what everyones problem with elijah is? Im new to to fandom and im so genuinly confused as to why people seem to like think elijah is the worst (as in evil) character in the series. like i dont think people find him poorly written, they just, dont like him? which is fine yknow like who you like, but then people act like jedediah is a flawed but good character? which confused me a lot since I actually dislike jedediah more, as he just hurts in a more personal way it feels like. Elijah was sweeping Sydney in with promises of love that he hadnt gotten from jedediah, sydney only accepted that because of the way jedediah had been shunning him for years. It really bothers me that people forgive jedediah for his bad behavior, but then crucify elijah for behavior that while yes was very bad, had been hurting syndey way less for way shorter, and the only reason sydney was that vulnerable was because of jedidiah. Im asking because i am genuinly confused and I cant find anyone talking about the why of disliking elijah, i dont know if im missing something because of personal bias (jedidiahs mistakes that hurt sydney hit much closer to home than elijahs) sorry if this is a bit rambly, Im just very disenheartened to see so many people say they hate elijah when I just dont understand why, you dont need to answer this ask btw its mainly just curiousity

I think you kind of touched on the answer a bit already- imo it definitely comes down to what hits closer to home for any given listener. We all have unconscious biases. We all consume media through the lens of our own life experiences, and… ok ramble incoming

Elijah and Jedidiah both think/ behave in ways that are profoundly human, they represent very real concepts (see my whole Jedidiah= unhealthily distant, withdrawn and cold attachment style, and Elijah= unhealthily obsessive, suffocating and intense attachment style rant). These aren’t your typical innately evil villains, they’re just unhealthy people with warped ideas of love. That is an all too common thing to see irl. I think because of that… many of us can relate one or both of them to people we‘ve known in our own lives… alternatively, we can relate them to ourselves. I’ve heard some people say that Elijah’s actions hit a nerve because of past traumas with toxic relationships… aaand I’ve heard people say the exact same thing about Jedidiah! I think Elijah receives more scrutiny because his actions were… well they were actions. Visible, overt, right in front of you. You can point at them, pick a line from the transcript and say “that right there is bad”. Jedidiah’s wrongs often came in the form of neglect and abandonment, an absence of action, that’s so much harder to pinpoint. Maybe he’s slipping under people’s radars? Maybe more people see themselves in him and have a sense of understanding (which is valid, he embodies some very relatable neurodivergent struggles). Maybe it’s because he steps up and works on himself by the end and we don’t see that from Elijah (yet). Maybe people find Elijah “worse” because he reminds them of a more common negative experience, I’m not sure. One could speculate.

I’ll speak personally as an example of what I mean: I am wayyyyyyy more upset by Jedidiah’s actions. And that’s because of… you guessed it… my own personal experiences and how they influence my perception 🎉🎉🎉 I’ve got BPD, and I have an all consuming fear of abandonment. The idea of loving somebody and then having them suddenly withdraw, avoid you, and treat you coldly all the while providing NO EXPLAINATION WHATSOEVER… just leaving you to spiral and pick apart your own behaviours under a microscope, thinking you must be the problem— it’s a major trigger of mine. I’ve lived it!!! I grew up with it!!!!! It hits a huge sore spot for me and I admittedly struggle to overlook that sometimes when I see him.

Conversely, Elijah… I unfortunately connect with in a much deeper way. My own default attachment style is obsessive, intense, and often leaves me tunnel-visioned and unstable (…BPD), and he speaks a language I understand? If that makes sense. I see so much untreated, pre-awareness me in him. I know what it is to be involuntarily engulfed by an all-consuming obsession/ delusion. He doesn’t scare me, because I know what he’s made of- I see what’s beneath it all when I look in the mirror. Or at least that’s the lens through which I interpret him, I’m sure many disagree and yk what? Absolutely valid!!!!

There’s no one correct way to consume media, yada yada you get the idea, CHNT is unique because no character is intentionally malicious or evil (not counting Adam maybe… Lucille you’re on thin ice) and it’s fascinating how there’s such a dichotomy between the love and hate for these two. I may have swayed a bit off topic I just have many thoughts. I might come back with more later.

Ok rant over 🪱

[literaticat]

my debut sold decently and many readers consider it one of their favorites of all time — the dream! but my second book is out now, and whether it's the curse of the sophomore slump or that expectations for it were too high, readers aren't connecting with it in the same way. even avoiding reading reviews, I keep getting reminded that people aren't enjoying it and that it isn't selling well. now I'm starting to get in my head about it as I work on my next books. second-guessing myself on everything from premise to POV and tense, wondering if I'm about to doom myself to a steady decline in my career with every choice. what would you tell a client going through this?

Congratulations on the books!

I really hope you are cultivating good, smart, non-drama-stirring writer friends who you can be real with, because I'm certain that MANY people have had "slumps" and may have useful strategies for getting out of your own head and shutting down that pesky inner saboteur.

(I'd also urge you to consider trying therapy if you can. It really might help to be able to open up to somebody who is outside the publishing world and has no bias. Talking out your fears and issues might help you conquer them before they get bigger!)

I haven't really had a client come to me with this kind of woe, probably for some of the same reasons you haven't gone to your own agent with it and are instead asking some random on the internet! But if I did, I'd probably try to give them some perspective. "Sophomore Slump" is a thing that happens to lots of people (that's why it has a name!) -- but I'm not sure that it's REALLY real, or that it really matters, in the long term. It seems like a big deal because you only have the two books -- your debut, that had so much build-up in your own mind, was SUCH a big deal for you, then did well, so your expectation of "normal" was set very high -- and then the next one. Which, compared to the first one, wasn't as big a deal, wasn't as exciting, was received differently, etc. Of COURSE that's somewhat deflating.

The thing is, careers are long. If you plan to keep being a writer, like, as your main thing, you'll probably have LOTS of books. Some will likely succeed beyond your expectations -- some will probably be forgotten. That's... pretty normal. (Even 'hitmakers' like Stephen King have some duds in the mix!) But even if every single fan of the first book is like "meh" to the second one, I'll BET that there are people who love the second one and don't care about the first one or haven't even read it. It's a different book! Not every book is for every reader -- and that's OK! (I'll bet for some readers, that Stephen King Dud is their FAVE!) When you have more books, you'll realize that every book has its own journey, and the ups-and-downs that are natural parts of that journey won't loom quite so large in your brain.

You can't really control how readers receive your work or how it is reviewed. Once it's published, it doesn't belong to you anymore -- you gave in roots by writing it, you gave it wings by publishing it, and now it's OUT THERE doing its own thing in the world, and you have to let go.

What you CAN control is writing books that YOU are excited about and proud of. So that's your goal.

(And if anyone has practical advice for stopping-overthinking / getting out of your head -- please do put it in the comments!)

[mllemaenad]

The Magnus Protocol: Putting Down Roots

Well, Colin is the most interesting character. It might just be because I've done IT. Never mind the supernatural. That error does not mean anything. You're seeing that error because it's the last thing that failed, but it only failed because nine other things failed before it. The first thing that failed is the actual problem, but you don't know what that is because you currently can't get to the top of the log file because of all the other things that crashed. So what the hell is wrong with you, you stupid machine?

It's all very relatable.

That said, a ".jmj error" does seem likely to be the text-to-speech programs crashing, so it probably is a supernatural error and it probably does mean something.

For the moment, it still seems most reasonable to speak as though "Norris" is Martin. It may not be, of course. It could be a disembodied voice with no personality attached to it at all – but what do you do with that, until the narrative makes something of it? It could be somebody else entirely, but in that case I know nothing about them or their motives so there's nothing useful to say until they reveal themselves.

So for now: Occam's razor. It sounds like Martin and it came into being after the conclusion of The Magnus Archives, so the simplest guess is that it is Martin. If and when useful evidence to the contrary surfaces, I will change my mind.

Also: Norris told a story about a man who killed his love and then lost himself so badly that he turned into a tree like bloody Harold from the Fallout series. It also dealt very much with feelings of being forgotten and unnoticed:

Norris/Samuel Webber I can’t go home. Not for a few days at least. And I’ll have to avoid the usual haunts until they forget about me again. That won’t be difficult. What’s one more stressed doctor. Just a grey man in the crowd, unnoticed until I’m useful. The Magnus Protocol: Putting Down Roots

That's a problem from Martin's past, but also a problem he might reasonably said to be having now, if he's explaining the horrors of the world to people and nobody (with the possible exception of Sam) is listening.

If that isn't Martin, it is something doing an uncannily good job of explaining why Martin might not be having a great year.

And, while this is evidence of nothing, for the moment I am much amused by the idea that a ".jmj" error is the cast of The Magnus Archives continuing their longstanding tradition of complaining about statements. One of those creepy messages comes in and Martin just wails "Again? Seriously?" and the whole system blue-screen-of-deaths. It may not be true, but it's funny in my head.

