#towards the fans that is

[matt0044]

Yeah... I'm not comfortable with the way "stalker" is just casually thrown out at Marinette.

I can't entertain this anymore and gotta put my foot down.

Stalking often involves the stalked acknowledging the stalker and often turning them down for love or what have you only for the stalking to persist. Note that this involves the stalked's discomfort.

Adrien wasn't aware (willfully or otherwise) that Marinette was in love with him (or at least on a level beyond what he gets from fans) and wasn't discomforted by her attempts to profess her love. Marinette hadn't intruded on his life in any damning way and, even when she might, the universe handicaps her. Like… how many have her Murder Board plans to get with him panned out?

The only times when Adrien feels he's being dogged by anyone else is by his father coercing him into being a model and face for the Gabriel brand as well as by certain fans that may mob him. Something that Marinette has ACTUALLY helped him with like when he went out to see his mother's movie in theaters.

Furthermore, Marinette actively avoids intruding on Adrien's space in ways that might put him off like trying to talk with him only to trip over her words. Meaning? She doesn't want to make him uncomfortable around her and in the event that Adrien did turn her down for Kagami, she would've swallowed the bitter pill best she could.

All of this to say… words mean things and Marinette's cringe plans are understood by the show to be just that: cringe as teenagers get. You don't have to like it and can criticize its execution but this overstatement of harm is getting to the point where y'all just don't know how to even read a book.

Like… I didn't dellude myself in thinking that I'd get praise across the board for my takes here.

I'm not here to cry foul that one may dared disagree with me but... there's a weird undercurrent to this criticism that seems to act like Miraculous's character are real people like friends they know. That their actions will somehow impact the real world and... that sounded familiar.

The way the conversation seemed to be going was that the fictional world of Miraculous wasn't "just a show." That we must hold the character accountable for real life laws just as we would or that we must actively condemn their action because the show neglected to give us a disclaimer concerning potentially problematic behavior on Marinette's part.

I like this show when it doesn't just settle for good guys being stalward citizens and villains as only dagnasty evil. When Marinette gets a little too invasive yet can also be sensitive. When Chat Noir can be a little too emotional yet repressed as Adrien. When Gabriel hams it up like a classic Disney villain yet carries himself like a Shakespeare character in the throes of loss.

I mean... isn't that why Chloe has such a bizarre stan culture around her? What makes other characters unworthy of similar examination?

When did we suddenly forget the fourth wall was a thing?

[gongyussy]

the h in nhl stands for homoerotic

bonus intricate rituals:

[secretsimpleness]

Inquisitor Orlesians-Can-Burn-In-A-Ditch-For-All-I-Care Lavellan. + Josephine, Leliana, some noble / Dragon Age Inquisition (c) Bioware

[blackkatdraws2]

[Toon x Mobster] A tender moment.

[Animation timelapse here!]

[AUDIO USED:] Chet Baker - Almost Blue Sound Effects edited by me!

[toscrollperchancetomeme]

“I got upset about 20 years ago because I thought it would block me,’ she says. ‘However, it’s been very easy to avoid reading any, so live and let live. If I were a young writer, I’d want to own my own ideas. But maybe fan fiction is a transitional phase: whatever gets you there, gets you there.“

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[bwootster]

They just seem so tired!!!!!

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

How much longer 'til your luck runs out?

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[phantomrev]

I love his new minifig so I got inspired to make him more off putting

[sparrowlucero]

dr who is (apparently) redesigning this turtle from the classic series to be just a green human elf lady instead and twitter is eating it up because "no one would take the show seriously otherwise" and "the audience isn't able to empathize with something that doesn't look human". another fascinating data point in the psychology of doctor who fans.

[composeregg]

edit (10/23/2024) now that the poll is over: Original version, with 10 questions, from April 2023 here

And, given that the original is from April 2023, that means I can very easily say:

No, this was not an ISAT reference!

Just because I use parentheses and 2nd person pov and love the same concepts of what a time loop can do to a person doesn't mean it's ISAT

(Yes, I like ISAT, the original poll is why I was recommended the game! But if you look at the original, you can see all the origins of the options to choose from, including what spurred me on with the moss option from the replies)

If I were going to make something for ISAT, I would never be so vague, you can simply look at my ao3 for proof of that

[knbwn]

🦁🧣

favoritism showing through <3 i love him so much... this is for a personal print! i have like 2 more standee concept n 2? 3? print idea i haven't gotten to but soon. if i can't get a good standee of him then by whatever is up there i will make it myself my commission are open reblogs are appreciated!

full ver eheh

[egophiliac]

A-anime?

you know, sometimes I forget that Twst is actually an isekai that starts with the protagonist getting run over by an inexplicable horse-drawn carriage. and every time I'm reminded is a delight because that's AMAZING.

also. look. okay. there's a lot of very fun stuff in the trailer but I am obsessed with that Crowley surprised pikachu face. me when I spend all my keys and gems literally hours before they announce overblot SSRs and drop the anime trailer:

[emoreooo]

every step forward is a step closer to home

[kabukipopink]

Airplane is bragging too much on the forums about how he's dating his biggest hater, Peerless Cucumber.

[disgracefulthings]

AU where, after throwing Luo Binghe into the abyss and Shen Qingqiu stops eating because the food on his peak is too bland, he discovers that a. Shang Qinghua is a good cook and b. that it's very similar to Binghe's cooking. He decides to have his meals over on An Ding, which confuses his fellow peak lords, but they are also very relieved because he is actually eating.

When Luo Binghe escapes from the abyss he ends up hearing rumors about this, and sees Shang Qinghua as a romantic rival. Instead of taking over HHP, he decides to open a restaurant because clearly the way into his Shizun's heart isn't to become a respected cultivator, but through his stomach. Shang Qinghua does have one thing over Binghe, and that's his ability to make modern dishes that Shen Qingqiu misses.

Shen Qingqiu and Shang Qinghua are very confused and have no idea what Binghe's restaurant has to do with his plans for revenge, and they think it's safe for Shang Qinghua to go in to spy because Luo Binghe would want nothing to do with him.

However, when Luo Binghe spots Shang Qinghua in his restaurant, he challenges him to a cooking competition with Shen Qingqiu as the one and only judge. Shang Qinghua doesn't want to die, so he agrees, but he is afraid that Binghe would take Shen Qingqiu if he loses, so he decides that he needs to out cook Binghe to save Shen Qingqiu's life.

Shen Qingqiu has no idea what's going on (classic Shen Qingqiu) and agrees to judge. Binghe makes him his favorite dish from Qing Jing Peak, while Shang Qinghua makes him his favorite modern dish.

In the end, Shen Qingqiu can't choose because both of the dishes are really good, and Binghe breaks down, saying that if Shen Qingqiu really likes Shang Qinghua's cooking, then he is willing for both of them to marry Shen Qingqiu.

Shang Qinghua, who had no idea that those were the stakes, backs out of the competition because he had no interest in marrying his bro (Mobei-Jun has been stewing in jealousy this whole time and decided that in order to win Shang Qinghua's heart, he needed to cook for him. When it's revealed that Shang Qinghua doesn't love Shen Qingqiu, he takes him back to his palace and presents him with all the food he has learned to make. While not as good as the protagonist's, Shang Qinghua is still moved because he never thought anyone would make something for him, much less his spoiled king)

Shen Qingqiu and Luo Binghe do make up and get married, and Binghe reluctantly asks Shang Qinghua advice for making modern meals