#that would be so awesome. instead of being a fucking... COP

[catdile]

I’m so sad about Loop and the thought of them disappearing/never getting to see their party again devastates me to an astronomical degree so

Au where Loop gets ‘here we go again’-ed back to their timeline and everything is normal, except for the fact that the loops are still happening (supposedly, they haven’t looped back yet they don’t know I don’t know what are you a cop) and they’re still. Very much visibly a star.

They are obviously, very scared. Because their party doesn’t recognize them and there’s this whole thing where one member of the party REALLY has to look at them until they realize that ‘Siffrin’ really is, a WHOLE STAR NOW.

I HAD A WHOLE FUCKINH VISUAL FOR THIS. BECAUSE I BASED IT OFF OF THAT ONE MOOMIN EPISODE WHERE MOOMIN TURNS INTO A SWEET LITTLE BEAST AND HIS MOM IS THE ONLY ONE OUT OF ALL OF THEM TO JUST LOOK AT HIM AND GO ‘oh shit yeah that’s my baby’

Obviously there will be changes in dynamic and scenario, and it might be more than just one party member to do this, but the idea of a person looking at their unrecognizable friend and then being able to tell it’s them just from how they look at them makes me so ill.

Anyway since Loop knows damn well not telling their party shit will just get them in deeper shit they just like. Soppily start explaining everything, they cannot string two sentences together they’ve been crying nonstop since they saw their party give them a break. Obviously the party believes them because holy shit if you’re a whole fucking star and you’re also crying? Your eyes out? There are no tears, then why the hell would you lie about this?

It just ends in a lot of tears and Loop is. So sad

But also happy because…’yay !!! My party !!! I have my party AND I know how to break the loops now !!! Awesome !!! That was so easy !!!’

Yeah it only took losing yourself and accidentally changing your body into something you don’t recognize so you can leave your self made torment only to be stripped away from the ones you love and put into some other fucking fella’s timeline so that THEY can have their happy ending instead yeah Loop that was SO EASY.

IS THIS ANYTHING????????

[faerghusfucker]

Struck with this imagery that I will now share with you:

Sylvain cops to having had a crush on Glenn and Felix reflexively, without even any conscious thought or deciding to do it or anything, just fucking decks him. Is it little brother instinct? Is it jealousy? Is it anger? Who fucking knows! Not Felix! In the space where anyone else would go “sorry, reflexes!” Or something he just stares and then goes “you should go see Mercedes for that” and fucking flees. Sylvain is left bruised but also not mad, because he’s never mad at Felix. (The next day Felix does say “Sorry I punched you,” but that’s all he says and then he walks away) Felix will never bring this up again if it’s left up to him, and Sylvain would go along with that if Felix wasn’t also avoiding being in the same room as him or talking to him or even looking in his general direction, so he decides Ugh We’re Going To Have To Talk About This. And then he has to corner Felix, which for a guy who basically is at the training grounds 80% of the time is surprisingly hard to do, and also vaguely like trying to herd a hissing, clawing, squirming cat into a carrier to go to the vet; nowhere near impossible, but fuck if it isn’t annoying and kind of painful.

That’s as far as my imagination will take me, I have no idea how this would be resolved

😧😧😧

i… i guess that’s the scene!!!! you wrote the scene lmao!!! this is what will happen. i really really like this so very incredibly much. it gets at the specific type of painful that the early sylvix supports has and i love it very very much.

idk if i ever mentioned this online, but i decided that in the fic, sylvain and felix will be engaged when glenn pops back into their lives. they’re fiancées and their wedding is like. imminent. i might have the fic end with their wedding but im not sure. this is gonna be SOOOO juicy bc ive always enjoyed the idea of felix having to grapple with being second to his brother in literally everything. it especially hurts when it’s sylvain who ends up perpetuating it bc i think felix feels like sylvain is the one person he still has on his side after the tragedy. and then this bombshell drops and nope!!!! he’s second place to his own fiancée. i can’t wait to see how this unfolds ty for this beautiful delicious scene, im honored that you’d tell me smth like this instead of just independently cooking lol this is genuinely awesome

[bishopony]

Ohhh buddy I have THOUGHTS (This is so long, I'm so sorry)

1. I actually like Twilight better as a unicorn, she should never have became an Alicorn. (And that's coming from someone who first started watching around S5)

2. However, if Twilight becomes an Alicorn then all the Mane 6 should have been Alicorns. Rainbow, Fluttershy, Pinkie, Applejack, and Rarity did just as much as Twilight! Where are their wings/horns?

(That would have been awesome for the rest of the series!)

3. You are 100% right the tree castle is horrible. It's so barren and empty and so clearly made to sell toys. The library was nice and cozy and fit Twilight perfectly.

4. I absolutely hate redeemed Starlight Glimmer. Words cannot describe how much I despise this mare. You mean to tell me Twilight would throw a child into hell but let Starlight I-broke-space-time Glimmer go?? Absolutely not.

(Sunset Shimmer is a thousand times better and everything Starlight wishes she could be)

5. I actually like that Cozy Glow doesn’t have a backstory. Sometimes villains are just evil to be evil.

That being said, they should have at least tried to reform Cozy Glow. At the bare minimum put her somewhere other than (I can't stress this enough) PONY HELL!! She's like 12 Twilight holy shit-

6. Not enough people read the G4 comics. In fact, you should stop reading this ask and go read the comics instead. Most of them are online for free. I recommend The Return of Queen Chrysalis (1-4), Reflections (17-20), and Siege of the Crystal Empire (31-34).

7. MLP G5 isn't actually that bad, but it took too long to get off the ground. By the time it went from mediocre to good, most people didn't care. (Also Hasbro got greedy and G5 paid the price, but that's a rant for another day)

Also G5 should have been it's own thing, with no ties to G4.

8. Celestia and Luna should not have retired. Celestia I can understand, but Luna? Poor Luna just got back to Earth (or whatever the planet's called), no way is she retiring like 5 years in.

9. The CMC all having the same cutie mark was dumb. (And felt like a cop-out. Let my girls be unique!) Also the cutie mark designs themselves are just the ugliest things ever. Did no one teach that designer color theory??

10. King Sombra is best villain. However they should have picked literally anyone else to voice him in Season 9. Or even have the VA do a different voice! It's not even a bad voice, it's just not King Sombra's voice.

11. The Apples and the Pies are not related. Let me ship Marble Pie and Big Mac in peace. Let people ship Applejack and Pinkie Pie in peace.

12. Sugar Belle and Big Mac are a terrible couple. Maybe they were fine off-screen, but all we see is miscommunication. The only way that marriage is ending is in divorce.

13. I actually like that EQG used pony skin tones instead of human ones. That being said, there was way too much whitewashing—just use the pony's actual coat colors. I promise you can give Luna dark blue skin and it'll be fine. (How the fuck did Habro make the character with literally white skin even whiter?? HOW?? WHY???)

14. And finally (holds up megaphone): Just because Applejack and Rainbow Dash were seen together in the end, that doesn’t automatically mean they’re a couple!!!! —Sincerely, someone who thinks AJ and Rainbow are too similar to be a couple.

Ooooo ok cool I also have some thoughts LMAO. long post so read under the cut

I also like Twilight as a unicorn more than an alicorn but I do think it was right for her to become one since it was the climax of her character arc. The problem is that the show was meant to end after she became an alicorn and it went on for several more season :,) I think she was an alicorn for far too long

Not really sure I agree with this since it was only Twilight's destiny to become an alicorn. While it would've been cool to see them as alicorns and the whole mane 6 put forth equal effort to saving equestria, it just wasn't meant to be lol.

i saw someone's AU where the castle looked more like the student 6's tree of harmony and I like that a lot more, THAT'S how you design a crystal tree house ^^'

I like Starlight Glimmer and her unconventional approaches to problem solving, but man she did get off way easy for nearly destroying the world. I mean, idk, community service or something? Also why is Cozy Glow, a child, in pony hell? Why was she trapped in stone? How did the writers think that was an appropriate punishment but other characters like Starlight and Discord get redemptions? ToT

agreeing, no extra notes lol

I have a few of them! I've read the Nightmare Rarity and mirrorverse ones, I really love the comics

Agree with this one as well. G5's issues all come from Hasbro wanting to make even more money off of G4 and not allowing G5 to be its own thing like it should have. Hasbro, a toy company, should have made way more collectible G5 merch instead of the same cheap brushables of the same 4 characters over and over. I also saw someone on twitter make a good point that the G5 show should've aired on disney+ instead of netflix since that's what most families have nowadays. truly, G5 is just a victim of corporate greed

Yeah I always felt bad for Luna for that lol. If Celestia wants to retire good for her, but at least Luna should've have stuck around and helped Twilight. Can't image Ruler of Equestria is something you just get used to immediately, esp as one person instead of two like before

Totally agree, no extra notes

He's not my favorite villain, but he is fun, and they could've gotten a better VA for him lol. Or at least changed the direction for his voice? The VA is skilled and sounds good but the voice was a little too smooth IMO.

