#the BIRD thats a plot device

[friendlyfatbee]

Damn bro what did you say to them

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[sparklyeyedhimbo]

this is gonna be a veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeery long post. Open it in another tab or something. This is gonna be like this bird post so be warned

Get yourself some snacks and a drink.

where to begin to start explaining my gear and your gown.

first of all a few trigger warnings: homophobia, violence, under age drinking, parental figure dying, attempted rape*, singing

when you see this shot in episode 10 at 34:55 skip to 36:07 if you can

Let us check out the plot summary now.

IMBD what you got for us

Not much as expected this is like the base plot like the 1% of it all. (kali why are you even looking there. IDK i wanted some VARIATIONS idk)

Let us check MyDramaList they like to give some more meat

...and this is as far as i go down the fires of MDL. Now we have a LITTLE bit more base knowledge.

This is an enemies to study buddies to "friends" to enemies to strangers to friends to lovers story. (very long trope but you will get it)

..with a cast that makes newer and older bl fans go like WAIT THEY ARE IN THIS?

Before we get more into the plot of this story, let me introduce the boys and the gurls and who is who and who is doing what with who. Confused? you are welcome 😎

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Lets start with the MAIN people that this story is about

oh btw the colors mean nothing is just wanted to have some colors in this so it's not just a wall of text

This is pai our little, nearsighted, insecure, introverted and bad with his words boy. That falls head over broken glasses for itt that saves him not once but twice. But he can't really see itts face everytime because his glasses fall off.

He will get rid of his glasses (because of lasik he rich booooy and glasses make people ugly apparently) when he gets older. Will also do everything in his power to make sure that itt gets to live his dreams. With questional techniques to make sure it happens.

highschool!pai: i'm only gonna tutor you so you can get into uni. Pls pang (itts ex girlfriend) get back together with itt so he is more motivated to go back to school, i'm only gonna forgive you if you let me tutor you again.

uni!pai: i lost your trust so ofc you hate me and don't want me in your life i know this. i'm okay to watch you shine from afar

This is itt (badumtiss sorry everytime i have to read this phrase i have to laugh) our angry, can recognize pais handwriting everywhere, ball is life, grumpy and loves to stare at pai boy. Will wear a bowtie when he hits rock bottom.

And will do anything to make sure his boy gets more out of his shell, even tho his techniques are also questionable at best. Its not that bad in highschool but boy does he dial it up to 100 when they are in uni.

highschool!itt: ..pierce your ear you coward [affectionate]

uni!itt: ..you want your earing back? Join the beauty pageant, pai wants to entertain people, pai wants to answer this question, asks pai stupid med question (because he sees that pai feels uneasy talking infront of people) which pai has to correct and make him ease up, etc

IttPai

These two are the main couple in this "masterpiece". Staring at eachother (from afar to near to angry to lovie dovie) and miscommunication are their favorite activities. They both will continue doing these even in uni which will give you the urge to pull your hair out. wich will lead to much unnecessary drama. Because both just want the other one to have their best lifes, because BOTH of these two idiots think they are not good enough for eachother. Can you belieeeeeeEEEeeeeve that? They once go out for some wonton noodle soup because pais parents can't make dinner (it's a date but pshh dont tell them). And thats where pai gets his ugly ass earring. That will be the plot device to move things along.

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Now lets get to know the rest of them.

This is folk, the very tall, handsome, with a little obsession with pai at the start, going to be a dentist and writer boy. Is not so happy that pure always sabotages him and pai. Can quote barbra streisand from the top of his head.

Enters the story right before the timeskip, he gets scolded by pai for reading the number for a classroom wrong and that is what made folk fall hard. Folk meets pai in uni again and uses their "first" first meeting as a pick up line, didn't really land. He will try to forget about pai after that camping trip in uni with a little help of pure *wink*

There is a subplot in the series where there is an Mr.950. You will think Folk is Mr.950 (because that was the number he read wrong) that is giving pai little gifts. But he is not that dude it's itt its always itt kidz.

This is pure very small, loves to fool around, will not use the hecking condoms (gets an "well deserved" std-scare that makes him and waan bond and become real good friends and you try not to ship like the doc that reads out the test waan made pure take, always have protection with you kidz) his sucky mom throws at him because she is as bad as her son when it comes to fool around, will do anything that makes his BFF itt happy, ball is also life, his first love was a coward and let him get beaten up by bullies, and will fall head over heels for a certain dentist boy.

He pushes folk to confess to pai (do it bro or it will be to late), and folk getting brutally rejected by pai. And after that pure and folk drive back to drink the pain away and for pure to "comfort" the poor soul.

folks fish: they were banging. There was so much banging happening

PureFolk

Thank you folk for explaining purefolk, love me this trope when the two people that gonna be together in the end. Tell them stuff like that and ask the other for an answer.. AND IT HAPPENS LIKE THE OTHER ONE SAYS. THEIR SHIP DYNAMIC IS JUST TOLL/SMOLL, enemies to friends with benefits to with a lot of unnecessary drama lovers. ..pure even saves folks face id so folk can unlock pures phone. It was love at first oishi ad scene

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last but DEFENETLY NOT least

This is waan (and his girl beau) second most intelligent, token straight, with no game till he meets beau (at one point you will and want to slap waan for beau because lord he stupid*.), best friends with pai by fate (fate as we are both have the most brain lets be friends) a very kind boy.

*this part of the camp. SHE WAS SO HAPPY AND HE CRUSHES HER HOPES BECAUSE HE THINKS THAT AFTER PURESAID IF HE COULD HELP HER WITH HER, THAT PURE IS GONNA STEAL HER AWAY FROM HIM. *tries to calm down*

...they figure it out after he gets hurt by getting hit by an basketball that Itt was throwing (you have to watch it pls). BUT BOY, what a mess it was thanks pure (but ofc pure only did that to give waan a push to finally stand HIS ground) what i want to say about these two is they are the cutest and i will forever love them

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phew now that we got that out of the way lets go through the plot a bit. Lets just make it some bulletpoints because i want you all that you watch this.

I lied this got out of hand have bulletpoints with all my brain came up with enjoy.

STILL PLEASE WATCH IT.

pai starts his first day of school after 5 years in england. It's his last year in HS. (and trust me you saw me how angy i was with simm and lemme tell you NO ENGLISH WORDS pass pai lips once NOT ONCE) his parents are so busy they won't even eat breakfast with him :(

he gets to school gets hit by a soccer ball, this is were he first meets Itt and after that pai gets announced head of the bishop club (the smartie pants club) because he smort, but he declines at first.

after school and pai and waan are about to get driven home by pais driver. He just looks at waan and runs away. (To this day i have no clue why he does it) He almost gets robbed by thugs in a back alley BUT Itt is here to save the day. Sadly pais glasses break from the run in with said thugs. But no worries itt fixes them with a tape.

back at school pai ask waan if he could find the owner of said tape. But waan will only help him if pai takes on the role of head of the bishop club. So pai accepts this deal.

But as soon as pai said yes, the teacher approaches pai to tell him that the knight club (the sport nerd) lost their building and now are going to get the bishops clubs room, because they got more accomplishments. And his is going to get disbanded.

pai goes to the principal and guess who he meets there? The head of the knights club and it's itt. After talking to the principal and promising him that he will use his connections with his dad to get some activities going. The principal decides that they have to share the room.

after this pai talks to itt infront of the principal office and thanks him for helping him and if he remembers him. itt just tells pai that he doesn't remember people who lik to pull strings.

enter the we are "enemys" now phase, with Itt and his knight club members trying to annoy the bishop club members to leave.

pure takes one of his hook ups into the room and spills some juice and trys to mop it up with some very important papers, waan sees that and they get into a little fight, a projector gets damaged.

waan sees his time as his chance to get the knights out of their room. But he overhears pure and his mother talking and it's not the nice (at this point just throw away the whole mum) in the end he takes the blame for damageing the projector.

because of this situation the teacher tells pai that he has to agree to her proposition that he has to tutor itt or she will disband the bishop club (don't look at me i still have no clue how this makes any sense)

pai agrees and now the whole study buddies era happens. Naturally not without Itt ditching the first lesson, but he had a reason. His mom is in the hospital with sickness (it could be cancer?) and he was visiting her. Pai goes to see his parents that are working at the same hospital itts mum is a patient in. And pai sees itt with his mom and also overhears and sees the argument he has with his father (WHO BRINGS HIS MISTRESS WITH HIM TO HIS DYING WIFE INTO THE TRASH WITH HIM)

because pai sucks at hiding itts sees that he overheard this confronts pai. They make a deal that pai won't say anything about this if itt lets him tutor him. NOW we are entering the study buddies to friends era.

Itts mum finds them studying together and happily demands that they should do these lessons in her patient room. She is really happy and jokes around with pai about her son (first supporter of IttPai)

everything is going great and pai and Itt becoming friends and mayhabs feelings blossoming, they even go eat wonton noodle soup, when pais parents ditch him because of work. And thats where pai gets the gown earring and his ears pierced. When pai gets home is parents are very suprised and shocked about this. (to this day i am confused because of pais parents, their reactions to things are so CONFUSING)

pai proudly wears the earing to their next tutoring session, but itt also invited his girlfriend peng along. Pais new found confidence goes back into the shell.

everything is going to shit at this point (we are only in episode 4 so buckle up) Pai is very cold to itt and even declines the offer to go eat together.

SOMEHOW pai does go to the wonton noodle shop (don't ask me why he decided to go like i just write here what i see for you guys) and sees itt eating there with peng. Pai walks away sad and gets hit by a car.

while this is happening itts mom also not doing so good. She passes away when pai gets hit by the car.

at the same time waan and pure also kind of bond and become friends. After waan sees two people fight over who gets to be with pure. Waan asked pure for help, the both of them go to an cafe and pure tries to teaches waan on how to flirt which back fires and they go out drinking.

on their way back from the cafe waan asked pure why he is the way he is with his relationships. And he drops the my first love was an ass he let me get beaten up by guys so now i don't feel love anymore. (trust me at this point you will go 👀🏳‍🌈 at them)

at the club our little player gets in a fight with someone accusing him on giving their girlfriend HIV.

waan goes looking for pure after he didn't show up for school a few days. He talks to pure and on how important it is to use protection even to it is from your shitty as moms leftovers (this whole scene is very bf coded but alas), waan drags him to the hospital to get a check up.

Where we get this iconic scene

back to pai and itt we are now in another we are no friends anymore era where itt is angry at pai for "not being there when his mom died" even tho he himself was also in the same hospital. Out of fear to lose his home (because shitty dad), itt even tries to drop out of highschool (rock bottom time the is a bowtie involved). Yes i say tries, because not on pais watch is that gonna happen. Pai tries to convince itt that he will earn more money as an engineer then whatever job is is doing right now. (we have a little pai almost getting hit by another car moment but they stare at eachother way to long 10/10) Pai playfully calls itt and idiot if does not show up to their tutoring session the next day.

He even tries to persuade peng to get back together with itt so he has more motivation to go back. But it backfires itt saw how peng was trying to kiss pai. (Just as we thought the drama is over right?)

the boys are "fighting" again but thanks to waan and pure the conflict is set aside very quickly. The four boys are now all friends and have a few nice days/weeks

pai and itt get accidentally locked in school and have to spent a night there where pai loses his earring.

in the morning the teacher calls pai to her office to tell him that he done his part, and that the bishop club now have their room back. Itt finds the earring and was about to enter the teachers room and overhears these two talking. (the real enemy era starting now)

the next day itt confronts pai that he has pais earring and he tells pai that he overheared the conversation with the teacher and pai just yield and begs itt to give him back his earring. Itt will only give it back if pai gives his club the room back. But because pai can't do this he promises to do anythingelse to get the earring back. But itt is not having it and keeps the earring.

folk enters the story at this point he first get scolded by angry heartbroken pai that he should read the room numbers correctly and take school seriously.

folk ruins a hook-up for pure because he tries to give back a pencilcase to the wrong girl.

pai gives notes to pure for itt..but because itt KNOWS pais handwriting he get so angry and goes to pais house to throw these notes at him and yell at him.

all of the boys get into their unis

TIMESKIP WE ARE IN UNI NOW

pai now has no glasses anymore (we get the first sotus call back with them trying to tell the meaning of the letter but JINKS they don't do this anymore..PUuuuh) and we meet beau for the first time and waan totally falls for beau.

this is also when mr.950 comes into play, it's a mystery person that gifts pai little gifts over the next 4 episodes.

pai gets a bit dizzy and almost faints after painting 2 lines of paint but he gets saved by the mystery man mr.950

pai also meets folk again, who straight out flirts with pai. He gets rudly interrupted by pure, who jokingly accuses him of being a player and sleeping around. (lets just say he uses it as a revenge for when folk wanted to give back that damn penicle case to the wrong girl pure was trying to flirt with)

this iconic scene happens after

at the dance thing the freshy have to do, pai has to do a little dance, because itt called out his name and said that he wants to.

folk joins him with the dancing because our dear pai is just to stiff and awkward

pai confronts itt after that event and begs itt to leave him alone.

beau ask pai to become their facultys king for the beauty contest but as always pai declines. (and ofc itt is in earshot and hears it)

we get this little scene where Itt uses the earring to get pai to join the beauty contest.

this amazing purefolk scene happens (it's their Ohhhhhh moment because after that its on....but folk still has his crush on pai)

a photoshoot for the freshy king things happens and pai really isn't feeling all to good on how stiffly and uncomfortable he looks in his pictures. Itt teases pai on how if he keeps doing so poorly on keeping his promise he should say bye bye to the earring, which REALLY riles up pai and he promises that he still has some tricks up his sleeves.(at this point you can feel that itt does these things from a place of love because booooy)

folk casually follows pai to his dormroom (don't worry he also lives there but still i was ehk?) and asked him for an chance to hit on him. Pai answer is "... to have it his way but he stands by as his friend first" (don't look at me i am also confused) Folk uses an even lamer pick up line this time.

folk gets to his room and he meets his neighbour! Guess who it is! ..imma tell you it's pure

waan tells pai that he likes beau but that he knows that she is out of his league (oh broother..noo) and that he is gonna join the freshy competition as a volunteer so he can be around beau. Because thats all he needs to be happy

ITS FRESHY COMPETITION CAMP TIME BEECHES time to get some progress on these couples!

