#tbf i never really questioned it 😔

[devildomangel]

MC: *Staring at a wall*

Mammon: oi! Human! The heck you starin' at that wall for?

MC:... They call it an egg salad because it's all just egg.

Mammon: What?

MC: They use hard boiled eggs and mayonaise... and mayonaise is made out of eggs. So it's just an egg salad.

Mammon:....

******

Lucifer: Why are you two staring at a wall?

Mammon: you're not gon' believe this...

[leggerefiore]

Tbf I feel like Nero wouldn’t end up with anyone… he’s too busy trying to get Grimsley’s s/o away from Grimsley (jk). Him and Colress’s daughter would be a funny friendship though. Both her and Morrigan would constantly drag him into their shenanigans and he’s powerless to stop either of them (they look at him with really excited or really sad eyes and he can’t bring himself to say no).

Morrigan is absolutely going to torment Larry’s son though 😭🫶 No one’s quite sure how that relationship happened lol

Morrigan went to learn more about foreign E4s and encountered his sister, who then introduced her to him. Thus began a hilarious situation of the most normal guy on the planet (aside from Larry) with an insane gambling woman. What makes them work together is truly a mystery to everyone. Including Grimsley. He decides against questioning these things. He can't pretend he's much better than her.

Nero will never know love until maybe if Grimsley gets done in by someone he owes money to. The issue there is that Grimsley is hard to kill. Also that would make his parent sad. Cannot have that. He is stuck. (He'll find someone because he WILL run away from Grims from annoyance eventually.)

Nero cannot say no to women😔. A sad fate. He also cannot say no to Erin because he also makes those expressions. Endless torment around for him because he has a conscience (unlike his father).

[artekai]

Ohhh for the ask game, 🌙 🌱🖌️ for Kai, and 💝☕💀 for Fross!

Yes!!! Thank you, friend!! :D

Kai

🌙 - What’s their sleep schedule like?

I feel like Kai's sleep schedule is pretty good! He's an athlete and he's always moving around and keeping himself busy, so I bet he sleeps like a rock lol. I also imagine him as a morning person so he must go to sleep relatively early too.

🌱 - Do they have a green thumb or are they a plant killer?

I don't wanna say he's a plant killer but it's hard to imagine him having a green thumb 😭 I do still love the idea that he names plants and talks to them, but I guess that just means he leaves their actual care to someone else 😔 Tbf there's Haru in the P5R AU and Zo in the Horizon AU so maybe they can teach him :)

🖌️ - Do they have any hobbies?

Yes! Well, there's archery, which I guess could also be a possible career path if he's lucky. There's also him singing and playing the drums :) I also mentioned him being into photography in his intro post, which uhm. I never brought up again 😭 But I still think it's a nice thought!

Fross

💝 - What gestures do they really appreciate? How do you get on their good side?

Ah, well, generally he's looking for an escape 🤔 He doesn't like to be challenged, he likes people who'll play along with him without demanding much from him. He does very much like to be coddled and treated like a fragile little thing lmao. As for any specific gestures... idk! Something really grandiose and romantic but comfortable for him lol. Sweep him off his feet. Save his life. Indulging his interests would also be nice, haha.

☕ - Coffee or tea?

Hmmm tea probably 🤔 I don't picture him being too into either but maybe that's just me projecting lol

💀 - How do they feel about horror movies?

Hmm, good question! I feel like he secretly likes the adrenaline (<- see how basically any time he falls in love with someone it can be explained through misattribution of arousal lmao) but he also probably wouldn't want to watch one alone lol. He's so easily scared. But it's fine as long as he has someone to hold him and coddle him afterwards, hehe. Like in that one piece I drew of him and J watching Midnight Mass, you know? ^^

[donaidk]

just a TW that this does mention weight and body image pretty heavily so if that would be triggering, just delete this, pls keep yourself safe but

idk if anyone ever answered your michael question but basically he has no qualifications or actual training to be a physio, especially not for athletes at that level (this actually applies to quite a few of the trainers though) and a lot of his "training" practices hinge on CONSTANTLY losing weight (water fasts, SEVERE restriction/fasting/dieting). (i don't think he has bad intentions, i just think he's uninformed/uneducated, but i also don't think he would be a good influence on yuki or his relationship with food, and i honestly kind of wonder if even with the mental health struggles, he played a role in some of daniel's weight struggles last year).

i don't even necessarily like the way lando talks about/approaches food and body image topics in the media sometimes, but the content of jon that i have seen, he at least approaches it as "fuel for your body, especially when f1 drivers need so much energy" whereas michael seems to take an opposite approach with athletes.

there was an entire masterlist with links to articles he had written or shared that had some questionable restriction practices in them last year but i can't seem to find it with tumblr's new and improved (/s) search function and google isn't being of too much help either, but yeah ... not the kind of practices you would want to be seeing encouraged before guys get into cars for like 2 hours, burning energy and sweating/becoming dehydrated, etc.

i don't think, as far as I know, that he's done anything problematic in his personal life that people dislike him for, but professionally speaking, a lot of people do not like him because of the practices he encourages with basically no qualifications + quite a few of his methods that he encourages and promotes are solely based in pseudoscience and have no scientific backing at all.

Anon, thank you for the info! I'm sorry I didn't respond yet, somehow tumblr isnt giving me notifs about asks?!

Tbf, I never dived into Michael more. Took him as a good looking teddy bear and never really cared much more, but I appreciate the insight into it all.

I'm not gonna lie, fasting is something I did (had to do) and didn't find it problematic, but I can see how it can and probably does become a problem and unhealthy thing.

