#these are just my thoughts fam

[rosiesdisneydrama]

Generally speaking, I'm not really in the ML fandom. I like some of the art that shows up on my dash at times, but I usually don't actively seek it out. I read a couple of fics/fic types in it, despite my detachment, just because they tickle my fancy/favorite fanfic tropes. Mostly Salt where Marinette finally comes out on top. (I like seeing jerks and liars get consequences. I work in fast food for my day job, what can I say?)

But I do remember when the show was first coming out and I was peeking through the Pitch Reel and Initial Concept Cover art that was posted here.

With those in mind, I can't say I'm surprised that the show started collapsing after the first few seasons.

Because the Concept Art and the Pitch Reels worked from 2 different genres I just couldn't see working out if they tried to blend them together. (And it seems I was right.)

The OG Pitch Reel was very much a Magical Girl Show, and I could see all the tropes even though there wasn't a single spoken word in it. Like, it was short but I could 100% see it as a full-on show with how it was put together.

They had the "Normal" main character, the reserved love interest with a deep secret but also adored the Heroine, a five-man-band team of other heroes, and Big Bad with magic powers that made a limitless number of minions for him. It was all there!

The OG Concept Art, on the other hand...

It was painfully obvious that it was meant to be more like The Amazing Spiderman. It looked like it was meant to be darker, and more violent than the Reel was. She gets called "The Mini Menace: Ladybug" and there are even guns and blood shown on the art.

I kid you not, in one of the first pages it looks like the Wise Old Mentor had gotten Uncle Ben'd RIGHT OUT THE GATE. And possibly the implication that our MC became Ladybug because of that event.

Which is all, like, very cool as a story. But not something I could ever see Disney clearing as a show for girls.

And, from what I've picked up from the fringes, it seems like they tried to build on those magical girl tropes from the Pitch Reel, but then tried to force them into the Superhero Status Quo model and it just- Didn't work.

The thing that makes MG Shows good is the fact that the Characters are able to support each other in AND out of costume and they grow over time.

The best friend can know the Heroine is a hero bc she's either one herself, or is trusted enough to keep the secret (and to get out of dodge so she can't be used as a hostage).

The bully is able to face consequences and learn to be better until she's allowed to be a hero too. A New Bully is pitted against someone else or takes up the role after it's been confirmed that the old bully has changed their ways.

Since they also have full Hero Teams, they're still able to do the "Learn a Valuable Lesson" thing because the lessons can be spread out amongst the group and not have them all hammering a single character into the ground.

That doesn't happen in Dark/Spiderman-esque shows.

In those kinds of shows, it's the Hero against the world. They have to constantly be keeping their Hero Lives a secret because if they don't? Their friends and family would be constantly targeted by the bad guys.

They don't have help that knows who they are outside the mask. The only teams they work on are ones where no one knows who anyone's real identity is. And, usually, their life outside the mask sucks.

(Have ya'll seen Peter Parker's life? It's terrible, even without the supervillains.)

They're always the butt of the joke. The one struggling no matter how things in their Hero Life are going. The one who can win, but still be the loser. It's like the universe goes out of its way to make their lives suck and there isn't anything they can do about it.

Moreover, in superhero media, the Status Quo is the MOST IMPORTANT THING. No matter what happens, no matter the adventure they just had, everything has to go "Back to Normal" at the end of the day.

But that means things like the bully getting better can't happen. Because they're The Bully and that's the role they're meant to fill. They're not supposed to become fellow heroes because they're supposed to be the "Everyday Antagonist" and they can't fill that role if they change.

The Hero and their crush getting together can't happen, because that would mean changing their dynamic. Of no longer having the friction or tension between them be a narrative tool. Or, if they get together with someone else, they HAVE to break up because it's not the Specific couple that the story is built around.

And these things are just- not compatible in a story.

In an MG show, the "Normal" Main Character is generally well-liked in her daily life. They're not the most popular or the top of the class and don't have a lot of responsibility.

They have reliable friends and generally are average, or even doing well in school. The Mean Girl picks on them, but the most they really do is insult them and say nasty things about their work.

The Villain wants to defeat them but usually doesn't try to find out their secret identity. (Or, at least, doesn't put much effort into it.) And they're part of a team, even if they're the leader, they aren't facing everything alone and can hand off plans and duties to other members of the team.

In the Dark show, the Main Character's life sucks. They're alone, with very few friends to rely on, and might even be struggling in school because of their double lives. Or they're excelling in one specific area that's also useful for their hero lives, but not in the other areas of school.

