#the bad news is that I really really love playing as Idri in it so far

[blujayonthewing]

I've been playing a little baldur's gate at my friend's when we're not doing other stuff and man. baldur's gate Good

[sincerely-sofie]

What are some ideas you've wanted to draw/write but haven't?

Oh man. I've got so many. A handful of ideas include:

A semi-animated series titled "My Pal the Paladin" about a kidnapped princess and the final boss who join forces to track down the legendary hero who's failed to slay even a single mook months after the plot kicking off and yell at him for taking so long. It's based on my oldest original characters and has a lot of sentimental worth to me as a result. Idris, Pal, and Katherine are my babies. I've considered making it similar in production to Dingo Doodle's Fool's Gold series, but I haven't actually made it because I'm really nervous about it turning out poorly ^^; I'd love to post a pitch bible for it someday!

A gothic picture book tentatively titled "Cover the Mirrors" about a woman killing a monster that has haunted her since girlhood, and inheriting the curse that turned the monster from a normal man into his current twisted looks. It would end with the monster's appearance going from being seen as a Boogeyman figure that stalks kids who play outside after sundown while the original monster was around, to a vengeful beast that hunts people who prey on children once the woman inherits the curse. It would play with the idea of trauma giving you unique abilities to help those who have gone through similar terrors, while also warping you into something you can't recognize and find inherently repulsive. I haven't made it because I don't know how to render the painterly style I envision for it.

A mixed media visual novel titled "Cradlehead" about a woman who finds herself serving as the unwilling vessel for an eldritch entity that will destroy her mind when it finishes germinating within and exits her body. She has to escape the pocket dimension it trapped her in to develop within the optimal conditions in order to save herself. The visuals would incorporate clay, digital art, traditional art, 3D models, pixel art, and photography. The game would center around the woman's desperation as she tries to escape while her ability to perceive the new world around her decays more and more over time. I haven't made it because I doubt my artistic abilities to make something like I have in my head come to life.

An untitled magical girl webcomic about an unwilling magical girl with a giant bee familiar named Queenie and issues controlling her powers because of her insecurities. She feels bad about being a not very girly individual while surrounded by hyper-feminine young women who have a handle on their powers she could never dream of. It revolves around her character arc where she eventually stops worrying about meeting the arbitrary standards she imposes on herself to be "girly enough" and decides to just be herself, whoever that is, unlocking her true powers and entering her ultimate form during a climactic battle— taking on a design less like a queen holding a scepter like she'd been dreading, and more like a princely knight holding a stinger-like spear. Her rejection of others' expectations as well as her own helps the world-ending threat, a shapeshifting eldritch being that absorbs people into itself so it can become someone other than itself but is never satisfied with the new faces it obtains, to accept itself and stop trying to steal people's souls in order to find one that would make it love itself. I haven't made it because I worry if it would come across weirdly to the average viewer, as it deals with gender dysphoria as a subject in a very atypical manner.

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SmartLess Podcast Welcomes Presidents Biden, Obama & Clinton

SMARTLESS’ UNITES PRESIDENTS BIDEN, OBAMA, AND CLINTON FOR HISTORIC PODCAST INTERVIEW

While one former president is in court defending himself against hush money payments to a porn star and to a Playboy playmate, three other Ex-POTUS's discuss gun violence, foreign relations, Biden’s re-election campaign, what they miss about being in office, the State of the economy, passing the baton Between Presidencies, and more on the Smartless podcast.

SmartLess hosts Will Arnett, Jason Bateman and Sean Hayes have brought together three U.S. Presidents, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, and Bill Clinton, for a historic podcast interview.

The momentous episode is available early on Amazon Music/Wondery+ here. It will be wherever podcasts are available on Monday, April 29.

The podcast interview was recorded in-person recently with the hosts and the Presidents in New York City.

SmartLess with Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, and Will Arnett is a podcast that connects and unites people from all walks of life to learn about shared experiences through thoughtful dialogue and organic hilarity.

The award-winning podcast was launched in July 2020 and is consistently among the top five most listened-to podcasts monthly. Guests have included Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone, Don Cheadle, Larry David, Greta Gerwig, Idris Elba, Kristen Stewart, Pedro Pascal, Selena Gomez, and many more.

INTERVIEWS CLIPS AVAILABLE HERE:

Sean Hayes: Do you all miss something specific about holding office, obviously except for you because you’re in office, but do you guys miss something?

President Biden: I miss not having an office.

President Obama: Well, look, everybody talks about Air Force One.

Sean Hayes: Yeah, sure.

President Obama: Marine One. It’s pretty convenient, I won't lie. But I’ll tell you the thing I miss the most. Remember those music concerts I used to do at, you can basically invite anybody, and you have this concert and I mean we got you know Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney.

Sean Hayes: Everybody will show up.

President Obama: They’ll show up. And they do these rehearsals the night before a lot of times and you can kinda sneak down and could just sit there and watch Mick Jagger practicing with BB King or something on a blues night. I do miss that.

President Clinton: I miss the fact that they don’t play a song when you walk in a room anymore.

Sean Hayes: We should’ve done that today.

President Clinton: I was lost for three weeks when I left office. But let me tell you something serious, this is one reason that I so badly want President Biden to be re-elected. What I really miss is the job. Not doing it, I'm glad, I believe in the two-term limit strongly, but what I learned was on the worst day, when nothing was going right, problems are everywhere, there was still something you could do that would make somebody's life better. There is no job like that on earth.

Sean Hayes: I love that.

Clinton: And I want somebody..

President Obama: Who appreciates it.

President Clinton: …that I trust to make the most of that every day. Cause they’ll be bad days no matter who gets elected. But he’ll get up and he’ll start thinking about that. And I think his opponent will be thinking about…

President Obama: Himself.

President Clinton: …yeah, who I can get even with, who I can send away. Joe Biden will make the best of the bad days.

Jason Bateman: And the team that you have assembled and your comfort with deferment. For me personally, I love leaders that have the confidence to hire those that they respect, that might make them a little nervous.

Will Arnett: And also not to think that you're the…

President Obama: That you’re the smartest guy…

Will Arnett: Yeah, that you’re gonna have every…. We had leaders like that in the middle part of the last century who were put into government by presidents of old, and they made a lot of decisions that they thought they were right about, and they were terrible people. And when that happens, when you think that you’ve got all the answers, is the moment you don’t.

Jason Bateman: Like Ron Klain, bringing us out of COVID. It’s just on and on and on, the way in which you’ve surrounded yourself with the absolute best this country has to offer.

President Biden: I made a commitment, having an administration that looks like America. I have more women in my cabinet, I’ve appointed more Black Circuit Court judges than every other president combined in American history. I’ve kept my commitment about putting a Black woman on the Supreme Court. I’ve had an opportunity to go out and get the best people - and by the way, I sometimes pick up the phone and ask these guys who they think are the best people. And I’m looking for people that most of all, not just are good, but care about what they’re doing.

Jason Bateman: Whereas the other guy is only hiring people that won’t talk back and that’s…

President Biden: Oh mine talk back.

CLIP 2 - Download Here

Sean Hayes: What are the issues coming up that people are focusing on that you believe are the wrong things, or they may be the right things, and what should they be focusing on?

President Biden: I think they should be focusing on a couple of things. Number one, we’re gonna, in the second term, God willing, we’re gonna make sure that we do something about gun violence in this country.

Will Arnett: Yes.

President Biden: The idea that we allow assault weapons to be sold, and magazines with 100 rounds, is just bizarre.

Will Arnett: Well, President Biden, I’m so glad to hear you say that because that was gonna be my other question. Which is, the Democrats never say we want to take your guns away.

President Biden: Absolutely not.

Will Arnett: You never said that, you said we gotta be smart about what’s going on.

Jason Bateman: You don’t need to kill a deer with an AR15.

Sean Hayes: Right.

President Biden: The Second Amendment, when I taught law school, the Second Amendment wasn’t absolute ever. You weren’t able to have a cannon when you were, you know, the liberty is ordered with the blood of patriots. I mean, it’s a bunch of crap.

This episode of Smartless will be available wherever you get your podcasts on Monday, April 29.

[mk-wizard]

The Workbench Entry 11/26/2024: Up in Man-At-Arms?

Hi, birdies. Today on the Workbench... we need to talk and please let's keep the tone kind and calm.

Recently, I got wind of the casting choices for the upcoming live action He-Man film which I am very excited about and I saw that Idris Elba is going to play Man-At-Arms. I love this actor and I think his presence in the film would be an excellent, but I can't lie. I think casting matters and I make it no secret that I do not agree with "swapping", in this race swapping, because I find that every time you do, it is wasted opportunity to showcase an existing character or an original one. I would have used this opportunity to showcase the obscure hero Clamp-Champ who I'm sure would have been well received or Man-At-Arms' mentor Dekker would have been more fitting since he does have that wise and strong look. Plus, I also admit I would have felt the same way is a white man who did not look he could pass off as Man-At-Arms and did not have the signature moustache was slated to play him.

