#walls aren't just for keeping ppl out

[manic-sapphic]

from the fanfic "Don't Go" - Annacharlier

"Adora's heart is pounding. She doesn't want to leave Catra alone. She doesn't want to let her out of her sight ever again. She wants to lie down on the mattress next to her and pull her against her chest and stroke her hair until she falls asleep, she wants to be there if Catra has a nightmare or tries to hurt herself again, she wants to wrap Catra in her arms and absorb her into her chest where she'll be safe and never feel pain or fear again."

i think what really kills me the most about the excerpt above is that, to me, it seems that what adora is describing wanting to do for catra, is what a person would feel for someone with whom they're deeply in love. but adora's been conditioned to serve, to sacrifice, to protect. she'll throw herself down into shadows, unsure of how far down she'll even fall, for catra. but she can't say she loves her.

i don't think she understands what her feelings are, she just knows that they're there. and so, in my mind, this innate desire to keep catra safe and protect her is the best way she can explain that feeling to herself, without being able to wrap her mind around what it really is at its core.

until she does. and thinks it's too late to ever tell catra or have the time w her she realizes she wants when she lets her own walls down in the crystal castle (catra ain't the only one w walls, adora's just tend to box her in rather than keep people out) and she can't help returning an affectionate, gentle touch from catra, even though she knows it's not real. cause maybe that'll be the only way she ever gets to experience it. and then, it ends as unexpectedly as catra appeared. and she's gone - still gone.

until she's not.

damnit dude fujvsjndkscj

[foreverxdaydreaming]

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[zomb-rabbit]

Rabbit

Rabbit I'm begging you to do stalker headcanons with Mh or EMH guys (you don't gotta ofc! But w o ah)

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AAAA IM SO HAPPY U LIKED THEM !!!! I WAS RLLY HAPPY W HOW THE TOBY ONES CAME OUT :)))) also,,,, watch me hit u w ALL the guys !!!!!!!!!!!!!! (nsfw can come later if u wish fishy, i skipped it cus this is alr a super long post BFJSJFNJS) (also i got to use my rainbow dividers i have saved up cus there's so many ppl YAYYYYYYY)

[📹⛓️‍💥🚬👁️☠️🐇]

Stalker!Brian Thomas / Hoodie / Tim Wright / Masky / Evan Myers / HABIT x gn!reader headcanons :)

Brian ;

ok we know Brian likes to record

so expect there to be at least one camera on you a majority of the time

sometimes he'll leave it in a tree or placed just right behind a fence post, zoomed in on your bedroom window so he can document you and your routine even when he's busy

he's so thoughtful 😸😸😸

definitely the type to perfectly curate a "meet-cute" for the both of you, writing down the coffee place you stop off at on mondays for a pick-me-up, the stores you go to that have your favorite brand of something, he calculates his every action with you long before it's happened.

he knows what he's doing is wrong, but unlike Toby, he's not exactly ashamed of it. if anything he likes the added excitement that you could still find him out

this is one of the times him and Hoodie kind of blur together a little bit, both in morals and actions

Brian is fully willing to do whatever it takes to keep eyes on you and to keep you under his thumb and his alone; it doesn't matter who gets in his way

Hoodie ;

also a big fan of recording, but tends to get much more risky with it

likes the feeling that you might catch a little camera that's nestled in between some trinkets and books or a pile of blankets you keep on your couch

he is a creepy creeper . he wants to watch EVERYTHING

gets his feelings hurt when you close your curtains cus you feel eyes on you (you're right, but still :(()

it takes a lot to deter him from doing everything in his power to keep watch over you

he's not even sure of his own motives, really. sure, he wants to keep you safe and make sure no one else is watching you, but most of the time he's just there to watch.

you're like a doll to him, something to entertain him.

Masky ;

this isn't even part of this i just wanna say the vibe for stalker Masky (and just him in general tbh) for me feels a lot like the intro to My Meds Aren't Working by Dystopia . very slow, calculating, stuck in your own head but still zeroed in on one thing

and it's you ofc !!!!

i think Masky is one of the more scarier guys to have stalking you on this lineup honestly. hot? yes absolutely. terrifying to see constantly out of the corner of your eye, sitting at the bus stop outside your job, standing in the parking lot of the gas station by your apartment complex and staring up into your window? YES VERY

he's haunting. he doesn't go up to you, will go completely brick wall at you if you try to come up to him, and you can never tell what emotion is going on behind his eyes. the few times you've walked closer to him, likely on the street in the earlier stages, he looked hungry. like he was waiting and watching for your guard to be down to do something.

if he knows you'll be out, he'll get into your house to steal some of your clothes- likely your underwear (creepy crawler) and a sleep shirt

you will never see him without the mask on. point blank. not to smoke, eat, anything. he is not human or himself when he's around you; he needs to absorb everything about you.

i don't think of him to be the type to film you, would rather be there in person 24/7. it feels more personal to him.

