#their duality and relationship are so epic

[bitchslapblastoids]

i know we're all Quite Aware of this all, but i was rewatching the dan and phil react to phan twitter video and i was suddenly bowled over by the moment when they see the 'watch your step bbgirl' meme and dan goes 'pull up pinof1 i want to see how messy it is'

because then there they are, these men in their mid thirties, in the house they built together, on camera in front of the audience they've grown together, looking at this video of their cherub-cheeked selves from fifteen years ago the first time they met, just so they can remind themselves of what phil's room looked like when they 1. were romantically together for the first time and 2. 'professionally' (even if they didn't have a clue that it was going to become a cataclysmic career move) together filming a video for youtube for the first time.

it is just so insane that this video exists from their first meeting, and that that video has become this foundational cornerstone of their entire careers and their whole public identities. their life's work is inextricably linked to this time capsule of their initial chemistry and love and giddiness and youth and those first couple of days together literally getting to know/falling in love with their soulmate, but it simultaneously being a video that documents the first page in a still-in-progress epic story of them, as a duo, making online content with one another because their chemistry is so profound, building a community largely through their audience's attachment to who they are specifically when they're with one another, of engaging directly with their audience as much as possible (pinof1 being an audience-generated q&a), of cat whiskers becoming a symbol of this niche in-group, of "the most fun i've ever had" becoming a resounding phrase throughout their careers. and just the simple fact of it being their first video together. and they're still here. making videos together. in their 15+ yr long career. but it's also their first time together. and they're still here. spending their lives together in their 15+ yr long ranch metaphor.

it's just wild. you couldn't make this shit up. they are such a unique encapsulation of the digital era and maintaining highly successful careers online and building community and also of deep enduring love. there's the duality of those being two totally different things (careers vs. personal relationship) but also being completely intertwined with one another, and all of the complexities of that coexist in this first ever video!

[cilil]

So those who've been around for a while know that I like to celebrate the anniversary of the One Ring's destruction with not only a minute of silence for our lord and savior Tar-Mairon the Great, but also a special little (or not) fic.

This year I have a few fic ideas and can't decide, so let's run a poll. I'll also provide more details for each prompt down below.

Mairon's unhinged soliloquies

Building on what I wrote last year - a recollection of events from Olórin's perspective with commentary from Irmo - this would be an exploration of Mairon's grief after losing Melkor. The Ainur were never meant to lose their spouses, so his mental state continues to deteriorate over the ages. He starts talking to the statue of Melkor he built on Númenor and various other depictions in other temples and begins to hallucinate entire conversations. Also Gollum parallels.

Mairon and his lovers throughout the ages

An exploration of Mairon's relationships from Almaren to the love of his life to what happens in later ages, featuring various pairings (Melkor, Arien, Eönwë, Celebrimbor, Ar-Pharazôn, the Witch King, possibly more). This would highlight his obsessions (or lack thereof), how he views his lovers as people (or lack thereof) and the duality of passion and cruelty.

Post-Void reunion with Melkor

An old idea I've been saving for an occasion like this. The premise: Melkor gets out of the Void and instead of starting an epic final battle, he just wants to see Mairon and goes looking for him. Along the way, he begins to piece together what happened and worries - first that Mairon might have left him, then that something far worse might have happened (it did). A calm, melancholic, sombre tale with maybe some parallels to other great love stories in the legendarium.

[stellerssong]

ok sorry the OTHER thing about lucienne is like. as previously stated she is dream's handpicked emissary from the waking world to the dreaming she's the diplomat in chief she's the translator she's the bridge. because the dreaming is, in a very real way, dream's own psyche, this is tantamount to giving lucienne a tremendous degree of access to his interiority and by transitive property also tantamount to entering into a deeply emotionally intimate relationship with her (unimportant for the purposes of this post whether that relationship is platonic or romantic).

now, in general, looking at the pattern of dream's close emotional relationships—dream doesn't share himself with people as a rule (beyond the access that all things that live have to the dreaming; but i'm talking about his self here, the one he doesn't like to acknowledge he even has), but when he does share with people, it's with people who have some shadow on the soul, so to speak. just looking at attested relationships in show canon, his deepest emotional connection seems to be with death, who embodies the duality of light and dark even better than he does himself. calliope is the muse of epic poetry—heroism and tragedy—and also bears the sort of divine pride that led her to cut dream off for hundreds or thousands of years when he wronged her. the less said about that other guy, the better, but he's no sunshine-rainbows-unicorns type—he's a soldier of fortune, a bandit and a killer, a man who profits from the sale of human life. even best bird matthew, in comix canon, had a sordid past that will maybe be partially retconned for the show but has still been gestured at.

dream likes the complicated ones. he's drawn to them. they speak to something in him that he won't acknowledge in himself (he has to be Whole, fully integrated, without reservation, because he is the king and he is the dreaming and if the dreaming ain't whole then the universe is in trouble—but he feels that ache nonetheless).

all that is to say: when people try to portray lucienne as dream's Designated Well-Adjusted Neurotypical Friend, i begin to harm and maim.