I do note that the new format gives a much greater capacity for bad or ambiguous endings to the tales. There's a thing John says in season four that sticks with me:

Archivist One thing that always strikes me when I read statements like this is… the bias of survivorship. With one or two notable exceptions, the only statements the Institute receives are those where the witness has successfully escaped whatever terrible place or being has marked them for a victim. I wonder how many don’t make it out. How many of those shapes in the water were once just like Mr. Shakya. – The Magnus Archives: Submerged

And he's right: there are a few instances of letters-to-be-read-in-the-event-of-my-death, and a few cases where a person who is clearly still being pursued by something stops in to tell their story before being run down, but most of the stories end in an escape. They aren't exactly happy, but they do tend toward the hopeful: by luck, tenacity or skill you may survive. Even the cavalcade of horrors in season five has finally has something you could call a happy ending: you can assume most of those people lived, and even went home.

If you compare the first four stories of The Magnus Archives with the first four stories of The Magnus Protocol, you get a very different pattern.

The Magnus Archives:

Nathan Watts of Anglerfish outwitted the titular monster – he spotted that the voice did not come from the figure's mouth, and got away.

Joshua Gillespie of Do Not Open outlasted the coffin, using music ice, and apparently an iron will to resist its siren song.

Across the Street is the odd one out: while Amy Patel seems to have survived the experience unscathed, the story is clearly about Graham Folger, and the monster very definitely got him.

Dominic Swain of Page Turner was rescued by Gerard Keay.

But in The Magnus Protocol, because the stories are harvested, they can just end – and so far, they do:

Harriet Winstead's fate in First Shift is unclear: did she escape, or was she killed or taken? She is last seen in fear for her life and seeking shelter.

Likewise, in the episode's second story, RedCanary's fate is somewhat unclear, although only in the sense that there isn't a definitive ending: there's a clear implication that their explorations had permanent consequences. More than that, while it is uncertain if Harriet got help, it is certain that RedCanary did not. Due to the anonymous nature of the forum, they were warned and banned when their behaviour began to reflect the peculiar things that were happening to them. Nobody went to help.

Daria of Tweaking lived (at least so far), but is afflicted and changed by whatever the tattoo artist did to her, and the most distressing thing is that she seemed largely unaware of that fact. She knew that the tattooing itself was weird and invasive, but did not seem to find her persistent self-mutilation odd, and is merely awaiting further "inspiration" to continue the process.

Samuel Webber of Putting Down Roots turned into a tree, and while it is not completely clear if that means he died, he's definitely gone – his belongings simply found among the roots.

There has not, so far, been a story that matches the general pattern of The Magnus Archives, in which a person who is at least broadly fine describes the weirdest thing that ever happened to them. People here ... they disappear.

Everything feels much worse in this universe.

In terms of the overarching plot, Alice's plot against Colin seems unnecessarily petty, and also weird. I've turned her logic over in my head a few times, and I do not believe it. There might indeed be occasions where a bigger IT department would be better at troubleshooting problems than the one local guy, but those occasions probably do not include a scenario where you're running 30-year-old proprietary German software that is mysteriously haunted by text-to-speech programs that should not be there. Colin freely admits he does not understand the system – but it is highly doubtful that anyone else does either.

She also says this:

Alice All I’m saying is that Colin tinkers with this system all the time and I don’t see any oversight. If you queried upstairs asking about it, all bambi-eyed and innocent, some alarms might go off. They might even come down and do a refresh or reboot or whatever. – The Magnus Protocol: Putting Down Roots

This contradicts a lot of what was said in First Shift, in which Colin was indicated to be essential personnel who might not be allowed to quit, and that he was being leaned on by a minister to accomplish ... something. Now, granted, Alice may simply mean that a senior IT person isn't monitoring him – but it does seem that the people "upstairs" are aware of Colin's activities, and seem to be in contact with him about them. And her insistence on a "refresh or a reboot", aka "turning it off and back on again" is interesting in light of the earlier conversation:

Colin Do you have any idea what will happen if this thing finally managed to extinct itself? Alice We’d go home early? – The Magnus Protocol: Putting Down Roots

Calling in IT only makes sense in the context of killing the system: shutting down whatever they are using and migrating to something consistent with what everyone else is using. Then they could be supported the same way everyone else is, and have their software updates managed at an enterprise level. And what would that do? Stop the voices? Unleash indescribable horrors on the world? Couldn't say.

But the core of the episode is a small-scale power struggle over the stark difference between Colin and Alice's attitudes to their work.

Colin seems overworked, highly stressed and oddly dedicated: he learned German to help his crappy IT job, for a start. He is suspicious of the system and what it is recording, and disinclined to be "friends" with it, but also seems to regard its failure as potentially catastrophic. He is under some kind of pressure from above that indicates that someone regards his work as critical, but does not seem to have clearly stated what that means to anybody – or if he has, they weren't listening.

Alice is committed to the idea that their work is meaningless, and engages with it as little as possible – she sticks around while Colin is fixing her workstation, but exits to make coffee the moment Norris starts talking again. She's stated previously that she believes they only exist as a forgotten department and is unmoved by the thought of their programs finally biting the dust.

Sam, as the new guy, is caught between them: he's naturally more engaged with the stories than Alice is, and has clearly been looking into the history of The Magnus Institute, but he's also closer with Alice than with Colin and being mentored by her.

The plot goes nowhere, because Sam declines to participate. It's impossible to say who is right and who is wrong, or if both characters are just screwing around because their jobs are awful – but it is interesting that this ideological difference escalated so early.

Something strange is happening. Do we care, or do we not?

Of course, it's also fair to note that the characters themselves may be unreliable. John continued to pretend to disbelieve the statements in The Magnus Archives long after he'd worked out the correlation between the ones that required the tapes and the ones that were true – because he believed that was the prudent thing to do. It may be that Alice is deeply invested in everything that is happening here and simply refusing to say. But you can't know these things until the characters crack so, for now: Alice is committed to not caring, and Colin is committed to finding things out, and this is becoming a problem.

The story ends with a minor spat between Gwen and Alice, which is interesting because it sheds a bit of light on Gwen's past. Her surname is Bouchard, which makes it easy to make assumptions – but it's hard to tell what is still true in an alternate universe. Apparently The Shining and A Nightmare on Elm Street still got made, but The Magnus Institute is in Manchester so all bets are off.

In this instance, however, there seems to be a pattern: Gwen, like Elias, seems to have come from money.

Alice Let me guess, fancy gowns, champagne, bathing in the blood of the poor – that sort of thing? Gwen You know we make the same, Alice. An old friend just made partner at her law firm. She wants to celebrate. Alice You sound thrilled. Gwen Oh I can’t wait to catch up and tell them I’m still working in the same cesspit I was last time they asked. – The Magnus Protocol: Putting Down Roots

Elias, however, was something of a feckless stoner whose most notable trait was an utter lack of a defence mechanism for dealing with the supernatural. I would not describe Gwen as feckless at all, and while Elias was picked as a means for an immortal to hold on to life and power, and thus ostensibly rose quickly to the top of The Magnus Institute, Lena seems to be actively stymieing Gwen's career.

But it creates an interesting pattern. The OIAR is implied to be a place with a high turnover rate and little security – and it's a bastard of a job that no one enjoys and seems to be accomplishing little. It's easy to wave your hand at Sam: he's here because of whatever weirdness has led him to research The Magnus Institute.

But. It's him, but not just him. Sam is overqualified for the job. Gwen has connections, which usually lead to better prospects. No idea what Alice has been doing with her life, but ...

Alice Fine. Yes, I’m working that night. I’m working every night. I was born down here and I’ll die down here. Happy? – The Magnus Protocol: Putting Down Roots

So why are these people still here?

[pyrrhiccomedy]

i usually love your blog but i have strong and conflicted feelings about your recent opinion about reading comprehension et al. this has been a public service announcement, thank you for your time.

Is the public service "informing me that people I don't know and whose opinions I'm not invested in don't like a post I made on tumblr.com?" Because that's not actually interesting information to me.

This one has been surprisingly controversial! OP made a post saying it was ableist and discriminatory to talk about reading comprehension and media literacy being good things, and thinking it was a bad thing to only consume media for children into your adult years. As somebody with all of those opinions - who talks about that stuff pretty regularly on my blog! - I felt like putting out there that I thought that was a rotten take, that reading comprehension was not beyond the reach of people with intellectual disabilities or people who struggled in school, that implying they were actually WAS kind of ableist, and that not developing those skills leads to all kinds of bad outcomes, from thinking your ignorance contributes as much to a conversation as someone else's expertise to just run of the mill racism and other kinds of bias.

