#these are like... 90% for katherine specifically

[t4tower-of-t4terror]

Twst horror movie taste hcs

A response to smthn in my ask box! I've actually had this in my drafts for over a year!

Riddle

DEFINITELY was not allowed to watch horror movies

I feel like his dormmates have been easing him into the genre a little

He likes Carrie. He finds Carrie White relatable

I feel like Riddle would also like early horror. Universal monsters and maybe a little Hitchcock

But he can't do gore and he isnt a huge fan of slashers

Trey

Casual horror fan. Pretty decent taste

Like he's seen most of the big franchises (Halloween, NOES, Friday the 13th, Scream, Child's Play, etc.)

He seems like either a 70s horror kinda guy or a 90s-2000s horror kinda guy.

Maybe I'm projecting but. I feel like he'd enjoy Black Christmas

Probably secretly enjoys really fucked up insane movies. Curse of science club

Cater

LOVES schlocky slashers

Definitely watches Dead Meat. I feel it in my bones.

Cater likes campy stuff above all. He HAS done a Jennifer Check Halloween costume.

Probably loves The Lost Boys, The Craft, Jennifer's Body, Bride of Chucky, Rocky Horror, all of that fun stuff

Him and Trey have occasional marathons. Sometimes they invite Riddle

Deuce

LOVES HORROR STUFF

Has a tendency to get spooked by it, though

He absolutely loves the Friday the 13th movies.

Has probably done a Billy and Stu costume w Ace

Ace

He's such a wuss but he pretends he isn't

This fuck chooses the scariest shit during horror movie nights and almost pisses his pants

His fav is probably Fright Night. Idk why

Leona

He "doesn't watch movies"

I think he'd fw Chucky though

Ruggie

Black comedy lover

HUGE fan of b-movie franchises like Leprechaun, Gingerdead Man, Evil Bong, etc

I feel like he watches Troma

Avid $5 movie box enthusiast

Jack

I don't think he'd watch any

He gets too upset

Azul

Hes a coward

He really likes movies where the killer gets revenge on their bullies

Idk why but I think he'd fuck with paranormal horror

He likes The Shining. No clue why

Jade

SCARY TASTE BAD TASTE

He's an extreme horror fan

He's seen it ALL

like. Homie can watch the most fucked up shit with a straight face

He recommends Salo at parties. He also is no longer allowed to go to parties.

Floyd

Like Jade.

Fucko will absolutely be like "we shld watch Slaughtered Vomit Dolls!!! I've heard it's really fun" so he doesn't get invited to Halloween parties.

Kalim

Also doesn't watch horror

He gets emotional when certain characters die

He does fw hocus pocus though

Jamil

Also a really graphic horror fan

He probably likes it as projection

He also likes complex psychological stuff. More of a casual fan but has a morbid curiosity with the genre

Really likes "descent into madness" movies

Vil

ARTHOUSE MOVIES

But I feel like Vil wld adore Black Swan specifically. It's a personal callout

Vil likes the darker, artsier vampire movies. They prioritize aesthetic above all else and WILL critique period-inaccurate costuming

But has one rlly campy guilty pleasure franchise. Idk why but I wanna say Sleepaway Camp. Pretends the ending of the first movie doesn't exist.

Rook made her watch Serial Mom and she kinda fucking loved it

Rook

I'm split here. Because this man is a fucking FREAKAZOID

Either he only watches deeply artsy pretentious horror films for the beauty in it

Or he has a collection of "horror" DVDs that are VERY VERY DUBIOUS. And probably real

Whatever. Rook Hunt I recommend The Hunger with David Bowie and Katherine Deneuve because it suits him. Also Hellraiser for graphic gore and also weird erotica.

Also he's a John Waters girlie. I believe it with my whole fucking soul.

Epel

Why do I wanna say Final Destination or Texas Chainsaw Massacre?

Surprised by how much his dormmates actually enjoy bloody horror movies. Despite that, he handles mainstream horror better than he handles Vil's arthouse horror or Rook's whatever the fuck Rook watches

Idia

Category 5 autisms about Perfect Blue

Genuine diehard horror fan. This is canon btw

He has a canon niche horror franchise he made a detailed Halloween cosplay of. This is a fact.

Also. Re-Animator for obvious reasons

Ortho

He is the horror, if you think about it.

Also he watched Videodrome because of the film club and got really into it

Malleus

I can only imagine him watching black and white horror. And distinctly romantic vampire movies

Bride of Frankenstein girlie

Lilia

All of em

ALL. OF. THEM.

Old weird bat man liked horror movies that only 5 people have ever seen. He has the most insane letterboxd page known to man

Silver

He doesn't have much interest in horror as a genre

But maybe Nightmare on Elm Street. Lilia made him watch it

He liked Dream Warriors.

Sebek

Tried to sit through a horror movie because Lilia likes them but he couldn't do it

[junoshifts]

🪐,🕸️, &🐞!

Answering for my 90s X-Men DR!

shifting ask game here

🪐 … who is your comfort person in your dr? name three specific reasons why.

Katherine (Kitty/Kate) Pryde! Kitty and I have powers that are close in nature, so we get along well and I love spending time with her. She’s kind and compassionate, and has a wonderful sense of humor.

🕸️ … where will you be when you first wake up in your dr? what clothes will you be in?

I have no idea, likely either Xavier’s Institute or my apartment nearby. Knowing myself, I’ll probably be wearing something cute but comfortable (or just pajamas).

🐞 … name three oddly specific things you’re excited to witness in your dr.

1. Using my powers and determining the full extent of them. They have quite a few applications and uses and I’m interested to see how it feels to use and explore these abilities.

2. The Institute. The grounds and architecture are so beautiful, and the hidden X-Men facilities attached are equally as intriguing to me.

3. My friend group. I love them dearly and I looked up to them all quite a bit, especially when I was younger in this reality. Their loyalty and kindness have always stuck by me, and I look forward to learning from them!

[aimlessgeology]

The Magic of Sisterhood: Panel Presentation

Gliding on the coattails of Buffy, Charmed (1998-2006) follows the lives of three sister witches, navigating their newfound powers and defeating evil from the other side, all while balancing their delicate bonds with one another.

Tensions between the Halliwell sisters are high at the outset of the series, when Prue (Shannon Doughtery) and Piper’s (Holly Marie Combs) youngest sister Phoebe (Alyssa Milano) returns to their inherited home in San Francisco after a long time away. The sisters fill the archetypes of their ages. Prue, the eldest, is responsible and uptight. Piper the middle child is a fantastic mediator in clashes involving little Phoebe’s free-spirited, naive and reckless tendencies. 