However, I also accept that just because it is not a creative decision I agree with doesn't mean other artists can't go for it anyway. It also definitely doesn't mean I am any less excited about the film or believe it won't be good anymore. Who knows? Maybe Mr. Idris Elba will prove to be a shining bright blue moon as Man-At-Arms the way Samuel Jackson was as Nick Fury even though he is canonically white. And even if he isn't, as long as he does his best, I can let it slide.

However, this is NOT the topic I want to talk about really. What I want to talk about is how when I expressed my disagreement and gave this argument, it was not received the right way. I was attacked, shamed, gaslighted and insulted just because people did not agree with me. It is a very depressing experience when you express an opinion even in the kindest way possible while backing it up with a sound argument and alternative yet all people hear is the part where you say "I don't agree with this". This is not the way the He-Man community should be. It's not the way any fandom community should be. We should be free to express our opinions even when they don't match up in so long as you're not offending anyone. With that said, I wasn't. I was not offending the actor, a group or anyone for believing that when it comes to live action, you should look the part to an extent. Also, I'm not the only person who thinks this way. If you don't agree, that's ok. Creative choices are debatable and up to the artist. Yet this is not the way a lot of people are in many fandoms anymore and it is depressing.

Fandoms should be a safe inclusive space for everyone where free speech and free thought should be welcomed not punished. So I don't agree with this casting choice, so what? I also didn't like He-Man's haircut in the original cartoon, but I still liked the show. I didn't like Teela's design in the 2002 reboot, but I still liked that show too. I don't like how Tri-Klops was reimagined in the Netflix CGI cartoon, but I still like that show as well (and for the record, I fully accept that it is a reimagined new story with some key elements staying the same not a retelling). You cannot like things about something and still like the thing overall. Nothing is perfect and art subjective.

Differences of opinion don't ruin fandoms or medias. Bad attitudes do.

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[dreadnoughtus]

Liveblogging after taking an edible and watching

game awards

I don't know what these games are

Oh wait assassins creed VR??

Got distracted my friend texted me.

The dress is kinda flapper ish you know not in a bad way it's fine

What did Forza just win

Oh that's cool good for them I don't drive cars

The height differences......

This would freak me out being on live TV I would hate it ohmygod

Wait huh hometlstuck

This is such strange vibes

Sign language is so sick tho

Why isn't there a general neutral version of mommy and daddy

Oh here come the names I don't know

I'm playing Sandrock while I watch this

Would it be weird if your kid immediately called you by your name like would that fuck them up or

Was told to use beepbo

Alright I'm back

Jk gusher break

BABY BABY BABY BABY BABY BABY

I'm fucking clappiny

Ok but this game fucks

This is about persona 3 btw

I'm absolutely freaking out over her writing

Wait is it a bit

Who

Oh

She's in a silly goofy mood

Omg

Oh never mind I wanted more burning things in a fireplace game

Cool if you're into goo.

I'm a googetter myself

?????????

Omg remember this

Ok but I'm hype

HORNS

I'm gay

Hell yea hell yea

Remember when Rocco was sitting all by himself on camera

Guys I really don't hope someone says some dumb shit on stage again

Geoffs walking out music is cracking me up

Get you a mans who sends you two chairs and a table through the mail

Omg remember his speech last year lmao

Oh it's a bit

Damn

What is this lol

Is this a roast

My fucking boyfriendddd

Idris where you at

Idris you're missing the fanciest night in gaming

Our boyfriend won!!!

.....what is he wearing lmaoooo

Security BEEFY this year

Aww omg

He wore his armor I'm dead

I need to replay baldurs gate NOW

That's right baldurs gate!!!! You can fuck a bear!!!!

Geoff relax

Huh lol

Immediate fanservice

...I'm dying

Turned him on??????

Is he gonna fuck us????

Interstellar?????

This isn't interstellar

Damn bro

Wet Chair :/

Daddy's back

Oh free dayum ok

Geoff has the air of a man who presents this as if he himself made these games

Goose guy 2

Wait this is great

This is my kind of game

I love this

Fuck gta6 I got Big Walk

HUH

Is this fornite Lego????

What the huh

Took a break for ice cream

I just got the news Wonka will be presenting

They give them less speech time than on the Oscars

Oh wait this is the cool lady

FINALLY GONZO

Gonzo has good taste

Cocoon was good

Ok Sega ok!!!!!

Hold up anime game I'm awake

Oh nice ok I'm into it

Alan Wake sweep

Apparently the site you have to login into to get a steam deck for whatever is crashing crazy lol whoopsie

I liked venba!!

Wtf

His boy

I'm scared that's just a video

Not the fog machine

His broach is wild

I'm so glad kojima is finally making the movie he wanted to make

Is this wrestling

Huh

This is a WILD collaboration

They have my support

Movies and games!!!!

Ohhh dinosaurs?? I'm too scared to play this

Everything is fortnite now we are all assimilating into fortnite

Monkey 👍👍👍

I cannot escape suicide squad

Nooooot a fan of the remix

NICE CLAWS

Where do I aquire claws

What is Warframe sorry

Acab

Good games!! I loved tchia

This looks sick, ori vibes

So many cool looking games

Man with ponytail?????

THIS IS EVERYTHING TO ME

I want to play rebirth so bad

SHUT UP STOP lol huh?????

Sea of stars was meh sorry I said it

Omg I forgot about hades 2

Cutting to ads from ads is so funny

Holy shit he almost killed the camera guy with one kick

Anthony Mackey doing crowd work lmao

Fortnight

He's zooted

Thank you for the meme s

Thanks for the memeorys

Steve Martin looks different

There's 3 genshins now

Hell yeah democrazy

Are these guys a big deal I just don't know

I feel like I need to have played Alan Wake I guess

BOOGIE DOWN WHITE BOY

Ok but they are shredding

Ok I'm ready for bed how much longer

Stop flirting on stage

Gamer snax

We get it you're a voice actor 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

Ok wait the armor??? Ok nice

It's funny tho cause the last thing I liveblogged was last of us, good show

BAGGU REPRESENT

The PR glowup for no man's sky was impressive no doubt

No mans sky 2!

We're always talking about mountains

Dragons so I'm in

Can I be a wolf man

Badass title

Stretching this is what I'm always saying unironically to everyone

I love tonberry king

Omgggg monhun!!! Chocobo

Huh what modded controller???

He flutin

Gotyyyy let's goo lol

Bg3 🫡🫡🫡

I sleep 😴

I'm not reading this back

[bloodieash]

Hi OC Bingo friend! You're on my card so I had some questions about your characters:

Who would you most like by your side in a fight

Who would you most like comforting you after a bad day

What is Elle's earliest memory

What does Maddie do to unwind

What are both OCs' comfort food

Do either of them play any sports or have any hobbies

How did you come up with them

1.) Elle, hands down. - Look Maddie is a shadowhunter so she knows how to fight, but she's "awful" at it. And Elle has been heir apparent to the Los Angeles Institute since before she could walk so she's been trained twice as hard as any of her siblings or most Shadowhunters her age. She only transferred to train under Hodge Starkweather and Dominick Roseblade (who was there to train Alec with the bow) 2.) Maddie. - Because she's "awful" at fighting and a whole bunch of family crap (on both sides) Maddie has spent her whole life trying to make herself useful. And since she was moved to the New York Institute the only people she could make herself useful to were the Lightwoods and Elle since everyone else thought she was underfoot. So - Izzy got into another fight with her mom? Alec cracking under everyone's expectations? Jace in a mood? Elle is feeling homesick? She's dealt with it all and more. 3.) The earliest concrete memory Elle has is of the head warlock of Hollywood stopping by the Institute to check on the wards. She hid behind a pillar and just watched her work her magic, utterly fascinated. 4.) Maddie is an oddball. When she is stressed out or had a bad day, or even if she just can't sleep -- especially when she can't sleep, she will find the oldest book around written in a dead or demonic language and translate it. She finds comfort in the patterns of language in the repetition of finding common words. And especially in knowing something most other people don't. 5a.) Elle: Mac and Cheese - When her grandfather was still alive he'd make the good stuff from scratch. Elle and her siblings would sit around and listen to him tell stories. When Elle moved to New York Maddie called Elle's mother to learn the exact recipe and made it for Elle whenever she was feeling homesick. 5b.) Maddie: Oranges -Back when she still lived in Idris in what remained of the Fairchild estate there was a small grove of orange trees. Maddie's mother and each of her aunt's (and many Fairchilds before them) had picked a tree and carved their initials into it. Maddie climbed her mother's tree and would pick the oranges at the very top, desperately trying to feel close to a woman she'd never met. Before she left Idris she carved her initials into the same tree. 6.) Elle absolutely dominates at tennis. She used to play doubles with her siblings when they had spare time. After she moved to New York she picked up knitting as it was something she could do on her own. Maddie as cliche as it is plays chess. She's average at it, she wins some she loses some, but she always manages to pull someone into a game with her. For something she can do on her own Maddie throws knives. And that she is very good at. 7.) oh boy. So I made Maddie first She was a retool of my oc Juliet O'Riley who was a mundane turned siren 'cause I stumbled upon a pintrest picture explaining the differences in how sirens and mermaids are made and I really wanted to use it. But then some things changed and it spiraled and a long thought process about how come sirens weren't more common and what made this particular person turn turn into a siren later and Juliet O'Riley turned into Maddie Foxblood. Only back then Maddie's story was still to turn into a siren after a mission gone wrong and at the time she had no connections to the Fairchilds, other than the fact she was one of Valentine's experiments. Because I love the angel/demon experiments it's why most of my shadowhunter ocs are shadowhunters instead of downworlders even though I prefer downworlders. But once I made Maddie one of Valentine's experiments I got to thinking of Clary's line about Jace and Johnathan being opposite ends of the same experiment and my brain went "wait a minute! What about parabatai who are opposite ends of the same experiment?" So Elle was born. And from there some things filled in as I started to write for them and other things just popped up.

