#uuuhhhh yeah. my thoughts.

[abrahamvanhelsings]

if you would ever like to elaborate further on the mountain dog/hunting dog joplittle dynamic you mentioned in the tags of that “Blanky about to lose his leg” gifset…. inquiring minds are simply piqued 👀

hi sorry that this took me. FOREVER. i didn't have time to answer the ask at first then i did it halfway and didn't have time again and i promise you this ask has been hounding me (hah hah) since the day it appeared in my inbox but i never seemed to be able to make the time to reply to it asfjdfjfd anyway! here it is now :')

ok im basing the idea of hunting dog = jopson and mountain/working dog = little on their respective personalities, the way they seem to think and how they react to specific circumstances. and slightly on their physiques as presented in the series but that's of minor importance. ofc both of them are loyal and listen well to superiors - to one man in particular, which is fairly common among dog breeds as well (i.e. whoever trained them), so that's not necessarily distinctive, but it does ofc make them dog-coded in general. but there are many many ways in which to be dog-coded and they're very different abt it so!

why i think jopson is more hunting dog coded is bc he is extremely competent, but quietly so, not noticeable until it becomes necessary. he's very skilled at providing specific information about the crew and the general goings-on around terror to crozier, and he becomes more focused in highly tense situations - in fact these are moments where he specifically stands out for how well-suited he seems to the task. and he is not aggressive, but there is definitely a sharpness to him that he can and does direct to those who threaten him or crozier first and foremost.

and all that really does remind me of hunting dogs - a good hunting dog is extremely well-trained, knows exactly what he is supposed to do, listens to commands, and stays at his master's side. im thinking especially of pointing dogs, i.e. dogs that point a hunter in the direction of prey that they have sensed:

these are of course very precarious situations wherein a hunter relies on his dog to steer him, and if hunter or dog make a wrong sound or movement, they may alert prey to their presence. there's a a correspondence here between dogs trained for these moments of focus to jopson, who is crozier's silent aid but also excels in such tense situations, and who is decisive, swift and capable. and i think it's really funny that being 'birdy' is a wanted trait in these dog types, bc 'i've shot smaller hawks than you' the comparison literally writes itself. also, pointers/setters tend to be lean dogs, which i think coincides well with jopson's natural elegance and grace

edward on the other hand is supposed to be sturdy, good-natured and broadly dependable. he appears increasingly anxious in the series, but that is because he is shouldering a lot of responsibility throughout it all. he'll take the insults and he'll take the extra tasks and he'll do it with barely a complaint. in fact it makes me think of the fact that dogs treated badly can come to exhibit traits that are not desirable in the breed at all. imo edward in ep 1 displays what i would call the desirable traits of, say, the bernese mountain dog, but events and crozier change that very rapidly.

you can fuck up any dog if you treat it badly for long enough, and edward is an abused dog to me.

id also say that edward is generally amiable, though he will make a point when he feels it is absolutely necessary, and he does have an innate want to protect what or whom he finds important, though he is seldom if ever very aggressive about it. he has an intense feeling of responsibility for the crew and the expedition as a whole, set against his feelings of loyalty towards crozier, who he wants to please almost at any cost as well. and then of course he also has a large family.

'search and rescue work'. yeah. and then of course mountain dogs are generally of a sturdy build. obviously matthew mcnulty is no absolute unit but by god the series tried their hardest to make edward appear like a well-built countryside boy. and by god does he try to carry every burden ever on those shoulders, like a dog pulling a cart bc that's what it was trained to do and it was enjoyable once. and he seems practically immune to scurvy and fares well in the cold, which, again, very mountain dog of him.

additionally, newfoundlands (neptune!) aren't mountain dogs, but they're big, sturdy, excellent swimmers, and therefore often used for rescue, so that's also a breed i associate with ned.

[heartsgettingwiser62]

Blue and yellow meet in the west or something idk

Bonus:

[darlingcloudie-9]

this is my…… alter ego- ANITA MAXWYNN. ANITA MAXWYNN

[olialia]

I've been playing Hades 1 & 2 this month. I love it so far. I finished the main storyline of the first game, so I'm playing both at the same time now.

Second game seems much harder to me, my first clear took 20 tries in Hades 1, but 2 took me 21, and I barely did it. I thought I would be better at the game since I played the first one, but playstyle seems a lot different.

Yeah so in some places it says Melinoë is a "bringer of nightmares and madness" and you can't be cooler than that as a game protagonist. I really like the fact that she's the opposite of Zagreus. She seems more like me, and I don't see many characters I can play as myself that has a similar personality to me. I like this feeling :)

I did a little fanart, just experimenting with paper and pencils. I'm not entirely happy about it, but I don't care at this point no one will look at it that close.

Uuuhhhh this post is becoming a little all over the place, so I'll not explain further. Bye bye!

[lemon-wedges]

3, 6, 7 for tiger and bunny?

3. a character that fandom has helped you appreciate

Hmmm I haven't really been in the fandom too long to get this yet. Mostly been watching the anime then reading doujin/looking at taibani. I'm sure it'll be one of the newer heroes tho. I'm not Too into them except for Ryan. So I'm hoping fandom is doing something fun with them

6.something you see in art a lot and love

Uuuhhhh THE TAIBANI PRINCESS CARRY??? I mean it is Their signature but I love the casualness in fanart sometimes. Like yeah let bunny carry that man as a TREAT.