The main point of the series is the ever-deepening bond between the sisters (“The power of three will set us free!” S1:E1.). The sisters act as mirrors to one another and ultimately they all provide council to one another in differing but all-important ways. 

Katherine Whitehurst wrote the piece “Growing Up in Magical Time” dissecting the female development in the magical fantasy world of the ABC series Once Upon a Time (2011-2016), specifically discussing “what ‘ideal’ female development looks like, framing the ideal female as self-sacrificial and benevolent” (11) and the show’s complex structure that includes both episodic and non chronological storytelling which assists in the complex development of female characters. 

As a product of the 1990s, Charmed is not, so far as I’ve seen it, super complex or boundary-breaking when it comes to female character development or any other issue for that matter; it’s a fairly white-bread fantasy romance comedy show, starring three attractive white women, who date a rotating cast of square-faced men, as they fight evil beings and then go home after the battle to their impossibly whimsical three-story manor in San Francisco.

That being said, there is some interesting character development and relationship dynamism at play in the series. Whitehurst’s point about the effects of ‘magical time’ in Once Upon a Time, where happenings in the magic realm lead to unpredictable, nonlinear change for the characters, applies to Charmed as well. 

The Halliwell Sisters’ change into witches marks a transition into magical time where their characters and relationships develop rapidly. They are given emotional depth because they’re grieving the recent death of their mother. The introduction of magic intensifies their lives.

The Halliwell Sisters have it all AND THEN SOME… They are magical witches, specifically “the most powerful good witches of all time,” which seems like a big thing to just… Become. 

Appropriately, all the sisters struggle with some form of imposter syndrome, though they don’t suffer equally. By the 2nd episode, Prue, the eldest, has implored Phoebe, the youngest, to not use her powers under any circumstances (even though none of them can control it).

In the 2nd episode, Prue has a fun night with square-faced man and afterwards her sisters slut-shame her (in an "empowering" way?), suggesting judgement about ideal female sexuality and what's socially acceptable for Prue, a well-to-do white lady in the 90s.

Not only does this scene reveal some of the values of the time concerning women and casual dating, but it also shows the tension that surrounds the sisters’ newfound powers. Here, their powers divide them. They can’t even agree on how to talk about it. They’re judgemental towards one another about their magic and their sex lives; typical catty ladies, amIRight?

By the end of the episode, however, Piper and Phoebe strike a different tone. Phoebe, generally the naive one, offers some sound and comforting advice to her older sister, who is struggling with the transition into being a witch. It’s kind of like the Halliwell sisters enter a sort of puberty all at the same time, which is different then the way they would have experienced such a profound change in their human lives, as they all occupy different ages, and therefore different roles.

To Whitehurst’s point that the flashback structure of Once Upon a Time shows “how the past and present resonate in unison when considered beyond a linear and ordered temporality” (9), despite Charmed being entirely episodic and mostly chronological thus far (not including the premonitions experienced by Phoebe), the text develops a language of nonlinear development by having the sisters operate as a system, whose different parts and actions influence each other in nuanced ways. The sisters experience growth together that they wouldn’t be able to separately. It is also explained that their powers continue to grow and change. For eight seasons!

CRITICAL THINKING QUESTIONS:

What does a piece’s character development writ large say about the message of a text? Are there good and bad kinds of development? Does a narrative benefit from development in one direction or another, or is a balance necessary?

What does the protagonists’ positionality as privileged women contribute to their character development? Does their privileged status have a connection to the assertion that they are “good” witches? 

Charmed doesn’t do very much in the way of challenging the status quo. What components of the show do you think would be different if it was interested in exploring an ideology different from the dominant white and western perspective it represents?

--Melissa (aimlessgeology)

@theuncannyprofessoro

[thisweekinfandomhistory]

Hello, I was listening to your podcast about the Xena/Ares fandom on Xena. I found it deeply frustrating that you refer to Xena/Ares as being the "canon" ship of Xena Warrior Princess. I understand that you have not watched the show, but this statement is simply false. By the strictest logic, both Xena/Ares and Xena/Gabrielle are equally "non-canon", as Xena is never explicitly shown within the show as being in a romantic/sexual relationship with EITHER Ares OR Gabrielle. It is also never made explicit that Xena has romantic/sexual feelings for either.

While Xena and Ares do kiss on the show, it was always intentionally in a manner that didn't confirm a romantic/sexual relationship (i.e. being part of a larger plan like in the episodes "Amphipolis Under Siege" or "Livia", being a dream sequence like in the episode "Eternal Bonds", or being a "gratitude/goodbye kiss" like in the Season 6 opening episode "Coming Home" which is the last time Xena and Ares kiss on the show.) The producers/writers intentionally "played both sides" but never took a concrete stance.

Different writers also "pushed" different pairings, for example writers like Steven L. Sears and Katherine Fugate been very open that they wrote Xena and Gabrielle as being in love with each other, while writer Chris Manheim has been open about pushing the Xena/Ares pairing in her Season 5 episodes.

I am unsure where this notion that Xena/Ares being the "canon" pairing came from, as the Fanlore pages for both Xena/Gabrielle and Xena/Ares state that they are not completely canon. I was curious about the fandom history aspects of the podcast episode, but the repeated false statement that Xena/Ares was the "canon" ship of the show in the discussion made it difficult to listen to.

At the time of the research, the Wikipedia page and the Xena wikia (fandom.com, whatever they call themselves now) stated that Ares/Xena was considered a canon pairing -- and that Xena/Gabrielle was, pointedly, not considered canon and could not have been canon within the context of the time and network of the show's airing. Unfortunately, for all extents and purposes, "canonically do physically unambiguous kissing" = "this ship is afloat because casual fans will see a kiss and be like 'ok so this is the relationship that's happening'," so Ares/Xena was a textually canon pairing. Definitely not "THE" pairing -- apologies if we phrased it that way during the episode, bc you're right, they were never "THE" pairing in an OTP sense!

You're also ofc absolutely right that certain writers of the show intended Xena/Gabrielle to be read as romantically in love and as literal soulmates! Literal soulmates omg! Like! If the show were made now, there would be NO ambiguity about it!

But to retroactively say that Xena/Gabrielle were the canon ship kind of feels like misrepresenting what it was to be a queer (especially WLW) fan watching TV in the '90s and never actually getting to be the canon ship. Like. Xena was pretty damn revolutionary and the distance they DID go to show romantic, sexual love between Xena and Gabrielle made Xena into the icon it is today. For sure. And for queer fans who had never even gotten to be POSITIVE subtext before... hot damn!

