#to have even more to say bc this is overall pretty facile but yeah

[idonthaveacontract]

I think the main narrative purpose for Bob is to show the viewers that Don needed a million little special skills on top of a genuinely likeable personality to end up where he did without arousing suspicion. Bob always seems like he's clawing at it (self-help records!) even when it's going relatively well for him and obviously his charming mannerisms get a much more mixed response from the people around him. He also reverses the Don/Pete dynamic for Pete, trying to ingratiate himself the same way Pete does to Don in early seasons, but Pete actually gets to take the upper-hand with the secret this time instead of having it turned back on him. Now does Bob actually WANT Pete - imo yes, on top of choosing him as his mark. I think Pete kind of enjoys this and it also shows his growth in how he deals with learning these kinds of secrets. He stills uses it as blackmail as he had wanted to do with Don but in the much more sophisticated "keep him close because you never know how loyalty is born" way that Bert recommends to Don in season 1

There's also some level of contrasting the differing levels of crimes committed by Bob and Don - I think Bob is undeniably an actual con-artist although it's unclear if that's all he's doing it for (I think no, he would prefer to truly be situated in a high status job, that being said working in accounts at SCDP should have given him plenty of freedom to break away from his schemes with Manolo and he didn't, he cannot turn off the scrappy, hurt side of himself as well as Don) whereas Don actually is not and largely works for what he has, even though it's within the framework of stolen identity and valor

[superemeralds]

ive had my own idea for a sonic movie that would still be live action and a generic child-friendly action-comedy just like the “real” sonic movie is (presumably) gonna be

IN SHORT!

The main character that makes a duo with sonic for the majority of the movie is a young girl named June.

The overall plot is very similar to sonic x, but altered to fit the time span of the usual one and a half hours movie length in movies like that.

detailed description, explanation of the pictures and character info under the cut!

Through a mal-induced chaos control eggman and sonics friends get transported into the real world. this time space rift causes some really weird stuff to happen and June gets seperated from her dad, who was just on his way to bring her to school.

at first she thinks its cool to meet a talking blue hedgehog in a really pretty nature-y place and skip school to play with him, but soon they notice that they are not alone. Eggmans robots got transported to our world too! June gets captured because she is seen with sonic and therefore identified as a threat by eggmans robots! Sonic runs after her towards what seems to be eggmans base.

meanwhile the dad was transported to a really high place, whihc is bad cos he’s  got fear of heights. Luckily tails and knuckles appear and offer to help him down

both teams start looking for eachother, but get interrupted by various obstacles. June and Sonic get hold off by eggmans schemes, while Dad and Sonics friends stumble upon amy, who just escaped a military research facility. she hoped that cream would be with the others, but it seemed that they had to go back and save her. the Dad used to be a hobby boxer, but since he’s a lawyer he doesn’t really do that much anymore. it surely helped him when taking out those government officials. its funny how a lawyer breaks the law, right? there’s many jokes on that and his character development goes from strict father figure that doesnt allow fun and insists on obeying the law to a wild and free man who does what’s right, even if  he has to break rules. (also he screams “sorry” every time he KOs someone because hes that kinda guy)

June and sonic manage to infiltrate the egg carrier that was transported into our world and set it to crash and render all his stuff useless!

However, the ship is on course for the city which they didnt realize until it started losing height. eggman pretends that he can still stop this if the people are willing to make him their unquestionable ruler, but sonic and june are determined to stop the ship themselves. sonic keeps eggman busy while June is in the command center trying to find a way to make the ship change course and go crash in the ocean.

in the end everything is exploding and falling apart and eggman is fleeing, June managed to change the ships course and runs up to sonic telling him he needs to run, sonic says that she doesnt have to tell him twice and they go.

sonic gets blown to the side by an explosion and trips over debris, making his knee bleed a little (u cant see blood bc this is kid friendly hes just hurt like theres dirt or smth lol) and he tells june to run and not worry, but she comes back and lifts him on her back and is determined to run as fast as she can to get outside

when she reaches a door she screams because she’s scared. they are close to the ground, but not close enoguh to make it alive if she jumped... then sonic hugs her from behind and says “jump on my command” and shes like. no way. but he says “trust me we’re not gonna get hurt if we hit water” and shes like “but i cant swim that well” sonic chuckles “me neither” and then she gets the memo and is all determined and ready and they make it and its magical

they might also have a scene thats a nudge to 06 where sonic is very Positive and gives good life advice.