7.your favorite tropes to read/write/draw

Out of the bajillion doujin I've been reading so far my fav tropes are. Kotetsu feeling guilty for being jealous over the thought of bunny having like a real relationship with someone meanwhile bunny is off to the side consumed with lust. Horny grip and everything. Ahahaha

And also the classic tiger getting hurt and bunny being all angsty

What do EYE like drawing tho? Bunny in love 😊

[scaly-freaks]

20 Questions for Fic Writers

thank you to @sapphire-writes for the tag!!

1. How many works do you have on ao3(or masterlist)? - 6

2. What’s your total ao3 word count? - Used to be around 500k but since I deleted fic, it's at 231,093

3. What fandoms do you write for? - House of the Dragon is the only one I'm currently active in (and also one drabble for Dune)

4. Top five fics by kudos - I only have 3 on AO3 ><

5. Do you respond to comments? - Yes (I love it when people yap, and I get to yap back)

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending? - Uuuhhhh Your Skin Makes Me Cry though it's now deleted.

7. What is the fic you wrote with the happiest ending? - Burning Jasmine

8. Do you get hate on fics? - Nothing that I consider hate

9. Do you write smut? - It's not my favourite thing to write, especially since it's requested so much. If the mood strikes, maybe, but honestly the psychology behind a particular smut scene is more interesting to me than just writing it all out (or the sexual tension beforehand).

10. Craziest crossover? - Now what if I threw Aegon into the pit with Feyd-Rautha

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen? - Oh yeah.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated? - Not in this fandom, but yes.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before? - Nope

14. All time favorite ship? - Aegon x Amara (gotta rep the home team)

15. What’s a wip you want to finish but doubt you ever will? - (I deleted it so we shall not speak of it)

16. What are your writing strengths? - Character Studies

17. What are your writing weaknesses? - Plot progression

18. Thoughts on dialogue in another language? - Oooh stunnin'!

19. First fandom you wrote in? - BTS (and it was FUN, esp bc it was the HYYH era with all the lore and stuff)

20. Favorite fic you’ve written? - Cherry Wine Stains

[flying-kanery]

Ezra Finds Out!

Here's a lil' fic for y'all!

~Time for some season one vibes~

“Again.”

Ezra once again tried to dodge or block each milk carton that flew his way.

He dodged about 25%, blocked about another 25%, and got hit by about 50%. He knew the kid couldn’t see it, but he was making good progress.

“Ugh, why am I so bad at this?”

“Hey-”

“And why do we have to do this with milk?” The kid’s clothes did have a few spots of the blue liquid here and there. They just…didn’t really have anything else expendable enough just lying around to use as “ammunition.”

“Yeah…sorry about that, kid. C’mon, let’s take a break.” Kanan sat down and patted the ground next to him. Ezra came and sat down beside him.

The tall grass of Lothal swayed in the wind as the two sat in comfortable silence. Kanan looked over at Ezra to find that he was already gazing back at him. The two smiled. There was just such a peaceful, loving, safe energy between them. And to Ezra—it was refreshing. He finally felt like he was at home. And not only did Kanan recognize that, but he was extremely grateful for it. He never thought he’d be able to make a kid who felt as lost and alone as he did at that age feel safe and secure, but he was so glad that he and Hera had somehow miraculously been able to do it…Although, the fact that Hera had been able to bring him that sense of warmth and security didn’t surprise him.

“Kanan, have you ever been in love?”

“What?” Kanan was abruptly taken out of his thoughts.

“Have you ever been in love?”

“Uh…kid, why are you asking me this?”

“Well…I don’t know what the Jedi teach about…that kind of stuff and…let’s just say I’m dealing with some of that stuff right now.”

With who? Kanan wanted to ask, but he already knew the answer.

The amount of things wrong with this. The fact that the kid had a crush on Sabine who—for various reasons—would never reciprocate, the fact that he was actually that oblivious to him and Hera, and the fact that Kanan would have to somehow formulate an answer to his question.

“Well,” Kanan started, “the…traditional Jedi teaching is that forming attachments, especially romantic ones, is dangerous because they can make you act irrationally and prevent you from focusing on the greater good for everybody.”

“Oh.”

“But,” Kanan continued, “just because you believe in most of what the Jedi teach, and call yourself a Jedi, doesn’t mean you have to agree with all of their teachings. Everybody makes mistakes and, due to my own experiences, I firmly believe that they were wrong about that.”

“Due to your own experiences?”

Kanan hesitated. After a moment he responded, “Yup.”

Another moment passed.

“So you have been in love.”

Kanan laughed. Then, took a moment to think about it.

She won’t mind, I mean, they are a family. And she probably thinks he’s already figured it out. I’ll just tell her after.

“I am in love, kid.”

“WHAT?! WITH WHO?!”

“Woah there, pal. Calm down.”

“Just tell me who!”

“Think about it for a minute. See if you can find the answer yourself.”