[rainsmediaradio]

Drake Ft. SZA - Slime You Out Lyrics

Drake Ft. SZA - Slime You Out Lyrics Intro: Drake I don't know I don't know what's wrong with you girls I feel like y'all don't need love, you need somebody who could micromanage you You know what I'm sayin'? Tell you right from wrong Who's smart from who's the fool Which utensil to use for which food, like I got a schedule to attend to, though I can't relate (6ix) Verse 1: Drake You bitches really get carried away Makin' mistakes, then you beg me to stay Got me wiggin' on you like I'm Arrogant Tae You got my mind in a terrible place Whipped and chained you like American slaves Act like you not used to Sheraton stays I met the nigga you thought could replace How were there even comparisons made? Bitch, next time, I swear on my grandmother grave I'm slimin' you for them kid choices you made Refrain: Drake Slimin' you out, slimin' you out, slimin' you out You might also like IDGAF Drake Balut Doja Cat ​greedy Tate McRae Verse 2: Drake Ayy, this ain't the littest I could get on you bitches Send wires on wires on wires like Idris You lucky that I don't take back what was given I could have you on payment plan 'til you're hundred and fifty And my slime right here, she got some bars for y'all niggas So I'ma fall back and let SZA talk her shit for a minute Refrain: Drake Slimin' you out, slimin' you out, slime Verse 3: SZA Damn, these niggas got me so twisted How the fuck you so real, but play bitch on my line? I can feel what you're spinnin' Got too much pride to let no burnt nigga slime me out Pull up, go write about My night, got time, let's discuss all those lies about Frontin' out here like you diggin' me out And I ain't even cummin', I'm in and out And you ain't 'bout the shit you rappin' about And I can spin a ho, I'm airin' it out I'm goin' off like a sawed-off You tell these hoes you ain't cuddlin' But with me, you know you doin' all that shit You tellin' these hoes you ain't trickin' off But with me, you know I'm gon' get it all How you niggas get so carried away? Trippin' when that dick is barely third place Fucked out of pity, it's cute that you lame Dip 'cause it's mid, I can't fake like it's hangin' Refrain: SZA Slimin' you out, I'm slimin' you out, I'm slimin' you out Oh-woah, woah Verse 4: Drake Yeah January, you pretend to see life clearly, yearly February is the time that you put the evil eye and the pride aside For the fantasy of gettin' married, very scary March got you already second guessin' titles April, spring is here and just like a spring, you start to spiral May brings some warmer days, poolside, gettin' very tan June have you movin' ice cold, goin' back and forth with a married man July, that's when I found out you lied August, it was "baby" this, "baby" that like you had your tubes tied September, we fallin' off, but I'm still the man you tryna win over October is all about me 'cause your turn should've been over November got you moodboardin' for next year and you're single December the gift-givin' month and now you wanna rekindle our year Tryna build trust, showin' me your DMs, how they tryna bag you Ironic how the news I got about you ended up bein' bad news Get a nigga hit for fifty racks, girl, the beef cost like it's wagyu Get a nigga hit, I'll make his ass see the light like a half-moon Shout to QC, pretty sure I made Pee M's like it's past noon All I really know is W's and M's, life lookin' like a bathroom All I really know is M bags like I drove through and ordered fast food Sayin' that I'm too guarded with my feelings, who the fuck even asked you? Seven bodyguards just in case somebody really wanna try and crash through Don't know why I listen to you when I hear you talkin' to me, it's some half-truths If I don't pay your rent, it end up like an old hairstyle, girl, it's past due If I don't— Outro: Drake Ah-ah-ah, that's as far as I got Read the full article

[quantomeno]

this is quite a funny little observation

perhaps it was just an easy way to get names which were legally ok and fitted in with previous names

Bionicle naming is quite interesting as you can see all the sorts of trends that happened:

'01-'03: real-world names/names derived from languages. We start to get more original names with things like the Bohrok and the Rahkshi, but otherwise I think the vast majority of names are just foreign words. There was also the Tohunga/Matoran change (and other similar changes) where you get more made-up names.

'04-'05: excluding carried over names (the great disk matoran, the Toa Metru), these names are pretty much entirely new. The Metru arc really loves its Ks (Bordakh, Tahtorak, Lhikan, Krekka, Nidhiki, Vahki, Sidorak, Keetongu, Norik, Roodaka, Visorak, Kikanalo etc) and that's likely why the 'Kra-' prefix became a favoured way to make new names. Stick a 'kra' on the front of an old name and bam, you have a name that matches this era's style while also fitting in with the old stuff and it takes less effort than an entirely new name. K had always been a common letter though (Kakama, Vakama, Nokama, Pakari, Kaukau, Akaku, Takua, Rahkshi, Bohrok, Gukko, Muaka, Kofu-Jaga, Ahkmou etc), so you could say they chose it just to continue the previous trend. It also remained a common letter, so at least there's consistency.

'06-08: this era more or less continues this trend, though I am not 100% sure which names were decided when. The Piraka have a theme of short, punchy names (again, lots of Ks). But you also have Umbra, Axonn and Brutaka who are all puns in some way, and the same goes for the Barraki (Eehlek, Kalamar), the Av-Matoran (Photok, Solek) and a lot of the Makuta (Chirox, Vamprah, Mutran) so the names are more overt references. The Metru names had meaning derived from sound only (except perhaps Dume, who sounds like 'doom') e.g. Sidorak: the S sounds sneaky, the 'dor' sounds a bit proud, the ak sounds evil. The Voyatorans seem to just be random mixes of sounds, but the Mahritoran are sometimes puns (Gar and Idris being the most obvious). Hydraxon and Hydruka seem to be plays on 'hydro'. We also get a lot of names for big characters around this time (Karzahni, Teridax, Artakha, Tren Krom) and they tend to be just 'sound' names. And we can't forget the Order of Mata Nui names that are largely plays on the names of Bionicle artists etc (Jerbraz, Tobduk etc).

'09-'10: now, while we do have naming trends similar to those of MU characters (Strakk, Skrall, Tarduk), a lot of the Agori/Glatorian/vehicle names sound distinctly pseudo-Roman or are just directly Latin words (Vastus (vast in Latin), Metus (fear in Latin), Stronius, Certavus, Kaxium, Thornatus, Vulcanus (Roman god of fire), Malum (Latin for bad/evil), Perditus (Latin for ruined/lost), Telluris (the genitive case of Tellus, meaning Earth). Even Spherus/Aqua/Bota/Bara Magna are based on Latin words. I expect this was to play into the whole 'gladiator' theme going on. Thus, we seem to have come a full circle and returned to just using foreign words to make names.

It's interesting how it goes real words/names -> totally new names -> some puns and foreign words -> even more foreign words. I suppose after so many names you start to run out of ideas (or get tired of it) and given the whole kra- thing that started this discussion, it seems that happened pretty fast.

Kra

Anyone have any idea what was up with all the "Kra" names in 2004? Like seriously, all the Toa Mata's names get remixed with Kra at the beginning, is that supposed to mean something?