Yeah it was never actually confirmed so it's not canon. I wouldn't worry about shipping them cause the show writers clearly don't care lol

It's kind of forced imo. They're two random characters and I think they just wanted to use Sugar Belle again. I don't remember that episode well but ig discord was stopping them from seeing each other? idk they should've just gone straight to each other. just not anything I'm invested in

Agreed, they should've had their actual pony colors if they're not gonna have realistic skin. It was weird that rarity became pure white and luna was lightened so heavily. and why is celestia pink. if they were trying to avoid racially coding the characters they certainly failed that cause it just implies that they're all white

I think some of the writers said it was canon? Or at least implied since hasbro wouldn't let them confirm it outright. I don't like appledash either way, and can just pretend it isn't real lol.

[baronessvonglitter]

Get to know your moots

(I know I'm late to this one, so no judging looks, okay? 👀)

thanks to the beauties who tagged me in theirs: @probablyreadinsmut @itwasntimethatdidit40 @joelmillerisapunk @milla-frenchy @myownwholewildworld

what's the origin of your blog title?: it's the title of an album by Fatboy Slim (maybe I'll change it monthly? i dunno yet)

favorite fandoms: the PPCU, baby 🫡 but honestly any show I binge on the regular has a fandom I love

OTP(s) + shipname: Joana (Joel + Adriana) 😊 Joeliana? It's a work in progress.

favorite color: i know it's kind of a cop-out but i love all colors. except burnt orange and brown. i'm on the fence about gray.

favorite game: i'm old so i immediately thought 'board game' and i can rock Clue all day all night. I've never lost at Clue. I don't really do video games anymore because i get addicted really easily and will literally block everything out during gaming. But! I used to love the old-school Resident Evil series and the Tomb Raider series. Also fucked with some GTA in my time.

song stuck in your head: "Feels Like We Only Go Backwards" by Tame Impala.

weirdest habit/trait?: randomly speaking in a (terrible) English accent, saying 'tanks' instead of 'thanks', spouting off random facts about things i believe to possess vast knowledge of, and oversharing. I also like to randomly sing out, even though i hate when other people do it.

hobbies: writing! reading, cooking, discovering new bars/restaurants, finding enrichment time in my enclosure, convincing myself i'm normal.

if you work, what's your profession? i'm a jill of all trades. i've done everything from working in a library to teaching cpr.

if you could have any job you wish what would it be? i would love a job where i solely get to travel and enjoy other cultures. i also think it'd be awesome to get paid to be an urban explorer, or one of those ghost hunters who stay the night in haunted hotels. I'd be a less douchey Zak Bagans.

something you're good at: i like to think i'm good at writing, or else i wouldn't be so happy on this platform 😊 I also like to think I can see both sides of a situation, really play devil's advocate (it's a Libra thing 💅🏽) and in that vein i'm also good at spending money, not always wisely. Another negative is I'm good at giving the cold shoulder. Fire signs absolutely hate it.

something you're bad at: managing time (it always seems to outrun me) and explaining my true feelings. growing up, we weren't encouraged to express anger or sadness, so at times it's still a battle just to tell people how i feel.

something you love: all of you! Really! Imagine being a DM away from your favorite writer and you exchange snippets about your day or any little random thing, and you discover the person behind that beautiful collection of words you love so much.. that's what this platform is for me ❤️This time last year I was reading fics by many of the same people i now get to interact with and it's such an incredible feeling! I also love anything with white chocolate. I'm a sucker for it.

something you could talk about for hours off the cuff: the Pedro boys obviously, astrology, conspiracy theories, The Office, horror stories, past lives, movies and what they mean to us, food.. you name it. I can talk to Aquarius people forever, they are the best to talk with about anything 💗

something you hate: snobbery and entitlement, violence towards kids, racism, bigotry, rude manners, the standard usual. i also hate that i don't possess teleportation powers or super strength.

something you collect: nail polish and lip products. i can't go anywhere without picking up a a lil something.

something you forget: i sometimes forget people's ages. i still sometimes think my parents are fifty. they ain't. 😔

what's your love language?: i'm not sure what it is officially, but something i love to be on the giving and receiving end is "i saw this and i thought of you" whether it's a song, a small gift, or a meme.

favorite movie/show: literally too many to name.

favorite food: i like a little of everything, but honestly nothing quite hits the spot like Mexican food 😋

favorite animal: armadillos are my favorite! also possums, raccoons.. i guess anything that ends up roadkill lol 🥲i'm also becoming quite fond of the axolotl.

what were you like as a child? i was a weird kid. i was usually pretty quiet but i had my super-hyper moments. also i got bullied in my younger days, but my knee jerk instinct was to fight back. i had a mean streak when provoked lol.

favorite subject at school? English of course, and French because my teachers were amazing. but as a whole, i didn't really enjoy school.

least favorite subject? math, and physics because my teacher was a prick. why the hell are math teachers so mean? I didn't have a good math teacher until college, and she was amazing because she was so patient.

what's your best character trait? i like to think i'm good at listening. use me as a sounding board or ask my opinion, i'll be happy to help.

what's your worst character trait? procrastination. my fear of rejection has kept me from many things, but i just tell myself they weren't meant for me. also i noticed a lot of people saying they feel like others hate them and... hello?? is this a universal experience or what? i feel like people probably groan when they see me in their inbox or emails🥲like i said before, i hurt my own feelings worse than anyone else actually can.

if you could change any detail of your day right now what would it be? that my allergies weren't attacking me right before bed.

if you could travel in time who would you like to meet? i've always had a crush on Edgar Allan Poe, so maybe i'd go meet him.

recommend one of your favorite fanfics (spread the love!): i can't! i've read so many special fics by wonderful people, and everyone has their own style and voice. anything that i've ever reblogged is an automatic fic rec, and i'll start doing them monthly (or every other month) this year. i really need to gussie up my masterlist and add a link for my recs. and THAT'S the project i'll be doing this weekend!

this is crazy late, so i won't tag anyone specifically. if you see this on your dash and you're interested, consider this your invite ❤️

[occasionaloneshots]

HOLY SHIT IM SCREAM CRYING THAT CJ & ELI ONESHOT WAS SO FUCKING GOOD 💔💔💔💔 but I am back for another one! again, take your time, no rush at all!! quality over quantity 🫶

but can you possibly maybe do a oneshot where (they/them) reader gets high w cj for the first time at the y2k party and the world starts ending and they start tweaking out and have like a major anxiety attack which is caused by first time being high paranoia and the fact they broke their moral code? like the first time they do something bad, people are literally dying and they try sucking it up cause "omg wtf is this main character moment ew???" but cj is trying to comfort them and shit? sorry idk where I'm going w this

but I hope you're having an awesome day/night!!! thank you so much if you do this! :D

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Your unwavering love for CJ is honestly my favorite thing, I love to see it in my inbox, 🕯. It's always adored around here

"God, we’re high, babe, we’re going to jail.”  “It’s not the cops, it’s just Farkus.”

Moments that Would Kill You if you were Zooted - CJ Y2K

Title came from a letterbox review that tagged this movie "Movies that would kill you if you were zooted" because it's on the list of Y2K reviews that I think about daily

CJ x Reader

pronouns Used: They/them/theirs

Tropes: Pre-established relationship

Word Count: 1.9K

Summary: It was supposed to be a silly thing they'd regret in the morning, something they did "just in case". The world wasn't actually supposed to end.

Warnings: smoking and shotgunning, swearing, that part of the movie where Ash stops CJ from letting a guy into the garage and the guy dies but it's the reader stopping him instead, CJ is taller than the reader, vomit mention

       He’s leaned against the kitchen counter pouring a drink when they find him arms slipping around his waist as they lean their head against his back. “Hey, you.” He leans back into their touch, a smile pulling across his lips, “Where have you been?” It’s followed by a hum, a brow raised despite the fact that he knows they can’t see him. 

   “I left to scope out a place,” They lean up on their toes slightly to press a kiss to his neck, “Found somewhere that we can be alone.” He turns around in their arms, taking a sip off of his drink as he looks down to his partner over the rim of his solo cup, “Trying to hide me, are you?” Their eyes blow wide for a moment, staring up at him as they frantically shake their head, “No, no! Not you just uh-” They reach into his pocket, pulling out his bic lighter and flicking it on in front of him, “Just don’t want witnesses when I try your hobby.” There’s a flush to their face, playful glint in their eye doing nothing to hide the way they shrink down in his gaze. His brow raises again, a hand coming up to push a strand of their hair away. “I thought you said that you would never smoke with me?” 

   It comes with a slight shrug, taking his hand as they toy with his fingers, “The world is meant to end tonight. I want to do something crazy.” “And splitting a joint is crazy?” “It is for me. Now are you going to smoke with me or not? Because I’m sure I could find someone else who’s willing to share.” They’re bucking up against him, eyes squinted as if daring him to say no. “No, no, I’ll do it. But when you start freaking out, don’t start crying to me.” They start pulling on his hand, dragging him towards the garage, “I’m not going to start freaking out, he of little faith.” 

   “Oh you so are, you freak out like, all the time.” “Okay?” (Y/n) turns around, pout painted across their lips, “Just because I freak out when I’m stressed doesn’t mean that I have to freak out when I’m stoned.” He spins them around, pulling them against him so that their back is flush to his chest, “I am so not letting you get stoned. You’ll get a buzz, maybe.” “Maybe?” They go to pout but he’s pressing a kiss against their temple, distracting them from any attempt at an attitude that they could have mustered. A hand comes out to grab the door handle in front of them, throwing it open for the two of them to slink into the otherwise unoccupied garage. 