Ezra tried. Kanan could see him thinking long and hard.

“Uuuhhhh…I don’t know! I mean, who do we even see often enough that it would make sense for you to be in love with? I mean, there’s Hera, but you guys are best friends, so obviously that’s not the case–”

“Kid,” Kanan couldn’t believe he had to say this, “people can be best friends and something more at the same time.”

Ezra’s jaw dropped. It just stayed there for a solid ten seconds.

“You gonna be okay ki–”

“YOU’RE IN LOVE WITH HERA?!?!?!?”

Kanan couldn’t help but shake his head and laugh, “Yup.”

“AND HERA’S IN LOVE WITH YOU?”

Kanan laughed even more at that, “Thankfully, yeah.”

“Wow.”

“Yup.”

“Wow.”

“Mmhm.”

Another long pause.

“So that’s why you guys are so happy all the time?”

They both laughed this time, “Yeah, kid…She makes me really happy.” Kanan smiled warmly at that.

“Okay, okay. Enough sappy stuff–”

“Hey, you asked.”

“I did. I did.” Ezra said, relenting.

“But yeah, all that’s to say, that my relationship with her makes me stronger, makes life better, and motivates me to care about the greater good more. And you, Sabine, and Zeb encourage me to keep fighting too.”

“So attachments aren’t bad?”

“Honestly kid, no, they aren’t. In fact they’re the best things that the Force can give us in this life.”

“Wow.”

“Yup. Wow.”

“Hey, boys,” a voice came from behind them. They looked up at the ramp of the Ghost. Hera stood there, leaning up against the door frame. “I don’t know about you guys, but I’m starving. And unless you guys want me to try and make dinner again, and we all know how that went last time, I suggest that Kanan retires from Jedi master duties for the day and fulfills his role as our resident kitchen staff.”

Ezra and Kanan laughed. “Coming,” Kanan said.

“Hurry up, Kanan,” Ezra said, “I don’t want to spend another night feeling like I’m gonna barf out my insides.”

Kanan laughed. “It wasn’t that bad!” Hera retorted.

“Just go and tell Sabine and Zeb that I’m gonna be starting dinner soon,” Kanan said with a smile.

Ezra looked between Kanan and Hera, then gave a cheeky smile, “Okay,” he said and ran up the ramp, leaving the two of them alone on the ramp of the Ghost.

“What’s up with him?” Hera asked.

“Well…” Kanan said, sidling up to her.

“Well,” Hera said, eyebrows raised and an amused expression on her face.

Kanan held her elbows gently. With an amused smile he said, “He may or may not have finally, officially, figured out what’s going on here,” he gestured between the two of them.

“What?” Hera said with a laugh.

Kanan just smiled widely and nodded.

“Did you just straight up tell him? Like, was there a conversation that led into this? And did he really not suspect anything at all?”

“Woah, that’s a lot of questions,” Kanan laughed.

“Excuse me,” Hera said mock accusingly, lightly grabbing hold of his forearms, “But I’m allowed to have a lot of questions about this.”

“Fine, fine. Basically, the kid was like, ‘Have you ever been in love before, Master?’” Kanan clasped his hands wistfully mocking Ezra’s dramatic tone from earlier.

“Seriously?”

“Seriously.”

“Why is he like this?” Hera laughed.

“I don’t know,” Kanan chuckled, “But I think he definitely gets his curious nature from you.”

“Yeah, yeah,” Hera rolled her eyes and smiled, “So what exactly did you say?”

“I basically told him that the old Jedi weren’t supposed to have attachments, but that my attachments make me stronger and he understood that. He’s actually pretty smart, that kid.”

“He also gets that from me,” Hera replied.

“True,” Kanan smiled, moving his hands down to hold hers.

“Well, now I feel like I should talk to him too.”

“Valid point, but let’s at least have dinner first, okay?” He pressed his forehead to hers. The sun beaming on Lothal was beginning to set. Hera relaxed in his arms as he gently pressed a kiss to her lips.

When he broke away, she smiled and quietly responded, “Okay.”

~

Let me know if any of y'all want me to make the continuation of this where Hera talks to Ezra!

Thanks SO MUCH for reading! Love you all<3

[a-s-levynn]

Okay i'm watching the gameplay reveal thing for dragon age and i'm going to bitch about it for a hot minute. Under a cut because i'm sure 99% of you don't need it on their dash.

But i finally figured out what irked me so bad with the previous trailer. Varrick's hair of all things. He was a ginger, tell me he dyed his hair or something because no way it is that dark on it's own now, especially when he starting to grey. He look like Thorin instead of Varrick....and i still can't get over the tonal shift... like.. where are we from the sacred ashes or the destiny trailers? or the fires above?

But this is besides the point. About the gameplay, live reaction bulletpoint style.