[dangermousie]

Love that he's softening. Like you can tell he's falling without realizing it:

The thing is, he's still a bastard (the scene at the end of the ep with his comforting her is lovely but it's also something he copied from the documentary about her that her father used to do) but that's the push and pull that makes it so interesting to me - both manipulativeness and genuine feelings coexist (like the duality of the comforting scene.) And also, he gets so ridiculously jealous and has no idea and it's hilarious to me.

I laughed and laughed at the sequence where, after they had an epic fight, she stormed off and eventually found consolation with second ML because the intercut between ML at home folding her laundry and FL out having fun with SML gave mad "husband out with lover while virtuous wife does domestic chores" vibe ahahahah.

And the sniping when she comes home is totally not an agent-client thing. He sounds like a jealous boyfriend.

Bwahahaha when she sees him folding her laundered sports bras. This is a vvvvv serious and vvvvv hard-hitting sports drama.

This is AMAZING!!!!!

He is so jealous, he's Kermit-colored.

Bwahahahahahhaha

He's a total bastard who's using her (though out of literal desperation for his life and where she knows his goal) and manipulating her (which she doesn't always fully get) but he's also falling for her for real and is so hopeless and helpless about it and the sheer deliciousness of that is beyond anything!

Is it a relationship I'd root for in RL? Hell no! In fiction tho, holy fuck YESSSSS

[thephantomcasebook]

I’m a pretty casual fan of ASOIAF, Lord of the Rings is more my style, but I’ve been reading some of the lore recently and I’m absolutely delighted by how many parallels and clear inspirations GRRM took from Arthurian legend. Aemond in particular caught my attention because he bears such a striking resemblance to Mordred in so many ways in terms of his role in the narrative. Mutual kill with his uncle? Check. Close relationship with an evil sorceress? Check. Mommy issues? Check. Doomed by the historical narrative? Check. Are you a fan of Arthurian legend? What are your thoughts?

Same.

I'm pretty steeped in ASoIF lore - though Martin continues to change the lore at convenience - but I'm a bigger Tolkien fan and nerd than G.R.R. Martin. Especially Tolkien's First Age Stories like "Beren and Luthien" & "Children of Hurin".

"Beren & Luthien" might be the greatest story ever told. Around Christmas I put that chapter on when I'm out doing Christmas shopping and when I'm out on my Birthday.

And "Children of Hurin" is one of my favorite books of all time - the audiobook as read by Christopher Lee is beyond epic. And has been one of the biggest influences on my writing.

As for Arthurian Legend, I grew up on it. My old man was a geek before the word really existed and he was into fantasy. So, I was introduced into Knights and Chivalry at a very - very - early age. Especially in the early-2000's when "Lord of the Rings" was big but there wasn't a lot of it available where I lived, my 11-13 year old self's want for Lord of the Rings anything sent me back down into the Arthurian rabbit hole.

I grew up with and still love "Excalibur" and the Merlin Mini-Series from the late-90's that Jim Henson and NBC did.

It's funny you bring up Tolkien and Arthurian Myth because I've written Downton Abbey fanfiction for years and a lot of the story series is based on "The Children of Hurin" by Tolkien and I used archetypes from Arthurian Legend for the characters. I steeped a lot of those Downton Abbey stories in an Arthurian mold and Tolkien sensibilities.

As for Aemond being Mordred.

Oh, you done done it now, my friend.

You got me started.

If I might expand your ascertain of Aemond being Mordred.

The way I see it is that Alicent is Guinevere and Criston is Lancelot. Aemond is most definitely Mordred. And Daeron is absolutely Galahad.

I would postulate that both Aemond and Daeron are the sons of Alicent and Criston's duality. Of course, I don't mean literally - but figuratively. They were both born after Alicent and Criston devoted themselves to one another, both were raised by the two, and both look at Criston is more of a father than Viserys. Unlike say Aegon and Helaena. Both Aemond and Daeron see Alicent and Criston as their parents.

Much like Mordred, I see Aemond as sort of the manifestation of all of Alicent and Criston's sins of envy and lust, not just of Rhaenyra's transgressions, but of their want for one another. Aemond bears Criston's hatred and Alicent's anger. He is a creation, a creature, of that darker and more human side of a virtuous and righteous idealistic veneer.

While, much like Galahad, Daeron embodies the ennobling features of Criston and Alicent's relationship. He is the dutiful and virtuous figure that his mother strives to be and the stalwart and just warrior that Criston tries to maintain. Making him the noblest of all knights.

While Aemond carries Alicent and Criston's humanity and flaws

Daeron bears their idealism and dreams.

The two showing the almost duality of their parent's two natures as a whole.

[silence-the-barking-monk]

I wouldn't recommend the pursuit of consciousness to anyone. I would not have chosen it for myself. I didn't. It chose me. If it hasn't called your number yet, don't worry. It will, eventually.

It will draft you from your small life and make impossible demands. You will say, “No.” You will say, “It can't be done.” You will say, "I don't want to," and it will laugh at your naivety.

It will speak to you in symbols, a language you don’t know. It will shake the stable earth. It will break your mirrors and douse your life with gasoline. It will light your spirit on fire. You will die and give birth to yourself in the same instant, again and again.