Everytime pai has to do an activity, there is always itt trying to make him feel at ease or do things that help pai feel at ease (asking a stupid med question when pai feels uncomfy when he has to introduce, hurting himself so pai can show how to treat a wound, holds his hand when they have to walk blindfolded) They have a little moment in the tent, like they had back in hs when they where locked up.

waan gets closer to beau and helps her out in camp as good as he can. You could say they kind of flirt with eachother. But this spark of hope is soon put out by pure asking waan at the white band ceremony if could help him flirt with beau. Our boy waan is so defeated that when beau "ask if he wants to hit on her" he is like no..but a friend of mine does. Which in return leaves beau sad and a little heartbroken because she thought waan liked her.

talking about pure, his whole stick this camp is to keep folk away from pai. Or to sabotage them from having any interactions. Pure only urges folk on to man up and to confess his feelings after folk saw that itt and pai was holding hands. He gets rejected by pai

pure and folk drive back together to drink have a little talk and one leads to another and to bring back the fish from earlier

they decide to become friends with benefits (i am at this point that i believe that no one knows what a friend with benefits is because what these two are doing? Is kinguea league of doing it)

back at school pai talks to folk, if he is mad at him because pai heard that folk wasn't feeling so good. Folk ask for some time from pai so he can get over him.

after the meeting for the freshy competition folk just wants to go back and write his novel, but there is pure with other ideas. But folk brushes those ideas off and leaves without pure.

we see yachts character again nickey...we will meet him again and all i can say is with a gif

nickey wants pure to go to a party with him but pure declines with probably the biggest 🥺 while looking after folk.

pure and folk some cute moments while folk tries to write, when pure comes home from a bar, in school, (trust me guys you need to watch it)

folk reads some msg between waan and pure (thats what happens if you save your FWB faceID on your phone and say stuff like i won't keep secrets from you and you act sus buddy) where waan ask pure why he is messing around with folk if he wants to hit on beau and pure the idiot that he is answers that waan should fawn over her and that he going to enjoy folk until he gets tired of him. (put the pitchforks down this will get resolved...somehow)

we are at a basketball match now and pai is standing on the sidelines lost in thoughts. They begin to throw a ball at eachother angrier eachtime.

waan gets hit by a ball that itt throws at pai and hurts his wrist

let me remind you now at the trigger warning from the beginning the one with the door? well thats gonna happen now. I'm no going into detail

back to Itt and pai, Itt comes by to apologize to waan in the hospital but pais not having it and tells itt that from now on that this hatred is no longer one-sided.

all in all the boys are doing great

we finally get an inside look on why itt did the things he did to pai

pure comes clean about his intentions for beau, that he never liked her and that he only saied it to give waan a push. (they get together i mean beau and waan heheheheheh)

a sad heartbroken pure is at a club and gets a little "..Sowwy for you know doing almost a bad thing with you friend :< here have this" gift from nickey. (It's a hook up and oh boy will pure regretti spagetti this but he will punch nickey and make him apologize to folk so theres that but still puuuure whhhhy)

folk and pure talk with eachother and they decide to no longer to be FWB and that they are now going out. Pure has to promise folk that he is going to be his only one.

pai comes by to bring folk some congee and tells folk that he no longer has to refer to himself as mr. 950 BUT SUPRIIIIIIIIIIISE folk never was it. Pure gives pai the tip that it is the number of their old club room in highschool.

pai goes to visit waan in the hospital and waan no longer can keep the secrets he had and tells him everything.

ITS COMPETITION TIIIIIIIME time for our queen to serenade us! (i only just realizing what lyrics she is singing oasdjhjdksad)

everyone is getting ready for the show, the boys show off their little talents. And then there is itt who just goes up to the microphone and gives up. (yet still he wins the popularity vote i am amazed 10/10)

pai sings the song itt played for them when they all where in highschool.

PAI WINS THE HECKING CONTEST

after the competition he meets up with itt infront of the photography club. Itt gives him his earring back and pai asks what the room behind him looks like inside (he doesn't even wait for an okay he just walks in)

BIG DARK BLUE KISS ENERGY *intro plays in the background* with all the photos all over the room (okay they are mostly just pai but okay itt is on this hecking crush for a bit) as they watch a slideshow of pictures of pai they tell how much they love eachother

Itt finally reveals that he is mr.950 and shows pai his own earring he got himself as a memento of pai.

their shipname is brick/white now

they exchance their earrings and FINALLY kiss. But they get rudly interrupted by pais parents and his mother almost fainting.

pais parents are not really okay with their son kissing a boy in puplic and him talking back at them. Pai is so devastated by his parents reaction that he breaks up with itt

pais parents make him change schools back to england? When pai gets to school to pick up the papers he meets itt that does the same. Itt tells him "he only went here because of him" and gives pai back his earring

At lunch with his parents at home pai cracks and just cries and his parents finally see maybe we did something wrong? They even talk to an psychologists.

When it's time to fly back to england?? Pai stops his parents to say to them that he does not want to go. His mother asks him if he is really sure? AND when he says yes with confidence. His father calls out Itts name and itt comes out of his hiding place (imagine pai NOT doing this..the awkwardness oooof)

the parents and itt had a talk and now pai gets to stay and be happy and together with itt (hecking finally and like going to england won't make your son less anxious and gay. Thank the lord they figured that out. Itt is gonna be favorite son-in-law in no time)

pure and folk are back at the hospital, because nickeys little gift well...wasn't as clean as hoped BUT pure is now! So HAPPY ENDING FOR THESE TWO ASWELL

The friendgroup go on a camping trip and all three couples are as disgustingly cute as they can be.

WE MADE IT TO THE END OF THE POST I DID IT

I hope i made you want to watch this show now, or if i already took away everything and you are now nah thanks i am good. And i hope you got the infomation you needed out of this long ass post.

i think i need to rest for a day now

........anyhow it was kinda fun diving into this and keeping my mind busy.

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if i missed anyone that wanted a tag i am sorry but ENJOY

[gaybellethorn]

listened to a little bit more of the first book yesterday, namely the party scene in chapter 5 or 6 or whatever. <3

loooove the detail about apple having this completely different opinion on headmaster grimm to raven. it mentions that when their parents were in school, the commoners weren't allowed to interact with the royals. but grimm implemented different rules because every tale is important no matter how tall, or whatever. some big grandiose statement

and apple thinks this was a wonderful idea from grimm, and that the whole school will benefit from this.

HOWEVER. we get a detail from maddie later about how it's so cool getting to see inside the royal common room, compared to the commoners common room which is much dingier

THATS SO FUNNY. LOL. apple is praising the headmaster for making the school so much more inclusive but it only extends to a party at the start of their final year. the rest of the time the elite are kept segregated. jesus christ <3

anyway with perspectives, so far from apple's pov, she hasn't seen much friction or had any issues outside of raven being a bit awkward around her and, now, raven ruining briar's party. apple is kind to her at the end and doesn't seem to blame her, but as the book goes on i wonder if you get the impression from apple's pov that Everything Would Be Perfect if it wasn't for raven being at the centre of every hint of tension. she's her villain after all !

im really interested to see how apple's perception of grimm develops throughout this series. id be interested in a readthrough of the books where you read all of raven's chapters together, then all of apple's chapters together, and see how things play out from each pov. especially with how they get treated by certain characters and how that'd colour your perception of them if that's the only side of them you're seeing

sidebar, like with maddie, i love how apple does not get her at all. lmao. especially as a contrast to raven's really lovely friendship with her. like maddie is wearing her dress upside down and the other girls are saying how it looks so fab, and apple is trying to join in (making it about herself <3) like "lol i don't think my dresses would work upside down </3", and maddie says "hmm maybe you should make yourself upside down and the dress will fit right side up :D" and apple like. unblinking says "...okay." END OF CONVERSATION LOL. SO SO SO FUNNY SHES SUCH A CUNT.

meanwhile, from raven's pov, she's had nothing but friction from everyone! between her mam at the start and worrying about her destiny and her magic coming in wrong and everyone treating her with fear and disgust, she gets a completely different view of the school and this society. just such a cool framing device to really point at how this system fucks people over and perpetuates all its own problems, turns designated villains into da joker baby, etc, and how easy it is for all of that context to go over the royals' heads even while they're perpetuating it

that being said, i loooove the choice to frame the party from apple's pov, really really clever. apple tries to bring raven into the fold of the party when she's already feeling vulnerable, raven gets her feathers ruffled by duchess, and suddenly raven's raising her voice and her hands are getting hot (looove the description of this and how apple lets go 😔) and she's shooting out spells which turn the birds into snakes. everyone's fears are founded now that raven's threatened everyone and ruined the party, and i love this first "villain" act from raven being framed from the royals' perspective. raven isn't given the interiority in the moment, she doesn't get to process her feelings on it with us, she's treated as this third person unknowable bad guy who can't control herself, she's just built like this apparently

taking raven's perspective away from her in her first real villain scene (evil queen wrecking the princess' party, following that sleeping beauty plot beat) and making us spectate on it, along with the rest of the party, feels so gut wrenching. this is the first of every successive time in her life that she doesnt get to be the main character in her own life, she only gets to be a fuck up at best and malicious at worst and it's never about her, it's about the harm she inherently causes

the closest we get to raven's pov in this is apple going back to their room afterwards and finding raven in bed, holding her pillow over her head (with an evil goblin face pillowcase from an evil goblin bedsheet set apple bought her INSANEGIRL I LOVE U).

but again it's apple's scene, and apple gets to give us her assessment of the situation as the moral of the story. she tells raven smth like "yes, school can be hard, but in real life things are gonna work out." ill need to find the actual quote bc apple says it's the thing that's gotten her through everything else, and she thinks raven should learn to take comfort in it as well, she doesn't need to be hurting herself like this. AUGH.

i also really really loved the conversation between duchess and raven, im so ready to become a duchess girl finally.

them trading jabs with each other based on their endings was soooo juicy and revealing <3333333 why are you lying to everyone pretending you have feelings about this, why can't you just own being a villain this is so pathetic vs at least im not gonna die sad and alone with my only ambition being to get with a boy who never wants me. GIRLS GOOD GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!

it's so bitter and cruel, digging the knife in as any means of leverage, at least you're fucked by this system too

pairing these two together is so interesting, i love how their jabs are so revealing of their own insecurities as well. duchess needing raven to be faking any depth of feeling because she needs these destinies and archetypes to be written in stone, there can't be any wriggle room, there can't be any hope for anything else. it's pathetic to hold out hope for anything else. :(

duchess bringing up raven's dad as this boring sad loser who's being lying to her that she can be a boring sad loser too is interesting, the book seems to be doing a lot with raven's relationship with her dad. and this is specifically the thing that sets her off and has her magic go haywire. really interested in where that plot ends up going!

there was a detail when raven first walks into the room and a gust of wind follows her and a chill comes over everyone. she apologises and says smth like "huh that's new, still trying to get a hang on all this magic stuff haha.....". with raven in her final year and all these powers coming in, her body changing, forcing perceptions/expectations of her to change - there's definitely parallels being drawn between that and puberty/coming of age/being perceived as a woman and this sense of a ticking clock before she's doomed into this role shes forced into. there's really interesting commentary there about girlhood/womanhood and also trans raven rights. 🎉🎉🎉

[ladydisharmony]

i sometimes wish discord wasn’t just Q from star trek…CAN WE GET A MLP REBOOT THATS NOT FOR LITTLE CHILDREN 😋✌️

nah fr. the fact that mlp is for kids isn’t even the issue for me tho, even if it might allow for more development if it wasn’t. they just…didn’t pay discord’s character any mind. proper mind, i should say. he was either a plot device and or/his character was molded to fit said plot device.