But it was still subtext. A LOT OF SUBTEXT. But... like. There are a LOT of queer ships that have all the subtext in the world and STILL aren't canon. Because subtext depends on the audience picking up what they're putting down, and if you can deny what's being put down... then... bleh.

There were also articles that we talked about in the episode (iirc! It's been a long time! I don't have the links anymore, sadly, but they were prooooobably in the citations on Fanlore) that were specifically about how Xena/Gabrielle was mostly allowed to be as open as it WAS allowed to be (literal soulmates!!) because of the fact that mainstream heterosexual audiences and executives didn't register it as romantic or sexual at all, again because of the context of the time period. Relegating Xena/Gabrielle to subtext and elevating Ares/Xena to text is what allowed Xena/Gabrielle to be as in love as they were because straight people didn't have to see it or acknowledge it. Like, Ares/Xena IS ABSOLUTELY canonically one-sided. It's not, like, a GOOD SHIP (sorry, Ares/Xena fans) in terms of being, like, healthy or swoony or anything. But it's also... canonical that Ares loves her, and they canonically kiss. They were the beard, basically, that let the show do as much with Xena/Gabrielle as they did. And to be that beard, they had to be more explicitly a textual (canon) romantic or, at least, sexual, pairing than Xena/Gabrielle.

For what it's worth, I see Xena/Gabrielle as the canon pairing because I think it's the only way the entire schema of the show makes sense and I think it's obvious... but I'm also a lesbian in 2024, with all of the cultural shift and personal perspective that allow me to do that. We are super lucky to have progressed enough, generally speaking, that MOST people would watch Xena/Gabrielle and understand their bond as validly (and pretty clearly) romantic and/or sexual, and that if Xena were being made today, they would get to kiss without having to be giving mouth-to-mouth to excuse it. Xena/Gabrielle just straight-up would be the OTP canon endgame pairing of the show.

But. That doesn't change the fact that it wasn't. Unless they reboot the show and make it text, it will always only have been subtext. And that sucks! It sucks so hard!!!! But it's also part of queer history that for MOST of TV's existence, we've only been allowed to be subtext.

And again: THAT SUCKS SO HARD. But it feels icky to pretend like that isn't true just because we can look back at older media and ascribe queerness onto it that was not actually allowed to be there.

Which again, THAT SUCKS SO HARD.

(I wish that I did not have to take this stance. *I* like subtext and *I* think it 1000% counts and I also don't personally think a kiss = a canon ship! Sometimes you just kiss a dude bc he saved your life or whatever! But. Alas. The '90s said that lesbians were not allowed to be canon, so... canonical, we all were not.)

(Sorry this is so long. I hope it makes some semblance of sense.)

[flutter2deceive]

Rules: Answer and tag 9 people you want to get to know better and/or catch up with!

Tagged by @thecryptidbard 😊 thanks for the tag!!

Last song you listened to: Super Graphic Ultra Modern Girl by Chappell Roan

Favorite color: also also purple!! lol. Color combos i love are purple and green (cuz of a really old post on livejournal about Casey Novak/Diane Neal's fashion sense lol), and purple and teal (and yes i had a hornets starter jacket in the 90s lol)

Currently watching: At this exact moment, The Pit Stop review of last night's Drag Race. I am also rewatching Ghosts and marking down timestamps for several fanvids i wanna make, and very slowly watching Devious Maids for the first time and this show is fucking BONKERS lmao

Sweet/savory/spicy: Savory!

Relationship status: happily single for the past 14 years! Altho someone i had a crush on several years ago recently became single and made a comment that briefly had me like 👀 so i did what any useless lesbian would do and pulled up my "feelin some kinda way" playlist i made at the height of said crush and listened to the whole 2 hrs of music to see if i still felt that kinda way and am proud to report back that the closing song "rabbit hole" by jenny lewis still stands! Lol

Current obsession: also CBS Ghosts, Rebecca Wisocky, Chappell Roan, decorating my guest bedroom into a 90s nostalgia den

Last thing you googled: "when did topanga cut her hair" because i was quoting a friend's standup joke in a comment i left on a bree/katherine desperate housewives fic and i am nothing if not very specific 😂

Tagging: @bwayfan25 @mearcatsreturns @wonderwanda @verin2000 @chainofclovers @singinprincess @everybodyknows-everybodydies @wonderofasunrise @evolutionarypsyche

[thesinglesjukebox]

babyMINT - "Hellokittybalahcurri3 hellokitty美味しい"

We head into week two of Amnesty, and Crystal introduces us to Taiwanese reality TV...

[7.59]

Crystal Leww: Sixteen is now nearly nine years old and it finally feels like we've achieved peak competition show in Asian pop, with three of the big four labels in K-pop coming out with their own versions this last year and increasingly more depressing formats. It's unlikely that any group from NEXTGIRLZ will become the next TWICE (or even I.O.I... or even Kep1er...) but one of the joys of operating out of a smaller market in Taiwan is that it's possible to get wilder. It's possible that TPOP Entertainment and Wildfire Entertainment actually wanted a commercially viable group to debut but handing over control for babyMINT to producer AF resulted in something way funnier and something actually thrilling. "Hellokittybalahcurri3 hellokitty美味しい" is stuffed full of like twenty different ideas -- like after the endless debates of "what is hyperpop," AF said "fuck it, let's put them all into one song." This is like video game music, cheerleading music, meme music, regular pop music, idol music, rage music, and rave music all in one. Every moment in this is absolute nonsense (my favorite is the babytalk rapper in the 2nd (?) verse (?) imploring you to eat your green vegetables), a maximalist embrace that maybe nothing that is "good" matters, and yet, more than once this year, I have found myself singing along to "baby, please don't 放开手!" babyMINT makes me feel young again. [9]

Joshua Minsoo Kim: I broke down in tears when I first heard this song. The only way to explain my reaction is that it's similar to when you reflect on a relationship you have with someone you love, and how beautiful it is that you've come to understand who they are over many years and in many circumstances. They've remained inspiring, their presence indelible, and you know that there's still more you'll come to appreciate. This song is like that but with the past decade-plus of idol music. [10]

Jacob Sujin Kuppermann: One of those weird cases where getting too specific about any particular aspect of this would ruin the fun of experiencing "hellokittybalahcurri3 hellokitty美味しい" live for the first time -- it's the best time I've had listening to a pop song in... maybe ever? [9]