I don't think you need to be constantly engaged with the world in your best, most curious way. I don't watch Next In Fashion over dinner because I'm trying to be challenged. It's fine to just want to chill with a simple, feel-good pleasure that doesn't ask too much of you. But if that's ALL that you're doing - to the extent that you're making posts about how calls for media literacy are tantamount to saying you're better than people who had a hard time in school (!!!) and a desire for a more educated and curious world is biased against people with intellectual disabilities (!!!) - hey, maybe you need to take a second to think about that one! Maybe you're saying something real fucking stupid, wrapped in the kind of language that makes Tumblr cream its shorts.

If you disagree with me, uh, that's fine I guess, but it's weird that you "usually really like my blog." If you think I was mean about it, like, I could have been a LOT meaner, but whatever, I'm comfortable moving forward into the rest of my life with your disapproval. I promise I won't lose any sleep over it.

[cosmerelists]

Five Things I Learned Playing Shardle (And One Thing I Didn't)

"Shardle" is like Wordle, only for terms that exist as the title of a Coppermind article. I've been playing Shardle for like a week now, so I am ready to share my experiences.

1. There are too many stormin' characters!

So far, I've played 10 days in a row, and I've only once had a character whose name I even vaguely recognized (Klade, who's at least been in several scenes I can, like, picture). Otherwise, the description post-answer will be like, "You know, that one skaa who works at the sawmill in Luthadel who appeared in like one scene in one book" and I'll be like "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, SHARDLE?!"

2. Main characters tend to have longer names

The thing is, I feel like I know quite a few character names. I write this blog, and it uses a lot of characters. But they all have such long names! Like, at least six letters (looking at you, Jasnah and Navani). Or, if they're short, they're like short (looking at you, Vin and Hoid). So my excellent knowledge of main characters is doing me absolutely no good at all, and playing this makes me feel as though I know nothing.

3. Which is probably why they let you use some regular English words too.

While playing by my usual strategy (typing in phonemes that could potentially make up a fantasy name while crying), I was delighted to find that there was apparently somebody named "Mouse" because "mouse" worked as a guess! This was huge because it let me test out three whole vowels, and at LEAST you know there are vowels in Sanderson character names.

...Only later did I actually read the directions to find that they actually let you use some regular English words to, like, show some small amount of mercy, and there is no Sanderson character named Mouse. It's just the English word "mouse" but I'm gonna use it anyway, damn it.

4. Sanderson LOVES the letter "L"

My starting word is "Rlain," and this has worked out pretty well because there is almost always an "L" in whatever the answer is. Now, I was worried that this might be mere confirmation bias (and also I've only played 10 times at the point of writing this list), so I want to Coppermind for help (https://coppermind.net/wiki/Category:Characters). A very scientific test (using "ctl f" with each letter of the alphabet) revealed that "L" actually is the most common consonant used on this page! Take that, confirmation bias!

5. My starting word is actually genius (accidentally)

By the way, according to my "ctl f on every letter in the alphabet while on the Coppermind list of characters page" test, my starting word of "Rlain" is accidentally brilliant. The three most common consonants are "R," "N," and "L" in that order! And "A" is the most common vowel! Thank you, Rlain, for this help even though I actually chose your name because you were literally the only character I could think of whose name was five letters without repeating letters.

And the one thing I don't know...

6. What quote is used for getting it in 1 guess. Or 2. Or 3 dammit.

Shardle displays a quote once you get the answer, based on how quickly you got it. I know the quote used for, well, not getting the answer. Or for getting it in 6. In 5. Or in 4. But what it says if you guess in 3 or fewer remains a mystery...perhaps forever.

...Do I even like playing?

[ahgasegotarmy116]

L0v3 Us | Choi Yeonjun

Summary: He finally tells the boys about you and their reaction is... Pairing: Reader x Idol Yeonjun Word Count: 2.1k~ Warnings: No real warnings just fluff a/n: I am so so so sorry to those of you who have been waiting for this! I hope you like how it all came together in the end <3 Read part 1 L0v3 Me and Part 2 L0v3 y0u for more context <3

🟢 Yejun is active 

🟢 y/n is active 

Yejun: Got any other guesses for me today?

y/n: Are you Yugyeom from Got7?

Yejun: Nope, guess again.

y/n: Hmmm...

y/n: This is so difficult :(

y/n: Why are there so many kpop idols :'(

Yejun: Do you want another hint?

y/n: Yes please hehe

Yejun: I work for a really large Kpop label.

y/n: JYP?

Yejun: Nope

y/n: SM?

Yejun: Try again

y/n: Hybe?

Yejun: Yep

y/n: Really! Please don't tell me you're in BTS 

Yejun: Why? Don't you like BTS? :(

y/n: Yes I love BTS!

y/n: But I don't think I could handle it if I found out that you were one of the members.

Yejun: Who is your bias?

y/n: Guess hehe

Yejun: Jimin?

y/n: Nope, although he is my bias wrecker so you were close.

Yejun: Hmmm

Yejun: It's V isn't it

y/n: Nope it's Jungkook

Yejun: Damn, it's hard for me to compete with someone like Jungkook hyung :(

y/n: Hey don't be so hard on yourself. Wait, you never told me if you're in BTS.

y/n: You aren't...right?

Yejun: No I'm not in BTS

y/n: Oh thank God

y/n: I was about to have a heart attack.

Yejun: Okay okay enough about my sunbaes :(

y/n: Alright, back to guessing.

y/n: Are you in Seventeen? 

Yejun: Nope guess again

y/n: Please don't tell me you're lying to me about your age too

Yejun: Wait! Why would you say that?

y/n: Because what if you're in Enhypen or something?!?!

y/n: I'm not against dating younger guys but they're cutting it a little close

Yejun: No I'm not lying about my age and no I'm not in Enhypen

y/n: Okayyyy I was just checking

y/n: Hmm

y/n: TXT?

I take a deep breath before responding to you, knowing that this really is the make or break moment.

Yejun: Yes

y/n: Wait really?

Yejun: Why? Is that a bad thing?

y/n: No no no, nothing like that

y/n: It's just...

y/n: Well...

My heart rate starts to pick up a bit as I watch the bubbles go up and down, showing me that you're still typing.

y/n: You guys are like...really hot...

Yejun: Ya! 

y/n: Don't you 'Ya!' me 

y/n: It's not my fault that you're in a team full of Adonises 

Yejun: :(

y/n: Hey don't pout, I'm just telling the truth.

y/n: But don't worry

y/n: You're the most handsome out of all of them because you're mine <3

My heart can't help but flutter at that message. Even though it's so simple, I never knew that I would love being able to be somebody's someone.

Yejun: Who is your bias?

y/n: Beomgyu :)

y/n: Is that you?

Yejun: Beomgyu? 

Yejun: Are you kidding me? 

Yejun: Out of all of them it had to be Beomgyu?

y/n: Jealous?

Yejun: No...

y/n: Yeonjun, you're my boyfriend. I only have eyes for you now <3

Yejun: How did you know it was me?

I quickly change my screen name to Yeonjun since she finally figured it out.

y/n: Yejun really? You thought that I wouldn't know as soon as you told me you were in TXT?

y/n: Plus from your reaction alone I could tell that it for sure was you

Yeonjun: What's that supposed to mean?

y/n: You two are always teasing each other and play fighting and he is constantly making fun of how you sound when you rap

y/n: Which is hilarious by the way 

Yeonjun: No it's not :(

y/n: Awww cute

Yeonjun: What's cute?

y/n: Now that I really know who you are I can imagine you sulking over there with your pouty lips hehe

Yeonjun: Whatever :/

y/n: Baby come on

y/n: Don't be mad at me :(

Yeonjun: Remind me to never introduce you to Beomgyu

y/n: You really are jealous

Yeonjun: No I'm not jealous

Yeonjun: I just do not want to deal with both of you ganging up on me

y/n: Aww come on! That would be so fun though!

Yeonjun: I'll think about it...

y/n: How do you feel?

y/n: Now that I know who you are

Yeonjun: I feel relieved, relaxed almost

Yeonjun: I hated lying to you :(

y/n: You're lucky I love you

I smile down at my phone at your last message and as soon as I go to respond I end up locking my phone and throwing it on my bed just as Beomgyu walks in.

"Who's got you smiling like that?" he asks, crossing his arms over his chest, watching me with a devious smile. "It's that girl isn't it?!?!" he says, clearly waiting for more details. "She's not just that girl okay, she's my girlfriend" I say, finally feeling comfortable telling someone else about us.

"YEONJUN'S GOT A GIRLFRIEND" Beomgyu chants down the hallway getting everyone's attention. By now all of the guys know about you but I never put a clear label on us so it's nice to finally do so since you finally know who I am. I would've preferred to tell the guys differently but oh well. What could I expect when I decided that it would be a good idea telling him first?