i love how in princess twilight sparkle (season 4 premiere) he was causing (or caused and was doing nothing to correct it in the present) an issue that twilight and her friends needed to overcome because he knew there was a lesson to be learned from it. AND he did it all in character. when the rest of the main 6 send twilight back to ponyville because putting her in danger would leave equestria without any leadership, he guides her into going back into the everfree forest because her friends need her. he does it in a mean spirited way, but it is so in character for him to do. he doesn’t tell her her friends need her and she needs to go back to them right away, he insinuates she thinks she’s better than everyone and that she was letting her friends be in harms way to protect herself. he knew it would accomplish getting her back to her friends to solve the issue AND piss her off. two birds one stone.

it is the only instance where they use discord teaching twilight a lesson and doing it RIGHT. sure he could have snapped his fingers and everything would have been fixed, but he saw the opportunity for twilights friendship to be strengthened. he was being a teacher without his character being stripped from him and that’s GOOD. i could argue his introduction was ALSO teaching twilight a lesson on purpose. he hid the elements in twilights fucking house. he wasn’t misleading her or stringing her along just to find nothing. he literally planted the elements of harmony in her home and upon seeing the elements working, didn’t even attempt to escape. he didn’t even seem to notice (or he didn’t care) that the other elements were no longer grey or under his influence, which you would think he would be able to sense in some way. it’s all very interesting but this is just becoming a discord analysis so let’s get back into his character being all over the place.

as the show continues his intelligence and character are much more….well inconsistent. his betrayal with tirek works, he’s at the point in his reformation where he isn’t really “reformed” he’s there playing along while getting on everyone’s nerves in the process. sure he’s been ‘helping’ the six but it’s clear the only side he’s on is his own, and fluttershy’s slightly. at this point, he’s looking for any opportunity to not worry about being in the ponies good graces. he’s slightly torn over his friendship with fluttershy, but tirek was offering him freedom to do as he pleases AND friendship. it was a win win it seemed. and when tirek in turn betrays discord later in the episode, it’s a wake up call. he was receiving the treatment he had shown fluttershy and the others seconds prior, and he realized that it made him feel like shit. he realized then just how important true friendship is to him, and that tirek wasn’t someone he could ever expect that from, even if he had rlly wanted it from him. we see in this episode that discord DESIRES friendship, and we see him realize how is actions affect others and he really regrets it. it’s an important and vulnerable moment for his character. he could now see that he had what he was searching for in tirek, specifically with fluttershy, and he wasn’t going to make a mistake like that again. it was his REAL reformation.

and from this point on his character is sorta kinda just thrown to the wolves. the writers pair him with spike and big mac, which i don’t necessarily hate, but i find it rather lazy. i guess they figured discord boy he needs to hang out with boy hehe!!!! but we should have seen him developing his relationships with the main six. he has multiple episodes with fluttershy, one with twilight, and one with the whole group. out of like the ten episodes he has that aren’t finals or premieres, two of them include bonding with the six main characters (excluding fluttershy). i find it strange that he becomes a reoccurring and important character yet we barley see him interact with the main characters casually. i wish he had more episodes in general but they rlly mishandled a lot of the few he had, which is what upsets me more.

on top of this, we see a much better group of people he could have been paired with in to where and back again. trixie, starlight, and thorax are ALL in the same position he is in. they have all done bad things to varying degrees that they have come to regret. i’m sad he didn’t interact with starlight, more specifically. she is constantly reminded oh her actions by those who say they are her friends and is being eaten by guilt. this is something they could bond over as both of their actions were more severe than both trixie and thorax. but instead of any kind of bonding. the ONE regular episode they have together discord is a MEGA ass and they’re pissed they whole time. discord felt left out and starts acting like a child. he isn’t even an ass in an amusing way…he’s just a cunt. discord being upset he wasn’t invited to the school isn’t a bad conflict for him to have but not only is it handled badly, it doesn’t make sense as a conflict with starlight. i feel like it was supposed to be a twicord episode but it wouldn’t have worked with fluttershy being in the school so they made it a starcord episode instead? and they didn’t even do it in a satisfactory way. they did it in the worst way possible actually and he is so dislikable in matter of principals it makes me furious.

and the grogar shit? ohhhhhhh brother. one day i might drop a full analysis cause i have a lot to say but this is already so long. i could literally talk about this for forever if you couldn’t tell….sorry anon. thank you for the ask if you regret it because i wrote and essay sorry it will happen again

[orpheusilver]

thank you for asking about my acau :3 i have one quastion. does morbius team up with other vigilantes after peter? because you mentioned that he left the second he could or something bc of their differences, so does he team up with your daredevil at any points??

oh my god im so sorry this took me so long!!! i havent quite found a place for daredevil in this story yet, although ive got a plot hook to start weaving her in! he does hang out with *a* daredevil further down the line but thats like. spoilers lol

so a major turning point for morgan is after peter gets like. borderline lethally wounded and is Forced by God And The Devil Themselves to spend a while out of costume (which he deals with abt as well as expected) and leaves morgan to his own devices. at which point he promptly disappears to the weirdest corners of the city and finds 1. actual vampires and 2. BLADE!! who he imprints on like a gay baby bird with a fascination with violence bc shit dude thats a real sword so maybe killing things = ...morally grey? sometimes? much to consider much to learn much to discuss etc etc. it takes a while to earn his trust but since eric is half-vampire they relate on a lot of levels that peter just doesnt get, morgan starts being able to process ethical considerations on a more complex level than "murder = evil, saving people = heroic" and his self-image slowwwwwly shifts more..neutral? he learns some self-compassion, since eric struggles with a lot of the same shit and morgan really likes him. its not a perfect relationship but they do make a hell of a vampire slaying team

[ao3feed-brucewayne]

Live your Life (But I miss you more than I did yesterday)

by 21PilotsWithGuns, arcventi Inspired by There’s A Rodent At Work Jason has cut all contact with the Bats and living as Neal Caffrey for six years. Meanwhile, in Gotham, every Bat and Bird is searching for the Joker... Words: 2322, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Fandoms: White Collar (TV 2009), Batman - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: Gen Characters: Jason Todd, Peter Burke, Bruce Wayne, Damian Wayne, Dick Grayson, Tim Drake, Cassandra Cain, Duke Thomas Relationships: Peter Burke & Jason Todd, Cassandra Cain & Tim Drake & Dick Grayson & Duke Thomas & Jason Todd & Bruce Wayne & Damian Wayne Additional Tags: kind of open ending sorry, mention of the joker, but then i didnt know what to do with the joker, so i let it sit, and finally decided to just publish it, hes just a plot device anyway, Family Reunions, Family Fluff, Family Feels, i really just wanted them to be together again, thats all - Freeform, dont expect any real plot via https://ift.tt/YFQIkVc

[lovecolibri]

funnily enough all this centering of m’ria turns her into a bigger plot device than she was in s2, but if the writers stepped back for one sec they would see that if jones used mimi to get the memory, that would give m’ria some emotional arch - trying to save her mother, putting her mothers wellbeing above pod squads/herself, there are plenty possibilities (i know lack of mimi can be simply due to actor unavailability but its quite clear that if the actress playing mimi was fully on board they would still push her aside for the sake of the m'ria is the greatest gift from god-fest) but because shes the center of universe who is perfect she has no actual storyline or character development. shes still as much of a cardboard cutout as she was back in s1 and frankly h’athers acting is not helping in this regard. all this depth and being complicated that her stans love to gush about is just not there. shes perfect, thats all there is.

Uuuuuummmmm, this idea is so good?! Like, they could have opened season 3 by addressing the m*luca issue when everyone else was getting called out about taking personal responsibility for their actions, (which would allow Malex to have already started to address the hurts between them) and then centered her story around her mom which would then tie into everything when Jones went after Mimi. And you're right, it could have been an actor-availability issue especially with the delayed filming schedule, but this is an alien show! They could have made it something like, Rosa's powers that she got from the pod allowed her to absorb some alien information or something and whatever Jones is looking for is in her head so he locks Rosa in her head. Because Rosa? Rosa is a resilient bitch. Then we could have had m*ria teaming up with Liz and Isobel to go into Rosa's mind, OR since Isobel got the memories and stuff from that man on the reservation, Jones could have trapped her in her mind and it would have been Liz, m*ria, and Rosa teaming up to work on things from the outside while we all get to watch the Isobel/Jones showdown we deserve, both of which would allow m*ria to be more integrated into the core group without taking over as the center of attention, even if Mimi wasn't available for filming.

I'm just so tired of watching all the other characters having to worship at the m*ria alter to the detriment of an otherwise really fun and overall interesting season with cool plotlines and lots of alien stuff. I think 98% of my issues with the season could be solved by putting less focus on m*ria because by extension that would allow more screen time for the things we're missing out on, so it's a kill-two-birds-with-one-stone kinda thing. But the flip side of that being the case is that by them setting up the season this way, it is absolutely unavoidable to watch any of the good, fun, cool stuff going on without having to hear someone talking about m*ria or her being in the middle of it, so by extension, putting her on this pedestal of not doing any wrong, it's messing with ALL of the plotlines (even the Lockhart Machine is being tied back to her now 🙄🙄🙄) and affecting All the characters by having them so wrapped up in her that they forget important things like, oh IDK, Kyle being missing. It's so frustrating because otherwise I'm really interested in the Jones and Deep Sky plots this season but it's hard to want to re-watch them when m*ria is unavoidable and seeping her way into everything,.

[rachetmath]

Ruby: It would me.

Weiss: No me.

Blake: No me.

Nora: Aren’t you with Yang.

Blake: Aren’t you with Ren.

Yang: Alright, lets ask him. Jaune?

Jaune: Hey, what’s up?

Yang: Who do ship yourself with?

Jaune: Cinder.

RWBYN: CINDER!!!

Ruby: But why?

Jaune: She may have killed Pyrrha but you guys took my identity.

Weiss: Pfft no we didn’t.

Jaune: Pyrrha was my partner who liked me and believed in me than my entire family. Yet I couldn’t mourn her death or be mad at Ozpin.

Yang: But he-

Jaune: Turn your mom and uncle into birds, yet they are still human.

Yang:...

Ruby: But I-

Jaune: Saw Pyrrha die but you still have a partner and your best friend who is a robot. 

Ruby: ouch.

Nora: Well-

Jaune: You literally have no clue of what a family is. In fact thus far you been a complete utter bitch to me and a horny fan girl for Ren

Nora: *shocked*

Jaune: Basically everything that could have me a good and compelling character was taken so each of you can look good. Heck, the underdog role was taken from me yet I still can’t win a fight for crap.

Ruby: Umm...

Jaune: I am basically your literal walking plot armor and device. I am useful when you get hurt or to made an example of. Literally my team is in this mess because of you. So, the reason I ship myself with Cinder is simple. Because the audience hates us, we are basically secondary compared to you and Salem, we are bound by both of you and if we were to die the fandom will go like this;  

Jaune: Or like this...

Jaune: Any further questions?

RWBYN: No.

Jaune: Then be on your Mary Sue way and leave me alone while I wait until I’m needed which is until you guys are close to death and need healing, when you some what need moral support or whatever. Bye.

RWBYN: *leaves*

Jaune: *scroll rings and answer* Hello

Cinder: *on the line* You too huh?.

Jaune: Yep. 

Cinder: Want to about over dinner?

Jaune: Sure, my treat.

And thats how Jaune and Cinder started dating.

[unironicduncanstan]

[UNI’S LPS LORE DROP BITCH]

so ,,, i used to collect littlest pet shop (mostly the 1st and 2nd gen ones bc yall i am old) and theyre long gone now but. these are some of the lps i remember playing with and giving distinct personalities growing up. most of them didnt have names at all so im just referring to them with numbers and pictures. also warning it gets pretty Dark bc weird kid culture but here we go;;;

the first is #11 and #86. they were my absolute FAVORITES, a mother and daughter duo, a lot of their stories revolved around the kitten getting lost and the mom having to get to her, or the kitten dying and the mom having a mental breakdown. 11 mostly acted as a single mom but sometimes id cycle out different potential dads, usually the dog lps bc i did Not care abt the actual scientific lack of interspecial breeding possibilities

#25. a basic white picket fence ass dude, really common choice as the ‘dad’ in the above situation, he also was not immune to being ‘killed off’ for angst. was also cheated on a couple times by 11 (THOSE WERE AUS THO,,, DONT CANCEL HER ITS OK TO KEEP STANNING)

#200. she was #11s best friend, I think her name might have been hannah??? anyways if the mom and dad were killed off sometimes she’d “adopt” #86. but usually only after #86 fell into the custody of a terribly neglectful parent for a while and had to be rescued bc again, in my gay neurodivergent little brain peace was never an option

#487. another love interest for #11, usually competed with #25 in an almost edward vs jacob type battle of cool brooding boy and average mcfamily man. he was a big fav

#672. number #487s sister! usually either helped him get #11 like a wingman, or i’d flip the cards and make her manipulative and sabotage 11 bc she didnt think she was good enough for her brother. the personality switches id give characters were rly like. getting the bad ending in a video game,

#44. YET ANOTHER,, LOVE INTEREST FOR THAT ONE CAT,,,, but it was one sided and he always lost. poor friend zone ass simp im sorry man idk why you deserved that 😔 i think sometimes though id pair him with #200/hannah at the end. cant get the girl date her best friend idk i was 8 my morals were not always applicable to the adult situations i created

#14. SO I,,,, i ended up with three of these. and in the end i made them triplets that performed for the circus and were unhappy in their life of exploitation. i think sometimes they would. form a sui pact to escape their torment.