Will Adams: The first 90 seconds was some the most exhilarating music I've heard this year -- MAKE. IT. FASTER. -- and then it switched into some alternate universe Ariana Grande x Iggy Azalea song. They went back to the hyper-tempo, but by then the momentum was fully killed. [5]

Katherine St Asaph: I'm not sure what to make of this as a whole track, and I'm not sure I'm meant to. So, by parts: The part of this that sounds like the OST to Yoshi's Cookie

Michelle Myers: Judging idol pop as music, in isolation from its visual elements, will always feel a little wrong to me. The live stage of this track is a [10] for me. From the bored flossing that starts this performance to the headbanging chaos at the end, the choreo is even more delightful than the music supporting it. Listening to this on my headphones, I can't help but hear the seams between the disparate sections of this song. Linlin's rap, which feels deft on stage, sounds rushed and sloppy here. I'm nitpicking, but only because this song absolutely slaps. [9]

Rachel Saywitz: I could care less about the memeability of "hellokitty" -- it's too sincere to be a parody, and while I do find the earnestness preferable, the initial excitement I had for this ridiculously conceived track went away when I realized this wasn't a full-on girl group concept, but a costume of sorts as babyMINT attempts various musical styles to win a competition show, wherein supposedly, their official concept is still not self-determined. But I also think that performativity makes it possible to fully sink into the track's asinine lyrics and abrupt shift changes: these are girls playing a role, and doing so with a sprightly wink. There's no joke to be in on, just a part to play. [6]

Taylor Alatorre: Hmm... come to think of it, being in the beginning stages of a relationship is sort of like being initiated into a new and unfamiliar subculture, whether that be otaku maid cafés, retro arcade games, idol groups themselves, or... boba tea, I guess. Why has no one ever thought to put it like that before? Bonus point for the "ohmygah!" shout actually being transcribed as "omega," which adds a theological tinge to what must be the sweetest-sounding memento mori ever committed to record. [9]

Brad Shoup: A few years ago I wrote a career overview of Dave Matthews Band, because I do not back down from a challenge. In putting it together, I gained an appreciation for just how haunted their music is by death. Not loss, necessarily -- though that's a symptom -- but the sense that a lifespan is short, so eat, drink, etc. For them, it's a bittersweet realization, not something to rage against like some of their arena-filling elders. babyMINT spend more time on the eating and drinking, and I do appreciate them vocallzing a thought ("I will die, you will die") I've had about 10 to 20 times a day for the past three years. But it's cheap heat. [5]

Alfred Soto: This deejay set/Stars on 45 approach to tempos and modes is fun for all ages, as I demonstrated last night by keeping it in the background while my nieces opened gifts. [7]

Ian Mathers: Hmm. I might need to up the amount of shitposting I consume. [7]

Kayla Beardslee: You know some shit's about to go down when the girl groups hit you with "Are you ready for this?" and then introduce a silly-sounding phrase over deceptively chirpy synths. Brace yourself for brain melting; you didn't need those thoughts anyway. [8]

Micha Cavaseno: A manic sugar-rush of getting pranked, viciously blending periods of pop in a way that puts the "hyper" back in "hyperpop." I lost count of genre-jumps at a certain point, spotting at least five different songs where my review and consideration would be skewed only to get confronted with another one, so my sense of trying to provide an average based on any of these things is utterly overwhelmed. I'll never figure out which of them locked me on target and killed me at this rate. [8]

Nortey Dowuona: The first refrain is sped up. For what purpose I can't really ascertain. For one, unless you have good breath control, you can't keep and you might even fall off the rhythm, especially once it speeds up during the chorus. The pre chorus is as direct as one could be, with "I will die, you will die, baby/What a life, what a life/Why don't we just right now/Step out to the balcony and put everything aside? Never mind," ending with a reminder to not worry but to instead eat curry and drink boba instead. But the song completely splits apart, mixing up what it's supposed to be done with curry and boba until it shatters completely and comes to a stop. Guess I'll drink this curry? [7]

Dorian Sinclair: This fall, many reviews of Super Mario Bros. Wonder made the same basic point: there are multiple mechanical ideas in that game that could sustain an entire platformer on their own, but in the context of Wonder are picked up and cast aside within a single level. That kind of creative "wastefulness" is in some ways the ultimate flex -- you don't need to explore the full potential of every good idea you have, because there's always another one right around the corner. "hellokittybalahcurri3 hellokitty美味しい" has something similar going on: there are at least three killer melodic hooks, and that's without considering other standout elements (that guitar skitter! the rhythmic use of the title phrase!), any one of which could be developed into a whole other song. There's something thrilling about the speed and profligacy with which babyMINT chew through motifs here; I just hope they're holding some back for future releases. [8]

Michael Hong: babyMINT were fascinating on arrival: it wasn't just the stylized fashion of their name, or that they were under HIM International Music -- the company that formed Mandopop's only great girl group, S.H.E -- their debut stage saw five members, including former Cherry Bullet member LinLin (cannot think about this fucking group without thinking about Bora being villain edited on Queendom Puzzle -- compliment] -- singing in a mixture of Mandarin, English, and Spanish in a manner that was both prim and tipsy over a Brazilian funk beat. Tuning in weekly yielded more rewarding thrills: "R!ng R!ng R!ng" is cursed doll drum 'n' bass and their Jersey club remix of "Nobody Loves U :(" dials up the jejune silliness of Karencici's original. By this point, I was already all-in on babyMINT, a group helmed by a producer A.F who was weird as hell -- he donned the alias of DJ Banana Hammock for their "R!ng R!ng R!ng" performance and committed to the bit each week -- but had admittedly forgotten to check out "hellokittybalahcurri3 hellokitty美味しい" until two in the morning. I conked out with no recollection of the track -- it's pure sensory overload, impossible to retain any feeling on your first listen other than "Cool Japan!" and that this AF guy should seek help -- the only evidence that I heard it was a series of texts that said, "oh my god... the new babyMINT song is so... i'm crying they are so good. i'm obsessed." I've written about how all of it is primed for memeability -- how the "now, speed up" sets my heart aflame, how the final screams of "drink curry, eat boba" are one of the few things in music that could ever elicit a laugh from me, how LinLin is perfectly charming on her silly little nonsensical rap -- but the best part is that all of this is directed towards this lust for life. "I will die, you will die baby, what a life, what a life, why don't we seize the moment?" ponders Lyu Hsi-yan, what should be nihilistic transforming into something celebratory. "I want to stay cute everyday!" she cheers earlier in the track. The two lines work hand-in-hand, as if each searching for some form of optimism. It's an idol version of AF's song for some competition show and hearing them side-by-side is just proof that this guy knows exactly how to make music for idols. This week, I've been giggling to myself over the line "每天多吃一點蔬菜... 這才是我的菜," the latter part of which is just such an absolutely, unbelievably dumb pun. I play it in the car, to elicit groans, to cheer myself up. I catch myself muttering things from this damn song every day. babyMINT continued to offer surprises after this one. There's this disgusting way one member from the group CRIMZON sings her line "be my bae honey, I can be your bunny" (compliment) on "DAAAAAMMMN" (and the way it builds to some club breakdown just to go nowhere is so funny), "GrAb Me If U CaN" is the last shred of hyperpop I'll ever need to hear, "Ocean Bomb" is a delightfully cute post-NewJeans two-step number until LinLin raps about "Spongebob on her back," and grand finale "2023: BBMeme Odyssey" is so delightfully weird and stupid and fun that it sent me into hysterics on first watch (please just click on the video and watch it, I don't know how to describe what happens here; also Crystal asked me if they cut the one girl's hair just so she could be the prince and it makes me laugh every time I watch this fucking performance). They're the Mandopop artist who define the year, a group who were exactly as game as they needed to be to their producer's weirdest antics, who knew exactly how weird to be to be memeable without playing themselves down. [10]