Can we like.. leave frostbite in the dust? Bioware please i'm begging. Besides that, the visuals are.. it's pretty. I kinda still feels kinda like a mobile game which i'm not a fan of. Too many soft edges for my visual tastes. for a second i thought it gives more third person immortals of aveum but even that had a much sharper feel to it.. no it is more the new art direction of world of warcraft. yeah, that. which i also don't like.

are.. we gonna be able to create a character on our own or is it going to be companion characters as origin characters only thing?

uuuhhhh the combat looks a bit weird to me but it's mostly just preference, probably other classes and higher levels are balancing it out

uhhh that mage falling off looked.. not great. but it is still an early build of the game so could be fixed. but it's still frostbite so probably not.

i'm not the fan of these spell/projectile path projections.. they somehow don't fit into the style of the game. they really take away from the visuals of the spells.

aaaah is that ability wheel is a console thing right? right?

while we are at it, i hope the hud is not staying this minimal. especially for pc

i miss the old demon designs. these look cool and all but where are the shitty old blobs

is it me or the visuals actually were better looking in inquisition on certain effects? Like.. the big green shit in the sky.. but maybe this is on console and the pc visuals are going to be a bit more upscaled

i do NOT like the new pride demon design. they were so much more imposing before. i don't want them to float and teleport around, i want them to stomp the living shit out of me while i thank them for it.

also why does every enemy has to glow with a neon light somewhere? we are in a dark fantasy world (supposedly) not in cyberpunk ffs...

i know it's a prerendered cutscene but by gods solas looks shit

at least Gareth David-Lloyd is back but i don't know if it is going to be a win for him as well, he barely sounds like himself

This really does not feel like a tonal continuation of inquisition at all, let alone origins and 2. I know it is just a short snippet but it definitely does not give me confidence so far. And it won't change much until autumn probably, unless they drive the devs half to death to rework half the game yet again.

Don't get me wrong, it very well may be a solid, good looking game, and i wish all the best for it but right now it sure does not look like a Dragon Age game.

[rotteneldritchhorror]

bab mang fox chi nard gold

Lin I hate you /j

By ‘bab’ I’m assuming you mean Baby, to which I have literally no solid headcanons— maybe Demigirl ace lesbian? But idk- she’s too plot relevant for me to get silly with her lol (also too humanoid- not fun enough /hj)

Mang I assume = Mangle

To which I say: transneufemme polygender genderfluid xenogender xenogenderfluid girlboything :) ya know- the vibes! Also uses She/he/they/it/xe/lobe/brain/🧠 pronouns :) also pan, also has the Autism, ADHD, BPD, psychosis/schizophrenia and PTSD (also is partially blind and has balance issues because of the… ya know… also probably has grip issues and maybe hypermobility) also his endo head is a separate person who can think for themselves and has its own consciousness (though probably shares the gender and disorders and shit with mangle)

(Also- in my lil monster au in my brain- they’re a shapeshifter with the restriction of keeping her color scheme, the endo head and the fact that they’re a fox- but the arrangement of it’s body, organs, skeleton, fur, etc can be shifted and changed at will, the endoskeleton looks like striped metallic tentacles/tendrils wrapped around silvery bones and the endo head is a metallic grey skull with a few red veins and an eye still attached)

Assuming you mean regular foxy when you say ‘fox’

Pirategender cis man lol, uses he/it and maybe she? Either poly(sexual/romantic) or bi, probably prefers masculinity and androgyny over femininity, has Autism, ADHD, psychosis, BPD and is a triple amputee (both legs below the knee and left hand). His eyepatch is fully for aesthetics- there’s nothing wrong with its eye lol

(For my monster au thing he’s just an anthro fox covered in badly healed scarring— idk what to tell you- that’s an anthropomorphic pirate fox??)

Again- assuming you just mean basic chica (and not the other more fun chicas >_>)

Classic chica is absolutely transfemme Demigirl (or maybe demigender girlthing (gender neutral)) and demisexual lesbian- also AuDHD and PICA

Also I feel the need to show you the ‘extras’ part of my notes app hcs lol

She round <3 Floof feathers :)

Also:

Assuming by nard you mean fucking ennard lol

I’m gonna be honest— I never got that attached to sister location— so idk- ennard is genderqueer and genderfluid (and probably fluidflux) and either aroace repulsed or pan lol, idk- autistic and full of rage.

Idk if you mean gold as in golden Bonnie or golden Freddy but I’ll assume Freddy

Uuuhhhh again idk… yeah I’ve got literally nothing… idk why I never thought of golden Freddy headcanons???? I think it’s the same situation as Baby where they’re too plot relevant for me to be silly and have fun lol

[silksong-when]

Hey, I saw your tags on my post. If you don’t want to talk about it/share it, you can ignore this, I won’t mind! But if you’re willing, I’d like to hear about that ZITS and Team Rancher modern vampire AU. It’s sounds very interesting!

The AU I’m making is actually also a tiny au, sort of. I have Jimmy as a little canary hybrid and him meeting some nice humans (ZITS) and then falling in love with Tango. It’s angsty in the beginning but soon it gets very fluffy and cute. idk if you’d be interested in that, but maybe.

I posted some art of it once, and I’m planning on posting more and writing for it, so if you’re interested I could keep you updated!

Anyway, I hope you’re having a good day and if you’re willing, I’d really like to hear about your au idea. Have a good day!!