Tim ;

one of the few guys that feels guilt about what he's doing- he knows how scary it is to feel watched all the time. how awful it is to find out you were right.

he’s embarrassed of himself; he’s prided himself on being stoic and independent for so long that this sudden urge to love you and watch you and know you gives him waves of shame

watches from afar, would definitely try and avoid letting himself get too close to you in person. he’s ashamed of it, but he can’t help himself- he needs you, even if at a distance. 

steals clothes you’ve slept in so he can try and satiate his yearning to be close to you without actually needing to be so vulnerable, with you or anyone

his near dependency on you reminds me of It Will Come Back by Hozier, his obsession is fed by breadcrumbs from the few in-person up close encounters he’s had with you. smiles when he comes into where you work, nervous little waves when you catch him looking at you at the store, soft 'excuse me!'s when you pass by him

you drive him up a wall (lovingly)

Evan ;

Evan feels guilty, but for the ‘wrong’ reasons

i say ‘wrong’ because he’s more concerned with you inevitable introduction to the whole Habit mess, not with the morals of stalking and obsessing over you

despite his guilt, he can’t get enough of you. his persistence rivals Brian's; it’s almost immediate that he tries to get you with him

latches onto you for fear of you leaving- honestly less of a stalker and more on the obsessive side. not good at keeping his hands to himself. 

you might be one of the only cases where he tries to bargain and/or work with Habit, in an attempt to keep you safe or keep you near him out of desperation if you're not listening to him when he tries to convince you to stay with him essentially 25/8

touchy obsessive little critter . give him what he wants before he goes sicko mode (being 10 feet away from you at all times)

Habit ;

does not hide himself AT ALL

will actively be letting you know he's watching

seeing him behind you in mirrors, rabbit motifs everywhere, a random blood splatter in plain sight that no one else seems to see.

he watches, he knows, and he learns

what things make you the most paranoid, all the ways he can slowly introduce himself in a more. friendly light to get you to trust him. to love him.

he's what's best for you, whether you like it or not. it just might take some time for you to get there

ironically for him, think 'The Best Is Yet To Come' by Frank Sinatra. it's just a matter of time before things get so much better. for the both of you, of course!

[obae-me]

Yes! Finally someone said it!

At first when I saw the interaction I went- hey he's being such a jerk- Ohhhhh wait! This is literally him wanting us to stay soo fricking bad, but Mr.Pridey McPridepants just can't admit it. OFC HE WOULD TRY TO IMPRESS US (even if this emotionally constipated man can't differ b/w chivalry and being an asshole). He's trying to so bloody hard to sweet talk his way into us staying. Even if he's being forceful and manipulative; it's because he's so shit scared of giving us the choice and then us choosing to go cuz he KNOWS wherever we going must mean a lot to us especially when we are going such great lengths to return.

Not to say, that this behavior is ok or good but at the end of the day isn't obey me about flawed and morally grey characters? Even the ANGELS aren't perfect and morally sound, and if I dare say, sometimes they make decisions even crueler than the demons. We are literally talking about the AVATAR OF PRIDE HERE! XD

Literally as soon as you look past the image that he literally puts up cuz he wants ppl to see him that way, you will realize that he really is just a soggy, pathetic man who can't put aside his pride to ask us to stay like a normal person XD Also to point out a lot of ppl LIKE Levi and Mammon BECAUSE OF their pathos lol.

I have always seen that there is SUCH a double standard when it comes to him. Ppl say that he's being too fake and only cares about his image and not his brothers, but when he does show his softer side, they say he's not being genuine or he's pushy or something of the sort. What most ppl fail to see is that he loves his brothers and mc, probably even more than his own life but he's just so bad at showing it because he is held back by his own trauma and sin. While that does not make him innocent... that does make him like his brothers. He acts this way because thats literally the only way he knows how to keep things in his control and keep his family safe and ppl fall for it ... LIKE IT'S NOT THE REAL HIM! TvT

I have this theory (might be a hot take idk?) that most of the ppl playing obey me are pretty young, so they don't like Lucifer because they are anti-authority (I also am, its not a bad thing) but this man is anything but Authority and Power. I might be a lucifer apologist lol but all I am saying is for ppl to look at him with the same open-minded lens they see the other brothers with and you might find him a lot more bearable and dare I say... likeable?

Phew, sorry for rambling in your inbox but I have some strong feelings for that stupid old man XD Also, this feels a lot similar to how expectations are so high and rigid for the eldest sibling whereas these same expectations become a lot less severe for the other siblings...

Firstly, thank you for calling him a soggy pathetic man, that gave me a good chuckle.

And YES! All of this, 100% yes. He doesn't want to admit that there are other things out there more important than him. Not just because of his Pride, but because he finally let someone else behind the walls he put up around his heart (we saw this around Nightbringer lessons 11 and 12, when he was ready to be THE enemy to protect his family, only to end up admitting to himself that he cared about MC just as much) and now, after all that, MC is determined to leave. I'm sure somewhere in his mind, he feels like he's failed.

He's puffing up his feathers as big as he can and screaming "look at me, look at me, look at me"! The big peacock man is flailing.

He's afraid. He's hurt. And so now these weird (and problematic) safety mechanisms are being put in place to protect himself.

Things in his mind are SO 'not fine' that now he's parading around trying to convince everyone (including himself) that everything is perfectly fine! Everything is perfect, everything is great, the outfits he chose are pristine, the food he settled on is text-book. It feels like he's following some sort of guide, like even the things he's saying have been pulled from a novel somewhere. It's not quite the way he normally speaks. If everything can play out the way he sees it in his head, there won't be room for error. Right?

And this isn't new behavior either. It was the ENTIRE plot of season 1 in Shall We Date. Lucifer locked Belphie away because he was worried of what might happen to his sibling. But in a way, 'protecting' his brother was mostly protecting himself.

He's worked so hard to create what he has, that he can't stand the idea of losing it all.

There's also a whole spiel I could go into about how everyone in the family fills a certain "group" role that keeps everything balanced and running smoothly (as smooth as it can get for them). For example, Mammon is the energy of the group, the drive. Beel is the motivator, the encourager. Asmo is the dreamer, etc. Lucifer has to be the guider, the manager, the authoritarian.