Iain Mew: When I think of the most successful several-songs-in-one hits ("Biology", "I Got a Boy"), I think of density of hooks and dizzying switches in style. I also think of how they have one melodic hook sweet enough to be first among equals, a unifying glow cast by those highs with "The way that we walk/The way that we talk..." and "I got a boy meotjin/I got a boy chakan". Babymint take things further in the stylistic clashes, with some aggressive bosh and forceful rapping, not to mention ending in pretty much the same full-on fashion as The Knife's "Full of Fire." They do have a hook of more than equivalent sweetness, the "I will never let you go" section like "Super Shy" minus the shyness. That can't take on the same role for the song though, because there just isn't room to, not with the title section drilled in so hard before it even gets that far. So they play a very different game, seeding that phrase throughout but making it fit in with every different section anew. It's audacious enough to make for a spectacular first listen, which makes sense in the context that it's made for performance, and that they are not stars at the top of their game but a new group trying to grab attention. It works better than I expected for further listens because there's a thematic trick to match the musical one. They say up front that they're going to teach us a secret, and so it follows us through however far we go, presented like a universal cheat code. Everything dies, but babyMINT have taken these words and scattered them in time and space and maybe they will lead us through. [7]

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Ethereal, 1x19 is my #3

Several reasons why I favor this dance. 

Elena took part in honor of her mother.

This was made clear with repetition, having been mentioned five times in the episode. The answer to Jenna's question "What is she doing with Damon?" is that simple. According to Elena, it's the "legacy" her mother left for her. I'm 90% sure Damon knows this dance isn't for Elena in knowing she's not this person anymore. I'm talking about the same brother that accepts the fact that Caroline is a cheerleader, but doesn't view Elena as one. Damon was the better choice to escort her to this particular dance. 

Reeducation vs punishment.

Reeducation is the only way to get Damon to act human because he's been living as a vampire for 145 years. Best by treating him like he's human in order to make him feel like one. Thus, "And you made him feel human." Locking him away in a cellar while claiming to protect Mystic Falls from what Damon referred to as the animal, the mountain lion they captured is no way to make him feel human. What Stefan did to Damon was punishment. It didn't work in 1994 and it wouldn't work now. In this case, making Damon feel human is one of the biggest reasons he fell in love with Elena. What Stefan literally expected to feel with her, and so much as entered her life for the sake of feeling... Damon felt without intending to. That's why he didn't understand Stefan's relationship with Elena until he fell in love with her himself. He’s a vampire that eats humans, so we’re talking about an unexpected surprise here. Elena presents the council with a human Damon just in dancing with him, but that’s not why he falls. 

imo, this dance is Damon's signature moment.

While Elena was there to honor her mother, it's clear to me that Damon got more from it than she did, and I've come to this conclusion according to his response. I’ll have a separate gif post that’s signature-specific. If my followers want to know where I place his fall... I'd say he fell for Elena right after their left hand around. I fully believe he fell before they embraced, and fell because of the way she looked at him. It’s one thing to present the council with a human Damon, quite another to look at him as she does. To put it bluntly, no woman would find an animal sexy, and Damon can sense her attraction just by the way she looks at him. I believe that’s why he states as much in 6x7. “I stepped in, sexy as hell...” He knows Elena felt it, “How sexy he was.” It wasn’t just that he got her mind off Stefan, he got her eyes off him as well. I believe he had her the moment he did that thing with his eyes, which she so mentions in 1x22. “I'd never let myself notice until then. I mean, obviously I knew he was attractive, but I didn't want to see him that way.” Damon would’ve felt her seeing him that way in that moment because she allowed herself to see him that way. I believe he stops flirting with his eyes because he’s under. By this, I’m saying she has the power to get him to do whatever she wants because he’s in love with her. I also believe it’s the reason he approaches her the way he does when it’s time for them to embrace. Appealing to her attraction so she’ll continue looking at him the way she does. It feels good when someone notices.  

Damon is all-in. 

By this, I mean that he’s fully honoring Elena. The simple intimacy of his near touch. Flirting with his eyes. I'm all but guessing he remembered this from 1864 when he hoped Katherine would choose him to escort her. He’s all-in, not to seduce her, but to give her every bit what the experience was meant to be. The last thing he’d do, is make a mockery of or go in halfway on something she clearly cares a great deal for. He does this because he cares about her.

It drops more than once. 

I see this dance in 2x8. Elena stands at the top of the staircase, then runs into Stefan’s arms. Damon disappointed because Stefan gets the very embrace he got on the dance floor. If not for Stefan’s conversation with him in the episode, I believe his scene with the vervain necklace would’ve played out differently, as I believe Damon would’ve kept his feelings to himself. Again in 4x7, 6x2, 6x7, and 8x9. Enough references to matter, and all the more reason to believe it’s Damon’s signature moment. 

Personal opinions while I’m at it...

It wasn’t just Elena worrying about Stefan, but Damon worrying about Katherine. For both, the world fell away and it was just the two of them. 

Damon cared that Stefan wasn’t there to dance with Elena. He was looking around for Stefan when Elena’s name got called because he thought they worked things out after he left them to talk.  

Damon very much meant WE when he said, “Right now, we just have to get through this.” 