- @cupcake-complains

oh dude!! i am so happy to get this ask <3

unfortunately all of the Thoughts i have about the college au are horrible, disorganized, and only in my brain so. here is my best attempt at writing them out :D

relationships: tango/zedaph/impulse, tango/jimmy, jimmy/Scott, queerplatonic Scott & tango. sorry i am a sucker for polyamory <3 (shoutout to my sibling, who called this “the au where tango has a harem” 😭😭)

Tango is a blaze hybrid and a vampire

impulse is [havent decided race, probably human] and vampire. tango’s childhood bestie. as in, since young vampires arent that common, their parents were like omg they have so much in common they should be besties

zedaph is a sheep hybrid bc of course he is <3

i have some uuuhhhh vampire worldbuilding that is integral to understanding the au so here is a discord screenshot where my long-suffering friends had to hear me go insane over this au (i cry because i am not on browser rn and cannot add images easily, will edit this later)

jimmy is a canary hybrid and has anemia, he got paired with tango as a blood buddy <3 He comes into the story a bit later, when tango & co are in college

Scott is jimmy’s boyfriend thumbs up emoji (i have nothing else to say hes not that important to the story KDJFJD)

yeah this au is mainly just the bros hanging out. plot what plot. i just rotate them in my head 24/7 and that is all <3

ANYWAYS i am super duper happy that you’re interested in my au!! I’d love to see some more of your au as well :D

i hope you have a good day as well (and I’d like you to know that your ask made my dad 100x better)!!

:]]]

[andromedaexists]

andi!! my fellow and favourite myth reteller of the greek persuasion. talk to me about descecrate, about call me icarus. whatever you like! 💥🤒🎧🌑🕳💡

krys!!! my fellow and favorite myth reteller of the greek persuasion! how is Namesake going??

💥 - What is the main conflict of the wip?

I already answered this one for Call Me Icarus, so imma do Desecrate this time!!

The main conflict of Desecrate is two-fold: internally Kit has to confront the fact that he is rescuing a divine being, that he is rescuing his God, while externally he has to defy the Catholic Church in order to free the captive God.

🤒 - Is there whump in the wip? What kind?

oh ho ho this one is mighty fun for CMI.

Yes of course there is whump in CMI. Whump is like the cornerstone of Call Me Icarus, it is my bread and butter at this point honestly. The way I define whump is "taking a character and placing them in physically painful or psychologically-damaging situations" (because I know other people have diff definitions)

So, with that, basically all of CMI is whump. however, there are specific scenarios that I feel need mentioned:

The one and only sex scene between Icarus and Apollon where Icarus initiates the entire thing by legitimately shattering Apollon's mind and heart

The entire paranoia/anxiety hallucinations thing Icarus has going on (oh wait, i don't think i've talked about those yet...)

Achilles. just... Achilles. (i'm so sorry to anyone who's become attached to Patroclus)

Icarus deals with a lot of pain always. He's my literal punching bag and resident multi-year burn victim

🎧 - What are the first three songs on the playlist?

yeah okay i just went to look this up and Spotify updated??? what the fuck is that new sidebar, gimme the old one back. like, why the fuck is my folder organization gone??? why are playlists out of order??? who thought this was a good idea?? they were wrong

anyways, i think Desecrate will be the more interesting playlist to look at:

He Is by Ghost

Maybe IDK by Jon Bellion

The Night Does Not Belong To God by Sleep Token

🌑 - Is there reoccurring symbolism? Motifs?

oooooo there is recurring symbolism and motifs in both CMI and Desecrate, though they are more fleshed out in CMI.

First off, feathers. Feathers are a big thing in CMI (i should add more honestly...). There's also fire, that's a big reoccurring motif. uuuhhhh Icarus is autistic so I've written him to pick up on reoccurring symbolism but I can't really go too into depth on that yet because i haven't written it it's not going to start popping up until the end of the book

🕳 - What’s a plot hole you just can’t seem to fix?

i just.. cannot write a smooth progression from Icarus hating Apollon to Icarus loving Apollon again. It eludes me

Also, I've mentioned like multiple times that Icarus is the one who wants to tear down ATLAS but you know what the bitch never once mentions in story until it's forced upon him??? tearing down ATLAS. How did we go from Icarus just trying to cobble together a family to him being all "grrrr trauma burn them to the ground"??? I need to fix that and i just don't know how to yet

💡 - What inspired the wip? When/how did you first get the idea?

I also talked about this one for CMI already, so let's talk Desecrate!!

This idea is much more recent and was inspired by a class I took last semester (Ancient Christianities with Dr. Larson, if anyone remembers me complaining about that class lol)

Basically, towards the end of the semester we covered gnosticism and marcionism and how they were pretty immediately labeled heretical and buried and the only reason we really know that much about them is because of the Nag Hammadi.

So then my brain started creaking and turning and I thought: what if the Catholic Church was preceded by Marcionites instead of the proto-orthodox Christians?

Then, that snowballed into more (regrettably) predictable position of: What if the MC wanted to fuck God?

And thus Desecrate was born

[mikuyuuss]

What were your thoughts on Kira and Flay's sex scene?