#137. HIS NAME WAS FUCKEN CHEESE

Groovy goat / unnumbered. I remember she was spanish to me but spoke mostly english, this decision was made bc i was an extremely white american child, and she was almost always involved somehow in a story bc she was my favorite design ever. anyways she usually was a model that would give a struggling lps a ‘makeover’ like that one scene in any dramatic disney live action film ever made

#464. another fav bc of her design omg. she was like a little sweetheart and would often play the role of ‘baby’ for any species i didnt already have designated ‘babies’ for. BUT, when i’d play with the other hamsters (we’ll get 2 them in a sec), i made them all the same age and theyd all crush on her at the same time lmao the DRAMA

#34, #35, #36. they were brothers and in order from left to right;;; biggest brother and a leader+positive role model, then the punkish middle brother that didnt like to listen and would often get them all in trouble, then the youngest nerdy brother that was naive and soft and did w/e he was told. they stuck together thru all their antics, except when #464 was involved, then theyd have a classic ‘fighting over a girl then realizing thats ridiculous’ arc. rly loved these guys cuz i always wanted a hamster so id pretend they were real animals sometimes too loL

#693. i got thsi in a mcdonalds happy meal but anyways she was a princess/queen/whatever and was very spoiled royalty. probably tried to behead some of the other lps idk. all she wanted was drama and money

#112. punk boy,,, usually paired with one of the ‘popular’ girls,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, oh my god did i government assign this dog duncan kin b4 td even existed yet

#48, #79 #42. !! HUGE FUCKEN BITCH ALERT !! (popular girls trio lol), i think a couple times i like, aged down #11 and got rid of the kitten for a ~highschool au~ where these girls bullied her but she ofc ended up stealing the middle ones man. and then other times i just paired the middle girl with #112 in a genuine ‘opposites attract’ ship . where were u guys when i was making duncney lps a thing tbh

#59. i love this guy but he was just an eccentric dork and mostly used for comedic effect

#43. love interest for #59 that he goofily fawned over till he eventually got the girl at the end of every story bc i loved cliches

#673. usually a mysterious adventurous girl from out of town that meets the mains in my story and befriends them/helps them out. also a close friend of the groovy goat character

“Paws off diary” Bull Terrier. ok this ones weird but he came in this lil electronic diary right (you can google how it looks to see what i mean) and there was this like, plastic bubble on top that he came in and you could stick him or any other lps in there and shut it securely cuz it was a diary so i. used it as like. a prison almost where id trap lps and the other characters had to ‘save’ them like they were rescuing a princess from a tower or smth. but it was usually just this lil guy. also he was given a name but i was kinda cheating skjdfsdf it was, “Max” bc that was always his name in the commercials for the diary--

#646 and #647, twin orphans separated at birth. did a lot of princess and the pauper esque ‘long lost siblings from different worlds’ reunion stories with these two

#94. so this one came with a head bandage and a little medical looking case to carry them in. i used the carry case as like an ‘ambulance’ or med helicopter to put ‘sick’ pets in and carry them to the hospital, and this pet had chronic illness so they were always the roommate patient at the lps hospital.

#10 and #142, the goldfish couldnt be taken out of the bowl if i remember correctly so. he felt sad and isolated but the seahorse was his best friend who was able to go anywhere so id stick him in the bowl with him a lot to hang out n make him feel better. solidarity

#463. i LOVED her design, so i used her a lot as just a friend to whoever i was playing with. she was also one of the bigger birds so shes the only one i remember really utilizing as a ‘this character can literally fly’ plot device. she also might have been magic i dont remember. ik whenever i did the circus story she was always in it

#37, #38 and #39. i lost the ‘girl’ one early on, like completely lost it and never found it again so idk what happened to it. so the story was the other two were brothers in a constant search for their long lost sister. sometimes id either have another lps be their sister or make a ‘found family’ trope out of somebody

#331. i had two of these and they come with little hats but i lost one of the hats so. evil twin story babey the regular one was a nice old pirate guy but the one with the hat was evil and nobody could ever tell the difference

#641, IM THE TRASH MAN! I START EATIN GARBAGE,

[lanternlightseer]

The Paranormal and the Sitcom: A So Weird & Girl Meets World Crossover Essay

Inspired by @fi-phillips  | @thats-so-weird  | @boymeetsworldconfessions  | @rilaya | @rileymatthews-xo

Introduction

From 1999 to 2001, Zoog Disney aired a paranormal show named So Weird, the Disney version of the X-Files. Micheal Jacobs revived Boy Meets World with a continuation called Girl Meets World. On the surface So Weird and Girl Meets World have nothing in common. The former show filmed in Canada, the latter was filmed in California. Cooksney and Jacobs couldn't be more different, Jacobs is known for comedic sitcoms like My Two Dads, John Astole and producer Jon Cooksney, focused on speculative fiction. Astole worked on Stargate, and the 1980s Twilight Zone revivals. Disney Channel hosting their television shows is their only commonalities so far. What made these programs successful was pushing Disney's Astole limits on what considered acceptable. As a result, So Weird was the darkest show Disney Channel aired where Girl Meets World was one of the smarter television shows of modern Disney Channel. Audiences don't think of Disney tackling death acceptance, religion, or feminism

Fiona "Fi" Philips (Cara DeLizia) along with her older brother Jack, join their mother Molly Phillips (Makenzie (Phillips) on her comeback tour. Having a Rockstar mom isn't easy, especially when evil spirits begin stalking Fiona. When Annie (Alexz Johnson) arrives a paranormal panther follows suit. Riley Matthews (Rowen Blanchard) along with her best friend Maya Hart (Sabrina Carpenter) continue the lessons her father learned almost Boy Meets World. At six years old I loved stories about hauntings and dark creatures, so, So Weird naturally appealed to me. Nostalgia over Boy Meets World influenced my decision to watch its sequel and the quality of it surprised me. This cross-over essay's purpose is dissecting these shows popularity and their similarities rather than their differences.

Surface Similarities & Differences

At the surface level SW and GMW's similarities are minor., Fi Phillips and Riley Matthews are our brunette primary protagonists; Annie Thelon and Maya Hart are our blonde secondary protagonists. Fandoms hated Annie and Riley because they interfered with the fandoms' favorites then subsequently blamed for the lackluster third seasons. Celebrities Carpenter and Johnzon used their shows as advertisement for their music careers. Actually Disney gave Carpenter a record deal before casting her as Maya. Carpenter is talented but still sounds like a Disney pop star, however, Johnson has more experience. SW had better music because there was a larger variety of genres like Rock, Pop, Blues, and Celtic music. SW alluded to Celtic and Greek mythology like changelings and sirens. GMW alluded to BMW and nothing else like Cory and Shawn's jellybean scene. Both shows had actors who appeared in crime shows including Carpenter and Eric von Detten.*1

What else SW and GMW had in common was that they had realistic friendships and family dynamics. Friendships weren't used as problem-solving devices but to deepen the characters. Jack (Patrick Lewis) and Clu (Eric von Detten) hung out because they wanted to not because the plot required them to. Parents were written as people. Molly struggled with widowhood and had goals outside of being a mother. Irene felt inferior to her younger sister and Ned Bell was a biker before he married Irene. In addition, Cory taught History yet offered fatherly advice to his daughter and her friends. Single mother, Katy, struggled with her part-time job and caring for Maya. As siblings, Jack/Fi and Riley/Auggie neither fought constantly nor always got along. 'Singularity' Jack and Fi do nothing but argue but in 'Medium' Jack uses "colourful language" when a psychic angers Fi. In GMW, Riley and Auggie argued in 'Forgiveness' then have a touching moment in 'Christmas Maya.' When writing only children Jacobs and Astole never relied on only child stereotypes instead showing the complexity of being one. Not to mention, as an only child myself, I loved this. Maya and Annie weren't spoiled were confused over siblings concepts, like sharing. Trapped in endless detention, Annie's confused by Jack standoffishness finding out that he falsely believes that Annie's replacing his sister. After assuring him that was never her intention, she and Jack become friends. Likewise, Maya confuses Rucas' (Riley/ Lucas) relationship with that of a brother-sister one because she doesn't understand how siblings act. Siblings are loving and friendly but also bicker like Lucaya (Maya/Lucas). Eventually, they develop sibling dynamics with other characters, Annie/Jack and Maya/Lucas.

Neither show's focus was on romance. SW focused on family while GMW focused on friendship and love interests didn't appear in more than one episode. Jack's girlfriend, Gabe, appeared in 'Angel.' Ryan was Fi's first kiss in 'Second Generation' and GMW had two date episodes. 'Brother' was about Cory and Topanga's date night; 'First Date' was about Lucas and Riley first kiss. If romance wasn't plot important then why did GMW develop a shipping war while SW was immune to such disputes? In comparison to GMW, SW had limited couple options meaning there weren't many options before couples became slash or incestuous Those options are: Annie and Fi with either Clu or Carrey. GMW avoids this pitfall with a diverse amount of characters but started shipping wars by introducing the leads and love interest simultaneously. Fanon favourites were Jack/Annie, Carrey/Molly, Lucas/Maya despite the intended couples are Cory/Topanga, Riley/Lucas, and Fi/Clu.

Why did Anti-Annie fans hate her less than Anti-Riley fans? Again, the fandom hated Riley more because of differences in character casting. If a Jerkass character is among the main cast the fandom automatically absolves them, giving their retribution to the kinder characters. Maya's the "broken bird" so fans will prefer her and discount Riley giving fans reason to pair Maya in a love-hate romance. For extra information on this, TvTropes offers an analysis using Nickelodeon television as examples. SW main characters aren't jerkasses toward their friends meaning Annie gets less hate and Friend-Lovers are on equal levels with Love-Hate ones.

Seekers: Fiona & Riley

Seekers of the 12 Archetypes are constantly searching for expanded knowledge of the world at large or themselves. Riley and Fi want to understand other people's perspectives in a worldly sense (Riley) and supernaturally (Fi). However both are open-minded toward unproven phenomenon as opposed to our blond protagonists who rather "go with the flow." Also as the primary protagonists they possess the most contradictions of their worlds. Fi's an amateur parapsychologist but wants a normal life to protect her family. ('Lightening Rod') Fi is a computer geek struggling academically but loves learning new subjects ('Tulpa', 'Escape', 'Vampire'). In comparison, Riley succeeds with her schoolwork but is naïve to the world around her. ('Pluto') She insecure often becoming victim to peer pressure but craves uniqueness away from her peers ('Popular', 'Jexica') Riley and Annie love feminine hobbies – makeup and shopping – but love masculine pursuits too. Both of them love the outdoors, athletics, but are terrible at sports. ('Ski Lodge' in GMW and 'Sacrifice' in SW) Riley can't make the cheerleading team but loves basketball; Fi fails at baseball but tries appreciates the sport. ('Singularity', 'Rah Rah') Contradictions make them rounded characters but causes internal conflict when they attempt to form a stable Ego.

Upon waking up in the middle of the night, Riley eavesdrops on her parents where she doubts if she's good enough compared to her parents. After all Topanga is a successful lawyer, Cory is a successful teacher, and have a perfect fairytale love. ('Cory & Topanga') Unable to connect with her father, Rick, Fi seeks resemblances between herself and him. Just like Riley's atelphobia, Fi feels disconnected from her family because of her paranormal interests. An example is 'Strange Geometry' where Fi feels betrayed that her mother kept Rick obsession a secret. Since Lucas doesn't differentiate between Riley and Maya during the love triangle, Riley further doubts her worth as a girlfriend. In the pilot and a deleted 'Upstate' scene, Riley molds herself into Maya so she'll have an identity. Constant identity searching is another aspect of the Seeker archetype.