Damon saw Elena’s path to humiliation. As she’s descending, there’s a moment when she gets a look at the bottom of the staircase. Stefan isn’t there to escort her, and she throws off this look that Damon would’ve been able to see. Damon referred to it as humiliation, Elena referred to it as embarrassment.  

The scene and its soundtrack has a spiritual vibe. The way Damon looks up to the top, as if hoping to see an angel. Elena in blue, an angel descending a stairway to heaven. They’ve got it wrapped in pink fabric and white Christmas lights. In this moment, Damon wouldn’t tell Elena she looks like an angel. But as he dances with her, he’ll ask that she make his heart a better place. 

I view 8x9 as full-circle writing for Damon’s character. What was made possible because he fell in love with Elena in 1x19. Not just that he fell in love, but who he fell in love with. She’s human. 

[cabeswaterdrowned]

elena gilbert for the ask game?

First impression: I found her very charming and winning in the pilot

Impression now: I love her as a character overall she isn’t my favorite TVD or tvdu girl but consistently top 8 at least and I love like 90% of tvdu women so. I generally enjoy her personality and find her sympathetic, with caveats regarding her treatment of her friends sometimes but overall I do think she gets an unwarranted amount of hate and have stood by that. She’s also a pretty interesting character to me in how she navigates people and situations, a very entertaining Cancer for sure.

Favorite moment: anytime she’s mean to the Salvatore’s is A+ whether she has her humanity or not.

Idea for a story: I’m a beklena shipper so a lot of my Elena story ideas would involve them. Rn I’m thinking maybe a canon divergent from s5 where Rebekah is actually around Mystic Falls a lot more than she is in canon at that time, she and Matt sort of continued having an on and off thing, and Elena’s aware of it and has somewhat jealous reactions. She and Damon actually do break up during their Troubles tm and she and Rebekah grow a lot closer, if the Katherine body swap happened maybe it would be interesting if Rebekah was able to figure it out since I always liked that she had a less idealized view of who Elena was while still developing a soft spot for her. After Elena is back in her body they date (I also love that Matt would have a terrible time here I am a patented Matt Donovan hater)

Unpopular opinion: that I like her a lot, I don’t ship either of her main ships my preferred otp for her is Rebekah and the only m/f Elena ship I found interesting was Elena/Elijah which I’m less into now than I was originally since my feelings on Elijah overall are a lot more sour now, but I still am compelled by the very specific flavor of death and the maiden there (basically my take on Elena shipping is that I only like her with people she’s stabbed in the back lmaoo). And I very much enjoy NH Elena. Directly pre and post NH in s4 is … another story but switch-off Elena queenie.

Favorite relationship: Rebekah romantically but my favorite Elena dynamic in general is Katherine I love doppelgänger/shadow self trope <3. For a familial/friendship dynamic I really liked her and Jenna’s relationship

Favorite headcanon: she and Bonnie were each other’s first kiss

this was fun thank you!! <3

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[mejomonster]

I've been watching The Vampire Diaries lately as a show to kinda relax to without needing full attention and:

Kinda ship Bonnie/Caroline unfortunately I doubt this show has lesbians (but buffy had willow/Tara in the 90s so I wish this 2000s drama does -.-; I'll see I guess)

Kinda enjoy Tyler and Jeremy's scenes post 1x10 which I'm surprised by cause before I'd been rooting for Tyler to die

Damon/Elena are eons more interesting to me as a dynamic in that their scenes together have less predictability and more interesting outcomes (I get why elena/Stefan is a thing, they're both book loving reading nerds who like to talk about that stuff for hours and write diaries and spend quiet nights kissing/sleeping together and chatting about stuff they fan over basically - without the vampire old issue/Katherine ex situation they'd basically be a normal couple with shared interests, but like... as tv entertainment that's just not as fun to watch as ppl who do not get along and slowly need to learn to understand/interact. It's like angel/buffy versus spike/buffy or faith/buffy I suppose. Except I do appreciate stefan/Elena actually fight over "yr a vampire damn! People are dying I need to get AWAY this is fucked" and "I look like your dead ex what rhe fuck is wrong with you/any other secrets??!!!" Because like while it's still teen romance show level "I love you" ridiculously fast and unrealistically with a yikes vampire usual age gap lol, at least Elena's and stefans reactions seem somewhat more like real people would actually do? Whereas like... idk I usually see a much less realistic reaction of "wow people are dying I need to get away from you and reevaluate my view of the world goddamn".)

Bonnie makes me feel like I'm watching Charmed

Watching vampire stuff I'm glad there's a lot of death in this cause what even is a vampire story without people getting their blood drank? Also this show reminds me I've got my own vampire story I eventually want to write ToT but mines more itwv level bloody than teen angst. That said, i appreciate the slightly outside of high school elements of the show which remind me of charmed or buffy and give the impression this show CAN grow beyond a high school setting as the plot ages out of it, like buffy did, which gives it space to possibly do some cool stuff later on (that say a show like teen wolf bound inside teen-life couldn't really move to)

Thank goodness the show has some horror scenes and fights I really Can't focus without my action scenes lol

Like buffy (tho idk How better the writing will get) I can tell that around mid season 1 the writing shifted from Teen Show Pilot usual to having a more solid idea of the angle it wanted to go in. Caroline went from a "could be any teen extra" to a character with a clear personality, Bonnie went from only magic-show-plot element to someone who's friendships and enemies in the show matters, Matt and Jeremy as plain humans get a more defined characterization driven by their internal values more than only what's happening to them externally, Elena once she finds out vampires exists her character acts much more idk Likable to me? She's an everyday girl stand in, but with the knowledge of vampires her personal bg as someone fucked up by tragedies in the family and feeling death is inescapable to her (vampires all around and looking like a dead ex katherine), her desire to not see anyone else die and personally try to help stop vampires who are hurting people in town (despite being very mundanely human) gives her a solid backbone of who she is when put in a hard position. I liked her trying to fight a vampire alone with pencils and a broken broom - she doesn't succeed as she's a completely untrained and regular strength human but it shows she's got future potential and a trajectory, her trying to stop vampires from killing, her willing to go into danger, her willing to confront anyone, etc. She's showing some interesting traits specific to her that not every character Would do. Even Stefan with as little as I'm personally clicking with him, is making lets say Relationship choices that are distinct from Edward type or Angel type or Spike type or Lestat lol, so at least he's feeling like His Own individual character in a vampire story instead of a copy of someone else. He communicates eons better than Edward, saying he'll leave before leaving for someone's safety lol, and just in general open to conversations when conflicts come up more, he's mopey sure but not to the level of emo Angel from buffy is (and not quite as creepy tho he also stalked for a year lmao) and Lexi coming into town showed he's really not Endlessly pessimistic the way Louis or Angel would be. He's got a distinction versus other leading romance vamps, and although his dynamic doesn't have the enemies/rivals to friends to lovers I enjoy in watching a romance (bellamy/Clarke, lexa/Clarke, lucifer/Chloe, spike/buffy, louis/lestat etc) I do like that he feels like his own character to me. So I'm hoping like buffy the depth of characterization gets a bit better as time goes on for everyone. And the plot expands past high school as characters age up.

