#these tags are a RIDE wtf cecil

[luminarai]

Attempting to get the beast used to a dental hygiene routine is… well, it’s going.

(She stayed that way for a solid 8 seconds despite hating being held belly up so I think it’s safe to say that Mim is not beating the ‘tiny speaker playing elevator music instead of a brain’ allegations any time soon.)

[marzipanilla]

I feel like I've already forgotten so much tbh lol

Umbrella Academy was a show that so many people recommended to me and I honestly barely made it through the first season if that. The general concept was interesting to me, but... could not stand how the characters interacted with each other. Sorry it crapped out at the end for you though : /

I liked the BBC Musketeer shows from a little while back, it was just campy fun- but their third season was like.. a new crew/producers I believe but same actors, and it just... had a completely different vibe to it and the writing was so wonky it definitely was sad. I feel that when a show seems like it's getting saved so they allow folks to have access to it only for you to go 'oh wow you should have died before this could happen to you'.

Not me just now remembering us talking about Dana Terrance in the tags of a previous thing xD Yeah I just felt like ppl were annoyed that Owl House stomped a dictator to death, why didn't SU. Had no idea the fans were so insane while it was airing though. I honestly am not sure I even started watching until it was either over or nearing its final seasons though.. and the people I talked about it with were just irl folks so I wasn't around any internet nonsense.

The truncated ending for Owl House was so sad, but it definitely at least still had an ending. (I feel like you have to have seen Pushing Daisies, and though that had a speed run the ending bc we got cancelled its still an overall enjoyable show) Would have loved to have actually been able to see all the clearly well established world building have a chance to shine and come to fruition !! (the witch who married the brother clearly being a clawthorne.. how that all tied into things, all the other coven heads !!) but no. extreme cuts to get an end. At least it was a fun send off. Honestly a show I think gets too much credit for 'having a master plan' was Gravity Falls xD like I still enjoyed that show but aside from the one major twist it... definitely had an ass pull feel to most of its plot, which worked ! but c'mon. I could have had 2-3 more seasons of Owl House to fully get into the deep and well establish lore and plot, while GF would have struggled to exist past its second season even if it wasn't contained to just the summer time frame imo.

I love writing that Nolan stops breathing every once and a while, bc like, he clearly doesn't need to. Like the sleeping thing. I feel like he only starting doing that after he got together w Debbie bc then he had a place to sleep w someone he actually wanted to be around lol I also headcanon he can't ride a bike or swim bc once his feet are off the ground its instinct to fly so he just starts doing that. It looks like he's on the bike, it looks like he's swimming, but he's balancing/propelling himself in a completely different manner. his 'party trick' at normo human events is 'balancing' on a bike without peddling and they are all so amazed at his clear intense core strength to manage it.

Now I'm wishing we had more stuff about how animals reacted around Nolan. what does that dude smell like to them anyway.

The GDA trying to hunt down/recruit spidey to their roster and him just being like EVEN MORE PEOPLE AFTER ME WTF Donald just having to be like : / sir I believe we are achieving the opposite intended outcome of our goals. and Cecil just being like -.- no shit. Peter seeing the fishing trip pics off JJ and Cecil on a boat with Nolan and that just doubling him down on the 'don't let this guy be alone in a room w you' so he starts avoiding the GDA harder even after Cecil stops trying to send goons and actually talk to him himself lol

Poor Auny May just like you seem really stressed Pete why don't you take some time off and hang out w your friends : / him losing it further bc now Mark is around all his normal human buddies at the 'help peter relax' party aunt May set up.