While, yes on multiple occasions, he's dismissed his brother's wild antics outright, there have been so many other instances where his brothers say "I want ___" and he gives them the advice or the structure they need to accomplish it successfully. OR even ending up providing it himself should his brother's wishes be genuine (Mammon's car for example).

When he's more on his own, he can drop that uptightness completely. As we see again in Shall We Date, when they're taken to the video game world, and when he doesn't have the worries and responsibilities placed onto his shoulders, he's capable of skipping classes to take a nap on the roof. And fully enjoys it, with a smile on his face and everything.

At the very root of him, while he needs to fulfill the controlling dynamic, he does not want to. At least not completely.

I've always known this, but Nightbringer actually gave me a big confirmation boost! In Wanders Whereabouts, Barbatos gives Lucifer a video call in which he tells Lucifer about all the recent trouble the brothers have gotten themselves into. Barbatos then proceeds to let Lucifer know that as their guardian, the eldest needs to essentially work harder to keep them in line. Then Barbatos sends the damages bill to him.

If he isn't constantly keeping his siblings in line, he takes most of the blame!

And thirdly, I think you are correct, yes. I think especially with the addition of Nightbringer and the anime, a good portion of the fandom is a younger demographic, which doesn't surprise me (listen I played Mystic Messenger when I was a preteen/teen, I was there when the dark texts were written). And a lot of what appeals to that demographic is the coming-of-age, rebelling against conformity sort of story.

And, I want to repeat, my initial post that you are referring to wasn't meant to come off as a "oh everyone is so stupid thinking Lucifer is this way, you should all love him" but more of trying to explain the fullness of his character since it can be harder to spot.

Like, people in the fandom almost always completely understand Mammon. He's not just, "tough and grumbly man who steals things". He's someone who struggles with admitting his own feelings, someone who lets his ambitions blind him from the troubles they can cause, and someone who at the end of the day, loves his family more than anything. And most everyone in the fandom fully understands this.

And yet, with Lucifer, a lot of people tend to take him exactly at face value.

There's a lot of things I could explain about him needing to play a "Parental Guardian Figure" while also just being their brother at the same time, and in a lot of media where the older sibling is forced to become a guardian, they get a lot of flack for not doing it correctly.

Anyways, I could ramble on and on and on about Lucifer as a character, but I think this a good chunk of condensed thoughts. And thank you for sending this over, I always love a good Inbox ramble! Especially about my favorite grumpy, sleep-deprived man <3

[lifes-line]

another digital circus post dont mind me-

Just an overview for myself and others - but here is both proof for and against the idea that jax might be the NPC hidden amongst the group organized by each ep we have so far

JAX IS AN NPC:

Ep1

Jax supposedly knows Kinger has been here the longest, either he was told this or he is all knowing, same reason goes for why he says "We've been trapped here for years" how does he know how long its been?

This one is such a reach but Caine says he doesnt have control over ppls minds here and earlier Jax mentions having an adventure for the newbie, while this could be jax fucking around it is plausible he and caine have influence on eachother's ideas when it comes to the humans of this world

pt1 of Jax breaking the forth wall and no one understanding what hes looking at ("She still thinks this is a dream")

"Ow" Jax getting hurt by the gloinks. Aren't their senses cut off for the most part? How come he got hurt?

"I got a key to his room" "You shouldn't have a key to anyone's room!" Jax somehow has keys everywhere with no explicit hiding spot and simply pulls this key out of thin air randomly

Jax breaks the "Spare" sign idk if this is reaching too far but thats weird

Jax seems to be the only one who gets hungry

Ep 2

Jax is the only one who acknowledges a new ai

another fourth wall break

Once again Jax grabs something out of thin air or magically has it without it being handed to him

Can is both unaffected(Mostly) by the fidgeting car and also able to defy gravity?

But Jax is also pretty good at convincing the npcs of things while also yapping with them

Caine mentions if he loses track of whose a human and whose an npc he doesnt know what could happen, but gumigoo's temporary presence in the circus affects nothing so far

WE COULD SEE ANOTHER JAX???

Ep 3

Jax breaks forthwall

wants to see what everyone can do

Doesnt share what he does when he holds his breath

Pulls a shotgun out of nowhere again

impecable memory for what everyone can do?

kills the ghost-

JAX IS NOT AN NPC

Ep 1

Jax says "Just keep pulling on it, that worked for all of us" when Pomni tries to remove this digital headset. This is proof against because unless he is all knowing like ai tends to be in this world he wouldnt know what shes doing unless hes experienced it himself

"Kinger has spposedly been here the longest" Someone had to of told him this, this necessarily doesnt prove he isnt ai but yknow,,

"If there was an exit I'm pretty sure we'd all have left by now" implying he can leave

Caine likes to reuse npcs, we would see another jax

Ep 2

Caine is testing out a new ai which seemingly made gumigoo self aware, if this is brand new it is unlikely there is a self aware npc in the midst

jax seems to have driven a car before

Jax is NOT in the npcs list

Jax knows modern references like his movie ref

Jax has the fascination of harming npcs like a teenage gamer

Jax seemed genuinely upset over someone's abstraction

Ep 3

"We cant die"

deadass tied up for most of the adventure

"Zooble turns straight"

"Her and everyone else" in ref to pomni having a few bad days

"Dont ever quote brainrot again"

[bookofmirth]

what do you think about ppl saying that the cauldron is corrupt means that maybe the elucien bond is indeed “fake” and that the trove trope links Azriel with Elain and that would be their plot

It's honestly funny that people are acting like they gained new information that somehow changes anything about mating bonds. All we really got in hofas is further confirmation that sjm is going to give everyone and their dog a mating bond, that it never goes away, and that mating bond = endgame. All of which we knew.