Damon and Stefan remind me of Dean and Sam. Yeah I know what I said ToT if supernatural went on 150 years and they turned into demons or vampires or whatever, both fell for the same girl, who's to say what coulda happened. All IM saying now is a crossover when they'd both been airing would've been hilarious.

[crowned-ladybug]

I forgot I typed up all this a while ago. Have some thoughts re: Jack vs literacy

newsies in general can read bc i mean they kinda Have To. meaning Jack can read pretty alright as well

he starts struggling if text is longer than like two paragraphs bc at that point it gets tiring and easy to be distracted from. to counteract this and also just save time in general, he's really good at skimming front page/other interesting articles so that he actually knows what he's selling

there becomes One single exception to the skim-reading and that is Anything Katherine Writes, which can go one of two ways:

either Jack puts aside time to read her newest article word for word when having lunch or after work is done, at subpar lamplight, no matter how long it takes (- sidenote: he saves a copy of every edition Katherine has an article published in and soon enough realises that that's a whole lot of space for stuff to be taking up. from then on he just starts tearing out her articles specifically and filing them away in the back of a sketchbook. it's Months later still when Katherine finds out about it)

OR sometimes Jack will show Les that hey look Kathy has had an article published again, with full knowledge that it'll end with Les begging Davey to read the article out loud to them both. This is 100% on purpose but don't tell anyone bc Jack Kelly does Not get Read To. Most definitely does Not end up dozing against Davey's shoulder either on warm days when all three of them sit down and let him read

there's a few books kicking around in the Lodging House that are falling apart and are generally no one's and everyone's, which are sometimes employed for bedtime story reasons by the older kids when the littles ask for it. Most of them including Jack don't read so well over long periods of time so it's a lot less "reading bedtime stories" and a lot more "doing their best to recall the story with the book in hand, making up details as they go, and occasionally remembering to flip the page to keep up the illusion." The littles ofc know it's not Actual Reading but they don't say anything to break the illusion either

writing on the other hand goes a lot less well

Jack's handwriting is a mix of clumsy, childish cursive (from what little he did get to go to school, years and years ago) and equally clumsy print picked up mostly from newspaper font since that's the letters he's looking at 90% of the time

he's slow at writing, it feels clumsy and wrong, his spelling sucks (bc reading is not the same thing as paying attention to grammar and internalising it) and overall he fuckin hates it bc it makes him feel stupid so he avoids it at all costs. He also very specifically is of the opinion that it's unfair that being good at drawing doesn't also make him good at writing nicely

honestly unless it comes up very specifically and gets pinned against him, Jack doesn't really feel bothered by any of this. Or at least not until Davey, Les, and Katherine all happen themselves into his life

Davey and Les start bringing homework to Jacobi's or the Lodging House, and Katherine's whole Job is about reading and writing, and she has her notepad and pretty cursive, and Les' clumsy childish handwriting is still better than anything Jack can manage, and Davey practically speeds through books for fun and he can Actually Read To People

Jack does not enjoy this and is entirely silently fuming about it

he Also does not enjoy how susceptible he is to gravitating over and settling down when Davey gets roped into Actually Reading Bedtime Stories at the Lodging House. or that Katherine keeps leaving little handwritten notes with the boys if she wants to talk to Jack about something specific but they keep not running into each other bc they're both in random places all the time, like it's a wholly normal thing to do. can't these ppl just leave him alone (affectionate)

idk where this whole line of thoughts goes if anywhere tbh i just know that Jack hates feeling dumb and he isn't good at seeing that he is Not That when he silently gets caught up on not being good at something

[malka-lisitsa]

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That's 1,552 more posts than 2021!

478 posts created (31%)

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I tagged 1,286 of my posts in 2022

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#answered - 258 posts

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#essentially katherine is an exotic pet and has a lot of specific needs that need to be met in order to fully enjoy having her

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

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Shes B O R E D and we all know what that M E A N S-

Katherine made her way into the livingroom where she spotted Rebekah. Perfect.

Why be on your phone when you could be paying attention to her? With ease and zero regard for personal property or space-

        Katherine lazily confiscated the phone, and sat in Rebekah’s lap.

Cheeky and adorable smile plastered on her lips-

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#4

Instead of drafts I did this, you’r welcome

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#3

Open: Mutuals

“Well, this  W A S  a five hundred dollar top. Thanks.”

25 notes - Posted December 5, 2022

#2

Open: Mutuals

“I’m pretty sure that V O I D S the W A R R E N T Y-”

31 notes - Posted November 20, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

@multi-royalty

"Did you know they made mini corn dogs?"

"They're actually strangely delicious. It's like the second I became human again, overly processed junk food became the only thing I crave. It's fucking weird."

31 notes - Posted October 31, 2022

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DC Comics Publish "Nothing Butt Nightwing", Vertically, For DC GO!

DC Comics Publish "Nothing Butt Nightwing" Vertically, for DC GO!, launching new webtoon line launching this year and at NYCC

Article Summary

DC Comics launches DC GO! for mobile, featuring new vertical webcomics like "Nothing Butt Nightwing".

Launch titles include Nightwing, Raven, and Harley Quinn, crafted by fan-favorite creators for genre variety.

Explore new DC Comics with exclusive stories and vertically reformatted classics for immersive mobile reading.

Readers can enjoy a mix of drama, romance, action, and fantasy in fresh stories available on DC Universe Infinite.

Today DC Comics announced DC GO!, a new line of webcomics publishing exclusively on DC Universe Infinite, in a vertical form as popularised by webtoons for mobile devices. DC is running aoreview of two new series free today. The DC GO! collection will include a mix of original webcomic content plus vertically reformatted DC and Mad Magazine stories and will be launching on the 20th of November 20, 2024. And, yes, basically, it's what Marvel Unlimited has been doing for some time.