Like seriously

Tahu > Kraahu

Gali > Kralhi

Pohatu > Kraatu

Kopaka > Krahka

Lewa > Kraawa

Onua > Kranua

What is happening here. Both Toa Metru combiners, both Vahki combiners, a dinky little polybag set I'm not sure was actually released, and the 6-Toa combiner model Rahi all share this bizarre pattern. Is this supposed to mean something? It feels important, but it's not like anything comes of this, as far as I know. And like okay, some of these are kind of a stretch, but it's weird this pattern can be made at all, right? And even without it, that's still a lot of Kra names! But why?

And it doesn't even stop there, because look what happened in 2005!

Takua > Krakua

(Honestly I'm mostly just confused about why I didn't notice this earlier)

[themovieblogonline]

Hijack Season 1 On Apple TV+ Is A Subverting Riveting Suspense Thriller

Apple TV+ is seemingly firing on all cylinders these days. 2023 has seen some amazing new shows and movies, like Ted Lasso and Still. And there doesn’t seem to be any signs of slowing down or stopping. As proven by the Hijack Season 1 premiere episode, the streamer looks to have another hit on their hands. The new show is a really cool drama that doesn’t act as the typical story about this specific subject matter. And I’m very relieved that it wasn’t too soon for one particular part of the show. Hint: It’s in the title. Hijack Season 1 Premiere Episode Review Is Spoiler-Free Hiack Season 1 is an Apple TV+ original series starring Idris Elba that is pretty self-explanatory in its title. The story revolves around the hijacking of a British flight flying to London, which Elba’s character is on. The series is seemingly focusing on the complications, the motives, and how the whole hijacking of the plane affects the passengers, and their loved ones on the ground. But the Hijack Season 1 premiere episode has one key factor that separates itself from the other shows or movies with a similar premise; its ending. But I did promise that this review would be spoiler-free, so I can’t really go into how the premiere episode ends. But it’s a key moment that changes everything. But even without that moment, there’s a lot to love in the Hijack Season 1 Premiere episode. Plane Hijacking Story Could’ve Been Too Soon Before the Hijack Season 1 premiere episode released, my concern was about the problematic depictions surrounding a plane hijacking story. With terrorism and plane hijack stories done to death on both TV and movies, my concern was that the show would repeat previously seen tropes, problematic depictions, motives and reasonings behind its main premise. After actually seeing the Hijack premiere episode, I can happily say that those concerns were unwarranted. The series avoids the usual tropes and creates a story that is genuinely compelling and riveting without going down familiar avenues of storytelling. The ensemble cast of characters makes the story feel believable. The plot stays away from the conventional, and mostly offensive depictions of terrorists and their actions. And the actual approach and tone of the show feel original in a way that we haven’t seen before. The Performances In Hijack Premiere Episode Are Stunning A good story is nothing without good performances. And Hijack has some amazing performances and talent in front of the camera. Elba’s character is almost as mysterious as the bad guys themselves. Elba puts in a gravely intense performance as a man caught in something that he, seemingly, has very little patience for. For some reason. Max Beesley is another character on the ground monitoring the potential plane hijack, as someone close to Elba’s characters. In an unexpected way. There’s also Archie Punjabi who is the official on the ground who it tipped off to something wrong in the skies. Potentially Another Apple TV+ Hit The Hijack premiere episode is a wonderful non-geeky series that is working on multiple fronts. It has the suspense and intensity of Air Force One, with the episodic storytelling format of great long-form television. So far the episode ramps up the tension with each scene and a cliffhanger ending that makes audiences look forward to the next episode. Its story effectively makes audiences feel the fear, stress, and anxiety that comes with being on a hijacked plane, unsure of your fate. Even the way the story unfolds is fascinating. In many ways, the show almost does the opposite of my initial concern. The Hijack series comes at a time when we’re overdue for a good plane hijacking story. As weird as that sounds to say. But the setting of the story is a great source of playing on people’s already built-in fears and stresses around flying, ramping up those concerns to extreme levels. But it never feels gratuitous or exploitative. Which is a hard line to walk for a story with this subject matter. Hijack Premiere Episode Review Ends With More To Come https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxwKzsklvJo Overall, the Hijack premiere episode ends with an explosive cliffhanger that does a great job of ensuring audiences return to see the story unfold. I’m excited to see what this story has to offer going forward. Hijack streams on Apple TV+ every week. What did you think of the Hijack premiere episode? Let me know in the comments below or on Twitter at @theshahshahid. Read the full article

[gay-jesus-probably]

I just finished listening to a 7 episode podcast series talking about the movie Cats and here's some quotes I enjoyed with no context:

"I saw Cats on the premiere night at (theatre whose name i forget)." "Oh shit, us too! We were the assholes that were screaming with laughter, clapping after songs, and gave a standing ovation at the end." "Wait, that was you!?"

"And after that I was really sick with the Corona virus - no, sorry, not the Corona virus, it was more the Heinekan virus, it wasn't as bad."

"Okay, so it's like you're being held at gunpoint right now and ordered to explain the plot of Cats. You have to have some kind of answer. Go." "And for our listeners, we are actually holding them at gunpoint, so you'd better make it fucking good."

"Hey, I'm Rum Tum Tugger and I like to fuck."

"Yeah, I found the lead cat to be pretty hot." "Does that make you uncomfortable?" "...Only if it was a real cat? I mean, I wouldn't be able to house-sit for you."

"So if you were Old Deutrenomy, would you have picked Grizabella to die?" "...Okay, would this be the time to admit that I was really high when I saw the movie?"

"Cats really works as like, a midnight movie. Everyone screams, sings along, applauds, and at the end we pick an audience member and ritually sacrifice them. It's great!"

"The visual effects in Cats are very much in the uncanny valley. The uncanny pussy, if you will."

"What's your favourite song?" "Uh, I really loved the opening Jellicle song." "Okay, follow up question: ~Are you blind when you're booorn~?"

"NOBODY KILLS ANYBODY IN CATS!" "I mean, I would argue they all killed Grizabella at the end."

"I played Rum Tum Tugger in a stage show, and it was really unfortunate, because Andrew Lloyd Webber apparently saw a rapper busking in London, really liked it, and so he re-wrote Rum Tum Tugger to be a street cat that raps most of his song. My costume involved a backwards hat that said 'CHAOS' on it. The dance break included airhorns every few seconds while I was spinning on my head and shit. This was in 2015."

"So if someone could just assassinate Hugh Jackman, I'd really appreciate it."

"Cats is like Australian Idol, but the judges kill you at the end." "...I would watch that."

"The Heaviside Layer is like, cat heaven. Pussy heaven." "...Fuck, we should've named this podcast Pussy Heaven, what the fuck were we thinking?"

"It's just too deep in the uncanny valley. It's like the uncanny Marianna's Trench."

"I think that the dogs in this world also have people faces, like all the cats, mice and cockroaches. And so the humans all have animal faces. It's only fair."

"You convinced me to go see the movie, and I fucking hated it. About 40 minutes in I texted you saying this is horrible, I have no idea what's going on-" "When I got your text I was going to reply with 'it all gets explained at the end' just to fuck with you, but then I thought about it, realized you'd definitely kill me, and deleted it."

"I never thought I wouldn't enjoy seeing Idris Elba looking mostly naked, but here we are."

"We tried to DM every single cast member to do a guest spot on our stupid podcast. We DM'd Rebel Wilson, James Cordon, Sir Ian McKellan - who does not check his DM's by the way - and almost everyone either didn't see the message or just left us on read. Steven McRae is the only one who responded."

"I show up on set that morning, go to my trailer, check the list of whose in the scene we're doing today and I see oh, it's Rebel Wilson, James Cordon, Taylor Swift, Idris Elbra, Dame Judy Dench, Sir Ian McKellan... and Steven McRae. Nobody warned me in advance. I honestly didn't believe it at first, I thought I was being pranked."

"I was wearing bright red suspenders, of course I knew I wasn't in a serious movie."

"So for three days in a row we all got to spend twelve hours just sitting around on set watching Sir Ian McKellan monologue. It was amazing."

"I'd never sung before. Ever. And they couldn't decide if they wanted Skimbleshanks to be Scottish or Northern, so I had to learn all these new accents, and learn how to sing in them, which just made it harder. Then the first time I had to sing on set, it was directly in front of Dame Judy Dench herself. Just in case I wasn't under enough pressure already."