Eyes are way more open, and I just hate it even more that weight is such a huge thing in sport. Will never be okay with that part of any sport. I hope he's gonna keep safe anyone he trains in the future... Guess that's the only thing we can really do 😔

[arlecchno]

lmao the blonde parts are supposed to be teal but i havent had a chance to redye them in foreverr … also yes ! my xiao jacket ! its not the only one out there though LOL

the wall youre seeing is actually my best friend roofs long lost sibling , wall /j

BEFORE 6 !? i could never i always go to bed at like 12am …. im so sleep deprived on school days lol

ME AND THAT FRIEND DID SO MANY SILLY THINGS IN OUR MATH/STEM CLASS LMAO we used to play genshin wish sim (im very young T_T) and say weird things to summon characters (i told the computer id help make kaeya dilucs brother again to get diluc , and BOTH OF THEM CAME HOME IN THE SAME PULL) tbh ive always complained ab stairs so ,,, i cant even take the stairs in my building anymore bc i live on the 9th floor itd take way too long 😭

we have a lot of the same top 5s , kaeya , diluc , and scara share #1 because … yes . my favorite gal is fischl i love her sm -

i have 11 5*s (not including aloy) , and im currently pulling for sir acting grand scribe himself ! im at around late 30 pity , if he does / doesnt come home i will make self ship art because i dont think he would like that >:)

GOOD TO KNOW ITS GOING WELL im actually making notes for a fic i wanna write on call w my previously mentioned friend roof LOL ive had the idea ever since the nilotpala cup event , i really wanted to make like an actual fic based off of it bc that girl from the yae publishing house was supposed to or wtv HAHAH but im procrastinating on a title so im just . UGH - yk ?

i did have a good day both the day you replied and today ! i am injured but its not bad (only hurts when i move certain ways) , i went on a field trip for school today and got to go in a ✨stream✨ and pick up a little crawfish >:D i hope youre doing good as well !! its so nice talking to you lmao youre so cool

i might start sending doodles every ask , so heres a sketch of my genshin oc !!

my “question” issss guess what region theyre from ! or who they live with LOL the hint is that there are already playables from their region , and there are technically two regions theyre from ?? you can guess just one though ill give you the answer next ask :P

- jellyfish

i think it's because i'm already used to waking up early... even tho i'm a very sleep deprived student that sleeps at 12-1 and wakes up at 5 😔 i'm fairly a light sleeper so no matter what time i sleep, whenever my alarm goes off i'm always up by the second 🥲

and LMAOO i've played a ton of those wish sims to prevent myself from rolling whenever i'm saving up for a character, it works wonders

i didn't really expect you to like fischl!!! i like using her in events where we have her as a trial character lol using oz in her burst and flying around is so silly but i always have fun with it!

seems like we're both on the run for alhaitham :D currently have 72 pity and he still has yet to arrive... i do not have a guarantee whatsoever so the next time i pull i'm gonna be praying for him to come home 😔 i've already explored most of the new area for him

and that fic idea sounds interesting! i briefly forgot about that event so when you mentioned it i'm suddenly reminded of how fun playing with the fungi was!! hope you'll find many inspiration for your supposed title, and who knows, next thing you know you're hitting the post button for your fic 🤭

hope you're healing well from your injury also!! have lots of rest and don't overexert yourself too much, resting is very important hehe

it's nice to know that you went on a field trip :O i haven't been to one in a while so hearing it from you reminded me how fun it always is to go on one and escape school (tbf i think we can agree at least half of the students that volunteer on field trips only do it to skip classes LMAO #guilty)

i think if i had to guess, it's a mix between mondstadt and sumeru, maybe? i'm either really wrong or really right since my basic skills of knowledge on each regions' outfits are very minimal 😵‍💫

a question for you; how was your week? tell me all about it!! hehe i honestly like hearing people talk about their day and week because it's undeniably so interesting to know what others have been up to and how different some people's lives can be from ours! hope i'm not rambling too much... i just really like listening to people talk and talk about their life

[cubedmango]

aw thank you again too 🥺 and you're welcome as well, i'm also really happy to know you appreciate my ramblings ❤️❤️❤️ and even though i only just got into it this year and ofc it has its downs and flaws as well, there's a lot to love about kr and toku as a whole, and i can see why characters from the other japanese media i like (i totally get you now, edgeworth) are portrayed as fans of the medium/genre 😅 speaking of that, i forgot to mention what maya's thoughts on build might be - like with edgeworth, idk if build would be her fave kr show, but i still think she'd enjoy it, and while she definitely has some similarities to misora, idk if that would be enough for maya to deem misora her fave character, and for some reason, instead i think either banjou or [redacted] (i'll tell you more about this person once you get further into the show) would be her fave. and i think she'd find sawa really cool in terms of her mysterious multiple skills and would want to emulate said skills, and she might find it cute that sento basically has a rabbit fursona fjgnkwjds

*maya voice* come on mr. edgeworth, you don't have to tell me he's gay when i can literally see he's a rabbit personified and obviously rabbits are gay animals. like duh [1/?]