"What? No fair! I want a girlfriend too!" Kai says, happy but also pouting. "Have you talked to the company about this?" Taehyun says, coming out with a no nonsense approach. "Yes I told the company about it. We're doing long distance so there isn't really that high of a chance of getting caught in a scandal so they were fine with it. I've of course just gotta keep it on the low and that won't be an issue for me. Now when it comes to you guys though, I really really need you guys on my side so if you're going to talk about my girlfriend then we really can only do it while we're home. I would prefer we don't talk about it at all but-"

"What's her name?" Soobin asks, taking a softer approach. "Y/n" I say while looking down at the floor trying to hide my smile. "Damn you're whipped" Beomgyu teases and I reach my arm out to wack him but he hides behind Kai leaving him out of reach. "You sure you can trust her?" Taehyun says, still wanting to eer on the side of caution. "More than anything" I say firmly, knowing in my heart that you'll stay faithful and keep us a secret. "Well if you trust her then I trust her" Soobin says, placing a hand on my shoulder. "Thanks" I say giving him a soft smile. 

"Can we see a picture of her?" Kai asks, all the guys getting closer to me as I pull out my phone and show them a few pictures of you. "She's so pretty!" Kai says, clearly the one who is the most excited for us out of the four. "And you're sure a girl like that wants to be with a guy like you? She's totally out of your league dude" Beomgyu says with a smirk, never letting a chance at teasing me go to waste. I bring my hand up, fully ready to hit him again but Soobin places a hand on my shoulder making me stop. 

"He's going to keep on teasing you if you keep on giving him reactions like that" giving me a logical explanation as to why I should just ignore him. "Fine" I mumble and go back to showing the other guys a few more pictures when they ask for more. "Where is she from?" Kai the ever curious one asks after I've put my phone away. "She's from somewhere in Europe but she's going to college in the states right now" I say walking toward the living room. 

"Does she live near one of the stops on our tour? Maybe she can come?" Beomgyu says, excited at the though of finally meeting this mystery girl he's had to keep secret for all this time. "She does and she actually already bought tickets before she even knew who I was" I say smiling again at the coincidence. "She's a MOA? That's adorable" Kai gushes. "I like her already" Taehyun chimes in, now warming up to the idea. 

"It's probably not the best idea to see her" Soobin says calling me off to the side while the other three talk amongst themselves. "I know" I pause trying to game plan a bit so I can hopefully convince him in the slightest bit. "We could probably bring her backstage at some point right? Even if it were just for a second" I stop again, taking a deep breath and make sure I sound as sincere as possible, "I just really want to see her". 

I watch as he then takes a second to think about it as well before saying the words that I was hoping he would say. "I'll go talk to the company tomorrow and see if we can work something out". "Thanks man" I say softly and give him a pat on the back in thanks. "Can you take care of them for me?" I say nodding towards the three younger members still talking about you. "Sure, hey" he says making me turn back around as I had started to make my way back to my room. "Just, be careful" he says in earnest and I give him a shallow nod, showing that I'll make sure to keep everyone safe.

Walking into my room I look down at my phone and see that there's a notification from you.

🟡 Yeonjun is busy → 🟢 Yeonjun is active

🟢 y/n is active

y/n: So how was your day? 

Yeonjun: It was alright, work wasn't too hectic so that was a nice change.

y/n: I'm glad! You've all been preparing for the comeback and the tour and everything so I could only imagine how swamped you've been!

Yeonjun: Yeah, but anyways I want to talk about you

Yeonjun: How was your day?

y/n: It was pretty chill 

y/n: It looks like the universe wanted to take it easy on us

Yeonjun: I guess so...

Yeonjun: I told the guys about us

y/n: Really? How'd it go?

Yeonjun: Surprisingly well

Yeonjun: Some of them were a bit concerned right off the bat but after we started to talk about things a little more they got a bit more excited and they said that you're really pretty after I showed them a few photos

y/n: Aw yay! I'm glad that they aren't giving you too much of a hard time. 

y/n: I'm definitely not as pretty as those idols you guys are with but I'll take the compliment nonetheless :)

Yeonjun: Hey I thought we talked about this

Yeonjun: Just because I work in the idol industry doesn't mean you get to compare yourself to them.

Yeonjun: Remember what you just told me?

y/n: ...

Yeonjun: Y/n, you're my girlfriend. I only have eyes for you now <3

y/n: Don't use my words against me!

Yeonjun: Oh is that because what you said wasn't true?

y/n: No! I really do mean it!

Yeonjun: Well then I really do mean it too :)

Yeonjun: You wanna know something else that happened today?

y/n: Hmm?

Yeonjun: I convinced Soobin to talk to the company with me about seeing you at the show you're coming too

y/n: Wait really?!?!?

Yeonjun: Really really

y/n: Yeonjun that's amazing!

y/n: I really hope they say yes XD

Yeonjun: Me too :)

y/n: Anyways I should probably let you go to bed

y/n: But please please please tell me what they say as soon as you find out

Yeonjun: You'll be the first one I call

Yeonjun: And if you don't answer I just keep calling over 

Yeonjun: and over

Yeonjun: and over 

Yeonjun : and over

y/n: Okay okay I get it lol

Yeonjun: and over again 

Yeonjun: sorry... that one took too long to send hehe

y/n: You're such a weirdo

Yeonjun: But you love me anyways

y/n: Goodnight Weirdo

Yeonjun: But I wanted to talk to youuuu :(

y/n: Bed

y/n: Now

Yeonjun: I love it when you get all dominant with me ;)

y/n: Keep on running your mouth Yeonjun

Yeonjun: Okay okay

Yeonjun: I'm sorry I'll go to bed :(

Yeonjun: Goodnight love x

y/n: Goodnight

y/n: Weirdo

I close out our chat and get ready to finally settle in for the night and I can't seem to wipe the smile off my face, being a reoccurring theme when it comes to you. "Who's got you smiling like that?" Beomgyu teases again. "Get out of my room" I yell while throwing a pillow at his face. "Okay okay I'm going" he laughs. 

"Goodnight lover boy" he says before walking away leaving my door open, leaving me having to get up and close the door behind him. "When am I ever gonna catch a break from this guy" I mumble to myself. "Probably never" he says poking his head out of his room. I groan and shut my door behind me but I hear how he continues to laugh at my reaction even when it finally closes. 

I take a deep breath hoping to slow the onslaught of a headache and lay down, finally getting some rest. "See you soon" I whisper to myself, knowing that no matter what, I'll do everything I my power to finally meet you. Who knew that that simple 'Hey' I sent you would be the thing that would help me change for the better, leading out hearts to intertwine. 

Although our love is digital, I know I'll love you just the same when we meet in the physical. 

a/n: This will be the last part :) I'll leave the rest of their story up to your imaginations. Feel free to comment or send asks with the ending that you imagine! I would love to know what you think <3

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[magmythedevil]

Hi! So I've got a question, what are your opinions and thoughts on the YouTuber, "Vanitymoth" he's kinda a Murder Drones reviewer and has done a couple of content related to the series, I'm interested if you heard of him or see his contact and I wanted to know your thoughts, it looks like he'll also be reviewing EP 6 which is probably gonna be negative because that's just how he is unfortunately.

And that's honestly my main issue with him, now it's fine having opinions and being honest and not sugar coding anything, but it just feels like this dude is negative about almost everything he reviews (somebody even pointed that out in his comments+ community post and said that's just how he rolls) he isn't fun, funny and just not entertaining. And he's also kinda boring to listen to as well, imo and just not very fun to watch, he also made a horrible and trashfire review of Lackadaisy. It also feels like him and others are kinda turning on Murder Drones and are disliking it because of it's story direction...and it makes me wonder sometimes, is MD REALLY a bad show and not as good as we thought, and do fans just have their rose tinted glasses on and are only trying to see the positive side and ignore criticism? Do you believe the show is good, or is it going downhill like others have been saying? I'm still new to the show myself and wanted to know your thoughts on this, it kinda does feel sad people are turning on MD (people still wanna compare it to shows like HB, some have said it's going downhill and turning bad like that show) as I think it's still a unique and watchable show and it honestly deserves it's love and support, it's not perfect..but I still feel saddened it's being hated and torn apart now by some, especially by some toxic fans, fans on reddit and Vanitymoth himself. :(

Honestly that guy probally has a very biased opinion on the show at this point. It never feels like he gets satisfied with anything from the show anymore. (And i really feel like it has something to do with Nuzi )

And all the bad reviews i have been seeing can be resumed to a simple "Its not the same thing that used to be" or "this is not the direction i wanted" tbh

I guess they thought Liam was a edgy guy who only enjoys creepy and meta dark edgy stuff. They din't expect to the guy to be an actual writter lmfao

Am i saying this show is perfect? Ofc not. But all the reviews i have seen so far from the people who dont have any weird bias are saying this episode was one of the most greatest yet, im not a writter but i can totally agree with that, in the same way i agreed with them with how "home" really was one of the weakest/most confusing

I honestly don't think majority of these guys are giving genuine criticism, they just really weren't expecting to the show to go to such an emotinal direction.