Caretaking drives our protagonists to seek out the world's answers. Fi wants closure with her father yet her investigations aren't just for her benefit, but for the benefits of her loved ones. Molly's friends Rebecca left when she was Fi's age, thus Fi confronts Rebecca's "daughter" so Molly will have some closure of her own. Reluctantly, Fi leads the two of them to Rebecca's house where history repeated itself again; Rebecca's family disappeared again leaving Molly more betrayed and confused. 'In Forgiveness' Riley back talks to Kermit wanting answers as to why he left her best friend when she was younger. Town members become annoyed by Fi when she forces them to remember the alien invasion the day before. ('Memory') Fi helps a coma girl's mother and grandmother with technology to revive the girl from her coma even though these people are strangers to her. ('Lost') Riley invades her friends' boundaries so Maya will have hope ('Master Plan'), tries jumping into a bull pen to save Lucas ('Texas'), and keeps her friends in a stairwell so they'll reflect on their surroundings ('High School'). Fi challenges Bricriu to hangman so he'll stop possessing her brother. ('Will-o-Wisp') Riley gives up her relationship with Shawn, her godfather, so Maya will have a father. She forgets her affections for Lucas so Maya will have a chance at love. ('Texas', 'New Years') Occasionally their actions cause annoyance among their friends but its for the greater good. Sacrificing one's own desires is the key component in the Caretaker's goal.

Creators: Annie & Maya

Creators turn illusion into reality and similar to Seekers, Creators are invested self-identity and possibilities. When we're introduced to Annie and Maya both are immediately drawn to creative fields. By the ending of 'Lightening Rod', Annie confides in Fi that she's always had an eerie connection to music and find inspiration from something as insignificant as a stick. Furthermore, Mr and Mrs Thelon inform Molly that Annie has the ability to master most any instrument. 'In the Darkness', the theme song, shows Annie playing as well as popular instruments like the guitar. Maya gained that same artistic guidance from the stars or a paint war. ('Meets Boy', 'Upstate', 'Maya's Mother'). Partly due to Carpenter portrays her, Maya masters singing and guitar quite easily. ('1961', 'Creativity') An added bonus to Annie's is that they act as retrocognition from her past.

Both blondes quickly give up old lifestyles for chances at an art or singing career. For example, Annie's ecstatic she'll join Molly's band on tour, granted her parents reason this is so Annie will have a normal and balanced life. ('Lightening Rod') Impulsive, Future Maya leaps at the opportunity when she receives a SoHo gallery internship. ('Bay Window') Creators share the fear of not having an identity. When a recording agent steals Annie's voice and likewise when the art teacher grades Maya's painting as incomplete, the girls doubt their self-worth. In 'Carnival' Annie's reflections mock her abilities when she rescues her friends from an evil ringmaster. Season one Maya wonders if Riley was right and Maya's troubled past is responsible for her artistic ability. What's more is that the Creator archetype gives the character a dangerous duality; either they're practical with their art or they drown themselves in their disillusion. Which is why the Orphan archetype lurks beneath the Creator.

The Thelons and Hart families are alive but their actions produce an orphan effect on their daughters. Traveling across the globe before the So Weird eventsprohibitedestablishing permanent roots somewhere. Kermit's physical abandonment compounded with Katy's emotional abandonment ensured that Maya wouldn't have a support system. Although being an only child isn't problematic, not having someone to depend on made connecting with others difficult. Neither would form a real connection until they made surrogate families out of the Phillips and Matthews families. Its not surprising their friends would find them selfish at times.

Death Acceptance

The major difference between Cooksney and Jacobs is Cooskney never intended lessons for So Weird whereas Jacobs' moralizing hindered character development on Girl Meets World. Jacobs's lesson was the vague statement, "People Change People" I'd argue his actual moral is not taking people for instead. Cooksney's moral, if you could consider it one, was sacrifice. Fi gets lost camping and sacrifices immediate help to save Big Foot. ('Sacrifice') Barring those morals, the writers over-arcing themes of both were acceptance. SW's primary theme was death acceptance for the Phillips and Matthews family with the minor theme of childhood acceptance Annie) and Maya. All stories lead back to sex and death, Disney's not going to discuss sexuality, but death resounds through every film since Disney's inception. Also no SW or GMW character was exempt from death confrontation. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross's Five Stages of Grief: Anger, Sadness, Denial, Bargaining, and Acceptance aren't linear and one may never gain acceptance. All the characters are stuck in one of the stages and only Fi gains acceptance.

Earnest Becker's seven reasons why people fear death are as followed:

1. Fear of pain

2. Fear of not knowing what becomes of our bodies

3. How our dependents will manage after our death

4. How our loved ones will cope emotionally after our death

5. Fear of an afterlife, such as eternal oblivion, or Heaven/Hell

6. Fear of dying with an unlived life

7. Fear of dying with uncompleted projects

Thantophobia is why humans behave the way they do. Rick's untimely death when Fi was three-years-old affected her because she has no memories of her father. She often resented her brother and mother because they knew him and she did not. Rick/Fi's shared fear is emotionally coping of his death. Maya struggled with coping with the metaphorical death of her father, possibly thinking he's dead to her. Kermit intentionally abandoned his family, whereas Rick intended on returning to his family, but he didn't plan on evil spirits murdering him. Fi and Maya are stuck in the anger phase of grieving. When her grandfather is visited by a banshee, Fi tracks the creature down and asks Death personified the fairness in taking her father away from her. Death responds that it will even the imbalance by extending her grandfather's life for a time. But for seasons 1 and 2 Fi copes with death by actively seeking the paranormal afterlife to escape and accept death.

Jack's death phobia is similar to Fi's except he fears losing his sister and mother like he lost his father; his nightmare is a manifestation of that fear. In the midst of gang's lucid dream, Jack leaves them for a method to awaken from the dream but is transported to the night of Rick's. Dream Rick promises he'll return, but knowing the future Jack chases after his father. Fear trapped Jack in Grief's denial stage subsequently causing his resentment of the paranormal his dad loved so much. And it's not until 'Changeling' when Jack accepts his dad's death when he starts singing again. Surprised, Clu comments that Jack hadn't sung since Rick died. Jack responds with, "Well, maybe it's time I started again."

Minor episodes such as 'Fall' (SW) and 'Gravity' (GMW) discuss death on a smaller scale. 'Fall' details Ned and his childhood friend, Sam, on the death anniversary of their other friend's drowning. Haunted by the memory, Sam is literally haunted by Pete's ghost leading to Pete's recent. The men's responses to death are vastly different; Ned would rather forget Pete's death and Sam tries to confront it. Both are part of the grieving sequence but overall, 'Fall' discuses the myriad of complex emotions after death. Childhood deaths are rightly considered "Bad Deaths" whether or not loved ones are complicit with the death, we often feel that we could've prevented it. Sam is stuck in the bargaining and grieving stages before he can move on. As the men relive that fateful day admits he was scared of dying and can finally accept death now. In 'Gravity' the teens are crushed when a beloved bakery owner dies leaving the bakery to Topanga. The episode ends with Auggie opening his gift with a note reading "It's not My-Kranian bakery, I'm dead." Cory phones telling him that he is glad Feeney isn't dead, perhaps this was an allusion to 'I Dream of Feeney' when Cory wished him ill. Riley gives the eulogy and everyone learns to cherish their loved ones while they're alive.

Next is Molly and her death phobia in the series. Molly's emotions toward her husband are erratic in all three seasons. It's been over a decade since Rick's death and she still hasn't accepted it. In the Christmas episode 'Fountain' Molly admits to a young Fi that her loss bothers her. In 'Medium' Molly began to resent Rick's memory because she felt haunted by him wishing that she could forget him. Molly misses being a lover but is guilt-ridden because she feels like she is betraying her husband. ('Fathom') And in season 3's 'Muse,' Molly and the band travel to the town of their first concert to recapture the inspiration she felt there. Molly never gains acceptance over death and I loved that this option was shown as well. Not everything is wrapped up in a happy ending.

The final lesson is accepting your own death. Self-death may be literal like the episodes 'Rebecca', 'James Garr', 'Angel' or 'Grave Mistake'. Or death can be metaphorical like Riley becoming new personas, Maya losing herself, or the death of love. The former episodes dealt with the concept of immortality and coming to terms with one's final moments. Fi investigates a girl claiming to be Rebecca's daughter in truth, she's Rebecca herself. Amazed at how much this immortal girl knows and has seen in her years, Rebecca refutes this saying that she hates her immortality. She can never marry, she had to leave Molly, her only friend, behind. Who wants to live forever? 'James Garr' is about the titular character undergo cryonic preservation as a cancer cure. The procedure's successful, but James Gar hasn't a soul anymore with this realization he gives his life to an elderly patient Jack met. In the subplot that elderly man dying of cancer beleives that whenever death comes for him he will greet death with willingness and bravery. James Garr realizing his hollow life switch places with the man so he can live a little longer. 'Grave Mistake' is about a family friend of the family who's been receiving death threats and runs to Annie and the Phillips for help. With Annie's guidance, the woman discovers her dead husband wrote "You're dead" so that she'd remember she died. It's rare that a children's show relays the message that death isn't ominous, it's part of life.

During an interview Cooksney admitted that if Disney had allowed them to, Fi would descend into Hell to rescue her father's soul.*2 Jack would have discovered his past life as a Celtic knight who begged that his next incarnation would be as Fi's older brother. Moreover, it explains that dragon's fear of Jack in 'Strangling' and aside from familial bonds, knight life explains his overprotection of him mom from a mermaid siren. ('Fathom') A tenet of the Order of the Good Death's death positivity is "I believe that my open, honest advocacy around death can make a difference, and can change culture." Cooksney probably didn't intend for SW to have so much death focus but it's applicable to the show.

'Yearbook', 'Triangle', and 'Ski Lodge' are examples of metaphorical death. Whenever Riley embraces different personas, she's undergoing an Ego Death in an attempt to discover her true self. She becomes a Goth Girl so her classmates visualize her shadow side. Contrary to her masquerade, Riley's shadow side isn't Goth but is a metaphor of her dark side coexisting with her light side. Maya lost herself during her dalliance with Lucas to understand her relationship identity contrasting he singular identity. Later on during the love triangle's conclusion, Riley's first comment is "This love triangle needs to die. Nature knows that it needs to die." Of all her friends Riley mentions death the most, examples are 'Yearbook', 'Gravity', and 'Pluto.' Continuing with this death theme involve the teenagers' fantasies as a metaphor for the death of their romance. During their respective daydreams, Riley and Maya inform each other that their dream romance isn't reality. In Dream Riley's fantasy she dies, in essence, the girls kill their ego and their romances to grow.

Childhood Acceptance

Transforming themselves from childhood trauma are Annie and Maya's ultimate goals within the series. Annie's panther and Maya's hope are key in reaching their transformations. For this essay portion, I'm using Widow's Walk', 'Pen Pal', and 'Annie's Song.' For Maya's episodes, I'll use are 'World of Terror 3', 'Forgiveness', and 'Goodbye.'

Symbolically the panther represents the death-rebirth cycle and confronting fears. According to Spirit Animal's website, those with the panther guide are blessed with powerful protectors. In addition, panthers indicate supernatural journeys with occult leanings. Therefore her character's introduction served a purpose in So Weird despite being unplanned. Finally as Annie's panther endows her with strength to confront any obstacle before her.

'Widow's Walk' acts as a transition between death acceptance into childhood acceptance. Tired of her age limiting her privileges Annie swaps ages with an elderly woman. Shocked by her transformation she finds a bottled message from the woman's husband. Desperate for her youth back Annie begs the woman to reverse their ages. Selfishly, the woman refuses due to her thinking that her husband's waiting for her at home not realizing he died in sea storm that turned the woman into a widow. Growing weaker daily Annie knows if she can't convince the woman of the truth she will die. When Annie feints in an attempt to reach the woman and true to its nature, Annie's panther appears at her side giving her strength to continue on. Obviously Annie's successful getting her age back. What's interesting are the contradictions between the elderly woman and Annie. Both characters fear death desperately clinging to life, but Annie's aware of death while the woman would rather delude herself of human mortality. At the climax the women's remorseful of her selfishness wishing she knew how to reverse her wish. Annie's regrets her wish understanding living in the present is better than living in living in the future.

Similarly 'World of Terror' along with 'Pen Pal' shows the girls' adolescence if their positive influences were absent in their lives. By befriending Jennifer and not meeting Riley, Annie and Maya become rebellious Goths. Maya no longer believes that she deserves good things; Annie pushes her friends away. Following this change, Alternate Annie's panther is a worthless tattoo, Alternate Maya begins bulling Riley for not letting her in her bedroom. . Deprived of hope or understanding our alternates protagonists cannot accept their pasts. Being Disney, these girls defeat their alternates. Annie through using her panther power, Maya through befriending Riley in the parallel universe.

These last three deal with Maya and Annie discovering the truth and making amends with their childhoods. In 'Forgiveness' Maya writes and letter to her father, Kermit, in an attempt to forgive him as part of Cory's homework assignment. That following day Kermit returns to town hoping what his daughter said in her letter was true. Unable to forgive Kermit, he leaves once more reducing Maya to tears. As a result Maya realizes she's forgiven herself for believing she had caused Kermit's departure. By forgiving herself, Maya's ability to accept her past and find a new father figure in Shawn Hunter when he adopts her in 'Goodbye.'