Uuuhhhh Idk if I'm the right person to ask. I'm not really a huge fan of Gundam Seed to begin with. I don't hate it, but I don't love it either. I only made one post gushing about Lacus's character design, but that's about it. (I didn't mention about how I couldn't care less for her character)

So yeah, I didn't pay enough attention or bothered to look harder into it, so my memories of this show are really muddy. I've never been a fan of Flay to begin with (I'm not saying I didn't find her sympathetic, I just don't like her) I just remember feeling REALLY uncomfortable and icky during that scene, and I think I decided I didn't like her after that. That's about it, sorry if I couldn't give a more interesting answer.

[dyingstarsinyoursky]

Saturday I went to Music Bank Paris!

I got to see Mamamoo and Stray Kids and it was amazing!

Mamamoo did so well!! They really have a phenomenal stage presence and very clear live vocals.

They did 5 songs: Illella, Starry Night, Hip, Delcalcomanie and Um Oh Ah Yeh!

Which is a completely different set list than they did at KPop Flex in Frankfurt last year! (Hip being the only repetition, as they did Aya, Gogobebe, Hip and mumumuch then. I think they did Um Oh Ah Yeh on the 2nd day, but not on the 1st day that I saw them!)

Delcalcomanie was the performance that blew me away the most. That song really is so incredible live!!!

I was in love! But god I want to see full concert of them so bad!!! Like please please let their tour come to Europe! Pleeeeaaaaseeeee I’d make a deal with the devil! I’d sell like 5 years of my life for it!

And Stray Kids holy shit were also incredible!!

In the beginning they brought all groups to the stage to introduce them. I spotted Mamamoo quite easily, as they were the only 4 member girl group there. But I couldn’t spot SKZ. I was pretty far away, I didn’t know how they were dressed. There were quite a few boy groups with many members, but none of them looked to be SKZ,

Stray Kids were the last group introduced, and I could see in the screens them waving, but I still couldn’t spot them in the stage... Then I realised they were on the other stage sjdglkdfhgfs. So I thought “uuuhhhh they’re like the main event! The last group introduced and the only ones on a different stage!”

Most groups were doing 5 songs (some might have done 4 songs). But I thought “Stray Kids will be last! The closing act and main event, so they’ll for sure do 5 songs as well, maybe even SIX!!!”

They only did 4 songs 😭😭😭 And that is my only critique of the event!

They did Case 143, Maniac, God’s Menu and Miroh. I really wished they did Thunderous 😭 Why did so many groups get 5 songs, but not them?? So sad

But the ones they did were so fantastic! They opened with Case 143 which is super fun. Maniac holy shit I am such a sucker for Maniac. And nothing goes quite has hard as God’s Menu, that performance really burns up a stage. They closed with Miroh and it looked like they just turned the event into their own party! Miroh is so much fun and an amazing way to close a show!

But yeah, much like Mamamoo, now that show also left me thristy for a full concert of Stray Kids. Why won’t Maniac tour come to Europe???? that’s a crime!

Felix tried to say a long sentence in French, but forgot half of it poor thing. I felt bad for him, but it’s really hard to memorize long sentences in languages you don’t speak!

He later publish on instagram the sentence he was trying to say and that’s how I found out that Stray Kids will come to Paris again in July for a music festival. I wanna go bad! It’s not exactly their tour, but at least should be almost full concert! But just Paris again?? T_T

Anyway!! I had so much fun in Paris!! Loved seeing Mamamoo and Stray Kids and the other acts were also a lot of fun! Enhyphen maintains their spot as my 3rd favourite boy group!

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@sturionic I hope you don’t mind I pulled these from the notes because you bring up such an incredibly good point that I feel like I’ve always been aware of subconsciously but was semi-blinded to because oooooooo DSOD animation pretty *drools over even prettier Seto Kaiba*. But omg this entire post gave me such amazing whiplash because for a split second I thought DSOD was 2 years ago and then I remembered uuuhhhh, NO, it’s been uuuuuuuuuhhhhh *checks calendar* SIX?!?!? I blame Covid brain…

ANYWAY, yes, DSOD-Kaiba not wearing his locket always bothered me, even while watching the movie for the very first time, I do remember that being a passing thought of mine back then. And then the whole ‘I own the city, big brother Kaiba is watching you’ is something my best friend and I are playing with in an RP of ours, so it’s another thing I’ve been aware of, but seeing y’all talk about DSOD-Kaiba like this makes me go *tilts head* ‘well, huh… good point…’ Which is why that point in the movie when he teams up with Yugi made me go YES THANK YOU, and then again when he acknowledges Yugi as a proper rival and all (fuck the dub dialogue, I’m ignoring that). Only for the ending to then go lmao yeah now he’s gonna yeet himself off to the afterlife.

OK, again, fuck the dub, does anyone know for sure if in the actual real dialogue he tells Mokuba he’s coming back or at the very least implies it? Or are we supposed to assume it’s implied? Or is it totally left open? I’m another one of those who is not very fond of the ending, for the same reasons as y’all (and also because of oh no *post-DSOD tumblr war flashbacks* which I will not get into for my own sanity).