The Bully is actively malicious towards them and does things like destroying their projects or shoving them in lockers. Their double life may even be straining the relationships they have with their family and friends, leaving them with those fears and risks and no one to help them.

Villains will be searching for the identities so they can take them down out of costume. Or they may already know and constantly use the hero's family and friends as hostages or even just another path to hurt them through.

These concepts don't work well together, so I'm not surprised that ML has suffered from spotty or half-thought-through writing because of it.

The show seems to mostly be using Magical Girl tropes for its characters and how they live, but it won't commit and fully embrace them. Instead, it keeps falling back on Super Hero Status Que and the writing has suffered for it. (Not to mention using poor Marinette as a punching bag while refusing to let her actually use her support network.)

They need to give up on the superhero thing and just embrace being a magical girl show already.

I think the whole thing would be a lot better if they did.

[epickiya722]

I think what needs to be talked about more about Midoriya is how adept he is. Like, he'll observe and apply and it's nearly effortless for him. And sometimes to great comedic effect!

I'm catching up with the TUM and got to chapter 36. Spoilers for anyone who hasn't read the manga. Summary!

So, Camie (who know Miss Glam Queen) she has been training her quirk and asked Todoroki for help through group chat. She's training her quirk and needs descriptions so she can conjure up illusions. Of course, given it's Camie, Todoroki is happy to help but doesn't understand how she talks/messages.

Midoriya takes over and within seconds he figures out just talk how she does. Here's the thing though. He picks up how she talks and easily there's back and forth between them because Midoriya understands and correctly texts back to her.

Because he likes learning about quirks, as expected he gets invested.

Not only that, by the end, he was so influenced he started talking like her! THIS CHAPTER WAS TOO FREAKING FUNNY!! ꉂ(≧▽≦)

[kacievvbbbb]

No but actually I've been really thinking about it and Mihawk just doesn't do shit by halves does he? he's so obsessive.

He doesn't just like red wine it's literally his favorite food

He doesn't just like swords, his is practically his soul made physical. Yoru is so coded in his dna that they literally had to make a replica for his clone.

he isn't just into swordsmanship he literally became the world's best and strongest swordsman

He doesn't just like to duel he's overdone it so much that no one can hold his interest anymore

He didn't just kill marines he was the literal marine hunter.

He doesn't just wait for Zoro at the top he collects every single bounty poster obsessively tracking his rise

He doesn't just let the kids live with him he adopts them, and teaches them how to be stronger. Doesn't let Perona go until he knowns that he can no longer properly guarantee her safety.

He can't just have a garden he has to go full on farmer strawhat and all.

He doesn't just like Shanks he wants to consume him whole he let's the memory of their duel haunt him and even 12 years later he can't fully forgive them. This might be the single most important relationship in his life.

There isn't a moderate bone in his body. He's either making decisions just because or letting them consume him whole.

I bet it's all the Catholicism.

[just-null]

im so mad at u omg

how dare u make my noritoshi obsession 10 times worse

Noritoshi spews his true feelings when you're upset with him. Similar to a very eager puppy trying to regain your favor by any means...... but realizes what he says and blames you for turning him into a fool. Another downside for him is that he won't take his words back in fear of you getting the wrong idea.

you're just a bully that he hopes will forget about the embarrassing words he blurted out.

hes simultaneously reeling and embarrassed. is this what happens when you make your love upset? does that imply he's your love?!

[silkieluv]

It actually irks me that some people don't know the real meaning why Nadakhan called Jay 'canary' that one scene.

Like sure it was a pet name or something, but if you just do 1 google search you'll know that one you call someone a canary, you're calling them a snitch/blabber/rat/synonyms. Which fits the context perfectly. Jay goes to tell on Nadakhan to Flintlock so Nadakhan calls Jay a snitch which makes him so uncool (cuz who wants to hang with a snitch ;-;, not this pirate!) so Flintlock disregards Jay quicker than my dog's speed when I open his food box.

It is very silly though that a canary is a type of bird, and Jay is a type of bird. I find it so funny how someone there's a term for everything in every theme you could possibly imagine

So yes, while it's interpreted as a yucky pet/nickname for Jay, it's important to me that you know the actual meaning

[ninja-knox-ur-sox-off]

Media: Sonic the Hedgehog (Cinematic Universe)

Song: Hellogoodbye - HOKO

I just really like when the bass kicks in on this one.

[peacerisendove]

This is your virtual reality. This is your virtual reality. This is your virtual reality. This is your virtual reality. This is your virtual reality. This is your virtual reality. This is your reality.