In the penultimate episode the characters travel to a Native American reservation as a break from touring. Unlike her friends Annie can't enjoy her day off with strange flashbacks coming to mind. Coyote possesses the tribe's leader when a little girl becomes lost in the forest, forcing Annie to remember her childhood memories. Years earlier the Thelon family visited a jungle for a research assignment, little Annie awakens before her parents do and wanders into the forests. She happens across a petrified tribal man and it's only when a poisonous snake attacks her she realizes the danger she's in. As her parents discover their daughter's disappeared, the man rushes her to his village in an attempt to save her life. With shaman magic, the man's father removes the venom and takes Annie to a location where her parents will find her. Grateful Annie sacrificed her life to save his son, the father promises to protect her all her life in the form of a panther. With full understanding of her childhood, Annie manages to accept her past as Maya did.

Conclusion

Girl Meets World and So Weird are different shows catering to wildly different audiences. Still, each character follows similar archetypes as well as themes people wouldn't expect of Disney Channel to allow on their network. More importantly, the fact that it does shows its capability to portray mature, darker subject matters for all audiences. Readers may disagree with my argument but these are shows the current generation should watch. Girl Meets World is a television show that my generation should watch. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed my essay and I would love it if you gave me your opinions on each program, as well.

End Notes

*1 – Many Disney Channel actors starred in Law & Order: SVU episodes. Von Detten, Carpenter, and Kimberly Jean Brown as examples were in that Law & Order spinoff. Someone even wrote a crossover fanfic of GMW and SVU. If a fan theorist could invent a theory that Disney and any crime universe are connected I would be ecstatic.

*2 – Walt Disney has had hell landscape stories since the 1930s. Silly Symphonies' 'Goddess of Spring' had Satan-Hades drag Persephone to Hell. Fantasia ended with the song 'Night on Bald Mountain' where Demon Satan tortures souls only stopped when Holy light/God intervenes. Frollo damns Esmerelda to Hell if he can't possess her and little mentions God and Satan. (Hunchback of Notre Dame) CoCo takes place primarily in the afterlife. Disney Channel could've done a Hell episode.

Links

www . orderofthegooddeath resources / death-positive-movement

so-weird . proboards

Disney . wikia wiki / So_Weird

www . youtube user / OrderoftheGoodDeath (Ask A Mortician)

www . youtube user / littlemissfuneral (Little Miss Funeral)

www . youtube user / UnderTheKnifeShow (Under the Knife)

www . fanfiction s / 6178294 / 1/Love-As-True-As-Time

www . fanfiction s / 6067416/1 / An-Ultimate-Hey-Arnold-Essay

www . spiritanimal . info / panther-spirit-animal /

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  one of the worst examples of this is a game called subnautica, that game is a flawed masterpiece, and its also an example of this weird truism where sometimes you really do need some kind of interloper stepping over an artists vision. subnautica is the story of the lone survivor of a space ship crash in some distant future, and as the lone survivor you have to explore an almost completely aqautic planet to collect resources and escape. and its a beautiful game, the underwater environment they created is incredible and its amazing to explore, the main artist had a vision and the world building is phenomenal except for one thing, the story. scattered throughout the world are these little futuristic tapes essentially and you pop it into your little pip boy style device and theres these voice acted skits that tell this long overarching story, and one of the characters is this totally bad ass babe, shes like a salty sea captian and the story culminates into this mono e mono batte between herself and some giant underwater creature in which she harpoons it and its implied she dies a warriors death (or did she?) and i gotta tell you, its some of the most cringe inducing shit ive ever come across. the main artist, the dude with the vision, was kind of a fag, and we benefit in some ways from that, only a fag like him could have come up with such a spectacular vision of an alien ocean, but there wasnt anyone to reign in his fagginess during the games development which leads to shit like this bad ass lady having a harpoon battle against some underwater leviathan, while you the player character dont really have any offensive weapons to defend against the giant undersea creatures, you will spend the majority of the game running from these creatures when their encountered. it doesnt sound like a big deal, but it does matter, in a game like doom, where the men are extra masculine in a stylized way, that salty sea bitch would be a forgivable character i guess. honestly i just hate the bad ass female trope, it stopped being a twist in the early fucking eighties and has long passed the threshold into cliche, its practically a requirement now in art, but especially video games. 

   its just obnoxious because lets face it, it isnt believable, and if you find those characters believable i hate to be the one to tell you this but you’re fucking retarded or such a massive pussy that the huge gulf between men and womens temperament seems non-existent to you i dont know. you can write strong female characters without making them macho men. a great example is in the film le samourai, i wont spoil it, but a woman does something amazingly heroic and she doesnt resort to violence at all, because thats ridiculous. ah fuck it im gonna spoil le samourai so if you ever plan on watching it and you havent yet stop reading, i cannot recommend this movie enough, when i watched it i realized that this movie was the source text for every “cool” movie ever made and it did it better somehow than all of its predecessors. its a stylish brooding movie about a hitman living in an empty dingy apartment with his bird, we see his lonely life, hardly a word is uttered throughout most of the film adding to the sense of loneliness. a job goes wrong when hes spotted leaving the scene of a hit and the rest of the movie is a cat and mouse game where he desperately tries to avoid both the police and the wrath of his employers who blame him for being seen and attempt to have him killed. describing the plot points like this does not do the movie justice, its incredibly atmospheric and stylish. there are two prominent female characters in the film, one is one of the protagonists associates,  he goes to her after his hits and establishes and alibi with her and then leaves, and like with all of the other characters in the protagonists life, it appears that they have a very business like bare bones relationship, but later in the film when the main character becomes more desperate, some cracks begin to form and you start to think maybe theres a little something more, certainly the woman has some feelings for him, but while he shows an uncharacteristic amount of warmth towards her very briefly, its clear the relationship is mostly one sided. so later in the film when the murder detective is hunting our main character down shows up at her house and starts picking apart his alibi with her, you are made to feel pretty certain shes going to crack. the detective start threatening her with prison time, and despite the protagonists earlier spurning her romantic advances, she doesnt sell him out. it sounds so minor, but the film is so well done, everything is so perfectly executed its this incredibly triumphant moment, and you feel this deep sense of respect for the character. i mean it was pretty good, but i wish when the detective threatened her with being sent to prison, she did a spinning kick to his face and her stilletto heel got stuck in his eye socket and she said something bad ass like “suck my crotch, bitch!” but no movie is perfect.

[unproduciblesmackdown]

i keep forgetting to complain abt this so we’re doing this live...

i watched lady bird right, overall uh it was that rare movie that i think is good but didnt like, personally enjoy that much, & i suspect it wasnt helped by a couple of factors

while this didnt ruin it for me or anything i did really sour on a certain point ive complained abt before re media tropes.....i need cis ppl to find another device to symbolize “character accepts some aspect(s) of their identity thru accepting their given name”

its like unignorable to be watching this element throughout a movie & not have it feel vastly unpleasant... like its not like you can overlook it or just forget it or it just casually occurs to you that oh, lol, a trans teen might have this sort of experience, like...you have to be cis as hell & i guess have no non cis ppl within 50 miles of you to not have that occur to you even once

like, the awkwardness of trying to get people to use a name thats not on official forms & having to explain it on repeated occasions in non private settings & having people pause or raise eyebrows or roll eyes or question it or imply they find it ridiculous or whatever...thats like, some kind of dry humor if its applied to a cis person using a nickname i guess? but thats an experience for a lot of real people where it means a lot more than a preference and it can be received a lot worse & is gonna be a lot more high stakes for a lot of reasons

like i didnt mind it that much until retrospectively b/c i actually thought that for once they WEREN’T gonna do the thing where the character is like actually lol my birth name is fine, and spoilers, they do. like i was rooting for even a cis character trying to simply get people to use the name she liked best for herself. and now of course i resent that they put it in repeatedly throughout the movie. like it just annoys me at this point. the lack of respect for or existence of trans characters, yet theres all these subplots where cis characters press some Self-Determined Identity that they then let go of b/c its all denial of ur true self or whatever like. can you just stop

and anyways its like ive also said...even cis characters (and cis ppl irl) shouldnt be called by their birth name if they insist they dont like to be called that. even in those cases, to refuse to use the name they want to be called is a lack of basic respect, some rejection of their fundamental right & ability to define themselves & a dumbassed power move too. and its Really Not That Difficult.

its not like i think this plot device is inherently bad but its kind of evolved into some bs. like, the fact that almost exclusively especially in movies, a cis character having a Chosen Name will keep being pointed out as an awkward hassle & see how its different from their Real Name & most of all it keeps being revealed as Misguided in the end. meanwhile where are the trans people, in the movies as characters or behind the scenes as someone to be like, hey, this is annoying to see an ounce of something thats often a constant part of our lives & people are always trying to imply that we’re using Fake Names or lying about our identities by having “real” legal names and also in all ways

and also i can just testify that as someone who isnt cis and watched this movie it really stands out even trying to look back on the entirety of the film b/c im v bitter on this point & its not just a minor nitpick and sure doesnt feel like one either

also most scenes with her mom read really differently as someone w an abusive parent. not because i think the character was or was meant to be abusive, if nothing else in the way lady bird reacts to things as not at all the way someone who was abused would, but that kind of like “ooh rough patch in a parent-child relationship, friction so constant its expected at all times, overcritical behavior” is like, the normal interaction on a good day for abuse. i didnt read it as abuse in the movie and know that its not an actual factor but again, theres just no way for me to ignore it, thats just another way i couldnt really say i enjoyed it or would watch it again. thats how it be personally watching movies sometimes you know. you get scenes like that a bunch of times where it automatically evokes a different reaction than it would for most people & you’re aware of that & you can still interpret the interaction the way you know you’re Supposed to, but it doesnt stop you from feeling the way it makes you feel. it just altered the feel of this movie in particular coz it was like 2/3 of the movie. u also dont much get realistic invocation of Abuse / an abused character in movies or shows or books either so....(or when you sort of do in really subtle ways everyone interprets the character as a wimp or a jerk or whatever unless its some unrealistic, one dimensional, conveniently appealing and easy to deal with version of a character where they’re just kind of momentarily shy or sad but they warm up easily, or somewhat cold or cocky but really they just need to finally have a dramatic confession & then theyre all back to being a Regular Person left w no particular hindrances due to trauma that other ppl might find inconvenient or unsympathetic)

anyways

[askguyslikeus]

oh shit yall send lots of questions hoo nelly answering almost all of them under the cut ,,, im gunan try and answer more technical ones first then fun ones and ones about the mod later so u dont gotta scroll all the way to the bottom for the good deets

Hi! I'm still kinda new to the blog and I was wondering what are the 'do and do-not' kind question I should do? Because im sure theres always that one ask thats just Innapropiated, like that one of Michael 'taking advantage og high Jeremy' that was just not cool.  i got this ask a lot so ill be clear with yall. im just not a big angst fan? so sending michael asks about his anxiety nonstop and about how he had a panic attack in the bathroom over and over again wasnt that fun. usually if it pertains the musical though you should be find sending an ask about it? but sometimes i get asks that are like “jeremy ur nothing and how does it feel knowing u fucked everything up” like homie how i think its feels? how u think hes gunna react to that? i made this blog to negate a lot of negativity in my own life so i can promise u im going to be answering asks mostly positive always forever. that being said tho i sometimes get asks pertaining to a few things that ive dealt with in the past and these topics make me very very uncomfortable. dont send asks about these topics please. this is the no no list

-self harm, cancer, suicide, rape, parent death, car accidents, sudden death.