You will remember that Shakespeare was right: all the world IS a stage. You will wonder why you've been playing so small a part. For an instant you will be ecstatic. You will attempt to embrace your epic proportions and then the phone will ring and you will collapse back into your tiny character, hopelessly.

You will question your sanity. Constantly. You will conclude that you are crazy. Then, correct. Then, crazy. Then, brilliant. Then crazy....

You will remember you are God, experiencing. Then you will remember you are Sally or Jane or Joe: weeping, screaming, slaving. You will ask yourself again, if you are delusional. You will wonder why God has bad credit, narcissistic relationships, or a desk job she hates.

You'll wonder what kind of cruel joke this world is, and yearn for a home you can only remember by feel: fuzzy, glowing golden, drenched in light. You'll find gratitude for your suffering. You will also realize that suffering has no value. Out of your wailing, flailing despair you will realize that your love has been inverted.

You will see that you contain all opposites and spend many years trying to figure out which one is true, and snuff out the one you believe to be a lie. You will try to murder yourself, and fail. You will change your mind and reverse your strategy. And again. This tactic is a pendulum shaped like an axe that swings wild and wide. This is how you will die the death of a thousand cuts.

When you grow bored of bleeding out you will decide you are great enough to contain all opposites. You will attempt to love them, equally. But you won’t. You will conclude that good and evil is an opinion. You will begin to question how your opinions have developed. You will keep some, discard others.

You will reason that if the same intelligence that holds the cosmos together, that keeps the sun at perfect distance, that spins the earth, is present in all things then maybe, just maybe, even this is somehow perfect: its horror and its ecstasy.

Don’t buy the fairy tales written by wealthy gurus recycling from each other. They have too much to gain from selling you something that cannot be owned. If you buy it, all you will get for your trouble is a broken heart. It will make you feel you are wrongly put together- broken-because your own journey is not like the escalator ride up the mountainside that they’ve promised you. Not even with all your meditation, yoga, or group chanting.

The art of becoming conscious is like any other art: you must find your medium, your talent, and your unique approach to expressing the themes that move and torment you the most. Finally, you must grow the presence and courage to claim your impossible dream. Doing this will take mastery over the forces of density and duality. Mastery over your many faces, the thoughts that burn you at the stake, your own terror.

No. I wouldn’t recommend the pursuit of consciousness to anybody, but should you find yourself pursued, there are a few things you should remember:

You can’t outrun it because even though it may announce your number through seemingly external circumstances, the motor of consciousness is inside you and it will pull every curtain in your life down if you refuse to submit.

There is no map, so don’t buy yours secondhand. The gurus can’t save you. The career can’t save you. The relationship can’t save you. You will only find your way one step at a time. Listen to others, if you want, and learn, but don’t make the mistake of thinking they know the way home. If they did, they would be there by now.

And while we’re at it, there is no “there.” You don’t know who you are. Where you’ve come from is unknown. Where you’re going is mysterious. What your soul commands of you can only be found within you. No one else knows what you are here to do. And for now, here is all there is.

— Alison Nappi

Archaeology for the Woman's Soul

[trvgcdiv]

* herakles: blood-stained champion.

basic-ass profile series.

portrayal notes.

Herakles the Lionhearted, son of Zeus. Culture Hero. God. Murderer. 

Vibes-based portrayal while I pin down the various tales that make up the man, the myth, the legend of Herakles. Currently mainlining The Oxford Handbook of Heracles ed. by Daniel Ogden to get my bearings. 

Themes centered on the meaning of heroism and violence and what happens when the bigge damn hero is more terrifying than the monsters he slays. 

Interested in exploring the fall of a hero :’) (but a hero should rise before he falls, yes?)

Tertiary, Pre/Epic Cycle. Verses include (but not limited to) myth canon, myth AU, modern, and uhhh… Just about anywhere I can slot him in tbh. 

basics.

Alkaios of Thebes  Herakles God of Strength and Heroes; Divine Protector of Mankind, Patron of the Gymnasium Theban-born, but of Mykenai heritage (Tyrins, Troezen) / Aegan Of white, Black, and mixed indigenous Mexican descent in non-myth verses Pre/Epic Cycle

appearance.

His aura is what's larger than life — the man himself is on the taller side for a man of his era, but hardly the towering height most people imagine based on his exploits. 

Bronzed bc regardless of the existence of sunscreen, he's not gonna wear it. Dark brown hair, curled and thick. Dark eyes that would never be called cow-like. 

A thick dark beard and plenty of body hair as well. If he were a mortal man who changed and aged over time as one, he'd be one hell of a bear. Or, well, "dad bod" for those who aren't MLM.

relationships.

DIVINE HERITAGE: Zeus (father; grandsire); Hera NOTABLE ANCESTORS: Perseus PARENTS: Alcmene of Mykenai and Zeus (divine); Aphitryon (mortal); Rhadamanthus (stepfather) SIBLINGS: many divine siblings by his divine father; Iphikles and Laonome SPOUSE: Megara, princess of Thebes; Omphale, queen of Lydia; Deianira, princess of Calydon; Hebe, goddess of Youth LOVERS: enough of them that I need time to collect a list of names and make a separate headcanon post. CHILDREN: Some say there are over 100. Tbf some of those are now dead.  CONNECTIONS: honestly? Probably everyone.

personality.