So I LOVE LOVE LOVE the idea of Seto Kaiba coming back and a significant amount of time has passed and WOW, how does he adjust to this??? Even just five years can make quite the difference, since that would put Mokuba at the same age Seto was when he left. So now he and Mokuba would be the same age and even just that would be so jarring. Everything and everyone has passed him by now. And WOW, Mokuba is very much not a child anymore, he is independent and well-adjusted and can go on just fine without me, WHAT IS THIS FEELING IN MY CHEST, HELP. *GASP*, it’s almost like your actions have consequences!! Like yeah, I adore Seto Kaiba to the moon and to hell and back, but DSOD-Kaiba could use a good slap in the face and I say that lovingly like MMMMM WAKE UP YOU BEAUTIFUL LITTLE BITCH WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH YOUR LIFE PLS.

hello there :D i have a question for you what is your opinion for the ending of dsod (ie. kaiba making it to the afterlife nd all that) so far i've seen two sides (at least from what i've seen scurrying around tags and reading what people think) one that dislikes it and another that is completely down with it and i was wondering what you thought ?? i love hearing what other people think dfhd nd as an extra what do you think of dsod! kaiba in general i mildly side with the half that disliked the ending, i mostly just wanna see more art that isnt pr/deship nd more focusing on kaiba and mokuba with the whole 'going to the afterlife' thing although i may be biasd with that

DSOD!Kaiba is a rich and fascinating character that I dislike. 🤣 I think.

At first, I don't think I had particularly strong feelings about him, but as time has gone on, it's deepened into a sense of "I find you deplorable but I can't look away."

Part of it is I'm kinda content to ignore DSOD on the most part. It's got some pretty animation and I love everyone's updated character design (except Kaiba's new knee pads which I have an admittedly irrational hatred of). To me, it's not an addition to the narrative of either the original manga or the anime that enhanced my enjoyment of the canon.

Given that, I can take the DSOD ending or leave it. I think it makes narrative sense for the version of Kaiba they wrote for the movie, specifically a post-manga Kaiba, not post-anime. I don't think a Kaiba that obsessive or obstinate or myopic could do anything other than reach across the universes to pursue his vision of a perfect rival. To me, the interesting character bits is not that he got to the afterlife but what he chose to leave behind or forgo in pursuit of it. And what consequences might follow afterward. But those were never going to be explored by the movie itself, so it's wasted story potential to me.

He's a fun meaty character to break out, though, if I'm in the mood to explore themes of hubris and its price. I have the most fun with him when I'm actively pitting him against other versions of Kaiba.

Basically, I want to bully him. 🤣

But hey, who knows, maybe my feelings about DSOD and that Kaiba will change again in another few years.

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hiiiiiiiii 💕💕 what are your thoughts on ogatami spoonification?

um. my thoughts are. eheem.

ok so it’s my unfortunate belief that shirou largely ignores the existence of his bed, because he usually substitutes his office chair for it seeing as he will work himself away. he sleeps in a chair or simply not at all. now marie is…. she’s got the illusion of someone who values her health (i wont open this can of worms, but im saying that she doesn’t sleep anywhere like he would).

MOVING ASIDE FROM THAT.

i think they switch. they are. like that to me. because he’s you know, an extremely protecting person no matter the situation, i think after the phase of “…… this is my informant……” he takes it upon himself to play this role no matter the circumstance. and she thinks he’s on some bullshit for that, but she’s plenty fond of the attention, extremely. this doesn’t tie in with the “one nice thing would absolutely wreck her” idea at ALL. but yes she does think he’s on his “i don’t need the same things other’s do, it’s unnecessary compared to the role i play” crap so she switches with him. because she thinks he has the wrong priorities sometimes and likes to keep him surprised.

but mostly i think they just sit on the floor and sleep, pass out on the couch. they are not good at this and michiru thinks they’re both weird for it, before she flops onto the couch as well.

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Something that bothers me a lot is that in their fervor to reject / put down sa.ns.an there are a lot of people who try and twist their entire relationship / dynamic in one that’s wholly negative, to depict Sandor as a predator or abuser or something when he’s just. Not. That’s just not the dynamic here at all.

I don’t wanna get to deeply into “ do i ship sa.ns.an / think sa.ns.an is good / etc etc ” I’ve varied on it over the years but generally my stance is that romance / love is an important element of Sansa’s arc / story as it’s part of the “ songs ” theme / narrative structure and so naturally I want her to end up in a relationship where she feels loved, protected and safe. Currently the seen / known / existing options for “ men who aren’t trash or related to her ” to marry her is like..... 3 guys and only 1 has she’s actually met which is Sandor. Assuming she’s an adult and in a good place to make these kinda choices and she picks him Great, have at it, if she meets Trystane or some other good boi™ who’s more her age and they hit it off even better. Mainly I just want her to be happy and for Sandor I just want him to be at peace, whatever form that takes, even if does mean he dies. 