What was your inspiration for this blog? hoo boy well,,, ultimately i thought of them rooming together and got emotional and made a huge list of headcanons and was like ,,, why not run an askblog for a bit ill just abandon it after three asks lets have some fun. but somehow im still here and i got sucked in by the complexity of michael and jeremy. i know that sounds kinda silly but just, as someone who is dealing with a lot of similar things, like dependency issues and abandonment issues and depression and anxiety, having these fun functioning character to explore was such a gift for me. i believe honestly thats why im still here and doing this. being able to try and portray a healthy relationship and a healthy way of coping and growing has helped me a lot this past month and given me an outlet i didnt have before. TBH THO the main reason i made this blog if imma be real with u guys id because i didnt like the treatment of a lot of these issues in the fandom. it made me very upset to see depression used as an plot device and michaels dependency issues treated as romantic so i wanted to make a blog that had little to no angst. ANYWAYS somehow im still here ,,, gvrkjvrnkjfd sorry i rambled

honestly I just wanna say first that I love his blog and your art and you're so cool and kind!! a question would be (I'm not sure if you've answered this before or not) but is there like an on going story here, or is it mostly just answering questions with the characters set in this universe? (if that makes sense I'm sorry!) thank you, you're super awesome! ❤️  djrnjg first off thank u so much aaaa,, ive kind of answered this before but its ok its been a while since then! but um i do kinda have a story but how howdy i sure am dragging my feet. the story isn a hUGE OVERARCHING EPIC OF WOE AND THIS PERSON IS UPSET AND THIS PERSON IS MAD AT THIS PERSON its just michael and jeremy getting together. i have a plan and ive talked to a few people on how i want it to happen but ive gained like ,,,, 6,000 followers since then and im kinda nervous BUT ILL DO MY BEST but also please understand that i do this for fun for myself and if i dont get to it im so so so sorry woops

i know this has been said before but i'm really really happy w how you're handling so many aspects of their characters. i.e. michael being trans, michael and jeremy's anxiety, michael's dependency issues, and other stuff i'm too tired to think of. you made the characters have even more depth than they did in the play and i'm rly grateful for the way you're dealing w my favorite boys. (also your richjake is suuuper adorable) ahhhhhh thank u so much? i talked a bit about this on my main but im really glad people are happy with my decision on this blog because im suPER SUPER NERvous anytime i post an ask dealing with these things. (ask hachi or nate i always message them like freaking out and send them my scripts and asks and wait for them to tell me its ok before i post it omg) also like i talked about before i love,,, having these fun stoner gamer boys to explore these issues with. im honestly shocked by how many people also deal with dependency issues because when i first listened to the musical i was so overwhlemed by the song michael int he bathroom because i had never heard someone basically write “dependency issue: the song” and it felt so so so good to realize i wasnt alone in this pit of despair i fall into so easily aha. but im!! glad everyone is ok with this wild ride im on right now (also thank u so much i struggle writing rich and jake but i get so emotional cause they would TOTES call each other babe)

how come you just use sketch form for most of your drawing (sketches and uses sketch for the final result)? im ,,, not really sure what this is asking but i thnk its along the lines of why do i only sketch my answers?? and i do that because dude do u see how often i post and how lONG some of them are. i made this blog for fun and i love doing comics but i hate lineart and coloring and if i tried to churn out finished pics for every post id defs have given up a few asks in,, shrugs

I want to say I love your little comics they're so funny! How long does it take you to make a comic? Are any of them based on your experiences? Ok have a nice day!  thank you! i love my little comics too! it usually takes me anywhere from an hour to five hours if im dragging my ass or talking on discord while im drawing. it can be kinda exhausting but since i took my break ive also been like, starting long comics one day and finishing them another day which, before i would do it all in one sitting then post it hahha. AS FOR EXPERIENCE the first half of the lifeguard comic was based on real life! we were stuck stoned up there for like an hour or two? but we didnt have anyone to help us but we got down eventually!! the wendys comic is also something i did because man!! i need to compliment food workers if they do a good job!! ummmmm just like jenna i also have a friend that said HAHA BYE and moved to cali and she is also lIVING IT UP and doing really well for herself and shes very independent and shes very inspiring to me! hmm i think thats it besides i used to have movie nights with my dad all the time too except we would watch my fave animated movies and sometimes lord of the rings cause my dad loved that

What kinds of things can we NOT ask ? What kinds of things do you WANT us to ask ? i covered the what not to ask in the first question so!!! um if my askbox is open and u want to respond to previous asks ive answered for the boys that would be so so so rad. sometimes im done with a certain ask and i have nothing to add but sometimes ive got more to say but am looking for an opportunity! that being said it made me really happy that i got a lot of asks about pj? shes not going to the main focus of any more asks but!!! i was nervous to introduce her and im glad u guys like her shes fun to write. but overall just general asks i can make a big ol fun story out of so!! dont worry too much about what to ask, if its something ud ask a real person and not like “lol what if ur dad died” ur gunna be fine probably

Hi! Not a question but your blog is so sweet and refreshing! I actually really appreciate that you refuse angst, that stuff tends to rub me the wrong way in fandoms... Keep taking good care of these boys ! gggg thank u!!! it means a lot to me that a lot of people are backing me up on this! i mean if u are an angst fan there are a lot of askblogs that explore that!! so its not in short supply bmc askblog fandoms got something for everyone

Which drawing program do you use?? i use paint tool sai and my tablet is a cintiq !!

this isn't really related to the faq but that bakunawa boy reference was great I LOVE THAT FIC MAN!!! the line was originally a little diff in that ask but i changed it cause ,,,, i could,,,,

an art style question. how do you keep the design of characters consistent from frame to frame? my characters they look a lil different every time I draw em (or a lot different) and it tends to disrupt the flow of my comics/animations ohh boy hoo wee props for doing animations im too scared to give that a whirl but!! it helps that i draw all the panels for an ask on one canvas! so if my next panel is going to be the same character in the same spot just in a diff pose i keep the lower layer on just at low opacity so i can use it as a ref! that helps me a lot!

Sorry if I'm nosy or rude, but are you reflecting Micheal Anxiety, Panic attacks and depence? iii think this is asking if i reflect my own issues onto them boys? and if so then yes i do. i dont place any of my own personality or anything on the boys but i do use them as a way to help me learn how to cope with my own shit and i try to deal with their issues in the healthiest way possible while also keeping in mind they are flawed individuals aaa

what are your pronouns??? and maybe your main blog??  im a cis girl so she/her is good! and my main is squigglegigs! also that being said IF YOU SEE THE USERNAME SQUIGGLEGIGS ANYWHERE JUST?? ASSUME ITS ME?? i have a twitter and an instagram and my tumblr account 

((Hello mod will Michael and Jeremy eventually someday get together. I love them.)) if all goes according to plan yes! if i get overwhelmed and stop having fun on this blog then no! sorry thems the breaks but! i do want them to get together so HOPEFULLY

going off on that confrience on pornogrefy for birds, Im geussing jeremy has played Hatoful Boyfriend. am I wrong? well it wasnt intended as that ref and i dont know anything about hatoful boyfriend but i can see jerm finding it and playing it so, sure homie! the pornography for birds thing is a my brother my brother and me reference! i love that show and them boys so give it a scope!

I'm crying bcuz Michael said he's in love with Jeremy and it's beautiful yeah that boy is DEEP IN love with his bro bro

Any advice for running an ask blog?? (Ps i love this blog keep it up) personally whats worked for me so far is doing just sketches for art. honestly ive been able to work so much more and post so much more often while also trying to work on my expressions and poses! also taking my own experiences and shaping them to fit the characters has been SO MUCH FUN. th most important thing tho is,,, dont overwork urself dude. if ur having a fun time it shows. if ur just forcing urself to churn out material and its not fun? like shit we doing this for free dont push urself? idk idk overall being looser with my art and writing the dialogue before hand has been the most helpful for me for this askblog! ive run a bunch before including @ask-maz and ive run that sporadically for ,, three or four years? its so funny cause u can see my art style juMP AROUND SO MUCH but i love that blog and i only update it like every other month or so but?? i still like doing it and no on likes those posts but it makes me smile so ANYWAYS

~ok from here on its mostly just me replying to nice messages or people asking me personal questions that dont pertain to askguyslikeus so!!~

I just wanted to say I really really love your blog and just your art in general!! Keep up the good work and hope you're having fun! thank u!!! i am having fun and im glad u enjoy it!!

What other musicals do you like? :0  i really like heathers A LOT. i also like doctor horrible i know thats not technically a musical but i just relistened to it and im emotional. i like dear evan hansen but it makes me really sad so i can only take it in moderation! ummm rent? chicago?? music man? now im just naming musicals i was in rip. being in a musical fandom is a new thing to me? i was really into heathers last year but didnt really interract with the fandom at SO THIS IS SUPER NEW?? ive never been into a musical as much as im into bmc and heathers tho

tell us a little bit about urself!! u seem v cool i am squigs or fork!! im 24 and work fulltime as a barista at starbucks! i get high on the beach with my friend gwen a lot and drink wayy to many slushies, my tv shows are brooklyn nine nine and bobs burgers right now! i table at conventions sometimes and sell my art as merch and whatnot and i cosplay as a hobby as well. im pretty boring but i draw a lot and always carry my big sketchbook with me and im pretty sure its given me back issues BUT OH WELL HAHA also i am very not cool THE TRUTH COMES OUT

Who do you most relate to from bmc and why? like ,,, a mix of michael and christine with a sprinkle of jeremy i guess ahaha i relate to michaels dependency issues and overarching positive attitude and love of music, i relate to christines bright disposition and the need to not stick to one set thing? like she loves theater cause she can be sO MANY PEOPLE and like same homie thats why i cosplay. and jeremys need to be likes while also ability to put himself out there is very relatable. i also identify strongly with his dad issues idk idk whats good

Also -- just thank you for how you handled all the panic attack and anxiety attack asks. I used to deal with anxiety attacks multiple times a day and it just was really nice that it was positive and not them having one. Thank you, sincerely. ahhhhhh ur so welcome i,,, have anxiety and it sucks and i deal with panic attacks like everyday at work so i dont really wanna come home and draw someone having one i guess? im glad its helping other people too tho!

Dude- I love your art? Actually so much? It's... I love it. The whole sketch-ish way your art style is, and the way you color, and the expressions! I'm so glad I found your work - you've given me so much inspiration. Keep doin what you're doin and I hope you have a good day! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ANytime any one compliments my expressions i die cause i legit made this blog to help with that as well ,,, like dam

im lvoe ur art style b o i :0 !!!!!!

Mod, I love you so much I love you you have my soul and my love and my eternal gratitude thank you and I love you (This is the guy who was excited about PJ on your ig live stream a while ago and I love you) !!!!!!!!! im so happy u like my content omg and that u like pj im so glad!! shes a good bean

I just wanna say... I'm crying over that post about Michael and his anxiety? cuz I know how it can feel that you're only your flaws and weaknesses, but Michael just tells that to screw off in the most wonderful way and I'm?? thank you so much for that post, I bookmarked it for future times when I can't look past my depression... honestly, that post made my day (along with every other post on this blog), thank you for being such a lovely part of this fandom ,,,, im,,,, im scared of a lot of this fandom tbh but if i can be something good that come out of it and my love of these boys and desire to show them functioning together in a healthy way can help other people its so much more than i ever thought id ever be able to do. i am blown away everyday by the support ive been given on this blog and i might be crying right now because i never thought id be able to touch other people like this and i just. im really glad yall are here with me for all this.

(To the mod: You are a beautiful person that I highly respect. I love this blog and what you set out to do. thanks for giving something that makes me smile and gives me something to look forward to everyday, keep up the good work! ❤ ) hey im still crying from the previous ask aaaaa im honestly so emotional

what are ur true feelings for wendy's??? i fucking love wendys man thats some top tier fast food right there

what fast food restaurant do you think has the best nuggets WENDYS HANDS DOWN

do you have a favorite movie? paranorman makes me very nostalgic and ive seen it like eighty times and used to watch it with my dad a lot and i love it

I would just like you to know that your Wendy's comic prompted me to pull the same thing with a bakery in the town I'm visiting and the baker got so excited and happy, so thank you for making that comic because I made that woman's day. GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD I LOVE WHEN PEOPLE COMPLIMENT ME WHEN IM WORKING DUDE LIKE IM SO GLAD IT MADE U DO THIS!!! IM SMILING REALLY BIG!!

chocolate milk or strawberry milk? or plain? woops i hate milk im so sorry

do u love michael mell with all of ur heart, mod?  i really truly do man what a fucking good ass character

hi squigs i love you! i love your content too and i hope u have a good day pal :>  WHAT A SWEET BEAN!!! THANK YOU?? OMG

I'm just saying that recent ask you did with Michael really hit me hard because I really related to it and I started crying because it made me realize that I've been pining my self worth on everything my anxiety causes and I'm so much more than that. Thank you, so much for that I really needed it because I'm in a really bad place right now. <3 -for the mod i legit cry everytime i get asks or dms like this cause once again the idea that im helping other people is so ovwehelming i love you??? i let myself just be”depressed” for ahwile and by that i mean i just,, let my sadness consume me and i was scared of getting better cause the sadness was all i knew for so long and just. its so easy to think u are ur illness but you are so much more. soooo much more man.

I relate A Lot to Michael so the way you portray him in the blog is really good, and I think it's really awesome you refuse to like?? do terrible stuff and answer bad questions just bc people wanna see that. You run this blog really well 👌  AHHHH THis is the biggest compliment thank u so much ,,, i get real anxious bout this blog soemtiems but then yall send me sweet things like this and its worth it man

Hey mod, just know you're a really cool person. Thanks for running this blog in the first place. Keep doing the great work.  thank you!!!! for ur support!!!! 

not really a question!! i just wanted to say your posts on this blog always brighten my day and you're really an incredible artist and person, keep rockin on my dude!! *clutching my heart* the fuck this is so sweet

1 .I just wanted to say your blog is really awesome! It's very lovely. I also like how you made michael trans and like handled it? (just with how all the characters treat him and stuff its v nice). Your art is super duper! Thanks for running this awesome blog! 2. Hey! This isn't a question but I wanted to say that I appreciate michael being trans!! As a trans boy it's just rly awesome to see something like that casually thrown into an ask blog without making it a huge weird deal :D immm,,, i kinda really love the idea of michael being trans cause a lot of my trans male friends are actually pretty confident in their skin and michael is a very confident character? and u rarely see that with trans representation and its so refreshing to see it portrayed well. im trying to do that here but again if! i do anything wrong let me know!

how did you first get into art? (also i really love your blog, it's amazing!) ive been drawing as long as i remember! ive got mad adhd and wasnt diagnosed until late in ym life so i would just draw nonstop in my classes ahaha i used to read the sunday comics a lot and they really inspired me to try and make comics of my own too!! (and omg thank u) 

someone also asked me if i went to church or was religious but tumblr ate the ask but i used to go to church a lot as a kid but im currently not religious at all aaa

ok holy shit that was a lot but thanks again to everyone i legit cry a lot about how supportive u all are thank u so much aaaa

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Okay so this is the TRIUMPHANT TALE OF MY ELITE FOUR CONQUEST

I totally drained out all my items going through the victory road, and then used up my last healing before the champion, with two pokemon fainted, so it was ONE HELL OF A HARD.