Setting aside the fact that that would supposedly be their plot - despite all of the actual world-threatening info they learned in hofas - let's talk about the cauldron.

We already knew that the Cauldron had been "corrupted". In acomaf, the Bone Carver tells Rhys and Feyre this:

“Long ago, before the High Fae, before man, there was a Cauldron … They say all the magic was contained inside it, that the world was born in it. But it fell into the wrong hands. And great and horrible things were done with it. Things were forged with it. Such wicked things that the Cauldron was eventually stolen back at great cost.

So this is not news. Why are they just now deciding that it means something?

Speaking of this reason, since Rhys knew in acomaf that the Cauldron was corrupted, and if every mating bond could be suspect because of that, then it stands to reason that none of them would be so hyped about mating bonds. Every character would be much more suspicious if they got one, and you know that Tamlin would be looking to delegitimize Feyre and Rhys's. But they aren't acting on that assumption, that the Cauldron is giving them something that is corrupt. If Rhys didn't know this info before talking to the Bone Carver, then he would have looked into it, knowing that Feyre was supposedly his mate. However, learning this info did nothing to keep Rhys from thinking that his bond was every bit as valid as he'd thought it was before. Feyre didn't warn either of her sisters, "hey, your bonds might be fake"??? If that information was supposed to be have implications for mating bonds, we haven't seen a single character act on that. For years in book time, and through a few mating bonds.

2. If the Cauldron were randomly making mating bonds, then we'd have to consider a few things, namely that it puts the validity of every single mating bond in acotar into question. Are we really going to go out here and say that chapter 54 of acomaf is meaningless? That Nesta and Cassian may as well cancel that mating ceremony because what's the point?

3. We don't know where mating bonds come from. Rhys, who knows more about the world besides anyone other than Amren, doesn't know where they come from. Rhys says maybe the Mother, maybe the Cauldron, but the fact is that the mating bond comes from SJM because she decides that when a couple is going to be endgame, she makes them mates.

4. If a person had used the cauldron to create a fake elucien mating bond, then... who? Why would they do that? They've been mates for 2+ years in book time and literally nothing has come of it? No one gives a fuck that Elain and Lucien are mates.

5. Mating bonds are from birth. It has been stated multiple times. It didn't happen because Elain went into the cauldron. It gets stronger when the sisters are Made and come across the wall, but it existed before that.

6. SJM has told us exactly what happens when a mating bond is rejected. In fact, from HOFAS, when Hunt was talking to Baxian about Danika:

“It was a potential minefield, to bring up his dead mate. To lose a mate was to lose half of your soul; to live without them was torture.”

From acomaf:

you were in love with another male, and had destroyed yourself to save him, and that … that I didn’t care. If you were going to die, I was going to die with you.

From acofas:

I still saw that moment, in my sleeping and waking dreams. How his face had looked, how his chest had not risen, how the bond between us had shredded into ribbons. I still felt it, that hollowness in my chest where the bond had been, where he had been. Even now, with that bond again flowing between us like a river of star-flecked night, the echo of its vanishing lingered. Drew me from sleep; drew me from a conversation, a painting, a meal.

7. She has also talked about mating bonds in the highest praise; here are some examples.

Mating bonds = endgame in sjm world. She creates them because she wants that couple to be together. It's really that simple.

[easy-revenge]

do you think angel refusing to put the dying man out of his misery was out of genuine belief in the suffering of human deaths, and thus his relationship with aki teaches him human compassion? or was it a front for his misery of causing the deaths of humans who go on to haunt him, and thus his relationship with aki(and the foggy memory of his previous lover) teaches him to actualize that compassion? bc he shows mercy to the dying woman in the bomb arc, but before aki shows him compassion by saving his life. tldr what do you think the timeline of realizing compassion is for angel?

oh that's a very nice question.

i kind of always believed that angel's demeanor was to an extent a front to cover the fact that he didn't want to use his power.

im undecided about whether it was a conscious choice or an instinctual response to the unresolved trauma of killing his village.

like, does he not like using his power and uses laziness and cruelty as an excuse for other people or does he feel the guilt creep in every time he's called to fight and found that attributing it to hating humans bc he's a devil is easier for himself?

I don't think he ever truly felt that way about humans. the whole "they deserve to die painful deaths" thing. like even thinking as a devil it would make sense to absorb that dying man's life span since it's useful to him.

it had to be a front, at least to some extent.

to answer ur question, when does the switch flip? when does the mask crack?

it would be clear as day if angel showed mercy to that woman AFTER aki gave up two months to save him.

however as u said, it happens before that. the way i see it, angel and aki had the same effect on each other. and it progressed very quickly as well.

they both have history driving them. aki has lost people, lost himeno and is all the more susceptible to the fear of losing angel as well. angel on the other hand, even though he doesn't remember it, must still be experiencing the grief and guilt of what makima made him do. lots of loss there too.

they aren't new to compassion. the barriers were weak even though neither would admit it. so they bring each other's walls down easily enough.

aki reminds angel of his past lover and the ppl of his village, bc even begrudgingly, he's kind to angel. he in turn reminds aki of himeno for obvious reasons. even if in their brains just being aki and angel isn't enough yet, their histories get them there.

so, angel is compassionate to that dying woman, letting his affection for humans slip through the cracks. soon after, aki gives up two months to save him. same as he did when he drew the curse's sword to save himeno. only now it's for this partner he barely knows, who is a devil on top of everything else.

i dont think there was a distinct switch flip for either of them. i think their stories, their relationship to each other and the parallels between them took them slowly but surely from being "natural enemies" all the way to the hospital scene, where they both confess to wanting to do everything in their power to keep each other alive.

a tale as old as time, but it's so gratifying how it works so so well with both their characters separately. they rly came around to finding lost pieces of themselves through each other and i love that.