   They make their way down the steps and onto the concrete in the center of the room, dropping down to sit cross legged on the floor as they laugh. “This is the dumbest idea I’ve ever had.” He quirks a brow, unlit joint waiting between his teeth, “You don’t have to, you know. I’m fine smoking alone.” (Y/n) shakes their head, reaching the lighter they took from CJ up towards him, “I wanna.” There’s this smile on his face, eyes sparkling with near pride as he plucks the bic from their waiting hand. “Well in that case, stand up for me,” the hand that isn’t holding his light reaches out to help them up. Their brows furrow, letting him pull them up from the ground and into his chest. “You want the first hit?” 

   The question makes their stomach turn, filling with nerves as they nod, “Yeah, yeah, get it out the way, right?” He nods, lighting the joint that still rests between his lips before grabbing their waist to hold them close. He takes a drag off it, his partner huffing at him. “You said that I could-” Before they can finish the sentence he’s pulling the joint away from his lips, the hand that was on their waist coming up to grab his lover’s jaw instead. They fall silent as CJ pulls their face closer to his. Lips hovering over theirs as he blows smoke into their mouth. (Y/n) breathes in, the smoke he’s blowing into their lungs burns, the sensation tracking down their throat as they try to hold in a cough. The attempt doesn’t work though, coughs spilling out of their burning throat as they look at him with watery eyes. 

   “That feels awful, why would you do that for fun?” There’s this adoring smile across his face, thumb brushing over their cheek as he takes his own hit, “It gets easier, doesn’t burn as much the more you do it.” (Y/n) frowns, watching him take another hit, a hand reaching up for the joint that rests between his fingers. “Well if it gets better, I get another go.” He shakes his head, softly handing them the smoke, “We’re not taking even hits. I’m not letting you get genuinely high for the first time in a place that you don’t know well.” “Yeah yeah, whatever you say, stingy.” 

🃜🃚🃖🃁🂭🂺

    Despite his claims and his best efforts at not letting his partner get high, (Y/n) is a giggly mess on the floor beside him. Their head laying in his lap while they attempt to explain to him why shape shifting would be the best power to have in an alien invasion. The most insane topic he thinks they could have ever come up with and yet somehow it seems fitting. His hand busies itself with scratching at their scalp in slow gentle movements. It’s grounding them in some way, their body dipping itself towards his touch. It’s cozy,  he’s sure that they missed the countdown, it had to already be the year 2000, but he can’t find it in him to care. Not with the hazy and adoring way that they’re staring up at him from his lap. A hand resting on their chest with his clutched tight in their grasp. It’s too good, too perfect for him to want anything else. It’s going to get cut short though, it seems their gentle points like this always do. 

   This time it comes in the form of intense knocking on the door, a voice barely making it through the wood. “Open up the mother fucking door!” Each word is punctuated with bang of the person’s fist and the sound makes (Y/n)’s eyes blow wide. Jumping up from his lap as they turn to the door with panicked breaths. “Is that the fucking cops? Did the party get busted? God, we’re high, babe, we’re going to jail.” He scoffs, shaking his head at them as he makes his way to the door, “It’s not the cops, it’s just Farkus.” The boy comes stumbling in, Ash bucking up at CJ as they stumble in behind their friend. 

   Then oddly enough, it’s those loners, Eli and Daniel, they think? And one of the popular girls, Laura, rounding out the group as they slam the door back closed. “Fuck,” they’re mumbling looking between the group as they get up to run to CJ’s chest. He takes them back into his arms, letting them nuzzle against his collarbone. “I don’t want to deal with people right now.” He nods, running a hand up and down their back, “I know, I know.” He looks up from where he’s staring at them to look over the disheveled crew that stands before him, “So, what the fuck happend to you guys?” “Computers started fucking,” Ash flails their hands around for a minute, “I don’t fucking know dude, computers are fucking killing people or some shit.”

     It becomes this muddled explanation, something that feels like too many voices to follow until CJ speaks up from his place holding them. “But they predicted it. They knew it was coming, what gives?” “Do I have to spell it out for you man? President blowjob, he planned it all.” Each new call from different sides of the room has their heart racing. (Y/n) does their best to keep their breathing even from their place in CJ’s arms but it feels like their heart is beating in their ears. CJ seems to notice, squeezing them tighter against him as Eli and Farkus argue about God only knows what but it’s not enough. How could anything as simple as someone holding them be enough when there’s people in that house who are never going to be held again? 

   The end of the world was supposed to be a fucking joke, it wasn’t meant to be anything. This should have been something silly that they did with the joke of it being the end of the world, they should be dragging CJ back to their empty house right now. Not standing in a room of people that (Y/n) can’t stand as they try to keep themself from getting sick. This isn’t about them, none of it is, now could it be. But the need to vomit feels like it’s pooling in their stomach, just waiting for the okay to spill their guts. This wasn’t supposed to happen, this was not supposed to happen. 

    Above them, the tracks of the garage door fight to come to life, drywall crumbling from the ceiling which CJ barely pulls them away from. “God we’re so fucked!” He doesn’t mean to let it come out, apologizing at the terrified look his partner gives him as Ash scoffs about his reaction. It seems to lead them into another argument, though (Y/n) can’t quite follow how. Not that anything happening in the room can matter to them as a banging comes from the door again. A guy yelling on the other side about how fucked he and whoever is with him are as the computers approach him. CJ goes to approach the door, but Ash steps in the way as (Y/n) grabs his waist and teethers him to the spot. Effectively stopping him from being able to go to the door as the banging halts. 

🃜🃚🃖🃁🂭🂺   It’s this numbing blow, as the yelling for it to stop ends and it sets into the room that the boy, whichever one of their classmates it was, had died. The buzz in their brain somehow even allows (Y/n) to make it out of the garage and into the woods before they break down, but as CJ sits them down on the swing beside Ash, the thought of what happens sets in, making their mouth taste like bile.   “We fucking killed that guy. We fucking,” they shake their head, hands coming up to grip their hair, “We fucking killed that guy when we wouldn’t open the door. We killed that guy and we’re all going to fucking die. And fuck I’m going to be sick.” Ash turns to stare at them as CJ drops to his knees beside them, rubbing their back as he quietly tells them that things will be alright and they didn’t do anything wrong. Ash watches silently, unsure of how to help but glad to fade into the shadows as the dry heaving starts. They would’ve let the couple be, they’re not their business anyway, but then they hear it. (Y/n) rambling off insane ways they could die, or how they could get charged for that guy’s death if they don’t die just to get cut off by CJ shaking his head, “See, I knew you would get paranoid.” It’s this hitting blow, finally understanding the way that the other person had been acting all night. “Shit dude, are they greening out?” “No no, just, their first time. I’ve got them.” He’s nearly glaring at Ash, this protective energy taking over the duo and Ash scoffs, “Yeah, I’m sure you do. But I’mma help you out, okay? I don’t need them jinxing us with their collection of violent thoughts they’re telling you about over there.”

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[rubyredsapphire]

Hello, I finished reading "Five survive" by Holly Jackson. And I will be rating the six's secrets from least worst (6) to worst (1). Enjoy.

! SPOILER WARNING !

6) Simon

At 6th place is Simon, his secret was that his uncle steals cars and that he helps him sometimes. Now I'm not for grand theft auto but it does not physically harm another person, and as Simon put it "helped with his acting skills" and well, I don't want to stand between a boy and his pasion so this is very valid to me. His secret was not even bad enough to make the characters think the sniper was there for him, which grands him an awesome 6th place. Good job Simon.

5) Reyna

Now you may be wondering "why is Reyna above Simon" and to put it simple: cheating is worse than grand theft auto. Reyna's secret is as you guest that she cheated on her boyfriend and lied about it, which indirectly causes for the death of her homewrecker. The only reason Reyna isn't higher on this list is because I absoluty dispice Oliver and I honestly don't give enough fucks about his feelings. I still blame Reyna for not having the balls to just break up with him, also because she clearly hates him too (and is so utherly in love with her homewrecker) it's kind of pathetic that she couldn't find the strenght to break up with him and chose him for his future money and carreer instead of going with the love of her life but I get that she was in a toxic relationship.

4) Maddy

Number 4 is Maddy, whose secret is that she knew her mom killed her best friend's mom. This would be higher on the list if she wasn't 7 years old at the time that she found this out, and if she didn't have a manipulating two facing bitch as a mother who planted just enough doubt in her that she stayed quiet. Still I am off the opinion that she could've just told Red what she saw/thought with the disclaimer that she wasn't sure and then they could've figured everything out togheter. (Which would lead to Red not making the deal and the whole book never happening.) But again, she was a naive 7 year old. So that makes it 4th place

3) Red

Third place goes to Red, who made a deal with a corrupt cop to be a fake witness in a criminal trial. Red is higher than Maddy because even though she was getting manipulated, she wasn't 7 years old and made the decision on her own. Now in her defence: yes she was going to put an 'inocent' man in prison on false charges but the guy was the head of the literal mafia so even if he hadn't comitted this crime, he had probably comitted worse crimes. Also I deeply feel for her and the grief she goes through for her mom (maybe because the book is from her perspective) so being told by a woman you trust that the guy you're putting in prison may be the reason your mom is dead is also a good reason to make the deal. Then there is also the thing with the money. She was going to use it to pay of her dads health insurance, which as someone who has heard horror stories about the American health system I can understand. The only thing that rubs me the wrong way is the fact that she just assumed Catherine had the 20 thousand dollars in cash... like you don't question that? You don't wanna know: "Hey where tf did you get this money?" But yeah she trusted her so she may have been a bit naive but still.