while everything seems like its perfect eggman is starting plan B of his conquer the others were all alarmed by the crashing egg carrier and therefore came speeding in the modified car tails rebuild for Dad (it can turn into a fucken plane. Dad and June are finally reunited and he thanks sonic for watching after her, and sonics like nah ur daughter totally watched after me shes a hero.

and then they work together to stop eggmans final boss robot and save the city.

at some point they all found chaos emeralds somewhere. and sonic can turn super to finish eggman off. yeah that sounds cool.

that also makes him and the others fade back into their own dimension, bc hes Got That Power

in the end its just him, June and Dad iin midst of a park in the city with debris and shit and June is like. sonic dont go we jsut became friends

and sonics like. treasure the memories you make and live life to the fullest bc u only got this one shot and u gotta make the best of it. n her dad is all agreeing and shakes his hand and is like. thanks sonic

and June hugs him and cries but smiles and sonic says nice smile bc im kinda getting emotional writing this all out and then he disappears in a flash of light and in that moment it cuts to the mom on the side of the park in her car with the window down going “what the-” and credits roll

thanks for reading

okay i know most of this was really silly and unfinished but granted i was making this all up as i went on and on about this and like. yea. i brainstormed this in like. 2 horus time completely from scratch, only using sonic X as basis for the plot and the humor of popular and successful action comedies as inspiration for the tone of the movie

as for the characters i just thoguht a carefree girl thats tired of being stuffed into a mold meeting sonic and learning that its okay to be herself and do what u think is right, learning that kindness really is the most powerful thing on earth and that friendships are precious??? hell fucking yeah!

also child character is more relateable than a fucking cop. kids will be able to relate to June, while adults (long time fans most of all) will be able to see their past self in her.

as for the dad, a lot of adults might see themselves in this dad role who just wants the best for his  kid, while being stuck in a boring job that doesnt really fulfil them, but pays the bills and the lifestyle the family has.

I also really wanted characters that you have not seen before. Whenever i see a black dad he has a shaved head and thats kinda boring its just. basic. nothing agianst dads with shaved heads but why is Every Single(black) Dad Bald/Buzzcut? so i gave him dreads because why not? looks cool when he does action shit. whoosh whoosh

i knew i wanted a kid and i knew i wanted a girl. im really fond of puffy pigtails and i decided to go with a black girl just because! it was the very first thing that came to my mind when i was looking for an adventurous girl that wants to go on adventures with a blue talking hedgehog.

plus loving black dads that lov their girls rly rly need rep u_u

as for sonics design, i tried to compromise with the movie’s need for a more realistic sonic by making him overall fluffier to hint at texture, but keeping his core design and proportions.

the same goes for all the other characters.

I’m still very thinking emoji about eggman, I think it would be best to have him be either played by a fat person. Like Really Fat Person to resemble his original design (hes fat okay who cares abt slanky legs) or have him be CGI/partially CGI due to the fact that he’s from another dimension.

and uh. that’s all i have to say for now! it’s 1am and i should get to bed!

[thecollegefootballguy]

2019 ACC Coaching Power Rankings

During the offseason I like to do some of these fun projects that I normally wouldn’t have time to write while football is actually getting played. One of my favorites is the Coaching Power Rankings, where I decide where each coach rates relative to his peers. 

The ACC was probably the worst Power 5 conference out there last year, but the coaching seems fairly strong. I think we’ll be seeing a lot of good football coming out of the conference very soon as so many programs develop.

The ACC lost four coaches last season, the highest among the Power 5, including some of the best in the league. The venerable Paul Johnson (last year’s #4 coach in the conference) and Mark Richt (#2) retired at the end of the year. Bobby Petrino (#5) was fired after Louisville completely collapsed after years of strong play. Similarly, Larry Fedora (#7) was canned when North Carolina’s rebuild kept spinning its wheels.

That means the ACC lost four coaches in the top half of its ranks. That’s pretty tough to overcome, at least immediately. However, the league has made some good hires which should help get all four programs back on track, though it may take a while.

Oh yeah, and since he has to go somewhere, Brian Kelly is being counted as an ACC coach for the purposes of this list.

Check out the list from last year to compare and contrast by clicking this link.

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15. Manny Diaz

Record Overall: N/A

Movement: N/A

Manny Diaz is the only first time head coach in the conference, so he has to start all the way at the bottom. Diaz has been a talented DC everywhere he’s coached. Under Mark Richt, Diaz fielded one of the best defensive units in the conference. We’ll see how fast Diaz can get the Hurricanes back to their winning ways, but in 2019 that turnaround will have much more to do with the offense.

