#the plot is thicking

[fleshbagplsdonthurtme]

New goat just dropped. Let’s GOOO

[bookrat]

A Compsognathus made to go outside~

[muzsmocsing]

Trying to summarize MDZS without having read the books

There's been a murder in the sleepy town of UncleVill. The victim is one of young Jin Ling's 490 uncles. Coincidentally, twinkatron 9000 Wei Wuxian, young Jin Ling's 474th uncle, is also dead.

Before his death he tried normal spiritual cultivation and was like "You know what this is kind of ass. Maybe I should look at it from a new perspective!" That new perspective ended up being violent demonic necromancy. During his little evil shenanigans he runs into sexually repressed tall monk Lan Wangji, for whom he causes several awakenings unbecoming of a man of God.

Later Lan Wangji goes "Wuxian. How am I supposed to top you when you're up to this demon business? Never mind all the gay shit my monastery would would flay me alive publicly if they found out." And oopsie daisy, they kind of do. Wei Wuxian dies of a broken heart and also by being stoned to death.

But he's reanimated! The process is a succes, except he woke up significantly less slutty and way more whimsical than his original self. He's scrubbed of his memories but Lan Wangji remembers everything. Now they must unravel an intricate web of lies incriminating relative upon relative to solve the mystery of Jin Ling's (other) uncle's death.

[tornado1992]

Sonic dressing up baby Tails in something like this

[cod-dump]

Ghost always found the Scottish accent attractive. But when he met Soap and heard it his mind went blank and he immediately turned to hostility. Months later Ghost still pretends he hates Soap’s accent and Scottish slang, and he’s not sure how much longer he can keep up the act.

[blushingsastiel]

i hope sam winchester writes fanfiction of himself and castiel.

[nixthelapin]

You know, I liked Lila as a character much better when she was just a lonely girl who lied to get attention and clout rather than some evil mastermind who somehow has three (3) different identities and has a secret lair in the catacombs under Paris.

But the writing team doesn’t want to hear that.

[stromuprisahat]

Six of Crows- Chapter 22 (Leigh Bardugo)

Sure, granny so senile, she doesn't recognize the feel of human skin. It's not like paraffin is much smoother, or that the crust would crack under more pressure...

[bumblingdragon]

He survives if I say he survives

[maculategiraffe]

the little blonde child actress from the new m. night shyamalan movie is incredible. how the hell did they find a little girl so cute and likeable that she never gets annoying despite her whole personality being "darling, and a really big fan of the singer all the little girls in this movie universe are really big fans of"

[chungle-nugget]

Literally what is it about xxxxholic that makes me go absolutely balls-to-the-wall feral

Genuinely I have watched the anime a dozen times both piecemeal and in its entirety and I don’t even fully understand the story? But it’s. it’s like. it’s the wish granting made transactional. how anything to be gained comes with a price. how sometimes the price is a mystery until it violently isn’t. it’s neatly translating the needs of spirits. it’s your absolute empathy hidden behind clumsy bravado. it’s the intrinsic goodbad/wrongright/cruelkind nature of the human psyche. it’s luxurious, hedonistic magic that soothes exactly nothing. it’s the pain of losing—and then stepping into the role of—your mentor. the soul-wrenching but also somehow effortless choice to permanently self-isolate in order to fill a void. it’s the becoming immortal without a guidebook or knowledge of the rules governing your new existence. it’s two of your closest friends marrying each other to ensure they’ll be able to provide generations of companionship for you in your perpetuity.

Like literally, what the fuck? does anyone else feel this way?? this story eclipses itself. it eats light like a black hole. it makes me want to cry and scream and contort until I can get my hands around my own soul and crush it between my palms

[carnelianwings]

I keep seeing Bad Kira Yamato Takes on Twitter and I keep asking myself why do I bother with the For You page except I’ve got it mostly trained to show me fan art of my favorite ships and such so I guess that’s the trade off.

Anyway, just venting because I happen to think Kira, for all the accusations the haters like to throw at him, is a very reasonable and human Gundam Protagonist. Also unlike Amuro Ray he never actually runs away from fighting … until Seed Freedom (but that’s more like “there’s multiple people to pick up where he left off and there’s plenty of reasons why he should just retire”).

I really don’t get the hate towards Kira in Seed. There is nothing he does that any previous Gundam protagonist hasn’t done. Survive improbable situations thanks to the power of Plot Armor? Heero Yuy’s done that at least three between Wing and Endless Waltz - the most egregious one in Wing when he self destructed his Gundam while standing on the cockpit hatch. I mean sure there was also the time he set his own broken leg but that’s also besides the point. Improbable speed at learning to pilot a Gundam? Amuro Ray did that and that was the original.