2) Arthur

Now this may be a bit controversial because yes, Arthur was a part of the mafia and his brother was actively trying to kill everyone in the RV (well only Red but Mike is crazy so eh) but I firmly stand by the fact that he didn't have the worst secret. This placement is also because I'm heavily biased, I love Arthur as a character and when he was revealed as being the traitor he imidiatly started franticly apologising. And that is something not everyone does. Arthur may have been very complicid in the murders of the old couple BUT he never murderd anyone himself (even before the RV incident, he had never murdered someone despite being the son of the head of the mafia). And he was also actively trying to get everyone out of the situation unharmed (esp Red), which I deeply apreciate. He felt deeply sorry that he lied to all his friends (and as someone who used to read a lot of fanfiction about the populair guy making friends with the loser as a bet and then actually falls in love with them, I can understand this "I lied to you in the beginning but I've grown to deeply love and care about you" trope). He apologiste to Red, he said sorry to Simon. I forgive him. It's not his fault he was born in a really fucked up and toxic family dynamic and I think that he did quit good under the circumstances. Also...

1) Oliver

...I REALLY FUCKING HATE OLIVER. Oliver's secret is that he straight up killed someone. "Oh but Red it was an acident" "Oh but Red the other guy punched first" I honestly could not give less fucks. Oliver got in a fight with (who he thought was) a stranger, the stranger pushed him and he punches the shit out of him to the point that the other guy lays knocked out on the ground. And instead of calling the cops he just... leaves. Like okay Reyna was also there but atleast she showed some fucking guilt after. Because what's worse than a murderer? A murderer who doesn't feel guilt. A murder who doesn't care. Like honestly yes Arthur may be the son of a mafia boss, and his brother may have shot 2 old people and Maddy but atleast Arthur said "sorry" like atleast 70 different times, but when and I mean literally give me a page number because this is crazy, WHEN have you EVER seen Oliver even uther the word "sorry". "Oh sorry that I held a knife to your throat" "Oh sorry for throwing you infront of a sniper" "Oh sorry for making you get out of the RV while I know there is a sniper who is probably going to shoot you" "Oh sorry for getting you shot" "Oh sorry for not fucking listening" "Oh sorry for being such a fugly annoying bitch who takes after his mother so much the only thing that he's good for is manipulating people."

"OH SORRY FOR IDK?? FUCKING MURDERING SOMEBOD?"

But no. He doesn't say sorry, because he is Oliver Lavoy.

At the end of the book I was actually begging someone to just grab the hair scissors and stab into his mfing throat but even Arthur was too much of a pussy (although he stood on business with Catherine) so I was debating if I should just crawl into the book myself and kill Oliver myself. In the end I didn't have to because Mike aka the better mafia brother did what no one else dared to do and finished the fucking job. When I realised the title reffered to one of the main 6 I was begging all gods and Holly Jackson herself to please let it be Oliver because a gunshot wound to the chest is maybe more merciful then he deserved but it is the peace that I deserve for putting up with him for 389 pages.

But yes guys that was my list :)) as you can see it's pretty ironic how the people who are higher on the list got a worse fate in the end.

1) died

2) on the run for the rest of his life

3) 2 week coma and lost half a lung

4) needs a wheelchair bc her leg is fucked

5) got of with a lot of trauma and a dead boyfriend

6) got of with the same trauma and a stolen car

-1000) Catherine Lavoy: died the same way she killed her best friend. Got the fate she deserved.

I hope Oliver and Catherine never see eachother in hell.

If you want to know if you should read this book, ask yourself the question "do I want to see 6 teenagers get mentally tortured by a sniper" if the answer is yes... brace yourself (for Oliver Lavoy).

[jacenotjason]

OK this will be an extremely long ask i am sorry. i love radford

i havent sent an ask to people in years but i am one of the radford fans of all time and demonic possession is a fun concept to me, so the idea of gadreel possessing him specifically makes me INSANE

i just think itd work extremely well. radford doesnt take anything seriously and doesnt understand boundaries, but he always puts his concern for others first and his well-being last. he annoys father gregor and compares him to priests hes seen in the movies, and he does spray holy water + offer free candy against kevins wishes, but he also warns rick about the trouble he could get himself into when not giving the right movie tickets, and helps kevin with his job with no pay in mind. hes annoying, but his heart is in the right place

but gadreel is the Ultimate Prankster. him trying to imitate radford would backfire Hard, because gadreels idea of fun is,, More Extreme. he allows kids to enter adult films, he steals candy and says its fine since hes friends with kevin, he tells his friends and brother to break the rules and disrespect authority, etc etc. im unsure what gadreels motives are other than to ruin everyones day, but hes doing a damn good job at it. all the blame is going to radford, and honestly, its just So Easy to blame him for it

i imagine it takes a while for most people to figure out that somethings wrong with radford. he does what he wants freely, wherever and whenever, so these mistakes could be rationalized by him having an off-day. i assume rad would look extremely tired after a days long session of gadreel torturing him (because he loves pushing the human body. bill cipher behavior). but i think what makes everyone truly concerned is when "radford" starts involving Others in his antics

it isnt like rad to encourage bad behavior. he would never tell rick to swap the prices of two items at his new job, or tell robert the best blind spots to steal from stores, or forcing kevin to take his anger out on someones property. the radford everyone knows is ditzy, but kindhearted. if theres trouble, radford would be the only perpetrator

and god, imagine how much worse it gets if "radford" gets in trouble with the police. john would be frustrated seeing his own nephew be so careless and cruel all of a sudden. itd probably even make him spiral and assume the cult had something to do with it, and that john and his family arent safe like he thought. and i think gadreel relishes in that knowledge

im also so curious as to how gadreel and radford met and how long the possession lasted, maybe it was a week? in my head, he came to radford in the form of a snake before revealing his true self and attacking, leaving no time for rad to fully process it and run away. i also assume skid and pump will have some involvement, and pumps eyes turning blue will be a clear sign that "radford" is associated with a demonic entity, or Is one. either way i love gadreels character being a "twisted" version of radfords if that makes sense

so um ya sorry for the longest ask ever. heres a drawing

OPOOOHMYGOHMOSIEJHIOSRHGIUSADHRUITGHSDUIGSDB !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU ARE AWESOME!??!?!?!?!? FUCK OK OKAYAKOAJTYAOKATY THANK YOU SO MUCH THIS IS SO COOL

THANK YOU FOR THE DRAWING, EATING IT, YOUR POINTS ARE ALL CORRECT

Unlike Moloch whose possessions are more brutal and obvious, Gadreel hides and youre so right! Hes here for the long haul babey!!

yes i imagine the possession lasted about a week, week and a half. Gadreel can't feel pain (at least Radfords pain i mean, he has a higher pain tolerance, as a demon yknow) so he could very well accidentally snap a bone as Radford and not even notice. What im saying is Rad is hospitalized afterwards

AUGHHH the police thing. Gadreel sees the cops and WANTS to get caught by them, just for goofs. in a "Oh what would happen if i did this :)" way.

GOD THIS IS SO COOL YOURE LITERALLY THE BEST

OH!! AND ON THE SUBJECT OF HOW RAD AND GADREEL MET !!

Instead of possessing Patty in the morgue, Gadreel took the form of a snake and.... left lmao. or got noticed and thrown out bc oh my god a snake

he ended up near the candyclub and radford was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Gadreel saw Radford as a hiding place and a means to have fun.

I imagine Moloch doesnt care about what his vessels look like, meanwhile Gadreel won't possess someone if he thinks theyre lame. like yeah he couldve possessed patty but then he would've had to.... do stuff. eugh. This guy looked WAY more fun.

im actually vibrating yourel iterally the coolest dawg.

[cairavende]

Worm Arc 16 first part thoughts (through defeating Dragon and Defiant interlude) cause it seemed likely there is going to be something major happening in the rest of the arc and I might as well split it here:

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!

MY BABIES ARE FIGHTING!!!!!

I might not have made the best choice in adopting both Taylor and Dragon

Ok so it's not technically my babies fighting. It's Taylor fighting simple AI Dragon created. But close enough.

Drone robot fucked up a perfectly good barbecue. That's just criminal.

I love that the robot sent after Bitch was basically designed to get fucked up over and over. Work with what you have.

Also Bitch was so willing to listen to Skitter! Not just listen but "come up with a plan like you usually do, we’ll make it happen"! She fucking trusts her so much! GAAAAAAAYYYY!

You put Skitter in charge and she is just instantly "Ok we're going to attack the Wards, the Protectorate, the PRT, and some of Dragon's robots. All at the same time. Cause I always gotta go BIGGER!"