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14. Geoff Collins

Overall Record: 15-10

Movement: N/A

Geoff Collins has the monumental task of de-converting a triple option team back into a “regular” football offense. So Georgia Tech is probably gonna suck this year as personnel gets moved all around and the offense entirely reworked. However, there’s good reason to be optimistic about Collins. In his two years as Temple’s head coach, Collins kept up the Owls’ run as the plucky yet steady winner in the AAC. If he can bring Tech into the modern era and make them the University of Atlanta like he seems to be trying to do, he could do a whole lot of winning. Eventually.

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13. Willie Taggart

Record at Virginia: 5-7 Overall Record: 52-57

Movement: Up 2 spots

More or less by default, Willie Taggart moves up two spots to make room for two of the four new coaches to the ACC. His first year was not exactly a smashing success. It was Florida State’s first losing season since 1976, so people were pretty upset. I mean, it wasn’t totally his fault. He inherited a team that somehow didn’t have offensive line personnel, that he won 5 games is an accomplishment. 

I have faith in Taggart, he built Western Kentucky into a competitive FBS program, he totally rebuilt a South Florida team that was in shambles, and in one season he returned Oregon to the ranks of the respectable. All things considered I think he has the potential to reawaken FSU and challenge Clemson. But that’s a ways away, and he better start winning this year.

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12. Steve Addazio

Record at Boston College: 38-38 Overall Record: 51-49

Movement: Up 2 spots

For a couple weeks in the middle of last season, it was looking like Boston College might be turning the corner. The Eagles were 7-2 and ranked for the first time in a decade. Then they lost to Clemson, FSU, and Syracuse and their bowl game against Boise State was literally rained out. So, BC ended the year with 7 wins for the fifth time in Steve Addazio’s six seasons on Chestnut Hill. I give Addazio a lot of credit for getting the FBS’s furthest Northeast outpost back to being a competitive team year in and year out. It’s not a bad place to be, but they just can’t seem to take that next step and climb into the top third of the ACC standings. I hope he does it, but it might take a coach with more talent than my dude Steve Addazio.

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11. Scott Satterfield

Overall Record: 51-24

Movement: N/A

Scott Satterfield leaps in higher than the other newbie coaches because, I mean, did you see what he did at Appalachian State? Well, you probably didn’t, at least not on TV or in person. The Mountaineers have been one of the best G5 teams in the country for the past four years. App State won the Sun Belt for the past three seasons and were the winner of the inaugural Sun Belt Conference Championship Game in 2018. I’m sure he’s gonna do a great job at Louisville, though like Collins in Atlanta, this might take a bit of time.

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10. Bronco Mendenhall

Record at Virginia: 14-22 Overall Record: 115-65

Movement: Up 3 spots

The Virginia rebuild took a big step in 2018, as the Cavaliers nearly won the ACC Coastal in Bronco Mendenhall’s third season at the helm. I expect that they’ll keep improving, in fits and starts perhaps, but Mendenhall is a great coach and he’s done a wonderful job so far. I expect he’ll be climbing this list as long as he’s in Charlottesville. Adjusted more heavily for difficulty, he should be even higher up this list.

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9. Pat Narduzzi

Record at Pittsburgh: 28-24 Division Championships: 1 (2018)

Movement: Up 3 spots

Pat Narduzzi won Pittsburgh’s first division title in the ACC last season despite a 7-5 record. It’s still pretty good accomplishment, especially considering that the Panthers probably weren’t the best team in the Coastal. They got hot at the right time and sometimes that’s enough. We’ll see if Narduzzi follows Addazio in the perpetually mediocre basket, but he’s off to a better start and he’s in the right division.

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8. Dino Babers

Record at Syracuse: 18-19 Overall Record: 55-35

Movement: Up 3 spots

Narduzzi’s counterpart in the Atlantic Division had an even better year. Dino Babers’s Syracuse Orange exploded to their first 10 win season since 2001. From Eastern Illinois to Bowling Green to ‘Cuse, Babers has won everywhere he’s coached. He’s not in the right division to really compete for a conference crown, but with Florida State and Louisville out of commission, let’s see what Babers can build so long as he’s not offered gobs of money to take his considerable talents somewhere warmer. 