Hm. I think I sorted easily why JJ would love Omni-Man but now I'm trying to figure out why he'd hang w Nolan and like.. did Nolan just publish something in one of his travel books that JJ liked ?? like I took your recommendation for a travel spot and genuinely enjoyed it, you're the last honest salesman in existence and so Nolan was just like bet wanna hang out. Then JJ is like Must Protect Silly Author from Crazed Goons Who He Hangs Out With (Clearly in Ignorance) while Art and Cecil are just being lil shits for different reasons

Mark asking his mom when little why dad fights bad guys but she's nice to bad guys and she's all 'well sweety when the giant magma man lives in a place unsuited to his body and it explodes and levels the entire neighborhood, it's important to remember it was avoidable if someone just helped him settle into a nice cave system where when he gets mad not only does he not get hurt, but no one else gets hurt as well! there are clearly posted do not enter danger signs, and when ppl come to attack him they are actually breaking the law' and Mark just being like Huh.

Mark being a borderline punch clock hero is fucking amazing. I have vacation days guys. why don't you? also come hang out at my mansion, my mom got a new jacuzzi (..alright have to share my comp wants to spellcheck that to ejaculate) installed next to the waterfall pool it'll be fabulous. it's not that crime pays guys, she's not a criminal everything she does is above board- it's just that most villains tend to have a lot of money to spend. Yeah Mark bc they stole it ??? why are you guys being mean to my mom : /

Mark being so intensely embroiled in hero and villain shit to the point he is arguably true neutral and him having to learn to actually make choices through that rather than just living in this weird middle ground pit would be amazing xD

In the middle of a fight him just being like 'heard you were moving again : / lost the house in another divorce huh?' yeah kid... when you get married make sure you get a prenup. And TT off to the side like bro what ?? And Mark just being like, guys, he's going through a divorce just let him smash up the bank a little bit and then go home, he wont take any security deposit boxes, just the cash- and them being like NO ??

Make Mark actually give a speech to people about what he believes in NOW pls yes. God. Cecil trying to put him in charge of the GoG just made me roll my eyes. sir. this kid has never done anything like that ever. you literally replaced Robot for turning himself into a kid even though he was doing a better job than Immortal for a while apparently. you think Mark can't figure shit out or communicate to anyone Grayson is going to be a GOOD leader?? all because you've suddenly decided someone telling you no was a good thing ?? please. make him actually work with other people first ffs.

The title of the ep being 'you used to be my hero' made me so nervous they were going to try and pull some 'I always thought highly of you immortal!' shit out of their ass, but at least they didn't do that. bc genuinely most of Mark and Immortal's interactions have been so shitty. still want Mark to be super petty and mention to Kate that Immortal has no fucking idea who she is in the future xD you're utterly irrelevant to him in the long run byeeee him getting over popping that guy's head off and then just going on his date and it never coming up again is like ? sure kid. sure. makes as much sense as anything else.

While I'm not too familiar with the DCU- your batfam meta posts are intiguing- so in transfering some of the broader strokes from them- I think you tackling a 'Mark isn't Nolan's biological son' fic would be fascinating. Sort of a step to the side of the 'what if Mark never got his powers' fic that sometimes pop up in the fandom

OOOOOO chewing on this currently, hm, the much a distinct flavor of exactly what you’re talking about, but the potential for more family drama depending on WHO knows. Does Mark know?? Is he waiting every day only to be crushed? Does he confused non-Debbie features with Nolan’s? I suppose I’m not the most enthusiastic about non-power AUs, but I think there’s something very fun to explore about Mark having to settle with, if he knows all his life, he will never have powers? I think the trajectory of his dreams will obviously shift, I can see him still having that distinct fatherly idolization, but perhaps embraces being useful to the GDA? Cecil’s number one intern—only intern—curtesy of nepotism, ha! There is something tickling me about Mark taking the Robin Route/Role for the Teen Team in terms of having no powers, just insane skills, BUT there’s something way more delicious about intern Mark when s1e01 happens and Mark tries snooping around to find out the truth about what happened to his Dad.

I wonder if, with Mark having a whole another father, if they’re more or less distant relationship, depending on WHEN Nolan entered Mark’s life? Like if Debbie met Nolan later for this, or just for fun, they dated once, separated (Mark being born during then), then they happened to stumble into each others lives again and Mark’s already been born, anywhere from tween to teenager so there’s a gap in how close they are. I feel like one important aspect of the whole Family Drama is how close they’re supposed to be, a functional, loving family turned upside down? So I wonder what more distance does. I wonder how Nolan copes when his family is entirely human and he can’t project onto Mark.