If you ever see any blog or post with a person giving GENUINE criticism feel free to send it to me to talk about it! But for now i cant really take those guys seriously, they all sound so petty and childish

Even the comments of his community post are saying "if you dont think this episode was good idk what to tell you" lmfaool

Also, If they really think dead end was a weak episode they are INSANE these people are blind hello?????

[theangryjikooker]

Man if i had a friend like jimin I'd consider myself the luckiest human for having such a great friend. I have always thought of him that way and the more i watch the urge to have a friend like him just grown. I connect to him well hence why he's my bias so I'd love to be friend him.

On the topic of hair yesss show that forehead jm, I'm tired of middle partition and ban that ass mullet cause no-one looked good in that haircut cause it's a shit haircut 😂 Also hoping that dior contract is over cause if i see him in those oversized suits again i might combust. Having jm andn not giving him well fitted clothes when he's got The perfect outlines is a joke. i know everyone miss the middle yrs era jimin the most but i guess he's kinda over it. Hoping to see little bit of it in future. I always used to think that jm kinda had the best styled clothes exactly suitable for him but nowadays like u it's a hit or miss. But again it's about his comfort so anything is fine as long as he's fine.

Who wouldn’t want JM as a friend? 😭 (Losers, that’s who, but we won’t go there.) Funny enough, though, I would get on best with HS and JK because I’m very social (it is my lifeblood) and I’m a big adventurer and thrill seeker—give me all the new experiences, and I’ll give it a shot.

THANK YOU! I kept mum about his LC cut for the longest time, but my hatred for it conquered. 😂 And I’m genuinely pissed at Tiffany, Dior, and anyone else who dropped the ball with him. Was it Rolling Stone where he jumped and used his body lines to his advantage for the camera? Hair slicked back? Because chef’s kiss, honestly.

But yes, his comfort and preferences are paramount—if he’s happy, that’s all that matters—but as somebody who likes fashion and photography (purely as a hobby), I would love to see an outrageously bold spread for him.

[works-of-magic]

Ugh. Okay.

So, usually this is the time of year when I have to fend off request after request after request from people wanting to get a ghost type JUST for Halloween. Or for a prank, or to scare their sibling, or to add to their Halloween decorations, or to add a "real ghost" to a party. Or something. It gets really old really fast. And every year Mistress and I take all the frustration and channel it into warding the place like crazy because I'm sensitive to wandering spirits, they're out in DROVES this time of year, and I really don't want them getting into the center and disturbing the ghosts. This is a place of peace for them! And for me, come to think of it...

Anyways! Over the past month, I'd been in contact with a pair of parents that genuinely wanted a Misdreavus for their son. I had three phone interviews with them, as per my requirement, so I could get a "read" on them. They were both ghost specialists! They knew how to socialize a ghost! They were familiar with the otherworldly ways of our preferred typing! They were open to keeping me updated on how the baby settles in! In all areas, they seemed like the ideal candidates.

But I had... a hunch. So I told them, there was just one more step. I wanted to oversee their son meeting one of my Misdreavus, just to make sure he wasn't afraid. See for myself. That's not usually a requirement. But luckily, they agreed.

So then I met the kid. Typical ten-year-old, ready for his first Very Own Pokemon. And he wasn't... afraid, exactly. He wasn't "checked out". He just... wasn't at all excited. He actually seemed to dread coming here. He was so bored. I introduced him to three of my ghosts. And the parents did all the talking, and whenever they'd ask him, wasn't it exciting? Weren't my ghosts wonderful? And, I mean, yeah, thanks, I was FLATTERED! (The Alolan Mismagius was one of them, and he was positively preening.)

But this kid didn't even want to be here. The parents were doing all the talking. This kid was just... going along with it.

So I told the parents I'd have to think about which one would be the perfect match, and I'd need to be alone with their son for just a moment. They seemed hesitant, and I mean, I understand why. But I insisted I had to get a "read" on him and interview HIM, too, to make sure I made the right match. I told them I'd introduce them to my Mimikyu, and that served as a nice distraction.

And luckily, once his parents were out of sight, this kid let out a huuuge sigh, and when I asked him if he really wanted a Misdreavus, he just kind of... looked down, and shook his head. I told him that was okay, and talked with him a bit to understand why he was going along with this. He didn't want to disappoint his parents. Luckily I came up with a plan, and I told him I'd tell his parents none of my ghosts were a good match for him, and if he ever wanted to raise a Misdreavus later on in life, my doors are open. But I'm not going to send one of my babies home to somebody who doesn't want it.

That was the first time I saw him smile.

His parents were disappointed, but it was worth disappointing them to save both their son and a baby Misdreavus from a situation neither of them want to be in!

I guess maybe I always thought of ghost trainers as a little more... enlightened, than others? I mean. Home team bias, right?

But now I know that even ghost trainers can be as blinded by their excitement as any other trainer...

So, I guess this is my PSA for the month:

Parents, please don't saddle your kid with a pokemon they don't WANT! That's every bit as irresponsible as impulse-catching, or buying from breeding mills, or adopting any species without researching their needs.

(And that's how Missie ended up abandoned by her first trainer.)

Just TALK to your kids and let them be honest with you, you know? Please don't put both your kid and whatever pokemon you want to give them in a situation where they're FORCED to be together...

[tumblingxelian]

I'm reading your Chloe piece. Woof, it is a lot. I will admit that I do not innately disagree and do agree is some areas of your take on Chloe.

Just... well... some of your examples seem to... simplified? Like obviously I didn't expect you to go back and thoroughly rewatch the episodes your provide examples for. Buuuut I'm not sure how that Kagami/Chloe comparison shakes out to start.

Plus, I guess she could've been a more skilled but arrogant fashion designer in the making to rival Marinette. However, I do feel the point of her lack of skill was how she thought her money and father being mayor would make it come easy to her.

Also Clara was hoping to spread positivity and with her music video so somebody known to be difficult to work with would be rejected.

Mind you, I haven't finished this so expect expansions to come. I do appreciate the lengthy response. I can tell that you put your heart into it even with my issues.

OK found the first one XD

I put a lot of effort into it, and did say it was a doozy, hahaha, for anyone interested it can be found here.

I feel this is less a case of simplified and more the point of my comparison not being communicated clearly.

Chloe & Kagami both go to audition for roles in which they both 100% have the sills and are vastly more qualified than basically anyone else there, or literally anyone else there in Chloe's case.

Both are proud and flaunt their skill and basically antagonize everyone as part of their bid to claim their role. Both end up not getting it due to personal bias rather than a lack of skill.

Both are upset and lash out over this, Chloe via her father and Kagami via Hawk Moth. Which ties into the point I made regarding how Chloe is symbolically representative of the grounded version of what HK represents.

IE, someone is upset and lashes out, and while they need to be stopped, addressing the root cause will stop them from doing it again and be better for everyone.

The reason for the comparison is that both did largely the same thing, but only Chloe is narratively punished and framed as bad for doing so. Thus the show isn't saying, "its bad to go to an audition and arrogantly antagonize everyone there by being supremely boastful" its saying, "its bad for Chloe to do that."

I would also add that Chloe being "Known as difficult to work with" is rather spurious. Chloe is evidently popular on social media and her father trusted her to escort a prince. & we know he's fine with punishing her when it suits him. Chloe's difficult for her class and staff or people who have pissed her off, but that's actually a rather isolated demographic.

I did indeed put a lot of heart into this, thanks.

[nightguide]

9 WAY THEORY BIAS: BOWIE'S RELATIVITY (SOUND + LANGUAGE) BUENA VISTA DUBAI INTERNATIONAL

(I GIVE NAMES OUT FOR ANYTHING THAT SOUNDS LIKE 'THE END' JUST BARE YOUR MIND ABOUT THAT)

THERE IS NO ANYTHING WITH THE WORLD'S WORST COMING ON THE WAY YOU'RE MADE OF PEACE TO LIVE BUT YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO FEEL LIKE AT YOUR PRIME OF YOUR CHILDHOOD WITHOUT AN EXCEPTION