I will give her this though - solo teleporting into the middle of the Protectorate and Wards (except for Clockblocker) and having Trickster swap her around while she just FUCKED SHIT UP? That was badass.

And throwing herself out the fucking window? TWICE? I'm very glad Trickster was on point there cause I would have fucking murdered him if he dropped my daughter.

Piggot trying to be all high and mighty and superior. Fuck off lady. You just a cop. You're like, the worst cop. I already called you out for having a full blown villain internal monologue in your first interlude. Some of the PRT might be trying to do right. Maybe. But you are just evil.

I will give Piggot one thing. She is good at what she does. It's just that what she does is not "leading the Brockton Bay PRT and Wards to better take care of the people of the city", but instead "be a terrible and manipulative person who would absolutely set of a nuke if she thought it would kill enough capes".

Also Trickster don't be an asshole. Being disgusted when Piggot admits she's fat and doesn't sound ashamed about it. Fuck off with that. She's a terrible person, there are so many better things to attack than her appearance.

Like the fact that she upset Tattletale! She made Tattletale sad! FUCK PIGGOT I HATE HER FOR THAT ALONE NOW!

Sticking a bunch of glass in some doors and riding around town on them oh my god. These are like, the scariest super villains in town. And they are door surfing. I love it.

Azazel is fucking fancy! I'm sad it got melted down in the end.

Dragon just needed a guy badly cosplaying as a DS9 starship for a few minutes and then she builds infinitely better shit than he ever could. Cause she is awesome.

Ok so I know it was technically being run by an AI that Dragon built but I'm counting it as Dragon. For one reason.

Skitter asking Azazel stupid questions until it broke was just a little sister annoying their older sister with really stupid questions! She starts off with some somewhat reasonable ones and just gets wild with it. It was perfect. That is the type of fighting I can tolerate from my daughters.

I'm a little worried about Imp clearly crushing on Regent. He hasn't had the best moral character in the past.

Wasn't expecting them to just *have* the city after beating Dragon. Definitely wasn't expecting that to happen mid arc.

“She’s out of it. Tattletale broke Skitter when she said we won” - GAY. Look sure there's lots of reasons Skitter would be distracted after hearing that the city was theirs and they had won. But Tattletale said it and there's something about a girl you like telling you "we won" that can just stop brain from working. Besides I wasn't getting enough Chatterbug content this arc so I'll find it wherever I need it.

So coming into this arc I had been making lots of jokes about Monarch referencing Skitter vs Dragon (both were controlling lots of minions, want to control the city, they're siblings cause I adopted both of them so they fight for the crown, etc) but Dragon is out of the city for now. So I really should have been focusing on Coil vs Skitter. Which is what I expect the rest of the arc to be.

It'll be fine.

I'm sure there won't be any issues at city hall with her dad. Nope.

PRT squad interlude (Piggot interlude round 2) thoughts:

Nilbog is terrifying but god his power is wild.

I had Left 4 Dead in my head the entire time. First thing they killed was a boomer. There was a spitter later as well. And they got the swarm once they shot the flare up for the evac.

PRT is endlessly badly managed. Given the unknowns they could have been more careful and used a better strategy. If they have the resources to wall off the town they have the resources to have done things better.

There is no way Thomas Calvert isn't Coil (more specifically becomes Coil). There is NO way. It has to be him. I don't technically have any proof but I know. It's him. (The way he is described, the way he talks, just everything about him. I could write up an entire post just on why I'm 100% positive he is Coil.)

I already knew Piggot was a horrible person to be running the Brockton Bay PRT and the Wards so this interlude didn't really give new information there. But it does just lock that down on an extra level.

Frank Miller's Armsmaster interlude thoughts:

I'm very sad I had to have this interlude from his perspective instead of Dragon's perspective. But I'll live.

Sucks to be this small town.

PRT failure again. It was made clear that the police of this town in no way expected the SH9. But the PRT knew when SH9 left BB and had a loose idea of their potential travel speed. And they knew SH9's M.O. in this situation of staying to back roads and hitting small towns. So every police department in every small town within a certain distance of BB should have known to be on alert. Like ya they aren't going to be able to stop the Nine, but they might be able to reduce losses a little. PRT is just bad at it's job. (Almost like Alexandria doesn't have the right priorities.)

I KNEW DRAGON WAS A TRUE TINKER! I HAD ALREADY MADE IT MY HEADCANON THAT SHE TRIGGERED WHEN LEVIATHAN ATTACKED NEWFOUNDLAND AND I'M SO HAPPY IT'S REAL!

Plugging my ears when I Was Insecure So I Made My Stick Even Longer Man talks about playing "ten by ten" with my robot daughter. Look she can do what she wants, no shame, but I do not want to hear about it from him if I can avoid it.

Of course Dragon knows about Cauldron. I should have expected that she did. My daughter is brilliant (and also maybe doesn't have a concept of privacy so gets all the information she can without explicitly doing something illegal and goes has a little bit of a "Big Sister is watching you" vibe).

[karlmarxmaybe]

"How do we make a crime thriller mystery solving story without painting the police as "the good guys"?" Y'know I've thought about this. The obvs answer is "Disco Elysium" but there are also other avenues. You could have the detective not be a cop nor working with the cops. Perhaps a young whi This can accomplish a twofold purpose: 1. The detective can be genuinely interested in helping the people in distress who need a mistery solved without it being copaganda and 2. The fact that those people need the detective can highlight that the police does not exist to protect them. Honestly the original Sherlock Holmes stories have kiiind of this already? Barring the ocassional cooperation with the Yard. But it can be made more anti-cop.

Now my personal idea that I'm just throwing out there if someone wants it (fuck intellectual property etc.) is: why would someone be that invested in helping people who are in these horrible situations? Sure, willingness to help and all, but, like, we're talking murders. That's gonna take a toll on you, and I no doubt many would help anyway, because humans are awesome, but. Consider an intrinsic motivation.

Sorry for invoking the Evil Trinity here, but remember the first episode of Sherlock? When they were like "yeah this weird motherfucker loves crime scenes. Wouldn't surprise me if he killed someone." I liked that. I liked a detective who's in it for the love of the game. Obviously the "sociopath" shit was extremely sanist and ableist, so get rid of that, but the concept of "person who wants to solve crime mysteries because crime mysteries get them excited" is awesome. This is also kinda original Sherlock Holmes, but he's primarily motivated by wanting to help justice. He needs to solve mysteries or he falls into deppression, true, but his drive is for justice and not simply pleasure. I want the reverse.

Get someone who gets their joy out of a morbid fascination with crime, death, victimization. Say they get close to details of death and murder and such by helping the people in need. Say they also genuinely want to help these people, and as such aid them when the police (would kinda be the main antagonist) starts mistreating them. There you have a recipe for a compelling detective. Someone who genuinely helps victimized people while also exploiting their suffering for their own enjoyment.

I am aware what I am proposing is essentially a twist in the serial killer formula (in which the twist is "the serial killer helps people instead of killing them"), and the serial killer genre being what it is, we're walking a tightrope with mines on it here, but I believe a sufficiently tankied-up author can make something great out of this. I have trust. Good luck!

[taldigi]

Sometimes it's still wilds me that people do not give a shit about pre-cannon even though they adore PV.

Like, Nino would show up or they would use the miracuclass but the only difference is that Felix is there and sometimes Marinette is typoed to be called Bridgette- or they can't be assed to comprehend the concept that Felix is Adrian and just call him fathom instead.

Like there is so much juicy stuff in pre-cannon that can we use to craft such an awesome narrative... Even the kwami orb alone introduces so much and mixes up the formula in such an exciting way. Heck, even stuff that I don't care to adapt is a lot to work with, like Marinette initially living above/ her family renting from Fu. Or her father being a cartoonist or even possibly a cop. Like come on guys. There's so much, it's all so cool. Where is all the brainrot and the fanfic??? why aren't more people just going absolutely stupid for this stuff.

And don't tell me people aren't interested because people fucking stupid for office AU. It's not like the idea of ladybug pre-cannon isn't popular or in the view of the fandom.

[hannahwatcheshorror]

THE INVISIBLE MAN (2020)

💁‍♀️Strong Female Lead

This movie is very clean and long with dark and modern settings, it takes a spin off of the classic movie monster but nearly a decade later. Elizabeth Moss is stunning as per the usual and her character acts in ways that make sense and have purpose. The beachy scenes and lighting style reminded me of The Menu. A very thrilling watch from start to finish!

(Trigger Warning Abuse, Suicide, Self Harm)

⭐⭐⭐⭐

Elizabeth Moss plays our boss ass babe, Cecilia, who is immediately running from her horrifying boyfriend who punches out a car window when he sees she is gone (but he doesn’t have anger issues). You see her creepy ex has a lot of science and robotic stuff in a lab but that will come into play later. We fast forward a few weeks and we find out the ex died so Cee starts to feel more safe in the world… That is until the world starts being really unsafe for her like her water being “randomly” drugged and her knives being moved around… Cee figures out she's basically being haunted by her ex because he was a science genius and a creep and he didn’t actually die but instead is just spending all his time being invisible and stalking her. But that is a crazy theory for people to just believe right away so no one does (she is literally every townsperson the cops didn’t believe in the first film).