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(though that makes me think that edgeworth might criticize the fact that they cast a skinny prettyboy to play a former pro boxer and then he'd type up a whole essay ranting about how the actor should have been someone with actual beef like will powers instead and discoursing about toei's prejudice against bears in-depth lol) and oh wow i'm also really happy to hear that you actually started watching it!!! :D and you're already on ep. 8... get ready for the stakes to keep rising bc boy does this show do its best to keep its foot on the viewers' collective neck 😭 eps. 13-16 are some of my favorites so far, and ofc no one is ever prepared enough for the shit that infamously goes down in ep. 21 😔 there are ofc moments to take a breather here and there, but there are basically no filler episodes so yeah it can be A Lot jlmdjfjkhs. i'd love to know if you have any theories or speculations for some of the mysteries and questions the show has set up so far, because while i obviously can't discuss them in-depth atm, it's still fun to see other people's takes especially when they're going into build pretty much un-spoiled 👀 [2/?]

and oh really djwdjfnks i guess it's true that i didn't actually talk about the comedic aspects of the show in my previous messages, and the post i linked also didn't give off that impression since it mostly brought up the serious elements, so sorry for accidentally misleading you 😭 but i'm glad to know it's worked out for you so far! :-) i actually really like build's humor for the most part (other than a few things like the previously mentioned uncomfortable aspects of a male character having an intense parasocial crush on misora's mii-tan persona, where ngl it was a bit funny to me at first when it didn't come off as that bad yet but then it just kept going in a very 'why are we still pushing this' way - though tbf to that guy, even though i compared him to larry, i do think he has a lot more going for him in terms of an actual arc and his interactions with other characters can be compelling and fun, he just needs to stay 10 feet away from misora for 10 years and learn to be normal), and the comedy is definitely needed in these first several episodes since well, the show does get kinda dark later on, particularly when it gets to the war parts (though to my knowledge, it's never too edgy beyond the boundaries of what's allowed for ostensibly a kids' show) - like it still does retain humorous moments, but it's generally fairly more sobering compared to the early parts of the show 😔 [3/?]

if i remember them correctly, some of my fave funny moments from the episodes you've already watched include when sento was trying to drive off on his phone bike while he was still in the cafe, banjou attempting to explain his backstory when sento asked but he started from his birth and an exasperated sento threw the visual of baby banjou away, the satou taro stuff (which iirc actually became a popular enough meme in japan at the time build was airing due to the way inukai delivered the "let's eat yakiniku tonight!" part, to the point that non-toku ads apparently referenced it lol), sawa excitedly following around an annoyed sento as build for her news stories, the whole chaining back-and-forth between banjou and misora, sento getting excited at hearing about the bottles misora purified but then becoming sad that banjou figured out a best match before him, sento immediately trying to test out that sword invention thing of his on misora and a 'sleeping' banjou but the latter was actually awake and threatened him instead, isurugi making increasingly dejected facial expressions when the others rejected his shitty coffee one by one in favor of their canned coffees, and the recurring gag of banjou having to put on a silly disguise whenever he goes out in public (shoutout to the literally contextless random clown costume) bc of how he's still a fugitive at large lmao (also not specifically meant to be funny but i cracked up at banjou's first appearance being shirtless in the sewers - i know it's supposed to be a fanservice-y moment but instead it proved to me just how nonexistent those 'sweet pecs' he loves to brag about are 😭) [4/?]

in general i like the whole gag of sento having a bunny ear ahoge that sticks up whenever he gets excited about science, even as a lot of fans jokingly call it a hair boner instead because well. i guess it's not exactly wrong hdjfjnkwjs sento being horny for science is probably the least surprising thing about him though... and a lot of the episode recaps are funny too, like when they explain how isurugi came to give sento his name (idk if you've reached this episode yet though) and when sento loves overemphasizing the way he says the 'genius'/'tensai' part of 'genius physicist' lmao on a side note, i do like how anime-ish many of the fashion choices and character quirks are, like sento's ahoge ofc and also his mismatched sneakers, and banjou's shrimp braids (i've seen a few other people think they look uncool, and while i understand that they can be pretty jarring when you're not used to that kind of hairstyle, i personally have come around to them by now and find them one of his charm points tbh), and in general the way banjou dresses like a delinquent-type lesbian jock in high school fjskjwkajs [5/?]

also i only realized later on when i saw other people pointing it out that it's weird that misora doesn't seem to have an actual schtick or something as an online idol, like singing and/or dancing or even playing video games (and later episodes do nothing to correct this assumption), and when they're not giving her info on what's happening in the country/touto re: things like smash attacks, instead she just. asks her viewers to essentially doxx people 😭😭😭 like even if that was for a good cause in the end and it worked out okay, it's still pretty weird to say the least in hindsight 😭 also let me just say that banjou being a bit of an ass to sento in these early episodes to the point of knocking him out twice to get away with his own plans, plus that part where he duked it out with sento in the nascita basement after the tatsuya incident made me go :O at first like wow okay yeah, i get where he's coming from wrt wanting to prove his innocence asap but also he definitely needed to chill somewhat (and that convo between sawa and misora where the latter was genuinely worried that the tentative friendship between the guys was over for real but sawa said she was sure they would get over it or something along those lines... queen of being supportive hfjsmkws). i'm glad he at least apologized for what he did to tatsuya in the end (also sento making that dragon bot companion for him was really sweet, even if banjou found it annoying at first lol), and the rest of his character development will definitely be cool to watch :') [6/?]

and yeah the range of their acting is amazing hwjsfkrds especially since both of their characters in cm and odt have that anxious and easily startled prey animal vibe 😭 though banjou's otherwise shouty aggressive persona is at least offset by goofy stuff like that running gag of him getting jumpscared by the microwave, and ofc the fact that he has very few functioning braincells (i hesitate to use the word here since it's become oversaturated in the past few years, but i guess you could deem him a himbo) lmao also in general, i think toku actors deserve a raise purely for being able to constantly maintain their composure while doing actions that would be otherwise goofy (e.g. i can only imagine how it looks to be cranking that lever on build's driver belts without any of the special effects added in yet) 😭 iirc inukai actually talked about that at some point, about how hard it is to insert the two bottles when he's not supposed to be looking, so even if he gets the first one right on the first try, he might still mess up the second one, so he often has to do multiple takes and said that bc of that issue, he was planning on buying one of the belt's toy versions so he could practice with it at home (idk if he went through with it in the end though) [7/?]