The duality of Heracles is that he is both the best and worst person you could ever meet. He’d literally go to Hades and back to repay what’s a relatively small favor. 

He’s also known for impulsive acts of great violence, both in infancy (against the snakes Hera sent to his crib) and in adolescence (the murder of his music teacher, Linus)

He can be extremely generous and exceedingly loyal, boisterous drinker and a genial guest. 

He is also violent, arrogant, and impulsive. He is intolerant to the faintest slight and is capable of extreme brutality. 

Awful in both senses, inspiring awe and dread. 

need to know.

Typical ancient Greek male sexuality in that he has his wife and then both male and female lovers. Less important than the gender of his partners is that he’s (usually) the top. 

Only Omphale has had the honor of topping Herakles in his whole dang life. 

Grew up possibly in Thebes???

Timeline goes: some adventures > marriage to Megara > some adventures > madness and murder of family > 12 Labors in part to cleanse his soul of miasma of his murders > more adventures. 

There’s so much to know lkajsf;fsdaasfd

I’ll update this when I know what’s the most need-to-know

[worldwidesitespeed]

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Funny enough the film is called “The Tale of Adele: Parts 1 & 2” in France. This is the great rift as part two begins. My mind wanders out of the film to the creation of the film Kechiche directing his two hot stars. You know a man is looking at these girls. It degenerates these scenes into pornography. Adele and Sophia’s relationship is intensely sexual but shining a light feels all too literal. A shocking contrast to the rest of the film that often uses natural light and calm washed out tones. Kechiche chose to shoot theem with a sharp bright light on his stars. The sex in this film is raw and problematic. Adele’s life in highschool is very well realized.

Watching this film I felt like a lucky fly getting to learn what it’s like to learn your a lesbian and deal with your whole life going upside down. What really happened on the Blue is the Warmest Colour set The swirl of hostility, accusations and counter-accusations, retribution and jeering from the wings that has enveloped Blue is the Warmest Colour, the French erotic epic that was the toast of last year's Cannes Film Festival, makes most of Hollywood's catfights look pale by comparison. Jokes feel unforced and so in the moment.įirst love feels real and frightening. So unrehearsed it feels like the actors just happened to meet. Directed by Abdellatif Kechiche, the Palme d'Or winning Blue Is the Warmest Colour features towering performances from La Seydoux and Adle Exarchopoulos.ht. Most of director Abdellatif Kechiche’s film keeps the viewer zoomed in on face. Blue Is the Warmest Colour UK trailer - in cinemas from 22 November 2013. From this angle she’s a huge Greek acropolis, her enormous lips wide pouted. Blue as a warm colour makes more sense than anything.Adele is sleeping. A handsome male classmate falls for her hard, but an unsettling erotic reverie upsets the romance before it begins. It’s a duality that humans function upon. Blue Is The Warmest Color (2013) BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR centers on a 15-year-old girl named Adle (Exarchopoulos) who is climbing to adulthood and dreams of experiencing her first love. Adèle Exarchopoulos & Léa Seydoux in Blue is the Warmest Colour Close Report Send an email Please send a email to, with proof that this content belongs to you. Prosperity and the thoughts of a dull life. Blue as a warm and cool colour is a perfect balance. The phrase Blue is the warmest colour is so interesting actually because when you think of what blues associated with its commonly sadness,depression. Fire is dangerous and hardly ever controlled,passion and desire are good things to possess but could ultimately lead to hubris and the downfall of everything you work for. Red is a warm colour but the things that we associate with this warmth are harsh. Because although things that tie into our usual idea of blue like seasonal depression and rains are still present,the idea of blue as a warm colour is still prevalent even more do that red. Those things are warm weather ideals so calling blue a “warm” colour would be correct. These things are often thought about when the topic of summer comes up. Long post The phrase “Blue is the warmest colour” is so interesting actually because when you think of what blues associated with it’s commonly sadness,depression,despair or a cool disposition while red is commonly thought of as “the warm one” since when we think of it we think of things like fire,passion,desire and the such like which is fair but think of other things that are blue.

[k-rising]

Pick a card: what would your kpop group be like?

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‼️ 2ND DISCLAIMER: sensitive topics - b*ll**ng, toxic relationships and mature content.

☞ choose a pile that draws your attention the most.

☞ you can choose more than one option, but I recommend that you stick with the first one you chose.

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𝓟𝓲𝓵𝓮 𝟏

what concept will your group have?

i'm hearing teen crush vibes. your overall concept is self-love, freedom, fighting for your goals and being positive. the company wants your group to inspire the young generations. the number of members will be around 4-5.

how will your group debut be like?

your debut mv will take place in school and the main topic of it will be b*ll**ng. the video will portray the desire that the students have to fight against this problem and reestablish control; it gives me revolutionary vibes. the goal of the mv is to become aware of this problem and end once and for all with this problematic.

the story will be about two people: the victim and the perpetrator. these two were friends before, but the perpetrator changed their group of friends and now b*ll**s the victim. at the end of the mv, the perpetrator reminisce about the old days and stop the b*ll**ng. there will be chains and explosions in the video as well; it's gonna be epic. the public will be shocked with your debut.

what kind of reputation does your group have?

you have the reputation of being a united group with a lot of harmony between the members. the public sees you as very powerful, confident, happy and super successful group that always knows how to excel. they see you as very creative and enthusiastic people who like to experience new things. people sees an impressive duality when you're all on stage and when interacting with your fans.

this is how your group would sound like...