My issue is really just that there are people who are so intent on ignoring the romantic elements of the ship that they blatantly rewrite the canon and misconstrue shit. I’ve seen people argue that the Unkiss ( a memory Sansa fabricated of Sandor kissing her during the BotBW scene, he didn’t he mostly menaced and cried tbh ) and her quasi-sex dream about him ( She dreams about her wedding night with Tyrion ( it’s own Yikes tbh ) but the Hound replaces Tyrion, she shows no indication of being upset about it compared to other nightmares she’s had canonically )  are coping mechanisms to deal with Sandor related / caused trauma which is just fucking BONKERS. They are, if anything, Sansa using Sandor as a vehicle for coping with other traumas. 

I think sometimes these people forget that for a WHILE there Sandor was the only person who was consistently on her side without ulterior motive and at times to his own potential determent. He’s not a good or nice man by any stretch but he genuinely cares about her and tries to look out for her. Sansa says it herself “ he was no true knight but he saved me all the same ” , he admits to her his grimdark origin story and she comforts him, then roots for him in the tourney. She understands why he’s so shitty but also calls him out on it when he’s being needlessly cruel to her. He protects her from beatings, rape and who knows what else as best he can, I mean shit if he was not her self-appointed bodyguard the mob attack scene would’ve been very different as he’s literally the only one who noticed she was gone before it was too late because he you know, gave a fucking shit about her safety and was actively looking out for her  in a dangerous setting.

I understand disliking it as a romantic ship and I don’t have beef with that, like I’m not always super hot on it as a romantic ship myself ? But I think it’s just willfully bad reading comprehension and douchery to try and make it like they’re not important to each other or that there’s not a romantic / sexual undertone. Before I get fucking shot for the last bit, the thing I think people miss on that part is that it doesn’t mean it MUST be acted upon or that it’s like a very serious thing ? Sandor does make crude comments about her and have some level of attraction to her, he’s also a crude dude in general and trying to shock her a lot of the time and purposely doesn’t act on his attraction when given the chance, even when out of his fucking gourd drunk and triggered to hell and back. He very clearly cares about her and while sure she’s pretty and he has eyes it’s much more emotional for him, she’s Kind and Good and Understanding towards him and he desperately craves that.

And with her side of it you can easily pin her fabricating the Unkiss, comparing the kisses of other men to that fake one with him, comparing men to him, her sexual/romantic fantasies now starring him instead of Loras as just part of both protecting herself from things that hurt ( her kiss w/ Tyrion at her forced wedding isn’t really her first that was Sandor! etc etc ) and her using him to explore her own sexuality safely. Loras is very boy band-y and Safe because there’s so clearly never gonna be anything there which makes him great crush material but given everything in her life so far, boy band isn’t really what it’s cracked up to be anymore. Whereas Sandor has proven in her actual life her safety is paramount to him, he’s been her faithful friend and protector as much as he could be. Sansa is a big fan of songs and a lot of his actions fit nicely into that narrative / aesthetic, saving her from the crowd, giving her his cloak to protect her modesty, offering to whisk her away from KL and he won’t hurt her. At that point in her life a man who’s built like a brick house, could snap a dude over his knee but is intensely protective and gentle towards her is honestly more appealing than being just a hottie. The concept of Sandor makes her feel Safe, she uses him, his attitude and his advice as a guide for how to navigate situations later on. Big shock that when she turns to explore her own sexuality and all that she uses Sandor as the tool to do it. Because he’s Safe. He’s not there, he can’t physically interact with her or act on anything related to these fantasies, he’s given her plenty of fodder and she can put anything “ mature “ or “ experienced “ on him to fulfill and enjoy exploring without feeling anxious about not knowing what she’s doing, she can just be like “ well Sandor would know how “ . It’s very much like if she was having the same thoughts about Theon, she knows him, he’s safe, and he’s not around to make this incredibly embarrassing. And you can literally leave that undertone at that and proceed forward figuring that, like with Loras, she’ll grow out of it with Sandor and move on to someone else, maybe whoever she’s in a healthy romantic relationship with. And that’s fine. Frankly I’m very good with her using Sandor for this considering she’s going to be engaged to a douche and Baelish is getting all Uncle Bad Touch, let her have her Sandor flavored escapist fantasies. And if you genuinely think he would for real touch her while she’s underage then I just need yall to get out Forever thanks.

If Sansa was really so traumatized by him from the BotBW or didn’t like him at all bc he’s a shitty and menacing professional killer who harassed her she wouldn’t have fabricated the unkiss, wouldn’t have kept his cloak, would not have compared other men to him with him being the positive example or compared sweet robin’s kiss to the unkiss again with Sandor in the positive. I don’t think these things inherently mean ~Romance~ I think they mean Sansa using Sandor to fill in a LOT of spaces in her life where she needs someone like a protector, a confident, a lover etc etc because he’s one of the few people who can fit them who she likes / trusts and isn’t fuckin’ dead. We don’t see much from his end since she’s a POV and he’s not hence why I’m speaking mainly about Sansa but it’s important to remember with him that she’s the best person in his life. She’s Special, he offers to save her from KL for a reason, because she’s good and kind and he wants tot help her. Sansa is the catalyst for his own self improvement just because she’s Nice, she quite literally pet this fucking dog and now he’d fucking die for her. That doesn’t have to be romantic so don’t fucking delete it just because you don’t like the romantic shippers. Don’t turn basic human compassion in to a sexual act.