i'm also happy to hear about how endearing you've found the characters already - that's definitely one of build's strengths imo even if some of them end up not being developed to their full potential 👍🏼 and ahhh i'm so glad you're seeing the narumitsu vision this early!! i knew i could count on you 🙏🏼 if you're liking them thus far, trust that it's gonna get even better - you're gonna see just how much this was practically preliminary training for their later respective bl dramas ^_^ and sento and banjou may not be of the 'estranged childhood friends where one of them was adopted by his dad's murderer and then molded to follow in said murderer's footsteps and the other changed their whole career path just to see the first person again and save them' variety but they end up having quite a few Insane moments of their own later on that i feel are narumitsu-coded too so it makes me go T_T and about banjou's instinctive knack for figuring out best matches - yeah iirc it does appear a few more times after that, though sadly it doesn't figure as much anymore at the point in the show i am now. who knows though, it might still make a comeback in later episodes 🙏🏼 and yep that dialogue between isurugi and banjou... that sure was Something. ofc sento's issues will come into play more prominently as the show goes on, and i'm looking forward to seeing your reactions to how they pan out 👁️👁️ [8/?]

hdkfjskjs i'm glad you like both misora and sawa too!! misora is truly a #relatable sleep-loving icon for threatening to cut people who disturb said sleep <3 and you don't need to worry on the fronts of misora's powers and both women's backstories - they'll definitely get delved into at some point (in fact, since you mentioned being on ep. 8 already, parts of misora's get brought up in ep. 9 iirc)! my main issues are just that certain aspects, or the effects of those aspects on both women, of their backstories and the relationships they have with certain other characters in connection with that, and even their personal friendship with each other (even as i like the content we do get), could have been expanded on - ngl as i'm writing this, i'm getting flashbacks to capcom's treatment of aa female characters like maya and trucy, so once again the aa comparison seems apt here - but oh well, you'll see when you get there. ultimately it feels like a case of 'it could have been worse' considering how too often female characters can get the super short end of the stick in stuff like these, but still. that doesn't stop one from wishing it really could have been better 😔 [9/?]

and oh yeah, i hadn't brought up them up yet because i wanted you to experience them for yourself, but both gentoku/night rogue (that reminds me of the funny scene in ep. 2 where sento was like "the batman..." and he was like "it's night rogue, actually" and sento just snapped back with "i don't care what you call yourself!" or something to that effect 😭) and blood stalk are interesting and compelling antagonists and their cringe evil toxic yaoi dynamic is very fun to watch ngl <3 and about stalk and his drama-loving ass in particular - you're definitely in for a treat re: learning more about his whole deal, i promise 😌 me 🤝🏼 you 🤝🏼 other fans on akaso eiji: what is this man cooking sometimes djfjkahgs. and gah i know, he definitely comes off as smart enough (certainly smarter than the character he plays in this show) to be aware of the implications of saying stuff Like That so like. come on dudeee. and the comment i mentioned him making at that post-series promotional event is probably the cherry on top as the most out-of-pocket thing i've heard him say wrt this show to date (looking forward to both of us finishing this show so we can talk about it for real) like... seriously thank you so much for speaking your truth but also it's a wonder the toei snipers didn't get you in that moment 😭😭😭 also i imagine this is what the build actors felt like reading the script they got with every new episode: 🏳️‍🌈❓ and that was just amplified as the show went on 💀 [10/?]

and i actually was able to find again the video for the first promotional event - youtu . be/OW1y8FNibDU?si=bezKLuvqfYvSSDJq, and akaso starts talking at the 1:02 mark, so you can finally see it for yourself (it's also at this event where inukai jokingly introduced himself as satou taro instead of sento, complete with the 'yakiniku' pose that got turned into a meme, and akaso had to 'remind' him of his actual character lol). and re: this event, this was done for the crossover movie 'kamen rider heisei generations final: build & ex-aid with legend riders' or heigen final as it's commonly abbreviated, which i mentioned in my previous messages in passing, so here you can see iijima (where he looks far more baby-faced compared to his appearance in odt, even though iirc he's only 2 years younger than inukai and also akaso) and the rest of the main ex-aid cast too like i've said before, it's not strictly necessary to watch because it's not really meant to be fully canon, plus other kr protagonists - namely ooo/eiji, fourze/gentarou, gaim/kouta, and ghost/takeru - you wouldn't be familiar with also appear in supporting roles (though tbf to those other riders, since this is generally meant to be a standalone, it doesn't delve that much into the stories of their respective shows, so some cursory reading of their synopses and who these protagonists are should be good enough, but yeah i guess it does contain some spoilers for how said shows end, especially ex-aid since that's the other main rider here). the pros to watching this though is that it apparently shows some nice banjou development, which is still included within the main series but other elements are just elaborated on here, and contains additional foreshadowing for some later twists and reveals in the main series (build's head writer shogo muto was definitely on a roll while co-writing this) - and by that, i mean that the continuity is such that heigen final is technically set in between eps. 14 and 15 of the show, so there are stuff in episodes afterwards that get further set up here [11/?]