[izukusspirit]

IN RESPONSE OF WAKING UP IM INSTANTLY LIKE----DIBS FATHER ON FUCKING SHOOK CRACK LIKE ???? SON WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED IN LESS THEN 30 SECONDS TODAY??-

OH MY GOD WHAT THE FUCK DID I DO TO HIM DID I ACCIDENTLY MAKE HIM A HUMAN ALIEN TO MESS WITH HIM MENTALY ABOUT EGG TOAST

NOOOOOOOOOOO I THOUGHT I GAVE HIM BLACK ADO CHAN MLG GLASSES BECAUSE I WENT TO 2014 BECAUSE OF A FUCKING OLIVE IN A JAR BEING SENT TO BE AS A GRAPE THINKING I GOT RAPED FUCK DEAD SERIIOUS ABOUT O.B.S BEING THE TWINSISTER GHOSTS HERE

AM I BACK IN 8TH GRADE AGAIN FUCK FUCK FUCK?? WHERES THE SHCOOL THEN IM LIKE AT HOME LIKE AREN’T I SUPPOSED TO CATCH THE BUSS FOR SCHOOL WHERE IS MY FUCKING MOTHER’S JEEP FUCK MY ANTI-VILLAN SUPERVILLAN ASS TRIED TO BOOK A HOTEL TRIVAGO WIGOUT TICKET TO TEHRAN BECAUSE OF MY AMERICAN DOUBLESPERM COUNTERPART HOO MY GOD HE’S TALKING ABOUT OBS BECAUSE HE THOUGHT GHOSTMONUMENT TOLD HIM TO FUCK OFF BECAUSE OF HIM CHANGING HIS BACKGROUND TO A MELTING CANDEL BUT JUST IN GENNERAL CHANGING HIS LAPTOP BACKGROUND ON THE FUCKING PHONE.LENOVO.AND HP EVNY :(. LINGO-JAM SMALL TEXT CRYING HHH GHOSTMONUMENT IS A SWEETHEART I PAINTED THEM SO BAD RECENTLY ;;;;;

https://obsproject.com/ https://www.deviantart.com/ghostmonument ngl they have core and honestly i’ve always loved the way they draw!!! i love their cat dragon character with those long evildregon horns but she/he fucking hates me i stalk because i find intrest in telling you i fucking looove you but you HAATE ME SO YOU’RE LIKE KIMIKO RAIUMONDO TO MEEE LIKE THE MONKEY EYE GLAREE FUCKK :(-

LIGHT IN DARKNESS FAIRY ANIMALJAM GROUND PENSIVE EMOJI IN RESPONSE TO ME SENDING THE LETTER H OR A KAT TELLING ME TO BASICALLY FUCK OFF WITH A SHEMJI KAT OF ERIC BUT ZIM IN THE SUMMER SERVER THAT I COULD ACCIDENTALLY SEE BECAUSE I SIMPLY GHOST LOOKED AT THE LINK IN DEATH LIKE HOOO MY GOD I DIDN’T MEAN TO MAKE A FUCKING SERVER DM LINK NOO THE FUCKING DSI ITSELF COULD SHADOWBOX ME INTO INFORMATION AND I CANT EVEN GO HOOOME ORIGINAL SOURCE OF GHOSTMONUMENT AND KATS UPSET :(

AND THE FINAL DEATH BLOW WAS THAT I KILLED LOKI ON PONY.TOWN IN A TRUTH OR DARE WITH FAYE THAT I COULDN’T GET OUT OF BECAUSE I HAD SO MUCH FUN THAT I FELT BAD AFTER!!! MERRY BAD END HAHAHAHA!

ORI AND THE BLIND FOREST CROSSWORD PUZZLE WOLF NUZZLE BOTTLE FROM TARGET PINKBLUE

THE PEPPERMENT CATTOFRICC WITH LOKIS ENDGAME DEATH WRITTEN ALL OVER IT LIKE FUCK GO BACK GIVE HIM MY LITTLE PONY VIBES IN HIS NEW SHOW SO HIS DANIKA CROWLEY ACTOR DOESN’T FEEL REALLY BAD ABOUT THE FACT THAT I GAVE HIM LONG SPIDERMAN HAIR TO MAKE HIM FEEL LIKE A SEX SYMBOL BUT A WORLD DESTROYER AT THE SAME TIME-AND I’M LIKE CRYING IN MY FUCKING HEAD LIKE I FUCKING HEAR LOKI SAY “FATHER WHY HAVE YOU BETRAYED ME” IN RESPONSE TO THE LONELY OK? KEEP PLAYING FROM ANIMALJAM BECAUSE I NAMED AN ACCOUNT FOR MY MOTHER BISQUITLOBSTER AND HE THOUGHT THAT THE QUIT WAS KILL YOURSELF SO HE DID THE USEEWA AS THE ACTUAL ACTOR IRL AND THATS WHY IDRIS ELBA HAD TO KILL HIM ON-SET BECAUSE HE ALREADY DIED HE SCREAMED HE HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO ACTUALLY CHOKE HIM OUT LIKE MY NEW MOVIE JEWLS HOO MY GOODD

LOOK AT HOW MUCH FUN HE’S HAVING WHAT HAVE I DONE TO HIM?? HE TRIED TO TYPE THROUGH ME LIKE “DON’T DO THAT TO ME??” AND I’M LIKE WYDM “DUDE WE’RE THE SAME PERSON THIS IS PHILLIP LESSEN MADE TO LOOK LIKE MYSTERIO STOOPP” AND I’M LIKE DOES LOKI CANNONLY HAVE A FACE OR IS IT THE FUCKING DISNEY CHANNEL DISNEY XP ULTIMATE SPIDERMAN ONE I CONSTANTLY SEE AS LINEART INSTEAD OF ANYTHING ELSE” YES IT FUCKING IS LAMENTS PHILLIP BUT NOT UPSET “AND IM LIKE FUCK I SWITCHED TO THE FUCKING QUOTE INSTEAD NOOOOOOO LOKI PRINCE OF DARKNESS PHILLIPP JACKSPICER PRINCE OF DARKNESS SHAOLIN SHOWDOWN”

[luimnigh]

June! And in June, I made a mistake: I started playing an Open-World RPG. Those buggers take AGES. I'm 74 hours in.

But I still managed a decent haul this month:

Seven complete movies, two partial watches.

Three series completed this month, with no new partial watches.

And the aforementioned 74 hours of videogame. Still not complete.

As always, details under the cut:

Movies:

Bolt (2008): Babysat my nephew at the start of the month, and watched four and half movies in one day. I really liked this movie as a kid, and I feel it still holds up pretty well. It's a period piece in some ways, but fairly timeless in others.

Steamboat Willie: Yes, I'm counting it. I explained the use of the clip at the beginning of Bolt to my nephew, and then I showed him the short. As a fan of Cuphead, he appreciated the art style.

Sonic The Hedgehog 2: Solid kids film, definitely enjoyed Idris Elba's performance. A little convenient how the location of the Master Emerald just so happened to be close to Hawaii, but we'll let that slide. Also would have preferred if they'd gone into detail on the Echidna/Owl conflict, while GUN was kinda just there to set up Shadow.

The Bad Guys: Oh this is a gorgeous film. Also, I don't think I've ever seen an anthropomorphic animal films that a) included humans, and b) included non-anthro versions of animals that had anthro-versions.

Independence Day: Yes, in June. It's on TV pretty regularly.

Bad Boys For Life: Once again, another "Well it's on TV I might as well". Bit of a strange one, but enjoyable. The shots where they tried to recreate Michael Bay's style stood out, but only because of their restraint in using them. Also, Michael Bay has a speaking role.

Nope: This is a damn good movie. Even knowing so much about it, there were still parts that surprised me. And even I could recognise the Evangelion and Akira influences in the climax.

Ralph Breaks The Internet (Partial): Caught the last half hour on the babysitting day. I do enjoy elements of this film, I feel they did really well with what they had, but I just don't like the premise. It feels so corporate, and a departure from the first film. Definitely a case of artists doing their best with a company mandate, I feel.

Armageddon (Partial): Oh hey, it's Bay again. Caught the last half, starting with them heading to space. It's a very visually spectacular movie. Also: 90s Michael Bay is actually quite critical of the US Military, which is weird in contrast with 00s Bay's reverence of it. I think the turning point there is likely either Pearl Harbor or Bad Boys II. Or 9/11.

Series:

Doctor Who: I literally raced home from Manchester to watch the finale. It was underwhelming. Though that might be because I was super-tired and the ending was interrupted by my Mom getting a phonecall about my brother's fiancée being hospitalised for an asthma attack. (She's okay now.) Kinda lost track of the episode at that point.

Dungeon Meshi: Honestly, a weird place to break it up. Not much of a climax, besides the heroes finally coming up with a solid plan. Still like the series.

Jet Lag: The Game: Series 10: Much better than Series 9. Felt like more of a competition. Loved how they foreshadowed the ending right at the beginning.

Videogames:

Cyberpunk 2077 (Partial): Picked this game up, used, in 2022 for cheap at a now-closed Gamestop. Bounced off it partway through Act 1 because I felt overwhelmed by the jargon being thrown my way. Came back to it after watching Edgerunners, and found it much easier to understand the world around me, and thus make decisions in it. Would recommend pre-gaming this game with the anime.