Before it all, Thad was just a project, a tool, a weapon, a clone, an innocent kid who didn't know any better.

[shower-phantom-ideas]

Danny is just a kid ya know? Like he is just a little guy. A baby really. 14? Tiny child! Look at him, he needs to be protected. Someone has to help this poor little dude. I mean he forgets to use his own powers to avoid attacks all the time.

Anyway cut to Batfam not knowing all of Dannys power set cause the lil dingus keeps forgetting he can do that stuff in the heat of battle.

Danny uses his invisibility all the time… to avoid being followed. But in a fight? Oopsies hes too busy thinking of funny one liners to realise he could do that.

Intangibility? Give the guy a break. I mean who calls themselves condiment king. Even he was stunned.

He so rarely actually uses his biggest advantage powers that the League doubt he actually has them. He, like any naive child, trusts them and reported fully on his power set. Instead of just asking him to demonstrate his powers they instead start watching him and try to find evidence of his powers.

At least they know duplication was true since they watched him make a copy of himself to go to the bathroom and not miss any of his fav tv show.

[sun-snatcher]

“I swore an oath to Durin. To some, that may now hold little weight, but in my esteem, it is by such things our very souls are bound.”

Rewatching the show, and it never occurred to me that this may very well have been Elrond referencing his upbringing under Maedhros and Maglor.

Of course, Elrond of all people would say as such. Not simply because it’s simply the law of the magic system in Middle-Earth, but because he himself personally bore witness to the symptoms and consequences of what a binding Oath could accrue.

[turtleblogatlast]

Big Mama must have lost some serious standing in the yokai underworld because it’s gotten apparent that she keeps being beaten by a small group of teenagers and the occasional rat man, and when it’s not them then she’s taking L’s from her own schemes working against her.

And in the ensuing power vacuum, the Hamatos accidentally become the most feared crime family known to all the big bads of the Hidden City.

After all, they’ve publicly outplayed Big Mama multiple times, a couple of them have taken out the heads of two of the most well known criminal organizations, one took out Heinous Green, two are responsible for the destruction of Witch Town, they have ties to both the infamous Baron Draxum and Captain Piel, they won the Doom Dome death race, they’re Battle Nexus Champions, they’ve displayed insane feats of power and defeated impossibly strong enemies, most of them have been to jail, and they regularly mingle with humans.

You can just imagine the notoriety they’d accumulate from word of mouth alone.

[foundfamily-connoisseur]

Haven’t issues yet with punch out specifically but it’s nice to get it out of the way

I’m super aro and obviously aromantic ppl can like romance in any regard but I am not one of them 😔 it gets to the point I straight up won’t read/watch something if that’s the focal point (but there are things I do like lol)

My biggest issue in some fandoms was the perception of platonic affections. My family is super affectionate and thus im the same in that regard. Some people both in fandoms and irl get confused or weirded out sometimes as a result like sorry I love my mom and cuddle her sometimes ig 😒

But yeah anything and everything I make, especially with little Mac and the other boxers are pretty much always going to be platonic. I don’t careeee if it’s ooc that I’m making them super mushy I’m living my best life through them

[kacievvbbbb]

You ever think about how Mihawk definitely does not hear his name alot?

Like there are probably only 2 people in the entire world that consistently refer to him by name. To the rest of the world he’s just an epithet. He might as well have no real name for as little as he hears it.

He’ll hear it at introductions always preface by his epithet, he’ll see it in the bounty posters and notice it in the history books. But barely anyone will ever calm him that. Just a pink headed ghost girl and the red headed half of the most complicated situationship panning 20 years.

You ever think about how Shanks probably has a thousand and one nicknames for Mihawk he cycles through at a whim but maybe Mihawk’s favorite will always be the soft way in which Shanks calls out his given name like that’s all there is too it like there’s a Mihawk that exists all on its own. No matter the situation Shanks calls him Mihawk and he has his full attention

[derivall]

😔🤟

i love the idea of shado and Maria just ,, being cronically online

[beetlethebug]

Emmrich x Rook x Lucanis Headcanons

Note: i'm still very much in act 1 and early game so this is just me making shit up. i'm just feeling out the vibes that I have in my heart. Rook head canons are based on my Rook, Quil, but feel free to snatch them for you own (and please send me anything you have about any of them because i'm like a man starved.