ACTORS HELL: OBLIVION (DAWN OF THE DEAD)

actor's hell: your reason is in touch with the inspiration of that certain chord that made you believe

you'll never notice why but just is (middle finger to textile students across the UK for dumb expectations of a garment that will never work out to mental symphony (feeling over mind is how you knew why but the latter is working under somebody else's way of believing is how you'll never reach the grading criteria)

harbinger's: why is that relevant to you by imitation is how you'll believe in stronger theories of you being that reason to live than being lived under a 'cocky expectation' elsewhere (your wonder)

maestro become: tell your story, even if it's not even relevant that you'll make it because Hollywood of anywhere believes in you til intuition becomes a lonely company and you made it

dante's paradox: shut the fuck up and live it (your eyes tell reality by the ordinary, it's okay to lose)

judgement day: now, you don't think there is a two-way system in doing than you making it 'out there', like c,mon. the first ever Doctor is a desi woman with a boundary against the patriarchy is how you'll never know what you'll live for except you made it that far to believe in your own world working for you than against you (you seen your mom on TV and 'called that' quits and walked away from your world like you knew PTS- and that's why i'm here ; )

gaiman's hell: your hands don't work you, but you do (who are you and why) there are no excuses but love, no denial except hope, no dreams except being, you're better than anywhere but the latter is in the obvious reason you were never made to be a medical student believing you 'owned' everything (and guess your enemies now your white friends (now desi) tells you they'll straight away beat up the reason for you to succeed cuz it sucks to be you (you know you made it when there is a cross-realisation between cultural defects is how 'that one culture' who never stands up (food mecca) actually does and Keanu Reeves gives up his role 'as the greatest man alive' falls upon you (you KR now) and they stand up with you like he on a repeat (the mantle of KR) and wonder how lazy he is and exactly think why he is not made to be 'the reason of your resilience' is because you share the same hatred of a Loviatar

babylon unbroken: epic themes dont have anything in common with you, you're made to

NOW WHAT DOES THAT REMIND YOU OF

kingdom come: STAND UP TO THAT ONE MANGINA YOU HAVE IN THAT GROUP CHAT DISCORD EFFECTIVE IMMEDIA- (as the 11th doctor), you know.... i have some interpretations about a society i have to leave for (kisses his wife on screen), there is no diorama

yes.

i am

(moans) i lied

and now..... the tenacity within the world of what you knew is there, no such reason to belong or die is how you intuitively knew an end to intuition to an image prevailed by hope that that distinction is not even there for you but the beginning is how you knew me

where was i.... (laughs), where were you *glances up at light like a starstone* and fortuna hits the glade... i wander

some sexuality you have that's yet to go is not for me but towards yourself, i have no bones inside my soul but made, then WHERE WERE YOU, PRISONERS I SOUGHT OUT FOR YOUR DEVICES MADE ME WHOLE BUT UNCOMMON, EYES. THAT SEARCHES THE DEEP BEYOND THAT MADE ME IN ANGUISH (kisses 11 too hard to remember), i have no light except he... do you... remember?

so the suns lay down on the foreigner stadium tonight at red one and i cannot tell my dreams more (thanilovedgettingyourcockoutsideinbutyoutellmemore*winks at 11*thisismyworldnow, ha!. ibetyou to it *followed by 11 reverbed breath underneath scar and soul to emit no glance but a thought) that's what you wanted? aren't you the man.... i breakmy.... fast

Linna XIX, *stops to assure a smile not even a host can see*

pythagorean theorem: take it back... sexually, just don't go... there. make no demands but please, expect an audience, but dry out your last consolation over a new eden (i ended him desperately to take it all back for one man to light up an empire, soul for seoul. no man lives alive to see you crying the next day)

HARBINGER'S: MAKE AN IMPACT OF YOUR WORLD (LIFE FOR LIFE IS AN ORIGIN BETWEEN YOU AND YOURSELF IN A CHILDHOOD THAT CAME BACK TO YOU BUT YOU NEVER WERE)

actor's hell: whatever you did, you died for it

harbinger's: who are... they to you, you're lucky i debuted it to you (actually the first ever appearance of the 88th doctor) salaam wa alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatahu! nice to see you believing in an old school method of the word 'alien', now i don't forgive you (common hero: why?) don't teach me but leave me wondering (your biggest enemy is you) i dont care, but you love me anyway (someone calls me Madonna and i am made about her for her is her but nonetheless, she lived long enough to see me grow): not even my teacher but made the world for her that i never seem to come to man but me (not even my story but her fanfiction) honour that (i never wrote any but lived it)

maestro become: stop acting like you're dying and do it straight away (some military side of you is there, get your ass back to work)

dante's paradox: you're gonna lose your passion life for this to make you (every hero's best case scenario is coming back to your world like that: god level: university unbroken (you wanted to be the greats there but it never worked out so you have a 'bitch' in mind to settle that score cuz your patience has blown a fuse into believing (like your world burned and ended there when nazar hits you like a lego to your foot but you knew exactly that time and space ripped itself apart when a part of your toes have a core memory that you felt ultimately badass in getting a bruise for your stubbed toe... like that is how a specific moment in time and space you remember watching a tv/movie show that felt your agony rip itself apart like you enjoy their shit more than everything in the world combined (to me.. i believe it was shaun of the dead that made Frost and Pegg undeniably go after the same cause for cautionary tale that got now, Bill Nighy convinced that he's the one who screwed up all time and space for one stubbed bruised pinky (legendary reason to make 'more' for the cause of it 'since the hero element' comes back from the dead right there, you're british arent ya.? yeah. well. we don't like being told what to do (and you knew who fucked up from there cuz that's how i got here telling you what) not even your day, Nighy (jokes, seriously that or make another fairytale retelling of the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy making 43 now the fucking light and love of the world)

judgement day: *live action and you look like dis*

gaiman's hell: .... your YAOI, AO3, fluff, like the list goes on (and i know you wrote it), now which ones... no... you made it.... you live it

have you been inspired by a feeble lesson from the amazing world of gumball, lately?

rusteze

surely i do

okay, now i know a group that got the hit (actual personality)

miley cyrus fans: *hates everybody but themselves for a cause (actually the ones who got famous from years 2017 - 2024*

selenators: *the ones in witchcraft but also the one's who are too heartbroken to cause their fanfiction to be based on glee (tv show) instead, later now than never *knows the oncoming of the 'dajjal' is pure but give her a.... and she's dead* their fanfic are lost (hence why i damned her on the blog)*

lovatics: fan fic gods. (caused the crack on 11's timeline maturely (fanatics purely like TWD is based about her fandom causing Andrew Lincoln to find his partner the entire time like groundhog d-day)

that's the disney trinity (should have never been formed in the first place by intuitive oblivion)

you were not distracted but led by music notion (one of those 3 will make or break you)

i was a Lovatic once upon a time

now who were you and why did their story kill you on purpose?

babylon unbroken: who did it to you (now get up) (your theme starts with passion agony to be but you knew the answer in the end coming from a... 'X') now find that reason to win harder but be okay with losing what's nothing left to give

kingdom come: faith is stronger than the will to be (do what's necessary to hate for no reason (your energy is you)

pythagorean theorem: *find that* and you knew. don't find that if that means your intellectual gameplay is stolen mercy to your... exactly how you died

MAESTRO BECOME: WHY YOU LOVE IS WHY YOU DIED (it happened), NOW WHAT IS MERCY TO YOU AND TELL US MORE (SPEEDS OF A..) ENDING

actor's hell:

this is your love for god not knowing you (how you were deep overall is there) you knew how (i'm Lancelot's ascendant of Guiniverean Britain now)

harbinger's: sleep with the dream (your second chord from the bridge alienates spontaneity of that world you knew you lost (whatever Gallifrey is to you is that you're on it, it was never called 'Earth') so... no blood. you're not from here (and you know your ghost)

maestro become: why did you lose?

dante's paradox: TELL ME WHY (you're a villain there) make nothing happen (let it stay that way: me to Stardust is how i let people die for that reason to be (married to Tristan in real life)

judgement day: why did Neil Gaiman hand you that thought (perception broken is him being inspired by you: Bowie's revelation)

gaiman's hell: damned. lost hero

babylon unbroken: why did you ask me for help? you knew i killed (i accept as fini mortem, now why did you damn me out of oblivion (which is why you're in hell and i'm awesome)

kingdom come: i hate time (make that up)

pythagorean theorem: you discovered and you have an immortal enemy (mario bro's logic is you now)