I love thinking about these, omg.

[uta-no-fan-sama]

Happy Hunger Games!

...who’s ready to see these babies die?

THE BLOODBATH

how does he fit

FIRST KILL TO RANMARU...?

ren you idiot

THATS VIOLENT FOR YOU TOKIYA

EXCUSE ME WHAT

so are natsuki and otoya in there together or

odd duo but okay

DAY 1

isn’t kaoru supposed to be the doctor?

shion’s the smartest one so far

#LET REIJI AND AINE BE HAPPY TOGETHER

I THOUGHT YOU GUYS LOVED HER

and old man ryuya is too tired for this shit

NIGHT 1

Friends have been made, the twins are taking care of one another, Reiji and Aine are together, and the world is perfect in this moment.

i take it back

RANMA R U

DAY 2

please don’t tell me it was another anxiety attack

is tokiya just getting this because he has two kills

NIGHT 2

REIJI HONEY NO

poor syo

wtf that’s ranmaru’s third kill

and now, the game’s getting intense...

DAY 3

doesn’t she already have a hatchet

otoya still can’t kill and remains pure

twins are also still sticking together

JESUS CHRIST RANMARU THATS ENOUGH MURDER ATTEMPTS DONTCHA THINK

NIGHT 3

WHOA WHOA WHOA THAT DID NOT MEAN I WANTED YOU TO DIE

honestly i was expecting ranmaru to win

aine why

my poor child never even was able to kill anyone

angst everywhere

DAY 4

satsuki better not know

giving in to the games

does he know his brother is dead or

NIGHT 4

goddamnit kaoru he tended to your wounds just yesterday

It’s probably Reiji’s; go team up!

the night sky is his aestheticc

DAY 5

is syo getting revenge on his twin for natsuki’s death

change of heart for camus

another hatchet? okay

a-hunting we will go~

NIGHT 5

AINE STOP BEING SUICIDAL YOU KNOW HOW WELL THAT WORKED OUT IN CANON

excuse me shion dID WHAT

i’d like to hear them all sing themselves to sleep ngl

THE FEAST

...what did ryuya ever do to you

smart choice

DAY 6

camus: what’s this shit

tag yourself i’m the sponsor

reiji still won’t kill and aine’s looking for him

WHAT’S GOTTEN INTO YOU CHILD

NIGHT 6

for camus to commit suicide...damn...

“my fire. mine.”

UM I WOULD HOPE SO YOU KILLED TWO PEOPLE, SHION

would pay to hear that

DAY 7

this is why you eat fish, cecil.

my boys are back together *sniff*

“Why...” Nagi’s breath catches in his throat, but he forces it out. “Why, Shion?”

“I can’t do anything about it, Nagi.” Shion’s face is uncharacteristically cold. “This is what the Games are.”

“So you’ll just let them do whatever they want? You won’t even try to fight against it!” Nagi’s face twists into a scowl Shion hasn’t seen in years. It’s the scowl of a boy that’s terrified but still naive. “If you think the Games have changed you so much, kill me! Right now!”

Shion falters. He can’t. Not to Nagi. Not to the person who’d become his best friend, the brother he never had. Or maybe even something else, something more. 

Shion turns, and runs. Away from Nagi, away from the Games.

is he going to mourn his twin

NIGHT 7

um...okay then

i’m hoping it was accidental...

DAY 8

...weren’t you two snuggling last night?

NIGHT 8

my babies ;-; be happy

more like, Nagi thinks about Shion but okay

the twins are now both gone...

DAY 9

AND IIIIIIIIII -holy shit- WILL ALWAYYYSS LOOVE YOU -i can’t believe you would do this to me goddamnit why would you do this to me-

AINE WHAT THE F * C K

NO

That was one hell of a ride there