Looking back, I spent most of last year in a depressive funk. There were some high moments, but after about March I just stopped doing the stuff I enjoy. I didn't read books, I didn't watch movies, the last videogame I played to completion was in May, I only went to the Cinema twice...

I just took the quick dopamine hit from stuff like youtube videos and social media scrolling.

I gotta fix that. I gotta get back to the things I enjoy.

So my New Year's Resolution, probably the first time I've ever seriously done one, is to enjoy more art.

I'm gonna record every movie and series watched, every book read, every game played- and I'm gonna finish a bunch of those I started and never ended.

No goal, just more.

[brotherslayer]

honestly, i'm at the point where I'm wondering if Giovinetta (from lady devil) simply won't be satisfied unless everyone around her is miserable, and *even then* it's still not enough (why else would she bring back to life her abusive brother and betray/murder Idris?). Even in a new life where she doesn't seem to remember anything, she can't stomach the idea of Johannes having (seemingly) more freedom than her and being (seemingly) more beloved by people.

just. Holy Shit.

I don't think she'll ever reach the freedom she seeks if, even without any memory from her past life, she *has* to mess up Idris no matter what. I know that he abused her, SAed her and all (which he never should have done, no matter what), but it's still wild that in his new, nearly immortal body (unlike his past life), she *still* has the upper hand psychologically and puts all the blame on him. Idk girl, if you were locked up from 6 yo to your 1st marriage, maybe blame your abusive, dangerous parents instead of your twin??

It really feels like these two never had a real, honest conversation that could have avoided a lot of trauma and toxic, abusive behaviour on both sides (like how Johannes was hated by their mother, seems like a pretty important conversation to have??). Ik that it's the point of lady devil to watch them being a trainwreck, but I still feel bad for Johannes/Idris... Changing his face to the one of the man he hated the most *and* not realizing that Giovinetta won't ever love him, even if he gets entangled in the OG twins' incestuous nonsense? it's tragic.

I see it a little differently Giovinetta revived Xavier because she found it unbearable to part from the abuse that had become customary. Displays of affection have become indistinguishable from abuse. Giovinetta must have made a mistake somewhere or the research papers of Kretschman were incomplete because we know Xavier came back wrong, he was more like a living corpse than anything else and this is why she wanted Idris to fill out the empty space that Xavier had left behind. The problem is that the Idris that existed in the past could never satisfy her masochistic urges completely. Despite the intense psychological trauma he was subjected to since young age he was still...too kind. That's why I think she didn't hurt him for the sake of hurting him but she hurt him because she wanted him to hurt her. (That and to prevent perceived abandonment like when she burned him with a hot iron after he laughed with another girl.)

"I know what you want from me."

I feel like there must be more behind it as to why Giovinette chose to betray Idris. Killing him was too extreme. Even for her. Perhaps someone else framed him for something or something else led to her believing that he betrayed her first. It is possible that Giovinetta might not even see it as a betrayal because he said he wouldn't mind to be killed by her.

I'm recalling the confession in chapter 90.

"But what if you die like Xavier?

"I'll forgive you if you let me have a taste later."

Idris was just playing around, but I think Giovinetta might've taken him by his word literally.

We might never know if Innette could have turned out normal or not. At a certain point the image of Giovinetta and Innette have started to blurr and Idris/Johan began to view Innette and everything she does in the most negative light possible. It doesn't matter what Innette does, Johan has decided she is either going to abandon him or going to betray him because that's what her past self has done to him, so whatever she does, it's negative and confirms it. That makes it hard to differientiate between what is Innette's nature and what was nurtured. Was Innette always destined to become Giovinetta 2.0? Or is Johan's insistence to treat her like Giovinetta the reason why she became like her?

Take for example her incestuous feelings for her twin. She played a kissing game with Johan because she saw her parents doing it. She was curious and wanted to try it out. That was all. Nothing more nothing less. Not to Johann though. She awakened his feelings for her and that's why he was confused when she told him to forget about it once they got older. In his mind Innette was Giovinetta. Then if that was the case why was Innette not lusting after her brother just like Giovinetta? Now the sensible explanation would be "Innette is not Giovinetta even though she looks like her. History doesn't have to repeat itself. She was just experimenting like kids do and couldn't tell right from wrong" but Johann jumped to "she is just like Giovinetta omg she is going to betray me and then abandon me to be with another man!!!" and his kill bill sirens went on.

Johann destroyed her only way out of this dysfunctional family when he killed her husband out of jealousy and the rumor spread that she was cursed and had to be locked up again. Because she was trapped in a situation where she was extremely isolated from everyone except for her family she ended up becoming overly dependent on him. And Johann was taking advantage of that including her amnesia. So it's no wonder that Innette was trauma bonding with Johann just like Giovinetta, not because it was something inevitable but because he created a condition in which she had no choice but to develop these feelings for him. In a way she was suffering from stockholme syndrome in her "captivity". I can understand Innette's resentment of Johann a bit. Especially in the early chapters Johann had moments where he got jealous and paranoid seemingly out of nowhere and was accusing her of things. If you are already treated like a sinner despite trying to do good and then getting punished by the person you are trying to protect you are going to reach your breaking point one day.

I suspect Johan is partly to blame for why Innette ended up taking after Giovinetta more and more. Innette and Johan's relationship faintly echoes Giovinetta and Xavier's, this time with Idris in Xaviers role. Johann fucked up twice. The first time when he killed her first husband and the second time when he got overly paranoid when she was suffering from amnesia and acted up. (like he couldn've had it all had he not been so insistent that she was inheritently rotten like Giovinetta). And while he was not to blame for his parents abuse he was actively profiting from it. Hating your abusive parent instead of your sibling is logical, but Innette was a child when she was locked up in the tower and beaten up for telling the truth about the crime Johann had committed. Her father war unreachable for her. She couldn't punish him. But Johann wanted her love and felt guilty so it was easier to transfer her feelings of hatred over to him, to let her anger out on him since that way she wouldn't have to fear any consequences. Giovietta was unaware of her mother's abuse of him but aware of her father's favourtism towards him just because he happened to be born male. And to be fair she tried to shallow her feelings of jealousy because she was waiting for the day her marriage would free her but Johann was the one who destroyed this hope and the reason why she was locked up a second time and no one wanted to marry her. Johann killed someone first, he raped her first. Kretschmann said Johann and Idris are not the same person, so Giovinetta and Innette might not be the same person either. We can't say she had it coming.

What I'm trying to say is that I don't think Johann has morally the higher ground over Innette. You say Innette can't stomach the idea of Johann having more freedom or being more beloved by people but Johann can't stomach the idea either I think. It was never a problem for him because as a women she was already oppressed and never had anything to be jealous of to begin with, but as soon as Innette fought for the little freedom she could get (marriage) and tries to weaponize her feminity Johann starts to murder people or threaten to murder people (like when another man admired her and kissed her hand).

I'm in no way trying to excuse Giovinetta/Innette here. Her actions towards idris were absolutely vile and I love Idris/Johann alot more. I just think the twins receive an unequal amount of hatred because of a double standard and some things are viewed harsher than others. Like how infidelity gets condemned more in fiction than murder. For example I heard readers where particulary angry at Innette for having sex with Indrikson and demanded the scene to be changed. Johan might have imprisoned, drugged and sexually assaulted Innette but he was always utterly loyal to her and that's why he is loved more.

[yanderecandystore]

Hello, this is the first time I’ve come here and I’d like, if possible, you could place my order, I don’t remember if I already placed that ask or something, so if yes, sorry to bother you...

I can order something with Yandere! Vampire with a Vampire Slayer! Reader, please...

Welcome in!

Well yes boo, you did make a very similar request, and I'm sorry if it took me like a long time to answer you (at least to me it feels like a whole month has passed, time has been so slow and so fast somehow-) it's just that I'm dealing with a lot of stuff outside of Tumblr and although I try to not think about it, it does affect my performance in writing. Also you're not bothering me at all boo!

Also I just realized something, normally when I write I put really mean remarks about the reader but it's not supposed to be taken seriously by you guys, as it's mostly either an look into the perspective of the ocs (normally the bullies who are very mean and cruel-) or even an exaggeration on the reader's current mind state (if the reader feels dumb about a certain action they have chosen, I try to make them sound very exaggerated since I don't want any of you to take it personally, y'all are beautiful okay? Don't worry about the snarky comments and rude remarks that I may write).

I'll try to make it more obvious that it's mostly a character's exaggerated perspective next time, or maybe put trigger warnings about degrading language/mean comments.