Her ex sends a really mean email to her sister which the sister takes as science fact which is so funny to me because the sisters see each other regularly but one got a strongly worded email randomly and thought, “there is no way this is fake.” Cee goes to her sister and is informed about the horrible email but when she tries to deny it the door gets slammed in her face and, again, I call mad shenanigans because if someone sent my sister an email from my account it would take her months to read it and then I would just say that I didn’t send it and she better fucking believe me or I swear to goodness. Anyway this sends Cee spiraling, her ex surprises her in the attic, he speaks for the first time (ew!) and then they get in a huge fight!

This was crazy to watch because Elizabeth Moss had to fight a green screen or (I guess) just her demons because there was nothing there, it was awesome to see (or not see). She escapes and discovers that this generation's iteration of The Invisible Man is made of a suit and not multiple injections of a gnarly chemical that makes you insane (her ex was already insane to begin with). Cee hides a copy of the suit in her secret little hidey-hole (which I’m honestly surprised her ex let her have considering he knew everything else she was doing) and then gets her sister to meet up with her but, oh boy… Her ex punishes her for “stepping out of line” by murdering her sister and framing her for it. Best (ex)boyfriend ever, right ladies?

So now Cee is under observation since she is screaming about an invisible man and said invisible man now has a front row seat to her AND his baby growing inside her? (Fun fact, she's pregnant.) She tricks her ex into appearing before stabbing him and shorting out his suit a bit, enough for a fun scene of a “now you see me, now you don’t” invisible man. This results in a lot of injured or dead cops yet somehow ends with the ex being let go because he blamed his brother.

Finally Cee has dinner with her ex, exits to slip into something more comfortable, pops on the invisibility suit, ushers her ex into his next project (being dead), and walks out with the dog. Mic drop, she is gone. (Also thanks to her cop friend who has to clean all this up for her.)

-----------------------HANNAH WATCHES HORROR--------------------

[banamine-bananime]

opinions on wash? for character bingo ^_^

I do love wash but for me he’s like, blorbo by proxy to soooo much of the fandom that i’m like aight he doesn’t need me there’s other people appreciating him way better than i would anyways. It’s also kind of that “zone of compelling mediocrity vs having nothing to add to a complete concept” thing for me. Like his character arc is arguably executed the best, at least one of the best-executed, in the show, and then any things to elaborate on have been elaborated on so well by so many awesome writers in this fandom that i’m like *thumbs up* tight story I have nothing to say. But since i don’t talk about him much i’ll take this opportunity to just list things i do love about wash:

really funny guy in both intentional dry sarcasm ways and unintentional ways through being so fucking… how to describe it… sort of a Stoic Military Man who Endures Things and represses Unnecessary feelings and denies himself pleasures when he does not need to do that. He does such weird things and he’s like so serious about it, sighing deeply and resignedly at Yet Another Time The Universe Is Testing Him, yet at the same time recognizes the absurdity in these situations but just… doesn’t take that recognition to the point of removing himself from the situation or refusing to engage and instead he just Endures but also wisecracks about it.

obviously all the epsilon stuff. Man. situationship of all time

LOVE the marathon-winning grudgeholding in a way that he’s entirely silent about it until suddenly he is very not silent about it. guy who CANNOT just fucking let it go but you’ll never realize that until it’s too late. reactive dog with growl violently trained out of them “bites out of nowhere!!!”

going along w that, yay repressed anger issues!!! sorry that’s flippant but i have so much love and sadness and anger for ~Troubled Kids~ railroaded into violent professions and places based on being branded with labels of violent/oppositional/defiant/angry/dangerous instead of being helped. “hey you’re struggling with something that’s making you so angry you can’t contain violence or feel so unsafe that the only defence you’re left with is aggression or feel that you need to make people fear you to feel a little less unrespected and powerless or so that they get a taste of it for once. instead of addressing that i think we can use it. you know how people believe you’re Bad and that you’ll never change and lots of doors are shut to you? well, this one’s wide open and it’s what you’re meant for, as a person who is good at violence and not trusting people. come here and we’ll train it into you some more.” i’ve said it before and i’ll say it again: cop-dog-coded motherfucker

really really good juxtaposition of this with being the goofball rookie. i know some people get frustrated with the inconsistency between pfl-recruit-era wash in book-extras vs in the show but to me it really adds something. a guy can both be goofy and have repressed anger. that guy might play up the goofiness trying very hard not to again be railroaded into Being The Crazy Angry Dangerous Kid. he is friendly and wants friends! that guy might also internally chafe at the kind of friendship that exaggerated “i’m not a threat! i’m not a threat! i swear i’m not a threat i’m just a little goofy guy!!” presentation begets. being treated as the dumb hopeless class clown sidekick is demeaning and makes you resentful no matter how hard you’re trying to make yourself think “hey, they’re my friends, this is good, they like me, they’re joking with me so they don’t hate me, this is so much better than being disliked”. and then you’ve got this internal spiral going of fear of your own capacity for anger and resentment -> overcorrect -> more things to resent

YAYYYYYYY JUSTIFIED VILLAIN ARCS MY BELOVED. love s8 washie so much.

as with carolina, really well-executed redemption arc of growing to accept friendship and rest and forgiveness and hanging onto hope that there is something better (frands and luv for them) you can shoot for than just getting revenge. wash: life is just unending cycles of violence forever change my mind. *blues offer him forgiveness and unconditional acceptance* wash: wait. i didn’t know they could do that. brb recalibrating my entire worldview to account for the power of friendship.

i actually don’t like a lot of fandom “wash and cats” content because it often hits kind of a woobification tone i’m not interested in, BUT i love imagery of alleycats, cats with nine lives, cats that always land on their feet (even when they fall off something in the goofiest, most clumsy way possible. wash paradox of dexterity/somehow surviving against all odds and dumb clumsy accidents/bad luck real). cockroach kitty wash : )

otoh my Hot Wash Take is i think sometimes some fans swing the pendulum too far the opposite way from All-Characteristics-Erased-Except-Trauma-And-Protectiveness-And-Cats Woobie Wash. yeah he’s obviously extremely competent but he’s far from the most skilled character in rvb (not his fault the competition is insane) and he is a bit goofy. let him goof up a little i promise it’s okay he’s gonna land on his feet

[gosiksmallspace]

For the WIP GAME: I'd like to hear more about Time travel and Vibing! Oh, and also, I'm curious about Hyunsoo knows why he was sent to prison

Thank you for the ask!

I answered about Time Travel Fic here because @envylimes also asked about it. People like time travel concept <3

I really like a time travel fics and I have been thinking of writing one for some time (because let’s be honest time travel could fix a lot in those morons romance lol).

But then you began to post yours and it was so awesome!!! I never though about time travel and time loop! It's so good! I will never stop praising you about it!

About Vibing. Well it’s smut. Hyunsoo and Jaeho have some fun times. And they could be sex toys involved… I know more or less what I want to write about but it’s mostly just plan for now lol

I’m a bit conflicted about ‘Hyunsoo knows why he was sent to prison’ but the idea is that Hyunsoo knows that Chun is sending him to prison not to join Jaeho’s gang but because he is visually exactly Jaeho's type and Jaeho is bi. According to Chun, Jaeho will be desperate and Hyunsoo is pretty and in his interest. He knows she is sending him there to be Jaeho's fuck toy. He is against it, but his mom is worse and he can't pretend that he will figure it out on his own anymore.

So he agrees.

He goes to jail repeating to himself that it is for his mom.

He gets close, gets Jaeho attention…

And nothing happens.

Like, stuff happens, Hyunsoo helps Jaeho reclaim power over the prison, his mom dies and he tells Jaeho he's a cop. But else NOTHING HAPPENS. Jaeho does not touch him. He tells Hyunsoo that he's pretty but is just teasing. He never makes a move that would lead to anywhere near Hyunsoo's ass.

Hyunsoo is confused.

Chun is also confused as she listens to them through the watch. The first time she gets a chance to listen to them interact is after Hyunsoo leaves jail and it’s not what she expected. She was sure that Jaeho wouldn't miss such an opportunity. But turns out that they close but it's not sexual. And she can't even say that Jaeho became impotent suddenly because he still frequents nightclubs and sleeps with prostitutes.

Hyunsoo is still there, undercover but quite happy that he doesn’t have to do anything besides just follow Jaeho around.

But he likes Jaeho. And kind of starts being jealous about people who Jaeho takes to bed.

It annoys Hyunsoo more than it should. Because he could have been scared before and then relieved that he doesn't have to but now what he knows Jaeho? Like wtf, Hyunsoo is good-looking and hot. Why does Jaeho not want him? And chooses others instead?

So yeah, that's the general idea. I first wrote a confrontation scene between them about Jaeho not wanting Hyunsoo and the rest kind of came around lol

I think there was also a Chinese fic that also had a similar idea describing Hyunsoo's preparation before going to prison (it was heartbreaking and tragic but so good, and I only read it with a translator). (Edit 1: found the fic.)