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𝓟𝓲𝓵𝓮 𝟐

what concept will your group have?

your group will have a cute concept and you'll stick to that concept. you'll have a very youthful and bubbly vibes, and you'll trasmit lot of faith and hope to the public. although you'll always use the same concept, all your comebacks will be very creative and aesthetically beautiful to watch. your job is to express optimism, freedom and enthusiasm. the number of members will be around 7-9.

how will your group debut be like?

the story of the mv will be about finding a magic lamp and using it to make all of the members' wishes come true. however, as the video progresses, you're going to ask for certain things that will harm you both financially and personally, since you're abusing the power of the lamp. even though the mv does not end very well, it will leave an open ending that will give hints that the story will continue with the next comeback.

what kind of reputation does your group have?

your group is rather irrelevant, but that doesn't mean that you're not talented... is quite the opposite, actually! you all work so hard and the public knows that, but in some way or another it's difficult for you to be recognized and that frustrates you too much. you face a lot of difficulties that can lead to a lack of control and direction in your careers; you can be very overworked.

this is how your group would sound like...

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𝓟𝓲𝓵𝓮 𝟑

what concept will your group have?

you don't have a defined concept, you always come back with something new. the number of members will be around 9-12.

how will your group debut be like?

the mv will look very elegant and expensive. it will be about the greediness and dissatisfaction that one has for that key element that is not yet within our reach, even when we have it all. i'm imagining a queen who has great emotional instability and treats her servants coldly and distantly. despite the fact that she seems tough, she's actually very insecure and what she really needs the most is affection.

what kind of reputation does your group have?

the public sees you as a very versatile, witty, courageous and powerful group, with lots of inner strength and a big heart. I would also dare to say that you're also considered intimidating and you're always following new trends.

this is how your group would sound like...

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𝓟𝓲𝓵𝓮 𝟒

what concept will your group have?

you will have a badass concept and you will transmit courage, determination, energy and a lot of passion. your company has high expectations for you and hopes that you'll become very successful and can be an inspiration not only for your fans but also for other groups; they want your group to be a great role model. the number of members will be around 7-9.

how will your group debut be like?

your debut will have a hopeful message. the mv will be very nostalgic, showing both broken dreams and relationships. the message of the song is that no matter what battles you have won or lost, you should never give up and you should keep fighting for your dreams. you can still save what you thought was lost. i'm imagining snow and public transportation (specially buses and the subway). all the members are going to their jobs, college and high schools and are facing lots of difficulties, but, at the end of the mv, they're all singing together happily in the city while snow is falling down. i'm hearing the color white a lot.

what kind of reputation does your group have?

the public knows you for being an extremely hard-working group. you have a reputation for being passionate, impulsive, and dreamy... but a little unrealistic as well. despite the fact that it seems that your bad luck is uncontrollable and that some people think your group is lost and you'll never become popular, you never give up.

this is how your group would sound like...

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𝓟𝓲𝓵𝓮 𝟓

what concept will your group have?

the concept of your group is sophisticated and elegant. it's neither too cute or too daring, it's a balance between the two. the number of members will be around 6-8.

how will your group debut be like?

the message of your debut song is that no matter the difficulties you face, you should never give up and you should keep fighting for your dreams. the mv is low budget and pretty homemade. it will show the hard work that you all have put to achieve your goals and there's also gonna be a small part that will show clips from your trainee days. it's gonna be very emotional.

what kind of reputation does your group have?

people knows your group for being extremely hard-working. you're always busy preparing for a new comeback and you never have time to rest. your group is not extremely popular, but they're well known in the industry. you have the reputation for getting into a lot of trouble and you often get involved in all kinds of scandals.

this is how your group would sound like...

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𝓟𝓲𝓵𝓮 𝟔

what concept will your group have?

your gonna do an angsty concept and the number of members are gonna be around 5-6.

how will your group debut be like?

your debut song will be about infidelity and guilt for not being able to have sacrificed everything for love. the mv will show a couple, "a" cheats on their partner and, even though "b" knows about the infidelity, they want to get away from reality and pretend that what they saw was all their imagination. "b" tries to sacrifice everything to get "a" back, but "a" doesn't want to and leaves "b" with a broken heart. you can also see scenes with a lot of arguing, make up s*x and typical toxic behaviors.

what kind of reputation does your group have?

your group is known for being very artistic and creative. you're the ones who produce and write your own songs. the group is rather irrelevant, however when people first hear your music, it usually leaves a good impression on them. you have a reputation for being enthusiastic and good-humored. however, you don't usually put out music very often and you're known for taking long hiatus.

this is how your group would sound like...

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[fearofahumanplanet]

Hello!! Happy STS, my question is what are some of your favorite tropes to write and/or what are some tropes you often find yourself writing?