At the same time, people like to say Kira didn’t suffer and just coasted through Seed. As though he didn’t have to helpless watch as Tolle dies, nearly kills a childhood best friend over it, gets PTSD just from fighting a war, and then more PTSD from dealing with Durandal, and also general trauma of being in an abusive relationship with Flay (that has repercussions into his relationship with Lacus well into Seed Freedom). Kira might not have started Seed traumatized the way both Athrun (Junius Seven/Bloody Valentine) and Shinn (First Battle of Orb) were, but he still had personal trauma nonetheless. And even though it’s not explicitly shown on screen, I wouldn’t be surprised if Kira feels guilty about what happened to Shinn even if Kira himself wasn’t directly at fault for it.

And to say that Kira’s goal isn’t the same as Lacus’s (world peace) along with basically with everyone else he’s teamed up with is just terrible comprehension because everyone involved with Cagalli (and Athrun, by extension) and COMPASS wants world peace and the wars to just stop.

Honestly, I think the best damned thing that happened to Kira ever since he got drop kicked into the cockpit by Murrue (not her fault, it was either that or let the civilian kid die and she wasn’t about to do that either) is being able to just fuck off and fly to Akatsuki Island at the end of Seed Freedom and have victory sex on the beach with Lacus, because he really hasn’t had time to do what he wants for himself since then. Because every time there’s a chance of it happening, he was either getting manipulated by Flay, working (as a programmer), or recovering from trauma. Like he’s been at this for 4 years with hardly a break because (by Seed Freedom) he feels like he has to, both as the Ultimate Coordinator (as in, he has the ability to so he must), and as part of what he said to Durandal at the end of the Battle of Messiah. And because he is so busy and being part of COMPASS has actually meant he and Lacus spend more time apart, he can’t really lean on her the way he used to during the First and Second Earth Alliance-PLANT wars.

Really if I were being honest I’d actually say the only reason Kira’s been “okay” during both Seed and Seed Destiny is because Lacus has been there to be something of a therapist for him (especially during Seed Destiny with how he very obviously has PTSD from the first war). But the reason Lacus is willing to do this for him is because she’s got shades of philosopher-therapist to begin with, and she knows he’s actually very kind and caring underneath it all and isn’t a soldier at all, and doesn’t belong on the battlefield (from how he treated her during her time as a prisoner on the Archangel early on before he got really traumatized by the war).

And also Kira’s a crybaby? Okay so crying because a friend died is a bad thing? Crying because you’re suddenly thrown into a war you never wanted to be a part of and having to kill people because it’s kill or be killed even though you don’t want to kill anyone is a bad thing? Crying because you’re scared but you have to go out and fight anyway because if you don’t, you, your friends, a whole bunch of civilians, and other people (even if they’re military and they signed up for this, but some of them have been really nice and tried to be caring given the situation and aren’t actually bad people at all) will die is a bad thing? To me those are just reasonable, human responses to the situation he’s suddenly thrust in. Like yeah sure the Strike is a cool robot and all that, but to quote Athrun, it’s not like Kira can just “go fight a war with a smile” you know?

[bonefall]

good lord, eon mentioned in 2024

(sudden flood of comments of people recognizing Eon/Eona in my inbox)

Well! Guess that duology wasn't as obscure as I thought! Never actually met other people who had read them, lmao.

Full disclosure that I haven't read those books in like... good lord, 15+ years at this point. I do remember it having some super uncomfortable plot points, especially when it comes to Eona's romantic relationships.

I would explicitly tell any minors 16 and below to steer clear of Eon/Eona, for that reason. There are some VERY heavily sexual topics in this book, along with extreme ableism and misogyny. A baby is also killed on screen as part of a coup.

(Also prepare for very messy 2000s depictions of queerness. And an ending that is very abrupt.)

[yeyinde]

mw3 was completely rushed (i mean the cast ate as usual they never miss) but releasing it a year after mw2 was a terrible decision they should have given it more time

You know, I feel this exact way about so many franchises lately it's honestly unreal. I'd rather wait a while for something knowing that it's going to be great than to instantly have something mediocre in my hands as quickly as they can cobble it together.

I will say, though. Price's ass is still something I'd love to sink my teeth into. That was a genuine highlight. And that's really it.

[sapphiccyranodebergerac]

time to scream into the void about a fanfic i have not written and fear i will not write. i wish i were like better at writing because i have a dick grayson whole ass storyline like super long fleshed out in my brain but cannot put it down anywhere like ERG

basically it involves zatanna and dick taking in raven and they have a little found family in bludhaven. and zatanna trains raven and HSHEYYEYDY so many things maybe i just like need to fucking write it and not care if it’s bad

and also like dick coming to terms with his relationship with bruce and being nightwing versus robin versus batman and it’s like yayyy found family but also emotional damage. i personally don’t super go for the golden retriever manwhore characterization of dick that lots of ppl go for, (no shade to those ppl who do tho) but i personally like my dick a little more unhinged and traumatized and trying to be funny and jovial despite but also fearing he’s turning into bruce and like yeah

[hoeratius]

Please what is the worst book ever written?

Murder at the Book Club by Betsy Reavley - we read it for Halloween in one of my book clubs and has the internal consistency and plot building that gets you phrases like: "He was used to having Barnett shut down his ideas, but he still hadn't got used to it."