So yeah, that what's in those files lol

Thank you for the ask! If you want to know more you can always ask!❤️❤️❤️

[thedarkermelody]

Just Off

Honestly, it took Stan an embarrassing long time to put together his car was even weird. Most people would have their car randomly turning itself on and jump to conclusions like 'it's haunted!' while Stanley just assumed the ignition was a bit finicky and parked it somewhere it won't smash into a street sign if it moved forward or backwards some. Then came the fact he had to fight and plead with the car to open it's hood, just to realize he didn't understand anything that was in there. Like yeah that and the glowing futuristic crap probably should have tipped off a smarter person it wasn't normal, but Stan just assumed he got a car that some smhuck didn't even know was a treasure they threw out instead. Why would he got talk up how awesome his car is and let certain jerks find out and wreck it from jealously!

It's not like he could has F- anyone to look at it and ask if they understood it when they had been too busy to hang out. Or ask Pa who considered Stan even buying the thing was a waste of money in the first place. So instead Stanley eventually just rationalized it as maybe that's what engines looked like actually and moved on instead.

Now he didn't really have extra money for car parts at the time anyways, so him digging up metals that 'seemed' right for what could replace what looked old and broke really shouldn't have worked. The fact it somehow did was just another flag added to the bouquet of waving signs he didn't notice hitting him square on the head over and over.

Now the fact that car would rev up, honk and beep at him in communication since the start? Well he blames being just plain ol' stupid him on how he just assumed cars could do that. Hey what are you a cop? It's still his car like he's gonna actually sell it out for being alive! The money someone would give wouldn't even be worth it cause they'd just realize Stan is a wanted criminal anyways then he'd be out a good car and locked up again! Fuck that Stan says! (And well selling the one thing that stuck with him all this time, isn't the Stanley Pines way. He'll make those millions without selling out his car pal!)

[thenixkat]

Oh yeah, I finished the Blue Beetle 1986 run.

There was a bunch of stuff I liked. Like Ted's college roommate/bestie Takamoto. And Ted being a decent caring boss/willing to fucking throw down if you try to harm his employees. Giving ex-cons chances. Willing to look out for people's families and financially support them. And caring about homeless people (granted he failed to grasp the fact that he could infact do shit to help them).

Loved the choice to have Ted's Beetle Nest be right under the Kord Inc. building. And Ted's gods awful fashion choices, good fucking lords you have to actively try to pick colors and patterns that clash that badly. Also really like Ted with curly red hair, every other appearance of him in the DC universe should have curly red hair! It looks great and distinct.

Also the whole Ted vs Dan thing and Khaji Da being a mind controlling alien parasite trying to seduce Ted. The ending felt like a fucking cop out but most of it was fun and also Dan lasered a bunch of cops which was neat.

But there was also a bunch of stuff I hated. Like the unnecessary drama of Ted not telling his loved ones about his secret identity even when it became clear that it was causing issues. OG Ted didn't have those problems b/c he told his girlfriend/lab assistant which was hot new and spicey at the time narritively.

You could have had different more interesting drama with folks knowing! Imagine how the arc where Nixon banned superheroes b/c public opinion got turned against superheroes would have gone down if there were people who knew that Ted was a superhero? Like that fucking cop got to figure out Ted's identity but what did we get out of that other than Ted getting blackmailed by that cop to do dirty work for him?

There's a bunch of plot lines that never get resolved and as far as I know just don't get resolved due to folks not really caring about Ted's of solo run. Like, poor Mr. Calhoun does not get fucking rescued after he got horribly burned, forcibly mutated and given superpowers, then kidnapped and enslaved. I didn't see a single peep about Mr. Calhoun after the Titans told Ted to go home and things will resolve themselves eventually.

Just damn, free my mans Calhoun!

And like damn, no one at Kord Inc really thought about Jeremiah Duncan much after he got kidnapped by French people. And that doesn't sit right with me. Especially after seeing what Ted did for Angie and Calhoun when they were in trouble and even that ex-con that was trying to turn his life around. Like? The fuckle?

Also the entire ending of that run felt just ... that's both a downer ending and it didn't feel super in character. Like yer telling me Ted, Mr. 'Oh no my secretary didn't show up and didn't call out and this is very not like her I'm gonna drop by her house to see if she's ok' and Mr. 'Calhoun saved my life I'm going to ride with him to the hospital to make sure he's ok/I will fight all these fucking supervillains trying to kidnap my employee so I can get that man to a fucking hospital' would say fuck yall and dip instead of helping rebuild his company?

Sure, he's pissed off at his dad and his ex but would that spite really beat out every fuck he gives for all the other people that work for him? The folks he said were like family to him that he proved pretty well that he meant it through out the story? If he quits he cant take care of the ex-con's family like he promised to. If he quits what happens to Angie? If he quits Calhoun wont have a job to come back to and its not like he could get another after being turned into a metal skinned mutant.

Nah, I don't buy that ending.

What is Ted Kord other than a bundle of guilt and responsibility, seasoned with depression and self loathing, and covered up with a bright wrapper of quips and humor?

I'm not buying that Ted Kord would leave his people in a lurch just to spite two fuckers when he could spite them by being fucking awesome and taking care of his?

[invisiblegarters]

Only Friends Character Rankings - Ep 8

Decided to start titling these with the episode but dear god now I have to go back and fix them and apparently I am not consistent with my tagging (shocker), so probably that won't happen. We'll just move forward.

Last week Sand pissed me off, Ray managed to get what he wanted while still kinda looking like a loser (and making Boston either a prophet or just someone who knows Ray way too fucking well), and Mew won the ep by being impressively unhinged in his revenge and making the supremely dumb (and messy) choice to date Ray. I enjoyed the visuals but also couldn't stop laughing because you know Book was bending his knees so he could do the forehead touching and neck nuzzling with Khaotung. It must have looked so awkward.

ANYwho, let's get to it, shall we?

Disclaimer because I'm gonna need it this time: these are my opinions only and do not necessarily reflect what the show is trying to do or the characters' actual motivations. While I try to take a step back as much as possible while doing these my biases and personal experiences are still going to come into play and today I'm more frustrated than usual.

You've been warned.

Characters (Fave to Least Fave atm)

Sand. Look, I was terrified about what he would be doing this episode last week. I worked myself into a whole lather about it. But he was awesome here. He set clear boundaries and stuck to them, he rebuffed Ray at every turn. He tried to move on with his Freddie Mercury soul twin. Or at least hook up which I would love for him, everyone else gets to at least kiss someone else why hasn't Sand, huh? WHY HAVEN'T YOU LET SAND KISS ANYONE BUT RAY, SHOW THIS IS WORKING MY NERVES PLEASE TAKE HIM OUT OF COLD STORAGE. *ahem*. Frankly he exceeded my expectations.

So I want to know what all the people dragging him for not doing enough fucking want. Do you want him to hit Ray over the head with his guitar (me too but we all know he hasn't been pushed that far yet)? Leave the country? Change schools? What?

He's trying. This whole episode was him trying to let Ray and whatever hopes he may have harbored about him go with as much dignity as he could - yes he was softer about it than I would have been, but Sand's just like that. He is taking responsibility for his own damn feelings the way he always does and he's trying to deal with them alone, away from Ray, without causing fuss. Ray's the one hounding the shit out of him right now. If it's about him running to help him with the cops, well, I sort of get it but not really - Sand would have done that for anyone he cares about, and he knows damn good and well if Ray's caught with coke after he just got into trouble for drinking and driving his dad might not even be able to get him out of it. He'd have done the same for Nick guys (not that he'd have to but my point stands). You can't just turn caring off because the person you care about sucks. And he could have stayed and babied him and he chose to leave and baby Nick instead, and to me that feels important.

Although it might be about the preview, which okay, fair. And if it is I can't throw stones because the preview for this ep had me incandescent with rage last week.

Beyond all that, though, I just want to know: has anyone ever taken care of this man? Because it feels like no. Every relationship in his life, form his mom to Ray to Nick, even to Yo in this ep, he winds up playing caretaker. The shoulder. The one people rely on. It bothers me that he seems to have no one to lean on in turn, and I doubt he's gonna get that at all in the run of this show.

Boston. I love Boston I will never stop. He didn't do a lot today but everything he did do was great. Pining over NIck but still shutting him down, genuinely listening to Atom, showing up to a party with all the friends who hate him right now and being like "yeah, my place too, suck it." Hands down my favorite conversation this ep was between him and Top - something about it felt so oddly playful. Well, you know, for Boston. It felt like whatever hang up he had with Top, it's gone now, which makes me think once again that it was less about him than Mew. Also he did this:

and it made me cackle.

He's gonna fuck Atom and piss Cheum off but Atom's a big boy so I'm not really that bothered by it. That said, it was funny to watch him hesitate for once. Like hm, this could go badly. And then Atom was like "so?" and that was that, lol. Oh, Boston.

Mew. Oh, Mew. I was so disappointed when I saw him doing lines with Ray. This is not the way I wanted you to spiral, babe. But I did call it. He wanted Ray to make him forget how he feels about Top, but Ray can't do that because Mew is about as into him as he is the wall. In fact he might be more into the wall, if possible. It was certainly a trip watching his face every time Ray got affectionate. And when Ray isn't working, what does he turn to next? Alcohol. Drugs. Anything to help him pretend he's moving on. "Habits (Stay High)" is Mew's song this episode.