Oh my god, I've got so fucking many, and I've listed them out a bit before, so... (A lot of these I'm sure you'll already recognize :P ) (Also a lot of these are probably more frequent themes than tropes but shhh)

antivillain/antihero protagonists

Sapphic relationships

Always a huge focus on psychological/mental health/sociopolitical topics

No matter what genre I'm writing in, some horror creeps in inevitably, it's unavoidable

Re-occuring cryptic phrases that change meaning throughout the story with further context

Alliteration

Mentally shattered badass independent lesbian protagonists has apparently become my thing according to some people

Either references to mythology or outright uses of mythological gods, but there is always at least something named in a way to reference myth its also inevitable

Stylized, very visceral gore

In general, i write speculative fiction but i mix grounded, gritty combat (i.e. shattering bones, biting through flesh, beating black and blue, in general emphasizing impact is the best way i can put it) & accurate medical injuries (thx nurse history) with fantastical elements like magic, the supernatural and metaphysical concepts

LOTS of philosophy, especially on the the nature of being human, nihilism, and existentialism

The deemphasis/subversion of "good" and "evil" roles, always morally grey

Small things, like using the word "cycle" instead of "chapter"

Using physical masks to emphasize duality and/or a physical manifestation of the concept of masking your true self, as well as just masks in general

Every one of my books always starts out bad (in stakes) and steadily manages to get worse and worse and worse with no relief

Exploring the cycle of abuse and seeing how traumatized people are often inevitably bound to traumatize others around them, whether they mean it or not

The nature of forgiveness vs punishment and whether a line should even be drawn

Using persecuted minority groups or "scapegoats" as protagonists to emphasize the idea of evil is a manmade concept

lots of references to epic poetry and classical literature

excessive symbolism

using the ocean as a metaphor for depression or loss

[antiloreolympus]

10 Anti LO Asks

1. I don't think LO fans get this but the having to resort to tearing everything else down to prop it up is actually a worse indictment on its quality than not. If LO is truly this great of a piece of work, it should be able to stand on its own, not having harassment/smear campaigns against even remotely similar (or not) pieces of work to make it look "better" in comparison. What happened to H/P Ficlets is probably the most nasty example of LO fans being cruel in the name of making LO look "better"

2. I want to know what Kool-Aid LO fans are on because I've seen so many of them say the art is actually BETTER than it was in the beginning. Like girl what, go check your eyes 💀

3. I saw Overly Sarcastic Production's explanation of the Persephone myth. It started out really good, covering the 'possible' ancient background on the myth, and reiterating how the Homeric Hymn to Demeter is the best version we have in terms of detail. They also don't try and demonize Demeter or try to make the myth seem like some kind of romance epic.

Then the end of the video comes along and ruins the entire thing - they basically encourage people to read Lore Olympus and continue the false narrative that Persephone and Hades are the 'most functional relationship' in mythology.

It's just so frustrating to see even a popular myth youtube channel is falling for the Tumblr false interpretation of the myth that ruined Lore Olympus while completely missing the point of the story. It was always meant to be about the relationship between mother and daughter - not a damn romance. 

4. ive seen so many lo fans condemn zeus (in comic) for being more flamboyant/not being hyper masculine as hades and im like 1) ok so hades is boring while zeus is fun, got it but also 2) considering zeus' myth canon bisexuality and lo's obsession with being very heterosexual that just seems ... wrong. like i dont think they mean to be biphobia/harmful while saying stuff like this but the fact they do zero relfection on it is a big issue.

5. tbh i was willing to give the benefit of a doubt about hades and minthe but then we find out HADES is the one who blurred the lines and chased after HER and started the relationship and made her to have an apartment and stuff all under HIS control so its like?? he went after her, he's the one who wasnt being professional and went after his employe, he controls all her finances and the literal roof over her head, but we're supposed to be on HIS side and see her as ungrateful/evil??? girl what!!

6. im sorry i just cant take the "sexy" panels hades seriously because 1) its always very clearly traced, 2) it just doesnt look right given how bad the anatomy is, but also 3) its just weirdly ooc?? like rachel cant decide if hes this serious brooding king who you dont mess with or an empty headed, horny teenager. im not saying he cant have duality to him but its hard to be like "isnt he cute?" when he owns slaves, neglects children, & takes advantage of vulnerable young women into relationships

7. im begging rachel to pick up an anatomy book or something on her break WHY is hades' head so tiny now??? how did she go from semi ok anatomy to whatever this is?? and you cant go "thats her style!" because it legit doesnt even look good or cohesive or even like what we know she once could do, it just looks like a mess. i dont get how you draw non-stop for years and actually get WORSE at it.

8. i just get sad because i follow a lot of webtoon creators who feel dejected and neglected by WT meanwhile they just throw up more and more promotion for LO and shove it everyones' faces (when it very much does NOT need the help) while these other creators feel so left behind many that many of them don't even want to make another comic again. i cant imagine that feels good that they have to work twice as hard if not more to even get noticed meanwhile rachel just gets everything handed to her.