"DC has the largest library of comics on the planet, going back nearly 90 years, and with the addition of DC GO! to DC UNIVERSE INFINITE there's now a new collection of webcomics for fans to read," said DC general manager Anne DePies. "Our goal with the DC GO! collection is to create fun, compelling, reader-friendly, mobile DC stories that readers will enjoy on the go. Like DC Compact Comics and DC Finest, this is another example of our commitment to finding new ways to engage with fans and readers."

"The DC GO! original comics are brand-new, weekly stories for mobile readers, with the launch titles told by seasoned, fan-favorite creators," said Katie Kubert, Global Publishing Innovation group editor. "The first three DC GO! launch stories can only be found on DCUI on November 20th, starring Nightwing, Raven, and Harley Quinn, and will feature fun DC cameos and new characters. We know fans love webcomics like Batman: Wayne Family Adventures, so the titles launching in the new DC GO! collection were created to appeal to readers of specific genres—drama, fantasy, comedy, mystery, action, romance, slice-of-life, and more—so that there's a type of story for everyone to enjoy."

The DC GO! original launch titles include Harley Quinn in Paradise by CRC Payne, Siobhan Chiffon, and Cathy Le; Nothing Butt Nightwing by Patrick R. Young and Moy R. Marco; and Renaissance of Raven by Sina Grace, Nico Bascuñan, Katherine Lobo, and Carola Borelli.

Harley Quinn in Paradise by CRC Payne, Siobhan Chiffon, and Cathy Le. Harley Quinn is rarely lucky in love—and after her recent breakup with The Joker, has been feeling particularly chaotic. Ivy advises Harley to lay low for a while—maybe a little R&R (recklessness and robbery) would be good for her! Good advice, right? True to character, Harley decides the best way to lay low is to plaster her face across every television in America and find true love on TV's hottest reality dating show. Harley heads for the show's island setting, ready to be the best contestant the program has ever seen…because she's playing to win by any means necessary! And can she help it if she accidentally falls in love along the way?

Nothing Butt Nightwing by Patrick R. Young and Moy R. Marco. Dick Grayson, the first Robin, has made a name for himself as the hero Nightwing. But after several failed civilian-identity career attempts (a bar, a gym, etc.), he lands his biggest deep-cover operation yet—as an international supermodel! He's got the eyes of the audience, the other models, and even a few agents. But he only has eyes for one thing…the Poison Ivy protégé on the hunt to steal the expensive (and environmentally harmful) jewels around the models' necks…and perhaps the models themselves! But can he serve justice, and serve lewks, while traveling the globe? The spotlight is on Dick Grayson in Nothing Butt Nightwing…because his first gig is an underwear print campaign!

Renaissance of Raven by Sina Grace, Nico Bascuñan, Katherine Lobo, and Carola Borelli. Raven needs an escape. Her fellow Titans won't leave her alone, she just had a fight with Beast Boy, and to top it off, it's the anniversary of her mom's death. We find her trying to live life beyond the curse of her father. She's over it! Raven is more than her trauma! When a strange girl in a graveyard proclaims that Raven is some kind of destined hero, she's ready to walk away…until suddenly, she's pulled through an enchanted portal…to the kingdom of Galonia. Raven is sent hundreds of years into the past, where she must contend with a cabal of witches and the difficult choice of helping those in need or returning home!

Batman: Hush by Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee will be also be cut up vertically and can be previewed for free beginning from the 17th of October, which might just be when DC Comics will announce that Jeph and Jim are returning to the Batman comic. As well as All-Star Superman by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow by Tom King and Bilquis Evely, ahead of the movie adaptations.

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R.C: we have a problem Yuu: speak R.C: so i was showing the racoons their positions for the race and some of them have gone missing. specifically near where we pass the chamber of mirrors thing. and i can't go search for them because i have 90 other racoons to watch and make sure they don't escape Yuu: they just...........disappeared? R.C: either snuck into the mirrors chamber and went through the mirrors or someone yoinked them up Yuu: okay do you know any featured that make them different that me and Grim might be able to use to tell they're one of your racoons? R.C: they all have a pink kazoo tied around their neck like a whistle, two of them are wearing mini shirts -Discord is the melanistic one and Pixie is the albino -, one wearing sunglasses -Loki-, one has a flower crown of daisies -Mischief-, one of the others is very attached to this small plush cat -Fidget-, one has a bow around it's neck -Katherine Howard- and the last one is a piebald with a white face and a bandana -Ivor- Grim: how'd ya' remember all that?! R.C: i know them by heart. they're also the oddest and most mischievous group racoons i take care of

Yuu: i'll ask around if anyones seen them

[ripper-royalty]

This is my western AU verse write up

this is a serious rp blog I promise

This alternate universe plays heavily off of and with @malka-lisitsa's fox spirit AU that can be found [here] and takes Stefan entirely outside canon, although we love to keep in those parallels. Even though it was written in conjunction with Novi's Fox-Spirit-Katherine - this is not a private verse, let me know if you want to plot in it with me!

Main Verse Background:

This AU is set in semi-modern era, around the 90s and/or early 2000s. Stefan grew up in rural Montana on a small family own ranch, he and his brother were homeschooled and incredibly sheltered. He worked with horses and cattle by the time he could walk, and that's honestly all his parents seemed to think him and his brother were good for. Their father Giuseppe is a strict and very controlling man, most of the physical abuse was taken out on Stefan's older brother Damon, he tried to protect him as much as possible - but when Stefan was 16 Damon just had to get the fuck out. Without his big brother around, Stefan started to take the brunt of his father's foul moods.

Their mother wasn't much better, cold and aloof, she never made a maternal connection with either of their sons and left Giuseppe to do most of the parenting.

Stefan likes the work he does, spending as much time as possible out in the land with the animals, but growing up the way he did took a heavy toll on his psyche. Stefan can't handle himself around small animals - due to some pre-serial killer behvaiors that he doesn't understand. Stefan has no idea why he does it, but some parts of him turn off and he almost disassociates, watching himself perform these awful acts from a third party perspective. Once the deed is done and he comes back to himself, he experiences extreme remorse and shame. Going to great lengths to hide what he's done.

Sometimes, when it's time to kill and skin a chicken for dinner, he does it with his bare hands - wishing it were his father's neck between his fists.

Specific to the story written with @malka-lisitsa

Katerina (now Katherine) was the first of herself and does not have any doppelgangers. Stefan however is still a doppelganger of Silas, directly as part of Katerina's involvement with Silas and Qetsiyah.

I may add more verse specific stuff here later

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