[echobx]

these pics and videos spoilers im seeing is making me a bit sad as a jjpope shipper.... seeing jiara fans happy that rudy and madison are filming scenes between both makes jjpopes future look even worse. i was really hoping for s4 to be their season? pics of kiara and jj in same bedroom? i dont feel good at all for whats coming. how can the show ignore jjpope and their potential?

i feel the same anon. but I still have some hope because all we have got to see hasn't been very romantic looking in my eyes. and to the clip of Madison in bedroom next to a guy, that's JD, that's not Rudy. bc that video they screenshotted from was is on Madelyn's Instagram and I'm pretty sure it's JD based on the fact that he commented something on it that is visible on his body in the shot.

also, the fact that they zoomed in on a poster on a wall and then said "this is proof they live together" is just not holding up. bc (1) not just Kie can have this poster and just bc they used it in her room in s3 doesn't mean they didn't just use it to save money on new props (the surfshop of JB and Sarah has the same logo as the one we have already seen in s1&2 so unless they buy that thing, I'm just calling it cheap production and not wanting to create a new logo) (2) there was no confirmation whose house they are at in this clip, and (bc I'm that bitch) when you look out the window in the video, you can clearly see the marina. so they can't be at JJ's bc of the location of the house. I'm calling it and say their at Pope's or Kie has her own house.

on the other hand what still gives me hope, is that everything I have jiara shippers seen talking about (especially on twitter) has still no ground to stand on. tbh hey sound very delulu to me with all they are saying right now. I mean, I have seen more bts clips were Rudy and Madison don't seem as happy to be there, or aren't even in the shots together, than ones where they are.

I do have hope that the writers aren't that dumb and do what they did with KiePope and give us just a little and then let the characters realize that it's not working out.

I'm also super confused about Luke being there, and tbh I hate that they are doing it now bc they wanted to do that last season and then didn't bc bts leaks and jiara. but what I hate more is ppl going "omg luke is gonna throw JJ off Redfield Lighthouse!!" like why? why would they kill off the one character that keeps thousands if not millions of ppl interested in the show. bc if I'm totally honest, if they do kill him off I'm not gonna keep watching. same with Pope. if one of them dies, I'm done with this shitshow and it'll be fanon forever. (it already is bc canon is shit with holes)

ig my main issue with all that jiaras are doing isn't that they are shipping it, ship what you want, but the impact they get to have and the little media literacy they seem to have too. the homophobia and racism of it all

but then again, JJ is still wearing the bandana in the back right pocket. and I do hope for some good changes (for us) bc none of the official promo they gave us yet was in any instance showing anything about jiara. they gave them nothing. and maybe that's why jiaras sound so delulu to me right now, bc if how they say "this is jiara's season" was true, why wouldn't the short clips we got a few months ago have anything in them that gives jiaras genuine hope? no instead we got a group shot where the two are far apart, then the boys, and Sarah looking sad again. no jiara in sight. and maybe that's why I have hope, but that might also just be a marketing strategy idk.

they should let Kie cheat on him with a girl, that's what I wanna see. she should just fuck a girl and then come home and break up with JJ. that's what I want deep in my soul. bc just from the first intro we got into JJ (JB's pilot episode monologue) it's so damn obvious that they will never work, even if they weren't both raging homosexuals.

[olderthannetfic]

i keep seeing a group of primarily cis people complaining about m/m fic with trans men and piv is feminizion kink and it feels really mindboggling that no one has pointed out how that could come off as transphobic*? i know that most of the trans ppl they hang out with just validate their complaints about trans fic, which doesn't help any. But also the fact that majority cis people complain about how trans headcanons that are "too stereotypical" probably aren't made by 'real' trans people and for some reason are really mad at anyone who believes there's a radfem problem in fandom drives me up the wall but yelling at them won't change their mind so I'm just gonna gripe here thanks for your time

*blah blah disclaimer that maybe this is a problem in fandoms im not in but the conversations generally have a reductive bent that's failing my vibe check

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[askourthur]

I'm going back to the prompt list for this one (some ppl i know specify whod be saying or hearing it but i will leave that up to you!) : "You're a shy little thing, aren't you?"

-Thank you for asking, I’m so excited to write something. I hope you enjoy it!-

Noel had been trailing a suspect for miles after he’d received a tip about suspicious activity on the west side of town.

The suspect in question was tailing their own unsuspecting victim. Noel knew he would have to act fast and keep the pace or his next victim had the potential to be robbed at gunpoint like the rest of his previous victims.

Noel knew this side of town well and if he headed them off at the corner of the next building, he could grab the victim and pull him into the alleyway before the suspect could round the corner and notice him gone.

Slipping through the backyards of houses, hopping fences, and running through the alleyway, he made it just in time to grab the victim by the collar and pull him into the alleyway and blend in effectively with the darkness by keeping themselves against the wall.

Noel kept an eye out as he watched the suspect, looking confused as he continued to walk past their location entirely.

Breathing a sigh of relief he turned to face the man he grabbed, who he currently had pinned between him and the wall, one hand cupping his mouth shut.

“You were being followed, I needed to get you before he could.”

He removed his hand and finally noticed the person beneath him was a priest, who now was turning the brightest shade of red.