TW/Tags: mentions of addiction (to blood) // male x male // male reader // vampy vamp // monster(vampire) x (human)reader // mentions of death // unofficial OC/just a random character I decided to create for this specific piece // captivity/kidnaping // mentions of torture/infliction of pain // mind control/gaslighting/manipulation and stockholm syndrome // being drugged/poisoned // kinda sadistic but not so much so cause I like giving y'all some softness.

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True love is found in small bites [Yandere!M!Vampire x M!Vampire Hunter!Reader - Headcanon]:

Who doesn't like a little one on one with an immortal creature in a fight filled with sexual tension? Who wouldn't want to prove their worth to their dad who is a lonely vampire hunter?

Your dad had hunted vampires all by himself for years now and he won't stop until the day he drops dead, or at least that's what he told you.

He taught you everything that you needed to know, and honestly- You probably know a lot more than some of the guys who are paid to do this every month, Hell, your dad hunts them basically every week! That's kinda the reason why he won't accompany you this time, too busy dealing with vampires in a neighboring village, some rumours of some high profiled vampires coming into your hometown… He was very concerned for your safety before deciding that whenever these rumours were true or not, he needed to check them for himself regardless.

You decided to go on a hunt on your own, hunt one down and prove to your man that you'll do just fine all by yourself.

However, you have the knowledge from the books you read and from what your father taught you, but you don't have personal experiences in fighting vampires. So that's why you're finally going to take down a vampire all by yourself.

It took you some time to find the right target, but after hearing complaints about some odd things happening in the less wealthy part of town, you thought you had a pretty clear picture of what happened. You thought that maybe some vampires have been attacking the poorest people in town to not cause a bigger panic in the population, and sadly enough, you were right.

Apparently the vampirism started to spread uncontrollably as the newly transformed vampires weren't accustomed with the new malevolent power. Some would get addicted to blood and to the power they hold against humans, and start to bite more than what they can chew on.

You found someone who was acting suspiciously, a commoner who was acting more aggressively towards his neighbors and family, he had created a lot of enemies in only a couple of days after being transformed, as he was now acting like "royalty" surrounded by peasants. The poor bastard was out of his mind, and sadly you needed to take care of him before he would hurt more people.

The work of a vampire slayer (or at least, one who works on their own accord) isn't as glamorous or "pleasant" as most may think, it involves you constantly questioning yourself and your morals, the guy you're hunting has a family but from what you heard and from what you have seen as you observed him from afar- He is clearly gone, consumed by the addiction of human blood, he would end up hurting his own family if you didn't intervene.

You had to stalk him for basically the whole day, collecting information and waiting for a good opportunity to strike him- Sadly enough, you didn't know that someone else was also interested in killing him.

It was pretty quick now that you think about it- You were about to tackle him when someone else got to do it before you. You didn't know about vampire society's inner relationships but you are aware that there is some form of hierarchy, and that those who were transformed into vampires were considered to be closer to the bottom than those who were born into it. The bottom of their social structure being those who they could all feed on, so in other words humans.

As you have already prepared yourself to attack the blood addictic, this guy who seemed to have come out of nowhere has already noticed that he wasn't alone, you wouldn't be able to hide yourself at this point and running wouldn't be an option considering how fast he moved.

The only option was left was to fight this vampire who was clearly way too powerful for your newbie ass. It was a pretty tough fight, and even if you have lost- You did manage to prove that you weren't just a random human who found themselves in the wrong place, in the wrong time.

You were very well prepared- Idris was pretty impressed by your resistance, but from his eyes, you were lacking a lot in the intelligence department. You were a good brawler, but not a decent vampire slayer by far- He would question you about your level of skill constantly, even mocking the idea of you being an "newbie" at this job.

Idris had won in the end, making you his prisoner who he would bring back to his clan to be used as an easy food source while also giving them info about other vampire slayers. Of course you wouldn't give them anything, no matter how bad your situation was you would still fight to the very end.

Idris had used one of his abilities to bring you two to his clan's hideout in a blink of an eye, you weren't expecting it to be so quick. You were tied up and inside an "abandoned" mansion filled with vampires, you were sure you wouldn't survive this at all- Yet you had promised yourself to not give them any information about other vampires slayers, especially your father.

You have met them, all of them- All of the Nox clan of pure vampires (or at least the last of them), in one single place. They were all so eager to jump in and start the "fun" with you. To torture you, drink from you, control your mind so you would spill all that you know, they tried to but you wouldn't stop squirming and fighting their touch- However, your attitude has only helped to aggravate them.

Idris was in charge of taking care of you- And by that they meant he was the one who would be screwing with you the most. He would keep you alive with your bare necessities but would also be the one to punish and torture you to speak up.

Interestingly enough, Idris wasn't interested in violently taking the truth out of you- Oh no, boo- He was much more sadistic than that.

He saw you as a plaything, like a cat he would see you as something he should toy with before devouring- He would try to push you to your limits verbally, trying to trigger some sort of wound you may have. You were stronger than he assumed, he should have known you weren't so dumb to give in to his insults and threats.

He would still bite you though, hey, a man needs some blood before continuing his private interrogation, right? It's not his fault you're both his snack and the one being interrogated.

You were strong minded, you weren't feeling too awful about being taken as a prisoner, since you felt as if deep down you could still escape this- So the effects of the poison that he would inject on you weren't showing up at first, but after sometime of being under this terrible living condition with only him to talk with, you started to feel some type of weird way around him.

It could be the poison finally taking over, but you have started to notice some… Particular choices that Idris took when interacting with you. Again- It could be all some magic shit in your mind, but you could swear that the lingering touches from him weren't rough or painful as his threats.

Idris was never physically harmful towards you, even to his peers dismay as they would constantly scold him for being too soft. He was indeed very off putting and sadistic- But could he be hiding something deep inside his literally cold exterior? You started to think so… Well, you started to hope so.

See, although the poison is already making your mind dizzy and making you feel some kind of weird attraction towards Iris- It wasn't completely just your mind playing tricks on you, Idris has been trying a new tactic with you and it was working.

Maybe you haven't noticed yet, but for the last few weeks he has started to flirt with you more, touch you more and whisper less concerning things into your ears, and you were eating it all up due to your isolation and his poisonous bite.

The more he sucked your blood, the more enamoured you were with his softer "side", the poison becoming stronger with each bite. But everyday you two spend time together, Idris can't help but feel just as interested in you as you are to him. He may play it off as a sadistic manipulative (which he kinda is-) vampire who is above you and his own feelings- But whenever it's just you and him, he just feels like there is a bigger connection being formed.

The more you two get to know each other the more he'll start falling for you, to the point he doesn't know if he is faking empathy and care or if he actually likes you in a weird way. He has started to feel very satisfied whenever you start acting clingy, desperate even for his attention (again- He is the only one willing to even talk with you before biting you and sucking your blood), the sensation of power he feels is a little bit overwhelming- But very much appreciated.

You have started to feel some side effects from losing so much blood everyday, which has made Idris concerned and incapable of drinking from you for at least some time while you recover from it. But since you need some time to rest without being injected with more venom from fangs, which will cause you to start waking up from your brainwashed state and remember that A: It has been months since you were gone, your dad is out there looking for you and it's possibly thinking you're dead; B: You're trapped in a mansion filled with the last vampires of a powerful clan which has been massacred by vampire slayers like you; and C: You were starting to catch feelings for the one who brought you here- Regardless of manipulation and freaky vampire shit- You were indeed falling for his charm.

Whenever that happens, it will be obvious that you'll start trying to fight them and escape again, even if you're very, very weak from all these months without proper training and healthy eating habits.

You may try your hardest dear, but you'll need a better plan than just going feral on Idris. He is a lot stronger than you, especially since you can't even stand up on your own, and even hurting him makes you feel oddly awful- You had relied on him for so long, that it feels like you would be betraying him if you actually do hurt him, it seems like some of the effects of so much time under his manipulation are still present.

You can't hurt him, but you can still try to sneak out. You should still try to escape!

You would eventually come up with a plan to run away while it was still morning, even if it was a very flawed plan considering that the only place you knew in this entire mansion was Idris's room and bathroom. For some miracle reason, you would find a way to sneak out, it was pretty hard considering you have no strength in your legs, yet luckily no one seemed to be aware of your sudden movement around the corridors- Apparently the whole clan is composed of heavy sleepers.

Your escape was successful, but you wouldn't be able to reach safety anytime soon in your condition- And you knew that eventually they would wake up again and Idris would find you soon. Yet as you had promised yourself and your father, you weren't going down without a fight.

Idris is responsible for you, so whenever he notices that you were gone- He would first assume one of his kind has took you, but considering how everyone else in the clan considers him to be a nuisance and incompetent, he couldn't possibly ask around where were you. If he did, they would end up yelling at him and take you as their personal blood bag- He couldn't let them know that you have escaped.