NSFW head canons under the cut ;)

Emmrich

Despite being a tea enjoyer he can, in fact, make a mean cup of coffee and takes great pleasure in making cups for Lucanis

Has a habit of using his professor voice on Rook or Lucanis when he catches them getting into trouble or not taking care of themselves

He's absolutely threatened and then made good on putting Lucanis to bed himself when he learns about how terrible his resting habits are

Honestly Emmrich is about 90% of these two's practical self-care. Which makes it extra sweet and surprising to him when Rook and Lucanis pull it on him

Actually cried the day that Lucanis referred to Manfred as "his son" or his "firstborn", whichever of these is funniest to you in your heart

Loves to adjust outfits as an excuse for touch. It takes him a while to get hands-on with Lucanis but once the permission is established, he cannot keep his hands off him.

Canonically a "Dear" and "Dearest" but he does have names for each of his boys

Rook is his "little prince"; honestly any endearment/descriptor with "little" in front of it is being thrown Rook's way

I like the idea of Emmrich using "my heart" for Lucanis; I also like the idea of something like, "My protector" or "My knight" because the idea of the famed Mage Killer protecting our beloved Necromancer hits Just Right

On days when his knees ache he uses Lucanis or Rook as support. It doubles as an excuse to run his fingers through their hair or slide along their shoulders.

Certified Hand Kisser™️

He hates seeing Rook and Lucanis hurt and it always so, so tender when healing them. Knows that they're both capable, but his fear of mortality is so strong that sometimes it gets the better of him. Being unable to let them go after tough fights. Setting and resetting bones again and again because it has to be perfect. He cannot risk them getting injured because he healed them poorly.

Lucanis

Calls Rook "mi constelación" (constellation) because of all their freckles

His pet name for Emmrich might be "el cuidador de muerte" or simply "mi cuidador", meaning "the caretaker of death" or simply "my caretaker."

He also gives me just. Very poetic pet names once he's comfortable. The most romantic shit pours out of his mouth when he's been awake for 48 hours and no longer has any semblance of a filter. Very much a, "my moon, my stars," kind of man. Spite likes to tease him after but he's down just as bad. His nicknames for Emmrich and Rook are just...more colorful.

Taught Manfred to swear (on purpose)

Rook has trouble eating due to Trauma™️ and Emmrich is vegetarian, so this man is doing so many acts of service through his cooking. He has a whole soup pot dedicated to Rook that's constantly going to Rook can get food even when he's not around. Always keeping them well stocked on small, easy to grab things for when they're busy with their work.

He and Emmrich bake together, and he has definitely gotten lost looking at Emmrich's arms with no jewelry/accoutrements. and when his sleeves get rolled up?? This man is a goner.

Loves to dress his partners up. Emmrich has good style but Rook? He needs all the help he can get. And Lucanis is more than happy to oblige

"Let me kill for you. Please, let me kill for you."

Because Emmrich can hear Spite, you know the demon is flirting with him 24/7. The amount of explicit content the two of them have to sift through and summarize for Rook is enough to drive the plot of at least five of Varrick's smutty novels.

Rook

Taught Manfred to swear (on accident)

They're all touched-starved as hell, but Rook is the boldest at getting the touch they need. Will clamber into laps, wrap themselves bodily around arms, bump shoulders together as they're passing. Loves when he gets to be extra sneaky about it, like leaning over Emmrich's shoulder while he's sat and reading or tapping out an attack pattern on Lucanis' arm before entering combat.

Terrible cook but loves to watch Emmrich and Lucanis in the kitchen. There's a designated spot on the counter for them to sit. Kicks their feet whenever Lucanis lets them try a bite of whatever he's making.

Blushes super easily

Isn't the smoothest talker when it comes to flirting (easily flustered + afraid of being reckless with their words) --most of their charming lines come out that way because they just so genuinely mean whatever it is they're saying

Very much a "The most intimate thing I can call you is your name" kind of person (especially after tying themselves so heavily to a code name).

#1 clothing and jewelry thief. Will ask before taking any of Emmrich's grave-dowry, though. Loves when they wear jewelry meant for them specifically to steal off of them and make their own (rogues, am I right?)

You can pry purring Elves from my cold dead hands. Rook purrs and they purr loud.

Has a possessive streak

Lucanis and Emmrich are both their first relationship, so they do a lot of mirroring at the start. Copying their different affections, trying them out and testing to see what they like and what feels disingenuous.

They're all acts of service people but Rook. Rook. Very much the "use me until there is nothing left" mindset. Has some unhealthy thoughts about having to "earn" their affections that they're all working on unpacking together.