DANTE'S PARADOX: *ON TIME IS YOU HEARING ME RIGHT NOW WITH THE FEELING OF... AND GET THE FUCK OFF MY PLANET*

actor's hell: what i love about the f major ambient pad revelation on Madagascar, it's not just the world i felt like i'm at peace with (to hell with being a neuro-divergent particular) i have no sense with wonder if i knew the ending like i am a neuro-typical than me saying 'i am Allah' which is how i was convinced in a therapeutic dispute much later in life to feel my veins screaming 'more' when having sex (which you only have eyes for) which is how i knew how i know my enemies, but i know now that i am not going to die for 'insert here the much lesser version of death be told is that to you like you never were (you met somebody who existed in that same fandom you were purely out of control for: you're love and she's hate but you have a forlorn history that is never there but she collected your eternity to lose a friend (burn that thing now)' and that's where their death is your success, not like the touch tones i have with colour is why she joined a shitty animal course to 'make you' than having sex to her is watching multiple crime shows and one zombie confession is her making you a zombie on TWD to her being so out-of-apparent to you being on Madagascar for free (her porno refuge) is seeking Ben Stiller for help (and it got cringe for her right here) and there is element to colour (obsession gone rogue) which is how i found my passion within the arts i once were for fashion (my eternal refuge of sacred virginity), like no such girly repertoire for me i find too hard to get when i knew i loved it (than the latter), so i knew mercy died within my bedroom but no wonders is that i'd find you looking at me (and how i say 'nothing is last' and tell me more is how i find my one last man chancing the same introduction to a hynotist reality) and you knew i did it all for love (and i degraded it) and made no wonder for being alive and i saved it (you heard his theme), he talks about a night and reason (why you're hearing my theme) and relativity to it is that my fanfictions was not even there or written for me when i was made that i wanted to believe in a concept design of that i am (i accept all notions of creativity that is which is why i chose to 'be with him' though my eyes may not) and i choose to wander, there is no relevance to him that he is an enigmatic science teacher (who i became) that i loved how he spoke to me by aesthetic mysteria (him to me personally why i loved the default upcoming of him that i dreamed he is)

and mis-endowed

well.... i have a type

not personally (blushes), so that i may hide... or that i seek fiction (no such thing as crushes) but i seek the wander than the odds that i may meet the median by him believing in stronger intuits to fight real time glory (everybody's pleasure) than saying the worst case scenario is him back at me but he will never end (why he was there)

so i had fanfiction but i said no (gen-z craves that shit to deluxe that even gen-x's love to read that shit elsewhere since they made those sub-divisions to alter ego hypnotise the world by purity (your erotic truth is there but you'll never do but glorify) hence why the wonder is lost with all my body parts in the tune from Madagascar that had even Smith himself feel like there is a resonant glory in being an actor that a true time designer went into his aesthetic made for me (my Song relativity is his Rogue modernity)

and lest you keep up with the stars that even decades that role model influences that chased the same values as history as you being there in real life and you were once thinking of world wars happening and sold for souls that even the.... bias of time against a....

jews?

are they evil?

everybody likes a good guy...

but

nobody likes you

are you.. a jew?

wait.. no.

okay, the chase is in the arts (Smith's passion and death for a_

Wintour intuitive bias

that's my stronghold, heck i even call her grandma (my mommy's side granny is like sugar)

i love her way too much that i never see her except seeing her was her loving me right back

and that's why i get my heart from, she is alive with the sound of why Vogue went everywhere (fashion gone immortal is you) and why i got to be my relevant psyche in space that i am so good at what i do that i got her world for free (Spice Girls also knew the time of the doctor is well into the world of my own home (my own Wintour)

and that's why i love you

harbingers: set them all up for success: you sucked at

a. breathing

b. believing

c. forgetting

now pick your music video vibe genre of ingenuity

so mine is, 'men who vibe at dying at the same time as living but gets to walk on buildings for fun like they got nothing left to tell you that they knew a ___ gomez adams malfunction leading to the death of rare beauty cosmetic prescription ideal to face Keanu Reeves dying at all times and it was there which is why they had little but to no less fame of his level of being a god he thinks he is (mf owns 9gag level of success)'

and they got a petty genre of their own doings which is why

a. they knew a selena but hated her for that so you compensated it by working to devil level hard mode spiderman level of consciousness by sleeping with her and making it all up for the vibe metronome (as seen on that one interview you blew your shit to cuz u knew that level of metalhead physics any God would do that Keanu can't *show him up*)

[sophieinwonderland]

im confused about personal plurality, feel free to ignore. for a while now ive wanted imaginary friends (although they are all characters in media) out of- i guess- lonliness? not the best reason, i know, but its lead me down a rabbit hole of researching plurality and whatnot. i know i dont have alters or switches or anything, if i try to call out unprompted i get no response. for some reason im so fixated and almost really wishing i had alters to talk to and experience things with, but i dont. the closest i can get to that is imaginary friends, but they feel puppeted, for lack of better words, and arent autonomous. i really want to make myself belief they are, and in a way i think they want to as well, but i have a feeling thats my brain telling me that, aka not an indication of anything.

if talking about my experiences help at all, for a while i went through a process of mimicking systems, aka having the imaginary friends speak to me in thoughts, but it was all voluntary and scripted. a while later i tried a different method of mentally visualizing these imaginary friends in the same room as me, and sometimes theyd "share" my body, and id pretty much only be the one in control, and theyd just talk to me. again, its not switching or anything, i dont have sudden memory gaps, although my memory of stuff is consistently foggy, ranging from earlier that day to multiple years ago- kinda maybe about a 35% chance ill forget something every time, and the number climbs the longer its been.

with the imaginary friends themselves, its a rough explaination. again, they come from any fictional media i fixate on, but my fixations change nearly weekly, so its never consistent with who it is. i am a copinglinker who links witb these fixations as well, so its a 50/50 of if i want to personally identify as the character, or if they are an imaginary friend. again, conversation is prompted and feels very short, because i think in the back of my mind i know im directing the entire conversation, instead of talking to a seperate person. i want to believe so bad the conversations and opinions are real, but i dont think they are. whenever i ask them if they think theyre autonomous, its either "i dont know" to "yeah, why?" but i feel those answers are fabricated to. i dont know, maybe i just sort through thoughts through characters.

sorry, im rambling. i dont know if this is the right place to go, ans im genuinely hoping none of this is offensive. again, im 99.9% sure im not plural, but i feel /something/ in the back of my mind if i focus hard enough, but then again, it might be confirmation bias or something, i donr know.

if you have any thoughts or advice, please share. this has been plaguing me for nearly a year now and im not sure what to do with the information or how to interpret it. thank you.

Are your imaginary friends actually puppeted, or do they just feel puppeted? Because these aren't the same things.

In tulpamancy, there exists what's known as parroting, where you consciously talk for your tulpa and control their speech. Conversely, there's parrotnoia. This is the fear that you're controlling your headmate even when you aren't.

But if you aren't consciously doing it, it's not parroting.

If you haven't yet, you should check out my article on how to know if your imaginary friend is sentient:

I'll also add that switches feel differently for different systems. For us, it's often like something external is entering the body. But to some systems, it can feel like you're becoming somebody else.

Switching also doesn't usually have amnesia unless you have DID. (Although, if you do have DID, it can be hard to recognize if you have amnesia because... you know... you forget. But don't worry about that right now.)

But it's also normal for some systems to only partially switch, co-front, or just be co-conscious.

If you want them to be more real and developed though, I'd recommend sticking with a few over time. Cycling between proto-headmates every couple weeks means none will get the full development they deserve.

[victorianprincesskitkat]

A (not-so) comprehensive list of antagonists/villains who would do "The Necklace Thing." This does not count antagonists/villains we Do Not Like (Like Cal in Titanic or The Duke in Moulin Rouge) who have done The Necklace ThingTM. MCU Loki: would make a necklace out of ice probably too. Would definitely stand behind someone, rest his hands on their shoulders, and then skillfully clasp a necklace around their neck. Probably would rest his hands on their neck too. His touch is cold, but surprisingly gentle. There is no fear as he brushes his finger over the neck.

Jareth: oh, come on. The man is a fae king. He's bringing up a crystal ball, transforming it into a necklace, and clasping it on while singing. Probably fixes the hair a bit. Glitter is everywhere. It might be a magic necklace that has a Faerie Price to pay. But honestly? Worth it.

Erik, the Phantom of the Opera: Has canonically done "The Necklace ThingTM in Love Never Dies. Love Never Dies sucks though. But for anything, we count The Necklace Thing. Night time may sharpen and heighten each sensation, and the actual *shivers* from him doing The Necklace ThingTM with his organ playing fingers would be intense. That sounds like a euphemism for something else. It's not. Also, he probably learned to do this from seeing it in a scene in an opera. (I will have you know that searching for a Phantom gif brought up a lot of Hadley Fraser as Raoul and honestly. Mood.)

Norman Osborn: hot take. I've been thinking about this one a lot. (Too much.) But I fully believe that Norman Osborn, specifically from Earth 11714, would DEFINITELY do The Necklace ThingTM before some sort of work party/event to Emily Osborn. I mean, it's just in that Southern Gentleman Charm that he has. Oh! Just think about that Oscorp party where there's a baby grand piano and slinky silk dresses and he grabs her shoulder and says "Wait a minute, darling," dipping into that lower voice when he turns into Goblin, and takes a necklace from a black velvet box and just mmMMM it's so nice to think about. Is this purely self-indulgent to think of and is this list hinging on this one character? Yes, but it's a whole Necklace ThingTM post and a freak like me needs company so.... (also, I do think this works for the Raimi Osborn too, so feel free to picture Willem Dafoe. But this was mostly inspired by Turn Off the Dark.) I think I operate under the principle of "If he wears suspenders, he's probably going to do The Necklace ThingTM."