so if you don't mind some spoilers for the other seasons, especially if you're not planning on watching those anytime soon, and the fact that this isn't strictly canon, you can watch it on the toku . fun site (since the page i linked you to contains all the spin-off stuff for this show already) once you're done with ep. 14 :-) on my end, i actually started watching it a while back, but i didn't finish yet and i proceeded with my main series watching instead and now i'm 20+ episodes in, so if you're too impatient like me, it's still okay to skip it for now and just go back to it another time 👍🏼 and there's also an interview with iijima and inukai as promotion for the movie that you might be interested in, though you should also definitely only read it after finishing ep. 14 since it contains spoilers for that and a couple of episodes before it, and ofc spoilers ahead for ex-aid too: docs . google . com/document/u/0/d/1gV0D6WhKQiV8Hi3OhOk1XNUD3hB2uF4f9j1tWTYXE3g/mobilebasic?pli=1 [12/?]

also since you got past ep. 2 already, i was reminded of how build does pull the 'dead girlfriend for manpain' thing which is. not a great trope as a whole, and kasumi could have stood to be a bit more developed before her death and even in the later instances when she's brought up by banjou and co., but from everything i've heard, this + how kasumi is shown haunting the narrative is still generally handled with more grace compared to how ex-aid did a similar storyline, so this is definitely a tolerable enough case. and yeah while i don't think it was that many so far, kr definitely has had a bit of a track record of featuring dead girlfriends for men's sad backstories (though tbf, there have also been plenty of backstories here involving dead male friends so there is some equality at least ig??), the quality with which they were written varying, but welp are we really surprised considering how men-dominated this franchise is ofc lol [13/?]

and i do think the mysteries pay off well for the most part, so i'm glad it reeled you in too and ofc i'm interested in hearing your future thoughts and reactions :-) and don't worry about your posts/answers getting long, bc i can assure you that whatever i send to you will almost always be longer fjkhfsws. and feel free to independently liveblog it in separate posts too if you like - you can just tag them and/or put them under a 'read more' so i can more easily find them and your other followers can also filter the tags if they don't want to see those posts, though hey, maybe it will inspire them to get into build as well and there'll be a resurgence in build fans 5 years after it ended?? lol and yeah i think that might actually have been an aa reference fr! (even if he didn't exactly point like phoenix and co. haha) i'm pretty sure it's like the most well-known mainstream franchise involving lawyers dramatically yelling 'objection!'/'igi ari!' in japan atp so i wouldn't be surprised. just another thing to add to the list of aa-build parallels ig! [14/?]

akshfjfkas that's definitely one of the few things adachi and banjou would have in common at least 😭 also i'd definitely like to see any build fanart you might make!! no pressure though, draw them only if you actually want to and at your own pace :-) though that reminded me, have you ever considered redrawing narumitsu (or any other big m/m aa pairing actually, like klapollo, asoryuu, or even langworth) as the 'heated drama between men' picture (since that tagline definitely applies to those duos)? i always thought that was prime redraw material for other media, so it saddened me to see very few actual redraws or edits of it so far 😔 (though maybe there were actually more back then, but since this show aired 5-6 years ago, those are long-buried now or something). no pressure again ofc, it's just an idea so feel free to draw or not draw it hsfjwkflds [15/?]

unfortunately, because this has gotten very long again, once more i'll have to relegate my thoughts on the f/f and canon lgbt+ stuff to other messages some other time... just know the gist that toei has for sure been taking baby steps in terms of the rep, and afaik most of it has ranged from decent to good or at least i don't think any of them have come off as blatantly offensive caricatures, but some other moves they've pulled here and there have also been frustrating, and while it's true we shouldn't actively be seeking authentic diverse rep from these corporations in the first place, it still would be nice to someday get a respectfully written canon gay and/or trans kr protagonist of any gender (though given it's kr, it will likely be a guy anyway) without a single no-homo or "it's up to interpretation" type of official statement you know? 😔 aaand that's all again for now, thanks again, and goodbye and talk to you next time :-) hope you enjoy watching the rest of the show! <3 [16/16]

also sorry to add on to this hours later but i just suddenly got struck with new ideas for other m/m duos in aa to possibly redraw the 'heated drama between men' picture as: the actual toku characters like steel samurai/evil magistrate, or even nickel samurai/jammin' ninja just bc of the engarde vs. corrida drama (even though the characters are actually from different shows and i don't genuinely think of engarde and corrida's relationship as romantic wjdekjfsjh)

anon hi again and thank u again for the asks !!!! sorry for the wait i didnt get to watch much these last few days (only caught up to ep12 now) so i was waiting until id watched enough that i could update u on the live reacting a little bit kajfkdsjgd but its been rlly fun !! the plot twists keep getting me but theres the silliness to balance it out but then the emotions and the stakes oh god oh fuck-

gonna start w misora and sawa again immediately bc 1) i care them So much and 2) WHAT THE FUFCKKFDJFK I DIDNT EXPECT THE SAWA STUFF???????? when they showed her being in kahoots w the weapons guy i was literally >:0 at my screen i was so betrayed i thought that was for It for her...... but then her backstory and how she came clean abt everything and still wants to help the gang out ooughghhg i wamt to give her a hug so bad...... and her friendship w misora too im gonna Cry!!!!!! also speaking of the misora lore is also intriguing (7 yr coma....... i keep saying this smth abt jp medias and their 7 years) and her getting to go out after so long and have fun was so sweet 🥺 the idol thing is still wild tho but u know what. valid bc the concept of a doxxing idol is so funny kdfjkgjkdfjg

also sento and banjou oh my god . I DIDNT KNOW OTHER GUYS COULD BECOME KAMEN RIDERS TOO???? tho when stalk mentioned the hazard levels earlier i had a Feeling but it failed last time banjou tried so i thought that was it but omg what the hell .... the design for him is so cool too im glad he had that chara growth moment !! tho the kasumi stuff is def #manpain flavored so far (did those two only ever meet at that one sakura tree goddam let them have other flashback scenes??) im glad at least they didnt just drop her after ep2 and actually have her death impacting banjou (and sento too w him taking the blame for it himself) and that driving him to work on himself and become more selfless its so [chefs kiss] i do hope she gets mentioned again tho bc that "i hope you can forget me" in the letter was Not helping