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7. Justin Fuente

Record at Virginia Tech: 25-15 Overall Record: 51-38 Division Championships: 1 (2016)

Movement: Up 2 spots

I have to say, I’m a bit disappointed in Justin Fuente. His first season went over so well I assumed he’d have the Hokies almost back to Beamer-esque levels by now. Perhaps that’s a bit optimistic, but 2018 was a nightmare season for the Hokies in terms of sheer attrition, very few teams lose that many guys, so I can give him a pass here. Still, expectations are high, I’m sure Fuente can win 10 games again, but it’s not like he’s got all the time in the world to do so. He’s entering his fourth year after all.

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6. Dave Clawson

Record at Wake Forest: 28-35 Overall Record: 118-115

Movement: Up 4 spots

Applause all around for Dave Clawson. Wake Forest lives one of the more desolate existences for a P5 program and Clawson has had the Demon Deacons bowling for the past three seasons. His predecessor, and best Wake coach in living memory, Jim Grobe only managed that feat once. I’m very interested to see how high the Deacs can rise, but I’m worried Clawson also might get poached before Wake Forest reaches their full potential. I’m honestly surprised he hasn’t gotten more attention, he’s perhaps the best turnaround artist in the game right now.

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5. Dave Doeren

Record at NC State: 43-34 Overall Record: 66-38

Movement: Up 3 spots

Welcome to the top 5, Dave Doeren! NC State has been one of the top programs in the ACC in the past two years and the Wolfpack are eager to see how far they can go under Doeren. It’s really hard to see them competing at Clemson’s level, but everything after that is up for grabs, especially with FSU, Miami, VA Tech, GA Tech, and Louisville all struggling.

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4. David Cutcliffe

Record at Duke: 67-72 Overall Record: 111-101 Division Championships: 1 (2013)

Movement: Up 2 spots

The beloved professor emeritus of the ACC, David Cutcliffe gets a nice bump up the rankings to the top five, where he truly belongs. Cutcliffe has turned the Blue Devils into one of the most consistent winners in the ACC in the 2010′s, which is just a stunning accomplishment considering Duke football’s usual lot in life. He really is a cut above.

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3. Mack Brown

Record at North Carolina: 69-46-1 Record Overall: 244-122-1 National Championships: 1 (2005)*

*with Texas

Movement: N/A

Oh man, Mack Brown is back in college football. Brown was one of the best coaches a generation or so ago, so it’ll be very interesting to see what he can do at North Carolina...again. Brown, of course, was already the head coach of the Tar Heels for a whole decade, from 1988 to 1997, before heading off to Texas where he reached the apex of his career. Back in the day, Brown had UNC running like a well-oiled machine. If Bobby Bowden’s Florida State wasn’t pushing everybody around, North Carolina would have won several ACC championships. He got back to back top ten end of year rankings at UNC, that just doesn’t happen.

Of course, that was over 20 years ago. Old coaches usually don’t do as well when coming back out of retirement like this, but Brown will probably do a lot to re-energize the fan base, bring in big recruits, and get newer facilities built. That’ll go a very long way in the Coastal Division.

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2. Brian Kelly

Record at Notre Dame: 81-35 Overall Record: 252-92-2

Movement: Up 1 spot

Notre Dame’s not very lovable hardass crashes the ACC party all the way up at #2 on the list. It’s kind of hard to remember how bad Notre Dame used to be before Kelly came into town, they were pretty pathetic for all of the 2000′s, which is kinda crazy because the Fighting Irish are one of the most successful programs in the history of the sport. It’s hard to remember because Kelly has done such a good job building ND back into a powerhouse. They’re still one step or so removed from being real National Championship caliber, but hey, that’s a short list. Notre Dame, of course, went 12-0 last year, their second undefeated regular season under Kelly, and they’ll probably pick up right back where they left off. The only loss the Irish suffered last year...was to our Mr. #1.

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1. Dabo Swinney

Record at Clemson: 116-30 Division Championships: 7 (2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018) Conference Championships: 5 (2011, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018) National Championships: 2 (2016, 2018)

Movement: Same

Dabo Swinney had a pretty good 2018. He put together his best season yet, a 15-0 campaign that looked absolutely effortless for large swathes of the year. Do you know how good of a job you have to be doing to have people think that you’re outdoing Nick Saban? It’s incredible, honestly. Dabo Swinney, ten years into his career, might already be the best coach ever in the history of the ACC. Bobby Bowden is the only man with a better resume, but he spent some of his best years outside of the conference. And Swinney could coach another 20 years. My God.