9.i do not get why rachel went with the "gods dont care/hate mortals" take in LO. even just a skim of any myth will show you the gods, for all their faults, did care about mortals and wanted the best for them. like if they hated them so much, why even let them exist? why care persephone killed so many of them? why provide them with food, water, etc? also most of the male gods have children with mortal women, why would they do that if they hate them? it's such a bad take to go with.

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10. Eris' head looking like an apple is not a smart design it's a mistake. I still can get over how they massacred my baby ;__;

[al-hekima-madara-blog]

Hello, it's me once again. I would like to know how you think Tajima uchiha's relationship with his children was, personally I think he was a little cruel and strict with them, but I would like to read your analysis/hc. 💙

Hey Nailalala ! Hope you're doing great😉

That will be short, since we don't have much material for Tajima, "El Padre" as I love to call him. I think my headcanons will differ a bit to you for few reasons. Globally I saw him as a good father.

- We know that Hashirama had a violent father

- Kishimoto loves to play with duality a lot : Yin/Yang extravert/introvert, Light Hokage/Shadow Hokage

- Brothers in Senju family use archaic word to call themselve (anija by Tobirama), while Izuna used niichan which is more familiar. I guess relationships are warmer between siblings than the Senjus.

- With Hashirama there is a young boy who comes from a difficult relationship with his father, but somehow rises above his struggle and becomes a "good" person.

- Madara becomes a villain because he looses everything important to his life (like Sasuke). The only difference with his avatar is that it happens gradually. So it makes more sense to me that Madara initially is someone kind who have everything promising to him but end up alone and bitter.

- But I don't forget the context of Warring state era where literally it's the survival of the fittest. As the leader of a Shinobi clan, teaching your sons to stay alive and defend themselves is, in a way, a proof of love. Discipline and resilience, competition, stern way of life is normal in this household. And Uchihas are known for being elitist, better not being mediocre to be respected.

- I check and Tajima is Aries, the sign by excellence of the warrior, the bold hero on battlefield. I don't know... but I think this philosophy of "Power is everything", "let's fight to death but let's make it epic" "Me vs a whole army" comes from him (plus the fringe ^^)

There is an expression in english when we said "the mother of all thing". And I think the Father of all Madara is definitely Tajima !

[centrally-unplanned]

Worth the Candle Re-read Thought #2: I really like Bethel’s rape of Juniper as a scene in Worth the Candle. It has organic nature to it, the half-consents, how its wrongness is pleasurable in ways, the bad assumptions and miscommunications in its buildup. Valencia later comments on the event how for people the physical and psychological sometimes run on separate threads, and the scene really does capture that duality. Alexander Wales commented that when he first started writing the scene it it wasn’t even going to be a rape scene, but as the inherent nature of the characters revealed themselves he just followed the digital pen - I am sure that is where a lot of that organic-ness stems from.

Problem is meta-level fantasy epics aren’t structured by ‘following the pen’. WtC has a ton of moving parts to it, and the fallout from the rape really doesn’t slot into the blueprint for those parts. Bethel had been a hugely important character, probably tied at #2 with Grak for companion screen time (Mary being #1) at that point. But of course these moments all happen enmeshed in the plot du jour of events like at Lio. Once she leaves the group, these events keep piling on - at a faster pace actually, as the Anglecynn arc pretty quickly kicks in. While Juniper doesn’t forget her or the event, of course, his trauma around her becomes a footnote - it has to, there is just way too much plot going on. Even though them separating makes sense in real life, from a storytelling standpoint it becomes an orphaned thread - there is minimal resolution.

I do truly mean orphaned, not delayed, because there is the second issue - how Valencia goes with her, and the two of them just ~arc off on a sideplot. Once Bethel returns, her and Juniper have an extremely short conversation where Juniper is just done with her, and then its dropped. Bethel never effectively reintegrates back into the party, there is just nothing there for the group to grasp onto as she has been gone so long and changed so much. Which is realistic, sure, but it again narratively it means those side-Bethel chapters seem pretty wasteful. All the arc happens camera left, and it never connects back to the main group outside of mechanically.

Which is why I think the improvisational nature of the scene shows - Bethel was just not set up to be a character who nopes out of the story like that, but the logic of the scene necessitated she do just that for realism to be preserved.

And to add to it Valencia is taken away as well, giving her similar, if lesser, problems. This ties back to what I was saying earlier about the “ungainly’ ways her superpowers are reigned in - the hyper-diplomacy plotline of Anglecynn is kicking in, and we don’t want Valencia speaking for Amaryllis, so we ship her off instead. Which, neat trick, but as the Author you were in control of her power levels! She could have just not been nearly as OP as she is, so shipping her off isn’t necessary. Now two core characters get reduced character development - and its not like this is a story that is trying to wrap itself up, it has almost a 100 chapters after this point.

I would be pretty remiss to remove the scene because I love it so, and male rape is tbh criminally underexplored and WtC nails it, yet the structural issues presented do lean me toward biting that bullet. I am sure there are other fixes you could make to this, though - they would just have to be farther back and deeper than just adjusting that scene. Even having Juniper have much more baggage going forward with it would have been a partial fix.