also yeag . they are NOT beating the nrmt allegations for me!!! its about the trust and belief babey!!!!!!!! what the shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AND WHAT IS THIS . WHY. (for some reason it reminded me of krdc in that one scene in ep5 fkdjksjg)

but seriously the progression of their relationship is so neat to see (esp at the moments they give each other a push to do the right thing those always get me ough) they are becoming Friends!!!!! now im super curious tho what akasos other out of pocket comment mightve been bc canon is already pushing the ship so much how could he have possibly added onto it 😭

as for theories hmmmm i dont rlly have any solid ones rn?? the sawa plot twist already threw me off for a bit and the whole govt/faust stuff is going p standard villain plot-ly so no speculations there...... tho stalk is still confusing me bc hes clearly helping out and he even says it but im gonna assume he has his own goals (tho actually since u mentioned redrawing the heated drama pic i went looking for it again + looking for chara refs in general earlier and uh . i mightve seen a spoiler abt stalk ?? [nervous laughter] ha ha what the fuck 😳 gonna try to forget that in case its real)

also ty for that info on the movie it sounds interesting i didnt know they did crossovers like that :0 still have to reach ep14 so ill think abt if i wanna watch it then or afterwards but looking forward to the banjou content i will take All of it (and seeing iijima again too maybe itll even get me interested in his season jkjdkjg he does look v babie in that vid i almost didnt recognize him help)

the aa/kr crossover potential rlly is there tho im seeing ur ideas abt the aa charas watching the show since theyre already toku fans 👀 i thought abt seeing if theres crossover fics on ao3 or smth but nope im going to learn from my mistake im going to Wait i dont want to get more spoiled kfjdkfjg me making fanart is also gonna have to wait but soon. maybe . if i can keep a good pace to watch and not take one billion years-

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I'll answer the 2nd question in a separate post, cuz this one got me heated, oops. 🤭

Unlike Louis, Claudia never gets a pitch about becoming a vampire or even a choice. What does vampirism offer Claudia, if anything?

NOTHING. This poor girl's life was a living hell from start to finish--"rigged to burn," as Louis said in Ep3. TBF I guess it's like the saying: it's better to have lived and lost, than never to have lived at all. But eff all that, if your life's been crap.

I've always felt bad for book/film!Claudia, but I REALLY love how AMC's intensified the horror of Claudia's undead existence; not only being trapped in limbo b/t worlds as someone not exactly a child but not exactly an adult; but also now being a Black girl in the early 1900s, instead of a white girl in the 1700-1800s. I feel bad for both Claudias, but in totally different ways now.

Cuz in the books, Claudia's very different. She's FIVE. Unless it's played for laughs like Shirley Temple & Honey BooBoo, or sexualized like JonBenet Ramsey, there's nothing creepier than little toddlers/kids who act & talk like adults--it's a common horror trope for a reason. Book!Claudia was 60+ years old, but always looked like a babydoll--and people LOVED her for it. She didn't need the Mind Gift or a Spell Gift to get the job done--she used her appearance to her advantage over & over again--her victims would take one look at her and coo & squee & hug her as she called them "Mama!"; thoroughly unaware that this little girl was a frikkin demon. 💀

Book!Claudia was treated like a princess. But AMC!Claudia was called a Devil straight out the gate. The first person she encountered as a vampire wasn't some matronly lady who held her to her bosom & tried to help her, or someone who'd treat her like a little lady cuz of her rich clothes & high class status. The first person Black!Claudia met was a white COP lord have mercy, who was INSTANTLY on alert seeing a little girl out alone at night, approaching her with caution, ready to police her movements & put her back in her place. What advantages does Black!Claudia have at her disposal? NOTHING.

The next people we see her encounter are in Lovers Lane, and they immediately insult her, calling her a Swamp Thing--like how you figure!? 🤨 Her clothes are brand new, she's all clean & tidy! And then we see her in another brand new getup, looking like a rich Flapper, but she can barely walk a city block without racist white wenches calling her "Darkie!" (And she's High Yellow, she ain't even dark-skinned! 😭🤣) Like DANG! Did this girl have ANY positive experiences with humans other than Charlie--who DIES. 😫

Charlie's death sucked all the light out of Claudia's life. But even her time with him (pre-death) was marred. He took her out on a date for icecream, but what could she taste? NOTHING--just "chalk, paste, soap." Loustat bought her that mountain of macrons (that she immediately spat out), and promised her that blood tasted like "syrup," but she'd been living in a rundown shack--how much syrup had she possibly eaten to know wtf Les was talking about!? 😔 And then poor baby died a virgin. Every.single.time she has sex will be the same. 😬 And what kind of man will be ok deflowering her underage body but another underage boy, or some pedo? What can she get out of sex but blood & pain, and constant reminders about her first/last time w/ Charlie? NOTHING.

She stopped tryna connect w/ humans (congrats, Lestat, the lesson worked 😒), treating them like they were NOTHING; just the Meat, "I'm just getting started!" (Skipping ahead to Ep5, sue me 😅) A white cop barged into her room on that No Knock BS; and he only apologized for violating her privacy to her AFTER he'd busted her door down & come inside her room & got what he wanted (🤢); and they weaponized her young age to threaten her parents on some CPS timing, knowing full well they DGAF about her being around alcohol--cuz Black kids are only respected/acknowledged children when it suits court cases; otherwise they're infantilized as an insult ("boy," "little girl"), or aged up & treated like adult criminals or sex objects. (Heck, even the IWTV fandom's been more prone to call Lestat--a grown effing man--"babygirl" rather than black!Claudia, like wtF.)