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Lastly, a fond farewell to my favorite image since starting this blog:

Happy trails, Paul Johnson.

[xxoperatexx]

I’m always down for some slander 😌

I have very strong opinions lol so this is fairly long, but if I hate ur fav pls don’t attack me haha. Like Nina said you don’t have to explain but when do I not talk too much

1. The umbrella academy - Luther. dAd SeNt Me To ThE mOoN headass. always acts like he’s in charge when they’re all adults and not a team anymore. never listens to anyone’s opinions, feelings or input. kind of a self centered asshole and acts like he’s the only one with problems when 5 was alone in a post apocalyptic world for years, klaus was locked in a mausoleum, has the dead screaming at him 24/7 and is a war vet, and vanta was literally drugged for most of her life and taught to believe she was inferior to her siblings. even in season 2, where he’s admittedly more bearable, he’s out here feeling so sorry for himself like his black sister isn’t out here experiencing blatant, normalised racism on the daily. im not saying the apocalypse is his fault but if he had treated vanya like an actual fucking human being when she came to the house for help it wouldn’t have happened. overall, fuck luther,,, all my homies hate luther.

2. Animal crossing - Boots. GET THE FUCK OFF OF MY ISLAND UR SO UGLY AND I DONT LIKE SPORTY RESIDENTS. I HATE HIM MORE THAN TOM NOOK.

3. She-ra and the princesses of power - shadow weaver. pretty self explanatory I hate her. Is it because I project myself onto catra?? Is it because I have common sense??? Idk but everytime she interacted with catra or adora in season 5 I literally started crying 🧍🏻‍♀️

4. Winx club - countess cassandra. fuck outta here singlehandedly ruining stella’s life in season 3. I have to respect the grind bc she controlled the king which basically gave her free reign over the planet of solaria BUT any attack on stella feels like a personal attack because I too have separated parents lmao so child me grew very attatched to her.

5. danganronpa (UDG) - haiji towa. I fucking hate this bitch. I want him in the ditch. He’s from the ultra despair girls game which many people who have played the other 3 games in the franchise had to put down because it’s themes are very triggering. Keeping in mind that the other 3 games consist of violent killing games haha. In the third game, monaca towa, who is a disabled 11 y/o girl in a wheelchair, leads a group of children into hunting (aka killing) all of the adults in towa city for the sake of despair. And I literally hated her until the final chapter of the game?? Where we found out she faked her disability in order to get her father and brother to stop being so horrible to her??? What kind of shit were they doing to her for PARALYSIS from the waist down to be believable my guy. Plus he finds little girls attractive and combining that with the fact that he’s implied to be heavily abusive towards his sister 😐 ew.

6. Doki doki literature club - monika. If monika isn’t your least favourite character I’m checking you into a mental facility because I care about you and want you to get help. Literally murdered all fo her friends for male attention (like yeah she’s self aware but really my guy?)

7. Mystic messenger - v. Listen I’ve only played Zen, 707 and jumin’s routes (multiple times haha) because I have no interest in the rest of the characters but oh my god. V makes me want to 🤛🤛🤛 ESPECIALLY IN 7’s ROUTE WHAT THE FUCK

8. The arcana - Valdemar. I’ve seen way too many of u horny for someone who was literally conspiring against ur love interests and nearly killed y’all. Cuts people open for fun and misses the plague because they don’t have as many bodies to play with. Very creepy and makes me uncomfy, my least favourite of the courtiers.

9. Harry Potter - snape. Didn’t leave the racist terrorist group because he was a better person, it’s because they killed the girl who he had a creepy, obsessive crush. Went to her house, stepped over her husband’s corpse, ignored her crying child and hugged her corpse??? bullied her son along with other students while he was in high school as a whole ass adult.