Preminger: Yeah, Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper. That guy. The man wears rings on most of his fingers. You think he *isn't?* about to do The Necklace ThingTM? He'd do it quickly and laugh while clasping it. Probably make it about himself. However, I think he does have the capability to be more romantic, than say Wenlock, who I don't actually think would do the thing. Wenlock would fall under the Cal and Duke list, honestly, if he were to clasp a necklace on someone. Preminger, however, and maybe this is my own bias talking (it is) would probably unironically do the necklace thing, and surprisingly well. It also probably makes him feel tall because whoever is obtaining the necklace would definitely be sitting in front of a vanity as opposed to say Norman Osborn who would clasp on a necklace while he and Emily are standing. (Somehow this turned back around to Norman...) anyway. Preminger for the Necklace List? I think so.

Dr. Henry Jekyll: Mmm, so I realize that adding Jekyll to this list may seem antithetical to the whole point of this post being about antagonists/villains, but ah. Jekyll actually probably should be on the list. But I'm not about to delve into the "Dr. Jekyll is actually an antagonist" though one could make a very strong case in any of the adaptations that he is some sort of antagonist for somebody. So, take your pick of the adaptation, be it "book accurate" or Wildhorn Musical. (Take a guess which adaptation for which I'm about to find a gif.) I think he makes the list. However, I think he's rather shy about it. He'd take his fiancée aside right before a party, then quietly reveal the necklace, and motion to put it on. It's clandestine, and peaceful, and very much a "Take me as I Am" sort of moment. A brief moment of curling a finger around a lock of hair. The gentle furtive glances from the repressed Late Victorian Era. Oh, it's more scandalous to think of when you realize how tantalizing the touch of his bare fingers over a collarbone is in 1885. (I had to SCROLLLLLL To find a gif I thought would work... and it was worth it. I have 0.2 regrets. It was between this gif and one of Frederick March.)

Captain Hook: No. Not from OUAT. (I'm not a fan of that show. I know sacrilegious.) I'm talking about the 2003 movie Captain Hook because oh, come on. Look at him. He's found a mermaid treasure trove, plundered it, then is clasping that necklace around a neck while reciting some shanty or poem. I fully believe there is textual evidence within the book that would back these claims. But most definitely 2003 James Hook is doing The Necklace ThingTM. He's probably more genteel than you'd give him credit for, ya know, being a pirate and all of that who won't hesitate to keelhaul. (Probably wouldn't keelhaul the person he's clasping a necklace on, but the night is young, I guess.) Though, I fully stand by the fact that this particular character is because of 2003 Captain Hook, I do also think that you could imagine OUAT Hook or even 1990s Hook's Hook. (how many hooks could Hook hook if Hook's hook could hook hooks.) Either would translate well, but more Captain Hook in the movie Hook, because I believe that Dustin Hoffman's Hook is a natural progression of Jason Isaac's Hook. (Or if you want a Hiddleston Hook, you can imagine the Fairy Princess's James doing this. But you know he's reciting Shakespeare because he took one {1} class at Eton.)

Austria: (case for antagonist: Chibitalia segments. I'm bending the rules slightly, but I think I can make a case enough.) A nation? Oh, forgive me for going back to my most cringe of roots, but this is Tumblr and Hetalia had to be mentioned. The man is an aristocrat. But of course Roderich's sitting down Elizaveta and combing his musician's fingers through her hair before he clasps a necklace on. (Bonus points if Prussia is mocking him through a window.) He's pragmatic, and clandestine, almost like Henry Jekyll, but where Jekyll is restrained due to Victorian repression, Austria is just that sort of Young Master type to be high and mighty about clasping a necklace on someone. However, his musician's fingers are nimble, and he's tailing them over shoulders and collars.

Edward Hyde: I think I'll end the list with Edward Hyde. In all honestly, I don't know how long he's around to be able to do The Necklace ThingTM, as he mostly prowls at night. But if Jekyll would, Hyde would. It's harried and messy, and he's grabbing (probably Lucy) and pulling laughing with That LookTM in his eyes. Is it a necklace that's already being worn? Or is it one he's stolen? But either way his hands are around a neck and he's leaning in close, his cheek nearly pressing against hers, whispering that he's always near. His fingers are cold on the shoulder... it's overwhelming and intoxicating. There are no repressions with Hyde. (Also, I'm not sure if TGS, Hyde would do the Necklace ThingTM. I have read I think all of the webcomic, but I've not made up my mind about the thing.) I believe MazM's Hyde would, and he's getting a separate mini mention. He's clasping a necklace on while the other is seated, because like Preminger, he's a short king. No matter the adaptation (not March and I don't know Tracey's well enough) there is the distinct element of danger. If one is afraid of Hook keelhauling, then one would be doubly afraid of the cane that Edward carries. Just don't be a hypocrite in his eyes. (You're getting a gif from the NBA I Love this Game commercial because there were far too many gifs of Hasselhoff. Also, if somebody has a clear gifset from the 1995/96, Pre-Broadway Tour, I'd love you forever and make you mac n cheese.)

Those who didn't make the list, but deserve a little shout out:

Paxton, from the episode of Sliders called Heavy Metal (I don't make the rules. Pirates almost always get a Necklace ThingTM pass. (And you know, he *starts* as an antagonist in the episode. I am bending the rules for him and his swooshy hair.)

Lucius Malfoy. Aristocratic and old fashioned. I debated adding him to the main list, but I didn't know if it was too much tbh. You'd find this in fanfic for sure, but I'm not so sure if I can warrant him being on this main list.

Jel Omiata. He's not an antagonist and I had to take him off the list. I had a full write-up for him and everything. (Even if you believe he's the Bahari Bay Ripper, that's still head canon and definitely not enough to warrant him making an antagonist list. Sorry. I know.)

I think this is about all I can think of currently. If I think of more, I'll make a second post

[ohmycale]

There is a tiktok that they hate Deruth and they literally hate him? Then somebody on Twitter countered that Zed was a worse father to Alver and he didnt get hate as much as Deruth. What's your take on it? Is there a double standard for you?

Okay, let's break it down, shall we?

First off, I don’t know about this particular TikTok video and I don’t use the platform so I am taking the things you said at face value.

Second, everyone who has heard of TCF/TBOAH and their characters will have an opinion about them. They are entitled to their opinions about anyone and everything and enjoy the same space and perks as people like me who usually have counter opinions about their opinions. It’s the internet at its finest. 

Third, Hate is a strong word for me and I don’t use it lightly. I try to avoid it. My feelings about Deruth are the same feelings I had for my father with acknowledged bias and projection. Yes, I felt disappointed and angry at him for a long time but I learned to manage my feelings and learned to not be bothered by people who didn’t treat me well. And as I project my feelings into Deruth and other characters, it’s the same thing I do for og!cale. Other fans do the same thing. 

Fourth on Zed and benign compared to Deruth. I don’t comment much on Zed because I believe that he is a trash father from day one and embodies the existence of sperm donors at their finest. What is there to be said, really when everyone agrees on one opinion about him?  Deruth, on the other hand, claims to be living his family motto and then sought out his personal happiness over his son. He is constantly characterized as a ‘good’ but flawed father. That opinion is dependent on whom you are asking, of course. My further opinion about this man is evident in my other posts. Overall, there is no incentive to talk about Zed when you already know from the get-go what kind of ‘father’ he is. Deruth is pretty much a controversial character in this context given his background and ‘progress’ in canon. 

In terms of double standards, I see them equally as men who shouldn't be fathers. That's putting it very lightly. I'm sure others I know personally would have more…colorful words to describe them.  And I’m somewhat irritated that mental neglect/trauma is seen as ‘lower’ than physical neglect/death. It's the invisible scars that grow over time that goes unnoticed and for some people, eventually, wish that they haven't lived or incapacitate them to live better lives. Worst-case scenario, you get judged for not being able to ‘move on’ and ‘be normal’ or shit things people say. Reminds of parents who do do-overs with new families and expect old kids and be a ‘family’ just because.  That's basically Deruth for you. 

Fifth, Alver still has his family with Tasha. Someone who knows understands and care for him just like his mother had done. I can’t say the same for Og!cale. Og!cale’s family is….just not there for him and didnt understand him when he needed it most. His father found a new family and tried to blend him in without actually considering his feelings. Or just thinking that og!cale having new family members = happiness. It doesn't matter if he accepted them eventually. The assumption that og!cale would just go with the flow is so insidious to assume.  His supposed family might care for him, but I don't really see the them understanding what he has gone through and still going through. Ron and Vicross, as we all know, left for their dreams of revenge. Hans, God bless his soul, is a servant to him and under Deruth’s command and authority. So, who is really there for him? 

Sixth, I like that Deruth’s actions are sparkling a debate. It means that people don’t see him as a one dimensioned character even though my feelings would want otherwise. People will have their judgment of him and agree to disagree is still a thing (I guess). The only thing that I care about is og!cale is happy wherever he is right now…with or without Deruth.  

Thanks for the Ask. Sorry for the wall of text.