AMC deliberately juxtaposes how older!black vs younger!white Claudia was treated by society. In Ep4 Black!Claudia had NEVER killed anyone before (she didn't WANT to kill that homeless dude), and yet she was ALREADY being treated like a criminal. And her new parents were screaming & hollering over her first kill the whole time, telling her to never target cops--even though ACAB--like she's the problem. Lestat said she should be SEDATED, like a wild animal.

AMC not only gave her far more nuance & complexity, but also interwove a great deal of Rose's backstory from Prince Lestat, with a few twists. Rose & Claudia were both rescued from fires by Louis. Rose's aunts were nice, but Claudia's "mean ole auntie" was abusive. Rose went to college on a full ride Lestat paid for, but Claudia had to SNEAK in & pretend she was the daughter of the Black maids who cleaned white campuses during segregation when black students were tarred & feathered, harassed and killed. The very first outfit Loustat bought her was a schoolgirl outfit, but Claudia couldn't go to school--she was self-taught & self-educated. Lestat mocked all of her learning--a warped mirror of Rose's lover/professor mocking her for reading recreational fantasy/smut in Lestat's books.

Both Rose & Claudia were targets of SV; but while Uncle Lestan (Lestat) was always Rose's white knight in shining armor, Uncle Les terrorized Claudia (chokeholding her as Charlie burned in Ep4, chokeslamming her TWICE in Ep5, and telling Antoinette to kill her in Ep7 as he chokeheld Louis). Making matters worse, Louis couldn't be her "knight in vengeful black" against either Bruce OR Lestat, cuz he was effing paralyzed & 1/2 blind for 3+yrs! He could do NOTHING to protect his daughter--she had to learn to protect herself.

Sure--Rose & white/black!Claudia got to be adopted by a rich couple who loved her--the DREAM for poor orphans!--but black!Claudia drew the shortest stick, emphasized by the changes AMC made. Teen!Claudia's old enough to run away from home and try living on her own--something book/film!Claudia could never do. AMC made Black!Claudia struggle & suffer--she's not a princess cocooned in confectionery finery at Rue ROYALe anymore--she's got NOTHING: homeless, penniless, jobless, defenseless, and unwelcome everywhere she goes. And thanks to Bruce/Killer, she can't even trust anyone who acts like they'll help her. She goes home to a literal pigsty of a busted up house AND father that SHE has to clean & defend all by herself--teaching Louis how to WALK like he's HER baby omfg--cuz god's strongest warriors are single mothers. 👏😤

She emancipates herself from Massa Lestat's domestic terrorism. She comes up with the Murder Plot all on her own cuz Louis' effing useless. She beats Lestat at his own game, and curbstomps Antoinette (don't think I missed how Antoinette grabbed Claudia by her hair--meanwhile you can't go 2 paragraphs w/out someone in the books heaping worship & praise on white!Claudia's blonde curls. It gets all the respect & compliments in the world, meanwhile what does Black!Claudia's hair get? NOTHING.). She planned the European itinerary ages ago, ready to take the world by storm!

But just when you think the clouds have parted, you remember omfg it's WWII. 💀

book!Claudia got to travel with Louis like they were on a Grand Tour, just like the kind rich white lords & ladies went on on the 1800s to get cultured or whatever before marriage. Sure, slumming it in Eastern Europe sucked (literally), but they were living in the lap of luxury even before they went to Western Europe (civilization).

But what luxury does black!Claudia get in Eastern Europe? NOTHING. Just bombed up battlefields. There's no fancy carriage for her--she and Louis are riding in the back of what looks like one of those canvas-covered army trucks.

In the book/film, Lestat actually gave Claudia a vampire pitch, making sweet promises to her that she'd get better--helping/saving her.

And unlike book/film!Claudia, AMC's version is on the very brink of death, and can't be talked to or asked anything at all. Unlike Rose, Claudia is actually burned alive in the fire--paralleling her final demise in the book/film. AMC deliberately had Loustat say NOTHING to her at all--she thinks they're angels, but the imagery we see is HELLISH.

Sure, she got a nice home and a rich family, but she died thinking neither Lestat nor Louis loved her at all, and her ghost was BEYOND PISSED in Merrick because of how sad & hurt & angry she was.

It's no accident; AMC knew what they were doing from the start. At the end of the day, vampirism gave Claudia NOTHING--it just delayed the inevitable (her dying in a fire), as her "destitute... inconsequential little life" came full circle. 😔

Rewind the tape —an AMC IWTV group rewatch

Episode 4: …The Ruthless Pursuit of Blood with All a Child's Demanding

In the time leading up to the second season, which premieres on May 12th, we’re hosting a group rewatch of season one! Today, Sunday, March 31st, we’re starting with Episode 4, …The Ruthless Pursuit of Blood with All a Child's Demanding.

You can watch with your friends or in your own time, and come talk about it in the #vampterview tag! We want to hear your thoughts, theories and burning questions, as well as your favorite moments, costumes and lines from the episode.

Come revisit the first season, and countdown the weeks to the second with us, here or on Twitter, using the tag #vampterview.

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We’re kicking off discussion of Episode 4 with two questions: 

Unlike Louis, Claudia never gets a pitch about becoming a vampire or even a choice. What does vampirism offer Claudia, if anything? How does Claudia joining Lestat and Louis’ family affect or change them, separately and also as a couple?