10. The dragon prince - claudia. I lowkey feel bad for her bc she’s a product of her fathers abuse but oh my god 🧍🏻‍♀️ miss girl what are you doing. My dislike for her turned into blatant hatred after she ignored soren’s wishes and used dark magic on him. She also invalidated his feelings and just 😐🤛🤛 this is a Soren stan account I can’t handle the slander

10 no pressure tags <3: @ray-ofmoonlight @complainsalot @5sos-wdw @dose-of-serotonin-ari @simpinforsukka @emeraldpotato @missmorosis @raavasgf @annalisedurant22 @fairywriter-oracle but again please don’t feel pressured to do it if you don’t want to!!

okay so i’ve been seeing around that ten fandoms, ten favorite characters, ten tags thing, and it’s really cool but i have. an idea.

ten fandoms, ten most hated/annoying characters, ten tags. i just think it’d be really funny. i’ll start i’ll also explain each one bc i’m annoying but you don’t have to do that just put the characters if you want lolol

(this is all a joke if you disagree with my most hated characters you can simply disagree on your own house your opinion has nothing to do with me good night)

1. BNHA — Gentle Criminal. that entire arc fucking sucked. i just wanted to see class 1-a’s silly little song and had to deal with a whole adult committing crimes for views. hated it.

2. Harry Potter — Severus Snape. he fucking sucks. he doesn’t deserve redemption. he doesn’t deserve atonement. i hope he’s having a terrible time in HELL bc that’s where he went when he died

3. Percy Jackson — Quiron. idk he just annoys me a lot. he is so unhelpful. like he’s supposed to take care of all these children and then he just lets them die???? sir i know demigods just Do That but can’t you at least send a goddamn responsible adult to help them a bit on missions instead of letting them go on their merry way to DIE. send a fucking satyr idk

4. The 100 — Clarke Griffin. i have made so many posts on this. so many posts on why i hate her. honestly just search “anti clarke” on my blog and you’ll find it. she’s the fucking worst and i’m GLAD that the show ended with the hopeful message of “everyone deserves atonement and happiness, except clarke”. loved that.

5. Friends — Ross Geller. i hope he chokes i despise him i just do i barely remember anything from friends i watched it long ago and didn’t even finish but he sucks

6. The Vampire Diaries — Elena Gilbert. i never finished it and i watched it literally like 5 years ago but so annoying. so annoying. so annoying. the victim complex? god i hate her. do i remember any of her scenes? no, i do not. does she annoy me anyway? yes she does

7. Stranger Things — Mike Wheeler. such an annoying, obnoxious child. i wish i could punch him in the face and break his teeth

8. The Hunger Games — Gale Hawthorne. i also have to reread this bc it’s been too long but just. gale deserves no rights. he simply doesn’t deserve them. he deserves to rot. terrible guy. annoying. sexist. terrible. jail for gale. it even rhymes, it’s meant to be

9. MCU — Hawkeye. i just Don’t Like Him. hawkeye from the comics is great tho, love the guy. but not the mcu guy. it’s just a gut feeling i can’t explain it

10. Game of Thrones — Jaime Lannister. he wasn’t even that bad it’s just that cersei was the greatest fucking character ever she was CRAZY and i loved her for it and then jaime just. he just seemed so bland next to her and he was next to her a LOT. like where’s the taste??? where’s the spice??? it’s nowhere. he’s just a stack of flour. obviously there were characters who were TERRIBLE people, but i liked them as characters, yk? jaime was just boring. poor guy

no pressure tags: @loversamongus @shegosato @catsmain @xxoperatexx @azucanela @alittlebitofcinnamon @randomfangirl82 @highpriestessrebek @dylanobrienisbatman @strawberry-tea and anyone who wants to do it!!! be salty y’all. be mean without any consequences. love it

[theblankestofstares]

BTS COMEBACK POSTERS OBSERVATIONS

Welcome to observations with Marlene in which Marlene is stuck in a car without wifi for four hours and decides to waste her time by looking at posters of which she knows absolutely nothing Lets go ___ - BTS is precious as fuck oke just know that - Im starting now

- First of all JK looks stunning in his solo poster i think this is the best picture ive seen of him ever - Hes wearing normalish clothes on his torso but pyama pants on his legs which suggests that hes in the wheelchair because his legs dont work and not bc hes too weak to walk or whatever - Probs bc he got hit by a car in the I need You mv - Hes looking up and thats probably for the fact that his face looks perfect from that angle and aesthetics but it could also be him looking up at his guardian aka yoongi

- Yoongi does not look like Yoongi in his solo poster hes like a mixture between jimin and jhope and its giving me the creeps -also hes in a pipe which once again could be for aesthetics but it could also mean that he feels isolated bc he cant talk to anyone abt how hes feeling about JK's situation, he doesnt want to trouble jk bc the boy has already got enough on his plate - the picture creeps me out ok im uncomfortable

- Jimins neck is freaking long he honestly looks like a giraffe with an umbrella - His side profile is perfect dont even try to fight me on this - Trees in the background?? idfk