Realizing the situation they were in, Noel’s knee between the priest's legs and his body mushed to his, did he catch the stutter slowly escaping the priest's mouth.

“Oh, I see. You’re a shy one, aren’t you?” He smiled before untangling himself and readjusting the priest to an appropriate standing position instead of straddling his leg.

[aprillikesthings]

okay okay okay I have time for one episode tonight

s5 ep6 taking control

The ship is malfunctioning, Entrapta is working on it with Wrong Hordak's help

poor Adora

(also I did reread Nate's fic last night and like, I know teeechnically it's not canon because it's not in the show and I don't think he ever officially admitted it was his fic? but also it is canon. And boy does it make this sorta light-hearted scene more serious.)

OH GOD I'M DYING

Bow: "How did you turn into She-Ra without the sword?"

GIRLY like yes obviously it's wild that you can do it without the sword, but ALSO you can admit to them that it was because you were that upset about Catra.

Like the people who are suddenly able to lift a car because their loved one is trapped under it.

...."come out"

heh

oh see that's easy you just have to make Adora think Catra is almost dead

Glimmer: "The important thing is she was there when your friends needed her!"

He's not...wrong...

Also Horde Prime knows where they are, dun dun dunnnnn, roll intro (which hasn't changed yet but I'm watching it)

poor bb

yeah that's horrifying

oh right this part is literally in Nate's fic

Adora keeps coming back to check on her, and Catra feigns sleep every time. She doesn’t touch the water bottle even though her dry throat aches, because then Adora would know that she had been awake. But eventually, she slips into shallow dreams again — the green fluid, Prime’s smirk, the pain, his voice — and that’s when Adora happens to check in on her again. At the sound of the door Catra sits bolt upright, her heart pounding out of her chest and a terrified scream bursting from her mouth before she can choke it down. And just like that, her cover’s blown. And Adora’s looking at her with that same stupid, hopeful look, like Catra hasn’t spent years trying to burn her and everything she loved. And she can’t stand it.

So Catra does what she always does. She retreats behind her walls, lashes out, needles Adora where she knows it stings the most. It’s what she is. She’s an animal, nothing more than base instincts and rotten heart, just as everyone has always said she was. She’s poison, she’s fire, she’s broken glass, and all she knows how to do is hurt and be hurt in turn.

okay this reminds me of this post tho

okay back to serious

the line delivery here is so good but also 😭

Catra's split-second look of disbelief before it turns back to hard anger, aaugh

ppl do not (usually) change over night

WAHHHH

Adora leaves, angry, and something in Catra, some small childish piece that somehow hasn’t been completely stamped out, wants to call after her, wants to run after her into the bright hallway. She doesn’t. She stays in the dark. She doesn’t know how to leave it.

*cries*

Anyway back on Etheria, they're playing games to keep Frosta entertained and also AN ON SCREEN LESBIAN KISS

Apparently it was the combination of the previous episode and this one that made the first people to watch this season realize "oh we're going to get an actual catradora kiss. on screen. aren't we."

(I remember the day before Netflix dropped the episodes, with everyone I knew on social media basically doing a "will they or won't they." I'm Fandom Old and just kept reminding myself that if they didn't get a kiss or a love confession it was either for good story reasons (Catra was still doing bad shit at the end of s4!) or because the showrunners were forbidden from doing it. But man I was online intentionally spoiling myself as soon as I could. I HAD TO KNOW, but Daci and I watched it like a day later)

Okay so this is part of why I struggle to get how multiple years passed as the show goes on--why is Frosta still like. Eleven.

Glimmer is holding up a box that looks like the ancient sugar Madame Razz used to make pie. Which was also on this ship now that I think about it? That's. Thousand-year-old sugar.

But also

Adora: "After everything we've been through she's still a stubborn brat!!" Glimmer: "This is Catra we're talking about. Did you think she was just instantly going to become a totally different person?"

yeah Adora thought Catra would be grateful and like....lol no

that apron says "kiss the cook" unless someone convinces me otherwise

Also the Horde is following them

awwww another little she-ra doll :( anyway everyone's being weird and creepy

flying through an asteroid field is Entrapta's idea of a great time

BUT HORDE'S SHIPS FOUND THEM and getting banged around made Catra have flashes D:

They've been tracing Catra's neck chip

okay but that's not actually Catra's fault

Yeah I remember this part of the plot 😬

YUP

But yeah Adora drags Entrapta into Catra's room and she does NOT react well, which uhhhh makes sense given her and Entrapta's last interaction

but yeah the phrase "cornered animal" comes to mind

a cat at the vet's office with a "sedate first" sticker on her file

Entrapta's confusion is so genuine. She also sounds a little hurt tbh

i mean yeah that about covers it

well now I'm thinking of a fic I've read

AND I'VE HIT THE IMAGE LIMIT what timing lol okay hold on

[laf-outloud]

They don’t drive out to FBBC from Austin. It’s residents of dripping springs and the surrounding areas that are FBBC’s core business. That’s who trivia, casino nights etc are aimed at, like any good local bar and similar

The thing is though, if local residents are their mainstay, their bread-and-butter, then why is it always all about Jensen and his fans? FBBC marketing is basically the same as TW - throw everything at the wall and hope something sticks and when all else fails, stick Jensen (and D) front and center and keep their fingers crossed.

If local residents are the ones they are catering too with all of these random events then why are there a bunch of SPN specific trivia nights? Why do they name some of their beers after Jensen's roles? Why do they keep having "events" with impalas?