Perfect height for forehead kisses

NSFW ;)

Lucanis might have a little to unpack about masculinity (particularly in the bedroom) and the way they deal with that is by Emmrich talking Rook through dominating Lucanis

Rook is a sub but very versatile when it comes to topping vs bottoming; tell them what to do and they'll do it. So eager to please

Lucanis and Emmrich both get to be switches as a treat. Emmrich takes the more dominant role at first simply because Rook and Lucanis are inexperienced and awkward as hell. But once they get more settled, roles and dynamics switch very fluidly between them (especially with Spite egging Lucanis on to Dom That Old Man)

The communication here is fucking great. They are so fucking good about talking to each other and adjusting as they go. Rook in particular loves hearing consent checks pressed against their ear. And Emmrich? The first time Lucanis asks, "Am I doing right by you, cuidador?" he cums on the spot

Rook is an Elf, as established, and his ears are sensitive. Turns into putty the minute that Lucanis and Emmrich start kissing and playing with them.

Praise! Kinks!!! They all have 'em!! I don't make the rules!!

Lucanis and Emmrich have fun domming each other through Rook. Emmrich is also quite the voyeur and enjoys calling out ideas/suggestions when watching Rook and Lucanis have sex

Lucanis was like "meh" about choking (his only familiarity it with was as a murder method, and there are much better ways to kill someone), but the second he watches Rook choke Emmrich (with the hand wearing all of the jewelry Lucanis bought for Rook) he is a Changed Man™️

Lucanis also loves hand feeding his partners. Especially Emmrich. The man always looks so surprised and touched to receive such gentle, intimate care from his lover that Lucanis does it every chance he gets

Rook has a hand kink and an oral fixation. Someone's fingers are always in his mouth.

Rook becoming an anatomy model as Lucanis and Emmrich draw all over him. Mapping about bones, talking about the best place to apply pressure during interrogations to get someone to crack. Touching and teasing to watch Rook's muscles flex under their hands. They get to Rook's cock and have a debate about whether one's hand or mouth is better for a "quick death" and simply have to test each to see which is the most efficient.

Another anatomy one with some knife play. As a treat. Emmrich calling out body parts/muscle groups/specific bones and having Lucanis find them on Rook. Using the tip of a blade to very carefully trace the outline and having Emmrich come over to check the work. Emmrich healing anything misplaced and taking the knife to show Lucanis himself. Perhaps info-dumping about that area of the body (as yet another treat).

Rook being a huge fucking masochist and Lucanis being a little unsure at first, so Emmrich talks him through spanking Rook. Points out all the tells in Rook's body that show they're enjoying it, showing him the best ways to introduce pleasure beside the pain. Making Rook ask Lucanis for it. Lucanis becoming enamored with this sobbing, moaning creature begging for mercy by the end.

[twojamie-o-clock]

Zoe being selfish about Jamie and two will never not be insanely good writing . btw . she has never had proper friendship/connection and just in general never been treated as a human so of course when 2 people come along disrupting everything she knows (and subconsciously hates) and start treating her as an equal/human she attaches to them. like. ridiculously so. and of course when they pay attention to other people she gets so unreasonably jealous. Go forth my unwillingly dependent darling. she totally resents them for it at first (it being that she needs them in the first place) and that’s why she like. doesn’t make sense sometimes. because she can’t practically think about situations that are just. rooted in emotion. and when she tries to approach it logically it Makes No Sense so she just gets frustrated and rejects it. like she doesn’t want to need them but she does and when they are without her for any period of time of course she gets upset & then refuses to acknowledge that she’s upset & then gets more upset aka totaling to her being more upset than normal when they leave her to do other things. Like she understands the need for them to split up, obviously, she just hates how she feels about it.

I’m reading the wheel of ice rn (cue big sigh. I hate this book. I love it. If Baxter set it in early s6 it would be so much better. whatever.) and Zoe and the Doctor have to go a separate way than Jamie (investigating while he works with the side characters) and I cannot describe how this sounds so I’m just going to quote it:

Jamie had become a kind of ambassador to the estranged younger generation. Good for Jamie! But he wasn’t at Zoe’s side where he belonged, she thought resentfully.

like this scenario is more her fear than anything (she quotes wanting Jamie’s “sturdy strength” and “loyalty” which is. okay Baxter.) but it really is amazing to think about how much she attaches to two and jamie without ever realizing it/wanting to admit it.

aaaaand cut to the war games, making this separation so much worse for her.

[obviousflirtations]

Wow they look so good here 🫣

Literally though who released the ghosts