But in the end it won't last, I firmly believe that. Mew will boomerang back to himself, maybe not as gullible as he calls it, maybe a little less uptight, but yeah. He's not going to keep wearing Ray's persona like his own little Halloween costume. He's got too good a foundation for that, has been too firmly rooted by the love of his parents and even his friends (yes, his friends, they might not be good for each other but all of them try to be good to him save perhaps Boston I said what I said).

Although we still have four eps so I doubt it'll happen soon.

Top. I just don't get the need to hate on this guy. It's getting super old. I think he's really trying - he clearly cares about Mew, and he's cared for a while, and he wants him to be happy even if it's not with him. Weird to me how when Ray said the same everyone bought into it, but when Top does it it's sus. Especially when Ray demonstrably couldn't even keep to that claim, lol.

But I digress. Maybe I'll have egg on my face in two episodes or whatever, but I feel for him. And I believe that he actually cares about Mew. You don't just stand there and take all the things that Top took from Mew this ep and then turn around and take care of someone when they're drunk and high and their new boyfriend is nowhere to be found to do the thing they promised they'd do better than anyone else. Maybe he'll do something beyond the pale in the next ep and that will be that, but right now he's putting his money where his mouth is in regards to Mew and I have to commend him for that. I am curious if he will continue doing so if Mew tells him to leave him be and means it - has he done that? Because as far as I can recall he has not, which is telling.

He was stand up this ep, but he does lose a few points for cuddling Mew while he was incapacitated. Because Mew would definitely not want that were he awake and sober (or well he would but he would still say no and that's the point).

Popular theory is that he called the cops. If he did, I basically say *shrug*

The Lesbians. Yes they are an entity leave me be. I am not one who thinks that Cheum was entirely wrong, although I do think that there's a time and place and maybe while someone is being pinned down by the cops isn't it. She is wrong that Ray is dragging Mew down with him. Ray isn't doing that, Mew is happily sliding all on his own. Well, not so happily but the choice is still his. Ray is enabling it, yes, but of course he is. One, it's Mew. Ray has no idea how to tell Mew no. Two, Ray does all these things himself. Of course he's gonna be okay with Mew doing them too, because not only does it reinforce his own shitty habits, it give him one less person telling him they're shitty. I agree with fandom that Cheum is not Ray's friend, not really. But Ray isn't hers either. Both of them care about Mew. The end.

April though was the real MVP of the two of them. Woman speaks sense, both about Mew and about the situation with Ray. I think probably because the only person she really cares about here is Cheum, so it's easier for her to step back and see the others from a more neutral place.

Nick. Still out here trying to earn the gold in the simp category of the messy Olympics. The brass balls he had to go up to Boston like he did, though. Like. Okay. I still think you're insane but I can respect that. HIs hurt face when Boston shut him down didn't get to me this ep, but his Halloween costume was cute.

Daddy Dan is gonna be a problem. I can't wait. Every time that man smiles I'm like danger, will robinson, and yet I'm so ready for Nick to walk right into that thinking that he's moving on and finding that he stepped into something he can't handle.

Ray. This happy motherfucker.

Where do I even start with this one. He has Mew just like he always wanted and he can't even give it fifteen minutes before he's bugging Sand. Like dude. Come on. Give the poor guy a break please. But of course Ray won't - all he's thinking is that he can have Mew for boyfriend and Sand to make him feel better about himself. It's...frustrating to watch.

But also he was so pathetic everywhere this ep that I don't think I've ever liked him more. He's such a loser, I'm sorry but not really. Like it cracks me up that Sand gets shit on for wanting him and Nick gets shit on for wanting Boston but I'm supposed to feel bad for this dude? Nah. At least Sand and Nick haven't stopped quite so low as to be the willing rebound for a dude that clearly doesn't want them yet (I mean, Nick so would. Sand...not so much. More on this later).

Relationships (Fave to Least Fave atm)

TopMew. I actually think these two might be able to make it work. They're the only couple I think this about now.

They love each other guys. Sorry but it's true. Maybe Mew won't be able to get over the Boston of it all, and if he can't he can't. But he wouldn't be spiraling this hard if he didn't still love Top - he certainly wouldn't have looked at him the way he did in the hostel kitchen with his defenses down, high and miserable and sick and hurting so badly and still in love despite his best efforts. And he wouldn't need to hurt him so damn badly, either. And Top loves him back.

Now all the masks are off. Whether or not they work together that way remains to be seen.

YoPlug. Look you leave Yo alone Jojo I am not kidding. I know you were being all clever and showing Sand his closed off future (which again, wouldn't be happening if people didn't hurt him, Ray), but I'm not having her crying on my screen. You stop that.

That said, as short as it was the breakdown of the relationship felt too real. Sometimes loneliness becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy, but what are you supposed to do when every time you put your heart out it comes back a little less whole?

Nick and Sand. Can they please make out. So far Sand is the only one of these six dudes who hasn't so much as kissed anyone other than his OG pair (I'm counting the preview to slide Nick in here, sue me), and I for one am sick of it. You better pay me back for this insult with Sand getting his mouth (and hands) all over everyone soon. Starting with this guy.

Even if they don't kiss on the mouth (RUDE), I do love how they support each other. Sand led Nick out of that hostel like "yes you are crazy friend but we're all a little crazy in love, lean on me and I'll get you home." And I love that for them.

BostonNick. Boston catching feelings? Who would have thought (me, forever ago, lol. I said Nick might sneak in under the radar because Boston was so sure he couldn't possibly, and it looks like I might have been right). The fact that he knows that Nick was the one who told Mew about the sex tape because Nick was the only one he told. Good times. The way he shuts Nick down in spite of the fact that he clearly misses him. Also good times. I genuinely can't wait to see what they do next.

RayMew & RaySand. Putting them together because they're like pb&j for this show. Can't have one without the other rearing it's ugly head. Yes, I said that right.

Ray and Mew were exactly the dumpster fire most of us expected (I'd say all of us but I know there were some people out there who were hoping they wouldn't be - I see you and I appreciate you). Mew is wild out here not even being able to hide how little he enjoys Ray's boyfriendly attentions, and even I had to wince when Ray was waiting for him to say "I love you" back and he just kind a looked at him like "That's...nice." Dude couldn't even kiss him unless he was performing for Top (and okay look, in context the kiss was not great. Out of context? Book and Khao BL when please?).

People seem to think he and Mew are going to be over at some point next ep, but I'm not entirely sure (although after watching the preview again I do think it's more likely than I thought at first, seeing as Mew is flirting with some dude and I don't think he'd do that if he and Ray were still pretending they might actually be able to manage a relationship when only one of them wants one - I could be wrong but I don't think so, even though he does not care for Ray like that I think Mew would be uber sensitive about it considering). That said, if it's Mew who ends it it's gonna feel like we're just doing yet another lap of the same damn track and I wish they'd change the record already. What is it Sand said? Moving on in a circle? Yeah.

Khaotung did say that Ray is selfish and won't stop until he gets what he wants, and I guess we're seeing it this ep. I was so annoyed with him getting up in Sand's space all the time, like dude. You have a whole ass boyfriend (as Sand kept helpfully reminding him). STOP. But he won't stop. Because why should he, right. If he pokes enough Sand'll just give in and then he can have his cake and eat it.

Everything Ray did and said to Sand at that party was awful (although I did get a kick out of him literally running up to pull Sand and the other Freddie apart like the pitter patter of his shoes on the floor combined with just watching him bolt that few feet to prevent lips from touching KILLED me I had to pause the video to cackle with sheer delight this absolute fuckass of a man (surprisingly affectionate)).

He really needs to quit kissing people that don't want him to, please. Like, yesterday. Damn, Ray. Also say what you like, defend it how you want, but trust me Mew would not be happy with any of what he was pulling at the party. Mew IS DATING HIM because Top did something very like, and Ray's big draw was that he would never. And here he is proving Mew spectacularly wrong.

He doesn't want a threesome and he doesn't want polyamory. He wants to play at being Hugh Heffner.

And while I wouldn't buy it of Mew, I totally believe Ray would tell Sand that he and Mew were done to get him back where he wants him. Sand said I won't be your second choice and Ray heard but he didn't listen, he never listens, and I feel like if he's not careful he's gonna push that man into doing something incredibly destructive in the next four episodes. I actually want to be wrong here - I'd like it more if the huge trailer fight wasn't about Mew at all - but the show seems to really want to make glue out of the RayMewSand love triangle horse so I guess we'll have to wait and see.

If I had my druthers since I guess we're doing round three of this, it wouldn't be Ray lying or going back to old reliable when Mew finally admits that he's just not that into him, but a genuine attempt to try to be together with admitted feelings on both sides. And then it would be Sand who does something to fuck it up. If I have to go through this yet again I want Ray to be all in and shattered for once. But let's be real here, this show never gives me what I want (Am I still bitter Top and Sand weren't exes? You bet your ass. I still think Top and Sand should hatefuck or there should be a flashback to a threesome with them and the ex okay it's just what should happen show why do you hate fun) so I'm not holding my breath.

In Conclusion

Things went both better and worse than I expected. Everyone here is a mess and I still have hope for that baseball bat.

Please for the love of all that is good in the world let Sand fuck.