Why are the only customers they ever mention Jensen fans? Every time Gino gives an interview about FBBC he mentions Jensen and his fans. Do we not remember where he called FBBC "Graceland for SPN and Jensen fans"?? And there was another interview he did recently (that I don't think I bookmarked unfortunately) where he mentioned that they are popular because of the owner (aka because of Jensen's fans). Why completely and continuously ignore your core customers when talking about your business? Its never a "we love the dedicated Jensen/SPN fans who come to visit, but we also have amazing local customers who keep our business running" (or something along those lines), its always just "Jensen is the owner so ppl come for Jensen and here are Jensen specific trivia night and Jensen role specific beers".

Sure they also have regular trivia and yoga and painting nights. I guess those are for the locals. But they otherwise publicly ignore their actual customers and instead cater directly to AA's and to a much lesser extent (but used when necessary) hellers - blue and green shot glasses anyone? Who do you think bought those out?

It is absolutely normal and fine for breweries and other similar businesses to have events and things to draw people in (especially in an area with a lot of other breweries), no one is saying that. What we are saying is FBBC has an identity crisis. They don't know how to promote it and so they promote Jensen and Jensen themed things which is absolutely catering to his fans. Are there fans who are local? Sure. But most of them aren't, so that as a promotional strategy is just... weird. That's relying on people making a whole trip/vaca just to go to a brewery, Those fans might spend a lot when they go, but they are only going once or twice. Its weird to cater to people who might never be able to go or might only go a handful of times.

Much like TW, they think Jensen's name and face are enough to carry a business. Them throwing everything at the wall and now this layoff post (grain of salt obviously, but if its true) it shows, yet again, that doesn't work.

Yes! All of this!!! And I'll add that if I were a local who didn't really care about Jensen or SPN, I'd pick a different brewery to go to than one who catered to a bunch of fangirls. If anything, FBBC is alienating the locals more than catering to them.

[sweetescapeartist]

Cont'd: And I'm not even saying I necessarily want to see it. I just think it's really, really weird that it really seems like no one has EVER tried to write that. I mean shoot, even if you leave Videl out, no one's done it. Seems really odd to me, you know what I mean? I've even seen this scenario done with Mr. Satan, for crying out loud, and they included 18 in there despite being very happily married. But never Krillin and the "unhappy" wives. Just plain weird.

Continuation of this ask...

I totally agree. Ppl would rather turn a character who isn't perverted and good with women into Krillin- I mean a harem protagonist. Krillin fits the role so perfectly that its insane others don't make more content with him.

The lack of positive Krillin scenarios just reveals how many beta males and beta females there are in the fandom. And I hate using the terms "beta" & "alpha." But a true "alpha" takes care of his family's needs & is reliable. Sorry but, the Saiyans don't really take care of the needs of their women.

Bulma is super rich and Vegeta mooches off her so he can train all day.

Chi-Chi does most of the work while Goku helps out some but wants to leave to train often and does so more often in DBS.

The money of Videl's family is what bought everything for her family while Gohan is more concerned with books.

They aren't bad ppl, but they aren't alpha males. Family values is not something in the nature of Saiyans. Them sticking around their wives even for as long as they have is not like Saiyans who care more about combat (or books in Gohan's case). Compared to other Saiyans, they would be alphas. But not compared to Earthlings.

Saiyans are fighters, not family men. Saiyans are built for combat & derive pleasure form it while Earthlings are built to reproduce & have fun doing so. And Krillin keeps him infinite energy wife thoroughly pleased in multiple ways? The writing is on the wall.

And the only DB gal who might go for Mr. Satan is Bulma since he's basically "human Vegeta." The arrogance, believing his own lies, attitude, actually fearful when he can't bully those stronger than himself. But Bulma would regret getting with him just as she did when she first got with Vegeta.

[ravenbloodshot]

Lee Jae Wook (Actor)...Insecurities vs. Confidences

Insecurities

He's insecure about his hairline or just of balding (could have some issues in that regard). He may obsess over keeping clear and blemish free skin as well. I don't think he plays games when it comes to his hygiene, he micromanages it a lot. Could become of a problem of being addicted/obsessed with being clean

Okay so. He may be a bit misogynistic or just hold onto pretty controversial opinions when it comes to politics (if he was in America he would identify as conservative, not to say conservatives are inherently misogynistic btw). He knows that his opinions aren't widespread opinions so he's not too confident in truly expressing his ideas.

He may be insecure about expressing his anger outwardly (he has a temper but masks it a lot in public). He can become physical if necessary but like I said he could really hold back in public even when it's wrong for him to (like if he was being threatened, probably doesn't want to corrupt his public image).

He can be insecure about his career and how much of a future he has in the field. Worries a lot about money even when he has no reason to.

He has social insecurities, mostly because he doesn't find himself to be all that entertaining or fun. So I do think he can be a bit of a party pooper or project his fears onto others (like if he was with someone that was more of a bubbly, social butterfly he could try to put out their fire so that he doesn't look boring next to them).

He's a bit too serious, he doesn't know how to laugh at himself and keep it pushing. He has to over complicate everything and every situation, it could add to him being not so fun of a person to be around and may be a reason he's so insecure about the fact that he truly isn't that fun.

He's embarrassed by his family or his childhood. Compared to other ppl, his childhood could have been quite different from other people's (if any of you guys every read the book 'The Glass Castle' by Jeannette Walls. Her childhood story in the book could have been similar to Jae's)

He can be insecure about his weight. Being too skinny, he probably wants to get bigger

Confidences

He's confident in competitive settings, he may know how hard he can push himself to succeed so he would be confident in winning or just that he worked hard enough whether he lost or not.