And one of my pokemon was entirely new to the team- I swapped out my HM user for an altaria I caught during the climb up there. So yeah in addition to all that trouble I was also trying to quickly level up Tiamat at the last minute during these last four battles. He had Dragon Dance but then NO ACTUAL PHYSICAL ATTACKS TO USE IT WITH. The only viable TM for him was Frustration, and apparantly he warmed up to me very quickly cos it stopped being effective a few battles in. Alas! But also yay!

And then seriously I love that the champion in this game is a gym leader from the prequel, I feel so proud of her! Also her music rocks and i like the fullbody portraits for the versus screen, that was so fancy lookin. Nice little detail that your protagonist has their bag slung to the side as they pull the pokeball out, which you couldn’t see in the smaller version. (Actually, does that appear on the male characetr too?)

Okay, so I was down Jaws and Nougat, my two biggest tanks. And Jaws was also my main physical damage dealer and the best elemental matchup for everything I had to face. Aaaaaaa Now Edamame had spent almost the ENTIRE GAME being fragile AF and everyone else covering for her so she could level up. Even after finally reaching her final evolution she was still struggling to find her own niche cos of the ABYSMAL movepool that was available at this point in time. Couldn’t learn anything except psychic type moves, pretty much two TMs in the entire game would work on her and one was a support move and one was a move she already got from levelling up. So at best she could only use her huge power when there was both a good type matchup and a low speed enemy. Seriously, god, a glass cannon pokemon usually is speedy too.. poor bean friend... But anyway, now for the tale of EDAMAME’S TRIUMPHANT RETURN For some reason in this ONE SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCE, this defensively unendowed pokemon became a tank?? She was up facing the Hydreigon that could destroy everyone else, with no attacks that could even HIT it. Yet she could take one attack without fainting, and she could use Recover, and in combination with Excalibur’s Leech Seed she could sit there flipping the bird at this giant dragon as is slowly died of its own accord. IT WAS AMAZING And then she also managed to take down two other dragons, her glass cannon-ness finally getting to shine! Seriously, half the whole damn battle, all from her alone! MY SWEET GOOP CHILD

And then after that I was stuck desperately sailing by on every fiendish strategy i could pull out my butt! Deckard was the only one doing standard attacks, he didn’t get much of a chance to shine here cos of the annoying amount of Earthquake users but he was a good supporter holding the line when necessary And he’d been my primary pokemon throughout the entire game so I guess it all balances out? Excalibur kept up the Leech Seeding which was now my only way of healing at all. But he also did some goddamn great damage with Dragon Tail! It wasn’t very great despite the super effectiveness, cos of his low attack and the no STAB bonus. But it was a really good stalling tactic cos it forces the enemy pokemon to switch out. He just kept juggling them! And then Tiamat mostly just chipped away with Frustration, cos he didn’t have any PP left for cotton guard AAAA. But luckily enough he learned Perish Song in the last battle before the champion, and it got the PERFECT opportunity to be used on the very last pokemon Iris had left! I had two left but Deckard was on quite literally 1hp and couldn’t outspeed this lapras, so if Tiamat went down he wouldn’t be able to finish it off. But instead Tiamat took it down with him and I was left hanging on by the skin of my teeth while I took the crown!

and then like WOW the BW2 ending credits scene is really sweet and cute?? its funny that DPPT was one generation earlier yet had a far more technologically advanced end credits sequence kinda? like, it was a fully animated montage of a big scene of the heroes bicylcing home as the sky changed. And BW2 is just a literally plain white screen with scrolling text and a few static images that fade in and fade out?? But the content of it was sweet enough to make it kinda my favourite of the two. DPPT had the best end credits music and looked really nice but it was really just the same animation looped with a different sky in the background. here it was just a regular montage thing in the same style as Sun and Moon but less graphically competant, yet the framing device kinda was just.. really unique and i wish it could happen more?? Like instead of just showing all the events of the game or what the characters are doing after the game, it shows your character’s actions IMMEDIATELY after leaving the elite four!  It shows you running through all the areas of the game and meeting back up with all your friends who celebrate your victory in their own different ways. And I mean its just.. really graphically bad. The overworlds of the gym leaders + rival are really limited so its hard to tell what’s happening sometimes. And its hard to get that sense of running through the world when its static one frame pictures, i seriously dunno why its animated only at the beginning and end of the cutscene?? BUT Its also REALLY FUCKING SWEET AND I CRIED I didnt even enjoy this game and i still cried! And DEAR GOD the bit at the end where you see your mum on the horizon and run into her arms!! Sun and Moon really seemed to take a lot from BW2, I’m glad they also took the post credits mum meeting scene and rendered it in full fancy 3D. I STILL really wish the mums would get more of a role in the game, but i really love that at least now its aknowledged that like.. in-universe theyre at least aknowledged as important to the protagonist, even if theyre not important to the plot. And the sun and moon one had more of a personality and a unique design compared to the BW2 one but still i was so happy to see little Usagi run home to her mama with her champion title, as if she was the most important person to tell and this story wouldnt be complete without her. My heart just grows eight sizes imagining her staying up all night telling mum about her story all super motormouth style and then thats why you wake up in your bed when you start the postgame. She tucked you in after you fell asleep on the sofa, and went to go phone all her friends at 2am to tell them the news! ..I just really care A LOT for the pokemon mums and i wish everyone else would too.

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How do you monitor your energy usage?

This is Sense. Sense installs in your home's electrical panel and provides insight into your energy use and home activity through our iOS, Android, and web apps.

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Once you receive Your Sense monitor and it  has been installed,  now it’s time to get oriented inside the Sense app. This is where all power consumption and usage activity gets reported from the Sense monitor; clearly, instantly, and in real time. In this post, we’ll look at the app’s four main screens.

Now – a real-time tally of every watt your home is using. Trends – historical energy trends by day, week, month and device. Devices – individual usage statistics and information for individually discovered devices. Settings – account info, Wi-Fi configuration, Alexa/IFTTT integrations, and much more.

Energy intelligence in real time

The Now screen displays both instantaneous power use and a timeline of every device that turns on or off. This is the screen you’ll likely be checking most often – it’s the quick-to-read snapshot of your home’s activity. The Power Meter at the top displays your energy usage in real-time.Try turning on a light or appliance – you’ll see the reading change instantly when it goes on and off. If you want to get very granular, pinch and zoom into the meter (this works best with the app in portrait orientation).

You can also see usage plotted as a bubble graph, with bubble size relative to power consumption. Bubbles appear for each device that’s been detected, as well as your “Always On” load, which accounts for phantom loads that seem to always be on, like DVRs, printers, Wi-Fi speakers, and desktop computers that consume a small amount of power in “standby” mode. When you first open the app, you might only have one or two bubbles shown, but that number will grow over the coming weeks as Sense listens to your home and identifies more devices.

The timeline on the bottom half of the Now screen displays historical use of any discovered devices. Tap a device to get detailed usage information and statistics, or to categorize and rename mystery devices and set up notifications. Remember, Sense needs some time to learn your home, and the devices in it. As new devices are discovered, they’ll start to appear here on the timeline.

Analyze your energy use

The Trends screen makes it easy to see how your home is consuming energy over time.

Right away you’ll see where you can set and track goals to reduce your energy use. Also on the Trends screen is the Usage section. Here, you can track how much energy your home is using day-to-day. To dig into your Usage information, tap the small arrow just to the right of the Usage section. You can view by the day, week, month. year, or billing cycle (if you’ve defined your billing dates in the Settings screen). By default, you’re seeing total energy use for your whole home represented in green, but you can also click on individual devices to see Trends for that device (in green) versus your total use (in grey). To see total usage in kWh or dollars for a particular day, press and hold your finger on that day’s bar graph.

Now quickly tap that day (without holding) for an hourly view of your energy use. The graph now shows usage for each hour of the day, represented as a bar. This is very helpful if you’re trying to shift usage to take advantage of off-peak utility rates during other parts of the day. Or, if you have solar, to better sync up your consumption with your energy production, like charging your EV in the middle of the day when solar generation is at its highest. You’ll notice that the statistics for each device also change as you modify the viewing range.

In addition to the Usage view in the Trends screen, the Power Meter here shows consumption over the last 24 hours. You’ll likely see some spikes when large appliances were turned on. Tap the arrow on the right of the Power Meter to see a detailed real time representation of what’s on right now right down to the sub-second level. Scroll left to see past activity, and you can also pinch with two fingers to zoom out. This is where you can see some of the particular signatures that each device has when it turns on or off. Sense detects devices by identifying these signatures and other unique qualities in the context of your home.

Your Home’s Devices

The Devices screen gives you a bird’s-eye view of all the devices that have been discovered in your home, listed first by what is currently on, and then alphabetically after that. During the first few weeks after installation, this list may be limited, but the longer your monitor is installed, the more devices Sense will learn and the longer this list will grow. If devices are currently turned on, the app indicates that in green. By tapping on any of them, you’ll go into the Device Detail view and see their historic usage statistics, and if you’ve added your electricity costs to the app, you can even see how much that device is costing you to operate.

For unknown devices that have been discovered by Sense but not yet named, you’ll see a list of Community Names which leverages crowdsourced data to give you insights into what other Sense users have named similar devices, and your can also use these historical data clues to help pinpoint what they are. By tapping the gear icon in the top right of the screen, you can also add the make and model. By doing this you’re also helping to contribute to the accuracy of the Community Names feature, and helping the Sense data science team build its database of device signatures, in turn improving detection accuracy for the entire user community. This Details tab also includes fields for information that is unique to your home, like the location, and personal notes like “Filter changed 01/01/17” to help you stay organized and up-to-date with your appliance maintenance.

Tapping on the Manage tab reveals controls for whether or not that particular device is displayed on the Timeline of the Now screen, settings for basic or customized notifications, and controls to Merge the device with another (like combining multiple independently-detected elements of a dishwasher or clothes dryer), Delete a device (if you no longer have it, or it seems to be misfiring), and Report a Problem to the support team. This last point is useful when Devices display as being “On” when they actually aren’t. You can report “Device is Not On” and help inform those detection algorithms.

Account Settings

The last main screen inside the Sense app is Settings, where you can customize how Sense works for you and access some of the more advanced features. Under the Account tab, you can opt to receive push and email notifications when new devices are discovered, or when mystery devices are found. Nested inside My Home, you’ll find the Sense Monitor tab, which provides all the details of your hardware, including firmware versions (firmware updates automatically overnight), Wi-Fi configuration, and real-time metering of your electrical mains. You’ll also see the the Data Sources tab where you can enable other inputs for Sense to monitor like Network Device Identification. Under Connected Devices, you can connect Sense to hundreds of other smart devices in your home through IFTTT, or setup our integrations with Philips Hue and Amazon’s Alexa. You can also set the electricity cost and billing cycle start date if you’d like to track your power use in dollars in cents as well as kWh. Finally, the Help section provides you with links to useful guides and troubleshooting tips.

The Sense app is your dashboard of what’s going on (and off) in your home. Take some time, explore its features and get a better understanding of your power usage.

Have a suggestion to improve the Sense monitor or app? Be sure to reach out to our support team here. And don’t forget to join the Sense community forum to share your stories, suggest features and connect with other Sense users

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Live your Life (But I miss you more than I did yesterday)

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/YFQIkVc by 21PilotsWithGuns, arcventi Inspired by There’s A Rodent At Work Jason has cut all contact with the Bats and living as Neal Caffrey for six years. Meanwhile, in Gotham, every Bat and Bird is searching for the Joker... Words: 2322, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Fandoms: White Collar (TV 2009), Batman - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: Gen Characters: Jason Todd, Peter Burke, Bruce Wayne, Damian Wayne, Dick Grayson, Tim Drake, Cassandra Cain, Duke Thomas Relationships: Peter Burke & Jason Todd, Cassandra Cain & Tim Drake & Dick Grayson & Duke Thomas & Jason Todd & Bruce Wayne & Damian Wayne Additional Tags: kind of open ending sorry, mention of the joker, but then i didnt know what to do with the joker, so i let it sit, and finally decided to just publish it, hes just a plot device anyway, Family Reunions, Family Fluff, Family Feels, i really just wanted them to be together again, thats all - Freeform, dont expect any real plot read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/YFQIkVc