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Hiii 💕 6 , 20 ,24 for the artist asks? 👉👈

Haii!! 💕 I hope you've been doing well!! ^^

6. Longest a drawing has taken to finish?

This year it was probably a drawing I did for my closest friend. Originally it began as a drawing of her and Yoosung but then after like 3 hours of trying to figure out Yoosung physics I gave up on him lol. So it ended up as an attempt at a more cartoonish, but also somewhat painterly style portrait of my friend.

Tbf I've no clue how long it took in total in terms of hours, but I think it had the longest video time out of any of my other drawings lol

All I know is I made that file in January and the last time I touched it was September,, but dw!! I didn't work on that singular drawing for 9 months straight lmaooo

Once again, I'm not sure how many hours it would have taken as I work without looking at time, but this drawing would have probably taken me around 4-5 days, working for a few hours each? :p that's just a rough estimate lolol

20. What do you think you've improved on the most over the past year?

Probably on slowing down a bit when I draw. I still have a long way to go, but I always seem to speedrun all the processes?? And for what reason?? lol. No, but I think I've made progress on this because I finally identified it as a problem that I have, so I was able to work on it ^^

I was looking at my sketchbook shelf so I can compare my old drawings and- I found a sketchbook I completely forgot about?? :0 it's a mixed media one so I can use watercolour if I get back on it hehe. happy early birthday (jk lol) heres an unfinished mysme sketch from said sketchbook;;

I remember why I never finished this sketchbook now. Its bc it was my "inktober sketchbook" LMFAOOOOO I BARELY DID A WEEK OF INKTOBER PLS 💀

okay lemme see my fast sketchy sketchbook,,

I know this was a fast sketch but damn that waist 😳 There's this other drawing I did and the waist on that one was tiny too but like,, on that one it was genuinely disproportionate and I think those were exceptions to my general art,, but I thought I would mention them anyway djkskdkd

This has almost nothing to do with the question anymore lol. This was just me practicing poses and I was really proud of this one!! (Btw idk why I put balloons next to the date?? That's not my birthday, nor anybody's that I know of?? LMFAOOOOOO wtf)

AAAAAA its Ema Skye!! (Ace Attorney)!! I love her so I had to share lol anyways;:

OH actually I think I improved on filling up these pages more within the last 1-2 years?? look at this difference lol

to this!!

wait I just realised that most of my pages that I've got very filled up have a lot of um;; commentary and writing for absolutely no reason LMAO help,, this is the best I can do to demonstrate a bit of my improvement;;

25. What do you like most about your art style?

Sad news;; I don't have a consistent art style 😔 BUT there are some consistenties, which I can consider for this lolol.

I generally like the way I draw eyes, I think? They vary depending on the subcategory (lol) of the art style I end up going for, but in general I think I like the way I draw em

i kinda like the way I draw hair, too? though I think its bc I've been given compliments about that lolol

Thanks for sending this in!! ^^ 💕

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"sleazy journalists and pundits" you can say nico r

Aaswdfjegrfhftjygt I actually like Nico tho 😔 Tbh Nico Rosberg as a driver > all other iterations of Nico Rosberg imo. I don’t really care about his Youtube career, or his Extreme E involvement, or his stint on the German equivalent of Dragon’s Den. I just liked watching him race. And the Brocedes drama was spicy af. :dorime: 

Tbf his punditry sometimes has rights but yeah that was...Weird. I like that he likes Charles and tends to praise him but that was such a weird question and I didn’t vibe with that. Throughout 2019 he also kept saying that if Ferrari doesn’t get them under control it’s going to be a repeat of his teammate days with Lewis and it’s just...It’s apples and oranges, they’re not really comparable. Seb and Charles and Nico and Lewis are all completely different people, at different stages of their careers. I can see what he meant by that, but the thing that set Seb and Charles apart was at least a willingness to make amends. Things fell apart between Nico and Lewis because there was too much personal history between them, too much pent-up resentment and anger. They stopped talking to each other, they didn’t look at each other, they could barely stand to be in the same room. Seb and Charles never got to that point. If anything, they ended things in a better place than they started, having an understanding of each other that they previously lacked. So all things considered I think they did pretty well. 

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if it makes you feel any better, german speakers are extremely kind about mistakes. i've felt way less scared of making mistakes than i did with spanish (tho tbf, i was in high school then)

the german version of duolingo has been great so far (as long as you speak american english), there are a few mistakes but if you've learned enough, you'll be able to identify them and ask around about it. they use tons of sentence examples that would be useful if you were to actually visit germany? like ask for directions, understand the train stations, order food, talk about family, etc. also the forum is extremely helpful if you're struggling to understand something (even if you can't post anything nowadays 😔)

HOWEVER. duolingo is not for everybody. i've only had decent success with it because of pattern recognition and treating it like a game of "why is it like this" instead of just blazing through stuff to fill up my vocabulary. i write down every unfamilar sentence, grammatical structure, mistake and its correction, and things i know i struggle with

but once you have a basic grasp on german, you can move onto hearing native german speakers in shows n such and study what they're saying. because there is a difference between learning a language and learning how to use the language. even if i'll never ask "Wanderst du am Montag?" at least i know the words and how to structure a question lol

anyway german is a really fun language! and since its. well. germanic. like english, its been a lot easier to grasp for me

i've begun muttering things in german while i'm driving, very broken german. and when i make a sound, like if i brake too hard, i go "e!" but recently its become "ich!" ....i WHAT vo? huh? HUH? i'm a silly goofy driver? is that it?

at least i'm getting my practice in i guess 💀