- Namjoons is literally the KING of aesthetics i mean look at his poster - Im getting a spring day vibe from this - Also hes probably in the train to visit Tae but more about that later if i still feel like doing this by then - I love Namjoons set like that train is flawless af - This picture has a really noticeable filter and its the only poster that has that

- Ok the first thing i thought when I saw Taes picture is that he probs had to sit absolutely still for about ten minutes to wait for the water to stop wrinkling so they could shoot the fucking picture - V looking at his own reflection bc he's lonely?? Idk it goes really well with his paired poster that i will get to later - Tae is honestly so beautiful i dont understand - I feel like his outfit was picked solemnly on the fact that hes kneeling like imagine how ugly that outfit would look while standing up - And his hair👌🏼👌🏼

- Jhope absorbing some sun

- But we all know he IS the sun - He looks so peaceful - He's in front of a prison? - Ill get to that with his paired poster - Hobis face does not look like hobis face what is this this happened with yoongi too am i the only one who sees this??

- Dont even get me started on Jins poster my heart - He's probably at the funeral of a loved one because hes wearing a suit and he has flowers that he's looking at all sad -That's why he doesn't have a paired picture, bc his other half is gone - And there is no eight member, i might be far fetching things but im not stupid - His concept is probably dealing with loss and how to love yourself even after you cant stop a death from happening -Im emotional dont touch me - To end this on a slightly lighter note, Jin is actually the visual of visuals and I hope he gets more lines in this comeback (BigHit im looking at you)

-Oke now for the paired posters.. im excited

-Yoongi and JK's poster is pretty self-explanatory - JK's in the hospital and Yoongis worried in the waiting room - the thing about the paired posters is that theres a really big contrast between light and dark in each poster - once again, could be aesthetics (damn you koreans) but i think it has deeper meanings (also im bored and i imagine things when im bored fight me) - in this one's, yoongi's is dark which is weird because JK is the one with the actual problem - Even though he does look really sad and like hes wallowing, junkooks picture is the brighter one - That might mean that Yoongi is mentally doing worse bc he cant to anything for his hospitalised friend - Like he just worries too much - Also can we talk about how bony yoongis knee looks im worried

- Ok Jhope and Jimins poster - Theyre both in big empty rooms which means dAnCiNg💃🏻 - Jhope's rooms really bright and clean (also its the brighter picture) while Jimins is dark and dirty - In hobis solo poster hes in front of a prison which might explain jimins room and why hes so sad

- Jimins room literally has bars in front of the window like how fucking obvious can it get - that would also explain the pairing of the two - not to mention jimins solo poster, maybe he was imagining being outside again - Hobi is literally the only one smiling in all of these posters how typical - Since hobis room is really white and clean, maybe hes in a mental facility? Idk maybe thats why hes smiling all the time

- Because he's just messed up and laughing is better than crying dONT TOUCH ME

- could relate to his drug overdose

- ok now for Vmons poster - Theyre lying on completely different grounds which could mean that theyre far away from each other - it explains namjoons solo poster in which hes in the train, he could be visiting (or just leaving) - And v's solo in which he just stares at his own reflection while being all lonely - this poster is the only one that has a quote on it - it says save me - but they cant because they are so far away from each other -maybe they just need to go and love themselves (eeehhhh) - also v and his damn plaids get me everytime - overall i think this mv is gonna have some damn good acting - i wasted 40% of my battery on this dear god

If you have thoughts on this or things you want to add, feel free to do so. I know I missed a lot bc I was in a hurry with a 2% phone. So yeah please add new things i'd love to see your ideas :)

Marlene out

[eliotquillon]

update: okay, so i’m like. 90% sure that elena can’t be nero’s mother bc if so, how does raven tie in? like if we accept that raven has some connection to elena and/or nero, given that she was pretty explicitly trained for the sole purpose of killing nero for what i’m guessing is payback for elena, i struggle to see how that could come into play if elena (and the rest of the furans) and nero are related. there’s also the fact that nathaniel is OLD by deadlock, and if elena is nero’s mother, she’d be about the same age were she still alive - but neither pietor nor anastasia are described as being particularly elderly (they’re definitely closer to nero in age than nathaniel), and while there could be a massive age gap between them and elena, i don’t think walden would’ve gone to the trouble of saying that two of the furans are twins and not specifying which ones if there was such an obvious age gap. so like, yeah, in theory elena could be nero’s mother, but it seems pretty tenuous.