He would search for you and be honest to god thankful that you weren't dead yet- He would be pissed but more concerned about your current state, after all you were supposed to be resting from losing so much blood and yet here you are: Trying to survive the wild nature around the mansion in a stupid attempt of escaping the vampires.

Idris would have to bite you more often while also giving some days off so you could rest, but doing in a way that you never lose the effects of the poison- He can't stand to see you fighting him so much.

I mean- He thinks that it's pretty attractive how fiesty you are, but he needs you to stay still in his bedroom and to start giving him those confused yet passionate eyes again- Idris doesn't know whether or not you're in love with him or is just acting in instinct considering your current position, and he soon will find himself begging for you to truly give in to this weird fantasy he has built around you two- But for now, all that he wants is the smallest affection that may come from you, even if it's not as true and morally correct as true love is supposed to be.

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[beclynn-herondale]

“Am I a chaotic mom?” Rosemary said. “If you call protecting your kids, cheering them on at the playground, and threatening other parents for them, being a 'Chaotic mom.'? Then, yes. I am a chaotic Mom.”

“She's been asked to not attend Jace's piano lessons, anymore. Due to taking it as a challenge of whose child is better,”  Céline added. “She's also been asked not to attend Kit's art classes, anymore. Due to, once again, taking it as a challenge.”

“Look, you didn't hear what Timmy called Kit's art,” Rosemary defended. “And Jon insulted Jace's piano music. And we both know our kids are the best.”

“Mon amour, you can't threaten other parents,” Céline rubbed Rosemary's back. “You go to the principal, so he can do it.”

“Next question,” Rosemary gestured with her hand.

The interviewer asked. “Do you two have plans to get married?”

“Ask the goddamn person who 'runs' this place that question,” Rosemary got a little heated. “‘What about the children? What will they think when they see two women getting married?’ Probably that same sex relationships are fine, and that it's okay to be gay. Dear, god how terrible that would be,” she said that part sarcastically. “Oh, and don't get me started on the ‘If you're in a relationship with a guy and are a bisexual or pansexual, etc, woman, you're in a straight relationship.’ Like no. Why is everything like this?”

Céline put a hand on her shoulder to soothe her. “That's a sensitive subject. We want to get married, but laws and refusals for our requests keep it from happening.”

“I moved into the territory of Nephilim to be treated like this,” Rosemary grumbled. “I do have plans to start a new life if we have to.”

“Well, not that I'm defending them but. . .” Céline said, “the mundane world hasn't approved it yet, either,” Céline added. "Don't ask why I know that.”

Rosemary sighed. “It doesn't matter. I know I love her and she loves me. That's what really matters.”

Céline smiled at Rosemary and kissed her cheek.

It was these moments that reminded Céline this was what it was like to be loved entirely by someone.

“Next question,” Rosemary rushed. “The boys are with Michael and Robert, and I want alone time with my love.”

“Who is Jace's biological father?”

“Well, Jace's father is Stephen Herondale,” Céline answered. “We were married for about four years but got a divorce. For reasons. He remarried recently. But he's still in Jace's life, and does his best to be a good father.”

“And Kit's?”

“His father died when I was pregnant with him,” Rosemary replied.

“Oh,” the interviewer said. “Sorry to hear that.”

“We done?” Rosemary was examining her nails. “I don't know why you're so interested in us, honestly. We live in the country side of Idris. Nothing exciting.”

Their neighbors were werewolves, but they kept quiet about it. For their neighbors safety.

At that moment Michael and Robert brought the boys back. The other kids with them.

“Welp,” Rosemary said. “Now, you really gotta go. Too bad.”

“Take care,” Céline waved.

The interviewer left.

“This weekly Idris stuff is really interesting,” Michael said.

“That's one way to put it.” Rosemary went to pour the kids each something to drink.

Jace and Alec were talking about something; Isabelle was helping Max read his book; Clary was showing Kit her artwork; And Jonathan Wayland and Jona Fairchild were laughing about something.

They were good kids, Céline thought.

Rosemary had never been a fan of television interviewd or anything like this. But they wouldn't stop bugging them until they agreed.

It was funny to watch her talk with the interviewers. Rosemary wouldn't admit it, but she loved messing with the interviewers.

“So,” Michael clapped his hands together. “Game night this weekend. We're playing scrabble.”

“You sure Robert can handle that,” Rosemary said taking a drink From her wine glass.

Robert shot her look. ”Should you be drinking?”

“Last I checked,” Rosemary shot back. “You're the irresponsible drunk. That's you.”

Rosemary and Robert would go on like that if no one stopped them.

“Will Luke and Jocelyn be bringing the kids again?” Céline asked, trying to divert the conversation.

“Yup,” Michael gave a thumbs up. “Though, Maryse and Kadir have some business to attend to. So they won't be there.”

“Sounds like a plan,” Céline smiled.

Kadir ran the New York Institute, Maryse helped him run it. They made a good team.

They talked for a few more minutes.

“Well,  we'll get out of your hair.” Michael went to pick up Max.

The kids all followed Michael out the door like ducklings, except not in a fine line.

After they left Céline started to prepare dinner.

“So,” Rosemary said to Jace, “what's the status?”

“They're dating,” he grinned.

“Yes,” she high-fived Jace. “I knew you'd get the information, kid.”

“What about me?” Kit asked.

“I knew you'd keep everyone busy,” Rosemary winked. “In time I will assign you tasks, my love.”

“Rosemary, did you have our son investigate for you?” Céline asked.

“Yeah,” she shrugged.

“I didn't mind. I snuck around like a detective,” Jace said. “Alec followed me around to make sure I didn't get hurt or in trouble.”

Céline smiled at that. Jace and Alec were best friends. They did everything together, and Céline would often find them laughing together uncontrollable. Not just any could get that kind of laughter out of Alec.

Rosemary practiced french with the boys while Céline made dinner; that had been her birthday present to Céline. She and the boys were going to become fluent in french, and they were taking a trip to France this fall.

Jace was already almost fluent. Céline had been teaching him little words since he was old enough. He called her “Maman.”often.

Rosemary knew Céline missed it, and she was doing all this for her.

Jace came up to Céline and hugged her. He had always been a mama's boy. Céline had never minded.

“You okay?” She added. “Not that I mind the hugs.”

He nodded. “Can I help you make dinner?”

“Yeah.”  She got a stool for him to stand on and they made dinner together while Rosemary and Kit practiced.

This was all she'd ever wanted, Céline thought. This was what it felt like to be safe and loved and happy. And she'd cherish it every day.

It took time to heal. It wasn't easy to heal. But she was better now.

They had dinner and put the boys to bed.

Then Céline climbed into bed with Rosemary, snuggling close to her. Once again thinking this was safe, this was home.

She kissed Rosemary and was rewarded with a smile, then she kissed her back.

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The next morning they were woken up by the boys crawling into bed with them. They loved to snuggle as a family.

After breakfast they went for a walk as a family.

When I get stuck I've decided to write short things 😎

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[johnny-boy-17]

PJO casting full thoughts

LTLDR; I love them. they are fantastic. Minimal changes to their look please. Lookit Rick’s smile + theirs.

Long version) These kids look great for their respective parts and I am so excited to see them all... and their hair and eyes are fine But I wanna talk about the casting and their acting chops. (I’ll talk about it in there, but y’all shouldn’t focus on that). 

Walker Scobell is absolutey a perfect pick. Percy would have the younger-Ryan Reynolds vibes, so casting the kid who played younger him feels so natural. I wouldn’t really mind if he kept his hair the same, and I encourage him to do so. It has a very sandy look to it, which would make sense.

Leah Sava Jeffries looks f*cking great. A lovely choice, especially since she’s aparently been on stuff like Empire/currently working on a movie with Idris Elba. Like, let’s f*ckin’ go. Anabeth has got a new look, and it is rather stunning in’nit?

Aryan Simhardi has got the perfect height to do grover, firstly. Secondly, he’s apparently done some disney shows before... the fact that I didn’t think of Grover as a disney show comedic-character (with some heart and soul) makes me angry at myself, and I love it. 

Final point, this trio feels like it has so much soul. Seriously, lookit them, it feels so natural, like their sould lept out of the pages and updated their shells. Do me a favor and look at the new trio, next to this previous one

One feels like the soul is right there, modified for a new age, something Rick would be absolutely get behind (left). The other feels like Hollywood’s attempt to just get it over with (right).

Bottom line, This casting feels right. there are definitely small changes, but they feel earned. I’m so looking forward to this stuff.

(this image bears repeating)

Welcome Leah, Walker, and Aryan. Glad to have you’s

PS) Please don’t let this series flop when it comes out y’all. I wanna see my boi Tyson so bad.