He's confident in his masculinity, he knows how to draw strength and energy from himself to achieve a goal. He has quite the stamina and the willpower

He really feels secure of himself when he's performing in front of people, like on stage. I would think he could do pretty good with theater acting (or whatever it's called). It's like the louder a crowd screams for him, the more confident and pumped up he gets.

He's secure in his judgement and the decisions he makes. It's like he listens to his gut feelings often and it rarely steers him in the wrong direction. Very decisive man. He's good dishing advice to others and also taking his own advice (the gif I used of his quote in a interview is a good example of him giving great advice and using it in his own life as well).

He's confident in teacher/mentor positions. He's great at leading others and is most comfortable in dominant positions. Just like with his good advice, he teaches good skills to his student

He's confident in his abilities in the bedroom and in his size(this boi). He's confident about his looks in a way that he knows he could look worse

[brave-little-star]

So watchers is going behind a pay wall to watch their content on a special subscription that costs $6 for a month just showing their content.........

Exactly How does one grow their audience/ Keep their audience when they are behind a paywall?

Reading they are NOW keeping their content on YouTube. And going to show first episodes of every new season.but ugh- who's gonna pag for something we have had the pleasure of getting for free?

The ads Yes annoying but couldn't the guys downsize? Ect or something. Ads are a annoying reality of life on YouTube but Because of the Ads, and being on the largest streaming service around they were able to create their company, people who loved them on buzzfeed was able to find them again new people were able to discover them and love them.

If I was a person who had No idea who they were. And i start a new episode of puppet history and learn the rest of the season is behind a pay wall I wouldn't watch them again. It's so Slimy!!

It's slimy and I don't understand how they think it's a good idea. From reading comments, posts people are furious and aren't going to spend the $$ on this idea.

Six dollars for one creator for a group that typically only posts 4 episodes a month? Yea no.. and steven sly remark about it being cheap.. Sir! In this day and age with everything stupidly pricy! Keep your telsa money. comments to yourself! I haven't gone out for food or anything fancy in months cause like many ppl I'm struggling so No . I don't buy a six dollar cup of coffee! I'll keep my $$ and put that towards getting Netflix back.

To add this is SUPER RICH! Coming from the guy who said once " eat the rich" and steal from the rich.. expected better from Shane.

Hopefully it works for them. I'll just enjoy their old content. And eventually figure out how to pirate the series I like. Cause that's a other thing. I only like 2-3 of their series! So fudge that! Lol

[gorgugplushie]

(paceplace) / honestly ttcc writing is very messy i agree. i love the game to bits and dissecting it but the flaws in it are as enriching to pick apart as it is frustrating to discover. it really, truly does break my heart that toons aren't as appreciated as the cogs and i wish there were toon characters you could focus on in the same way the mgrs are. the NPCs you meet along the taskline are charming and i adore every single one of them but as much as i personally like them i don't think its enough to capture people's attention in the broad sense.

irt my qualms w/ how ttcc handles its game i think one of the many main issues boils down to the fact that they're disorganized. their issue w/ how lore has been distributed has been addressed twice by the team itself iirc (once in th same tweet where they confirmed fire\\setter as canon and once in their writers backstage post from around a yr ago). their writers backstage post helped give a little more perspective on why the lore was scattered around Like That.

as all over the place as the lore is, i do feel it's important to mention that they said in their backstage writers post they plan on eventually migrating all of their social media comics to the website so things like the rain\\diver comic is very likely to still be canon they just haven't added it in yet. idk why they don't add it around the same time its posted on social media my guess is maybe they're still trying to organize all the lore or redo some of it since its so all over the place (a couple of the comics we have rn on their website that are considered canon has info that was technically retconned) but yeah. i have hope that the way they handle their lore and (hopefully!) their taskline when they get around to rewriting it will improve in the later updates. i try very hard to stay on top w/ clash's lore esp since i have ppl come to me w/ questions regarding clash's story, characters, etc. but sometimes it is Very headache-inducing so i sympathize w/ how confusing/frustrating it is to a casual player. or just any lore-enjoyer tbf. i swear on my life i almost went crazy trying to make a timeline with btl

anyways you don't have to answer this if you don't want (i gen. apologize for the wall of text i really tried to get straight to the point w/ what i'm saying. and even then there's still a lot i wanted to say) but i'm really glad to see discussions on it. oftentimes criticism gets mistaken for hate and it shuts the entire convo which Peeves me. even if w/e's being criticized turns out to fall flat its better to address or talk about it than it is to not, imo.

Yes, exactly! I agree with all the points you've made here.

It's so strange to me that ttcc doesn't really lean into more how the cogs affect the toons, or toon society for all that matter, its a wonder people are so baised with cogs because we really dont get anything about toons. Their less part of the game and more set peices for this war, which sucks!

Theres obviously alot more room to write about toon lore and it would be easier to implement it in game, yet it gets brushed aside to further characterize the cogs and thats sad bc alot of the toons are cute and unique! Ttcc has great toon designs!

I also have to agree with the way the lore is handled, id even go as far to say big updates themsleves are handled in a frankly. Unprofessional manner. I mean, compare the update live streams done in jokey powerpoint slides to ttrs panles where they talk about progress on the updates. We really get little to no inside information until it's already ready to drop. Sure the game updates more regularly but all these updates are starting to feel like filler and padding. I at least can hope that hammerspace and mix and match at least come with some toon lore?

Its a shame that alot of what drew me into this game ends up weighing it down : (

Also yeah lol i didnt main tag this for a reason i do want to keep the discussion open! But all great points!