also i have 100% convinced myself that the glasshouse wasn’t actually a g.l.o.v.e facility. were anastasia and pietor g.l.o.v.e members (and on the board)? almost definitely. but my zero hour reread has proved that the initial line about raven being trained by the soviets is actually right, in a roundabout way - while raven definitely wasn’t being trained for the KGB/FSB, i think the rest of the original glasshouse recruits were. and for what it’s worth, i think anastasia’s only goal with the second glasshouse was to torture nero’s beloved alphas, and maybe provide trainees for the disciples; i’m pretty sure her and pietor severed all ties with the russian government after the first glasshouse burned. anyway, this is why i think number one allowed nero to straight up destroy the first glasshouse, and not just hand it over to another g.l.o.v.e board member/convert it into a second h.i.v.e campus, even though nero was still actively looking for a new home for h.i.v.e at this point: it never belonged to g.l.o.v.e in the first place.

i haven’t gotten much further with raven and how she got to russia, sadly, but i am leaning more towards the theory that she’s related to elena and not necessarily nero, just that anastasia and pietor assumed she was related to nero, too, or that they particularly liked the idea of elena’s daughter (?) unknowingly killing the man that they believe killed elena. that raises many questions, mind - like, why didn’t they tell raven that she was related to elena? surely she would’ve been more motivated to kill nero/less likely to rebel if she thought she was avenging her dead mother (if she’s not nero’s daughter)? i think it’s entirely possible that elena died in childbirth and that anastasia blames raven on some level as well as nero, and that’s why she’s so obsessed with torturing raven even years later, but i have no idea. anastasia furan isn’t a character i’m particularly good at analysing - my speciality is more overall timeline stuff - so maybe someone else can add to that, idk.

anyway, i remain certain that whatever raven’s link is elena (and potentially nero), neither her nor nero know about it. for all his dumb moments, nero is a smart man, and i think he’d be able to deduce anastasia’s motivation pretty quickly if he actually knew anything about the connection between elena and raven. there’s also the fact that raven is “hauntingly familiar”, and yet whoever she resembles (nero himself? elena?) isn’t actually made clear. maybe nero himself doesn’t know - if raven looks like elena, she probably has some of anastasia and pietor’s features, too, which wouldn’t help things, and if her father is someone other than nero then it might explain why he thinks she looks familiar but can’t quite put his finger on it.

it’s also entirely possible that anastasia chose to deliberately conceal raven’s identity from nero, but i don’t quite think that’s true. she’s just so obsessed with poetic justice and irony - why else would she get someone who looked just like otto to torture laura? why go to all of the trouble of tracking down one street rat in moscow for the specific job of killing her sworn enemy? why name herself after the roman goddess of wisdom, minerva, in sharp contrast to nero, the bloodiest ruler of the entire roman empire? there wouldn’t have been any satisfaction in nero not knowing whatever cruel joke anastasia was making by sending raven to kill him. so i still believe that anastasia assumed nero knew who raven was, or would be able to figure out who she was by sight alone - which would make sense if she thought raven was nero and elena’s daughter.

this ended up being way longer than i intended, considering that this doesn’t really bring anything new to the table but uhhh

tl;dr

i don’t think it’s feasible for elena to both be nero’s mother, and have a solid connection to raven/be of a similar age to both pietor and anastasia (even though i agree that it is sus af for anastasia to kill nero’s mother for apparently no reason and then for nero to also blame anastasia for elena’s death)

i’m pretty sure the glasshouse wasn’t actually a g.l.o.v.e facility (as in, being a graduate and being a member of g.l.o.v.e weren’t inclusive), just one that happened to be run by members of g.l.o.v.e’s executive board - pietor and anastasia

currently favouring the “raven is elena’s daughter but not nero’s theory”, but that both anastasia and pietor BELIEVED that raven was nero’s daughter, too, and hence didn’t tell raven anything about elena or the nature of the man they raised her to kill

nero and raven most likely have no concrete knowledge of their connection to one another/mutual connection to elena

anastasia is almost definitely playing mind games with nero, and thought that he’d already know about raven/concretely recognise her on sight when anastasia sent raven to kill him

that’s it hope you enjoyed my ted talk

gotten to the point where i’m writing out everything we know about the furans, raven, and nero on paper in an attempt to see if it’ll help me tie all the loose ends together. will keep yall updated