(And I do think ~politics plays a role here: the obvious alternative is that Bethel disappears, but just for a small time, and her and Juniper do eventually tackle the topic head-on and have some kind of narratively-engaging relationship after. That would, however, require some level of “forgiving/being friends with your rapist” which honestly I get wanting to avoid that, even if in real life its a good deal more common than one thinks.)

[belle-keys]

Exodus was so disappointing??? But like, just for me, I think!!!

So hear me out but I could not care less about this bastard Tobias King??? He's like... a cheaper Dominic in my head, and the whole of Book 1 didn't pave the way for him to be important in Book 2... much less the FRICKING ENDGAME AND THE LEAD LOVE INTEREST?!?!?!?

Like Cecelia's character arc was so damn beautiful in both books - the way her duality and character growth was portrayed and then BOOM, she had to still end up with Tobias in the end? I would have given this book a WHOLE FIVE STARS if Tobias and her did not end up together and if she she swore off these Triple Falls men but nawww??? They had to still end up together and for what??? FOR WHAT KATE??? TO UNDO HER BEAUTIFUL CHARACTER ARC???

Her relationship with Dom and Sean didn't directly have anything to do with her chemistry with Tobias??? He's like, the Rowan Whitethorn of the series lmfaoooo. And I got so fricking sad when Dom had to die AND FOR WHAT??? BECAUSE CECELIA WAS THE BIG PUZZLE PIECE IN TOBIAS' STUPID TREACHEROUS PLAN??? How did I miss the plot of the movie like this???

Like Flock is a beautiful taboo love story and then, okay, we knew it was gonna fall apart but I was expecting the sheer epic catharsis of the story to be continually directed towards Dom and Sean still, and not Discount Damon Torrance. It's like Exodus unraveled in my hands as I read it. I skimmed through chapters upon chapters of Tobias smut only for Cecelia to end up with the walking French cliché and for Dom and Sean to mean virtually nothing in the end.

EXODUS WAS WASTED POTENTIAL AND I WILL PRETENDING FLOCK IS THE ONLY BOOK IN THE SERIES GOODBYE

[mitskiesques]

not to lucapost ten times in a row but i am literally not kidding when i say that you cannot fully understand luca if you don't watch it thru queer lens. it literally does not matter if there was authorial intent behind it or not because the allegories and themes are in the dialogue, in the plot, in the central conflict and the emotional impact of the movie.

you don’t even need to analyze it to see right through it. disney pixar leaves its themes plain and visible enough for children to understand them perfectly, and the core theme of luca doesn’t work as merely the duality of his personhood as a sea monster and human through an epic perspective, social commentary, or a fantastical thing. there are no furious mobs hunting sea monsters like in the beauty and the beast, there is no defined evil villain who brings death and destruction to the entire world. there are not any stakes that involve death, apocalypse or anything of the sort. the resolution of the film is not them getting the vespa, travelling the world, defeating the villan, those are all tangentially related things to the “coming out” scene and the relationship and dynamic between luca and alberto.

luca’s core themes only work through the emotional value of the stakes the characters put themselves through as the coming out to a homophobic town develops. when alberto is outed, luca can still win the race and buy a vespa which was like his initial dream, or he can go to school with giulia which was his most recent dream, or he can go with his family and forget this ever happened, but like no curse is going to be due like in the little mermaid, just a boy with a broken heart, and there’s no evil witch they need to defeat in the race, just a bully. you cannot understand why alberto was hurting the way he was hurting after he outed himself and luca betrayed him and giulia was afraid of him and he was literally attacked. the film also doesn’t sit and explain the lengths of the discrimination sea monsters suffer, because its entirely based on homophobia, and the people who understand how homophobia works will not need an explanation. and in the end, the resolution of the central conflict is not getting the vespa, luca going to school, or even winning the race — those are all collateral effects of the coming out. of the town’s acceptance of sea monsters, of luca’a family’s acceptance of who luca truly is (once again because of luca, and not because of some epic war between the sea monsters and the humans, but luca and his friendship with giulia and alberto specifically), and the final scene with luca and alberto is essentially romantic trope after romantic trope.

so while one can watch the film as merely a tale about sea monsters and their human friend entering a race and living a double life, the raw impact of the film cannot be throughoutly felt until one understands what it’s meant to represent beyond the fantastical elements. luca is a gay movie!!

[theskyexists]

What I think is so funny about kh is that it falls into the exact trap that so much shounen falls into which is that it focused all its narrative on the two bros and the girl didn't get shit

that's a self-laid trap because the writer doesn't consider a woman important and worthy of power at the same level as the boys in any way but that means they have to do a 180 flop suddenly when romance comes knocking because even though his bro is his equal, counterpart, rival, foil, most devoted friend - they're not soulmates in the IN love kiss kiss way!

who knows if they experience it as a flip flop even. It probably just reflects the way these men experience the world - a woman is a side-character - going through her always inferior womanly arcs, ready eventually for becoming a male character's love interest, (damsel in distress), girlfriend (sexy lamp), wife and mother to their children (fridge sacrifice). She couldn't touch the pure, unadulterated epic power & moral & cosmological struggles of male relationships - which makes up the most important part of the world.

They're just different spheres. Their concept of romance isn't equality. Or rather, their concept of equality is a relationship between men.

But shippers are attracted to duality and depth.